burial in the royal vault alongside her husband prince philip in windsor this evening. as we are watching traditions that go back centuries and updated by the queen s agreement grandmother, queen victoria in 1901. the queen s casket will arrive at windsor castle, with the procession ending outside st. george s chapel. she will be the first female sovereign there. we will be bringing you the committal service for which some of the music was composed by the former chapel organist who is believed to have taught young princess elizabeth to play the piano. hundreds of world leaders, including president biden and more than 2,000 dignitaries joined the royal family for the queen s state funeral at westminster abbey. the 13th century seat of the church of england and where 25-year-old elizabeth was core nated 75 years ago. the queen said her funeral should not be long and boring. it was just about one-hour long, managing to be both personal and a world-class good-bye, including a
captions by vitac www.vitac.com looking right now at buckingham palace. people, though fewer in number, are still showing up at this hour. the embodiment, as cnn s max foster put it earlier in the program, of a nation slightly loss after the passing of queen elizabeth ii earlier today in scotland. she was, as many have said, the only monarch most britons have known. and she may have been the first british monarch most britons have known in a familiar, more regal sense, the first to usher in the modern united kingdom. christian am pour said tonight from the grand britain of her early childhood to the great britain of today. it read, the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. the king and the queen consort will remain at balmoral this evening and will return tomorrow. we saw a demonstration of remarkable continuity of secession, people outside the palace singing the national anthem with god save the queen replaced from here to the end of charles iii s reign
and the world remember the queen. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room as cnn s special live coverage continues. we begin with charles iii s debut as king. the new monarch facing a moment he acknowledges he s been dreading, the death of his mother, queen elizabeth. cnn s bianca nobilo is outside st. paul s cathedral where a service for the queen was held today. bianca, this has been a very, very emotional day for the british people and their new king. it has, wolf. i ve been speaking to those who attended this service. 2,000 members of the public, first come, first serve were given wristbands this morning, and they were coming from all over the world. these were people from australia, cuba, italy that i spoke to. they were going past the tourism office where they were giving out tickets to this remembrance service and service of thanksgiving. and they just happened to be in the right place and the rig
morning we will hear what she meant around the globe after seven decades and seven days of sights and sounds that will echo on the. choir sings. this morning. we ll be joined by two prime ministers new zealand s jacinda ardern. and by the prime minister of bangladesh, sheikh hasina. reflecting on his role in the proceedings and on the ongoing war in ukraine, the chief of the defence staff, sir tony radakin. and i ve been speaking to a man who knew her majesty the queen and the new king charles iii well former secretary of state now the united states climate envoy, john kerry. we re live on bbc one and on the bbc around the world this morning. with me at the desk for the next hour, john sentamu, the former archbishop of york, who s been involved in the long planning for the state funeral. victoria newton, the editor in chief of the sun newspaper. and lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house of commons, who s presided over much of this week s extraordinary ceremony in westm
charles? it time as they get to spend with king charles? , ., time as they get to spend with king charles? , . , . charles? it is an unprecedented uuatherin charles? it is an unprecedented gathering of charles? it is an unprecedented gathering of world charles? it is an unprecedented gathering of world leaders, - gathering of world leaders, politicians and dignitaries. as you say, hosted by king charles iii and the queen say, hosted by king charles iii and the queen consort camilla. prince, princess. the queen consort camilla. prince, princess, president, prime minister, diplomats princess, president, prime minister, diplomats will be here. the first guests diplomats will be here. the first guests started arriving around 4:15pm, guests started arriving around 4:15pm, and they were largely members of the uk government. we spotted members of the uk government. we spotted ben wallace, kit malthouse and sir spotted ben wallace, kit malthouse and sir keir starmer, t