salute for the monarch. >> [noise] [inaudible] for the monarch >> [noise] [inaudible] p. we'll hear from the new monarch in a special ceremony.

i'm here at st. charles cathedral where the king will hold a vigil with members of the royal family. >> the new metropolitan police chief describes the queen's state funeral as a challenge. thousands of extra officers have been called in to help manage the crowds. >> it's a massive challenge for the metropolitan meese and me personally. but we have been preparing for many, many years. >> and parts of the commonwealth mourning as they have fresh questions about the role of the monarchy. the prime minister of antiqua saying that he intends to hold a referendum on that country becoming a republic in the next three years. and science that jamaica and other nations may well follow suit. >> also this morning, the only light in the darkness. ukraine accuses retreating russian military of attacking a

power station causing blakeout blackout. >> very good morning from buckingham palace, king charles iii will lead a procession along his mother later today. the king will give a speech to mps and lords in westminster this morning. new details have been revealed of how people can see the queen lying in state both in scotland and in also here in london. it will begin on wednesday, this wednesday coming, 5:00. it will open for 24 hours a day until it closes at 6:30 a.m. there are tight restriction restrictions on what visitors should or shouldn't do. if you're a tourist and you do want to go and take part and pay

respects to the queen, laura is here. >> so there is a list. watch out for the weather. if it's going to be hot. it's going to be wet, wear appropriate clothing. you'll be outside in that cube hours, hours on end. bear in mind and respect the moment. so no t-shirts, no clothing with offensive slogans on them. food and drink will be important. as i say, it is going to be a very, very long and very slow moving cue. you've been asked to bring food and drink. there is limit the provision along the route of cue. you can't take that into westminster hall itself. everything else will be thrown away. it's not known how long that cue will last.

take battery pack for mobile phones. you can't use any device once inside. that is not the moment to be taking photos or film of any sorts. if you need medication, that is fine to take too. one small bag per person is what people are being told they're allowed to bring. everyone will be given a wrist band at the start of that cue. the wrist band is worn by the same person as they move through cue as well. you can't give it to anyone else. you have to take the wrist band off straight after westminster hall. this is to try to get as many through westminster hall, as many people a chance to get through. >> a lot of people live around that area. >> yeah. it's a really busy area. not just the offices, people living there. there are lots of flats in the area as well. when we expect hundreds of thousands of people fright 5:00

on wednesday until 6:00 a thick cue the whole time. you're asked to respect people that live in the area and work in the area as well. but there will be disruption. imagine that number of people passing through just small area. it is going to go back for miles and miles. >> also when you do finally get to the cue, put it on silent. >> definitely. all phones on silent. some of this feels common sense. if you've been in the cue for ten hours, who knows at the moment. no food or drink allowed in the room. you just be filing past. they want to keep this moving. they can keep it moving, that

means more people can pass. any big bags have to be put into storage. if you have a bag put into storage, that's going to hold things up more. >> folding chairs, camping equipment, it's a long que and it's going to be moving. also, top frip us as we say, it's not the place for toddlers, babies, children. we'll be off school or visiting on a monday and over the weekend. these are very, very long ques. >> thank you very much. >> let's talk what is going to happen today. that is from wednesday through to next monday when the queen is lying in state.

the king will address both houses of parliament. members meet to express condolences after the queen's death. the king and queen and queen elizabeth's three other children will walk alongside the coffin in a procession to st. charles cathedral. a service and prayer reflection will be there. the queen will lie in state for 24 hours. and they will receive a message of condolence as well from parliament. crowds line the streets as the queen's coffin travels through scotland to palace yesterday while at buckingham palace, king charles was met by more supporters and mourners. we have more.

>> reporter: the king will start the full first week of reign as last ended, in mourning, and at work. in parliament and in public, popular consent his mother protected granted. his day will begin with an address to the lords in the commons before he travels to scotland to rejoin the queen on her final journey. it began in near silence. birds on the accompanyment as the hearse left. people lining the route and a guard of a honor of tractors and horses. in nearby towns, they counted the queen a neighbor.

