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slowly and rightfully come to the prince charles philippe arthur george. we, therefore, the lords spiritual and temporal of this ram, members of the house of commons together with other members of the late majesties pretty council, the representatives of the realms of territories, the citizens of london and others, we hereby, with one voice's, with the consent of tongue and heart, publish and pro claim that prince charles phillip arthur george is now, by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful leach l'orange. charles the third. by the grace of god, the united kingdom, a northern island, all

the other realms and territories, he is king, head of the commonwealth defender of the faith. to whom we do acknowledge all of our face and obedience with humble affection. beseeching god, by whom kings and queens to rein, to bless his majesty with long and happy years to rain over us. given this at st. james's palace, it is the tenth day of our september, 2022. [noise] number two! [noise] >> load! number three! fire! [noise] >> number one!

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each other for. you are hearing gunshots fired every ten seconds to mark the proclamation of decaying. we saw them at the tower of london. you can also hear them from where we are standing at buckingham palace at hyde park. the trumpets have sounded. defend their has sounded. god save the king has been spoken. want to bring in john sopel, former north american editor for bbc news. john, talk to me about there's meticulous procession that we are beginning to watch. >> we are watching history unfold. no one has ever seen this before. the last time there was a succession council, it was not televised. before that, there was not television. that is how far back. you are watching something historic unfold. you have seen a guard to the king at arms, what a fantastic title, he made the proclamation from st. james palace on the

fiery court. you have seen the kings card, with their bare skin hats, and they are really heavy, they were chanting for the king. this is the formality of introducing the new came to the world. when this was originally conceived, there is no television or radio. this was about a visualization of the new monarchy, introducing that mnemonic to the world, the people, the subjects. we tend not to use the word subjects now. it is a way of saying that the uk has arrived. the gun salutes, the proclamations, that is all part of it. >> let us dwell on that for a moment. this is the first time in history that we are seeing this. it is the first time in history that we have been inside the throne room at st. james palace. we are able to witness the official naming of king charles the third.

usually it is a very select, very small group of people who get to witness that. now we all do. >> we all saw it. it was an astonishing sight to see our six former living prime ministers there to witness it. there are privy council meetings. they are conducted standing up. they are done so because you are normally doing it with the king or queen. to make business be transacted quickly, they think it will happen more quickly if everyone is forced to stand. at the end of a meeting of the normal privy council, which the king will connect from now on, you walk out the room backwards so you never turn your back on the king. for us to be watching this now, i saw and watched these old faces. they were slightly going, mostly man. these have been the people, the dominant figures in british

society for the past 40 years. here they were, all gathered in the throne room at st. james's power as a couple of hundred yards from where we are standing. >> you know where we are watching right now? >> those are the horse guards bringing the cannons into position. the gun salute has now been made. they are all being tethered and presumably taken back. they might be getting ready to fire another round. >> at some point in the next few minutes, we should be seeing prints, i'm sorry, king charles the third. >> we are all doing it. >> it is an adjustment. he will be leaving james palace, leaving the throne room. he will make his way down to buckingham palace. later on, we are going to see the second time he will address the people of the united kingdom. they have gathered even larger crowds than what we saw yesterday. in the past hour and a half

alone, thousands upon thousands of people have descended upon buckingham palace. they're lining the roads here. >> katie, i came in on the tube, the subway. i thought would be the quickest way to get into central london. every other person on the two, it was standing room only. it was like morning rush hour on a monday morning. every other person was carrying a bunch of flowers. they wanted to make their dedication to the dead sovereign, to the queen, and they wanted to welcome king charles. it was a really moving sight to see that many people in those circumstances. the last words of the national anthem, long terrain over us, god save the king. i don't think that king charles was the rain over us. the jurors we have seen over the past 24 hours, it is of a man who wants to live alongside us. not rain over us. i think that is a really subtle

shift in monarchy. the first thing he did when getting back from aberdeen was to go and meet the people. i think that has gone down very well with the british public. they might have a few questions. >> what has prompted him to want to live alongside the british people? what is prompting this change in face? >> i think that the king is aware of the history that has gone before, his own history. there are the question marks that might exist. he is conscious of the illegitimacy. he wants to legitimate him self in the eyes of the british people. for him to be seeing the british public, we are seeing it is absolutely vital. >> there have been so many people that have come out.

