>> hurray. >> [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> good morning from buckingham palace, the queen's funeral cortege will leave but morrow, making its way to edinburgh, as what the king charles the script as his mother's last creature any. i australia's prime minister tells sky news that he will not hold a referendum on what the country should become every public in his first term, as it marks the formal proclamation

of the king's obsession. >> it will need to continue to move the times. the bigger questions about our constitution are not ones for this compared >> the prime minister of antigua and barbuda said he will call for a referendum on the republic. he prepares to meet with the secretary commonwealth general this morning. united in their grief, the new princess in princes of wells joins the duke and duchess of sussex during a walk about in windsor. from portraits to pop, celebrating the queen as a cultural icon. and we will take a look at out of morning's papers marking this moment in history. hello, good morning from buckingham palace, the queen's coffin will begin this morning the journey to its final resting place and what king charles described as his what last great journey.

dozens are expected to line the rooms, as the queen's funeral cortege moves along with the first part of its >> the route to amber. queens coffin which is currently in the ball room will be carried by 6 game keepers from the estate and lifted into the hearse at 10 am. the funeral cortege will make its way passing through ballot or, thank hurry and peter couture arriving at aberdeen at around 11-20 this morning and will move through the city suburbs. the king george the 6 which was opened by the majesty's mother is also on route. next the cortege will go through the countryside arriving at dundee at around 2 pm where it will drive around the city on the kings way. it will then head towards perth along the bridge and cross over the queens crossing heading

towards edinburgh, the cortege will pass towards this castle and go to the palace arriving at around 4 pm the coffin will rest in the throne room to allow them to pay their respects. meanwhile new details have been released about the queens state in london, and her funeral at westminster abbey that will take place on september, that as the new prince and princess of whales and the duke and duchess of suspects are reunited for a walk about. our correspondent risk forts about what will unfold in the coming days. >> from traditional ceremony, heralding and proclaiming a new sovereign, to a windsor walkabout bringing brothers together and differences set

aside, these are historic moments which crowds are gathering to witness. >> it's good to have the unity at the moment despite all that is happening outside of that, it's nice, nice to see. >> who knows. >> it's been hurtful for the queen, for the family so yeah, if they can put that to rest and start a fresh start it would be best for everybody. >> your majesty. >> the new king has duties and meetings, he also has to plant his mother's funeral. this morning the queens coffin will leave ball moral for the palace of halle rude house in edinburgh, on monday afternoon the coffin will be taken to same charles cathedral, the king and queen consort and other members of the family will follow in procession for. 24 hours the coffin will rest in the cathedral showed that the public can pay their

respects. later that evening the king in of the royals will hold a vigil. on tuesday the king and queen consort will visit northern ireland, that evening the queens coffin arrives in london and rest at buckingham palace. the following day on wednesday the coffin will be taken to the palace of westminster in silent procession. >> the queens coffin will arrive here at westminster hall for the lying in state, 5 days during which members of the public can pay their respects in person. on monday, the 19th of september, now a bank holiday, i love an o'clock, the state funeral at westminster abbey. for the service after isolate queen is finally laid to rest. >> it will be beautifully put together bringing together all the agencies of the state and the armed forces with the

finest drill, the best pageantry and the noblest of ceremonial in westminster abby, it will be a great salute to a wonderful queen. >> the crowds have been growing with thousands and thousands expected in the coming days, bringing tributes to the queen and a welcome to the new king. sky news, westminster. >> so as we've been telling you the queens coffin will leave i 10 o'clock this morning, skies reporter is their first today, greg, quite a moment for the royal family tell us a bit more but with the plans are. the plans are

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dundee and unaltered edinburgh, a significant moment for the people of scotland to be able to pay their respects and say goodbye to the queen on the last journey through scotland. >> greg, thank you very much indeed. just to let you know from just after 10:00 we will bring you those pictures of the queen's funeral cortege as it begins its final journey. the australian prime minister anthony has told sky news that he will not hold a referendum on whether australia should become a republic in his first term, and his first international interview since the queens that mr. albanese said this was a moment to show gratitude for the queen's service. let's beat your correspondent cordelia who is in the australian capital and to tell us a bit more about with the australian prime minister said. >> well, anthony albanese sees this as an important moment of

