you're watching beyond 100 days. the british royal family prepares for a new member and a bit of a shake—up. tomorrow a divorced american woman — mixed race, with no royal background — will marry prince harry and make history. in the last hour, the two princes have been walking among the crowds. if the groom is nervous, he didn't show it. meghan and her mother arrive at their country house hotel for the night, after having tea with the queen and her husband to be. away from windsor, tragic news in america — another school shooting, this time in santa fe, texas, at least eight students have been killed. get in touch with us using #beyond1000ays. hello and welcome.

i'm katty kay in windsor with christian fraser for our special coverage of the royal wedding. it has been a fantastic day, we have been all around the town. in the last hour, prince harry and his brother, prince william, have been shaking hands with well—wishers outside windsor castle on the eve of the royal wedding. there was such a big crowd, such a lot of security that christian almost didn't make it!” lot of security that christian almost didn't make it! i seem to have as many of these bracelets as you can shake at a stick, but i couldn't get out of the gate, they we re couldn't get out of the gate, they were five deep at castle hill, great anticipation, prince harry shaking hands with everybody, of course looking very relaxed. he was asked about that, he said, i am very relaxed about it all. let's find out whether he was, jonny dymond is closer, he is on the sunny side of the castle, did you get any sort of feel, jonny, about how they are

approaching the big day tomorrow? the one word that really struck me about the walkabout was how informal it was. they strode out how these great big arched wooden gates, the henry viii date of windsor castle, a brisk clip down the path and into castle hill, big whoops and cheers from a crowd who clearly had word that something was up, because the crowd had suddenly become very deep. they just crowd had suddenly become very deep. theyjust plunged crowd had suddenly become very deep. they just plunged straight crowd had suddenly become very deep. theyjust plunged straight into the crowd. it has got to be said they are very good at the grip and green, very good at sort of chatting and lurching over and having their photos ta ken. they like lurching over and having their photos taken. they like that kind of thing, they engage very well, and they didn't spend a lot of time out, i guess probably ten minutes. they worked the crowd as best they could. at one point, prince harry was given a teddy bear which he was standing around with, he was going to make his way back into the castle, and he called some on's i, lurched over,

practicallyjogged over to have a chat, i think he was involved with one of the charge that prince harry is involved in. —— charities. it is that level of informality that does endear them not just to the crowds here but also the wider audience, both in britain and internationally, because it represents a break with tradition. a lot of the royal family strikes people as being caught up in tradition, hidebound, but these guys simply are not, and they showed it with their walkabout. simply are not, and they showed it with their walkaboutlj simply are not, and they showed it with their walkabout. i do not know if you were that relaxed on a night of your wedding, christian, if you were that relaxed on a night of yourwedding, christian, not millions of people tuning in around the world! i am interested in the bride—to—be, where is she tonight? she has had a busy day too. she has had a busy day, she is now, we understand, relaxing at an extraordinarily grand hotel not too far away from here, you wouldn't wa nt far away from here, you wouldn't want to have a long drive on your wedding day, but it has been a tough day, rehearsals, she has been with

their mother, doria ragland, who has met the queen. she has now met virtually every senior member of the royal family, it must have been a whirlwind tour, i have to say, you have to pity her a little bit, she must be exhausted. she went to the rehouse lyn st george's chapel, which you can see behind me, and then she went to had tea with the queen, with prince harry, and with her daughter, of course. there was a lot of speculation in the last 48 hours, would it be doria ragland who ended up accompanying her down the aisle of st george is chapel. we had just a few hours ago from kensington palace that in fact it will be prince charles, meghan markle has apparently asked prince charles, he said he was very pleased to use this asa said he was very pleased to use this as a way to welcome her into the royal family. so not quite the revolutionary site that we thought it might be, with doria ragland on the arm of her daughter, walking her up the arm of her daughter, walking her up the aisle through the hundreds of

years of british history, but instead prince charles stepping in at the last minute, rather gallantly, saying at the last minute, rather galla ntly, saying i at the last minute, rather gallantly, saying i will do the task ifi gallantly, saying i will do the task iflam gallantly, saying i will do the task if i am asked, he will walk the last few yards over the bolts that contains the remains of charles ii and henry viii, up to the altar, where she will meet her prince. jonny dymond with some good facts!|j am jonny dymond with some good facts!” am very envious! we will have more of those later on. it is a big moment for the royal family, it is fun, the ceremony is fun, the crowds are fun, but it is a big moment for this royal family, they are about to get a shake up, they have never had a woman like meghan markle. what is it like as a bride, the night before? what do you do? is it important to be with your mother? were you? no, iwas important to be with your mother? were you? no, i was not, important to be with your mother? were you? no, iwas not, it important to be with your mother? were you? no, i was not, it was not quite like that for me, though! i'm trying to think if i can remotely compare it! the role for mrs ragland

