barley, the vice president of the parliament, she said, and she, the queen was the 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 certainly a remarkable rain, but it wasn't without its miss steps. and controversies took us through a couple of those. yeah, i mean i'm for the queen herself. you know, 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 116 children lost their lives, and a number of adults did too. and although prince philip was sent to the next day to pay his respects, it to the queen a whole week to go down to see the people and to show her empathy. and then went

with the death of princess diana, in 1997 in that terrible accident in paris. again, the queen was in baltimore, also in her scottish residence where she died of and she was there and it took her a week to go down to london to again show empathy to show that she still, even though diana was no longer married to her son, that she still understood this massive outpouring, well, they well known should have controversial that it took her so long. that's what i'm saying. it was, it is a misstep. and, and so there were issues where she, she was considered she almost to step too far back and people wanted to see more emotion from her. and these images that we are seeing right now, these, these pictures of outside the palace really reflect to also remind us for haps, of those images. we saw after diana's death, when thousands and thousands of people poured to the palace to show their respects . so the queen, son formally, prince charles, we were just discussing him,

then he is now of course the new monarch to be known as king charles the 3rd. now he had this to say about the death of his mother, 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 mom profoundly, the passing of a cherry sovereign and much love mother. i know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the realms and the commonwealth, and by countless people around the world. during this period of morning and change my family and i will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which the queen was so widely held. royal observers have sent, i expect charles as carnation to be quicker and smaller than that of his mother and it's an event. he's had ample time to prepare for the take

a bow at charles's long white to be king. ah, he was dumped the perpetual prince waiting to be king longer than any other add to the throne before him. charles philip, also george, mount patton windsor, was born in 1948, the 1st son of princess elizabeth. he was 4 years old at his mother's coronation, queen elizabeth the 2nd, the bosses from the abbey, consecrated and dedicated to her life work. after attending boarding school and graduating from cambridge university, charles continued toil tradition by serving in the royal air force and royal navy. at 32, the world's most eligible bachelor announced his engagement to lady diana spencer.

13 years his junior is delighted in the habit. i made the change in bergen as took me on the couple married in july 1981. it was the wedding of the century and captured the world's imagination. thousands came out to cheer and around the globe. hundreds of millions watched the ceremony on their tv screens. again, the couple had 2 sons, william and harry gave me a chance, but the fairy tale wasn't to last. to me for charles and his wife seemed increasingly unhappy. notwithstanding the tress published leaked phone conversations that showed charles was having an affair with a former girlfriend, camilla parker bowles, right minutes in 1992, they made their split official. it is announced from buckingham palace that with

regret, the prince and princess of wales have decided to separate a year after the couple divorced diana was killed in a car crash in paris. after being founded by pepper oxy. charles accompanied her body back to britain. there was an outpouring of public brief at diana's death and with this scandal surrounding their marriage, not yet forgotten. public opinion of prince charles and the royal family had never been so low. charles continued to dedicate himself to his royal duties and his charitable causes, most notably the prince's trust, the charity he set up to help improve the lives of disadvantaged young people. his relationship with camilla parker bowles continued to develop and in 2005 the couple were married in

a civil ceremony. together they've carried on child's work and sustainability. he has always been passionate about the environment, promoting organic farming and biodiversity on his estate. but also on a global stage at the cop $26.00 climate summit in las go, he urge global leaders to do more to limit global warming the close to linux, she is far greater than the coast to prevention. climb has quite literally run out . this will help as his mother stepped back from some of her responsibilities in recent years, and especially after the death of his father, prince philip. charles took a more significant and active part in this charging royal duties from king and waging to king and training. now charles will take on the role that he has

been preparing for his entire life. date of it is alex forest whiting is still here with me in the studio. alex, once that period of morning is over for queen elizabeth king charles, the 3rd will have some very big shoes to fill. do you think that he has the support of britons? do you think i think his up to the task? i don't think he's ever going to have the same support as the queen had because of the fact that she was on the throne for 70 years. i do think that he has managed to repair what was a very damaged reputation, certainly 20 or so years ago. because of what happened with his former wife princess diana, and the fair that he had with camilla parker bowles, who of course is now his wife. i think that's take a thought that when console. exactly. i think that that has taken a lot of hard work from him. i think he's very aware that he has obviously a huge amount to live up to. but he's already been,

