>> this is "al jazeera" and these are the top stories. britain's new monarch king charles iii praised his mother for her unswerving devotion. he met with well-wishers at buckingham palace. >> queen elizabeth's was a life well lived. she is mourned most deeply in her passing.

that promise of lifelong service i renew to all today. alongside the personal grief all my family are feeling, we also share in all the countries where the queen held state, in the commonwealth and across the world, a deep sense of gratitude for the more than 70 years in which my mother as queen served the people of so many nations. >> across the u.k., cannons fired 96 shots, marking each year of the queen's life. [cannons and bells] >> bells also tolled in cathedrals and town charges -- churches. people in britain are observing

10 days of national mourning for their longest serving natural monarch. and a meeting with liz truss for the first time. conversation was captured by tv cameras. >> a moment i have been dreading. >> the king describes the death of his mother queen elizabeth as the moment he had been dreading. the meeting took place ahead of his televised address. those are the headlines. the news continues on "al jazeera" after "inside story," coming up next. ♪ >> she was a symbol of

continuity in the u.k. for seven decades, but after queen elizabeth ii's death, what does the future hold for the monarchy? next, on "inside story." ♪ >> hello and welcome to the program. tributes have been pouring in for britain's queen elizabeth ii, who died at the age of 96. praised for her compassion and warmth and described as a role model and inspiration to millions. buckingham palace said she died peacefully thursday afternoon at her scottish estate, balmoral. now, king charles iii.

throughout everything, she remained a constant. >> her reign saw years of dramatic change, a technological and social revolution that altered the landscape of the nation. could the queen maintain the same habits in a country living through times of turmoil and conflict? %-pe age as the first queen elizabeth and was only 18 at the end of the first world war, where she served as an ambulance driver. only eight years later she was being crowned. >> on almost every level, culturally, in terms of technological innovation, society, every massive change in the late 20th century, she has been through. ranging from the fall of the berlin wall in europe, end of

apartheid in africa. in england, the first female prime minister, the first black president in america. also, the development of the world wide web, which had a huge impact on society. >> the queen announced technology, fully behind launching the website for the british monarchy. in recent years we saw her get behind a facebook page for the monarchy in 2010 and all these things were sent right to the top. she oversaw all those developments in technology. >> as head of state she was all too aware of a new kind of national threat. >> we in the u.k. have been dealing with terrorism for a long time, particularly after the second world war.

a new wave of terrorism, islamic terrorism, had hit london. she observed a two minute silence. she was defiance, you can bomb us, but we will not falter. >> as britain became a more multicultural society, more accepting of divorce, the queen's family adopted when prince harry married meghan markle, a biracial american actress who had been married before. differences began to emerge and the couple made allegations of racism against members of the royal household. >> how you and meghan started off with of the best of intentions, we will take the royal family to the 21st century, but how do you change a medieval western european system overnight? it is very difficult to do that.

reporter: the queen said the couple was saddened to step away from the royal family and moved to the united states. when she came to the throne, the queen made a promise to the nation. >> i shall be devoted to your service and to our great imperial family to which we all belong. reporter: it was a pledge many said she managed to fulfill, remaining a constant in an ever-changing world. >> we will bring in our guest in a moment. let's take a closer look at the british monarchy. it is known as a constitutional monarchy, meaning the sovereign is head of state, but does not rule. that is done by the government and the monarch must work in conjunction with parliament, so it is a symbolic role. they are head of state for 14

commonwealth countries like australia, jamaica, new zealand. the monarchy is supported by members of the royal family. let's bring in our guest, a writer, editor and author. she joins us from london. and, a royal writer and former photographer joins us from oxford. and, a london based political consultant and commentator and advisor from london. long live the queen or rather, long live the king, the queen is dead. we keep hearing of the legacy of this woman. i want to bring in lloyd in oxford. you spent a lot of time with the queen, took a number of pictures of her, went on key visits with

her. we heard she was the up enemy -- she was the epitome of duty. >> she was trained by her parents. her father came to the throne unexpectedly when in 1936. he was landed as king with no experience and did not want that to happen to his daughter. even though at only 25, she was trained by the king. she saw documents from the time of the second world war and has her own box of government papers from the foreign office so she could get used to being the queen. i think when she started i interviewed later on a private secretary of the queen. he said in the early days she

