uh, but conduct of royals.wn is a central part of our constitution and our constitution is really not very good. it centralises a lot of power in the hands of prime minister. it leaves us without proper checks and balances, and it leaves us with a state not willing to a head of state not willing to act independently of government. >> rafe. it appears the >> rafe. it appears that the monarchy has a few long terme challenges, as it does, but we mustn't overestimate this. >> be clear here. >> i mean, let's be clear here. republicanism is the biggest political modern political failure in modern british even at the british history. even at the monarchy's darkest moments , monarchy's darkest moments, republicans have been able republicans have never been able to more than quarter to convince more than a quarter of nation that it's in their of the nation that it's in their interest to abolish the stability monarchy for an stability of monarchy for an uncertain republic. you know, the standard for all of for the gold s

but another couple of royals make royals who continue to make headunes royals who continue to make headlines duchess sussex . for the good, duchess of sussex. for the good, for the bad. their polling is not, perhaps brilliant in the united kingdom, but what about the united states? we'll be discussing shortly that i knew had dewbs& co week nights from six. >> welcome back to a royal year. now, the duke and duchess of sussex continue to make headunes sussex continue to make headlines despite no longer being working members of the royal family . now, prince royal family. now, prince harry's explosive memoir spare was published in january , didn't was published in january, didn't make him particularly popular in the polls, but he has had a victory of sorts in his case against mirror group georgia pierce reports. >> prince harry and meghan markle have continued to dominate the british headlines in the last year , since stepping in the last year, since stepping down as working royals in 2020. in december 2022, harry and meghan released the first of many netflix projects with a fly on the wall doc

. >> he is a royal. >> he is a royal. >> he was born a royal.o his duty. well you may argue that, but . but. >> well, i. no i don't wholly agree. i think he was very unhappyin agree. i think he was very unhappy in his role and he has divested himself of that role. >> and he has gone to california and is earning a living. and he is living his own life, but he's still a royal prince and he is still a royal prince and he is still in line to succession of this throne. he can't he can't get of that. this throne. he can't he can't get all of that. this throne. he can't he can't getall right. t. this throne. he can't he can't get all right. well, thank you >> all right. well, thank you very much, jenny. and last but not least, i'd be remiss if i didn't address the elephant in the elephant that has the room, the elephant that has thundered through thundered its way through the nation, dividing thundered its way through the natiunited dividing thundered its way through the natiunited kingdom dividing thundered its way through the natiunited kingdom inivi

royal salute. present arms!colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 2024. he is also head of state in 14 other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello there. it is going to be a white christmas, but only over the hills of northern scotland — it's too mild elsewhere. and on sunday, it was the warmest christmas eve since 1997. temperatures in the south reached 15.3 celsius. and these are the temperatures that we've got first thing on christmas morning, ranging from maybe close to freezing in north east scotland to 12

royal salute. present arms! trooping the colour military parades over the decades. but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 2024. he is also head of state in 14 other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello there. christmas, for most of us, looks likely to be a mild one. in fact, on friday we had a pretty typical story, quite a lot of cloud around and temperatures 13 degrees across the south coast. but look at this, in the northern isles, just a daytime maximum of one celsius. and yes, there were some snow showers as well. that's because the far north—east

now on bbc news — the royal year in review. moment in history — the coronation of king charles iii. god save the king! congregation: god save the king! cheering. across three days in may, the nation celebrated the newly crowned king and queen. at a star—studded concert, a poignant tribute from prince william. as my grandmother said when she was crowned, coronations are a declaration of our hopes for the future. and i know she's up there fondly keeping an eye on us. and she'll be a very proud mother. cheering. also this year, prince harry reveals family secrets in his bestselling memoir and in evidence as he takes on the british press. and digging deep on his first official royal engagement, five—year—old prince louis. crowd: god save the king! god save the king! may the sixth, 2023. god save the king plays. light rain fell as king charles and camilla, queen consort, made their way to westminster abbey for the first coronation in 70 years. # i was glad... prime ministers, presidents, foreign kings and queens, as well as communit

