Just over a year ago, the 2020 Games were postponed — it was acknowledged to be impossible that they could be held in such a crisis. But now, in harsher pandemic conditions, the government says that it is determined that they will go ahead.

The Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex will walk behind their grandfather’s coffin at his funeral on Saturday. They will, however, be separated by the diplomatic presence of their cousin

“What feels familiar is the connection with people" Kylie Minogue - whose Zoom name is Wine O’Clock - is becoming something of a mogul du vin. As it turns out, peddling wine isn’t entirely different from penning hit pop songs.

"The woke mob has risen and it is coming for one of the most important institutions and traditions of the western world: the British royal family." | @FrankLuntz 

The Japanese government’s official advisers say that a fourth wave of the pandemic is under way. In front of Tokyo’s main railway station a digital display counts down the days to the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics — 99 days and counting.

Owing to coronavirus restrictions, many who would have liked to mourn the Duke of Edinburgh in public will have to follow the ceremony on television at home

How can I watch the funeral? The BBC is to mark the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh with a series of special programmes

Can I listen on radio? BBC Radio 4’s 3pm broadcast of Nora Webster will be rescheduled to allow for coverage of the ceremony, as will Matthew Sweet’s Radio 3 broadcast, Sound of Cinema