see that for many people who see the queen, they probably also see her as in see a grandmother or great grandmother, and even the midst of a lot of the issues that we have the reason over the last few years, whether it is over pre, this is dana and, and recent things that happen with members of a family, you know, 8 people have dividing views on different beings. but i think right now is shown on this day. people out of respect will pay their respects to her. i, you know, it is something that every one would go, you know, she served her country and, and now she's moving on to the next chapter. charlotte to stay there just for a 2nd because we just the, we're going to come with back to you in just a 2nd. and i just want to say it's coming up to 1800 g m t. we bring you the news that queen elizabeth the 2nd you case longer serving monarch has died up our moral

castle age 96, after rating for 70 years. her family rushed up to be a bell moral and when use was released just around lunch time, u. k. time her but she was gravely ill and concerns had been growing about her health. the queen, of course, kinds of thrown back in 1952 witnessed enormous social change. there was a statement issued by comparative saying the queen died peacefully at bell moral this afternoon. the king and queen console will remain the same and he will return to london tomorrow. let's cross to bell moral castle is gonna rob madison. is that he's on the phone as a rob this tell us about the scene and the main gate. so since the initial announcement came out at lunch time, local time here, and you said that this could be

a significant with regard to the queen child. they have what have been torrential rains incoming and go as i'm talking to you. and i can just see more people beginning to make their way down towards the main counsel down towards the main way where people have been gathering as seen. ladies who, being in tiers one has been think it's important to know just how significant oral is particularly the queen, basically spent every summer of her life here. it's been essentially almost mandatory that we should congregate for at least a period of time q and the ne scott from dustin trying to put in bernard just to the, the west of aberdeen. it is a place which is surrounded by greenery. it's surrounded by trees. it's in the middle of a small forest it was

a re we're lazy where lazy our connection there with a rub mathson his study by for outside balmoral call. so let's return to charlotte most political, the women's advocate, and showing that just for those years just joining us and hearing this news at queen elizabeth the 2nd has passed away. just give us your reaction 1st of all, to use i think that there is no doubt that today's the day that the british people will come together. whether it, whether you like the queen or you have objections about the monarchy as an institution, and every won't come together in respect of her 7 decades of service. i, i personally, my reaction personally is i empathize with that. we'd clean elizabeth's loved ones who have today lost their mother, grandmother, great grandmother and 2 and 4 old who she was

a little bit cuz she was not just queen. she was like many of us. she meant something, somebody personally, i also didn't i share and i share my condolences with our nation at its time cuz we've lost our longest, raining monarch and i am here. i'll be very clay. i have openly, vocally invisibly challenged the monarchy from time to time. but i can respect to duty, and i think that on a day like this, this is a time of reflection. this is the time that the country will come together. and it's time for us to, to come together in enjoying that. we can move on to the next stage. you smoothly, especially now that are key charles, which house is become king? of course i showed the queen was out of the commonwealth to her. charles will now become her to the commonwealth. how will this news be going go across 3 of the

nations of former cornwall? i think many of the nations from the commonwealth, especially the former colonies. i think they will all be paying their respects. i'm just like i said now i, i don't think that they, i think that the relationship many of these countries have and had with queen elizabeth of cost and farm the period of time that goods and colonized these countries. and i'm, and queen elizabeth at the time was head of state, you know, she, i, as ahead of, of britain. and at the time that many of his punches all of this country's godaddy penance, a number of them still made her their head of state. and we've seen that in recent months, some of the caribbean nations, i chose to lead to remove her as, as head of state. nevertheless, i don't think that there would be any one per se in these commonwealth countries

that will not express respect at this time at half past 8. and i think that would be, i think that is, that is what we will see. all right, sure, thanks very much and the for that her, thanks for joining us and give us your perspective eshola most showed me move for let's go and women's overcoat north. this is why i resist just why we found these pictures and we've been getting lots of messages of condolences coming in to us. her the prince charles swore. now king charles is saying, i know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country. the realms, the commonwealth, and by countless people around the world, he said we more profoundly the parsing of a cherished sovereign and a much loved mother. we've also heard for

all sorts of people we're hearing for murder, ukrainian president zones. zalinski is extending his condolences to britain and the commonwealth for this irreparable loss of queen elizabeth the 2nd, the archbishop of canterbury justin welby, as she had done before, she reminded us of a deep truth about ourselves. we are a people of hope who care for one another. the canadian present just intruder. it pays tribute to the queen as important part of canada's history. so lots of attributes coming in from right around the world. another one from a former british prime minister gordon brown, who said the queen elizabeth served the country to the last as he offered his condolences or to the royal family following the death of 96 year old queen elizabeth the 2nd on thursday. the united kingdom,

