stand vigil by her coffin. we re seeing world leaders beginning their journeys to pay respects to queen elizabeth. president joe biden and the first lady departing the u.s. this morning to attend the queen s funeral, which is scheduled for monday. earlier today, canadian prime minister justin trudeau and his wife paying their respects to the queen as she lies in state at westminster hall. arlette saenz, max foster covering the story. the royal grandchildren holding vigil a short time from now. what will that be like? reporter: i think it will be very powerful. prince edward s children are particularly young. they ll gather around the coffin. this is something they wanted to do. they ll include princes william and harry. i don t expect to see the spouses there, the princess of wales or the duchess of sussex, but it will be a powerful moment seeing those children come in. the queen was dedicated to her grandchildren. they all had different relationships with her, different
and prince william greeting some who gathered to grieve, shaking hands with well-wishers and speaking with them briefly as well. world leaders are also arriving to honor the queen. joe biden and the first lady departing this morning to attend the queen s funeral scheduled for monday. earlier today, canadian prime minister justin trudeau and his wife arriving. max foster, richard quest, and anna stewart begin our coverage right now. max, to you first, we re getting new details about the royal grandchildren s vigil, and we are looking at i believe live pictures of some of the grandchildren coming down the steps at westminster hall. what do you know about what we will be witnessing now? reporter: you can see the prince of wales there, prince william, followed by prince harry. they ll take either end of the coffin, i think. the prince of wales will be at the head of the coffin, and prince harry will be at the foot of the coffin. then the other grandchildren, usually beatrice be
being a great friend of this show. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for being with me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now a heart-felt tribute to queen elizabeth ii is under way in london. thousands pouring in to say a final farewell to their monarch. the last hour we saw the queen s eight grandchildren holding a vigil as she lies in state. the royal family also greeting world leaders as they arrive today ahead of the queen s funeral, which is monday. let s go straight to london right now. max foster, richard quest and anna stewart are following this historic event. max, to you first. this vigil, with the queen s grandchildren, was only about 15 minutes. wow, even with that brevity, you felt such love being exuded from these family members, from these young men and women who were paying the greatest homage to their grandmother. reporter: yeah. something they all wanted to do. outline, for william and harry, more practice at this sort of thing. for the
through the years, as a grandmother, the queen revelled in prince william s successes, enjoyed a good joke with prince harry. as the queen s grandchildren stand in tribute, so does the public. countless mourners stand in the line to see the queen. there is no casual act of reverence on display here. the line stretches for miles across london. wait times skyrocketed 24 hours. and the weather has been cold. king charles iii and prince william recognizing the moment, surprised the public there earlier today. the new king summed up this incredible show of love telling one mourner his mother would have been so touched. as cnn s richard quest joins us from london. richard, in all your years covering all of this, have you ever seen anything like this? reporter: no. and yet it was one and the same time the event that we had prepared for and dreaded at the same time. i was saying to colleagues earlier even now, jim, i can t sort of quite believed it s happened. and i m 60. you ve al