is to make her daughter calm, she is having a huge day, head around the world, thousands of people here, and she is entering this royal family. ifi she is entering this royal family. if i had my mother with me, i would wa nt if i had my mother with me, i would want this zen yoga teacher to transmit, that would be my wedding gift, a bit of zen and yoga.” transmit, that would be my wedding gift, a bit of zen and yoga. i have so gift, a bit of zen and yoga. i have so many facts for you through the course of the programme, do you want one on their hotel? john profumo, the war secretary, met christine keeler at that same hotel in 1961, and if you read the blurb from the hotel, it says they have had unapologetic debauchery.” hotel, it says they have had unapologetic debauchery. i don't think that is going on tonight! there's no easy way to turn from the events here in windsor to what is unfolding in texas. at least ten people have been shot dead at the santa fe high school, south of houston. it is still unclear how many people have been injured. according to some reports, the shooting began as the fire alarm went off. news helicopters filmed

the students filing out of the school in single file, empting their backpacks in front of armed police. the local sherrif said they have one person in custody, another is being questioned. the bbc‘s james cook reports. the calls came in just before 8am. again, a gunman on the campus. this time at santa fe high school. police searching school bags for deadly weapons. for the united states, this is now routine, but no less terrifying for its familiarity. i shouldn't be going through this at my school. this is my daily life, i shouldn't have to feel like that. i'm so scared to even go back. was there a part of you that was like, this isn't real, this wouldn't happen in my school? no, there wasn't. why so? it has been happening everywhere. i always kind of felt like eventually it was going to happen here, too.

the teachers screamed at us to run, so we all took off. i ran through someone's yard and jumped through their fence. the emergency services poured onto the school grounds. a sheriff confirming what everybody feared. this was another deadly mass shooting. i was focused on the fatalities. we have approximately ten, that is not fully confirmed, but i know it could be in this range. majority of those are probably students. the president of the united states appeared before the cameras — again, the most and least powerful person on earth. we grieve for the terrible loss of life and send our support and love to everyone affected by this absolutely horrific attack. and the threat may not be over. moments ago, police said explosive devices had been found in and near the school. americans are struggling to explain the inexplicable — again. james cook, bbc news.

such familiar scenes, how many more schools readings does the united states have to suffer? back now to the royal wedding, and the events which will be unfolding here in windsor tomorrow. let's bring in william hanson, who's an etiquette expert and previously a teacher at lucie clayton finishing school. it is very good that you are with us on the programme, because i have been wondering, what sort of etiquette will someone like meghan markle have to learn? she will have to learn the intricacies of british protocol, and it is probably harder for meghan in many ways, because she is not british, she has not grown up with the awareness of not just the british class system but the protocol of the royal family as well. although that said, i think it is slightly easier for her, because

unlike catherine, who was british and supposed to know it, we have that nonsense with their family sing toilet and not lavatory, but the british always give a free pass to foreigners, because we know that they do not know it, and if they get it wrong, we think, how charming how lovely, they are foreign, we are allowed to let them off. whereas the british are supposed to know. so meghan needs to get to grips with royal protocol, but she will be allowed a few slip—ups if she does transgress. i'm hoping that 20 years of living in america means i get a pass as well, william! how much is she going to change the rules of etiquette, or is that set in stone, something that is immutable, and even a californian can't make this shift? no, things will change, and my advice to meghan will be just do it slowly, slowly, don't try and do

it slowly, slowly, don't try and do it all within the first year, for example. her majesty the queen has changed the protocol in her reign, and she has done it so well that we have not always noticed that it has changed. it has been softly, softly, and it has evolved as the nation has evolved, so meghan can change things. we have already seen they are a much more tactile couple than most members of the royal family have been. and indeed meghan's etiquette and deportment has changed since the engagement, her dress has become slightly more correct, yes, not all doom and gloom! the engagement outfits that we saw in november, traditionalists like me did not love it, things were wrong, there were no tights, for example, and on formal british occasions one would wear tights, but only a few weeks ago at events in london, the memorial service, the commonwealth events, tights were worn, the

dresses became slightly more regal. william, will it matter what they are called? william, will it matter what they are called ? we william, will it matter what they are called? we are told they will be the duke and duchess of sussex, or something like that, but she will not know where the hierarchy of the titles are, maybe you could fill that in four us. yes, we believe that in four us. yes, we believe that they will become the duke and duchess of sussex, and that, if it follows precedent, will be announced before the service tomorrow. if let's say she is on the arm of prince harry, once they are married, walking down a corridor at buckingham palace, and they bump into any one senior than prince harry, they will have to curtsy to them, anyone junior, if harry, they will have to curtsy to them, anyonejunior, if the harry, they will have to curtsy to them, anyone junior, if the couple are together, will have to bow and cu rtsy are together, will have to bow and curtsy to them. if she's walking along a corridor on her own, for instance no prince harry, any blood members of royal family would expect

