privilege. those world leaders and put personal aggrandizement before service and duty. >> one question for you. maybe something to talk about and wanted to find out if you knew about this. i read it in the newspaper yesterday that she developed this liking for this handsome cbc weatherman that she watches on tv. it was like a bit of a crush. she always wanted to watch the forecast when he was on. she was amused hearing it when his name was read out. she loved watching him, too. of course i have to google him and look at him. he is this young cute little guy that maybe 20s, maybe early 30s and she would watch him and had a crush on him at 96 years old, which i thought was just darling. because my mother used to do

the same thing. i love watching this weather guy because he is so handsome, you have to come look at him. she watched certain shows because of that. you think that's when you realize they're people, too. they are young and can think someone is cute. but even -- >> i have a slightly similar anecdote. not quite as flattering. the queen consort camilla used the love watching me shout at politicians. she loved them getting a good going over. the thing is, they watch tv. >> camilla knows any name and watches my show? crazy. >> what else did she have to say? >> camilla comes from the village next to mind on the east suck -- sussex on the south coast of england and we grew up in similar places like a mile apart. we have gotten to know each

other quite well. i went to the american ambassador's residence under the previous ambassador woody johnson. he had a dinner in honor of camilla and i sat next to her. they saw donald trump and full of stories about what it was like. having someone like that, this character around the palace, but she was very good fun, very down to earth. met her a number of times since. we get on well. i bought her a rhino. she did one private painting which she has ever sold at a charity auction,, and i bought it. we have it on the toilet wall for the benefit of the american audience. her hope evening line when i see her is how is my rhino?

it's still on the bathroom wall. a great sense of humor and great to be around. great for charles and probably the only woman he has ever truly loved and been devoted to him and through circumstances that were very difficult early on and now obviously they've been married for 17 years, completely devoted to each other. i think she will make a terrific queen consort. >> he made a point saying he had been married to her for 17 years. a way of reminding everyone that by the way -- 17 years, it is time to accept it if you haven't already done that. i want to point out we're less than a mile from windsor castle now, the hearse carrying queen elizabeth ii. alex, what are you seeing and hearing there at windsor? >> this is the final stretch, the last mile the queen is now finally arriving at windsor. we've seen thousands of people line the streets from where she

left buckingham palace through the city earlier, a abbey making her way all the way here. amazing to see just how much people have lined the streets coming out here. one thing that's important to note in the procession route that we saw with the helicopter shot showing that procession route the entire way. they pulled the camera shot out making it wider and you could see fields of people along the highway gathered to watch this all taking place on screens that were projecting today's monumental event. in just what i imagine would be several minutes we'll see the queen alive here behind me at windsor castle. this will be the last time that people outside will actually be able to see the queen's coffin. this area behind me has been blocked off. people can no longer come here because of the momentous moment we're seeing and also the magnitude of the security concerns that clearly exist. but i have to say there is such

a feeling of excitement. we've been hearing people cheer throughout the morning in the footage of the queen arriving. we're seeing people throw flowers into the streets before the hearse and so many people here laying flowers down by the castle. of course, security brings it in so when the queen herself arrives in the castle within a matter of moments, there are flowers lining the entire stretch and the entire town is covered with images of the queen thanking her for her service and thanking her for her life. just to paint a picture of really what sentiment is like here in this town, thousands of people coming from all over the world, so much so hotels are full, people are even sleeping in tents, in fields to be here knowing they won't even be able to get inside but it is important for them to be here for this moment and to come and thank her majesty regardless of the fact they won't be able to be in, but just being here and being able to witness this historic moment.

what we'll see in about an hour's time, this service will begin about 800 people will be inside the chapel before later on this evening there is a second service that will only be for family members. again the royal family has been under the public eye for the last week and a half. really having to mourn and grieve in such a public presence. but now they will have this final moment just family members being able to grieve together before the queen's coffin is lord into the vault. she will join 24 other members of the royal family who have been buried here and that includes her parents, her late sister, as well as her husband whom she will be reunited with when she is buried here. again as we mentioned earlier on in the programming, this is such an important place. this is where we've seen royal funerals in the past. we've also seen major celebrations, royal weddings here. so it is a symbol, of course, of the most beautiful moments in life and some of the most

tragic and the most sad. that's what we're seeing today. i do have to say despite the grief and the sadness that people are bearing, there is also this sense of joy and excitement of seeing the new king and thanking the queen for her life rather than only grieving it. so there is this combination of different sentiments. we just heard some more sounds that we were hearing of the procession arriving. we can hear people who are cheering in the background. that's one thing we should point out. typically you might imagine a funeral service that people would be solemn and quiet. we're hearing a lot of people scream and cheer thanking the queen for everything that we have seen. so again it is this moment of waiting right now. we can actually see the hearse that is parked there and waiting this moment like everyone else here in the ceremony, the last ceremony that we will see. back to you. >> thank you so much, alex.

the hearse is surrounded by the queen's guard. let's watch and take this in as she arrives at windsor castle.

