and then an unmissable queen with her family. it was a first balcony appearance for princess charlotte. and a scene—stealing turn from prince george. the british summer, though, can never be relied upon. the following day, torrential rain for the patrons lunch. an early peek out of a palace window hadn't looked too promising. thousands came to the mall for this street party, representing the organisations of which the queen is patron. they paid £150 each for the privilege of picnicking in the rain. well, i think this is typically english, isn't it? it's important to have a queue and some rain and a picnic hamper, and a palace. and everybody‘s veryjolly, everybody is looking forward to it so much. we're out for the day, and we hope we can have a good day. rain and all. the atmosphere with everybody coming in, it's been lovely so far. it's raining hard, but nobody minds. we're all here to sort of try and enjoy it together. but when the royal family emerged from buckingham palace, it had cleared up. this perhaps the most compre

but with one significant absentee this year — the queen. while other members of her family, including the duke of edinburgh, gathered at the church, the queen remained at sandringham house, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace described as a heavy cold. in a short statement, the palace said she would take part in the family's celebrations. her absence from the church service, the first time in many years she hasn't attended, is understood to be a precautionary measure. there is no sense of undue concern. also absent from sandringham were the duchess and duke of cambridge and their children, george and charlotte. they attended church in the berkshire village of bucklebury, where they are spending christmas day with the duchess‘s family, the middletons. in her christmas day broadcast, recorded at buckingham palace several weeks ago, the queen talks about inspiration. she reflects on the achievements of olympic and paralympic athletes from britain and the commonwealth, many of whom she met at a palace reception in october. i oft

this year the queen celebrated her 90th birthday. daniela relph looks back on the momentous occasion and other events in the royal calendar in review 2016: the royal year. brass band plays ‘happy birthday'. it was the year of a big birthday. the queen at 90. for some of her grandchildren and great—grandchildren, a trip to canada. the first official overseas visit for the family of four. the duke and duchess of cambridge were also in india. a reminder of royal visits past. and for prince harry, a new relationship highlighted the tricky balance between a private and public life. when you're the queen, you get two birthdays. the real one and the official one. april the 21st was the queen's actual 90th birthday, and she celebrated in windsor. there was, of course, a cake, baked by nadiya hussain, the winner of the great british bake off. and a meeting with fellow 90—year—olds. 0h, an amazing day, yes. i never really imagined that i'd meet her. i never imagined i'd be 90, let's face it! she was in the bombing of london, so was i.

then settled to watch the queen's speech. and then i imagine play games, go for a walk, exchange gifts. this is about spending time together. and that addition which is so important to the queen and the royal family. a bright day in norfolk. it was raining last year. we will join you later. christmas is a time for family, but if you don't have one it can be difficult. the poet lemn sissay knows exactly how that feels. he was fostered as a baby but when he turned 12 his foster family gave him up. he spent the next five years in and out of children's homes. that's why each year he organises special christmas dinners for young people who've left care. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin went to meet him as he prepared for one of those dinners in hackney. not everyone has someone at christmas. this isn't my... you're better with words. i'm better with words. lemn sissay understands this. author, poet, broadcaster, orphan. there was nobody there. you were on your own? yeah, i was on my own. if i visited a friend's house, i often felt i w

the queen at 90. —— it was the year of a big birthday. the queen at 90. -- queen. some of her grandchildren and great—grandchildren had a trip to canada, the first overseas visit as a group of four. the duke and at this also went to india, a reminder of oil is passed. and for prince harry, a new relationship highlighted the tricky balance between a private and public life. when you're the queen, you get two birthdays. the real one and the official one. april the 21st was the queen's actual 90th birthday, and she celebrated in windsor. there was of course a cake, baked by nadiya hussain, the winner of the great british bake off. and a meeting with fellow 90—year—olds. 0h, an amazing day, yes. i never really imagined that i'd meet her. i never imagined i'd be 90, let's face it! she was in the bombing of london, so was i. she was evacuated, so was i. and then she was called up, and so was i. this was a birthday celebration, but also a public thank you for her years of service. in the evening, the queen lit a beacon in windsor great park, and listened to a tribut

and must be with the queen's agreement and approval. i think they want to give george and charlotte as relaxed a christmas as possible. we know that william is quite keen on the atmosphere that he encounters in the middleton household. a nice, relaxed family christmas. however family—orientated it is at sandringham, there is an inevitable formality to it because of the principal host. nicholas which all speaking to me a little earlier. —— nicholas which all. a russian military plane with more than 90 people on board has crashed into the black sea. russian president vladimir putin has declared a day of mourning tomorrow. the plane was carrying 64 members of the renowned red army choir and was heading from sochi to latakia in syria. the russian defence ministry says there are no survivors. from moscow, steve rosenberg sent this report. this is one of the final images of the tupolev—isii jet. it was taken by a journalist before he boarded the plane. the flight would end in tragedy. the aircraft crashed into the black sea. the russi

