forgotten. the grief of this day felt not only by the late queen s family but all around the nation, the commonwealth, and the world, arises from her abundant life and loving service. now gone from us. she was joyful, present to so many, touching a multitude of lives. and we pray today especially for all her family grieving as every family at a funeral, including some families around the world who have themselves lost someone recently. but, in this family s case, doing so in the brightest spotlight, may god heal their sorrow. mate gap left in their lives be marked with memories of joy and
commonwealth and the world arises from her abundant life and loving service now gone from us. she was joyful, present for so many touching a multitude of lives, and we pray today especially for all her family grieving as every family at a funeral, including so many families around the world who have themselves lost someone recently. but in this family s case, doing so in the brightest spotlight, may god heal their sorrow. may the gap left in their lives be marked with memories of joy and life. her late majesty s broadcast during covid lockdown ended
westminster hall, at that particular time, that they would see the children of queen elizabeth gathered around her coffin stop a real reminder that this is a family grieving, and having to grieve in public in the full view of the public, the media, the world s media, all eyes are on london and what is happening here. so they are going through all these procedures for the monarch, but also having to remember their mother. 50 it for the monarch, but also having to remember their mother. so it was 15 minutes that remember their mother. so it was 15 minutes that they remember their mother. so it was 15 minutes that they stood remember their mother. so it was 15 minutes that they stood around - minutes that they stood around her majesty, and then just looking ahead to this evening, that scene is going to be replicated, but this time with the queen s grandchildren? yes. to be replicated, but this time with the queen s grandchildren? yes, all eiuht of the queen s grandchildren? yes, all
course this family grieving, watching them mourning and it is i think one lady said to she had a lump in her throat and she had tears in her eyes saying the queen had left holyroodhouse. and when you could hear the pin drop, i think it is so much more powerful, so much more potent because they are, of course, so exposed. the grief so exposed right now. don. yeah. regardless as you said how you feel about the monarchy, the reverence of this moment palpable here. this is a woman who devoted her life to service. who spent 70 years serving the people of the united kingdom and other realms. and really the world.
an incredibly raw emotion. of course you ll see a family grieving very publicly and the public between them, 15 feet in between them, really feeling the weight of history in that emotion as the family mourns very exposed, of course. i can feel the emotion will be incredibly raw when we see that happen in about an hour and a half, don. isa is standing by and we ll bring that to you live as it all unfolds. thank you, isa soares. meantime president biden and the first lady planning to come to the queen s funeral a week from today. the white house says the president will not have a delegation of u.s. officials traveling with him. straight to cnn s jeremy diamond at the white house for us this morning. good morning, jeremy. reporter: good morning, don. president biden and the first lady receiving formally that invitation to attend the queen s state funeral over the weekend. we heard yesterday from the white house that the president