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because it s an honour for me to be here in person. king charles iii arrived at buckingham palace this morning. he and his two sons prince william and harry will walk with the coffin during this afternoon s procession. and here at westminster, the queen s coffin will be brought to the ancient hall where it will lie in state for four full days until the funeral on monday. we ll be answering some of your questions about the arrangements for people wanting to take part in this farewell to the queen. also on the programme. inflation falls slightly due to lower petrol prices but food prices have risen. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky has visited izyum, one of the cities liberated in ukraine s ongoing counter offensive against russia. and we ll be looking how people have linked their affection for paddington bear to their feelings of loss over the death of the queen. bbc news will bring you continuing coverage of events plus analysis from our team of correspondeds in t ....
lesser extent in the south down here. they ve gained even more ground in offensives. president zelenskyy claims they have recaptured some 6,000 square kilometers of territory. it s about 2,300 square miles since the beginning of the month. this is impossible to verify, but it is even more ground than the russians actually gained in the last several months and it happened fast. i want to show you this animation here, if we can zoom in. you can see the yellow there, how quickly ukrainian troops have recaptured territory that had been occupied by the russians. now russia is responding. ukrainian officials say russian strikes knocked out power in the region. in donetsk ukrainian forces also recaptured a town there after forces crossed the donetsk river. this here is the aftermath. the capture will further complicate any attempt by the remaining russian-backed forces to withdraw, and last night secretary of state tony blinken called the recent gains by ukrainians encouragi ....
there isn t a world leader that she didn t meet or hold court with so to speak. and each and every single one of them, from presidents to despot to dictators, all respecting. i m taken by as max said the lockstep march that the bearers, security and the royals, the left right, left right. it is very difficult to do. but of course, the princes and the princesses, they ve been in military service or they re been aware. speaking of. let s just listen for a moment . [ sound of gunfire ] so made ever more audible, which really personifies the gravity of what is going on, the cobblestone streets so you hear the clap, clan, clap of the hooves of the horses and also of the soldiers and the family marching in the step there. but also this is the first time throughout the days that we have been covering this that they are behind. they are a few minutes behind because they have to go slowly on these streets. not only because of the crowds but because of the cobblestone as ....
that through these ceremonies, these processes. and you see just how well it is done. it has been well rehearsed, practiced and planned. she was an old lady who they knew would dywon day and while nobody wanted that day to arrive, they have been planning what to do for potentially decades. that means that when it comes down to it, all of the people you are seeing on screen now have practiced and practiced and practiced their roles. that includes, of course, her son, king charles, who now while he is grieving in the depths of his grief for his mother s death is taking on the enormous burden she used to have being a monarch. while people think about that in fairytales as a massive privilege and life of glamour, it is also an extremely difficult job and the burden of responsibility on him is now enormous. something that boris johnson mentioned when he spoke in the house of commons in tribute to queen elizabeth about the enormous burden she undertook at such an early age. h ....
known as the royal mile. of course we will have that service for you when it begins. just moments ago, the coffin of queen elizabeth ii arrived in the heart of the historic old town of edinburgh known as, i said, the royal mile. king charles iii and princess anne, princes edward and andrew walk behind the coffin, the monarch s official residence in scotland to the cathedral. before he left for edinburgh, the king addressed parliament for the first time as sovereign in westminster hall, the same place where his mother will lie in state this week. he said parliament is the living and breathing instrument of our democracy. what we are seeing today is a mixture of the political, the constitutional, and, as you see her children behind her coffin, the deeply personal lawmakers singing the national anthem, god save the king, for the first time. we saw a bit of emotion from the king there. prince harry released a deeply personal statement, paying tribute to his grandmother sayi ....