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hello, i'm carrie johnston. this is denise our laurie from dough. we're coming up in the next town. quiet footsteps of a sombre procession in edinburgh for queen elizabeth that by her son that king charles the 3rd of his siblings. ah, scotland has been holding a service of thanks to celebrate the life of the you case. longest written in monarch ukrainian forces make more gains in their counter offensive in the east provoking rare criticism inside russia. and rebels in ethiopia, t cry region that say they're ready for cease fire talks with the government, but with conditions ah.

in scotland, the 1st members of the public have been allowed to walk past the queen's coffin to pay their last tributes for members of the queen's scottish body guard are standing with their heads bowed at each corner of her casket. there was some it tears shed silently at saint charles cathedral of scotland bits farewell to their queen. people had to wait for hours to getting aah or early a summer service reflection remembrance and gratitude was held for the late queen at saint charles cathedral. the queens children in the ceremonial uniforms were present. the queen's body is now lying at rest, members of the public are being allowed to pay their respects to the queen before a video is held by the royal family that's expected in coming out. well, the king and his siblings led

a royal procession accompanying the queen's coffin through edinburgh historic district of thousands throng, the streets, to see the procession in silence. there were some now protests denouncing the monarchy. ah, i look what's wrong then i will rob madison joins us live now from the palace solve hurry with house in edinburgh. so rob, what happens next? well at the moment we're ok actually opposite the scottish parliament as well, which is right across the road from the palace of hollywood house and were waiting for king charles to come out. he has been at the parliament listening to a motion of condolence that has been put forward by a most peace. is there known members of the scottish parliament and he has been

responding to that, so we understand it to 1st mr. nicholas sturgeon was part of the process in putting forward that motion of condolence the prince. after having the king, after having made his response, is now making his way out of the building. i am, he is re understand a greeting. children who have been gathered in the atrium of the parliament. after that he's going to come out, he's going to be meeting on some of the staff who worked at the parliament. and then there is speculation as to whether or not he is going to our palace of hollywood house, as i say, just across the road from the parliament there before making his way up to as angel's cathedral. in order to take part in the vigil of a princess, which as you were mentioning, is gonna be happening in about an hour or so time. and rob, what kind of reaction has there been from the public, her lining the root of the queen's cortez today?

well, you've probably seen the pictures and there are crowds of people who've been gathered, particularly afy, up and down the royal mile here in edinburgh. that's in the old part of edinburgh. we were up there yesterday. i earlier on, i should say, don't talking to a few people that the general feeling a's that m people are wanting to show their respects. they're wanting to say their goodbyes to a queen who has been the only monarch the many have. many of them have known all their lives, but interestingly, they also want to say good bye to her. as a human being a lot of the personal qualities that they people were talking about were her humanity, her abilities as her mother and a grandmother. that was something that was mentioned a great deal, particularly as some people put it in the face of the trials and tribulations that her family has faced. and there is, there has of course, a, you played a clip earlier on a been some dissension night. we will be ridiculous to suggest that everybody in scotland supports the royal family. that's not true. there is,

there are people who don't believe the family and the role of family has a right to be in a position that it has that they, they don't believe that that royalty and should be part of the, the process. and the, this is a country, let's not forget that in 2014, held a referendum to break up from the union of great britain and a decided to stay, but only by a very short margin. then in the brags, it's a referendum that was held back in 2016. it's gotten overwhelmingly voted to stay with the e. you, despite the fact that most of the rest of the country said it wanted to leave. and there's another referendum for independence for scotland being scheduled for 2023. but the interesting thing has been over the last few days that people are regarding the wall family almost as separate from the politics that exist between scotland and at westminster. that they regard them as an not really being involved in that

not connected with it. not reflective of the politics, certainly that are go on in westminster. and therefore they are able to see the royal family regard, the role family and independently see them in their own right. and i think that that is why we've been able to see such a tremendous outpouring of sadness and regret at the passing a queen elizabeth the 2nd. i rob, given what you say, how view gauged the atmosphere there. i mean, it was amazing to see the spontaneous, silent self of thousands of people lining that route. it's one thing to look at the pictures and see the crowds. it's another thing to be able to talk to people and get their individual stories. i was often bol modelled a few days ago when the queens country home they are now that was always very much a family home for the royal family. the queen has spent all her summer's there

