and name, so obviously the vicious people will now be singing, god saves the king and not the queen. he will become the face of currency and post sumps and offices that bore the name of her majesty will now become his majesty. and while these changes seem quite minor, bear in mind this has been, you know, these, these, this has been in the queen has been the face of so many things to 70 years. people are used to saying, god save for creating people are used to seeing her on coin. so it will be, did i mean, your british, i'm astray in emily? and i mean, there's a lot, as long as we've been live. we've seen the queen on the money. it's going to be such that sounds like it's something small, but i, i mean, i really personally feel that's quite momentous and it just in itself. absolutely. i mean there are, you know, i know my grandparents grew up with the queen. i know generations who only know the

korean has been monarch, so it will take a lot of time to get used to her not being around. and it'll also be very interesting to see, you know, the queen, she enjoyed an enormous endearments in society. and arguably, king charles has tards, but of a bumpy ride in that regard. especially given the whole affair with diana that did put a dresser that did not make him particularly popular among and day relations. so m, i am just kind of interrupted eric, and we were just looking at pictures of that plane taking off behind you the new king charles the 3rd. you can't see because you're looking at the camera, but behind you he just took off in the royal plane. we were looking at those pictures of him making his way now to london. no longer prince charles, but now king charles the 3rd emily ordained standing for us at aberdeen airport in scotland. thank you very much for that.

you are watching d w news and our special coverage of the death of queen elizabeth. i'm joined in the studio by alex forest whiting, our royal reporter at them when it appears to be on it's before the but we were to saw those pictures, of course, king charles making his way to london. now before that we were actually just watching what was the beginning of ours of are here, we are looking at those pictures right now of him getting on the plane at aberdeen airport and making his way. i mean, what must he be feeling when he's not only just lost his mother, but he's now also the new king of england. i know it's been a long time coming and he's had certainly a long time prepared to prepare for this money. basically hasn't got time to more and has he not at all because he's straight on to the job and he's got to, he's on that play now traveling back to london, but he's got jobs and duties to do. soon as he gets off that plane,

he's going to meet the british prime minister to live trust. he's going to be broadcasting to the nation later this evening. as you've already talked about or tomorrow he's going to be efficiently proclaimed king. ah, and he and the roar family all obviously now in a huge period of morning in not just in the lead up to the queen's funeral, which they expect to be probably sometime next weekend. but also for 7 days after that. but he's now got to, he's taking over the range, he's taking over the reins of a woman who was queen for 70 years. and that is, is a monumental task, particularly given just how populous she was. and he's now got to keep everything going make it looked like there's continuity in place while at the same time morning for the loss of his mana, of his mother and the monic. absolutely. oh. tell us

a little bit about how britain feel about king charles. is he going to be able to maintain the level of dignity of the crown and, and all the things that the queen was so well known for that sense of duty? well, i think he has spent his life preparing for this and perhaps many of the decisions that he made earlier in his life or because work because he knew, and his mother in particular knew that he was the next in line. so we looked, for example, at his, her at his marriage is his 1st marriage to princess diana, which did not end in success. and but now his marriage or to a camilla who is the queen, consort. obviously, he knows that he's got her by his side. it took quite a long time for britain, i think, to welcome her and to forgive him. but i think the, you case now used to that and, and they will give him the benefit of the doubt. of course they will because they respect the queen too much and they know that he has got to keep he's got,

he's got to keep the ball rolling. he's got to keep going. he's never going to be as popular as his mother. he now just has to try to pave the way, not just for himself and his wife, but also for his son, prince william, who will be the next who is now the next in line to be king and prince william's family. so that his main role to prove that the monarchy is still fit for purpose, that it still has the future and not just in the u. k, but also across the commonwealth. again, looking at those pictures of the new king charles the 3rd haunting the plane in aberdeen to make his way back to london for the official ceremonies. all right, i know i wanted to discuss with you before we were looking at these pictures just before our king charles, have to get used to saying that our instead of prince charles, king charles, the 3rd board of that plane, we heard from the prime minister list trust and the opposition ada finish

opposition. they the kid stammer speaking in parliament honoring the queen. and we, i believe we are going to play a little bit of a clip from what liz trump had to say kissed alma then, of course, came on afterwards and gave it a longer longest page, long a woods on which were, which were quite touching. we'll discuss those as well in just a moment. alex, i do believe that liz johnson, caste, i'm are kicking off several hours of commemorative speeches in the houses of parliament in honor of the queen. and we can play that claim for you. now. prime minister, at least, cross herself only in the job a couple of days we have witnessed the most heartfelt outpouring of grief of the loss of her light majesty the queen. crowds have gathered flags had been lowered to hoff must tributes have been sent from every continent around the world. on the death of her father, king george the 6th,

