channel hello there. welcome back. it's just gone. 2:00. i'm bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb newsroom. a record number of migrants, almost 46,000, crossed the english channel to the uk in 2022. the last crossings place on christmas day when people made the journey from france on to small boats . from france on to small boats. it brings the total number for . it brings the total number for. the to 45,756. that's 60% higher than the figure for 2021, when more than 8000 migrants crossed over primary stove rishi sunak has promised to bring in laws this year to make it to those who enter the country illegally that they won't be allowed to stay . pope francis has his

stay. pope francis has his respects to his predecessor whilst addressing worshippers at the vatican this morning . pope the vatican this morning. pope benedict xvi, died within the vatican city at the age of 95. tomorrow his body will be brought to saint peter's basilica, where people will be able to pay their respects . he able to pay their respects. he will lie in state there for three days until his funeral on the 5th of january. celebrate opens to mark the start of 2023. have place across the nation in central london , a crowd of more central london, a crowd of more than 100,000 had gathered to watch the new year fireworks display . display. london's mayor says the 12 minute display, which is the first since the start of the pandemic, is biggest in europe. sold out show featured a tribute to the late queen elizabeth highlighted the lionesses euros

win and showed solidarity with ukraine. but it was a much quieter affair in scarborough , quieter affair in scarborough, thanks to thor, the arctic walrus, the yorkshire county , walrus, the yorkshire county, its new year fireworks display to avoid causing him any distress. he was spotted in the town's harbour and it's thought town's harbour and it's thought to be the first one ever seen in the county. he's since moved on and experts say , he was likely and experts say, he was likely just taking a break before a long journey north north in his new year message to ukraine, president vladimir zelenskyy says he hopes the war with russia will end this year. he spoke as missiles rained in, rained down and around the capital kyiv ukraine's armed forces says has launched more than 31 missiles in 12 air strikes at targets across the country overnight curfews ranging from pm to midnight made celebrations for the start of the new year. impossible in pubuc.

the new year. impossible in public . the archbishop of public. the archbishop of canterbury is urging the government to tackle what he calls the country's broken care system. justin welby used his new year to say care homes are struck , lying to cover energy struck, lying to cover energy bills and to retain staff. he's called on everyone to rise . the called on everyone to rise. the challenge of repairing the present system. but the government says social care was made a priority in last month's autumn budget . they pledged made a priority in last month's autumn budget. they pledge d £7.5 autumn budget. they pledged £7.5 billion in support over the next two years. two men have been charged with the murder of a non—league footballer. he stabbed to death in birmingham on day. 23 year old cody fisher was attacked at a nightclub in digbeth . 21 year old cammy digbeth. 21 year old cammy carpenter and 22 year old remi gordon will appear magistrates on monday monday. gordon will appear magistrates on monday monday . and from on monday monday. and from today, more than 4600 bus routes across england will fares capped across england will fares capped a t £2 for a single trip. across england will fares capped a t £2 for a single trip . more at £2 for a single trip. more than 130 operators outside of

london have joined the scheme, which will last until the end of march. cap is being paid for with march. cap is being paid for wit h £60 million of money from with £60 million of money from the government . you're up to the government. you're up to date on tv, online , dab plus date on tv, online, dab plus radio. this is tv. i'll bring you more updates in an hour's time. but now it's time for gb news special programme. a royal year with our reporter walker . year with our reporter walker. 2022 is the year the royal family changed forever. we said goodbye to our beloved queen and welcomed a new king . i'm cameron welcomed a new king. i'm cameron walker. gb news is royal reporter. and i'm taking you on a journey . looking back on a a journey. looking back on a major year for the royals and the enormous constitution change that has engulfed great. coming up, we back on a jubilant

weekend of pomp and pageantry when the country came together to celebrate the queen's 70 years of service . the first all years of service. the first all to be celebrating not just the queen, but life. our lives are being together was, i think, something very, very special. we'll share details of why prince andrew might have decided to settle out of court with his accuser. to settle out of court with his accuser . it's often a strategy accuser. it's often a strategy that they utilise just to make something go away . plus, something go away. plus, alastair stewart's and arlene foster reflect on what the passing of the queen means for great britain . february marks great britain. february marks 70th anniversary of the queen's session to the throne. police she was just 25 years old. i've come to sandringham when.7 on the eve of the queen's jubilee, she hosted a magnet accent reception in the ballroom of sandringham for locals. the queen, her pledge she made on her 21st

