even as we grieve, we give thanks to this most faithful light. i am deeply aware of this great inheritance and all of the duties and heavy responsibility of sovereignty. they are now past to me. many of the accession council it was a series of highly coordinated formalities. they were set into motion upon the death of his mother, queen elizabeth the second. that was on thursday afternoon. later this hour, king charles will meet with the archbishop of canterbury, britain s new prime minister, lustrous. there will also be members of the cabinet. it has been a memorable first speak on the job or trust. one of queen elizabeth ii final acts was to invite her to succeed boris johnson s prime minister. former new government. that occurred during a meeting on tuesday at balmoral, the royal family s estate. approximately 48 hours after that meeting, the queen passed away. trust is the 15th and final prime minister queens bits rain. it began in 1952. western churchill was prime minis
his reign, as the world watches to see what kind of leader he might be. and in the u.s., pressing for answers in uvalde, texas. cnn asking the state s top law enforcement officer why did he allegedly say no one is losing their jobs over the massacre at robb elementary? his answer you ll only see here. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead and the first full day on the job for king charles iii, as the world mourns the death of his mother, britain s longest reigning monarch. he addressed the nation and the world for the first time since queen elizabeth s passing. as the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, i too now solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time god grants me to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. that address was followed by a sarceremony of remembrance wh god save the king was officially sung. earlier today, upon returning to london, king charles and his wife camilla
her reign spanned 15 british prime ministers, 14 american presidents, seven popes, the end of the soviet empire, the decline of her own and its rebirth as modern britain. the people you see there outside buckingham palace and gathering elsewhere as well, windsor castle, have been gathering since this afternoon in the rain on word that the queen in balmoral castle in scotland had been put under medical supervision. the arrival of family members underscored the gravity of the hour and the family s single-minded response to it. the image of two of the queen s sons, prince andrew and edward and prince william at the wheel altogether in the same vehicle. from a sometimes contentious but message conscious family, the message this image sent was clear. then the clouds began lifting, rainbows formed outside buckingham palace and windsor castle. they signalled hope but delivered only sadness a short time later. the news coming in a simple message behind a humble frame in keeping with
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
life. her successor and son king charles iii is in london, and making his way right now to buckingham palace for the first time as king. upon his arrival, he ll be greeted by thousands lining up to pay their respects, laying flowers and cards outside the palace honoring the queen s seven decades on the throne. elizabeth became queen february 6th, 1952, she was just 25 years old. her reign spanned 14 u.s. presidents, seven popes, and 15 british prime ministers. she was a witness to history and an indelible part of it during her time on the throne, she led her country through wars in korea, the falklands and afghanistan. her reign spanning global events as is well, from the first moon landing to 9/11 and the coronavirus pandemic. the queen was a global fixture, a beacon of stability, for some seven decades. overnight, many parts of the world came together to remember queen elizabeth from new york to paris, australia, to brazil, buildings lit up, flags flying at half-staff. an