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letters on them and saying "not my king", and there was an interesting little moment as the royal company of archersfamily. some people strongly against it, and in favour notjust strongly against it, and in favour not just of a strongly against it, and in favour notjust of a republic, but of an independent republic, an independent scotland. but still a lot of people who have affection for the crown and value the institution of the monarchy. i think what we are going to see today, alongside those small protests, is a lot of people on this street, the royal mile, this very historic street that runs from edinburgh castle at the top, down to the palace of holyroodhouse, that is the palace of holyroodhouse, that is the royal residence in scotland. these streets are going to be packed with people. a lot of visitors, but local people, people from edinburgh, and perhaps from other parts of scotland as well. there is going to be really, i think, an astonishing and quite excitable atmosphere here. this is going to be the chance for people who support the monarchy to show that support, to celebrate the fact th

of the royal mile. but we can reflect that ahead of the service at saint giles cathedral, the royal company of archers hasovereign bodyguards . so i don't think bodyguards. so i don't think they'll stand any nonsense in terms of any kind of direct intervention . but of course we intervention. but of course we do have a huge police operation, security operation. we have the close protection officers, of course , for the royal family as course, for the royal family as well. and we can see, oh, yes, getting in step there, although that might take a bit of adjustment while this is happening , many people have happening, many people have started arriving at sir saint giles cathedral ahead of that national service of thanksgiving at quarter past two. >> there'll be many scottish politicians and members of the judiciary, although some some politicians have decided to boycott it , haven't they? yeah. boycott it, haven't they? yeah. >> let's bring in cameron , who >> let's bring in cameron, who is our royal correspondent , who is our royal correspondent, who is our royal correspondent, who is there for this occasi

of buccleuch behind of the king there, the head of the company of archer�*s, the king�*s bodyguard of scotland, which will be by his side. the royalcommunion table, the centre of st giles. and on the other side of that, the honours. # let the people praise thee, o god # yea, let all the people praise thee # 0 let the nations rejoice and be glad # for thou shaltjudge the folk righteously # and govern the nations upon earth.# # let the people praise thee, o god nations upon earth.# # let all the people praise thee nations upon earth.# welcome to st giles�* cathedral, the high kirk of edinburgh, for this service of thanksgiving and dedication, as the king is presented with the honours of scotland, crown, sword and sceptre, symbolising his commitment to serving our nation with humility and compassion in his high calling. this church has had royal connections since it was chartered by king david the first of scotland in 1124. king james vi worshipped here. king george iv visited during his famous visit to edinburgh in 1822. and the late queen elizabeth received the honours of scotland here in 1953, and today, we welcome her heir, king

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there was an interesting little moment as the royal company of archers, the ceremonial bodyguard thatman effluent is going to be poured in 500 metres upstream. it's just not good enough. 0ur rivers are in the worst state of any nation in europe and that is a source, or should be a source, of national shame. water from the thames has been sampled here daily over a four—week period, including throughout last week's henley royal regatta. volunteers were specially trained to conduct the tests using scientific equipment and methods and insist their evidence is irrefutable. if you can pour it into there, that would be brilliant. so we were actually testing for bacteria. so e.coli and enterococci, which are two bacteria which can cause a lot of harm to humans. and we found after a rain event, a huge surge in e.coli in the river. we were also testing for pollutants as well, nitrates and phosphates. and basically what we found through the testing of those is this is in poor ecological health as a stretch of river. the testing was specially commissioned by national campaign group river action.