so, the ceremony giamatti and care. 50, the ceremony will begin giamatti and care. so, the ceremony will begin at 11 o'clock. the field officer will order the royal salute. national anthem plays.

windsor castle guard, we will move to the right in threes. right turn. bell tolls. guard, right then left quick march. guard making their way to the south side of the triangle to the tune of rising of the lark, making their way back to perform the majestic march. at the moment it is one of the most popular military marches.

halt. windsor castle old, we will retire. right turn. —— retire. guard dressing, right.

shoulder arms. troop. music plays. man shouts. and we will be watching out for a new manoeuvre, allowing the band to maintain the social distancing while turning, as they set off they will begin fanning out to create more room. it has been called feathering

because of its distinctive extending formation.

quick march. senior drum major signalling that it

is the quick march, music changing to the tune triple crown which has been heard at two birthday parades in the past. 1973 and 1998. band performing the spin wheel, turning 180 degrees while maintaining that social distancing. it is not a move we have seen before. the queen seems to be enjoying the music.

the element of the traditional parade that will be familiar to viewers, the lone drummer breaks away tojoin the viewers, the lone drummer breaks away to join the guard. that tenet corporal, originally from zimbabwe, joined the drums in 2011. he was awarded the exemplary leader award when deployed in afghanistan and rated top student in his class.

drummer playing eight bars of the field signal called the drummer‘s call, reminding us of the time when communications on the battlefield where delivered by drumbeat. 1st battalion now preparing for the next phase of the parade.

windsor castle guard will move to the right. right. right turn. the guard will be setting off to the rousing tune of the british grenadiers to take their position in the centre of the quadrant. guard, right, quick march.

guard, halt. windsor castle guard will advance. right turn. now in the traditional parade, the regimental sand major will now be taking the colour from the colour party, handing it to the outside, but due to the social distancing we mentioned that is not possible, so today unusually the ensign is carrying the colour for the entirety of the ceremony. guard, dressing, right dress.

and we have the regimental sent major, michael perry, detaching from the guard tojoin major, michael perry, detaching from the guard to join the colour party. and he has drawn his sword to protect the colour. escort to the colour. to the colour, find centre, slow march. colour party stepping after tune escort to the colour, ready to carry out the ceremonial heart of this event. the trip the colour through the ranks.

this serves the purpose, notjust of the ceremony of trooping the colour, 18 soldiers making up the body of the parade. the new guard in the castle for the next few days, under the guard of the ensign billy richardson. just to underline the pride of the family and the regiment. this is definitely billy's moment and his parents and all his many moment and his parents and all his ma ny followers moment and his parents and all his many followers will be looking with a mix of pride, joy and some nerves in equal measure. escort to the

colour will advance, right turn. escort to the colour, three turn. guard, slow arms. the colour party now rejoining the guard, ready for the second royal salute of this event. guard, royal salute. present arms.

national anthem plays. guard, shoulder arms. guard, shoulderarms. shoulderarms. so the colour has been trooped, the ceremony is complete, the field officer approaches her majesty to let her know the guards are ready to

march off. your majesty's guard is ready to march off, ma'am. guard, slow arms. windsor castle guard will moved to the right in threes. right turn. commanding officer moved to the front of the guard, ready to lead his troops from the quadrangle after the ceremony. guard, right then left quick march.

the final formality as they approach her majesty, the guards will pay their own individual tribute to their own individual tribute to their commander—in—chief. this is the moment, hugh, when there is some eye contact between the guards and her majesty. it is, for each of them, a special moment. yes, the guard spinner now turning into the guard spinner now turning into the home straight, theirfinal chance to impress her majesty and all of those looking. yes, if you are all of those looking. yes, if you a re really all of those looking. yes, if you are really lucky, you will catch the twinkle in her majesty's i.

her majesty looking on and no doubt enjoying the tunes of the welshman, arranged by lieutenant colonel hannon, written for the welsh guard's 75th anniversary in 1990 based on several familiar welsh melodies and folk tunes. i think it is fairto melodies and folk tunes. i think it is fair to say it was not the official birthday celebration that the queen would be expecting at this time of year, but the fact there has been a birthday celebration of any kind during this national crisis is

a remarkable achievement. some final thoughts on how this parade has passed off, hugh? it was a pity not to be on horse guards but it was a fitting event and it is the least we could do. indeed, it was the most we could do. indeed, it was the most we could do. indeed, it was the most we could do under the conditions. well executed, maintaining and setting standards, the battalion is now looking forward to its next tasks and preparing for the next unexpected. we look forward to the household troops next year on horse guard for our great sovereign. robert, in this rather strange and sad year in many ways, what does the next year holds for her majesty and members of the royal family? next year holds for her majesty and members of the royal family7m monarchy stands for any one thing, it is for stability and continuity. i think today was a memorable birthday that i can recall, no crowds or royal family or a birthday

honours list, but we have the queen and herguards, honours list, but we have the queen and her guards, nice to see her wearing the brooch of the welsh guards. it is very much about keeping calm and carrying on. we have armed forces day coming up later this month, vj day, the 75th anniversary. the queen will be at the heart of those commemorations later in the year, but i think today was a really wonderful reassuring reminder that some things really do carry on. the garrison sergeant major said before the event that, although they could not deliver the usual scale of the normal birthday parade, they could nonetheless deliver exceptional quality, and i have no doubt you would agree with me that they have done that.

