it is 4:00 in london on this day. we are steeped in history and tradition. great britain officially proclaimed its new monarch in a ceremony never before witnessed by the public. this day of procedure and political, it heralds a new area. it is a form of recognition for

king charles iii. country prepares for its final farewell to the queen. a very good day to all of you. welcome to our special coverage remembering the queen. we are ushering in king charles iii. it is msnbc will headquarters new york. >> i'm in london. we are getting a close-up view of history unfolding. right now, the british parliament is meeting in a rare saturday session where elected officials are being paid tribute to queen elizabeth ii. the began with members of parliament's swearing allegiance to the newly proclaimed king charles the third. on a day of conflicting emotions for it, they are warning the death of the green. they are also honoring and celebrating charles ascension to the throne. the royal standard is at full staff today. king charles was formally proclaimed by the council early this morning. official signatures from his son william, wife camilla, and

other government officials. there was a 21 gun salute. >> fire! [noise] >> number two! fire! [noise] >> the ceremony is broadcasted on television for the first time in history. >> prince charles phillip arthur george is now, by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightfully explored, charles the third. by the grace of god, by the grace of united kingdom, of great britain and northern ireland, and of his other realms and territories, king,

head of the commonwealth. >> god save the king. >> god save the king! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> three chairs for his majesty, the king. hip! hip! hooray! hip! hip! hooray! hip! hip! hooray! [applause] >> king charles the third is now back at buckingham

palace for a series of official meetings. princess edward, princess and, they were seen guarding well-wishers at balmoral this morning on their way to a private ceremony. i want to bring in nbc news international correspondent. today was remarkable when. this has not happen in 70 years. the british public was witnessing so much more than they had ever seen before. it is by nature the technology is now available to us today. we are witnessing these events live. they are being broadcasted around the world. one event in particular, charles ascension ceremony, the official proclamation in the throne room at st. james's palace. nobody had ever seen that before except for a small group of counselors. >> that is so right. there is so much to take in today, isn't there? just behind us right now, the people are spilling out onto the streets of london. they have done this for hundreds of years. the crown the corner from us,

the cameras inside the hallowed hall of st. james's palace as we witnessed this live on television. nessed>> it was that moment wheg charles ascended to the kingdom officially. it was something to see. what we really saw today was the weaving together of the british constitution. royalty, military, religion. the people outside. there was that political scene with lawmakers, senior lawmakers. they were there. they were watching as the king agreed to be the monarch. here is an interesting aspect of this, britain has an unwritten constitution. the aching, king charles, he could have said no to any of the pledges that he was asked to make. he doesn't. that is how the unwritten constitution keeps working. take a listen.

>> i shall strive to follow the inspiring example. they are upholding constitutional government. they seek the peace, harmony, and prosperity of the people of these islands. and of the commonwealth realms and territories throughout the world. in this purpose, i know that i shall be upheld by the affection and loyalty of the peoples whose sovereign i have been called upon to be. in the discharge of these duties, i will be guided by the council of our elected powers. >> what we saw today was tradition and change. the scene looked like something from the 19th century. it is a scene that has played

out as kings and queens have ascended to the monarchy. they're over the 19th century and before. for the first time, those cameras in there are televising it live. they're listening to the king with those very personal words about his mom, his wife. that was not the finality that you might expect in a scene like that. it just sums up what king charles knows for sure. he had a long, long preparation for the. you have to manage continuity and change. it is the ability to gently shift. people never need to feel like you are behind the times, but never get ahead of yourself. >> there is all of that pageantry. you can chase it back to the 17th century. joining us now is andrew roberts. i andrew, i was struck this

morning watching the council and king charles becoming formally king. looking at prince william behind him come, he knows that is waiting for him someday. >> yes. he is going to be making it. he could be making those promises about defending the scottish church and so on. it is his destiny i. king charles's mother live tonight -- it could be awhile before we see any of these scenes again. >> we waited for this scene today. king charles mentioned that in his speech yesterday, it might have been this morning. he said that what remains of his life, he acknowledges that

he is now the oldest monarch to take the throne. i want to look at king charles fairly drives to the nation. let's listen. >> as the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, right now solemnly pledged myself throughout the remaining time they god currents me to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of the nation. to my darling mother, as you begin your last great journey to join my late father, i want to say this, thank you. >> the remaining time that i have, he says, i noticed at the end of that speech, as he was talking about his mother, there

was a hint of a tear forming in his eyes. that is the emotion that we don't normally see coming from a monarch. we didn't see it coming from queen elizabeth. what does that signal to you? >> there was only one occasion that we saw the queen crime public. it was the decommissioning of the hms britannica. it was quite something to have. you saw that moment from queen charles. that is part of the job of being a royal. you can't always wear your heart on your sleeve. that is not considered to be the british way. it is certainly not considered to be the royal way. it has changed a bit with lady diana. it has gone back. slightly more human aspect. it is certainly --

