forward a bit. the gun salutes at edinburgh castle. ♪ where as it is pleased almighty god to call to his mercy our late sovereign lady, queen elizabeth ii, of blessed and glorious memory, by whose decease the crown of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland is solely and rightfully come to the prince charles philip arthur george. we, therefore, the lord's spiritual and temporal of this realm and members of the house of commons, together with other members of her late majesty's privy council, and

representatives of the realms and territories, citizens of london and others, do now hereby with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim that the prince charles philip arthur george is now by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory become our only lawful and rightful liege lord, charles iii. by the grace of god of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and of his other realms and territories king, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith, to whom we do acknowledge all faith and obedience with humble affection, beseeching god by whom kings and queens do reign, to bless his majesty with long and happy

years to reign over us. given saint james palace, this 10th day of september, in the year of our lord 2022. >> present arms. >> god save the king. >> god save the king! ♪ ♪

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[ gun salute ] three cheers for his majesty the king. >> hip hip. >> hooray. >> hip hip. >> hooray. >> hip hip. >> hooray.

>> there you go. it is official, official now that he is king. >> a change in tempo. a change in mood in a sense. in ordinary times that was it.

the old monarch's gone, the new one's being proclaimed, allegiances have been sworn, and now you get on with everyday life. that's how it was done. we have a new king, and move on. >> you had gun salutes at edinburgh castle, cardiff castle, still going on, tower of london, and also hyde park. >> there will be a ceremony going into the city of london, which will be photographed there. they'll read the same proclamation out to the city of london. it's two separate authorities. >> as we would say in the united states, this is a lot. this is a lot. there's a lot of pomp, a lot of circumstance, a lot of pageantry. >> there is, there is. i don't know that it's a great deal more or a bit more than elsewhere. if i try to draw analogies --

>> -- it would be for the un-august racing. >> -- it would be the inauguration. the inauguration gives the authority, so the kc does the coronation to that extent. i think it is the inauguration. >> you don't have the coronation. >> inauguration is where power is transferred. the coronation is really just about -- i'm sorry, say again? >> the power transferred upon death. this is the public problem cla make that happened and then the coronation is spiritual. >> this is the equivalent in the u.s. that you have the election, you have the electoral college, you have the reading of the electoral votes in congress. again, you don't really have to have all of that. you don't have to have the pro

tem and the whole business of what we saw. >> of course, you have to have all of that. now i'm being richard quest. >> how many times have you argued whether you need the electoral college. you need all of that. >> the flags are at half-staff when the queen died. they're now at full staff. we're going to see this the next few days where we reflect on the previous monarchy and look ahead to the next monarchy. that's a careful balancing act. that's a challenge because that's how monarchies transition. at the same time, the weight of feeling, really, is very much toward the late queen, and people are so intertwined and emotional about that right now. they're struggling to look ahead. this is part of the process over the next few days to get us ready for the future. >> as we were speaking and this was happening, we glanced over our shoulders and noticed here at buckingham palace that the flag is now at full staff, and

flags all over are full staff. right there. right in front. >> we haven't seen that played out before. there's been recent debate whether to let cameras in. i think it was prince charles who asks king charles at the time whether that was an important thing to do as the queen opened up the coronation, something we've never seen before. >> so for now the new king will take an audience with different members of the clergy and with also the prime minister, the cabinet. >> the cabinet, yes. >> and then he starts the business of meeting all the various representatives, the high commissioners and the ambassadors, particularly the high commissioners from the

realms as we start to get ready for who's going to be in london for the funeral in just over a week's time. that's going to be -- all i can tell you is heathrow airport has a private wing where you can pay to use it if you land. it's very expensive. the windsor suite. they told everybody don't bother to try to book anything for the next few weeks. >> it's a logistical nightmare. we're seeing the prince of wales for the first time. he's allowed the king to have his private moment. i do expect this afton start to see the prince of wales perhaps out and about, making statements, since he's also been elevated through this transition. >> why is it important for him to make a statement? >> because he's part of the monarchy. everyone accepts king charles is not as popular as the queen.

