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nation and called for a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines, but can the president convince the country do something this time. more celebrations today. the world is watching, the uk is watching, many of the members of the public have arrived here, this just the second day of four days of celebrations. this is a public holiday in the uk. how many public figures can command that in honor of their service. sadly the queen won t be appearing as planned here. reluctantly the palace said she s had to pull out, she suffered discomfort yesterday during the military commemorations in central london. and that happened through the day i understand from my sources and she had to pull out of today s service. it is quite a distance here, the service is very long and she is clearly overexerted herself. but prince charles will be stepping in for her which is pretty symbolic. she just can t do what she thinks she is able to do. the service marks the queen s years on ....
a very warm welcome to a beautiful day here at buckingham palace. the queen has thanked all those involved in her platinum jubilee celebrations, as four days of events get under way across the country and the commonwealth to mark her 70 years on the throne. in a special message, the queen said she continued to be inspired by the goodwill shown to her and that many happy memories would be made during the festivities. there s a lot planned for the occasion from today here in the uk today and tomorrow there are two public holidays, meaning a four day weekend for the country. later today, it s trooping the colour, the queen s official birthday parade, which ends with an raf flypast watched by members of the royal family on the balcony of buckingham palace. also later beacons will be lit throughout the uk, channel islands, isle of man and uk 0verseas territories. they will be also lit in most of the 5a commonwealth countries. on friday, a service of thanksgiving will ....
over the coming days. this morning, we re heading to horse guards parade, where for the first time in two years, we ll witness the full splendour of trooping the colour the queen s birthday parade. this evening, as dusk falls, it s the lighting of the beacons there ll be thousands of them aflame across the four corners of the united kingdom and beyond to the commonwealth it promises to be quite a spectacle. tomorrow morning, we ll be heading east along the river thames to st paul s cathedral, where the queen and the royal family will attend a national service of thanksgiving and on saturday evening, settle down in your front row seat for the platinum party at the palace. a world class who s who of superstar performers will take to the stage and buckingham palace itself will play a spectacular part in the show. and then finally on sunday, ajubilee pageant a carnival on the mall, with 10,000 people bringing to life the seven decades of the queen s reign. so do stay with ....
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, i ....
in other news. johnny depp s seen in a newcastle pub last night, while in the us his legal team celebrated his defamation win, but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends disruption is expected to continue at airports throughout the uk, as up to two million people prepare to fly over the next few days. a warm welcome back to buckingham palace where the crowds are starting to filter away now. thousands and thousands of people gathered here behind me, those in the seats, and thousands more at the mall as they were here today for the trooping the colour ceremony and it has been quite a magical morning. we have seen a fantastic fly past by the red arrows and the raf coming over the palace. a lot of people to talk to in the next hour but first we have a report on the day s events so far from danjohnson. some of the youngest royals were first on display in a bright morning sunshine. the queen s great grand children travelling with their mother, the duchess of ca ....