begin i want to say a few words about queen elizabeth. i just stopped by the british embassy to sign the condolence book in her honor and i had the opportunity to meet her before she passed and a very gracious and decent woman. the thoughts and prayers of the american people are with the people in the united kingdom and the commonwealth and their grief. the queen had a love of horses and thoroughbred racing. here she is with ronald reagan. reagan is on a horse not too long after the nation s bicentennial when her horse won the royal ascot. her racing stable produced more than 1800 winners, 24 coming at royal ascot alone. the queen inherited the love of the sport. here in washington president biden and first lady paid respects at the british embassy
and this is his moment. dana: here he is arriving at buckingham palace, no doubt very sad. he will address the nation in less than four hours. it will be 1:00 p.m. eastern time here. yesterday morning was the prince and this morning now he is the king. similar thing for his mom, who was not destined to be the queen but that all changed when her uncle abdicated and father took the throne and overnight she went from princess to queen. he had lot more time to prepare for this moment and quite tumultuous over the pass several years. he has camilla at his side and queen elizabeth ii made sure she could be queen with him, she is queen consort now. after all the formalities have taken place she will be the queen. what strikes me as we watch
what we re seeing outside buckingham palace might not ever happened had it been for the queen. doesn t it feel like prince charles wants to come out of the shadow and he has been waiting since he was 4 years old for this job. and the last person that would wish her death being as abrupt as it ultimately was he is ready and stepping out at buckingham palace is for me a symbol i m out of the shadows, this is my time and we are going to do this together. very important that first images of him not shaking prime minister s hands but members of the public. bill: listen, here in the u.s. we expect our he is not a politician but we expect our people of the public to interact with us this way. but it has not been that way for the crown going back hundreds of years.
prince harry s children will become prince and princess and that s because unlike when the queen was still alive when they were great grandchildren they are now direct grandchildren of the reigning monarch. i m afraid i don t know yet but i tell you, if that turns out to be true, it could well be, you know, that before the queen dad there was a real discussion after that from meghan and now is the time the duke and duchess of sussex should be removed. we re in a different league now. i think prince harry is a fantastic guy. i don t know meghan but i do know that harry is a great guy and it was very upsetting to see him so upset yesterday and i hope for his sake that he is not about to feel the wrath of his father. dana: i had an opportunity
nation as king. a moment he has been waiting for his whole life. it is conflicted with a lot of grief, a lot of sadness for the loss of his mother as the world outpouring is just beginning and will stretch over the 10 days of this period of mourning that is in effect right now in great britain. of course, everybody watches the younger members of the family, prince william looking for an appearance from william and kate and perhaps their children to perhaps go out and take a look at some of the flowers that have been amassed outside of windsor, the queen s main home and their home as well. it s just the beginning and starting to sink in for people here that the queen is gone. the person that has been a stalwart throughout their lives is now no longer. she left an enormous legacy, enormous shoes to fill. i imagine the impact of that struck a lot of people, perhaps