sides are supposed to present a list of names. given the level of disagreement between these two sides it's unclear whether they'll be able to agree on any of those names, erin. >> of course that deadline coming and continuing with that process as an appeal is pending. evan, thank you so much for your reporting and thanks to all of you for joining us. our coverage of the death of queen elizabeth ii continues now with "ac 360." good evening. it has been a momentous day. looking at live video from outside buckingham palace and the crowds that are still there at 1:00 a.m. local time are to overstate the magnitude of this moment. in the entire history of the british monarchy, elizabeth ii, who died at age 96 after 70 years on the throne was the longest reigning queen or king ever. it is also impossible to overstate the void that people in britain are feeling tonight at the loss of the only monarch most have ever known.

her reign spanned 15 british prime ministers, 14 american presidents, seven popes, the end of the soviet empire, the decline of her own and its rebirth as modern britain. the people you see there outside buckingham palace and gathering elsewhere as well, windsor castle, have been gathering since this afternoon in the rain on word that the queen in balmoral castle in scotland had been put under medical supervision. the arrival of family members underscored the gravity of the hour and the family's single-minded response to it. the image of two of the queen's sons, prince andrew and edward and prince william at the wheel altogether in the same vehicle. from a sometimes contentious but message conscious family, the message this image sent was clear. then the clouds began lifting, rainbows formed outside buckingham palace and windsor castle. they signalled hope but delivered only sadness a short time later. the news coming in a simple

message behind a humble frame in keeping with the quiet power the note conveyed. it read the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. the king and the queen supreme court will remain at balmoral and return tomorrow. a refrain was heard that had not been sung since the time of elizabeth father, george vi ♪ god save the king ♪ ♪ happy and glorious ♪ ♪ long to reign over us ♪ ♪ god save the king ♪ >> that spaontaneous outpouring for king charles iii was accompanied by the most joyful

noise imaginable at so sad a time. [ bells ringing ] across england bells rang, flags lowered to half staff. conversations all turning to the same subject and not always in sadness. according to the royal family elizabeth ii held more than 21,000 public engagements during her reign. she gave nearly 200 garden parties which were attended by 1.5 million people. many britaons aren't just

mourning, they're telling their stories of actually meeting the queen. britain's prime minister spoke to the nation today. >> queen elizabeth ii was the rock on which modern britain was built. our country has grown and flourished under her reign. britain is the great country it is today because of her. through thick and thin, queen elizabeth ii provided us with the stability and the strength that we needed. she was the very spirit of great britain, and that spirit will endure. >> for all the timelessness those words convey, elizabeth ii was from the beginning very much of the moment. the coronation televised, a first. her travels made possible by the brand new jet age. the kingdom that she inherited awkwardly moving from a colonial past to a rocky future. she oversaw the end of her own empire, the birth of a commonwealth, the end of the northern ireland conflict, and

sadly, all that comes with enduring family turmoil and tragedy as perhaps the most private public figure on earth. her son, the new king, issued a brief statement. it reads the death of my beloved mother, her majesty the queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family. we mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and much loved mother. i know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the realms, the commonwealth and by countless people around the world. he concluded by saying during this period of mourning an change, my family and i will be comforted and sustained by the knowledge of the deep respect and affection in which the queen was so vitally held. the kingdom and the country she leaves faces new challenges that her son will now have to navigate. rising prices, growing poverty, war in europe and a sense once again that britain's best days are behind it. a notion she addressed in a rare public message at the start of

the covid pandemic, invoking her child hood during the second world war and the song that helped britain get through it, "we will meet again." >> we shall take comfort that while we have more to endure, better days will returning. we will be with our friends again. we will be with our families again. we will meet again. >> joining us now from london, max foster, christiane amanpour. max, can you just talk about the gravity of this loss and how it's being felt across great britain tonight? >> reporter: i've spent time walking through the crowds here trying to make sense of it. it feels like a nation that's slightly lost. people don't know what to do with themselves. there's been this seismic shock. they knew it was coming one day, they just didn't expect it now. and it speaks to the presence the queen had in our lives. she was always there and would