to be curtsied to buy meghan. members of the royal family, do they really enforce that? no. william, thank you very much forjoining us. i wanted to ask william if there was anything he could do for you. you area bit anything he could do for you. you are a bit of a lost cause. some of us are are a bit of a lost cause. some of us are perhaps a lost cause! i am sure he could give me one or two tips along the way. three or four. it's understood harry and meghan started dating back in the summer of 2016. but it wasn't until last year that their relationship was made public when they emerged holding hands at the invictus games in toronto. meghan was living there because that's where she was filming the legal drama suits. keith doyle looks back at a very royal romance. the public first saw harry and meghan markle at the invictus games last year. they spent time in botswana, a place close to harry's heart,

where he revealed they camped out with each other under the stars. when they were interviewed after their engagement was announced, they explained how they met on a blind date. we are introduced by a mutualfriend, whom we... we should protect her privacy. yes, but it was literally through her, and then we met once, then twice, back—to—back two dates in london. then in november, harry popped the question. it was so sweet and natural and very romantic. he got on one knee. the fact i fell in love with meghan so incredibly quickly was confirmation to me that all these stars were in line, everything was perfect, it was this beautiful woman tripped and fell into my life, i fell into her life. more public engagements shed light on how the couple work as a team. it's so good to meet you. this is a couple who know what love means.

from those early days, the engagement day where they came out linking arms, that interview, where they literally didn't stop touching each other, holding hands, the reassuring glances, those same glances we saw when they were carrying out those debut engagements out in the public, they had eyes for each other, harry making sure meghan was ok. he's said she fell into his life, they fell in love the moment they met, this is true for everyone to see. it hasn't all been dewy—eyed romance. in a strong, unprecedented rebuke to the media of what he called racial undertones in their coverage of meghan, harry stood up for his fiancee. as un ambassador and campaigner for women's rights, meghan is also an independent force, but these two strong people appear to be even stronger together, as they continue on what they've called their crazyjourney. someone who knows all about romance

and what it's like to plan a wedding is nova reid, wedding expert and founder of the blog nu bride. thank you very much for coming in, i am sure this is not quite like normal weddings, but as a bride, what does she represent, as a role model, particularly forwomen what does she represent, as a role model, particularly for women of colour in this country?” model, particularly for women of colour in this country? i think, for women of colour, it's almost acceptance... the wedding industry is very white. it is extremely homogenous. can she change that, by virtue of who she is? it is a big ask for one person, but i think it isa ask for one person, but i think it is a positive step forward, more representative of what society looks like now, more blended, more integrated. so you are advised the wedding industry in the uk, have

they missed something? they are missing a trick. it has been reported over and over again that you're 35% more likely to be outperformed by your peers if your business is not diverse and a representative, and that is not in the aesthetic, it is about your team, different opinions, content. so people who are missing a trick are missing out on money as well. we are missing out on money as well. we are having the conversation, you are right, of course one person can't change everything, but the very fact this is something we are talking about, and people talking about generally — are people talking about it to you more? very much so, which isa it to you more? very much so, which is a positive thing. there is a lot of discomfort with talking about race in the uk, we don't want to say the wrong thing, and more conversation and understanding, we will start to elicit more change. what sort of style has she created for herself? she is the modern woman, she is independent. it is interesting, because she is a feminist as well, so to see her

being embraced in a patriarchal system, it will be interesting to see how they make their marriage and equal one. do you think, after the wedding, your industry, they will study and look at what she has been wearing, and people who are mixed—race might say, that is exactly what we want, will we see a boom in the dresses she wears? you will see a boom from all women who are getting married, the same thing happened with catherine, we take on the trends, and she will start to include people who have felt excluded. are you going to be watching on the procession route somewhere? i will. what are you most excited about? the energy and atmosphere and what she is going to be wearing, i wanted to do something different. it is 2018 and women still wants to be a princess, it is amazing, isn't it? i don't know

anything about style, i will be honest with you! but it seems to me that the style of wedding dresses recently has been figure hugging, rather slender — where is the big blancmanges? i like a big blancmange! they went out in the 19805, princess diana was the last to have a big royal blancmange! they would be coming back, you saw it here first. get the blancmange is out on the website! novak, thank you very much forjoining us, we will not take fashion tips from christian. —— nova. let's bring you nova. some developing news from cuba. authorities say a boeing 737 has crashed shortly after taking off from havana airport. it was on an internal flight from the capital to the east of the island. state media is reporting 104 passengers were on board. leonardo rocha, our world service americas editor, joins us from our studio in london. he's been watching events. leonardo, what can you tell us about

the casualties on board, are we talking about all of them dying, or is there hope that some of them might be saved? well, cuban television was showing survivors, which is some good news, i suppose. the crews are in that place, which is about 13 kalnietis from the capital, havana, and likely it is a nonresidential area. —— 13 kilometres. the cuban president is at the airport, and he said that the plane belonged to a mexican charter company and was operated by cubana. the crews are at the location. they are trying to see if they can rescue people, but there are many casualties. witnesses report an explosion and a lot of smoke in the

