ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. prison mourns its longest raining monarch, queen elizabeth. the crown now passes to her eldest son, king charles. the 3rd has been greeting well wishes outside, buckingham palace. the period a formal morning begins. governments worldwide send their condolences to the royal

family and as a special gun salute with $96.00 shots to mark the queen's age. when she passed away and we take and we look back as a long life dedicated to the public service, the queen's grandson, prince harry once called her the nation's grandmother. ah, i'm and your group is mckinnon and welcome to our special coverage of the death of britons. queen elizabeth, who died on thursday aged 96, her son and successor, can charles the 3rd has now returned to london. he greeted well wishes outside buckingham palace where crowds have gathered to pay tribute to britain's longest serving monarch. the king has met british prime minister live trust, trust for the 1st audience,

the head of state and head of government. he will shortly address the country and the commonwealth for the 1st time asked and we can go to our correspondent call nelson and his in front of saint paul's cathedral, where a memorial service for the queen will be held a little later. can give us a sense of the atmosphere there in front of saint paul's. i know that you are in buckingham palace a little earlier. we were, we were at buckingham palace where there word scores of people showing up to pay their respects to the queen to lay flowers in cards. we've now just moved across town into central london to saint paul's cathedral. it's a quieter scene here. um i think not so many people are aware of this of ceremony that's about to take place in about an hour, but the crowd is definitely growing. it's a somber scene. people required, and of course, the larger ceremony will be taking place inside. of course, i can tell you that this is an events open to the public. there were 2000 seats

made available to the public. and just as a reminder and a show of just how popular the queen is and, and how much people really want to take part in these ceremonies, those 2000 tickets were sold out almost immediately. the responds were given out. and we've just earlier saw the public sorts of file in and take their seats inside were expecting the dignitaries and politicians to be arriving shortly as well. but this is of course, a moment of reflection and prayer, and the crowd outside of reflects that as well. do we know who else might be attending the services? so simple cathedral, will there be any members of the royal family there shall were not expecting members of the royal family. of course, we know that king charles will be making his address around the same time that this service starts or will be broadcast round the same time. some members of the royal family are still in scotland. we do know that there will be politicians here, the mayor of london to the khan, as well as the prime minister, the trust,

members of her cabinets and other senior politicians as well. we've had to look at the plan for the service. it is a very traditional remembering service of prayer, music, and hymns. the prime minister herself will be performing a reading and the archbishop of canterbury, the head of anglican church, will be performing a blessing. so it will be a rather quiet ceremony, some hymns and prayers. this is not the official memorial service, but this is the 1st of many events that we expect to be taking place in london and across the country in the coming days. now while we're waiting for that service to start, i'm just gonna ask you something else because online is quite a lot of talk about some rainbows that apparently appeared off to the queen's desk yesterday. did you see them? can you tell? tell us anything about those rainbows. right, so we've seen these pictures and they're, they're pretty incredible. there were rainbows, i believe, even a double rainbow over buckingham palace,

just moments after her death was announced yesterday. a rainbow's as well in windsor. and i can tell you, of course, as we were all waiting for word or of the queen's health of her condition of an update. you know, the sky is just opened up and it was a torrential downpour. this must have been maybe 10 minutes before the actual official announcement. and there is talk, you know, okay, maybe this was the moment maybe that rain. what was the, was the signal was the symbol of the queen's passing, just 10 minutes later we got word, and it was incredible to see the skies open up. that sun come in quite a symbolic moment. i know for a lot of people across the country who were experiencing such a sad moment and, and to see those rainbows come out and, and, and seeing those pictures as well. quite stunning, really beautiful. and i'd also like to ask you about the period of morning that britain has now started key show us what that actually means for the public spite. it'll be 10 days of official morning with the country has entered into that today.

you can see signs of it everywhere. you mention it, and we've seen it those, those canon salutes the flags at half mast, the bells tolling across the country. there's other practical ways where we're seeing that playing out as well. most, if not all political activity has come to a halt, the only matters being discussed in parliament today and tomorrow will be the royal family and the queen. furthermore, we know that a strike that we're scheduled for today over the weekend, a postal workers and rail workers. those strikes have been postponed, so the country not completely coming to a halt, but this is certainly not business as usual, or life as usual. here everyone is involved and remembering the life of the queen and just to give you really the most visual sense of how together every one's been with us. when we were down a buckingham palace and we saw so many people and mourners coming to pay their respects, it was amazing to see how many people were dressed all in black. it was as if the