mourning, of grief, reflection and of gratitude, this is a country where they feel her presence and her legacy deeply, no matter how much the relationship with the institution and the feelings around it may have waned over the years, there has always been a deep connection with the queen herself, this was after all a place that she visited 16 times, it is also a country that king charles has visited many times himself to. but, there has been a debate raging and since reigniting in the wake of the queen's death about the direction of travel and possible referendum on the relationship with the monarchy. anthony albanese has previously stated that he believes that australia needs an australian head of state, but he was quite clear to say that he does not think that discussion should take place, he does not want a

referendum in his first term. i did ask him whether he felt that the monarchy needed to evolve in that australians wanted to see that. >> of course, and it has evolved and it will continue to evolve it will need to move with the times, but the bigger question about our constitution are not ones for this current period, this is a period in which we are showing the grief that so many australians are feeling at the moment. showing our deep respect and admiration for the contribution of the queen to australia and today, of course, the transition formally here to recognize that with the queen's passing, king charles automatically became the head

of state of australia. >> i think it is very striking how careful anthony albanese has been, how deliberate he has been around the need to mourn as a country here, he will be traveling to the uk for the queen's funeral. he will also have a meeting with king charles. >> cordelia, thank you very much indeed. let's bring in our international editor who is with us all morning, this is a very interesting issue, we know that king charles is due to make -- of -- it's come at a time when a lot of the sovereign states might be reassessing their relationship with the monarchy. >> he's meeting the secretary general of the commonwealth but he is also going to be meeting with the heads of states of those 14 states within the commonwealth that still regard the monarch as their head of

state in addition to the united kingdom, that's going to be a crucial meeting, he's not gonna meet all of them but will meet as much of the high commissioner from the states as he can. and i think for people who don't fully understand the commonwealth it's worth explaining. it's basically after the empire broke up into independent nations which is one of the first things that they had to preside over, the process of the end of empire was replaced by the commonwealth which has remained a vibrant institution. in fact countries are still lining up to join, gabon, francophone countries from the french fears of influence have applied to join. those are countries that are former imperial nations and others who have joined as well. at the heart of that are these countries that still regard the monarch as their head of

states. charles is meeting them, or has been a process, gradually throughout the queens rain but also we are seeing now speeding up of those countries moving away from that arrangement. the queen began her reign with 32 nations regarding her head of state, 17 under her moved away from that and charles will now have 14 nations in addition to britain. buffered already from the prime minister of antigua and barbuda in the wake of the queen's death saying that he will hold a referendum and independence referendum within three years, new zealand prime minister is already saying that she thinks that she can see that happening within her lifetime, so new zealand moving away and the tradition for republicanism has been a lively one throughout australia's time, under the queen as head of state. these calls come and go but the last referendum in 1999, 59% of

australians voted against being a republic but we will see that -- choosing his words carefully saying this isn't the time or moment but there will come a time in the future where we have to reconsider this question and i think with each passing year is probably going to become more likely. >> he said not in his first term. dominic, thank you very much indeed. let's bring you these pictures from overnight then. today marks the formal proclamation of the -- in a ceremony of the country's capital, the proclamation was marked by 21 gun salute. meanwhile in new zealand there have been 2:21 gun salutes to acknowledge a proclamation of king charles the third.

distillers took place in wellington and auckland, prime minister jacinda ardern spoke of the loss felt by the deaths of queen elizabeth but also the welcoming of a new era. >> for 70 years queen elizabeth serve the people of new zealand with unwavering duty. for the vast majority of new zealanders she is the only monarch we have known, and so upon her death we enter a time of change. one felt with sadness for her passing, but also gratitude for the life she led and the example she set. king charles, his long head for new zealand and has consistently demonstrated his deep care for our nation. this relationship is deeply valued by our people. >> she says that she was in kenya when she learned that her

father george the six had died and that she had become queen. she ascended the throne following a proclamation in the kenyan capitol. so mueller to those who have taken place across the commonwealth for her son charles the first, we have this report from nairobi. we have thi report from nairobi. >> kenya's where the reign of queen elizabeth started, but her death has stirred mixed emotion for a country that didn't always have the easiest relationship with the late monarch. in 1952, the then princess elizabeth was on a royal visit with her new husband prince philip, the trip was cut short when her father, king george the sticks, unexpectedly died. the young princes became queen waltzed on kenyan land. a date that many still fondly remember. in nairobi's museum the queen's royal visits are celebrated. >> so when she visited kenya in 1983 she used the train.

