diana sons, princess william and harry did not talk about the trauma of their mother's death until years later. ah, when harry's marriage to us televisions to megan markov has repeatedly exploited by the tabloids the couple made a radical exit. they officially turned their backs on the royal family, ultimately moving to the united states there. and they complained in interviews about racism in the media and also in the palace compared to the other members of the royal family. the queen let a quiet marriage. she was married to her childhood sweetheart, prince philip for 73 years. he was an important pillar of support for her, which made the moment of parting all the more difficult. ah, in the spring of 2021, philip died 1899. owing to the corona virus pandemic,

the funeral took place with a very small circle of mourners. elizabeth was alone. it was an image that touched many but only a few days later, she was again representing the country, receiving ambassadors by a video conference, and participating in zoom meetings with scientists. and there's wonderful work you are all doing. said is great to see you all. but you say you must, you must be like, your majesty ah, in a world that has changed radically. elizabeth was a constant mainstay ah. committed to tradition, but not closed to the new and most of the critics of the british royal family paid tribute to the queen. for her long life in service to her country

and to the commonwealth. all come to the special edition of dw news britons, queen elizabeth the 2nd has died. she was 96. she was the longest reigning monarch and head of state in the world. her death means her son, charles succeeds her immediately king charles the 3rd called it a moment of the greatest sadness for himself and all of the royal family. the prime minister list trust said queen elizabeth was the rock on which modern britain was built. and she touched the lives of millions around the world. and let's go live to our correspondent, big mass in london. now with me in the studio is alex forest whiting our reporter. let's start with you. bear get what the latest from london on the death of the queen. well, we, obviously,

we are having tributes coming in from all over the world from, from heads of states. and are we seeing more and more people also obviously arriving in scotland, where the queen has died, but also in london because people are just wanting to pay their respects for the monarch who's been always there. she's been for 7 decades on the throne and for many people here in the u. k, she's been this, this steadfast figurehead, who are they just couldn't imagine not to be there any more and to so for many people this will be a momentous transition and not just here in the u. k. but around the world, people will just be looking at the queen and respecting on her life and, and looking at king charles. and this is something that people will have to get used to for, for decades. or it was god save the queen. and now it is king charles who will

have to make his mark. we are expecting him to give a brought calls to the nation. he is already given a statement where he is expressed the sadness above the loss of his mother and the queen. but we expecting him also to broadcast and then there will be a transition in, in the next days for king charles will be taking over. yeah, that sense of this being the end of an era was very much shared by the former prime minister herb wars. johnson who has released a statement saying the queen seemed so timeless and so wonderful that i am afraid we had come to believe like children, that she would go on and on. well, alex, here in the studio with me, the queen has passed. this was announced in a very brief statement by buckingham palace. do we have any more information about the circumstances of her death? no, we still don't know what the cause of her death was. apart from that,

we know that doctors were obviously concerned enough about her state of health that they, that back in pants issued a statement earlier today to say that they were concerned. we know that members of the royal family took it on themselves to get to bar morrow, which remembers, in the very north of scotland there down in london. so in the south of england, they had to make a rapid trips up there to be by her bedside before she passed away a prince. now king charles was with her princess and that's charles his sister. and then also prince andrew, prince edward and prince william. that king charles his son made it there. probably an hour or so before was settling before it was announced that the queen had passed away. and prince harry, who is a prince, william's brother, who has had a difficult relationship with his father. i'm with the royal family over the past few years because of his marriage to megan in the fact that they gave up ro,

duties and moved to california. he was also on his way to by tomorrow, but it doesn't look like he got there in time. so that's what we know at the moment . we know that prince charles issued a statement where he said that you know, that the royal family were in morning and what a loss it was for the family. we are expecting him to make a public address to the nation later on this evening. and then the rest we've heard from prime minister list trust you and he became prime minister on choose day off to meeting with the queen at bar morrow. that in itself is quite extraordinary that the queen, even though she was clearly so on well managed to carry out that extraordinarily important public service and was able to, to, to bring in her a 15th prime minister under her reign over that 20 year rain. so and we

saw a photograph of the queen with less trust on tuesday. and now here we are on thursday, and we know that she has passed away all the more surprised. right. all the more surprised she looked to be in good spirits and certainly i think in good spirits, i don't. if we can say in good health, we know that she had to mobility problems that had been admitted by a buckingham palace over the past few months. which was why the queen was unable to take part in many of the royal duties that she would normally sit across, for example, a remembrance services or remembering those who died in the wars or for example, the state opening of parliament, which is where the government unveils its new legislation, she couldn't do those this year. a prince. now king charles stood in for her, and the fact that she was at bol moral a tool. she should have been back in buckingham palace,

