things. watch this space for those two. things. watch this space for those twa— things. watch this space for those two. ~ ., ~ those two. mark lobel, thank ou ve those two. mark lobel, thank you very much- _ king charles�*s first televised address this morning has been seen... has already been seen in parts by millions of people around the world. as well as the warmest of tributes to his mother, queen elizabeth, it gives us the first insight into the sort of king he will be. here's what he said in full. i speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow. throughout her life, her majesty the queen, my beloved mother, was an inspiration, an example to me and to all my family. and we owe her the most heartfelt debt any family could owe to their mother, for her love, affection, guidance, understanding and example. queen elizabeth's was a life well lived, a promise

with destiny kept, and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. that promise of lifelong service, i renew to you all today. alongside the personal grief that all my family are feeling, we also share with so many of you in the united kingdom, in all the countries where the queen was head of state, in the commonwealth, and across the world, a deep sense of gratitude for the more than 70 years in which my mother as queen served the people of so many nations. in 1947, on her 21st birthday, she pledged in a broadcast from cape town to the commonwealth to devote her life, whether it be short or long,

to the service of her people's. that was more than a promise. it was a profound personal commitment which defined her whole life. she made sacrifices for duty. her dedication and devotion as sovereign never wavered, through times of change and progress, through times ofjoy and celebration and through times of sadness and loss. in her life of service, we saw that abiding love of tradition, together with that fearless embrace of progress which makes us great as nations. the affection, admiration and respect she inspired became

the hallmark of her reign. and as every member of my family can testify, she combined these qualities with warmth, humour and an unerring ability always to see the best in people. i pay tribute to my mother's memory, and i honour her life of service. i know that her death brings great sadness to so many of you, and i share that sense of loss beyond measure with you all. when the queen came to the throne, britain and the world were still coping with the privations and aftermath of the second world war and still living by the conventions of earlier times. in the course of the last 70 years, we have seen our society

become one of many cultures and many faiths. the institutions of the state have changed in turn, but through all changes and challenges, our nation and the wider family of realms, of whose talents, traditions and achievements i am so inexpressibly proud, have prospered and flourished. our values have remained and must remain constant. the role and the duties of monarchy also remain, as does the sovereign�*s particular relationship and responsibility towards the church of england, the church in which my own faith is so deeply rooted. in that faith and the values it inspires, i have been brought

up to cherish a sense of duty to others and to hold on the greatest respect the precious traditions, freedoms and responsibilities of our unique history and our system of parliamentary government. as the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, i too now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time god grants me, to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. and wherever you may live in the united kingdom or in the realms and territories across the world, and whatever may be your background or beliefs, i shall endeavour to serve you with loyalty, respect and love, as i have throughout my life.

my life will, of course, change as i take up my new responsibilities. it will no longer be possible for me to give so much of my time and energies to the charities and issues for which i care so deeply. but i know this important work will go on in the trusted hands of others. this is also a time of change for my family. i count on the loving help of my darling wife camilla. in recognition of her own loyal public service since our marriage 17 years ago, she becomes my queen consort. i know she will bring to the demands of her new role the steadfast devotion to duty on which i have come to rely so much. as my heir, william now assumes

the scottish titles which have meant so much to me. he succeeds me as duke of cornwall and takes on the responsibilities for the duchy of cornwall which i have undertaken for more than five decades. today, i am proud to create him prince of wales, tywysog cymru, the country whose title i've been so greatly privileged to bear during so much of my life and duty. with catherine beside him, our new prince and princess of wales will, i know, continue to help lead our national conversations, bringing the marginal to the centre ground where vital help can be given. i want also to express my love

for harry and meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas. in a little over a week's time, we will come together as a nation, as a commonwealth, and, indeed, a global community, to lay my beloved mother to rest. in our sorrow, let us remember and draw strength from the light of her example. on behalf of all my family, i can only offer the most sincere and heartfelt thanks for your condolences and support. they mean more to me than i can ever possibly express. and to my darling mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late

papa, i want simply to say this. thank you. thank you for your love and devotion to our family, and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years. may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. the queen's long life was marked by modesty and discretion, and that meant that rarely during her life did we hear her speak about things that concerned her. and while there has been plenty said about her since her passing, for now, we will leave you this

hour with an insight into the remarkable life of her majesty — in her own words. idid not i did not have an apprenticeship, my father died much too young and said it was all a very sudden taking on. and making the bestjob you can. it is a question of maturing into something that one is not used to doing and accepting the fact that here you are and it is your fate. it is a job for life. these 25 years have seen much change for britain. no longer

an imperial power, we have been coming to terms with what this means for ourselves and for our relations with the rest of the world. we have forged new links with other countries and enjoining the european economic communities, we have taken what is perhaps one of the most significant decisions during my rain. developments in science, technology and medicine has improved the quality of life and the comfort of life. and, of course, there is also in television. it would be awful if you said no.

