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here on our 0 of the death of britain's queen elizabeth the 2nd at the age of $96.00 will lead us the paying tribute to the long serving monarch who reigned for 70 years. she's been hailed for compassion and warmth, and has been described as a role model and an inspiration to millions. in a short statement, the official website of the world family announced that the queen died peacefully balmoral this afternoon. the king and the queen consort will remain at balmoral this evening and will return to london to morrow. since then we've heard from the new king who will be known as charles the 3rd. he said the death of my mother. the queen is a moment of greatest sadness for me. he said that we more profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign of much loved mother. and he knows her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country. the realms, the commonwealth, and by countless people around the world. well, this is the scene at buckingham palace in london where crowds have been gathering.

and the flag is flying at half mast, the traditional ceremony of the changing of the guard due to take place outside the palace on friday morning has been called off. i'll do as rory challenz is at buckingham palace. he's up on the line right now. i, rory, described the mood there for us this evening is very quiet. it really is night when there is, there was a lot of people here. the news broke out and a half ago. people have been coming down here, slowing down the move around the bus to the poor amount. i think somebody has to be happening every 5 or 10 minutes or so. and i'm not quite sure the reason why. but every now and again, the crowds applauding and maybe there's something going on down at the gates, the fucking products which, where people trying to get into at some point they call that front office hits

a shower. you sent them but say today and the rains plans will be passing through, but it's not putting the crowns off. it's not putting the people still coming into the numbers. it's a live site isn't that like has come on. 2 there been some shots of hip paper i as well, so i think it's quite crowded respectful, but it's a crowd that has come here with affection and it's hard and come to pay their respects down at buckingham palace. respect for being coming in from around the world. as well, with that president united states, giving his message we have had from the automated landscape, the president of ukraine. he obviously has his hand very full at the moment with the, the russian invasion. he said it with the sadness that we learned of the mattress, the queen elizabeth 2nd, on behalf of the ukrainian people. we extend sincere condolences to the role family

in the united kingdom and the commonwealth over this irreparable loss. and our pres, with, you know, i think that's indicative really the kind of messages, 3 oregon from around the world. someone who's been on the throne for, for a huge number of years 70 years in title. if we can. 1 live at this moment, i can read out a suite that i want to go from an italian common place during the queen's reign. she's been met the 16th on 714 president of the united states, the prime minister of great britain, and 6 to italian governments that give some indication. i think the change is the passage of time that she is already. i'm interested to know more about that the

crowd that is gathering down the gates of, of buckingham palace and the mood of the people who said it, there is a, an atmosphere of reflection. i mean, why people feel the need to, to gather the buckingham palace. this evening on what you said is not a pretty in inclement weather it's, it's sort of sherry, as you said, why did people feel the need to be there today? yeah, this is one of those moments that you got to remember. you are here or if you are a person or if you are in the united kingdom, the moments and if you're here london, you feel lose the by moment. then you will come down. you'll come down and you'll be here. i think there is a all unity that come through the moment like that. the people they want to experience. yes. you can watch these things on television.

you can people like me talking about that feeling. it is something different. 3 and to feel it, you have to be that's why i think the. 3 the building the moments and they all getting bigger the right and coming in again. but the crowd, the things in the last 10 minutes call even bigger than they were before. the numbers are gone up. yeah. people want to come down. they want to take both days, they want to talk to people they want. they want to share a moment. 3 for many of them, i think the queen will be the person all in preparation. i was talking earlier about the speech that leaves truck gave a short while ago, the prime minister not to kingdom, which i thought a lot of the right. so whether or not you're going to, i think that were things that you could,

you could agree with. she said that the queen with the rock on which britain was absolutely true. and if you look at, if you look at the, the duration of time that you've spent on the changes that the countries come into package for being an imperial nation, a nation that was coming on easy with it. it's, it's legacy of empire and had begun coughing. it all like the queen was. a and she over so that she could see that that was the right thing to do. she fully endorse that. 3 creation of the commonwealth because very strongly about the commonwealth, the britain should not be am off that anymore. it should be a nation among amongst the countries that had been part of a live trust also said that they can then she with the stability that we needed.

