anne secured the future. elizabeth's coronation in 1953 was the first ever to be televised, and it began a reign with a singular purpose. >> my whole life, whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service. >> reporter: but the royal ride was sometimes bumpy. the stability and continuity the monarchy was supposed to provide began to look shaky as one by one the royal marriages broke down around her. her sister margaret's, her daughter anne's, her son andrew's. they all ended in awkward divorces. none was uglier than the breakup of prince charles and diana spencer. the long public unraveling of the marriage of the heir to the throne seemed to shake the very foundations of the royal household. and if that household ever came close to teetering, it was in the period following the shocking death of diana in that

paris car crash. the national outpouring of grief seemed to highlight the emotional gap between the queen and her people. elizabeth did much to repair the damage with a single bow of the head to the passing coffin of a popular princess. there would be other challenges. one of the most serious centering around the wife of one of diana's nswhennc harry's bir american wife meghan markle complained of mistreatment by palace officials, the couple renounced the royal life and moved to california. when elizabeth's husband, prince philip died, she was left alone. in seven decades on the throne, elizabeth redefined the monarchy, remade it for more modern, less deferential age. and in the process she became not just the queen of great britain, she became the queen in a way queen of the world.

mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> moments later we spoke with former prime minister sir john major, who served in office from 1990 to 1997. he was one of the first to pay tribute to the queen today, saying that in her public duties she was selfless and wise with a wonderful generosity of spirit. that is how she live and how she led. and the prime minister told us those traits were especially apparent during difficult times. >> one of the many gifts the queen has is that when she faces great difficulty, she has the capacity to be a stoic. she puts her head down. she plows on. she knows whatever the problems are, she will come through the other end of that. >> where did she get that resilience? >> oh, i think it is part of the training for monarchy. i mean, self-evidently, you need to be very selfless. you need to have a great understanding of the way your nation works and the way people think and act in order to be a successful monarchy. and you need a great capacity to

discharge your obligations and your duty. and the queen had a remarkable sense of duty all her life. as a young lady, she pledged in her radio broadcast i think from memory she made from south africa when she was very young to pledge the whole of her life to the service of her nation. >> you describe her as a stoic. certainly publicly. but personally, was she emotional? was she warm? was she funny? >> oh, gosh, she was very funny, yes. the conversations with her weren't starchy, dull, boring. they were very lively. you were talking to someone with a lively intellect. no, no, she was fun to be with. >> and what do you think was the essence of her leadership style? >> the great thing the queen left our country with was her example. it is difficult to find the public figure so dedicated to her duty and her responsibilities and her

obligations, as the queen has been from her early 20s when she became monarch to the age of 96. that will pass on to our new king and pass on to our new princess of wales as well. >> at times during the reign of queen elizabeth, it seemed britain and the u.s. weren't an ocean apart, but close neighbors. the queen quitted 117 countries, but met with more u.s. presidents than any other foreign head of state. here is cbs' major garrett. >> reporter: harry truman was the first to host elizabeth, then princess, saying the royal couple, quote, captured the hearts of all of us. and so it would be for decades to come. america, a country that threw off monarchy, captivated by a monarch for the ages. elizabeth hosted richard nixon inside buckingham, visible in the background a young prince charles. later, a grand visit to the u.s. for the bicentennial. gerald ford and the queen danced with elegance and ease.

another enduring image, the queen and ronald reagan riding horseback at windsor castle. george h.w. bush would later play host. but because no height ajudgment was made at the podium, the queen's remarks were obscured. she joked about it in an address to congress. >> i do hope you can see me today from where you are. >> reporter: george w. bush welcomed the queen and nearly aged her by some 200 years. >> you helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in 17 -- in 1976. [ laughter ] >> barack obama continuing a trend where u.s. presidents have had difficulty navigating royal protocol, mistakenly spoke over the british national anthem. turkey, the queen. >> reporter: donald trump would later commit a very public gaffe, walking in front of the queen, and then stopping, forcing her to walk awkwardly around him. last year president biden met

the queen for tea at windsor castle. we could have shown you so many more touch points between the white house and buckingham palace, but even in the brief glimpses tonight, what emerges, norah, is a deep relationship, personal and continuous between this queen and the american presidency. >> alive for some 14 presidents, meeting 13 of them.

