u.k. earlier in the late queen s honor. 96 rounds fired. one for each year of her life. [gunshots] harris: queen elizabeth was the longest reigning british monarch, seven decades starting in 1952 when harry s. truman was president and she met with 13 additional presidents in her lifetime including with president biden just last june. the president and other lawmakers praising her. president biden: she was an incredibly gracious and decent woman. she made sure her reign was really not about herself, or her fame, or her feelings, or her personal wants or needs. she was a rock. a living embodiment at the core of the nation she so proudly led. we will never see a leader quite like her for as long as we live. harris: jonathan hunt is live in london. jonathan, maybe you can give us a peak into what the people on the ground want to hear from their new king and what he might say to them. yeah, it is the most consequential speech that the now king charles has ever made. an
first prime minister to be appointed at balmoral since 1885. a departure with what had happened on every other occasion that the queen has invited someone to form a government, the new prime minister. on this occasion, because she was on holiday in balmoral, and there were concerned we were told for her mobility, in order to take that into notice, what was asked was the political leaders travelled there rather than her making the journey back to buckingham palace as she would have done previously. boris johnson flew up early in the morning. after delivering his farewell speech, morning. after delivering his farewellspeech, he morning. after delivering his farewell speech, he tendered his resignation. liz truss who on monday had been confirmed as the winner of the election for new conservative leader was invited in for an audience and photo we all saw, and was asked by the queen, invited to form a new government. those special arrangements were in place this week. liz truss be
it was done at balmoral not where it is traditionally done at buckingham palace. normally the queen would have come to buckingham palace to meet with an incoming prime minister. yeah, anderson. i think we should give her a break. she is 96 years old. why would she get on a plane even if she was healthy to come to london. fair point. reporter: when actually the younger people could go up and see her. seriously. 96 years old. she has the right for them to come to see her in balmoral. and i would just say that as we were saying that she has been the thread of everyone s life in this country and the commonwealth and really in the fans of the british monarchy all over the world for the last 70 years. we are right now in a state of some political upheaval. we ve just had a new prime minister, her 15th, and i would also just say that, look. she is also a mother. she is a grandmother, she is a great grandmother, a family woman. and now it s time for them to be having their mome
we ll drive you happy at carvana. we are back with cnn s breaking news coverage of the health of queen elizabeth ii. doctors expressing serious concern about britain s longest reigning monarch, beloved figure around the world. i am anderson cooper. our correspondents are standing by at buckingham palace where we could get word on the 96-year-old queen s condition at any moment. at last word she was under medical supervision at balmoral in scotland. there you see the gates. most of her closest family members have gathered. prince william with prince edward and prince andrew were the latest to arrive. we saw a photo of them together as well as prince edward s wife sophie. now we are watching to see when prince harry will join his family in balmoral castle in scotland. want to bring in cnn royal correspondent max foster buckingham palace with cnn chief international anchor christiane amanpour and bianca nobilo. it looks like the rain has at least stopped for you at buckingham
arrived. prince charles and prince william second to line to the throne, brother harry and wife meghan in europe now heading to scotland as well. buckingham palace confirming to nbc news just yesterday that the queen had to pull out of a virtual event to rest. tuesday she met with the new prime minister liz truss. first time in her 70-year reign she did not perform the ceremonial duty as is custom. the last public engagement in june opening a new hospital alongside princess anne and also we know princess anne has been staying alongside the queen at balmoral as well. we have an expert team of folks following this breaking news for us and bringing us anything new that happens. nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons with us from london. katty kay and msnbc contributor. daisy mcandrew, nbc news royal commentator as well. welcome, guys, as we follow this breaking news out of the uk i want to go around the horn if i can, keir and start with you. as to your thought