take them away those children are official, officially princes and princesses today frances. >> kelly cobiellaand kelly, thank you and as far as the actual coronation, that remains to be seen it could be a few months away, as we know queen elizabeth ascended the throne but the coronation was over a year after that happened. >> and all the talk of the title changes and what that could be, i can't help but think this will be the last female we will see wear the crown in britain for at least the next three generations to come. it is the end of the second elizabethan era. how about that >>> we thank you for starting your day and ending your week with this special edition of arly today." >>> "eco this is kind of a love story. because what is this and this and this if not pure unbridled passion? that's the feeling at homegoods here you can always get more of what you love, more variety to choose from, more treasures to uncover ...all for less. so, when something makes your heart race, you'll know it's yours to keep. because the best things in life don't cost a fortune. they're found. homegoods. go f

we have kelly cobiella standing by as this all unfolds before our eyes. kelly, what can we expect?>> reporter: we'll see the queen being escorted not only by members of the military here many the uk, a company of archers, in fact, but also by members of her family. king charles will lead that procession. prince edward and princess anne both dressed in ceremonial military clothing as well, as they guide her coffin down the one-mile stretch orp so of this very historic street known as the royal mile in scotland. you can see that there are people packed -- you will see people packed on both sides of that stretch of road eager to pay their final respects, to say good-bye, to take a moment and remember this woman who was who has been part of their lives for the past 70 years and also to see the new king, king charles. this will not be a short procession. it's only about a mile long, but it will take about 20 minutes. a trip from holyroodhouse, the official residence of the monarch in scotland, down to st. giles cathedral. it's sort of a somber day and a day of remembrance and in a way c

kelly cobiella, nbc news, balmoral, scotland >>> and that's "nightly news" for this friday. for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night >>> coming up on nbc bay area news tonight, how long will the heat wave last? >> they say it is random, but why does it always happen here. >>> why the power problems are not over yet. >>> remembering the queen. we get perspective from the consulate general's office in san francisco. >>> good evening. it is friday and we have

nbc's kelly cobiella explains what the title means and how the people in u.k. are reacting. >> reporter: a new king alongside his queen, camila, queen consort, a job with no salary and no official duties. the consort's most important role, to support the king. in his first televised speech as monarch, king charles calling her his darling wife. >> i know she will bring to the demands of her new role a steadfast devotion to duty on which i have come to rely so much. >> reporter: the pair have known each other since the 1970s. they married in 2005. like king charles camila also a divorcee, both with children and grandchildren. back then queen elizabeth worried the public wouldn't approval of the woman the late princess diana called the third person in her marriage. camila quietly carried on. the palace slowly reshaping her image. now royal patrons to more than 90 charities, taking on tough topics like domestic abuse and sexual assault. a quarter of a century after diana's death many attitudes have changed. >> what do people think of queen camila here? >> i think p

kelly cobiella now with more on what this new title means and how the people here in the uk are reacting>> reporter: a new king alongside his queen. camilla, queen consort, a job with no salary and no official duties the consort's most important role, to support the king in his first televised speech as monarch, king charles calling her his darling wife >> i know she will bring to the demands of her new role the steadfast devotion to duty on which i have come to rely so much >> reporter: the pair have known each other since the 1970s. they married in 2005 like king charles, camilla also a divorcee, both with children and grandchildren. >> did he get down on one knee to propose? >> reporter: back then, queen elizabeth worried that the public wouldn't approve of the person late princess diana called the third person in their marriage >> love the flowers. >> reporter: camilla quietly carried on the palace slowly reshaping her image. now royal patron to more than 90 charities, taking on tough topics, like domestic abuse, and sexual assault >> there is strength in unity >> reporter: a quarter

also gains a new title, queen consort, a role just 20 years ago many thought would never happen kelly cobiellais queen. camilla, queen consort, a job with no salary and no official duties the consort's most important role, to support the king. in his first televised speech as monarch, king charles calling her his darling wife. >> i know she will bring to t demands of her new role the steadfast devotion to duty on which i have come to rely so much. >> reporter: the pair have known each other since the 1970s they married in 2005 like king charles, camilla also a divorcee, both with children and grandchildren. >> did he get down on one knee to propose >> of course >> back then, queen elizabeth worried the public wouldn't approve of the woman the late princess diana called the third person in her marriage circumstances lovely flowers. >> reporter: camilla quietly carried on, the palace slowly reshaping her image. now royal patron to more than 90 charity, taking on tough topics like domestic abuse and sexual assault. >> there is part in this alliance in the strength of the unity. >> reporter: a qua

