nicole: this is dw news live from berlin. britain mourns its longest reigning monarch, queen elizabeth ii. ♪ hundreds packed st. paul's cathedral in london for a memorial service. her son giving his first address as king charles iii echoed a

pledge he made to serve her people. >> that promise of lifelong service i renew to all today. nicole: leaders worldwide sent their condolences to the royal family and there's a special gun salute with 96 shots to mark the queen's age when she passed away. i am nicole frolich. to our viewers on pbs in the u.s. and around the world, welcome to our special coverage of the death of britain's queen, elizabeth. a service of thanksgiving has been held at st. paul's cathedral to mark the life of britain's longest serving monarch. her son, king charles, returned to london to greet well-wishers outside buckingham palace, where

crowds gathered. the united kingdom has entered a period of public morning that will last until the day after her funeral. our correspondent is in front of buckingham palace in london, where many are still struggling to make sense of the situation. >> you would have to be in your 70's to remember a time before queen elizabeth. she's been around for that long and this seems like one of those days where everything has changed. this is the end of a 70 year era in this country and the beginning of a new one with king charles iii. speaking with a lot of people, they feel some uncertainty around the situation. there's a new prime minister as well. this has been something many people have been trying to prepare for. they knew it was coming. they might be shocked but they are not surprised.

today, the focus is been on her life, duty and service to this country. that is why a lot of people wanted to come out today to lee flowers and other signs of remembrance at buckingham palace. nicole: it is not just people laying flowers.how have people in london been paying their respects to the late queen? >> it feels like almost a countrywide pilgrimage. there have been thousands of people coming to the palace, arving at windsor, at the queen's residence in scotland well. but you are right. it goewell beyond flowers. i spoke with one elderly woman in a wheelchair. i asked her, why did you come today? she said, i felt ke i had to. that speaks to that sense of duty, of it feeling like a pilgrimage. i spoke to a woman who walked from buckingham palace the way to st. paul's cathedral across town. after laying flowers here, she said i just needed to be near that remembrance ceremony at the

cathedral. you see it everywhere in london. the taxicab drivers have flags attached to their famous black cabs. you have signs of condolence in storefronts and even billboards for the most part have been changed to a picture of the queen. this is the beginning of a nationwide mourning process just getting started on day one, and it will take a while for people here to process that the queen is indeed gone and this is the end of a long era. nicole: many thanks. in his first address as sovereign, the new king paid tribute to his mother and pledged the rest of his life to the service of the people of the commonwealth. his wife, camilla, is now queen concert. >> in a little over a week's time, we will come together as a nation, as a commonwealth, and indeed a global community, to

lay my beloved mother to rest. in our sorrow, let us remember and draw strength from the light of her example. on behalf of all my family, i can only offer the most sincere and heartfelt thanks for your condolences and support. they mean more to me than i can ever possibly express. and to my darling mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late papa, i want simply to say this, thank you. thank you for your love and devotion to our family and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these

years. may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. nicole: i now talk about this to dw's hannah cleaver. the first speech of king charles iii, now officially. what did you make of it? >> the first that we heard was quite emotional and i think that's a signal he's really trying to become a little bit more emotionally open than perhaps his mother was, and to send that signal that he's going to be a little more modern. his speech was interesting. he started off going into detail in terms of the length and depth of the service and duty has mothered delivered to the country -- duty his mother delivered to the country, as he put it, and he said i solemnly pledge to uphold constitutional

principles at the heart of our nation. that's quite interesting. that really should signal a change in his behavior. as a prince, he's been quite politically active. he used to write letters to ministers asking them to change policy on areas he was interested in. i think that's going to have to stop now as the king. he cannot be meddling in day-to-day politics. i think that's a recognition of that fact. he was talking about his two sons, william, the elder son, who has become prince of wales, and also duke of cornwall. that dude she is worth i'm told at least one billion pounds -- that duchy is worth i'm told at least one billion pounds. he also mentioned harry, who, you know, is the black sheep of the family, of that generation at least of the family, but he expressed what he said was his love for his second son and wished he and his wife,