said to the queen, the queen said, what is brexit about and she said to the queen, brexit means brexit. or, what does break tamim? i don't know? right. the queen is like everyone else in the country, thinking, what is going on? i suppose her majesty would have thought if anyone was going to get the inside track on this ahead of time. yes. it might be the leader of 70 million people. 0ver brexit with them monarch. brexit over breakfast. yes, and it wasn'tjust that brexit over breakfast. yes, and it wasn't just that according to the story, she was hoping there might be some insight into her selections for the cabinet including the appointed borisjohnson as the cabinet including the appointed boris johnson as foreign secretary. you mean the queen is trying to understand why he was appointed? is that what you're suggesting?” understand why he was appointed? is that what you're suggesting? i think she, like everyone else... had questions. does this mean theresa may doesn't have a plan yet? 0r questions. does this mean theresa may doesn't have a plan yet? or does it mean she was trying to

the queen this is bbc news. the queen the headlines... the queen misses the christmas day church service at sandringham, with a heavy cold, but will still celebrate with her family. meanwhile, the duke and duchess of cambridge are spending christmas with kate's family, the middletons, in berkshire. president putin declares a day of mourning tomorrow in russia after a military plane crashes killing all 92 people on board. a powerful earthquake strikes off the coast of chile, triggering is the coast of chile, triggering is the nominee warning. —— a tsunami warning. also in the next hour, in his christmas day sermon the archbishop of canterbury says the last year has left the world "awash with division and fear". while at the vatican, pope francis uses his christmas message to call for peace between israel and the palestinians. stay with us here on bbc news, in half an hour we'll be taking a look back at the very best of this year's technology stories in our festive edition of click. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. for the first

nicholas witchell and you can see the queen's christmas message in full on bbc newsjust the queen's christmas message in full on bbc news just after 5:15pm. the aircraft crashed into the black sea, the search became a recovery operation. there were no survivors. the plane had taken from a military airfield near moscow. it flew south, stopping in sochi to refuel. the final destination was syria, russia's airbase near :latakia but minutes after leaving sochi, it crashed. president putin offered his condolences to the families of the victims will stop they promised —— he promised his full support. on board were more than 60 members of the russian army's famous song and dance ensemble, once known as the red army choir. they had been due to give a concert at the russian airbase in syria. most civilian airlines have stopped using the tupolev 15a, once the workhorse of the russian aviation industry. in 2010, it tupolev 15a carrying a polish president crashed in russia while trying to land. the following year, a similar plane caught fire in siberia, before take—off. throughout the day, muscovit

the queen is indoors, resting and recovering. there was also no sign of her granddaughter zara phillips. but that's to be expected. she sadly lost her child that was due in the spring, so she and her husband, mike tindall were not here. the duchess of cambridge is in berkshire with the duke of cambridge, spending their christmas there. the carols are being broadcasted tv audience here and in order of service handed out a quote of —— handed out to quite a few people. they will greet the crowd before heading back to the house for christmas lunch and settling down and to watch the queen's speech. the queen will still be having christmas lunch. today is really about coming together and catching up after a very busy year. it's good to see that the crowd had been rewarded with a lovely day there. amelia, thank you very much. the queen will be taking part in the rest of the day and they will be sitting down for lunch very promptly at 115 pm in sandringham. we will now turn our attention to some glitter. now, if you're already missin

christmas day service at sandringham church but this year, without the queen. other members of a family including the duke of edinburgh attended by the duke of edinburgh attended by the queen remained at sandringham, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace has described as a heavy cold. as they left the service, the family appeared to be relaxed. the queen's absence is understood to have been precautionary and there is no sense of undue concern. also absent from sandringham this year, the duke and duchess of them and their children, george and charlotte. they attended church at bucklebury in berkshire, where they have spent christmas day with the duchess' family, the middleton. inspiration was the theme of this year was my christmas broadcast, recorded at buckingham palace recently. achievements of olympic and paralympic recently. achievements of olympic and pa ralympic athletes recently. achievements of olympic and paralympic athletes were mentioned, and she said she drew strength from daily life. from ordinary people doing extraordinary things. volu

