pounder field guns into era 13 pounder field guns into green park, ready for the crowds. we're around 15 seconds to go. it's 41 guns because the tradition is 21, but because we are in a royal park and further 20 have been added . here we go. 20 have been added. here we go. 41 gun salute to honour king charles's birthday .

>> so the king's troop, royal horse artillery continuing to fire that salute in the usual splendour that you'd anticipate and expect for this unit. splendour that you'd anticipate and expect for this unit . and and expect for this unit. and we're also expecting from 1:00 the honourable artillery company, the oldest regiment in the british army. they will fire a 62 gun royal salute from tower wharf. now, miriam, you might be wondering , why do the hac get wondering, why do the hac get

all those additional shots? well, the 62 salute is made up of the basic 21 rounds, some of which we're seeing now from the royal horse artillery. and they also get an additional 20 shots because the tower is a royal palace and finally, an additional 21 rounds to honour the fact that they'll be firing from the city of london. so two separate rounds of royal salutes by artillery units from his majesty's armed forces to commemorate and to celebrate . commemorate and to celebrate. king charles's 76th birthday. >> and we heard from cameron there that because they're currently in green park, they're allowed an additional 20 shots. really fascinating. these kind of archaic traditions that we find out every time there's a new royal occasion. >> absolutely. and the military community has been inundating his majesty with best wishes and thanks on the occasion of his

birthday, the royal british legion , of course, who just legion, of course, who just concluded a really exceptional year of remembrance commemorative events. they said we joined the entire armed forces community in wishing his majesty the king a very happy birthday. king charles is the patron of the legion and of course, the head of the armed forces. i've also seen as a great shot of some of the chelsea pensioners on parade this morning to wish his majesty the king a very happy birthday from the royal hospital, chelsea. and also you start to realise just how many military uniforms king charles has with with the army, navy and air force units also celebrating his birthday . force units also celebrating his birthday. cameron, force units also celebrating his birthday . cameron, talk to force units also celebrating his birthday. cameron, talk to us about the importance of the royal salute . royal salute. >> yeah, i mean charlie, the king's troop, royal horse artillery, they really are known for their ceremonial excellence. and as you were mentioning there, any big royal occasion,

they tend to come out in a fire, their guns from official birthdays , state funerals, royal birthdays, state funerals, royal births as well. so it really is a whole range of ceremonial marking that the king's troop, royal horse artillery do, do. and as we said, it was 71 horses. just as the riders were coming into green park. i don't know if we can show you the footage. one of the horse is actually decided to bolt its rider and started charging around green park out of control, but it was safely brought under control after about 30s or so. but the uniforms as well. this is their full ceremonial uniforms of the soldiers here. a full dress uniform which includes gold braided jackets and busby hats. and it really is and busby hats. and it really is a tradition which dates back to the time of ships having cannons going into port. it was thought to show that you are a friendly ship and you are not armed. you would fire the three rounds, which is in each of the seven cannons of the old fashioned ship. so that's why it's for 21 number. and as you were saying, a 20 extra has been added

because it is in a royal palace. and then when we get sorry, a royal park even, and when we get to 1:00 for the tower of london, gun salutes by the royal artillery company will have 21 gun salutes as the standard. a further 20 because it's a royal palace and fortress. and then another 21 because to show respect to the city of london. as for king charles, it's a very much a working day for him. he has just opened a coronation food hub in south london, part of his coronation food project , of his coronation food project, which he launched a year ago today. actually , and so far in today. actually, and so far in that last year it's saved 2 million, the equivalent even of 2 million meals. it's all about using excess or waste food to feed the nation in the cost of living crisis. so it has very much been a working day for him. he's been saying, we believe in a clarence house just a short distance from where we are in green park. the park, the royal standard, flying above buckingham palace as we speak, signifying that the king is in residence here in the capital city of london, and quite a

large crowd actually has gathered of members of the pubuc gathered of members of the public to watch the king's troop, royal horse artillery fire. this 41 gun salute. so it really is a spectacular sight, of course, for tourists. but i think ordinary londoners as well, cameron, these kind of occasions, these kind of traditions are what britain is known for around the world. >> lots of interest, probably from other countries. you mentioned there are large crowds. is this normal? i assume it's incredibly loud where you are. is there a lot of interest from from spectators? have they come deliberately for this event ? come deliberately for this event? >> there certainly were a few which came deliberately for this event. so they were queuing for a while. i think a lot of members of the public perhaps just heard the incredibly loud bangs from the from the first world war era guns, 13 pounders. we're all wearing ear protection because we're slightly too close to warrants, not having any ear protection at all. it is incredibly loud here, so i'm sure it probably startled a few members of the public or tourists who were not expecting this to be taking place today. but as you said, it's very much tradition . and it is, you know, tradition. and it is, you know,

britain at its finest. and one of the occasions where the king's troop, royal horse artillery do fire their guns is when the king is receiving a foreign head of state, either in london or in edinburgh as well. so it really is a pomp, pageantry best of british brilliant cameron walker. >> our royal correspondent. thank you so much for your commentary over the first of a couple of royal salutes that we're expecting today. and i've just seen a comment on on your say , please do get in touch with say, please do get in touch with us there. by the way, one of our viewers noting that one of the artillery soldiers, possibly a bombardier there, could have had a breach in the guns they were firing. what i have to say, i didn't notice an interruption in that process. they did a pretty good job of handling that in the middle of a royal salute. probably the last thing you want to happen during that process. so yeah, a good job. well done. it is extraordinary to see. >> absolutely. well, moving on now, a multi—million growth deal aimed at boosting the falkirk and grangemouth economy will be signed today by the uk and scottish governments, as well as falkirk council. the agreement

will initiate 11 projects designed to benefit the area , designed to benefit the area, with expectations of creating up to 1660 jobs and generating £628 million in economic benefits for the district. >> well, let's cross to falkirk now and speak to our scotland reporter , tony maguire. tony, reporter, tony maguire. tony, tell us what you've been seeing up in falkirk today. >> good afternoon. well, you know, it seems that over the last few months we've been up here every other week and certainly that's because it's only really been a few weeks now since the owners of grangemouth refinery, one of scotland's scotland's final refinery and one of the oldest in the uk, will, they announced that it was going to cease production in march next year. now this £100 million deal, it's co—funded by the uk and the scottish governments , and about 20 governments, and about 20 million of that is actually coming from green projects, either from the minister for net

zero and the greener grangemouth funding project. and that's kind of sparked a little bit of concern here that this town of grangemouth , with over 100 years grangemouth, with over 100 years of industry expertise in oil and gas sector, well, a lot of those jobs that of those 1600 jobs are going to , you know, potentially going to, you know, potentially be green jobs and the money is going to have to be some of it spent on training. now, that seems to be the kind of feeling from a few people that i've spoken to today. it's worth saying that some of the projects now, you mentioned there 11 projects are what's expected to be funded. some of 1501 00:10:39,384 --> 00:10:39