that's where she's met all her previous prime ministers. and wasn't obviously fit enough to get back to london. so was in by moral in the north of scott and which is why forest johnson, the outgoing british prime minister and less trust the in going british prime minister both traveled to bar morrow to meet with the queen. and as we now know, just 2 days before she died, but it goes to show once more her extreme sense of duty and commitment to the people doesn't. absolutely, and i think that that will be sorely missed across the u. k. certainly. and also across the world with as big it was saying it as we've been mentioning so many heads of state paying tribute to the queen. you remember she wasn't just the queen of england. she was the queen of the whole of great britain and northern ireland. but also the head of state of other countries including australia, including canada. you know, she was a very,

a well respected and loved manecke. and even for those who perhaps aren't inclined towards the royal family, may phyllis antiquated. it's undemocratic. she was so well respected and i think it was because she always carried out that duty that service, that's what drove her. and that's what she always put fast in her life. and i think that's what she will be most remembered for. you mentioned that visit by less trust to, to bell morrow castle just 2 days ago. and earlier, the british prime minister delivered this statement on the queen's death. we are all devastated by the news that we have just heard from bar moral. the death of her majesty the queen is a huge shock to the nation and to the world. queen elizabeth the 2nd was the

rock on which molden britain was built. our country has grown and flourished under her reign. britain is the great country. it is today because of her. she ascended the throne just after the 2nd world war. she championed the development of the commonwealth from a small group of 7 countries to a family of $56.00 nations spanning every continent of the world. we are now a modern, thriving dynamic nation through thick and thing. queen elizabeth, the 2nd, provided us with the stability and the strength that we needed. she was the very spirit of great britain, and that spirit will endure. she has been our longest, ever raining monarch. it's an extraordinary achievement to presided with such dignity and grace for 70 years. her law, her life of service,

stretch be all, most of all living memories. in return, she was loved and admired by the people in the united kingdom and all around the world. she has been a personal inspiration to me and to many britons. her devotion to duty is an example to us all. earlier this week, at 96, she remained determined to carry out, so she appointed me, it's her 15th prime minister. throughout her life she visited more than a 100 countries, and she has touched the lives of millions around the world. in the difficult days ahead, we will come together with our friends across the united kingdom, the commonwealth on the world to celebrate her extraordinary lifetime of service. it is a day of great loss, but queen elizabeth's a 2nd leaves a great legacy. today the crown passes, as it has done for more than

a 1000 years to our new monarch on you had to state his majesty, king charles the 3rd with the king's family. we mourn the loss of his mother. and as we bowed, we must come together as a people to support him to help him by the awesome responsibility that he now carries for us all. we offer him all loyalty and devotion justice, his mother devoted so much to so many, for so long. and with the passing of the 2nd elizabeth, an age we are in a new era in the magnificent history of our great country. exactly as her majesty would have wished by saying the words, god save the king, save the king. some words that haven't been ushered in 7 decades. alex for whiting

is still with us list thrust. they are calling the queen the rock on which modern britain was built. what will queen elizabeth legacy? yeah, and just the fact that liz truss on her 2nd day, or as a prime minister is having to make this extraordinary speech on the steps of downing street. i'm trying to bring a country that let's face it is having a difficult time at the moment together and to talk about this rock and she and there is no doubt the queen elizabeth has been the case rock for decades and there have been some ox there. have been some downs, but certainly over the past 2 decades, i would say she has, she's been adored. and she's been loved because she has overridden politics. you know, despite what's been going on, who's been passing through that door and downing street in and out with all these different prime ministers that we've had in the past few years. the queen has

always been the rock who has been it, you know, at the, at the top of britain at the very head. ok. most of it ceremonial. but i think that there was so much stature about the queen and she provided stability for the united kingdom and for people over the decade, 7 decades. i mean, it's difficult to get your head around. the fact that she was on the queen do as she was on the throne, doing this job for 2nd decade for 7 decades. but that's what she was doing. and i think it is, is it is a massive blow to the united kingdom. i mean, less trust the prime minister only this morning was having to announce what they were, what britain was going to do about these huge, soaring energy bills that are reaching, you know, talk about. they were going to be $56000.00 pounds, which is even more in euro's per year for the average family,

so less trust and had to announce this morning that there was going to be an energy cap. and then the next moment a, we're talking about the death of the british mac, and i think it is a, an enormous blow to the united kingdom. a ticket at a time that is difficult, difficult, obviously across the world, but very difficult in the u. k. and i think that it's going to take, i think he's going to take some time for britain to get his head around what has just happened and the loss of queen elizabeth the 2nd you know, shock and sadness. and a lot of people are gathering right now at buckingham palace to express their feelings to, to, to gather and, and we can now bring in our correspondence, carl naslund who is standing by there and show you some pictures from the scene. it is raining bare but people are and shying away from going to the palace home to the