well, the company huge changes over the last 70 years joined and left european union. 3 3 it's positioning the wells where it was diminished, it fell from being, i'm offset to be one nation among many. and that was something that the queen or the store as well. it was an inevitable that the, that has to be done with sensitivity and respect. and also just trust that there's a queen with the rights and nothing to the including people who come down to stay on the line. i just want to play our view as sound bite from the case me, a prime minister less trust who let's not forget only met the queen the balmoral yesterday. this is what she had to say about the queen's memory and a speech she made earlier outside number 10,

downing street. and we are all devastated by the news that we have just heard from ball moral. the death of her majesty the queen is a huge shot to the nation and to the world. queen elizabeth the 2nd was the rock on which mountain britain was built. our country has grown and flourished under her reign. britain is the great country is today because of her. we've also got reaction from the head of the united nations. let's go live to our diplomatic edits of james bass, who's at the un headquarters in new york for the secretary general. have to say, james. well, it's the secretary general and countries all around the world who are paying tribute to queen elizabeth after her long reign. in fact, in the last few moments, we've just watched a moment of silence in the un security council at the start of their proceedings. the un general assembly, also holding

a moment of silence the sect yet general issuing statement. he'd met the queen on number of occasions when he was the high commissioner for refugees as the secretary general and in his previous posters. one of the u. k. his allies is the prime minister of portugal. he says, the united kingdom's longest lived and longest reigning head of state quitters. this was the 2nd was widely admired for a christ grace, dignity, and dedication around the world. she was a reassuring presence throughout decades of sweeping change, including the decomposition of africa and asia and the evolution of the commonwealth. because the commonwealth is an important factor in this, as are the other countries around the world where the queen was also the head of state. it's not just the u. k. she is queen, or was queen of at 14 other countries around the world. they have been paying tribute as have the close neighbors of the united kingdom, france, for example, president mackerel, saying that queen elizabeth the 2nd embodied british nations, continuity, and unity for the last 70 years. i remember her as a friend of france,

a kind hearted queen who left a lasting impression on her country. and on her century, i mentioned commonwealth countries. one of the biggest, of course, is india or the biggest country in the commonwealth, or the indian prime minister and the random audi a match. the queen, it is the 2nd, remembered as a stalwart of her times at the canadian prime minister, also a member of the commonwealth cause canada just intruder. it's with the heaviest of hearts to be learned of the passing of canada's longest reigning sovereign. and when he delivered that he sounded most emotional of the um, the prime minister of canada, or the dutch king and a wilma alexander. we remember queen elizabeth the 2nd with deep respect and great affection steadfast and wise. she dedicated our longest life to serving the british people, so you can see the sort reactions coming in from europe that's coming in from the commonwealth. we're expecting a formal statement from president biden coming in at reaction from all around the world. it's worth telling you that diplomatic source is here in new york are

telling me that are the most likely date of for the funeral is not this coming monday, but the monday after that. so 11 days from now. now the reason diplomatic sources is getting quite involved in finding out the date of the funeral from of the, the british royal family in the british government is because that is going to coincide with the high level week of the un general assembly. when heads of government and heads of state come here every year for that diplomatic procession of them all making speeches and giving their view of the situation in the world. so it looks like that's now going to be a very, very busy week with most a heads and government and heads of state going to pay their tributes at the funeral on the monday. and then coming straight to new york for the high level week of the un general assembly. our diplomatic editor james bay is reporting live from the united nations in new york. james many thanks. james mentioned canada as private as the just intruders reaction to the queen's death. and let's take a listen to what else he had to say. as her twelf, canadian prime minister,

i'm having trouble believing that my last sit down with her was my last. i will so missed those chats. she was thoughtful, wise, curious, helpful, funny. and so much more former us president barack obama says the queen's reign was defined by grace elegance, at a tireless work ethic, defying the odds and expectations placed on women of her generation. and that from the moon landing to the fall of the berlin wall to the dawn of the digital age, the queen served as a beacon of hope and stability for the people of the united kingdom and the well, let's go live now to washington, a white house correspondent, kimberly, how could his there? what's the white house had to say? kimberly about the queen stuff. yes, resident, her violin issued

a very heartfelt statement. it was lengthy 7 paragraphs long. it started out by saying that queen elizabeth the 2nd was more than a monarch. she defined an era she go, he goes on to say that in a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort. she united people across the commonwealth for 7 decades of her reign. she bore witness to unprecedented human advancement and dignity. she was the 1st british monarch, the people around the world felt a personal and immediate connection to him. then he goes on to describe his 1st meeting with her back in 1982 when he was than a senator to his last meeting with her back in june of 2021 following a g 7 summit, where he and dr. joe biden. the 1st lady of the united states had the opportunity to visit windsor castle where they had at tea and were able to spend

a number of hours visiting with the queen. and this is one of many engagements that the queen had with us presidents. in fact, she met with 14 u. s. presidents during her reign. both the on that side of the atlantic and here in the united states. in fact, she made a half dozen visits to the united states, including many to the white house. in fact, there's even a tree that stands on the south lawn. the white house behind me is the north line. on the other side of the white house, she planted the tree 2 in one location to really remember the american bicentennial back in 1976. that would be the $200.00 birthday of the united states of america. so she was here for a number of occasions. she had many sort of war relationships with us presidents, including george h w bush, where she visited his texas ranch, ronald reagan, where he, she visited his california ranch and she also had