there are not many firsts for a monarch that has been on the throne for 68 years but that was one of them. the first time the queen's official birthday has been celebrated at windsor castle. we are watching the 1st battalion welsh guards returning back to duty. the welsh guards who took part have been guarding windsor castle and they will, as i say, resume those duties here. the queen and the duke of edinburgh of course have been based at windsor castle since lockdown began back in march, so they will have to return them. we did not see the duke of edinburgh but he will have been watching from a window as that military parade was carried out. it is interesting to watch it there, slightly different to what they would expect to see. normally guards are standing shoulder to shoulder, but this unique ceremony is especially developed to consider socially distancing, which is why it

looks a little different but certainly a fitting way to pay tribute to queen elizabeth ii's 94th birthday. thank you so much. the queen may not be in central london for her birthday, but some people are possibly in london. we have a story on the police telling those attending the black lives matter protests today that they must be off the street at ibm this afternoon. officers are concerned the anti—racism protests could clash with counter—demonstrations organised by far—right groups. so how do the police deal with constantly evolving, wide—scale inner city protests? chris hobbs is a retired metropolitan police officer. lovely to have your own. how did the police plan a day like today? lovely to have your own. how did the police plan a day like today7m lovely to have your own. how did the police plan a day like today? it is really difficult. it is a huge challenge for police officers. we have two competing groups, and to be quite honest, they will not like each other very much. perhaps a

saving grace is that black lives matter have in fact called off their protest today in hyde park. there is still apparently may be groups turning up to oppose the far right demonstration, they protect our monument demonstration, but i think the police will be hoping that the numbers on that side will be a fairly small. at the moment, the plan is basically to keep them apart. there will be barriers down the centre of whitehall. the antiracist groups, the black lives matter splinter groups at the north end, and to protect our monument group including the far right and football firms and ex military will have the south end, but very difficult operation police, and of course they have really struggled over the black lives matter protests that we have seen over the last few days. they found that quite difficult to police, so a big challenge i think for commanders today. they have all been told

whatever side they're on to be off the streets by 5pm. what will the police do if they are not off the streets by 5pm? i suspect not a lot, because it will be difficult if they are in numbers, save thousands or even are in numbers, save thousands or eve n te ns are in numbers, save thousands or even tens of thousands, to actually start moving people, and if you start moving people, and if you start moving people, then the odds are you are going to get resistance, and you will potentially get the sort of violence we have seen before, especially at some of these far right protests, and even as i say from the black lives matter side, so i get the feeling that they will hope common sense will prevail and the groups will go at five o'clock. i cannot see force being used. they may try and usher them along a little bit and encourage them out, but what you don't want is you get to five o'clock without any confrontations. is it confrontation at five o'clock and it will force —— of course a lot of police officers have been injured already, 62

already i think, so we really do not wa nt to already i think, so we really do not want to see these things again, but very challenging for police, and it has been a very challenging few months. i will not say that they have had enough, but they have had difficult times in policing in london, and i suspect they will be taxed to the limit this afternoon. i'm afraid we are going to have to leave it there, but thank you so much forjoining us. we shall see what happens. now let us catch up with all the weather. here is... sorry, you are watching... for viewers on bbc world, we have to say goodbye to you. are weekend of mixed fortu nes goodbye to you. are weekend of mixed fortunes out there, and for some of us we fortunes out there, and for some of us we will have the sunny and warm conditions through the weekend, but elsewhere some torrential downpours. this is the scene a little bit earlier on saturday in staffordshire, some blue sky and fair weather, but really threw the rest of the weekend, we are expecting that mix of blue sky and

sunshine. it will feel quite warm and humid but also some thundery downpours. courtesy of this area of low pressure, you can downpours. courtesy of this area of low pressure, you can see downpours. courtesy of this area of low pressure, you can see all this clouds swirling on the satellite image. that is an area of low pressure moving up towards the uk out of the bay of biscay, and we have showers circulating around that area, some warm and humid air out of there as well. into this evening, we will have a shower each team, particularly in that low pressure area, so for wales and south west of england, summer thunderstorms pitching in to the far south—east, some hail and squally winds associated with some of these thunderstorms. fewer showers as we push through northern england and northern ireland as well, perhaps one or two, but a brighter end to the delay in the present how we started the day. still cloudy for scotla nd started the day. still cloudy for scotland with a few showers towards the east, cooler under the crowd cloud, but we have that humid air through tonight. temperatures 11—14d

overnight, a mild start to your sunday. tomorrow promises something similarto sunday. tomorrow promises something similar to what we have out there today. again, some sunshine around for many of us. it will be cloudy from england and scotland, cooler under the cloud and once again feeling quite warm or humid, with those temperatures into the low or mid 20s for some of us, but again that the threat of heavy and thundery downpours working in parts of wales, south—west england and fourin of wales, south—west england and four in north—west england and northern ireland as well. they are hit and northern ireland as well. they are hitand miss, northern ireland as well. they are hit and miss, we will not all see them, but they will all be lingering around as we head into monday. low pressure starting to ease away, but we will have it close by on monday. another day of sunny spells, some warm, humid conditions building to the day, and that threat of heavy and thunderstorms. towards the west especially, if your easter there are fewer. temperatures are still reasonably warm at is—ziiu. showers lasting through the second half of this week, it will be drier towards the end of the week. goodbye.

hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: the past is never dead — it's not even past. a line from american author william faulkner — much quoted in recent days as race protests spread around the world and countries with a slave trading, colonial past debated how that past infects their present. but before we tackle the problem left over by history, let's talk about the one that is brand new for 2020 — covid—19.