the queen needs her tiara time. he said the private secretary explained that she has a little kit with tools that she uses to decorate certain diamond tiaras by hooking pearls or emeralds or sapphires or rubies on them depending on what she's wearing. her former crown jeweler david thomas confirmed to me that this pastime is something she enjoys a great deal. while such private glimpses may surprise many people elizabeth's behavior as queen has always been reassuring and consistent and predictable. her wise conduct and her unifying her role as a unifying force are more valued today than ever. long admired and respected she is now beloved. when she sells celebrated her golden 10 years ago. people realize that she was about stability continuity calm through adversity and humor when things are going wrong her former senior advisor charles. anson told me suddenly they got the point of the queen who had been doing her job for 50 years. now that she's reached her 60-year milestone. she is bigger than politics or celebrity

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i would like to be a queen i queen? no, i don't. why do you think that?hat? i would like to be a queen of peeple's hearts. — that? i would like to be a queen of people's hearts, in _ that? i would like to be a queen of people's hearts, in people's - that? i would like to be a queen of| people's hearts, in people's hearts, that i_ people's hearts, in people's hearts, that i don't— people's hearts, in people's hearts, that i don't see myself being queen of this— that i don't see myself being queen of this country. our media editor amol rajan is with me now. there is a lot to take in. how damaging are these conclusions? well, they are horrific about individuals and about the institution, frankly, george. let's go through them. martin bashir, journalism is meant to be the truth business but lord dyson accuses him of deceit to sources and colleagues. on the investigation would bbc news run into how that panorama came about, that was conducted by lord hall, then director of news and later director—general. lord dyson in this report doesn'tjust say that it was a

on the steps of downin: the queen's speech? on the steps of downing street _ the queen's speech? downing street when he arrived - the queen's speech? on the steps of downing street when he arrived as i downing street when he arrived as prime minister he said he had a plan to fix social care once and for all. in the queen's speech we had nine words on social care, proposals on social care reform will be brought forward. we knew it would be a brief mention but i do not think anybody expected quite that brief. there was no indication on the timing. previously ministers have suggested we will see detailed plans by the end of this year, no indication in the queen's speech itself. this is a huge frustration both amongst the people providing care and those who need it, so older people and people who are disabled who are younger, who are disabled who are younger, who need extra support at home or in care homes. one of the largest organisations representing independent care providers, care england, after the speech, said, how much longer can the care sector be expected to limp on? the sec

[laughter] [applause] queen elizabeth ii: mr. speaker, mr. president, distinguished members of congress. i know what are we at best what a privilege it is to address -- i know what a privilege it is to address both of your houses. thank you for inviting me. the concept says -- the concept described by abraham lincoln government by the people for the people of the people. your congress and our parliament are the twin pillars of our civilizations. the chief among many treasures that we have inherited from our predecessors. we are staunch believers in the freedom of the individual and the role of a fair and just law. these principles are shared with our european partners and the atlantic unity. they are the bedrock of the western world. some people believe that power rose from the barrel of a gun. history shows that it never goes well. force is sterile. we have found a better way. societies rest on mutual agreement, contract and consensus. a significant part of your social contract is written down in your constitution. hours rests on custom and

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the queen did not mention a bill on this space. calculated in this way is much as we are about any other process. johnny mercer. before the debate, the uk's newest a mp took her seat in the house of commons. order. will members wishing to take their seats come to the table? she won for the conservatives in last week's by—election. here, here! the seat had been held by labour for almost 50 years. i swear by almighty god that i will be �*s faithful and bear true allegiance to her majesty, queen elizabeth and her successors according to law. jill mortimer getting a warm welcome from her new conservative colleagues. that's it from tuesday in parliament. thank you for watching. i'll be back at the same time tomorrow for wednesday in parliament when borisjohnson will update mps on the latest coronavirus situation. until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there. we saw plenty of showers across the country on tuesday. particularly for the midlands, wales and northern england where we had some thunderstorms as well, producing