entire city of london were attending at memorial service. a real unifying moment in so many ways she w correspondent called announcement in london. thank you so much for that. now, while the death of the 96 year old queen was not unexpected, given her recent health difficulties, the whole of the u. k. is failing the shock of her loss. this report now on a nation that is in morning. on the way to school, a solitary visit to the gates of rainy bell moral estate. a moment for a parent and children to mark the day after the queen died. less solitary outside of buckingham palace in london, where police officers are providing flower placement and security. it's another logical spot for prayer and reflections. the day after the queen died

even when she didn't touch us personally. it means a lot from no to royalists. but i think she was a mother and she, she's been a randall malloy, so i've never known anything different. that last of course with a monarch on the throne for 70 years is a common refrain. with o nom de swan queen. here she's here the past. we've always look to the end quain og now and she's just been a constant through everything. everything that goes on bad, she's really reminded us of what it means to be ha, putting something you know, taking a vow and taking it seriously. the queen vowed to dedicate her life to public service and stuck to her promise, even in the last days of her life, smiling as she formerly appointed live trust as the 15th prime minister under her

watch. but thursday evening, the formal notice at buckingham palace, the queen had passed peacefully at her scottish estate, and the country now has a king. this will impute charles at 73 has been standing by as air to the throne for decades, assisting his mother, especially as she aged now, king charles, the 3rd, you know, things going to change and i will probably add some different currency. now, you know, with pneumonia on there and a lot is going to change with a new king. a lot is going to stay the same. but the day after the queen died and in the weeks to come, it's still about her. now the queen passed away at her beloved balmoral castle in scotland and that's where dw correspondent emily go. dean is standing by for us. emily? tell us about balmoral castle because it really held a very special place in the queen's heart, didn't it?

absolutely. did. i mean, this was her home, away from home. she loved it here. you know, she felt comfortable here and she felt safe fear she is known to have driven around here. she is known to have gone on hikes. um she is known to have, you know, every year she would join the highland games and the village close by and bray mar loan. she spent every summer holiday here. so i think that really speaks us speaks for itself. you know, can you tell us how the queen's remains will get back to london because the funeral will have to happen in the, in the capital went it yes. so next couple of days, she will be taken down to edinburgh, where there will be proceedings and down the, the royal mile. and, and you know, this is where she will be greeted by mourners when people who can pay tribute to

her to her life and, and then for a, for a few days she will be on lying and states at some giles cathedral where she am again, um, you know, this is where people can say good bye to her, and i think this really was um, something that may be the cleaners anticipated by spending the last few months before her before her death. up here in scotland. i think scotland held a very special spot in her heart and when she passed she wants to make sort sure that um, she was able to say good bye and that people could say good bye to her to up here. and so she will proceed than from edinburgh down to london after that it does look like and just one quick thing i'd like to sir. go ahead and that one does that just one does. one thing i'd like to add, do you notice and view the atmosphere here? you know, while it's obviously a very sad occasion, it's very interesting to see how she is remembered here with great fondness and you

know, they see her very much as an inspiration, as someone who's always acted so. so differently and with grace. and i've got here with me the local newspaper that she has reportedly that she is forced to have read and, and here she is remembered and the picture it says here, the queen, relaxing about moral in 1952 with her 1st khaki, susan, and inside she is fondly remembered as the highland monarch. and so i think that will same speaks a lot about how she was received and perceived over here and a real part of the of the local community. one can only almost say he w emily gordon outside balmoral castle in scotland. thank you. our royal observers have said that they expect charles's coronation to be quicker and smaller than that of his mother. now it's an event that he's had ample time to prepare for. so let's take a look now. at charles as long wait 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, all the 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 of office 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 delores hadn't been happy. i know that she is 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 kathy notwithstanding the press, published leaked phone conversations that showed charles was having an affair with a former girlfriend, camilla parker bowles, 5 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, a 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

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 urged global leaders to do more to limit global warming. the close to linux, she is far greater than the coast to prevention. thyme has quite literally run out this winter 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 most significant and active part in discharging royal duties from king and waging to king and training. now, charles will take on the road that he has been preparing for his entire life.

presidents prime ministers, monex and well nita's have paid tribute to the life and service of queen elizabeth tributes the coming in from all around the globe. but members of the general public of also pay their respects to the woman who was the face of britain. and it's commonwealth for more than 70 years. wow. oh wow. a moving fair will war cry for the queen. new zealand pays homage to her majesty with a ceremonial murray hack. a dance 9 to 6 shot to mark each year of elizabeth the 2nd life in australia's capital camera . in sidney morn, askew to pay a personal tribute to her. many are shocked and saddened.