we've seen how they brought william and kate in with charles and camilla, and they are very much a job la, which is a nice way of saying it. prince harry and the separation of the sussexes has brought them together. the queen had a large set of family and cousins to share her responsibilities with. the pressure now on charles and william in particular is very keen on slimming down the monarchy, making it more efficient, so the burden on them is much higher, but it's effectively going to be the king and queen, the prince and princess of wales and their three children. that's who it's going to be sharing the king's duties. he's a hard worker. he ooh is able to do a lot more than the queen was able to do. what's going to be interesting is how william transitions. he's currently in the carriage house. i'm under good authority he's not going to have the massive

staff prince charles has. he wants to slim down the prinls of wales' role as well. >> as a reall, you need a certain heft of staff to do the job, however much you wish to. what did you make of the speech yesterday of harry and meghan which felt it came out of nowhere, but it felt like either good luck in america. >> i think he's a father and he has to mention them. that's his two children, and obviously one is now prince of wales and the other as we know no longer lives here, and i think it's important he had to mention him because if he failed to mention him, i think it would have been more of a controversy and more of a talking point than if he didn't mention him. >> it would have not gone down well. also, he is -- prince harry is fifth in line to the throne. he's a counselor of state. if something happens to king charles -- well, that's actually

an interesting point. >> is he still in secession. >> you've got the king and the powers of state. if he's traveling and he's unable to carry out his duties, he will ask the counselors of state to do it. those counselors of state now are camilla, william, kate, and harry. harry is still council of state. if something happens to the others, harry could effectively act as head of state still. >> it will be interesting. it's like when margaret was asked to stand in for the queen when the queen was on one of her trips. her sister, princess margaret. what this reinforces, it's very easy to see the monarchy and all of this as being a soap opera, a drama, meghan and harry, who's in, who's out. but what this also shows, this

is britain at work. this is not a game. >> it can be both. you cannot, you know, deny the drama. today is not about the drama. it's about, as you said -- it's a bit of a branding exercise. >> right. >> it is. i mean a lot of this is about brand. who are the monarchy. what do they represent. how do we feel about them. >> right. but you put that in modern parlance of branding exercise. i put it in tradition. you had to get the consent of the governed if you were to be the monarch. he has to do that. he has to convince. >> can we go back to william and kate? not to change the subject, but to change the subject, didn't they just move to a place so they could have much more privacy or privacy as you say of william and kate? >> no, that's about they are hands-on parents, and if you see them -- >> what happens now?

>> they will stay in windsor. it's not a humble cottage by any one's status. it is. they want to be near the school where all three kids can go. it's a very sporty school. i know it well. they want to be very hands-on parents. in their last school in london they were completely involved in coffee mornings an kids' parties. they want to be involved. they still have a house up in for folk as well and kensington plans plas. that's not about priprivacy. it's about the kids. >> everything was put in place knowing this is how it would be for the foreseeable future. >> you say he is a worker, charles is. i thought you were talking -- >> william is. his name was work-shy prince,

which i think is unfair. he wanted to give his children the best childhood they had, so he wasn't going to work full-time and he was going to build up. i think when he's prince of wales, we're going to see a massive ramping up of work. >> that was my question. >> we're going to see what happens with the royal residences. this is buckingham palace. i think it's true to say no one particularly enjoys living there. will king charles take residence there? i don't know. his favorite home is high grove. you've got clarence house here. will william move here? there's an opportunity to slim down some of the residences with less people involved. >> here comes, it's going to be the king, i imagine. >> the king -- we'll see what's happening in the crowd. >> we're going to see king charles come back to buckingham palace if he's returning to

here. >> he shouldn't go to them. >> he should. >> he should be here and they should go to him. i think he will come back here. >> listen. this is, i think, the largest crowd since i have been here, and this is just the beginning, really. >> so having done a few of these major deaths and marriages, what's going to happen now is there's going to be a week where it will feel like the pressure cooker is building up. there awill be an atmosphere in the city of london. th there's fears that london will fill up and there won't be room for any more.

the flight costs to london are just -- they're full you. can't get a seat. >> tell me about it. we've just gone through that. and the hotels. >> you'll notice this leading up to next week, next wednesday, where will be this frenzies feeling of mourning, waiting, what's going to happen leading up to the funeral. >> i'm expect an announcement on the date of the funeral this afternoon. >> i wanted to ask you that. the coronation, is that even -- >> next year. >> we're waiting on that one. >> the logistics of getting out and organizing that could take six, seven months. >> and the crown julewels, priceless crown jewels. only three people can touch them, the queen, the ariarchbis

of canterbury. there are lots of things happening and our discussion may get cut off, especially if we see the new king come to the palace. welcome to the program. how you do think the king will balance the new era of monarchy? >> lots of things he has already talked about. one thing i will say, when he says he wants to slim down the monarchy, he's only wanting the official royals, the senior royals holds positions to hold duties. two things. one, there will be less opportunities for the royals to touch the public, and as the former queen said, i need to be seen to be believed. there's a little bit of a conundrum there. remember when lord grantham says to matthew, everyone plays their

