saying the 96-year-old s doctors are concerned for her health. her son and heir to the throne pris charles and his wife camilla travel there to be by her side and sons prince william and harry rushed to be at her side as well. joining me, msnbc royal contributor and british historian. al wilfred start with you. news in now when it comes to the status of both harry and meghan and learning now, nbc news is learning now, that harry and meghan did not, did not, in fact ralph with william, edward and sophie, traveling separately but in coordination with other family members as well, all heading, of course to balmoral castle, and some have already subsequently arriveds. at the airport heading to balmoral, just about a 45-minute or so drive from the airport in
people about the queen when i went over for the queen s jubilee. she has a great sense of fun. wittingly funny and enjoys a joke and a prank when things go wrong. not a stoic, unfeeling person. the twinkle in her eye is something that also endearser to has people. you always love someone who enjoy as joke. one of the most important aspects, personality characteristics one must possess in life, considering all that life has to offer. especially when you re the queen of england for the last 70 years, and plus hopefully. keir simmons, keep us updated as we follow this breaking news. come back to us as you learn anything more. everybody else staying with me. thank you for that. much more coverage going all the way back to harry truman. we ll be right back. my husband and i have never been more active. shingles doesn t care. i go to spin classes with my coworkers. good for you, shingles doesn t care.
duchess of cornwall, prince charles and kmit camilla are already there. royal princess anne her daughter already there. the duke of cambridge, prince rm on his way there, we understand, sophie on her way and prince harry and duchess meghan. the plane you re seeing there may well have been transporting members of the royal household to the balmoral castle which is about an hour s drive away from aberdeen airport there. so the statement combined with this developing picture of members, senior members of the royal family heading to be with the queen, those two things together i think have people very concerned right now. a message from across the political spectrum praying for her coming in all morning, katty, talk to me about the
is it is based on a family that is going to have its problem people, its rebels, its miscreants, its winners and losers, like any family. where i think they are lucky is that in charles they have a very decent statesman like person and they have in william and kate, ithink, a remarkably lucky heir and his choice of wife has turned out to be a critical, extraordinarily successful addition to the family. so there is a real piece of luck there that again the heir, william, has got some of the things the queen has got. he is a judicious person. he is a cautious person. he is a decent person. and temperamentally so much better in a position to take it over than his younger brother
harry and meghan, too much of it? there is a lot of over sharing in that department but they are not in the mainstream any more and they no longer will be that important to the monarchy. was it ever going to work, an american coming in and joining the royal family? i think it is extraordinarily difficult for an american to really ever adapt to that kind of denial of emotion that is so much about schooling, class, tradition. i don t know any american who could really find that an easy thing to fit into and live with it successfully at such a level of extreme expression, if you like. we all know the british upper classes are very sort of, there is that tightness of emotion, but trying to be in the royal family, that is the apex of that whole emotional effect of being just not willing to be effusive about things, and it is hard for an american who has been brought up in a much more cultural effusiveness essentially.