>> it was quite a fulfillment to be here. and very proud of the huge crowds and to the queen and royal family. >> i think it's the end of an era. it seems a very somber moment. >> it was important. just some respect. ♪ >> across the four nations, there were proclamations and pageantry. >> god save the king! ♪ three cheers and a gun salute for the monarch. hip hip horray. hip hip horray. [ gunfire ] and in belfast. the king's first step is

edinburgh where the coffin arrived yesterday afternoon. today king charles will lead a procession to the cathedral where the queen's body will lie in state for 24 hours, a start of a week of public display in london and here afterthe final night of privacy for the family. >> after service at st. charles today, the queen will be brought back to london tomorrow resting at the palace before being taken to westminster hall and four days of lying in state. huge problem -- huge challenge for the police here in london. and the new boss has described the queen's funeral as a significant challenge, a massive challenge. hundreds of thousands of people

expected to travel to london. people being asked to plan ahead and follow instructions from the police. >> it's a massive challenge for the metropolitan police and me personally. but we have been preparing for many, many years. this is very diligent determined people who put a lot into this. and indeed myself in my previous roles i was involved in that. i think ultimate review recently. but most of all, i have a lot of trust and confidence in the fantastic police officers who are going to support this event and make it safe. i've been working with colleagues across government and as you would expect, we will have a safe event. we have to put thousands of officers into this because of the level of security required and the millions of people who want to pay respects.

of course this is a massive challenge for the police. good morning, martin. >> there is a man with a lot on his plate. and, yes, he doesn't underestimate the challenge and why should he? but as you point out, the force has with it the royal household and others have been planning for this event for many years. there is a lot to take account of. schools of foreign dignitaries that need to be protected. there's the constant threat of a terror attack. and there's the possibility of other people using the vent to launch some kind of protest. and, of course, underlying all that is the new visitors to

london seeing the funeral cortege. no one wants to be blocked from having some kind of access. so it's a massive headache. but the new commissioner sounding very confident about what he plans for officers to do in a week's time. >> okay. martin, thank you. >> joining me now and throughout the show is the historian and author sir anthony seldon. just reflecting on the challenge of the police. also all of the officers, they were probably only known one monarch. >> everyone in the entire country in different ways are and it's their job to suppress their personal emotion and think about anything that can go wrong. that would be there forever and

seen all around the world. so the next seven days for it to go seamlessly without anything untoward happening, anybody charging over a barrier, anything worse than that, i mean, it's constant alert. you can imagine that all the surveillance that's going on the whole time is acute. and so these people, yeah. they are heard. and now the police, everything -- even the prisoners. i mean now his majesty's prisons. you know, they'll have a chance of owner, if you like. >> how quickly will staff and the royal mint change? >>s being prepared for a long time. the way he looks will change direction. but at the same time, it takes time to get that through. so as quickly as possible.

so we're still going to be adearing who still uses them. it's a lot easier than it was when she took over from her father george vi because everybody used stamps and money then. so that aspect at least of -- >> what about postboxes? >> i mean, they might go the same way as phone boxes. when is the last time anyone was in a phone box? >> true. >> there is visible signs. >> he's certainly changed with the times. >> he has. but also, he's anticipating this era. i think that's what the monarchy does. prime ministers come and go. we've been reminded -- what do they think about, kay? they think about the next general election. the monarchy can think about the long term interests of the

country. that's why the environment, the whole green issue, revival of communities and trades and crafts, these things, the monarchy does. they don't have to be lekted. doesn't have to think of a short term popularity. >> how do you think he's feeling at the moment? >> oh, my goodness. i think he'll be feeling inside bereaved. we know that he had a lot of dinners with his mother. they were incredibly close. moms and sons. >> moms and sons. not always close. and they go through ups and downs. but she was his absolute anchor. he'll be feeling all that. he'll be very happy walking there with camilla at his left side. because she's provided that

anchor. >> thank you for being here. and, of course, we did hear from king charles when he made the first king speech talking about some of the charities that he has represented over the years and how he must have to step back a little from so many of them for now as his work rollin creases. and the queen was patron of hundreds of charities as well, of course. and the dane joining us now from the new forest. hello. the queen, a patron of so many charities? what was your involvement with her? >> i met her on a number of charity events. i think not enough credit has been given to the royal family what a huge difference they make to the voluntary sector. every time the queen arrived at an event, it meant there are more people there. without spread awareness.