royal salute. present arms!oping the colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 202a. he is also head of state in 1a other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello. today one of the better days this christmas period to get out and enjoy some fresh air. most parts of the country dry with some spells of hazy sunshine, before tomorrow potential for more travel problems as wet and windy weather pushes its way in, and plenty of snow on the scottish hills. that's the weather system brewing for tomorrow, that's the one cleari

royal salute. present arms!oping the colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 202a. he is also head of state in 1a other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello there. if you are planning to set out on a journey later on today, there are a few weather bits and pieces to be aware of. heavy outbreaks of rain could bring some localised flooding today. hill snow on the way for northern scotland in particular. and there's a risk of some particularly squally winds that could bring down some tree branches. the trouble all

royal salute. present arms!rooping the colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 2024. he is also head of state in 14 other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello. well, new year's eve is just around the corner. obviously, a lot happening, but we've also got some bad weather on the way. and here's some advice for you this weekend — with the very heavy rain and the gale force winds, there could be some disruption, certainly some delays are likely. and on top of that, we've got snow on the way for the northern hills a

royal salute. present arms!lour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 2024. he is also head of state in 14 other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello there. we had some heavy rain in scotland on saturday, and as a result of that there are a number of flood warnings in force across the north of the country. we have had some disruption too. for most of the uk it was a very mild day, but not for everyone. massive contrasts in northern scotland as the mild air butted up against the cold. 10 degrees in braemar, ten miles

matter, not the royal one, the royal one, not the royal one, royal, not royal, royal, ugh, not royal wrote down the staircase, wrote down how many steps, and uh, count it, for almost a year eremey counted everything and counted everyone. yakov got tired, but he himself got tired, oh, all the mushrooms i counted all the trees in the forests, all the freckles on the noses of small children. i used up all the ink, and went home along a straight path, with a calm soul, only the way home is also not short, and eremey decided to rest on the way, to think of just writing up such a barrel of ink, and such a great... multitude of small cattle went to parchments, you're talking about rams, about rams, and goose feathers have been exterminated by the darkness, the darkness, the desire to drink, there's just no patience, the tsar-father will have to be patient, manenka, manenka, oh, soda pop, what kind of soda can there be? soda water, oh, steppe, yes, it’s a long way to go around. let me go, i won’t let you go without a ransom, but what kind of ransom do you need , swear to your royal words tha

royal salute. present arms! trooping the colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 202a. he is also head of state in 1a other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello. we had some christmas day weather contrasts. with a high of 13.6 celsius, it was the mildest christmas day since 2016, but at the same time, northern scotland had snow, and so it was a white christmas. this stripe of cloud here brought rain for some of us, but in the north of the uk, colder air was in place, and that colder air is now pushing just a lit

royal salute. present arms!rooping the colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 202a. he is also head of state in 1a other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello there. good afternoon. still some more unsettled weather as we head through the rest of this weekend. feeling rather stormy at times. we've seen some snow across the central belt of scotland, such as here in glasgow, but the snow levels here will gradually lift through the afternoon. it will become more confined to the hills of scotland, but possibly some

royal salute. present arms! trooping the colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 2024. he is also head of state in 14 other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello. the weather's been continuing to cause some disruption through the final few days of 2023. we've had heavy rain, heavy snow across parts of scotland on saturday. for new year's eve on sunday, still some strong winds and heavy showers, especially in the south and the west. generally, a bit drier and less windy across the north—east of the uk, away from t

royal salute. present arms! trooping the colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 202a. he is also head of state in 1a other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello there. compared to the fine, settled, sunny weather of boxing day, today is looking pretty wild, all thanks to storm gerrit which is bringing a whole host of hazards, widespread gales and heavy rain and significant hill snow across scotland, all likely to cause disruption for the rest of the day, even as we head into tonight as well. here it is, storm ge

royal salute. present arms!rooping the colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 202a. he is also head of state in 1a other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello. the winds have been howling across northern britain today. and in the south of the country it has been one of the mildest christmas eves on record. temperatures have exceeded 15 celsius. and we may have beaten records, as well, but the met office will verify that in due course. here is the forecast, then, for the night. still some wet weather out towards

