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 buckingham
tonight at ten, sensational claims from behind palace walls. akron mainly, violence and arguments detailed in prince harry s new memoir. from a physical bust up with prince william over meghan, to claims of drug taking, the book is deeply personal about his relationship with the royal family and his brother. relationship with the royal family and his brother. there has always been this competition and his brother. there has always been this competition between i and his brother. there has alwaysl been this competition between us, weirdly. i think it plays into or was played by the heir and spare. extracts of the book have been leaked and it s gone on sale by mistake in spain. also tonight. confirmation that last year was to uk s hottest ever on record for the first time average temperatures were more than 10 celsius. the labour leader wants more powerfor more than 10 celsius. the labour leader wants more power for local communities, proposing a take back control bill if he
thanked mourners who ve gathered to remember the queen, including an unexpected show of unity from princes william and harry. it s sunday, the 11th of september. i m at the palace of holyroodhouse in edinburgh, the official residence of the british monarch in scotland. the queen s coffin will arrive here from balmoral later today. let s take a look at the route it will take. at around 10:00, her coffin will be carried by six of the gamekeepers from her scottish estate from the ballroom at balmoral to a hearse. from there, it will begin a six hour, 175 milejourney. the route will pass through aberdeen, then on to dundee, before finally arriving at the palace here where it will lie in the throne room until monday afternoon. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz has this report. well, they have been rehearsing for the night. we have heard drums being beat, just in the last hour, we have seen much in parades in the last few minutes. judith moritz has this report on what we can expect in
house. we are going to stay here. there we go, let s have a listen to resident biden. president biden. mundy during the fifth 1944, the evil third reich was devastating the world, nancy germany had subjugated the once free nations of europe through brute force. lies, and twisted ideology of racial superiority. millions ofjew, in the holocaust, millions of others killed by bombs, bullets, bloody warfare. hitler and those with him fought thought democracy was weak and the future belong to dictators. here, on the coast of normandy, the battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined, here, on that morning in june, president emmanuel macron, secretary antony blinken, distinguished guests, most of all, our honoured veterans who met that test, the test of aegis in that moment 80 years ago. 80 years ago today. on behalf of the american people, as commander in chief, the highest honour to salute you in normandy once more. all of you, god love you. applause winston churchill
absolve us of what we have to do today. no bowing down to tyranny, he said, no more isolationism, he said that did not work for the united states, but what he also said was mention ukraine and said we will not abandon ukraine. that will be a very welcome message for ukrainians at home and also president zelensky who is going to be at an international ceremony alongsidejoe biden injust a couple of hours time. again, as everybody there, more than 25 heads of state, heads of government, members of european royal families will be respecting the sacrifice of those soldiers 80 years ago, hearts and minds will be thinking of the war raging on european soil, the biggest war in europe since 1945, since russia s invasion of ukraine. it will be a show, a show of