on hello and welcome back. and a very happy boxing day to you. it's just gone pm. i'm bethany elsey your top stories from the gb newsroom. jersey police have confirmed a 10th person has died as result of the explosion at a block flats on the island earlier this month. 73 year old kathy mcguinness died in hospital on christmas day . the hospital on christmas day. the blast which happened in the early hours of the 10th of

december, destroyed the building in st helier. ms. mcguinness in an adjacent building . an inquest an adjacent building. an inquest into the deaths open this friday before being adjourned. while the investigation continues . at the investigation continues. at least 38 people are believed to have died as a result of a severe arctic freeze that continues to grip much of the us and canada . officials say the and canada. officials say the worst area is the city of buffalo in new york state amid the snow, ice and freezing temperatures. thousands of flights have been cancelled and more than 150,000 homes are still without power . russia's still without power. russia's defence ministry claims three of its military personnel been killed at an airbase hundreds of miles from the front line , its miles from the front line, its war with ukraine. moscow alleged they were hit by falling debris from a ukrainian that it says was shot down. the governor says , no aircraft was damaged at base in russia's southeast . it's

base in russia's southeast. it's the second attack on the military site month. it's understood it's those long—range strategic bombers. kyiv hasn't commented on the incident. strategic bombers. kyiv hasn't commented on the incident . the commented on the incident. the uk's rail networks are at a standstill today as members of the rmt union hold a fresh round of strike action in a dispute over pay . hundreds of trains over pay. hundreds of trains usually run on boxing day, but they've all been cancelled. the aim warning of traffic jams as they expect more than 15 miles and calls on uk today. 20,000 dearest are passengers have been forced to make alternative plans as it's cancelled. also forces which run from london , paris, which run from london, paris, brussels and amsterdam . travel brussels and amsterdam. travel expert simon calder said the strikes are destroying the railways. 21 million people like me who don't have a car or access to a car who have to travel by rail and be told come back middle january isn't good enough. back middle january isn't good enough . the rail unions, enough. the rail unions, i think, have misjudged. the

government is completely misjudged. in the past year and the taxpayer are caught up in this middle of this kind of ideological row now. and it's absolutely it's doing is destroying the rail railways , destroying the rail railways, the uk health security agency will stop publishing covid data early next. the chief data scientist . it's no longer scientist. it's no longer necessary as the country is now living the disease, but that covid will still be monitored. data had been published weekly dunng data had been published weekly during the peak of the pandemic and every two weeks since april this year . and every two weeks since april this year. and shoppers are expected to spend less in the sales as the cost of living to rise. new research by barclaycard payments found the average customer in tends to buy around average customer in tends to buy aroun d £229 worth of items in around £229 worth of items in the post—christmas sales . that's the post—christmas sales. that's 4% less compared to this time

last year. the study also found that a number of shoppers expect to tend to resell sites to either buy items or to offload unwanted gifts . you're up to unwanted gifts. you're up to date tv online and ddb radio. this is gb news. i'll be back with more news at 3:00. but now time for gb news special program, a royal year with our royal correspondent cameron walker . walker. 2022 is the year the royal family changed forever. we said goodbye to our queen and welcomed in a new king. i'm cameron walker. gb news is boiler. reporter and i'm taking you on a journey. boiler. reporter and i'm taking you on a journey . looking back you on a journey. looking back on a major year for royals and the enormous constitution change that has engulfed great britain. coming up, we look back on a

jubilant weekend of pomp and pageantry when the country came together to celebrate . it's the together to celebrate. it's the queen's 70 years of service. the first all to be celebrating, not just the queen, but life. our lives . all being together again lives. all being together again was , i think, something very, was, i think, something very, very special . we'll share very special. we'll share details of why prince andrew might have decided to settle out of court with his accuser . it's of court with his accuser. it's often a strategy that they utilise just to make something go away. plus alastair stewart's and arlene foster on what the passing of the queen means for great britain . great britain. february marks the 70th anniversary of the queen's sessions of the throne. her majesty , just 25 years old. her majesty, just 25 years old. i've come to sandringham when.7 on the eve of the queen's platinum jubilee, she hosted a magnificent in the ballroom of sandringham for locals. the queen renewed her pledge she

made on her 21st birthday. that's her life . always be that's her life. always be devoted to our service and declared it was her sincere wish. that's camilla with one day be known as queen consort. former mayor of lynn. councillor harry humphrey welcomes the queen to the ballroom. i expect it really to be one of the one of the people at the reception but i was particularly on it when i got had to say where do i stand? and i said took me out of the door and i thought, why ? the door and i thought, why? because you're going see the because you're going to see the queen when she comes into her ballroom . thought, what an ballroom. thought, what an honoun ballroom. thought, what an honour. absolutely fantastic. that was a wonderful moment. her late majesty was president of sandringham women's institute. yvonne brown is the chairman and was invited the reception. obviously she looked frailer because we'd had covid and the duke had died and everything, but she really, really well to the rest of what she asked us how we all got on during and what we'd been to and just