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

just chatted like she always does when she used to come to the meeting. well, that intimate reception for locals was followed by a global performance of 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 you with a great view of the queen's platinum jubilee weekend. the queen watched the traditional trooping the colour parade from the buckingham palace her family joins palace balcony. her family joins her for the spectacular raaf fly—past. the number 70 was shaped in the sky despite one or two tantrum noise. crowds cheered for the pageants celebrating different decades 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, generations and her three. as to the public's delight , majesty the public's delight, majesty also made a surprise appearance alongside paddington . katie alongside paddington. katie nicholl is the boy. that's a vanity fair . nicholl is the boy. that's a vanity fair. her book, the new royals, contains new stories from family members , palace from family members, palace courtiers and aides . there was courtiers and aides. there was such a global interest in this

sort of mammoth day celebration , the queen's 70 years on the throne. and i remember speaking to many people there who weren't even they were people who wanted to come and soak up the atmosphere who wanted to bring their children down to a part their children down to be a part of history in the making. and, of history in the making. and, of course , to try and get to of course, to try and get to those who were royalists, to have a glimpse of the. and i do remember just having that sense of almost as being a bit of a swan song that this was the final as well. i mean, the queen did look very, very frail, albeit happy to be there , but albeit happy to be there, but very frail. and i do remember thinking i wonder if we'll ever see 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 oh, they were so happy to see her. i mean, i think was a sense of jubilation because people had been able to come together. i mean, because of

covid. there hadn't been 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 . being but life. our lives. being together again was, i think, something very, very special for the people that were there. and on the balcony, it was decision was made that any working members of the royal family would be there, which means no prince andrew. an immense no. harry and meghan . a decision for harry and meghan. a decision for the palace which perhaps caused some controversy. what do you think were the reasons behind that? i think the decision that? well, i think the decision it be just walking royals on it to be just walking royals on that balcony was was the right decision. think it was decision. i think it was reflective of the direction that the monarchy has been moving in and is certainly moving now under the reign of charles. and it was way of neatly sidestepping two particularly difficult issues , the sussexes 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 to been up on that for andrew to been up on that balcony and would have detracted

from the star the show who from the star of the show who was absolute glee, rightly was an absolute glee, rightly so.the 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 over? charles it seemed a vision of the monarchy , vision of the monarchy, something that he's always wanted it and it's something that image of the queen and then the three as it's something we're probably never going to see again. no, we've not had a monarch and three reigning heir. so was a really powerful important historic image. prince louis appeared to have a little bit of a tension within kate's, isuppose bit of a tension within kate's, i suppose it's a big decision for them to decide how much exposure to give their children a sense this. well, when we the cambridge children in the carriage procession i remember thinking goodness. i mean, i don't know if i would trust my four year old in a carriage and there was the duchess looking and white actually , as she and white actually, as she always does with these three beautiful impeccably behaved children who knew to 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 cambridges. now the wales is have a brilliant job in have done a brilliant job in raising three children, raising these three children, giving with giving an ordinary life with playdates at the palace and going ordinary , albeit going to pretty ordinary, albeit very schools. they're very privileged schools. they're being schooled that duty . and being schooled in 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 . the next generation of royalty. and so an important image in that respect . but i think it that respect. but i think it also humanises the royal family. it makes them all the relatable. so, yes, little having so, yes, seeing little having something a royal tantrum in something of a royal tantrum in the royal box. well, you know , the royal box. well, you know, hats the duchess for her 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 say, come and pass him over to me putting louis on his lap me and putting louis on his lap and that wonderful moment and having that wonderful moment where saw him, not actually where you saw him, not actually as the prince of wales, but as the i caught the grandfather. i also caught up forsyth. pandora up with pandora forsyth. pandora is of the daily is the host of the daily express's royal round up the

royal family must be so of this summer. just gone. it was genius. everything from drones going in the sky, getting that modern twist on everything through to those iconic moments where we saw 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 some mobility issues. occasions. the queen, we know, had some mobility issues . there had some 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 she was feeling. we were very , very feeling. we were very, very lucky to share that moment with her and it will be memories , i'm her and it will be memories, i'm sure, which will last all of our lifetime. so we've never seen anything that . i'm sure anything like that. i'm sure actually never see actually we'll never see anything like that again. any working members of the royal family balcony, of family on the balcony, of course. no. harry and no friends. and know , that friends. and you know, that would been the queen's would have been the queen's decision everything saw decision. everything that we saw would gone past the queen. would have gone past the queen. i that sets a very good i think that sets a very good standard, a very good precedent

