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and about. there are others. there is princess ann, princehis wife, sophie the duchess of edinburgh, but it is a small group of senior royals at the moment who are going to be able to go out and meet the public and carry out public events because the king is simply too unwell, catherine is unwelcome and what he wants to take that time to support his wife and look after their children. thank ou ve and look after their children. thank you very much- _ vladimir putin says all four gunmen involved in the deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow, have been detained. at least 133 people died in the assault, when masked men burst into the venue yesterday, firing indiscriminately, and detonating explosives. in a televised address, mr putin called it a "barbaric terrorist act" and blamed ukraine, despite the islamic state group saying it carried out the attack. this evening the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, reacted angrily to accusations his country was involved, and accused russia of trying to �*shift the blame'. steve rosenberg has the v

and comms are outdated, in a way, in relation to the internet age? well, i've heard people claim that somehow the princess and... princeh. they're not. the people around them are very smart. you know, they're young, creative, really switched on people, who are very much across all of this. but that doesn't mean you can control it and you can be aware of what people might need to say. they use social media to put stuff out directly. and, you know, they know all...how it works. but that's not the same thing as being able to tame the beast, because once stories get on the road, it's very hard to bring them back. has the prince and princess of wales's response made things better or worse? the statement, i'm really confused how that got out, to be honest. it's...it was... it didn't answer anything or provide anything. was itjust her? i think that's a conversation that some families might have had about whether it could have been a joint responsibility, but it certainly fell to her to take the blame. and i don't know what conversations were had before that, but it was quite a big decision for her to say she did it and no—one

moved by the warmth of the public and the support they receive but also the royal couple, the prince and princess be left alone now. they want the privacy the princess needs to have her treatment and recover in peace. their three children are now on their school holidays. they will be spending time together as a five. it could be here in windsor or it could be in their home in norfolk where they like to retreat, it is their secretary. they will be spending time together for the next couple of weeks. usually, for the big easter sunday service, we would expect to see senior members of the royal family. expect to see senior members of the royalfamily. the prince and princess of wales will not be there. however, it is possible the king, who also has cancer, could be there. it buckingham palace have said they are hopeful he will be able to lead the royal family are hopeful he will be able to lead the royalfamily on are hopeful he will be able to lead the royal family on that day when, yes, as i said, it is usually a big day for the royalfamily, getting together to celebrate easter. fin together to cele

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in windsor today, where the prince and princess live, public sympathy remains strong. d and, you know, the public eye on it, it's really tough, to be honest. yeah, she's got. young kids, right? and she's a human being, so i thought it was - all quite upsetting. protecting her three children has been a priority for the princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. i think it's really important, when parents are approaching, talking to their children about their cancer diagnosis, that they plan it, they think about it carefully. and also they get the right support to help them deal with the emotions that it creates in them. the new message from the prince and princess is both a thank you and a polite warning. they now want to be left alone. we don't expect to hear from them over the easter holiday. instead, we may see the king back in the royal spotlight. christmas at sandringham, the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are ho

the prince and princess of wales say they have been moved by the public�*s warmth and support, since busy sunday in windsor, the home of the prince and princess of wales and their three young children. a family now dealing with a cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment. i want to take this opportunity to say thank you personally. but was this announcement planned, or did the princess feel forced to address speculation? we actually understand that the princess made the decision two weeks ago, that she was going to do this public statement. and the key thing for her, as a mother, her priority was protecting those three children. she didn't want them going to school being asked even more than they already were — they were already being affected at school, so it was always her plan that she would wait until the last day of term. but the royal family won't have been immune to the outlandish conspiracy theories circulating. it's the worst i've ever seen, and i've been in the media most of my — all my career. so what we need to think about this is time. they're a family, they're just re

princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. the new message from the princelone. we don't expect to hear from them over the easter holiday. instead, we may see the king back in the royal spotlight. christmas at sandringham — the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are hopeful the king will also be there. daniela relph, bbc news. here in dublin we are expecting simon harris to speak shortly. this is taking place at the moment, in the bottom right—hand corner is simon covdi, the deputy leader of fine gael. simon harris has cleared the vote, simon cove said he has already spoken to simon over the last few days, he said he thinks he has done a really good job. this is significant because fine gael is one of the three parties involved in government, it will mean simon harris becomes the taoiseach, the prime minister, the country's youngest ever prime minister, or taoiseach. it comes after leo varadkar stepped down citing va radkar stepped down citing political and varad

princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. the new message from the princet to be left alone. we don't expect to hear from them over the easter holiday. instead, we may see the king back in the royal spotlight. christmas at sandringham — the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are hopeful the king will also be there. daniela relph, bbc news. pope francis has been marking palm sunday for the catholic religion today for the nearly 1.4 billion catholics. he did however decide at the last minute to skip the homily during his dell the palm sunday mass. it is held in saint peter's square. the vatican did not give an immediate explanation — but the pope has been suffering on and off from bronchitis and the flu. it is unsual for a pope to skip delivering a homily at a major event like this. vatican officials estimated some 25,000 people attended the mass, under a sunny spring sky. he also added that he had prayed for the victims of the attack in moscow. the cowardly attac

princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. the new message from the prince't expect to hear from them over the easter holiday. instead, we may see the king back in the royal spotlight. christmas at sandringham — the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are hopeful the king will also be there. daniela relph, bbc news. there is much more on that story and all the other stories today on the website and the app, it is all online. stick with us. hello. many of us have had at least some spring sunshine to enjoy so far today. but the forecast for the week ahead looks decidedly un—springlike, with spells of rain. it will often be windy and it'll be cold enough over scottish hills for some significant snow, at least for a time now. this chart shows the rainfall we're expecting to accumulate over the next five days, particularly wet for some western hills and also in eastern scotland. now i say wet across scotland. certainly over the next couple of days that wet weather will

for the prince and princess of wales, the priority has been to protect their children prince george, as a family. there won't be a full return to official duties for the princess of wales while she takes the time and space she needs. laura trant, bbc news. we can speak now to afua acheampong—hagan, journalist and broadcaster. welcome to the programme. the hope it really is once kate has told us what you she is going through. aha, what you she is going through. a very painful and personal thing to be going through, that speculation will stop and she and the family will stop and she and the family will be allowed to continue on their journey through this awful disease. has it, is it likely to? i journey through this awful disease. has it, is it likely to?— has it, is it likely to? ithink it will after— has it, is it likely to? ithink it will after we _ has it, is it likely to? ithink it will after we have _ has it, is it likely to? ithink it will after we have got - has it, is it likely to? ithink it will after we have got through j has it, is it likely to? | think it- will after we ha

this new message from the prince and princess of wales is double—edged. ant this public element of the princess �*s diagnosis to go quiet for a while now and for them to be left on their own. they have three weeks off now for their children �*s school holidays and they will spend that privately and focusing on the princess �*s treatment and her recovery. they want this stage of the story to die down. they want speculation to stop in the hope that they have done that with this video message another statement. the focus instead will fall on other members of the royal family. next weekend, easter weekend is one of the biggest gatherings of oils that we see over the course of the year. family will be attending church in windsor next sunday and we may see the king back in the royal spotlight that day. they are hopeful he will be able to attend. daniela relph reporting. in revealing her diagnosis, her royal highness made sure to speak more widely — to all people suffering with cancer. her message: don�*t give up hope. but how to do that when facing such a daunti

a busy sunday in windsor, the home of the prince and princess of wales and their three young children say thank you personally. but was this announcement planned, or did the princess feel forced to address speculation? we actually understand that the princess made the decision two weeks ago, that she was going to do this public statement. and the key thing for her, as a mother, her priority was protecting those three children. she didn't want them going to school being asked even more than they already were — they were already being affected at school, so it was always her plan that she would wait until the last day of term. but the royal family won't have been immune to the outlandish conspiracy theories circulating. it's the worst i've ever seen, and i've been in the media most of my, all my career. so what we need to think about this is time. they're a family, they're just really a bit like you and i, lots of families have dealt with this. and what families need when they're facing cancer is time. prince william and catherine have released a statement, thanking the public for their

princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. the new message from the princek you and a polite warning. they now want to be left alone. we do not expect to hear from them over the easter holiday. instead, we may see the king backin instead, we may see the king back in the royal spotlight. christmas at sandringham, the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are hopeful that the king will also be there. daniela relph, bbc news. united nations secretary general antonio guterres has visited the rafah border crossing and has made a renewed call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. his call comes as the hamas—run health ministry in gaza said 19 people waiting for aid were killed by israeli forces. israel has denied firing on the crowd. mr guterres said it is time to silence the guns and stop the nightmare, describing the ongoing loss of life in gaza as a moral outrage and called on israel to give total, unfettered access to humanitarian goods throughout the territory. it's ti

we would love to join you. ♪ >> prince and princess of wales releasing a joint statement saying they d by the outpouring of support for kate middleton after she went public to announce her battle with cancer days ago. prince william and princess kate are asking for their privacy at this time. stephanie bennett with the latest from london. >> the news of kate middleton's cancer diagnosis continues to make the front page of every newspaper here in the uk. the mail saying kate was touched by efforts outpouring of support and love it. and also have the sunday times where the hospital heart to heart about who and the king brought closer during their treatments. of course the king has also been diagnosed with cancer we do not know the details of where or what stage of his or kate's cancers are at local outlets are reporting that his health allows king charles is hoping to attend easter sunday church service next week with his wife queen camilla at reduced where it turned out at st. george's chapel in windsor. however it kate, prince william and their children will not be in attendance repor

showing the princess of wales and her children for mother's day, after weeks of frenzied speculation about her health and her whereabouts. on the morning of sunday 10th march 2024, the princencess of wales — william and kate — posted a photo to their social media accounts, including instagram and x, saying the words, "thank you for your kind wishes and continued support "over the last two months. "wishing everyone a happy mother's day." the message was signed "c" for catherine, and the picture was credited to william, the prince of wales. the idea, i think, was to allay the concerns that people have had on social media and so on about kate's health. and she's not been seen in public since christmas, apart from a paparazzi shot that didn't appear in this country. and so there was great expectation that, you know, the photograph would help the situation, that we would see kate's return to health and that everything's fine in the world of the royal family and the prince and princess of wales. this was the first official photo of the princess of wales since the palace announced she'd undergone abdominal surgery almost two months earlier. i just want to bring you some breaking

meant that there has been more pressure on the new king, king charles, and the prince of wales to step into those roles. the princesswales - is invaluable to her in terms of comfort and support, - so he's stepped back from quite a few of his royal duties, - and so we have him sort of out of this game as well. - and now this slimmed—down monarchy that we've spoken about in the reign . of king charles iii looks a little bit out of place. _ it looks too slim. and now there's not enough key players to support - the monarchy during this time. for now, catherine has asked for time out of the public spotlight. having william at her side is a source of reassurance, she says, as is the kindness shown by many members of the public. it's really hard to imagine because we've put them i on such a beautiful pedestal, - but the royal family are real people and they struggle with the same things that we will struggle withj as everyday people. and i think that they recognise i that, in everything that they do, but especially in light - of king charles iii's diagnosis and the princess - of wales' diagnosis, where they have used their

[quiet dramatic music] ♪ ♪ - the marriage of the prince and princess of wales is the marriage of the t charles and diana to stick together for the sake of the children, stick together for the sake the country, for the house of windsor. - so the queen tries to fix things. she tries to sit charles and diana down and say, "let's talk things through." because the last thing they want is for charles to get divorced. [light dramatic music] - the whole question of divorce was anathema to the royals. for the queen, as supreme governor of the church of england, divorce was something she hated. ♪ ♪ - her feelings reach all the way back to when the queen interfered in her sister's love life. princess margaret was famously in love with a divorcé, and the queen made it clear that it wouldn't be acceptable for her to marry him. - divorce--it's something that royal people just don't do. for the queen, this is desperately worrying. ♪ ♪ narrator: but by 1992 the marriages of all the queen's children are in crisis. in april, princess anne and captain mark phillips divorce. and prince andrew and sarah f