there would be an opportunity to thank the people that work so selflessly for so many charities. she made a huge contribution. she certainly did to me personally. by chance, i met her at an vent celebrating the work of volunteers across the board. i didn't know the queen was going to be there. it was a very hot day. we were all wilting except the queen. she was looking fresh, beautiful, and in a blue and white dress. and she came out to the group where i was and asked me why i was there. i said i thought it was problem bhi because the help line for children, child line, is delivered by volunteer counsellors. and those volunteers, i suppose, need to be thanked and celebrated for the work they do as well as many others.

there was an unraveling of the brain that happens when you're approached by a member of the royal family. i was trying to set up, i said you probably think me mad, but we're wondering whether we should create a help line for some people. she looked a little grumpy. i wondered whether i said the wrong thing. actually, she was reflecting on what i said. and she said, yes, i suppose some of the problems faced by older people are very like the problems face bid children. and we talked a little bit about that. she said i don't think it's mad,

i think it's brave. i went back to the trustees and said what the queen said. we all thought, well, right. we'll keep going. we'll make this work. the queen thinks this is not mad. and i wonder whether the little things she said across the board, all the events sbhent to just gave people heart. made them feel they could keep calm and carry on. i think that's how she would want us to feel now. the after all, you know, she is by making a public statement saying she wanted the duchess of cornwall to be the queen con sort. she is the transition. i think she wanted us to keep calm and carry on. i think we owe it to her memory to do that. >> you also have meet the met the queen courtsort recently.

queen consort recently haven't you? >> i think camilla has a great touch when it comes to helping charities. there are particular causes she is aspousing at the moment, particularly domestic violence and the children affected by domestic violence. in the our case, it's tiny new charity called silver stories. and i wrote to camilla, the dutch duchess of cornwall at the time. it's encouraging people to read, to read to us old people on the phone. it's a lovely idea. i knew how keen she was on literacy. and see it would make a huge difference to our work if she would agree to become a patron. and do you know she did. we were brand new. but she is our patron, silver stories. and this summer in cornwall it

was a lovely event. she talked to the children and older people read to. she felt she was setting us n a path and carry on and that we spread awareness and she helped us do that. >> it's always so lovely to speak to you, esther, thank you for taking the time. >> pleasure, kate. thank you. >> thank you. >> later on today the queen's coffin will be taken from the palace along the royal mile in edinburgh. hi, neil. good morning. >> good morning. let me try to identify exactly where i am. it may not be immediately obvious given what can you see over my shoulders. just to my right, plenty of people have been to edinburgh.

just over my cameraman's shoulder, just and behind me, step out of way. the palace of hollywood house. hollywood palace. currently the queen's coffin is in the front room flanked by the royal regiment. red and yellow design with the line rampant. it is a little later today that the queen will take a journey from the palace of hollywood house up the royal had to the cathedral of st. giles. this is a journey that has a touching parallel and the procession will take place this afternoon. after the queen consort and king

arrived here, they'll follow on foot the king at least and other senior members, the queen consort and others will be in cars behind. that short journey i'm sure many viewers will see. the coffin is taken inside st. giles on the royal mile by that same party that brought night hollywood palace itself. then there will be a ceremony conducted by the reverend count minister at the church. the reason for the parallel is this. once it is taken inside the cathedral itself, the crown of scotland, the oldest in, fact, set of crown jewels we have in the british aisles will be placed on the coffin. after the queen had been ground london, she came to scotland and she walked that journey up the royal mile where she was received among other things the

crown of scotland. then, of course, a little later today, there will be an opportunity for the public to pay their respects. at some point the royal family themselves will be standing in vigil themselves. it is a strange moment for the king. it's a bit of return to edinburgh. i was here for an extended period of time. i'm from the other side of the country. this is not a part of scotland that i know particularly well. having been here for a few hours, having sat around, you know, my memories start to go to my times around here. one suspects that the very long tradition and her best to put it, the long admiration for the royal family had for scotland that i suspect as they themselves make their way up the royal mile. their thoughts will turn to events, to occasions that they have enjoyed here in edinburgh. all that later ton day.