winston churchill said, the news had stilled the clatter and traffic of 20th century life in many lambs. now 70 years later, in the 2 most of the 21st century, life has paused again. her light majesty, queen elizabeth the 2nd, was one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. she was the rock on which molten britain was built. the rock on which modern britain was filled. what do you make of what the prime minister had to say to day on where she did say something very similar last night, didn't she a bit about the queen being a rock. and i think that's very fair to say, and i think it is, you know, it's going to be it's, it's a big deal and help her. obviously, she's passed away and in effect that rock has gone. i think less trust is it. as you say, she's only been in the job since tuesday, and i think what was quite touching. and what she had to say was the fact that she

referenced meeting the queen on tuesday at bought by moral canceling the north of scotland. the last official very low is it that is latosha should visit the last official duty that the queen carried out. and liz, trus, a was the person who went to see the queen to officially be named british prime minister. so i imagine it's actually quite a difficult time for her she's, i'm sure she was not expecting to be to become prime minister. and then within a couple of days, the raining monarch who's been on the throne for 70 years dies and she is having to give speeches, not just to the nation, but also in parliament about her. but let's touch on some of the things she said. she said she was the nation's greatest diplomat. absolutely. the queen was the nation's greatest diplomat. she said that she had visited more than a 100 countries. well, we know that she's had incredible relations with so many leaders. we talked about

it before. i'm in eating. it was at 13 out of the last u. s. president, settings learning flag for it's extraordinary and having ties with all these are presidents or heads of state, whatever their politics i might add, you know, whatever their politics. she had to be the diplomat for britain to go off to forge ties, to welcome people in president she, for example, as she had to literally roll out the red carpet. never really weighed into that political frodo, right. and she always had to stay above politics, which i think must have been an incredibly difficult role to play for her. but she, she played it beautifully. i think that's fair to say, but also live trust. you are talking not just about the fact that she was dedicated, dedicated the queen, dedicated her life to service her life to duty, but also talking about a bit of humor in there. talking about the queen having tea with paddington bear, which is a very beloved character in the u. k. based on a book about

a bear who's come from peru and ends up in london. and the queen played along with, with things like that. and also for the a lympics back in 2012 a she she played bore with, with james bond, you know, playing a role in that which was broadcast around the world. so she did have a good sense of humor and i think that mustn't be forgotten. and less trust, certainly trying to bring that out. but one important line that stood out for me was we have to show the list trust saying we have to show the world. we don't fear what lies ahead. yeah, sure. and i all, the heritage, quoting the queen. yeah. but, but, but i think, you know, this is, it is a difficult time for the u. k. now that they do have to show the world that just because the queen has now gone version doesn't fall apart. britain having a very tumultuous time at the moment. oh, cost of living, crisis, new prime minister, the latest prime minister in just 3 or 4 years,

3 years. i think, you know, i'm political turmoil, huge cost of living crisis with gas prices going through the roof and everybody struggling stripes across the u. k. and she now having to say, well, you know, we won't fear what lies ahead. yeah. words that were been echoed by kissed arm of the opposition leader who spoke just actually after alex. thank you for that. we'll leave it there for now. we'll speak to you shortly. your watching date avenue in our special coverage of the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd king. charles the 3rd is on his way from scotland to london, where his 2 to meet the prime minister list truss british. emp hayes have been paying tribute to the night queen and the country has entered a period of morning. charles will make his 1st address to the nation later on this evening. and in a speech on her 21st birthday, then air to the throne. princess elizabeth promised to dedicate her life to public service. it was a promise she kept to the end just

a few months ago. britain marked her 70 years on the throne with a platinum jubilee celebration. and earlier this week, she appeared in her last official photo when she appointed her 15th new prime minister and this trust at bol moral as we were just talking about. here's a look now at how the news of her death was broken to the nation. partly we do not have that clip for year. okay, let's take a look at them. lowering the flag in honor of queen elizabeth a mark of respect from president biden by the opportunity to meet her before she president susan, incredibly gracious and decent woman, the thoughts and prayers of american people. or were the people who united kingdom, the commonwealth, and the roof of the world? leaders echoed those sentiments as tributes flooded in clinic. in elizabeth line of

all, queen elizabeth was a woman who defined a century and in the united kingdom and beyond liver. he knows the advice she witnessed history side cassie and wrote it herself once had cuz she did receive her here in germany and or she was admired and venerated at on for it will yonah daughter of millions of germans are united in sorrow and sympathy and toner. with the people of the united came dining in chronic eyes for bon bolcom salon, just my steve sadness. i have learned of the death of her majesty, queen elizabeth the 2nd washcloth, but it is a heavy loss for the whole of europe and the world. you mean you sure from all ukrainians? i express sincere condolences to the royal family. the whole of the u. k. lane and the commonwealth in our thoughts and prayers are with you. he does vol un secretary general. antonia gutierrez said that elizabeth would be remembered for her unwavering life. long dedication, scores of other leaders have rushed to pay their respects to the woman who was the