area. the plane was flying from havana to holguin, east of the cuban capital. we will keep an eye on that, leonardo, thank you very much indeed. after the wedding ceremony in st george's chapel, the newly married couple will take a carriage drive through windsor. that route is already lined with people hoping to catch a glimpse of them. but i was rather taken aback how little katty knew about the route and the things they will pass on the way, so i took her this afternoon on one of my special guided tours, along the route the couple will be taking tomorrow. tomorrow, they are going to come out of the king henry viii gate. down the road to the high street. past queen victoria's statue. hold on a second, king henry gate... no, king henry viii's gate. 0k, got it. past queen victoria's statue. quite complicated. paid for by the people

of windsor in 1887. imagine that, she's been stood here, all the people that have walked past her all these years. it's amazing. right, come on, i'm going to take you on the route. it's that way is in it, i think they go that way? do you not even know where we are going? i have no idea. a policeman, let's ask them. excuse me. the guildhall, is it down this way? it's this way, sir. that's the guildhall. so he brought me all the way down here and we were meant to go that way? finally found it. clearly this is the guildhall. 0nly because you asked twice. the thing you need to know about the guildhall is that in 2005, prince charles and the duchess of cornwall, they had their wedding here. but the queen didn't come. the high street, past the guildhall. and then... can we get an ice cream? can we stop soon? i'm tired. this is the long walk. isn't it beautiful?

yes, very. and it goes all the way up to the castle. this will be full tomorrow. so everyone is going to be camping out here? yeah. charles ii... i remember, what night was that? fun facts night? wednesday. no, it's been such a long series. it is the biggest pleasure. somebody wants to meet him. can we get a nice one? we've walked the whole way around here, i've done a lot. i think there is an ice cream truck up here. what about the castle? never mind the ice cream, look at the view. what do you want? can i have a pot of cream and strawberries, please? i have got money. you are quite inexpensive two days out in windsor. thank you very much. 0k. you've got two. fun fact. good ice cream. why did you have two ice creams and

i got why did you have two ice creams and igot one?! why did you have two ice creams and i got one?! with flakes! thank you for that very informative, quite long tour around windsor, i don't member a single fact, except that the queen's statue cost 2005 underpants, a bargain. and the people of windsor paid for it. —— cost 2500 pounds. tomorrow they will have the open carriage, there will be 25 horses from the household cavalry, it is going to look really grand. 0ne thing i'm slightly worried about, we had a wedding planner yesterday saying it would go like clockwork, but they have overlooked one thing. the bridegroom is in the average age? four. ten four-year-olds. total disaster. they may as well bring in

dogs and cats. ten of them! there is no way you can control ten four—year—olds! no way you can control ten four-year-olds! mind you, it could be worse. christian could be there! we are not getting to the church on time! when you look at the map, it looks different, i thought it was downhill to the guildhall. anyway, whatever. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, well, christian and i unfortunately haven't got an invite to the royal wedding, so who has? we'll be hearing from some of those who are attending. and i know you all can't wait. we'll have the final edition of my world—famous royal wedding facts. that's still to come. good evening. for the majority, it

has turned into another beautiful day with blue skies overhead for this weather watcher in suffolk. there has been some extra cloud streaming in from the north—west, sunshine a little bit hazy there in west yorkshire, but as we go into the weekend, things are set pair strong sunshine by day and by night those two bridges nudging upwards just a little bit. satellite picture from today, then, shows some extra cloud trying to pushing towards north—west scotland and northern ireland particularly, but for most clear spells into the night, there could be mist badges around, and down towards the south—east turning quite chilly, you can see the pale green colours on the chart, some spots in the countryside might get down to freezing in east anglia, two degrees in norwich, not as cold further west, birmingham holding up at 10 degrees. tomorrow, though, wherever you are starting your day, we will be fine and dry with high

pressure firmly in charge of the scene. if you were picking a day for the royal wedding, you would pick this one. potentially a bit of a chilly start in windsor, but plenty of sunshine through the afternoon, temperatures getting up to 20 or 21 degrees. if football is more your thing, cup finals north and south of the border in fine shape, sunshine, 20 or21. the border in fine shape, sunshine, 20 or 21. this is how saturday shapes up right across the country, long spells of sunshine, for northern ireland, more cloud fringing in later in the day, maybe some areas of cloud fringing into east anglia as well, but generally speaking a nice day, 21 in london, real warmth to be had. spread fortu nes real warmth to be had. spread fortunes as we go into the second half of the weekend, high pressure remains in charge for most of us, but this frontal system will come into play in the north—west, strengthening the breeze, that italy for northern ireland, the north and

