At the national service of thanksgiving. their two children, archie and lillibet travelled with them to the uk and today it is her first birthday. on the mall, the excitement is building, with people arriving early to get the best spot for the event. on this huge set, built in front of buckingham palace, the likes of duran duran, queen and diana ross will take to any one of the four stages, as thisjubilee weekend continues. sarah campbell, bbc news, buckingham palace. we have been lucky enough to hear some of the rehearsals over the last few hours. we have heard george ezra, andrea bocelli and more besides. stars from musical theatre, from the world of sport making appearances, so we wait to find out in a few hours time exactly what
Lillibet, you may know it is the first birthday today of prince harry and meghan s little girl, so that put has gone out. no longer working members of the royal family and we have talked about that but there has been an official tweet put out to wish their little girl a happy first birthday. we will have more from here as we build up to the concert tonight to the epsom derby, and at the risk of sounding like your mother, if you are coming down here, please bring layers and don t wear shorts, because it s really not very warm at all and you have got a very, very long wait. the concert does not kick off for many hours. so many people in shorts, ifeel cold looking at them. good luck to them, have a brilliant day but bring some layers. i will hand back to you. studio: very wise advice i am happy to see you are layered up as a mum
At the platinum jubilee mela, which means festival. the focus is reflecting multiculturalism and the commonwealth. my community has always held the queen in high esteem. they love her to bits. so coming out of the pandemic, this was a brilliant opportunity for people to gather and celebrate. we also wanted to celebrate the multiculturalism, the migrant community, the contribution of the migrant communities. to many, the queen sjubilee is a chance to celebrate not only 70 years of royal tradition, but also 70 years of change during her reign. now it s time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello, it is mainly dry across much of the uk through the rest of the afternoon. sell some showers lingering through wales and south west england, best of the sunshine through scotland and northern ireland where we will see the highest temperatures. through this evening and overnight, keep an
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From cardiff, prince william will travel here, because he and prince charles are due to take to the stage to pay their own tribute to the queen at the platinum party at the palace. celebrations too today in the sussex household. prince harry and meghan made their first appearance at a royal event in two years yesterday. at the national service of thanksgiving. their two children, archie and lillibet travelled with them to the uk and today it is her first birthday. 0n the mall, the excitement is building, with people arriving early to get the best spot for the event. on this huge set, built in front of buckingham palace, the likes of duran duran, queen and diana ross will take to any one of the four stages, as thisjubilee weekend continues. sarah campbell, bbc news, buckingham palace. 0ur correspondent charlotte