and you have to the palace or to question why the palace or why, and princess of why, the prince and of wales poor pr wales have got such a poor pr team behind them because anybody would seen. if you're would have seen. if you're suggesting that catherine is very unwell, she's not back on royal duties. why put the photograph out? yeah. why bother doing it if she's not doing royal duties? you don't need to pubush royal duties? you don't need to publish a photograph. it was mother's you could have put mother's day. you could have put up message saying to up a little message saying to all or those who all the mothers or those who feel mother to a feel like they're a mother to a child. happy mother's day. put a little picture of a daffodil . little picture of a daffodil. whatever might you don't whatever it might be. you don't need to these to need to go to these lengths to put which put something out there, which we talking about we now have been talking about for couple for the last couple of weeks now. how. >> g y no evidence that >> i've got no evidence that catherine not pose that c

princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. the new message from the princem over the easter holiday. instead, we may see the king back in the royal spotlight. christmas at sandringham — the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are hopeful the king will also be there. daniela relph, bbc news. before we go, i would like to show you what might be the fastest piece of football history. scored after just six seconds against slovakia to record the fastest ever goal in international football, record the fastest ever goal in internationalfootball, driving through the defence from kick off before releasing a long shot past the goalkeeper. congratulations to him. some of the world's most famous landmarks have turned off if there lights and plunged into darkness, taking part in earth hour. looking to a raise awareness of environmental issues. the big apple here, a number of buildings including the empire state building, dimmed their lights. meanwhile, in australia, if you can

iam in i am in windsor, the home of the prince and princess of wales. been killed by israeli forces. the israeli army denies firing on the crowd. and these black bears who managed to get their paws on a pedalo! hello, i'm nicky schiller. we will have the latest on the attack in moscow shortly, but first within the last few minutes, kensington palace has issued a statement, on behalf of the prince and princess of wales after catherine revealed she's receiving treatment for cancer. let's go live to our correspondent, charlotte gallagher who is at windsor castle for us. what does this statement say? it is really expressing how warmly they appreciate those sentiments from people coming in from right across the world. the prince and princess are both enormously touched by the kind messages from people here in the uk, across the commonwealth, and around the world. in response to her royal highness is message. they are extremely moved by the public�*s warmth and support and are grateful for the understanding of their request for privacy at this time. really und

for the prince and princess of wales, the priority has been to protect their young children — prince nce louis — and they will spend time privately over the easter holidays as a family. there won't be a return to official duties for the princess until she has taken the time and space she needs. laura trant, bbc news. interesting to hear some voices on the streets are people sending their well wishes, and what is notable is that there is this desire for privacy from the royal family, but also clearly a strong public interest. though sound almost like contradictory wishes. how easy is it going to be for the royalfamily contradictory wishes. how easy is it going to be for the royal family to get the privacy they want whilst also satisfying this clear public interest? t also satisfying this clear public interest? ~ . interest? i think there are practical _ interest? i think there are practical things _ interest? i think there are practical things first. - interest? i think there are practical things first. for i interest? i think there are - practical things first. for example, we are abo

for the prince and princess of wales, the priority has been to protect their young children — prince and prince louis — and they will spend time privately over the easter holidays as a family. there won't be a return to official duties for the princess until she has taken the time and space she needs. laura trant, bbc news. lots of supportive voices. some people touching on the social media element of this. because this very public announcement of a very private matter does, after a couple of weeks of lots of speculation, especially on social media about the whereabouts of the princess. there hope now that this update, this news, this formal announcement might put that speculation to bed? i think that certainly. _ put that speculation to bed? i think that certainly, what _ put that speculation to bed? i think that certainly, what the _ put that speculation to bed? i think that certainly, what the royal - that certainly, what the royal family will be hoping and that has been echoed by a lot of the people we have been speaking to today in windsor, they want this speculation to end, the

anita: the prince and princess of wales are publicly responding to the outpouring of support for kate middleton nearly two days after she shared her cancer diagnosis by the couple and their three children are spending the easter holiday together privately we do not expect to see them when the royal family gets together for easter sunday services in windsor. but first stephanie bennett live from buckingham palace. stephanie, we have seen the crowds gathered outside of buckingham palace there. but we'll k to be returning to public duties anytime soon question rick was previously mentioned she would after easter. do you know if that still the case? >> hey anita, it's looking less likely she will be returning to the public facing duties after easter now with the new announcement. of course it was just at abdominal procedure that she had. but now it is looking less likely after the cancer diagnosis. you take a look at some of the papers the uk a new paper stands are full still of kate middleton. every headlight we've got the mail i'm so touched by everyone's outpouring of love we also have