not just at the mall and at buckingham palace, but the streets of central london as well. they want to witness what we are seeing. the last time this was done, last time any of the stuff was done, it was 70 years ago. >> yes. there is no one. i was looking up all of the geek facts last night. there is no one alive who was at the last accession council. there is one member of the house of lords who was at a coronation. they were in the house of lords 70 years ago. he is now 95, 96 years old. i'm trying to find it. they might have some interview. we see the balcony being prepared at the palace. i think that is at the palace. anyways. >> not the powers. >> this is the lord mayor of london. this is where the lord mayor

will make his proclamation. >> the lord mayor will come out and call for three cheers for his king. i was just taking a look at all of the condolence cards, the flowers, everything that has been left on the council grounds. i was struck by one, it was a green, folded construction paper. it was a picture drawn by a small child. it said, dear charles, i'm sorry! dear charles, i'm sorry. i mean, this is such a complicated day for him. it is a day where he is mourning his mother, he is also becoming the king. >> the complexity of the emotions must be quite something. he has lost his mother. a lot of us will have memories triggered. i have had memories triggered

of losing my own mother in the past 48 hours. he has to lead the nation as well. he needs to be this public face at a time when most of us want to shrink into ourselves. >> yes. >> the other thing that has happened, and i am not a psychologist, i don't want to get into psychology, but there is something very powerful about people coming together. what we are seeing here is the british public, people from around the world are coming together. we see the acts of solidarity. they are sharing that sense of greece. i can hear pull of applause going up for the guy driving to keep the crowds at bay. >> it gives you a sense of the mood here. it is solemn, people are mourning, but it is also a day of celebration. >> there is a joyousness as well. it is not just a solemn unity.

there is a huge sense of grief. i saw pictures of king charles, people were thrilled. when i heard them singing god save the king, oh my god, i had something stuck in my eye. he realized how powerful this was. yes, england is a place in mourning. britain is a place in mourning today. there is also a sense of joy and anticipation over what comes next in the life of our royal family. whether you like them or not, they are part of our lives. >> everyone today loves the queen. they might not be a monarchist, but they like the queen. the question, will they like the king? will king charles enjoy the same popularity in public support as his mother did? for the crowds that we are seeing come out today, some of them are just mourning the loss of queen elizabeth, but many of them are wanting to see the new king. there has been a turn towards

him, at least in the moment. as you mentioned yesterday, he was walking through the crowd for the first time in front of buckingham palace after flying down from this khalid. just after losing his mother it, was the second day. he was kissed on the face by a local woman. she said, can i case you? he said yes. that moment, the closeness between the king in a regular person, i thought it was remarkable. >> remarkable. such a seismic change from 70 years ago. >> yes. >> it shows that british society, which can be quite stuck in its ways, it can be traditional and high bounded. >> conservative. >> conservative, yes. look at this ceremony, people with titles that we are just describing. this belongs to a different age. when charles married diana, we had a fairytale view of monarchy in britain and around the world. it was also perfect, she was so

beautiful. what we have seen is the reality that all families have to endure. life can be complicated, bad things happen. you have to adjust. i would suggest that if this moment had come 15, 16 years ago, if diana's death was fashion the memory, i think it would have been a very different and much more difficult occasion for king charles. i think the british public has readied it's south to the idea that he has got to be their monarch. they have readied itself to the idea that camilla will be the queen consort. i don't think we are through everything now. i don't think we are just saying happily into the sun lit up plans. so far, so good for the new king. >> watching him give his first