also look to her in moments of crisis. she would appear and she would put out a statement or give a speech with no continuity and things would carry on as normal. that's what she was there for. she's not there now, this ultimate moment of national grief. i literally think people just don't know what to do with themselves. they're just down there wandering about. the erformalities will begin tomorrow. king charles will come to london as i understand it. he will take residence here at buckingham palace and will address the nation. imagine doing that after the death of your mother, but imagine having to convince the nation and 14 other countries that you are worthy of replacing her. it's an incredibly difficult challenge for him, emotionally, personally, professionally, but also, you know, the country wondering whether or not he can fulfill that position. >> christiane, you and i were talking about this earlier today.

the majority of british people have not known a great britain without this queen. she's been a symbol of continuity and stability for 70 years. one of her secretaries called her a constant north star for the country. >> yes, anderson. imagine just the idea that one person was at the helm of this one country and its satellites around the world for 70 years. it just really defies belief. such an amazing span of history and so much was achieved, so much was lost, so much peace and so much war. so much turbulence, just so much history completed in the last 70 years. as max says, people -- we saw it when we were standing outside the palace, so many people coming as they heard the news. when i was wandering around, i was just struck by how that fa famous, the mile as we call it that looks down from buckingham palace, all the way down to the

square, it was packed this evening with black cabs, those symbols of london really. they all had their lights on and they were all standing just still, not moving, obviously not taking passengers, but in tribute to the queen. i'm also struck by the continuity just hearing in my ear without even seeing those images and sound that you were showing of people singing "god save the king." you see, it is, as they say here, the queen is dead, long live the king. the continuity is built in. as sad as it will be, and it's true, we will never see the same in our lifetime or in anybody's lifetime. i believe that she has been the last of a long reigning leaders. we've never obviously seen it in politics and we will never see it again in this regard. but what's going to happen now is this highly choreographed, highly planned formalities that are going to play out over the next couple of weeks culminating in her state funeral.

>> christiane, we were playing the crowd singing spontaneously "god save the king." i didn't realize "god save the queen" was the national anthem so it automatically changes upon her death and charles is named as king to "god save the king." it's such a unique idea to many around the world that your national anthem would change from one second to the next. >> yeah, but i mean that's the way it is. and frankly, it was god save the queen that was the big change after generations of kings. she's one of the very rare british queens who was monarch. and to be frank, the queens of this realm have been phenomenal. elizabeth i, the great elizabethean era. then you had queen victoria, who really did reign over the empire upon which it was said the sun never sets on the british

empire. and then queen elizabeth ii, who outlived all of them in terms of the length of her reign and who presided over a different kind of triumph, if you can call it that. the triumph of letting go, of colonialism, letting go of the empire, of being there as britain moved into the modern era. all the while, of course, the idea of the monarchy perhaps being more and more questioned now after her passing because in many, many parts of the world that is not a modern institution, even though here it was a constitutional monarchy reigning over a full democratic process. >> max, christiane mentioned the continuity. even the queen dying at balmoral, a house which was bought by prince albert for then queen victoria, his wife. from one generation to the next, the real estate of this family

remains the same. the importance of that place for the queen. can you just walk us through, max, a little bit about -- you talked a little about it, what will happen over the next several days. you said king charles is expected to make a statement tomorrow and then the funeral plans for the queen. >> yes. so what will happen is this is the delicate tiptoeing here. this is about remembering the legacy of the queen, as christiane suggests, one of the great queens, arguably the greatest monarch ever. so that's what a lot of the focus will be. but it also has to be about looking ahead to the king charles monarchy as well. so you'll see that alternating from day to day, the tone changing or reflecting one or the other. king charles i expect to travel around the united kingdom seeing the different nations within the uk. there will also be reflections on the commonwealth reflecting

that he will be monarch in 14 other countries as well. balmoral is a private estate. they're all together at the moment. prince harry is up there with other members of the family as well and that would be very heartening to the queen to see william and harry coming together at balmoral which is where she comforted them when she heard about their mother, diana's death. that is a safe space for them. i think the difficult time will be when they have to leave balmoral, come to london and move on not entirely of course from their personal grief and family grief to addressing the national grief. this is the great challenge of any monarchy. they aren't just a family, they belong to the nation as well and they have to share themselves with the nation as well. so i think we'll see prince william, who is now the duke of cornwall and cambridge, he will have a high profile over the next few days bringing the