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royal salute. present arms!rooping the colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 2024. he is also head of state in 14 other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello. for most of us, boxing day turned into a pretty decent day. we had some spells of sunshine. certainly, it was a fine day to get out and about. the same does not apply to the day ahead. wednesday's weather dominated by storm gerrit, bringing a combination of rain, snow and gales with a very real risk of disruption. this is our storm system, this vast shiel

royal salute. present arms! trooping the colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 202a. he is also head of state in 11! other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello. after a wild wednesday courtesy of storm gerrit, thursday a little bit quieter, but still a blustery day out there with a mixture of some sunshine, hazy in places, but also some showers, even some longer spells of rain. this is the area of low pressure, which is still with us and will be with us as we go through into friday, keeping the winds quite str

royal salute. present arms! trooping the colour military parades over the decades but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 202a. he is also head of state in 1a other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello. some snow on the hills of scotland but boxing day is looking sunnier but boxing day is looking sunnier but also cooler. weather fronts in the south and the north. this one is going to pep up through the course of the day. cold air in the hills of scotland and it will produce some snow. as much as eight centimetres above about 200 metres and in some of t

royal salute. present arms!oping the colour military parades over the decades, but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 202a. he is also head of state in 11! other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. hello there. storm gerrit has brought quite a bit of disruption up and down the country, with heavy snowfall, blizzards across scotland, some road closures there — certainly the a9 — some localised flooding and some trees down from the strong winds. we're likely to see further disruption from this system as we move through the overnight period. now, the stronges

royal salute. present arms!oping the colour military parades over the decades, but injune, for the first time, the official birthday being celebrated was his. shoulder arms! 2023 has largely been about showing the british people how king charles intends to reign. but he's likely to be travelling further afield in 202a. he is also head of state in 11! other realms, including canada and australia, and it's been more than a decade since any have received a visit from their monarch. this was a royal year dominated by the coronation. father, son and grandson, all aware of their roles and responsibilities. close family united in their support for the new king. good evening. well, storm gerrit certainly brought some challenging weather conditions on wednesday, particularly for those of you returning back from seeing friends and family over the christmas period. now, an early heads up if you're travelling this weekend to see in the new year — there's further heavy rain forecast, maybe some snow likely in the north, and

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bathroom >> coming up, could the naming of the royal racists bring down the royal family?ng former royal butler grant harrold. but first, a daily express, his political editor online, david maddox, reports that rishi sunak is that whilst rishi sunak is celebrating poll bounce celebrating a new poll bounce with a three point rise , a with a three point rise, a senior backbencher speaking in confidence to the paper told the express that in the aftermath of the suella braverman sacking , the suella braverman sacking, sunakisin the suella braverman sacking, sunak is in trouble and quote , sunak is in trouble and quote, could be out by christmas . well, could be out by christmas. well, the tories do look to have their work cut out with even this more positive recent poll from the uk showing the tories on 23. yes, an improvement, but way behind labour on 45. so is pulling the plug labour on 45. so is pulling the plug on sunak there only hope? let's speak to the conservative mp for lichfield, michael fabricant. michael, great to have you on the show on a friday night. you're a fa

what is the programme today for the royals?ily head to the mary magdalene church on the sandringham estate as they do every christmas day to worship. this behind me is the queue to be able to stand in front of that church hoping to see some of those senior members of the royalfamily to see some of those senior members of the royal family as they come out. of course coming out on christmas day to be here, many have been here for several hours since the very early hours of the morning is for the most ardent of royal watchers. those who do come today have a very good chance of speaking to senior members of the royal family so that is why they're here and that is what they have been to do today. the royal party will be led by the king and the queen. expect also see the prince and princess of wales and their three children george, charlotte and louis here today. and i think this year the mood will be a little bit different to last year. last year of course was three months after the death of queen elizabeth and this was very much th