remarks to the country and the world yesterday, i was struck at the police, the confidence that he had. also, you could see the emotion behind it all. there was a moment towards the end where he says, to my mom, my dear money, you could see that here almost form in her life. he acknowledged a life of service. he says that it is his goal to give what remains of his life. he is specific to say what remains of, he wanted to serve that while. he wanted to emphasize the continuity. it was a human moment. i wonder how enduring that will be for the british public. >> i thought it was a beautifully crafted speech. i'm not going to stand here in this may comments because i want to be loyal. if it was a badly crafted speech, i would say so. i think he did really well. i think it mixed emotion with

solemn, with the constitutional importance of the moment. i think it was vital that the k, in that first statement, he get the tone right. boy, did he get it right? >> we are watching this long planned ceremony. they have been going through the plans for what would happen on this day since the 1960s. this day sincthey were meeting, tweaking things. the queen herself was a part of this preparation. she laid out how she would want to be remembered, how she would want the handoff of power to her son to look. notably, on the subject of camilla, she was clear about what she saw her role as queen consort. she showed the public that she is now somebody that should be accepted in the royal family. >> that was a hugely important

moment. it came very late in the queen's life, in the last year. the queen issued a statement saying that the queen believed that camilla should be the queen consort. that was her majesty putting her stamp on what the succession should look like. she did not want to leave it to public opinion, newspaper editorials, talking heads on television. she wanted it clear that this was her wish. it was her dying wish. camilla should be accepted and fully integrated into the royal family. she should become known as queen just as her mother was the queen mother all those years ago. >> let's put a pause on this conversation for a moment. we can reset for everybody out

there watching. we have been witnessing this formality. we are witnessing this moment in history for the first time. so few people have been able to see what we have seen here today. it is good to be with you. it is another day of mourning here in the united kingdom. it is also one of ascension. for the first time in seven decades, 70 years, the royal standard is flying over buckingham palace well a kings sits on the british throne at full stuff. leave it watching charles the third be announced as king. it has never been seen before. this ceremony has never been witnessed by the public, never put on live television. we just saw his official proclamation. it was during part one of the ceremony. that was before king charles was present. the essence finkle council, including prince william, queen

consort camilla, and other members of the platform party, they signed a proclamation that formally made charles the campaign. the new king a marriage to take his oath as king. he formally announce the passing of his mother, queen elizabeth. he paid tribute, once again, to her 70 years on the throne. >> my mother's rain was on equaled in its duration, its dedication, and its devotion. even as we grieve, we give thanks for this most faithful life. >> joining me now is landon is nbc news senior national correspondent, also a buckingham palace, also nbc's molly hunter, we can hear the ceremony behind us. it has been a remarkable morning. >> absolutely remarkable. what we have been watching is both tradition and change. what an incredible thing to see

the council on television for the first time. in that wide shot, katie, it was like a painting from the 19th century. wasn't it? it was like you could imagine a famous british prime minister. he was standing there and accepting the cause. that council is so rare that they did not take part. the last prime minister who took part in a council like that was winston shirttail. queen elizabeth came to the throne. you mentioned it now. what is fascinating today is to see it we've together the church and the military. there are the people and the royal crown. it is in these events and ceremony is. behind me, behind you, the crowds have filled the streets outside of buckingham palace. they're waiting and hoping for another glimpse of their new king. let me just share this with

you. how traditional this is, how far this goes back, another queen elizabeth. not queen elizabeth ii, queen elizabeth the first. this was back in the 16th century. she would ride in her carriage. she wrote in her carriage just after she became queen. the streets of london were full of people. she made an effort to try and meet with every single person. she accepted flowers. what you are seeing right now has been happening in this incredible city for hundreds of years. we have never seen it on television. there is the formal unconstitutional moment that we saw just the short time ago. wasn't it interesting to see william standing and watching his father become the king? he must have been wanting to take notes. we very much hope that came charles rains for a very long time. part of him will be thinking

about the fact that the next time this happens, this will be me. >> we wonder what he must be thinking. again, he is seeing this as well. what will be his fate? that is a funny way of putting it. what is his fate. who knows how long. what we are witnessing right here, according to the schedule, there is the officer with the pike men in musketeers. the proclamation guard will advance their pikes. you hear the five beats of the drum. three beats of the drum. you are seeing them advance right now in the city of london. the lord mayor, at some point soon, they will call for three cheers for his majesty, the king. let's bring in molly hunter. molly, what did you witnessed today? >> katie, it sounds extraordinary to be where you are at buckingham palace.

