for this year s song contest. here in the uk it s been an historic coronation weekend starting with the pomp and pagentry then street parties and a night of music to round off the celebrations. at last night s coronation concert at winsdor, a crowd of 20,000 people saw performances from stars including katy perry and take that. the prince of wales paid tribute to his pa king charles, saying the late queen elizabeth ii would be a proud mother . well, as we ve just seen, the uk s flair for pomp and ceremony has been on full display this coronation weekend. but will all that splendour be a benefit or burden to the uk economy? joining me now is independent economist julianjessop. how much the coronation will cost the taxpayer? there are two ways of looking at this. the first is the cost of the celebrations themselves. that might be of the order of the cost to the taxpayer but that part for more than pay for its because of the additional spending in sectors like hospitality
the opening ceremony kicks off in liverpool. we begin in southern india where authorities say at least twenty one people died when a tourist boat capsized in the state of kerala. they said the double decker boat overturned in the middle of a river trapping many people. five of the dead are reportedly children. eyewitnesses said there were nearly fifty people on board. some of those rescued are said to be in a critical condition. several are still missing and the casualty figure could increase. it s not immediately clear what caused the boat to overturn. our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan has been monitoring events from london. according to eyewitness, dozens of tourists are returning to the town in the southern indian state of catalonia, and they were crossing the estuary for the river meets the arabian sea and it is a mangrove area, forest area. and according to the eyewitnesses, the boat, it is a double decker boat and a lot of people were on the ground as well as o
good evening, welcome to the programme. we are at buckingham palace tonight, ahead of the big event on saturday the coronation of king charles iii and queen camilla. we have a packed programme for you tonight, we will be looking ahead to this most ancient of ceremonies at westminster abbey, in the company of two people who were there in 1953, in fact one of our guests, even sang at the christening of the king in 1948. we have tv royalty on hand, as well, where katty kay is standing by for us. leaving nothing to chance on an occasion like this. we will talk about what the coronation is, what is isn t, the role the king has played in the preparations, and how the people, the commonwealth, and the different faiths will be included. and at 9pm, the royal watchers will be here robert hardman and christine ross joining us. both of them are taking part in the bbc s coverage. but let us begin with what the royals have been doing today. the king is in residence here at buckingham
historical responsibility. a jury in washington finds four members of the far right group the proud boys guilty of seditious conspiracy for plotting the january 6th attack on the us capitol. welcome to bbc news. here in the uk, preparations are well under way for the coronation of king charles. not long to go now. joining me live covering every moment of the lead up to the coronation is our correspondent christian fraser. enjoying the sunshine here on a lovely day in front of buckingham palace. the royal standard flying above the palace which tells you the king is in residence and the lucky ones who were here a little earlier would have seen him drive down the mall to westminster abbey, where they went through a short dress rehearsal. and going through the final preparations ahead of the big event on saturday. you will see the seats are here, the amphitheatre has been set up for the veterans and nhs workers on saturday, so the stage is set really ahead of the big ceremony. of
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