meghan, the best in their life abroad. so the duty driven quality of his mother and taking that into a possibly slightly warmer monarchy. nicole: can we expect for his oldest son, for william, to be a little more involved in the royal duties? >> there would be a smart move. charles is not half as popular as his mother, nor as popular as his eldest son, and i think he needs to take some of the shine from his mother and borrow some of the shine from his oldest son. it would be very smart to keep william close. william and kate have been doing more of the official duties over the last couple duties than they had before. their children are slightly older now so they have time. i think charles is going to have to serve as this transition king

to the next generation, although he did say in his speech that he would serve his country for as long as god gave him the time, so who knows whether he will continue working to the end of his days? nicole: he is 73, isn't he? so can we expect a lot of modernizing to come from him, or is this just a first step in a direction he will not pursue? >> it depends on how much advice he takes from william. i think william and kate do have a kind of coterie around them that would like to push the monarchy into the 21st century, and we are already 20 years into it. and if he listens to them, i think he could take the first steps into a modern monarchy that's more open, that is in some way perhaps a little bit democratic, but he does still carry a lot of his mother and she, although she rolled with the changes, she was 96.

she was born a very long time ago and not a modernizer as we think of it now. nicole: right back to you, but first, we want to look at the ways that a nation is saying goodbye today. ♪ >> in the historic st. paul's cathedral, mourners from all walks of life congregated to pay their respects to the u.k.'s longest-serving monarch. prime minister liz truss and opposition leader kier starmer were among the attendees. hundreds of others had queued up for tickets to the event honoring the queen's life and legacy. earlier in the day, the now-king charles welcomed visitors outside buckingham palace, where emotions were still raw. >> i'm feeling very sad. >> i'm sure it's very sad.

>> it is a precious place to come to. there's a kind of sadness, but also a celebration. >> king charles and his wife camilla made their way through the palace gates for the first time as king and queen consort. there is no doubt that, to many, the new king has big shoes to fill. >> king charles iii will obviously rule and reign to the very best of his ability, but the queen i think was very very special and she was not only the longest reigning monarch in british history. i think she was the best monarch in british history. >> buckingham palace announced that charles will be officially proclaimed king on saturday, a

moment he's prepared for his entire life. many hope the new monarch will live up to his mother's image by stepping up to the helm as they navigate through turbulent times. nicole: and hannah cleaver is still with me. we saw a lot of very emotional responses to the queen's passing. how come all these people have such a strong connection with the monarch, who is a person who lives in a sort of ivory tower, far removed from everyday life? >> maybe not only ivory towers but several different palaces and. castles. it is a question that has been fascinating to me for some long. people are genuinely distressed by the death of a woman they could not have possibly ever known and yet they feel that they did.

that was part of the art that queen elizabeth practiced all the way through her reign, to kind of give people enough of an opening to make them feel like they knew her, like they had a reason to emotionally engage with her, and actually not show them very much, if anything, of herself. they were then able to almost project onto her anything they wanted. people talked about how funny she is, about how dutiful she was, how she meant so much to them, and if you dig deeper, they often don't really have a reason of why they are so sad for why they loved -- sad or why they left her so much, but the feelings cannot be discounted. >> she was an institution. she was there. when she came to power, the world was a completely different one. >> well, yeah. the british empire was still a thing. so, yes, she's been there forever, but how much world did

she ever really play in people's daily lives? that's what i would ask, is why, if she wasn't really part of your daily life, do you feel so sad that she's gone? i find it puzzling and fascinating at the same time and it is very powerful. that's not to be denied. i was a very young reporter when princess diana died in 1997 and i was in the streets talking to people, looking at a sea of flowers outside kensington palace, but that was more understandable. this was a young woman who died in an accident. this is an elderly lady who died as you would expect, at 97 years old. that's a powerful thing. if charles is smart, he will be able to tap into that, into that strength of feeling, and use that to help him kind of take this new path. i mean, you know, he and his mother, their prime aim is to

maintain the monarchy, and that has required a lot of fairly smart moves and will require some more organization if he is to carry on. because she had that weight. 70 years of people for whatever reason feeling like they loved her, like they knew her. he has been in the public eye for almost that long. in fact, 73, so longer than that, but he doesn't have that strength of emotional connection with people yet. he will have to work to get it. nicole: she worked very hard to get it, didn't she? she kind of transitioned the monarchy from the monarch being a ruler to being a servant of the people. how much did that help the monarchy survive through these turbulent times in the 20th century? >> it was a very smart rebranding, right? if you look at some of the european monarchies that have survived, they have gone, you know, the way of the dutch monarchy.