yes. it is not the new inventions that i have difficulty with. but travel is caused by unthinking people who carelessly throw away ageless ideas as if they were old and outworn machinery. they would have religion thrown aside, morality and personal and public life made meaningless, honesty counted his foolishness and self interest set out and place of self—restraint. at this critical moment in our history, we will certainly lose the trust and respect of the world if we just abandon those fundamental principles which guided the men and women who built the greatness of this

country and commonwealth. most people have a job and then they go home and in this existence, thejob in the go home and in this existence, the job in the life go go home and in this existence, thejob in the life go on together because you cannot really divide it up. the boxes and the communications just keep on coming in the modern communications, they come even quicker. luckily, iam communications, they come even quicker. luckily, i am a creek reader though, quicker. luckily, i am a creek readerthough, i do quicker. luckily, i am a creek reader though, i do rather begrudge some of the hours they have to do instead of being outdoors. —— quick reader. i have met a lot of prime ministers, starting with winston and some stayed longer than others. they unburden themselves and tell me if they have any problems and if i can help in that way too. it

happens to me when i talk in the crowd. they know that i can be impartial, so to speak. it is nice to feel like a sponge. and everybody can come and tell them things and some things to stay there and some things go out the other ear and some things never come out at all. everyone just knows about it. i would have thought for the state visit, this would be very useful because it's got a wool coat and this one. something like that and that one. i was absolutely fascinated by the people who come and all of the things that they have done and i think that is the system does

discover people who do unsung things may think that is very satisfaction. and i think people need that sometimes. it is a very dingy world. definitive addition. peter pan. he was the most wonderful. as children, we used to and he would tell the most wonderful stories. and he would tell the most wonderfulstories. hejust happen to be the sort of person who could tell children stories and it didn't matter if we were sitting at the tea table. it was very interesting and one

day, one small child and realise what a good storyteller one was listening to. if only one was listening to. if only one i had known. i love that. we, as children spoke here to children who i've been evacuated from their homes and sent away for their own safety. thousands of you in this country have had to leave your homes and be separated from your fathers and mothers. homes and be separated from yourfathers and mothers. we know every one of us that in the end, all will be well for god will care for us and give us victory and peace. and when peace comes, remember, it will be for us, the children of today to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place. when prince philip and i

were married on the stay 50 years ago, britain had just endured six years of war. emerging battered but victorious. prince philip had served in the royal navy in the far east while i was probably with the complexities of the combustion engine and learning to drive an ambulance with care. my sister and i realise that we could not see with the crowds were enjoying. so, we asked my parents if i could go out and see for myself and we string them on the balcony and we walked miles through the streets. and i remember lines of unknown people linking arms and walking down whitehall, all of us to swept along on a tide of us to swept along on a tide of happiness and relief. i

think, it was one of the most memorable nights of my life. there is no point in regretting the passage of time, growing older is one of the facts of life. and it has its own compensations. experience should help us to take a more balanced view of events. and to be more understanding about the foibles of human nature. like

everyone else, i learned about what is going on in the world from the media but i am fortunate to have another source of information. every day, hundreds of letters come to my desk and i make a point to my desk and i make a point to read as many of them as i possibly can. i don't open all of them, obviously, because i do not have time to do that. but it does certainly give me, i suppose, but it does certainly give me, isuppose, because but it does certainly give me, i suppose, because someone perhaps gets a bit more remote, it gives one an idea of what is worrying people and what actually they feel i can do to help. i think in a way, one feels that there is the backstops here that i'm the one and i had a letter this morning about something and says, i've been going around in circles and you are the only person could stop the circle and you

will be able to fix it. i thought that was rather nice. but there are a few letters that were reflect the darker side of human nature. it is only too easy for passionate loyalty to is own country, race or religion or even just one favourite football club to be corroded into intolerance, bigotry and ultimately into violence. we have witnessed some frightening examples of this in recent years. all too often, intolerance creates the resentment and anger which fill the headlines and defied communities and nations and even families. the problems of progress in the complexities of modern administration, the feeling that metropolitan government is too remote from the lives of ordinary men and women. these, among other things have helped to revive an

awareness of historic national identities in these islands. they provide the background for the continuing and keen discussion of proposals for devolution in scotland and wales within the united kingdom. i number of kings and queens of england and scotland and princess of wales among my ancestors. and so, i can readily understand these aspirations. but i cannot forget that i was crowned queen of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. it is turned out to be. there

can be no doubt, of course that criticism is good for people and institutions that are part of public life. no institution, city, monarchy, whatever should expect to be free from the scrutiny of those who give it their loyalty and support. not to mention those who do not. but we are all part of the same fabric of her national society and that scrutiny by one part or another can bejust and that scrutiny by one part or another can be just as effective if it is made with a touch of gentleness, good humour and understanding. this sort of questioning can also act and it should do so as an effective engine for change. i