west of scotland, perhaps some splashes of rain. —— particularly for northern ireland. a largely sunny drake, patchy cloud, up to 21-22 sunny drake, patchy cloud, up to 21—22 degrees, a little bit cooler under the cloud in the north—west. looking further ahead into next week, many of us staying dry with sunshine, just the chance of a show or thunderstorm at times. —— a shower. this is beyond 100 days, with me katty kay and christian fraser in windsor. our top stories: the final countdown to the royal wedding. prince harry and his best man prince william have been meeting well wishers in windsor this evening. with just under 24 hours to go, the last preparations at the castle are under way. meghan and her mother arrive at their country house hotel for the night after having tea with the queen and her husband to be. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag, 'beyond—0ne—hundred—days' a very good evening from windsor

where thousands of well—wishers have started to arrive for tomorrow's big day. prince harry and prince william were out here greeting well—wishers. meanwhile, meghan and her mother have arrived at the hotel. she said she was feeling wonderful. the royal author and historian robert hardman is with us now. are you all set for tomorrow? absolutely, what a great view you have got here? christian managed to get this, he was camping out for weeks. when you look at meghan markle joining weeks. when you look at meghan marklejoining the royal weeks. when you look at meghan markle joining the royal family, weeks. when you look at meghan marklejoining the royalfamily, you have the traditional new world

coming into the traditional old world, who will change who?” suspect there will be change a little with each other. prince harry is doing things his own way. we just noticed as he was introducing his bride around the country, turning up without a tie. his father would never have done that. he took meghan markle to sandringham christmas, before they were married, that has never happened before. between them i think they will shake it above —— up i think they will shake it above —— upa bit. i think they will shake it above —— up a bit. so much seems to have changed in their level of acceptance whojoins the changed in their level of acceptance who joins the royal family, changed in their level of acceptance whojoins the royalfamily, someone whojoins the royalfamily, someone who is divorced ? whojoins the royalfamily, someone who is divorced? we think of it as an organisation that does things with protocol. but it is good as adapting and moves with the times. monarchies who stay stuck in the past don't last very long. this is a

monument to move with the times. they don't want to be setting fashion, if you do that you'll end up fashion, if you do that you'll end up out of fashion. it is a case of keeping an eye on which way the world is going and staying with it. i get the impression the royal family has changed its attitude to the women coming into the royal family. princess diana had to either sink orswim, family. princess diana had to either sink or swim, maybe she has changed it coming into the family after her. tomorrow, she will be remembered. prince harry has talked about how he will do that. lady jane prince harry has talked about how he will do that. ladyjane fellowes will do that. ladyjane fellowes will do that. ladyjane fellowes will do the reading. this is what he said. if she would be over the moon, jumping up and down and so excited for me. and as i said, probably would have been best friends with meghan. so no, you know it is days like today when i really miss having her around and miss being able to share the happy news. but, you know, with everything else that's going on, i'm sure she is with us, jumping up and down somewhere else. it isa

it is a bit of extra support for him tomorrow. they want a happy ending tomorrow. they want a happy ending to what has been a tragic story. prince harry has a special place in the heart of the world. there will be billions of people watching who remember the extraordinary sight of the 12—year—old boy walking behind his mother's coffin. this is the polar opposite and everybody would think his mother would be proud. and what happened to meghan markle's father, thomas and the way they responded. they both said that they have been in similar circumstances and this is something they share. meghan has had herfather hounded by paparazzi, it must have been on their minds this week? it has been a

grim week, it wasn't something anybody envisaged, this happening. i get a feeling that this announcement the prince of wales will walk her to the prince of wales will walk her to the altar, it has drawn a line under that. i thought it was a touching announcement. what it does, it almost brings the families together before the ring is on the fingers. she has plenty to say about the world, will she be able to say it when she is in the firm? she will be able to say something is, she will have to say it differently because you have to be above politics, bbs in neutral ass—macro be this neutral body. she can have her passions on special interests, but it has to be donein special interests, but it has to be done ina special interests, but it has to be done in a magnanimous way. you cannot wag a finger and tell people they are doing things wrong. where are you tomorrow? i am on a romp

are. good luck. say if you things for us. it was interesting when robert was saying about how she can carry on with her causes and she has championed the causes of girls around the world. i imagine that if something and princess diana has had her causes and prince harry has had his causes and to championed the cause of girls is noncontroversial, less controversial than some of the things she has said in the past about women and women's rights. she has strong thoughts on gender equality, femininity, she has spoken at the un and is used to speaking about things that interest her. some of the blogs have gone and she cannot be as public as donald trump and talk about things political. it is noncontroversial to talk about

gender empowerment. those are the things you can talk about quite liberally. i have had some women who have said sheet is a shame she had to give up her acting career but it would not have been compatible. we didn't getan would not have been compatible. we didn't get an invite to this royal wedding but some lucky members of the public did. among the guests arriving on the grounds of windsor castle tomorrow will be 1200 people selected from around the country, a reward for services to their community. adina campbell has been speaking to some of them. hi, my name's lila. hi, i'm 0lly. hi, i'm honour. hi, i'm poppy. and we're excited for the royal wedding! and what better way to start this weekend's wedding celebrations than with a tea party? making the most of the sunny weather, royal school here in windsor has been gearing up for the big day for months. some have even been invited. and what are you going to be wearing? we're going to be wearing...

