continue to flock here, where the king charles the third has held meetings with diplomats from the 1a countries that recognise him as head of state. also ahead on the programme. ukraine s military says its forces have tripled the amount of territory it has retaken from russia in a little over 48 hours. and in sweden, voting in the country s general election has ended with an exit poll indicating that the prime minister s party may win slightly more seats than rivals. hello and welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the coffin of queen elizabeth is being taken on itsjourney to herfinal resting place. it left balmoral, where she died on thursday, and has now arrived in edinburgh. crowds gathered along the route, as the cortege made the 175 mile journey to the palace of holyroodhouse where the coffin will remain overnight. as that was happening, proclamations formally announcing the accession of king charles iii took place in cardiff, edi
a group of animal rights protestors tried to disrupt the trooping the colours ceremony but was dragged away by police. prince andrew will miss tomorrow s service of thanksgiving at saint paul s cathedral after testing positive for covid. and beacons have been lit across the commonwealth, and are about to be around the uk to mark the end of the first day ofjubilee celebrations. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. hundreds of thousands of people have lined the streets of central london and taken part in street parties around the uk at the start of four days of events to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. the return of the trooping the colour military parade after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic began the celebrations before a fly past over buckingham palace involving seventy aircraft. the queen was joined by the working royals on the palace balcony. let s go live to the mall and my colleague katty kay here s our