🌩️ Jubilee party planners are being warned to check the weather forecast as a flood warning was issued.
⛈️ Southern England is expected to experience thunderstorms with heavy rain and lightning that could bring flash floods and possible power cuts telegraph.co.uk/environment/20…
👑 The Queen is expected to finally meet her namesake Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, as the Sussexes bow out of official #PlatinumJubilee duties on Saturday in order to celebrate their daughter’s first birthday telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
👑 The Queen's "cheeky" sense of humour was commended by the winning Australians of the Year after she spoke to the winners on Zoom.
One of the recipients was Dr Daniel Nour, 25, who said HM had a “cheeky smile… and was so down to earth and so lovely” telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
🔴 WATCH: Unseen footage of the Queen shows her love of horses as Monarch celebrates Platinum Jubilee 🏇
🎶 Our chief music critic was down at Buckingham Palace yesterday for an insider's peek at the #PlatinumPartyatthePalace which will be broadcast live by the BBC from 7.30pm tonight
🏴 Cambridges arrive in Cardiff for concert - but cheeky Louis stays at home.
The Duke and Duchess, along with Prince George and Princess Charlotte, will be treated to a show from Welsh singers Bonnie Tyler and Aled Jones telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
🏇 Frankie Dettori will take part in a special tribute to the Queen at Epsom Derby today, as past and present jockeys who have ridden for the monarch prepare to form a guard of honour
📺 The real and imaginary worlds of the Royal Family have united, as Imelda Staunton - who will play the Queen in season five of Netflix's The Crown - attended the Epsom Derby today, despite Her Majesty being absent
🎵The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte check out the concert's music setup backstage during their visit to Cardiff Castle
👫Peter Phillips made his first official public appearance with his new girlfriend, Lindsay Wallace, at the Derby on Saturday after introducing her to the Queen at Windsor Castle
🗣 Zara Tindall said the Queen would be watching the Derby on TV in her “comfy clothes” after the 96-year-old monarch was forced to pull out of Saturday’s legendary race meeting at Epsom
🐀 Rats are being trained to be sent into earthquake debris wearing tiny backpacks so that rescue teams can talk to survivors 🧵👇
Seven rats have been trained so far, taking two weeks to get them up to speed.
➡️Prototype backpacks containing a microphone are being used at the moment, with rats being sent into mock debris
🚨Specialist backpacks containing microphones and video gear as well as location trackers will be created to allow rescue teams to communicate with survivors during real earthquakes
🚨 BREAKING: Boris Johnson will face a vote of confidence on his leadership after Tory rebels succeeded in triggering a ballot telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/…
Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee, announced that the 54-letter threshold has now been breached.
🗣️ He said: “The threshold of 15 per cent of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party has been exceeded"
The statement continues: “In accordance with the rules, a ballot will be held between 1800 and 2000 TODAY MONDAY 6th JUNE — details to be confirmed"
"The votes will be counted immediately afterwards. An announcement will be made at a time to be advised"
🌟 Crowds flocked in their droves to line the streets of London in part respect and part curiosity, as the spectacle of the final Platinum Jubilee celebration wended its way past in all-singing, all-dancing, all hula-hooping form
👑 It was, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said afterwards, a “joyous occasion”, bringing together the best of Britain in all its forms to tell the story of 70 years
🌟Much to the Duchess of Cambridge’s amusement - and occasional displeasure - the four-year-old prince thumbed his nose, yawned and covered his face with his hands in an exasperated gesture after seemingly becoming fed up with the parade
👑 He was also pictured seemingly pointing at Boris Johnson while looking at his mother with a slightly bemused expression
👑 How to sum up the extraordinary air of expectation on The Mall in the run-up to the Platinum Jubilee Pageant?
☔ Even in the erratic weather. Even after days of sleeping in flimsy tents on the cold, hard pavement.
⛺ “I don’t need a tent. I’ve got a yoga mat and a sleeping bag,” declared pensioner Elizabeth Ellis, 73, who travelled from Manchester to London on Friday afternoon.
🤷♀️ “So what if there’s a downpour? God made us waterproof, didn’t he?”
🔴 A Ukrainian counter-attack is “blunting” the “operational momentum” of Russian forces in the contested city of Severodonetsk, the UK MoD said.
Ukrainian officials claim that half of the city is now under their control.
Follow for live updates throughout the day ⤵️
🔴 Russian missiles struck Kyiv this morning. No one was reported killed, with one person hospitalised.
The attack shattered a sense of calm in Kyiv, which hadn't seen similar strikes since the April 28 visit of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🇪🇸 Spain is to supply Ukraine with anti-aircraft missiles and Leopard battle tanks in a step up of its military support to the country telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…