your highness, prince of wales. mason. your highness, prince of wales- the _ mason. the honourable - mason. your highness, prince of wales. the honourable mia - mason. your highness, prince of| wales. the honourable mia amor mottley prime minister, the honourable sir patterson cheltenham, chiefjustice, members of the cabinet. the right excellent sir garfield st aubrun sobers national hero. his honour, senator reginald farley, president of the senate, his honour arthur holder, speaker of the house of assembly, bishop bishopjoseph assembly, bishop bishop joseph atherley, assembly, bishop bishopjoseph atherley, distinguished guests, barbados here and wherever the technology takes us, good morning to morning agreed technology takes us, good morning agreed and join you this day in celebration of our nation, our people and the people that we now chart. on a rainsoaked night 55 years ago, the inhabitants of what had been the world's first slave society shared the mantle of colonialism to become an independent nation. vessel independent nation. vessel independent barbados wei

the prince of wales, prince charles, is at the ceremony in the bridgetown. barbados more than four hundred years ago and it became a focal point of the transatlantic slave trade. our correspondent daniela relph is in bridgetown. what relph is in bridgetown. is happening right now? mr are what is happening right now? - are now moving towards the main part of the official transition ceremony where the dignitaries will begin to arrive and we will have that moment where barbados�*s first ever president is sworn in and watching this here will be the prince of wales and it must be a night that perhaps tinged with a little sadness for him. you will receive a final military march past in his honour and take a final salute and then he will watch as the royal standard, the queen's flag, is lowered over barbados and the presidential flag lowered over barbados and the presidentialflag replaces it so a real significant moment for the british monarchy and of course the people of barbados and the prince of wales will make speech here in which he will talk directly about the

prince andrew, who has withdrawn from royal duties. and of course, prince harry, who is now living in california with his wife, the duchess of sussex. the prince of walest senior royal here, he has for the last three or four years, will lay a wreath on behalf of the queen. the queen has watched the ceremony from the balcony of the foreign office, she has overlooked the cenotaph which is the centre point of this ceremony because just about four years ago she appeared to stumble a little as she appeared to stumble a little as she went backwards, down the steps that surround the cenotaph and i think it was thought for a then 91—year—old, it was asking a little bit much for her to lay a wreath and walk backwards so the prince of wales will be a wreath on behalf of the queen and then himself and then his wife, camilla, the duchess of cornwall, and then the duke and duchess of cambridge, more commonly known as william and kate, will be here, the duke and duchess of gloucester and the earl and countess of wessex. a fairly full turnout from the royal family, very important day for them, a day when they are not the centre of attention, they want the focus of at

the prince of wales, speaking on a visit tojordan the prince of wales, speaking on a visit to jordan ok the prince of wales, speaking on a visit to jordan today. let's look at the latest figures on the pandemic throughout the uk. there were 38,263 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means on average, there were 38,980 new cases reported per day in the last week. 201 deaths were recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, 146 related deaths were recorded every day. almost 13.5 million people have now had their booster injection. lets stay on the theme of the pandemic, notably in northern ireland. earlier this evening, ministers here in northern ireland have approved the use of vaccine passports for hospitality venues and large gatherings. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is with me. let's have a sense of what the reaction is likely to be.- reaction is likely to be. well, there is resentment - reaction is likely to be. well, there is resentment from - there is resentment from the hospitality ind

and the prince of wales would also make a speech here. about enduring friendships and moving forward, but he will also touch on the shared history of these two countries and on slavery. he will say that the darkest days of our past are now behind us. until the appalling prosody of slavery stays off == the appalling prosody of slavery stays off -- atrocity. buckingham _ slavery stays off -- atrocity. buckingham palace - slavery stays off -- atrocity. buckingham palace is - slavery stays off -- atrocity. buckingham palace is that i slavery stays off -- atrocity. buckingham palace is that itj buckingham palace is that it expects this decision, but beneath the public statements, is there some unease? i beneath the public statements, is there some unease?- is there some unease? i think they feel _ is there some unease? i think they feel it's _ is there some unease? i think they feel it's down _ is there some unease? i think they feel it's down to - they feel it's down to individual countries and they cannot get involved and who a country wants