a very good relationship with this current president. that's why he closed his statement, talking about some of these sort of things that he remembers about the queen saying that his thoughts and prayers are with the people in the u. k. of the commonwealth . her legacy legacy will loom large and british history. and the story of the world, and it's not just the u. s. president. that is remembering the queen today in washington. also, we're getting statements from of the top republican view of miss mcconnell's saying today, all american stand with our great friends across the atlantic in morning. the passing of her majesty the queen, the british people and their loss is the entire world's loss. and also how speaker nancy pelosi saying over her 7 decades on the throne, her majesty was a pillar of leadership in the global arena and a devoted friend of freedom. so the united states continuing to send their

condolences to the royal family as well as the, the, the people of the united kingdom. the u. s. president has been in close consultation speaking with b, u. k. prime minister list trust. earlier today, sending his concerns and condolences prior to the queen's death and also thoughts and prayers as this has been not only concerning occasion, but now a time of momentous change. kimberly, how will the american people feel about the death of queen elizabeth, the british monarchy? very, very popular in the united states. it is very popular in its eyes. so what i ron and given the fact that this is a country that foundation is built on rebelling against the monarchy, the whole foundation of the united states is built on the american revolution and, and getting rid of the monarchy. yet, there is

a fascination with the monarchy and as you will recall in this many in the u. k. no, i in fact this is now the adopted home of one of the royal family members. of course that's prince harry and his wife megan. so as they are living in the us state of california and are very much a major celebrities in the united states. and so this is something that is watched with in fascination. they feel very warm, affection, and of course, what is repeated throughout to any sort of mention of the monarchy. and even the relationship with the united kingdom is what's known as the special relationship. in fact, that was mentioned when the press secretary crees on pierre learned in real time during the white house press briefing out the death of queen elizabeth. in fact, she talked about it,

she said our hearts and thoughts go to the family members. the relationship of the united kingdom, the people has grown stronger and stronger through the life of queen elizabeth. the u. k. is one of our closest allies and that's really how the american people feel as well. a white house correspondent, kimberly how could that live at the white house for the moment? kimberly many thanks. let's go back to buckingham palace in london out as he was worried challenge, is that for us really what, what happens now is we're hearing a little area for a period of official morning begins on the country we'll have to prepare for the state funeral. yes. so there are, there are 2 processes that have to happen kind of in tandem at the moment. they have different names, one is operation, unicode, and the other one is operation london bridge. now, london bridge is the bigger plan for the state morning. and states lie the lying

and states and then the, the big funeral. after about 10 days a site before that happens, you have something called operation unicorn, which is the, the, the buckingham palace plan for how to bring the queen's body down from scotland. where she had paid for some time and where she died to london where the full state funeral and state morning is set and said she will have we understand kind of mini lying and stay there will take place in scotland for a few days before she comes down to london, she will come down to the capital either by the royal train or possibly she, she might be flown down either to r a bryce norton, which is somewhere outside london or r f north belts, which is which is closer to the capital. then you will have, you know,

that lying and state here in westminster, followed by the, the proper state funeral. i think in about 10 days time, i'm not sure exactly at the moment that the exact date there will of course be other things that are going on during that time you have parliament adjourned both in westminster, but also holly rude in scotland and in northern and wales as well. so the devolved regional parliament, national parliaments, they, they will be a, j, a and as well as the westminster parliament. you will have gotten this being fired in salute. you will have flags at half mast across the country. these are the kind of things you would expect, of course, meeting up to the big funeral. some sundays time. the u. k. the u. k. has a new king, king charles, the 3rd formerly of prince charles. as far as he is concerned. at many, there must be formalities concerning the government, his prime minister of what happens about that?

while alex, let's talk about king charles a 3rd because this is an extraordinary thing, isn't it? m m? imagine basically living your entire adult life as a kind of a princess, really waiting for a particular role, a role that you were born to do. and the you have essentially been training for her through all of your years on this earth. and then you finally get that job at the age of 73. prince charles is 73 years old. he is already an elderly man. i'm at most people's, or 73 years. they will be either retired or thinking about retirement, not moving into a position of enormous importance. an enormous responsibility is something that's,

you know, if you're following your mother, you're following a queen who has essentially been there for 7 decades and has become an icon for many people around millions and millions of people around the world. i think it's a remarkable thing and it's a, it's a, it's it, it shows you what model he is this the peculiarity of succession and it shows he also how long king charles third's mother was on the throne for rory juarez. gotcha. you told us a little earlier, but you were, you were on the phone at the time, so the audio wasn't too clear. tell us more about the atmosphere there outside buckingham palace and, and why people feel the need to be there this evening. yeah . well it's, it's not a nice evening after say it all weather wise. it, sir. it been large and heavy downpours throughout the afternoon in the evening. there's one going on at the moment so you can probably see behind me her,

