this meghan markle in public with the wider royalfamily.an markle in public with the wider royal family. this group of people who will become her own family next may when she marries prince harry. this is quite new today. she's kept her head down a bit, tucked into prince harry as she walked up. maybe a few nerves, but i think all the members of the royal family will want to make her feel welcome to date. i think we can forgive heard the nerves. i gave away a little secret earlier. somebody told me they opened some of their christmas presents on christmas eve. is that right? yes, that's right. that's not back to their german ancestry. it started with queen victoria's husband albert, who set up this tradition of opening the guests on christmas eve. there is a team here at sandringham on christmas eve, baguettes are on the table and the royal family exchange most of their gifts there. nothing extravagant. the tradition is often forjokey presence or something more personal and home made. it's not big extravagant expense of presence, but there

royal family, it's royal family, the younger members of the royalfamily, it's been hard to keep themer control this morning, there was so excited about christmas. the duchess of kent was asked people whether they were feeling the cold this morning —— duchess of cambridge. there was due to chat going on and they walk back to chat going on and they walk back to the main house where they will now have christmas lunch. so often the spotlight is on the duchess of cambridge at these events and now in a sense it's switched on for a while. yes, it has. there's no question about that, that meghan markle is the new addition to the family and the one that is getting a lot of the attention and scrutiny. she walked in alongside the duchess of cambridge today. i could see them chatting to one another as they walked down the path into church. clearly, the duchess of cambridge will be a significant figure in meghan markle's life in terms of helping her adjust to becoming a member of the royal family, helping her adjust to becoming a member of the royalfamily, what it's like marrying into this family

you cannotjust shove a member of the royal family in you cannotjust shove a member of the royalfamilying serious flooding or whatever, harry would have had this in his diary for quite some time. the fact he has got engaged, yes, meghan comes along with him. it seems that he knows —— she knows about things she will probably campaign on alongside harry. this school is about teaching youngsters not to get involved in crime, something very close to the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry, because it is being founded by the royal foundation. that is something that will become very close to them. so yes, it is something that was planned, and she just happens to be, i am not going to say a passenger, she is a bit more of a passenger having being —— become engaged last month. she certainly is now! plenty more happy conversations to come like this in the next few months, i hope. thank you, dicky. the mayor of london sadiq khan is to take over control of the london stadium, the home of west ham united. it comes as an independent review is published into the stadium's conversion after

british love the royalfamily slightly different.sh love the royal family and love the idea slightly different. british love the royalfamily and love the idea of slightly different. british love the royal family and love the idea of a newly engaged lady with prince harry. prince harry is incredibly popular. the fact she is engaged to him makes it doubly popular. here on monday, the engagement had just been announced by clarence house and we we re announced by clarence house and we were talking with various commentators about how, actually, she was quite ideally suited to this, given her background, her experience, her need to have dealt with the media, being used to the limelight in her career as an actor. she can cope with the media, she's been doing it all of her working life as an actor. that's no problem. the problem lies with paparazzi and u nfortu nately we a re the problem lies with paparazzi and unfortunately we are all potential paparazzi because we've all got a telephone with a camera, so we are all there taking pictures as

members of the royalfamily, the 71 people who died.he royal family, theresa the 71 people who died. members of the royalfamily, theresa may, survivors and the families of the victims attended the multifaith service at st paul's cathedral. in the lord's, the government was asked about new housing for those left homeless and traumatised by the fire. six months is a very long time in these circumstances to be living in hotel accommodation, and no way to spend christmas, vulnerable, u nsettled spend christmas, vulnerable, unsettled and traumatised. can the noble lord tell the house what specific action the government are taking to get these families into accommodation in the new year? to bring the house up to date, 151 homes were lost in the fire, some of those homes were overcrowded, others had multigenerational households, which now wish to divide, so 210 households that formerly lived in g re nfell tower households that formerly lived in grenfell tower and households that formerly lived in gre nfell tower and gre nfell walk households t

it is marrying into the heart of the british royalfamily? it is pretty neat.is daughter there. who are you hoping to see? probably kate and william, and the kids, queen elizabeth of course, and meghan markle and harry. is there area meghan markle and harry. is there are a lot of excitement back home about an american joining the british royals? i think so, i think it isa british royals? i think so, i think it is a unique opportunity. do you wish you were home opening your presence, or are you happy to be here? i am happy to be here. something quite special. and what about you, josh? i am feeling a little bit tired. it will be something you remember in years to come, i promise. i hope you all get a good position. you should do, so early on this morning. and everyone here of course gathering to see the royal family. we should see the queen driven to the church just before 11am, but ahead of her we are expecting to see most members of the royal family walking up to the main house of sandringham, up to st mary magdalene, and accompanied by meghan markle, which is