would very few exceptions. the royal family regarded as a very private place, very secluded, and that allows them to be a lot more relaxed. and interestingly, that has meant that they have been able to have closer connections with save some of the villages that around the estate. many of the people in those villages, of course, have lived and worked in and around by model estate for years and have a if not come to know the wall family have certainly got used to seeing them around driving the cars and the villages sometimes shopping in the stores and that's, i think, has made them very protective, but as are made them regard the royal family again as, as individuals. and as one woman told me, you know, she just thought of them as a, as her neighbors. when we were driving the route done that the cottage took from aberdeen to come to, to, to edinburgh. or we were coming down a freeway, or like a 2 lane freeway on either side and there were bridges all the way down. and on

every single bridge, there were people gathering to show their respect as the cortez was going to go past. and as we got closer and closer at edinburgh, the crowds got thicker and thicker, and thicker, and people were hanging union jack flags arm over the barriers. they were having a scottish shawl tires that were holding flowers. and in many ways it's the, it's one thing as i say, to see the, the keep the enormous crowds that i, that the responding to this. but it is as important to pay attention to the individual stories, an individual or thoughts of the people who are willing to wanting to show their respect. okay, for now, robert, in hollywood house palace. i think you were ellia in london, king charles a 3rd addressed members of the house of lords and the house of commons or to they each delivered their messages of condolence, the new monarch promised to uphold the you case constitutional government. the hon reports from that it was his 1st visit to the palace of westminster as

king there to hear condolences delivered by both houses of parliament inside the 11th century, all the oldest building on the parliamentary state and in fronted lords and members of parliament. king charles, the 3rd and queen consort camilla took to their thrones, hers and in shorter than his in deference to the status of the monarch in the light of a stained glass window presented to the queen to celebrate her diamond jubilee. the speaker of the lords began by paying tribute. her late majesty's joyous unstinting and reassuring presence across the years made it difficult to contemplate that long and inspiring rain of deep and unparalleled

devotion would ever end. then the speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsey hoyle, extended the sympathy of m. p. 's overseas deep as our grief it's, we know yours is deeper. we offer our heartfelt sympathy to you and all the royal family. in response to the king spoke of the principles of constitutional government, and he pledged to follow his mother in protecting them while that a young relate majesty pledged herself to serve her country and her people and to maintain the precious principles of constitutional government which lie the heart of our nation, she set an example of sofas duty which with god's help and your cancels, i am resolved faithfully to follow with both houses having pledged their loyalty to

the king. he was off on a tour of the realm beginning in scotland and then to wales and northern ireland. as well as the king and queen consort, leave the palace of westminster. there seems likely to become much more familiar in the days to come. the political life of this country, overwhelmed by the choreography of the queen's passing, the streets will again, fill with crowds on wednesday when the queen's body arrives to lie in state in westminster hole. long queues will form with members of the public able to file past her coffin 24 hours a day before the state funeral. next monday in westminster, abbey, jonah hall, al jazeera london life to nice baka who's outside buckingham palace and need some up for us. if you will be the atmosphere there and what happens next?

well, as we, we saw there day of ritual a day of ceremony north of the border in scotland. and while the focus remains up there, what we're seeing here is real preparation. infuse swing, a opposition here is now in the midst of a ever growing media village. a huge contrast last thursday, when i was there on friday, the day of course sir, where the queen passed away back then people were able to come freely and show their spontaneous grief in front of the buckingham palace. here, behind me, people able to come and freely lay tributes. now a much more organized system as of a huge won't weigh system that goes all the way down the mall crosses over into saint james's park for those who know london and then back ground. and then allowing people to fall, puff ocoee, and panacea just over my shoulder. and people bringing flowers basically told don't leave the neck of the books. the entrance of the and palace leave them in green park. the other side of coast is a waiting game here at the moment because the queen's body is up in scotland bus

