good afternoon. it's 1:00. this is the good afternoon. it's1:00. this is the latest from the gb newsroom a shooting in a pub in merseyside on christmas that killed a woman and injured number of others has been described as heartbreaking. the woman died from her injuries in hospital. an investigation is now underway. three men were also taken to hospital with gunshot wounds after incident at the lighthouse inn on the wirral just before midnight . millions just before midnight. millions of people across the country be tuning in today to watch king

give his first christmas speech as monarch . charles recorded the as monarch. charles recorded the broadcast airs later today at 3:00. speaking earlier on gb news royal correspond ends, cameron walker explained what speech today will signify for the king as he pays tribute to his late mother is expected to pay his late mother is expected to pay to the life and legacy of his late mother , elizabeth, the his late mother, elizabeth, the second in his first televised christmas message to the nation and the commonwealth. he is the first king actually to have a televised address to get that message on christmas day. it was king george that delivered the first christmas message but that was via radio and grandfather king george was delivered his via radio . it was only during via radio. it was only during the reign of queen elizabeth that we actually started to see television christmas messages . television christmas messages. but the king recorded it's on december 13th on on that tuesday in the choir of st george's chapel very significant that it

was in george's chapel. and that is because is the final resting place of queen elizabeth. the second and her late husband , second and her late husband, prince philip. so that is why perhaps the king is going to be paying perhaps the king is going to be paying tribute to his late mother in. that speech while the king has attended the royal family's christmas day church service , sandringham, the king service, sandringham, the king and the queen consort were joined by the prince and princess of wales and their children , the earl and countess children, the earl and countess of wessex were alongside them. this is gathering at sandringham is the time the royal family spent christmas at the norfolk residence since 2019 , the residence since 2019, the archbishop of canterbury has given his christmas salmon paying given his christmas salmon paying tribute the late queen and remembering who suffer immense anxiety and hardship . immense anxiety and hardship. justin welby said there's hope in the birth of jesus christ. despite around the world and the cost of living crisis, he's also

praised the example set by the late queen, saying she lived a life of service and put her interest after she served . over interest after she served. over a million americans and canadians are facing christmas day without power as a winter storm. can tends to hit north america according to reports whether related car accidents in the left at least 16 dead nearly 3000 flights were cancelled yesterday with some airports closed . new york's governor has closed. new york's governor has declared a state of emergency. thousands of people planning to travel by train tomorrow are being advised to make alternate plans due to a rail strike . no plans due to a rail strike. no train services or limited train services are expected it on boxing day . it comes as members boxing day. it comes as members of the rmt will walk out again in an ongoing dispute overjobs, pay in an ongoing dispute overjobs, pay and conditions. the disruption will also impact airport transfers, including london's heathrow and stanstead

. the lack of trains means the aa expects over 15 million cars to be on the uk roads tomorrow . to be on the uk roads tomorrow. a water firm is urging consumers not to pour turkey fat down the sink as it could block the surge southwest water serves almost 1 million households across devon and cornwall . the waste that and cornwall. the waste that could clog when it cools , the could clog when it cools, the company says. every year they deal with over 8000 blocked sewers across region now thousands of people across the uk have kicked off their christmas days celebrations with a cold water swim. hundreds of people braved icy waters. many dressed in christmas clothing that was along the coast in suffolk this morning . and the suffolk this morning. and the bagpipes led proceedings at london's hyde park , but many london's hyde park, but many more braved cold water swimmers

this morning as and the prince and princess of wales have shared a christmas painting created by george for those listening to us on the radio , listening to us on the radio, painting shows a portrait of , a painting shows a portrait of, a reindeer in the snow with a lovely sky blue back round alongside it, with robins perched on the deer's antlers . perched on the deer's antlers. and the message attached to this by little prince george says, merry christmas . and a very merry christmas. and a very merry christmas to you. tv online and dab+ radio . this is online and dab+ radio. this is gb news i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour . news at the top of the hour. 2022 is the year. the royal family changed forever . we said family changed forever. we said goodbye to our beloved queen and

welcomed in a new king . i'm welcomed in a new king. i'm cameron walker. gb news royal reporter and i'm taking you a journey. looking back on a major year for the royals and the constitutional change has engulfed great britain . coming engulfed great britain. coming up, we look back a jubilant weekend of pomp and pageantry when the country came together to celebrate the queen 70 years of service . the first all to be of service. the first all to be celebrating not just the queen, but life. our lives are being together again was, i think, something very, very special . something very, very special. we'll share details why prince andrew might have decided to settle out of court with his accuser. settle out of court with his accuser . it's often a strategy accuser. it's often a strategy that they utilise just make something go away . plus, something go away. plus, alastair stewart's and arlene foster reflect on what the passing the queen means for. great february marks 70th anniversary

of the queen to the throne. her majesty was just 25 years old. i've come sandringham. when? on the eve of the queen's platinum jubilee, she hosted a magnet reception in the ballroom of sandringham house for locals. the queen renewed her pledge she made on her 21st birthday. that's her life would always be devoted to our and declared it was sincere wish. that's camilla was sincere wish. that's camilla was one day be known as queen consort former mayor of king's lynn councillor harry humphrey welcomes the queen to the ballroom. i expect it really to be one of the may one of the people at the reception, but i was particularly on it when i got the had to say where do i stand? and i said took me over to the door and i thought, why because you're going to see the when she comes into her. what an honour. when she comes into her. what an honour . absolutely fantastic . honour. absolutely fantastic. that was a wonderful moment. her late majesty was present into sandringham women's institute . sandringham women's institute. yvonne brown is the chairman and was invited to the reception .