face of a nation for so many years. in just a short while ago, the german chancellor will have shalt gave a statement on the passing of queen elizabeth the 2nd sh. calling her a role model and inspiration for millions. here's what he had to say. a fellow on britain has lost its queen, and the world has lost like a figure of a century to hear her over 70 years. she reigned. it seems like half an eternity, but the queen bodied the best use of our common european legacy democracy and the rule of law. elizabeth elizabeth by 2 guns dimmed insult him lunch, elizabeth the 2nd devoted her life to the service of her elegant countrymen. and when moslems like to follow dunc barcode off, and we look with gratitude at the life of the queen who stood among other things for you to also overcoming immunity. 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 for a long time. ladies and when a little are al, earlier and shortly after all a shot made that statement. i spoke to our political correspondent, nina hauser and asked her to tell me about some of the other reactions in germany to the queens passing. essentially what we expected is a repeat of what he said on twitter are ready a late last night, thanking the queen for her role in overcoming the enmity between german and britain during the 2nd world war. so the role that she played in that crucial post war period where she did come to that young democracy here in 965 to assure the germans that britain did trust them to and that they were going to become a different country. and that britain would support them. so he thanked the queen for that. he also said that she will be missed also here in germany. and what i thought was interesting was when he said she embodied the best of on common

european democracy. and he stressed the role of the rule of law, and that i think was a very subtle message that germany still considers britain to be part of the european family. indeed, he also said he, she devoted her life to the service of her country and countrymen. that's something we've been hearing time and time again from all leaders. all people paying respects to the queen that sort of sense of duty. and in to remind us again of the special relationship that the royal family has with germany and germans to the late queen. well the queen herself, had german routes through her great, great grandmother who was married to a german and then also a prince. philip, her husband who died last year and had german roots himself. and the queen had her very special relationship with this country because of course he got to know nazi germany as a young woman. and she helped the british troops during the 2nd world war when her

country was bombed, essentially by nazi germany. and still after the war, he made sure that to this message got out to the world. the britain does believe that m. o, strong and democratic germany was needed in the global family, if you will. and she did it even though if she didn't exert a political influence just the fact that she came here so often unofficial state visits 5 times once every decade, many times in between. she visited berlin several times when the country celebrated its 750 years of existence. for example. she was also here and that in itself was a fact that term was he always had a very good idea of what was happening in germany and always tried to send signals to the well that the british german relationship was something that was true to her heart but again, i do have to stress the fact that many here in germany, they did a door and a love her. and they loved the fact. and i also looked up to her for her discipline, and for the way that she fulfilled this role and stayed out of politics essentially

. but when it came to the briggs debate, many people here were heartbroken to see a queen. so in active somebody who had fought for the british general relationship for so long for the friendship to see that she stayed true to herself. she didn't interfere in the debate. and eventually britain left that you and you do have to say that british german relations have deteriorated somewhat, but tons law will have towards also in his statement make clear that m, he sent his condolences to the new british premier list trust. and so of course they are going to try and get on, but of course they have to get to know it at the 1st or i and nina. thank you very much. that did of his nina hasa nazena was just explaining the british royal family still proved to be very popular here in germany, in particular. queen elizabeth, although germany itself abolished them. it's monna came more than a century ago. queen elizabeth had ancestral german brutes that but during the 1st

world war, the house of sax, cobar, gothic in england, opted for a name change and became the house of windsor more familiar to every one to day. but elizabeth always showed a keen interest in her country of heritage, a feeling that was mutual blue, the germans and the queen. there was affection on both sides. they clearly liked each other. over half a century, the queen made 5 state visits to germany. more than to most other countries in the world. but the relationship took a little time to warm up. it was 2 decades after the end of hostilities that the british monarch set foot on germans soil for the 1st time since the end of the war . the queen's visit was considered a gesture of reconciliation by west germans. very early on, the german public was very sympathetic with his young queen. she was

a very modern woman at the time she had a love marriage, so she, she chose her husband herself and her husband, prince philip, had german routes. although this was played down to the british public. as was the queen's phone heritage elizabeth, the 2nd was also descended from german nobility. when the queen returned in 1978, she found a much more self confident, modern west germany relations between the 2 countries had by now normalized her 3rd state visit in 1992 was to a re unified germany the queen at the former border crossing checkpoint charlie, the queen's visit was seen as a positive gesture at the time when many brit were fearful of a german resurgence. she received a warm welcome in the reinstated german capital. german are by and large and really not want to kill, but it's lovely to have one key next door. it doesn't cost anything at all and you