>> andrew, it is alex here in new york, we would like to play another part of king charles's speech. he acknowledges other members of his family. let's listen together to that. >> with catherine beside him, our new prince and princess of whales will, i know, continue to inspire and lead our national conversations. they will help bring the marginal to central ground where vital help can be given. i want to express my love for harry and meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas. >> andrew, there we go. kate and william are now being prince and princess of whales. what does that mean? there is also the note that he gave to his second son harry and wife meghan.

other more changes to the royal family sense when they left great britain to build a hole in the united states? >> that was certainly an olive branch, wasn't it? it was a clear attempt to man those bridges. a lot of things have been said on both sides. both sides would love to use this opportunity, this unique opportunity to make up. with regards to kate and william, naming him the prince and princess of whales was a clever move. what he did was make them into the precise position that he had before he came came. what he was talking about with regard to the national conversation is a reference to what he hopes william will do at the prince of wales, it is much the same.

bring up issues that you cannot talk about when you are carrying, you have to be keeping partisan. you can do that it prince of wales-hyder. , elect goes back very early. >> do you think it was equally wherever to use your -- camilla, princess of wales, she had a right to that title when she married the prince of wales back in 2005. it was a mere eight years after the death of princess diana. given the emotion and the tenor that really still was ricocheting around the world, was it wise not to give her that title? she then created the duchess of cornwall. >> in your choice backed, it was very wise. what you need for the princess of whales after the light and death of princess diana, you need somebody who is of the next generation. preferably somebody who is tremendously popular in the way that princess diana was.

you have that with kate. she is one of the most popular members of the royal family. she did not put her foot wrong. she was extremely elegant. she is charming and good-natured. i know from one of her philanthropic rules that she worked very hard at the job. the there is the title of princess of wales. it has been a quarter of a century. >> the queen was raining for 70 years. you saw so much change. what moment are sticking out to you today? >> as a historian, i look back to the second world war. she stood on the balcony with her parents. she was the last surviving royal to have worn a uniform in the second world war. then you go to all of this

wonderful christmas broadcast. my family stopped christmas lands to move into the drawing room and was the queen of a christmas. it is a great family and national occasion when people do that. of course, towards the end, there was an extraordinary act of bravery. she might well have known that she only had 48 hours to live. she insisted on not doing a zoom call. she could have, constitutionally. instead, she mediate with the new prime minister in person. they shook hands in a way that historically the duty of the monarch has always pitted. bring all those things together. recognize this is a truly extraordinary person. that's part of what made this timing so surprising. it was only tuesday that we saw her meeting with the new prime minister, liz truss, tuesday. well she did look frail, she

certainly did not look on the verge of death. andrew roberts, thank you so much for joining us. we'll come back to you later. meanwhile, alex, we do expect more live events here in the uk, surrounding the queen's passing and the kings ascension. also we have nbc's kelly kumbaya, who will join us with a remarkable we'll -- look at how the world has changed in the 70 years since elizabeth has taken the throne. >> that will be a lot for kelly to try to put in a package. katie, thanks for that. we're also going to talk about the other news of the day. pretty big headlines about the ongoing ongoing investigation into the former president. we're also going to take a look at the days of mourning ahead, as britain's coming to grips with losing their queen and getting their king. >> i came down when it was diana's -- and i came down to kensington palace and saw --

it wasn't an amazing experience. looking at the size of the flowers, the number of people here, what is it half past nine in the morning? it's going to grow. i would imagine it will take up the whole section. it wouldn't surprise me if they would have to expand the barriers. >> it's so ingrained in our families. my mother, my grandmother, my children, my grandchildren. you're talking about five or six generations. she's queen of the world. not just queen of britain. it's so ingrained in our families, my mother, my grandmother, my children, my grandchildren -- you're talking about five or six generations. she's queen of the world, she's not just clean of britain. f britain. our style. get an upgrade. and make it shine.

