inside several members flying into aberdeen airports before making their way to queen elizabeth's summer home in scotland. about moral o. 4 of the queen's children were there, including the air to the throne. prince charles, now known as king charles. in an official statement, charles said that the family was mourning profoundly, the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much loved mother. tributes to the queen have already begun to flooding from around the world. britain has lost its longest ever serving monarch alida who was with so many a cornerstone of stability through 7 decades. joining me now is catarina barley, the vice president of the european parliament and a former german minister of family affairs for the social democrats in the government. of chancellor anglo michael katerina, you're both british and german i what's your reaction vein to the news of the

queen's passing? well, it was a very emotional reaction. actually i was a good price by this because we had known that this day would come some time. and um, yesterday we had heard already a lot of big news, but still i felt extremely sad and also um yeah, its been worrying that this, this rock instability is now not long with us. yes, it is changed even though it didn't come unexpected day. it sort of didn't come as a bit of a shock, a sort of funny how that happened. how does that, how does queen elizabeth's death, or what do you think it means for people here in germany and how will germans remember her? what i have experienced today is that, that everybody is feeling swimming sad about the loss for the rich people but, but actually it's not too big to say for the world because she was such an example

in so many ways in discipline and in how she, how she carried out the duties and she was a guarantee stability and stability is something we desperately need, especially in the day are actually looking at some pictures now of people leaving flowers for the queen, memory of the queen, outside the british embassy here that was from last nights in berlin and for europe, let's widen it out. what is the significance of losing a later as you say, such a rock of stability that sort of continent through so much up, hazel. well, queen elizabeth is that the 2nd was always the greatest baset or 4 for her country all over the world. and also in europe. in earlier days she, she did so much to a to, to, to feel well to,

to just stabilize the relationships that had been rocked so much by, by the 2nd world war. especially of course, to my other home country to germany which, which, which had started this terrible war and, and she came, i think it was 965. and it was very, very important for, for germans, but also for the gym of which relationship. and i think she was 5 times that she paid state visit to, to our country, and it was always a more me a moment of joy and honor fun. how did she oh, did she influence the relations between the u. k. in europe? do you think? i think she did in the way she did everything so very discreetly, very quietly. not with a lot of public words, but she chose very well when to go where. even this one time wish you wore

this blue hat with the yellow stars on them or yellow flowers that could have been stars in the middle of the, of the back to the discussion. i always felt that she was a dedicated diplomat, but also someone with a strong link to, to europe, to the continent, to the european union also. so we will miss her in every way. what about for other monarchies across the continent? how do you, what do you think this will mean for them on a case in europe? well, that will depend on how king charles will will carry out his is due to his in his way. i mean, the situation in the u. k is delicate. with, with parts of the scottish people wanting to leave the united kingdom with,

with the problems that we are facing in northern ireland. and i think it is very important now that he has the ability or develops his ability to yeah. to, to be the bridge between all these different people in his, his home country that will, that will be the big question because this is the function of monarchy in the modern day header in about a, the vice president of the european parliament. thank you very much. for your time on this very momentous occasion. you're welcome. just a few minutes ago the german chancellor olive sholtes gave his statement on the passing of queen elizabeth the 2nd, calling her a role model and inspiration for millions. he is the chancellor statement for the one britain has lost its queen, and the world has lost a figure of a century with yahoo. over 70 years, she reigned. it seems like half an eternity with the queen,

only bodied the best of our common european legacy. democracy and the rule of law. elizabeth elizabeth, slide 2 guns, tim deans from m. lunch, elizabeth the 2nd devoted her life to the service of her countrymen and women. one quick to follow dunc barcode of the and we look with gratitude at the life of the queen who stood among other things for you to also over coming feminity after the 2nd world war. her many visits to germany because of her strong presence and interest in the people she met will stay with us on for a long time. but ladies and gentlemen, i'm joined now by our political correspondent nina has a she's standing in front of the chancery here in berlin. naina we just heard there from chancellor all of sholtes paying tribute to the queen. tell us about some of the other reactions in germany to the queen's passing. i'm standing here

in the government district of central berlin, and perhaps you can see behind me that the flags today are flying at half mast. this is outside the chancery, but also i can see the flags are on the top of the parliament building. they're also on at half mast. and this is also something of where you can see how much germany is in morning as well. not just the u. k. and if you needed any proof of just how popular the queen was here, just look at germany's biggest daily builds newspapers today. they have 12 pages dedicated to her life. they have literally very little else, a bit of sports, perhaps. and, but this stretches across the entire population that many people say, i'm not necessarily in favor of the monarchy as a system at such. but i do respect and admire queen elizabeth because of her dedication to her role that she fulfilled. and because of course,