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>> just when you thought it couldn't get any more spectacular we see the entrance to windsor. you'll see the long walk, which is a long walkway that leads up to windsor castle. it is very dramatic and beautiful and you will see this hearse pull up. it a beautiful. a number of people commenting on the roses getting caught on the top of the hearse. it is wonderful seeing it covered with flowers. >> it reminds me of princess diana. the same thing happened. the public threw flowers. it is moving to see. difficult for the driver and i admire all these people doing all these jobs like carrying the coffin, which is lead lined and very heavy to driving the hearse in very difficult conditions people throwing things at you. >> these are ordinary people. we saw people in t-shirts and

jeans. gone to the store and purchased the flowers on picked them from their own gardens and throwing them on top of the car and so close to the queen, a person you can't walk into buckingham palace and meet and have tea with but someone come and respect and people's flowers are ending up on top of the car while she is buried inside. this is the -- this is the long walk, is that right? >> what it says, once you start it's a very long walk but a very beautiful walk through the grounds of windsor castle up to the castle and, you know, the scene of many joyous days like royal weddings. and more somber affairs. tinged with celebration as well from people wanting to acknowledge this great reign. we're now nearing the very end of ever seeing the queen in any way at all because after this service of committal for burial, that will be the last

time we see the queen's coffin and then a private family burial service a few hours later that will not be on camera. this is really the beginning here of the last sighting of what we will ever see of queen elizabeth ii, quite a thought. >> spectacular shot of the long walk. this is not far from where royal races are every year in june. an area where queen elizabeth loves to spend her time. a beautiful medieval village. the castle was started under edward iv in the 1400s and completed under henry viii in the 1600s and a builder and developer of london and england and behind windsor and hampton court and a lot of landmarks in

the united kingdom. we saw tony blair and his wife and the daughter of princess anne arriving. it has been an extraordinarily long 12 days for this family. this is going to be a very poignant moment for them. the heads of state have left for the most part. you have former prime ministers here but this will be a more intimate, more family-oriented service that we'll see in st. george's chapel. >> we remember the scene from the wedding. meghan and harry got married here and we were there for the wedding. if you go to the back side of the castle, i was amazed at how it's right in the center of town. people camping out behind the castle because right across the street from the back entrance to the castle are stores that sold memorabilia like a queen's

face on mugs and harry and meghan. william and kate walked out of the back driveway and went into the crowd and shook hands and we were excited to see them. the owner is king charles iii now built in 1070. the oldest and largest castle in the world. a lot of people were asking is it larger than buckingham palace? yes, by a long shot. the furniture and paintings and armor are there. 1,000 bedrooms or rooms and more than 300 fireplaces. it's a working royal palace still today and home to around 150 people. >> it is the new hometown of william and kate. now known as the prince and

princess of wales and where harry and meghan have been staying at frog moore college. they still use it when they are in the area as well. >> will they move into the castle? >> that will be king charl's domain for the most part. >> i think the idea is william and his family will move into windsor castle is what i'm hearing and that charles, the king and camilla will live in buckingham palace and working apartments. they want to make it open to the public more often and to be used by the public more often than it has been. >> will they have a store in there to buy memorabilia? >> they'll try to work out a way to make it a more functional castle for the people and live in the apartment above the store and various other properties. the king will inherit all sorts

of property but high grove remains his country home. the prince of wales and future thing will have his home for his family. >> interesting if they do that. they just moved to this small cottage and it would be an interesting move if they decide to move right into the castle as a home for the king and queen. isn't that interesting? >> it is a particular style of walking which is done for these ceremonial occasions particularly funerals. it looks maybe a little strange to us but it is all part of the protocol for the varying types of soldiers, people that are there to be in the procession, you can see the queen now approaches the castle itself. this will be again a bittersweet moment because, of course, she is going to be very