queen where she of course is not at this point. so to, to kind of share their sadness and, and their feelings about the passing of this, this historical figure that has meant so much to the country. and karl, i hope you can hear me now. what's the sense you're getting from the people that are, that are starting to arrive at buckingham palace? after hearing of the passing of the queen, we really have been people filtering in the early afternoon here. of course it's now dark. it's now raining and still people are riding with a little bit of rain. do people in the u. k. right. especially on a night like that. i think there's definitely a sense of mixed emotion them. of course, this is now the combination in morning with the, with that and new being and now not only the royal family and those close to the

queen, but every single person within the u. k. and the commonwealth now in the state of mourning. but there's also, i think, a sense of wondering how we should welcome the new monarch within with now those words being said by trust that we said just an instant feel like the country has changed. if i can just describe for you we of course we're, we're here long. everybody in the media and ours is the people who decided to come to fucking power. there was a moment though, where we noticed that the flag that applies above the palace was beginning to be lowered half matter. of course, that was the signal that everybody could understand. and you could hear ripple going through the crowd going through the media immediately. text messages flying around in the mood change it, all of a sudden went from something of a visual to now a memorial. you saw now people bringing flowers to the sites and,

but it's not exactly the sad thing that you might expect the crowd fields as if they've been waiting for this. they've been expecting this. the queen of course, passing away the age of 96. of course it comes with a shock, but it does not come into surprise that this is a country that's been preparing for this moment. and although there is no way to prepare for that, i've been watching people coming in with their children. i've seen dog owners walking their dogs through the street the you know, a couple of people breaking a bottle of wine and a couple of glasses behind me. the people standing with umbrellas sitting along the railing, folks climbing the statue out in front of buckingham palace. so, of course would never call this party, this is a memorial, but it's not it's, it's also a celebration celebration of the queen size of her incredible legacy. and i think it's also a sign that the country is beginning to come together in the very 1st stages of

this process to begin to welcome a new monarch and talk about this new monarch. how much support does charles have there? well, it would be difficult for any one politician, the monarch royalty or celebrity, to have more support than the queen had. she had absolutely enormous support. whether you were a supporter of the monarchy or not, whether you or not, what you believe she was upwards of 70 percent approval rating for most of her lifetime, which is absolutely unheard of. it's something but any prime minister, it would be jealous of course. and now king charles the 3rd will step into enormous shoes to fill. and i don't think that anybody here expect anyone to be able to fill those shoes to be able to pick up from what the queen has done and carry on that legacy. the king. we'll have to said, of course, his own path and create his own legacy. but it has been interesting to see. the

queen obviously was aware of her age and aware that it would come in time when she would need to pass along the throne to her son. and she's been paving the way bit by bit. she had been doing that. she had her cell phone. some do these st allowed william and now king charles to take along some of her responsibility. she made her wishes known that she would like the camilla child life known as queen camilla. so i believe that she's done her best to try to make this transition and as easy or as seamless as possible. of course, opinions will vary depending on who you ask, but think charles has been waiting to be here. those were for quite a long time with the queen now living to an incredible age of 96. yes, and nickname, the king in waiting has and he so what, what's the,

the protocol from, from now on? when will he actually be formally crowned king? well, as far as i understand, he, as soon as the queen path became a, whether we have a coordination ceremony in the near coming days or in the near future, or even in the couple of months that's irrelevant. the title has already been passed along. we are already saying, god, said the king, and he's already chosen his title even like 3 notice charles the 3rd, although he could have chosen another title. so the, the wheels are already in motion and it's interesting, of course, famously, there are, there are so much protocol, so much their multi plans in advance. i'm this country, of course, has been planning for this moment for a long time. you know, the nickname, london bridge. we've all heard the rumors about what goes on behind the scenes and how this will be planned for. we got a bit of a taste of it because as soon as that news started going around,

we noticed the barricade starting to go up on a pallet. we noticed the security getting a lot tighter. we rochester move to cation because everything is starting to start to fall into place. and this bill will begin to see all the pageantry, all the different ceremonies. memorial services begins on the fold. now. in the coming days, i do believe that there will be a memorial service back to saint paul. tomorrow evening. there are people gathered at windsor castle, as well as thousands of people gathered in front of buckingham palace. and you would imagine that there will be many, many chances for people to show their appreciation to the legacy of the clean to pay their respects. this is definitely going to be a well oiled machine and a plan that has been laid for many years before this moment. the queen, of course, signed in her summer residence in bo moran and scotland,

