allan little, bbc news, edinburgh. as you would expect an extremely busy day for king charles. earliertoday extremely busy day for king charles. earlier today he visited westminster parliament for the first time since taking the throne alongside the queen consort. they heard messages of condolence in the ancient wall before then delivering his response. 0ur royal correspondence reports on the king s visit to parliament. to westminster hall, the ancient building which has been at the centre of so much british history for 1,000 years. the setting over the centuries for moments of national significance, for celebration and sorrow. the setting today for britain s parliamentarians, from the house of commons and house of lords, to come together to pay tribute to a past monarch, and to greet a new one. fanfare
a case dismissed in the united states which accuses him of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. virginia giuffre is using prince andrew of abusing her when she was 17 at the homes of geoffrey jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell. the prince has strenuously denied the allegations but the ruling in new york needs a civil trial can now go ahead. 0ur royal corresponded nicholas witchell reports. everything for andrew had rested on this ruling, and it has gone against him. in his a3 page ruling in the case of virginia giuffre, plaintiff, and prince andrew, duke of york, defendant, the judge s conclusion was very straightforward. the possibility of appealing at this stage appears to be remote, so these are andrew s basic options. he can settle out of court. there d be no admission of liability, but he would pay
landowners are being invited to apply for £15 million of government money from today for tree planting across england. we will bring you more on that story later. you re watching bbc news. prince harry and meghan have responded to claims from a buckingham palace source that the queen was never asked about them using her childhood nickname, lilibet , for their daughter who was born last week. a spokesperson for the couple said that the queen was the first person they d called, and that they d shared their hope of naming their daughter in her honour. the spokesperson said the couple would not have done so had the queen not been supportive of the move. 0ur royal correspondentjonny dymond explained why there was such a difference between the two versions of events: there is probably a glimmer of light between there is probably a glimmer of light between the two versions and you could between the two versions and you could say between the two versions and you could say that a