the couple's priority has been to protect their children and ensure they have time to explain what's wrong to prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis. they now hope the speculation and rumours will stop as they spend time privately as a family for the easter holiday. in windsor, with the family live there was support. i in windsor, with the family live there was support.— in windsor, with the family live there was support. i think she's been brave _ there was support. i think she's been brave to _ there was support. i think she's been brave to set _ there was support. i think she's been brave to set the _ there was support. i think she's been brave to set the record . been brave to set the record straight and i hope she gets privacy for her in a family. you straight and i hope she gets privacy for her in a family.— for her in a family. you would not wish that on _ for her in a family. you would not wish that on anybody, _ for her in a family. you would not wish that on anybody, whoever. for her in a family. you would not i wish that on anybody, whoever they are. the princess will not be back to a full pro

prince and princess. happy easter. ago — revealing her preventative chemotherapy treatment for cancer. she is, she says, focusing on recovery, and she won't be seen in public for a while to come. the priority this easter for the princess and prince — their family. all eyes, then, on the king this sunday — himself mid—treatment for an unknown cancer. his reign on hold as he, too, devotes his time to recovery. jonny dymond, bbc news. that gives us a sense of what a turbulent start to 2024 it has been, and therefore why the fact that the king is expected to make this walk to and from st george's chapel is being taken as a positive signal about the state of his health. joining me now isjournalist and royal commentator afeeya hagan. good morning to you. good morning. thank ou good morning to you. good morning. thank you for— good morning to you. good morning. thank you forjoining _ good morning to you. good morning. thank you forjoining us. _ good morning to you. good morning. thank you forjoining us. i _ good morning to yo

well, of course, the late queen and late prince philip, the then prince of wales, prince charles and camilla. you had the now prince of wales, william and kate, princesse's talking about, and princess anne. but at the moment, there's prince andrew's out of the picture. then the king is doing very reduced royal duties. he's still he's still doing his boxes, i think his red boxes. so, actually, that's the point that a lot of the papers are picking up on. this is a very, very restricted royal family than the one we saw just three years ago. so i think we say goodbye and thank you to anyone who's made it this far. especially to you, henry. you're going off to play squash in the world's most hardest game or something like that. how did you get on at squash last week? did you win or did you lose? i don't want to talk about it. look, it's the end in every way. please. in the end, my beautiful friend. goodbye, everybody. goodbye. thank you for listening, henry. goodbye. hello there. sunday didn't turn out too badly with a bit of spring sunshine, just one or two showers. but through the next few days, the weather is looking quite changeable, decidedly unsettle

meant that there has been more pressure on the new king, king charles, and the prince of wales to step into those roles. the princess that the prince of wales - is invaluable to her in terms of comfort and support, - so he's stepped back from quite a few of his royal duties, - and so we have him sort of out of this game as well. - and now this slimmed—down monarchy that we've spoken about in the reign . of king charles iii looks a little bit out of place. _ it looks too slim. and now there's not enough key players to support - the monarchy during this time. for now, catherine has asked for time out of the public spotlight. having william at her side is a source of reassurance, she says, as is the kindness shown by many members of the public. it's really hard to imagine - because we've put them on such a beautiful pedestal, _ but the royal family are real people and they struggle with the same things that we will struggle - with as everyday people. and i think that they recognise that in everything that they do, - but especially in light of king charles iii's . diagnosis and the princess of wales' diagnosis, - where

princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. the new message from the princedringham. the last full gathering of the royal family. sandringham. the last full gathering of the royalfamily. next sandringham. the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are hopeful that the king will also be there. daniela relph, bbc news. a vet from midlothian has become the first woman to complete one of the world's hardest running races. jasmin paris finished the 100 mile barkley marathons in tennessee with just 99 seconds to spare. 0ur reporter simonjones has the details. cheering. she said her body was screaming at her to stop, but jasmin paris believed in herself and made it to the finish gate. her legs scratched from days of running through thick woodland. this is what exhaustion combined with joy looks like. the legendary course once featured in a documentary called the race that eats its young, the barkley marathons involve running up and down the equivalent of 60,000 feet, about t