they are not so much in the golden carriages and stuff. yet the british monarchy has managed to maintain the castles, the money, the land, the respect, this distance from people, all somehow with the idea that they are serving the people. it was a very smart rebranding exercise. how much they really serve as another question, i think, which one could go into, but the idea of switching that image from being the rulers to the servants,, that was very clever. nicole: thank you very much, hannah cleaver. presidents, prime ministers, monarchs and world leaders have paid tribute. remembrances are coming in from all around the globe. ordinary people have also paid their respects to the woman who was the face of britain and its commonwealth for more than seven decades. >> i'm farewell warcry for the

queen -- a moving farewell warcry for the queen. new zealand pays homage to her ministry with a -- her majesty with a maori hock -- hakka dance. a gun salute in australia's capital, canberra. in sydney, mourners gather to pay tribute. many are shocked and saddened. >> the world today has lost a true gem, a world leader who was not in it for herself, that, you know, her family and the country was what came first, and,eah, i think our world will be sadder for her passing. i remember her long reign and

she's been a great example to the world of dignity and grace and faithfulness. and i think somehow thahas left the world. you know, something -- we've lost something that maybe we will never regain. there will never be anyone 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, sitting landmarks across the globe were lit up in her honor. others turned to darkness. and flowers were laid outside british embassies and consulates. >> i always associated britain with the queen and it moved me so much when i heard that she died, and that surprised me. >> i would like to send my condolences to the british people. we feel sorry for her death.

we wish her mercy. unfortunately, we've lost one of the greatest queens of the times we live in. >> flags have been lowered to half-mast to mark the passing of the monarch. tributes are expected to continue as the u.k. wakes up to a new era. nicole: here in germany, the british royal family is still very popular, although germany abolished its own monarchy more than a century ago. queen elizabeth had german roots, but during world war i, the house of the royal family changed its name to the house of windsor. still, mutual affection endured. >> the germans in the queen. there was affection on both sides.

they clearly liked each other. over half a century, the queen made five state visits to germany, more than to most other countries in the world. but the relationship took a little time to warm up. it was two decades after the end of his still at these -- of hostilities that a british monarch set for on german soil for the first time since the end of the war. it was considered a gesture of reconciliation by west germans. >> very early on, the german puic wasery sympathetic with this young queen, and she was a very modern woman. at the time, she had a love marriage, so she chose her husband herself. >> and her husband, prince philip, had german roots, although this was played down to the german public -- the british public, as was the queen's own heritage, also descended from

german nobility. when she returned again in 1978, she found a more confident and modern west germany. relationships between the two countries had by that time normalized. her third visit in 1992 was to a reunified germany. the queen here crossing checkpoint charlie. the visit was seen as a positive gesture at a time when many britons were fearful of a reunifd germany. >> germans by and large are not monarchists but it's lovely to have a monarchy 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 the speech with an unusually clear political aspect in which she had knowledged victims on both sides of world war ii. >> to learn from history, to look beyond simplistic stereotypes, to realize how often we share the same outlook.

♪ >> for final visit to germany was in 2015. as always, the queen emphasized the ep connections between britain and germany. >> we can see a constant interest beten two countries, which have again become very friendly, with five decades of i think very stable and friendly relations between germany and the attic kingdom. >> queen elizabeth ii will be remembered as a friend of germany. >> dw chief political correspondent melinda crane sent us this from the british embassy in berlin. >> and what's normally a quiet and highly secured square in berlin, mourners are coming to

lay flowers and pay homage to queen elizabeth ii in front of the british embassy. between herself was here when the embassy was opened in 2000, 11 years after the berlin wall fell and germany was united, the first time a reigning monarch had inaugurated an embassy, a sign of her special ties to germany. she is often seen as a force of reconciliation between britain and germany, not only after world war ii, but also after german reunification. in 1992, just three years after the berlin wall had fallen, she traveled to dresden, a city that had been annihilated by british and american forces in the firebombing towards the end of world war ii. she met with a cool reception. there were protests and egg was thrown and yet that didn't deter her from becoming a major donor to the reconstruction of dresden's most important