nation together. king charles will be expected to bestow the title of prince of wales to william. so we will transition over two weeks to a new monarchy in tumultuous times. this is a country in economic chaos, some political chaos as well because there's a new prime minister who's untested in terms of mandate. it's going to be a big test for the uk and huge test for prince charles, king charles as hees n now, to bring everyone together. >> she said on a broadcast that i declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall we devoted to your service. it is remarkable to hear that now given what we know of thankfully she had a very long life, but it was a life

completely devoted to service. >> anderson, there's no doubt about it, which is why she's so universally respected. even if a monarchy in today's world may be somewhat acronistic, in this country it was put to work for the people, for the business of great britain. it was also, in other words, not just a gilded family in a gilded life but it was really britain. it was grand britain. and she being at the center of it and being almost irreproachable in terms of her own conduct, her own devotion, her own professionalism. let's just face it, she had a job to do and she did it. she was a professional. she was a working woman and she absolutely made that monarchy respectable and respectful to the extent that people are calling in, you know, to any brit they know around the world and offering condolences as if it was their own family member who had gone.

it's not that, it's just everybody sort of wants to reach out. in france, which has had years and years of history, war, peace and even now since brexit, you go back to that sort of competition there, president macron has announced that some flags over public buildings will be held at half mast. the eiffel tower has been turned out in respect and in condolences. you know, people like the prime minister of india from the country that was so huge in terms of the british crown, the jewel in the crown until it created its own independence in 1947, he also sent a message. and i think i said it earlier many hours ago, incredibly they talked about the handkerchief that the queen showed him recently on a state visit that she had been given as a young woman by the father of indian independence. i can't believe i'm saying those

words. she has lived out all those people. imagine that. 14 american presidents, you know, and presidents and kings and leaders all over the world. >> also when she got off the plane from kenya, winston churchill was one of the people greeting her. >> the first prime minister. imagine that. she came of age in the most cataclysmic period of history, you know, in the modern era, the second world war. lived with her parents in buckingham palace, which was also at one point a target of the nazis and britain and london and not spared the blitz. six years. we think some of the crises we have to endure are hard. six years of that. it was her family that kept this country together, and it was churchill that kept the spirit of the allies and certainly this country together to victory. and the germans have paid

tribute to that, by the way, to her role in keeping the two countries reunified after that period. >> yeah, there will never be another like her. more now on the idea of monarch as matriarch. it is after all the royal family. for seven years elizabeth ii was at the head and the heart of that family. randi kaye has more. >> reporter: she was the queen of england and the head of the commonwealth, yet those weren't her majesty's only titles. queen elizabeth ii was also a mother, grandmother and great grandmother. she had four children with her husband, the late prince philip. three sons, including prince charles, prince andrew an prince edward, and one daughter, princess ann. >> returning home, the young couple were reunited. >> reporter: more than 70 years ago prince charles was born. two years later princess ann. three years would pass before she was crowned queen elizabeth. life became rather busy for the

monarch. >> today is another landmark, because television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes on christmas day. >> reporter: she waited more than a decade after becoming queen to have more children. her third child, prince andrew, was born in 1960. and the youngest, prince edward, arrived in 1964. charles, who will now be king, was the first royal heir to earn a university degree. he later served in the british royal navy and became a helicopter pilot. he married diana spencer in 1981 and the couple had two sons, prince william and prince harry. they divorced in 1996, long after the queen had reportedly received word of his affair with camilla parker bowles whom he later married. still, in 2018, the queen declared it was her sincere wish that charles be the future head of the commonwealth. princess ann, whose official title is the princess royal, reportedly bonded with her mother, the queen, over their love of horses. ann was the first british royal