tomorrow evening. she will be brought by plane back to the capital landing at our half north halls, m a military base and the west of london. her body will be brought through that part of the city before being brought to buckingham palace, where the body will state overnight. king charles and queen camilla will be here as well for the evening before the following morning. as we saw and jonas are pulled, her body will be taken by in procession through the streets of london to westminster hall, where she will lay in repose for 4 days. each corner of the coffin, guarded by members of the military and in full military dress. we believe also that we may see members of the royal family also taking upon themselves to watch over the body will be guarded. 24 hours a day, remaining there for 4 days, allowing members of the public to file past expect so long queues and multi hour wakes before the main events. of course, this a funeral of queen elizabeth anne eve. you mentioned that the public them and how

are these ceremonies and rituals, and the, the pomp and circumstance being received by the public. what do they make of it all? dell asked us williams in question. something. justin, well be the archbishop country said earlier, probably rings true. he said that rituals hold us. and i think what he meant by that is that whenever there is a period of emotional intensity or, oh, something almost unfathomable, something that's challenging for people to get their heads around rituals kick in. they form a role. they provide structure around which a nation can grieve, make sense of what's happened and move on. of course, as an awful lot of pomp and ceremony to all of this, it's a reminder of how long and how steeped in history the monarchy is. the fact that sir, that sir the new king and queen consort, spoke in westminster hall that is 900 years old,

the scene of many banquets held by the likes of henry the 8th. it was where that had saint thomas moore was, sir, was sentenced to death. it was where guy fawkes was told that he was going to be executed. i mean, putting it into that historic context. absolutely staggering. and as such ritual, i think is widely seen here in the united kingdom is a way of connecting the past with the future. it's a way of processing the intangible need walker. thank you for now. we're going to our cross to roberts, her black verna, professor of constitutional law at king's college, london. he's also the author of king and country on a key and the future. king charles the 3rd. he joins us by skype from dawn to thanks very much indeed for being on the program. take us through this sir, the vigil that we're expecting very soon. and how does all that work in terms of, of protocol in the like well, thank you for inviting me,

i'm on the program and i think this is a really significant events. and all the proceedings and sermon is taking place either. these are 12 days or so dizzy not to be up to the funeral. i think it tells us that us her us been emphasized. barking chose several times in his species 70 times that he is not just head of stage, but his head of the nation. and of course he has the spiritual roles as well last saturday and he swore an oath to uphold. ready independent scottish presbyterian and protestant church, of course, i said there was a merging, i think in this us army dying on society, between the scottish nurse, the union between the 4 nations of the united kingdom and the constitutional head of state. but also ahead of the nation i found on his occasion,

which is open to the ultimate of course in come a woman and i was fax over the next 24 hours. so. so how important is it for him to be seen as something of a more than one cannot just a monic of continuity? i think it's 30 both use us to shows. so available in the key is all about my chin, the past parsons, on the future. of course i just need to keep evolving. so the future does need to be for women in mind. and i think king charles has suddenly been, during that certain aspects of the ceremony has already been shredded. he's becoming less ancient and i'm looking at his house of time. i think the, the young coronation service itself, which will take place. and course in about 9 months old boy he has time but that.

ready will tell us a very great deal about the style. oh, of the maturity which will be found much more molten than contemporary. i think i feel to be multi face, representing the other face in the corner should service it takes place much later on. but how difficult is it to marry those 2 things together to appear to be modern, but also keeping with history because you know, you, you, you might try and be a bit more normal as it were and approach to people. but then that makes you somehow list special, doesn't it? how do you marry those things together? for at all i think with great difficulty. i mean, one of the questions i was son is that my 1st year constitutional student uses is breaking a monarchy, republic or democracy. and the fact is that it's actually all 3 of those things. so they thought fundamental are thing to the model constitutional political wife often

won the g is maintaining. ready it's not political neutrality and, and for she ality keeping out of politics. and that's a challenge that's and then the king, when you're king's charles, may find a little bit difficult because he is well known to be more opinion. i said, and then some of our or at least born to provide more difficult his opinions to himself. um. so it is really crucial, i think, but to maintain the continuity from what i do keep stretched as well as in paul, she ality it's on. i think there will be a slight change to the way. but she elizabeth approach evolution when molnar sanction month. but i think is that the system time code, nothing with charles not expressing his opinions more and a lot of people once and i what his opinions are, of course, ah, but is a fundamental to on democracy, not how he behaviors and conducts himself particularly and foreign affairs and