landmark, the church of our lady, a magnificent church that had been entirely destroyed. it was her efforts, including a major benefit concert here in berlin, that helped fund the golden coup -- cupola the now adorns the church, made by the sons of one of the pilots who destroyed the church. nicole: queen elizabeth's impact also extended into the world of sports, where she engaged in decades of patronage and support in both the u.k. and further afield. remembrances and tributes have come in from all around the world. >> on formula one race weekends, italy's bonza is usually one of the loudest towns in the country, but on friday, an unusual still queen -- still

reigned instead of the usual roaring bedlam. the international olympic committee flew their flags at half mast at their headquarters in switzerland. ioc president thomas bach paid tribute to the monarch. >> with the passing of her majesty the queen elizabeth ii, we've lost a great supporter of sport and of the olympic movement. her majesty was the only head of state to declare open two editions of the olympic games and was already present at the olympic games in london in 1948. >> moments of silence were also held prior to europa league and other conference matches thursday night shortly after the news of elizabeth's death broke. countless athletes and sports

organizations, like the premier league here, have offered their condolences. the usually unstoppable financial and cultural juggernaut of british football will even be suspended in morning -- in mourning for the weekend, signifying their appreciation for queen elizabeth and her legacy. nicole: a reminder before we go of the top story we are following for you today. britain has entered a period of formal mourning britain's longest-reigning monarch, queen elizabeth. hundreds gathered in london for a memorial service marking her life and reign. her son, now king charles iii, echoed her dedication to lifelong service to her people. i will be with you after the break to take you through the day, but first, here's a look back at the life and reign of queen elizabeth. ♪

anchor: welcome back to continuing coverage of the death of queen elizabeth ii. coming up, charles iii delivers his inaugural address as monarch, saying he feels profound sorrow. mourners filled st. paul's cathedral tonight for the queen, including the new prime minister liz truss and members of her government. the queens face is on money, coins, and stamps across the

world. that is changing with charles on the throne. we will tell you what is being done to accomplish that colossal task. ♪ welcome back. thank you for being with us. we begin with the solemn and emotional address from charles iii in a speech in which he paid tribute to queen elizabeth ii and give lifelong service to the u.k. >> i speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow. reporter: it is a moment so many had been waiting for. the kings speech. at 6:00 p.m. local time friday, charles addressed the nation for the first time as monarch,

paying tribute to his mother and reaffirmed his commitment to serve the people. >> as the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, i too now solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time god grants me to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. reporter: the speech lasted over nine minutes. the king also pay tribute to his sons. >> with cathene beside him, our new prince and princess of wales will, i know, continue to inspire and lead our national conversations, helping to bring it to the center ground. i want also to express my love for harry and meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas. reporter: charles iii arrived

early friday, the day after his mother passed away. the king and queen consort were met at buckingham palace by huge crowds. after shaking hands, he entered the palace for the first time as king. he there met the prime minister. >> [indiscernible] >> absolutely. reporter: in memory of queen elizabeth ii, a service at st. paul's cathedral. at the end of the service, they sang. anchor: i am joined by our

reporter outside buckingham palace, also in washington with some reaction from the white house, and our international affairs editor joins me. this was a huge moment for the king. what do you make of his speech, and his tribute to his mother? reporter: what i made that it was i thought it was a carefully prepared speech. every word was a good reason. it was clear he solemnly renewed his pledge like his mother to serve the nation, so showing how he wants to really walk in her footsteps, if not fill her shoes. he has far less time than she had. i think talking about prince william becoming the prince of wales, prince william's wife

becoming the new princess of wales echoes of his mother, charles's former wife. diana will not fail to move people here in the u.k. and farther afield, including harry saying that he sends them love. harry's wife meghan markle, the fact they want to continue their life overseas, i think that is absolutely crucial that was said, acknowledging, recognizing, thanking the queen consort for the steadfastness and devotion she brings to their relationship, and how that will be absolutely crucial with him being charles iii. those were important signals to

give. those scenes we saw as he came for the first time as king charles iii to buckingham palace were deeply moving. the fact that he went for such a long walk, meeting people, spontaneous god save the king, people saying that he woman kissed his hand. one woman grabbed his face and put a kiss on his cheek. these are important things, him showing that he understands the people and wants to serve the people and understands his role and he, as in a recent documentary, acknowledging cannot continue to behave in the way he has. he does not have the time. he has a different role. those are different important signals. we heard for the first time tonight the first official rendition of god save the king in this memorial mass to his mother, so all of these very important symbols on the back of