soon reunited with prince philip, her husband of more than 70 years. they will actually bring prince philip's coffin back up to be greeted by the queen's and then finally bury them together. that is going to be a very, very poignant moment, a reunnone. >> since they moved out here you have william and indicate move their family and enroll the kids in the schools and them walking the three children to the new school the other day before she died and they wanted to do this to be closer to the queen and then a few days after they moved, the queen died. >> yeah. very sad. like i say, when princess diana died it was an enormous shock to the world. i don't think anyone is shocked that a 96-year-old woman died and least of all their family who knew how frail she had been. i also think there was a steady deterioration in the queen's health in public from the moment prince philip died. i don't think there is any doubt she had a broken heart

and that she found life without him -- you mention living with somebody for 70 years who has been your selfless, devoted partner giving up his own hugely successful military career to completely dedicate himself to being her consort. and i think -- it was amazing and he was a great uncompromising character. never suffered fools. everyone has a good phillip story. he was stuff and extremely resilient and absolutely roll your sleeves up an get on with it and great sportsman. and a great military man. and i think she missed him massively. i think a huge hole in her life appeared when he died. i think you can chart her decline physically from that moment. >> he was really the only person who could talk to her like a regular person in her life. >> one of the few people she could talk to. when you're the monarch, right? >> he could be very frank with

her about things and they had known each other since they were very young and he is not actually listed as being buried in the vault because essentially they had an agreement that whichever one of them went first, their final burial would happen together. so that's what piers was just referring to and we won't see that part of this ceremony. >> they'll bring phillip's coffin up. >> and bring them both down which is beautiful for both of them to be rejoined. she calls him her strength and stay, which i think is a lovely devotion. and i think it's the way a lot of people feel about queen elizabeth that she was the strength and stay of the nation. this is a coming home to windsor today and reminded also of the phrase you brought up where she talked about death. the death of her father and, you know, saying they all are

just passing through and to love and serve others and to learn and then it's time to go home. now queen elizabeth is making the final journey home from balmoral to london and now to windsor castle. >> what makes their relationship so beautiful. they went through ups and downs. we've all heard rumors and watched stories and movies. what is actually fact, we might not ever really know. but every relationship has its struggles. if you're with someone for that long for more than 70 years of course you'll have your ups and downs and battles. but what was beautiful to see them evolve into this beautiful couple that needed each other so much. in the beginning it was hard for him and to get settled. he said she tolerated him while he got settled. he wanted her to take his name

in the beginning mountbatten. the title. his real title was alden berg but sounded too german after the war. mountbatten derives from a small town in germany called battenburg, which is really ironic. when elizabeth became queen she suggested she take his name. her grandmother heard this and went to the prime minister and the prime minister agreed with the grandmother and the name windsor stood. phillip complained and said i'm nothing but an i can't give my name to his own children. she created the hyphenated name but interesting he had a big problem with that. remember when they found ut in kenya he had to tell her she was the queen because her

father died. when they land back home he realizes at that moment i have to walk two steps behind her from now on and she is my wife and also my queen. >> he gave up a lot, phillip. he sacrificed a very successful military career. he was going right to the top. instead he had to give it all up to play second fiddle. which was the last thing he was naturally a man to do. he gave up everything for his queen. he always said she is not just my wife. she is my queen. >> he gave up smoking. his last cigarette was right before he walked down the aisle. >> i think he was allowed to still do carriage racing. >> she shared with lady louise, the daughter of edward and sophie loved the carriage ride. at prince philip's funeral a

carriage with his gloves and crop riding along on the carriage at phillip's funeral that was lovingly designed by phillip and by queen elizabeth. nick bolin is joining us now. we want to bring you in with the walk to windsor castle. your thoughts. >> incredibly moving, isn't it? the whole day has been fantastic. the last time i was with the queen was in may this year at windsor at the windsor horseshoe literally across from the pictures you are seeing now. and she was, you know, a little bit frail but still incredibly vibrant and focused on what was happening at the horse show. it is sad to think that only a matter of months later she is not with us but she would be incredibly proud the way the whole of the world has come today to make it the most sensational send-off for her. >> i just keep thinking there

