scott mclain is on the south bank of the river there.ntis with us in buckingham palace for the latest, thank. you later this hour, we'll have more on the queen's final. journey now the uk is honoring its longest reigning monarch. a senior military adviser to ukraine's president says a major counteroffensive is slowing but not stopping, as troops fight to retake control of the city of lyman, in the donetsk region. liberating lyman could set the stage for a new push into the luhansk and the wider donbas. ukraine forces report pockets of ongoing russian resistance, as well as looting as they retreat. russia still controls a sizeable stretch of ukrainian territory. their forces are now facing the consequences of a military route, possibly their biggest defeat since the war began. here's pentagon spokesperson at a press briefing on tuesday. >> we've seen a number of russian forces, especially in the northeast, in the kharkiv region, across over the border, back into russia as they retreated from the ukrainian counter offensive. >> among the v

correspondent nick robertson isn't -- and cnn correspondent scott mclain is at windsor castle. bianca, let's go to you outside buckingham palace. we know that a lot of press is coming. the noise out there, the engineers putting all the final touches on press platforms. don lemon will be there tomorrow and given his show. tell us what is going on outside and has been. i know there's not so many people are now, but the morning has been quite consistent throughout the day. >> preparation s -- had been her at balmoral. of course, we now know as well that king charles have been in -- we know she had been deputizing for his mother at the great more highland games over the past week or so. he had been close and, but i think it was that sense that there were big causes in essence in the conversation about the queen's medical condition and knowing that her family were rushing their that really high-end and began to make it clear without it being spot up directly for the country that this was not good, that these are the bad science, that these are things to expect when a monarch is in a

cnn correspondent, scott mclain. is that windsor castle. monogram, former department chair of the british museum, is also here in london. that is all just try to make sense of what is happening today and what is to come. so, first bianca, you are out there near the palace. it is the longest serving monarch as we just said. how do you think the country is going to react over the next several days and weeks before her funeral. because she has been in office longer than most britons had been alive. >>, i'd expected to see a state of grief manifests. there was a sense of numbness and shock today. as well as a motion. i think that raw motion, will likely bumble to the surface more in the days that we have ahead. many people be descending on buckingham palace. and trying to find outlets for their grief. we have seen photographs of brits all over the world. from california, to australia. going to pumps or places which they associate with britain. to light candles and pay tribute to the queen. because, this is a global outpouring of sadness, grief,

scott mclain is amongst some of those who have got into the queue early. are people telling you? >> hey becky, yeah, we're still about ten hours away from the public being able to actually view the coffin as the queen lies in state. some of the people here say they want to witness history, and be part of history. and this is undoubtedly a huge moment in british. history other people are monarchists, and you know, they go to all the birthdays and funerals and weddings and jubilees. and they would not miss this for the world. but the vast majority of people that you talked to here are simply here to pay their respects for a woman that they very deeply admire. and they want to say thank you for her duty and her service. and, you know, one man who came here from doncaster overnight, or arrive last night that spoke to last hour maybe summed it up best when he said look, when you consider all the decades of service that she has given this country, the least that i can do is, you know, stand outside in the rain for 28 hours to pay my. respects and eyesore the att

let's go to scott mclain now., nina touched on this, so far the tributes to her majesty have been in silence they have been somber,, they have been respectful. and it is silence that is most notable. is that sort of the mood there, where people are now lining up to pay their respects ahead of later today? >> people are dressed remarkably well, john, considering that they are basically spending the night outside. not basically, they are spending the night outside, expose the elements. but they want to be in their sunday best to see the queen. let me just set the queen for you quickly. these are the houses of parliament, that's westminster hall where the queen's body will lie in state. the beginning of the queue that they set up is right here. the first two women in the queue, this is their second night, they have just finished spending outdoors. by the time it's all said and done and i see the body lying in state, they will have been waiting for 53 hours in line. i just want to introduce you to one person really qu

cnn's scott mclain is in central london where some are already lining up to pay their respects to thet, 16 where you are and why that is significant? >> sure becky, yeah, we are on the south side of the thames river. just outside of the british houses of parliament where westminster haulers. that is where the body will be lying and state. the body of queen elizabeth will be lying. you can also see the top of westminster abbey there. with funeral will take place. we expect the lineup for people hoping to see the queen lying in state will stretch along the river, across the land, the rich here. and over to where i am. at the moment, there is more press in this area people. but there are some early folks who have come already to line up. hoping to be the very first to see the queen's body when a russia. this is vanessa. and i wonder when i saw, why is it so important for you to be here. >> to pay eyelash respect for her great service she has done to her country, commonwealth and or what. she has been loved by everyone worldwide. she is a great queen of england. >> i understand that you'v