was invited to the reception. obviously she looked frailer because we'd had covid and, the duke had died and everything, but she looked really, really well to the respite . she asked well to the respite. she asked us how we'd all got on during covid, what us how we'd all got on during covid, what we'd been up to, and just chatted like she always does when she used to come to the meetings. well, that intimate reception for locals was followed by a global performance of pomp , pageantry. performance of pomp, pageantry. i remember well, gb news this platform was just the other side of the road and provided us and you with a great view of the queen's platinum jubilee. the queen's platinum jubilee. the queen watched the traditional trooping the colour parade from the buckingham palace balcony. her family her for the spectacular raaf . the number 70 spectacular raaf. the number 70 was shaped in the sky despite one or two tantrum as crowds cheered for the pageant celebrating different decades of her majesty's reign . and we had her majesty's reign. and we had the privilege of seeing queen alongside three generations since and her three as to the

delight. her majesty also a surprise appearance alongside paddington bear. katie nicholl is the boy. that's a vanity fair. her book, the new, contains new stories from family members, palace courtiers and aides. there was such a global interest in this sort of mammoth four day celebration of the queen's 70 years on the throne. and i remember speaking to many people there who weren't even monarchists, they were people who wanted to come and soak up the atmosphere, who wanted to bnng the atmosphere, who wanted to bring their children to be a part history in the making. part of history in the making. and, of course to try and get to those who were to have a glimpse of the queen. and i do remember having that sense of almost this being a bit of cinema song that this was the final farewell. i mean, the queen did look very, very frail, albeit happy to be there, but very frail . and i do there, but very frail. and i do remember thinking, i wonder if we'll ever see her on this balcony again. the public reaction, the mood it one was

quite now that the queen's no longer with us . but the fact longer with us. but the fact that they were clearly in love with the queen. oh, they were so happy to see her. i mean, i there was a sense of jubilation because people had been able to come together. i mean, because of covid, there hadn't been this sort of mass gathering for two years. so us all to be together for all to be celebrating, not just the queen but life. our lives are being together again was i something very, very special ? the people that were special? the people that were there. and the balcony. it was there. and the balcony. it was the decision was made that any working members of the royal family would be there, which meant no prince andrew an immense no harry and meghan. a decision the palace which perhaps caused some controversy. what do you think the reasons behind that? well, i think the decision to just working and decision to be just working and that balcony was was the right decision. and i think it was reflective of the direction that the monarchy has been moving and is certainly moving now under

reign of charles. and it was a way neatly sidestepping to particularly difficult issues. the sussexes and the rift at the heart of the house of windsor. and, of course, prince andrew. i mean, it would have been absolute awful for andrew to have been up on that balcony and would have detracted from the star show , who was an star of the show, who was an absolute he rightly so the queen do you think there was any sense of charles to portray a slimmed down monarchy to what eventually he took over. charles is slimmed down. a vision of the monarchy is something that he's always wanted and it's something that image of the queen and then the three as it's something we're probably never going to see again. no, we've not. monarch again. no, we've not. a monarch and three reigning heir. so it was a powerful, important was a really powerful, important historic image . prince louis historic image. prince louis appeared to have a little bits of attention. william kate's i suppose it's a big decision for them to decide much exposure to give children decisions like this . well, when we saw the

this. well, when we saw the cambridge children in the carriage procession , i remember carriage procession, i remember thinking, goodness. i mean , i thinking, goodness. i mean, i don't know if i would trust my four year old in a carriage. there was the duchess looking pristine and white, actually immaculate, as she always does with these three beautiful, impeccably children. who knew to dip their heads when the colour passed . i mean, it was little passed. i mean, it was little details like that that showed you the cambridges you as much as the cambridges and the wales is have done and now the wales is have done a brilliant job in raising these three children giving them an ordinary playdates at ordinary life with playdates at the going pretty the palace and going a pretty ordinary privileged ordinary albeit very privileged schools. they're also being in that duty and you just see them up on that palace was a wonderful tree . so i think for wonderful tree. so i think for all royal watchers , a reminder all royal watchers, a reminder of the next of royalty. and so important image in that respect. but i think it also humanises the royal. it makes them all the more relatable so. yes. seeing little louis having something of a royal tantrum in the royal box , you know hats , off to the , you know hats, off to the duchess for her coolness when she knew the cameras would be trained on her. so i

