kharkiv. our special coverage of the death of queen elizabeth ii continues in just a moment. we are live from buckingham palace with a preview of the world s final good-bye to britain s longest serving monarch next on cnn newsroom.
westminster hall in the coming hour. he will receive and reply to addresses of condolences from both houses of parliament. after that he ll travel to a london area royal air force station and from there go by plane to edinburgh. portraits of queen elizabeth have been painted by a number of renowned artists over the years, but this one from 1995 stands out. it was painted by christian fur who was only 28 at the time. he became the youngest artist ever commissioned to paint an official portrait of the queen. christian joins me now. how does one find one self in that position, painting the queen of england at the aimge o 28 years old. how did that come about? it is a commonwealth organization which the queen was patron. she had seen one of my paintings
and i think he needs the support of the wider royal family particularly his sons and can bring them in, harry and meghan. those you have seen lining the streets here will be genuinely will be people who are pro-monarchy, very supportive of the royal family. time will tell just how popular king charles iii will be. i can t let you go without talking about the corgis because, you know, very sad the passing of queen elizabeth ii. we know about her huge love for dogs and the huge love for her pets. what happens to those corgis dogs, the springer spaniel, do we know? the corgis, the queen adored corgis. had her first ever corgi susan and bred 14 generations of corgis. 14? wow. of course doggies. princess diana used to call them
emotional. and i think everybody in the nation is feeling it. my heart goes out to the royal family and to people actually in the nation and the world. she had that reach. she was just an incredible force of nature. she was very stoic. she knew that that was her duty. she sort of sacrificed a life for that purpose, you know. so she was a constant. very much like a star in the sky almost. so, i think everybody is feeling this sense of loss. thank you, christian. it s really good to have you. thanks for sharing your story, the portrait is fantastic. christian fur in the house for you. our special coverage continues after this. new details on the public s chance to say good-bye to the queen. we re live in london with what you need to know. that after this.
adjusting to life without their beloved queen while opening their arms to the new king. elizabeth s adoring subjects get to pay their final respects today. king charles iii and his queen consort camilla, well, they will lead the royal family in a procession behind her coffin here in edinburgh. it s an event-filled day. and in just moments, charles and camilla will arrive at westminster hall. that s where members of both the commons and lords will meet to express their condolences. the royal couple is then scheduled to fly to holyroodhouse here in edinburgh to prepare for the ceremony of keys. that s what it s called. when the monarchist handed the keys to the city here. afterward, the queen s coffin will be taken from the palace of holyroodhouse with the king and the queen consort and members of the royal family, following a procession on foot. this afternoon, there will be a service of reflection for the extraordinary life of queen elizabeth ii.