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

images of the past. i was imperial, lulu and alice stuart reveals what was going through his mind as he broke one of the most important stories of his career. you just know that an awful lot of people will be listening and watching and that is a determination to try and get it right . looking ahead get it right. looking ahead to this afternoon and the is looking cold with and hail snow over scotland . showers in bright over scotland. showers in bright spells elsewhere. he has the details . patchy rain and spells elsewhere. he has the details. patchy rain and hail will continue to gradually clear to the east, but it will mostly cloudy with hail fog lingering in places and mostly day. to start the new year across , start the new year across, northern ireland, there will also be some patchy light rain at times . there'll be a mixture at times. there'll be a mixture of bright and sunny along with

scattered showers . north west scattered showers. north west england. the showers will be heavy and blustery times . bright heavy and blustery times. bright or sunny spells will edge in from the west , or sunny spells will edge in from the west, although it will stay rather cloudy in the east. they'll be locally blustery showers in the west . it's showers in the west. it's a rather cloudy and windy start to the new year across midlands and isolated showers possible in the west. mild day fog , cloudy and west. mild day fog, cloudy and overcast conditions will persist across anglia with limited, bright . the odd shower is also bright. the odd shower is also possible . cloud will thicken possible. cloud will thicken across southern england with outbreaks of rain edging from the south, turning heavy times. rather windy too, especially along the coast, but feeling mild for all. and that's how the weather's shaping up for the rest of the day .

back now. the royal family was sent around the world in the to mark the queen's platinum jubilee, perhaps in an attempt to shore up support for the monarchy in the countries. charles camilla's visit to canada proves on the whole, a success. the biggest challenge arguably came from prince william and katherine's tour to belize, jamaica and the bahamas. the then duke and duchess of cambridge helped restore coral reefs by going scuba diving . reefs by going scuba diving. william plays football with . the william plays football with. the locals and kate focussed early childhood developments . but what childhood developments. but what should have been a goodwill mission turned into something quite different. an unfortunate of them greeting children through a wide fence echoed for some the historical slave trade arrived on an open top landrover used by queen elizabeth and prince philip decades before was described by local campaigners as colonial. so was it a disaster . the social as colonial. so was it a disaster. the social media sensation is seemed to think so.

i'm not so sure. but what? what's my guess? think. firstly, ispoke what's my guess? think. firstly, i spoke to professor rosalie hamilton. rosalie is a jamaican academic and remembers trip well. i think over the last years and certainly within the last few months, especially since the royal visit, so william and kate , the william and kate, the information that the royal family started and profited from 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 years ago, when the historical slave trade was going on. but perhaps you argument is that the current royal family are indirectly profiting, not only have the royal family continued to bear benefit from that wealth, but on the other side

jamaicans , people and people who jamaicans, people and people who have come out of this process of colonisation continue to live within negative legacies of that colonial process before they rise. the advocates network in jamaica, which you are part of, wrote an open letter to them, didn't . so just explain what didn't. so just explain what said. we thought that it was really inappropriate at a time when the could least afford it for royals to be welcomed in our country , to celebrate an country, to celebrate an anniversary of their grandmother. we didn't feel 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 chairs waving flags. what do you say to that? the best evidence we have is a recent poll that was done in july of this year. and that poll

suggest that about 27% of jamaica still support the royal family. the support is declining. jamaica is the only country that still has a monarch. the british monarch head of state is the only country that requires a visa to go to britain . and importantly , go to britain. and importantly, a visa to access our highest court of appeal, the privy council . now that court of appeal, the privy council. now that has court of appeal, the privy council . now that has really council. now that has really troubled a lot of jamaicans because they see as unfair. so william kate's caribbean tour proves controversial, perhaps for a number of reasons. some people saying that it looked too and it sit well with jamaicans did it. it absolutely did not. those were images of the of imperial rule and. i think it

complicates raised in the minds many that that whole subservient type relationship persists . and type relationship persists. and other kinds of images where you they were dancing with people in they were dancing with people in the courtyard and so on where images that are more modern and reflective . but the fact that reflective. but the fact that those images coexisted with other kinds of contradictory images suggested a lot that at the core not much has changed. the thing that strikes me about the coverage , the photograph the coverage, the photograph will and kate greeting kids through a wide is because raheem sterling , a through a wide is because raheem sterling, a jamaican through a wide is because raheem sterling , a jamaican football sterling, a jamaican football player had . exactly the same player had. exactly the same image, pretty much taken exactly the same day . it didn't get the same day. 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 don't and distort and shift the