the queen's seech is that this gets done. the queen's speech talks _ is that this gets done.speech talks about more _ is that this gets done. the queen's speech talks about more money i is that this gets done. the queen's| speech talks about more money for the nhs, more money for nhs restructuring, how do you react to that word, restructuring? is that what the nhs needs right now? effectively, what we have been doing and whenever you talk to anybody who needs care, that operates at that junction between the nhs and social care, what they say is it's incredibly disjointed. my favourite story is of the patient i came across had an exercise book on the fridge. i said, across had an exercise book on the fridge. isaid, what across had an exercise book on the fridge. i said, what is that for? they said, i have had 50 different people in my house over the last 18 months and effectively the only way i can help them keep track of what care i need because i have had the gp in, community services, therapists, social care, is that basically i ask them to write what they have done in the

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presidential state of the union speech today queen elizabeth opened a new session of parliament it's her 1st major public engagement since the death of her husband prince philip this year's ceremony was pared back because of the pandemic with the queen wearing a day dress instead of her usual robes in crown and this time for the 1st time in decades the queen was not accompanied by her husband. what remains unchanged the speech delivered by the queen was written by the prime minister will go to the u.k. for analysis in just a moment let's listen to an excerpt of the queen's address my government will strengthen and renew democracy and the constitution legislation will be introduced to ensure the integrity of the election to protect freedom of speech and we stole the balance of power between the executive legislative and the courts. i want to bring in quentin peel he's an associate fellow with the europe program at the think tank chatham house he's an familiar face to our viewers good evening to you quentin and strengthening democracy the introduction of photo i.d.'s for voters and at

the queen's speech is largely symbolic. itjust shows the queen's speech is largely symbolic.for patients to cooperation for the delivery— for patients to cooperation for the delivery of— for patients to cooperation for the delivery of health care generally. and i_ delivery of health care generally. and i think that's a good move. it's very ambitious. it kind of delegates power— very ambitious. it kind of delegates power to— very ambitious. it kind of delegates power to local authorities, well, local— power to local authorities, well, local institutions as well as local authorities. so it delegates the operation to the localities within england's, but it's accompanied by centralised ministerial power, and we will— centralised ministerial power, and we will have to wait for the detail to see _ we will have to wait for the detail to see how— we will have to wait for the detail to see how that goes, buts, of course, — to see how that goes, buts, of course, anything under covid that was delegated by ministerial power didn't— was delegated by ministerial power didn't go— was delega

presidential state of the union speech today queen elizabeth opened a new session of parliament it's her 1st major public engagement since the death of her husband prince philip this year's ceremony was pared back because of the pandemic with the queen wearing a day dress instead of her usual robes in crown and this time for the 1st time in decades the queen was not accompanied by her husband. what remains unchanged the speech delivered by the queen was written by the prime minister will go to the u.k. for analysis in just a moment let's listen to an excerpt of the queen's address my government will strengthen and renew democracy and the coast. legislation will be introduced to ensure all the intended in the election protect freedom of speech and we stole the balance of power between the executive legislature and the courts. i want to bring in quentin peel he's an associate fellow with the europe program at the think tank chatham house he's a familiar face to our viewers good evening to you quentin strengthening democracy the introduction of photo i.d.'s for voters am at elections is

hms queen elizabeth, stand at ease.she named and commissioned, about to sail east halfway round the world. moored alongside, an american destroyer, one of six warships that'll accompany her to the pacific. the navy says it's the most powerful uk maritime deployment in a generation, and the embodiment of global britain. so, this is a tangible expression of how the country can go out into the world, and so we have a fantastic new capability, and when we deploy, it speaks to our values, our interests, what we stand for. the carrier's already been training with the latest f35s. there are more usjets on board than british ones. the government says that a sign of strength, not weakness. during the seven—month voyage, they're expected to launch their first combat missions over iraq. the government sees this as a symbol notjust of global britain, but of military power. but in sailing east, it insists it's not looking for a confrontation with china. it's more about boosting trade and diplomatic ties in the region. but does this

