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it is $23.00 g m t midnight in london. hello, am fully bateau with continuing special coverage of the death of britons. queen elizabeth the 2nd at the age of 96. the queen was on the throne for 70 years. one of the longest reigns in global history and was a familiar face to hundreds of millions of people around the world. world leaders are paying tribute to the long serving monarch she is being held for her compassion in warmth, and described as a role model and inspiration to millions. buckingham palace says she died peacefully in the afternoon at a scottish estate by moral. the queen's family rushed her aside when doctors said they were concerned about her health earlier on thursday. while we've heard from the new king now, charles, the 3rd, he said, the death of my mother, the queen, is a more met moment of the greatest sadness for me. he said we more profoundly the

passing of a cherry sovereign and much loved mother. and he knows her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the rums, the commonwealth, and by countless people around the world. well, this is the scene right now at buckingham palace, where crowds have been gathering and the flag is flying at half mast, a traditional ceremony of the changing of the guard you to take place outside the palace on friday morning has been called off. al jazeera needs, micah is outside, back in paris, or as joins is now live. it's past midnight leave in london, and there's still a lot of people outside back in palace. tell us about the mood and in why people feel the need to still be there is late at night. oh yes, it is late at night midnight, as you correctly say, as we move into the 1st full day of official morning and i suppose people are using that opportunity to consider the size make transition that's underway as well from

the error queen elizabeth the 2nd to the era of king charles the 3rd and even the name seems to so stick in my throat when i mention it, because it is so unusual to consider that after so many years on the throne, united kingdom has a new, more like the last time there was a king charles and the phone was back in 1685. king charles the seconds that time, a new era, very much under way would be question marks over what that will look like. what shape that will take. but of course, we embark on 10 days of official morning with all sorts of pomp and ceremony. but after the initial news, broke of queen elizabeth's death, of course here, buckingham palace, the focal point. the royal family at the capital was the place where people wanted to come to mourn her passing. there were some bringing flowers, others with candles, some in tears, others singing the national anthem, some chanting god, save the king, is a cross section of some of the voices in the crowd. i think she's an amazing job.

and she really believed that she was born in this role and she gave me off and she gave out, so much to be for me is just a matter of showing respect. and of course, it's not like i'm, there's no joy. i might not have the feelings that people from the u. k. hovered agreeing, but i'm really respectful on. you can see there's lots of respect here. it's been to be honest with really amazing for getting these people to come straight from work and not just spoken to a lady that she came from swindon went away and she left her kids. as you can see we've on, for a long soaking away. but it's such a sad feeling, a sad feeling, a heartbreaking feeling for british people who feel so strong be about the queen, but also for people around the world need. we're, we're now entering, as you said, a period where there's going to be enormous planning. it's a very complex operation. what we know about what's going to happen in the next 24

hours the next few days. there is a set plan in place is net oh yes, there is very much so protocol has been in place since the 19 sixty's. this is something the queen elizabeth will herself have known an awful lot about in detail because it, it really shapes the direction of these commemorations over the coming days and really channels the nation's sentiments and emotions and morning as well. it begins very briefly, i'll go through it, sir, with her body being brought via edinburgh because of course she died in scotland at her royal residence, bound moral it with her body will be brought. he is a buckingham palace from edinburgh. we believe that there will be some kind of a rival ceremony when that happens. it will remain here for several days before being then moved to westminster hall, which is the deeply historic hall connecting to the houses of parliament where her body will lay in state. we will see dignitary some around the world far past her,

coughing them, and several days later, the state funeral at westminster abbey. but before that, of course, her body brought through the streets of london on the back of a gun carriage, as has been the way which so many monex before her. and after that huge state funeral, her body will then be interred at saint george's chapel in windsor. and she will be lay to rest alongside her husband, prince philip, who died last year, or it is a deeply emotional time. as i mentioned, for the entire country, she has been part of the very fabric of this nation for so long. you don't have to be an ard and monarchist to see the importance of this historic moment. yet we, we've sort of been anticipating it to at thrive this afternoon. of course, the official statement leave announcing her death was a simple one. then we heard from the new prime minister of the u. k. les tress who

honored the queen's memory in a speech outside number 10 downing street. let's take listen. we are all devastated by the news that we have just heard from bow moral. 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. kristen is the great country is to day because of her. unless trust the a you case prime minister there. an eve, this will no doubt define her premier ship. i. it's a huge test for her. she has to be now the, the mourner in chief when she's only been on the job for 2 days where you are i, that's a really strong observation, isn't it? i mean, she was the last thing she expected to be having to do on the day. would she announce the biggest financial intervention in the united kingdom in peace time?

