has faced scandal, war. adultery. it would have been far easy to have had two wives. and tragedy. diana, the princess of wales, has died at the age of 36. they would do whatever it takes to survive. we are here to celebrate six decades of the queens reign. duty, power and sacrifice. the windors . 1911, the future of the british monarchy rests on the shoulders of a teenage boy. prince edward. he is the eldest son of king george v and his wife, queen mary. on his father s death, edward would reign over britain and the vast empire. edward is only 17 when his father, king george the fifth, forces him to go through this special ceremony declaring him prince of wales and heir to the throne. the whole ceremony is all planned by his father, king george. everything about is one giant symbol of what george thinks monarchy should be. king george the fifth is the 30th monarch in a line that stretches back nearly 1000 years. through eight royal houses, all the
claiming that rishi sunak is set to become prime minister after tonight s events, but the paper s camilla tominey warns that the psychodrama of the last few weeks is not over. the daily mail are also running with the line that rishi sunak is set to become pm. the daily mirror says borisjohnson has become humiliated and rishi sunak will be the next unelected prime minister. the metro has claimed that boris has bottled it and so nak is on the brink of power unless boro supporters shift to penny mordaunt. the express describes rishi sunak as a new pm in waiting. and the sun simply says bojo it s a no , and that rishi sunak could be pm by tea time tomorrow. so let s begin. sunak are set to become prime minister, asjohnson pulls out. it has been an extraordinary week, and to think, camilla, it is only thursday afternoon that liz truss actually resigned, it feels like we have compressed many years of politics into the last 72 hours. yes, that s right, they say a day is a long ti
the governor issues a state of emergency in six counties and warns hundreds of people will lose their homes. the end of the so called wagatha christie trial rebecca vardy and colleen rooney will find out today which of them has won their high court libel case. # everybody needs good neighbours. and it s farewell to neighbours after four decades as fans here in the uk prepare for tonight s final episode. birmingham put on a spectacular show last night for the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games. 30,000 people gathered at the alexander stadium, while millions more watched around the world. the show kicks off 11 days of sporting action, with more than 5000 athletes from 72 nations and territories across the commonwealth all taking part across 280 medal events. competition has already started, with lawn bowls the first sport to get under way. today will also see commonwealth games debuts for women s t20 cricket, basketball and wheelchair basketball. but it all started la
Also tonight counting the cost of growing Global Instabilty on the economy. The Chancellorjeremy Hunt warns of higher petrol and Energy Prices because of war in ukraine and israel. Was carriejohnson in charge during covid . The inquiry into the pandemic hears a senior Civil Servant was worried about her influence. And blasting off in search of gold nasas Six Year Mission to an asteroid Called Psyche that may be made of more than just rock. And coming up on bbc news, owen farrell returns to start at fly half for englands world cup quarterfinal against fiji. That means no place for george ford, who did so much to help them get there. Good evening from jerusalem, as the clock ticks down on israels order that more than a Million People living in Northern Gaza should leave their homes and move to the south within 2a hours. The Israeli Defence forces have been massing on the border, ahead of an expected Ground Offensive into gaza in response to last weekends attacks by members of hamas, a gr
And microsoft gets the green light to buy up the makers of candy crush, one of the biggest deals of its kind in history. And coming up on bbc news england pick owen farrell ahead of george ford, with marcus smith preferred at full back for their world cup Quarterfinal Clash with fiji. Good afternoon from sderot in Southern Israel. We are less than a mile from the gaza border. There has been intense rocket fire this morning, fired from gaza. On the horizon, you can see the outline of gaza city, dark smoke rising in the air. Israel has told more than a Million People living in Northern Gaza to leave their homes and move to the south within the next 2a hours. Israel is massing troops on the gaza border ahead of an expected ground offensive. The un has called on israel to withdraw the evacuation order, saying its impossible for palestinians to fully comply it has also warned of a humanitarian disaster. Israel says so far 1300 israelis were killed by hamas. In gaza, more than 11100 people h