to queen elizabeth a 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 today. that's what we are expecting. and then day over the next day, he's big and i often hear, hey, can billy now to hyde park in london, where a royal gun salute is being given in honor of queen elizabeth. ah

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ah, it won't change daily news in our special coverage of the commemoration of the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd where watching live pictures now the 96 guns salute that began in london's hyde park were members of the king's troop. royal horse artillery began giving the salute a gun salute for also taking place in commonwealth countries around the world. let's bring back in our correspondent, big mouse, who is standing outside. buckingham palace in london. big, we're seeing the live pictures there. what do you make of this? almost certainly unprecedented commemoration service we're seeing now for queen

elizabeth. yes. and that reflects basically the magnitude of the situation because i think for a lot of british people, this is something that they haven't seen in their lifetime. they knew it was going d of the queen and the respect that british people are, have had towards said the love that many of felt. i think this is why of today that we indeed have not seen. it's just going to at least 10 days until her actual funeral, which will then be a period when british people will have a chance to reflect on what them out or not meant to them. and we'll be looking at are under king or i vega. i'm going to leave you there. unfortunately, we're having a little bit of a technical issue with big. it's lying there are. so we'll come back to the studio

with d w's. alex forest whiting. who's here with me watching these live pictures of the commemorative service, the 96 gun salute happening now across the commonwealth countries count countries and across the united kingdom alex that you'd like to pick up on that. what. what does this really say big it was beginning to express? obviously this is almost certainly an unprecedented commemoration for any britain. yes. and as i would have been planned for decades, and with military precision has to be because the fact that there are $96.00 rounds that are going off in all these various places as so that's why it's taking so long . it is rather, i have to say it is rather majestic to watch. this is what i think britain is quite good at these, these kind at this kind of pageant tree really. and exactly what are the, are the broil the broils, the role of family, the military, the government would,

would think is exactly what the queen would have expected to be sent off in this way. so the, and of course this is just, we've had the, the bells tolling, now we have this and this is just going to be one of the many events that we're going to see um throughout the coming days. as we know, king charles is on his way back to london. he will, he's his duties, have already begun. and when he gets off the plane, he will be speaking to prime minister liz trust, who we heard in the house of commons, paying tribute to the queen, a long, many other politicians, including a 2 may i say, 2 previous prime ministers who are an easy one of which of course is, or as johnson who was still prime minister on monday. so it's all unprecedented of at the moment. i think that's unprecedented, that the queen saw an outgoing prime minister on monday and an incoming a prime minister on tuesday. and then on thursday, herself had, had passed away so,

so sorry, so just to go back to these pictures. i mean, this is, this is a fitting for a woman who was on the throne for 70 years. and this is of britain's military showing off. um and exactly what she would have expected and those who've been planning this for so long. she was on the throne for 70 years. and so, so much history during that time while we continue to watch this commemorative service. just remind us of some of the, the landmarks during harangue. yeah, well she came to the throne in 1952 in britain, still had an empire and oversee britain no longer has the empire, but still has links to some of those former colonies. and we can't go over the fact that, you know, it wasn't often a happy relationship between britain and many of those countries. but she came in

as there was still an empire and left when there was no longer an empire. she saw enormous change. she's she, there were 15 british prime ministers who served on to her throne. yeah, there were 14 u. s. presidents during her reign, 13 of whom she met, including j, f, k, john f. kennedy. and. and she saw the rise in the fall of the berlin move, for example, was not just british was let's not forget the falklands war war in the 1980s, but also the vietnam war. so much a change so much of a political change as well. i mean it across the globe, but always she remained the same. it seems and, and remained out of that political and remained a, remained above the political fray exactly as much as possible. i mean, there were times when it was claimed that she had may call mental, she'd worn a particular outfit that symbolized her support one side or the other. i'm thinking

particularly over the, the break with her ended with that, with the hat that she wore, that seemed to some that symbolized the european flag. but you know, as much as possible. she remained out of the political fray. she couldn't afford to be a to cross that line to be brought down by politics, particularly given what we've seen over the past few years in britain, at least with so many new prime ministers coming and going and she's had to remain a constant give them all advice, listen to them, cancel them, but we even heard, i think from the former prime minister, boris johnson, who was speaking in the house of commons. and he saw her on tuesday before las trust and said that even then, you know, in her last day of service, she gave him up fantastic counsel and advice. and that's almost what you'd expect for a woman who had been on the throne for 70 years. i suppose almost why this has come

