it s friday the 9th of september. you re watching a special edition of bbc news following the death of her majesty the queen. britain s longest serving monarch passed away yesterday, aged 96, at balmoral castle the scottish retreat which her majesty had visited since she was a girl. gun salutes and church bells will ring out across the uk today as the country begins to mourn. the new king charles iii will address the nation this evening. on today s programme we ll be remembering her majesty s life and legacy, and speaking to those who knew and loved her. we ll bring viewers here in the uk and across the world including pbs in the united states the latest reaction from balmoral to buckingham palace. first, our royal correspondent daniela relph has been looking back at the final days and weeks of the queen s life. the final images we have queen elizabeth ii still carrying out duties into herfinal days. on tuesday, at balmoral, she welcomed the new prime minister. th
buckingham palace. we re all day, people have been to leave flowers, share memories, or just be part of history. this is cnn s continuing live coverage of the death of queen elizabeth the second. i m cristiano lump or in london. the queen saw 14 american president and 15 british prime ministers come and go. the latest, lustrous, who became prime minister just two days ago. their meeting was captured in the final photographs of a monarch who is still working right to the very end. now, her family is in mourning, as the world watches. saying farewell to the queen who is also a mother, a grandmother, a great grandmother. prince charles, now can charles the third, is expected to address the british people in a matter of hours. but, this was the scene outside buckingham palace earlier. a rainbow spreading across the sky as crowds gathered shortly before the death of the queen was announced. the queen, who dedicated her life to the service of her people. saw many years ago. i dec
and bells will be tolling any moment now and at some places already all across england. i want to bring in now cnn s max foster who is our royal correspondent, senior royal correspondent. max, thank you for joining us. listen, what can we expect today as far as what s going to happen ceremonially and also prince charles is expected to speak as well. bells tolling at westminster ab abbey, st. paul s and westminster. we will be hearing gun salutes as well. you can hear the bells tolling, westminster abbey is very close to us here. let s listen in for a moment. so they take different patterns depending on the event and this will be an extended version basically because it s such a significant event. the bells tolling at st. paul s, there will also be a service later on, the first moment for national figures to reflect on this moment. i think to hear that prince charles has left balmoral, i would expect to see him come here, actually, don. it s not confirmed, but there s flow
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the nation wakes up to a period of mourning. thousands have gathered outside buckingham palace to pay their respects to a monarch who dedicated their life to duty. but lots of good in our country and while she is gone i wonder where we will go. king charles the third will return to london from balmoral as the new monarch. later this evening, he is expected to make a televised address to the nation. a states woman of and that s dignity, the world s leaders pay tribute to her majesty. and we will take a look at how the morning newspapers have made their tribute to her. hello, good morning to you from balmoral, the nation has begun a period of mourning after the death of her majesty queen elizabeth ii. the queen passed away peacefully yesterday, here at balmoral just two days after welcoming the new prime minister there. her son, king charles the third will make his way to london this morning as the new monarch. and in one of his first acts in the role he s expected to m