the commonwealth and entire world, i joined together in morning. this evening, gordon brown said, in a tweet, let's bring in l. o. in caesar, raoul historian joins us now from paris and ed's, it's the news that nobody ever thought would happen. really, if you live in britain, this woman has always been a part of the fabric of british life. yes. and yet at the same time, we have known our for a while now that the, the queens health was fading out only last november. she she was unable to be present for the remembrance sunday service. and really this was a, a strong indication that that her house was, was not good. at the previous months she had visited hospital at the time, the panis did not disclose exactly what was wrong with her. and then earlier this year, we've of course had the in their state of the night with the, in

a 2nd that we just want to go to that 10 downing street live trust in you prime minister is speaking by the news that we have just heard from balmoral, the death of her majesty the queen is a huge shock to the nation and to the world. queen elizabeth the 2nd was the rock on which molten britain was built. all country has grown and flourished under her reign. britain is the great country. it is today because of her. she ascended the throne just off to the 2nd well bull. she championed the development of the commonwealth from a small group of 7 countries to a family of $56.00 nations spotting every continent of the world. we are now a malden thriving dynamic nation. 3 2nd thing. queen elizabeth the 2nd, provided us with the stability and the strength that we needed. she was the very

spirit of great britain, and that spirit will enjo. she has been our longest, ever raining monarch. it's an extraordinary achievement to have presided with such dignity and grace for 70 years. how long, how life of service stretch be all maced of all living memories? in return, she was loved and admired by the people in the united kingdom and all around the world. she has been a personal inspiration to me and to many britons. her devotion to duty is an example to esl. earlier this week, at 96, she remained determined to carry out her duties, as she appointed me as her 15th prime minister. throughout her life, she is visited more than a 100 countries, and she has touched the lives of millions around the world. in the difficult days

ahead, we will come together with our friends across the united kingdom, the commonwealth on the world to celebrate her extraordinary lifetime of service. it is a day of great loss, but queen elizabeth the 2nd leaves a great legacy. today the crown passes, as it has done so more than a 1000 years to our new monarch on you had to state his majesty, king charles the 3rd with the king's family. we mourn the loss of his mother. and as we bowed, we must come together as a people to support him to help him by the awesome responsibility that he now carries for us all. we offer him all loyalty and devotion justice, his mother devoted so much to so many, for so long. and with the passing of the 2nd elizabeth, an age we are in

a new era in the magnificent history of our great country. exactly as her majesty would have wished by saying the words, god save the king. that is, britons new prime minister lives pro, talking the passing of elizabeth an age saying this is a huge shock to the nation whose talk to the world through thick and thin. this pro said, queen elizabeth embodied the very spirit of britain. she touched the lives of millions to day of great loss bits. queen elizabeth the 2nd left, a great legacy. let's return to ed owens. we will speak to him just a short while ago roll historian joins us now from paris. ed, extraordinary to think that the britons knew prime minister his trust just 2 days ago that she was with the queen of bell moral. it is extraordinary.

and i think many people will be watching the new prime minister making this speech and commemorating the figure of elizabeth the 2nd. and it's almost hard to believe that this figure is on you prime minister and given that she's been in the job. and so at a time i'm but nevertheless meaningful words. i think it summed up this epoch, which we now describe as the, the 2nd elizabeth in age, the significant amount of change that has taken place over 70 years. britain and the commonwealth are very different compared to 1962. and i think that when we, as historians come to look back at the, the reign of elizabeth, the 2nd, we will be very interested to see just just what kind of social economic,

cultural, political developments took place through this period and how the monarchy and specifically the monarch lent this period a sense of, of continuity and i would suggest stability as well as a list ra said. the crown are passes on to her eldest son too. who was now king charles a 3rd a. do you think this will be a moment? said a new time, a new era for the monarchy. yes and no. and i began an answer earlier on when talking to you regarding how we have actually seen prince charles being prepared for this moment. not just over the last year when he's filled in that his mother on a number of significant occasions, most notably the opening of the state happening aparment early this year. but also this, this stretches back almost a decade in that he has become a more present figure in our national either that's been very deliberate. it has