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each for the role the doj suggesting to former federal judges, federal district judges, the other a george w. bush and pointy. the trump legal team suggesting a retired federal court district judge an reagan appointee, the other eight deputies attorney general in the state of florida. the second headline, the doj asking an appeals court to lift a temporary block on the file seized from the former president. and there's also this. it's new, from the new york times, reporting a federal grand jury is looking into from president trump's post election fund raising efforts based on his claims of election fraud. meanwhile, here is vice president kamala harris in a meet the press exclusive interview with chuck todd that airs sunday. >> would you say to the argument that it would be too divisive for the country to prosecute a former president? >> i think that our country is

a country that has gone through different periods of time where the unthinkable has happened. and where there has been a call for justice, and justice has been served. >> and chuck will have more of that interview on meet the press. let's bring in loop, the congressional reporter for the new york times, and the -- gentleman good to see you both. danny, what do we know so far about those for a special master candidates announced yesterday and how will it be decided who will be ultimately offered this job since there are no candidates in common for both sides? >> right, and that is a corner that maybe judge cannon painted herself into. ultimately, you can't split the difference as you might in negotiation. this is not like a settlement where one side demands 1 million and the other side

demands half 1 million and you can meet in the middle. you can't take an arm from one of the special master's, and a lake from another. the judge has to pick one. the parties submitted a joint filing, but they don't agree on a special master at all. they propose two special masters from the government, and two from the trump side. and never the twain has met. this judge has to decide on one of them knowing that whomever she picks, the other side will howell. certainly the trump side. not the doj. they're not really into howling. but that is why the doj submitted a republican proposal, at least one, to appear, well, even-handed, frankly. the better move should have been to submit to republican appointees. but trump came up with a pretty good suggestion in that a former judge from the eastern district in new york, over in brooklyn, who has fisa court experience. he would have specific experience with highly classified documents.

most of the time they would be special master situations -- they're dealing with searches of attorney offices, like me. they don't have to deal with classified documents. that was a pretty good suggestion. of course, the governments to suggestions are terrific. i think the nun judge suggestion by the trump team is a non starter and reduces their probability of getting their selection. >> a bit of a disagreement over how the special master will be paid, danny. each side proposing something different. what's the details? >> ultimately i think the judge, there, will split the difference. i think the way they're going to pay for the special master, it's going to be up to the judge. of course this happens all the time. you see it when both sides want to go to arbitration, or they want to appoint a special master. nobody wants to pay for it. of course the argument, i get the argument. the private side of the equation -- hated the government has started this, they ought to pay for this. of course the government is going to argue, well, no, the packed --

tax payer should not voiced the entire burden on their own. this party wants the special master therefore they should pay for it. it's ultimately something the judge will have to settle. >> luke, the doj revealed thursday that it will appeal judge cannons ruling arguing that it could prevent the government from discovering if there are more classified records missing. what should we expect to happen in the legal timeline here? >> you know, there's this dispute now over how long it's going to take. whether the special master will slow down the justice department investigation significantly or just a little bit. attorney general bill barr said it amounted to, in his view, a rain delay. that's probably right. the justice department probably won't be thwarted in the end, here. but there could be slowed down. that's, you know, a common tactic among trump and his attorneys over years through

investigations. slowing down the investigation and hoping that time runs out on it. that's something we've done repeatedly with special congressional investigations. they are in some way hoping to get past the 2022 midterms. delay, delay, delay. >> it's certainly been a legal tactic for the trump team. let me get to the bombshell reporting last night, the new york times reporting that a federal grand jury in washington has issued subpoenas related to the -- donald trump's post election fundraising juggernaut. give us a quick run up on what's happening in that investigation? >> we are learning things about the justice department investigation. we knew that they were investigating the fake electors and in fact some of the planning that went into the january 6th event that preceded the riot. now they're looking into the save america packed as well. i spoke to some folks connected

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morning. that was not the official coronation, that will not be until next year. -- on monday, king charles will speak to the house of parliament. he then travels to scotland. on tuesday, the royals arrive in edinburgh for a ceremony at the queens coffee departs on the train to london. on wednesday and thursday, the queen's coffin will travel from buckingham palace to parliament to lie in state. the public will pay their respects. a rehearsal will then be held for the movement of the coffin from parliament to westminster abby. after all, it is quite heavy, it is lined with late. king charles and the queens other children will hold vigil by the coffin. a week from today, world leaders will start to arrive in london to pay their respects. the date of the state funeral has not yet been confirmed by the house of windsor.