i spoke to our royal correspondent daniela relph, who was waiting for the royal family's arrival in sandringhamthe early hours of the morning here. so, a long wait. hoping to get a front and centre position to see the royal family. front and centre position to see the royalfamily. if front and centre position to see the royal family. if you are a bit of a royal watcher, sandringham is a good place to come. normally the big royal events, thejubilees, the weddings, it is hard to get up close and personal. it is very different here. you will probably get to see them quite close up when they leave church here. traditionally they take a slow walk back to the main house, chatting to people, taking flowers. there is a very good chance that some of these people will get a good chance to speak to senior members of the royal family. leading the walk will be the king and the queen, along with other senior members of the royalfamily, including the prince and princess of wales and their three children, george, charlotte and louis. a new photograph has been released this morning of charlotte, george angeleri

i spoke to our royal correspondent daniela relph, who was waiting for the royal family's arrival in sandringhamg since the early hours of the morning here — so a long wait — hoping to get front and centre position to see the royal family. and if you are a bit of a royal watcher, then sandringham is a good one to come to because normally the big royal events — thejubilees, the weddings — it's quite hard to get up close and personal to the royalfamily. it's very different here. you do probably... you will probably get to see them quite close up when they leave church here. traditionally, they take a slow walk back to the main house, chatting to people, taking flowers. so there is a very good chance that some of these people on the move now here will get a chance to talk to senior members of the royal family. and leading the royal pack today will be the king and the queen, and with them will be other senior members of the family, including the prince and princess of wales and their three children, george, charlotte and louis. and there has actually, this morning, been the release of a new photogra

bathroom >> coming up, could the naming of the royal racists bring down the royal family? former royal butler grant harrold. but first, a daily express, his political editor online, david maddox, reports that rishi sunak is that whilst rishi sunak is celebrating poll bounce celebrating a new poll bounce with a three point rise , a with a three point rise, a senior backbencher speaking in confidence to the paper told the express that in the aftermath of the suella braverman sacking , the suella braverman sacking, sunakisin the suella braverman sacking, sunak is in trouble and quote , sunak is in trouble and quote, could be out by christmas . well, could be out by christmas. well, the tories do look to have their work cut out with even this more positive recent poll from the uk showing the tories on 23. yes, an improvement, but way behind labour on 45. so is pulling the plug labour on 45. so is pulling the plug on sunak there only hope? let's speak to the conservative mp for lichfield, michael fabricant. michael, great to have you on the show on a friday night. you're a fast

um, i do not know anyone that respects the royal at that respects the royal folk at all.one and a complete hypocrite . i think we complete hypocrite. i think we should have a glass of wine for that one, don't you? right. thank you so much for all your views. now, a reminder we want to hear your thoughts as well as the read. i've the ones i've just read. i've got loads, but get in touch. we want more gb views gb news .uk or gb news. .uk or twitter at gb news. now fizz by the pint load post brexit licensing rules mean sparkling and still wine will be available by imperial measures from the new year. it was churchill's ideal size to drink champagne in, but do you actually care to be honest with you? now to get your head around this right, this is a normal bottle of wine at the moment. 75cl bottle of wine at the moment. 75cl. this is a pint glass, obviously. so churchill said this was too much . half, half of this was too much. half, half of a bottle was too little. but how much? what is this poured into that? how much do you actually get left in the bottle? i'm not going to

the royal family are racists.own before, but now the specific names of these racists have been named. and it is none other than the king himself, charles ii. and the princess of wales, kate middleton. this became known from the publication in holland of a book by a british journalist and writer that specializes in the life of the royal family. 3 years ago he published the book harry and meghan’s gaining freedom, the formation of a modern royal family. and here is a new bestseller called the finale inside the royal family. and the struggle of the monarchy for survival, although wait, what kind of bestseller is this if the book is banned for sale in holland, confiscated from empty stores and cut into waste paper, yes, books in europe are banned again, withdrawn from sale, but at least they don’t burn it, and that’s good , about how and what books are banned in germany today, we let's talk a little later, but for now let's return to britain, in the tradition of freedom of speech, the senior management of the bbc corp