chatted like she always does when she used to come to the meetings. well, that intimate reception for locals was followed by a global performance of pomp and pageantry . i of pomp and pageantry. i remember it well. gb news this platform was just the other side of the road . and provided us and of the road. and provided us and you with a great view of the queen's jubilee weekend. the queen's jubilee weekend. the queen watched the traditional trooping the colour parade from the buckingham palace balcony . the buckingham palace balcony. her family joins her. the spectacular raaf fly—past . the spectacular raaf fly—past. the number 70 was shapes in the sky. despite one or two tantrum as crowds cheered for the pageants celebrating different decades of her majesty's reign. and we had the privilege of seeing the queen alongside three generations and her three as to the public's delight . her the public's delight. her majesty also made the surprise . majesty also made the surprise. parents, alongside paddington bean parents, alongside paddington bear. katie nicholl , the boy bear. katie nicholl, the boy that's vanity fair. her book, the new royals, contains new stories from family members , stories from family members, palace, courtiers and aides .

palace, courtiers and aides. there was such a global in this sort of mammoth four day celebration of the queen's 70 years on the throne. and i remember speaking to many people there who weren't even monarchists. they were who wanted to come and soak up the atmosphere who wanted to bring their children down to be a part of history , the making. and of of history, the making. and of course , to try and get for those course, to try and get for those who royalists to have who were royalists to have a glimpse the queen. and i do glimpse of the queen. and i do remember just having that sense of almost this being a bit of a swan song , that this was the swan song, that this was the final farewell . i mean, the final farewell. i mean, the queen did look very, very frail , albeit happy to be there, but very frail. and i do remember thinking , i very frail. and i do remember thinking, i wonder we'll ever thinking, i wonder if we'll ever see her this balcony again . see her on this balcony again. the public reaction . the mood. the public reaction. the mood. it was one was quite emotional. now that the queen is no longer with us, but the fact that they were so clearly in love with the late queen. oh, they were so happy to see her. i mean , think happy to see her. i mean, think there was a sense of jubilation because people had been able to come together. i mean, because

covid, come together. i mean, because covm, they come together. i mean, because covid, they hadn't this sort of mass gathering for two years. so for us all to be together for all to be celebrating, not just the queen, but life, our lives all being together again was, i think, something very, very special for the people that were there. and on the balcony, it was the decision was made that any working members of the royal family would be there, which meant no prince andrew, an immense no harry and meghan, a decision for the palace which perhaps caused some controversy. what do you think were the reasons that? well, reasons behind that? well, i think decision to be think the decision for it to be just walking royals on that balcony was the right balcony was was the right decision. i think it was decision. and i think it was reflective of the direction that the monarchy has been in and is certainly moving now under the reign of charles. and it was a way of neatly sidestepping two particularly difficult issues , particularly difficult issues, the sussexes and the rift at the heart of the house of windsor and of course, prince andrew. i mean, it would have been absolutely awful for andrew to have been up on that balcony and

would have detracted the would have detracted from the star show who was an star of the show who was an absolute glee. rightly so. the queen. do you think there was any sense of charles wanting to portray a slimmed down monarchy to what eventually he took over? charles it seemed a vision of the monarchy , something that the monarchy, something that he's always wanted . and it's he's always wanted. and it's something that image of the queen and then the three, as it's something we've probably never see again. we've never going see again. no, we've not had a monarch and three reigning heir. so it was a really powerful , historic image. really powerful, historic image. prince louis appeared to have a little bit of a tantrum , willing little bit of a tantrum, willing kate's, i suppose it's a big decision for them to decide how much exposure to give their children a sense like this. well, when we saw the cambridge children in the carriage , i children in the carriage, i remember thinking , goodness, i'm remember thinking, goodness, i'm going. i don't know if i would trust my four year old in a carriage and there was the duchess looking and white actually immaculate, as she always does with these three beautiful, impeccably behaved children knew dip their

children who knew dip their heads when the colour passed . i heads when the colour passed. i mean, it was little details like that that showed you as much as the . now wales's the cambridges. now the wales's have brilliant job in have done a brilliant job in raising three children, raising these three children, giving an ordinary giving them an ordinary life with playdates at the palace, and pretty ordinary , and going to pretty ordinary, albeit privileged schools. albeit very privileged schools. they're being schooled they're also being schooled in that . and you just see them that duty. and you just see them up on that palace balcony was a wonderful role trace, i think for all royal watchers. a reminder of the next generation of royalty . and so an important of royalty. and so an important image in that respect . i think image in that respect. i think it also humanises the royal family. it makes them all the more relatable. so, yes, seeing little louis having something of a in the royal a royal tantrum in the royal box. well, you know , hats off to box. well, you know, hats off to the duchess for her coolness when she knew that cameras would be trained on her. so i particularly liked the prince of wales stepping in to come wales stepping in to say, come and over to me and and pass him over to me and putting his lap and putting louis on his lap and having moment having that wonderful moment where him, not as the where you saw him, not as the prince wales , but as the prince of wales, but as the grandfather. i also caught up with pandora forsyth . pandora is with pandora forsyth. pandora is the of the daily express's