yekaterinburg remains as the bones of the royalfamily.from god. he was an inflexible autocrat whose instinct, faced with descent, was to crack down hard. the commonest is labelled him bloody nicholas. —— the communists. yet as a tree analyses the revolution today's russia strikes a different note. —— as history. at the church they have a rose tinted view of saint nicholas. i always compare him with the captain ofa i always compare him with the captain of a big ship called russia, and he was on this ship to the end, to the end of this big country. at this school in yekaterinburg they have raised the traditions of czarist russia. a lesson in cossack singing, dancing and sword spinning. and they organise regular school trips from here to the church on the blood to reinforce the connection to nicholas, to russia's imperial past. but what about russia's future? i ask the children if they would like ask the children if they would like a new tsar. i'm sure that in previous times it was good to have a tsar. but today it is difficult. times have c

months ago the grenfell tower claimed the lives of 60 victims and made hundreds homeless and now the royalfamilygoing to a commemoration. it is the abiding image of 2017, it scars the west london cityscape and, perhaps, the conscience of the country. that it happened in one of the richest parts of london has made it for many a tale of two britons, living side by side, but separately. the dale youth boxing club used to train in grenfell tower, their gym was lost to the fire, now they use this concrete corner of a multi—storey car park. three, two... stay down. the club coach is gary mcguinness. he says years of gentrification, of regeneration projects, have made the old london working—class, who used to thrive here, a diminishing presence. regeneration, what does the word mean, like, you know? you know, it seems like it means clear out for the locals to me. that's what's going on around here, ain't it, basically, as you see. you know, the locals are getting pushed out. the kids can't afford to buy places around here. do you think it's got worse over the years? of course it has, yeah. yeah, yeah.

, i am sure, a great deal of attention from around the world, as there always is to the british royalfamilyed states of america. and the date, saturday the 19th of may. the choice of a saturday is unusual but certainly not unprecedented for a royal wedding. there have been royal weddings on saturdays before. iam sure royal weddings on saturdays before. i am sure the calculation has been that because there is to be no public holiday in the united kingdom for this royal wedding, as there was for this royal wedding, as there was for william and kate, the fact it is being staged on a saturday will give those who are so minded an opportunity to go out to windsor, not far from opportunity to go out to windsor, not farfrom london, opportunity to go out to windsor, not far from london, to opportunity to go out to windsor, not farfrom london, to be part of the celebration, as the couple said they wish to be the case. i am sure, although the wedding itself is in the chapel inside windsor castle, there will be a carriage procession through the towns that people can join in. the other interesting thing

members of the british royalfamily and the prime minister, theresa may, joined survivors and relativesin the disaster. the us communications regulator has voted to end net neutrality, the principle introduced by the 0bama administration that internet service providers treat all types of internet traffic the same. protestors who gathered before the vote fear this will create a two—speed internet, forcing customers to pay more for some services. but supporters say removing regulation will increase innovation, as yogita limaye explains. essentially what has happened is that regulation which ensured that internet service providers in america could not charge different prices for different websites, that regulation has been removed. now, this is not a role that needs to be passed by congress, so it could come into effect. china's president and his south korean counterpart say they will not tolerate a war on the korean peninsula. the two countries co—operate in applying sanctions and pressure on pyongyang. it comes as the south korean president met the chinese leader during a state visit to

earlier, the royalfamily had gathered at sandringham for a christmas service, along with prince harry'se. the archbishop of canterbury, in his christmas sermon, lamented what he called "tyrannical leaders around the world", "deceiving their people". and one of london's busiest railway stations makes the most of no passengers today, becoming a shelter for the homeless. good evening. the queen has paid tribute to london and manchester in her annual christmas day broadcast for the way the cities have dealt with terror attacks this year. looking back at 2017, she said their "powerful identities shone through adversity". earlier, she had attended the traditional christmas day service at sandringham, along with other members of the royal family, including prince harry and his fiancee, meghan markle. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it's a day for family, with its own established pattern. for the royal family that means a visit to church, led by the queen. and there, very much at home already, the royal family's soon—to—be newest member, meghan markle. alert to everything that

for the first time we will see her in the presence of the wider royalfamily. will see her in the presencel family. all eyes will be on her and there are already people queueing at the gate to make sure that they get a prime position. and you will be talking to them a bit later on for us. and the queen's christmas day broadcast will be on bbc one at 3:00pm this afternoon. pope francis has urged the world not to ignore the plight of millions of migrants driven from their land, during christmas eve mass. the pontiff compared them to mary and joseph, recounting how they had to travel from nazareth to bethlehem, but found no place to stay. he said many migrants were being forced to flee from leaders who see no problem in shedding innocent blood. meanwhile, services have taken place across the uk and further afield. our religious editor martin bashir reports. at westminster cathedral, cardinal vincent nichols, leader of the roman catholic church in england and wales, framed his christmas message asa wales, framed his christmas message as a statement of concern for the way we tend to communicate