really experiences of our people . images don't whitewash that and so it's the actual experience that we have of a monarch as head of state that seems in consistent with reality . i think it was very much a mixed reaction, wasn't it . we mixed reaction, wasn't it. we all saw those pictures with the hands through the fence fence . hands through the fence fence. it shone a light on issues which have been surrounding the royal family for years. however, i do think that kate, catherine and, william had no malice or ill intent behind that . and i think intent behind that. and i think it's important moving forward. they are aware of those issues

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

royal family is so based on tradition . they like bringing in tradition. they like bringing in old traditions along the way and bringing them into 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 think what to back that. and i think what they did do pretty well with social media is release those videos of the two of them scuba diving showing the underwater world, of course, conservation a huge issue for william in particular. there was lots of positives on this tour, right? yeah. lots of positive lots of great photo moments to take away. in fact, i remember some of the photos being on some of the front. another example of the front. another example of the pomp and pageantry of the united kingdom was the first state visits of king hosted the first time, of course as monarch. he hosted the south african presidents ramaphosa. and all of the pictures that

we're seeing are extremely 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 relationships throughout the years. which the late queen i will not speak of her service in bad way but she didn't have that experience when she came to the throne . the king has had years throne. the king has had years experience and he's learned from the very best. therefore it's more natural for him now to be able to host these banquets and actually have real conversations with his speech just before the state banquets got up and running, as it were, inside bonng running, as it were, inside boring buckingham palace. a couple things stood out to me, the first of which was, he repeats, is what he said at the commonwealth heads government meeting earlier this year where he said we need to recognise the wrongs which this country have done, perhaps referring the

historical slave once again , historical slave once again, almost winning a conversation as he starts. yes he did that . that he starts. yes he did that. that in itself was huge . i think the in itself was huge. i think the royal family have shied away from that for a very very long time. it showing a completely new reign a completely new more perhaps a modern on things. i think people just want to hear that , you know, the royal family that, you know, the royal family haven't always been perfect americans in the history. his relationship with the commonwealth is so important . commonwealth is so important. coming up, dame arlene foster , coming up, dame arlene foster, what it was like in the room . what it was like in the room. charles was formally proclaimed . he lost his on the stairs to here he was on the saturday morning standing in front all of his privy councillors there, his privy councillors and it was quite 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, there will be repercussions to that . this repercussions to that. this yeah repercussions to that. this year. on gb news, we've got brand new members in the family join us across the entire united kingdom. we covered the that matter to you gb news will always honest, balanced and, fair. we want to hear whatever is on your mind and we don't talk down to you. the establishment their chance. now we're here . represent you. we're here. represent you. britain's watching . come join us britain's watching. come join us on tv news . the people's on tv news. the people's channel. britain's news channel. i'm committed so many. join me on gb news sunday morning for a politics with personality on tv, radio and online . gb news the radio and online. gb news the people's britain's news. channel

thanks. people's britain's news. channel thanks . joining us here on gb thanks. joining us here on gb news as we look back on the royal family's 2022. now, if you can remember all the way back to january, prince andrew settled out of court in a civil sexual case against him with his accuser virginia giuffre. the duke of york has always denied the allegations . the outs led to the allegations. the outs led to his mother. the late stripping him of his honorary military titles and he no longer uses his hrh status . and i predict there hrh status. and i predict there is simply no way back for him as a working member of. the royal family. kinsey schofield is a royal podcaster and blogger from . states where . the united states where virginia giuffre brought legal action the queen's son. action against the queen's son. there was a lot of back and forth and he had an encounter credible team that really fought back against virginia , said, you back against virginia, said, you don't live in the united states . they struggled with the fact that jeffrey epstein was supposed to have, you know, collected of this himself when