to become an olympian, competing as an equestrian. a couple of years before that in 1974, she was the target of a failed kidnapping plot. >> i think public figures have always been in danger to some degree. >> reporter: she went on to marry twice and have two children. her son peter was born in 1977 and daughter zara came a few years later. their parents chose not to give them royal titles. the queen's third son, prince andrew, the duke of york, married sarah ferguson and had two daughters, beatrice and eugenie. they dwoivorced in 1996. in 2019 prince andrew was caught up in a scandal involving jeffrey epstein. andrew stepped away from his royal duties after an interview with the bbc about his relationship with epstein. one of epstein's alleged victims had accused prince andrew of

sexual abuse and filed a civil suit against him. andrew denied any wrongdoing. >> i can tell you categorically i don't remember meeting her at all. >> reporter: buckingham palace also released a statement at the time. it is emphatically denied that the duke of york had any form of sexual contact or relationship with virginia roberts. any claim to the contrary is false and without foundation. the queen's fourth child, prince edward, was reportedly closest to the queen. he and his wife, sophie, the counts of sussex, told sky news a few years ago they spent most weekends with her. prince edward and his wife have two children, james and louise, who apparently at one point didn't know her grandmother was the queen of england. >> louise had no concept really that the queen was -- and her grandmother were one and the same person. it wasn't until she was at school where other children were mentioning and saying your

grandmother is the queen and she'd come home and say mummy, they say that she is the queen. i said, yes. >> reporter: beyond her four children, the queen had eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. charles and diana's two sons, prince william and presence harry are perhaps the most well known. after diana's sudden death, the queen consoled her grandsons and all of england in a very public way. >> it is not easy to express the sense of loss since the initial shock is succeeded by a mixture of other feelings, disbelief, incomprehension, anger, and concern for those who remain. we have all felt those emotions in these last few days. so what i say to you now as your queen and as a grandmother i say from my heart. >> joining us now is cnn royal historian kate williams. kate, as a historian, i mean

there is so much history here to talk about. can you try to just put this day into some perspective? >> as a historian, this is one of the most significant days, and will go down as one of the most significant days of the 21st century. the queen, her reign spanned the second half of the 20th century. it really is the end of an era, not just the end of the elizabethean age but to imagine she was born in 1926, the age of the flapper. many women didn't have the vote. lived through the '30s, the great depression, wall street the wall street crash in '29 and then world war ii and how much that shaped her as a person. her service, she was out there serving, driving ambulances, ready to drive ambulances, out there really serving just like other girls. that's what she wanted to do. then became queen in 1952. pitched into this whole new world, a world she hadn't expected for many years yet to come and became the monarch at a

time when britain's influence was changing. the empire was crumbling and what the queen wanted was a unity of nations, the commonwealth. to think she has been queen for over 70 years, the longest reign in british history and was the head of the commonwealth for seven decades. the huge, huge 54 countries huge collection, all those presidents, she has seen so much history. she's seen all of history for the beginning of the 21st century. and we will never see a reign like this ever again. >> and she got to meet paddington bear as we were showing in that video. it is so interesting to me how much has changed obviously in the world and for the monarchy over the last 70 years of her reign. but she was able to keep something of the mystery of the monarchy, which has been an

essential part of it, sort of the majesty and the mystery of it. that's something that is harder and harder to do because the world knows a lot more about now king charles than they did princess elizabeth when she became queen -- when she became queen. the world knows certainly a lot more about william and harry and the fractures in the family and all that's gone on. how does the monarchy maintain some of that mystery or majesty without her? >> yes, anderson. this is a key question. when the queen came to the throne, people said that she was a work horse, she'd be respected but she wouldn't be loved. the converse has been true. she is both respected and she is also loved. seen as the nation's grandmother, there's so much love for her. those two are really difficult. we have a world in which when she started many people didn't have a telephone, tvs were very

rare, though many of us bought televisions to watch the coronation. now there's television, 24-hour news, there's interpret, there's smartphones. the queen's governor said royals are only private in the womb and that was in the '20s. now it's so sift. i think the queen's reign in which she has stayed, no one knows what she thinks. we still don't know what she thinks and we'll never know. we've never seen her diaries and they won't be published until years after her death. we don't know her opinions but we do feel we know a lot more about the other world's opinions. so she has this incredible figure of neutrality and someone who has been a great force for peace and great force for unity but really she's raised the bar very high for those who come after. coming up next, we have reaction from the white house and around the world to the