been in order to, if you like, ease this moment of the transition. that we are more accustomed to seeing him in a leading role. and i have a feeling that given that he is now, his grieving monarch, the british public, despite what have at times been, or a certain sense of, of disapproval, certain controversy that is attached to charles said he was, he was prince of wales. i think that will be a sentimental rallying around him, or in this moment of, of grief that his personal but is also national. indeed, that's ahead. of course. let's just take a moment to look back at the british prime minister talked of the great legacy that queen elizabeth leaves behind somebody that you've alluded to to this policy of the elizabeth and age. just how much did she she bring to the monica and how important a figure is she in britain and especially as it's kind of representative around the

world. well, i'll take your 1st question if i my 1st and i think in terms of what she did for the monarchy, she really re energized and re invigorated the monarchy. following the reign of her father george, the sick, who wasn't a particularly popular man. and his reign really was overshadowed by the circumstances to which he or at which he came to the throne. because of course, his older brother at, with the aid abdicated. and that's the application really? it it, it o. the shadowed much of george and 6 rang and he wasn't seen as a very romantic or charismatic figure. when elizabeth the 2nd came to the throne, she was a young woman in her mid twenties, a young mother. and she seemed to embody a certain sense of optimism, a sense of renewal. the britain was moving past the bad old days of the 2nd world war. and was moving from, as i say, a rain of a, not a very popular king into

a new reign where you had this sort of idyllic. a domestic group are in elizabeth phillips and then 2 young children. and there was a lot of hope and optimism about what this is new youthful family represented for britain. and just to move to your 2nd point, you, you asked, what does she mean to the world? well, she is an iconic figure. she was this iconic figure and i think she will remain an iconic figure because arguably, she is the best known public figure in all of the world. her face, we see on our bank notes on our postage stamps. but beyond british shows, it is also the case that she has this kind of global standing a global celebrity, and because of her commonwealth role as head of the commonwealth, she was widely celebrated for her roland holding that organization together to. so i think there is this global dimension to the monarchy which often we,

we lose sight of back in britain, in that sense of duty we saw being displayed almost to her dying day. the emphasis to and to elizabeth the 2nd rain has been on duty in public service. and let's just take a moment to think about why the language of duty and public service matters so much . it's specifically because back in 1936, edward, the 8th. her uncle put private desire and self fulfillment ahead of public duties. he and service and therefore she sought to embody the kind of monarchy that her her uncle had failed to embody. and that notion of service a duty has really appealed. i think both to the british public and to a commonwealth public. this idea that this individual will put public service and

the welfare of others ahead of her own personal desire. i think that explains some of the strong, affectionate emotion that people have had. paul is with the 2nd over the last 70 years and you're absolutely right to go back to the start of a conversation. you know, she only, ah, greeted a new prime minister this week, i think demonstrating a dutiful role, that dutiful nature right through to the very end. and we'll leave it there. thanks very much indeed for your perspective and analysis good to have you with us. at this time. ok, just to recap, queen elizabeth the 2nd, the u. k. as long as serving one occurs, died at val moral castle in scotland. age 96. she rained for 70 years. her family gathered round her at the scottish estate. after concerns grew earlier on thursday, queen elizabeth came to the throne in 1950, to witness in all the social changes we've been talking about. and with her death,

her eldest son, charl charles the 4 prince wells will now become king back in palace earlier issued a statement saying that the queen died peacefully at bell moral this afternoon. the king and the queen consult. i will remain at bomb or the c v and they will return to london to morrow. so you will see king charles and his consort camilla coming to london to morrow. let's try to reconnect with rob matheson or correspond to his live outside balmoral castle in scotland, where the queen died earlier today said rob have you can hear us. all right. just tell us more about what you're seeing around you and what the feelings like. well, people to gather on time. i don't that yet. no, sorry. we've lost rob again. it's real issues with the connecting with his phone at

her at belmore and can imagine all the people using mobile phones out there just connecting round the world tele move. well, the news that queen elizabeth has died. well, queen elizabeth the 2nd came to throne on the death of her father in 1952, and became the longest reigning monarch in british history. in a little while, we'll take a look back at a long life. and thee and just to say that once it was ram out 20 past 12 to day, british time in the u. k, that we heard that the queen was poorly. and at that point all the queen's children travelled to belmont. i think ms. at point, everybody realised that the situation where the next bit of news, when it came, i would be graven indeed. so it proved in thee her another further evidence of that was when the union jack, flying above i'm back in palace,

