britain s longest serving monarch passed away yesterday, aged 96, at balmoral castle the scottish retreat which her majesty had visited since she was a girl. the news was confirmed in a statement from the palace at 6.30pm, after the queen s four children including the new king, charles iii had travelled to balmoral. on today s programme we ll be remembering her majesty s life and legacy, and speaking to those who knew and loved her. we ll bring you the latest reaction from balmoral to buckingham palace, and across the commonwealth. first, our royal correspondent daniela relph has been looking back at the final days and weeks of the queen s life. the final images we have queen elizabeth ii still carrying out duties into herfinal days. on tuesday, at balmoral, she welcomed the new prime minister. these photos, the record of her last official engagement bringing to an end seven decades of service. yesterday afternoon at aberdeen airport, several senior members of the r
today king charles iii will travel to london with his wife camilla, now queen consort. the king will hold an audience with the prime minister, liz truss. parliament will gather at noon for mps to pay their respects to the queen. also, at midday, bell s will tell in tribute to the queen at westminster abbey, and windsor castle among other places across the nation. at 1pm, gun salutes will be fired in hyde park, edinburgh castle and elsewhere. there will be 96 rounds fired, one for each year of the queen s lie. later today the king is to make his first televised address to the nation. it will be his first address, of course, as head of state. and let me show you this image we have just received from aberdeen airport. that is prince harry boarding a plane to london. he arrived at balmoral at approximately 8p in last night and leftjust after eight this morning. 8pm last night. our royal correspondent daniela relph has been looking back at the final days and weeks of the queen
and good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is friday, september 9th. i m don lemon live in london. brianna keilar joins us from washington, d.c., john is in new york city. this is cnn s special live coverage of the passing of queen elizabeth ii the only british monarch most of the world has ever known. let s look live at pictures of buckingham palace, a steady flow of mourners have been gathering since the news broke yesterday that the queen had died at the age of 96. she was beloved and she was ra veered, here in great britain and also around the world. some crying, others singing god save the queen in the london rain. look at all those flowers outside of buckingham palace. the world joins them in mourning today from new york city to tel aviv to sydney, australia. lights are shining, flags are flying at half-staff, honoring the queen s seven decades on the throne. her reign spanned 14 u.s. presidents, seven popes, 14 british prime ministe
and bells will be tolling any moment now and at some places already all across england. i want to bring in now cnn s max foster who is our royal correspondent, senior royal correspondent. max, thank you for joining us. listen, what can we expect today as far as what s going to happen ceremonially and also prince charles is expected to speak as well. bells tolling at westminster ab abbey, st. paul s and westminster. we will be hearing gun salutes as well. you can hear the bells tolling, westminster abbey is very close to us here. let s listen in for a moment. so they take different patterns depending on the event and this will be an extended version basically because it s such a significant event. the bells tolling at st. paul s, there will also be a service later on, the first moment for national figures to reflect on this moment. i think to hear that prince charles has left balmoral, i would expect to see him come here, actually, don. it s not confirmed, but there s flow
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