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president biden has been honoring the queen. >> reporter: one mark of respect has been lowering the flags here at the white house to half staff as they did earlier today, not just here but in all federal buildings. that's something they're going to do until her burial. that is something that came right before he went to the british embassy where as he was signing that condolence book, he had brought this card with him. it's a card you see president biden carrying that has his talking points or short remarks that he was making. he was copying from it in the book this private message. we don't know exactly what he said, but we do know that president biden first met the queen back in then 1982 when hea senator from delaware and went on a congressional trip to england. he last saw her last year when the world summit of global leaders wars hosted there and the queen hosted a private tea for president biden and jill biden. they talked about putin at that meeting. they also talked about chinese president xi jinping. in his statement today, he talked about what a stateswoman

she was and what she did to deepen the alliance between the united states and the united kingdom. she met with so many presidents during her time. he said, anderson, during their meeting she charmed us with her wit, moved us with her kindness and generously shared with us her wisdom, talking about the impact that meeting had with them. one that every president dating back to harry truman with the exception of lbj had with the queen. >> do we know if the president plans to attend the queen's funeral? >> that's a good question. we've posed it to the white house and they haven't said either way. earlier we had not gotten official word that she had passed and they said it was inappropriate to comment on it at that time. but it was something that had been discussed in the grand scheme of things as people were concerned about her health so it is a question for the white house if he will go. the word has been that the funeral could happen in about ten days or so, so we'll see how that fits with the schedule here at the white house. also it's a big question of whether or not it could be what you so rarely see which is this reunion of the presidents club

here in the united states, where former presidents, and the current president, go to funerals or big events like this. of course it's a question for former president trump, former president obama, former president bush as well if they would go. they all each paid their own tributes to the queen today. president bush saying one of his fondest memories of being in office is when he and first lady laura bush had tea with the queen and her corgis. >> kaitlin collins, i appreciate it. president biden not alone in expressing condolences today. even though britain's empire no longer exists, its global influence still does. erica hill reports tonight. >> the last days of the queen's life captures who she was in so many ways. working till the very endi on behalf of the people she loved. >> reporter: in her final public act just two days ago, britain's longest serving monarch welcomed the new british prime minister. >> queen elizabeth ii was the rock on which modern britain was

built. our country has grown and flourished under her reign. britain is the great country it is today because of her. >> reporter: crowds gathering in the uk, many with flowers in hand. >> very emotional, so i wanted to pay some respects to the queen. >> i was called sally elizabeth because i was born in the year of the coronation. so she's been the only queen i've ever known and i can't believe it's happened so quickly. >> reporter: as the world paused, in honor of a life dedicated to service. moments of silence at the new york stock exchange. at the u.n. security council. u.s. flags ordered to half staff until the queen is laid to rest. president biden and the first lady among the many world leaders reflecting on her steadying presence, but also remembering how she charmed us with her wit, moved us with her kindness and generously shared with us her wisdom.

>> in a complicated world, her steady grace and resolve brought comfort and strength to us all. she was one of my favorite people in the world. and i will miss her so. >> reporter: the eiffel tower's sparkling lights dark thursday night, in tribute. the empire state building set to shine in purple and silver. tel aviv city hall a brightly lit union jack. >> it's pretty sad that the queen died because she did actually quite a lot. >> reporter: elton john and mick jagger among the rock stars honoring the queen, along with sports greats, nasa, even paddington bear who famously joined the queen for her platinum jubilee last spring. >> thank you for everything. >> that's very kind. >> reporter: gratitude for a woman whose dedication to service and duty guided her and

a nation for decades. >> through thick and thin, queen elizabeth ii provided us with the stability and the strength that we needed. she was the very spirit of great britain, and that spirit will endure. >> reporter: erica hill, cnn, new york. >> i want to get some perspective on elizabeth ii's global impact. bonnie, it's so great to see you. >> good to see you, anderson. >> there are few people in modern history that really garner such love and respect from around the world. what do you think it was about queen elizabeth that earned her that place in people's hearts? >> i think, first of all, i think what's not talked about enough is that the british people have a deeply unconscious connection with the royal family. they are literally, anderson, the last silent movie actors.