was lowered to half mass as it has been above downing street as well. and all the queens children are balmoral and her grandson, prince william and prince harry i believe is also there as well. okay, let's take a look back. it's the life of christmas with his anderson. oh, in modern times, no monaco mirth could claim the level of popularity in respect that queen elizabeth the 2nd enjoyed right into her advancing years. ah, marine was the longest in british history marked in spectacular style by the 1st ever platinum jubilee scenes, reminiscent to the end of the 2nd world war. in 1945. she was celebrating 70 years

ah. what a constant 2021 the year before. and this ensuring image between alone with her soul, yet stoic, the death of her husband, prince philip, and a marriage that lasted 73 years had focused mines on her remarkable reign. she wasn't born to be queen. her childhood was care free. here with sister margaret. but then came change. at 10, she found herself as air to the throne. her uncle, king, edward, the 8th abdicated. her father, became king. she was leading a very quiet family life fairly out of the knees. when the abdication came, it wasn't her destined rel from birth, and i think that her father taught her incredibly well and she lout her lesson very well as it were. princess elizabeth was $25.00 when she assumed the british throne,

returning from a visit to kenya after the sudden death of king george the 6th. by the time she was crowned queen, she was 27. it was in 6 years after she'd married prince philip, the duke of edinburgh, a lifetime of service ahead of her and the end of a naval career for philip, who'd be by her side for the rest of his life. as she took the throne, written with its empire was losing its grip on global pow. the queen's 1st mission, along with her husband, was a royal tour. as head of the commonwealth, she visited countries preparing transformation to independence from britain. go back to the early 19 fifties. here she is. it takes a bit to get through to your own mind that this is a person who who conversed with the church over the mirrors. the very early

commonwealth leaders, the queen, was able to lift the dark cloud of colonial attitudes and showing the commonwealth became a multi racial, multi national association. it was perhaps her biggest achievement, and she was passionate about the commonwealth throughout her reign. back home, it might even look like a normal life, a love of dogs, and a passion for horse racing. ha, ha, ha, ha, ha majesty. the queen. she was herself a horsewoman, and she loved the outdoors as a mother, though, there were challenges. like all the best families we have our share of eccentricities of impetuous and way with youngsters. ah, and of family disagreements. yeah, to the throne shows her eldest son that become prince of wales in 1969. at the age of 32, he married diana spencer. she had just turned 20 and was

a stranger to royal life. it was an unhappy marriage ending in divorce. then in 1997 princess diana was killed in a paris car crash. initially the queen didn't publicly show grief. she was staying in scotland. walter's straw crowds gathered at buckingham palace. i think, dan, his death was a very dangerous, named for the monarchy. i think that was, was possibly the one limit where you can look back on, on a pretty flawless rain and say that at that moment i think the queen lost her her judgment. the queen had a special affection for charles and diana's 2 sons, william and harry, prince harry was seen by royal watches, the queen's favorite grandson. but he was to take his grandmother through some bad times. he mounted american actress megan marco, left their world duties and moved to america as private citizens,

a cup of appeared on the u. s. television network with scathing attacks on the royal family for making them unhappy. megan, marco said a member of the world family made racist remarks. the queen's personal life may have had its ups and downs, and family may not have come 1st all the time. while british monarchs don't have absolute power, they can influence and steer their political leaders. a long list of prime ministers followed in the footsteps of winston churchill in their audiences with the queen, each with a piece of history to share with her boris johnson here, the 14th leader and the man who took the u. k. out of the european union in 2020, he also had to handle the country's response to the corona virus. pandemic face a crisis. the queen are dressed in rare tv appearance. we should take comfort that while we may have more stone to endure better days will return. we will be with our friends again. we will be with our families again. we will meet again.

queen elizabeth adult life was devoted to duty. how will she be remembered? i think she had assumed the status of a national icon, the nation's grand mother. her legacy will be the fact that the wall family is in a position to survive and indeed thrive that has by no means been given throughout her reign. oh, elizabeth, the 2nd queen of a commonwealth, not an empire, had always shown unflinching determination. ah, death as in life should be revered by many millions in

this is a scene its bell moral castle in scotland. where a little bit earlier the news was announced. queen elizabeth, the 2nd you case long asserting monica's died age, 96, after raining for 70 years. lots of tributes coming in. the canadian prime minister just intruder at this to say, just a short while ago day. the passing of her majesty queen elizabeth the 2nd. she was our queen for almost half of canada's existence. and she had an obvious, deep and abiding love and affection for canadians. she served us all with strength and wisdom for 70 years. as we grew into thee diverse, optimistic, responsible, ambitious, and extraordinary country,