our school uniforms. and somebody‘s ironed a nice badge on, and we've got summer uniforms. and we're going to be wearing a hat. a straw hat. and they have this advice for meghan. it's a very new world to her, because she used to live in america and now she's in the uk and england, and it's going to be very different. she'll probably need to change her accent, because she's american. yes, and she needs to, like, fit in, but i think she's already doing that well. yeah. we talk about why or how prince harry and meghan are this force for good that i mentioned earlier on... up in bolton is 21—year—old said. he's been running this young people's magazine for the last seven years, and got the idea because he felt there was a lack of positive stories about teenagers. his work has also earned him an invite to windsor tomorrow. you never do what you do for recognition, you do it to change the lives of young people. and when you get that

kind of recognition, it was like, wow, 0k, someone's actually believing in what i'm doing. i think that meghan and prince harry are a power couple, absolutely. i mean, i've seen them both speak at events before they were a couple, and meghan was talking about racial inequality and female empowerment and i thought, well, i didn't know who she was, and i thought, you know, that's fantastic. are these for the wedding? yes, this is special for the wedding. and i'm hoping maybe to give a few away on that day to people who i think deserve to be given a handkerchief from... in north london, pamela is also getting ready for this weekend's nuptuals. she runs this creative therapy workshop to improve people's mental health. tomorrow, she'll be taking her son jude as part of the day out, but says she was shocked when she received the invite last month. i believed this might be just an april fools prank, a joke. why would i be invited to a royal wedding? oh, my gosh!

i blessed them a million times. i love both of them, actually. iwas, like, wow, prince harry's lucky. he's a lucky man. now, the most important question — what are you going to be wearing? african and english designs. you wait till that day, you will be so jealous of my beautiful outfit! it took members of the media two hours to queue for their passes today at the castle gate. which tells you the scale of the interest world wide. they say a billion people will be watching it world wide tomorrow. enormous interest in the united states of course, but also on the continent. matt anderson is european culture editor for the new york times. thanks forjoining thanks for joining the thanks forjoining the programme, how excited about this wedding are

theyin how excited about this wedding are they in europe? that lily in france and germany there is a lot of excitement. i arrived from berlin and there are stories in newspapers and there are stories in newspapers and people are aware of it and talking about it. same in france as well, there is an awareness in a sense of anticipation. in parts of europe where they have their own monarchies, there is less interest. this is what is always fascinates, i come from the united states, live in the united states and the interest is huge. it seems to me that republics are as interested in our royalfamily is republics are as interested in our royal family is as monarchies are? definitely, places that have their own monarchies are interested. there was a polling agency which showed the two countries with the least interest are spain and sweden. these are countries that have monarchies of their own. probably in the same way you didn't take so much interest in the wedding of princess victoria of sweden. they are not that

interested in a wedding here in britain. i have a fridge magnets are princess victoria because my daughter loves her. what is it in france and germany they are particularly interested in? is it generic royal weddings or is there something you are picking up on? people like the pomp and pageantry, they liked the traditions and they like the things missing from their own systems. they don't have those kinds of events and those are the sorts of things people... do they know much about meghan markle? they do, the unpleasa ntness know much about meghan markle? they do, the unpleasantness with the father throughout the week has been gone over by the tabloids. it is a different reaction in america. in america, because she is an american, obviously. but in europe, they are aware of this but i don't think that

is what draws them to the story in the same way. thank you for coming tojoin me. part of the same way. thank you for coming to join me. part of the celebrations is the crowd and he has gone down onto the long walk to join some of them there. iam in them there. i am in one of the best positions with the castle behind me look at these people bunking down for the night. are you all ready for tomorrow? let's talk to someone. this is irene and charles. from tennessee. which is your spot? right there. have you ever done this before? no, our first time. you came especially for the wedding? yes, our neighbours thought we were mad. what did you come for? it is the queen, i love the queen. what are you hoping

for tomorrow? to see harry and meghan. what is it like on the barricades, who have you met? we start with the americans, the brits, australians and canadians, we are all over here together. totally multicultural, i can see a canadian flag. are you going to sleep tonight, what are you going to do? hopefully try and get a little sleep. lovely to see you both. i love perhaps. this is my £3 tie that catty tried to wrestle off me. how is it going? fantastic. we came down this morning from rugeley at 9:45am had a nice gentle trip down. have you done this before? every occasion. both of charles' weddings,

