this is "nightline." >> tonight, farewell to a queen. a monumental outpouring as the public pays homage to their sovereign. >> god bless the queen! >> and signs of unity. how that fab four reunion came together. has the riff been patched up? >> and as king charles' reign begins -- which that passing of power, we're going see some agitation and nations will begin to reassess their relationship with the british monarchy. his majesty the king. >> can the commonwealth bear what happens next? >> dj kh

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good evening from outside buckingham palace tonight. we've been on the ground here in london amidst a sea of blossoms and a flood of public displays of grief as britain continues to honor queen elizabeth. we begin tonight in scotland, where so many across the countryside turned out to pay their last respects to their beloved monarch. edinburgh streets crowded but hushed today. thousands of mourners packed in to watch in respectful silence as the queen's coffin passed by. her four children reverently walking behind the royal hearse. >> god bless the queen! >> on the path to st. giles' cathedral where her coffin will rest until tomorrow afternoon. earlier king charles iii settling into his new role of sovereign, pledging to members

of parliament to uphold the vow of service his mother so fervently believed in. >> she set an example of selfless duty, which with god's help and your counsels, i am resolved faithfully to follow. >> since his mother's death, the king's stiff upper lip sometimes giving way to genuine emotion. >> i can see it in his face and hear it in his voice the pain and the grief. >> my colleague deborah roberts spoke exclusively with paddy harverson, the man who handled public relations for the royal family in the early 2000s. >> everyone who knows him well says they wish everyone could meet him. he is absolutely fantastic one-on-one. he will start talking to ninny where in the world and he'll find something they find in common and he will engage in it. >> louisiana also, for the first time in two years, his two sons making a rare appearance with their wives outside windsor

castle on saturday. dubbed by the british tabloids as the fab four, the couples hadn't been seen together since march 2020. william and kate speaking to young fans. prince harry holding wife meghan's hand as they greeted the crowd. >> the moment was very important because it's what everybody wanted to see. there had been so much talk about this rift that they're never going to heal it. it was detracting from the queen's death and the mourning that was happening. prince william put out the olive branch to harry, and i think it with australia good first move. >> prince harry putting out his first public statement on the website saying granny, while this final parting brings us great sadness, i am forever grateful for all my first meetings, from my early childhood moments with you to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your first grandson. you're sorely missed.

one child had words of wisdom for mourner, the story captured by tiktok user magsmay 1. >> she is now with great grandpa. >> late tuesday, the procession heads to edinburgh airport, continuing on to london. for now, the coffin adorned with the royal standard, the scottish crown, and a wreath of flowers from balmoral estate, including her favorite, sweet peas, symbolizing kindness, friendship, and goodbyes. as the official mourning period for queen elizabeth enters its fifth day, the kingdom makes its transition from elizabeth ii to charles iii. and one of the toughest challenges for the newly crowned king, ruling amidst growing criticism of the monarchy's legacy as an already shrunken commonwealth threatens to shrink even further.

beyond the pomp and pageantry here on the streets of london, there are mixed feelings about the future of the monarchy. as king charles takes the thrown. >> queen elizabeth, she is a legend. of course he is a legend. there are good sides and bad sides of her. but he has to understand that people would have to like him, him being the king. >> i would say younger generation, they've kind of grown out of the whole monarchy days. >> i think king charles will have a difficult time keeping the commonwealth together. >> king charles begins his reign at a time of serious questions about how to reconcile england's troubled history of imperialism and enslavement and the effect it's had to this day. >> and i think with that passing of power, we're going see some agitation. nations will begin to reassess their relationship with the british monarchy. >> king charles said he ien to slim down monarchy and usher in a more modern era. >> i think that the queen was a

global figure of a kind whose likes we're never going to see again. he's not going to be somebody who grows up into the role in the way that his mother did. so i expect that we'll see him trying to preserve what he understands to be the better parts of her legacy, such as her obvious commitment to public service. >> but there are many stakeholders involved. >> there are going to be questions. if the commonwealth is about colonialism, as the uk and the royal family have so often stated, why should the head of the commonwealth always be the uk monarch? shouldn't it rotate, if it truly is an association of nations? >> the british commonwealth is comprised of 56 nations, some former colonies, just 14 of those nations recognized king charles as their head of state in a mostly symbolic role. >> even before queen elizabeth died, there were mutterings of discontent amongst the commonwealth.

>> it's already led to uncomfortable moments for royal family, like in jamaica, where protesters greeted prince william and princess kate in march demanding reparations and an apology for britain's role in slavery. >> i think it was a real wake-up call for the monarchy to reconsider their place in what is now going to be the reign of king charles iii. >> in recent years, a handful of commonwealth nations including australia, canada and the bahamas have all considered becoming independent republics. >> obviously, we're still in the mourning period in the uk. but we've already seen countries like antigua and barbuda who just two days ago reiterated their desire to have a referendum. >> she says she would like antigua to be more independent. >> now is the time for the commonwealth, the caribbean countries to flourish, and we now need assistance from the british government. >> reporter: her family came to the uk from antigua in the years following world war ii,

answering the british government's call to help rebuild war-torn england. >> we did lots of the jobs other people did not want to do, you know, for the country to be able to flourish and to get on. but we lived in places that lots of landlords didn't want us. it's well-known they said no iv inlly no acks.o she's part ofup of aoaran migrants called the wind rush generation who faced racism as they helped build a rich and diverse culture, especially here in brixton, an african and caribbean hub in south london. in 2018, descendants of the wind rush generation were threatened with deportation, the government wrongly accusing their families of arriving illegally withoutrw princess of wales unveiling a monument commemorating the