particularly the prince of wales, stepping in to say, come and pass him over to me and putting louis on his lap and having that wonderful moment where you saw him not actually as the of wales, but as as the prince of wales, but as the grandfather. i also caught up with pandor forsyth . pandor the grandfather. i also caught ufthe1h pandor forsyth . pandor the grandfather. i also caught ufthe hostndor forsyth . pandor the grandfather. i also caught ufthe host of)r forsyth . pandor the grandfather. i also caught ufthe host of thersyth . pandor the grandfather. i also caught ufthe host of the daily. pandor the grandfather. i also caught ufthe host of the daily express' is the host of the daily express . as rounds up the royal . as royal rounds up the royal must be so proud of this summer. just gone . it was genius. just gone. it was genius. everything from drones going in the sky, getting that modern on everything through to those iconic moments where. we saw prince louis having his cheeky, cheeky behaviour through to the late queen who came out on couple of occasions. the queen , couple of occasions. the queen, we know, had mobility issues . we know, had mobility issues. there was no guarantee we actually would have seen her. i know in the build up to it. it was very much on the day to see she was feeling we were very very lucky to share that moment with her and it will be memories, sure. which will last all of our lifetime. so we've never seen anything like that i'm sure actually we'll never

see like that again . any working see like that again. any working members of the royal family the balcony, of course. no. harry and meghan . no. prince and meghan. no. prince andrew? no that would have been the queen's decision . everything queen's decision. everything that would gone past that we saw would have gone past the queen. i think that, sets a very good standard, very very good standard, a very precedent we will now precedent to what we will now see moving can't stop see moving forward. i can't stop talking about it now , referring talking about it now, referring to the queen and her surprise afternoon tea with paddington bear. afternoon tea with paddington bear . this afternoon tea with paddington bear. this was so sweet and this is exactly what i'm talking aboutin is exactly what i'm talking about in terms of engaging the younger generations. paddington bearis younger generations. paddington bear is a british icon. i think for me , and from whatever for me, and from whatever generation you're from, you know, paddington bear. and it also gave a very sweet moment recently with her passing where the queen actually gave out some of those bears which were lined lined the mall all the way through to the palace where left flowers bear some of them left marmalade sandwiches , didn't

marmalade sandwiches, didn't they? which they got told you need stop bringing marmalade sandwiches . but yes she gave sandwiches. but yes she gave them i think barnardos charity just few selection of them just a few selection of them coming up was within kate's toun coming up was within kate's tour. an unwelcome reminder , tour. an unwelcome reminder, colonialism or unfair media sensation ? those were images of sensation? those were images of the past of imperialism . and the past of imperialism. and alistair stuart reveals , what alistair stuart reveals, what was going through his mind as he broke one of the most important of his career? you just know that an awful lot of people will be listening and watching and it is a determination to try and get it right . looking ahead to get it right. looking ahead to this afternoon , the uk is this afternoon, the uk is looking mild for most and some sunny spells but also windy with showery . let's take a look at showery. let's take a look at the details starting off. looking at scotland and here there will be some showery rain across southern parts this afternoon whilst colder air

bnngs afternoon whilst colder air brings social out from the north later on it will be very wet for a time across northern ireland as a band of heavy rain pushes eastwards with some strong winds , the same band of showery will push across north western england too, though it will take a bit of time to push across all parts . sunny spells for much of parts. sunny spells for much of wales this afternoon with a few showers feeding in from the north—west turning wetter later as the band showery rain sweeps across temperatures widely in double figures . meanwhile, it's double figures. meanwhile, it's looking mostly dry with decent sunny breaks across much of the east midlands. more southern parts have a little rain for a time, but this should clear through the afternoon , a similar through the afternoon, a similar picture across east anglia . that picture across east anglia. that will be some mostly light rain for a time, mainly across essex , but for most it will be fine and dry with sunny spells across countries. the earlier rain will be clearing away to the east. meanwhile we can expect some further showers in west with some sunny spells in between the

band of showery rain will continue south eastwards later with colder air from the north, bringing snow showers. and that is how the weather is shaping up for the rest of the day

welcome back . now the royal welcome back. now the royal family was sent around the world in the spring to mark the queen's platinum jubilee, perhaps in attempt to shore up support for the monarchy. commonwealth countries . charles commonwealth countries. charles and camilla's visit to canada proves on the whole a success. the biggest challenge arguably came from prince william and catherine's towards a belize jamaica and the bahamas. catherine's towards a belize jamaica and the bahamas . the jamaica and the bahamas. the then duke and duchess of cambridge helped restore coral reefs going scuba diving. reefs by going scuba diving. william pays football with the locals and kate's focus is on early childhood developments . early childhood developments. but what should have been a goodwill mission turned into something different. an unfortunate it's picture of them

greeting children through a wide fence echoed . for some the fence echoed. for some the historical slave right on an open top landrover used by queen elizabeth and prince philip decades before was described by local campaigners as colonial. so was it a disaster? social media seem to think so . so was it a disaster? social media seem to think so. i'm not so sure. but what do my guests think? firstly spoke to professor rosalie hamilton . professor rosalie hamilton. rosalie is a jamaican academic and remembers the trip well. i think over the last few years i'm certainly with it over the last few months, especially since the royal . so william and since the royal. so william and kate , the information that the kate, the information that the royal family started and profited from the trafficking of africans and the enslavement of africans and the enslavement of africans was a wake up call for many jamaicans. they didn't know that. some people would argue very easily that the current royal family has absolutely nothing to do with what's happened 200 years ago, when the historical trade was going on.