part. these are all jobs. when people complain they have a lot of people. these are jobs. they take pride in it. there's a dual edge. we do know he loves his home at balmoral and high grove in glocester and st. james' palace, which we've just seen hchl's not going to spend a lot of time at buckingham palace and balmoral, and the great news, they will be more open to the public. they are already more open in terms of charitable events. they will be more open now. >> hilary, you spoke about how queen elizabeth, her love for tradition and how she embraced progress. how does it carry out that sentiment into his reign because as you said, they're trying to slim down the monarchy, but that's less access, less touching of the people, so to speak. and we saw how he really ate up that moment yesterday when he

went to the crowd and was so embraced and even kissed on the face by one subject who was so happy to see him. >> yes. the monarchy is not just opening up the palaces as i just mentioned, but that walkabout, remember, when did this walkabout start? it was when the queen went outside the buckingham palace to be with her people literally by the gate in front of buckingham palace. she could have stayed on the balcony. she did not. at the passing of the coffin of the late princess diana. i think prince charles -- king charles did learn a lot from that era. the walkabout has become a lot more personal. he's taken that to heart. remember, when he came down from balmoral at the time of diana's passing, he was outside the palace with the boys, looking at the flowers there, and engaged with the public. that's what you're going to see. he's going to be far more personal. those of us who know him, who've

met him, he's very warm in person, and he wants that to come through and be projected. that's what you're going to see. i they've more heart str demonstrated from our current monarch. >> so, listen. throughout the day, hilary, there are going to be glimpses of the king. what do you see in the days to come here because there are -- this is very highly planned, and they're planning a funeral as they get ready. this is very strategically handled. what do you see happening over the next few days? >> this entire process, this has been planned for a few years. a few things to remember, very importantly, the name of it is operation london bridge. why london bridge? each of the royals, there are massive plans in place. why? because as you mentioned there's so much that has to take place.

they're referred to bridges because they're the bridges of the next life. each day is going to be named a d-day. d-day 1, d-day 2. formally the queen is lying in state in edinburgh. she'll lie in state in london. we saw this at winston churchill's funeral. she will be in london and schenn she will be eventually, of course, interned at winston chapel and join her beloved husband prince philip. what we're going to see and one thing i think is very special is this peaceful transition of power just like we saw this very week. we saw on tuesday there our queen shaking hands with liz truss, the first time in history. interestingly that the monarch and the queen had the same name.

then we saw a peaceful transition of parliament, the leader of parliament. now we're seeing this peaceful transition. in a nutshell what we're seeing day after day is this peaceful transition that is to glorify our god save the king. also, don't forget, we're going to be seeing on the stamps and more. one of the funnier things i thought of, the late queen's father king george vi, there are places in the united kingdom where you can see the old post boxes. at least the procrastinators who never updated them, the e.r., they can leave them the same way. >> thank you, hilary. i appreciate that. we're looking at what's behind us, the buckingham palace. the king's artiery. >> the king's troop, artillery.

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royal family, and it's the first time in history that this event has been televised for the world to see. charles is ascending to the throne following the death of queen elizabeth ii. that's his mother. hundreds of dignitaries and royal advisers are in attendance to watch the king take a series of oaths. i want to bring in now cnn's max foster and also richard quest to discuss what's going on. we've seen a lot of pageantry, a lot of pomp and circumstance. we've seen a lot of pageantry today and we expect a lot more to happen. >> this is in the city of london. this is another reading of the proclamation that has to take place because the city of london is different. there's a different system of government. so having done the proclamation at st. james palace

traditionally, and hear we have the grenedier of guards marching. >> it's telling in a bit. it's like the church of scotland thing. you've got the disconnects and the constitution and the monarchy. how do you tie them all up? the city of london is in the financial district. they're its own authority. they also effectively need to pledge allegiance to the king thatch's what's happening here. do you have a new king, do you agree to it, if you have no protest, the king of london as well as the rest of london. >> in the old days if i can bring my business background in, you need the city of london to pay. you needed to have the financiers and the bankers on your side to pay for everything. >> it's a respect to the financiers as well that they get the proclamation. >> to make certain things like

the bank holiday. the queen's funeral date will be a bank holiday. you need to do that -- >> it's the plumbing. >> it's the same ning the u.s. it runs out. unless you physically put it back into law, it can't happen. that's what's happening today. >> this day, this moment is about king charles iii. both of you say it's about the new prince of wales as well, william. >> i think it will be because he's got to -- he needs to have stepped back to allow the prince of wales to get the attention particularly when prince william, the prince of wales, is, you know, more popular than the king. but he also needs to step up. he's now first in line to the throne. a lot of the next monarchy will be about preparing william for the throne. so he will be acting in a much more kingly way now.