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the countless people who met queen elizabeth were urged to call her "your majesty." but a select few knew her as mum. we get more on this from roxana saberi. >> reporter: she served as a monarch to millions and mother to four. her devotion to her family and country a model for her people. amanda foreman is a historian and author. >> queen elizabeth ii as a mother had some unique challenges. she had to be away for many months at a time, and yet she took her duties as a mother very seriously. >> reporter: she was often called detached for leaving her children with nannies and spend sending them to boarding school. >> those comparisons i think hurt her greatly because she loved her children, which was always of course. >> reporter: as her children grew, their lives often explode on the fronts of tabloids and tvs around the world. >> queen elizabeth had to walk a very difficult line, kind of a mediator of public expectations of her and her children and how her children were actually feeling. and it was very difficult.

>> reporter: and by her side, her husband of 74 years, the duke of edinburgh. >> he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years. >> reporter: the marriage between queen elizabeth and the duke of edinburgh is one of the great romances of the modern age. in the very last year of his life, because of covid, ironically, they were able to spend much more time together. and that was really a blessing. >> reporter: the queen's legacy will include leading her family and her country into a modern era. >> she showed that, yes, you can be a mother, you can be a wife, but you can still be a woman in a position of power and influence. >> reporter: and that legacy continues with eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren, four of them born just last year. norah? >> roxana saberi, thank you so much. and we'll have more on queen elizabeth coming up, as well as the day's other headlines, the day's other headlines, including breaking ne i occasionally get bladder leaks. i tried always discreet underwear. it absorbs an entire glass of water. it fit like a glove. it just felt like real underwear.

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finally tonight, a special remembrance of this 70-year reign of a world leader. tonight, the most spectacular image, a double rainbow over buckingham palace that appeared just moments before the royal family announced her passing, as crowds gathered to say goodbye. the rainbow to some a sign, its long arc a reminder of her long reign and her lasting legacy. not just as monarch but as

mother and grandmother, a wife of 73 years, a lover of her corgis and horses, her greatest devotion was to the service of the commonwealth. even in her final day, working to welcome the new prime minister. frail but smiling broadly. in her long life, she no doubt saw her fair share of tumult and triumph, but she'll always be remembered for her strength on the world stage as iconic and stable as buckingham palace itself. well, that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." you can follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. ♪

. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. she was britain's longest reigning monarch. queen elizabeth dead at the age of 96. she was not born to be queen, becoming the heir to the throne when she was just 10 years old. now her first son charles has ascended the throne. the 73-year-old will give an address to the nation prerecorded at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. buckingham palace says the new monarch will be known as king charles iii. the royal family, the united kingdom, and the world are mourning and reacting. she defined an heiress, adding in a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence. he has ordered flags at half-staff through sunset on the day of her funeral. for more news, download the cbs

news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> the world is mourning queen elizabeth ii who died this afternoon at the age of 96, surrounded by family at her summer home in scotland. earlier in day, buckingham palace announced that her majesty, who ruled over the commonwealth for a record 70 years, was placed under medical supervision. her doctors were concerned about her health. family rushed to her side. in accordance with the royal line of succession, her oldest son charles immediately became king, which puts her grandson prince william next in line to the throne, followed by william's eldest son, 9-year-old prince george.

just before her death was announced, a double rainbow appeared over buckingham palace as a crowd gathered. president biden visited the british embassy in washington late today and left a message in a condolence book. in a statement, he said "queen elizabeth was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the united kingdom and the united states." we have a team of reporters covering the death of a queen described as a stalwart leader, and cbs' charlie d'agata will start us off from buckingham palace. and good evening, charlie. what's the scene like there? >> good evening to you, norah. there has been an outpouring of grief and emotion here at buckingham palace. thousands of people have gathered to pay tribute, despite the rain. and although this is a moment that we've all been expecting, it's hard to imagine this country without her. the official notice hung on the gates of buckingham palace in accordance with royal protocol.