the host of the daily express's royal round up . the royal family royal round up. the royal family must so proud of this summer. must be so proud of this summer. just gone. it was genius. everything from going in the sky, getting that modern twist on everything through to those iconic moments where we saw prince louis having , his cheeky, prince louis having, his cheeky, cheeky behaviour through to the late queen who came out on a couple of occasions. the queen, we know, had mobility issues . we know, had mobility issues. there was no guarantee. we actually would have seen her. i know on the build up to it, it was very much on the day to see how she was feeling. we were very, very to share that moment with her and it will be memories, i'm sure which will last all of our lifetimes . we've last all of our lifetimes. we've never seen anything like that , never seen anything like that, i'm sure actually will never i'm sure actually we will never see that again. only see like that again. only working members of the royal family on the balcony, of course, know harry and meghan. no. prince andrew? no that would have queen's decision . have been the queen's decision. everything would everything that we saw would have past the queen. have gone past the queen. i think that's a very good standard, a very good precedent

to we will see moving to what we will now see moving forward. i can't stop talking about it now to the queen and her surprise afternoon tea with paddington bear. this was so and this is exactly what i'm talking in terms of engaging the generations. paddington bear is a british icon. i think for me anyway. and from whatever generation you're from, you'll know paddington bear and it also gave a very sweet moment recently with her passing where the queen consort actually out some of those bears which lined lined outside the mall all the way through to the palace where people left flowers bear some of them left marmalade sandwiches, and they which they got told you need to stop bringing marmalade sandwiches. but yes , she gave sandwiches. but yes, she gave them, think, to barnardos them, i think, to barnardos charity , a selection of charity, just a few selection of them coming up was within kate's canbbean them coming up was within kate's caribbean tour and unwelcome reminder of colonialism or unfair social media. those were

images of the past of rule. and alice to stuart reveals what was going through his mind as he broke one of the most important of his career. you just know that an awful lot of people will be listening and watching . and be listening and watching. and it is a determination to try and get it right . kate is looking get it right. kate is looking chilly out that mix of clear spells and scattered in details west of england this evening seeing a mixture of heavy showers and then clear spells . showers and then clear spells. temperatures around 5 to 7 celsius for most, staying along the coast, adding to the wind chill skies clearing. then this evening for many parts, the south—east of england. most dry, though, perhaps a few light showers in the east. a rather chilly evening, then further across to the west in wales with across to the west in wales with a scattering of showers and breezy along the coast

particularly. temperatures . 4 to particularly. temperatures. 4 to 6 celsius. plenty of dry boxing day evening for the midlands but the risk to some showers rather cold again. temperatures down to three or four degrees wednesday saying light though rather breezy this evening . and across breezy this evening. and across northern parts of england and further blustery showers coming . the showers indeed falling asleep or snow over the higher ground at times. so on the cold and, icy side for many , a and, icy side for many, a blustery boxing day evening for scotland , further sleet and scotland, further sleet and snow, i'm afraid some travelling conditions as a result developing at times with the ice on untreated surfaces, particularly temperatures around freezing an icy evening to come too for northern ireland, sleet and snow showers add to the mix turning cold with temperatures tumbling towards freezing and the winds. blustery around the coast. so and frosty night for many. ice in north mild wet windy weather moving into the west later on. that's how it's shaping up overnight into tomorrow morning

welcome back . now, the royal welcome back. now, the royal family was sent around the world in the spring to mark the queen's platinum jubilee , queen's platinum jubilee, perhaps in an attempt to shore up support for the monarchy in commonwealth countries . charles commonwealth countries. charles and camilla's visit to canada on the whole, a success. the biggest challenge, arguably, came prince william and catherine towards a belief . catherine towards a belief. jamaica and the bahamas the then duke and duchess of cambridge helped restore coral reefs by going scuba diving. william football with the locals and kate's focus on early childhood. develop at what should been a goodwill mission turned into something quite different . an something quite different. an unfortunate picture of them greeting children through a wide fence echoed for some the historical slave trade rides on open top landrover, used by queen elizabeth and prince philip decades before was described by local campaigners

as . so was it a disaster ? social as. so was it a disaster? social media sensationalist to think so. i'm not so sure. but what do my guests think . firstly, my guests think. firstly, i spoke to professor rosalie hamilton. rosalie is a jamaican academic and remembers trip well. i think over the last few years and certainly within the last few months, especially since the royal visit. so william and kate, the information that the royal family started and from the trafficking of africans and the enslavement of africans was a wake up call for many jamaicans . they didn't know that some would argue very easily that the current royal family had nothing to do with . what happened 200 to do with. what happened 200 years ago when the historical trade was going on? but perhaps you're is that the current royal family are indirectly still profiting not how the royal

family to benefit from that wealth but on the other side jamaicans caribbean people and people who have come out of this process of colonisation continue to live within legacies of that process before they rise . the process before they rise. the advocates network in jamaica which you are part of wrote an letter to them didn't use statistics . explain what it statistics. explain what it said. we that it was really inappropriate at a time when the country could least of for royals to be welcomed in country to celebrate an anniversary of their grandmother. we didn't feel that connection but there were also what appeared to be hundreds if not thousands of people coming out to support will and kate's on the tour cheering and waving flags. what do you say to that? the best