so we do expect him to come out. what will be interesting about that will be how he frames himself because he's no longer second in line. he's first in line. you've seen him over the years becoming more formal. we've got the bt tower west of london that's a signature part of the landscape and a big announcement there about the queen. today is really about the king. this is why we see the flags at full-staff today rather than half-staff. >> do either of you think this is going to be that different? there won't be that sort of different direction? >> he's been front and center with regard to the monarchy. he's led several groups. so he's had a seat at that table. but, yes, it will be differential, absolutely.

there be a change in tone a change in style. >> it's going to feel different. he'll be responsible to make it happen. >> why is that? >> you saw him being so emotional, which you would never see the queen be. he accepted a kiss. >> it's quite un leg untraditio see them call him charlie. seeing women coming up and kissing him, women, models, when he was younger, he had that. >> those are usually older folks, right, who remember him as a young man. >> he was a playboy prince,

wasn't he, for a while. >> he was, he was. you read tina brown's book, she goes into a lot of the early days of charles. he still has a bitterness there over the way he was treated by the press and public. >> he's a bit of what? >> there's a bitterness. >> and how they took diana's side. >> there's really an issue about the treatment of the royals and the press or the relationship of the royals and the press here, and maybe that's a bit of an understatement, right? a bit of an issue. in a way, you think about the paparazzi that led to diana's death. >> considering taking the pictures of diana dead in the car crash, they blame the media, and there's a very tense relationship. harry's taken it to a different level by, you know, oh facially no longer dealing with

mainstream media, although, we do have -- he's not completely cut off. prince william's take an different approach, that he needs the media. i think he's learned this from his grandmother. he needs the media to get his message across, so william's view is very much as aligned, but you cannot cross with the media. so when you deal with him, he's very familiar. he's very easy to get along with, but you're never going to be friends with william in the way some journalists were with diana. charles, i think richard's right, there's a frustration that the media's always favored other members of the royal family, primarily dieanadiana, also william. he gets more attention sometimes, and that's frustrating for somebody who's meant to be next in line and is now king. they're working incredibly well now. i have to say, william and charles often operate separately, now they're in lockstep, and their teams are in

lockstep as well. >> that's why i think this will be different. what are we watching now? i did notice this. traditional mourning suits. >> yes, because the tradition requires for these events mourning suits. you don't have to wear it. the important thing to remember with all of these traditional things, you don't have to do it, any more than you have to bow to the king. it's customary. but if you choose not to, that's up to you. here in the city of london, you're going to have the reading of the proclamation and hear the trumpeters and all the essential things you saw at st. james', but it's a recitation that happened in scotland and it will happen in wales and in ireland. >> i think in eight minutes' time you'll hear the trumpeters. basically a repeat of before but in the city. >> as i mentioned, you said

don't even try to get into the royal lounge -- pay a lot of money to get into. >> the windsor suite, do you use it? >> no. it's too expensive. it's too expensive. >> okay, gentlemen. the idea that i was going to is that there are going to be a lot of people here. >> it's reassuring to know he doesn't use the windsor suite. >> a lot of dignitaries will be trying. >> forgive me. maybe i should know. i don't know whether the u.s. has announced who will be leading. >> that's what i wanted to lead to. we bring in jasmine wright with president biden in will ming torngs delaware. jasmine, good morning. what do we know about president biden coming to the uk to pay his respects. >> reporter: yes. the president said a resounding yes he would be heading to the funeral. it's no surprise he would be

going even before official word or ini have tags have gone out. he's heaped praise on the late queen saying she was a great lady who defined an era, but for invitations themselves, that gets a little tricky. we know that former presidents are not expecting individual invitations. instead the expectations are that one invitation will be sent to the white house and they'll be doled out there one by one, which sets up the president to make the choice who gets that invitation. we know after the president said, yes, he will be attending the funeral, though, he didn't know quite what the details would have been. the white house aides have made the preparations for him to get to london for that funeral. but it sets all deployment city test for the president who he invites. we know the queen herself has had a lot of connections with the recent presidents, president

biden, obama, trump. specifically, will he invite his predecessor, former president donald trump. don? >> all right. jasmine wright, thank you very much. i appreciate that. she's with president biden, traveling. >> i'm back with max foster and richard quest as well. we're watching these ceremonies happen all over london really and even here at buckingham palace. >> i think in ten minute wes're going to hear from the state trumpeters to see what we saw at st. james'. >> i think what's interesting to watch is on the funeral, world leaders are coming, but they would also take the opportunity of having various bilateral meetings between themselves. suddenly this funeral not only becomes saying good-bye to queen elizabeth, but becomes a major diplomatic event.