i am just across the river. i am in front of the house of parliament. we can hear those gunshots, we can hear the trumpets in the background. i want to pick on something that you would john were talking about. it is about being alongside marjorie written, being president. i was speaking, katie with a, bunch of young people yesterday around london. what would it take? what would team charles how to do to win their loyalty? how could he get them to really lined up behind him? you talk about people loving the queen. us 12 to people who are not necessarily die hard fans of the royal family or monarchy. they love the queen. tim charles, according to these young people, he has a couple of things going for him. one, he is present. yesterday, we saw him down on the ground greeting people. that was his first stop. people had their iphones in his face. you mentioned the kiss. queen elizabeth the second it off in venture -- did not often get that close to reason. the televised ceremonies this morning, a huge pull into

modernization. what the age of people told me, katie, they wanted to see a modern and slimmed down version of the monarchy. he could have scored some reassuring points with a modern and ivory is britain. the other thing, katie, he comes in with a serious tracker ever. the top of the record is climate change. if they can harness and galvanize those environmental issues, he has been speaking about the predicates. all people are hoping that his track record carries on. they hope it continues with king charles iii. died as an issue that resonates deeply where young people. that will keep him modern, keep him present. >> he will not be as outspoken. back with me is john's topol, former north american editor

for bbc news. we also have jonquil. she was the commander of the order of the british empire back in 2011. let's talk about what molly was just discussing. as she mentioned, young people care deeply about climate change. all the people do as well. keep him in touch with the younger generations. they are gonna hear from him. by conflicts with the traditional role as monarch. >> that is certainly true. he has made it clear that he will not be as interventionist as he was as the air. he knows that the role of monarch is different from being the prince of wills. >> he has been criticized over the years for speaking out on things like climate change and

sustainable agriculture, things like deforestation. what this proves to us is that he was ahead of his time. people can look back and say that this is actually a monarch or is both a thing that we care about. >> there is a more vocal monarchy with this agenda. they will be welcomed by younger generations. as we also discussed, the power of the monarchy lies and something more subtle. it lies in private conversations with prime ministers. it lies in that soft power influence with leaders around the world. with the people he meets. i think that he needs to do these things of stage. prince william, of the prince of wales, he is going to be increasingly important.

i think that when it moves to these trusted hands, one pair of hands that he was talking about was the now prince of wales. i think that william cares deeply about these things. perhaps the king can now be in on these particular issues. >> what are we watching right now? >> what we are watching right now is the proclamation of the royal exchange. traditionally, this is st. james's palace. sometimes it is also trafalgar square. the city of weren't the -- it is crucial the king is proclaimed there. he will be a proclaimed in many other cities. we are seeing the guards gather

before the mayor himself makes a proclamation of king charles iii. >> again, we should see that in a few minutes, shauna, i know you wanted to jump in. >> yes. it is just the pike men. look at the uniforms, the costumes. they just speak of a different age an era. >> on the streets of the city of london, the financial sector of the united kingdom and europe, normally this part of london's dad. >> completely dead. >> you would not see anyone there. look at it right now. this is about the proclamation, the visualization of the new king. everybody knows the nuking. >> when they say order of the pike mean, i heard that correctly. they essentially stopped. suzannah, what does that

signify? >> so many of the details are archaic. what we have here is this sense of ceremony. there are these layers of meaning to it. we do have people appearing in 17th century clothing. it is astonishing. what we are watching is something so historic. also, as john has said, we are speaking from an age in which we only knew these things. we are allowed to watch this on television, but word spread by mail from the 17th century. what we are seeing here is a reenactment of a historic right. it is creating charles as king in peoples minds. he became king the moment that his mother passed. >> put it simply, it is a