but perhaps your argument is that the current royal are indirectly still profiting not only have the royal family continued to benefit from that wealth but on the other side jamaicans, caribbean people and people who have come out of this process of colonisation continue to with the negative legacies of that colonial before they rise the network in jamaica, which you are part of right and open letters to them didn't you. so just explain what it said . we just explain what it said. we thought that it was really inappropriate at a time when the country could least it for royals to be able to be welcomed in our country , to celebrate an in our country, to celebrate an anniversary of their grandmother. we didn't feel that connection . but there were also

connection. but there were also what appeared be hundreds, if not thousands people coming out to. support will and kate's on the tour cheering, waving flags . what do you say to that? the best evidence we have is a reason poll that was done in july of this year. and that poll suggests that about 27% of jemmy to support the royal family they his declining to is the only country that still has a monarch the british monarch as head of state is the only that requires a visa to go to britain . and a visa to go to britain. and importantly a visa to our highest court appeal to the privy council . now that really privy council. now that really troubled a lot of jamaica ons because they see that as unfair. so will and kate's caribbean to prove controversial perhaps for

a number of reasons. some people saying that it looked to colonial and it didn't sit well with jamaicans did it? it absolutely not. those were of the past. of imperial rule . and the past. of imperial rule. and i think it concretised in the minds of many that that could subservient type persist and other kinds of images where. you know they were dancing with people in the courtyard. and so on where images that are more modern and reflective . but the modern and reflective. but the fact that those images coexist with other kinds of contradictory images suggests that lot that at the core not much has changed. the thing that frustrates me about the coverage of the photograph of will and kate greeting kids through a wide fence is because raheem

sterling jamaican football player had exactly the same image pretty much taken on exactly the same day but it didn't get nearly as much , did didn't get nearly as much, did it as willing? kate's did. didn't get nearly as much, did it as willing? kate's did . so it as willing? kate's did. so what are your thoughts on that? those images don't and can distort and shift the real experiences our people. images don't whitewash that and so it's the actual that we have of a monarch as head of state that inconsistent with reality. i think it was very much a mixed reaction wasn't it. we also saw those pictures with the hands through fence . it shone a light through fence. it shone a light on issues which have been surrounding the family for years. however i surrounding the family for years. howeveri do surrounding the family for years. however i do think that

kate, catherine and william had no malice or ill intent behind that. no malice or ill intent behind that . and i think it's important that. and i think it's important moving forward. they are aware of those issues and people do hold resentment towards them in some parts of the world. and it's important to acknowledge that. it's important to acknowledge that . and if people aren't that. and if people aren't listened to, that's when relations really do go down the pan, because the issue , the pan, because the issue, the protesters particularly jamaica, was calls for reparation from the british states, the royal family will, in kate's words, alive . the queen wasn't alive . alive. the queen wasn't alive. so do you think the intent of the over this whole was lost on social media? because that was the that went viral. yes. i think if royal family had their way , then every of coverage and way, then every of coverage and every bit of press would be positive. but wouldn't be doing ourjobs positive. but wouldn't be doing our jobs unless we really gave

ourjobs unless we really gave a real account of happened. it was a difficult situation them particularly with do you remember the open top lingerie that they stood on? and some criticism came that saying it was too colonial. but criticism came that saying it was too colonial . but actually was too colonial. but actually that was the jamaican government's who asks them to do that. the royal family is so based on tradition they like bringing in old traditions along the way and bringing them into modern life . i think now more modern life. i think now more thought process needs to go behind these these moments is not of a time where, you know, every newspaper is going to back that. and i think what they did do pretty well with social media is release those videos of the two of them scuba diving showing the underwater , of course, the underwater, of course, conservation, a huge issue . conservation, a huge issue. william in particular. there was lots of positives on this , too, lots of positives on this, too, right? yeah, lots of positives. lots of great photos moments to take away. in i remember some of

the photos being on some of the front covers . another example of front covers. another example of the pomp and pageantry of the united was the first state visits of king hosted the first time, of course, as monarch. he hosted the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, and of the pictures that we're seeing are extremely positive , seeing are extremely positive, aren't they? extremely positive . and one thing actually, which is about having an older monarch, is he has been able establish these relationships the years which the late queen i will not speak her service in a bad way , but she didn't have bad way, but she didn't have that experience when she came to the throne the king has had years of experience and he's learned from the very best. therefore it's more natural for him now to be able to host these these banquets and have real conversation and with his speech just the state banquets got and running as it were inside boring

