Queen Officially Opens BBC's New Broadcasting House Building

The Queen has officially opened the BBC's Rebuilt Broadcasting House in central London.

She declared the building open with a live broadcast on BBC Radio 4, during a visit in which she is also being shown BBC Radio 1 and the BBC newsroom.

BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten and BBC director general Lord Hall are escorting the Queen on the visit.

The building is now home to nine radio networks, three 24-hour TV news channels, all of the BBC's main news bulletins and is the workplace for 6,000 BBC staff from the BBC's television, radio, news and online services.

Crowds gathered outside the building, which is flying the Royal Standard, to await the arrival of the Queen