their respects. cbs nikki battiste has the tributes from stars of screen and stage. and she led the country through some of our greatest and darkest moments with grace, decency, and a genuine caring warmth. o donnell: and, a role model for women and girls. we meet mothers and daughters from all over britain paying tribute to the queen. so what s the message for all the girls in your family? that anything s possible, isn t it? this is a special edition of the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from london. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us from outside buckingham palace, where not even the rain or increasingly chilly temperatures could keep people from paying their respects to the queen. and today, the commonwealth heard from its new sovereign, king charles iii, addressing a grieving nation, and the world, for the first time as king, promising to carry on his mother s lifelong service to the british people. king charles and
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we, therefore, the lord s spiritual and temporal of this realm and members of the house of commons together with other members of her late majesty s privy council, representative of the territories, the citizens of london and others, now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim that prince charles philip arthur george is now, by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful leige lord charles iii, and his other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith, to whom we acknowledge all faith and obedience with humble affection. beseeching god, by who kings and queens do reign, bless his majesty with long and happy years to reign over us. at st. james s palace, the 10th day of september in the year of our lord 2022. god save the king! [cheers and applause] three cheers for his majesty the king! hip hip! hooray! hip hip! hooray! hip hip! hooray! reporter: goo
this is called the death gun salute and is taking place in every corner of the united kingdom. cardiff castle, edinburgh castle, hillsborough castle, york, portsmouth. one round is being fired every 10 seconds 96 rounds in total representing one round for every year of the queen s life. the gun salutes ringing out right across the united kingdom, the first ceremonial event, main event, since the queen s death yesterday afternoon. royal correspondence nicholas witchell is next to me. these salutes are part of tradition. they are. bells are sounded at churches across the country and flowers are laid, and the nation begins its period of mourning, this first formal expression of that national mourning, the gun salute of 96 rounds fired by different branches of the armed forces, the army and royal navy at more than a dozen different locations around the united kingdom. in the capital city, in both hyde park, with the king s troop royal horse artillery and at the tower of lo
and good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is friday, september 9th. i m don lemon live in london. brianna keilar joins us from washington, d.c., john is in new york city. this is cnn s special live coverage of the passing of queen elizabeth ii the only british monarch most of the world has ever known. let s look live at pictures of buckingham palace, a steady flow of mourners have been gathering since the news broke yesterday that the queen had died at the age of 96. she was beloved and she was ra veered, here in great britain and also around the world. some crying, others singing god save the queen in the london rain. look at all those flowers outside of buckingham palace. the world joins them in mourning today from new york city to tel aviv to sydney, australia. lights are shining, flags are flying at half-staff, honoring the queen s seven decades on the throne. her reign spanned 14 u.s. presidents, seven popes, 14 british prime ministe