the prince of wales laid a wreath on the queen's behalf — at one of the many events around the uk toorrespondent nicholas witchell reports. it was the customary cenotaph commemoration, after the limitations last year caused by the pandemic. there was, though, one notable absentee. the queen did not, as had been expected, take her place on a balcony overlooking the cenotaph. according to buckingham palace, she had sprained her back. she continues to rest at windsor. the prince of wales led other senior members of the royal family to their places at the cenotaph, in readiness for the two—minute silence observed in whitehall and at ceremonies around the country. big ben chimes the hour. music: last post. after the two—minute silence, and the sounding of the last post in whitehall by royal marine buglers, the prince of wales placed the queen's wreath of red poppies against the cenotaph�*s northern face, in tribute to those from britain and the commonwealth who lost their lives in the world wars and more recent conflicts. then, after the official wreath—laying, it was the return of the ve

the prince of wales led other senior members of the royal family to their places at the cenotaph, in ceremonies around the country. big ben chimes the hour. music: last post. after the two—minute silence, and the sounding of the last post in whitehall by royal marine buglers, the prince of wales placed the queen's wreath of red poppies against the cenotaph's northern face, in tribute to those from britain and the commonwealth who lost their lives in the world wars and more recent conflicts. then, after the official wreath—laying, it was the return of the veterans�* march—past. the former servicemen and women, denied the chance to be at the cenotaph last year, paying their own tributes to former colleagues. the head of state had been absent — a matter of great regret, we are told, to her and to those who were on parade. nicholas witchell, bbc news. the government's latest coronavirus figures for the uk show there were more than 36,500 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means on average there were 37,488 new cases reported per day in the last week. 63 deaths we

a new image has been released to mark the prince of wales' 73rd birthday today. , taken earlier this summer. his royal highness will spend his birthday attending the annual remembrance day service at the cenotaph. it's one of the longest annual bird migrations in the world — around 80,000 godwits leave their breeding grounds in the alaskan arctic, across the pacific ocean before settling in new zealand for summer in the southern hemisphere. now, thanks to radio transmitters, experts can track exactly where the birds are and how long they fly for — and this year the longest flight ever by a land bird been recorded. here's the manager of the pukorokoro miranda shorebird centre on new zealand's north island, keith woodley, on these incredible journeys. they are astonishing birds. they breed in alaska and they migrate to new zealand every year. and in order to make these nonstop flights, they have got to do some pretty amazing things. certainly, they have got to be able to navigate, they have got to be able to find their way, but also do things like double their weigh

there was no precedent for a separated, let alone divorced, prince and princess of wales. as unthinkable. >> they were effectively leading separate lives. >> prince charles was based in highgrove in gloucestershire. diana was left on her own at kensington palace a hundred miles away. >> they only came together at the weekend when diana would drive down with william and harry and spend the weekend at highgrove. the way the staff told it was that no sooner had the princess' car receded out of view than they could hear the gravel crunching of another car, and that would be camilla arriving. >> camilla was effectively the mistress of the house and would organize dinner parties and other events for a close circle of friends. >> diana was constantly fobbed off. she would raise it with courtiers and they'd just say, it's not true, you're imagining things. >> it was corroding the whole organization. adultery isn't exactly a novelty for the british crown. but in diana spencer, they had a wife who was not going to take it quietly. and they had a husband in prince charles who failed t

the excuse being used to the prince of wales was his domestic circumstances, the hours he was working clearly very upset. the prince of wales approached me. and said why is the princess behaving in the way she is? what on earth is the matter? so i said you've got to talk to her. he said i've tried all that and the only thing that seems to be upsetting her is that barry mannakee is going back to uniform. she's that upset, barry can stay. at that stage i was forced to say, well, sir, if he stays, then i'm afraid i'll have to leave. and i think at that point the penny dropped. he was ultimate he was utterly shocked and clearly, clearly very upset. the popular perception is prince of wales was straying all throughout his marriage and that is definitely unequivocally not the case. the first person who strayed was the princess. he went back after he learned about her affair with barry mannakee . nobody is the villain. in my view everyone's the victim. he was under a lot of pressure to get married. she too was a victim of this whole process. -- >> i think prince charles never loving camilla

good evening from glasgow, where world leaders have been dining with the prince of wales and senior memberse royal family, at the end of the opening day of the climate summit. the queen, whose doctors advised her not to attend, greeted the delegates with a recorded message, urging them to "rise above politics, to achieve true statesmanship," and reminding them that benefits of action will be for future generations, not for everyone alive today. when the summit opened at noon, delegates heard a series of powerful appeals for rapid progress. borisjohnson said humanity had "long since run down the clock on climate change — it was now one minute to midnight." the prime minister of barbados, mia mottley, warned that following a "path of greed and selfishness" would lead to destruction. and the un chief, antonio guterres, said countries were digging their own graves by failing to act on climate change. among the goals being discussed here are ending the use of coal, phasing out petrol—powered cars and reversing the process of deforestation. our first report on events in glasgow is by our politica

