Sally Benton

Ian Hislop takes an amused look at one of the most peculiar offices in the British establishment, that of Poet Laureate. Its 341-year history produces a gloriously eccentric picture of who we are, how we are ruled, what we want to say about ourselves and just how hard it is to do that in verse.

ITN News' Sir Trevor McDonald and Julie Etchingham look ahead to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and go behind the scenes of previous royal weddings, speaking to those involved in organising them.

Ian Hislop takes an amused look at one of the most peculiar offices in the British establishment, that of Poet Laureate. Its 341-year history produces a gloriously eccentric picture of who we are, how we are ruled, what we want to say about ourselves and just how hard it is to do that in verse.

Ian Hislop takes an amused look at one of the most peculiar offices in the British establishment, that of Poet Laureate. Its 341-year history produces a gloriously eccentric picture of who we are, how we are ruled, what we want to say about ourselves and just how hard it is to do that in verse.

ITN News' Sir Trevor McDonald and Julie Etchingham look ahead to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and go behind the scenes of previous royal weddings, speaking to those involved in organising them.