thank you, your royal highness. thank you.nobel minds and the first of our two programmes. laureates, this is the first time that you've been brought together in discussion on television. renewed congratulations to you all. but do you know what? just looking around the table, i'm very struck by the fact that, for once, i'm joined by three women, a very rare occurrence. and it's got me wondering, why do you think that there

success and will the royal with sussexes royal rift with the sussexes continue?do we care? >> really about them anymore? >> really about them anymore? >> well, i can't believe it's been five years. oh no, no, it's a long time isn't it? >> a long, long time. >> a long, long time. >> i just sort of think i'm getting i'm getting so bored of it now. oh, it's just like, let them get let them get on with it. whatever they want to do, let them get on with it. and let's just ignore them. >> joe, i found really sad. i don't know if the documentaries aren't boxing day whether aren't boxing day or whether it's year's day, but it's it's new year's day, but it's about queen's about the queen's last few weeks. and the princess weeks. um, and the princess royal which royal gives an interview, which is and in it she is very rarely and in it she says they were aware of her ill health last summer, and they all know the summer before that. and they time see her up they all took time to see her up in in balmoral over in scotland, in balmoral over that and that summer. but harry and

yes. from the british royal family? yes, i would. from the british royal family?egins. if that happens where healing will definitely begin. you have written _ healing will definitely begin. you have written about the role of the duke and duchess of sussex, harry and meghan. you said they were widening the boundaries of discourse and bringing some unsavoury realities to light. i am sure you know there has been a lot of argument about their role and recently about whether or not the potential appearance of their unborn baby was discussed by members of the royal family. do you believe that harry and meghan were victims of racism in this country can do you think? i racism in this country can do you think? , ., , racism in this country can do you think? , ., 3 ., racism in this country can do you think? , . 3 ., ~ ., think? i believe harry and meghan had to find their _ think? i believe harry and meghan had to find their own _ think? i believe harry and meghan had to find their own voice, - think? i believe harry and meghan had to find their own voice, in - think? i be

but of course, royal former royal don't royal former royal butlers don't goss inside and goss goss.way, i'm so. so come on, talk to me about the dinner set up, mate. >> i think carson would be rolling in his grave, you know, have butlers. no . have a great butlers. um, no. the dinner. it's interesting. they have a lunch, which is very traditional . like, just similar traditional. like, just similar to we're having . the to what we're all having. the only difference, of course, they've got, um, staff to they've got, um, staff there to kind of but the actual kind of help, but the actual meal is similar to what we're all meal. turkey all having a turkey meal. turkey christmas, uh, dinner. probably three courses. bet that three courses. the bet that you might aware of that in might not be aware of is that in the afternoon have an the afternoon they have an afternoon which a very afternoon tea, which is a very important royal way important part of the royal way of we've been of life. again, we've been having afternoon teas for about 150 thanks to duchess 150 years, thanks to duchess anna

our royal correspondent, daniela relph, has more.and a greeting from a grandfather and father, as well as a king about to be crowned. what struck me particularly is how extraordinarily affectionate they are. they're clearly a very close family. you know, of all the generations. and, in a sense, you felt you're part of a family occasion as well as, you know, a royal occasion and a national occasion. for the first time, the programme will show the intricate preparations and alterations that were made to the crowns used during the coronation. and on the big day, after the service, cameras filmed the welcome back at buckingham palace. three cheers for his majesty, the king and her majesty, the queen. hip, hip. hooray! the programme is not a critical eye over the royal family's year. there is no mention of the duke and duchess of sussex, harry and meghan, nor prince andrew. it is instead a view of some of those moments we don't normally get to see. ijust love the way the sun comes through the cotinus. it's marvellous, isn't it? the king a

