the throne. the nation wakes up to a period of mourning thousands. have gathered outside buckingham palace to pay their respects to a monarch who dedicated her life to duty. king charles iii will return to london from balmoral as the new monarch. a states woman of unmatched dignity, the world s leaders pay tribute. and we take a look at how the morning newspapers have paid tribute to her majesty, the queen. hello, good morning. the nation has begun a period of mourning after the death of her majesty queen elizabeth ii. the queen passed away peacefully at balmoral just two days after welcoming the new prime minister there. her son, king charles iii, will make his way to london this morning as the new monarch. thousands of people already gathering outside buckingham palace last night to pay their respects, where we will hear tributes to her majesty and reflect on a life of duty and of service. our first report this morning from our correspondent alex rossi on the end of an era
underestimated. finally, she kept the monarchy 5trong underestimated. finally, she kept the monarchy strong and respected, reigning very much in the style of her beloved father, george vi, and she kept it strong, above all, by setting a personal example. 0ne setting a personal example. one might imagine that her greatest hope now would be that the strength of the monarchy will continue under king charles, and then under william. i m sure the crowds we saw outside buckingham palace tonight, many people will be reflecting on the theme is that nick was underlining there, because everyone is by now aware that the queen was the longest serving monarch in the history of the united kingdom and held a commanding presence in british public life over many decades. tonight, people have been reacting to the news of her passing. our special correspondent lucy manning has spent the day with people outside buckingham palace. she was long to reign over us, almost all of her life, and for mos
first prime minister to be appointed at balmoral since 1885. a departure with what had happened on every other occasion that the queen has invited someone to form a government, the new prime minister. on this occasion, because she was on holiday in balmoral, and there were concerned we were told for her mobility, in order to take that into notice, what was asked was the political leaders travelled there rather than her making the journey back to buckingham palace as she would have done previously. boris johnson flew up early in the morning. after delivering his farewell speech, morning. after delivering his farewellspeech, he morning. after delivering his farewell speech, he tendered his resignation. liz truss who on monday had been confirmed as the winner of the election for new conservative leader was invited in for an audience and photo we all saw, and was asked by the queen, invited to form a new government. those special arrangements were in place this week. liz truss be
comfort. since the duke of edinburgh s death. rather less than that. so this is a family which has suffered one death quite recently, and which is now having to deal with the illness and the declining health, as we understand it at the moment, of, as you say, their mother or their grandmother. it is perfectly possible that she will recover from this, or perhaps not recover, but that she will get over whatever issueit that she will get over whatever issue it is that has because the doctors to speak on the way that they have, so we must again stress that we don t know what the true situation is. we are merely anticipating and expecting that the palace will feel it necessary to say something. but as you say, at the heart of this is a family which is providing comfort to the queen, and one must hope that that is the situation that is taking place within balmoral castle at the moment. nick, thank you. the time is 6:01pm. if you arejoining us here on bbc news, we are reporting the