and wishing them the best. i want to read this statement that they released, the princess and prince of wales released over the usly touched by the kind messages from people here in the uk, across the commonwealth and around the world in response to her royal highnesses' message. they are extremely moved by the public's warmth and support and are grateful for the understanding of the request for privacy at this time. that of course was a big message in the video that was released on friday that the princess wants to try and get to a full recovery in privacy. so she's asking for privacy. now, as for the king, we're hearing from his nephew over the weekend who spoke to our colleagues at sky news saying that the king is frustrated that he can't return to his royal duties. now, you're talking about a guy that's waited his whole life to be king here. it's not even been a year since he was coronated. he is holding public offices, he is in good spirits, we are expecting to see him this weekend for easter services on sunday, of course the princess of wales and her family are said to be doing something more intimate. we

kensington palace, says it's confident the princess will make a full recovery and on saturday evening it issued a statement, on behalf of the princel correspondent daniela relph gave us this analysis followng the statement. well, this new message from the prince and princess of wales is double edged. it does both of thank you and a polite warning. they now want to be left alone. they now want to be left alone. they want to this public of the princesses diagnosis to go quiet for a while now and for them to be left on their own. they have around three weeks off now for their three children's school holidays. they will be spending that privately and they will be focusing on the princesses treatment and her recovery. theyjust treatment and her recovery. they just want this stage of the story to die down and they want all the speculation to stop. and they hope they have done that with put the video message and now the new statement. instead, the focus is going to fall on other members of the royal family. next weekend, easter weekend, one of the biggest gatherings of royals that we see over the course of the year. the family will be at

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for the prince and princess of wales, the priority has been to protect their young children — prince uis — and they will spend time privately over the easter holidays as a family. there won't be a return to official duties for the princess until she has taken the time and space she needs. laura trant, bbc news. royal watchers will know that prince william and kate middleton met as students at st andrew's university. we spoke to people there and asked them how they felt about the news. ijust hope she recovers well. she's getting the care that she needs, so you can only cross your fingers and hope that all goes well. ithink, well, we really feel for her and i think she is very brave. and the fact she said giving hope to other people with cancer when she is in so much pain herself, that says a lot for her. i think it's absolutely - shocking what was going through and we are quite _ in on the social media so we've seen some horrible things go on and be i said and people are having different opinions, different comments, and people just really need - to respect the privacy- and what she's

the prince and princess of wales were not at the church service.are spending the easter holidays with their children in private. this was the last time they were all seen together in public, christmas day at sandringham. it is unlikely catherine will resume public duties in the near future. her treatment and recovery are the priorities. the king and queen spent around ten minutes chatting and shaking hands with people outside the chapel. a lovely service. happy easter, i hope you are doing well. many had travelled to windsor especially to see the royals. you are very strong, keep going. the king is not returning to full public duties yet but today is a positive sign about his health and recovery. chatted to some of the people who spoke to him they said that he seemed very well, was very animated and asked them how they were feeling because it was pretty cold today. in response, people were passing on their best wishes, notjust response, people were passing on their best wishes, not just to response, people were passing on their best wishes, notjust

that now , i question mark over that now, i also know for sure that, princess catherine and indeed princess catherine and indeed princehe children will not be attending that easter sunday service in saint george's chapel in windsor. so i think the timescale as to when the princess is going to be out and about on engagements is a bit unclear, but i also understand that if she feels up to it, she may well decide to attend odd engagements here and there. but in terms of full time pubuc there. but in terms of full time public duties, i don't see that happening at the timescale that kensington palace gave us in january. >> back to your reactions at home. ian says, i am writing this to you in a stream of tears, i really wish catherine a full recovery, and i wish, all of the children and everybody, such a lot of love. i mean , this such a lot of love. i mean, this whole the sense of shock that's coming through the inbox from lots of you, at home, stephen says, god bless her and our king charles. i pray to god that both of them, make a full recovery. god bless all of you, says stephen. of course , as well we stephen. of cours