is nothing comparable to this. there is nowhere else in the world where we would see this kind of outpouring of affection for one person 70 years of devoted service. nick, as you watch this and you think about the life of queen lizabeth we are talking about her as a young princess and the love she and phillip had for each other and that they're about to rejoined. a beautiful end to this spectacular day. >> an incredible end. my team have been working behind the scenes of the back stories is very ex. as you say, they were a young couple madly in love. you were saying earlier phillip gave up so much for her. we interviewed him and he felt it was just an extension of his service. he had to be service, as piers

said, to his queen and commander-in-chief. it wasn't necessarily giving up his naval career. it was a real case of continuing service. that's what he felt, duty, service, that's what he was about, what the queen was about. i think that's what the whole world has done today is honor that duty and service in the most incredible way. >> nick, what do you think the biggest challenge -- with all your knowledge of the royals, what is the biggest challenge for king charles iii now do you think? >> piers, i think the real challenge at the moment is engaging that young audience, the 16 to 34 audience that we talk about in television because a lot of it speaks to our children in that age group. they're not that interested. they may not know many of the extended family you are seeing today and that's charles's real challenge is to connect with the next generation coming

through. and i think he is doing it brilliantly over the last 10 days and the prince of wales he has been doing that for his life. he and william and kathryn together will be very focused on getting into that area. i know there is even discussions right now about whether the royal family should be engaging in tiktok to reach that audience. so these are very large conversations right now. >> it's very interesting because tiktok is now the number one news source for young people under 20 in the world. when you think about it, it is extraordinary when it didn't exist several years ago. we've found on my show, for example. any clips about the queen in the last 10 days have been getting huge viewing on tiktok and clearly the way the royal family have to engage, as you say. they will have to get to young

people through the medium they use. it's not with great respect to the newspapers, it is not going to be the conventional mainstream media. it is going to be social media in many cases. >> that's so right, piers, king charles is really aware of that. i know that we've been having conversations with them about taking all the content we have and clipping it up and putting it out on tiktok, but particularly tiktok. a quick story for you. i remember when the trust was celebrating its 40th anniversary. prince charles asked us to make a documentary about his work over the 40 years. he said to me how do i reach a young audience? who are the people in the u.k. i can engage to get to a young audience? american viewers might not know these people but two very famous presenters here. prince charles said to me can you get me anton to front the

show? oh yeah, sure. he fronted the show for him. it reached a young audience and is to date the highest rating royal documentary in years. it was king charles spotting how to reach a young audience and i'm certain he will do it now. >> we're watching this -- folks come into the chapel. it looks like a choir boys are taking their seats and the committal service will begin at 4:00 london time. 11:00 a.m. it will take place in st. george's chapel. it ends with a blessing from the archbishop of canterburyy and will be televised with 800 attendees. what can you tell us about the service and what personally do you have to say about the queen? >> a couple of things about the service, again, my team who

make the tv shows about the royal family have made a number of shows in st. george's chapel. one of the big ones are weddings. special camera points you have to get permission from the monarch to attach your cameras to because it's an old church. hidden spots for cameras and micks. that level of detail goes into delivering the service. we see the choir boys and families but the level of detail behind the scenes to deliver this sensational spectacle we're seeing is really, i think, some of the most fascinating stuff. in terms of what i will miss of the queen. i think it is what people refer to. her smile, her face, how she lit up a room when she walked in and many people have talked over the last few days about moments of meeting the queen. i know when i was with her personally or when we were filming with her when she turns

on that smile her whole face lights up, the blue eyes sparkle and you realize you are in the presence of history. i think that's exactly what today has done. it has celebrated a woman who has defined history and will define history for many, many years to come. >> it was also very nerve racking meeting the queen. i had that pleasure three times. each time it was equally nerve racking. as she walked towards you, she wasn't a very tall person at all. quite diminutive and would march toward you and you would think my god, other at the queen. >> is it -- >> i think she did it the first time. >> i want to interject it's one of her ponies we saw. her favorite horses and they're on windsor grounds.