he paid out some of these alleged victims. it wasn't supposed to touch prince andrew or prince andrew head, i i'm sorry to use the word, but he kind of hid in balmoral, did not want to get that summons. and when inevitably was handed paperwork, they decided that it wasn't worth fighting know to protect the reputation of the monarchy and to protect the future of the monarchy. i think that he listened to the right people. he decided to settle with virginia . do it right so with virginia. do it right so that they could end controversy. do you think that's why he did it? to protect the monarchy? because lots of people fail to understand how someone who maintains the innocence of any wrongdoing would be prepared to pay wrongdoing would be prepared to pay out. reportedly, millions dollars to a woman he claims to have never. i agree with you , have never. i agree with you, however, $1,000,000 is nothing to. the royal family. also hollywood. it's often strategy that they utilise just to make

something go away to end the conversation and to move on. so it's doesn't seem especially like that the royal family would do because they're never complained, never explain. but it's a very hollywood way of going things. it's a very american way of going about things. and i think that he had he had counsel that said, let's this go away right now. and the solution is to cut a check . it solution is to cut a check. it did really haunt the family at the time . and i think that you the time. and i think that you saw really prince and king charles distant seeing themselves from andrew and start themselves from andrew and start the process of really pushing him out because they thought this person is a liability to our family , to our future and our family, to our future and perhaps queen also felt that because stripped him of his honorary military titles, he's no longer allowed to use his hrh status . but this no longer allowed to use his hrh status. but this is a man, isn't it ? he was born into the family, it? he was born into the family, served his country in the royal

navy. he fought in the falklands. how do you think he was feeling at that time? i think where he was really heartbroken was the fact that his mother was ultimately the one that made the decision. and queen elizabeth been by his side throughout entire process. the ultimate hurt there was the fact that he felt , like he might have that he felt, like he might have lost his in that process, that she might no longer be on side. let's turn now to the duke and duchess of sussex, who now live in california . now, the couple in california. now, the couple secretly visited the uk, despite harry's security concerns to see the queen in april before jetting off to the netherlands for duke's invictus games, which is an like competition for wounded veterans. they briefly appeared at the platinum jubilee celebrations , swiftly flew back celebrations, swiftly flew back across the pond. but it's the commercial which have proved the most controversial . netflix and most controversial. netflix and spotify have reportedly paid them millions of dollars . and them millions of dollars. and harry's imminent memoir is going to make for uncomfortable reading . the title spare quite

reading. the title spare quite a loaded title. it's a it a loaded title. it's a provocative , it's title. it's a provocative, 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 a punch . it's harry feels packs a punch. it's pretty powerful. i've spoken to prince harry in the past quite a few times and you more once he has said to me i wish i hadn't been born a prince. that was he said to 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 it suggests that he has always felt on the periphery an outsider, a a up outsider, a spare, a back up rather someone in his own . rather than someone in his own. and i think that's pretty sad. what i struggle with the narrative that's meghan forced him out of the royal family. in fact , before prince harry met fact, before prince harry met meghan of sussex. he wanted to find a way out. meghan of sussex. he wanted to find a way out . yes, i think you find a way out. yes, i think you know, i think it's very easy for

people to blame meghan for everything. i mean, the very term meg said suggests entirely that she's responsible for them leaving. believe that leaving. i don't believe that that was case at all. i think that was case at all. i think that harry had been looking for a for some time, and a way out for some time, and meghan catalyst. and meghan was a catalyst. and i think sort of set the record think i sort of set the record straight in the new royals that harry was just as much behind this decision leave this this decision to leave this publication. was publication. harry's memoir was meant to come out in the autumn. wasn't yes. why do you think wasn't it? yes. why do you think has been delay? well, i think has been a delay? well, i think the book's been subject to several delays. it was meant to be the autumn, be coming out in the autumn, 2022. around that 2022. so around that thanksgiving pre—christmas 2022. so around that thanksgwhich)re—christmas 2022. so around that thanksgwhich )re a zhristmas 2022. so around that thanksgwhich )re a very mas 2022. so around that thanksgwhich)re a very time for market, which is a very time for selling books. but think the queen's death changed everything and harry had the luxury of being able change of the being able to change some of the copy to update it. i think people reading that book would absolutely want to know his place in the funeral, how he felt about his place in the funeral, how he felt about losing grandmother. i mean losing his grandmother. i mean that journey to balmoral when he missed the flight with other members of the royal family and went to balmoral own? that's went to balmoral his own? that's