hms queen elizabeth!ew of the aircraft carrier she named and commissioned, about to sail east halfway around the world. moored alongside an american destroyer, one of six warships that will accompany her to the pacific. the navy says it is the most powerful uk maritime deployment in a generation and the embodiment of global britain. so this is a tangible expression of how the country can go out into the world and so we have a fantastic new capability and when we deploy, it speaks to our values, our interests, what we stand for. the carrier has already been training with the latest f—35s. there are more usjets onboard than british ones — the government says that is a sign of strength, not weakness. during the seven—month voyage, they are expected to launch theirfirst combat missions over iraq. at dusk, the towering 65,000 tonne warship finally set sail on her 26,000—mile voyage with crowds gathered to wave her off. horn blares. as hms queen elizabeth leaves portsmouth on her long voyage to the pacific, the

the queen was 'ust palace. it was 1958. the queen was just six _ palace. it was 1958.s into her - was just six years into her rain. and for the first time, television viewers were able to watch her give her speech, just as her predecessors have done for hundreds of years. by her side, as he was for so many decades, duke of edinburgh. it is one of the key notes in the rhythm of royal life. the display of pomp and pageantry and a reminder of britain's long tradition of parliamentary democracy. 0nly pregnancy, first with prince andrew and then edward, has prevented the queen opening parliament. 2016 was the final time she was accompanied to her husband. illness the following year and then his retirement from royal duties, meant prince charles took on the role of escort. just as one day he will read out the speech setting out his government's legislative plan. and so this won't be the first time the queen arrives here at the houses of parliament for the state opening without prince philip by her side, it will be the first royal duty she will have carried out in public sinc

presidential state of the union speech today queen elizabeth opened a new session of parliament it's her 1st major public engagement since the death of her husband prince philip this year's ceremony was pared back because of the pandemic with the queen wearing a day dress instead of her usual robes in crown and this time for the 1st time in decades the queen was not accompanied by her husband i mean what remains unchanged the speech delivered by the queen was written by the prime minister will go to the u.k. for analysis in just a moment let's listen to an excerpt of the queen's address my government will strengthen and renew democracy and the coast. legislation will be introduced to ensure all the intended in the election protect freedom of speech and restore the balance of power between the executive legislative and the courts. i want to bring in quentin peel he's an associate fellow with the europe program at the think tank chatham house he's an familiar face to our viewers good evening to you quentin strengthening democracy the introduction of photo i.d.'s for voters am at electi

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the queen's death has brought fresh tension over succession.oyal family has brought a legal challenge to hold the naming of a successor after questioning the authenticity of the late king's will, who died in march. but elders and the royal family believe this can be resolved amicably. >> we are not different from other human beings. people quarrel, people arrive at peace. we are not different. we are the same. we act like other human beings. we sort out our problems. reporter: the next zulu monarch will be chosen from 28 children. the first task will be to reunite the divided family. >> south africa mourns the zulu queen. if you are and rather unusual option -- if you are in need of a coronavirus test, a rather unusual option -- maybe can do it for you. bees can sniff october 19 when presented with infected test samples. scientists say this could the wait time to seconds instead of hours. if the bees since coronavirus any test, they extend their tongues to drink a reward of sugar water, that is how you know you are positive. it could prove usef

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britain's queen elizabeth has opened a new session of parliament traditionally the queen gives a speech each year to outline the government's plans this year pandemic recovery took center stage it was the queen's 1st major public appearance since the funeral of her husband the late prince philip last. it's a ceremonial nod to tradition but purposefully not too over the top each year queen elizabeth marks the start of a new political term with the speech and this year was no different despite fewer people being present in the house of lords juta coronavirus restrictions. the british constitution gives the concept of power to the crown but it's the government which truly wields power in his speech queen elizabeth details the government's upcoming plans. my government will build on the success of the vaccination program to lead the world in life's earnest is apparently airing new treatments against diseases like cancer and securing jobs and investment across the country. through the queen's speech prime minister bar as johnson's government set out its goals and howard wants to quote unleas