we know president putin isn't coming here for obvious reasons, but it will be fascinating to see who meets with who. >> this will be a worldwide event. >> like none you've ever seen before. >> go on. >> certainly you've got the commonwealth and all the realms. they will come, i would say assume. all the european heads will come. the queen was liked by belgium and norway, sweden. great personal friends. they will be coming. and you'll have the political leaders who will want to come and pay their respects. >> and the charities. >> hundreds of them. >> this will be an opportunity for what, and will they deem it appropriate to do business at this time? >> completely and absolutely. you'll have ministers meeting with leaders. you'll have leaders talking to each other. particularly at a time of height

abouted tensions. you'll have sidebar discussions. all of those sort of things will be expected. >> i think putin and xi would come. they were fully committed to their state visits. >> why do you think it's so important for putin and xi to come and even the former president of the united states as you heard jasmine say. >> it was about politics, and the queen was the longest serving head of state, and she wasn't involved in politics, and she separated what happened with politics. so when, you know, those leaders came here -- and there have been some real -- dictators. she'll separate her views and give them the best possible -- and xi was hugely complimentary. they're going to separate the government from this. i think they'll be here. >> putin's note of condolence was extremely gracious and warm, bearing in mind the country's almost at cold war with the uk.

>> how would someone like putin -- would he be welcomed? >> he may not be. there are legal issues. as a man versus the president of russia, he was not going to come. xi, i can't see making the trip. >> he's concerned over covid. >> oh, absolutely. >> we've got two gathering, one at the house and one at the exchange. the trumpeters will sort of talk to each other, call to each other. >> sort of a call and repeat? >> it happens toward the top -- up until the top of the hour. the precise timing we're waiting for. they've obviously gotten their cue. it's another proclamation here. >> you say it happens on cue, but usually at the 30 or 45 or at the 00s, meaning at the top.

>> so essentially 11:55, which is, you know, just over ten minutes away. >> doing the math. >> just before the top of the hour, the state trumpeters will sound the fanfare and the state trumpeters at mansion house will reply and the sergeant of arms. you know when you see the town cries declaring the birth of a royal bane, they're complete char la tons and they don't exist, but they come with bells and they're filming them. there is the town cryer. >> we were talking about dignitaries. can we talk about the relationship between liz truss and king charles iii and the possible relationship? as you mentioned, she was not so much a fan of the monarchy. >> she was a liberal democrat

and she spoke at the liberal democrat conference, very precipitously. she wanted the queen fired basically. but we've seen during that process how she's utterly committed to the monarchy. she isn't very consistent in any of her views, so she switched from liberal democrat to conservative. she was antibrexit. now she's a pinup for the brexit change and parliament. she changes politics all the time. many see that as strengths. she's good at reading the room. it's hard to know what she believes in. king charles firmly believes and has always believed and has a great record in issues like climate change, the state of the oceans, religious tolerance, youth unemployment. he spent decades working on those issues. i think that's a slight disconnection, although, he may see the prime minister as a bit

more malleable. >> in the end, do you think that's going to be -- you don't think there will be some tension in the relationship because of that? >> it wouldn't be the first time there would be tension between the prime minister and monarch. the most famous, of course, being margaret thatcher and queen elizabeth. but liz tress doesn't come to this with a very strong hand in the sense she's been prime minister for five minutes. he might have been king for five minutes. but he was prince of wales for 60 years. so he knows his way around this. his pledge yesterday in his speech, he recognizes his constitutional and parliamentary democracy, that was significant because he was telling us, i'm another going to interfere, i'm not meddling, i'm not communicating with ministers. >> just to explain what we're seeing here, we're waiting for the second proclamation that charles iii as king.

this is self-governing? how would you describe it? >> it has its own set of rules. >> and it's a financial district. there's a great deal of reverence because of the financial walls. >> cnn's coverage of really the death of the kwqueen and the proclamation of the new king will continue in moments. >> at the top of the hour. babe. that means that your dreams are ours t too. and our financial planning tools can help you reach them. that's the value of ownership. you're making all the difference out there kid. next big american. pressure, pressure? pressure, pressure. sohere do you think this pressure's coming from? everne. i'just here for the mints. [ cheering cwd ] so mh pressure. pressure makes diamonds. true. pulisic!

