word. thank you so with the job. yes, continuity is the word. thank you so much, - with the job. yes, continuity is the word. thank you so much, many i word. thank you so much, many thanks. and we are with you throughout the day here stop i apologise, it is a very blustery buckingham palace, but we will persist and there is so much to discuss, reflect on and look forward to. and the big formal celebrations that we know about so far, the public celebrations come with that four day bank holiday weekend and that will begin on the 2nd ofjune, which we hope will see better weather for everyone to celebrate it. we will have more reflections from here at the palace throughout the day. for now, back to you. thank ou ve the day. for now, back to you. thank you very much. the day. for now, back to you. thank you very much, jane. let s get more now on the death of one of india s most revered singers, lata mangeshkar, who has died at the age of 92. i m joined now by the asian network s enter
and she will be very good at it. she doesn t have any powers but she has the power over him to see that he is ok, and that is what is important. 0k, and that is what is important. lovely to have you with us. thank you for bearing with us through some chili and blustery conditions here outside buckingham palace on a really historic day, 70 years ago that princess elizabeth became queen of this country and of the commonwealth as well, of course and there are full public celebrations later in the year, perhaps am yet to be announced, but we know there will be announced, but we know there will be announced, but we know there will be a four day bank holiday weekend for the platinum jubilee which begins on the 2nd ofjune. with, one hopes, slightly better weather than today. for now, back to you in the studio. well done for battling the wind. the latest coronavirus data
million of government funding and will be unveiled next year on windrush day, which is the 22nd ofjune. it s been described as the most anticipated song of the year and last night, at midnight, adele finally released herfirst single for six years. it s called easy on me and reflects on herfeelings after going through a divorce. tim muffett reports. this is oj borg. # bbc radio 2 #. it is now officially three minutes past midnight, a new track from adele is called easy on me. are we ready? let s do this. # there ain t no going in this river. # that i ve been washing
like we went to bed one night, woke up the next day, and the world was against us. were you in combat every day at that point? yeah, by mid june, yeah, every single day we were. that 2nd ofjune incident was, like, the first time i d ever experienced death. you remember the date? yeah. and, sadly, there was more to come. yeah, a lot, nine more fell on the 2nd ofjune, yeah. nine more from your company? yeah. like so many of your mates, you were injured. yeah. can you remember that day? i d ratherjust not go into the whole. ok, but you were injured, right? yeah, so i ve lost my vision in my eye, i ve got a brain injury, which then results in my left arm not working as well as it should. but my body literally is battered, like i take eight tablets a day just to manage my brain, to stop the pressure build up. the mental health side of it, as someone who s now lost 12
the very town that we kicked doors in and patrolled and fought for had just gone, like that. i was 18 years old when i arrived in country, coming up to my 19th birthday. i d aspired to go to afghanistan, like i wanted to be in afghanistan. during that period, it was like we went to bed one night, woke up the next day, and the world was against us. the only time in my life i ve ever thought no one was going to come home was when we were literally on the back foot, cut off, surrounded by the enemy. i mean, were you in combat every day at that point? yeah, by mid june, yeah, every single day we were. that 2nd ofjune incident was, like, the first time i d ever experienced death. you remember the date? yeah. and, sadly, there was more to come. yeah, a lot, nine more fell on the 2nd ofjune, yeah. nine more from your company? yeah. like so many of your mates, you were injured. yeah. can you remember that day? i d ratherjust not go into the whole. but you were injured, right? yeah, so i ve los