a very warm welcome to a beautiful day here at buckingham palace. the queen has thanked all those involved in her platinum jubilee celebrations, as four days of events get under way across the country and the commonwealth to mark her 70 years on the throne. in a special message, the queen said she continued to be inspired by the goodwill shown to her and that many happy memories would be made during the festivities. there s a lot planned for the occasion from today here in the uk today and tomorrow there are two public holidays, meaning a four day weekend for the country. later today, it s trooping the colour, the queen s official birthday parade, which ends with an raf flypast watched by members of the royal family on the balcony of buckingham palace. also later beacons will be lit throughout the uk, channel islands, isle of man and uk 0verseas territories. they will be also lit in most of the 5a commonwealth countries. on friday, a service of thanksgiving will take p
than 1,000 people recognised in the queen s birthday honours list. in other news. johnny depp s seen in a newcastle pub last night, while in the us his legal team celebrated his defamation win, but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends. a warm welcome back to buckingham palace, considerably quieter and calmer than it has been over the last few hours. the crowds have disappeared in the clear up is under way following the trooping the colour ceremony but there is much more from here at the palace tonight and will be talking with that in the next half an hour or so. there is much more to come. let s take a moment to reflect on what has happened today because the queen has been seen on the balcony behind me here at buckingham palace. she came out to greet the crowds as the trooping the colour ceremony. it s part of four days of celebration for her platinum jubilee. there are thousands of people here lining the streets, and we ve spoken to some who ve come fr
a group of animal rights protestors tried to disrupt the trooping the colours ceremony but was dragged away by police. prince andrew will miss tomorrow s service of thanksgiving at saint paul s cathedral after testing positive for covid. and beacons have been lit across the commonwealth, and are about to be around the uk to mark the end of the first day ofjubilee celebrations. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. hundreds of thousands of people have lined the streets of central london and taken part in street parties around the uk at the start of four days of events to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. the return of the trooping the colour military parade after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic began the celebrations before a fly past over buckingham palace involving seventy aircraft. the queen was joined by the working royals on the palace balcony. let s go live to the mall and my colleague katty kay here s our
so what else is planned for the rest of the four day weekend? it isa it is a public holiday in the uk today and tomorrow. it is a public holiday in the uk today and tomorrow. later today beacons will be lit throughout the uk, channel islands, isle of man and uk 0verseas territories. they will be also lit in most of the 5a commonwealth countries. on friday, a service of thanksgiving will take place at st paul s cathedral in london. then on saturday, members of the royal family are expected to go to the derby horse racing at epsom and in the evening there will be a live concert in front of buckingham palace platinum party at the palace. and the final day of celebrations will be on sunday, with jubilee lunches and the platinumjubilee pageant, a performance that will tell the story of the queen s reign and will finish in front