queen consort. the images of tributes across the u.k. bells tolling 96 times, once for every year of her life. a memorial service at st. paul s cathedral. the world paying its respects. tonight what we learned about the service for the queen and her funeral. and this evening, president biden confirming he will attend the queen s funeral. the last days of queen elizabeth. the queen at her beloved summer home at balmoral in scotland. the unprecedented announcement about her health. and we have now learned tonight that king charles and princess anne were by her side. the rest of the family rushing to get there. what the world will witness next. pictures of the queen as only a few ever saw her, the mother, grandmother and great grandmother. those moments with the children, away from public view. her playful sense of humor. at 73 years old, king charles beginning a new chapter for the royal family. the role he has been preparing for his entire life. and the key change tonight
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
arrived. prince charles and prince william second to line to the throne, brother harry and wife meghan in europe now heading to scotland as well. buckingham palace confirming to nbc news just yesterday that the queen had to pull out of a virtual event to rest. tuesday she met with the new prime minister liz truss. first time in her 70-year reign she did not perform the ceremonial duty as is custom. the last public engagement in june opening a new hospital alongside princess anne and also we know princess anne has been staying alongside the queen at balmoral as well. we have an expert team of folks following this breaking news for us and bringing us anything new that happens. nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons with us from london. katty kay and msnbc contributor. daisy mcandrew, nbc news royal commentator as well. welcome, guys, as we follow this breaking news out of the uk i want to go around the horn if i can, keir and start with you. as to your thought
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a lot of coverage about princess anne here in the uk and the way she s risen to this occasion. the vigil is now over. you can see the king leading the siblings away now. so that s the end of that. there s princess anne and her full ceremonial uniform. so an extraordinary moment for those members of the public as they file through. princess anne accompanying the coffin throughout this whole process. we re hearing earlier how all of the siblings were close to the queen in their own way. princess anne s was through horses and country pursuits which is what they shared in balmoral together and where anne was with the queen for the last 24 hours of her life. so the siblings now leaving westminster hall. they ll go away in private. try to decompress what they had there, and members of the public will decompress what they just experienced. quite extraordinary moment in british history there, and it will be repeated again tomorrow with the grandchildren of the queen, including prince