the queen died peacefully in balmoral this afternoon. senior members of the royal family raced to be at her bedside today at balmoral castle, her summer home in scotland. prince charles, now king charles, was already there. her grandson prince william, who came without kate and the queen's other children made their way to the royal residence. prince harry traveled by himself and came later. meghan remained behind in london. on the queen's death, his majesty, king charles iii issued the statement "we mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much loved mother." the new prime minister liz truss said the country is devastated. >> queen elizabeth ii was the rock on which modern britain was built. >> reporter: the queen was last pictured meeting with the prime minister on tuesday and standing on her own, smiling by the fire, cane in hand. the 96-year-old monarch was hospitalized last october,

suffering from what the palace called episodic mobility problems, forced to cut back on most public engagements since. only appearing at a few of the events during her platinum jubilee marking 70 years on the throne. she has slowed down considerably, appearing more frail in recent weeks with a significant weight loss. and the death of prince philip in april last year, her husband of more than 70 years paid reminder that her reign was moving into its final inevitable chapter. tonight, the country mourns not just the passing of national figure, but part of its very identity, the only monarch most have ever known. now the queen is expected to remain in scotland through the weekend before she's brought down here. king charles will make his first televised address tomorrow and finalize the plans for his mother's funeral. norah? >> charlie d'agata outside buckingham palace, thank you.

the 70-year reign of queen elizabeth has come through an ever changing world, through peace and prosperity, through wars and financial hardships. through it all, the queen remained forever devoted to the british people. cbs' mark phillips has her incredible life story. >> reporter: for a woman who was not born to be queen, the public outpouring of affection for elizabeth during the celebration of her 70th year on the throne alexandra mary o her and to how. r, quezabeth ii, reinvented the british monarchy and may have saved it. elizabeth was already 10 years old when another royal drama led to her becoming heir to the throne. in 1936, her uncle, edward viii

abdicated to marry the american divorcee wallace simpson, and the royal line shifted to her father, george vi and so to her. the young princess was already a favorite. >> i'm sure the youth are often thinking of the old country. >> reporter: during the second world war, she had worked to raise the country's morale. >> to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place. >> reporter: and she had also served as a volunteer in the war effort. her marriage to philip mountbatten, an anglicized member of the deposed greek royal family gave a war weary country something to celebrate. and the children the marriage produced, first charles and then anne secured the future. elizabeth's coronation in 1953 was the first ever to be televised, and it began a reign with a singular purpose. >> my whole life, whether it be ot shall be devoted to your service. >> reporter: but the royal ride was sometimes bumpy.

the stability and continuity the monarchy was supposed to provide began to look shaky as one by one the royal marriages broke down around her. her sister margaret's, her daughter anne's, her son andrew's. they all ended in awkward divorces. none was uglier than the breakup of prince charles and diana spencer. the long public unraveling of the marriage of the heir to the throne seemed to shake the very foundations of the royal household. and if that household ever came close to teetering, it was in the period following the shocking death of diana in that paris car crash. the national outpouring of grief seemed to highlight the emotional gap between the queen and her people. elizh much to pair the ge wa ngle of the head to the passing coffin of a popular pre ssuld be other chal. one of the most serious centering around the wife of one

of diana's sons. when prince harry's biracial american wife meghan markle complained of mistreatment by palace officials, the couple renounced the royal life and moved to california. when elizabeth's husband, prince philip died, she was left alone. in seven decades on the throne, elizabeth redefined the monarchy, remade it for more modern, less deferential age. and in the process she became not just the queen of great britain, she became in a way queen of the world. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm catherine herridge in washington. thanks for staying with us. the official portraits of barack and michelle obama are now on display in the white house. nearly six years after they left, the former first couple returned for the unveiling. their host joe biden and first lady jill biden were the second couple during the obama administration. nancy cordes has that story. >> reporter: the obamas and dozens of former aides returned to the east room wednesday for a tradition that dates back to the carter era. >> barack and michelle, welcome home. >> reporter: the unveiling of their official portraits that will hang in the white house for

posterity. >> i want to thank sharon sprung for capturing everything i love about michelle. her grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she's fine. >> reporter: former president obama's portrait was done by robert mccurdy, who is known for his ultra realistic paintings that could almost be confused for photos. >> you'll note that he refused to hide any of my gray hairs, refused my request to make my ears smaller. >> reporter: typically, a president's portrait is unveiled during his successor's term, but president trump skipped that tradition and then came covid. >> our democracy is so much stronger than our differences. >> reporter: michelle obama's portrait has been hidden away in the artist sharon sprung's brooklyn studio for six years. >> a portrait of a biracial kid with an unusual name and the daughter of a water pump