the king and queen consort also will be popping into the scottish parliament. john sweeney commented on the energies we had yesterday as the coffin made its way to edinburgh. there are beautiful shots making through. some of the more beautiful parts of scotland. there is a very, very long connection between the royal family and scotland itself. one of which, i suspect, the king charles iii himself will be wanting to continue. again, sitting this morning and having a little thinking about connections with the royal family. many years ago i remember my mom and dad sitting me down and reading a book written by prince charles. i remember it was pretty good. pick up a copy. >> i rep that too, actually. i remember it well. very different than watching the

helicopter. >> yes. >> thank you, neil. >> we've just had a statement from chris. >> yes. his message describing the queen as a guiding come pass, globally admired and respected. then a very personal paragraph here. granny, he says, while this final passing brings us great sadness, i'm forever grateful for all of our first meetings from my earliest childhood memories with you to meeting you for the first time as my commander in chief to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved great grandchildren. i cherish these times shared with you and the many other special moments in between. you are already sorely missed, not just by us but by the world over. as it comes to first meetings, we now honor my father in his new role as charles iii. thank you for your commitment to service. thank you for your sound advice.

thank you for your infectious smile. we, too, smile knowing that you and grandpa are reunited now and both together in peace. i think what an emotional personal statement from prince harry there to as he says granny. talking about those important moments where she's been with him. the statement there posted on the archwell website, talking about how he has early childhood memories, spent a lot of time with granny as he calls her. and then meeting his wife meghan and hugging his children too. we know that meeting took mace during the jubilee weekend. they were able to introduce lilibet to the queen. >> do we know what role they'll play in the funeral? >> we don't yet. there are a lot of questions about that. a lot of unanswered questions at the moment. there will be a procession. we know this very quiet

procession. whether or not he'll be there at that point, certainly senior members of the royal family will be there. as well as close members of both royal households. we don't know exactly which members. we've not been given all the details. lots of questions though. you would imagine he will very much want to be there as for his role and where he is, where he stood. we don't yet know. but certainly when we saw harry and william in windsor for that walk about with their wives, it felt like a real moment. >> it did. and also king charles, then prince charles, preparing his speech for when he would be king and the first king speech. and he made pint of talking about harry and meghan. >> it was so significant. this was the biggest speech of his life. his public address not this nation but the whole of the

commonwealth as well. he paid tribute to his mother. then talked about his reign and how he wanted support of the family. his darling camilla. the new prince and princess of wales. even though they are no longer working members of the royal family, he wanted to say thank you and express his love for meghan and harry as did he in that statement. very important. >> armsful of flowers there for meghan mark will. we've seen so many flowers. they say please don't put your flowers here. there is a designated area. and yet, we've seen i think two or three golf carts full of flowers already today being taken to another spot. we sent ivan over there to give us an idea how the flowers are

being picked up. what happens to all the plastic that the flowers are wrapped in? >> people are now being urged not to bring the plastic. they're being asked to unwrap the flowers that they last longer and more sustainable. the ones have been brought in plastic, they're grabbing people and asking them if they wouldn't mind volunteering to do a little work and pay respects and unwrap some of the plastic. i was told by one of the park officials that yesterday they filled 700 bags full of the mastic wrapping. that is how many flowers have been left here. there is plenty more bags to fill as well. here you might be able to hear the plastic and paper and see in the distance the army of volunteers unwrapping the plastic from the flowers and dispensing all of those. and if you pan down around the base of this big tree, you see all the unwrapped flowers being