we are to day as her 12 canadian prime minister. i'm having trouble believing that my last sit down with her was my last i will so miss those chats. she was thoughtful, wise, curious, helpful. funny and so much more in complicated world. her steady grace and resolve brought comfort and strength to us all canada is in morning. she was one of my favorite people in the world, and i will miss her. so hit that akin

ground kristof can his opponent jonesy. you dare say this, i majesty i am in his habit. do it in that c a canadian prime minister, just intruder remembering queen elizabeth his day to day as thoughtful, wise, curious, helpful, funny. and so much more, she had a steady grace and resolve which brought comfort to us. all. he said, other attributes have been coming in the british opposite, lead a kiss. darma has said so as our great elizabeth and eric comes to an end, we will honor the late queen's memory by keeping alive the values of public service . she's embodied tributes to coming from the united states, from the united nations. let's cross to update from how to get to j's bays. it's u n h q in new york. and james, what's been said the yeah, i mean this, we're getting comments from,

from a lot of people here at the un and around the world about the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd. she is the longest rating head of state in the world. and she is not, was not just the, the queen of the, the u. k. she was the queen. you heard the canadian prime minister there of 14 other countries around the world. so there is real shot for many. let's start here at the u. n. where we have a statement from the un secretary general currently about to land in pakistan because of those floods. he says, as the united kingdom longest lived in august, raining at stake when elizabeth, the 2nd was widely admired for her grace, dignity, and dedication around the world. she was a reassuring presence throughout the decades of sweeping change, including the dicola zation of africa and asia, and the evolution of the commonwealth. i asked the spokesman to the 2nd general short time ago when he read that statement to us, whether the secretary of the un will plan to attend the funeral of the queen. and

they're obviously looking for the announcements that will be made by the government . they're all family and king charles about the, about the timing of that about that funeral. but certainly i think that he would consider going see the neighboring country to the u. k. the other large country, when they have a large country in europe is france. press macro, how much the queen of this, but the 2nd embodied the british nations, continuity, and unity for every 70 years. i remember, has a friend of france, a kind hearted queen who left a lasting impression on her country and her sentry india, commonwealth country. and the render mowdy, the prime minister, match the queen. this was we remembered as a stalwart for our times. we've got some reaction coming in from the us. we think we're expecting a formal reaction from president biden, but senate republican leader mitch mcconnell for 70 long years, from the aftermath of world war 2, went into the her century across 15 different prime ministers through great trans

great challenges. the queen steady leadership safeguarded the land. she loved statements coming in to from the european council present chance jo michelle, europe in foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, or the dutch queen king or the german president frank walter stein mark when it is . but the 2nd is a woman who shaped the century she witnessed and wrote the contemporary history. the italian prime minister, maria draggy quilters, was a major player in world history of the last 70 years. she represented the united kingdom and the commonwealth with balance wisdom, respect for institutions and democracy you can see across the globe. we're getting reaction to this very, very important, momentous news of that. the death of someone who many, many people in the world know she's been in their lives for all of our lives because she rained for 70 years. and what we, i think her awaiting or some of those in diplomatic circles awaiting is the news of

the funeral. timing or the expectation as a funeral would probably take place after about 10 days or 10 days actually will take us to a sunday and i'm not sure you'd have a funeral in the u. k. on a sunday. and that does create some interesting logistical arrangements because remember, london will be the scene for so many heads of government and heads of state who want to pay tribute. those countries where she was the queen, those countries little part of the commonwealth. she was head of the commonwealth. all of those other countries of the european union, united states, canada, or australia, or all those leaders in many leaders from africa and elsewhere will be coming, i think, to london or but the timing, if it's 10 days from now, puts it squarely at the start of the un general assembly, when all of those people are supposed to be in new york. so that's one thing that's being discussed behind the scenes here at un headquarters. a place that the queen visited twice during her reign. 50 years apart, 2 visits at one very early in her rain and,

and one on one and more recently. and james, he mentioned from wealth leaders in the role of the queen as head of the commonwealth. clearly a challenging one. but one that she carried up with typical dignity and sense of duty. so yes, you've got to remember that when she started this job, it was just after world war 2 and the britain had had what it called an empire, a very controversial and what britain did in its time as an imperial power, or some believe it was not a force for good and certain parts of the world. but she was there to steer the conversion of that empire into something else. when britain clearly was a declining power around the world, she turned the empire into the commonwealth. she was the head of that, but she was also the driving force of the creation of the commonwealth. and the commonwealth does exist to day and is reasonably thriving to day, both as a political organization and a trade or organization. and in fact,

