morning we will hear what she meant around the globe after seven decades and seven days of sights and sounds that will echo on the. choir sings. this morning. we ll be joined by two prime ministers new zealand s jacinda ardern. and by the prime minister of bangladesh, sheikh hasina. reflecting on his role in the proceedings and on the ongoing war in ukraine, the chief of the defence staff, sir tony radakin. and i ve been speaking to a man who knew her majesty the queen and the new king charles iii well former secretary of state now the united states climate envoy, john kerry. we re live on bbc one and on the bbc around the world this morning. with me at the desk for the next hour, john sentamu, the former archbishop of york, who s been involved in the long planning for the state funeral. victoria newton, the editor in chief of the sun newspaper. and lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house of commons, who s presided over much of this week s extraordinary ceremony in westm
We are expecting to see them in the next few moments leave Buckingham Palace on this late summer evening and travel into Westminster Hall where those who are paying their respects in the hall at that time will see the four of them together at the side of the coffin. It looks like they are just about to leave Buckingham Palace. The outriders are out of the gates. The Queen Consort will be with the king. Itll be the four of them standing together as theyin four of them standing together as they in edinburgh at st giles cathedral. But in the setting of Westminster Hall, it is of course the most historic, most ancient part of the palace of westminster, a place with immense resonance in the history of our national story, the history of our national story, the history of our monarchy, and therefore a particularly resonant setting for them to stand vigil together as they are about to do. There they are now coming out of the palace gates and beginning that Shortjourney Palace Gates and beginni
we report from one town deserted by russian troops. over here on the wall, one interesting detail a single word which someone has written in broken english. sorry. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. this is the scene live, in the oldest part of the palace of westminster. for the past six hours, thousands of people have been filing past her majesty s coffin to pay their final respects to a remarkable monarch. the queen will now lie in state for four full days, until monday, the morning of herfuneral. in a few minutes, we ll cross live to westminster to hear from some of those who ve been queuing to bid their farewells to the queen, but first, our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has the story of the day. in a setting that is so familiar, where so often and so recently there has been celebration, today an event of the greatest solemnity. on the pavements around the palace and along the mal
westminster hall, a place with nearly 1,000 years of history and the oldest part of the palace of westminster this morning it will be the place to which the new king will come, for a ceremony that illustrates the relationship between royalty and parliament and indeed our system of constitutional monarchy. it was at balmoral last thursday that the queen s passing meant the end of one reign and the beginning of another. and as tributes continue to to be paid to her majesty here and around the world today it is her son, the new king, who will hear them in person from parliamentarians. it s only two days since his majesty was formally proclaimed king at st james s palace. now we will see him come to the palace of westminster for the first time as our sovereign and head of state. members of the house of commons and the house of lords have already gathered inside westminster hall. the ceremony will begin shortly. it s not often that the two houses come together in this histor