If you live in the UK, you can hardly fail to have noticed that the Queen had her (official) 90th birthday at the weekend. As usual, this was celebrated with a series of events – a church service at St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday, Trooping the Colour on Saturday, and the Patron’s Lunch on Sunday.
All of these were broadcast by the BBC and I was very happy to be part of the production team working on the highlights programmes which were broadcast each evening.
Here are some of my memories of the weekend’s production.
The OB truck in Green Park where I spent the three days
My office for the weekend
The news presentation area opposite Buckingham Palace
The flags were out in celebration
The studio was in a beautiful setting
The Queen Victoria Memorial
My editor Jeremy Scott and I
Jeremy hard at work (spot who is making a first appearance on the balcony)
Going through the running order for Trooping the Colour
We popped out of the truck to see the Royal Family on the balcony on Saturday
Helicopters led the flypast for Trooping the Colour
Peter Phillips was interviewed by BBC News before the Patron’s Lunch
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