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>> nbc's kelly cobiella joining us live from scotland. thank you very much.s we were just discussing and legally upon queen elizabeth's death, charles became the next king of england. king charles iii. he paid his own tribute to the queen, his mother, with a statement reading in part, we mourn profoundly the passion of a cherished sovereign and much loved mother. i know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the commonwealth and by countless people around the world. king charles iii and his queen cons sell camilla will begin a process of accession to the throne. i want to bring in global director of "politico" and r-who served as press secretary for the u.k. cabinet office. thanks for being up so early with us this morning. let's start, it is hard to almost try to encapsulate the legacy of the monarch who served for 70 years, who was there, who served her country in world war ii, and through so much, moments of triumph and also challenges for the u.k., what are just a few of the things that you think should be most remembered for. >> the connect

with us is nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobiella and keir simmons. kelly? >> reporter: that's right. today the viewings of her majesty's coffin have stopped. there were people waiting in line right up until the end. they stopped people from joining the line a couple hours ago trying to ensure those waiting for so long would be able to get inside the cathedral and pay their final respects. in the next hour to two, we'll see preparations start to get underway to move the queen's coffin to london. and this will be another round of sort of ceremonial events. the royal company of archers honor guard, the company that protects the monarch, they have been standing vigil around her coffin. they will perform a salute. there will be a small prayer. and then her coffin will be loaded into that herself that we saw during the procession yesterday when she was moved from the ka heat dral. she will be taken to the airport. we expect that she will be boarded on to a c-17 royal air force. she will be flown to london, an hour-long flight and accompanying her will be her own

kelly cobiella now on princess diana's life and the legacy she leaves >> reporter: princess diana, the people's princess. the royal with a common touch. >> diana was the original celebrity in sharing quite a lot of herself with the public and ensuring the public knew who she really was people saw the real her. >> reporter: 25 years a princess diana died after a tragic car crash in a paris tunnel. she was just 36. her sudden death triggering an outpouring of grief, leaving prince william and prince harry, heirs to the british throne motherless the queen paid tribute in a live broadcast. >> i admired her for her commitment to others and her devotion to her two boys rem >> we have been brought closer because of the circumstances as well you are uniquely bonded because what we've been through, but even harry and i have not talked about our mother enough. >> reporter: diana was renowned for her charity work, opening the country's first aid unit, shaking hands with the aids patients >> that style of approach has now replicated with william. i mean, he's involved in. >> reporter: pothey want

here is kelly cobiella >> reporter: a lifetime of royal celebrations and scandals.nerals. >> he has simply been my strength and stay all these years. >> reporter: their early story was a fairy tale elizabeth still a princess saw philip when she was just 13. >> elizabeth saw the 18-year-old 6-foot tall and handsome he was nicknamed the viking. she fell head over heels in love with him >> reporter: the school girl crush blossomed in a romance world war ii kept them apart they managed to stay in touch by mail. >> he was fighting on pretty much all of the naval fronts it was a correspondence love affair they wrote letters >> reporter: in july, 1947, philip asked for the future qu queen's hand in marriage four months later, historic he w wedding at westminster abbey living quietly in malta and starting a family. that all changed when her father, king george, died and the young princess became queen. at the k kor owe coronation, he said he would give up his naval life. >> he was always quite the alpha male having taking a step back and follow his wife as she became head o

