and the observer also has most of its front on the vigil but leads with a report that new prime minister liz truss is due a bruising return to the political fray after the queen s funeral . to the commonwealth, and asutralia s sydney morning herald reports on the australian prime minister says a break away from the british monarchy is not on the agenda until a second term, after his meeting with king charles. you will just have you willjust have to believe me, we are having a problem with the image there. we know that us president biden is due to be at the funeral of the queen but amid all the royal news, the new york times leads on the president resisting a request from the ukrainian government for more powerful missile systems as the army there continues it s counter offensive against russian forces. let s ta ke let s take a look at the front pages. that evening to you both and thank you very much for being with us. of course, only one place to start. there are so many ima
17 hours. it was actually longer not that long ago. earlier today king charles and prince william took time to personally greet some of the mourners shaking hands and thanking people for waiting in line for so long to honor the queen. all this is happening as cnn learned about a major royal flub. prince harry and his wife meghan, the duchess of sussex, were invited to a reception tomorrow at buckingham palace by mistake. a royal kerfuffle. more on that in a moment. jasmine wright is live outside the white house correspondents dinner, and anna stewart is in that crowd in london. jasmine, president biden among the hundreds of world leaders that are headed to london for monday s funeral. what are we expecting to see from the first couple while in the uk? reporter: yeah, the president and the first lady leave the white house here very soon. i am not sure if you can pick it up in the mics, but on the lawn you can hear the sound of mash even one waiting to take the president a
and prince william greeting some who gathered to grieve, shaking hands with well-wishers and speaking with them briefly as well. world leaders are also arriving to honor the queen. joe biden and the first lady departing this morning to attend the queen s funeral scheduled for monday. earlier today, canadian prime minister justin trudeau and his wife arriving. max foster, richard quest, and anna stewart begin our coverage right now. max, to you first, we re getting new details about the royal grandchildren s vigil, and we are looking at i believe live pictures of some of the grandchildren coming down the steps at westminster hall. what do you know about what we will be witnessing now? reporter: you can see the prince of wales there, prince william, followed by prince harry. they ll take either end of the coffin, i think. the prince of wales will be at the head of the coffin, and prince harry will be at the foot of the coffin. then the other grandchildren, usually beatrice be
being a great friend of this show. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for being with me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now a heart-felt tribute to queen elizabeth ii is under way in london. thousands pouring in to say a final farewell to their monarch. the last hour we saw the queen s eight grandchildren holding a vigil as she lies in state. the royal family also greeting world leaders as they arrive today ahead of the queen s funeral, which is monday. let s go straight to london right now. max foster, richard quest and anna stewart are following this historic event. max, to you first. this vigil, with the queen s grandchildren, was only about 15 minutes. wow, even with that brevity, you felt such love being exuded from these family members, from these young men and women who were paying the greatest homage to their grandmother. reporter: yeah. something they all wanted to do. outline, for william and harry, more practice at this sort of thing. for the
for his political gain. it s hard to believe that a human being could treat other human beings like this. they re killing women and children in ukraine. there is clear evidence of torture, humiliating treatment of people. the world must react to all of this. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. a kingdom celebrates the life of its queen and a family mourns the loss of its matriarch. the queen s eight grandchildren came together to hold vigil as she lies in state outside westminster hall. tens of thousands of mourners wait to pay their respects. as you can see, the line stretches for miles. the wait at times has surpassed 24 hours. right now the wait is around 17 hours. president biden and the first lady arrived in london last hour. they will be among the heads of state from around the world to attend the queen s funeral scheduled for monday. cnn s max foster has more. reporter: a steady tide of mourners pouring into the ancient westminster