laid here. the other flowers are assembled in shapes around the paths and words as well spelling things like thank you. now i'm joined by some people who come this morning all the way from southampton. emma, jamie, and three daughters, all wearing wonderful matching t-shirts. what does it say? you will stay in our hearts. that's lovely. what are your names? >> i'm macy may. >> arabella. >> elysse. >> 4:00 driving up from southampton. what it is look being here? >> quite amazing how many flowers and how many people have come to sprekt the queen and give them all the thank yous for everything that she's done for us. >> absolutely. the. >> tell me what you girls left. >> we left some flowers at the gates. >> and why did you want to come here? what did the queen mean to you? >> she meant so much.

she meant everything. and we always work on the christmas speeches she made. and jub lean the big party and the street party and our road where we live. >> you're going to miss her? >> yes, a lot. >> how about you? what do you make of all the flowers. do you like them? >> yeah. >> are they pretty? >> are they pretty flowers? >> it's an amazing smell. >> how you about, mom and dad? why did you feel the need to come? it's quite a long journey. especially that early in the morning. jamie, you're just off the night shift. >> yes. it's important for the girls to come and see everything, what's going on. it's an important moment in their history. so, yeah. >> always remember it, don't we, being here. big part of our lives. >> tell me about the t-shirts. >> i had a quick turn around.

yep. hour delivery. i got them ordered for the girls so they would all have them and memory boxes. >> lovely thing to do. thanks very much. enjoy today. >> thank you. >> now just some of the hundreds, thousands if not tens of thousands of people who will come here today to pay respects. >> ivan, thank you. you can see the faint sound of drilling. they are putting up fences to protect victoria ahead of further events when the queen's body returns tomorrow evening. then on wednesday as we've been saying, she'll be taken to westminster hall to lie in state. there is an vent at 10:30 this

morning. i want to pause for a second. i want to bring other news to you. particularly from ukraine. including a power station being tacked. they band on positions in east of the country. the city appeared to be under a complete blackout. cars drove through darkened street. russia struck a thermal power station causing a huge fire. responding via the telegram platform ukrainian president zelenskyy, of course, said this to russia's leaders -- ussia's l- history will put everything in its place. they tell this program that russia is now hitting civilian targets after significant

setbacks on the battlefield. >> what we're seeing is russians reaction in their typically heavy handed way. they know that they have reverse on the battlefield. so they're lashing out in other ways to try and restore their position. everything they can to reassert themselves. >> here's what's been going on. ukrainian counter offensive over the weekend has retain huge sections of territory from russian forces in a short space of time. the chief commander says 1160 square miles happened since start of the month and that ukrainian troops within 30 miles of russia's border. russia has likely withdrawn units from the region.

security and defense deborah hanes reports from the recaptured towns and warning her reporting includes images of bodies that were killed when the russians took over. >> ukrainian forces are on a roll. russia's front line crumbling. the line they looked to capture is gone. access to this area is still heavily restricted. the police agreed to take us to a village that until three days ago was under russian control. the residents seem quite dazed by what's happened. this man lived through the second world war and six months of terror under the russians. e s

>> across the street, the police are able to investigate their suspected war crimes. they've come to retrieve the bodies of two men. both had been shot dead in the detached house where one of the victims lived. his next door neighbor found the man and had to bury them in the guard an. >> maria shows us her end of the property. and where hit been hit during the occupation. >> that must have been really scary for you. they had been in the village for months. with winter coming, she is scared of the cold and the

possibility of the russians returning. russians returning. there have been a lot of dark times. a local industrial site is also a crime scene. the police climb up to retrieve the body of a security guard shot dead in late february as the russians advanced. left to rot. now free, residents describe russia's chaotic retreat. his neighbor's son sums you up the mood. >> but this also much trauma. russian soldiers shot this man's

brother dead. he doesn't know why. the memory too painful. >> his brother laid to rest here. awaiting justice. deborah haines, sky news. >> and we'll be hearing from deborah throughout today. obviously, our mind is very much focused also on king charles and when we'll see him again. in about an hour's time, 45 minutes, there abouts, he'll be addresses both houses of parliament at westminster hall where members will meet to express their condolences after the queen's death last thursday. standing by. what's going to happen?