what the british people do and i think what we do and to copy them is that we project our own stories onto these people. and that's why tonight in london and around this country, you see an intense connection with the passing of this great woman, because what people do is they take this family into themselves. so the monarch, and this has been the queen. she's been the queen in all of our lifetimes. this queen embodies the things that we need at the moment, and she's very, very clever, very smart about that. she didn't talk a lot and as my friend, kate williams, historian says, we aren't going to read her diaries. what the british do is very clever. they actually build their own narratives around it and we do that as well. >> it's such an interesting point you make and spoken far more eloquently than i have been trying to talk about. the queen was aware of that and

really -- whatever narrative that they wanted to project, it becomes harder to do that with a king charles, with a king william, given how much more the public knows about them. they have expressed, particularly king charles, has expressed himself in prior years. >> but, you know, anderson, it will kick in because the failsafe, the fallback, is that the british people -- a lot of people here complain about the monarchy and who are republicans. there's not a republican streak in this country. because what the people do, and they do it brilliantly, is they project. as i say, they project onto what they need. charles now will become what people need now. he knows that. he's prepared for that. his eldest son is prepared for that. that's how they're brought up. so in a sense there isn't a

person as we understand it, there is a persona. and what -- and what changes here, the changes here are going to be enormous. the coinage is going to have to change, the national anthem is going to have to change, the names of the lawyers are going to have to change. all of this the british people will take in their stride because that's the way it is. >> bonnie greer, we covered the wedding of prince harry to meghan markle. i've never forgotten working with you and it's so nice to be with you on this day. >> thank you. good to see you again. >> bonnie greer, thank you. more to come as we remember the life of queen elizabeth ii, what a life. we'll be joined by a favorite singer of the queen and the royal family. someone who sang "god sang the queen" for the queen. katherine jenkins shares her thoughts and memories of the queen, next. it was so easy. i found the perfect car under budget too! and i get seven days to love it or my money back...

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queen elizabeth's life was interwoven with so many famous and celebrated individuals. our next guest is not only a world famous mezo soprano, she was a favorite singer of the royal family and the queen. she sang for her majesty on numerous occasions, including a performance at her platinum jubilee celebration in june marking queen elizabeth ii's 70 years in service. the queen appeared and waved to all assembled to celebrate her

reign. here's a moment from that electric performance. ♪ and we are pleased that katherine jenkins, who received her ob from prince charles could join us this evening. katherine, we just heard some of your performance at the queen's platinum jubilee. i understand you performed for the royal family on a number of occasions and had the honor of meeting the queen. can you tell us about the first time you met? >> i actually met her majesty after performing at one of the -- it's called a festival of remembrance here. it's a service that honors our fallen veterans. and i grew up in a household of my mum and grandmother who adored the queen, so meeting her was such a huge thing. and i think that ever since that moment, no matter how many times i've sung for her, you never get

used to it. it was always, you know, a massive privilege and a huge honor to sing for her. >> that first time, given your family's love and admiration for her, which you grew up with, were you especially nervous performing for her? >> i was always nervous performing for her. it never got any easier. i think the very first time was very daunting. you know, it meant so much to the family, but i think as i have gotten older over the nearly 20 years that i've been lucky enough to perform for her, i've grown in admiration for her and for what she has done for the country. and so it actually made it even more nerve racking singing for hers as the concerts went on. >> i heard about a touching moment where the queen saved you had from embarrassment during a meal? >> there are lovely stories of -- you know, i was invited to lunch at buckingham palace.