operator and a stay-at-home mom. what we are seeing is a reminder that there is a place for everyone in this country. >> reporter: this morning, their portraits have already taken their place on the white house walls. i'm nancy cordes at the white house. with the midterm elections just two months away, there are new questions about whether some politicians are just too old to hold public office. president biden is already the oldest sitting president, and he is set to become the first to turn 80 in office. and that's a feat former president trump could match if he wins another term. the u.s. senate is also the oldest in history with an average age of nearly 65. happened in the house, nancy pelosi is the oldest speaker at 82. tony dokoupil investigates how old is too old. >> reporter: if you want a really educated opinion about our political elders, you could do a lot worse than to start here. behind the wheel of a golf cart at the villages in florida.

america's largest senior community. do you support age limits in politics? >> age limits? >> reporter: we already know what many younger americans are thinking. >> our country and our state are being run by geriatric oligarchy. >> reporter: joe kung, for example, has made his opinion pretty darn clear. >> that's why it's time to put term limits and age limits on politicians. >> reporter: but surely that kind of talk would sound ageist to older americans, right? do you think our politicians are too old? >> absolutely. >> reporter: you do? >> there is an age i think when a person doesn't have the capabilities of conducting the kind of things you haveeethe sa >> reporter: really? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: in fact, just about every single person we ran into at the villages supported age limits. >> i'm almost 80 now. i think somebody 80 doesn't belong as a leader. >> 70, 75 tops, get out.

>> reporter: out of politics? >> yes. >> reporter: it's not just in florida either. a new cbs news poll finds 73% of all americans support maximum age limits for elected officials. with greater support to my surprise coming from seniors than from younger adults. >> i don't think i have the sharpness and the crispness and the mentality that i had even ten years ago. >> reporter: youth used to be a defining feature of america. under wigs and powdered hair, the average founding father was actually a mere 44. >> the question of senility is sort of an obvious question. >> reporter: tal koeppen is investigative journalist for "the boston globe." >> i wrote a story about dianne feinstein posing this question. >> reporter: when copeland was at "the san francisco chronicle," she reported that four sitting u.s. senators, including three democrats believe the 89-year-old feinstein's memory is rapidly

deteriorating, and she may be mentally unfit to serve. >> the dynamic that was being described of a senator who was unable to recall conversations that had just happened, that raise as real question as to whether, you know, the principle is actually running the office anymore. >> reporter: i was struck by the part of the piece where you describe some sources telling you this in sadness. >> i would say almost every single conversation, yes. >> reporter: in a statement, feinstein stated the hard time she's had adjusting to her husband's recent death, saying "i work as hard as i can to solve problems for the people of california." but it's not just congress that has people thinking american politics has an age problem. >> i am a young, vibrant man. >> reporter: former president trump which rates himself as the healthiest chief executive in american history. >> i'm an extremely stable genius. >> reporter: but with clips like these, critics trying to argue

that in fact he is in the midst of a dangerous decline. >> you had a right to wonder if there is something wrong with the works of the president's mind. >> reporter: and president biden has faced some of the same criticism from his political opponents. >> all men and women created by -- go you know the thing. >> these are signs of senility, which is a common thing in elderly people. >> reporter: and even among democrats, a recent poll shows that age is the top concern among those looking for a different candidate in 2024. >> we have a saying in jairiat ticks. you've seen one 85-year-old, you've seen one 85-year-old. they're all different. >> reporter: dr. mark lack is chief of geriatrics at cornell medicine in new york. what is it a voter should look for legitimately when it comes to age significance. >> it's not a softball. it's a hardball. yeah. so it's very difficult for a layperson to do that. >> reporter: he explained that,

yes, it is normal as we age for the brain to shrink. >> look at the size of these two brains. >> reporter: and yes, in general, an older mind is more likely to struggle with memory. >> we don't expect an 80-year-old to remember like a 40-year-old. >> reporter: but many 80-year-olds are also sharp as ever, which is why he says political age limits would be both arbitrary and wrong. >> you know, aging, tony, brings something that youth doesn't. it's judgment and experience. there is no replacement for that over a lifetimeerpeople if there are no leslature,who'n bring these young people up? >> reporter: back in washington, tal koeppen says there is already a test that determines whether any given politician is too old for office. it's the test that happens on election day. >> the answer is the voters. at the end of the day, the collective power of the american electorate is the only way to effectuate change in our