talking about that well oiled machine. what are the plans for her remains to return to london where she will then line well, as far as we know, and some of the court will have to be confirmed, we start to get details from the boil family, but you can never plan for where a loved one and of course where a queen will end up passing way as she passed away and bury one of her most beloved and comfortable home that they are in scotland. but we do believe that the queen, queen coffin will lay in hollywood palace. that's the part of the building and scotland, and we do expect that there should be a service that the giles to feed roll in edinburgh at some point of court the, the queen will remain there and then we'll need to be moved back to england, back to london, where we would assume that other ceremony at memorial will take place

according to the plans that have been laid out. some of these have ended up being being leaked at certain points. we believe that the cost of transport, either by boil train from edinburgh, then down to london. there's other reports that can happen by playing it. there's no train available. so of course, there will be a couple of days we expect of, of morning and of, of memorial install linda. and then that will proceed down here to london in the coming days. correspondence con asmin, joining us from buckingham palace in london. thank you so much for the time being and please stick around if you're just joining us now, you're watching a special edition f d w. yes. britain's queen elizabeth the 2nd has died at the age of 96. she was the longest reigning monarch and had a state in the world. her death means her son, charles succeeds her immediately king charles the 3rd called it

a moment of the greatest sadness or himself and the entire royal family. the prime minister less trust, said queen elizabeth was the rock on which modern britain was built and she touched the lives of millions reactions have of course been pouring in from around the world in the united states . white house press secretary, corinne john pierre, expressed her condolences when the news of the queen's death broke during a press conference or hurried to her thought, i'd go to the family members of the queen. i goes to the people of united kingdom. i don't want to get ahead of what the president is going to say. i want him to from you all to hear from him 1st. and so

i don't want to get ahead of that. but i said this earlier, our relationship with the people of the united kingdom. and this is something that the president has said himself has grown stronger and stronger. and it is whatever the i came to him is one of our closest allies. and again, our hearts go to the people of the united kingdom, to the queen, and to, to her family. alex, 1st wining is still with me alex. tell me what else have we been hearing from world leaders? well, they have been sending their condolences and paying their tributes from across the globe. and you can understand why given that this was a monarch who reigned for 70 years. she was of course, the queen of england, of great britain and northern ireland. but also the head of state of 14 other states or countries including australia and canada. and we heard from the canadian

prime minister just intruder. and he said it was with the heaviest of hearts that we've learned of her passing. and many, i mean everybody has been paying tribute, but let's just talk about germany, where we are sitting in berlin at the moment. we know that the german parliament had to one minute silence for her. we've heard from the german chancellor schultz who said a, we mourn the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd. she was a role model and inspiration for millions or so here in germany, her commitment to german british reconciliation after the horrors of world war 2 will remain on forgotten. she will be missed not least, how wonderful humor. and then we've also heard from the president frank fo, to shy my to but you know, just picking up on something like that from ola sholtes, which are the german politicians have also said, you know, they all, they, they light the queen. they had so much admiration for her,

but also they were great, clearly grateful to her because of what our show says here with her commitment to german, british reconciliation after the horrors of world war 2. now she didn't come to throne until $952.00. so that was 7 years after the end of the 2nd marble in the fall of the nazis. but it's very clear that she's had a very has it had a hurry, a special place in her heart for germany, and has tried it a very hard over the decades to make sure that she visited the country. and that she, you know, as much as possible. i could always support germany. that's remember that her own grandmother, queen victoria was married to prince albert. he himself was german. and i think it's important that we remember that she wasn't just considered a head of state in britain, but she but,

but other countries genuinely at mitre. i'm grateful for the role that she played in diplomacy above politics reconciling 2 countries together after a terrible world war and so on and so forth. and, you know, remember she's, she was head of the commonwealth as well, though that, um, she came to the throne when the british empire was it still in existence that no longer exists. but she was still had them of the, the commonwealth which with some of those countries who still bonded together. and she played a very, very important role of bringing people together, making sure there was always dialogue going between different countries. countries with different politics, different political leaders, different ways of voting or not voting. and she was always considered at the head. and i think that, you know, the fact that we've got so many heads of state former heads of state across the world, paying tribute to her just goes to show what an important role she played as queen

of the united kingdom. but also head of state of other countries around the globe and ahead of the commonwealth. what does her passing mean for the countries of the commonwealth? i'm well, i, it's, i think is, i think what carl said was, was important. it comes as a shock and not a surprise. i mean, she was 96 years old. and i think many people have been expecting the queen to pass to die within the past few months. certainly, particularly after the concerns of that began rudy last august over her health when she had to cancel a visit to northern ireland. so i think for those leaders in the commonwealth, of course, it will be a massive blow, a big loss to them, but they were, would have been expecting it at some point. the question really is now, i'm just looking forward a bit how it will play out for king charles.