international relations is always subject to manage their advice and guidance. and given what you say then are then likely to be any changes to constitutional law. looking ahead um, i don't think they'll be any relating to them on the key. such none that require legislation anyway, and i think the, the royal powers of st. which all considerable as much as of law the dissolution of parliament for a general election, for example. the rule in a sense of to legislation there's, i think will remain the same. and he changes that take place such as a slim dial mon, royal family. i wish i gather his king homes or anything. and i think it would be an issue with that mobilization of fall unless flawless numerical. he said with

a father that relatives, i don't really understand. well that physician has at least written down. i think round william katherine, that children as they get progressively over a princess on times edward's uncertainty to what the wessex is. i'm going to be trimmed onto that and they're opening up on the palace is making the trimmings the ceremony. the royal palace is much more open to the update on and be on people like that culture got history as it is portia. but british national, national identity and culture, and it's something around the well, this particular appreciation, and i think people, we think that we do this, we do this one, the teams one a fast particularly. well, that the trick obviously, and some civilizational maintaining a time say, i think is, is to keep a close check. all the poll required and maintain that it doesn't get to

exaggerated as it is in keeping, i think with moment status. so the king has a pretty good feel for that. i think there was much easier for the queen basically when she was younger because she couldn't ontario, they sometimes fairytale quality. and royals is extremely well as a, as a very good looking beautiful woman. and she knew from office and i, and it was more difficult, i think, for a moment where she's mad to, to carry out that talk of a function, but he will have learned that advises to maintain. so i think that the venture of the premises that we're seeing there is. ready a marvelous army as us, i wish, and capsulated a great deal about the on the ceremony. well, what, what people on where deny can is it helps us express the emotions that we all feel about. great science about the processing of quinn was but the letter and they've only been 2 of these vigils for fall at the last one. so for the queen, mother,

i was just back in 2002 i. i attended myself with an online my 2nd daughter. i may not in the middle of the lives moms in what suddenly on this may very well be the case i imagine for as well that's on there. it will be possibly up to a 1000000 people trying to obtain those facts at westminster hall. thought when the queen cleansed, coffin sounded nice wrong. the sweep from that fan, a professor of constitution though at king's college in london, we appreciate your time very much. thank you. for joining us, thank you. ah, by the news now, russia is acknowledging huge losses in ukraine's northern heart cave region. moscow admits sits, forces have been out numbered in the past week with ukraine retaking sways of land

. or since early september, ukrainian troops have advanced rapidly errors that took russia months to seize, had been retaken in just days. accused forces say they forced russian troops nearly back to the northern border. ukraine says it's also made gains in the south hassan, but at a slower pace in response to those gains. ukraine says russia is attacking a power and water supplies in the hockey region. official se missiles strikes that cause blackouts in several areas, including hoc, his city an estimated $9000000.00 people were affected, including an errors controlled by russia. or earlier i spoke to her abdur hammered in harkey about ukraine's counter offensive. these indians are continuing their counter offensive, but we actually as media when it comes to dis military operation, we have very little axes. if amy at all, and i think did the thinking among the military here is that they will control the

message and that the media really reporting can only be disruptive. so what we know is what we get on from these statements are the latest we heard through the statements is that the ukrainian army is indeed in is zoom ah, the arc of victim reports, or whether it's in could total control of that town or not. but that is a huge blow for russia, because is, you was basically the stronghold of russia in this north eastern part of the country and it was little, it was the command and sent it was also the logistical hub. so certainly a huge loss. we are also hearing that the russians are either right rather the ukrainians are advancing towards a da da border in some parts. they have reached a border with russia in other parts. it appears that they would be pushing north toward that northern north, east sector of the border. but more than that,