>> you have elizabeth regina here. why is it important to preserve this? >> we are happy because history was made in kenya, at that time. we are glad to be part of that history. >> but there is another history, britain's colonial rule, the british crackdown on the mound now killed 11,000 kenyans and many held the queen as britain's head of state responsible. >> kenya was colonized by the british and being colonized, people have lost their fathers, grandparents fighting for independence, so again when this is a colonizer, people -- >> the association with the queen has some positives? >> yes, positives, the color names station brought positive things but the negative of the

losses that canyons went to. >> signs are unavoidable in nairobi. the city's road was named princess elizabeth when it was first made, but named freedom highway after independence. >> king charles ascended to the throne, this in itself marks a new beginning, i don't think a great fractions of canyons will look at it like that, the critical ones will remain critical, they will continue to ask uncomfortable questions and demand economic justice, political justice and reparations. >> britain and kenya share of past and future, both are members of the commonwealth. then you can won't necessarily be a new beginning. sky news, in nairobi.

y news, in nairobi >> to give us more insight into how the commonwealth is reacting to her majesty's death will be joined by the former high commissioner of barbados, he is coming up just at half past seven. let's take a look now at how the morning papers are dealing with the stories today. i reunited for granny reads at the front of mirrors as the prince and princess of whales and the duke and duchess of sussex or picture together. the piece for a grand reads the front of the sunday people as they also lead with that same story. the sunday times also leads with the royal walkabouts, their headline warring windsors awkward truth to honor the queen. daily star looks at the two royal reunions, the four picture together in mourning. reunited in sorrow beats the

front of the sunday telegraph. doesn't express together for granny, william hand olive branch to harry. the same stories are at the front of the sun on sunday as well. their headline all for one. the front of the observer this morning in contrast pictures are new king charles the third as he ascends the throne. let's bring in dominic again with me now. it's really interesting that so much happened yesterday in terms of the accession, the proclamation of the new king and just the observer goes with the picture of king charles and it's coverage today, and all the other papers go with the walk about, obviously there was some planning by the two brothers. >> it wasn't part of operation london bridge but i think it was something that prince william suggested to his brother and prince harry was

happy to go along with. and it highlights the monarchy served so many roles within our national consciousness, the constitutional role, the projection of soft power that makes it a powerful diplomatic acid to the uk but also it plays this role as just a sort of endless material for the soap opera that is the windsors. there is a sense that this woman, the queen who is really not put -- has been the matriarch of what appears to many people to be a dysfunctional family. all the tensions within that and the intrigue that goes on, and the drama that has been the relationship between prince william and prince harry, looking at these pictures looking at the press coverage of it we're trying to work out you know is the hatchet being buried for good, was there tension between them still, is this a temporary truce? or can they bury the hatchet

and the queen's death is going to make them put their relationship back on firm ground? that is intriguing people. the more potent question is the theme that is highlighted here, they're talking about unity, them being reunited, i think as a nation we're looking for that kind of reassurance from these two very important process going on this morning, the morning process which begins in earnest today with the passage of the queen's coffin from balmoral making its way down here and eventually to windsor. and the process of the accession which we saw yesterday beginning in earnest with the accession council proclaiming king charles asking. that was yesterday, i think today is all about the morning but those themes are going to be running in parallel in the ten days from now, and as i

said people are looking for reassurance, most of all that at the end of this long range they want to know that the process will be smooth and they will be consoled in their grief. that's what they value most of all in queen elizabeth, the sense of continuity, it can be continued by her sons. >> the role of these walkabouts at a time like this, the sense of reassurance, shared grief and connection with people because you talk about a soap opera but a lot of people will look at their family and think of what happened in their family, there is a sense of connection there which perhaps the more sober state events they feel more distant from. >> yes, i think people have seen the queen as the monarch as somebody removed from them but also somebody who is like a member of the family, a woman said to me that she is the world's grandmother, she puts it, people have had that, there