palace. a couple things stood out to me, the first of which was he repeats is what he said at the commonwealth heads government meeting earlier this year where he said we need to recognise the wrongs which this country have done, perhaps referring to the historical slave trade once again winning a conversation and he starts yes he did that . that in itself was he did that. that in itself was huge.i he did that. that in itself was huge . i think the royal family huge. i think the royal family have shied away from that for a very long time. it showing a completely reign a completely new more perhaps a modern on things. i think people just want to hear that you know the royal family haven't always been perfect americans pillaging the history his relationship with the commonwealth is so important . coming up, dame arlene foster what it was like in the room when charles was formally

proclaimed king . he lost his proclaimed king. he lost his mother on thursday. here he was on the saturday morning, standing in front of all of his privy councillors there , his privy councillors there, his privy councillors there, his privy councillors and i. and it was quite a moment have to say and find out why prince relationship with the royal family is on a knife edge. if is seen to be overtly critical and damaging of the royal family as an institution there be repercussions to that . join me repercussions to that. join me every sunday at 6 pm. for glory meets in interviews i'll be finding who our politicians really are and what they really think . really are and what they really think. something that you would never want to suffer. i didn't what channels there were b i didn't . i'd be believed. i must didn't. i'd be believed. i must have waited about seven state and i'm sorry for my instant this was to sort of cover this up mean that was a mistake. join every sunday at 6 pm. on gmb news the people's britain's news .

news the people's britain's news. ch here on as we look back on the royal 2022 now if you can remember all the way back to january andrew settled out of court in a sexual assault case against him . his accuser, against him. his accuser, virginia giuffre , the duke of virginia giuffre, the duke of york, has always denied the allegations, but the fallout led to his mother, the late queen, stripping of his honorary military titles . and he no military titles. and he no longer uses his hrh status. and i predict there is simply no way back for him as a working of the royal family. kinsey is a royal podcaster and from the united states, where giuffre brought to legal action against the queen's son. there a lot of back and forth and had an incredible team that really fought back . that really fought back. virginia, they said, you don't live the united states. they struggled with the fact that jeffrey epstein supposed to have know collected all of this him

when he paid out some these alleged victims. it wasn't supposed to touch prince andrew . prince andrew hid i i'm sorry to use the word, but he kind of hid in balmoral did not want to get that summons and when he inevitably was handed that paperwork , they decided that it paperwork, they decided that it wasn't worth fighting. you know , protect the reputation of the monarch and to protect the future the monarchy. i think that listened to the right people and. he decided to settle with virginia do right so that they could end this controversy . do you think that's why he did it to the monarchy? because lots of people fail to understand how someone who maintains they are innocent of any wrongdoing would be prepared to pay out. reportedly, millions dollars to a woman he claims to have never met. i agree with you , however, met. i agree with you, however, $1,000,000 is nothing to the royal family. also hollywood, it's often strategy that they utilise just to make something

go away to end the conversation and to move on. so it's it doesn't seem especially like something that the royal family would because they're never complained, never. but it's a very hollywood way of going about things. it's a very american way of going about things . and i think that he had things. and i think that he had he had counsel that said let's make this go away right now. and the easiest solution is to cut a. it did really haunt the family at the time and i think you saw really prince william and king distancing themselves andrew and start the process of really pushing him out because they thought this person is a liability to our family to our future and perhaps queen also felt that because stripped him of his honorary military titles, he's no longer allowed to use hrh status . but this he's no longer allowed to use hrh status. but this is he's no longer allowed to use hrh status . but this is a man, hrh status. but this is a man, isn't it . he hrh status. but this is a man, isn't it. he was born into the royal served his country in the

royal served his country in the royal navy. he fought in the falklands war. how do you think he was feeling that time? i think where he was really heartbroken was the fact that his mother was ultimately the one that made the decision. and queen had been by his side throughout the entire process , throughout the entire process, ultimate hurt. there was . the ultimate hurt. there was. the fact that he felt like he might have lost his mother in process, that she might no longer be on his side . that she might no longer be on his side. let's that she might no longer be on his side . let's turn now to the his side. let's turn now to the duke and duchess of sussex , who duke and duchess of sussex, who now live in california. now the couple secretly visited the uk despite harry's security concerns to see the queen in april before off to the netherlands for the duke's invictus games, which is an olympic like competition for wounded veterans . they briefly wounded veterans. they briefly appeared at the platinum jubilee celebrations, but swiftly flew back the pond. but it's the commercial deals which have proved the most controversial . proved the most controversial. netflix and spotify have paid them millions of dollars . and them millions of dollars. and harry's imminent memoir is going to make for uncomfortable

