well katie spencer is here with me this morning, cicada what can we expect to happen today?'ve spoken a lot over the last say about the continuity of the crown, how things have to keep moving immediately after the death of elizabeth the second, today begins the formality, the ceremonial steps that king charles iii will now take and yesterday if anything we got to see a more human side of him out meeting the public, and also giving us a speech in the evening and gauging the reaction of the public to that. today it is the formalities as you mentioned this is the first time that we would see something like this broadcast on television. it is a real moment within our history and what they hope to see is the sort of thing that we imagine to be traumatized, you see somebody who will come out into the balcony, trumpeters will play and they will formally announce that king charles iii is the new king and it is a moment within our history that many of us will probably never see again, maybe see again with the princess of whales. if we're lucky. it will really go down in history that

katie spencer has been looking at the life of a cultural icon. at the life of a cultural icon >> she was the most portrayed woman in the world, her face in 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 would play in maintaining the allure of brand britain. >> i remember 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 that wasn't papers or magazines i cut out and it was princess elizabeth's waiting and she was a fairytale princess, she really was, she was gorgeous, she had her hands bandwidth, beautiful eyes. we all loved her. >> decades on record audiences once again, were there for her platinum jubilee. >> perhaps you put like a marmalade sandwich? i always keep one for emergencies. >> so do i. i

katie spencer is still with us katie the doors of clothes now.t lucky few who get to see the queen line and state. >> it's an incredibly moving moment it's been an incredibly moving few days to see the number of people that have wanted to come and pay tribute to the queen. in many ways, it smells incredibly a hoosier this process of waiting so that people can come to terms, really, with what's happened. the loss of a monarch, i think in many ways, have the back of the covid pandemic, we all knew people who have lost loved ones, have gone through, grief and to have this moment of collective loss, where people have been able to come together, have wanted to come together for this moment, and reflect together on what's happened, losing a monarch who has been through such a period of great change for this country. i think it is met meant so much to so many people it's very natural when you look at a grieving family in particular to think of your own losses. and for so many people, i think the silence, the stillness of the back of having to queue for

let's take you down -- katie spencer is in front of the gates of buckingham palace. , katie many people are now? >> there's a great deal of people coming now. a concerted effort to make sure that people are leaving the flowers. -- -- before they head over to the park with the flowers. we're joined by cameron oscar and. rachel british are surely in his family. what did you want to be here today? >> i guess is just a moment of history, isn't it? not to compare respects and say thank you. >> you've actually made a little -- really took some time to read or know, what did you weigh? >> god save the queen. >> -- pay respects. >> yeah. >> you are from australia regionally, was it important to pay respect to the head of state? >> definitely. she's a living monument. -- she's been our queen for our entire lives as well and it's important to paris backs -- they get to see this and be in this somber moment but a historic. one we were saying it was an ace for you because it's all about family isn't it -- makes you think about those things. but her family are all very sad about it is well. -- they

. >> katie spencer, sky news. r, sky news >> and to just remind you that just after 10:00 will bring those pictures of the queen's funeral cortege as it begins its final journey. and also join trevor phillips for a special program at 9:00 every night on the death of the queen. that is 9 pm tonight. some other news now. at least 16 people have been killed. in a large earthquake in popular new guinea. the red cross said the 7.6 magnitude earthquake was one of the largest to ever hit the country. a tsunami warning was initially issued but has since been withdrawn. the war in ukraine has seen a major development, with ukrainian forces making gains in the east of the country. president vladimir zelenskyy has welcomed russia's withdrawal from key areas after ukrainian counter offensive. >> a movement of our soldiers are different directions of the front continues. to date, as part of active action since the beginning of september, about 2000 kilometers of our territory have already been liberated. the russian army in the

. >> katie spencer, sky news. >> let's just show you the scene live in a balmoral which is where we will see the queen's coffin being moved and beginning of the funeral cortege from their, ultimately of course it will complete its journey at the state funeral, the date for which we have, as you can see a number of police officers are now arriving at the gates of balmoral ahead of the beginning of that funeral cortege's journey across scotland. we will have plenty of coverage of that journey which begins at 10:00 this morning. the australian prime minister anthony albanese has told sky news he will not hold a referendum on whether the country should become a republic in his first term, he says this was a moment to show gratitude for the queens service to australia, the commonwealth and the world. here is that international interview with our correspondent cordelia lynch. >> the australians relationship with their queen appears to be enduring what do you think it was about her reign that achieve that special connection? >> i think the queen was with australians during times of celebration,