the queen recorded this year's broadcast a few days ago at buckingham palace. its theme this year is inspiration and, in the broadcast, she will reflect on the achievements of olympic and paralympic athletes from britain and the commonwealth, many of whom she met at the palace reception in october, and whose achievements, she will say, are now inspiring others. and in this year, when the queen has marked her 90th birthday, she will refer to the inspirational work of the many charities with which she has been associated during her reign. she will talk also of the work of the many unsung heroes she meets around the country — carers, community leaders and good neighbours. "ordinary people", as she puts it, doing "extraordinary" things. the departure of the queen and the duke of edinburgh to sandringham had to be delayed for 2h hours earlier in the week because both were said to be suffering from heavy colds. buckingham palace has said nothing further about their health, but there's no reason to think they won't be joining other members of the family this morning

the queen missed the christmas day church service at sandringham, as she has a heavy cold. the duke of edinburgh and other royals were at holy communion on the norfolk estate. meanwhile, in berkshire, the duke and duchess of cambridge are spending christmas with kate's family, the middletons. president putin has declared a national day of mourning in russia tomorrow — after a military plane crashed, killing all 92 people on board.

the queen is recovering indoors which is probably the most sensible thing. she does have a busy schedule after christmas so probably on advice from her doctors, if she is suffering from this cold, it is quite serious and takes some getting over. especially being outside. the weather is quite mild but it is still chilly if you are standing here. on the advice of doctors, it is properly bet she stays inside. we have been told she will participate in the other events, the christmas meal, opening of presents, playing games, watching the speech which she likes to do privately away from the rest of the family. that is good news. she is under the weather and at the age of 90 she needs to focus on her recovery and get ready for the year and the busy things ahead for her. we will come back to you when the family arrives. and we will speak to our royal correspondent. that is a little later. president putin of russia has ordered an inquiry after a military plane heading for syria crashed into the black sea shortly after take off from sochi. the plane disappeared from r

christmas day service at sandringham church, this year, without the queen. other members of the family including the duke of edinburgh attended, but the queen remained at sandringham house, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace has described as a heavy cold. after the service the family appeared to be relaxed. the queen‘s absence is understood to have been precautionary. there is no sense of due concern. also absent from sandringham this year, the duke and duchess of cambridge and their children, george and charlotte. they attended church at bucklebury, berkshire, where they spent the day with the family of the duchess, the middletons. inspiration was the theme of this year‘s christmas broadcast by the queen, which was recorded at buckingham palace some days ago. she cited achievements of olympic and paralympic athletes and said that she also drew inspiration from daily life. i often draw strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things. volunteers, carers, community organisers and good neighbours. unsung heroes whose quiet de

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band plays: god save the queen. there was a time when british olympic medal winners became household names because there were so few of them. but the 67 medals at this year's games in rio and 147 at the paralympics meant that the gb medallists' reception at buckingham palace was a crowded and happy event. throughout the commonwealth, there were equallyjoyful celebrations. grenada, the bahamas, jamaica and new zealand won more medals per head of population than any other countries. many of this year's winners spoke of being inspired by athletes of previous generations. inspiration fed their aspiration, and having discovered abilities they scarcely knew they had, these athletes are now inspiring others. a few months ago, i saw inspiration of a different kind when i opened the new cambridge base of the east anglian air ambulance, where prince william works as a helicopter pilot. it was not hard to be moved by the dedication of the highly skilled doctors, paramedics and crew, who are called out on average five times a d

back at sandringham, the royalfamily, minus the queen, left church to be met... then to settle down to watch the queen's broadcast. nicholas witchell, bbc news. the top stories this hour: the british pop singer george michael, who shot to fame in the 1980s with the pop group wham, has died, he was 53. his publicist said he died peacefully at home. wanna achieved worldwide success with hits like wa ke worldwide success with hits like wake me up before you go—go and careless whisper. russia is beginning a national day of mourning for the 92 passengers and crew who died when a military plane taking them to syria crashed into the black sea shortly after takeoff. a huge search operation involving 3000 rescue workers continued through the night over a wide area. a powerful typhoon, nock—ten, is continuing to batter the philippines with strong winds and heavy rain. the storm's struck two central provinces causing power cuts and travel disruption. it's moving slowly westward and is expected to reach the country's most densely populated areas later on monday. coming u

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missed that christmas and the queen missed that christmas day ceremony church service. however, we are told she is up service. however, we are told she is up and about and a decision will be made tomorrow as to whether she feels well enough to attend a new year's day church service at sandringham. at least 25 people have been killed and more than 50 injured after two bomb attacks at a busy market in central baghdad. a roadside bomb exploded near a shop, then a suicide bomber detonated his device among the crowd that had gathered. so—called islamic state says it was behind the attacks. jonny dymond reports. a packed market — shoppers and traders hemmed in. two bombs. one in a car—parts shop, then another when a crowd had formed around the first. both suicide bombers. they took more than two dozen with them. fathers and sisters, mothers and brothers. translation: when we heard the explosion, we found many people killed and wounded whom we rescued and sent to the hospital. why does this happen in iraq? why to the iraqi people? to the north, the fight to take mosul, i