through the gloaming, there were numerous umbrellas up. it's wet out there, but people are coming and they're coming because they want to be here. they want to be a part of it. they want to be sharing this experience. these are the kinds of events that you remember for your the whole life are there, these are big days, ands. you can watch this kind of thing on t v. you can listen to p. people like me talking about it, but if you're in london, if you live in london, if you're here as a tourist, ah, why not come down one or come down and, and be a part of it and, and share this moments. you can share that experience with other people who feel the same way. at times there have been ripples of applause that have been going through the crowd therapy. cheers of hip. her re, people have come back quiet for the most part, they're respectful, but i think they also have a huge amount of affection in their hearts may hear to share their here to share a moment really and be part of something historic. now to do as we're sheldon's

food life from buckingham palace in london for the moment remedy. think cities as you heard there, queen elizabeth fis succeeded on the british throne by her son, prince charles should now be known as king charles. the 3rd, the new king has been groomed for the role for at least 70 years and is expected to address the nation on friday. i'll da 0 pull brennan reports. ah, he's been add to the throne since 1952, a long time to wait for his very particular destiny. those who believe in him say, he's put the time to good use it. charles has actually been preparing. you know, he hasn't spent his time writing pallet, ponies and, and cutting the ribbon here and there he has actually been around the world. many times. he's met world leaders many times over. he's a great and student history and of politics. he knows what it's all about

and, and i think he, i think you'll be very good. but his is a complicated story. an unhappy childhood at schools he hated, was never comfortable with a minute scrutiny of an obsessive press verb in moments of petulance. because he is not universally popular in 1981, he married princess diana, who had 2 sons, but it ended in divorce. jones's relationship with camilla parker bowles came in for her scrutiny. in 1997 princess diana died in a car crash in paris. the british monarchy was thrown into crisis, which others obvious devotion to his grieving son's. mark the start of a slow rehabilitation. in 2009, he married camilla partnership, which is now more widely accepted. chances always had his interests and he's never been shy about expressing his views on the environment, on architecture, on the plight of young people for his fans, a sign he cares. critics,

he danger ahead. right. he's going to be of a different kind of moment and he's going to be a political moment. and then breaks the 300 year deal that we've had with the market. and if they break that, they'll them that's going to be the, the unique opportunity to get rid of our institution. he has a tough act to follow his mother's restrained style of monarchy was popular channels as rule will be very different. his challenge will be to do things his own way without damaging the popular consensus on which the whole institution of british monarchy depends. po brennan, al jazeera london, the leader of the roman catholic church pope francis has issued a statement saying that he is deeply saddened to learn at the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd. he paid tribute to the queen's unstinting service to the good of britain and to the commonwealth. president biden of the united states has ordered that all flags below the half star for queen elizabeth and brazil's president

julia bull. sanara has declared 3 days of morning in the country for the queen. let's bring in jonathan spangler. he's a royal historian at manchester metropolitan university. jonathan, thank you for waiting. it's good to have you with us as a sort of get your, your, your thoughts this evening as a, as a fellow brit. whether it, whether you're a fan of the monarchy or not. um, queen elizabeth was a constant present in all of our lives for, for so many years. it's, it's understandable why, why people, i think, want to go to buckingham palace, the seething to pay their respects, isn't it? yes it's, it's certainly true. i'm asking you for my act and i'm, i'm not a bridge. and, but i, i have been here for quite some time. and i have been studying though, the monarchy for many, many years. so it's really, really such a monumental day. and i guess what so interesting is that although people have been

expecting this, this sort of thing to, for now, several years. nevertheless, it, it has kind of a bit of a shock. and i think that it's going to take a couple days for people to really take in what they, what they really feel about what happened today of so sorry, jonathan as worthers presumptions that you should, you should let from make of course, at the time of her birth in 1926. she wasn't expected to become queen. that's right. like a lot of the history of monarchies, you often find that fate plays a really big part in determining the course of history and determining who succeeds to any particular thrown from britain to, to any number of the world's monarchies. and so this was the case here where george the 5th had an air who became edward the 8th. but then the application crisis of 1936 came along and suddenly the duke of york and his 2 daughters were thrust into

the limelight that i think they weren't really expecting to have a husband. the queen's counsel, prince philippa, died at april 2021. how much do you think that but the loss of prince for the affected the queen? well, this is certainly been a question that's been asked a lot over the past year, and no one really knows the ins, terminal workings of someone's mind or their heart. but i know that a lot of people who are close to the royal family have said that for so many years. and elizabeth, the 2nd really felt that her, her reign and her position as head of the family, was really rooted in a relationship with philip. and so it was, i think, thought an unfortunate.