Queen and Duke of Edinburgh take in view from The Shard

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are given a bird's eye view of London from the top of The Shard, during a visit to the tallest building in Western Europe 2:45PM GMT 21 Nov 2013

The Queen asked for a bird's eye view of Buckingham Palace as she looked across London's skyline from the top of The Shard today.

The Queen went up western Europe's tallest building, standing at 1,016ft high, with the Duke of Edinburgh as the royal couple visited the London borough of Southwark today.

The royal couple peered through an interactive telescope on the landmark's 69th floor, before braving the cold weather on the 800ft high open-air viewing gallery of the building at London Bridge.

Dressed in a matching purple coat and hat, the Queen remarked that St Paul's Cathedral looked "quite small" as she walked around the 360 degree gallery, known as The View.

"It's interesting, the different views and how people can see their houses," she said.

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Prince Charles launches the Step Up To Serve campaign to encourage more young people to volunteer and "enhance their employability" 3:18PM GMT 21 Nov 2013

The Prince of Wales has joined forces with the three main political party leaders and business chiefs to urge youngsters to spend time on social action.

In launching the Step Up To Serve campaign at Buckingham Palace, the prince, Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband are calling on more youngsters to get involved so that participation levels are doubled to more than 50% by 2020.

It is hoped that 1.7 million more young people aged between 10 and 20 years old will be spurred on to make social action - defined as "practical action in the service of others - a habit for life".

This target would add almost 90 million hours of voluntary work per year, worth almost £700 million to the UK economy. In Canada an estimated 58% of young people participate in volunteering, more than half of them giving more than four hours each per month.

Businesses, education institutions, faith groups, youth organisations and voluntary groups across the UK are also backing the campaign.

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