live from buckingham palace, this is bbc news. welcome this is bbc news. to a rather rainy and chilly day welcome to a rather rainy and chilly day here, but it is a significant day. in the next hour, the princess of wales will make her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer, and that is at today s trooping the colour, the military parade which celebrate the king s fund birthday. the princess will be in the carriage parade with her children for the king s birthday celebrations, beforejoining the rest of the family on the baclony at buckingham palace. a new photo of the princess from the palace. taken close to her home in windsor, a place where she has been able to rest, recuperate, and spend time with her family. it marks the first significant announcement about catherine s health since she announced her cancer diagnosis in march. my work has always brought me a deep sense ofjoy and i look forward to being back when i m able. but for now i must focus on m
prepared to take on the german hosts in the first match of the tournament. there s no point getting on the train there s no point getting on the train or there s no point getting on the train or the plane if you can t believe train or the plane if you can t believe you can make history. also coming up, now a semifinal too forjack drake in the last four in stuttgart. from a ball boy at 12 years old, nearly two decades later, roger federer talks about the tyrant and the euros. welcome along. it does seem strange to say when we had some consequential football less than two weeks ago but yes, the wait is over. in fact, the wait since the last major tournament and most recent european championship are both shorter than normal, but there are few things anticipated like a summer of international football. so it s to germany we go for euro 2024, where fittingly, 2a teams will be trying to win the trophy last held aloft by italy at wembley three years ago. the title will be won
but for us, it s the opening game. four team section, three matches. we know what we have to do to qualify, and that is all we are focused on. the enormity of the opening game and whatever, that s a little bit of a sideshow. and hopefully we don t get too involved in that. one of the mantras i ve always had is respect everyone and fear no one. so we ve come here with a lot of respect with the host nation, we know they re a good team. but hopefully on the night, we can show that we re a good team as well. well, england begin their campaign against serbia on sunday in gelsenkircken, and some good news out of the camp. all 26 of their squad trained today, including john stones, who was missing yesterday with illness. so a boost to gareth southgate s plans. meanwhile, conor gallagher says defeat in their final warm up game to iceland last weekend was a real wake up call for the whole squad to make sure they start well in germany. in tournament football, just during the first thin