kelly cobiella has more on queen elizabeth's and prince philip's 73-year love story. >> the queen andworld had a front seat to their fairytale romance from the very beginning. a romance that aged like fine wine. side by side, the queen and her prince went through a lifetime of celebrations and tribulations for more than seven decades. >> quite simply, my strength and stay all these years. >> it was love at first sight. the queen only a princess in 1939, spotted the dapper and to you -- towering philippe while on vacation and became enraptured. >> she fell desperately head over heels in love. >> like any great romance, the bond was put to the test when he joined the royal navy. their courtship continued long distance. >> it was a correspondence love affair. they wrote letters to one another. >> with each letter, their feelings flourished. until he returned from war and asked the future queen's hand in marriage. it was the wedding of the century. broadcast around the world in 1947. >> to see their future queen and her husband. >> their quiet home life didn't last long. in 1952, the sudd

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our thanks to kelly cobiella for that report.are also turning to art. and we're very fortunate to have our next guest, the artist behind an iconic portrait of the queen, this work is called likeness and being. it is an acclaimed piece, created from sitting by the queen, portraying her in her crown, with her eyes closed. highly celebrated artist joins me now. so good to see you. i look at that and i see so many different things, but first, tell us, how did this even come to be? >> a lot of people are looking at this one, and i had two sitting with the majesty and it was commissioned originally, it was 800 years since france looked at the crown and they wanted to mark that. so the portrait in the castle, it is a holographic image, and so i used a series of cameras that took the different views from left to right and created a three dimensional portrait of the queen. >> i look at it, and i see a queen at rest, i see a queen caught in an unguarded moment, i see so many things, what did you want to portray? >> well, i think because wi

we have kelly cobiella in edinburgh, daisy mcandrew, msnbc royal commentator, tom bort, and editor for the financial time when frequently writes about the royal family. kelly, tell us about the mood today and going forward today. >> reporter: on one hand, the introduction of a new king, king charles iii, in scotland. the other, the beginning of a belong good-bye to a queen who reigned over this country and the united kingdom for 70 years. we spoke to people on that procession route earlier today about why they came. many of them gave us basically the same two answers. one, to pay respect to this woman who has been part of their lives for so long. a woman who gave her -- gave a life of selfless sacrifice and duty to this country. and also to witness a moment in history. i spoke to a grandmother and mother who came here with her2-year-old son. she said i want to be here so i can tell my son that he was here 10 years from now when he is old enough to really understand it. it is a momentous time in history, the first time we are seeing a new monarch in this country in 70 years. and also sa

her legacy still lives on leaving many inspired to make a difference here's kelly cobiella. >> reporterris tunnel and a london palace for princess diana. a quarter of a century after her death, diana still enthralls and inspires images of her compassion seared into our memory. her meetings with mother teresa, holding the hands of aids patients that compassion is part of the legacy that diana leaves behind. it's inspired 16-year-old olivia hancock. how much do you know about princess diana >> she was so important to people in the world. her legacy still continues as she says young people have the power to change the world. >> reporter: she was the winner of the diana award two years ago set up by prince william and prince harry to recognize young people for their social action and humanitarian work. olivia's cause -- raising thousands for teenage cancer patients and campaigning to end sexism in girls soccer do you think people your age your peers are aware of who diana was? >> i'm sure they are she's definitely a big name. and such an inspiring woman. >> reporter: diana was the world's o

it's not necessarily automatic. >> kelly cobiella, nbc news correspondent joining us from edinburgh tonighty, thank you so much for staying up for us. now, i want to turn to lyndon, khalil historian at princeton university, an expert on british imperial and global history. professor, thanks for joining us. we have a lot to talk to, talk about, and speak to as it were. when we talk about the life of queen elizabeth. i wanted to start this show playing the sound of her as a 14 year old, addressing the nation in 1940, as the nazis are fighting the british and the allied forces. just to underscore the sort of moral uprightness, the stiff upper lip, that she was, i think, blessed with in many ways. from such a young age. it seems like, you know, in very much elizabeth character, it was forged in wartime. she carry that throughout her life. is that an accurate assessment? >> yeah, i think so. i mean, i am not a natural monarchist. but i always respect people who are ultra professionals who give 100 and 10% of their lives do their job. if you are going to have a constitutional monarch, then it's d