evidence we have is a recent that was done in july of this year and that poll suggest that about 27% of jamaica still support the family. the support declining. jamaica's the only country that still has monarch. the british monarch as head of state is the country that requires of these to go to britain . and importantly a visa britain. and importantly a visa to access our highest court to appeal to the privy council . now appeal to the privy council. now that has really troubled a lot of jamaicans because they see that as unfair. will and kate's canbbean that as unfair. will and kate's caribbean tour proves controversial perhaps a number of reasons. some people were saying that it looked to colonial and it didn't sit with jamaicans. it is it absolutely did not. those were images of

the past of imperial rule. and i it complicates in the minds of that that whole and subservient type relationship persist and other kinds of images where you know they were dancing with people in the courtyard and so on where images that are more modern and reflective . the fact modern and reflective. the fact that those images coexisted with other kinds of contradictory images suggested , a lot that at images suggested, a lot that at the core, not has changed. the thing that strikes me about the coverage of the photograph of will and kate greeting kids through a wide is because raheem sterling a jamaican football player had exactly the same image pretty much exactly the same day , but it didn't get same day, but it didn't get nearly as much criticism , did it nearly as much criticism, did it as willing? kate's did. so what

are your thoughts on that? those images don't come distorting and shift. really the experiences of young people . images don't young people. images don't whitewash . and so it's the whitewash. and so it's the actual experience that we have of a monarch as head of state that seems in with reality . i that seems in with reality. i think it was very much a mixed reaction wasn't it . we all saw reaction wasn't it. we all saw those with the hands through the fence fence . it shone a light on fence fence. it shone a light on issues which have been surrounding the royal family for years. i do think that. kate catherine and william . had no catherine and william. had no malice or ill intent . but behind malice or ill intent. but behind

that and i think it's important moving forward, they are aware of those issues and people do hold resentment towards in some parts of the world. and it's important to acknowledge that . important to acknowledge that. and if people aren't listened to , that's when relations really do go down the pan, because the issue with the protests , issue with the protests, particularly in jamaica, was caused for reparations from the british states. the royal family will kate's went live. then the queen wasn't alive then. so do you think the whole intent of over this whole was lost social media because that was the narrative that went viral. yes i if the royal family had their way then every bit of coverage every bit of press would be positive but we wouldn't be doing our jobs unless we really gave a real account of . what gave a real account of. what happened. it was a difficult situation for them, particularly with do you remember the open top landrover that they stood on? and some criticism came from that, saying it was too colonial

. but actually that was the jamaican government's who asks them to do that . the royal them to do that. the royal family is so based on tradition they like bringing in old traditions along the way and bringing into modern life. i think now more thought process needs to go behind these these moments is not of a time where you know every single newspaper is going to back that . and i is going to back that. and i think what they did do pretty well with with social media release those videos the two of them scuba diving showing the underwater world course conservation, a huge issue for william in particular. there was lots of positives on this tour to . yeah, lots of positives . to. yeah, lots of positives. lots of great photo moments to take away. in fact, i remember some of the photos being on some of the front covers . another of the front covers. another example of the pomp and pageantry of the united kingdom was , the first state visit of

was, the first state visit of king hosted, the first time, of course, as monarchy hosted the south african president, cyril ramaphosa. and all of the pictures that we're seeing are extreme positive, aren't they? extremely positive. and one thing actually, which is good about having an older monarch is he has been able to establish these relationships throughout these relationships throughout the years which the late queen will not speak of her service in a bad way, but she didn't have that experience when she came to the throne . the king has had the throne. the king has had years of experience and he's learned from very best. therefore it's more natural for him to be able to host these these banquets and actually have real conversations with . his real conversations with. his speech just before the state got up and as it were, inside ballrooms , buckingham palace. ballrooms, buckingham palace. a couple of things stood out to me, the first of which was he repeat says what he said at the commonwealth heads government meeting earlier this year where he said we need to recognise the

wrongs which country have done, perhaps referring to the historical slave trade. once again , almost winning again, almost winning a conversation since he starts. yes he did. that's in itself was huge.i yes he did. that's in itself was huge . i think the royal family huge. i think the royal family have shied away from that for a very very long time. it is showing completely new reign in a completely new more a modern outlook on things . i think outlook on things. i think people just want to hear that you know the royal family haven't always perfect and they're acknowledging the history his relationship the commonwealth is so important . commonwealth is so important. coming up, dame arlene reveals what it was like in the room when charles was formally proclaimed king lost his mother on the stairs to hear he on the saturday morning standing in front of all of his privy councillors, their heads for every consideration. i and it