at this point, we cannot tell you, except that delude is the very up beat among the ukrainians. 3000 square kilometers captured in a matter of days 10 days or so. a huge success for them that has taken everyone by surprise and certainly the russian soldiers and honda with them those striped suit you talk about. we saw ye reporting in the middle of a recent blackout and you were in a, in a basement. adult basement. is the power back off? well, the power has been back on, on and off, wherever you go a bit around the city. are you asked people? it depends on the area. it was a huge strike. some on social media, there's dog that was actually, there were to it what that what people here called critical infrastructure that we're hate. they expect that that will happen more and more. meanwhile,

the leader in staunch putin on rams on cordero has criticized rushes recent losses in an 11 minutes audio message. he called on moscow to make strategic military changes. it is to clear though, i always love saying the truth, my representatives and i was speaking with all the commanders on the front line. if there are no changes on the strategy of the special military operation today or tomorrow, i will have to reach out to the authorities of the defense ministry and authorities of the country to explain the situation on the ground. that's ok. markoff is a former spokes person for president putin and the director of the institute of political studies in moscow. he says, the russian army needs to change its military strategy was hands rush. i'm not sure he didn't give information about z rayleigh, all 5 rational army also because international was 3 days. so it was

a bad use for 3 days or less of the regional lectures across my job. bower, it interesting not to give negative information to the board us citizens, but on another. and it's clear and russia has to change. it's me that that is more so i'm going to believe that trust will have to escalate military operation on ukraine before this russian military activity on your current did it. that it was too polite to more of those 2 directions or escalation. i expect, joseph hall, the rational approach would be bigger now, except on the front. you can on it twice more than a russian army. noah zalesky guy. nobody population almost 5 times worse than rational revelation. so maybe it could be found. my bit is asian and are fast and

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ah ah, you're watching elders here are mine to now of our top stores this memorial service has been held in edinburgh celebrating the life of queen elizabeth, the 2nd and a connection to the nation of scott. the queen's coffin is lying at rest in that st . joe's cathedral, for the 1st time, members of the public had been able to enter the church and pay their respects to the countries longest serving one when it's gotten, the 1st members of the public are being allowed to walk, tossed the queen's coffin to pay their last tributes. these alive pictures from

just outside the cathedral. and inside 4 members of the queen scottish body guard standing with their heads bowed at each corner of her casket. people waited for hours to get him signed. well, michael cole isn't independent. royal correspondence. he joins us from farmington, suffolk, any, not the king to, thanks very much for being here on the program. so personal grief for the royal family, but extraordinary to see these very historic ceremonies played out in the public grad. yes. good evening on very solid day of ceremonial, meaningful ceremonial the scenes i've never been seen before. it has never come to pass that a king or queen of the united kingdom has died in scotland and lay in state and

giles cathedral in the heart of edinburgh. surrounded as she is in these scenes here by members of the honorable order of arches, who are the moments guardians, body guard in scotland? and the coffin man made of english oak lined with lead containing the move or remains of her majesty the queen. and on top, beside the race, there is the ancient, very ancient crown of scotland. this emphasizes that this is the united kingdom, which we talk about is united kingdom of 2 kingdoms, england and scotland brought together in an act of parliament in 17. 07. and this is very important, they, there is the crown very good short of it that is normally speaking in edinburgh castle during the war, he had to be carefully hidden in case it was damaged by bombing or anything of that

kind. very important to the scottish people, as is the stone of destiny upon which the future king will sit at his coronation, the stone of destiny lies under the coronation. and prince charles as he now is king jose, when he is crowned next year, he will sit on a chair containing the stone of destiny which came from scotland. the 2 countries are very closely bound together. and this is the presbyterian cathedral in scotland and the flag that is on the coffin, that is the royal standard of scotland. tomorrow, after tonight's day, there is the prince's vigil, and in a few moments the new king, his majesty charles and his brother, 2 brothers, prince edward,

prince andrew, and his sister, the princess royal princess. and we'll come and take their places at the 4 corners of their mother's coffin, and they will stand for 20 minutes to pay the basins to her majesty. it's been a very emotional moment. i'm a very emotional time for the whole of the united kingdom and the commonwealth, and the 14 realms be on the shores. who call the british monarch their own mamma. and these are the give me a minute to start it. what's the significance of st. john's cathedral, and it's certainly had an interesting history and with its role connections. well, the mother of britain, of england, is the supreme head of the church of england, the anglican church. but when he or she,