it's not just the old countries of empire are that our partner are members of the commonwealth or other countries earlier in africa have joined in recent years. so it, it is. i think one of the success stories of this, this sir, this monex long, long rain or i. james, thanks for that. are jays base speaking to was there from you and headquarters in new york. let us bring in molina, conic who's a ra, historian, or from and speech was from alexandra in virginia in the united states. melina, thanks for joining us on this occasion. give us a sense of how the news of queen elizabeth the 2nd death will be received in the united sate. i think we, we call it here a major new story. i mean, i'm just while waiting to speech years a slipping through twitter, i mean l. the u. s. networks are covering and haven't covering it all day. and now

focusing on, you know, on and what will happen afterwards with the new king. and i expect there'll be a statement from the president the united states, unless there's been one already, which i've missed because i've not had a chance to check. ah, but it is because you have to remember that, that our history is tied in many, many ways to the united kingdom. you know, we were one searching colonies and we did get a bit rebellious and we did decide to go our own way. but unlike many other countries that you go independent, we cast many similarities, the bicameral legislature, the language, as well as even place names. i mean, i live in virginia, which is named for queen elizabeth the 1st. and you have, you know, the british mom or queen elizabeth has visited the united states publicly at state visits, public official visits, and even private visits are going to kentucky to visit her court to visit courses.

so there is this huge relationship. you know, that's not the political special relationship, but there's definitely an affection and, and appreciation for queen elizabeth and her family and the british monarchy. you know, of course, you know, sleep, we also get a television and all that as well. so in the united kingdom, the talk of the queen, you know how she's ever seen 15 different prime ministers. she must have seen 3 refer a few presidents of united states to she's not all it since her reign. she has met all the presidents except linden johnson. right. that's incredibly not. it is actually amazing. i and you think about it, i mean the depths and the breast of her rain and the accomplishments socially in terms of the change of, you know, the attitude, the british empire, and what's evolving with the commonwealth and the questions that are now being asked in many of these homo of countries of how they were created, you know,

1st in terms of slavery and other issues. and that's, i think, something that you know is something that the british, you know, that the british want to continue the conversation. ah, but the technology and the difference in her rein from, you know, when her father died in february, 1052. until today you had science and technology you had, you know, um, in the early part of her range, divorce people could not be in the royal enclosure, in asphalt, for example. but then her sister got divorced and 3 of her children and other family members. you have this whole change in the social structure as well. but yet, the monarchy, the queen has always been there. you know, when she was 21 years old for her 21st birthday, she gave a speech where she basically and i will paraphrase it. that however long or short her life that she would serve, and that's what she's done,

she served until the end of her life meeting with forest johnson going out. and liz trust coming in? i'm wondering what kind of relationship did she have with a different presidents? some good some, but i'm, well, i would think she, oh, i'm sure you know, there were good relationships, you know, she had some rather good relationships with the, the bush family. ah, ah, and with the biden's and certainly with the obama, as you know, by virtue of their visit when you saw her, and mrs. obama put their arms around each other's back. like there was a, was a violation of protocol and the queen didn't push it away, she put her arm behind her as well. i just don't think there was that same sort of relationship with trump, but that's an entire different strike. i will leave her there, which i be a muslim kurney. thanks very much in the morning. 100 to roll historically welcome . you have a great rest of the day. thank you. experiences from having sondra in virginia. let's speak to our white house correspondent, kimberly how kits. kimberly stunning bear at the white house of what use of we

heard from the white house about the death of queen anne was has a u. s. presidential fighting has just released a statement on the death of queen elizabeth. he says, her majesty, queen elizabeth the 2nd, was more than a monarch. she defined an era he says, in a world of constant change. she was a steadying presence of a source of comfort and pride for a generation of britons, including many who have never known their country without her. an enduring admiration for queen elizabeth the 2nd united people across the commonwealth. the 7 decades of her history making rain bore witness to an age of unprecedented human advancement and the forward march of human dignity. the statement continues on in fact it 7. c paragraphs long, the president goes on to outline his own personal relationship with the queen. in fact, talk to you about the 1st time that he met her back in 1982 when he was part of