was quite a moment i have to say and find out why prince harry's relationship with the royal family is on a knife edge. if he is seen to be overtly critical and damaging of the royal family as an institution and there will be repercussions to that . be repercussions to that. thanks for joining be repercussions to that. thanks forjoining us here on tv . as we look back on the royal family's 2022 now. if you can remember all the way back to january, prince andrew was out of court in a civil assault case against him with . his accuser, against him with. his accuser, virginia giuffre , the duke of virginia giuffre, the duke of york, has always denied allegations, but the fallout led to his mother, the late queen, stripping him of his honorary military titles . and he no military titles. and he no longer his hrh status. and longer uses his hrh status. and i predict there is simply no way back for him as a working of the royal schofield royal family. kinsey schofield is a royal podcaster and blogger from the united states . virginia

from the united states. virginia giuffre brought legal action against the queen's son. there was a lot of back and forth and he had an incredible team that really fought back against virginia. they said , don't live virginia. they said, don't live in the united states. they with the fact that jeffrey epstein was supposed to have , you know, was supposed to have, you know, collected all this himself when he paid out some of these alleged victims. it wasn't to touch prince andrew . prince touch prince andrew. prince andrew head, i'm sorry to use the but he kind of hid in balmoral did not want to get that summons. and when inevitably was handed that paperwork they decided it wasn't worth fighting , you know, to worth fighting, you know, to protect the reputation of the monarchy and to protect future of the monarchy. i think that he listened to the right people and he decided to settle with virginia giuffre. so they could end this controversy . do you end this controversy. do you think that's why he did to protect the monarchy? because lots of people fail to understand how someone who

maintains they are innocent of any wrongdoing would be prepared to pay out. reportedly millions of dollars to a woman he claims to have never met. i agree with you. however over $1,000,000 is nothing to the royal family. also in hollywood, it's often a strategy that they utilise just to make something go away to end the conversation , to move on. so the conversation, to move on. so it's it doesn't seem especially something that the royal family would do because they're never complained . explain. but it's complained. explain. but it's a hollywood way of going about things. it's a very american way of going about things. and i think that he had that he had counsel said, let's make this go away right now. and the easiest solution is cut a check. it did really haunt the family at the time. and i think that you saw really prince william and king distancing themselves , andrew, distancing themselves, andrew, and start the process of really

pushing out because they thought this person is a liability to our family and to our future. and perhaps the queen also felt that she stripped him of his honorary military titles. he's no longer to use his hrh state . no longer to use his hrh state. but this is a man isn't who was born into the royal family, served his country , the royal served his country, the royal navy. he fought in the falklands war. how do you think he was feeling at that time? i where he was really heart broken was the fact that his mother was ultimately the one that made the decision. and queen had been by his side throughout the entire process ultimate hurt. there was the fact that he felt like he might lost his mother. that process, that she might no longer be on his side. process, that she might no longer be on his side . let's longer be on his side. let's turn now to the duke and duchess of sussex who now live in california. now, the couple secretly visited the uk . despite secretly visited the uk. despite harry's security concerns to see the queen in april before jetting off to the netherlands for the duke's invictus , which

for the duke's invictus, which is an olympic like competition for wounded veterans. they briefly appeared at the platinum jubilee celebration , but swiftly jubilee celebration, but swiftly flew across the pond. but flew back across the pond. but it's the commercial deals which have proved the most controversial . netflix and controversial. netflix and spotify reportedly paid spotify have reportedly paid them millions of dollars . and them millions of dollars. and harry's imminent memoir is going make uncomfortable reading . make for uncomfortable reading. the title spare quite a loaded title. it's a it a loaded title. it's a provocative title. it's thought provoking . and it's the thought provoking. and it's the title is one word to sum up how harry feels packs punch. it's pretty powerful. i've spoken to prince harry in the past quite a few times and more than once. he has said me, i wish i hadn't been born a prince. that was said me once. i'd love to just be able to go into a coffee shop and buy a coffee to jump on the tube and travel on a train. i think it's very indicative of where the book is going to go, and suggests that has and it suggests that he has always periphery an always felt on the periphery an outsider , a spare a back up

outsider, a spare a back up rather than someone in his own rise. and i think that's pretty sad. what i struggle with is the narrative that meghan then forced him out of the royal family. in fact, even before prince harry met meghan, duchess of sussex . he wanted to find of sussex. he wanted to find a way out. yes, i think you know, i think it's very easy for people blame meghan for everything . i mean, the very everything. i mean, the very term megxit suggests entirely that she's responsible , them that she's responsible, them leaving. i don't believe that that case at all. that was the case at all. i think that harry had been looking a way out for some looking for a way out for some time, meghan a catalyst time, and meghan was a catalyst . and i think i sort of set the record new record straight in the new royals harry was as much royals that harry was as much behind this decision to leave this of harry's this publication of harry's memoir was meant to come out in the autumn. wasn't it? yes why do you think that has been in today? well, i think book's today? well, i think the book's been to several delays. been subject to several delays. it coming out in it was meant to be coming out in the so that the autumn 2022. so that thanksgiving pre—christmas market, which is a very lucrative time for selling books. but i think the queen's death changed, everything and harry the luxury of being