would say, what would my father have done? she was keen to continue the legacy and was very disciplined, good at the executive side of the job, reading the documents, assiduously training herself on the job from when she became queen in 1952. >> the idea that she had this sense of duty, but over seven decades the world completely changed and she was there, guiding britain almost through many of those changes. was she aware of the seismic shifts that were going on? or was she kind of insulated? >> i think she was very aware of that. she took her role as mother of the country very seriously. she read a certain amount of the correspondence that was sent to

her by ordinary men and women. she would say, the buck stops here. people quite often had failed to get something, whether it was an operation or something, and did not know who to turn to, so they wrote to the queen. she was experienced and tried to find out what people wanted. the other thing she did, every day she read all the newspapers. she was aware of what was happening, the mood in the country. the only time she got it wrong was during the week diana died. i do not think she could quite get used to that sudden change that came about when the princess of wales was killed in 1997. >> what we are hearing from ian is that she had a sense of duty,

a woman that presided over seven decades of seismic shifts and was aware of them, but i don't know if that is really the case. the royal household is incredibly white. it did not employ a person of color until very recently. it seemed to be out of touch with what was going on in her own country. what do you think? >> i would slightly disagree with that. i believe queen elizabeth ii was in touch or had insight into all of her subjects. there have always been people of color in the royal household for hundreds of years in one capacity or other. we know about queen victoria, george iii. he had a black wife or partially

black, of african descent. she also raised her children in the same way. they were always in touch with members from the black community whether they be from england or throughout the commonwealth. >> joy makes an interesting point. there have been people from various walks of life. queen victoria was mentioned. but she was the empress of india. she brought over an indian person to help understand the country she was ruling. that was a legacy of colonialism, not multicultural britain, when it came to queen elizabeth ii. >> i again would politely disagree in some respects. it is the seven decades of rule that you mentioned.

an extraordinary period. she oversaw fascism, communism, and took us into the tech age. as a monarch who started her reign as sovereign of 70 countries to today, she managed britain's shifting role in the world with aplomb. the royal family has done well with people of color in communities. >> it is an extraordinary legacy. especially when you consider the seven decades she has been in this job. we also have to consider in britain the impacts of this, the judiciary, the legal system, all on her majesty's service. that suddenly changes to "his

majesty." does that make a difference? >> it will take some getting used to. the lawyers of the queen's cou ncil are now the king's council. there will also be a change the bank notes and coins. you have to be 80 years old now to remember when we sang "god save the king." it will take some getting used to. all during my life and people older than me, everything has been in the presence of the queen and the duke of edinburgh. it will take a lot of adjustment. it happened when the queen became queen. it will happen again, but we are just not used to it. 70 years is an amazing amount of time. >> when queen elizabeth ii came

into the role, there was not the internet, this 24 hours scrutiny on the royal family. we now have seen the effect of that 24 hours of scrutiny. we have seen everything blow, any controversy, into something huge where people talk about it on talk shows. the royal family is more public now than it ever was. do you think king charles is capable of dealing with that? >> i do, actually. for the last couple of decades he has been well prepared and has shown a great interest, particularly in london. it is evident, the diversity of the country. he has involved himself in schemes that have uplifted many

people from ethnic minorities and given them opportunities, whether through a trust or any other he has done. i am looking forward to see what other changes he will make to the establishment. >> do you agree with that? it seems a quite optimistic assessment. >> it is optimistic, but we are missing the role the monarchy has externally. we are seeing that in the attributes. you saw the tribute from vladimir putin. very remarkable, saying the u.k. has a difficult relationship with europe. the tributes from macron were remarkable as well. the queen's, certain

relationships and rapport will be lost with the passing of the queen. however, king charles is representing an institution and will benefit from some of that institutional memory on the diplomatic stage. >> king charles iii, when he was prince charles, he took an active look at what the royal family meant. down to the minute sure of how many members of the royal household should there be, he was looking at what the monarchy meant in the 21st century. now he has a chance to change the monarchy. will he change it? >> i think in certain ways, definitely. an obvious one is the number of people who are members of the royal family. if you ask people in the street what they do not like about the monarchy, often it is what they

