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and a glimpse behind the curtain of the british royal family as balmoral opens a guided tourfor the firste. hello. voting in france gets under way in two hours�* time in france in the first round of parliamentary elections. the election, called to widespread surprise by president emmanuel macron, has thrown french politics into disarray. support for the anti—immigration and eurosceptic national rally party has surged despite president macron�*s pledges to stop its rise. the far—right national rally is widely expected to come in first place. in the 577—member national assembly, pa rliament�*s lower house. but it remains unclear if the party will secure an outright majority. the shape of the new parliament will become clear after the second round of voting onjuly 7. i am joined by prof jonah levy, vice—chair of the department of political science, specialising in french and west european politics at the university of california, berkeley. thank you forjoining us. first of all, remind us, why did president emmanuel macron call this snap election?— this snap election? president emmanuel — thi

very unusually, margaret thatcher was at balmoral at that moment, because normally she went in september. [bagpipe music playing] so the principle private secretary and the foreign affairs had to go up to balmoral, almost force his way in to see her. what was at stake? it was two things. one was the human feeling of the risks to this person who had served the uk so well. the other was the damage that would be done to british relations with the soviet union. [narrator] prime minister thatcher now holds gordievsky's fate in her hands. now, will that disrupt this very fragile but new relationship with gorbachev? that must be a consideration for margaret thatcher. [raymond] this telegram was sent to us, actually, to sis. so it was enciphered. "the prime minister has personally approved this operation... and expressed her complete confidence in your ability to carry it out. we all here join in standing 100% behind you, and are confident you will succeed." i mean, there was a lot of adrenaline going on, and an awful lot to plan. i wasn't excited. i was-- i was bloody frightened, actually. [dra

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the king is opening balmoral to the pubuc king is opening balmoral to the public for the first time ints history, from monday, charles will open the doors of his scottish retreat, allowing a glimpse of royal family life in the highlands. visitors will be able to take a guided tour of the aberdeenshire castle, where successive monarchs since queen victoria have gone to relax. rooms available for viewing will include the entrance hall, family dining rooms and the library. two right, those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm ray addison more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, ray. right. | >> thank you very much, ray. right. i think nigel farage is ready to speak at his rally in birmingham today. so not just yet. no he is bracing himself. so you brace yourself as well. that's coming up very soon. so let's get straight into today's story while we wait for nigel. now, nigel has

balmoral castle has been the british royal family's scottish holiday home since the 19th century.se hosie got a sneak peek at what visitors can expect. balmoral castle has been a scottish holiday home for the royal family holiday home for the royal family since the 19th century. the castle's gardens and ballroom are already popular attractions, but now king charles is opening its doors to allow guided tours of some of its private rooms for the first time. newly—released photos give a flavour of what visitors can expect. they include the grand entrance hall, featuring a statue of 11th century scottish king malcolm of canmore. there's also access to the paige's lobby, with its mounted stag heads. and the library, king charles�*s personal study, which has hosted many dignitaries. tickets for the tour, which run until august the 4th, are priced at either £100 or £150 with afternoon tea. they sold out in just 24 hours. i don't want to give away too much, but they can expect seeing art collections that nobody has seen before. we've got an amazing selection of sir edwin landseer painting

be independent. >> i'd like to go round balmoral. >> i would like to go around balmoral.> we've always heard about balmoral, haven't we? being the retreat for the royals and all the rest of it. and how much they love it up there. just be nice to have a glimpse, wouldn't it? >> would it be like to live there? it'd be nice to move in, wouldn't get me out. be squatter? >> have you seen the weather, though? occasionally. well, the reason it's so beautiful is because it rains a lot. >> that's all right. >> that's all right. >> will it rain today, though? here's ellie. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so it's a bit of a cloudy start for some of us, but there is some sunshine on the way. as we head through the rest of today. we've seen a band of rain pushing its way eastwards overnight, and that eventually clears its way towards the south—east through this morning, leaving plenty of sunshine for much of england and wales this afternoon, so remaining quite showery acr

from balmoral we will take your life to new york to show you images from new york pride, where thousandswe had lunch and pride. this year it celebrates the 40th year of this heritage of pride event and marks the 55th anniversary of the stonewall uprising. lovely images from new york. lots more on our website. hello there. pa rt part two of the weekend looking cooler. it is going to be changeable with low pressure close by, most of the rain will be in the north and west of the country and it will be call for a time of year, no signs of another hot and sunny spell on the cards. this ridge of high pressure has brought quite a bit of dry weather around this morning, so splashes of rain to a south—east of england and through the afternoon, the cloud may be picking up the spine of the country for the spit spot of rain, mostly dry with limited sunshine, the best of it in southern and south—west. for most it is mid to high teens. this evening any showers or spots of rain fade away and overnight it turns drier with clear spells developing but we look to the west for a new set of weather fronts pi