very important attributes being paid by lawmakers in the house of commons today, and more will be paid tomorrow, amongst them, boris johnson speech, an extraordinary speech, and i think he called elizabeth elizabeth the great. very much emphasizing the great legacy that she leaves behind and that stability that prince charles, now king charles iii, once to embody in his reign in, as he said, the time god has granted him. anchor: you noted his comments expressing love for meghan and harry. did that take you by surprise? did you expect that? >> yes, something needed to be said very publicly about his youngest son, because

particularly since that infamous now interview on american television with oprah winfrey, where all kinds of accusations were launched at the royal family, not least one of racism, very serious accusations, saying they had been married before by the archbishop of canterbury, which was denied by the archbishop himself. all these things have done a lot of damage to harry's relationship with his father, obviously megan's relationship with the royal family, and these things, the hope will be that down the years thathey will be some healing, but he respects and shows that he respects their choices, and i think that is important, to not completely draw in line, but draw some line of all the gossip and the speculation and people speaking on behalf of macon and speaking on behalf of prince harry, that does damage to the institution

of the monarchy, and if there's one thing that came out again and again in the eloquent attributes of lawmakers in the house of commons today, and i am sure we will see that unity, nothing political about it, was the extraordinary role in approachability of the queen where she listened a lot and put people at ease, and that is something he has had a lifetime, king charles iii, of observing his mother. he will want to try and embody asany of those qualities he has seen. he is his mother's son and would do it his way, but he hopes his way is one that would be recognized and time of preserving, true service, true listening, and guiding the people, not the least of which, the weekly audiences heads of state had with the prime minister's. another first today, this newly appointed monarch, as soon as the queen died, he became the monarch in the meeting for the first time a new prime minister.

it was only on tuesday 48 hours before she died that liz truss was asked to form a government, and here she is her first audience with the monarch. all these first. this is part of the grieving process, part of moving on, part of mourning for the nation, commonwealth, and for people watching what is happening here in the united kingdom. anchor: thank you so much. we want to move on to u.s. president joe biden saying that he will attend renal elizabeth funeral in the u.k. and said she was an incredibly gracious and decent woman. for more, we are joined by our correspondent. we do not know the date of the funeral, but we know it will happen in the next two weeks, but president biden said he will be there. reporter: yes. up was the question yestday. he had said probably.

today during a trip in ohio, he confirmed that to those reporters traveling with him. they ask will you be at the funeral, and he said he did not have the details yet, but that he would be there, so the idea is of course that they are waiting. the white house is waiting for the u.k. to give the details, the date, the protocol, and that is the message from the white house, that they don't want to get ahead of the protocol for the queens funeral come up the presence of the u.s. president is confirmed. this is not a surprise. we were just waiting for the official confirmation. looking at the presidents reaction yesterday to her passing, it really, there wasn't any mystery that he wanted to be there. he had a long statement out and

talk fondly of the queen, their past meetings, whether when he was a senator or as a president, and he then made an unscheduled stop at the british embassy to sign a book ofondolences before going to a political event. he made sure to speak with the staff of the british embassy to talk about how he, the first lady, and the american people were mourning for the british people and he ordered all flags to be flown at half staff, so it was logical him to want to be there and be there at the numeral. the question now is -- at the funeral. the question is who will be accompanying the president. there is likely to be a delegation, according to sources at the white house. we do not know who they will be, but there is the possibility that some former presidents will

be joining him. all living presidents put out statements yesterday, including the last two, dona trump as well as barack obama, and there have been cases in the past that high-profile funerals where the u.s. president would go with a former president. that was the case when barack obama traveled for the memorial for nelson mandela and he actually went both with george bush as well as bill clinton. he actually flew on air force one with george w. bush. this is something that is a possibility may be with president biden, but that wl when we haveore details as to what will happen at the funeral, then the white house will be getting out more of those details. anchor: ok. slot. let's bring in our international affairs editor. charles has been preparing himself for this moment for his

entire life, and he had some pretty big shoes to fill. what kind of king do you think he will be? reporter: well, he will be really fulfilling the role of monarch rather than the prince of wales, and that is actually quite a big change of gear for two reasons. firstly, because the job itself is different. the kind of things that he has to do as king is not the same, particular when it comes to the constitutional role as it relates to parliament, giving royal assent, all of these kinds of things. he has filled in the bid. he gave the queens speech, essentially filling in for his mother when she was not well enough to do it this year, but it is not the same role constitutionally to be king as

to be prince of wales, that the nature of the job is different. it will be different for him because he decided a long time ago to make his mark as a prince of wales that would be very involved in certain issues and he has always been like access to education and employment for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, hence the prince's trust he has headed for a long time, the environmental activism which goes back to 1970, so he decided that he was going to make his mark that way, but of course those things are not really tenable anymore, as he admitted in this broadcast where he said he would no longer be able to lead those organizations effectively.