going powerful an going to be really powerful an important account to read. how much you he will much do you think he will criticise royal family 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 spare suggests it's not going to be entirely favourable about . be entirely favourable about. the royal family. one does wonder if some of the revisions made to bring the book up to speed might also have included some watering down of manuscript. and i think harry's acutely aware that if he seen to be overtly critical and damaging of the royal family as an institution, there will be to that. and there's the matter of titles here. and suspect very strongly that charles could revoke their titles , possibly revoke their titles, possibly not bestow titles on their children . if harry and meghan's children. if harry and meghan's intention is to throwing hand grenades , the royal family, grenades, the royal family, that's the thing it. because arguably brand sussex only works because they have the titles because they have the titles because that children now have the rights to be prince princess

and now that charles is king. there's a real acts they've got to do here . well, meghan and to do here. well, meghan and harry know that the commercial future and the success of their future and the success of their future is absolutely entwined with their royal titles. but if they were to lose their actual royal titles. the duke and duchess that comes at a real cost to them. i mean, suddenly they're star quality is much diminished. will public when they read this book will be sympathetic to his cause . people sympathetic to his cause. people really struggling at the moment. i do think that woe is me narrative is wearing very thin for harry and think if this is a book solely about victimhood , book solely about victimhood, there's every possibility it may not be the bestseller that we were expecting it to be . we both were expecting it to be. we both harry and meghan divide people. you have one side of the argument that 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 royal family? we know the royal family is extremely private . but then you extremely private. but then you also have the other side where people say , hold on. many people people say, hold on. many people have something to say about them . they deserve a voice, too . i'm . they deserve a voice, too. i'm really curious to know what is the overall feeling of americans harry and meghan? i think american perception . the duke american perception. the duke and duchess of sussex has changed drastically over the last 12 months. there's a sense of entitlement , sense of you of entitlement, sense of you know, do you always focus on the negative? is there anything positive going on in your, you know, multimillion dollar mansion? they've been caught in a couple of fibs in the united states is starting to recognise . so i remember when harry and meghan first announced that they were going to the royal family as full time working members move to america and of

move across to america and of the reasons for that was because they wanted more privacy. i think the appearances and the branding are meghan markle's dream come true . you know if you dream come true. you know if you read some of these books that really delve into the strata 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 in hollywood, california , in hollywood, california, getting her third rejection of the day . harry without a doubt, the day. harry without a doubt, has made markle's dreams come true. of becoming an international celebrity . coming international celebrity. coming up, i'll discuss a defining turning moment in british history with gb news presenters alastair stewart and dame arlene foster . the fact that they had 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 ii who reigned over us for more than 70 years, is no longer. the news made headlines , the world, news made headlines, the world, and it marked a huge in our country. for me, i spent most of my time here at buckingham palace. but gb news went around the country to . pubs and the country to. pubs and community centres. hearing your stories and memories of britain's longest reigning monarch. i sat with alice stewart and arlene foster for their reflections . what do you their reflections. what do you remember about that day at gb news? i think i remember most strongly the fact that it happenedin 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 . that the woman's extraordinary life of service and of duty. that is, that she you know, she marched bofis that she you know, she marched boris johnson out as prime minister she marched liz truss

in prime minister. and we all looked at the photographs and actually we hadn't seen her for actually we hadn't seen her for a while. and reality and we looked at her and we thought, oh, she's got small. she's looking a looking quite but she gave a lovely smile . and you remember lovely smile. and you remember the lovely smile that she the lovely smile camera that she gave and we were all. well, i certainly was really pleased to see and then all of see her. and then all of a sudden, there was all of this note passing in commons and note passing in the commons and people looking very and people looking very serious. and everybody was wondering what it was. then it was the queen's was. and then it was the queen's not well. and the fact that they had told the prime minister and told the leader of the opposition, we all knew that it was a serious. because you don't tell senior politicians that if you've got a cold or whatever it was serious. and alice, are you the one who broke the news on gb news? what was going through your that time ? peter your head at that time? peter systems , who was a very close systems, who was a very close friend of mine and got crucified for a simple minor point about a tie . you just that an awful lot

tie. you just that an awful lot of people be listening and watching and it is a determination to try and get it right . you've both met the late right. you've both met the late queen on a number of occasions . queen on a number of occasions. was she like as a person ? i 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 throne. i had the great privilege of meeting her in a private audience when i was first minister and that is a nerve. yes when you're thinking about going in to meet the head of state and a lady of her stature and when i say her stature she is quite small of course. and the photograph of me meeting her, i looked like an enormous giant because i'm a lot taller than. giant because i'm a lot taller than . her. let's talk about the than. her. let's talk about the obsession council. first of all, the fact that it was televised was , very significant, wasn't it . th