i'm working at it because the queen has had to step back from or had to step back from so many duties over the past 2 years, particularly since last august because she had these mobility issues. so we've seen so much more of charles the, the now king. we saw him, for example, the state opening a parliament remembrance day services. he was there. and i think that the, that britain has been expecting this and will now certainly be supporting him. but we don't know what will happen in the future. he's already been hard at work trying to slim line the monarchy, who is in, who we see a particularly making sure that his own son, prince william, who will be next in line to the throne after king charles the people know that they're seeing him, they sing his wife katherine, but will you will, you know, where will it go in the future? and i don't think at the moment we can say that particularly when we're thinking, for example, about the commonwealth and the fact that he is now head of state of 14 other

countries including australia, canada, jamaica, and so on. so i think there are many questions that will have to be asked under the new reign of king charles, or do you think his standing is like with in those countries obviously have my own opinion being australian, but you know, it's very interesting. i do think it's correct to say that he's gone a long way to rehabilitate his reputation after the the diana scandal and me a fair and her subsequent death. i think, you know, that was certainly my biggest memory growing up in australia was, was that that whole scandal that was right as i was a teenager, every one remembers where diana was suddenly australians do. and i'm sure britons as well, remember where diana, where you were, when you heard the news of diana passing. oh, so in terms of his not legacy, i suppose. but his role going forward. do you think he's going to be able to hang on? i think in australia, at the very least it will reignite a republican movement. absolutely, and we were, we, we've already seen on people who've been fox sports, you know,

been asked on the streets of, of some of the cities in australia. you know, how do you feel about the cream passing and already some of them said, well, when can we become a republic? so i think that this is going to start raising its head. look just her back in november, barbados chose to become a republic. so the queen stopped being the head of state there. we know that jamaica is also having similar discussions, australia having discussions. so i think that that king king charles is going to have to expect that and will have to play his role role accordingly. he is the head of the commonwealth, 54 countries, but actually it is up to the commonwealth to decide who is their heads and that possibly could change. i don't expect it to, but there is all to play for with that. and i think we have to be very interesting to watch what happens in the coming my and years with those republican movements in some of those countries. now we go back to charles, earned his sort of passion, passions of you will and things that he may carry on her through his reign. we saw

in that report that one of those passions is of course, the environment, the climate he's, he's been a very big champion of, of that. do you think he'll be, can, he'll continue to be as vocal about those passions concerns or interests through his rank? i mean, he certainly been considered an activist prince because he was very, very clear about some of his, some of those issues that are close to his heart, particularly the environment and the fears about what's happening with the climate change. i think that he won't be able to be as vocal because the monarch in the u. k is supposed to be above politics, but i'm sure he's still going to make his feelings very well known. for example, he will be meeting with the prime minister on a weekly basis that will be where he can really express some of his perhaps personal opinions. but i think he has to be very careful not to overstep the mark with what he feels is important. and what the role of the monarchy is not just in

the u. k, but also across the globe. i alex, thank you. alex forest white, who was speaking to you again shortly. as we know, the queen died at ball bow, moral castle in scotland, and her coffin will be brought to london after a vigil there we can across to aberdeen airport in scotland, where dw correspond. emily go, dean is standing by for us. emily, you're around about an hour away from bell moral castle, where the queen died yesterday. tell me about what's happening where you are. yes. so we just got the information that prince charles or king charles the 3rd has now let pamela castle in a silver jack euro. he is expected to arrive an arbiter babble as habiting our court and approximately 45 minutes. and from here he will then proceed to london, where he will meet with from an astellas trust. and in the evening, he is expected to give a speech. and what can you tell us about some of the changes that this brings that

his rain will bring? well, if you look on the, if you look at the past, i mean queen elizabeth, she was a fairly a political. whereas, like alex just said, i am prince or king charles is known to have been more vocal, especially when it comes to environmental and causes. and i think that's one of the things that we will see in terms of changes. i mean, there are, there are different changes if you look at all. so just sort of in the name itself . i mean, so far we've had the queen's face on coins on, on, on, on postmarks. and, and was that all now how to have his face on them and but sat certainly will be very in had his name's ronnie. i reckon emily, ok, we're talking about the, the king now is traveling down to london to meet with the prime minister. but we're

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