>> and the corgis, the four remaining that she had. a great animal lover, the queen. so her horses and her dogs that have been very important to her. they were involved in this final celebration of her life. >> i want to get you to talk to us a little bit about the newly-appointed prince an princess of wales and the role you see them playing. they live at windsor and may move into the main part of the castle. is that what you are hearing? what are your thoughts on their role and how quickly it sort of elevates? >> well look, piers was saying it earlier and is absolutely right. they will move into windsor castle is what i'm hearing as well. king charles isn't particularly fond of the castle or where he wants to live. william and kate will be prepared to move in. maybe not immediately but it is, i think, the plan and certainly what's being talked

about at the moment. i think you're right about the speed of the elevation. the fact that the king announced them as prince and princess of wales in the first speech he made is interesting. nobody else's titles have been discussed. all the discussions about archie and lil beth's titles has been passed until the mourning is over. not with william and kathryn. he elevated them immediately. it's a real signal how he is going to engage the young audience and how he wants to engage a young audience. i think having princes charlotte and prince george at the funeral today was a clear message this is the family, this is the future. we are -- we understand how to reach the next generation. and i think that's why he elevated them so quickly. >> i imagine that was something that the queen was on board with, wouldn't you, nick, in terms of this will happen

immediately upon my death? >> absolutely right. i think that's been the joy of these last 10, 12 days is that the british constitution just moves forward. i was being interviewed at the beginning of the whole 10 or 12 day process and people were saying is there a sense of uncertainty in the u.k. at the moment? no, no uncertainty. we know what we're getting. one monarch dies, the next in line becomes the monarch. that uncertainty disappears and much of the joy of it. when the king came out and made that speech and confirmed what was happening with the next generation, it nailed that as well. so i think it was pitch perfect in saying we know what we're doing, we know what the plans are, nobody needs to worry. >> i know that -- thank you.

we see images of what the castle might look like on the inside. i don't know if you've been in one. >> i've been at windsor castle. >> are they cold or do you have beautiful rugs and warm fireplaces? >> no, no, it is a little bit like going into big versions of downtown abbey. you go into -- >> gorgeous. >> beautiful and palatial. i was with a group of people and the queen came over. you are supposed to wait until you're spoken to. i won't get this chance again. i said your majesty. yes, mr. morgan. can i ask you? we're looking at the grounds. amazing grounds. do you like the garden parties that you have, these huge garden parties for the public?

she said well, mr. morgan. let me put it to you like this. how would you like 12,000 strangers tramping on your lawn and laughed. i was so pleased. somebody was there and captured the moment of us both laughing. a lovely little mom -- her joke was so unexpected and funny. nobody would. it was part of her sense of duty. nick, you filmed a lot of these places. they are really stunning, stunning properties and they are -- the world's most lavish and expensive artwork. >> we just want a column. >> having seen your vast property earlier, ainsley. >> nick, for those you have ever been in by windsor and buckingham palace and so on.

give us a little description. >> you are right, piers, i've been lucky enough to go into most of the palaces and private homes and they have these incredible art collections, amazing silver and furniture. what's really interesting when you -- i was lucky enough to have a tea with the queen after her 90th birthday in her private sitting room at windsor castle with the big bay windows that overlook. it is a big room but not huge. what struck me it was like a drawing room in a nice english country house. there were chintz sofas and chairs and boxes of chocolates all over the place. copies of the post, copies of country life. it was really, really homely and the sun was coming through and we had the most amazing chat. she had a great sense of humor because it was a baking hot

day, ascot week and i was dressed in the kit i would be wearing that day and could see i was sweating partly because i was hot and meeting her and i was terrified. she said why don't you take your coat off and teasing me. she knew if i took the coat off you would see a lot of unpleasant wet shirt and she was making fun of me. the naughty moment and she knew what she was doing. i was in the country house sitting room. if william and kate move into that private section they'll like it. it is just a big country house in that corner of windsor castle. >> everyone was feeling sorry for william and kate because they picked this very small adelaide college with only four bedrooms. not enough room for the nanny. it appears that in the future they will be able to stretch their wings very soon in windsor castle, which i think will be fascinating to see them living in this house and to see their children living in this

castle. they really keep it alive. >> i went to clarence house recently, invited round by one of king charles's senior staff. and i met a lot of the staff there been there a long time. apart from all the lovely stuff was, of course, all the pictures, the family pictures are the most famous in the world. i was struck by. i saw quite a few pictures of harry on charles's mantle piece. there is still a lot of love. >> they knew you were coming over and a big fan. >> maybe. it wouldn't have been just to please me. >> they put it out, when you leave they put it in the drawer. >> a wooden toy when we first entered. part of the queen's nursery toys herself and charles had kept it just on the entrance. but, of course, he is now moving from clarence house to buckingham palace. a lot of movement going on here. >> will they move everything?

>> i think it's a bit like the new president. everything will be cleared up. all the great art stays in place i imagine. but each person, it is their family home so they want to make it. >> the corgis outside windsor castle. let's just watch some of this for a moment.

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