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the queen is 90. the duke 95. and, obviously, at such an age, one naturally is concerned if someone is unwell in any circumstances, but clearly we're hoping that the traditional festivities will continue as planned. >> just explain to our audience who may not be entirely familiar with that tradition, that queen elizabeth and prince phillip take the 10:44 train on the same day. they've been doing this for pretty much as long as most people can problem, and many people set their calendars by it. >> yes. absolutely. because what happens is a gathering of the royal family this year, the duke and duchess of came bridge will bridge will with kate's problems, but some 30 members of the royal family will join them at their estate, and what we see on christmas day is the church, the royal family going to and from the church service and then the prerecorded queen's christmas message. this is viewed by millions. some 7 million in britain and with social media, it's impossible to estimate the audience. a very important messag

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for the first time in nearly 30 years, queen elizabeth has missed the christmas day church service at sandringham. buckingham palace says she's still recovering from a heavy cold. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. morning service at sandringham, part of the royal family's christmas day routine but with one significant absentee this year — the queen. while other members of her family, including the duke of edinburgh, gathered at the church, the queen remained at sandringham house, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace has described as a heavy cold. in a short statement the palace said that she would take part in the family's christmas celebrations. her absence from the church service — the first time in many years she hasn't attended — is understood to be a precautionary measure — there is no sense of undue concern. also absent from sandringham are the duke and duchess of cambridge and their children, george and charlotte. they attended church in the berkshire village bucklebury, where they're spending christmas day with the duchess's family, the

christmas day service at sandringham church, but this year without the queen. while other members of her family, including the duke of edinburgh, attended, the queen remained at sandringham house, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace has described as a heavy cold. as they left church after the service, the family appeared relaxed. the queen's absence is understood to have been precautionary and there's no sense of undue concern. also absent from sandringham this year, the duke and duchess of cambridge and their children, george and charlotte. they attended church at bucklebury in berkshire, where they've spent christmas day with the duchess's family, the middletons. inspiration was the theme of this year's christmas broadcast by the queen, which was recorded at buckingham palace some days ago. she cited the achievements of olympic and paralympic athletes, and she said she also found inspiration from daily life. i often draw strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things. volunteers, carers, community organisers and good neighbours

it considering he is 95 and the queen herself is in her 90s. it is true, and it's interesting, because royal family worked like clockwork, it is such a tradition for them to go to sandringham at this time of year. it reminds me how much they are part of the routine at christmas. we are so used to the royal family, especially the queen, doing the same thing, that it feels a real disruption of the norm. that is a good point, you get the turkey and open the presents and the queen is at sandringham. now the sun have a headline on this, and i pooh—poohed this at the beginning, i have to say, but looking at it on reflection, it is not that bad. what do you think, throne a sickie? reflection, it is not that bad. what do you think, throne a sickie7m reflection, it is not that bad. what do you think, throne a sickie? it is not too bad. we don't want to be flip with the queen and prince philip having a cold but as someone who never throws a sticky... are you suggesting, the implication from this headline, from the sun, the most widely read paper in the

. >>> also the queen's health. the latest on that bad cold that kept queen elizabeth home this holiday weekend. >>> on this day after >>> on this day after christmas, the postgame phase of the holiday shopping frenzy began with many stores offering big sales and millions heading back with their returns. if you're one of them, it's important to understand the fine print. nbc's morgan radford has been reading into the details and she has our report tonight. >> reporter: a record-breaking holiday season. an estimated $1 trillion spent on gifts, selling out in stores. but the reality is, there's some things you just don't like. >> we got finding nemo, instead of finding dory. so sometimes santa makes mistakes. >> reporter: 10% of gifts are returned every year, valued at a whopping $60 billion. >> i'm too old to wear this kind of stuff. it's like leggings with all this stuff. i didn't like it. >> reporter: if you are in the return line, beware. lots of stores have new rules. you have just two weeks to return drones to p

the queen and yougov edinburgh have delayed their journey to the queen and yougov edinburgh have delayed theirjourney to sandringham today after coming down with heavy colds.

