Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejennie bond, a Royaljournalist And Ex Bbc Royal Correspondent and duncan larcombe, the former royal editor of the sun. Tomorrows front pages starting with. The times, like many of the papers, has this image of the queen and the Duke Of Edinburgh taken in balmoral in 2003, which has been released ahead of tomorrows funeral. The mirror says the thoughts of the nation will be with the queen and the loss she will now bear to The End of her reign. The same image on the i, which also reports on pregnant women in the uk being given The Green Light to be vaccinated for covid. The telegraph says therell be no Eulogy Or Sermon at Prince Philips funeral, and no members of the Royal Family will give readings. A message of support from the express, which opts for a different photo of the couple. The queen will say a private goodbye to her Husband, before his coffin leaves for the funeral, according t
From prince charles, who has paid tribute to his father, the duke of edinburgh. From outside his home at highgrove he said the Royal Family miss him enormously. I particularly wanted to say that my father, i suppose the last 70 years, has given the most remarkable, devoted service to the queen, to my family, to the country, and also to the whole of the commonwealth. And as you can imagine, my family and i miss my father enormously. He was a much loved and appreciated figure, and apart from anything else, i can imagine we are so deeply touched by the number of people here and elsewhere Around The World and around the commonwealth who also, i think, share our loss and our sorrow, and my dear papa was a very special person who, i think, above all else, would have been amazed by the reaction, and the touching things that have been said about him, and from that Point Of View we are, my family, deeply gratefulfor all family, deeply grateful for all that. Family, deeply gratefulfor all that.
Hello. Im shaun ley, welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk journalists, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who file their stories from the dateline london. This week, 70 years of soft power. How Prince Phillip utilised his status to project and protect. And empty chairs and absent ones how to interpret a week of diplomatic signals. With me to discuss all that, thomas kielinger, whos spent decades in this country explaining the uk to germans, including the monarchy, with his biographies of both queens called elizabeth. Bronwen maddox, a former newspaper foreign editor, now director of the institute for government, a Think Tank which tries to improve the Way Government works. And here in the studio with me, james landale, the bbc s diplomatic correspondent. Good to have you with us as well, james. Well begin, with the death on friday of Prince Philip. Greek by birth, a royal who became a refugee, as republics emerged from the wreckage of Europes War ravag
The duke of edinburgh is to be buried next saturday. He died on friday at the age of 99. Because of coronavirus restrictions, his funeral will take place within the grounds of Windsor Castle, with no public processions, but it will be televised. The palace has said Prince Harry will attend but his wife meghan, who is pregnant, has been advised by her doctors not to travel. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. At midday in the Capital Cities of the four nations of the united kingdom, 41 gun salutes sounded in tribute to the duke. Fire fire. And for a man who served in the royal navy in the second World War and later, guns were fired in tribute aboard several warships. And in gibraltar, home to the royal navys gibraltar squadron. At Windsor Castle, the Earl Of Wessex arrived with his wife tojoin the queen in the familys mourning, as officials put the finishing touches to the plans for the dukes funeral. It will take place at three oclock next Saturday Afternoon at st George
This is bbc news, the headlines Military Gun Salutes have honoured the duke of edinburgh, who died On Friday. Buckingham palace announced hell be laid to rest next saturday in the grounds of windsor castle. Because of coronavirus restrictions, his funeral will take place, with no public processions. The palace has said Prince Harry will attend. Prince charles paid tribute to his father saying he gave the most remarkable, devoted service to the queen, his country and the commonwealth. Flags have been flying at Half Mast as Commonwealth And World leaders continue to send condolences to the royalfamily, including the president of china and the pope. Thousands of people have been evacuated from the Eastern Caribbean Island of St Vincent after a volcano On Friday sent a cloud of Ash And Smoke high into the air. The Prime Minister said evacuees had been temporarily housed on Cruise Ships and on safer parts of the island. Now on bbc news, Dozens Of Migrant Women have alleged that they faced u