that means that much of this could still be subject to change. let's turn now to a london -based staff writer. she is a affairs writer for time magazine. she is walking up. is she with us? no, you know why, she is not ready to go unfortunately. we do not have her mic up. instead, let's go to kelli. she reports on just how much has changed in the 70 years since queen elizabeth was on the throne. >> yeah. that is right. the world has changed drastically, hasn't it, since the time that queen elizabeth was born back in 1926 and a time when she ascended to the throne. that is when she became queen in 1852. she was crowned in 53. one of her great traits and talents was to maintain that reassuring and study presidents. she was the same. at the same time, changing,

evolving with the times. balancing tradition with progress. >> we did not want to do that bit. >> for 70 years on the throne, queen elizabeth ii assured the nation through unprecedented change. they saw the royals in black and white. >> tragic news reached the princess and there has been well in kenya. >> she was in a tree house in kenya with her husband, prince philip. her father, king george the sixth died. the moment was reimagine the netflix series called the crown. >> her majesty the queen and the royal family -- >> it took hours for the news to reach the new queen. the official analysis went of her own death this week was rocketed around the world in an instant. it was on television and online. when elizabeth was crowned queen, winston churchill was in charge. the country was largely run by white men. the son of a setting on the

british empire. rising on a new world. one where a woman was head of state, commander in chief, and a fully trained wartime mechanic. >> the young princes had never set foot on the london boss's. she was only once in the subway. she now drives a truck for the red cross. >> she was a working mother. she left young prince charles and princess and behind for long tours abroad. that was long before it was the norm. >> under her reign, the royal rules of succession changed. it allowed a first foreign girl like princess charlotte to succeed thrown before her younger brother. she spoke about gender equality at's summit in 2011. there are ways to allow grilled women to play their full pardon society. they're welcoming britain's third female prime minister, liz truss. >> she remained determined to carry out her duties, even at the age of 96.

>> the country that she helped changes now led by her son, a king. it is going into a new era. >> the queen never called herself a feminist. and a lot of ways, she acted like one. there is this great story about her hosting the then king saudi arabia. she insisted that he get in the land rover. her behind the wheel. she drove around with him on the estate here at balmoral. apparently, one diplomat said that he was so nervous that he was big here through the translator to slow down and concentrate on the road. katie, you know that this area is quite rugged, there are steep hills. it is a bit of a sketchy drive sometimes. >> there are some muddy places as well. kelly, thank you very much. we just got a statement from the prince of wales. i will read it to you. it is a bit long.

bear with me. on thursday, the royals lost an extraordinary leader. her cleaved to the country, the realm, and the commonwealth was so great. so much will be the said about her historic reign. i, however, have lost a grandmother. well i will grieve her loss, i also feel incredibly grateful. and the benefit of the queens wisdom and reassurance. in my fifth decade, my life has had 20 years of guidance and support. why three children have got to spend holidays with her, create memories that will last their whole lives. she was by my side at my happiest moments. she was by my side during the saddest days of my life. a new that is stabled come. it will be sometime before the reality of life that my grandmother will truly feel real. i think here for the kindness that she showed my family and me. i think her on behalf of my generation for providing an example of service and dignity in public life that was from a

different age. it is always relevant to us all. my grandmother family says the grief was the price we pay for love. all of the sadness that we feel in the coming weeks will be a testament to the love we felt for our extraordinary queen. i will honor her memory by supporting my father, the king in every way i can. this is a statement from the prince of wales, prince william. this came in just a moment ago. it is interesting. as i walk through the grounds here at buckingham palace, i have seen people laying flowers where they can. they made these groups of memorials. i am struck by how many people have that personal handwritten notes to the queen. these are knows they know she is not going to read. they are knows that they want to put out there. they want to put that message out there saying that it does not feel real to them. she almost felt like she would live forever.

they felt like they had lost a member of their own family, their own grandmother. let's turn once again into a london-based sapphire. we now have her miked up. story for that glitch a moment ago. in the story that my colleague was just going through, she focused a lot on the fact that she was a women ruler. >> it is two more generations of men now after charles. we are not going to see a new queen on the throne again for at least three more generations. what did it mean to have her in that position for us long as she held it? to do it so remarkably. >> it meant everything. especially to the young women and girls of this country. i was here just over there. that was just after the news of the queen's death had been announced.

there was a group of young girls. i want to say they might have been in their twenties. i approach them because they were having such a tender won't outside of the gates. they were laying flowers. i ended up going up to them. i am sorry to interrupt, but can i ask what the queen meant to you? they said exactly that. it was just so powerful to have the head of state be a woman. they're coming to terms with the fact they were not going to have another female head of state in their lifetime. that was something that was very painful for them. she was like a grandmother to them. that was the exact word in the used. >> she was also a powerful diplomat. she was above politics. she was able to smooth over history is. >> absolutely, she was the immense power that the queen held. that is pretty hard to overstate. statements came up from world leaders, it might've been president biden. emmanuel macron had an incredibly moving statement.