is a duality about the monarchy we do regard them as part of our family but also they are above our heads. i think, as you say the walk about the transcend that's, i think it allows the members of the family to come out and meet the public and make that connection, and it is something that we associate more maybe with princess diana, more recently. it's something that we just got used to, but the queen invented it. not quite invented but she made her own very early on, because she went out planned to meet her subjects something that she committed to even before becoming queen as princess, a key to that was getting away from her vehicle going out and meeting members of the public. it was interesting seeing the princes yesterday and their wives following in the tradition, not just of the queen but in the princess mother. and body language experts are picking over the pictures and trying to work out what the

relationship is now. dominic, thank you. dominic, t>> no vaccine was meae celebrating its we sent a word of the city status that it received, part of the queen's jubilee celebrations earlier this year, and said its residents are coming to terms with the death of the monarch and beginning of a new era of royal role, katrina reports. >> as a church bell rang out to mark king charles accession, inside a model of the late queens crown came down. >> there was meant to be a party here to mark them getting city status, celebrations now obviously postponed. >> the late queen granted city status and this was the day we were going to have the formal official celebration to mark that, we had a really big service involved. >> what has the mood been like

in the last few days? >> it's just been a sense of unreality that we can't quite take it in, she has been such a constant for all of our lives. >> they have a royal pedigree, even if history hasn't always been kind to the place itself. >> they started a tour of a depressed area where the industries have failed and are desperate to attract new companies specifically in the, lighting industry. >> things have been changing fast, the town becoming a city, it's football team being taken over by hollywood actor ryan reynolds, and now they have a new prince and princess, alison williams met princess diana here in 1991 and now welcomes her son prince william and her son taking on the role. >> i think william and kate are amazing, i think they will make a brilliant friends princess of wales, it's nice that they've lived here for so long and means that they're interested and understand more about

whales. >> the new prince and princess of whales also bring with them this -- a way of operating online that is slick as in real life. >> we want to wish the lionesses the best of luck tonight. >> but in a moment where the monarchy is looking to its future, for some even the social media savvy younger royals feel somewhat distant. >> on their instagram they post pretty things, it would be impossible for them to feel related bull to anyone in our generation, because of the struggles that we are having, the inflation, living in crisis, they don't have to deal with that. >> that's all we all want as a country, we want them to bring the uk into the new generation, be more relabel. he has to look back to his grandfather, father's footsteps, you have the trust award. >> in the moment the queen died

royal roles shifted, titles changed but the responsibility remains to engage the public and preserve a legacy. katrina, sky news in wrecks and. >> queen elizabeth became monarch five years after india's independence, she made three state visits to the country during her reign. let's find out how her death has been received their. he is in delhi for us this morning. novel, what has the reaction been there in india? >> enough, it's been muted but the government has announced a day of mourning and all national flags to remain half mass and no government official programs of entertainment will take place today. the queen has visited india three times before 1961, 1983 and 1997. the last one being 25 years ago. she would have walked -- she would've driven down this very path going to the press

house behind me and buildings which are the seat of government given a guard of honor and as you mention her rain started to -- she would have known all the leaders up until now from mahatma gandhi to the present prime minister. she has spoken about the warmth that she has received in india in the diversity out here is, it has been an inspiration for all and now it is left up to the new monarch, controls three and his young family to take that relationship forward. this is a new india now, it's a buoyant and young india, more than half the population is about 50% of india's population is less than 25 years old which have no connection with bike on areas of kings and queens and

the monarchy, they will -- they want to be treated equitable in any relationship that will take place in the future. india just this week overtook britain as the fifth largest economy of the world and the confidence is quite high out here and now it will be left up to king charles three and his young family to make that injuring relationship with the largest commonwealth country in the world with over 1.3 billion people. >> neville they're in delhi, thank you very much for that. the queen always had a special place in her hard for the commonwealth we she saw grow from just a few former colonies to a club of 56 nations, some of which were never part of the british empire. many people from those countries made the uk their home during her reign. skies lisa holland is speaking

to commonwealth communities. >> in south london friends and family call louise the queen of bricks and, not just because she is a great, great grandmother who fostered more than 50 children but at 96 years of age she was born on exactly the same day as queen elizabeth the second. they call you the queen of brixton, i hear. >> yes. when i had come at that time, i said the queens birthdays for me to. i was feeling good. >> louise came to britain as part of the wind rushed generation. >> i will follow the aspiring example i have been set. >> but as she watched the proclamation of a new king, she recalled the late queen visiting jamaica in the 1950s. a >> she waved to everyone, we