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>> what i love about stone is it's shapeable. when you use enough of them, you can create a form. >> reporter: those forms can be mesmerizing. he plays with perspective and patterns. >> this beach has these beautiful colors, purples and blues and violates. >> a lot of people don't believe it's real. a lot of people ask me if i paint the stones or carry them all in. can you imagine me carrying all these from my car? >> reporter: sometimes he uses the sand itself, which allows him to work on a much bigger scale, raking and combing it into spectacular designs. what was your first introduction to land art as a practice, as an art? >> it was probably the golds worthy is probably the most prolific, most well-known land artist in the world, i'd say. >> reporter: there are other stone cairns.

>> reporter: news sunday morn profiled the pioneering sculptor. >> i need to touch, i need to feel things to understand to th delicate, ice. >> it's a tough thing to work with the land because the next second, the next day, it's not going to be there. >> reporter: has land art evolved? >> i think it has, yeah. partially because of social media, because it's so easy to share your work, and that's the kind of the best way with land art. because it's kind of a media. and you have time limits, because of weather and tide. >> reporter: forman sells prints and occasionally does commissions. this one for burberry. and he has a coffee table book coming out in october. still, he admits land art is not the most lucrative, but social media has allowed him to share his work with people around the world. >> it's difficult because social media is the opposite to where i

am iwa i pas eeve it. you spend three, four seconds looking at it, that's all. come on that, took me hours! >> that's the way social media. lifaceboinstagram, ands work it's just absolutely phenomenal to see an artist use all the local materials, local space and create something so visually stunning. >> reporter: hugh owen was passing by at just the right moment. it's so beautiful, but it will be washed away. >> i mean, it's kind of poetic really, isn't it? i really enjoy the fact that it's only here for a short amount of time, like we are, essentially. >> reporter: you have how many minutes to enjoy this piece of art? >> 20 maybe? if we're lucky. >> reporter: does a little bit of you feel frustrated, defeated or like oh, i really liked that one? >> not at all. not at all. that's what makes it special is

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there is a sports program in the nation's capital that's keeping kids off the street by putting them in the game. here is nancy chen. . >> reporter: it's the championship game in one of washington, d.c.'s most challenging communities. but there is more than a title at stake. >> some need a little tlc. they need extra love. tritan police department neirhoo often at arbo to py ea n?her tonight. >> me. >> me. >> reporter: medina credits a youth baseball program in new york for changing his life. >> a lot of the children that we grew up with in that neighborhood lost their lives in their adult years or

incarcerated. it kind of showed us that there was life outside of new york. >> reporter: which is why he created the ward 7 baseball league in his off time. >> first time i actually had to cut out the grass. i had to cut out the diamond with my partners. >> reporter: because there was no field? >> there was no field. >> reporter: more than 400 kids have played for the league, including 14-year-old cameron haynes. what do you think you have learned from baseball? >> really, discipline. oh, patience, patience, patience. >> i'm not trying to make the number one athlete in the world. i'm just trying to make a better person. >> reporter: and that already has been a home run. nancy chen, cbs news, washington. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings," and follow us online all time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm catherine herridge.

♪ ♪ this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. she was britain's longest reigning monarch. queen elizabeth ii dead at the age of 96. she was not born to be queen, becoming the heir to the throne when she was just 10 years old. now her first son charles has ascended the throne. the 73-year-old will give an address to the nation prerecorded at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. buckingham palace says the new monarch will be known as king charles iii. the royal family, the united kingdom, and the world are mourning and reacting. ent aing in a an era, said world of constant change, she was a steadying presence. he has ordered flags at half-staff through sunset on the day of her funeral. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv.

i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. ♪ the lights and legacy of queen elizabeth ii. britain's longest serving monarch dies at the age of 96. the queen passed peacefully at her balmoral castle in scotland. the official announcement from buckingham palace. her family rushing to be by her side, including her family, the new king charles. cbs' charlie d'agata is at buckingham palace as thousands gather to mourn. >> queen elizabeth ii was the rock on which modern britain was built. >> the unlikely queen, from a 19-year-old auto mechanic during world war ii, to her 70-year reign. cbs' mark phillips has her amazing life story.