head back into the blue zone very imminently because, yes, there he is getting to his feet, the prince of walese heard him speaking powerfully yesterday at the 620 in speaking powerfully yesterday at the g20 in rome, talking about the need to protect, oh, a slight stumble from the prince of wales, the need to protect future generations. let's listen to him here and now in glasgow. listen to him here and now in glasuow. ., , listen to him here and now in glasgow— listen to him here and now in glasuow. ., , ., glasgow. ladies and gentlemen, the covid pandemic— glasgow. ladies and gentlemen, the covid pandemic has _ glasgow. ladies and gentlemen, the covid pandemic has shown _ glasgow. ladies and gentlemen, the covid pandemic has shown us - glasgow. ladies and gentlemen, the covid pandemic has shown usjust i glasgow. ladies and gentlemen, the i covid pandemic has shown usjust how covid pandemic has shown us just how devastating a global cross—border threat can be. climate change and biodiversity loss are no different, in fact they pose an even greater existential threat to the extent that we have

there was no precedent for a separated, let alone prince and princess of wales. nthinkable. >> they were effectively leading separate lives. >> prince charles was based in high grove. diana was left on her own at kensington palace a hundred miles away and would only come together at the weekend when diana would drive down with william and harry. the way the staff told it no sooner had the princess's car was out of view that they could hear the gravel crunching of another car, that would be camilla arriving. >> camilla was effectively the mys mystery -- mistress of the house and would organize parties for a close circle of friends. >> diana was constantly off they would say it's not true you're imagining things. >> it was corroding the whole organization. adultery is not a novelty for the british crown. but in diana spencer, they had a wife who was not going to take it quietly. and they had a husband in prince charles who failed the follow the time-honored rules. rule one you respect the mother of your children, especially in public, you look after her, you treat h

supporters will retaliate in kind. >> the royal writer -- >> i spoke strongly in support of the prince of walesthat he was badly aligned and unfairly so. >> the princess is seen by many close to the queen's eldest son as being mentally unbalanced at time from eleven years of suffering from the debilitating disease bulimia and prince of wales feels the illness has caused her to distort the truth. whether i would use those words today i don't know but i think her mental health was a big issue in the marriage. i admired her enormously. i think the behavior, the jealousy, needing attention, all of that is attributable to the state of mind, to the illness. >> they go for the absolute oldest strategy in the book, she's mad. charles' supporters accused diana of being somehow delusional because she had an eating disorder. bulimia and madness are not the same thing. >> to accuse diana as mentally unwell, were caller her a liar. >> they were trying to muddy the waters around diana and take away her power. >> shocking that to this day people close to the royal establishment will say princess diana was not

of a day to remember for prince charles, lady diana, and a lot of other people, too. the long-awaited, much-written-about engagement had happened. >> now you're about to marry the prince of waleshad a run up in the last six months. and charles and i can't go wrong. he's there with me. >> can you find the words to sum up how you feel today, both of you? >> just delighted and happy. and i'm amazed she's been brave enough to take me on. >> and, i suppose, in love? >> of course. >> whatever in love means. your interpretation. >> it means two very happy people. >> yes. >> congratulations. >> thank you very much, very kind. >> as a viewer, this was the most ghastly moment. >> being asked about love or his feelings in public was just completely and utterly alien to him. this is a man who had grown up internalizing everything. in a very untactile family. he didn't want to answer the question. >> questions that diana was asking herself, what do i need to be for him, what does the royal family need from me, what do they want from me? but wait, what do i want for me as well? >> i felt deathly calm. deathly, deathly calm. i felt a lamb to the slaughter, and i knew it. but i couldn't do an

the prince of wales led other senior members of the royal family to their places at the cenotaph, in ceremonies around the country. big ben chimes the hour. music: last post. after the two—minute silence, and the sounding of the last post in whitehall by royal marine buglers, the prince of wales placed the queen's wreath of red poppies against the cenotaph's northern face, in tribute to those from britain and the commonwealth who lost their lives in the world wars and more recent conflicts. then, after the official wreath—laying, it was the return of the veterans�* march—past. the former servicemen and women, denied the chance to be at the cenotaph last year, paying their own tributes to former colleagues. the head of state had been absent — a matter of great regret, we are told, to her and to those who were on parade. nicholas witchell, bbc news. that's all the time that we have for you. thank you so much forjoining us. and for me and the team, do stay with bbc news for much more. hello. we have had some drizzle and patchy light rain across parts of east anglia and south—east englan