so let's go to scott mclain at windsor castle. scott, mourners have been laying flowers for hours there, paying their respects. what are you hearing from them? >> hey, jake. yeah, i'm standing off camera. i don't want to speak too loud, because i don't want to interrupt this very somber scene that we're seeing here, and people coming to lay flowers just outside of the gates to the castle. what i found remarkable is, a, there's this many flowers that are still available in stores, because it seems like every second person you run into on the street has them. and the other thing is many of them have hand written notes and cards attached to them as well where people have written some heartfelt things about somebody they very much likely have not met before. the thing you hear over and over again, the words you hear over and over again are duty and service. these are the things that the queen did and trying to unite the country. i want to talk to a couple of people. sir, how are you feeling? >> it's a very somber atmosphere. the queen

. >> scott mclain at windsor castle, what are you seeing as the crowds continue to gather there?> reporter: of course, after king charles iii came out from buckingham palace and mingled with the crowd and -- yesterday and after prince andrew and prince edward did the same as balmoral castle, people here are hoping they might catch a royal glimpse of their own, so they cleared out this area. but officially on the record they have told us nothing about who or when somebody might be here if they are coming at all. this area has been cleared out from the many well wishers coming through the gates. there's a lineup that stretches down the road. of course on the grounds of the windsor castle estate is prince william. the prince of wales, his family just moved here recently to have more privacy, more of a normal life. their kids just started school here, about a 15-minute drive just this week. about 600 yards away from that house is harry and meghan's uk home as well. so a lot of people have said they hope this terrible event of the queen's passing might be the spark that leads to a rec

cnn's scott mclain and contributor pretty sure mamata are here with me outside of buckingham palace.n felton spence joins us from the state. good evening to one and all, thank you for. joining -- i'm going to start with you, because we are learning about a royal family dinner tonight, including harry, william, even prince andrew. that seems to be a remarkable show of unity in some private family time ahead of what is gonna be a very public and emotional day tomorrow. >> while, what is really interesting is they have made those details public. so, what you are seeing is the reintegration of prince andrew into public mention. this is extremely unexpected, because everyone who is following current events over the last 18 months or so would be expecting andrew to be persona non grata at least for a few years. but then, of course, the queen passed away. but it also points out that in admits all the pageantry and ceremony and public spectacle this is also the story of a family, who are going to have to communicate with each other as a grieving family does. >> can you imagine being a fly on

. >> it's interesting to point out also, max, when you hear people in london like scott mclain was interviewing about, how it's so sudden and a lot of americans who might think how can it be sudden, she's 96 years old? but nobody was prepared for this in the sense that it was just two days ago that the queen welcomed the new british prime minister, liz truss. and then prince charles, now king charles, was literally on the other side of scotland last night, hosting a dinner. there was no sign of concern at all. >> we've become so used to health scares with the queen, and they've been so private. but what changed today was they issued a statement, and then they went quiet. it was clear from all of the movements that something awful had happened. even now people are just finding out about it. i came up here when diana died, and i was so shocked at how i felt. i think this is on a completely different level. we're not really going to realize how it feels until there's a big moment and we look for the queen and she's not there. and this is the moment, and it's about her, it's very confusing. >> we w

. >> scott mclain at windsor. anna, you were just commenting? >> if we think about the next few days, when the queen's body leaves balmoral, it leads the family. i think it's a special moment and thinking about prince charles leaving, arriving in london, and it's a memory of the queen doing that when she landed in kenya, on the news her father had died, suddenly leaving their private grief behind and moving into the public. >> we've seen it in spades today. the private grief of some of the younger members of the royal family as they look at flowers outside balmoral and the public face as charles begins with the royal proclamation, gathering up the reigns of his royal kingdom. we'll have more not just from the united kingdom. we'll go to the realms, canada for instance, so the different governments pledge their oaths and allegiances to king charles iii. this is cnn. so no more nudging your partnerer. or opting for the couch. because the tempmpur-ergo smart base is our first system that detects snoring and auautomatically adjusts to help reduce it