reading the title spare. quite a loaded title . it's a it is loaded title. it's a it is a loaded title. it's a it is a loaded title. it's a it is a loaded title. it's a provocative title. it's thought provoking andifs title. it's thought provoking and it's the is one word to sum up how harry feels packs a punch. it's pretty powerful. i've spoken prince harry in the past quite a few times, and more than once. he has said to me , i than once. he has said to me, i wish i hadn't been born a prince. that was said to me once. i'd love to just be able to go into a coffee shop and buy coffee to jump on the tube and travel on a train. i think it's very indicative where the book is going to go, and it suggests that he has felt on the periphery an outsider, a spare, a back up, rather than someone in his own rise and. i think that's pretty sad. what struggle with is the narrative that's meghan forced him out of the royal family, in fact. even before prince harry met meghan , before prince harry met meghan, duchess of sussex , he wanted to duchess of sussex, he wanted to find a way out. yes, i think you know, i think it's very easy for

people to blame for everything. i mean, the very term exit suggests entirely that responsible for them leaving, i don't believe that was the case at all. i think that harry had been looking for a way out for some time, and meghan was a catalyst. and i think i sort of set the record in the new royals that was as much that harry was just as much behind this decision to leave this publication . harry's memoir this publication. harry's memoir was meant to come out in the autumn. wasn't it. yes. why do you think that been today? well, i think book's been subject i think the book's been subject to was meant to several delays. it was meant to several delays. it was meant to be coming out in the autumn of 2022. around thanksgiving, of 2022. so around thanksgiving, pre—christmas market, which is a very lucrative time for selling books. but i think the queen's death, everything and harry had the luxury of being able to change the copy to change some of the copy to update i people update it. i think people reading book actually reading that book would actually really to know his in the really want to know his in the funeral how he felt about his place in the funeral. he felt about losing his grandmother i mean, that journey to when he missed the flight other members of the royal family and went balmoral his own that's going to

be really powerful an important account read. how much do you think he will criticise the royal family? i think the title suggests that he's going to be quite i mean, anyone labelled despair who sees their identity as , the spare suggests it's not as, the spare suggests it's not going be entirely favourable about royal family. one does wonder if some of the revisions made to bring the book up to speed might also have included some down of the manuscript. and i think harry's also acutely aware that if he is seen to be overtly and damaging of the royal family as an institution, there will be repercussions to that. and there's the matter titles here, and i suspect very strongly that charles could revoke their titles and possibly not bestow titles on their children. if harry and meghan's intention is to continue throwing hand grenades into the royal family. that's the thing, isn't it because arguably brands sussex only works because they have the titles because their children now the rights to be

prince and princess and now that charles is king. there's a real balancing acts they've got to do here. well meghan and harry know that the commercial future and the success of their future is absolutely entwined their royal titles. but if they were to lose their actual royal titles , the their actual royal titles, the duke and duchess that comes at a real cost to them. i mean , real cost to them. i mean, suddenly they're stark is much diminished will the public, when they read this book , they be they read this book, they be sympathetic to his cause . people sympathetic to his cause. people really struggling at the. i do think that is me narrative is wearing very thin for harry and. i think if this is a book solely about victimhood there's every possibility it may not be the bestseller that we were expecting it to be we both know harry and meghan divide people. you have one side of the argument that they want privacy . they want to be financially independent. so why they going

on shows oprah on a global stage talking about relations with royal family. we know the royal is extremely private . but then is extremely private. but then you also have the other side where people say , hold on. so where people say, hold on. so people have something to say about them. they deserve a voice, too. i'm really curious to know what is the overall feeling of americans towards harry and meghan? i think america can perception of the duke duchess of sussex has changed drastically over the last 12 months. a sense of entitlement . a sense of . you entitlement. a sense of. you know. do you always focus on the negative. is there anything positive going on in your you know , a multimillion dollar know, a multimillion dollar mansion there ? they've been mansion there? they've been caughtin mansion there? they've been caught in a couple of fibs and the united states is starting to recognise . why is it? so recognise. why is it? so i remember when meghan first announced that they were going to leave the royal family as full time working, to leave the royal family as full time working , move across full time working, move across to america . and one of the

to america. and one of the reasons for that was, because they wanted more privacy . i they wanted more privacy. i think the appearances and branding are meghan markle's dream. come true. you know, if you read some of these books that really delve into the strategy behind her glow up, you know she's a smart woman and some of these things that are happening for her right now are things she wanted to happen for when she was little, named actress in hollywood, california , getting her third rejection of the day . harry without doubt, the day. harry without doubt, has made meghan markle's dreams come true of becoming an international celebrity ? coming international celebrity? coming up, i'll discuss a defining moment in british history. gb news presenters alison stewart and dame arlene foster. the fact that they had told the minister and told the leader of the opposition we all knew that it was a serious situation . i'm was a serious situation. i'm michael portillo. join me on gb

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channel welcome back . well, it's hard to welcome back. well, it's hard to believe that queen elizabeth seconds who reigned over us for more than years is no longer here. the news made headlines , here. the news made headlines, the world, and it marked a huge change in our country. for me , i change in our country. for me, i spent most of my time here at palace. but gb news also went around the country to pubs and community centres . hearing your community centres. hearing your stories and memories of longest reigning monarch , i sat down reigning monarch, i sat down with alison stewart , arlene with alison stewart, arlene foster for their reflections . foster for their reflections. what do remember about that day