in the royal family.s some secrets that you not know. and you might not know. and now they're around. >> p- around. >> they've been >> i mean, they've been struggling along on the 17 million that harry inherited from his mother and whatever meghan out of whatever meghan has made out of whatever tawdry nonsense you're princess. >> no, exactly right. oh, really ? but they don't care about the institution of monarchy because they're entirely narcissistic and focussed upon themselves. you know, it's their truth, which is what she was wittering on about all along, as though truth is subjective, not objective. and but the damage that they've done to the monarchy as an institution and the monarchy is done to itself by indulging them, i think is terrific. >> and also, look at the documentary that they made for netflix. they were obviously suggesting that the it to use woke language that monarchy woke language that the monarchy is institutionally problematic . is institutionally problematic. right. and so of cours

he's sufferin royal always a royal. >> the royal always a royal. >> the royal always a royal. >> well fifth line to the throne. fifth in line to the throne. he's important if he he's not that important if he wants have royal protection, wants to have royal protection, he easily former he could easily hire former royal no royal protection officers who no longer the metropolitan longer serve in the metropolitan police, either as part of his own security detail as own security detail or as consultants his consultants to train his american won't have american team. they won't have guns, from that, american team. they won't have guns, be from that, american team. they won't have guns, be everyfrom that, american team. they won't have guns, be every bitn that, american team. they won't have guns, be every bit ashat, american team. they won't have guns, be every bit as well they'll be every bit as well equipped. go lovely. this our christmas tree? >> give you ideas about >> give you any ideas about decorating no decorating your own? no i thought but it was just. thought not. but it was just.

he born into the royal family. he didn't be in the royal born into the royal family. the royal born into the royal family. he didn't he certainlyin the royal born into the royal family. he didn't he certainly chose royal born into the royal family. he didn't he certainly chose notal family. he certainly chose not to be. we to remember to be. but we have to remember that, know, we to that, you know, we have to protect some of our vulnerable people, whoever they are . and people, whoever they are. and let's the amount of let's face it, the amount of vitriol there is being spat at. harry and meghan, i'm sure their security is probably needs to be much higher than ever before. and think what would it take and i think what would it take for us to actually think , let's for us to actually think, let's protect this, this life just because harry and is because he's prince harry and is in pubuc because he's prince harry and is in public eye? it doesn't in the public eye? it doesn't mean be mean that we shouldn't be protecting would protecting him. what would it take for us to

into the royal family. was want to be part of the royal fami into the royal family.yal family. he had no and i do think , had no choice. and i do think, although everything that has happened , i think a lot has been happened, i think a lot has been wrong on harry's part. i do think they do owe him still some sort of protection, protection ? sort of protection, protection? yeah. cracking though. >> don't you just love the great british public? they say it as they see it and barely a scintilla of sympathy for the ginger winger. you can afford it. pay for it yourself, mate . it. pay for it yourself, mate. okay. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00. later in this hour, we'll look at the effects scandal that could effects blood scandal that could see the government pay out a whopping £20 billion in compensation . but first, if your compensation. but first, if your latest news headlines with sam francis . latest news headlines with sam francis. martin thank you. >> good afternoon. it's just gone. 332. i'm sam francis in the newsroom. armed police are search

he born into the royal family. he didn't be in the royal born into the royal family.n the royal born into the royal family. he didn't he certainlyin the royal born into the royal family. he didn't he certainly chose royal born into the royal family. he didn't he certainly chose notal family. he certainly chose not to be. we to remember to be. but we have to remember that, know, we to that, you know, we have to protect some of our vulnerable people, whoever they are . and people, whoever they are. and let's the amount of let's face it, the amount of vitriol there is being spat at. harry and meghan, i'm sure their security is probably needs to be much higher than ever before. and think what would it take and i think what would it take for us to actually think , let's for us to actually think, let's protect this, this life just because harry and is because he's prince harry and is in pubuc because he's prince harry and is in public eye? it doesn't in the public eye? it doesn't mean be mean that we shouldn't be protecting would protecting him. what would it take for us to

