the bbc he wants india to be the company s second biggest market within the next three years. david boynton has been speaking to our india business correspondent nikhil inamdar in delhi. nikhil started by asking him if the pandemic shift towards online shopping has been a permanent one. i think what everybody was predicting back in 2020, that it was the death of retail, has really not been the case. but typically, what we d be looking at in our western markets is about 20% traffic decline on 2019. i mean, it s very significant. all right, but, you know, just talking particularly about the uk, where we have seen tax increases, we ve seen austerity measures come in during the recent autumn statement. sure. and all of this is coming at a time when disposable incomes have seen their sharpest declines since records were started to be kept in the 1950s. how do you navigate business at a time like this? and do you expect to see more store closures, for instance, and job losses, particularly f
received their. neville lazarus is in delhi, what has the reaction been, neville? e? it s been a bit muted, the government has announced a day of mourning where the national flag will fly half mast and there will be no government functions of entertainment today at all. another queen has visited india in the past, 1961, 1953 and 19 seven each one with her life partner prince philip. they have been driven down this very road, you see the building behind me, the president s house, and the other buildings which either seat of power and government where she would have been given a ceremonial welcome. the queen has often said that she is very grateful for the
neville lazarus in delhi, thank you very much indeed. let s take a look at sunday papers now, i m joined by the royal historian doctor tessa dunlop and political editor at sunday mirror nigel nelson, tessa, i know you spotted a story about australia we were talking about australia a moment ago with the prime minister this is the sunday telegraph isn t it. a global reshuffling showing the royal family and also britain s place in the world and what it means. anthony albanese saying now it s not the time to discuss a future head of state, of course they are the other 14 realms that have sovereign as their titular head. interesting lethal the headline in the telegraph is a king screen activism winds favor among young australians, this is because obviously they are impacted by climate change is,
0 hurray! god save the king. thank you so much. [applause] good morning from buckingham palace, the queen s funeral cortege will leave balmoral making its way to edinburgh in what king charles described as his mother s last great journey. the final farewell to scotland, the queen s neighbors here in the village of barter, will have the opportunity to say goodbye as the cortege passes through the village. no republic referendum in my first term, in an exclusive international austria s prime minister tells sky news that there will be no break with the monarchy in the near future. it will need to continue to move with the times, but the bigger question about our constitution are not ones for this current period. the prime minister of antigua and barbuda says he will call for a referendum on the republic as the queen prepares to meet the commonwealth secretary general this morning. reunited in their grief, the new prince and princess of whales joined the duke and duchess of
of the queen s reign saw even greater change. in a moment, we ll hear from yogita limaye in delhi, and nada tawfik injamaica. first, anne soy reports from kenya, the country princess elizabeth was visiting when she received news of her father s death, and her accession at the age of 25. the royal visitors stepped off into the hot sunshine of nairobi. into the hot sunshine of nairobi- into the hot sunshine of nairobi. , ., , nairobi. february 1952. the then princess nairobi. february 1952. the then princess elizabeth - nairobi. february 1952. the i then princess elizabeth came nairobi. february 1952. the - then princess elizabeth came to kenya to represent her ailing father. it was here that she would become queen after his unexpected death. fiend would become queen after his unexpected death. would become queen after his unexpected death. and from her car, the princess unexpected death. and from her car, the princess took unexpected death. and from her car, the princess took