was, very significant, wasn't it. th in so many respects. never seen it before read the words seen of it, seen stills of it, even with the apes. but penny mordaunt, a personal friend and she'd only just been made president to the council. and she's the woman who keeps new king waiting while she reads out the rules of engagement and privy councillors, including next to me , then say, yep, okay. he's me, then say, yep, okay. he's the genuine article, he is the heir. and yes , all agree to it. heir. and yes, all agree to it. and it was just magical because it was constitution and it was politics. it was people we've elected people who lead us and we can get of bringing in the guy who is there to do the job of work because he is the eldest son of the now dead monarch. i just thought it was magical. he had lost his mother. the surge to here he was on the saturday morning standing in front of all of councillors, their of his privy councillors, their his councillors and i. and his privy councillors and i. and it quite moment i have to it was quite a moment i have to say and there were six prime ministers there. yes people from wales, scotland , ireland and

wales, scotland, ireland and england and of course following the accession council , the flags the accession council, the flags were raised to full mast just for 24 hour periods, celebrating the new monarch, even though it was less than two days earlier that we'd lost our one. so that was an interesting time . it was was an interesting time. it was all of a sort of planning that had been there for many, many years, kicked in and it was so smooth . and obviously because smooth. and obviously because the queen had passed away in scotland, there was a whole different arrangement then that had to be gone through in terms of we would progress down to london and the other moment, which i really did think was special , and arlene and which i really did think was special, and arlene and i which i really did think was special , and arlene and i both a special, and arlene and i both a dual parliament and everything that it stands for, both houses of it was the of members of parliament who chose to accept lindsay hoyle invitation as speaker to retain the oaths of allegiance . labour and tory allegiance. labour and tory liberal democrats across the spectrum lining quietly up just to declare their loyalty . king

to declare their loyalty. king charles and his heirs, etc. etc. etc. and she laid at rest st charles cathedral for 24 hours, particularly symbolic for me, because it showed the late was truly a queen . the united truly a queen. the united kingdom . i think sometimes we kingdom. i think sometimes we forgot here was a royal family here was a new king. mourning at that time because . he had to go that time because. he had to go out and go right around. the united kingdom. and i have to say, i think was a stroke of genius that progress of king charles around the united kingdom. so we went to northern ireland, the out of service he went scotland, went to went to scotland, he went to wales allied people to show wales and allied people to show their respect for his late mother, but also their love for him. and i think that that was really, really strong. we were going out and talking to people and asking them. why were and asking them. why? why were they a queue for 12, they standing in a queue for 12, 14 hours? why they feel that they wanted to do that. and i think people really loved that when the new king and new prince of wales went down unexpectedly

unannounced, unplanned to do a walkabout with the people who were still queuing to go in the great hall at westminster to pay their final respects. but that in itself was extraordinary. i was really hooked on that because people would , for hours because people would, for hours on end , they'd finally get in on end, they'd finally get in and it would be 5 seconds, 6 seconds and maybe one of these stand out moments of the whole thing. for me was when james severn , louise windsor, the severn, louise windsor, the wessex children, joined the other grandchildren and stood there vigil. i just thought that was knockout with sophie and, and others standing in that little gallery in the great hall watching them any mummy i got moved you and i'd hold her you're alright. you did when sophie. quite emotional didn't she must because she was looking at her children i'm thinking oh my goodness. i think it was important that family did come together because i think everybody was watching what would happen harry and would happen with harry and meghan . and at the end of the meghan. and at the end of the day are a family in mourning. i

think it was quite proper for them to come down, meet people and stay together. sadly have and to stay together. sadly have to say this, cameron i don't think that unity has lasted. and i think we're going to see that in the new year. and that's great sadness to me as a monarchist that someone within the family system would try and do damage to, to what is the system that i think fabulous for our for our country and our nafion?| our for our country and our nation? i guess if there is one huge challenge , the new king, it huge challenge, the new king, it is to try and that family pulling together but also to do it in a way that lets everybody out there look in on a family that sole purpose in reality is to unite the country and it ain't at the moment in the states funeral was clearly such a historical moment for so many reasons . it was really sombre reasons. it was really sombre and i had the great privilege and i had the great privilege and honour to be in the. when the coffin went past , when the the coffin went past, when the family walked. how difficult must that have been to walk the