>> i declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service. >> the global reaction. condolences pour in from leaders around the world. and her iconic encounters with american presidents, first as princess, then as queen, dancing and riding through 70 years of history. and finally, the queen's legacy. we talk to former prime minister john major, and we look back at her life, not just as monarch, but mother. her devotion to her family. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> the world is mourning queen elizabeth ii who died this afternoon at the age of 96, surrounded by family at her summer home in scotland. earlier in day, buckingham palace announced that her

majesty, who ruled over the commonwealth for a record 70 years, was placed under medical supervision. her doctors were concerned about her health. family rushed to her side. in accordance with the royal line of succession, her oldest son charles immediately became king, which puts her grandson prince william next in line to the throne, followed by william's eldest son, 9-year-old prince george. just before her death was announced, a double rainbow appeared over buckingham palace as a crowd gathered. president biden visited the british embassy in washington late today and left a message in a condolence book. in a statement, he said "queen elizabeth was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the united kingdom and the united states." we have a team of reporters covering the death of a queen described as a stalwart leader, and cbs' charlie d'agata will start us off from buckingham palace. and good evening, charlie. what's the scene like there? >> good evening to you, norah.

there has been an outpouring of grief and emotion here at buckingham palace. thousands of people have gathered to pay tribute, despite the rain. and although this is a moment that we've all been expecting, it's hard to imagine this country without her. the official notice hung on the gates of buckingham palace in accordance with royal protocol. the queen died peacefully in balmoral this afternoon. senior members of the royal family raced to be at her bedside today at balmoral castle, her summer home in scotland. prince charles, now king charles, was already there. her grandson prince william, who came without kate and the queen's other children made their way to the royal residence. prince harry traveled by himself and came later. meghan remained behind in london. on the queen's death, his majesty, king charles iii issued the statement "we mourn profoundly the passing of a

cherished sovereign and a much loved mother." the new prime minister liz truss said the country is devastated. >> queen elizabeth ii was the rock on which modern britain was built. >> reporter: the queen was last pictured meeting with the prime minister on tuesday and standing on her own, smiling by the fire, cane in hand. the 96-year-old monarch was hospitalized last october, suffering from what the palace called episodic mobility problems, forced to cut back on most public engagements since. only appearing at a few of the events during her platinum jubilee marking 70 years on the throne. she has slowed down considerably, appearing more frail in recent weeks with a significant weight loss. and the death of prince philip in april last year, her husband of more than 70 years paid reminder that her reign was moving into its final inevitable chapter. tonight, the country mourns not just the passing of national

figure, but part of its very identity, the only monarch most have ever known. now the queen is expected to remain in scotland through the weekend before she's brought down here. king charles will make his first televised address tomorrow and finalize the plans for his mother's funeral. norah? >> charlie d'agata outside buckingham palace, thank you. the queen's extraordinary global impact can be seen in the heartfelt messages from world leaders, to ordinary people who felt a deep connection to the beloved monarch. cbs' holly williams is at windsor castle tonight just outside london where crowds have gathered to express their grief. >> reporter: as the union jack was lowered in london and all over the united kingdom, crowds began to gather at the golden gates of buckingham palace. ♪ god the save the queen ♪ >> reporter: "god save the queen" they sang for a much loved monarch.

we were outside windsor castle tonight, home to kings and queens for over 900 years. >> she was everything to us. and it was a massive part of our upbringing. >> it's a very sad moment, very sad moment. >> she has always been there, and it will never be the same again. >> reporter: what kind of a queen was she to you? >> to me, i believe she was a queen with a lot of love for her people. >> reporter: around the globe today, news broadcasts reported the unfolding events. reigning from this small island, queen elizabeth was perhaps the most famous woman in the world. world leaders paid tribute. >> she was one of my favorite people in the world, and i will miss her so. >> reporter: president emmanuel macron of france said she embodied british unity. president volodymyr zelenskyy,

leader of embattled ukraine said the queen's death was an irreparable loss. and pope francis offered prayers for her eternal rest. this truly is the end of an era. for over 70 years, the united kingdom's national anthem has been "god save the queen." now it will become "god save the king." norah? >> holly williams outside windsor castle, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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reinvented the british monarchy and may have saved it. elizabeth was already 10 years old when another royal drama led to her becoming heir to the throne. in 1936, her uncle, edward the viii abdicated to marry the american divorcee wallace simpson, and the royal line shifted to her father, george vi and so to her. the young princess was already a public favorite. >> i am sure the youth are often thinking of the old country. >> reporter: during the second world war, she had worked to raise the country's morale. >> to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place. >> reporter: and she had also served as a volunteer in the war effort. her marriage to philip mountbatten, an anglicized member of the deposed greek royal family gave a war weary country something to celebrate. and the children the marriage produced, first charles and then anne secured the future.