i forget the exact wording, but it, the gist of that was pretty obvious. anchor: thanks a lot. joining us now is a professor of political science and international relations. thank you for being with us. i guess the big question on this historic day is what is next for the monarchy? does it retain its influence a importance in the hearts and minds of the british people? it will this is a big change. we have been used to queen elizabeth ii for a long time and the strong adve that she gave to many states, but king charles iii has been waiting for this role for a long time, preparing for it, and i'm sure he will establish the same type of relationship with the people and

government ministers. anchor: we were just talking about the various causes the king was involved with prior to today. do you think he will step back from those causes, such as climate change, or will he ntinue to delve a little bit into the political realm? >> i think he will have to step back because the constitutional role of the monarch means you cannot publicly advocate particular policies in the way he has done in the past. i think he realizes that. he has made that clear in the marks that it is clearly now a differenjob for him. anchor: what kind of king do you think he will be? >> he will be a king who will try and follow the example set by his mother. he will try to reach out to people, to communicate with the people in the united kingdom, but also the commonwealth countries and holding the commonwealth together. i think that will be a tough task for him. anchor: the u.k. i facing some

pretty big challenges on the political front, economic front. the queen had a reassuring presence. do you think charles shares that same trait? >> i think he will have to develop it. i am sure he would do his best to develop his relationship with the prime minister. i think he will be able to do that over time. anchor: the u.k. has a new prime minister as well. what do you think the relationship will be like between the king and the new prime minister? >> they will have to get used to each other. they are both new to the job. they both have challenging jobs. the u.k. is facing major economic and political challenges. those will be very difficult to tackle, so they need a working relationship, as the queen has had with 15 prime ministers. anchor: there was a time when charles was not so popular with

the british public during the time of princess diana. decades have gone by in public opinion has changed. how do brits feel about charles now? >> i think public opinion has changed. he made a strong effort over the years to improve his public image. i think the queen consort has a very positive image. she is very much liked by the mass of people. these events in the past have moved into history. i think he has a good public image compared to what he had at one time in the past. anchor: ok. we want to thank you so much. thank you for your insight tonight. for more analysis on the future of the monarchy, we can bring in our business editor, brian quinn. the king is inheriting a large and complex fortune as well.

reporter: indeed, as the new sovereign, he has access to the queen's personal assets, estimated 430,000,000 pounds, joules, real estate. that is only a small part of the 20,000,000,000 pounds of royal holdings, however not all of it belongs to the royal family. more than half is included in the crown estate, at 16 point 5,000,000,000 pounds real estate portfolio that includes buckingham and kensington palace , and retail property in the iconic west in the district in london. it brought in 329 pounds in profit last year. they don't own the estate. in 1760, the monarchy surrendered it and in return received a solvent grant, and annual payout that is equal to one quarter of the estates profits. the family does own cornwall,

1,000,000,000 pounds of real estate brings in 25,000,000 pounds a year. it also owns lancaster just under 820 million, bringing 25 million in profit last year. this already belongs to prince charles in one of his many titles as duke of cornwall. it will pass to william, so it is a complicated fortune, and one that is vulnerable to economic forces. anchor: meanwhile, the queen's passing is having effects on the british economy and national economic policy. reporter: it is, indeed. no secret the british economy is in crisis. the death of the queen has brought a temporary timeout to the arguments over what to do next, as the nation pauses. for months, the country has had

labor action in a cost-of-living crisis. the so-called summer discontent strikes in multiple sectors. new strikes have been put on hold with unions representing workers for the royal mail and some real companies canceling plan walkouts. media companies have canceled the running of advertisement untisaturday morning, and perhaps beyond. commercial be billboards are suspending ads in order to run tributes. publishers have pulled all digital advertising, a blackout that will cost media firms millions of pounds in lost sales. policy level, the boe is pushing back on and interest on this -- decision on interest rates, last month, raising by the highest margin 27 years. it was expected to push that to 2.2 .5% this thursday. the final comment has been

