Archies first royal tour. The duke and duchess of sussex make headlines in Southern Africa and reveal the pressures of life in the royal spotlight. For me and for my wife, of course, there is a lot of stuff that hurts, especially when the majority of it is untrue. I will not be bullied into playing a game that killed my mum. A no holds barred interview by Prince Andrew fails to draw a line under his friendship with a convicted sex offender. We try and uphold the highest standards and practices and i let the side down. Its as simple as that. Mr president , i am delighted to welcome you and mrs trump. The queen hosted the us president first for a full state visit and then again at natos 70th anniversary. And the cambridge children enjoyed getting back to nature in a garden designed by their mother. The headlines accompanying a royal year normally revolve around babies, marriages and colourful pictures from the various countries visited by the family. This year has been somewhat different
Service with the queen, their grandfather, Prince Charles, and their parents, Prince William and catherine. Lets speak to john lets speak tojohn mcmanus outside the hospital. We saw those images of the hospital. We saw those images of the duke leaving the hospital. He left in singularly good health from what we can see from the pictures. Prince philip himself not saying anything to the media, no surprises there. No clues as to what prompted this day for four nights at the hospital, the palace only saying it was a precautionary measure, but they were not saying what the precaution was against. The duke keeping tight lipped about that, and the entire royal family. Keeping tight lipped about that, and the entire royalfamily. Prince charles making very few comments yesterday when he was in yorkshire. He said when you get to that age some things dont work as they should when you get to that age with your body. People with elderly pa rents your body. People with elderly parents will agree. H
Looks back on the key events of the year for the royal family in review 2019 the royal year. And just a warning this film does contain some flash photography. Archies first royal tour. The duke and duchess of sussex make headlines in Southern Africa and reveal the pressures of life in the royal spotlight. For me and for my wife, of course, there is a lot of stuff that hurts, especially when the majority of it is untrue. I will not be bullied into playing a game that killed my mum. A no holds barred interview by Prince Andrew fails to draw a line under his friendship with a convicted sex offender. We try and uphold the highest standards and practices and i let the side down. Its as simple as that. Mr president , i am delighted to welcome you and mrs trump. The queen hosted the us president first for a full state visit and then again at natos 70th anniversary. And the cambridge children enjoyed getting back to nature in a garden designed by their mother. The headlines accompanying a roya
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The duke of edinburgh has returned to sandringham in time for christmas after leaving hospital in london. Prince phillip, whos 98, spent four nights in the king edward vii hospital on the advice of his doctor. In her Christmas Day message the queen will describe 2019 as a bumpy year. Heres our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell. Afterfour nights in the king edward vii hospital, the duke emerged this morning and walked slowly but without assistance to the waiting vehicle. There has been no information about the reason for his stay at the hospital. In the past he has been treated there for bladder and chest infections. Whatever the nature of this latest episode, the duke has satisfied his doctors that he is well enough to return home. The helicopter from Buckingham Palace to the sandringham estate where the royal family are gathering for christmas. In her christmas broadcast, the queen will talk about a past year which has felt quite bumpy. She
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme william and catherine sought the help of mary berry to prepare for the Charity Event they were hosting. So wed like to know, are you cooking this christmas, or are you too busy and ordering a takeaway . Tell us whats on the menu. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. At least six people have been killed and 50 injured in india after police and demonstrators clashed over a controversial new law on migrants. The legislation allows people from three mainly muslim countries to become indian citizens if they claim religious persecution, but not if theyre muslim. Lets get the very latest from Anbarasan Ethirajan in delhi. He is south asia editor for the bbc world service. So for the bbc world service. What is the latest on th protests 7 so what is the latest on the protests . After an unprecedented evening of violence in part of the indian capital, delhi, life is ret