harry had the luxury of being able change of the copy able to change some of the copy to i think people to update it. i think people reading that book would absolutely want to his absolutely want to know his place in the funeral, how he felt about his place in the funeral, how he felt losing his grandmother. i mean, that journey to balmoral , he missed journey to balmoral, he missed the flight with other members , the flight with other members, the flight with other members, the royal family, and went to balmoral his that's going balmoral his own. that's going to really powerful. an to be really powerful. an important to read . how important account to read. how much think he will much do you think he will criticise the royal family ? i criticise the royal family? i think the title suggests that he's going to be quite critical. i mean, anyone labelled despair and who sees their identity as despair suggests it's going to be entirely favourable about the royal family. one does wonder if some of the revisions made to bnng some of the revisions made to bring the book up to speed. might also have included some watering down of the manuscript. and i think harry's also acutely aware that if he is seen to be overt , critical and damaging of overt, critical and damaging of the royal family as an institution, there will be to that. and there's the matter of titles here , i suspect very titles here, i suspect very

strongly that charles could revoke their titles , possibly revoke their titles, possibly not bestow titles on their children . and if harry and children. and if harry and meghan's intention is to continue throwing hand grenades into the royal family, that's the thing it. because arguably brand sussex only works because they have the titles because they're children now have the rights to be prince and prince. and now that charles king, there's a real balancing acts they've got to do here. well meghan and harry knows the commercial future and the success of their future is absolutely entwined with royal titles. but if they were to lose their actual royal titles that you can duchess, that comes at a real cost to them. i mean suddenly their star is much diminished . will the public, diminished. will the public, when they read this book, will they be sympathetic to? his cause. people really struggling at the moment. i do think that woe is me narrative is wearing very thin for harry. i think if this is a book solely about

victimhood , there's every victimhood, there's every possibility it not be the bestseller that we were all expecting to be . we both know expecting to be. we both know harry and meghan divide . you harry and meghan divide. you have one side of the argument that says they want privacy . that says they want privacy. they want to be financially independent. so why are they going on shows like oprah on a global stage talking about relations with the royal family we know the royal family is extreme , mainly private, but extreme, mainly private, but then also have the other side where. people say, hold on. so many people have something to say about them. they deserve a voice . i'm really to know what , voice. i'm really to know what, is the overall feeling americans towards harry and meghan. i think american of the duke and duchess of sussex has changed drastically over the last 12 months. there's a sense of entitlement, a sense of, you know, do always focus on the negative . is there anything

negative. is there anything positive going on in your, you know, multimillion dollar mansion ? there they've been kind mansion? there they've been kind of a couple of fibs in the united states to starting to recognise it's so i remember when harry and meghan first announced that they were going to leave the royal family as full time working members move across to america. and one of the reasons for that was because they wanted more privacy. i think the appearances and the brand being are meghan markle's dream come true . you know, if dream come true. you know, if you read some of these that really delve into the strategy behind her glow up, you know, she's a smart woman and some of these things that are happening for her right now are things that she wanted to happen for her when she was little . named her when she was little. named actress in hollywood, california , getting her third rejection of the day, harry. without a doubt has made meghan markle's come true of becoming an international celebrity. coming up , i'll international celebrity. coming up, i'll discuss a defining moment in british history with

gb news alison stewart and, dame arlene foster. the fact that they had told the prime minister and, told the leader of the opposition, we all knew that it was a serious situation .

welcome back. well, it's hard to believe that queen elizabeth second, who reigned over us for more than years, is no longer here. the news made headlines around the world and it marked a huge change in our country. for me , i spent most of my time here me, i spent most of my time here at, buckingham palace. but gb news went around the country to pubs , community centres. hearing pubs, community centres. hearing your stories and memories of britain's longest monarch. i sat with alice stewart and arlene foster for their reflections . foster for their reflections. what do you remember about that

day at gb news? i think i remember most strongly the fact that it happened in the midst of a real life political storm. well, and a couple of events encapsulated the woman's extraordinary life of service and of duty . extraordinary life of service and of duty. that is, that extraordinary life of service and of duty . that is, that she, and of duty. that is, that she, you know , she marched boris you know, she marched boris johnson out as prime and she marched liz truss in as prime minister. we all looked at the photographs and actually we hadnt photographs and actually we hadn't seen her for a while. and reality and we looked at her and we thought, oh, she's small, reality and we looked at her and we thlooking»h, she's small, reality and we looked at her and we th looking quitez's small, reality and we looked at her and we th looking quite frailnall, reality and we looked at her and we th looking quite frail .all, reality and we looked at her and we th looking quite frail . but she's looking quite frail. but she's looking quite frail. but she gave a lovely smile. did you remember smile camera remember the lovely smile camera that she and we were all. that she gave and we were all. well, certainly was really well, i certainly was really pleased her. and then all pleased to see her. and then all of a sudden, there all of this note passing in the commons and people looking very serious and everybody wondering what . it everybody was wondering what. it was it was the queen's was and then it was the queen's well and the fact that they had told the prime minister and told the leader of the opposition , we the leader of the opposition, we all knew it was a serious all knew that it was a serious situation because don't tell situation because you don't tell senior politicians that you've

