of experience and knowledge and immense wisdom. i was talking to someone with extraordinary knowledge, experience, history. i used to look forward to it. gunshots and gun salutes are fired in royal parks, castles and across the world. each round represents a year in the life of the queen. welcome. a period of national mourning for her majesty queen elizabeth ii has now started, led by her successor king charles iii. earlier on friday the new king arrived at buckingham palace after travelling from balmoral in scotland where the queen died on thursday at the age of 96. in his first address to the people as monarch, charles fought to contain his emotion as he thanked his late mother for her decades of service. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports on the day s events. from buckingham palace, an address to the nation by britain s new king. it began with a tribute to his mother, the late queen elizabeth. throughout her life, her majesty the queen, my beloved mother, wa
i was talking to someone with extraordinary knowledge, i used to look forward to it. gunfire. and gun salutes are fired in royal parks, castles and around the world. each round represents a year in the life of the queen. welcome. a period of national mourning for her majesty queen elizabeth ii has now started, led by her successor king charles iii. earlier on friday, the new king arrived at buckingham palace after travelling from balmoral in scotland, where the queen died on thursday at the age of 96. in his first address to the people as monarch, charles fought to contain his emotion as he thanked his late motherfor her decades of service. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports on the day s events. from buckingham palace, an address to the nation by britain s new king. it began with a tribute to his mother, the late queen elizabeth. throughout her life, her majesty the queen, my beloved mother, was an inspiration and example to me and to all my family, and we owe
as you begin your last, greatjourney, tojoin my late papa i want simply to say this. thank you. thank you for your love and devotion to our family. and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years. may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. britain s new king, charles iii, has returned to london, a day after the death of his mother, queen elizabeth. thousands of people gathered outside buckingham palace on friday to greet him. he shook hands with members of the public on a walkabout. a memorial service for queen elizabeth was held at st paul s cathedral. king charles made his first address to the nation since becoming the monarch. to my darling mama, as you begin your last greatjourney tojoin my dear late papa, i want simply to say this. thank you. the royal standard is flying again over buckingham palace, where king charles has taken up residence. welcome to our
for her majesty queen elizabeth ii. charles arrived at buckingham palace as he prepared to address the people for the first time as monarch, and to thank his late mother for her unbroken service. to my darling mama, as you begin your last greatjourney tojoin my dear late papa, i want simply to say this thank you. thank you for your love and devotion to our family, and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years. as the throne has passed from mother to son, those who got to know the queen well have been sharing their memories. these were not meetings with a high and mighty monarch, but a conversation, with a woman of experience and knowledge and immense wisdom. i was talking to someone with extraordinary knowledge, experience, history. i used to look forward to it. and the new king has granted his first audience, to the new prime minister, liz truss, who visited the palace today. in royal parks and estates, gun salutes were fired as young and old a
till death us do part. till death us do part. but what happens when royal tradition stops you from following your heart ? in the medieval fortress of carnarvon castle charles, the eldest son of queen elizabeth, is crowned prince of wales. i charles, prince of wales, do become your liege man of life and limb. there s so much pomp, so much glamour. but under it all is a nervous 20-year-old who feels very strongly that the whole weight of monarchy rests on him. he had no choice in his life at all. his future was mapped out for him. he knew from an early age that he was part of a machine. prince charles is a central figure of this dynasty. he is the future. he is the great hope. the young prince who just celebrated his 3rd birthday carried out his handshaking duties most sedately. the prince as a child was quite withdrawn, very sensitive, very shy. but right from the beginning there s all this weight of expectation on this poor little boy s back. when charles