pushed back to september 22. anchor: we often hear arguments about how much the british monarchy costs, and these concerns about the funeral are coming up. reporter: it is, indeed. that solvent grant that pays operating expenses is funded by the british taxpayer maybe 6 million pnds, just over 1.3 pounds per british subject per year. it's not astronomical, but it could be spent for the public good. the queen's funeral, the pump and security, it will mean significant costs for the state. the queen's recent platinum jubilee cost taxpayers at least 20 million pounds, while the bank holidays declared for that event and for the wedding of prince william and kate middleton are estimated to have because the u.k. economy more than one million pounds -- one billion pounds in lost productivity. the u.k. facing double-digit inflation, debt at 100% of gdp, near unanimous productions of a

looming recession, meanwhile the prime minister rolling out energy price cuts expected to cost 150 billion pounds, so any significant expense will raise some eyebrows. the royal family is believed to bring in significant economic advantages to the country. its value in terms of media coverage and things like that is estimated at up to 3 billion pounds per year. king charles iii as prince charles was sensitive to this perception of the royal family as a burden on taxpayers, even before his succession to the throne. he had made it a point to limit the number of senior rails and consolidate--rails and consolidate family finances. expect to see more on that as he consolidates his reign. anchor: thank you. a number of aspects of daily life in the u.k. will change

with charles on throne. it will take time for the name and image of queen elizabeth to fade from public life. joseph king has more. reporter: in june, queen elizabeth ii appeared on the balcony of buckingham palace the jubilee. the crowds chanted the national anthem, god save the queen. ♪ >> ♪ god save the queen ♪ [applause] reporter: from now on, the words will be god save the king. we will no longer talk of the queen's guard, but of the king's guard. the face of king charles iii will appear on britain's currency, 4.5 million banknotes in circulation with portraits of the queen, comprising a total value of 80 billion pounds. they will be replaced in less than two years. other countries in the commonwealth will have to change their currency, including new

zealand, canada, and australia and caribbean nations. everything showing the insignia of queen elizabeth ii will change, such as stamps and the 100,000 letterboxes, and also official buildings and uniforms of law enforcement. british passports in the name of the queen will also have to be updated. other items would change for the first time in 70 years, including mugs, plates, and souvenirs. thousands of products will show the head of the new monarch. anchor: it is known as operation london bridge. it is a meticulously prepared sequence of events to mark the passing of the british sovereign. here is a look and more on the protocol in the days ahead. ♪ reporter: prepared for decades, the protocol for queen elizabeth ii's is tightly cork wrapped and leaves nothing to chance.

thursday, operation unicorn was put into action, signifying the queen died at her scottish estate. charles traveled to london to meet prime minister liz truss and begin funeral preparations. he addressed the nation as operation spring tide went into effect, which oversees the process for charles ascension to the throne. in scotland, the queens coffin will be taken on a special train to edinburgh, then to st. charles cathedral, where mourners can pay respects. afterwards, the remains will begin their journey to london, anif it cannot travel by train, operation over study will go by airplane. once in london, the queens body will return to the throne room of buckingham palace on t sixth day, a public tribe will be held at westminster palace, where the

qun's remains were lie in state for several days, just like her father, george the sixth. the funeral be held on e 10th day at westminster abbey with 2000 guests and family members in attendance. there will be a moment of silence for two minutes across the nation, and big ben will ring pay when the funeral is over, the queen will be buried alongside her late husband philip at st. george's chapel. anchor: that was a report. if you just joining us, here is a reminder of the top story. king charles iii delivers his inaugural address as monarch, saying he feels profound sorrow for the death of his mother and vowed to continue her lifelong service. mourners filled st. paul's cathedral tonight, where some 2000 attended a remembrance for the queen. those included the new prime minister and members of her

government. and also coming up, queen elizabeth is not the only head of state of the u.k., but also the head of the commonwealth, which includes 21 countries. we will have

09/09/22 09/09/22 aptioning made posble by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> the death of her majesty the queen is a huge shock to the nation and the world. queen elizabeth ii was the rock of which modern britain was built. amy: queen elizabeth ii has died at the age of 96. 70 years after she took the throne.