it is now my pleasure to leave the floor to his royal highness the prince of wales after him, i will give the floor to brian moynahan. >> i am most grateful to you for inviting me to address this immensely important meeting. i know you have many pressing issues of the day, but none is more present than the future health of our planet and of the people who inhabit it. the planet health today will dictate the economic prosperity of generations to come. hence, overwhelming responsibility to generations yet unborn. after nearly 50 years of trying to raise awareness of the growing climate and environmental crisis, i am sensing a change in attitude and the buildup of positive momentum. as you know, listening is often more important than speaking. i have listened closely to leaders of many countries, particularly commonwealth nations whose communities are some of the most climate vulnerable on this earth. it is also impossible not to hear the despairing voices of younger people who see you gentlemen as the stewards of the planet, holding the viability of their future in your hands. i have li

minute of transition, and over the past hour we have seen dignitaries arrived, including the prince of walesort film about the history of barbados and how we have reached this moment today of this island nation becoming a republic. what we will see over the course of the next half an hour or so is that transition ceremony and it will be be in the front and centre position and he is already being given an official goodbye i suppose really with a march past, and he watched as the royal standard, the queen's flag of the royal family was lowered and taken off of the flagpole here and bridgetown and replaced by the presidentialflag, as and replaced by the presidential flag, as we watched the prince of wales here, you have to wonder what must be going through his mind. it is 30 years since his mother was removed as head of state from anywhere so today must be a bittersweet moment, i think, knowing that this is a country that wants to do something different, to breakfree that wants to do something different, to break free from what it sees as its colonial past, but he has had a long relationship wi

of a crown prince takes place only once in a generation. this is just what the doctor ordered. >> this is a moment to remember as the prince and princess of walesson. >> great excitement. thrill. the queen looked in the incubator and said, it's good to see he hasn't got ears like his father. >> diana is beaming. really, really happy. she's just produced the heir. >> age 20, which is terribly young, she had become a princess, a wife, and a mother. >> one moment i was nobody, the next moment i was princess of wales. mother, media toy, you name it. it was just too much for one person. >> diana was preparing for the christening. and you would think that as the mother of the baby, she would have a lot of say. >> royal christenings were done in quite a formal, traditional way. set formula, set photographers. >> michael che said to me as the queen's press officer, i will give you a list. and this is how it will happen. do not approach the queen. do not talk to them. >> i was treated like nobody else's business. nobody asked me when it was suitable for william. 11:00 couldn't have been worse. >> william never stopped crying throughout the whole photo c

the prince of wales led other senior members of the royal family to their places at the cenotaph in readiness the two—minute silence and the sounding of the last post in whitehall by royal marine buglers, the prince of wales placed the queen's wreath of red poppies against the cenotaph's northern face in tribute to those from britain and the commonwealth who lost their lives in the world wars and more recent conflicts. then, after the official wreath—laying, it was the return of the veterans' march—past. the former servicemen and women, denied the chance to be at the cenotaph last year, paying their own tributes to former colleagues. the head of state had been absent — a matter of great regret, we are told, to her and to those who were on parade. nicholas witchell, bbc news. i should say there is more detail on the day's events there on the website. please take a look. thank you for watching bbc news. hello. we've had some patchy light rain and drizzle across parts across parts of east anglia and south—east england this afternoon, but the main rain band is pushing in to the north and west of

the prince of wales led other senior members of the royal family to their places at the cenotaph in readinessr. gunshot. chiming continues. silence. last post plays. after the two—minute silence and the sounding of the last post in whitehall by royal marine buglers, the prince of wales placed the queen's wreath of red poppies against the cenotaph's northern face in tribute to those from britain and the commonwealth who lost their lives in the world wars and more recent conflicts. then, after the official wreath—laying, it was the return of the veterans' march—past. the former servicemen and women, denied the chance to be at the cenotaph last year, paying their own tributes to former colleagues. the head of state had been absent — a matter of great regret, we are told, to her and to those who were on parade. nicholas witchell, bbc news. it isa it is a moving occasion there and having everyone back again made a huge difference this year. all of that on our website. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @bbcdavideades. always good to hear from you. this is bbc news. hello. but one of the weekend was

the prince of wales will attend the ceremony in the capital bridgetown. d years ago and it became a focal point of the transatlantic slave trade. celestina olu—lode reports. gearing up for a moment in history. this island nation is making a strong statement about how it sees itself. the prime minister of barbados says the time has come. we believe that the unfinished business ought not to go past the 55th anniversary of independence. i am one of the biggest respecters of her majesty, but equally, i need to know that my people can also do the same thing and respect the same thing. a nation with a complex past, slave ships once docked here, africans brought and exploited by the british. and it's the sugarcane fields where many were forced to work, cutting down the crop before it was processed. the backbreaking labour led many to die young. after slavery came to an end in 183a, barbados remained a british colony. despite gaining its independence in 1966, the queen has remained the island's head of state, but that's about to change. the transition comes at a t