the world today has lost a true g. m. a world leader who was not in it for herself that you know, her family in the country was what came 1st. yeah, i think this will it will be sad for her. for hipaa. i remember her long ryan and she'd been a great example to the world of dignity and grace and faithfulness. and i think somehow that has left the world. you know something we've lost something that might be we'll never again, will never be any one like her or for that length of time. the queen's death was felt from africa to the pacific. in the hours following the announcement of her death, city landmarks across the globe were lit up in her honor.

others turned to darkness. and flowers were laid outside, british embassies and consulates. we'd have ghosts between i am always associated britain with the queen and it moved me so much when i heard that she died. and that surprised me on is mazique. when i would like to send my condolences to the british people at once of yanine, we feel sorry for her death. oh lord huh. we wish your mercy we unfortunately all we have lost them one of the greatest queens of the times we live in the father level to the view. blacks have been lowered to half mast to mark the passing of the monarch. tribute are expected to continue as the u. k. wakes up to a new era now here in germany,

the british royal family still enjoys great popularity. although germany abolished its own monarchy. more than a century ago, queen elizabeth actually had ancestral german roots, but during the 1st world war, the house of sax, a co bug go to england, opted for a name change and became a house of windsor. but elizabeth always showed a keen interest in her country heritage. a feeling that was mitchell ah, 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 2 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 german 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 pant 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 i 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 a time when many britons were fearful of a german resurgence. she received a warm welcome in the reinstated german capital. germans are by and large,

really not one a kiss, but it's lovely to have a 1 o'clock next door. it doesn't cost anything at all and you get all the glamour . in 2004, she was back in berlin again. this time with a speech with an unusually clear political aspect in which she acknowledged victims on both sides in world war 2 to learn from history to look beyond simplistic stereotypes to realize 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 or between 2 countries, which had become again, very friendly in 5 decades of i think, very stable and on franklin relationships between germany on tonight at kingdom.

queen elizabeth, the 2nd will be remembered as a friend of germany. she w as chief political correspondent, maninder crane is outside the british embassy here in berlin, where people have been commemorating the late monarch. they are coming here to lay flowers as they are doing in front of so many other embassies around the world. this is normally a very quiet and highly secured square. but in fact, the british embassy has opened to the barricades that normally protect the entry in order for a steady stream of mourners to be able to go up to the entrance and lay down their flowers. and in fact, elizabeth, the 2nd was here, 11 years after germany and berlin were reunited, following the fall of the berlin wall. she came here to re open this embassy,

which in fact was the 1st time a reigning monarch, had opened an embassy, quite an honor, and with her characteristic diplomacy and charm. she actually found quite warm words for the rather unusual architecture that you see here. it had been criticized, but she said that she viewed it as a symbol of britain's modernity and transparency. mount, melinda, we are of hud in the piece that ran a few moments ago that many germans saw the queen as a symbol of reconciliation. can you tell us a bit more about that? absolutely. in fact, germany's president frank father stein meyer said today that it was the queen's hand that was reached out in reconciliation between britain and germany. we heard in the report about the 1st visit that she made in 1965, 20 years after the end of world war 2,

where she was greeted with enormous enthusiasm, but perhaps even more poignant was her visit in 1992 to the city of dresden and eastern germany, so shortly after the wall had fallen and the 2 hobbs of germany had been re united, dressed and was essentially annihilated in the 2nd world war by british and american fire bombing. and the reception that the queen received. there was cool. in fact, an egg was thrown, there were protests, and that none the less didn't stop her from becoming a major donor to the dressed entrust, which sought to rebuild traced its most important landmark, the our lady of the, our lady church, of which was completely destroyed in the fire bombing, and which was one of the magnificent churches of europe prior to world war 2. she gave a benefit conference concert here in berlin in the year,

2004 for a essentially rebuilding that church. and she helped to pay for the golden cooper law that now adorns the church. it was made by artisans in britain who included the son of one of the pilots that destroyed dresden. so a powerful symbol of exactly that. reconciliation of fascinating italy is melinda crane. thanks so much for that. this is dw news from berlin and has a reminder of our top story person's king charles. the 3rd has greece had well wishes outside buckingham palace following the death of his mother. queen elizabeth crowds have gathered to lay flowers and cods in farewell for the queen. charles is the you case. first pneumonic and more than 70 years. the king entered the palace with his wife, camilla, now known as the queen. thanks for watching dw news been

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