to the pubuc is opening balmoral to the public for the first time in its history .y, charles will open the doors of his scottish retreat, allowing a glimpse of royal family life in the highlands. rooms available for viewing will include the entrance hall, family dining rooms and the library. two those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm ray addison. more from michael. in just a moment >> and welcome back. political star power can add another dimension to election campaigning. this week, we've seen david tennant attacking the business secretary kemi badenoch noting he wished that she did noting he wished that she did not exist. dawn butler, the labour politician, supported mr tennant's views as michael deacon commented in the daily telegraph, a woman praising a man for telling a woman to shut up after she'd spoken up for women seems bizarre . harry women seems bizarre. harry potter, author and women's rights activist jk rowling has also accused labour of abandoning women in favour of trans people, and has expressed the view that she will struggle to vote f

the traditional summer break where they all go up to balmoral castle.of king charles arriving. but of course, it's the general election next week. the king will have to be back in london, cut his his time in scotland short to appoint his new prime minister, whoever that may be. >> gosh, they never get straight stay up in balmoral. no, it's fraught with some sort of trip back down, whatever that might be, whether it's, you know, the loss of the queen, i know, but there's always something going on or two, two prime ministers. we had liz truss going up there as well at one point. >> we certainly didn't. of course, the king is still having cancer treatment, so it's all about keeping an eye on his medical situation as well, whether he's well enough to travel back down and travel back up again. the line is i think he will be. but of course you can appoint a prime minister anyway, where, as we saw with the late queen and liz truss at balmoral. absolutely. >> thanks, cameron. >> thanks, cameron. >> appreciate the round up. we'll leave it there. thank you very m

. >> he's been driven around balmoral by prince philip, and he's had a barbecue with the late queen. >> so his pedigree with the royal family, who he treats as a second family, is second to none. >> naruhito became the emperor of japan in 2019. not that long ago. in the grand scheme of things, to some extent he's a relatively new, head of state, in the same way that our king is i >> -- >> yes, absolutely. >> yes, absolutely. >> they're both, if you like, novice heads of state at the moment. >> but of course, they've both got , huge >> but of course, they've both got, huge amount of experience in the background. i mean , in the background. i mean, they've been learning, their if you like their trade for many, many years, the only people that can teach them, and that is the previous, you know, monarchs and emperors. so yeah, you're absolutely right. they are. they are both to new this, to this job, but in real realistic terms, they are very well versed in to what do and what to do. and the great thing about the, the japanese couple is they're very young. and so we would expect them to

from tomorrow visitors will be allowed into previously unseen parts of balmoral — the royal family'sssive monarchs since queen victoria. we will have a longer report on that, beautiful pictures. it is always interesting, isn't it, to see behind the scenes. i think that is the king's office. aha, behind the scenes. i think that is the king's office.— the king's office. a little nosing around. the king's office. a little nosing around- it _ the king's office. a little nosing around. it is— the king's office. a little nosing around. it is in _ the king's office. a little nosing around. it is in high _ the king's office. a little nosing around. it is in high demand. i around. it is in high demand. apparently when the tickets went on sale, back in april, they sold out in 2a hours. and that is on a ticket price of, what, £150? i in 24 hours. and that is on a ticket price of, what, £150?— price of, what, £150? i think they started £100. — price of, what, £150? i think they started £100, up _ price of, what, £150? i think they started £100, up to _ price of, what, £150? i think they started

and a lot of them obviously go up to balmoral castle for some kind of rest time and, and privacy of theirme, and so they can spend time in private with their family. so the royals were going to start to wind down their engagements as we get closer towards july and into august. but i think she probably did have quite a few engagements planned for another month or so . planned for another month or so. so obviously that's all going to have to be under review, depending on how she's feeling and how quickly she recovers break. >> well, cameron walker, do stay with us. we're going to be back with us. we're going to be back with you. of course, throughout the program, with this developing news, as we say, princess anne, the princess royal now in hospital after minor injuries and a concussion were sustained. >> yes. going to take break. we'll be back >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:47 now. princess anne, the princess royal has been taken into hospital following an incident at. >> yes. she's been taken to a hospital in bristol, southmead hosphal hospital in bristol, southmead hospital. this af