hello, i m christian fraser and we are here at buckingham palace on the ease eve of a historical day. in the next few hours, we will talk to artists and historians about what it means for them and the rest of the uk, and of course, those around the world. we ll talk to people who love the monarchy and who does who want to abolish it. right now, the king and queen camilla are hosting a reception at the palace before tomorrow s ceremony. around 100 heads of state will be in london on saturday with representatives from more than 200 countries in attendance. in the last hour, these pictures have been coming into us from westminster abbey. it gives you an idea of how it will look for tomorrow s ceremony. all the chairs arranged, some very ornate chairs, deep reds taking centre stage. the coronation chair in the middle. earlier, king charles, the prince and the princess of wales made a surprise appearance, greeting crowds who were camping out ahead of the coronation. william and ka
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 the unit
and the braking system failing. now on bbc news, it s dateline london with shaun ley. 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 the united states, a country formed in revolt from the then english
to celebrate an historic 70 year reign, the elizabethean age. the nation s favourite bear kicked off the concert with a private audience with the queen, marmalade and all. happyjubilee, ma am. and thank you. for everything. that s very kind. the final day ofjubilee celebrations will end with a huge pageant near buckingham palace later. street parties are also set to be held across the uk in what is being called the big jubilee lunch. explosions shake kyiv, in the first russian assault on ukraine s capital for weeks. forever holidays, or so it would seem, as half terms grind air travel down to a halt. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. 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 u
so there s disarray there already. and unfortunately, with so little slack in the system, british airways, for instance, cancelling around 100 flights a day, but doing that well in advance, it s very difficult to see how some of those people are going to get back and they ve got school, some of them exams and of course, many people due back at work tomorrow morning. so what is the situation and what are their rights? well, their rights are very easy to state and they re absolutely clear. the airline that cancels the flight must get you home as soon as possible on the same day, if there are seats available, and if it doesn t have any seats itself, then it has to buy you a ticket on a different airline. now, i m hearing from a lot of people that they re not dateline london. now on bbc news, dateline london with sean ley. 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