windrush generation, and acknowledging the scandal and lingering impact of racism. >> today's ceremony would not be complete without remembering their sacrifice. indeed, every part of british life is better for the half a million men and women of the windrush generation. >> and from the windrush generation. >> ise thompson is of british african descent. she says the poverty in the neighborhood she serves is part of the lasting legacy of colonialism. >> i'm not somebody who actually believes it's fair to have a system where someone is just ruling sovereign to the expense of everyone else. >> there are those who say it's too early to discuss this out of respect to the queen, that these conversations should perhaps wait. what do you think? >> there's no time to wait for the truth. i think it's very interesting the people who are saying this are not ones who are subject to the colonial violence and imperialism and the kind of a w

exesour trauma and our pain. >> breaking away from britain would be a complicated process. the infrastructure replicate aid cross the commonwealth. >> a lot of the benefits the commonwealth, they've got similar systems such as legal systems, education systems, political systems. when the smaller countries get into troubles, they can be helped by the bigger countries with the financial backing that they have. >> it's clear to see that the uk will remain a monarchy, at least for the foreseeable future. i definitely don't think the united kingdom is as strong a monarchy as it was when queen elizabeth ascended to the throne. i think there are more and more questions. and we've seen that already emerging. >> up next, dj khaled, the hit maker who just keeps on winning. ♪ all i do is win, win, win, win, no matter, got money on my mind ♪

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>> how you living? how you living? >> and i'm about to link with dj khaled. >> how you feeling? >> i feel great. >> his 13th studio album god did just dropped. >> the album came out. i'm excited. >> and the man is buzzing around the release. >> i'm late for the vmas. >> where are we going? >> i got to go. i got to go to the vmas. >> let's rock. he let us roll in the phantom. ♪ and he we hit the red carpet ahead of the awards show. with 30 million followers, four number one album, and a rolodex of the biggest artists in the world, with over a decade and a half in the game, khaled is behind some of hip-hop's biggest anthems, featuring some of music's most sought after names. like the classic "all i do is

win." ♪ i can never get enough ♪ >> "i'm the one" featuring justin bieber. nowadays branding himself as a father first. it's easy to forget just how synonymous the 46-year-old is with pop culture today. ♪ his famous phrases hash tagged and trending. his closest friends a who's who in music. and a slew of endorsement deals making one of the most visible artists around. now khaled is back with album number 13, the chart-topping "god did." and no surprise, it's his biggest one today. >> i have a massive catalog. i tell people all the time like this ain't regular. when you win so much, it looks like it's regular. and that's a blessing for me to be able to continue to win and

do god's work and keep grinding. because i'm not stopping. >> the new album featuring artists like jay-z and lil' wa wayne, and of course drake on the hit single staying alive. ♪ i, i, i staying alive ♪ how do you keep going bigger? how do you keep making the albums bigger and bigger, because even from we the best way back then, you had the biggest names in music on the records. >> it's a biggest blessing to work with names, but it's about make aggregate song. the reason why i'm on my 13th album is because i make great songs. you know, i collaborate with these artists. we have a special energy and we have a special vibe, and we continue to want to work with each other, which is a blessing. secret recipe to making an - anthem. that signature chest-beating sound found on new tracks as well. like "keep going." >> i like making records where people can feel it and say this

is talking about me. so those artists come out and start talking that talk and these hooks and the music may you feel a certain way, you know what i'm saying? when i walk in the studio, that's the only goal i have is to make an anthem that is going to play forever, that's going to be timeless. >> and khaled's music and his presence, an overwhelming feeling of positivity fueled by his faith. what would new orleans born son of palestinian immigrants little khaled, what would he think if he seen where you are right now? >> he would say i knew this was going to happen with god blessings and hard work. with god in you, you can accomplish anything. >> his major keys to life made him a star on social media. >> i'm only being me. then, now, and forever, i only know how to be me. it's all organic. >> when "nightline" fist metrical led back in 2016, he had just blown up on snapchat,

becoming a household name beyond his chart-topping hits. but despite the superstardom, to remain grounded by his family and the birth of his then newborn son assad. >> the minute i held him and he opened his eyes and me and him locked eyes together, my whole life changed. that was a special -- to that day, i look at that interview, man, that was special. so "nightline" always has my heart. >> now five. assad is big brother to a 2-year-old. both listed as executive producers on khaled's latest record. it's assad's fourth album as ep and alum's second. >> what i love about my boys, they love each other. he looks up to assad so much, the way they speak, smile, move, it's my biggest blessing. >> now that you have two, how has the music you make change? >> a lot. my life changed. and that's what this album title

is doing. they don't believe in this god did, god did. it's something that came out of me. and it's infectious to the world. >> where is daddy? go get him! >> and through all the hype, the bravado, and the excitement of just being dj khaled, that love and sharing it with his wife nicole, the boys back home in miami is his reason for it all. do you ever worry about instilling that same hustle and that same work ethic and that do it all attitude into your boys? >> what i do with my kids and my queen, we show them so much love and we teach them about hard work, and they see mommy and daddy work nonstop. they see daddy at homework nonstop. what i want to do is raise my kids to be whatever they want to do in life, and i want to be there support them. they believe in us. >> god did. >> that's right. god did.

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