personal to the royal family.robably get to see them quite close up when they leave church here. traditionally, they take a slow walk back to the main house, chatting to people, taking flowers. there is a very good chance that some of the people on the move here will get the chance to talk to senior members of the royal family a little bit later on. leading the royals today will be the king and the queen. with them will be other senior members of the family including the prince and princess of wales and their three children, george, charlotte and louis. there has actually been this morning the release of a new photograph of charlotte, george and louis. released this morning by a photographer. it is a black—and—white informal image of the three royal children sitting on a bench together with their arms around each other laughing and smiling and looking at each other. it is a really charming new photo for christmas day. it was taken as part of the collection that they had for the family christmas card this year that

royal memorabilia is notjust the coronations, christmas is also boomtime for royal souvenirs.gs foundation and currently running a royal souvenir pop—up market in chelsea. i am guessing it's very busy scott. it has been a very busy year so hello from the garrison chapel, in london, the hybrid christmas shop, we opened last week and we're open till wednesday, so it has been a very busy year and we are all looking forward to christmas. i and we are all looking forward to christmas.— to christmas. i must admit i ventured — to christmas. i must admit i ventured into _ to christmas. i must admit i ventured into london - to christmas. i must admit i ventured into london with i to christmas. i must admit i l ventured into london with my husband and children on saturday afternoon and first of all we try to get into fordham and mason which has a royal warrant, by the royalfamily famously go and do their christmas shopping before christmas. we could not get in the doorstop endemic use around the doorstop endemic use around the block. london was jampacked, and it has been a bumper year h

how can he possibly want to be in royal family for to be in the royal family for things having royal royal family when he wants to endorse? and i would say that harry and meghan have endorsed the book end game by not decrying it and not speaking up and saying it's all rubbish . up and saying it's all rubbish. their silence to me is an endorsement of it and that is a brutal assault on both the royal family. his father, the king and the queen. and i don't think he should even be allowed to come back into this country. >> this is deeply worrying because i'm in total agreement with mean, this with my parents. i mean, this isn't we're supposed do . isn't what we're supposed to do. >> put the other side . >> let me put the other side. all right. >> let me put the other side. all thet. >> let me put the other side. all the other side, because one >> the other side, because one of arguments is that even if of the arguments is that even if he paid for the best security guards ever and the best intelligence and whatever , it intelligence and whatever, it would not compare to what royal members

what does the royal child do next? with no tv , royal child do next?child do next? with no tv, no ipad and not even any gb news heaven forfend . heaven forfend. >> no gb news i know. >> no gb news i know. >> can you imagine? >> can you imagine? >> unimaginable. but come on, even you couldn't compete with these spectacular grounds . this these spectacular grounds. this was the great outdoor playroom for children . they put on their for children. they put on their sable lined capes and their little boots, and they kicked in the leaves and they climbed trees and things that have since really rather disappeared. we know that marie went tobogganing. she skated on the lake. i've toboggan. >> my children have toboggan. all this climate alarmism is going a bit far. >> yes, but, jacob, you're very old. >> i am very ancient . the impact >> i am very ancient. the impact history has on our lives is seen so clearly in christmas day. >> of course, we go back to the fundamental principle that today a saviour has been born to us. he is christ the lord. but we then see

because this is in fact , the royal family of is in fact, the royal family of the future .here are only four the future. there are only four under 70, and it's perfectly true that there have been problems in this year. everyone is well aware. it began with the launch of harry's memoir, spare, and it ended with a fiasco over roman scobie's book end game. there's this aspect to it, which obviously he didn't mention in the speech, but which, again, has come into so much commentary. what's at its heart is that the monarchy is there to serve that has the longest serving prince of wales in our history . he will be serving prince of wales in our history. he will be a serving prince of wales in our history . he will be a monarch history. he will be a monarch who is fully aware of his his role , which is to be advised to role, which is to be advised to encourage and warn. but also that the monarchy above party politics has a pivotal role to play politics has a pivotal role to play in our society and it's the only institution in the world because we saw the royal family at saint mary