good evening, welcome to the programme. we are at buckingham palace tonight, ahead of the big event on saturday the coronation of king charles iii and queen camilla. we have a packed programme for you tonight, we will be looking ahead to this most ancient of ceremonies at westminster abbey, in the company of two people who were there in 1953, in fact one of our guests, even sang at the christening of the king in 1948. we have tv royalty on hand, as well, where katty kay is standing by for us. leaving nothing to chance on an occasion like this. we will talk about what the coronation is, what is isn t, the role the king has played in the preparations, and how the people, the commonwealth, and the different faiths will be included. and at 9pm, the royal watchers will be here robert hardman and christine ross joining us. both of them are taking part in the bbc s coverage. but let us begin with what the royals have been doing today. the king is in residence here at buckingham
we report from one town deserted by russian troops. over here on the wall, one interesting detail a single word which someone has written in broken english. sorry. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. this is the scene live, in the oldest part of the palace of westminster. for the past six hours, thousands of people have been filing past her majesty s coffin to pay their final respects to a remarkable monarch. the queen will now lie in state for four full days, until monday, the morning of herfuneral. in a few minutes, we ll cross live to westminster to hear from some of those who ve been queuing to bid their farewells to the queen, but first, our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has the story of the day. in a setting that is so familiar, where so often and so recently there has been celebration, today an event of the greatest solemnity. on the pavements around the palace and along the mal
british military. and behind them, several members of the royal family led by king charles iii. his sons, princes william and harry, also walking behind their grandmother s coffin just as they walked behind their mother s coffin a quarter century ago. we have been listening as big ben has been tolling every minute as the late monarch makes her way to the seat of the british government where the queen will lie in state in a hall that is witnessed so much history during its 900-year exist tense. she will be there for four day bfrs her funeral at westminster abbey on monday. and with us now to talk about all of this, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley, anna withlock, lola, and msnbc royal commentator tim. anna, as we see them heading towards westminster, a hall that has witnessed so much history, talk about the history we re seeing right now. we are living through history, the moment when they past ask the present come together. these are things that we have seen over
thanked mourners who ve gathered to remember the queen, including an unexpected show of unity from princes william and harry. it s sunday, the 11th of september. i m at the palace of holyroodhouse in edinburgh, the official residence of the british monarch in scotland. the queen s coffin will arrive here from balmoral later today. let s take a look at the route it will take. at around 10:00, her coffin will be carried by six of the gamekeepers from her scottish estate from the ballroom at balmoral to a hearse. from there, it will begin a six hour, 175 milejourney. the route will pass through aberdeen, then on to dundee, before finally arriving at the palace here where it will lie in the throne room until monday afternoon. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz has this report. well, they have been rehearsing for the night. we have heard drums being beat, just in the last hour, we have seen much in parades in the last few minutes. judith moritz has this report on what we can expect in
attention to this part of her journey, but there is an anticipation there of seeing her, as well as the new king, max. yeah. so we re slightly behind schedule here. it was due that the coffin would arrive at the castle, the palace rather at 4:00, but as richard says, absolutely impeccable otherwise. everything is exactly as planned. and signed off by the queen. this will be very heartening to her. the people of edinburgh have come out in huge numbers. i ve been hearing ing isa descrg the crowds there. as princess anne in the procession there, there will be a member of the royal family there, and you ll see the procession going up to the palace, and we ll see a somber moment with the royal salute as the coffin is taken in to the palace. there will be some pomp and ceremony once they get there. but the ramain event will be tomorrow when the coffin goes to st. charles cathedral. the dean of chapel royal in scotland will be up there, and they re going to oversee this process. w