 The health of the queen is once again a subject of speculation among Britain's press that's because it has been revealed her majesty spent Wednesday night in hospital after cancelling a visit to northern. Island it had originally been reported she just needed some rest and the delay in passing on that message might seem understandable perhaps a ninety five year old didn't want cameras chasing her. To hospital they waited a couple of days until they told the truth the untruths though have really got under the skin of Nicholas which is the bbc's. Royal correspondent let's take a look it quite difficult to read this we were led to believe on Wednesday by Buckingham palace that the queen was resting at Windsor castle and as we were being told that by Buckingham palace and of course we were relaying that to our viewers and listeners and newspapers to their readers. In point of fact she was in hospital undergoing these what are now described as preliminary investigations so we weren't given the complete picture then the palace and one can understand the palace's perspective on this they would say that. The queen is entitled to patient confidentiality to medical privacy and that sort of thing notwithstanding that she is the head of state and that millions of people in this country and around the world will be concerned. The problem it seems to me is that rumor and misinformation always thrives in the absence of proper accurate and trustworthy information now will we get further information from Buckingham palace today about her condition. I just don't know but I think we need to recover a little bit from what happened on Wednesday we are told that there were preliminary investigations taking place well that would suggest that the after preliminary investigations there may be some further subsequent investigations. We're told that she's in good spirits that would certainly be in line with her stoical character but that's a phrase it's a little bit of a cliche now this in good spirits we're told that she's back at Windsor castle undertaking light duties well we must hope that we can place reliance on what the palace is telling us. We must hope we can depend on the reliance of what the palace is telling us. It was quite surreal intervention making it more odd was that he was wearing a black tie and BBC hosts and presenters that they're supposed to wear those black ties when the royals have died. So even that was you know somewhat threatening you know lie to me again and we'll see what can happen or it was him indicating that he's he's now got no trust in what they say that the queen could be dead and he doesn't know about it. So he's gonna wear a black tie until he sees her in person because he does not trust anything that comes out of the palace anymore. I really seem genuinely hurt didn't he as well as fuming. Yes quite funny isn't it I mean for people who aren't British watching that they might not grasp the gravity of what he's saying for a BBC role correspondence talking those terms about. Palisades is it's basically like calling them the C word saying they're useless they should f off you know this is about as rude as it gets I think the exact way he says was cliche to say that they're offering cliches. The BBC role correspondent when her Majesty's sorry her Royal Highness her Royal Highness's health is being questioned. I agree and I think with the black suit the black tie very suspect Michael. It's a bit like a criminology we have a bit with politics in this country but it's more so with the with the royal household nobody has a clue what's going on in there. It's interesting it's also incredibly mundane every time on the on the because I listen to the world at one on radio for quite often and sometimes PM and the thing that always shocks me is every time they say we're gonna now talk to our BBC correspondent. And every time it's a different person like how many BBC company sorry Royal correspondent of BBC correspondent how many royal correspondents can you possibly have as an organization is that they got a whole team devoted to just. You know conveying press releases from the palace to the public there was a great job though Michael what a great can you imagine like yeah I love it do not just sit on your arse all day just sit in London go to Buckingham Palace down the road. You know talk to a palisade once a week and I want to go to a quote from the Guardian it was from a story about Laura Koonsburg moving on but it was I think telling when it comes to how seriously the corporation takes covering the Royals and the potential death of the Queen let's go to it. One BBC individual who is not moving jobs is Andrew Ma who has been given a fresh contract continue presenting his eponymous Sunday morning. Political interview show sources suggested part of the reason for this is his work producing BBC programs that will be broadcast when the Queen dies. How to cover this inevitable and eerie defying news story is increasingly playing a role in shaping the BBC's planning for the next few years coverage of the end of the monarch's life is due to be presented by the news at 10 host Hugh Edwards. Although he recently suggested he was considering his future as host of the corporations evening flagship show. So for this story which I mean it will clearly be a big news story but I mean it's not surprising is it is 95 year old is one they're gonna sadly pass away and the BBC is not letting people retire or move on until she dies so Andrew Mars has got his Sunday morning gig even though I mean I think he's not particularly good interview he's never very good at putting interviews in an awkward situation in the way that someone like Andrew Neil is I think they should probably try someone else but apparently the reason he is remaining in that job is because he's made some you know prior documentaries about the Queen dying and they're going to keep him in that role until she goes so she lasts another 10 years that's another 10 years of the Andrew Mars show. And Hugh Edwards what if he wants to resign he can't resign because he's he's due to host a show when she pops a clogs. Aaron it's kind of extraordinary isn't it the national broadcaster who has what job is determined by them all not one in the rock the boat until a 95 year old passes away. Well what way to run a multi-billion pound organization. Can you imagine any other organization let's sorry you're gonna be you're gonna be the chief of operations until this person dies could be 10 years sorry I mean you could be in your 70s sorry. You might get ill you might have a terminal illness sorry in a way a more substantial story because of course just speculation is that Barbados got its first I think elected president. In the last 48 hours and Barbados is going to become a republic. And I think what's an open secret really is that many of these countries in the West Indies are going to become republics we have the Commonwealth still and the Queen is still the head of state for a great many countries. And that will change and it will accelerate once Queen Elizabeth II dies and so that adds an extra gravity to the political nature of her passing when it happens. It's gonna be a truly extraordinary event Michael in many ways it will be the sunset on the British Empire. Because of course she ascended to the throne in the 1950s Britain was still very much an imperial power still very much a world power. This was a country which developed you know commercial nuclear energy before the United States before China. Had a satellite program had nuclear weapons before China I believe you know it was a world power when she was the monarch. Was of course outside the European Union you start the global sterling area and of course now in twenty twenty one Britain is just a regular country in the North Atlantic. Sixty five million people medium sized economy or large economy but you know just a medium sized power it can do really impressive things but only in collaboration with other countries. And she is kind of the avatar of that thing which is lost and so when people sell you know there are no black people in British history is ridiculous it's always been a white country is like. Britain was an empire Britain fundamentally was the British Empire it referred to this thing which covered. In the last century a quarter of the planet surface and she's the last remnant of that and so when she goes institutions like the BBC the military. The British establishment a fundamentally gonna have to reexamine who they are what they're about what this country is about and of course they don't want to do that. And so the act of mourning will be so inflated and the reason why is because they want to extend this sort of political status quite further it's gonna be very difficult those as the is the example of Bob Ado shows. You know many people had respect both inside Britain but also beyond it had respect for the institution of the monarchy because they had respect for the person of Queen Elizabeth the second. And once she passed away than that loyalty that fidelity that respect the institution all of a sudden that looks a lot more questionable.