a senate delegation until the last meeting that he had with her back in june of 2021. that in fact was when he was with his wife dr. jill bite, and that was a meeting that took place in windsor castle. the 1st lady, as well as the president, were there for the very 1st official visit of the president. this 1st official visit as president a where they've had a formal tea with the queen. i was partly one that was very lengthy and that there was a very warm discussion that took place. and this was at the end of the g summit, g 7 summit. what the president goes on to say in his statement of which is again very lengthy, is that he says that he believes that in the years ahead. he does look forward to a continuing close friendship with the king and the queen concert. but he says

today the thoughts and prayers of people all across the united states are with the not a kingdom and the commonwealth in their greece. he says her legacy will loom large in the pages of british history and in the story of our world. and as our previous guest was saying, queen elizabeth did have a very strong relationship with the united states as our guest was outlining. she did meet with 14 us presidents and she in fact had a number of visits here in the united states. in fact, she even planted a tree on the lawn of the white house. this is the north line. she planted the tree in the south, one of the white house. she is known to have visited the ranches of natalie, the president bush, george h. w bush. but also ronald reagan, she commemorated the 400th anniversary of the settlement of james town. that was the 1st english settlement here in the united states. and she also was here to

celebrate the centennial as well of so there were of the united states is 100th birthday. so there were many significant moments that the queen was a part of. and there was very much a very strong relationship that the queen celebrated is part of that special relationship that exists between the united states and the united kingdom is one that the u. s. president joe biden sought to honor in his statement again one that was very lengthy, one that it was very heart, felt as the united states is now grieving along with the united kingdom in the passing of queen elizabeth the 2nd. kimberly relieved their thanks very much. kimberley hawkins reporting from the white house on reaction from the on the queen's death. but sprint i do use, he's the former head of rober touch and joins us now from snow dania in the united kingdom. and i 1st will just told me your thoughts about the queen's passing and,

and the kind of person that she was your experience. well, i share the grief of the nation and indeed the world. i've been around a long time too, not quite as long as her majesty that she to me if pit advised generation that just sadly we are false losing. she was everything. one would hope a decent citizen would be and by her example, she's laid the foundation. but i regard as an unique, an amazing woman, i don't think we will ever see in my life time. certainly. but in future generation who one who could lead by example to such an extent. truly amazing. sorry, that's like going and i just find it quite amazing that here we are 96. he is that we are where we are. but i suspected some time ago the end was near

and sadly i was right. you had a tough, important job as the head of ro protection, protecting the queen of great britain. what was what she liked with him to work full well again, it was a privilege to be appointed back in the mid nineties to be that had the wrong protection. but i was very fortunate that there was a history and i was supported by teams. and it was the queen's police officer and his colleagues who went out day by day night by night to take my job was to look at the strategic overview, both of protecting policies and combating terrorism in whatever shape and for it came. so i was very lucky, i'm privileged to have such a good team around me for nearly 4 years. and moving forwards now will be a great shift, a period of morning for then

a shift to the coronation of king charles. well, absolutely and that huge job, but you know, each of the royals have a contingency plan. her majesty is no exception. the operation will be put into place. it's well rehearsed. it has a structure, it has a timeline, and it involves both political, military adults, lease in a combination of effort. and i modest they say great britain is so good at managing these issues. and whether it's was princess diana, the queen, mother, prince, fill it. i with great respect to the rest of the world. i don't know any other organization like my colleagues spoke to the are and others in the military and the ministry. and so that can organize with such precision with such

decorum, these events, i feel this will pass as one of the highlights in the sense of history. and we will think back with pride. and i just looking back at your relationship, there is of, in particular that you remember that that sticks in your mind has eyes amazing eyes. and i was looking at the photograph before she meant either boys johnson or our new prime minister. those eyes were sparkling when i did meet it with those eyes whose sparkle? mine too. they. they could dark file and believe me, i fell once or twice in one or 2 of the operations that went wrong. i can't talk about. they bring a smile to my i look, look, i've had to look and trust me. you don't get that. look, you've had the,

you've had this motto, di dave is appreciate your memories. thanks very much for joining us here on al jazeera. let's look at the scene. we're going to actually let us look back at the life of queen elizabeth, the 2nd queen elizabeth. the 2nd was born in 1026 in london. at that point, she wasn't expected to become queen. but after the application of her uncle and edward the 8th father, georgia 6 became king. that was in 1936, and she married prince philip in 947. they had 4 children and prince charles. now king was born in 1948. when the queen's father died and $952.00 princess elizabeth became queen. and she is the longest reigning monarch in british history, surpassing the reign of queen victoria that took place in september 2015. and then in april 2021. her husband, prince philip. he died just before his 100 birthday and they had been married for