the on with her first official trip with the royalfamily.n the times this morning, just talking about universities opening their minds of students, not closing them. this is to do with that story we re them. this is to do with that story were talking about this morning from the universities minister, joe johnson, who is morning academic —— warning academic institutions today that they should allow free speech, so that they should allow free speech, so allow any controversial speakers to bea so allow any controversial speakers to be a will to speak within academic settings. the daily express, that picture again of the royal couple there. the story there about boxing day sales, they say £a billion will be spent in the shops today. we will be talking this morning about how that will compare to previous years. there is some speculation that, actually, we are not looking too attractive for the boxing day sales. the daily telegraph, this is a story this morning which is connect it to the christmas charity appeal. they say the homeless were denied

i am lucky to see prince harry, the royalfamily. that is it.very stressful since. i am still in school, and this has to do exams. it has been really weird. you have had to do exams and as happened? yes. how did you cope? since i did not know then that well, i thought they weren't really there. i had a lot of stories about when they were happy, andl stories about when they were happy, and i preferred to member those happy moments, rather than remember anything sad. i think the point has been made that people have been so busy coping or trying to cope in these six months, that they have not been having time to reflect. do you think today provided a moment to reflect? a little bit. there is a moment to reflect, but, like i said. there is nothing one can do, just live with it. i am going to live with it until you meet them, because their memories or whatever is going on now. . . their memories or whatever is going on now... it won't bring them back. only the survivors that are going to live with this until we meet them again. thank you so much forj

they find it quite cute, the royalfamily and so on. but bemused.culture of exceptionalism which on one hand they like the brits but on the other hand, they don't. i wonder if it is things like when they hear about how many sugars does david davis have. somebody told me it was five, but then another said it was seven. time foran then another said it was seven. time for an experiment. we are going to doa for an experiment. we are going to do a taste test. in goes another one the. —— number one. this is brexitcast live, a slightly unconventional approach. while you are doing this, we will listen to something because this week michel barnier's team punish de marchi published a dossier of those who we re published a dossier of those who were worried that citizens or write. if you are staying in the uk after brexit, they did a list of questions that. he will take it in a minute. have a listen to this. go onto a drink it now! down the hatch. don't! quite horrible. it doesn't all dissolve. there is still stuff in the bottom still. i expect something to hap

this is a picture of the royalfamily, this is the two world cup was there, prince william, kate middletonrvice yesterday. here's why this is interesting. photographers from all over the world wanted to get the perfect picture of meghan markle and the rest of the royal family on their way to church yesterday. but it was a lady called karen who had popped down the road to sandringham that got the perfect shot. shejoins us now on the line from norfolk. good morning, karen. hello. can you believe it? no, i can't believe it at all. there i am! and literally, your picture is on every front cover, pretty much, of all the papers. how does that feel? in one word, overwhelming. i have had five likes maybe an eight week before. but it is a nice photo, i like it. it is lovely, but it is bonkers, and there is another word for you! so tell us how you managed to get that shot. paint the picture for us, how did you get the perfect picture?|j did you get the perfect picture?” was with my daughter rachel and my friend sara, and i literally, and i hate to sound like a bit of a geek here. but we were there e

terms of how they change the image of the royal family. terms of how they change the image of the royalfamily and you are obviously with the website and seeing it grow and peoples interest, how will they connect to a different generation? my son is mixed race and megan is as well, and that intersection allergy and bringing together and bring a platform to a strong, independent woman, that is mixed raced and actually bringing that focus and celebrating diversity. —— all of that intersectionality. is he interested in the royal family? he was over the moon to be there yesterday? incredibly nervous but a very cool, calm and collected person. harry said to him, you must be proud of your month. and he said, yeah, of course. and i said, i be proud of your month. and he said, yeah, of course. and i said, lam so proud of him. and harry when, how great is that? you're proud of each other. what do you see in terms of younger people engaging with monarchy? the fact that harry is one of the most legible royals out there, and the fact he is... yesterday we were at nottingham academy and he did the walkabou

decades as a high—profile member of the royal family. many decades as a high—profile member of the royalfamily prince harry believe in, that are important. she was wearing a coat early on, now looking more relaxed. chatting to students, who are very excited. this is where they have chosen to come and speak and they are very excited about that. prince harry, whenever you see him on walkabouts, he's always very animated, he takes time to talk to as many people as possible, shaking hands and talking to people. you can see in both of them, it is clearly pa rt see in both of them, it is clearly part of her personality, her character, which means they will work together and they will be a force to be reckoned with when it comes to carrying out the work that the royal foundation wants to carry out. this is their last engagement of the day. the first was in the middle of the city of nottingham, highlighting the issue of aids awareness, because this is world aids day. this is their second and final engagement. thanks forjoining us. with me is royal commentator and former buckingham palace spokesman dic