this is not a monarch who is being more in the uk alone. and she is being more than the common wealth, also around the world. he wrote about a picture of the queen. do you mind describing it for us? >> a picture of the queen, that may have been one of my colleagues, i'm not sure. >> shoot, i'm sorry. in looking at the way that she touched so many individual lives, individuals that she never met, and what the country is going through right now, giving that there is a change in the prime minister, there is a change in the monarch, from the queen to the king. in fact, we started out this week with queen elizabeth and prime minister boris johnson. we're ending it with king charles and prime minister liz truss. there's a economic crisis as well. there's an economic crisis going on -- what does it mean to have this transition? >> it's very difficult, we know that there is going to be a new

prime minister. the leadership process was spending over eight weeks. arguably too long. with the passing of the queen, speaking to a lot of friends who are mourning earlier this week, it did feel like, this is never news that they're ready to receive. they knew that she was 96. it wasn't surprising, but it did feel that it came at the worst time. this is a moment for the country that feels like for the last few years, eight -- to lose the one context in their lives, content and -- there's that incredible statistic that came out of the washington post, nine and ten people alive today have never known any other british monarch apart from queen elizabeth. it's going to be very difficult. they will miss that sense of continuity. that steady hand that she symbolized. >> it's been quite a long time. nine out of ten, that's an incredible statistic. yasmeen, thank you so much for joining us. sorry about the mic troubles. it is also the day plus one in the in the morning for queen

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flocking to buckingham palace, and winds are callous among other locations as the people of britain mourn the loss of queen elizabeth and recognize their new head of state, king charles the third. let's move now to some breaking news that we have to share out of ukraine. that is where russia has confirmed it is pulling back forces from two areas in the kharkiv region. it comes after ukrainian forces, this week, staged quite a successful counteroffensive in the area. they've recaptured to key cities. nbc's megan fitzgerald is in kyiv, following this for us.

how significant do you read's withdrawal from the area? >> i can tell you this is incredibly significant. we have not seen this type of advancement from the ukrainian troops since the beginning of the war. since april, when they were able to drive up the russians from the kyiv area. keep in mind, the russian minister of defense is saying this is all part of the plan. they wanted to pull these troops back and re-direct them to the donetsk region to reinforce that area. overnight we heard from president sandusky saying that just within two weeks time, since they started this counteroffensive back in august of 29th, less than two weeks, they've been able to recapture some 1000 square miles of territory. we're talking about some 30 settlements in the kharkiv area in the northeastern area, but also down in the southern region near kherson. saying they've recapture several settlements, several

territories there. this is very significant. we've heard from secretary blinken. he was just in town the other day. he said, look, this is a good example of how american weaponry is working in this war. this is significant because of the length of time, to. we're talking about less than two weeks. this is a race against time. the ukrainians understand they need to take back as much territory as they can because winter is about to set in. that's a game-changer. there's also video that has been released showing the emotion behind this. the ukrainians who realized that they've been liberated from the russians, running to these ukrainian troops to hug them, tearfully thanking them for their work. of course the secretary praising the men and women on the frontlines in ukraine for the hard work that they've done and the advancements that they've made. >> all right, it certainly looks like a couple of steps forward. let's hope there's not much

steps taken back on this. let's go from there to delaware and president biden saying he's planning to attend the queen's funeral in london. the trip will add to what's already expected to be a busy couple of weeks for the commander-in-chief. let's go to mike mentally following biden in delaware. mike, welcome to you. has the president spoken to king charles, do we know, since the passing of the queen? >> we do not know yet if these two men have spoken. in fact, we understand from a white house official who tells our colleague that the president will have an opportunity to express his condolences to calling charles the third at the appropriate time. that suggests that the two men have not spoken yet. we have the intersection of diplomatic and royal protocol at this time. it was this week that president biden had his first phone call and his first virtual meeting with britain's prime minister, liz truss. over the course of last week, my colleagues have been talking

