US TV show to broadcast live from the Palace

Last updated at 13:42 30 September 2005


One of America's most watched breakfast shows is to be broadcast live from Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle next week, it has been announced. ABC's Good Morning America will also go on air from the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.

The Queen has given her permission for the unusual television event which is aimed at boosting the UK's tourist industry.

She will be away in Balmoral during the relocation of the live show to her historic royal residences.

Next Thursday ABC will broadcast from Windsor Castle's state rooms, including the grand Waterloo Chamber and St George's Hall, as well as St George's Chapel.

The following day, October 7, the presenters will be at Buckingham Palace including in the Throne Room and the White Drawing Room, as well as at Holyroodhouse.

A Palace spokesman said: "We're delighted that ABC has agreed to broadcast their flagship breakfast programme in the UK, especially at such an important time for the tourist industry. The Queen has given her approval."

The programmes will take place around lunchtime UK time and the Duke of York has given ABC an interview about the tourism industry. Good Morning America is watched by around five million viewers every day.

It is thought that using the popularity of the Royal Family in the US in this way will have a positive effect on the tourism industry in Great Britain.

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