and champion of the commonwealth of nations, and it s two and a half billion people. it comes to a level and tell you that, you re doing a good work. it meant almost everything to me. as queen of canada for nearly six decades, my pride in this country remains undone. we ve become used to see the queen on the world stage, but it was a role she envisions before being crowned. i will care for you all with my whole life, whether it be long or sort. i shall be debated to your service and to the surface of our great imperial family. it was a promise she would honor from the very beginning. barely six months after her coronation, embarking on a tour of the commonwealth there will couple drew enormous crowds. welcome was the word formed by 17,000 children on melbourne. it was clear that this was
constitutional requirement for lustrous as prime minister to be there, but she feels it s a significant moment of national mourning. and what ended up happening is what s written up in the papers, going on tour with the king, which led to some raised eyebrows that she maybe tried to make a political moment and downing street clarified yesterday that she wouldn t be traveling with him on the same plane or anything. it wouldn t be atoll they said in that sense. but she would be present at all of those services to provide support to be alongside the monarch. but they had to issue that clarification because they said it s not a tour in the sense that you understand them going together to each place. and she is charles s first prime minister, but she was the queen s 15th. that s right and just imagine what it must be like for liz truss a day into the job, finding herself in a situation, i mean, i remember tony blair writing about how he s having difficulty with the death of princess dia
we somehow, cannot forget, also, the colonial, the colonial rule for all these years. and incidentally, just three months ago, in the celebrated 55th freedom from the british empire, so it s kind of a mixed emotion there. the older members of the society a very strong bond with the queen. but the newer generation are speaking about the in the crown, which was in india, and perhaps, the other, you know, the other history, like the famines and everything that was inflicted on this country. however, the general mood is she was a woman. and she reigned over a country for so many years. and therefore, as a respect to her, the national flag is half past. but i think the generation that
had to move with the times and welcomed the country is going independent but remaining friends of the uk. let s bring in our guest, should we, author and journalist based in newsrooms. we are looking at pictures of the queen visit back in 1951. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. and you tell us about india s day of mourning for the queen? it is indeed a very sad moment because the queen was of the head of the commonwealth. and india is a member of the commonwealth countries. and therefore, the indian try color is flying at half, in memory of the queen s demise. however, the new generation, along with its new frenzy of nationalism is not connected to monarchy. the british monarchy, as our parents and grandparents saw.
by 10:25, the king will address both houses of parliament at westminster hole. the members will need to express their condolences after the queen s death. charles iii will then fly two edinburgh to his late mother s coffin at palace of holyroodhous, where service will be held there. the king, the queen consort, and queen elizabeth s three other children will walk alongside the coffin in a procession too st giles cathedral. a service and prayer will be held there. the queen s coffin will lie in state at st giles cathedral 4:24 hours with the public allowed in. later, the king will meet the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, and receive a motion of condolence from members of scotland s parliament. crowds lined it is street as the queen traveled cross government is today. to hollywood palace while at buckingham palace, controls the third was met by more supporters and mourners. here s our reporter with mole.