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find rewards like these and so many more in the xfinity app. and welcome back, everyone, to cnn's live coverage. we are standing by to hear from the trumpeters and the second proclamation of king charles iii that will be read at the royal exchange in london. joined again by max foster and richard quest. richard, we were speaking earlier, and you said this was

all a buildup, building up, building up, and the crescendo, the funeral. >> the death, the proclamation, the celebration of a new reign. it's much more uplifting. here we go to trumpeters. ♪

>> so this is just the trumpeters here. will there be -- there won't be another reading, will there? >> yes, at the top of the hour there will be. at five minutes before the top of the hour, one of the kings of arms, there'll be a royal

exchange and "the herald"s will take up their position just before the top of the hour. the state trumpeters will sound the fanfare, and it will be replied between the two locations. the clair now king of arms will read the proclamation, a different person than who read it before. but these are the people who represent britain's financial center and obviously members of the church and members of the judiciary, all pillars of the british constitution. >> this may be reading something more into this than it is, but obviously they're proclaiming a new king here. it seems very solemnly.

if it not had been the death of a king, would there be more of a celebratory event? >> no, because without the death of the queen, there wouldn't be this event. >> she could step down and say i don't want to be queen anymore. >> in the case of the queen, yes. but with this, it's solemn and somber. >> austere. austere. >> absolutely. you're looking at the transfer of power of what was an empire, realms. you're looking at the transfer of power between one person to the next, and this is the mechanics, oil and lubery indication if you will, that's going to make it happen. there are people here, by the way -- who are you looking at? "the herald," people who do all sorts of roles in the city of london. there's the lord mayor of london. the current is vincent thomas

khamenei. when minute before the top of the hour. i'm saying definitely. it's been like clockwork, unbelievable. there will be the tfanfare, the trumpeters, the town cryer and sergeant of arms and then the sergeant of arms will read the proclamation. are you ready for this tight snl. >> they'll order the proclamation with three beats of the drum, charge their pikes, which is -- >> >> what? >> five beats of the drum. how did he not know that? really? >> as i said earlier, this is a lot. >> yes. what is amazing -- there you can

see the proclamation. they're getting ready. the lord mayor. but it will be to the second. >> the senior members of the courts, the senior members of the corporation of london, these are the power breakers in the united kingdom all lining up to commit to the king. >> i sort of feel obliged just to remind viewers, particularly in the united states, that it is a constitutional monarchy. the country is a democracy that's ruled by elected representatives. and what you're watching is that uns unspoken and today's reaffirmed acceptance from the magna carter and onward. the king is at the top. >> the elected officials are there but the king is at the top of the tree.

who holds the powers? >> the officials. >> it is spoken. it's an understanding that he governs at the consent of the people. >> but the elected officials don't have this much pageantry surrounding their elections. >> they do at the state parliament. >> not like this. not like this. i do have to point out that the outfits and the hats, i mean, it's a lot. it's wonderful to watch. yeah. >> the crowd is roaring behind us. >> so these are -- anyone who looks vaguely vip-ish gets a tour. >> the people moving the barricades and collecting the trash, i think they're getting applause from people as kind of a fun thing. >> i sometimes wonder if they should give more clarity to the people because nothing's particularly going to be happening here at buckingham plans. you will see the king going in,

but it's not the focal point necessarily today >> i can't imagine what it's going to be like next tuesday or wednesday when the funeral takes place, the size and scope of the people coming in from all over the country, all over the world. >> there are processions deliberately so people can have their moment, i think a really powerful moment. i don't like to predict things as a journalist, but when the casket is lying in state in westminster hall, there are plans for miles and miles of cues for the public to pay their respects. >> we see these things and they happen about around this time. this is to the second almost that they get things done. very punctual. >> yeah. >> the things that will happen at the funeral and the way max was saying, it will be enormous in its size and scale and somber and will have gun carriages and

the whole -- >> here we go. the state trumpeters. >> here we go now. ♪ >> silence! whereas it has pleased almighty god to call his mercy our late sovereign lady, queen elizabeth ii of blessed and glorious memory, by