Hello, it's Adam, recording a special episode of newscast at New Broadcasting House on Saturday,

Tea Time. And we thought we'd do this extra episode in your podcast feed because lots of things

have just been happening in the big story today. And also we've learned a lot more details about

what's going to happen in a very momentous week for the country, which will culminate on Monday,

the 19th of September with the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, which will also be a bank holiday

for all of us. And we've learned a few more details about what will happen in the days running up

to that as well. And we can discuss that now and put it in some proper historic and political

context as well with friend of the podcast Jim Nocti, hi Jim. Adam, very nice to be here.

Thanks for coming back again. Also we're in Studio S33 and you've got a very relevant

memory of this studio, haven't you? Well, it's interesting you should mention it because I'm sitting

in the seat from which I had to rise to welcome at that door just over there. It was about three

years away. The Queen, when she came to Open Broadcasting House a few years ago and of course it was an

extraordinary occasion she arrived and everybody was lining up all sorts of people who might have had

private views about the monarchy that were different. We're taking selfies and goodness knows what

and it was a kind of star entrance. Anyway, I had to usher her into this studio and the director

general at the time Tony Hall was sitting where you're sitting now Adam and he was going to introduce

the Queen but I had to make polite conversation which he came in. So I said well, you know,

honestly I think you've been in the old broadcasting house before and she told me the story of

coming there with Princess Margaret, her sister at the beginning of the war and broadcasting which

is the first time anyone had heard her voice and I sat there rather transfixed for three or four

minutes and she said well that was a long time ago let's get on with what we're doing and we sat

and she did it. And that's a famous famous piece of broadcasting that she did with Princess Margaret

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