military dress, keir, he has been a controversial member of the royal family, to put it lightly. yes, but then of course, the royal family has to navigate those kinds of things all the time. and camilla was talking about george v, there was a vigil for king george v, well in that vigil was king henry viii, and of course at the time we didn t know, now we know, he very soon afterwards abdicated. that s okay. ant abdicated. and i think that caused a huge rice sis for the royal family. with w-what you re saying, it is worth remembering, it has been thought about, not just by king
the monarch would be necessary even if she and her party did not want to break away. they were clear that they would want to keep the monarch even if they split from the united kingdom, and i think it is not surprising that they would say that, because in the end there is a lot of affection still in scotland for the royal family. i thought that story she told was interesting, because there was a cut-away, as we call it in tv, of prince charles, and he laughed at her story, and then he seemed to kind of sigh a little bit, and i thought like i saw in there, somebody who has always had to share his mother with everybody, and everybody has a story of the queen, but of course, it s his mom and she can never be only his. and again, to say this again and again, that is the nature of service, the nature of duty, the nature of public life, and the royal family in public life all the time, even if they re in private. keir, thank you very much for
mission of government or opening the olympics, you have served us well and we wish all of our luck to you and your son charles. thank you. god save our queen. people from across the united kingdom including that young man continue to pour into london with tributes celebrating the life of queen elizabeth. right now, we are again watching saint giles cathedral in scotland where king charles and other members of the royal family will eventually hold a vigil by her coffin, replacing those four men in uniform you see there. joining us is msnbc national correspondent keir simons and we are watching the public file in and pay their respects to queen elizabeth, and this is the last time that the scottish public will be able to file by it. is remarkable to see how many people are showing up. incredible. and the scottish people in their
from the european union. president trump s trip coming to a close in france on thursday when the president will honor the 75th anniversary of d-day. the invasion on the beaches of normandy. we re watching all angles of this. nbc s peter alexander also traveling with the president along with keir simons. with mere here in-studio, former secretary of state of public diplomacy and also a political nbc analyst. mr. alexander, start with you. watching live images of prince charles and his wife camilla parker bowles, duchess of cornwall, live as they appear to greet president trump and first lady melania. what are we seeing, peter, and expected the rest of this trip from president trump? reporter: craig, from the president s perspective, certain seem thepageantry, the
british prime minister tereheresa may at the scene of a crime where a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned by a nerve agent, while showing a united front with allies. keir simons is in london. this is extraordinary. finally, the united states at the united nations yesterday joined in this united front, blaming the russian government, when the president was just dragging his feet for days and days. reporter: yeah, finally. one question is how was the trump white house persuaded to join this very forceful statement that has been issued by the united states, the uk, germany and france, and another interesting question is, what are the russians making of this? i suspect we are at the point, just beyond the point, that the russians thought this would go.