for one believe that there are lessons to be drawn from her life and from the extraordinary in moving reaction to her death. and moving reaction to her death. consent, or the lack of it, is confessed through the ballot box. it is a tough and even brutal system, box. it is a tough and even brutalsystem, but box. it is a tough and even brutal system, but at least the message is a clear win for all to read. for us, a royalfamily however, the message is also harder to read, obscured as it can be by deference, rhetoric or the conflicting currents of public opinion. but read it we must. 0ur humble and hearty thanks to all of those in

britain and around the world who have welcomed us and sustained us and ourfamily who have welcomed us and sustained us and our family and the good times and the bad so thoroughly over so many years. it is you, if i may not speak to all of you directly, who have seen this through and helped us to make our duty. we are deeply grateful to each and everyone. my goodness, i've been busy. i am here before you all with my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and god help me to makegood my vow and god bless all of you who are willing to share in it. while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. we will be with our

friends again, we will be with ourfamilies again, we friends again, we will be with our families again, we will meet again. it our families again, we will meet again.— our families again, we will meet again. it is our dearest ho -e meet again. it is our dearest hope that — meet again. it is our dearest hope that the _ meet again. it is our dearest hope that the queen - meet again. it is our dearest hope that the queen will. meet again. it is our dearest hope that the queen will be | hope that the queen will be happy— hope that the queen will be happy and our resolve unswerving and her reign will be unswerving and her reign will he as— unswerving and her reign will be as glorious as her subjects can help _ be as glorious as her subjects can help her.

hello. i will start this forecast with the big picture in the atlantic because after a very quiet august for tropical storms, this week, we have seen two different storm systems in this one here, hurricane earl and this one here, hurricane earl in the swell of cloud was tropical storm danielle and both of these are likely to have an indirect influence on our weather over the next seven to ten days. now, in the short term, we've an area of low pressure with us of the last few days and that is not pushing eastwards with high pressure building behind and that means that for saturday, we're expecting more in the way of dry weather. there will still be some showers were you're close to that low across

parts of eastern england and still, this band brings the patchy ran across the scotland in northeast england but elsewhere, will see some spells of sunshine and press the best of sunshine and press the best of after the day will be found across northern ireland and scotland once in the early fog is cleared. temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees will feel fairly pleasant in the sunshine. there saturday night, we do see the frontal system gathering towards the west and i'll bring rain for some of us on sunday and some quite heavy bursts of rain pushing and across northern ireland and cloud wanted to fill in across western scotland and some rain here later in the day with rain raising and wales and the far southwest of england, most interesting drive some spells of sunshine and a shift in the wind direction is southerly wind direction is southerly wind at the start makes it feel a little bit warmer. looking at monday's weather chart, this spinning down here towards the southwest, this will contain the remnants of what was tropical storm danielle and most of the rain from that will be moving across spain and

portugal putting soggy spells of others to come but what the storm system will do as it will feed someone warmth northwards into the southern half of the uk and high temperatures on monday across parts of southern england into wales to the south of this band of cloud, this rain will be sitting across from central parts and that will separate the warm air in the south, 26 degrees from much cooler air further north in a much fresher feel cooler air further north in a much fresherfeel for cooler air further north in a much fresher feel for scotland, northern ireland and the far northwest of england it looks like that band of rain will seek its way southwards across southern counties and again, the wind direction sinks to the north the lease and it will feel that cooler. 23 degrees and there should still be some good spells of sunshine. that is because high—pressure is likely to be building and by this stage in still low pressure spinning to the south of us that may throw frontal system into southern counties of england and may be parts of south wells has got to the day on wednesday and at this stage, the details may change but for

many, we will see some spells of sunshine and perhaps a bit more cloud filtering in to these northern and eastern coast. top temperatures of 70 degrees for glasgow, belfast in 20 for plymouth and 21 in london. now later in the week, i would like to point out this area of low pressure said to contain the remnants of hurricane earl, it might get scooped up by another low pushing out of north america and i will push what westwards and build quite strongly across the uk as we head towards next weekend and that will cause things to turn drier up with a brisk northerly wind, is likely to feel a little cooler.

this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. respect and love — king charles iii pledges to loyally serve the people. after paying his respects to the late queen. to my darling mama, as you begin your last greatjourney to join my begin your last greatjourney tojoin my dear begin your last greatjourney to join my dear late begin your last greatjourney tojoin my dear late papa, i want simply to say this. thank you. as the throne has passed from mother to son, those who got to know the queen well have been sharing their memories. these were not meetings with a hi-h these were not meetings with a high and — these were not meetings with a high and mighty monarch, but a

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