also of the special role that she gave germany throughout her life, she was a true friend of germany and considered one. and this is something that people truly appreciate. here. they flocked to the british embassy when the news broke late last night, but also politicians. we heard chancello shots. we've also heard from the president when fido stein my are they thanked queen elizabeth for the special role and for reaching out to the former enemy, germany after the 2nd world war. he might be a surprise to some that are of the out the outpouring from germans and from germany . but britain's royal family really has had a special connection to germany, hasn't it? they do have a m, a very strong connection of queen elizabeth herself, had german routes through her great, great grandmother who was married to a german and prince philip, her husband who died last year. he also had german roots and queen elizabeth that really did make sure that germany did play a very important role in her life as

a young woman. she was deeply affected personally by the war that nazi germany inflicted upon the rest of the world. and as he helped the british army, essentially where nazi germany was bombing her own country, she drove army trucks. and after the war, still she, herb recognized that germany was beginning to be a democracy, that it was a completely different country. and he wanted to send that message to germans. okay . we are giving you our support. you can rely on the brits and we need you as a modern a democracy in our global family and t o. c underlined that by visiting the country 5 times once every decade on official state visits, that's quite a lot. she also went to the u. s. 5 times unofficial state visits and she came here regularly for other events as well. and on her last visit in 2015, she visited the former concentration camp bagging belgian. and that was, of course, the nazi camp that the british troops had liberated and that had been her personal wish. because of course, to have been nancy passed of this country was very much

a part of her own life. nina, how do you think germany and germans of the german government are will react to the new king charles i think it's prince charles is somebody who is known for a strong pro environment stands for a strong anti climate change stands. and that is highly appreciated. here by the german government that consists of 3 parties that say that they are a coalition of progressive parties that want to do a lot more when it comes to advancing renewable energy sources for example. and so there is a lot of hope that they're placing in this king in potentially playing a slightly more political role than his mother. they don't expect too much because that king in britain can do a lot, but they do expect some science, especially when it comes to the fight against the climate crisis. right, nina, thank you very much for that date of his nina hazard for us in berlin. you watching

at d. w and our special coverage of the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd one tributes are being paid around the world to the british monarch who has died at $96.00. she was one of the world's longest reigning monarchs and heads of state. her death means her son charles has succeeded her. he is due to address the nation in his 1st address as king later this evening. well, ladies have been offering their condolences, u. s. president joe biden said he was, she was a steadying presence in a world of constant change and we'll be hearing. we've had also from japanese at chancellor ola schultz. meanwhile, in england itself, buckingham palace has become a focus of national morning with they gathered in their thousands to pay tribute to their queen. it's lost, the country knew would come. yet the sense of shock and sadness is palpable and

profound. with oh, none da swan queen. here she's feared the past that we've always look to some, oh, is this i do this very, very sad pledge to write country. and she lived in this country with great reverence and duty respect and honor. and i just don't know of another like from no to royalist but i think she was a mother. and she she was nice one age. she's being here today i'm on to. so for the specter she just was leading as an inspiration for women. you know, the bedrock of british public life for the last 7 decades of the country and the commonwealth, have a new king and

a new history to be made novices governments priority. but to day is a time to reflect to mourn the death of her majesty. queen elizabeth the 2nd ah database alex forest whiting is here with me in the studio, alex, queen elizabeth was on the throne for 70 years. i mean ease. she saw through that time in that long range such change in history. it's hard to really fathom exactly how the world looks now to how it did when she took the throne. she met 13 out of the 14 last u. s. president's name just one available in itself, including j. s. k f. kennedy. yeah, i think it's extraordinary and it just goes to show how home she was queen 4. and remember when she took to the throne in 1952 britain, still had an empire at global empire. and obviously it doesn't any more. and she has still, she was still queen throughout the demise of britain,

global britain as it genuinely was there to what it is to days. so she has really had to, oh, she had to oversee, you know, the good times in the bad times for a great britain and northern ireland, labor, smaller things like the color television which was rushed in for the coronation, which i think is of course new. absolutely. and then to show that i'm living and exactly, and just how many things have changed. you know, the fall of the soviet union, they've been, walls was very, for example, the vietnam will. what's going on in ukraine now. and she was always, always the queen, not just of course, for britain but also had a state for other countries, 14 other countries including your own australia. and so she really, really had seen it all. and, and i think just that sort of that sense of duty, that sense of service, that sense, i think just as you had there from a katerina barley, the vice president of the parliament, she said that she,

the queen was the you case. greatest ambassador. and i think that that is what is going to be. so miss now for the u. k. that she has go on and all those connections are so many extraordinary connections and all that history that she has lived through has now gone. absolutely, it was a certainly a remarkable rain, but it wasn't without its missteps and controversies talk us through. oh yeah, i mean um for the queen herself. yes, she was pretty good. i think it at not making missteps will certainly she wasn't allowed to publicly, but there were issues that raised eyebrows. let's go back to the 19 sixty's when there was some, a terrible mining accident in wales and a 116 children lost their lives. and a number of adults did too. and although prince philip was sent the next day to pay his respects, it took the queen a whole week to go down to see.