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good evening, welcome to the programme. we are at buckingham palace tonight, ahead of the big event on saturday the coronation of king charles iii and queen camilla. we have a packed programme for you tonight, we will be looking ahead to this most ancient of ceremonies at westminster abbey, in the company of two people who were there in 1953, in fact one of our guests, even sang at the christening of the king in 1948. we have tv royalty on hand, as well, where katty kay is standing by for us. leaving nothing to chance on an occasion like this. we will talk about what the coronation is, what is isn t, the role the king has played in the preparations, and how the people, the commonwealth, and the different faiths will be included. and at 9pm, the royal watchers will be here robert hardman and christine ross joining us. both of them are taking part in the bbc s coverage. but let us begin with what the royals have been doing today. the king is in residence here at bucki ....
rachel: princess of wales and kate middleton returned to the public eye this morning for the first time since she revealed her cancer diagnosis. cheat and the royal family out on the balcony. they re there right now that s a live shot you are seeing in london as they participate in king charles the official birthday celebration, trooping the color. stephanie bennett joins us now from outside stephanie set the scene it. it s a little hard to hear. we are having audio trouble with stephanie beautiful day there now we have her. all good all good a lot of people are in the crowd right now the signal may cut in and out we did have i believe the flyover go by this is princess kate s first public appearance since december she released that statement last night saying she was hoping to make it today. and let me tell you the excitement and the cheering from the crowd once she came out first in that carriage was it just so loud it. of course the weather has not been the k ....