the moment steps over the border into scotland, by a magic of the british, unwritten constitution, they become a presbyterian, which is the scottish church, the church of scotland, which is the church without bishops. there is a difference there by the christian churches, both very ancient and the active settlement between the 2 countries. a part of that was that the moment of this country would always hold the primacy of the protestant religion in scotland. and that happens to this day when prince charles was sworn in as the new king, he repeated those all settlement that scotlands religious tradition would always be respected. unprecedented scenes of days and thousands of people already waiting to come

in to visit and to stop and to pray and to bow. and it was saying that these people and those in london who, it's from being the mile and, and there you see hollywood house, which is the official residence of the moment in scotland. balmoral castle is privately owned by the moment, but this is the official residence in scotland and the mom expands at least one week that every year during july. but all the people who are coming and it was saying they're not coming because that being bused in all that being told to calm, all that being regimented, only give little flags to way this is not north korea. the people are coming because they feel a great sense of loss to use a very big word love. they certainly love and respect it. i just say queen those

but the 2nd and i think by their presence they want to give support to the new king . he's been waiting for this for a long, long time. it's the longest apprenticeship in history. he came to his mother, the age of 3 years old, and his destiny has decided that he would become king. so he prepared for it. but there's nothing like actually inheriting, and now that has happened so far, i think he's done an extraordinarily good job. everything. he said everything he's, he's done the way he's done. it has given great confidence that his will be a good grade and that he will be a very successful mom. it will always say, compare with his mother 70 years. it will be a much shorter ray, but there's no reason why a short rang should not be successful. i think we can see in the background the royal party are now moving towards vehicles,

which i think will take them up the royal mile. it's about 2 thirds of a mile from hollywood house, up to johnson because they drill, and that is true. we can say members of the royal family in uniform going and getting into that there is rain drivers and other vehicles to, to depart. during the very moving ceremonial this afternoon, they walked up the road a mile behind the queen's coffin, which was in here. you see obviously king charles and the queen comes up. camilla will be in this 1st vehicle and behind them we will try to see who is that. but the princess and the princess royal, she was there and who naval uniform today. as was her husband, most of timothy lars. and there is, there is,

there is the king, king charlie said waving to the people. as i say, this is a very ancient street. very steep, very cobbled, quite difficult to walk up to day as everybody did. and obviously lined with people who are, they're taking photographs, loading and wishing them on their way it's, it's a, it's a very fortuitous thing. i mean, obviously it's very unfortunate. the queen has died. nobody knew, well, she would die. none of this was planned. it so happened as it happened, but the fact that she died and spelt them as being transported through scotland slowly, yesterday to holly roadhouse reinforces the ancient bonds between scotland and england that make up great britain and the events of the last few days. well, of reminded people of the value of having

a united kingdom. the queen always believed in the value of united kingdom. she said in a speech in 1977 during her silver jubilee. but she was often reminded that she swore an oath to and to be and was anointed to become the queen of the united kingdom. i left many desires to let me just ask you to forgive me for interrupting just very briefly. when you look at all these scenes, and we see that the cause heading there, now, all these things in scotland. how strong was the queen's connection and fondness for scotland? do you think? absolutely. mother was a daughter of strathmore of gums. castle bombs council, of course, is mentioned in shakespeare. the central has a central role in my best to play macbeth and the queen mothers brother,

he served in a scottish regiment, signed the scottish regiment called the black watch, and he was killed as well, or the queen started coming to scotland when her grandfather, king george the 5th was on the throne. she made the journey to bow moral many times . and when her uncle, uncle david rein, does it with the hate. when he was the owner about morals, she went there many times and during the summer months she loved to come up because in scotland at that time of year it hardly get off at night. you have beautiful white knights and she loved to be there because it was bought by queen victorian 150 years ago, more than 150 years ago. and then rebuilt. and she loved being there, as does the queen it was. i always used to feel that the queen was happiest when

