this is called the death gun salute and is taking place in every corner of the united kingdom. cardiff castle, edinburgh castle, hillsborough castle, york, portsmouth. one round is being fired every 10 seconds 96 rounds in total representing one round for every year of the queen s life. the gun salutes ringing out right across the united kingdom, the first 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 the tower of lo
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
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