known sovereign of the uk and the commonwealth. and cnn will bring that to you live. so do stay with us. the centuries-old ceremony will take place at st. james s palace in london just 100 yards or so along the mile from here. the accession council will formally bestow the title of king on charles with the principal proclamation expected in about three hours. god save the queen on friday a service of prayer and reflection was held for his mother, queen elizabeth ii, at st. paul s cathedral. as you just heard, the national anthem has been changed to reflect the new sovereign. new king briefly greeted mourners outside buckingham palace before he and the queen consort headed inside to address the nation for the first time as monarch. have a listen. as the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, i too now solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time god grants me to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. he also granted an audien
king charles iii. country prepares for its final farewell to the queen. a very good day to all of you. welcome to our special coverage remembering the queen. we are ushering in king charles iii. it is msnbc will headquarters new york. i m in london. we are getting a close-up view of history unfolding. right now, the british parliament is meeting in a rare saturday session where elected officials are being paid tribute to queen elizabeth ii. the began with members of parliament s swearing allegiance to the newly proclaimed king charles the third. on a day of conflicting emotions for it, they are warning the death of the green. they are also honoring and celebrating charles ascension to the throne. the royal standard is at full staff today. king charles was formally proclaimed by the council early this morning. official signatures from his son william, wife camilla, and other government officials. there was a 21 gun salute. fire! [noise] number two! fire! [noise] the ce
they had their squabbles, the sibling squabbles. and yet we watched them whether tragedy after tragedy. i admired the queen so much for her resilience, for her fate, for her integrity, her grace. i am christian. christiane idiot today needs the grace of the queen that she had. that is how she lived her life. the british parliament is still meeting in a rare saturday session as elected officials pay tribute to the queen, after swearing allegiance to the newly declared king. prince edward and princess and we re seeing greeting well wishes at balmoral in scotland. lindsey joins us now. lindsey, this is a ten-day, a highly choreographed period that has been in the planning now for decades. we re just getting some confirmation about what we will see and when we will see it in the coming days. we also just heard from the very news prince of wales-hyder. as i ve just heard in my ear, lindsay, the funeral for queen elizabeth the second will be held a week from monday. that s
her reign spanned 15 british prime ministers, 14 american presidents, seven popes, the end of the soviet empire, the decline of her own and its rebirth as modern britain. the people you see there outside buckingham palace and gathering elsewhere as well, windsor castle, have been gathering since this afternoon in the rain on word that the queen in balmoral castle in scotland had been put under medical supervision. the arrival of family members underscored the gravity of the hour and the family s single-minded response to it. the image of two of the queen s sons, prince andrew and edward and prince william at the wheel altogether in the same vehicle. from a sometimes contentious but message conscious family, the message this image sent was clear. then the clouds began lifting, rainbows formed outside buckingham palace and windsor castle. they signalled hope but delivered only sadness a short time later. the news coming in a simple message behind a humble frame in keeping with
reminded them of her mother or grandmother. talking about how she had these political questions, questioning insights into what was going on with china, russia, talked about their conversations they had the last time she saw the queen in person. max, in addition to your excellent reporting on the royals, you re also a subject. you personally paid your respect to the queen s casket earlier today. if you don t mind stepping outside of your role as a journalist, just telling was that experience was like, and what the mood was like inside westminster hall. i wanted to get a sense of what it would be like for president biden appearing there. i was there as a member of the media. i wanted to say that s correct because i didn t queue up. there were very long queues. i didn t jump the queue. it was a media opportunity. i didn t go up to the casket. i was at a distance looking at other people paying their respects. i just wanted to say, the atmosphere, tiffs extraordinary. it has