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officials say the fire has killed at least 49 people and injured hundreds near the eastern city of chittagong. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading commentators in the uk with the journalists from overseas who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline london. this week, as this country marks the 70 year long reign of queen elizabeth, what future for queens and kings here and globally? from king mswati, who s used his absolute power to rename his country eswatini, to the imperial family ofjapan gods made mortal by an occupying power. from the often absent thai monarch to king felipe of spain, embarrassed by his dad. in the studio thisjubilee weekend are catherine pepinster, whose new book defenders of the faith addresses one of the reasons this queen does not contemplate retirement and her faith. yasmin alibhai brown, a british columnist who is a committed republican, and henry chu from the la times in th ....
To the imperial family ofjapan gods made mortal by an occupying power. from the often absent thai monarch to king felipe of spain, embarrassed by his dad. in the studio thisjubilee weekend are catherine pepinster, whose new book defenders of the faith addresses one of the reasons this queen does not contemplate retirement and her faith. yasmin alibhai brown, a british columnist who is a committed republican, and henry chu from the la times in the united states a country formed in revolt from the then english monarch. welcome to you all. thank you very much for coming in, particularly on such a busy weekend. catherine, can i start with you? there s no doubt that this weekend feels like a very public affirmation of this queen but is it also consciously, do you think, for the monarchy, at least, a moment of transition? it does feel like that. it s been feeling like that for a while now. we saw the prince of wales represent his mother at the state opening of parliament, another major o ....