ever. of course, to help millions of people, whether the economic storm and they saw in cost of living as a result of the war in ukraine. but then several hours later, this massive seismic announcement, of course, she has to sum up not only the attitude of the nations leaders and politicians, but also some of the tone and the mood of the entire nation as a huge undertaking. ah, and she was, of course, the 1st person to her mentioned king charles the 3rd by name, clarifying that that wasn't the, the name that he was going to take. he could have chosen id name but, but that is the saw that was the decider. and it shows that he wants to continue the identity that we've all been used to, i guess over many, many decades. king charles referred 73 is the age when most people are retiring

need, if they haven't retired already. king charles the fed prince charles, formerly where was prepared his whole life for his role and only now is he stepping in? what sort of leadership style is he going to have in how def people in the u. k. feel about him? yeah, i mean we have to always use the word leadership very carefully when we talk about monarchs, because when they are constitutional figureheads, without any real power, but what they are though is representatives of the nation. they are heads of state and they have to be politically relevant, while at the same time, not meddling in politics and quinn. elizabeth has been able to do that remarkably over a sustained length of time. prince charles has got in trouble in recent years, or for making some of his political opinions may be a little bit too known. he'll have to make sure he nips that in the bud to avoid any constitutional confusion going forward. but let's think about some of the things that he's interested in, either ardent

a campaign or on environmental affairs. see spoken that length about some of the value of our architecture. i think he will continue to be patrons of those kind of areas and fields. but he is also the twilight of his life as well. okay. he 73 still got a long time ahead of him. but exactly what we'll define his time on the throne really hasn't yet to be written. he is been already regarded as something of a continuity monarch carrying on the traditions of his mother, while at the same time has to act as a bridge between what has gone before and what is yet to come. let's not forget, he has become king. and now the next in line to the throne is prince william wright . and he thank you for the moments need need back outside backing him palace air. they've been reactions to miranda world of or so let's start with asked maintenance 1st minister and nicholas sturgeon, who says the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd is

a moment of acute sadness for the country. marking the end of any her for more than 70 years. queen elizabeth has been great constant in our national life. she has inspired us, on occasion comfort, he does and always personified values. we hold dear throat wherein she performed her duties with exceptional wisdom, dedication and fidelity, scotland. this is a moment of acute loss and profound sadness. it is also a movement of enormous significance. the passing of queen elizabeth marks the end of anita. our nation is in morning. a nation in morning britons, queen elizabeth the 2nd, came to the throne on the death of her father in 1952 under simmons takes a look back at her life. ah, in modern times,

no more nichol move could claim the level of popularity and respect. the 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 muslim jubilee scenes, reminiscent to the end of the 2nd world war in 1944. 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 the 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 at fairly out of the knees when the application came. it wasn't her destined rel from birth, and i think that her father told her incredibly well and she lounge 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, britain 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. there she is. it takes a bit to get through to your own mind that this is a person who who conversed with the church shows the nairobi is the very early commonwealth leaders. the queen was able to lift the dark cloud of colonial attitudes and showing the commonwealths became a multi racial multinational 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 ha. it did,

or quaid. she was herself a hoarse woman, and she loved the outdoors. as a mother though, there were challenges like all the best families we have, i share of eccentricities of impetuous and way. when youngsters ah, and of family disagreements. yeah, to the throne. charles, her eldest son, had become prince of wales in 1969. at the age of 32, he married diana spencer. she just turn 21 was a stranger's 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 is death. was a very dangerous, named for the monarchy. i think that was,