she was the lead of our moral, all the squire, sending them house in that way. she was there in her job, person hacking jacket, with a scarf tied on her chin. now here you say in front of us cathedral next to the court of session. king charles in morning dress, talking to the menaces of the cat. ah, he's actually, and he's killed. and i think that killed there is a sort of hunting stewart talking as far as i can see from this distance. but in keeping with being in scotland, he was the kilt and queen camilla queen console is with him let in by the arches behind this princess and the princess royal in royal naval, uniform, countess of wessex behind her. and prince

andrew, queen, 2nd son wearing his medals and his gotta stop. it should be noted he of course, unfortunately he is a bit of a black sheep of the family. all these reasons at the moment. but in that phrase, the important word, his family. he is a member of the family, the queen, 2nd son, and until the birth of them prince william. he was some 2nd. he was started in line to 2nd in line to the throne after his brother. and even now he is still in line to this, right. and let me ask you that. i mean, when we look at these, these pictures with all the pomp and ceremony, it's easy to forget that this is a family in morning. the absolutely right you've asked. and said, the right thing is the royal family. it's a famous family song who be the most famous family,

but they are people after all. and i think i must go out to them because the difficulties they're going through now are immense. and their coping with this and it's all played out in public. there are tests to come serious test to come and, and yet at the same time, there grieving for them, although they obviously deep the love in the world. we have seen scenes in these last few days, which are entirely unprecedented. and what is remarkable to me is the spontaneous outpouring of love and devotion. you can't buy that. you can't orchestrate that. you've gone over it. you can't bus people in and tell them how to feel, but they do spontaneously, there is a power bill. there is a power of virtue, and i think people recognized the virtue of the late queen elizabeth the 2nd of this country and how the realms across to save. and as you say,

this is being played out very much in public. and these ceremonies are taking several days, but in a sense, do people feel that they need this to almost adjust to their world without i think it's an extremely good point. but this is, this is pageantry with a purpose. you know it's, it's not a plan to mind with people looking as if they might have stepped out of a pack of cards. it's very important. it reinforces the continuity of the, of the realm. a monarchy is most concerned with 2 things, succession and continuity. and the continuity has been seamless. the moment the queen queen took her last breath. prince charles, prince of wales,

became king automatically. and then he was proclaimed to such the next day in london at the session council. and he will be proclaim, tomorrow when he goes to boston on an island. and then he goes to wales around the kingdom for a constituent part of the united kingdom. he will be reclaimed as the new king and that is important. the people have to see the new moment. they have to recognize them. just as today the 2 houses of parliament invited to the new king to come to them in westminster hall. he has no right of entry. he has to be invited because parliament, his sovereign, the king reigns but parliament rules. that is how it's done in a constitutional monarchy. and it's a system that works. the king has

a ra prerogative. he has the right to know. he has the right to encourage and he has the right to one. and that is how it works. but the administration of the country, the government is carried on by the prime minister of the day. the 1st load of the treasury give him the official title. first of the treasury and ministers, and it's the efficacy of a constitutional monarchy has been proved time and time again. i was believe it suits the british temperament all the well, rather than having i, as you have in america perfectly rightly, a presidential campaigns go on for 18 months and are quite bitter and rancorous and divisive. and nothing is more devices than american politics as it is at the moment

. okay, mark mark michael charles foot, forgive me. we're just stay with this. we're just going to pause just for moment just to to feel some of the atmosphere at this vigilance.

and as we see that vigil taking place, we're just going to bring in bro matheson who has been that holy rude house in edinburgh tennis. what you saw on what was happening well, a few moments ago as michael was explaining that the vehicles left here, they made the short journey up to some giles and we're now seeing um, what is really a very rare occasion the vigil of the princes. in fact,

it's only the 2 times that it's happened previously. the 1st time was for king george the 5th falling his death in 1936. and we don't have any photographic evidence of that, but it was a painting done of it. and that was what showed us for the 1st time what the vigil of the princes actually meant this guarding of the royal coffin by the members of the, the wall family. the 2nd time, of course, was queen elizabeth, the queen, mother that was in april 2000 and 2 am prince charles as he was then was and was there as well as prince andrew, prince edward, and also david armstrong. jones, who was a vacant lindley. and at the time, this is slightly different because the dead clinical elizabeth, the co. the 2nd of course had a princess and i as a daughter, this is the 1st time that a woman will have taken part. in this ceremony. we will make out and be made up of king charles the 3rd and prince and the princess royal prince andrew,

