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ireland, into scotland and northern ireland, maybe some drizzle and places. places will improve during the day, staying cloudy in northern scotland. england and will seeing plenty of warm sunny england and will seeing plenty of warm sunny spells but with some thai building in southern england threatening a shower, maybe a thunderstorm. those places will avoid those in stay dry. temperatures starting to get knocked back a little bit on the north sea coast, that is as the breeze picks up coast, that is as the breeze picks up during the week. it is an easterly winds coming off the cold season easterly winds coming off the cold season damages will come down here. elsewhere, warm sunny spells, high tea m elsewhere, warm sunny spells, high team to the 20s. there will be the chance for a shower or thunderstorm in parts of england and we are. —— wales. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the royal family has thanked the public after thousands of people lined the streets of windsor to celebrate the marriage of prince harry and meghan markle. a major overhaul of rail timetables begins today, affecting half a million passengers — some commuters have complained it means fewer trains at rush hour.
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survivors of terror attacks and relatives of victims sign an open letter calling on the public to remember their names rather than the killers. officials in cuba say 110 people are now known to have died in a plane crash near havana. three women survived and remain critically ill. now on bbc news, a look back at yesterday's royal wedding. hello from windsor castle. the wonderful spring setting for the royal wedding. it was a beautiful and unique event after many months of anticipation and this proved to be the perfect setting for the moment the very
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modern royal marriage was formed. we'll be bringing you the highlights of the day of the next half an hour. dermot o'leary, kirsty young and hugh edwards take up the story. haven't the a listers all turned up at the same time? george and amal clooney. you can't estimate the sheer star wattage. members of the royal family making their way down. they know what is in store. it's a happy service, a celebration. enjoying the crowds outside. there we have the mother of the bride being greeted at the south door. making her way in. we have seen
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a cross—section of guests. people from the world of music and sport, people from entertainment. they are all there and all waiting. not their sunday best but their saturday royal wedding best. next time we see meghan will be when she arrives at the west door and they are waiting for her in the choir, will be herfuture husband, prince harry and the best man of course, the duke of cambridge just chatting and exchanging a few little words of reassurance and advice. they look around slightly nervously but we completely understand that.
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once the chapel was full and everyone had taken their places, it was time for the bride to arrive in spectacular style. meghan's dress had been made by a british female designer and when it was revealed, it was quite a moment. an exquisitely cut and in many ways minimal and traditional dress with a splendid veil. meghan, the bride, is wearing her hair up. the veil is being caught in the may sunshine. a a wave for the crowds. an exquisite dress. it does what i said, it uses that sophistication and chic that meghan brings to her outfit but it has that real romance. it's beautiful. choral music.
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will you love her, comfort her, honour and protect her and, forsaking all other, be faithful to her as long as you both shall live? i will. distant cheering. meghan, will you take harry to be your husband? will you love him, comfort him, honour and protect him and, forsaking all others, be faithful to him as long as you both shall live? i will. distant cheering. and will you, the families and friends of harry and meghan, support and uphold them in their marriage now
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there is power in love. do not underestimate it. don't even over sentimentalise it. there is power, power in love. # so, darling, darling. # stand by me. # stand by me, yeah. # stand by me, stand by me. # if the sky that we look upon. # should tumble and fall. # or the mountains should crumble to the sea. # i won't cry, i won't cry. # no, i won't shed a tear.
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meghan. to be my wife. from this day forward for better or worse, for richerfor poorer, in sickness and in health. to love and to cherish. till death us do part. according to god's holy law. in the presence of god, i make this out. i, meghan, take you harry. to be my husband. to have and to hold. from this day forward. for better, for worse.
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for richer, for poorer. in sickness and in health. to love and to cherish. till death us do part. according to god's holy law. in the presence of god. i make this vow. heavenly father, by your blessing, let these rings be to harry and meghan a symbol of unending love and faithfulness, to remind them
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of the vow and covenant that they have made this dave, of the vow and covenant that they have made this day, throuthesus christ our lord. amen. meghan i give you this ring. as a sign of our marriage. with my body i honour you. all that i am i give to you. and all that i have i share with you. within the love of god, father, son and holy spirit. harry, i give you this ring.
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as a sign of our marriage. with my body i honour you. all that i am, i give to you. and all that i have i share with you. within the love of god. father, son, and holy spirit. in the presence of god and before this congregation, harry and meghan have given their consent and made their marriage vows to each other. they have declared their marriage by the joining of hands and by the giving of rings.
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once harry and meghan had shared that first kiss, it was time to greet the well—wishers who had lined to meet the newlyweds, and they were blessed as the sun kept shining as they went through windsor in a horse drawn carriage. prince harry moves in and helps his new wife into this carriage that they have chosen, an open carriage that is perfect for today. harry!