whole way from westminster abbey past , whole way from westminster abbey past, buckingham whole way from westminster abbey past , buckingham palace? it whole way from westminster abbey past, buckingham palace? it was a difficult thing for them to do, but they wanted to do it because it was their last act for their late mother and. she was duty personified . so i think 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 as well talking her majesty's fingerprints having all over the whole affair is that it was in westminster abbey that best for procession that was for the pubuc procession that was for the public to see and pay their final name and a tribute. and she had gone there on so many occasions. she was someone who really believe she was a christian . horses and corgis christian. horses and corgis at windsor castle. first of all, we had the queen's pony. what kind of pony was that on? so she didn't only care and love horses and ponies clearly rode very well as a child , a pony from the well as a child, a pony from the word go . she knew more about

word go. she knew more about that industry and about breeding and about rare breeds pretty well. anybody in the country and sturdy little fellows bless hearts that she rode out with terry they had groom across windsor great park the almost towards the end and would would never wear a hard which used to upset quite exciting people having the two corgis as well. mick and sandy gifted by andrew and now back with prince . but it and now back with prince. but it was a really emotional moment watching those images and the staff coming out as well. yes they night so many the staff who who wanted to pay respects. final point for both of you, what do you think is the lasting legacy of queen elizabeth? the second. oh, my goodness . so much second. oh, my goodness. so much she has done so much for. second. oh, my goodness. so much she has done so much for . the 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 to be bolshie you don't have to be there. you can lead with dignity and integrity . and with dignity and integrity. and she has done that. and when i at one of the i think the heroine of the whole thing for me is princess yes she travelled from scotland with her mother's coffin . when i looked at her on coffin. when i looked at her on parade, she was a stripped back. does any of the men that were there i think takes on her mother's mantle and the respect of female leadership and. i think she does a fabulous so fine women generally that in this generation sophie as well as sophie wessex princess of wales the queen consort herself absolutely for me . her bequest absolutely for me. her bequest to the nation is constitutional monarchy, correct . she showed up monarchy, correct. she showed up against all odds and strains. she understands why. rather like churchill on democracy , it may churchill on democracy, it may not be perfect, but you have a look at all of the other systems

available. it's not bad. that woman understood that we politically are in the safest hands. if we can always elect and reject a government every four or five years, but there is a constancy at the top of it that what we care about . and she that what we care about. and she did. and genuinely think the new king does as well . the highs and king does as well. the highs and lows are set to continue into next year . the prince and next year. the prince and princess of wales have scored hit with their trip here to the us where they've met with president joe biden ahead of william's environmental earthshot prize. but it was overshadowed the release of harry and meghan's highly controversial series . are controversial docu series. are we facing another fractious year for the royal family? i guess we'll out . we'll out. looking ahead to this afternoon and the uk looking cold with rain and hail snow over scotland

showers in bright spells elsewhere . here's the details . elsewhere. here's the details. patchy rain and hail snow will continue to gradually clear to east, but it will remain mostly cloudy with hail, fog lingering in places a mostly cloudy day to start the new year across northern ireland . there will northern ireland. there will also be some patchy rain at times . also be some patchy rain at times. there'll be a mixture of bright and sunny spells , along bright and sunny spells, along with scattered showers across north england. the showers will be heavy and blustery at times times . be heavy and blustery at times times. bright or sunny spells edgein times. bright or sunny spells edge in from the west, although it will stay rather cloudy in the east. there'll be locally heavy , blustery showers in the heavy, blustery showers in the west too . it's a rather cloudy west too. it's a rather cloudy and windy to the new year across the midlands and isolated heavy showers possible in the west. mild falls. cloudy overcast conditions. will persist across east anglia with limited bright spells. the odd shower is also

possible . cloud will thicken possible. cloud will thicken across southern england with outbreaks of rain edging in from the south, turning heavy at times . rather windy too, times. rather windy too, especially the coast, but feeling mild all. and that's how the shaping up for the rest of the shaping up for the rest of the day day . this year. on gb the day day. this year. on gb news, we've got brand new members of the family join us across the entire united kingdom. we cover the issues that matter to you gb news will always stay honest , balanced and always stay honest, balanced and fair. we to hear whatever is on your mind and we don't talk down to you . the establishment had to you. the establishment had their chance . now we're here to their chance. now we're here to represent you . britain's represent you. britain's watching. come join us on tv news. the people's channel. britain's news channel

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