by her daughter the princess royal. we are here live at buckingham palace or you can hear the crowd is heating up. it s seriously getting quite loud. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severo donetsk where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. and travel disruption continues airlines cancelled more flights today and rail passengers have been warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is under way, with members of the royal family attending events across the uk. tonight there s an open air concert at buckingham palace where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. one couple who aren t expected to attend are harry and meghan, they re spending the day quietly at windsor. let s head to the mall there now and to the bbc s katty kay. katty? we are right outside buckingham
earlier today caught on camera enjoying the moment charlotte and george accompanied their parents the duke and duchess of cambridge to celebrations in cardiff. and up and down the country, people have been holding street parties to celebrate. one of the biggest was in windsor s long walk, where tens of thousands of revellers turned up. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is underway. in the past hour, an open air concert at buckingham palace has got underway, where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. let s go live to the palace and my colleague katty kay. have joined just havejoined just in time, sam ryder hasjust wrapped up. the havejoined just in time, sam ryder has just wrapped up. the concert is fully under way, going on for about an hour now. the crowd is delighted with what they have seen. it has been an amazing show, i feel incredibly lucky to watch from here, seeing the big screens an
understands that she s pragmatic, i think, and she wants people to ease their way gently through this transition. their way gently through this transition. , ., transition. and we will be hearing from charles transition. and we will be hearing from charles and transition. and we will be hearing from charles and william - transition. and we will be hearing from charles and william later. transition. and we will be hearing from charles and william later onj from charles and william later on this evening, not from prince george, but he s likely watching this evening at home. thank you very much forjoining me at the moment. the 2009 winners of britain has got talent diversity will be performing at the concert. the sum is simple, but then i had if dance performance. i m here now with three members of the famous dance troupe diversity who will be performing this evening. how excited are you all? this who will be performing this evening. how excited are you all? how excited are you al
grateful. who are you looking i forward to seeing tonight? i have to sa that forward to seeing tonight? i have to say that diana forward to seeing tonight? i have to say that diana ross forward to seeing tonight? i have to say that diana ross is forward to seeing tonight? i have to say that diana ross is going - forward to seeing tonight? i have to say that diana ross is going to i forward to seeing tonight? i have to say that diana ross is going to be i say that diana ross is going to be something special. the songs that have been part of my life and also weaved their way into it more popular music in terms of rap and hip hop and to hear that voice so purely, alicia keys has been amazing, duran duran fantastic. and to watch what is going on, but i think every artist will come away saying that is the most incredible experience of my life and thank you to her majesty for allowing us to be part of this wonderful occasion. craig, thank you, have a great evening. that was craig david
has been made a cmg, the same honour held by the fictional spy. as the world watched on, another black life gone. and ashley banjo from dance troupe diversity says he is humbled and proud to become an mbe. black lives matter. jason kenny takes the title! several 0lympians have been honoured, including jason kenny and laura kenny. they are thought to be the first couple ever to receive a knighthood and a damehood at the same time. we are very lucky we get to share our careers together anyway so, yeah, to get to share honours i suppose is very, very special. honestly, when i opened it, because we weren t together, were we? i wasjust, like, ahhh! because you just never in your childhood dreams think you are going to be a dame or a sir. oh, yes! it s brilliant! tom daley becomes an 0be for his diving and his work on lgbtq+ rights. double olympic champion!