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that now , i question mark over that now, i also know for sure that, princess catherine and indeed princess catherine and indeed prince children will not be attending that easter sunday service in saint george's chapel in windsor. so i think the timescale as to when the princess is going to be out and about on engagements is a bit unclear, but i also understand that if she feels up to it, she may well decide to attend odd engagements here and there. but in terms of full time pubuc there. but in terms of full time public duties, i don't see that happening at the timescale that kensington palace gave us in january. >> back to your reactions at home. ian says, i am writing this to you in a stream of tears, i really wish catherine a full recovery, and i wish, all of the children and everybody, such a lot of love. i mean , this such a lot of love. i mean, this whole the sense of shock that's coming through the inbox from lots of you, at home, stephen says, god bless her and our king charles. i pray to god that both of them, make a full recovery. god bless all of you, says stephen. of course , as well we stephen. of course,

the prince and princess of wales and their children — prince george, princess charlotte and prince louisthe family are spending the easter holidays together as they adjust to kate's cancer diagnosis. our top story this hour is the breaking news from the united states. the governor of maryland has declared a state of emergency after the collapse of a bridge in baltimore that was hit by a container ship. emergency officials describe the incident as a "mass casualty event". rescuers have already taken two people from the water, one of whom is described as in a "very serious condition." this is the moment the collision happened. you can see the ship hitting a column of the francis scott key bridge on the left of screen. the bridge quickly collapsed. the collision happened about 1.30am local time. there is now a large multi—agency rescue and recovery operation in place. baltimore mayor brandon scott says he is in contact with local authorities. he described the incident as "an unthinkable tragedy". there are no reports of injuries to the ship's crew. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of t

it will be tough for the royal family, prince harry of course is not a working royal, press and are no a working royal. we may see more prince edward and princess anne, perfect stomach perhaps they will fulfill their roles but the p.r. on william and kate will see who will lead some of the events they usually go we'll see how it plays out but i think the eyes of the world will give her some privacy. kate has managed to do two thinks, she has been in the world stage and has a lot of events but she also insists on having a family life. she likes to have dinners at home without staff which doesn't sound very grand but for the royal family that's very big. she wanted to focus on her children and sold she has a balance that so and i think she is bouncing her family first talking to her children and sort of trying to explain what's going on in making sure they don't get too much tension from the press while they are going through something as well because it's difficult for the children as well as it's difficult for her and the whole family. she will try to balance out as well i'm sure get work done mike to work as fast as she can because she loves h

with golo and release, you're gonna lose the weight. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> carley: the prince and princess of walesnosis. alex is live outside of kensington palace with all the details. >> yes, we are outside kensington palace which is the officialens are of the prince and princess of wales. people have been coming here sohio their support. in response, kensington palace issued this statement reading, quote: they are extremely moved by the public's warmth and support and are grateful for the understanding and of their request for privacy at this time. it was late friday when the news broke that princess catherine is undergoing preventative chemotherapy and has cancer a diagnosis learned after her abdominal surgery in january for undisclosed condition. she shared the news after a lot of speculation over her health but said it was most important to explain this all to her children first is snowing on the things. everyone with this disease please do not lose faith or hope you are not alone final residence and around the world. >> carley: alex outside of glas thank you so much. shocking the world and r

princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. the new message from the prince alone. we don't expect to hear from them over the easter holiday. instead, we may see the king back in the royal spotlight. christmas at sandringham — the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are hopeful the king will also be there. daniela relph, bbc news. before we go let's take a look at the scene in moscow. it's just coming up to 5:30pm there. a national day of mourning in moscow following friday evenings attack. official said the death toll has risen to 137 people. we will keep you posted on that story and although the stories right here on bbc news. hello. many of us have had at least some spring sunshine to enjoy so far today. but the forecast for the week ahead looks decidedly on spring, like with spells of rain. it will often be windy and it'll be cold enough over scottish hills for some significant snow, at least for a time now. this chart shows the rainfall we're expecting to accu