you know, she acted in a very sort of warm and maternal way, kind of sensed my unease at the situation and helped me. that was another reason why i adored her more because i felt like she really had that connection in understanding people. >> how do you think you'll remember her? >> well, i think she has an incredible legacy. the longest serving monarch, which just shows, you know, how hard she worked and how much she was dedicated. she worked pretty much right up until the end. but i think we'll remember her service, her duty that she gave her life to all of us. so definitely the mood here in london is -- you know, it's -- we feel a sense of loss. it's very solemn and emotional but also a sense of pride that we were so lucky to have her and live under her reign. >> we were showing this video of

the queen. it looks like she waved at you. >> i was very -- very lucky to get to perform at her platinum jubilee concert at windsor castle. you know, i was thrilled to be there anyway. you know, it was a wonderful occasion, celebrating all that she had achieved. now i look back, it's even more emotional because that was the last time that i got to sing for her. but as she came around in the car to sort of wave to all of the public, she gave me a little wave, which was a really emotional highlight and something i'll always treasure that. >> katherine jenkins, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> coverage of the life of queen elizabeth ii. next a look at balmoral castle in the scottish highlands where her own family believed she was happiest and where she spent her final days as the longest serving monarch in british history.

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of her husband, prince philip's remaining years with him. >> i think granny is most happy there. i think she really, really loves the highlands. >> reporter: balmoral castle, located on 50,000 acres in the scottish high lands. it was the preferred summer retreat of queen elizabeth. >> picnics, dogs. a lot of dogs. always dogs. and people coming in and out all the time. >> reporter: free from public duty, the queen could relax and spend time loving her beloved horses, hiking, and playing games like charades with family members. >> it's a love base for granny and grandpa to be for us to come see them, up where you have room

to breathe and run. >> reporter: for all the splendor, balmoral was known as homey, rustic. there was even a cushion embroidered with the words "it's good to be queen." former prime minister tony blair has described a weekend at balmoral as a combination of intriguing, surreal, and utterly freaky. where pre-dinner drinks were, quote, true rocket fuel, and the queen herself would do the washing up. they put the gloves on and stick their hands in the sink. the queen asks if you finished. she stacks the plates up, and goes off to the sink. for britain's longest-serving monarch, balmoral held a sentimental significance. >> it's my foot you're standing on. >> reporter: it was where young elizabeth met a then officer in the british army, who would later become her husband, prince

philip. it was also at balmoral that the royal family, including prince harry and prince william, learned of the death of their mother, princess diana. in happier times, the ball was at balmoral, a scottish dance party from the time of queen victoria, held to thank the royal staff for their hard work. but it was the landscape that held the most appeal for the queen. the walks along the hill surrounding the property, the hunts, the picnics, and of course her drives around the estate in her land rover. a beloved place of history and of symbolism, a fitting end to her majesty's final days, at home at balmoral. >> isa soares joins us now from inveriens in scotland. can you describe the queen's relationship with the royal staff at balmoral? i understand they were quite close. >> reporter: they were very close.

as you heard in that piece there, it really outlined what balmoral meant really to her from such a young age. and that of course not just as a young daughter there but obviously becoming a fiance, then becoming a wife, mother, and a grandmother. so, the memories she holds there are so close to her heart. like many of us, it's home in many ways. this is where she spent much of her residence. and of course the staff are very part of really the furniture in many ways. she got to know them from a very young age. i think today that's why you really feel like the saddest of evenings here, anderson. i think there's a collective sense of shock and grief but also of admiration for this incredible monarch and matriarch. and i think it doesn't matter if you're in london, anderson, or if you're in scotland, the comments i've been hearing from very much the same. one person said to me today, i can't quite understand why i

feel like i'm grieving, though i'd never met the queen. and it's because for about 80% of the population here, there's only been one monarch, and that is the queen. and that's why we've seen scenes outside balmoral castle of people bowing their heads, laying down flowers, paying tribute to a woman really that has defined their life, been their constant throughout. as one of the queen's former private secretaries says, the queen was a constant light and northern star. that's how constant she was. so people really today paying tribute, of course, to a woman that has defined their lives, anderson. >> isa soares, thank you so much. our coverage continues. for the next hour, taking a look at the queen's life in pictures. we'll be joined by a royal photographer who spent 25 years documenting the milestones, the memories of the royal family. so where do you think this pressure's comoming from? everyone. i'm just here for the mints.

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