. >> queen elizabeth fought off a cold to offer britain her season's greeting. and here in america, the obamas chilled out with shaved ice in hawaii. an estimated 150 million sets of christmas lights are sold each year, and a good bunch of them just one man, we have dubbed him the christmas lights king of queens. you don't need kevin lynch's address to find his family's well-lit home in queens, new york. just follow the cars. >> if you google our house, at certain times of the weekend, you are going to get a red line, traffic. 350 plastic figurines, 100 animated dolls, 250,000 christmas lights make this place impossible to miss. >> you are going to see it from the shuttle. look down. eighth wonder of the world. passing over the lynch's residence. >> reporter: you are truly clark griswald? >> absolutely. yes i am. >> lynch family christmas lights are a new york tradition going back 22 years. >> an amazing house. >> i like seeing all the house. >> the most beautifully ever seen. >> reporter: lynch admits all of this holiday cheer wasn't inspired by the christmas s

queen in her goldenjubilee at the symphony hall. so many great memories for us. and we cannot let you go. congratulations again and we can't let you go without you playing your drum for us. so please go ahead slam head! there we are. my son is holding the camera for me. ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... that was gucharan mall who has been awarded a british empire medal in the new year's honours. the queen will decide tomorrow whether she feels well enough to attend a new year's day church service at sandringham. she's been struck down over christmas by a heavy cold. the queen also had to miss the christmas day ceremony at st mary magdalene church, which other members of the royal family attended. it's expected a decision will be made tomorrow morning. a female cyclist from nottingham has set a new world record for female riders by covering over 32,000 miles in 12 months. kyeser tylen has broken a world record that's stood since 1938 when billie fleming cycled 29,000,604 miles. here's her story. this is me riding my bicycle in

going back to the times, the queen frustrated with theresa may over brexit secrecy. it seems that theresa may's reluctance to divulge any kind of specifics about brexit have disappointed not just any kind of specifics about brexit have disappointed notjust so many of us, but have gone all the way up to disappointing the queen. according to this report, the queen and the duke were quite looking forward , and the duke were quite looking forward, when theresa may came to balmoral a couple of months after coming into power, they were quite looking forward to perhaps a little bit of a secret exchange of information. but unfortunately all they got was what the rest of us are getting, which is that brexit means brexit, marm. does this mean that she was holding back, theresa may, oi’ she was holding back, theresa may, or that she doesn't have anything to say? there is political bite to the story which will hurt number ten. there is a genuine frustration building about the lack of information. the referendum was in june, and we are about to have january and a couple of mont

. >> and concerns about the queen. the reason many are worried about her health this holiday >>> frightening scene on bus in fresno, california is caught on tape. and e-cigarette allegedly explosion dollars -- explode in the that man's pocket. he was immediately able to put the fire out. the 53 year old told fire crews he believes the device over heeded to the point of the fire. he suffered burns to his right hand and thigh, and was treated at a local hospital. >> queen elizabeth and her husband prince philip left london by helicopter for christmas vacation, a spokesman says, quote, heavy cold have them traveling by train yesterday as scheduled. >> correspondent mark phillips outside buckingham palace with more on the couple. >> the royal, the queen's official flag to indicate where she is was still flying over buckingham palace, it shouldn't have been. the royals should have been at their country estate, up in the northeast of glands, where they go every christmas. >> this is them last year, the parade is much as part

people will hope he and the queen and in good health after they believe is trickier. we're expecting the royal family in a few hours. merry christmas. it is lovely to have you with us and it is so interesting, seeing what you're doing and why you're doing it. i mentioned that you were put into foster ca re shortly mentioned that you were put into foster care shortly after you were born. then what happened? then i went into children's homes, about 45 children's homes over the next five yea rs children's homes over the next five years and at 17 i left the care system, i was legally an adult. what did that mean to you? because after being in care homes, whether it was pleasa nt being in care homes, whether it was pleasant or unpleasant, you always had people around you. what do people mean to you once you let the ca re system ? people mean to you once you let the care system? when you leave the care system, you leave everything before you, there is no relativity, no longer staff or social workers to call you on christmas day. it became a time of isolation. a time of alon

the queen pays tribute to what she calls unsung heroes such as carers and volunteers. she is forced to miss church this morning because of a heavy cold. president putin declares a day of mourning tomorrow in russia, after a military plane crashes on its way to syria, killing all 92 people on board. there's no longer any threat of a tsunami in southern chilly — after a powerful 7—point—6 magnitude quake hit off the coast. emergency services say there've been no fatalities. —— 7.6 magnitude earthquake. one additional line on that russian plane crash, there has been a press conference going on in moscow with reference to events just off the coast of sochi. the russian transport minister has been quoted as saying all possible causes for that black sea plane crash are being considered. that includes a terror attack. terror is not being rolled out as a possible cause of that crash. the russian transport minister saying all possible causes are being considered at the moment. —— terror is not being rolled out. —— terror is not being rolled out. —— terror