visit ncicap.org] >> earlier today, queen elizabeth ii gave a speechout lining the gth's policies and proposed legislation for the new session of parliament. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> detail. .. >>. [silence] >>. [silence). >> landlords may be seated. [laughter] >> closed the door. >> miss blackwell, open the door. >> mister speaker, the queen mother. [inaudible] make way for mister speaker. [silence] >>. [inaudible] >>. [silence] my lords and members of thehouse of commons , my governor's priority was to deliver a nationalrecovery from the pandemic . make the united kingdom stronger, wealthier and more prosperous than before . to achieve this my government will level opportunities across allparts of the united kingdom .supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth. addressing the impact of the pandemic. on public services. my governor will protect the health of the nation, continuing the vaccination program and providing additional funding to support the nhs. my ministers will bring forward legislation to empower the nhs to innovate and embrace techn

a lot, you are the only one who has met the queen and talked to the queen.still be handling it with such ease, i'm just proud of her. >> i really love talking to him. number one, i thanked paul -- i have such admiration and respect that he even took the time to speak to us about this because he -- he doesn't do many interviews. when he was 10-years-old in his class he had to write an essay about the queen, the class did, and paul won. paul won the writing contest at 10-years-old. go from that -- he was just talking about what a lovely woman she is and what she represented. as you are when you're t10. you have a fascination with royalty. to go from writing that essay to then going to meet her -- he's been to the palace several times because he's gotten many awards. they definitely have some kind of connection. >> yeah. i do -- i love the fact -- >> very respectful. >> i love that the queen -- did she knight them? knighted them -- the beatles -- >> sir paul. and paul's won a couple of awards just on his own, just him and the queen. he's very special, that paul

speech.— will be the gaping hole in this queen's speech. will be the gaping hole in this queen's seechthat a public consultation will be opened before a ban on so—called conversion therapy, which is due to be announced in the queen's speech. nhs england describes "conversion therapy" as an attempt to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity. it's thought the consultation will consider religious freedom and how to protect professionals, including therapists. campaigners say ministers must act fastand bring in a ban across all settings. the equality adviser, jayne 0zanne, who resigned from a government advisory panel after accusing ministers of creating hostile environment for lgbt+ people and being slow to act told me how she survived her ordeal. in effect, all sorts of people, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, typically, we all go through three phases, the first, which i went through is the silent phase, where you carry this dark secret which you are terribly ashamed of because in my case, my faith told me i could not be gay and yet i knew the love i longed for was fro

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the queen became acting leader only last month. five weeks later, she was dead. minister of the zulu nation gave an interview to the state broadcaster. he said the queen had been unwell for quite some time and first went for treatment around two years ago. >> when she left, she was ill and rumors were she was poisoned. now other things are too radical, i'm not going to get into them. >> the family says she was not po and there was no evidence of any wrongdoing. leaving that aside, there is still plenty of intrigue because the person who becom the next monarch will wield considerable power. those who study royal courts are surprised to see there is a power struggle going on. >> traditional leadership is never a vacuum. somebody, everybody together working together to resolve this. it will be resolved. it is just unfortunate, it is all over. it's not new, but it is a shock. it is a disappointment. >> the queen's body is being transferred from johannesburg to the royal palace. >> the royal household has moved swiftly to say that just because the queen has died, it d

presidential state of the union speech today queen elizabeth opened a new session of parliament it's her 1st major public engagement since the death of her husband prince philip this year's ceremony was pared back because of the pandemic with the queen wearing a day dress instead of her usual robes in crayon and this time for the 1st time in decades the queen was not accompanied by her husband i mean what remains unchanged the speech delivered by the queen was written by the prime minister will go to the u.k. for analysis in just a moment let's listen to an excerpt of the queen's address my government will strengthen and renew democracy and the constitution legislation will be introduced to ensure the integrity of election protect freedom of speech and we stole the balance of power between the executive legislature and the courts. i want to bring in quentin peel he's an associate fellow with the europe program at the think tank chatham house he's a familiar face to our viewers good evening to you quentin and strengthening democracy the introduction of photo i.d.'s for voters and at e