joining me now is keir simmons who is with me in london, kelly cobiella is in scotland, andrew robertsst time we've ever seen anything like this, most of us, the vast majority of us. >> yeah, you can go online and google the funeral of the queen's father and you can see black and white pictures in film of that ceremony and you'll see things that look a little like this. but, of course, this was in scotland. now, the queen died in scotland in her beloved balmoral, but also she loved scotland. and she will be watching this wherever she is. and she will be really loving to see the country that was at the center of her heart have the opportunity to say good-bye like this and you just saw those streets lined with people coming out in their thousands. a very personal moment. it's amazing, isn't it, the way you can watch it on television, but to be there personally is a different experience and all of those people wanting that old-fashioned experience to say good-bye to their queen and to see their new king, as you mentioned charles and his sisters and brothers walk behind it. >> kelly, what

joining me is nbc's kelly cobiella and shola, author of "this is why i exist." kelly, this has been a day of mourning throughout the british empire -- great britain, i should say, including scotland where the royal family had their home. >> reporter: that's right, joy. people are coming out tonight braving the rain here in scotland as well as in london and in windsor to lay flowers to mark the moment when the queen, the longest serving monarch in this country, a queen who has reined over this country for 70 years, has now died. we first knew something was not right at about half past noon local time here in the u.k. when buckingham plals put out an unusual statement, unusual in its very strong language saying that the queen's doctors are concerned for her imagine guess city's health and that she was going to be watched by her doctors basically around the clock. that then followed by her children rushing to her side. prince charles, now king charles, and princess ann were already in scotland. prince andrew and prince edward and prince william, her grandson, prince

>> nbc news, kelly cobiella, thank you. in fact it's been reported that we spend more and more time there as she could in the recent months, and even recent years hoping, in fact, that in the end that might be where she came to rest. we're going to have much more from london, after a quick break. ali will join us again. stay with us. stay with us we've got apples and cabbage. 7,000 dahlias, vegetables, and brisket for dinner. this is my happy place. we've been coming here, since 1868. my grandmother used to say, don't call me, don't bother me. i'm going out to mow. there's a lot of cushy desk jobs out there, but i make the earth take the shape that i want it to take. there are millions of ways to make the most of your land. learn how to make the most of yours at deere.com the chef's chicken sandwiches at panera, there are millions of ways to m freshly prepared withand. clean ingredients... spark an explosion of the senses. so when you finally taste it, it just confirms... this. is. fantastic. and only at panera. $0 delivery

. >>> we begin overseas with nbc's kelly cobiella and keir simmons in london and andrew roberts and jillian. the casket departing earlier today than expected. tell us about the reception as the coffin left after an outpouring of people -- scottish people in chilly weather lining up to pay their last respects. >> there were tens of thousands waiting in that long line overnight. some waiting up to five hours or more, hoping to pay their final respects to the queen overnight. at 1:00 this afternoon, the scottish government said, i'm sorry, no more people can stand in line. we're hoping to get the rest of the public in by 3:00 p.m., at which point they stopped all viewing. they cleared the cathedral and started making the preparations for the queen's casket to be moved. we saw princess anne arrive just after 4:00. she went inside. there was some private prayer time for the family, while outside all of the thousands of people who desperately wanted to see the queen off here in scotland lined the streets once again. they were shoulder to shoulder behind barricades, not just here in edinburg but a

kelly cobiella, thank you so much. there is so much to talk about during this historic time in the uk. i want to bring in our panel talk more about that. andrew roberts is a british historian and msnbc royal contributor. carla adam is a correspondent for the washington post. so carla, first year, the public is gonna have their first anticipated respects tomorrow in scotland, in the coming days, we are sure to see thousands of people filed past the queens coffin. here, anecdotally, i can say that there is the bouquet left to be purchased here. i see people carrying flowers and i wonder where they are able to get them. so many shops are sold out. why is it so important for people to be a part of this moment and pay their respects in person, carla? >> yes, i had a similar experience to this to just noticing how so many people were carrying flowers, teddy bears, tokens. and i felt that it was -- that being down at buckingham palace underworld residences that people wanted to come out and pay their respects. it's really qui