got a cold or whatever. it was serious . and are you the one who serious. and are you the one who breaks news on giving ? what was breaks news on giving? what was going through head at that time? peter systems , who was a very peter systems, who was a very close friend of mine and got crucified for . a simple minor crucified for. a simple minor about a tie . you just know that about a tie. you just know that awful lot of people will be listening and watching and it is a determination to try and get it right . you've both met the it right. you've both met the late on a number of occasions . late on a number of occasions. what was she like as a person ? i what was she like as a person? i mean, i have so much admiration , the queen, because she was a female leader at a time when there weren't very many female leadership it and she was so young when she came to the. i had the great privilege meeting her in a private audience when i was first minister and that is a nerve . when you're thinking nerve. when you're thinking about going in, meet the head of state and a lady of her stature and when i say her she is quite small of course and the

photograph of me meeting her, i looked like an enormous giant because i i'm a lot taller than her. let's talk about session council . first of all, the fact council. first of all, the fact that it was televised was , very that it was televised was, very significant, wasn't it . that was significant, wasn't it. that was quite extraordinary in so many respects. never seen it before read the words she . pictures of read the words she. pictures of it seemed stills of it even at the eighth. but penny mordaunt, a personal friend and she'd only just been made lord president of the council . and she's the woman the council. and she's the woman who keeps the new king waiting while she reads out the rules of engagement and then privy councillors . i'll be welcome councillors. i'll be welcome next to me then say yep. okay. he's genuine article. he is the heir . yes, we he's genuine article. he is the heir. yes, we will agree to it. and it was just magical because he was constitution. it was politics. it was people we've elected people who lead us and we can get rid of bringing in the guy who is there to do job

of work because he is the eldest son of the now dead monarch. i just thought had lost just thought it was he had lost his mother on the thursday to here was on saturday here he was on the saturday standing of all of his standing in front of all of his privy councillors , his privy privy councillors, his privy councillors and i. and it was quite a moment i have to say and there were six prime ministers there. yes people from wales, scotland , ireland and england scotland, ireland and england and of course following the accession council , all the flags accession council, all the flags were raised full mast just for 24 hour periods, celebrating the new even though it was only less than two days earlier that we'd lost our old. so that was an interesting time . it was all of interesting time. it was all of us sort of planning that been there for many, many years, kicked in and it was so smooth and obviously because the queen had passed away in scotland, there was a whole different arrangement then had to be gone through in terms of how would progress down to london and the other moment which i really did think special and arlene and i

both adored parliament and the thing that it stands for both houses of it was the number of members of parliament who chose to accept lindsay invitation as speaker to retake that is allegiance. labour and tory liberal democrats across the spectrum lining quietly up just to declare their loyalty to king charles and his heirs , etc, etc. charles and his heirs, etc, etc. and she at rest in st charles cathedral 24 hours, particularly symbolic for me because it showed the late queen was truly a queen of the united kingdom . i a queen of the united kingdom. i think sometimes we forgot that was a royal family here was a new king mourning at that time because he had to go out and go right around united kingdom. and ihave right around united kingdom. and i have to say, i think it was a stroke of genius that progress of king charles around the united kingdom as we went to northern ireland, the out of service he went to scotland, he went people went to wales and allied people to show their respect for his late mother, but also their love

him. and i think that that was really, really strong. we were going out and to. talking people have them why have been asking them why, why were in a queue were they standing in a queue for 12, 14 hours? why did they feel that they wanted to do that? and i think people really loved that when the new king and the new prince of wales even went down and expect unannounced, unplanned to do a walkabout with the people were still queuing to go in the great hall at westminster to pay their final respects. but that itself is extraordinary. i was really hooked on that because people would queue for hours on end . would queue for hours on end. they'd finally get in and it would be 5 seconds, 6 seconds and may i one of these stand out moments of the whole thing for me was when james severn and louise windsor, the wessex children , joined the other children, joined the other grandchildren and stood there . i grandchildren and stood there. i just thought that was knockout with sophie and edward and others standing that little gallery in the great hall watching them light any moment

l, watching them light any moment i, you know, you come back and hold it. you're alright. you did something quite emotional didn't she, because she was looking at her children and thinking oh my goodness, i think it was important that the family did come together because i think everybody was watching would happen with harry and meghan and the end of the day, they are a family in mourning. i think it was quite proper for them to come down and meet people to stay together . sadly, i have to stay together. sadly, i have to say this, cameron don't think that has lost it. and that unity has lost it. and i think going to see that in the new year and that's a great sadness to me as a monarchist, that someone within the family system would try and do damage to what is the system that i think is fabulous for our country and our nation . i guess country and our nation. i guess if there is one huge challenge for the new king , it is to try for the new king, it is to try and get that family together again , but also to do it in a again, but also to do it in a way that everybody out there looking on a family, that sole purpose in reality is to unite