since _ this queen speech is all about. since got — this queen speech is all about.e got elected, since december, in a few months we got brexit done and then— in a few months we got brexit done and then we went into the pandemic. the government have been dealing with this _ the government have been dealing with this public health crisis day and night, but this queen's speech is about— and night, but this queen's speech is about really go back to the manifest— is about really go back to the manifest and commitment and building on that— manifest and commitment and building on that and _ manifest and commitment and building on that and making sure we deliver. can i_ on that and making sure we deliver. can iiust _ on that and making sure we deliver. can ijust get back to the voter id again because wejust can ijust get back to the voter id again because we just showed up there on this green, there are some 3.5 million uk voters don't have the acceptable forms that this would require. i get you are saying this is a commitment, but it is a commitment to fix a problem it doe

speech— obviously they will use this queen's speech to _ obviously they will use this queen's speechat we will hear our bills that they announced last year after— our bills that they announced last year after the general election that they have — year after the general election that they have not had time to get to in they have not had time to get to in the last— they have not had time to get to in the last year because of the coronavirus crisis so a lot of them will be _ coronavirus crisis so a lot of them will be repeat bills we have heard them _ will be repeat bills we have heard them talk— will be repeat bills we have heard them talk about before but one of them talk about before but one of the interesting things will be what is in there — the interesting things will be what is in there that is new, what will appeal— is in there that is new, what will appeal to — is in there that is new, what will appeal to people in these redwall seats? _ appeal to people in these redwall seats? �* appeal to people in these redwall seats? . ., appeal to people in these redwall seats? �* ., , app

this queen's speech merely papers over the cracks.and distant promises. this government's never short of those. but it misses the urgency and the scale of the transformation that's needed. but the prime minister was bullish, fresh from election success. we must use this opportunity to achieve a national recovery so that jabs, jabs, jabs becomesjobs, jobs, jobs. that is our plan, mr speaker, and to address the decades old problems that have held us back. the tories, though, have had 11 years in charge — not lost on the other parties. we know the past westminster has imposed, and we now know the future that it will inflict. westminster has chosen its future, a job—destroying brexit, a return to austerity cuts and more attacks on devolution. today's most immediately disappointing omission . is the government's failure - to deliver on its manifesto pledge to reform social care. after a year of politics as usual being frozen, this queen's speech is a sign of things getting back to normal. ministers hope to make progress beyond the pandemic

what was in the queen's _ particular patch. what was in the queen's speech - particular patch.hat was in the queen's speech that - particular patch. what was in | the queen's speech that gave you hope in regards to the goal of levelling up britain, for example, education foradults example, education for adults and example, education foradults and training, will that help? it will, and to the skill and lifelong learning was a flagship and the government was trying to use to level up. i think it's a good thing. we know there is a huge amount of investment that is needed, it has declined since 2010 and when you compared to what the eu spends, we spent two—thirds on average to what they do, and it is a big problem and we need to greet this if we want to level up. and the challenges the life learn learning itself and the government needs to firstly reverse investment and the cuts since 2010. these skills exist is creaking, it is fragmented and fragile and again we need to arrest more power locally so places can look at their local economy, think about thejobs look at their local eco

drag queens, we are everyday people.i'm going to read from my own book, "the hips on the drag queen go swish swish swish." i wrote this book because i wanted everyone to experience the magic of drag and get a little practice shaking their heads were shimmying their shoulders. >> tucker: at one point in the show the drag queen says, i think we might have some drag queens and training on her hands which is honestly the point. tammy bruce is the host of "get tammy bruce." what do you think of this? >> this is fascinating. because what you got here as you described in your opening is this effort i think to influence and was talking about it, not only in one place should parents could be concerned. taxpayer dollars were going for this but the gay community should be concerned, this is the opposite of what the gay community says they care about. they come out against the conversion therapy and the argument is, people are going to become who they are and we shouldn't be persuaded or moved or changed and here it is, arguably thi