about the relationship queen elizabeth ii had with 14 different u.s. presidents, meeting them with the course of her life. now we look at king charles iii. it's notable that biden has already met at least three times that we know of with then prince charles in 2015. as vice president he participated in a meeting, with queen camilla -- camilla, he also met with prince charles as part of the reception of the g7 ministers when they were hosted by the united kingdom in early 2021. biden had a one-on-one meeting as well with prince charles at the global climate summit in scotland last year. knowing how biden operates, when he does have a chance to meet with the king he will find a way to draw connections between these two men. when you think about it, king charles the third, the oldest at 73, monarch to ascend to the throne, biden of course, 70 last year, when he became the

oldest man to become president of the united states. politically, these men have an alignment as well on issues like climate change. personally, these men have helped guide to young sons through the loss of their mother through car accidents. a lot of common ground. >> very astute observations by you, mike, i haven't thought about it, and all this greater context. i expected to get along for these reasons. thank, you mike. we'll check back in with katie in london, and she'll tell us what mourners there are telling her about the loss of queen elizabeth. quee elizabeth. this is the moment. for a treatment for moderate-to-severe eczema. cibinqo — fda approved. 100% steroid free. not an injection, cibinqo is a once-daily pill for adults who didn't respond to previous treatments. and cibinqo helps provide clearer skin and less itch. cibinqo can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb.

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an incredible outpouring of love a queen elizabeth in london. flowers are being paced outside of a buckingham palace and nearby parks. katie is there for us. you spoke to some people who came from hours away to pay their respects, what did they tell you? >> it was amazing to be walking through the crowds. again, tens of thousands.

clearly a lot more than that. these people were descending here buckingham palace to convey their respects. many were traveling for many hours to get here. they were waiting in cues that we are also many hours long. you can see the city march of the car behind me. they are trying to make their way to the gates of buckingham palace. the flowers vote of the palace are systematically being removed and placed over in the park. there's a little bit more room. this morning, i was able to take a little walk and talk to a few people about why they came. i ran into a remarkable series of young people, children. they said that they felt compelled to write down their own words, their own thanks, their own good bite queen elizabeth. >> it is just such an important thing. i wouldn't have liked to miss it. >> do you mind reading the car that you wrote? >> okay, sure.

her majesty, the day you became queen changed the way we live in britain. you brought happiness and joy to this country. we have love you on the throne. whether you are on a mission with 007 or opening the olympics, you have served us well. we wish all of our luck to you. thank you, god save our queen. >> i think charles will make us very proud going into his new home. i wish him luck. >> to queen elizabeth the second, thank you for being the best queen. rest in peace, from nina. >> i wrote, to queen elizabeth, have a nice time in heaven, rest in peace. >> have a nice time in heaven, rest in peace. there was one car that caught my eye this morning. we showed you just a minute ago. it is green. it is clearly a very little

kid. they drew on it. they wrote the words, dear charles, i am sorry! in not correct spelling, for your mother dying. it is so sweet to think of all of the little kids who have come out to give notes of thanks. she was 70 years old. she was not 70 years old, she was 96. she had been on the throne for 70 years. she was so much a part of everyone's life in this country. it could be someone who was around when she took the throne, somebody who was only born a few years ago. they only got to experience the end of her life. she was a part of the family here for christmas messages. all of the humorous ones. the one child was referring to she -- jumped out of the london

olympics. she pulled a marmalade sandwich out of her bag. she was beloved. everybody love the monarchy and where not a fan of this system. she was full of. she was beloved. >> you know what i love, and you have children, i'm sure you can relate to this, out of the mouths of babes. it is that truth. really, really darling. i think they looked at queen elizabeth not only as a queen, but in a grandmother approach. that was reflected in those comments. thank you for sharing that. that brought a smile to my face. i know it did to you. we will be back with you in just a bit my friend. a bit later on for all of you. we are gonna focus on the royal rift between prince harry, regret meghan markle, and the royal family. that is amid the painful loss. is there an opening for healing in unification? in unification

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ a remarkable day in britain. the nation officially proclaiming its new modern, king charles iii in a ceremony never before witnessed by the public. at the same time, thousands lining up to pay their respects

to the late queen elizabeth the second good day to all of you. welcome to our special coverage, remembering the queen, ushering in king charles iii. i'm alex witt in new york. >> and i'm katie in london. it is unfolding in spectacular fashion, history, we are expecting at any moment to learn exactly when the funeral will take place. today, britons are observing a combination of pomp and circumstance to mark the proclamation of a new cane, and public mourning for a beloved queen who reigned for 70 years. thousands laying flowers and paying tribute outside of buckingham palace. back at home, of the british embassy in washington d.c.. >> she played a grandmother role to our lives. we can relate to them. the royal family was a human family. they had