elizabeth's coronation in 1953 was the first ever to be televised, and it began a reign with a singular purpose. >> my whole life, whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service. >> reporter: but the royal ride was sometimes bumpy. the stability and continuity the monarchy was supposed to provide began to look shaky as one by one the royal marriages broke down around her. her sister margaret's, her daughter anne's, her son andrew's. they all ended in awkward divorces. none was uglier than the breakup of prince charles and diana spencer. the long public unraveling of the marriage of the heir to the throne seemed to shake the very foundations of the royal household. and if that household ever came close to teetering, it was in the period following the shocking death of diana in that paris car crash.

the national outpouring of grief seemed to highlight the emotional gap between the queen and her people. elizabeth did much to repair the damage with a single bow of the head to the passing coffin of a popular princess. there would be other challenges. one of the most serious centering around the wife of one of diana's sons. when prince harry's biracial american wife meghan markle complained of mistreatment by palace officials, the couple renounced the royal life and moved to california. when elizabeth's husband, prince philip, died, she was left alone. in seven decades on the throne, elizabeth redefined the monarchy, remade it for more modern, less deferential age. and in the process she became not just the queen of great britain, she became in a way queen of the world. mark phillips, cbs news, london.

>> moments later we spoke with former prime minister sir john major, who served in office from 1990 to 1997. he was one of the first to pay tribute to the queen today, saying that in her public duties she was selfless and wise with a wonderful generosity of spirit. that is how she lived and how she led. and the prime minister told us those traits were especially apparent during difficult times. >> one of the many gifts the queen has is that when she faces great difficulty, she has the capacity to be a stoic. she puts her head down. she plows on. she knows whatever the problems are, she will come through the other end of that. >> where did she get that resilience? >> oh, i think it is part of the training for monarchy. i mean, self-evidently, you need to be very selfless. you need to have a great understanding of the way your nation works and the way people think and act in order to be a successful monarchy. and you need a great capacity to discharge your obligations and

your duty. and the queen had a remarkable sense of duty all her life. as a young lady, she pledged in her radio broadcast i think from memory she made from south africa when she was very young to pledge the whole of her life to the service of her nation. >> you describe her as a stoic. certainly publicly. but personally, was she emotional? was she warm? was she funny? >> oh, gosh, she was very funny, yes. the conversations with her weren't starchy, dull, boring. they were very lively. you were talking to someone with a lively intellect. no, no, she was fun to be with. >> and what do you think was the essence of her leadership style? >> the great thing the queen left our country with was her example. it is difficult to find the public figure so dedicated to her duty and her responsibilities and her obligations, as the queen has

been from her early 20s when she became monarch to the age of 96. that will pass on to our new king and pass on to our new princess of wales as well. >> at times during the reign of queen elizabeth, it seemed britain and the u.s. weren't an ocean apart, but close neighbors. the queen visited 117 countries, but met with more u.s. presidents than any other foreign head of state. here is cbs' major garrett. >> repor har tn waro ote, capreall of us. and so it would be for decades to come. america, a country that threw off monarchy, captivated by a monarch for the ages. elizabeth hosted richard nixon inside buckingham, visible in the background a young prince charles. later, a grand visit to the u.s. for the bicentennial. gerald ford and the queen danced with elegance and ease. another enduring image, the

queen and ronald reagan riding horseback at windsor castle. george h.w. bush would later play host. but because no height adjustment was made at the podium, the queen's remarks were obscured. she joked about it in an address to congress. >> i do hope you can see me today from where you are. >> reporter: george w. bush welcomed the queen and nearly aged her by some 200 years. >> you helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in 17 -- in 1976. [ laughter ] >> barack obama continuing a trend where u.s. presidents have had difficulty navigating royal protocol, mistakenly spoke over the british national anthem. >> to the queen. >> reporter: donald trump would later commit a very public gaffe, walking in front of the queen, and then stopping, forcing her to walk awkwardly around him. last year president biden met the queen for tea at windsor castle.