73 years. yes. let's take you to those which is a fucking palace now, duck dorian, around back in palace at the top of the mile. you can see crowds gathering back in larger and larger numbers, smaller chelan spectrum, just a 2nd like hurstbourne was talking earlier about the sombre scene and how everybody was expecting the news when it came would be great. and indeed. so it proved. and i imagine that those crowds will keep on building lots of floral tributes will be laid and that will continue for days and days. and those tributes will grow and grow. so let's surgery and worry who's at bucking palace. roy, this describe what you're saying around you. the moment we have over the last hour. so we have a growing crowd coming down the mold, flowing around the front of the pallet

and gathering right at the gate. the building itself. it's been a shower e september day or so some voice is gone off and the moment drive they come down again. what's interesting is the crowd a quiet times that are being ripples. oh oh, i'm not quite sure why because i'm too far away to see. but ripples of applause through the crowd. and at one point about 10 minutes ago, that was there were 3 grades as well. so yes, the crowd is, is respectful. i think they're all as a depreciation. feel to me, i think amongst the people who are gathering what happens next 3. well, i mean i want to talk about prince charles king charles now controls the 3rd is

offended. the crow immediately may be several weeks or months is actual coronation. but it's an excuse me thing i think for the basically be a hearing the job that we have spent his whole life waiting cool at the age of 73. this is an age which most people are already all contemplating retirement. and yet for my child's life, he's essentially being an apprentice. at this moment. now he is become the thing that he is right. it is a lot to be and he's already an old man. i mean, that's the, the, all the monarchy, the way it was session. but it's also, i think, that testament to the longevity all his mother is longevity of queen elizabeth 70 years on the charles was 43 when his mother was made queen

in 1952. how the age of 73 is the stepping up and doing the job? the i think mark getting stronger. he will be chrome king in a formal ceremony. that coronation will be some months away. now immediate coming days, we will be looking at the funeral. the queen. yes. so the plans in place so that there are very plans depending on different factors and say all over in different circumstances, depending on where the queen died, she died by moral. and so the plan that's in place to the moment to bring her body back down to london is called corporation unicorn. now operation vehicle lease says that she may be down to london by boil try. she may fly down on

a plane. do either or no, just thought i'd like to know our price north and i think there is a plan at the moment to have a kind of mini lying in the bowl in the full body is down in london where that will be the the main lying and say that happen. and then while we have all the full period of the state morning, and of course at some point in about 10 days, we will have the full day funeral. and just give us a sense if you would, rory, just what this means to the majority of the people, but not everybody's as eve expressed before as 7 kissed. but the queen was incredibly popular. yeah, i think i think please trust the prime minister quite a number of,

of respectful notes in her speech that she gave me earlier that i think any of what they will understand. so she said that the queen was the rock on which modern britain with so many ways that true. this is a queen who has the theme, britain, this transformation and fall and imperial, who opposed imperial nations. this truck said that through thick and thin, she was the stability. we need it. well yeah, i think it will. the changes that have happened in the united kingdom, the last 70. if you have had things like this, it was price if you had that was in iraq and afghanistan, you had economic collapses, reflections to whatever the queen has been there and seen that many

people real beacon stability. she also said that the queen was a personal information to her. i don't think many people would feel that way. well then she look forward to your 2nd beaten age and she saluted, speaking talk with him, our loyalty and all service. now, what do you do? me depends on how you feel about the monarchy and there are many people who don't feel that it represents them. they think that it doesn't represent the united kingdom anymore. but you know that there are 2 people in the united kingdom, i think majority. i think it is the majority who at least they're all family that endorsed that support. i don't think the majority of people in the i think you wanted to do away the royal family. but you know, this was a very, very popular queen who has just died. it's that button on charles with the

shoulders. i think she used to feel that is indeed. all right, well, we'll leave that for the most. thanks very much for that to really challenge that scene at buckingham palace, the new flag fly at half mast, the crowds moving up the mountain gathering in greater and greater numbers. some proceed there outside buckingham palace with the news that queen elizabeth seconds, the u. k. the longest serving monarch has died. she died at bell moral today, a 96 after rating for 70 years. her family was around her. they gathered at the scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier today on thursday . all right, we'll leave you now with some images from the queen's 70 year re oh,

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