>> good morning. king charles will come to the house in the next hour or so. we expect him to arrive shortly after 10:00. he will then receive addresses from both leaders of the house. both speaker of the house and the speaker of the lords. they'll make short speeches offering condolences. to give you context, the last time this happened was a decade ago and it was the queen to celebrate her diamond jubilee. she gave an address to both houses of parliament in the westminster hall behind me. you can hardly see.

the queen gave an address and parliament put up in westminster hall a special stained glass window to commemorate her diamond jubilee. he gave the address then the music will be the band of the household cavalry. there will be a salute and both houses of parliament will rise to sing the national anthem. so a busy day for the new monarch. >> okay. beth, thank you. of course, she'll take you through events. as heir to the throne, king charles dedicated much of his time and energy to charity work.

youth charity, the prince's trust, helped more than one million unemployed and disadvantaged young people since they launched 50 years ago. the chief executive of the prince's trust is live with us now. what amazing work the charity does. >> it is extraordinary. the king has been a guiding force behind a lot of that. for last few years. it's going to be interrogatory see how the role will change. >> what do you expect? >> i think we'll carry on as normal. the sort of gradual separation has been happening over a while. he will remain as our president. so we're kind of still there helping young people. >> is there a role for his elder son? >> i think that's something to be sorted out. >> obviously the prince of wales has a number of foundations he

is involved with. >> tell us about prince's trust. >> we help young people get into work. it may be supporting them at school. it may be helping them when they come out of prison or self em moiment. we help them get a job and have a future. >> and how many helped over the way? >> a million in 19 countries. >> amazing. how important is the royal patronage? >> i think royal patronage is very important. so we've been very proud to have the king as our founder indeed. >> do you feel confident that he will have some sort of royal patron? >> yes, i do.

>> we call it the prince's trust. we'll be associated with the royal family. i think that in the way that the duke of edinburgh survived and flourished, the prince's trust will do the same. >> okay. and a thought for the king as goes into the next few days. bittersweet. he lost his mom and they were ver, very close. not only united kingdom but the commonwealth. >> yes. of it's taking a bit infer our his around. i think he'll be a fantastic king. >> he'll bring that same passion and compassion to his role as our new king. >> good to talk to you. >> thank you. just talking there about the commonwealth. actually across the commonwealth, people have been

mourning the queen as you would expect. and reflecting on her legacy. but her death has also reignited conflicted emotions in britain's former colonies. we have the latest from king kingston in jamaica. >> it's clear that there is a huge amount of affection and admiration for queen elizabeth ii and the role she held here for so long. she visited six times as monarch. the first time in 1953, less than two years after she became queen. her final visit was in 2002 and marked the start of her golden jubilee celebrations. she was accompanied as she was so often in her travels around the world by her husband the duke of edinburgh. i think the prime minister of jamaica perhaps encompassed the feelings that many people have here about the queen when he said her grace, elegance and humility will be remembered

throughout the ages. but the queen's death perhaps unsurprisingly 5:00 celebrated debates that have been around for a long while now about the colonialist past and the future role of the monarchy in certain commonwealth countries. we've seen displays of the complexities of that relationship in recent years, notably when the duke and duchess of cambridge paid a visit earlier this year. that trip was marked with an apology for slavery and prince william acknowledged that. he said in the wake of of that trip he wasn't sure how long the monarchy's days in the caribbean would last here. acknowledged they may have been a hint of that just in the last couple of days. the prime minister of antiqua saying that he intends to hold referendum on that country

becoming a republic in the next three years. there are signs that jamaica and other nations may well follow suit. >> tomorrow is here. they're just leaving number 10 and a surprise visitor arriving at the house of commons. >> that's right. liz truss is going over to westminster hall for the king's address to both houses. the you see her there make herg way over to -- she doesn't have an official role in this. they welcome the king and talk about mps pledging allegiance to him and then she'll be there. we've just seen in the westminster hall, we don't have a camera in there. but jeremy corbin is wearing a dark suit. of course, he didn't go to the king's speech on saturday. he turned up for this one. >> we're seeing the prime minister arriving at westminster hall. we don't have cameras inside