we could have shown you so many more touch points between the white house and buckingham palace, but even in the brief glimpses tonight, what emerges, norah, is a deep relationship, personal and continuous between this queen and the american presidency. >> alive for some 14 presidents, meeting 13 of them. just incredible. major garrett, thank you. major garrett, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be this isn't charmin! no wonder i don't feel as clean. hurry up dad! you've been in there forever! i'm trying! this cheap stuff is too thin! i told you not to get the other toilet paper. here's the new charmin ultra strong. ahhh! my bottom's been saved! woooo! with its diamond weave texture, new charmin ultra strong cleans better with fewer sheets and less effort. what's everybody waiting for? this? ok hon, we know you're clean. we all go, why not enjoy the go with charmin. ay yo! check this axe with 48-hour protection! ♪♪ ♪press the button right there♪ ♪to let the doors in♪

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call her "your majesty." but a select few knew her as mum. we get more on this from cbs' roxana saberi. >> reporter: she served as a monarch to millions and mother to four. her devotion to her family and country a model for her people. amanda foreman is a historian and author. >> queen elizabeth ii as a mother had some unique challenges. she had to be away for many months at a time, and yet she took her duties as a mother very seriously. >> reporter: she was often called detached for leaving her children with nannies and sending them to boarding school. >> those comparisons i think hurt her greatly because she loved her children, which was always of course. >> reporter: as her children grew, their lives often explode on the fronts of tabloids and tvs around the world. >> queen elizabeth had to walk a very difficult line, kind of a mediator of public expectations of her and her children and how her children were actually feeling. and it was very difficult. >> reporter: and by her side, her husband of 74 years, the

duke of edinburgh. >> he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years. >> reporter: the marriage between queen elizabeth and the duke of edinburgh is one of the great romances of the modern age. in the very last year of his life, because of covid, ironically, they were able to spend much more time together. and that was really a blessing. >> reporter: the queen's legacy will include leading her family and her country into a modern era. >> she showed that, yes, you can be a mother, you can be a wife, but you can still be a woman in a position of power and influence. >> reporter: and that legacy continues with 8 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren, four of them born just last year. norah? >> roxana saberi, thank you so much. and we'll have more on queen elizabeth coming up, as well as the day's other headlines, including breaking news in the legal battle over documents legal battle over documents seized at mar-a-lago. [sfx: stomach gurgling] it's nothing... sounds like something. ♪ when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, ♪ ♪ upset stomach, diarrhea. ♪

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finally tonight, a special remembrance of the 70-year reign of a world leader. tonight, the most spectacular image, a double rainbow over buckingham palace that appeared just moments before the royal family announced her passing, as crowds gathered to say goodbye. the rainbow to some a sign, its long arc a reminder of her long reign and her lasting legacy. not just as monarch but as

mother and grandmother, a wife of 73 years, a lover of her corgis and horses, her greatest devotion was to the service of the commonwealth. even in our final days, working to welcome the new prime minister, frail but smiling broadly. in her long life, she no doubt saw her fair share of tumult and triumph, but she'll always be remembered for her strength on the world stage as iconic and stable as buckingham palace itself. well, that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." you can follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. ♪

♪ ♪ this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. she was britain's longest reigning monarch. queen elizabeth dead at the age of 96. she was not born to be queen, becoming the heir to the throne when she was just 10 years old. now her first son charles has ascended the throne. the 73-year-old will give an address to the nation prerecorded at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. buckingham palace says the new monarch will be known as king charles iii. the royal family, the united kingdom, and the world are mourning and reacting. she defined an heiress said president biden and the first lady, adding in a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence. he has ordered flags at half-staff through sunset on the day of her funeral.

for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new it's friday, september 9th, 2022. mbering qu one of the most beloved women in the world, queen elizabeth ii, has passed away at the age of 96. we have a look at her life and legacy including how a woman who wasn't born to be queen became the longest ruling monarch in british history. long may he reign. the queen's son, charles, has assumed power as king. we'll speak with his former communications director about what's next for the monarch. a world in mourning. countless tribute are pouring in for the queen from world leaders to music royalty. good morning, and good to be wiou