as a shock, even though it may not be that surprising. it had been expected. i mean, she's, she was 96 years old, isn't it? isn't that much of a surprise, a woman of her age to pass away? of course, but it did indeed come as a shock, especially as she did just make that her what would, what became her last public duty just on tuesday and seemed to be looking in very good spirits. actually, she did seem to be looking in good spirits, but she was very thin and she did have a walking stick and there were clearly patches on her hand whether it was bruises, whether it was old age. i mean, i was quite taken aback how fail she did look, but she did master a fantastic smile of that famous smile at the end. but i think it goes without saying that she must been, have been in pain. we don't know in the end what she died from, we know that she had serious mobility problems, which is why she was unable to fulfill some of the roles that she oh,

some of the events that she should have headed over the past few months. and why the now king king charles on had to represent her instead, but still she carried on she. she did not let even her own illnesses stand in the way of her duty. and particularly in ushering in her 15th prime minister that no 96 gun salute. now, coming to a close alex, it's probably hard to boil it down to one particular thing, of course, over 70 years. but what would you say would be queen elizabeth legacy if you could say one or perhaps 10? i'm not sure. i think you can sum it up quite easily as duty and service and that was her life. she committed everything to the crown. she saw that as her role, she was brought up to believe in the monarchy. and in that role as being queen and making sure that that came before anything else and rolled into that of course, not just, you know, ruling over. and i mean, it's in

a symbolic way that ruling over britain and also some of the states where she was head of state and the commonwealth. but also in terms of, for example, a spiritual role. remember, she was a head of the church of england. we have an arch, there is an archbishop who is the head in terms of the clerical side that she was the head of the church of england. and she took that very seriously as well. always with her. i would say it was duty and service right up into the end. even on choose day 2 days before she died. she was carrying had duties. of course, now he reno, we have king king charles the 3rd he is was it had immediately taken the throne. he'll be formally a formally, i don't remember how me, he will be it proclaim replying, thank you, let it all my official, although he became king as soon as, as, as his mother's aid, but we will be waiting some time for the coronation. our royal observers have said

that they do expect charles was carnation to be quicker and smaller than that of his mothers. and it's an event he's had a sent me a lot of time to prepare for as we have spoken. let's take a look now at charles charles as long white to be king. ah, he was dumped the perpetual prince waiting to became longer than any other air to the throne before him. charles philip, also george, mount patton windsor, was born in 1948. the 1st son of princess elizabeth he was who years old at his mother's coronation. queen elizabeth the 2nd, the passes 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 as junior. is d as in happy? i know that she didn't bring those to me on the tahoe, married in july 1981. it was the wedding of the century and captured the world much nation sanctions came out to a chair and around the globe. hundreds of millions watched the ceremony on the t v, screens. and again, the couple had 2 sons, william and harry gave me a chance that the fairy tale wasn't to last aim to me. 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, ry 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 and paris. after being founded by pepper oxy. charles accompanied her body back to britain. there was an outpouring of public grief 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 have carried on charles 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 top $26.00 climate summit in las go, he urge global leaders to do more to limit global warming. the close to the nation is far greater than the cost to prevention. climb has quite literally run out. this will impact 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 discharging royal duties from king in waiting to king and training. now, charles will take on the role that he has been preparing for his entire life. he certainly has been preparing for it for his entire life, for of course there will be a period of morning add to come 1st at once. that is over king charles the 3rd will have as we just heard some very big shoes to fill. do britton's. think that he is up to the task. i think he's had to work very hard or repairing his relationship with the british public over the past 2 decades. because of the fall out of from the death of princess diana and his split from her as well. and then from his decision to marry camilla parker bowles, but i think he some of a lot of that has healed. i think many people i have a lot of respect for him, particularly because he always to buy his mother. he stood in for her when she was

unable to move around and attend some of the events. so i think that he will have big shoes to fill, but he will certainly have they're backing to begin with. indeed, alex, thank you very much for that. and we'll be speaking to you later on in the day. thanks. alex alex 4th whiting. you're watching d. w, and i'll special coverage of the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd king charles. the 3rd is on his way from scotland to london, where he's due to meet prime minister this trust. british m. p. 's have been paying tribute to the late queen and the country has entered a period of warning. charles will make his 1st address as king to the nation later on this evening. thank you for joining us. we will be back with more at the top of the hour, but for now we leave you with some image as looking back at the life and reign of queen elizabeth the 2nd. ah

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