i m here at st. charles cathedral where the king will hold a vigil with members of the royal family. the new metropolitan police chief describes the queen s state funeral as a challenge. thousands of extra officers have been called in to help manage the crowds. it s a massive challenge for the metropolitan meese and me personally. but we have been preparing for many, many years. and parts of the commonwealth mourning as they have fresh questions about the role of the monarchy. the prime minister of antiqua saying that he intends to hold a referendum on that country becoming a republic in the next three years. and science that jamaica and other nations may well follow suit. also this morning, the only light in the darkness. ukraine accuses retreating russian military of attacking a power station causing blakeout blackout. very good morning from buckingham palace, king charles iii will lead a procession along his mother later today. the king will give a speech to mps
the king will address both houses of parliament. members meet to express condolences after the queen s death. the king and queen and queen elizabeth s three other children will walk alongside the coffin in a procession to st. charles cathedral. a service and prayer reflection will be there. the queen will lie in state for 24 hours. and they will receive a message of condolence as well from parliament. crowds line the streets as the queen s coffin travels through scotland to palace yesterday while at buckingham palace, king charles was met by more supporters and mourners. we have more.
good morning. king charles will come to the house in the next hour or so. we expect him to arrive shortly after 10:00. he will then receive addresses from both leaders of the house. both speaker of the house and the speaker of the lords. they ll make short speeches offering condolences. to give you context, the last time this happened was a decade ago and it was the queen to celebrate her diamond jubilee. she gave an address to both houses of parliament in the westminster hall behind me. you can hardly see.
we call it the prince s trust. we ll be associated with the royal family. i think that in the way that the duke of edinburgh survived and flourished, the prince s trust will do the same. okay. and a thought for the king as goes into the next few days. bittersweet. he lost his mom and they were ver, very close. not only united kingdom but the commonwealth. yes. of it s taking a bit infer our his around. i think he ll be a fantastic king. he ll bring that same passion and compassion to his role as our new king. good to talk to you. thank you. just talking there about the commonwealth. actually across the commonwealth, people have been
power station causing blakeout blackout. very good morning from buckingham palace, king charles iii will lead a procession along his mother later today. the king will give a speech to mps and lords in westminster this morning. new details have been revealed of how people can see the queen lying in state both in scotland and in also here in london. it will begin on wednesday, this wednesday coming, 5:00. it will open for 24 hours a day until it closes at 6:30 a.m. there are tight restriction restrictions on what visitors should or shouldn t do. if you re a tourist and you do want to go and take part and pay