rubber stamp. it is a rubber stamp with a lot of extra ceremony. allowing the public to adjust with the reality. the queen is dead, god save the king. the second is he close her eyes, she closed her eyes. king charles was carrying. -- i know we are talking to mostly an american audience right now. when we look at these costumes, look at these state ceremonies. it is almost, in some moments, it is something that you would see out of a movie. shakespeare and law. that is not something you would necessarily believe that you would see in 2022. >> katie, as you rightly say, you are pointing out to the american audience. this is our version of an

inauguration. >> a little bit more complicated than the inauguration. >> more complicated. there is a lot more history. there is a rootedness to the physical country that you don't feel in the united states. there is so much history here. we don't come with all of the baggage of world history. >> so what symbolism it -- what you are seeing here, if it is the ultimate american audience, it is also a british audience as well. we have not seen it stop before. we have seen possessions, we have seen a state opening of parliament and the like. we have seen one state visits

happen. we have seen the visits of the capitol before. this is 70 years ago. it's the last time that we had proclamations like this. king charles's got it absolutely right. open the doors, open the windows, let the public gain so that they can witness had much of this. like if you look a part of this. >> technology has changed a whole lot. we can witnesses in a way that we would not be able to ask him what happened. john, you are with us as well. i do want to get this from you directly, you have been a part of these ceremonies. ceremonies not quite this elaborate. you appointed of commander of order of the british empire. what was it like? >> thank you. it is a pleasure to join you. to see this pass injury on

display, the purpose of this -- [inaudible] there are other members of the royal family and the church of england. they are all part of the council that asean alleging the transition of leadership. the pageantry, historically, if we are in a pre-television age, it was to bring out the people into the streets to be a part of that transition. they want to acknowledge transition. >> i was fortunate to receive this honor from the queen. i was one of 150 people to receive the honor at buckingham palace in 2011.

even that ceremony, as small as it was compared to this, it was perfectly choreographed with the queen being well briefed on who i was. she asked a couple of stupid questions. she listed attentively to my answers. there was a gentleman behind her, he took down a couple of notes about the comments that every person received an honor that day. the meticulous-ness with the royal family and they royal household, it is well-established. it is unlike any family business. there is tremendous development and nursing of success. that is why i am so confident that king charles will be a terrific king.

at the same time that it has been -- the duchess of cambridge is alongside him. that will be extremely important when ensuring that the royal family is able to continue to reach younger generations. it is worth noting that a lot of the initiatives that king charles put in place during his period as prince of wales. it is well-established with organizations. it has many supporters. all of those advocacy's could continue. he himself will not be able to publicly articulate political opinion. that has been noted already. >> well established. everybody knows what they are. a minor historical correction for me. your title, you are appointed that title, it goes back to

king george the fifth. that is queen elizabeth's grandfather. king charles, when he was the prince, it was reported that he wanted to slim down the monarchy. not in terms of the number of royals that appear at events. are these ceremonial points that are given, what are your thoughts on that? >> there is a sentiment among a significant portion of the british people. there are too many, if i may use this term, hangers on. >> they need to be put to work. -- they need to work. that is the spirit in which came charles is approaching this particular issue. there is absolutely no one who

can question -- there is the work of prince william and the duchess of cambridge, that has been very well established. also, we don't often mention these occasions there are prince edward and princess and. these are dedicated folks who are doing a fantastic job on behalf of not just the monarchy, but on behalf of the many charities which their patrons of. i do believe there is no appetite for taxpayer -- >> i think that john makes a very important point there. i think that charles and williams, they have been at the

forefront of that. i thought it was a remarkable picture. we saw that in the same range rover indeed bulk. there has been a brutal power battle that has been taking place within the royal family. who is on the inside? who is on the outside? prince andrew had the allegations following the news night interview that he gave. it was seen as catastrophic. he has been cost into darkness by prince william and looking. what happens with prince andrew? what happens with prince harry? there was an olive branch offered to him. >> we will see andrew in any of these ceremonies other than the funeral? >> he will be walking behind the coffin of his mother at the funeral. i cannot believe it would be any other outcome.

