but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends. and here at the home of cricket, the start of the test match summer, new captain, new coach, new england? so far, very good. good afternoon. the queen has taken the salute from the balcony at buckingham palace as trooping the colour begins four days of celebration for her platinum jubilee. there are thousands of people here lining the streets, and we ve spoken to some who ve come from as far away as australia and the us. in a message to mark the event, the queen, who is the world s oldest reigning monarch, said she hoped the celebrations would create many happy memories for people. at 96, her mobility is limited, and she restricted her appearance to the palace balcony, instead of inspecting the troops in person, as is traditional. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. for all that she wants thejubilee to be about communities coming together, creating their own precious memories, in the end, it is a
there are limitations on what is possible. so for the first time, she hadn t reviewed the parade on horse guards parade. guards instead, hadn t reviewed the parade on horse guards instead, they formed up outside the palace are made all the staging set up for saturday s party, and the salute was taken by the queen, accompanied by the duke of kent. in herjubilee message, the queen had said she looked forward to the future with confidence. that, we can assume, was an implied reference to the future of the monarchy, and so once again today we had a glimpse of the future. it was the prince of wales who led the royal party from buckingham palace. also riding on horseback behind charles were prince william, the duke of cambridge, and princess anne, the princess royal. and writing together in one of the carriages, the cambridges three