to make the journey down to windsor to see his family. just after 11 o clock the new king, king charles iii, here with the queen consort, less than 2a hours since his mother died, but he must now manage his personal grief and assume the role she carried out so flawlessly for the last 70 years and among those initial duties, it includes finalising the details for her funeral and the period of mourning. those details this afternoon are starting to emerge. as you say, people have come to leave as you say, people have come to leave tributes, bal morrow was a place leave tributes, bal morrow was a place that leave tributes, bal morrow was a place that the queen loved to spend time and place that the queen loved to spend time and she was very much a part of the community, a member of the nearby the community, a member of the nearby church, and people here are feeling nearby church, and people here are feeling it nearby church, and people here are feeling it personally today.- fee
political chaos, through crisis in nations, for the last 78 years, the queen has been a real symbol of stability, continuity, and a real rock really for the nation that saw the outpouring of grief yesterday. the queen had passed. crowds had gathered outside buckingham palace laying flowers. waiting in the rain, through terrible weather, throughout the night, to express their sadness, together, in mourning. we saw london s black cab drivers lining the streets. other residences, and we saw her in windsor yesterday. my colleague, scott mccain, as he was, saying [inaudible] they were all deeply saddened by her passing. take a listen. it s a very sad moment for everybody right now. we are very sad. she was just a very big part of our history and our
ceremonial event, main event, since the queen s death yesterday afternoon. royal correspondence nicholas witchell is next to me. these salutes are part of tradition. they are. bells are sounded at churches across the country and flowers are laid, and the nation begins its period of mourning, this first formal expression of that national mourning, the gun salute of 96 rounds fired by different branches of the armed forces, the army and royal navy at more than a dozen different locations around the united kingdom. in the capital city, in both hyde park, with the king s troop royal horse artillery and at
needs to be, as the nation is mourning, as he and his family are mourning. he will now have the responsibility and duty to stabilise feelings around the nation and to lead that national mourning. nicholas witchell, for now, thank you. we can take you back to the house of commons. mps have been gathering, meeting for the last hour or so, sharing their reflections, thoughts and memories of the queen, the former prime minister borisjohnson spoke. he spoke of his deep and personal sorrow at her loss. he said we had all been lulled into thinking she might be eternal and that we may now understand in her death the full magnitude of what she did as queen.
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