call the hangers on, the distant relatives, cousins and so on. i think he will streamline the monarchy so we get rid of prince andrew -- well, he is already gone. the focus will be on the immediate line of succession with certain exceptions. the princess royal does a fantastic job and would be part of the firm. edward and sophie as well. a great number of royals would be reduced. he will think about things like the palaces. it is too early to say what will happen, but there were rumors he might make windsor castle his seat of government and buckingham palace would be permanently open to the public, or it could be the other way around. it will be quite a lot of changes. i think he is more open to changes because the queen was a great traditionalist and of the

opinion -- she did not want to change that much. it could be an interesting time for the monarchy in terms of adapting to the future. >> is adapting enough, or does it need radical change? >> i think the adaptation began quite some time ago. it has been slow, but evolving over the years. we have seen that. there was no option when princess diana died than to make radical changes and they made a complete turn around. in respect to what happened, king charles has two black grandchildren. this has been happening slowly, but suddenly.

it is going in the right direction. we cannot expect changes overnight. these times are difficult because the former colonies no longer want the british monarchy to be at the head, but at the same time, want to maintain a good relationship with them. these people from all these countries loved queen elizabeth. >> let's talk about the commonwealth. it is one thing i will associate with queen elizabeth ii. she seemed bought into the idea of the commonwealth, somebody who kept the idea going. the commonwealth is a legacy of colonialism, of britain taking

and stealing a lot of country's wealth and calling it commonwealth. beyond that, is the commonwealth still something that king charles will take on? it seems that it was very much his mother's project. >> in some respects, yes. she was the monarch that saw the shrinking of british territories. when she became queen she was the queen of 70 plus countries. it remains the second largest international organization in the world. it has the ability to do a lot more. we saw prince charles take a more active role. there is scope for britain's role in the world to be increased. in recent memory the queen was on postage stamps in qatar, the uae. i think the commonwealth missed a step in ensuring the areas

that britain had influence is not extended further. the monarchy is able to retain britain's relationship and expand upon it elsewhere. the queen oversaw the period of a special relationship with the u.s. and in recent years the relationship with morocco has undergone a renaissance. they have had a relationship for 800 years and the depth is because of this inter-dynastic relationship. the monarchy can do more upon the progress of recent decades. >> britain is off to a head start because of the commonwealth. you went to several of those countries with the queen and took pictures with her and witnessed the warm welcome and politics. now we are witnessing countries wanting to get rid of the monarchy as head of state, but

still wanting to maintain a warm relationship. is there an opportunity for king charles to do that? >> yes, although to a certain extent he is limited because of his age. i suppose the queen was 25 and put in the legwork in the early years of her reign. the first tour of australia, new zealand, jamaica, pacific islands, was almost six months, because it had to be by sea in those days. prince charles will not be able to have that intense amount of time in the countries. a lot of it will devolve to william and catherine, i suppose. a lot of countries will use this opportunity to replace the king

as head of state. it is going to happen fairly soon. he and william will use the commonwealth for their own initiatives, like the environment. rather than just being a political organization, it will be a useful body of people. >> sorry, we are running out of time. joy, we are talking about the commonwealth. you mentioned the idea a lot of countries may replace the king. is that a good thing for the commonwealth? >> today, the commonwealth, the

original term can be used for a different manifestation. so many of these countries have issues with the fact they feel england in the past has taken their wealth and resources. today we can turn that around to everybody's advantage because there is a lot of negotiation that has already started and needs to go on not just in terms of reparations, but making good on things that happened in the past that have been negative towards some of these countries. it could be a good thing to have that dialogue and body of people coming together so it can be something that is profitable for both sides, for all involved, not just one person or the head

of the commonwealth. >> i want to thank all of our guests. and i want to thank you for watching. you can see the program again by visiting our website or facebook page. you can also join the conversation on twitter. from me and the whole team, good night. 73ú3ú+ú+ú+ú+ú

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