waved back. >> in multicultural brixton scratch the surface and it's easy to find people who've made their home here with fond memories of the queen's decades of global commonwealth tours. >> when i was at school, i remember the helicopter landed in the back of the school. now is not the time for morning, it's the time to celebrate her life, she lived her life thoroughly. >> i just think that the world is a poor place without her. >> what's clear is just how significant the queen's global influence and standing was in so many countries around the world. >> there is no queen anywhere else, only in the united kingdom. >> in this fabric shop we met him who said he was watching

the queen from a young age which inspired him to want to move to the uk from india nearly 20 years ago. >> you always heard about the news, queen's, it would come in the newspaper. >> michael who grew up in ghana says the queen's legacy will live on. >> she is a strong woman, now we have a king, he might follow the same footsteps that the mom has set. >> the new king has the goodwill of those who revered his mother to help build his own future as monarch. lisa holland, sky news, south london. h. lisa hol>> so here at buckinghae it has started to get light, but we're taking a look at how many people are beginning to arrive. there are the palace gates, as you can see there's a small group of people there, a few flowers leading up against the gate, the great banks of flowers that have been arriving over the last few days have opened gathered up and there's a memorial flower garden in the

park next door in green park. dominic is here with me. dominique, those scenes were extraordinary, the number of people that came down to buckingham palace, the crowd is thinner than they were at this time yesterday, i think, but who knows there could be plenty more people coming again today. >> i think one of the questions is as the queen was becoming more ill, we were asking ourselves and since the death the -- only event that we can relate this to the death of diana 25 years ago, to the day, will this be like diana? will this be -- that can cause the nation with grief and completely unexpected scenes of people, will we see similar scenes now, it's a very different feel. it's a different event, two very different people, but what we have seen is lots of people out. the scenes on friday where thousands of people were

streaming here and fogging for gates, one particular moment happened the lifeguard was trying to get to the crowd and the head of the troopers on his horse trying to control a very -- tried to blow his bugle at the same time, there are a lot of people, as you said yesterday, extraordinary scenes at windsor. what the palace is trying to do is to keep a sense of decorum, not to end up with just huge numbers of flowers everywhere, they are moving them fairly swiftly from those gates that we are seeing at the front of the palace, they moved him to a holding area, to the right of the picture and then they are going to an area, dave made an area in green park. a lot of people are just coming to make a connection with what has happened. people saying to us that they

want to be part of history, and they want to pay their respects with the flowers. i think what we will see as the coffin makes its way, the real coffin mixes way from balmoral to -- we will see lots of people lining the route trying to be part of the event as well and pay their respects as the coffin moves past them. >> when i left yesterday, about 9:00 in the morning, the station was really busy, i was going down the escalator with few people, and there were so many people. it's gonna be interesting to see what the situation will be like. dominic, thank you. over the course of her reign the queen became perhaps the most photographed person ever to have lived in her image has been used in everything, pop art to punk. katie spencer has been looking at the life of a cultural icon. looking >> she was the most portrayed women in the world, her face and profile ubiquitous, her

image at the core of british culture. >> the queen's coronation was groundbreaking, the first ever to be televised, watched by 27 million, it was the premiere of sorts for the lifelong pivotal role she played in maintaining the allure of brand britain. >> when i was a little girl, a little teenager when she was engaged to prince philip who was about the best looking man in the world, i mean, everybody at school had a crush on him, and i kept scrapbooks of the queen, everything was from papers in magazines that i cut out, it was princess elizabeth's wedding and she was a fairytale princess she really was. she was gorgeous, she had a big wonderful eyes, we all just loved her. >> record audiences again came in for her platinum jubilee. >> perhaps you would like a

marmalade sandwich. i was key point for emergencies. >> so do i. i keep mine in here. >> celebration which brought people back together following the challenges of the pandemic. during lockdown of course many binged on the crown, one of the countless screen portrayals fueled by the relentless public infatuation with this woman. >> do you imagine i will drop everything and come to london before i intend migrant children who have lost their mother? >> celebrated by our greatest artists from lucian freud to andy warhol, her portraits now huge part of her legacy. >> i remember when i was first commissioned it was a daunting prospect, the queen, the most portrayed women in history, i asked if she would like to read between shots and it would be fine, because of all the light, and so she closed her eyes and that was the moment.