? gb news. i think i remember most strongly the fact that it happenedin most strongly the fact that it happened in the midst of a real life political storm as well. and a couple of events in capitulated. the woman's extraordinary life of service of duty, and that is that she you know, she marched boris johnson out as prime minister and she marched liz truss in as prime minister and we all looked at the photographs and actually we hadnt the photographs and actually we hadn't seen her for a while. in reality. and we looked at her and we thought, oh, she's got small. she's looking frail, but she a lovely and you she gave a lovely smile. and you remember lovely smile camera remember the lovely smile camera that we were all that she gave. and we were all well was really well i certainly was really pleased her. then all pleased. see her. and then all a sudden, there was all of this note passing in the commons and looking very serious and everybody was wondering what it was . and then it was the queen's was. and then it was the queen's not well . and the fact that they not well. and the fact that they had told the prime minister and told leader of the opposition, we that was a serious we all knew that was a serious situation because . you don't situation because. you don't tell senior politician that if you've got a cold or whatever .

you've got a cold or whatever. it was serious and i saw you with the one he broke the news on gb news what was going your head at that time ? peter sissons head at that time? peter sissons , who was a very close friend of mine and got crucified for a simple minor point about a tie . simple minor point about a tie. you just know that an awful lot of people will be listening and watching and it is a determination to try and get it right . determination to try and get it right. e—pace determination to try and get it right . e—pace met the queen on a right. e—pace met the queen on a number of occasions . what was number of occasions. what was she like as a person ? i mean, i she like as a person? i mean, i have so much admiration for the queen because she was a female leader at a time when there weren't very many female leadership . right. and she was leadership. right. and she was so young when she came to the throne. i had the great privilege meeting her in a private audience . i was first private audience. i was first minister and that is a nerve when you're thinking about going in to meet the head of state and a lady of all of her stature . a lady of all of her stature. and when i say her stature, she is quite small. of course , the

is quite small. of course, the photograph of me meeting her. i looked an enormous giant picture because i have a lot to tell her that. let's talk about the accession council first of all the fact that it was televised was very significant wasn't it it . that was quite extraordinary it. that was quite extraordinary in so many respects never it before. read the words seen pictures of its in stills of it even with the apes . penny even with the apes. penny mordaunt, a personal friend and she'd only just been made of the council . and she's the woman who council. and she's the woman who keeps the new king waiting while she reads out the rules of engagement and then privy councillors including next to me then say yep. okay he's the genuine article. he is the and yes, we all agree to it. and it was just magical because. it was constitution, it was politics, it was people we've elected people lead us and we can get rid of bringing in the who is

there to do the job of work because. he is the eldest son of the now monarch. i just thought it was magical. he had lost his mother on the surge. here he was on the saturday morning, standing in front of all of his councillors there. his privy councillors there. his privy councillors i and it was councillors and i and it was quite moment, have to say, quite a moment, i have to say, and were prime and there were six prime ministers there . yes. people ministers there. yes. people from , northern ireland and from wales, northern ireland and england . and of course following england. and of course following the session , all the flags were the session, all the flags were raised to full mast just 24 hour periods, celebrating the new monarch, even though it was any less than two days earlier that we'd lost our old ones about an interesting time . it was all of interesting time. it was all of that sort of planning that had been there for many, many years, kicked in and it was so smooth and obviously because queen had passed away in scotland, there was whole different arrangement than had to be gone through in terms of how would progress down to london and the other moment which i really did think was special and arlene and i both a

parliament and everything that it stands both houses of it was the number of members of parliament chose to accept lindsay hoyle's invitation as speaker to retain that is of allegiance. labour and tory liberal democrat across the spectrum lining quietly up just to declare their loyalty to king charles and his heirs , etc, etc, charles and his heirs, etc, etc, etc. and she laid at rest in st charles cathedral for 24 hours, particularly for me, because it showed the late queen was truly a queen of the united kingdom . i a queen of the united kingdom. i think sometimes we forgot that here was a royal family here was a new king. morning at that time because had to go out and go right around united kingdom. and ihave right around united kingdom. and i have to say, i think was a stroke of genius that of king charles around the united kingdom. so we went to northern ireland out of service. he went scotland, he went to wales and allied people to show their respect , his late mother, but respect, his late mother, but also their love for him. and i

think that that was really, really we were going out and to talking and asking them why why they standing in a queue 12, 14 hours, why did they feel they wanted to do that? and i think people really loved that when the new king and the new prince of wales went down unexpectedly unannounced and planned to do a walkabout with the people who were still queuing to go in the great hall at westminster stood to pay their final respects. but that in itself was extraordinary. i was really hooked on that because people would queue for hours on end. they'd finally get in and it would be 5 seconds, 6 seconds and maybe one of the stand out moments of the whole thing for me was when james severn and louise windsor, the wessex children , joined the other children, joined the other grandchildren and stood there . i grandchildren and stood there. i just thought that was knockout with sophie and edward and others standing that little gallery in the great hall. yes shaking them like any mummy. i