william's. trooping the colour, even if the queen opens a hospital, we go and see. funerals. what is it about the atmosphere you like? people say to you, you don't see much, you see more on the television but you cannot describe the atmosphere, everyone is friendly and you are pa rt of everyone is friendly and you are part of history. have you met them? idid shake part of history. have you met them? i did shake hands with william when he visited jcb. 0k, what do you think you will do tonight, will you sleep? probably, we will get some singing done. you brought your own food? yes and alcohol. just to make it go food? yes and alcohol. just to make itgoa food? yes and alcohol. just to make it go a bit quicker. tomorrow, you will get up, stand up the railings. wave flags. at the end of it, i went to watch the tour de france but they

we re to watch the tour de france but they were passed me before i knew it. you can always catch up if you record it but to say you where there is everything. have a good time tomorrow. while christian isn't here, he has given very strict timings. he's only allowed to speak for two and a half minutes and he always goes much longer and i can hear the director saying, you have got wrap up, you have got to wrap up but he never does. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — much more from windsor including the final and i mean final edition of christian's fun facts the former russian spy, sergei skripal, has been discharged from hospital after being left critically ill for over ten weeks, following his exposure to a nerve agent in salisbury. his daughter yulia, who was also poisoned, was discharged last month. daniel sandford reports

when they were first poisoned with a military grade nerve agent almost 11 weeks ago, there were concerns they might not survive. but now, five and a half weeks after his daughter, sergei skripal has been discharged from hospital. the staff here when the skripals first came in would have been dealing with something that, to be honest, no other clinicians in the world have seen before. they really did an incredible job in taking the unknown and working through treatment, and maintaining life—saving therapy to get the result that we have seen today. i understand sergei skripal has spoken at length with detectives now and can walk but he is not completely well. in russia, president putin said, if a military grade nerve agent had been used, the skripals would be dead. it was a theme picked up on by his ambassador in london. if it was really novichok, and they were poisoned by novichok,

the consequences would be very serious. sergei skripal‘s house, which police believe to be the scene of the crime, remains abandoned. the front door has been taken away to the chemical weapons laboratory at porton down for examination. counterterrorism detectives have warned their investigation could take many more months. the exact reason for the attack remains unclear but sergei skripal had continued in recent years to brief military and intelligence officers on what he knows about russia. over the last 11 weeks, the city of salisbury has, at times, looked like the set from an apocalyptic movie and small areas of the city remained cordoned off, awaiting a deep clean. we've already mentioned that harry and meghan's wedding

has a global appeal. 0ne country where people are especially excited in botswana. that's where the couple reportedly fell in love while on safari. it's also where the central diamond in meghan's engagement ring was mined. and as nomsa maseko reports, a charity founded by prince harry works there to help vulnerable children. the beauty and scenery of the african bush has attracted british royals the decades. and since he was young, prince harry has kept up with the tradition. his links with botswana are strong. sentebale, a charity he is founded with listening to's prince seeiso, works in the country to help vulnerable children. the support that sentebale gives to us is so important, because many children are out, they are able to accept their hiv positive status.

away from prying eyes, a romantic fate was sealed when meghan markle and prince harry went on safari at a lodge which overlooks the boteti river here in botswana. this is meno a kwena lodge. meno a kwena means teeth of a crocodile in the local setswa na language. lodge managers declined to comment about the couple's stay here, but insiders described the pair is very friendly and happy together. botswana is a big part of the couple's love story. ms markle's engagement ring not only features gems from princess diana's collection. the main diamond was bought from the southern african country. some locals have taken a keen interest in what is building up to be the social event of the year. i will also be looking forward to the wedding, because i actually used to watch her on tv itself. so that will be really interesting. yes, i am very much interested,

because he bought the stone from us. so i feel like we should be also included in this wedding. details of the honeymoon are a closely guarded secret, but many are hoping the couple will return here as newlyweds. nomsa maseko, bbc news, botswana. i know you'll all be sorry to see it gone, so i've got an extra special one for you today. i will be sad. idid i did have honeymoons britain, but i have lost it. so it is honeymoons. so what do we know about harry and meghan's honeymoon. not a lot is the straight answer. in fact next week they will be back on official duties with

an engagement at buckingham palace in support of the prince of wales but the speculation is soon after they will be going on safari — to namibia one of the least populated areas on earth. perfect for the royal getaway. it's fair to say honeymoons have changed over the years. victoria, empress of the world, the empire her oyster, travelled... the grand distance of 25 miles to windsor. but she was "ecstatic" to be alone with her albert. "never, never", she wrote in herjournal "have i spent such an evening. aye, aye! "my dear albert, she went on, "sat on a footstool by my side" ? i mean come on? that must have been code at the time, surely. play your cards right i'll see you on the footstool! anyway the queen split her honeymoon between broadlands in hampshire,