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meghan! the national anthem being played to fill the new couple to go past the chapel and waving to the 2000 or more people who were specially invited and included in this lovely event today. watched keenly by smiling members of the royal family, including the queen and the duke of edinburgh who was here today afterjust a month after some surgery on his hip so people very pleased that he was able to make it for this event, but look at the waves and the smiles and the relief. everything has been prepared in great detail for this procession. it will last probably the best part of half an hour but every inch of this procession has been planned
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and you will see something, not just the colour, notjust the style, notjust the pageantry but an impressive show for the world to see. this is going to be the first time the members of the public outside the castle walls, definitely more than 100,000 that were estimated to get a chance to see the new duke and duchess of sussex. a word about the travelling escort because it's always a great sight, the cavalry really are so impressive on all occasions, so we have two officers and 24 soldiers involved in the travelling escort. just looking at them now. happy and taking in all the kind of enjoyment of the day. it's normal as well that we see them here, newly married couple, ready to embark on this fantastic
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journey back to windsor castle. they do see their future very strongly within the commonwealth. prince harry will be a commonwealth youth ambassador, as they turned out onto the long walk as what is already doesn't the centrepiece of this procession and i think the commonwealth, we've seen throughout the service it'll be a very important part of their lives and they'll be travelling through the commonwealth, we don't know whether honeymooners. i would put an awful lot that it would be somewhere in the commonwealth. the crowd made up of so many people and we reckon it's about 21 degrees with a light breeze here in windsor. after all this, i imagine they will have some sort of appetite. the queen will host a reception in the saint georges hall in windsor castle for the couple and the guests of the congregation. the head chef is mark flanagan and the main focus of the food
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will be of that in season. coming from kent and norfolk as well. the role of the military as well so personal to harry as well, seeing two tours of afghanistan. 250 members of the armed forces here today our service men that harry knows well and have served with. what a shot. the wedding was a mixture of the new world and the old world, a couple who embraced tradition while also stretching the boundaries of what is possible within the british royalfamily and for meghan, who started the day is an american actress and ended as the duchess of sussex, this was a life changing moment. more than that, it was
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# amen # everybody sing. and the weather maybe makes up for when the weather has been a little less spectacular. the warmer sunshine has held on across much of england and wales today. northern england, wales and the midlands with more cloud rolling in. for scotland and northern ireland, the cloud is in. for some of us, a and northern ireland, the cloud is in. forsome of us, a bit and northern ireland, the cloud is in. for some of us, a bit of rain. i had this weather fronts, the lion's share of the sunshine, gorgeous afternoon in these midlands. high cloud spilling in. out of that
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cloud, further north, patchy rain for northern ireland will stop running through north—west scotland. through tonight, spread across all of northern ireland, dark blue indicating it will get heavier into north—west scotland, western isles, northern ireland. misty cloud in eastern parts of england. lowest temperatures here in single figures. chilly start tomorrow. cloud pushing back towards the north sea coast tomorrow. if mailing of some, part of history in scotland. he said temperatures cooler than it will be inland and the sunshine. rainy northern ireland, really pushing its hold on the east. still therefore north—west scotland. lighter later in the day. blue across southern parts, this is the chance for catching a shower. southern england, midlands and wales later. most of us will avoid it and stay dry. warm and sunny spells. tomorrow evening, drifting further west before dying
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away. the intensity of the rain across northern ireland and north—west scotland also easing. as this weather fronts begins to die a death under the strengthening area of high pressure going into tuesday. on tuesday morning, scotland and northern ireland with cloud, drizzle. that breaks up and we get some sunny drizzle. that breaks up and we get some sunny spells through with the exception of northernmost parts of scotland. england and wales, warm and funny. some cloud building come of threatening across southern parts of threatening across southern parts ofan of threatening across southern parts of an isolated shower and isolated thunderstorm. most will stay dry. the bitters along the north sea coast held down. a developing easterly flow coming in from the sea. the bitters maybe into the mid—teens. elsewhere, high teens to low 20s. the chance of a shower, england and wales at greater risk. even here, barry could mess. most places, as the week goes on, pressure remaining high, will be dry. a forecast available online. this is bbc news.
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i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 3.00pm. the royal family thanks the public for their support of the royal wedding — after thousands lined the streets of windsor to see prince harry and meghan markle. the british designer who created meghan's dress has been talking about why she was chosen for thejob. she really, i think, is embracing women and what they do and the fact that i was a working mother, that i have worked for many different houses, and absolutely love what i do, i think really was a very interesting story for her. in other news, the biggest overhaul of train timetables in decades, affecting half a million passengers. it started today but there were some delays and cancellations. survivors of terror attacks and relatives of those who were killed sign an open letter calling on the public to help prevent future atrocities.
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