will we be seeing him playing a frontline role in the royal family when there are still someone answered questions? there is this ottoman the took place in a new york court. i think it is hard to imagine that the king will have destructions like that. it is still to be determined. in all the branch has been offered. it remains to be seen if it has been accepted. meghan markle pulled out of the interviews that she was doing in the coming weeks. we will see what happens on that longer term. >> we don't know what happened behind closed doors. i will note that prince harry got to balmoral on. it has to be such a hard moment for he and his brother

personally. they learned of the death of their mother's. they had to go to balmoral for the death of their grandmother. they're gonna be taking part. even larger scale now. public mourning ceremonies. they're gonna be visible behind the casket. what i imagine it will look like, and imagine what it looked like for diana. >> those boys were so close. they were inseparable. they did everything together. there was this incredible bond. it was probably made all the tighter because of what happened rather mother, a loss that they went through together. there is the shocking news that must have come three when she died in the tunnel in pairs all those years ago. i think that there has clearly been a major schism. the dimensions of which, the

public is not fully understand. it is a private matter. their lives have played out in public. what happens there, the winds will play a role on whether there is a reconciliation or not. it is whether meghan markle in particular would like there to be a resolution of next as well. i think that you would have to say that for the baby steps that have been taken, and they look very tentative in uncertain. as you correctly point out, prince harry was a loss to arrive. he was the first to leave. he left alone. >> susana, you have been nodding along. >> yeah this. i absolutely think that this is right. the brothers were very close and their lives have gone in completely different directions. prince william is at the forefront of our evasion. he is in the room for the

council. i imagine that must have been very hard for him. he was mourning his grandmother. he was seeing his future and confronted with his own mortality. that is the moment when his father will pass the crown to him. >> he is holding that burden, it is getting ever heavier now that he is the prince of wales. heavier now >> prince harry has taken a very different path. it feels like the dividers between the brothers, i think it was very noticeable that the king chose to name harry and meghan in his address yesterday. it is clear that their lives are established elsewhere. from what was sent, he was giving his blessing to that. he was also acknowledging that they are not going to be part of that sensual royal family

anymore. as you said earlier, we have known that charles wanted to modernize and streamline the royal family for a long time. it is possible that other members of the royal family may news their hrh. they could be symbolically distance from the core royal family. i think that this was already happening last few months. we saw it with a curated group of people who were on the balcony at the end of the jubilees all abrasions. i think we are gonna see that more and more in the coming years. there is going to be a deliberate attempt to make sure that we look forward to the future of the monarchy. . want to pick up on this idea about the support of the people. while we are seeing this ceremony, we are seeing all of this fanfare and pageantry.

the royal family, in the end, the rest on public consent. in some ways, what we are seeing here is garnering that public consent. we are helping people through this phase. we have seen the queen tying. we are making a new campaign. also bringing people alongside. perhaps, in some ways, when the king was speaking about his love for both of his sons, there was an element of that as well. making sure that he keeps the public on his side. that makes it sound more calculating. i think there is something about making sure that we know that love is present there as well. >> talking about the need to garner the support of the british public, here the leader of the opposition party. he was talking in the house of commons on friday during his speech and tribute to the queen. he called her this country

still list point. she has been around a matter what has changed. the queen was there. the world rapidly modernized. we went through wars. there's another one happening right now. the queen was there. >> in the queens obituary in the london times, they described her as the woman who saved the monarchy in this country, save the monarchy. that makes you wonder if it needs saving still. >> i think absolutely. the fact that we have the queen that we have, the moment that we have jury the years when britain's power is declining, there is a period of decolonization. it was crucial. it was the queen who shaped that role. maybe it would have gone very differently if we had a monarch, if we had a more bullish monitoring that time. what she did is find a way of