that 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 dinah'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 merkel, left their world duties and moved to america as private citizens, a couple of paid on the us television network with scathing attacks on the royal family for making them unhappy. begging 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 monarch stowed, 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 for as 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 countries response to the corona virus pandemic, a face a crisis. the queen are dressed in a rare tv appearance. we should take comfort that while we may have more stones when gil 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. oh, she remembered. i think she had assumed the status of a national icon, the nation's grandmother. her legacy will be the fact that the wall family is in a position to survive and indeed thrive that as buying 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 . d, as in lloyd, she'll be reviewed by many newtons. who do you? oh and santa greasewood who he just so in andrews report joins is now live on al jazeera. she's a story and, and biographer, she's in london. thank you so much, sarah, for being with us to day. the queen she has what is the most incredible legacy of any had a state and legacy that is so transcending 70 years where it, where so much change tommy 1st about your thoughts on our passing well is

we're all saying it is indeed the end. the new euro, most of us now in this country and beyond, can't remember anybody else on the throne. it was a real shock to hear the words on the official announcement. the king and queen consort will be returning to london to morrow. most of us can't remember a king, and that's not quite important because really the fact, you know, the fact that the elizabeth, the 2nd was a raining queen, a rob that it wasn't a king on the throne. maybe that actually helped in a way for her to become this kind of figure, this reassuring figure of, of continuity of stability. this very gracious presence. she, she has been a reassuring figure as the se in will be interesting to see how that changes. now,

she became queen at the age of just $25.00. how did her leadership style? how did her style evolve over the decades? it will of course she's all she was always characterized by her sense of duty and a 1st perhaps, but might have made her seem a slightly passive queen. and she was aware think that she was a very young, unfairly inexperienced woman, surrounded by men light, winston churchill, as you said, with we know with infinitely more experience. but that was at 1st over the years. of course, she came to feel her own strength and her own ability. the sense of do she remained. but i think her am her own forcefulness if you like

a quiet strength came much more to the full, sour sheets he has. indeed, i mean defined this role for generations for world. it is a difficult role to take on as a say, the crown is heavy. you have a king now how, how do you become a king in this modern day of red? yeah, well that's a very good question. i think that's another way in which it actually helped the queen elizabeth was a queen, a woman. because if you think of what a constitutional monarch is, such as we have is supposed to do, it's not, you know, commanding it's not leading on this. it is, it's almost like our great poet woods with define the role of the perfect woman. i think it was too warm to comfort you know, to advise, and that's pretty much what the queen has done with her for ministers. this did the

what king conjures are different expectations? doesn't it? they were supposed here to go out and lead armies to be powerful figures almost slightly scary in a good way. and that's quite hard in the 21st century in a constitutional monarchy. so i think in a sense, king charles, the 3rd is going to be very much feeling whose way do you expect continuity in the style? i think i'd expect continued she under certain amount of change. i think we do to remember that in a sense, inevitably given the age at which he's exceeded to the throne. charles king charles is going to be in a way of kind of injury walmack between his mother and his son. it's

possible that the most forceful modernizing will come from a later chain. william will in some ways, perhaps be better place to do it. but charles, as prince charles had already started to make his views known to a great degree. you know, it was he who insisted on a more slimmed down morning, he knew wrong. miss huge, extended royal family that had begun to seem anachronistic. and you know, a bit too costly. right? each were great. many people. did you think of those? go ahead, finish your thoughts, are going a lot, a lot of his own concerns, concerns at which we mock prince charles decades ago for the environment. joe said he talked to plants and things well. now of course, that all looks very prescient. it's begun to look as though in some ways

a part besides being in a sense, you know, the last gospel, the old regime. he was a man ahead of his tones. the queen's death sarah kanza, precarious time for, for britain, we have a cost of living crisis to day, a new prime minister who took office just a few days ago. she saw 15 prime ministers, including les tress, how, who is going to be the comforter in chief? now, she has always had that role. and do you think that the, the view would reach people's opinion of the monarchy, which, you know, they've been some, i've been very critical of in the last he is, you know, in light of the scandals that have happened. will that change now with a passing will last the big question really and in a sense, only time will answer it. i mean, in the loss. in recent years, prince charles was looked a far more convincing key figure as king than would