i didn't go in there to capture that moment, but being so in tune to meditation, in that moment of communist, there is a vibration to it and we all resonated to it. >> sitting for artists was part of her cultural duties, but you also inspired some significant unofficial art, and antiestablishment target, epitomized on the cover of the 1977 sex pistols singles, a defaced lightness and an easy act of rebellion. >> they probably had a picture of the queen on the wall and jesus. >> while rock photographer's parents admired the queen, for his generation she represented everything he was rallying against. in 1977, when the punk movement collided with the queens silver jubilee he was following the pistols provocative boat trip. >> at that time the monarchy was very, very strong we were not particularly liked for

being anti monarchy in that sense, as i grew older and you more about it i've been very respectful of the queen, my respect is that it takes a lot to hold something like that together in the way she has over the years. so for me, big respect for that in that sense. >> well many british artists have clashed with the establishment, the queen, a loyal supporter of creativity, handed out thousands of honors for services to the entertainment sector. for 70 years she was champion of the arts, for those who embraced her majesty's authority or rebelled against it, she inspired, her influence over british culture irrefutable and unique. >> thank you. for everything. >> that's very kind. >> katie spencer, sky news. > as the uk adjust to a new era under king charles the third many changes will take some time to filter through

everyday life, joining me now is david gould who is head of public affairs at royal may look group, david, thank you for joining us. many people won't remember a time when the queen's head wasn't on our stands, it's hard to imagine them with any other face on the, so how soon might they change to have king charles's head upon them? >> good morning, you're absolutely right, for 70 years the queen has been the image of royal male stamps, the image of the queen on what we called the definitive stamps, the everyday stamp that people care in their wallets or in their purses has been the same since 1967. it is said to be the most reproduced image of art in the world and some say that it might have been reproduced as many as 300 billion times. you're absolutely right, it is going to be an enormous change when eventually his majesty the

king does appear on the stamps. it won't be immediate, they're good reasons for that, not least the guidance we've been given is there should be no waste as a result of this transition. so we already have a very significant stock of stamps with the queen's image on and we understand from them that we should continue to use them until those stamps are exhausted. but at the appropriate time after consultation with his majesty and with his team, we will issue a new image and that i'm sure will become as iconic in time as the image of her majesty. >> and has the design of the king's image already been approved? >> we don't talk about approvals until such time as we are ready to release them, i'm sorry that is a tradition that we stick to. but all stamp images are approved by the sovereign, that

is something that i understand the queen took very close personal interest in, i'm told some pleasure because it's one of the few things that the sovereign does in their own right without advice from administers or officials. so we very much look for taking other stamp issues to his majesty and as i say in due course we will make further announcements about that. >> do you think the fact that people will know that the image will change on the stamps will make people rush out and buy up the stock that we have of the queen stamp while they are still in general circulation? >> i don't know. it's interesting, isn't it? this is something that we are all feeling our way through, there is no precedent for this. back in 1952 when the previous king died, it was in february, it wasn't until december that the new stamps appeared of the

queen, i imagine that as we're all adjusting to the new reality, i'm sure there will be people who perhaps not panic but think i better go get some while they are still available. i should stress there are a lot available, i don't anticipate as running out. >> and we're talking about stamps in this country, but of course the queen's image is on stamps around 14 sovereign states, aren't they? this is something that has spread far and wide? >> absolutely. of course at the time of her passing queen and sovereign of 14 realms, there are lots of storms produced outside of the uk with her image, the difference in the uk is that we are the only country in the world that doesn't have to say on the stamps the country of origin, it has become enough. the image of the monarch's on the stand for everybody wherever they are to recognize

that's a british stamp, that's something that is obviously unique to us because we were the first to issue definitive stamps. >> will they change it at all? >> the post box that already in existence will remain the same, that is something that we have historically always done, we've had a number of people saying that they were anxious that the queen victoria boxes would change, there are no plans to change the existing post boxes, when we do rollout post boxes in the coming months it's some will continue to have the sign of her majesty. but in due course, once existing stock runs out new post boxes will carry charles through the third, and when that happens there will be a great interest in what the box looks like and how it is located. >> david, very interesting to hear from the eu, from raw male group, a fascinating reminder

of how much will change now that the queen has died. thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. >> just a reminder that after 10:00 this morning we'll bring you those pictures of the queen 's funeral cortege as it begins its final journey. do stay with us for that. also, do join trevor phillips tonight for especial program at 9:00 every evening on the death of the queen. let's turn our attention to other news, at least 16 people have been killed in a large earthquake in northeastern papua new guinea, the head of the local red cross said the earthquake was one of the largest to ever hit the country, a tsunami warning was initially issued but has since been withdrawn. the one ukraine has seen a major development with ukrainian forces making gains in the east of the country, president floaters a lynskey has welcomed russia's withdrawal from key areas after ukrainian counter offensive.