the country . and it ain't at the the country. and it ain't at the moment in the states itself was clearly such a historical moments for so many reasons. it was really sombre and i had the great privilege and honour to be in the cathedral when the coffin went past, when the family a difficult most out have been to walk the whole way from westminster abbey a past buckingham palace . it was a very buckingham palace. it was a very difficult thing for to do but they wanted to do it because was their last act for their late mother and she was duty personified. so i think it was just right that they carried out her wishes to the very last and i think a huge significance as well talking about her majesty's having been all over the whole affair is that it was in westminster abbey that was best for procession , that was best for procession, that was best for procession, that was best for the public to see and pay their final name and a tribute and she had gone there on so many occasions someone many occasions she was someone who really believed she was a christian . the horses and corgis

christian. the horses and corgis at windsor castle. first of all, we had emma queen's pony . what we had emma queen's pony. what kind of pony was that? and so she didn't only care about and love horses and ponies and clearly rode very well as a child on a pony from the word go . she knew more about that industry and about breeding and about rare breeds than pretty well anybody in country and sturdy little fellows bless their hearts that she rode out with harry they had groom across windsor great park that almost towards the end we would never wear a hard hat which used to upset quite a bit with having the two corgis as well. mick and sandy, gifted by prince andrew and now back with prince andrew . but it was a really emotional moment watching images and the staff out as well. yes, sunday night , so staff out as well. yes, sunday night, so many of the staff out as well. yes, sunday night , so many of the staff who night, so many of the staff who who wanted to pay their respects . a final point for both of you. what you think is the lasting

legacy of queen elizabeth. the second. oh, my goodness . there's second. oh, my goodness. there's so much she has done. so much for the country across the world. she's been a global icon i think her solid leadership has shown for me as a female what women can do in the world. in a quiet way. you don't have to be bolshie. you do tough to be out there. you can lead quietly with dignity , integrity. and she has dignity, integrity. and she has done that. and when i look one of the i think the heroine of the whole thing for me is princess. yes. she travelled from with her mother's coffin. when i looked at her on parade, she was a stripped back . does she was a stripped back. does any of the men that were there. i think on her mother's mantle and respect of female leadership and respect of female leadership and i think she a fabulous job so fine women generally in that in this general and sophie as well sophie wessex princess of the princess of wales the queen consort . absolutely for me her

consort. absolutely for me her bequest the nation is the constitution , the monarchy. constitution, the monarchy. correct. she up against all odds and pressures . strains she and pressures. strains she understood terms why i rather like churchill on democracy. it may not be perfect , but you have may not be perfect, but you have a look at all of the other systems. it's not bad that just understood that politically are in the safest possible hands . if in the safest possible hands. if we can always elect and reject a government every four or five years. but there is a at the top of it that understands what we care about and she did and a genuinely think the new king does as well . the highs and lows does as well. the highs and lows are to continue into next year. the and princess of wales have scored a hit with that trip here to the us where they've met with president joe biden ahead of william's environmental earthshot. but it was overshadowed the release of harry and meghan's highly controversial docu series are we facing another fractious year

for the royal family? i guess we'll . find out. we'll. find out. i'm white. is gb news home and security editor. i covered those key that are so important to our authorities, our community is doing all they can to combat violent crime with the public under unbearable strain . are we under unbearable strain. are we still failing to control our borders? defence the first prime rmt of any government has been continually hollowed out . can we continually hollowed out. can we trust our politicians to protect the armed forces ? join me mark the armed forces? join me mark white on . gb news uk is looking white on. gb news uk is looking chillier. that mix of clear spells and scattered showers in details south southwest of england this evening, a mixture of heavy showers and then clear spells. temperatures 5 to 7 celsius for most, staying along the coast, adding to the wind chill skies clearing in the evening for many parts.

chill skies clearing in the evening for many parts . the evening for many parts. the south—east of england, most places dry, though perhaps a few light showers in the east, a rather chilly evening, then further across to the west in wales with a scattered showers there and breezy along the coast, particularly temperatures 4 to 6 celsius. plenty of dry boxing day evening for the midlands , but the risk to some midlands, but the risk to some showers , rather cold again. showers, rather cold again. temperatures down to three or four degrees. winds thing like those rather breezy this and across northern parts of england and further blustery showers coming in the showers indeed falling asleep or snow over the higher ground at times . so on higher ground at times. so on the cold and icy side , many the cold and icy side, many a blustery day, evening for scotland. further and snow i'm afraid some tricky travelling as afraid some tricky travelling as a result developing at times with the ice on untreated surfaces, particularly temperatures around freezing and icy evening to come to for northern ireland, sleet and snow showers add to the mix turning

cold with temperatures tumbling towards freezing and the winds blustery around the coasts. so and frosty night for many ice the north mild wet windy weather moving into the west later on. that's how it's shaping up overnight into tomorrow morning

very happy boxing day, everybody. you are with me, patrick christys on gb news. now, normally we drive a heavy goods vehicle through . the day's goods vehicle through. the day's news, 110 miles per hour between three and 6 pm. here. but today it's boxing day. so what's going to take things a little bit differently ? i've decided along differently? i've decided along with wonderful team here to with my wonderful team here to pick four big news topics the strikes royals, nhs and immigration. we're going to stick to . we're going to pick stick to. we're going to pick apart all the different angles there various times the there at various times of the show brafman wants