once have been thought. perhaps now you will be able, perhaps, that even be an advantage in having come to the throne at such a comparatively late age. perhaps you will be able to be a kind of father figure to the nation because i do agree with you that one is needed. we're not finding it in our political establishment off to the pandemic. and as you say that the looming economic crisis is making many people feel the need of that reassurance and comfort, perhaps king charles will be able to give it. it will be interesting indeed to see how a, how he rains. thank you so much, sarah, for talking to her. sarah griswold is a historian and biographer, joining us here from london or queen elizabeth. the 2nd was the head of the commonwealth of nations. it was originally called the british commonwealth and began to take shape in the 19 thirty's when some of the colonies in the vast

british empire began to gain greater autonomy. queen elizabeth became head of the commonwealth when she took the throne. a 3rd of her overseas visits have been to commonwealth nations. it's a voluntary association of $56.00 independent countries. they work together to promote a number of common goals such as democracy, human rights, good governance, and the rule of law. through the decomposition of the british empire between 1957 in 1970 over 20, former crown colonies joined the organisation as they gained, their independence is allowed republics and countries with their own monarchies to remain part of the commonwealth without compromising their sovereignty. they are 2500000000 people in the commonwealth as nearly one 3rd of the world's population. or lexical is in 2 candidates, prime minister just intruders reaction to the queen seth. as her 12 canadian prime minister,

i am having trouble believing that my last sit down with her was my last. they will so missed those charts. she was thoughtful, wise, curious, helpful. funny. and so much more are we have reaction from 2 of our correspondence in commonwealth countries. adrian brown is standing by in wellington new zealand. but 1st we go to sarah clark, who is joining us via skype from brisbin in australia. sarah, australia also in morning to day tell us about what the prime minister, anthony ob, uneasy has had to say was trying to wake up to this very sad news. it's just after 9 o'clock in the morning here, the prime minister and the oven easy to live television dress about 2 hours ago. he noted to destroy it in mourning for such this huge loss on this friday. he didn't know some, some warming words waited. it's

a comfort to be found in the words of the queen where she said that grace is the price we pay for love. now at the up and easy, the prime minister and the governor general david hurley will travel to london and coming days to meet the truck king child i should say now is also cont, then they'll be a national day of mourning the all to be a national boil service in parliament next week has been cancelled. we've seen flag half mast around the country, of course, and part house in cambro as well as the flag on the city have a bridge is at half must. he noted the speech that the queen visited astray a 16 times during his 7 decades of bryan and met with 16 communists and consulted them. now she visited the 1st. it was back in 1954, not long out to her coronation. of course, $7000000.00 people turned out to see the claim. so the grain so that the people have a strongly have a soft spot for the queen of the navy notions, in his tribute to the queen this morning, the strange hearts go out. the people at the u. k,

as well as the commonwealth countries he described was a happy, glorious, and steadfast. and he said she truly deserved the term majestic. and he's what he had the site during that national tv address this morning. with the passing of queen elizabeth, the 2nd and historic ryan and a long lost devoted to duty, family fight and service has come to an end. this is a morning of sadness for the world, for the commonwealth and all extravagance. it is the day of profound sadness and grief for the royal family who had lost her beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. the person who for so long was the greatest in his strength . a strategy and hearts go out to the people of the united kingdom who mourned to die. knowing that will failed. i have lost part of what makes the nation how strongly is i constituted. want to keep the head of the state is the queen that she

doesn't want to quit, didn't play a day today, role in the running of the country and said she delegated the executive pals to her representative and strategy. of course that we got in the general at the moment who was david hurley and as i mentioned, who were traveling with the stuff to the to meet a king child. now you might recall back in 1999, a strange went to referendum of whether or not we should stay with the monarchy or go to republic. of course the people have a strategy above overwhelmingly to keep the queen and a monarch. but today's the morning to day to afflict on the, on your p of use on the marquee and promise has noted to destroy, you will be feeling a huge loss with the death of declaim farrah. thank you for us. our clark live for our san brisbin australia. now the queen stance will be marked in new zealand with a period of national morning and a states memorial service. the country is prime minister adjusting the order and says it's a time of deed, sadness for the people of new zealand.