>> the movement of our soldiers in different directions of the front continues, to date as part of active actions since the beginning of september about 2000 kilometers of our territory has been liberated. the russian army in these days has demonstrated the best that it can do, showing its back and of course it's a good decision for them to run. there is no place for the occupiers in ukraine and there never will be one. >> russia is said to have been taken by surprise by ukraine's advances, ukraine launch its counter offensive in the east earlier this week, the uk defense official says ukraine's forces have made advances at around 31 miles and in previously russian held territories. they have left thousands of troops isolated near the key city of izyum. they are seeking to sever the russian supply lines near cope yanks and tracked troops in

izyum. overnight president zelenskyy said ukraine had retaken 30 settlements in the kharkiv region. security and defense editor deborah has this report from eastern ukraine. has this report >> this is the y city that russian forces captured in the first weeks of the war. but these are ukrainian troops, they are part of a lightning advanced taking suede of territories throughout the kharkiv region, punching through russian defenses, driving its troops back. >> in order to achieve the stated goals of the special military operation delivered donbas, we -- to build up our efforts in the direction of donetsk. >> regrouping sounds like really treating to reinforce russia's position in the donbas region. a certain order came as troops

elaborated the re-capturing of the small city. the national flag flying high once more. >> today we are completing the liberation of bella clear, the first major city in our offensive, i'm sure it will not be our last. >> russia's worst nightmare appears to be unfolding in eastern ukraine. it could be their gravest setback since the failure to capture kyiv back in march, these pictures were taken in the city of compounds, we capturing this place would deal a significant blow to russia as it has been an important supply route to supply russian troops in donbas, their decision to pull back some forces from eastern positions is extraordinary. but ukraine is also waiting counter attacks from the south, simultaneous operations backed by western weapons marked the biggest ukrainian offensive of the war and could be a key turning point if the games are sustained.

for those who have spent months under russian occupation's, the relief is all too clear to see. they've waited a long time for this. debra hanks, sky news, in eastern ukraine. >> the walk about and windsor are dominating the front pages, i'm joined now by royal historian for a look at the papers. we don't want those front pages in-depth in the last hour, a lot of them had the two brothers, the grandsons of the queen doing their walkabout in windsor with their wives. we are delving in the papers, do you want to kick us off with the article that you have seen? >> yes, the difference between prince charles and king charles, he gave an impression yesterday he's going to uphold the constitution, of course that

means he will be a completely different person. if you go back to his prince of wales days he got involved in politics, he was keen on climate change dealing with pollution getting good opportunities for young people and also having a good architecture, all that changes. >> and he used to send prime minister's what were called the black spider memos, in his black spidery hand writing complaining about this and that. they started to get fed up with it, but all that changes, one thing that was interesting about his accession speech yesterday's him saying yes that will change, now i am the king, i don't get involved and done, i am above politics and we're lucky to have a non political head of state, not beholden to any political party. just there to give advice to

prime ministers which of course remains private. >> the difference is of course, we know, for example he is obsessed with the climate, he was known as this pot prince, he spoke to pots, as he might not speak on that, we have this inside track on what is going on in our kings head. i like that. >> which we didn't know with the queen? >> no. >> let's move on to focus on prince william and the walk about yesterday,. >> he released a statement saying the headline on the mail is a take from the new prince of wales statement which was moving and thought through, she was by my side in the happiest moments and by my size of in the saddest day of my life. he said that he used to pop across to see his grandmother at windsor, pick up tips he models his style of non royal

posturing, but the way william 's is modeled after his grandmother, i was particularly taken by one line, he wrote i thank her for her kindness and thinker on behalf of my generation for providing an example of service and dignity in public life that was from a different age but always relevant to us all. i work a lot with war generation, those the same age as the queen, she -- it's quite a few of those comments, the only pin-up nonagenarian has gone and people feel a different bereavement but they do certainly have this best foot start, betty still wears those heels, even if it makes her unstable, -- >> it is really interesting how