west munster hall. >> no. >> we do. actually, we do. there we go. >> and liz truss. going to take her place. and they will be waiting to hear them speak. it will be a five-minute speech from the speaker of commons. and then the king will no doubt thank him for their tributes to the queen which we heard on saturday -- friday and saturday, hours of tributes from members of both houses. some really touching anecdotes about the queen and her personal recollections. you see boris johnson taking a seat at the front.

sitting in the second row there. >> and this is where the laying in state will be of the queen. >> it is. and how appropriate in that magnificent hall with those beams. among the beams, you can still find the real tennis balls that henry viii because as well as where great monarchs and leaders rest. it was also a he real tennis court for royal recreation as part of the royal palace. so many functions. and here this is the place in parliament, the biggest space in parliament where everyone can gather. >> just the secretary boris johnson, of course, two former prime ministers seated there together. and laura, you were just talking

about the tennis balls. a magical building. we saw the queen mother lie in state here? >> that's right. lying in state and the state funeral is something for the sovereign. winston churchill had a state funeral. the queen mother in 2002, her lying in state took place here. the crowds then to file past and pay tribute were huge. that will be on a much smaller scale than what we'll be seeing in this very hall here from wednesday at 5:00 when members of public can start to walk past the coffin of the queen. but the lying in state begins and last for 24 hours every day until half past 6:00 of the morning of the 19th of

september. >> as you were saying, it's rare we see inside westminster hall. of those that have been to visit their mp previously will know that once they gone through security, they come into westminster hall and then go up to central lobby. >> absolutely. people could be cuing for very long time, hours and hours. the secretary has been warning mps to tell people they face very, very long waits to get in. and you can really get a lot of people in there. this is the hall where world leaders who address both houses come and do their addresses.

we've had many of these before but no, ma'am so attended. all the mps chatting with each other. >> it is marvelous. it is the oldest part of parliament. parliament burnt down in the 19th century. that's why it looks the style that we know today. but this is the medieval part of it. this is the most ancient part of it linking to where the royal palace was. and as you have said, kay, people are walking along and coming into seat mps. you'll be able to see in it time, i'm sure, a metal plaque on the ground denoting this is the place where queen elizabeth lay in state.

the high commissioner to the united kingdom also looking at these images. hello to you. thank you for joining us. what you would like to say about the queen on the half of gunner? >> well, i would say that the passing of the queen is great loss to humanitarian generally and ghana is a member of the commonwealth. we have great relationship with the magister her queen. and we were supposed to handle that after the election of 2020. however, there were doubts as to whether we were prepared to do

that. and according to president for his democratic credentials, we've been influenced president rawlings in deciding democratic transition. and so we believe that her majesty the queen has been a force for good. and look at the commonwealth. we are just as diverse as the united nations. because of our common values, we come together and we agree on so many things. so for me the queen represented, indeed, stability in the best of

turbulence and diversity. i have seen that. the uk is one of the most diverse and tolerant nations in the world. and it is we trust that his majesty, king charles iii, also, the successor to her majesty will continue the good work of the majesty the queen. >> okay. thank you very much, indeed, for sharing your thoughts with us this morning. thank you. as we look at images from westminster hall. live images. you'll be seeing king charles arriving with the queen consort shortly.

>> he will speak for five minutes and reflect what they've been saying during the debate. only the fifth time they sat on a saturday since the second world war. he'll address the humble address. they will pledge loyalty to king charles and their conviction he'll uphold our liberties. so that will be what he says. then king charles will respond no doubt thanking parliamentarians for tributes in picking thought those who are moving. >> a lot of the tributes have been comforting for the king as well. omforting for the king as well

plus, kipg charles takes the throne as the uk pays tribute to his mother. these are live pictures from westminster hall where king charles iiiilbe