joining me from edinburgh, is nbc's kelly cobiella. what has it been like there today? reporter: i mean, katy, so many people are still here, we were just on the royal mile, where that procession took place, about an hour ago, and the crowds are still so thick, you can't walk down the street. it's impossible, so many people want it get into st. giles cathedral this evening to pay their final respects, to say one last goodbye to this extraordinary woman, who is a monarch in this country for 70 years. even before the procession started, we were talking to people who were waiting for a long time, who knew they didn't have a view of the street, weren't going to be able to see the coffin go by, as that procession passed, but still wanted to be there to observe the moment, to mark the day, to be part of history. that funeral procession moved so solely, it was so beautiful seeing the company of royal archers, the king and his siblings walking behind the coffin and it moved so slowly that people could actually have a moment really and take it in. and we talked to. so people who

. >> kelly cobiella is outside the castle in scotland with a look at that.ramatically different place than it was when the queen was born or crowned. but her defining traits, talents was to maintain that comforting consistent presence while the world changed. balaning tradition with progress. in her 70 years on the throne, queen elizabeth ii ushered her nation through unprecedented change. becoming queen in 1952 when the world saw the royals in black and white. >> the tragic news reached princess and elizabeth when she was in kenya. >> reporter: a moment reimagined in the netflix series the crowned. >> sympathy to her majesty the queen and the royal family. >> reporter: it took hours for the news to reach the new queen. the official announcement of her own death this week, rocketed around the world in an instant. on television and online. when elizabeth was crowned queen, winston churchill was in charge, the country largely run by white men but the sun was setting on the british empire and rising on a new world one where a woman was head of state, commander

kelly cobiella joins us with their real life fairy tale >> good morning.lly reunited with her soul mate. a romance that aged like fine wine side by side, the queen and her prince went through a lifetime of celebrations and tribulations for more than seven decades. >> quite simply being my strength and stay all these years. >> it was love at first sight. the queen, only a princess in 1939, spotted the dapper and towering 18-year-old philip while on vacation and immediately became enraptured. >> she fell desperately, desperately head over heels in love with him. >> like any great romance, their bond was put to test when he joined the navy, but their courtship continues long distance >> the was a correspondence love affair they wrote love letters. >> with each letter, their feelings flourished until philip returned from war and asked the future queen's hand in marriage. it was the wedding of the century, broadcast around the world in 1947. >> in the streets to see their future queen and their husband >> their quiet home life in malta didn't last long in 1952,

kelly cobiella is right outside. >> reporter: we are hearing they've had to pause that line. stop asking people to stand in line for the moment because it's gotten too long. it stretches about five miles through london. the wait as long as 14 hours to get into westminster hall to pay respects to the late queen. they've paused it to clear some of the crowds. and we're learning more details about her funeral. grandsons prince william and prince harry will be escorting her coffin to westminster abbey where the funeral will take place and they're expecting

kelly cobiella and our team are right outside and we're learning more. >> reporter: marcus and kris, good morning. we're hearing they've had to pause that line, had to ask people to stop standing in line because it's gotten too long. it stretches five miles through london. the wait as long as 14 hours to get into westminster hall to pay respects to the late queen. they paused to clear some of the crowds. the queen is lying in state until monday, the day of her funeral, and more details including her son, king charles, and grandsons prince william an where the funeral will take place. they are expecting 2,000 people inside westminster abbey. we'll have that and more coming up. >> we will continue our coverage on the "today" show. the services for the queen get under way. thousands continue to line and pay their respects. we talk with wilfred frost about his father's fascinating conversation with the then 20-year-old prince charles considering his future and what his reign would look like. >>> researchers are going high tech and deep down to measure the impact from wildfire smoke on la