which was the country pile of phillips uncle, lord mountbatten, and of course, balmoral where they spent their days stalking deer. margaret and the earl of snowden were far more ambitious. she sailed away on the floating palace, the royal yacht brittania on a three weekjaunt around the caribbean. each day they sailed to a new white sand beach where the crew set up a tent and a picnic and left them to it. which sounds a lot better than the footstool. more deluxe sun lounger. one of the destinations was mustique the private island of her mate colin tennant. who gifted her one of the more secluded spots on the island on which she later built a five bedroom villa. with a footstool in every one. charles and diana, their honeymoon was a proper getting to know you. because by the time of their wedding, word has it they had only met 12 times. they took the britannia complete with 300 staff to the greek islands. but in a letter published years

later diana confided that charles had brought eight books with him, and would rather read than spend time with her. and not a single footstool. still it was clearly to charles suiting, some years later he took camilla on pretty much the same honeymoon! how would you feel about that? i am not sure that was pretty smart. if charles and diana were strangers, kate and william were practically lifers. they were students together at st andrews. on their honeymoon they took a private jet to the seychelles where it's said they had made a secret marriage pact a few years earlier. and then to the nearby north island, which hasjust 11 luxury villas. perfect. iam glad i am glad you don't have to plan honeymoons very often because i will let you in on something christians said to me as we were walking up the station. we were walking to windsor

castle and i said something and christians said to me, women are just like horses, you cannot get them to do what you want. he did. i was talking about going riding on honeymoon. the story went on and on and in the end, women arejust like horses. stop everybody, my fun fa cts . horses. stop everybody, my fun facts. they are going up on the ratings. these are the things you wa nt to ratings. these are the things you want to know about being royals. you cannot cross your legs if you are a woman. ridiculous. no holding hands of public displays of affection. i don't know what meghan and harry arter going to do. this is a weird one, the two first members of the royalfamily, the one, the two first members of the royal family, the immediate one, the two first members of the royalfamily, the immediate air to the throne and the next heir to the throne, charles and william cannot fly together. they have to fly separately. george can fly with william. no shellfish. but the queen

does like lobster. you cannot reverse it. i just does like lobster. you cannot reverse it. ijust gave them a fact and you undermined my facts. but she is for ever changing the protocol. we started this programme by telling you the royal family was going to get a shake—up. you thought it was meghan markle, but apparently it is lobsters. seamless how the whole programme comes together. i have got to leave windsor at 11pm tonight or else i will turn into a pumpkin but we will look after you. it has turned into another beautiful day. beautiful skies for this weather watcher in suffolk. sunshine is hazy in west yorkshire. but as we go into the weekend, things are set fair with spells of strong sunshine

and by day and night, those temperatures nudging upwards just and by day and night, those temperatures nudging upwardsjust a little bit. the satellite picture shows a lot of sunshine with some extra cloud trying to push on towards noeckler scotland and northern ireland, but foremost we ta ke northern ireland, but foremost we take clear spells into the night. there could be the odd missed a patch around and towards the south—east it will turn quite chilly. you can see the pale green colours on the chart and sunspots in east anglia might get down to 2 degrees. not as cold further west. in birmingham, holding up at 10 degrees. tomorrow, where ever you are starting your day, it will be dry and fine with high pressure in charge. if you were picking a day for the royal wedding, you would pick this one. potentially a chilly start in windsor be plenty of sunshine through the afternoon and temperatures getting up to 21 degrees. if football is more your thing, cup finals north and south of the border. spells of sunshine and

temperatures around 21. this is how saturday shapes up across the country. long spells of sunshine of northern ireland and the far north—west of scotland, more cloud later in the day and may be in part of east anglia as well. but a nice looking guy. 20 degrees in edinburgh. split fortunes in the second half of the weekend. high—pressure is in charge from most but this frontal system will come into play towards the north—west. strengthening the breeze here, bringing more cloud and beautifully the north and west of scotland, splashes of rain at times. further south and east, another largely sunny day with patchy, fairweather cloud and temperatures up to 21 degrees, cooler under the cloud up to the north—west. looking further ahead into next week, many staying dry with spells of sunshine. just the chance of a hefty shower or thunderstorm at times. this is bbc news.

i'm christian fraser in windsor. royal crowd pleasers princes harry and william take a wedding evening walkabout in windsor to meet their most loyal fans. just as they did the night before william's wedding to catherine. it was a moment for snaps and selfies as the people planning to spend the night guarding their spot on tomorrow's procession route were overjoyed to shake the princes' hands. while her husband—to—be met the crowds, meghan and her mother retired to their country house hotel. earlier they had tea with the queen. now with less than 24 hours to go, the last preparations at the castle are under way. i'm martine croxall. the other main stories on bbc news at 8. up to ten people are killed in a high school shooting in texas. and the former russian agent, sergei skripal, leaves hospital