tonight hms queen _ shift. it's a gesture. tonight hms queen elizabeth - shift. it's a gesture. set sail on her 26,000 mile voltage. it does mark a new era for the navy, but with it we define britain's place in the world. this year's eurovision song contest has just ended a short while ago, with italy being voted this year's winners. the competition which was cancelled last year was hosted by the netherlands in rotterdam with a smaller audience and subject to some coronavirus restrictions. france came second and switzerland third, and at the very bottom was the united kingdom, receiving zero points both from the judges and the public. well a little earlier we spoke to the bbc�*s steve holden who watched the night unfold in rotterdam and he had this to say about this years eurovision champions. the winner this year is italy, who were the favourites before the contest began, they are a rock band from rome, they put on an assured and confident performance tonight, full of pyrotechnics, star quality, the kind of show that you would see at a festival or a massive rock getting in an a

loosely translated means �*the queen's sun has set.�* speaks zulu. royal palace. the burial will be followed by a state funded memorial on friday. the queen's death has brought fresh tension over succession in the zulu monarchy. factions within the royal family have brought a legal challenge to hold the naming of a successor after questioning the authenticity of the late king goodwill zwelithini's will, who died in march. but elders in the royal family believe this can be resolved amicably. we're not different from other human beings. people arrive in peace. we are no different, we are the same. we are all homo sapiens species like other human species. and actually we will act like other human beings when we sort out our problems. the next zulu monarch will be chosen from one of the late king's 28 children, and his first task will be to reunite the divided family. nomsa maseko bbc news. plenty more on that story and indeed all of the others on the website. if you are watching in the uk, go to the uk website. backin the uk, go to the uk website. back

privy counsello rs appointed by the queen arrived in the lords privy counsellors appointed by the queens with the queen's speech, black rod, the lord's senior official, is dispatched to be commons to summon mps to the upper house. the titles of the acts that have been passed by parliament are read out and the clark of the parliament replies in norman french. la reyne le veult. which roughly translates as, �*the queen wishes it.�* once the bills have been read out in the lords, the same announcement is repeated by the speaker in the house of commons, and this session of parliament is over. which means we'll be away for a few days too. but do join david cornock on tuesday the 11th of may when parliament returns with the slightly scaled—down ceremony of the queen's speech, when the government's new legislative plans are unveiled. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. it isa it is a familiar story again today, cool for the time of year, again some sunshine and showers, take you back to earlier this morning where it was generally sunny, few showers. a short time ago you can see the

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the queen's speech contained 30 bills.re investment around the uk to strengthen economic ties across the union. legislation to support what the government says will be a lifetime guarantee for skills and training. changes to the planning system to allow more homes to be built will be brought forward along with binding environmental targets, plus plans for long—delayed online safety laws — bringing regulation to the internet to tackle illegal content. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. a red letter day around here, preparing for the visit from the monarch. the official new start for this palace. some of the colour, some of the pageantry, less formal because of covid. and the lonely crown. the queen's 67th state opening. the first since prince philip passed away. but some of the refrains were the same. the bang on the door. the prime minister's plans. in her voice. my government will level up opportunities across all parts of the united kingdom. the jargon confirmed from the throne, the government wants everyone t

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the queen has set out the government's priorities at the state opening of parliament.e. so the queen has been to parliament and delivered the speech which opens a new session. there was less of the usual pageantry, due to pandemic restrictions. but her speech did contain 30 new bills. she said: the government's priority is to recover from the pandemic, continuing the vaccine programme and providing additionalfunding to support the nhs. legislation to widen access to adult education will be introduced, as part of a "lifetime skills guarantee". and there will be new laws to boost housebuilding, and enchance the rights of renters. let's listen to the start of her speech my my lords and members of the house of commons. my government's priority is to deliver a recovery from the pandemic, that makes the united kingdom stronger, healthier and more prosperous than before. to achieve this, my government will level up opportunities across all parts of the united kingdom, supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth, and addressing the impact of the kim pandemic on public serv