continuing to make the monitor key seem relevant. that connection, that threat between the public and their consent to having a monarch, it was absolutely crucial. that is the thing on which it all rests. the queen herself, with her character and personality, i think she has saved the monarchy. she made sure that we monarchies across europe were not continuing to have that important. the beard issue royal family history to the center. we are seeing another shift. we are seeing a shift to a king who is more open, who is somewhat less reserved, who is a moving. they are also maintaining that magnificent. it is an important shift. the streamline would also be the important to have to continue to make sure that the british royal family has relevance. if it is not relevant there is

no point in it. >> the queen was also a great diplomat. let's pause for these trump it's. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [noise] >> that was the

fanfare. it was sounded after the clarence king of arms. accompanied by the heralds and the perseverance of the college of arms. this is them walking from the mansion house to the royal exchange. i said the, right? i think that i have clarence. >> it looks french. that is the queen of arms. accompanied by the herald and pursue events. that is the following. >> if you are in one of the red boxes, the black taxes, you

don't see people dressed like that walking around. this is just once. >> if you are taking a tour of the tower of one, and you will see people like this. >> this is once of a lifetime. it is all part of the ceremony. it is part of the proclamation of the case. it is about his legitimacy before the british people. they can see. the tradition dates back hundreds of years to the pre-digital age. the costumes belong to a pre-digital age. >> suzanne, i want to begin with you. do you know what our storm is? there is the gold scepter that is being carried. >> yeah. these are symbols of royalty. the justice and scepter is a symbol of royalty. i also wanted to talk about the clothing that you have seen. you are seeing the heralds wearing this. it is covered with the will coat of arms.

for those who can decide decipher it, it is a language. it is a way of conveying meaning the people who could not read. this is harking back to a different time. you see those three lines. probably more some familiar. if three lions are technically walking. they are passing in front of the view. as it were -- curling over the bar. you can just about see ed. that is in order to convey to anyone looking that what we see here at the arms of england. we also see the arms of scotland. this is to convey the sense that these people are representing the college of arms. they're representing the country and speaking for the

country to proclaim the king. this is amazing historical detail that we see. it makes clear that even in this modern age that this is a monarchy that is founded in ancient traditions. >> i appreciate that you call them soccer uniforms. speaking to an american uniform audience. they should be called football uniforms. we should now be seeing, and that appears we are on schedule, it is the king of arms accompanied by the lord mayor of the city of london. they are taking their position on the steps of the royal exchange. i do believe a that we will hear the lord mayor of the city of london speak. the costumes and feathered hats, it is theater. it is ceremony. it is certainly giving us a

show. it is not just the british public, but for the whole world. >> it is history. it is symbolism. just as we were hearing, it is a line that goes back to the gray coats of arms. it goes to the different families of great britain. it is from the days of aristocracy and nobility. here we are in the city of london. you have different houses. you know, there is the warship house. the different trades are representative. the city of london has this self governing area. again, it is steeped in history. there is a mayor of london. >> there is the player of the city of london, the lord mayor. he is not elected by the people. they are from the different houses that make up the city

from different trades. they will select to the lord mayor of london's. the lord mayor of london it is largely a ceremonial role. it is a diplomat for the importance of that bit of london, the city. it is about a mile and a half east of where we are standing right now. >> i am struck by how much dead space there is, how much silence there is in this ceremony. they are all sticking to timing. there is a lot of stillness here. there is marching in trump's. there is also a whole lot of waiting. >> yes. the level of patients that you need to get through some of these occasions can be taxing. [inaudible]

i think that i have said this several times. the importance of balancing tradition with programs, king charles iii did is in his address. he included a reference on behalf of his mother. he discussed her love of tradition and embrace of progress. the principal challenge going forward in this circumstance is to get the balance right. it is not to go to headlong around the root of embracing the british people in a very informal fashion. rather, to get the balance right on the one hand. you want to respect these traditions. they are unique. they enable the british monarchy to represent the gold standard of monarchy is around the world. at the same time, continuously improving the response to new generations demands.

silence. where as it has pleased almighty god to court his mercy, our late sovereign lady queen elizabeth the second of blessed and glorious memory by who's deceased the crown of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, is solely and rightfully come to the prince charles philippe arthur