Morning. Nineyearold Prince George. And seven year old, Princess Charlotte. King charles iii says he has been a deeply touched by messages of condolences. He says the country has been moved beyond measure by the millions of people paying their respects. Some of the final public mourners to see the queens coffin are walking past now. Lying in state. Closes at half past six this morning. The National Mission that of silence was held across the country last night. Officials say it will be fixed in time for this morning service. Hello and good morning from Central London, on what is expected to be a grand and deeply solemn day. The funeral of Queen Elizabeth ii will take place in Westminster Abby just a short distance from here. It begins at 11 am. Now large numbers have gathered on the mount. Police say they expect record crowds in the capital. An unprecedented Security Operation involving thousands of extra Police Officers and armed voices personnel is underway. The queen has been Lying
loss of their monarch, while here in the u.s., a day to commemorate a wound still raw after two plus decades. 21 years to be exact. in great britain, the body of the queen traveling from her beloved home in balmoral or to edinburgh, scotland. where the public will have their first chance to pay respects. [applause] and king charles will travel to scotland tomorrow, part of a weeklong visit to the countries of great britain ahead of the queen s funeral. here in the united states, remembrances of a very different kind. 21 years after 9/11. the somber eagerly ceremony at ground zero, where nearly 3000 people were killed. the president, marking the day at the pentagon while the first lady traveled to shanksville, pennsylvania. the president promising to never forget. 21 years ago, 21 years and we still kept our promise. never forget. we will keep the memory of all those precious lives, stolen from us. i know, for all of those of you who have lost someone, 21 years has both
first later at westminster abby. i want to head now to matt who s in london for us. and covering the lead up to september 19th. matt, talk to us. we know, as i mentioned, the queen s coffin arrived in edinburgh today. take us through the six hour journey and what we can expect in the days leading up to her funeral. it really was quite emotional, yasmin. it lasted for six hours and princess and was there the entire. time you saw as the people of scotland and tourists and others who are gathered around the root of their coffin, it was traversing through the scottish highlands, we had a glimpse of some of the fantastic country sides up there. it did not go direct from balmoral to edinburgh. it went up to inverness, the highest was from the most northern of all of the cities in scotland. the only city in the scottish highlands. and then attacked south to where it went to autumn barrow, to hollywood house, that is the only real state residents. of course, the queen died in balmo
the accession council, televised, as we saw. the importance of that is it is an important part in establishing his reign and an opportunity to pledge himself to constitutional government and a good place to do it in front of all the main political figures in the land. in front of all the main political figures in the land. many thanks. members of figures in the land. many thanks. members of the figures in the land. many thanks. members of the cabinet - figures in the land. many thanks. members of the cabinet have - figures in the land. many thanks. | members of the cabinet have had figures in the land. many thanks. i members of the cabinet have had an audience with king charles after he was formally proclaimed monarchy in succession to the late queen. liz truss took her senior ministers to buckingham palace to be received by the new sovereign for the first time. he spent time with opposition parties, including sir keir starmer. chris mason is at buckingham palace. this is
giving the traditional cheer for the new man arc. charles has met today with the prime minister and other politicians an the archbishop of canter berry. many people are gathered outside including buckingham palace trying to catch a sight of the new king on this momentous day. we ve got full coverage of today s events, scott mcclain is at windsor casting, and we re in balmoral, scotland and at buckingham palace. max, you first, moments ago, now william, prince of wales put out a statement paying tribute to the late queen. what did it say? reporter: well it is deeply personal. he was very close to the queen. as was the princess of wales, kate. and he referred to how kate has given the the queen gave guidance to kate for 20 years. that is since their wedding in 2011 and the time before that. and william looked for the queens for guidance but what will be his own future monarchy. it was very personal. it wasn t necessarily constitutional. the prince the king will be dealing