In other news activists in myanmar say dozens of people have been killed after the military brutally suppressed a protest in the city of bago. Thousands flee an Erupting Volcano on the Caribbean Island of st vincent. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The Duke Of Edinburgh is to be buried in windsor on saturday. He died on friday at the age of 99. Because of coronavirus restrictions, his funeral will take place within the grounds of Windsor Castle, with no public processions but it will be televised. The palace has said prince harry will attend but his wife meghan, who is pregnant, has been advised by her doctors not to travel. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. At midday in the four nations of the united kingdom, iii gun salutes sounded in tribute to the duke. Fire. Gunshots. One, fire. Gunshots. And for a man who served in the royal navy in the Second World War and later, guns were fired in tribute aboard several warships. Fire. Gunshot
This is bbc news, where our coverage continues now with a special programme, a tribute to the remarkable life of his Royal Highness, the Duke Of Edinburgh, from those who knew him best. I think youd probably want to be remembered in his own right, really. I remember him festival going up as someone i remember him festival going up as someone who was a bit controversial. Except someone who was a bit controversial. Except no someone who was a bit controversial. Except no shadow has ever been as sorted and independent than this man. His story is more interesting than that word, consort suggests. Born on a Kitchen Table onjune ten, 1921 in he was baptised prince of greece and denmark. But philip was born into a royalfamily greece and denmark. But philip was born into a royal family whose grand names offered absolutely no protection. Afterfour names offered absolutely no protection. After four elder sisters he was the long only son of Prince Andrew of and Princess Alice of battenberg who wo
Thats right you have been before well, why have you been at monticello before . I was a fellow at the International Center for jefferson studies twice actually, but the second time was i was the guilder lerman Junior Research fellow in 2005 2006. And thats why i started writing. My book cosmopolitan patriots americans and paris in the age of revolution and i was just it was just one of my Favorite Places in the world. Its so i was a great place to work and you know extremely beautiful. I agree. Its the center is a terrific. Its a terrific benefit to us at monticello because we get the benefit of meeting and and then establishing connections to so many scholars engaged in lots of different work. So phillip, lets talk speaking of that work before we really jump into the topic tell you work for the papers of Benjamin Franklin. Hows the Yale University . Tell us a little bit about your work with the papers and a bit about what that project involves. And what you do . So the project has bee