over the course of the night. hugs with people who a few hours ago were strangers, but in the course of a long cold night, queueing up along the river thames in south london, crossing the bridge at lambeth and then coming through to westminster, have shared life stories, experiences, stories of the queen. and now the parting quite close friends overnight. as you have been saying, this evening at the king and his three siblings will be here taking part themselves in that vigil at the queen s coffin. at the queen s coffin. ben, thank ou. we at the queen s coffin. ben, thank you- we will at the queen s coffin. ben, thank you. we will be at the queen s coffin. ben, thank you. we will be keeping - at the queen s coffin. ben, thank you. we will be keeping up - at the queen s coffin. ben, thank you. we will be keeping up with l at the queen s coffin. ben, thank - you. we will be keeping up with both correspondence over the course of the day. looking at where we are this morning, i cannot
romance of the queen. but, yeah, i personally. not part of the future for wales. no. as king, charles may now once again need to persuade people here that the royal relationship with wales is one which should endure. hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. people coming to cardiff castle will have met king charles when he was formally prince of wales. 0ne have met king charles when he was formally prince of wales. one is baroness grey thompson, former paralympian. i guess we should start with queen elizabeth hospital and. you met her on several occasions. could you share some of the time she met her? ~ . . , , ~ could you share some of the time she met her? . ., ., , , ,, ., met her? what was she like? i have been very fortunate met her? what was she like? i have been very fortunate to met her? what was she like? i have been very fortunate to have - met her? what was she like? i have been very fortunate to have three i been very fortunate to have three national been very fortunate to h
security all over the place, everyone in a veryjovial mood, just trying to make this work, because there isn t that long for the number of people that will want to come and pay their respects to the queen, so everyone really focused on getting as many people through as possible. and look ahead now to what we can see in terms of the movements of the royal family. king charles for example is going to wales for the first time as monarch. example is going to wales for the first time as monarch. yes, although he was still first time as monarch. yes, although he was still working first time as monarch. yes, although he was still working yesterday, - he was still working yesterday, going through those red boxes and culling readers around the world who are bringing to offer their condolences, the king will be out and about in public again making his first visit to wales as king along with the queen consort. calling leaders around the world. william and catherine will be visiting an arm
we understand that the moment it is around 4.4 miles long, stretching through london across the other side of the river, thousands more people waiting to pay their respects. this evening, all four of her majesty s children king charles, princess anne, prince andrew, and prince edward will hold a vigil by their mother s coffin. before that, the king and queen consort will travel to cardiff, completing their tour of the uk, as danjohnson reports. public engagement is already an early hallmark of king charles reign. even in grief, he s made time to meet people, first in scotland, before greeting crowds on a visit to northern ireland. he also shook hands outside buckingham palace shortly after the queen s death was announced. and today, he and the queen consort
does include princess anne by their mother s coffin at 7:30pm. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan is there. this is a very significant day today. in charles making his first visit to wales. visit to wales. king charles was here as prince visit to wales. king charles was here as prince in visit to wales. king charles was here as prince in july visit to wales. king charles was here as prince in july on - visit to wales. king charles was here as prince in july on a i here as prince injuly on a three day tour. today, the first time he will set that in wales after becoming king. as soon as he does that, there will be a gun salute in cardiff castle. in this cathedral there will be a memorial service held with readings by the archbishop of wales and first minister as well. the queen will meet some people, meet some of the local