got it. you can hold it. you're alright. you well sophie. quite emotional show up because she was looking at her children i'm thinking oh my goodness i think it was important that the family did come together because i think everybody was watching would happen with harry and meghan and the end of the day they are a family in mourning i think it was quite proper for them come down and meet people and to stay together . sadly, and to stay together. sadly, i have to say this cameron , i have to say this cameron, i don't think that unity has lasted and i think we're going to see that in the new year. and that's a great sadness to me as a monarchist that someone within the family system would try do damage to what is the system that i think is fabulous for our country and our nation . i guess country and our nation. i guess if there is one huge challenge for the new king it is to try and get that family together again , but also to do it in again, but also to do it in a way that lets everybody out there looking a family. that sole purpose in reality is to

unite the country and it ain't at the moment in the states funeral itself was such a historical moments for so many reasons . it was really sombre reasons. it was really sombre and i had the great privilege and i had the great privilege and honour to be in the cathedral when the coffin went, when the family walked a difficult most out of been to walk the whole way from westminster abbey a past buckingham palace . it was a very buckingham palace. it was a very difficult thing for them to do but they wanted to do it because it was their last act for their late mother and she duty personified so . i think it was personified so. i think it was just right that they carried out her wishes to the very last i think a huge significance as well talking about her majesty's fingerprints having been all over the whole affair is that it was in westminster abbey that was in westminster abbey that was best for procession that was best for the public to and pay their final name and a tribute . their final name and a tribute. and she gone there on so and she had gone there on so many occasions. she was someone who really believed she was a christian . the horses and corgis

christian. the horses and corgis at windsor castle. first of all, we had the queen's pony kind of pony was that. and so she could only care about and horses and ponies and clearly rode very well as a child on a pony from the word go . she knew more about the word go. she knew more about that industry and about breeding and about rare breeds than pretty well anybody in country and sturdy little fellows bless hearts that she rode out with terry they had groom across windsor great park and that almost towards the end and would would never wear a hard which used to upset quite a people having the two corgis as well mick and sandy gifted by prince andrew and now back with prince andrew and now back with prince andrew . but it andrew and now back with prince andrew. but it was a andrew and now back with prince andrew . but it was a really andrew. but it was a really emotional moment watching images and the staff coming out as well. sunday night, so many of the staff who who wanted to pay their respects. final point for both of you. what you think is the lasting legacy of queen

elizabeth. the second. oh, my goodness. elizabeth. the second. oh, my goodness . there's so much she goodness. there's so much she has done. so much for the country across the she's been a global icon . i think her solid global icon. i think her solid leadership has shown for me as a female what women can do in the world. and a quiet you don't have to be bolshie you don't to be up there you can lead with dignity and integrity and she has done that. and when i look at one of the i think the heroine of the whole thing for me is princess that she travelled from scotland with her mother's coffin. when i looked at on parade, she a stripped back any of the men that were , i back any of the men that were, i think on her mother's mantle and respect of female leadership and i think she does a fabulous job so a fine women generally in that in this general and sophie as well sophie wessex princess princess of wales the queen consort . absolutely yeah . for me

consort. absolutely yeah. for me her bequest to the nation is the constitution , the monarchy, constitution, the monarchy, correct. she up against all odds and pressures and strains. she understood terms why i rather like churchill on democracy. it may not be perfect , but did you may not be perfect, but did you have a look at all of the other systems available? it's not bad that just understood that politically are the safest possible hands. if we can politically are the safest possible hands . if we can always possible hands. if we can always elect reject a government every four or five years but there is a constancy at the top of it that understands what we care about. and she did. and i think the new king does as well . the the new king does as well. the highs and lows are to continue into next year. the prince and princess of wales have scored hit with that trip here to the us where they've met with president joe biden ahead of william's environmental earthshot prize. but it was overshadowed by the release of harry and meghan's highly controversial docu series , are controversial docu series, are we facing another fractious year

for the royal family? i guess we'll out . looking ahead to this we'll out. looking ahead to this afternoon and the uk looking mild for most and some sunny spells but also windy showery rain. let's take look at the details starting looking at scotland and here will be some showery rain across southern parts this afternoon whilst colder air brings snow scotland from the north later on it will be very wet for a time across northern ireland as a band of heavy showery rain pushes eastwards with some strong winds . the same band of showery will push across north western england too, though it will take a bit of time to push across all parts . sunny spells for much parts. sunny spells for much wales this afternoon with a few showers feeding in from the north—west turning wetter later as the band of showery rain sweeps across temperatures widely in double figures . widely in double figures. meanwhile, it's looking mostly dry with decent sunny breaks

across much of the east midlands. more southern parts may have a little rain for time, but this should clear through the afternoon . a the afternoon afternoon. a similar picture across east anglia. that will be some mostly light rain for a time, mainly across essex, but for most it will be fine and dry with sunny spells across southern countries. the earlier rain will be clearing away to the east meanwhile, we can expect some further showers in the west with some sunny in between. the band of showery rain will continue south eastwards later with colder air from the north some snow showers and that is how the weather is shaping up for the rest of the day

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