get all the glamour in 2004. she was back inside. and again, this time was the speech was an unusually clear political aspect in which she acknowledged the victims on both sides in world war 2. to learn from history to look beyond simplistic stereotypes, she realized how often we share the same. i took her final visit to germany was in 2015. as always, the queen emphasized the deep connections between britain and germany. we can seize a constant interest between 2 countries, which had become again, very friendly in 5 decades of i think, very stable and frankly relationships between germany and united kingdom. queen elizabeth the 2nd will be remembered as a friend of germany friend of germany

and caterina barley, the vice president of the european parliament, and a former german minister of family affairs for the social democrats in the government of thompson and marco. i asked her how she had reacted to the news of the queen's passing. well, it was a very emotional reaction. actually, i was a bit surprised by this because we had known that this day would come some time. and yesterday we had heard already a lot of being news, but still i felt extremely sad and also yeah, it's a bit worrying that this, this rock of stability is now no longer with us. yes, it is strange. even though it didn't come on expected. it sort of did come with a bit of a shock sort of funny how that happened. how does that, how does queen elizabeth death? what do you think it means for people here in germany and how will germans remember

her? what i have experienced today is that everybody is feelings to me, 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 guaranteed 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 europe widening out. what is the significance of losing a later as you say, such a rock of stability that sold a continent through so much up. hazel. well,

queen elizabeth is that the 2nd was always the greatest ambassador for, 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 stabilize the relationships that had been rocked so much by, by the 2nd world war. especially of course, my other home country to germany which, which, which had started this terrible war and, and she came, i think it was in 1965. and it was very, very important for, for germans, but also for the germ of which relationship. and i think she was 5 times that she paid state visit to, to our country. and i was always a mom, a moment of joy and on our 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 hatch 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, 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 the 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 ah, king charles will will carry out his is due to his, in his way. and i mean,

the situation in the u. k is delicate and with, with parts of the scottish people wanting to leave the united kingdom with, with the problems that we're facing in northern ireland. and i think it is very important now that he has the ability or develops this 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 days that are 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. now watching d. w in our special coverage of the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd king charles. the 3rd is on his way from scotland to london,

where he is due to made the prime minister list truss british. m pays have been paying tribute to the light queen and the country has entered a period of warning. king charles will make his 1st address as king to the nation later on this evening. that is mentioned early a british prime minister, less trust, spoke to a session of parliament, is what she had to say about the passing of queen elizabeth. we have witnessed the most heartfelt outpouring of grief of the loss of her late majesty the queen. crowds have gathered, flags have been lowered to hoffman. st. tributes have been sent from every continent around the world. on the death of her father, king george the sick woodson church who said the news had stilled the clatter and traffic of 20th century life in many lands. now 70 years later, in the tumult of the 21st century, life has paused again. her late majesty,

queen elizabeth the 2nd was one of the greatest leaders. the world has ever known. she was the rock on which modern britain was built and joined again now by a correspond in london big at mass. she is in front of buckingham palace, a big we're coming up to the top of the hour when we're expecting an important event to take place and $96.00 gun salute in honor of the queen are one for each year of her life while we're waiting for that to begin talk her through the mood there where you are outside the palace. the mood at this palace is, is somber as you would expect. people have been the whole morning that i've been here been coming and going. it's fairly quiet, given the amount of people that are coming in and out, and many a tourist, but others are, have traveled from other places or across the u. k. some of come before work. some

are bringing their family suits really looks almost like a cross section of british society of people were coming here and who wants to basically share in the grief. and even though it, the death of the queen is not a shock to the nation. she was not years old, she has lived a very for life, i think for a lot of people that is the end of an era in their personal lives. i guess news, she's just always been there for everyone and, and that's why it's going to be just such a change for people not just have her around anymore in their lives. indeed, a huge change for britain and for the world are we can see the live pictures now of the gun salute, which we're expecting in a little under a minute big. but just while we wait for that to happen, what else can we expect today? well to day is lea a mix of on one hand saying good bye to queen elizabeth the 2nd and on the

other end. all eyes are now on king charles. we expect him to address the nation later in a televised broadcast. that will be as fast broadcast as king. we also know that there is a meeting scheduled with a new prime minister louis frost. so 2 of them are very, very new in their jobs and they will meet to day. that's what we are expecting. and then take over the next day he's big and i often hear, hey, can billy amount to hyde park in london where a royal gun salute is being given in honor of queen elizabeth ah.