people relate to the royal family, isn't it? we have these amazing big occasions but it is that sense of people thinking my granny is like that, my son's like that, or we had a person in a family like that. that's how the royal family do make those personal connections. >> they're like a gigantic mirror, what's interesting about the queen is that she had been alive for so long, for those in the 50s she was this pin-up, and then in the 60 she was everyone's mother and now grandmother and great grandmother. and we also picked up on him saying a granny. >> let's move into another paper, the state funeral, we have the date of it is tomorrow, monday the 19th of september, isn't it? we're getting a few more details. >> a number of things have been canceled because of what has been going on, the queen's

death, and they would have begun their conference today, but they can't do that they've had to cancel the conference, the democrats canceling there's, they will lose money on the basis of that. people won't be able to get their hotel bookings and so on. >> nigel, when are going -- >> if they're talking about something like this arrangement, it's like doing the olympics but in ten days. there is going to be a cost. >> a gigantic financial crisis that will arrive. >> but we have a bank holiday on the day of the queens state funeral, we didn't get that when georgia six was there and there is holding out the possibility we might get another bank holiday when king charles is -- when the coronation happens. we have two holidays coming up, kids will like that, all you need to do is make sure your

employer will give you the day off, schools are closed, banks are closed, shops will close but not all of us will be able to take time off. on >> the subject of the coronation, in 1952 the queen a sense veteran, the coronation isn't until the following june, nearly 18 months later, the reasons given by churchill was to get the bailiffs out of the house, they were still rationing and it was to save money to have the coronation, so whether we will exercise the same restraint and have won in a year of so, of course we have a older king, that might be a reason to crack on with it. >> of course the papers dominated by coverage of the queen's death and in fact i had a guest yesterday who said that in france they devoted pages and pages of coverage to the queen's death and yet there and here we have a cost of living crisis, haven't we? liz truss features in the article that you've picked up here -- >> the mail on sunday, she joined the king on tour to lead a nation in mourning, she doesn't have to do that

protocol doesn't stipulate that a prime minister goes with her monarch to visit those four corners of britain, the united kingdom. i slightly feel a cynic in me is wondering if she isn't piggybacking off of king charles moment. i wonder what your thought is? >> i wonder what king charles thinks about it. it's meant to be his tour, he's meant to be seeing all the nations, how keen he will be with having list in the backseat, i'm not so sure? >> in terms of the prime minister's involvement, she will join the king as he leads the nation, it's all tiptoeing around this idea that liz very new, couldn't be more new in her premiership and we know that these great royal moments are big national moments, tony blair, the death of diana, really made a name for himself -- slightly leading at helping cutting the royal family and

lack of wise churchill, he made a speech that -- >> we only have a minute we can talk about the queen's friendship or the quirky's, another story. >> which one would you like to do, cortese are friendships? >> the queen would say there is no difference. there is no more loyal of a friend and a dog. >> he has been a great friend of the queen, met her through the princes royal, he became a friend of those well. went on shooting parties with her. he said that two weeks ago she was in fine form, he had seen her a couple of weeks before that, what is interesting is that like everybody else he won't say what they talked about. so he talked about how nice she was, but wouldn't reveal their private conversations. >> that is very good of him, for us we would be fascinated, wouldn't we? anyway, i know that we will cover the subject of dogs in

the later hours, but for the moment, thank you very much indeed. tesla and nigel we will see you later. do stay with us we have live coverage from buckingham palace and from balmoral later on this morning as the queen's coffin will begin its journey to its final resting place. it's been described as king charles asked his mother's last great journey, we will have plenty of coverage on that throughout the day and plenty of reaction to the crowds arriving here at buckingham palace. do stay with us. stay with us. >> publish and proclaimed that the prince charles philippe arthur george become our only lawful and rightful liege lord charles the third. >> three cheers for his majesty the king.

>> god save the king! >> thank you so much. >> good morning from buckingham palace, the queen's funeral cortege will leave balmoral making its way to edinburgh in what king charles describes as his mother's last great journey. no republic referendum in my first term, in an international exclusive australia's prime minister tell sky news there will be no break for the