and coming up the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall land injordan in theirfirst major royal tourn the formu 2022. new name on the formula 1 grid for 2022. set to make history with alpha romao. hospital bosses in england say the nhs is facing the most difficult winter in its history, because hospitals are "beyond fully stretched". alongside covid cases, many hospitals are seeing more frail and elderly people being admitted, as well as significant numbers of people with alcohol and mental health—related problems. our health editor, hugh pym, has been to newcastle's royal victoria infirmary, where doctors and nurses say they ve never been busier. it was busy last night. very busy in ed, and the region was busy too. so, predictably, a 93% fall, which is the highest occupancy we've had in the last few days. so we've got no beds on trauma, no medical beds, no surgical beds. morning meetings face the reality of another day. ed, the emergency department, already under pressure. there are record numbers of patients. beds are hard to find. i've been nursing for 27 years and none of us have

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it's hard to imagine that this event wasn't tinged with some sadness for the prince of wales. ly about the pain of a shared history. from the darkest days of our past, and the appalling atrocity of slavery, which forever stains are history, the people of this island forged their path with extraordinary fortitude. emancipation, self—government and independence were your way points. freedom, justice and self—determination have been your guides. an acknowledgement of the past as this island looked forward and swore in its first ever president. i, sandra prunella mason, do swear that i will be faithful and bear true allegiance to barbados, according to law, so help me god. casting aside the official link to the british monarchy, barbados is increasingly looking east, to china, for financial support. there are republican rumblings, too, in other caribbean nations. they will be watching this newest republic closely. daniela relph, bbc news, bridgetown, barbados. nato foreign ministers are meeting in latvia to discuss the build—up of russian forces on the border with ukraine. the us s

in a ceremony to mark barbados's transition to a republic, the prince of wales has said that british ty of slavery. we can now speak to saad omer who's director of the yale institute of global health. this new variant of know how dangerous it is, there are many, many questions and only time will tell us whether it is very transmittable, et cetera, but in terms of vaccine inequity, president biden pointing out that is the way to tackle this.— tackle this. absolutely. a lot of experts — tackle this. absolutely. a lot of experts have _ tackle this. absolutely. a lot of experts have been - tackle this. absolutely. a lot of experts have been saying | of experts have been saying since the beginning of this immunisation programme, if you let this virus fester in any part of the world, we have an increased likelihood of newer variants emerging. so it is hard to pinpoint the origin of each specific variant, but it is, we can say this confidently, that the likelihood of new variants emerging goes up, if we have large parts of the world unvaccinated.— large parts of the world unvaccinated. also

they saw each other. >> flanked by an honor guard, the body of diana princess of wales leaves a hospital in paris. >> princet to the hospital in paris and when he saw her body, he noticed that she was missing one of her gold earrings and he said she can't go without her earring. he can't fully confront his grief so he becomes fixated on one small object. those who saw charles come out of the room said that he was like a different man. he was completely grief-stricken. >> crowds are gathered outside the princess' london home kensington palace and outside buckingham palace. >> all these people had come instinctively, they had gravitated to buckingham palace as the focal point of their grief. and there wasn't a candle in a window. there wasn't a piper playing. there was nothing to acknowledge the sense of loss that people were feeling. i can remember thinking, hmm, that's not a good sign. ♪ >> the public needed and wanted somebody within those palace walls to come out and mourn with them because there is no support for diana. there is no mourning or grieving. where is it? ♪ thousands of women with metastatic b

. >> i was separated wife prince of wales, i was a problem full stop. never happened before. we do with her? >> can't we pack her off quietly rather than campaign against her? >> she won't go quietly, that's the problem. i'll fight until the end. >> she was controlled, on message, well rehearsed. it was a full hour of solid television with the camera trained right on her face so that she could say what she wanted. >> she saw an opportunity to go after charles. what a shot to take for diana. >> i would think that the top job as i call it would bring enormous limitations to him. and i don't know whether he could adapt to that. >> that was the dagger in the heart for the palace, how dare she question the prince of wales right and ability to be the next king. >> she had no choice. no one was listening to her at the palace so she decided to turn to the public. >> i think she's come across very well telling people what pressure she's been under. >> charles had his say. it's about time she had hers. >> 92% of people supported diana's decision to do the interview and that was it. tha