the duke of york, who introduced interestingly i is wearing a dark suit, but a's is wearing his medals and his garter star and prince edward at the olive, ha, wessex is going to be there as well. i should explain just briefly about prince andrew's address at prince andrews. i think perhaps michael was mentioning before prince andrew's am. life has been the stuff of headlines over the last couple of years and that's led to a degree of estrangement from the family. so the result has been that he has agreed out of respect to not to where a military uniform, the only time he will wear military uniform will be joined the vigil that will be taking place in the palace of westminster or in london. we had previously seen people, members of the public being allowed in 2 at walked past the coffin and pay their respects. and we understand that they may have been stopped for the moment whilst

the vigil is taking place, or at least they may have been halted temporarily. however, we also know that crowds have been waiting outside for many hours to come in. i'm, i believe that the queues or anything up to about a kilometer and a half to 2 to 2 miles it is as it is in the u. k. a long and people are being warned that they may have to spend several hours waiting in those cues in order to be able to pass the coffin and pay their respects. and i can tell you that the sun has now gone down and the temperatures are getting very cold here. okay, rob, we're just going to keep looking at these pictures of the year vigil and bring in michael co again. michael, tell us a bit more about this vigil. it's a very personal and yet, paradoxically, it's become a very public vigil. yes indeed. and of course you can see it from outside to see

too much. people are filing by then all gulping their walking respectfully by that . pausing to look at the coffin and the 4 royal mourners at the 4 corners of their mother's coffin on the counter found the the races upon which address it is extraordinary. i very rarely seen, very rarely photographed, i think never quite like this and certainly never tell advice before king george says died in 1936 in january. he did have 4 songs, and i think that's probably why the tradition arose because there were 4 sons the matter began with the with. and then it was the 2 of your then became

king george. and then there was the jew gloucester, and his youngest surviving son who was that you can't. so that is how it happened because that came to the grandfather of the empire. he had 4 sons, and that's how it came about when the queen mother died. it was her grandson's also joined the party who stood a vigil. it before that on the times when king george the 6th died. it's mainly the guardsman. all members of the household cavalry who stand guard san individual, and winston churchill was that the same was maintained the hand. interestingly, when prince king, the king is now walking over towards queen consort. people arising, the prince's vigil appears to be however,

he is leading his siblings towards the door of the, of the church for just because they dro, who a great, wonderful place, full of tradition. well, we have actually seen history that we're seeing history every day. these are days of history, it's completely unprecedented. and the access that has been given, i think, is part of the openness and transparency the new king wants. he wants people to see what that is on, and certainly that we will benefit from that. i mean, i was saying with, forgive me, we saw those shots of, of king charles. he must have been thinking of a mix of emotions, really thinking of his mother, but also of the weight of the duties to come my of course he has referred to that, you know, later in life he's, he's 7374 in november. this is and he's referred to that this is law

for those years that god gives him and it, but he's, he's declared his determination to carry out those tasks to the best of his ability . and i'm quite sure he will. he has all the makings of it. he certainly had the example of his mother. he's had enough time to prepare and he's hard isn't the right place. he wants to do good and that's no bad thing. and as we see the cars driving away there, we still have those people lined up outside paying their respects. absolutely. honda, i know i am with my family and i we, we lived in in edinburgh for 3 years. we know these, these traits very well indeed. and this is a very ancient, wonderful thoroughfare winding down to holy rude house,

full of history. every stone as a story to tell. and the fact that it's all happened there was somehow, actually there reinforced the importance of the monarchy to the union. something that the queen strove to do throughout her life. okay. me and then to do to her. okay. forgive me. we'll have to leave it there. michael kohler, former royal broadcaster and independent will correspond to thank you so much for joining us. what we've been seeing king charles, the 3rd and members of the royal family holding that silent vigil for queen elizabeth the 2nd at saint charles is cathedral in edinburgh. we'll have more intimate.