[ cannons firing ] [ cannons firing ] [ cannons firing ] [ cannons firing ] [ cannons firing ] number three fire. number three fire! number one fire! number one fire! [ cannons firing ] fire! number three! fire! seven fire! one fire! [ cannons firing ] [ can nonnons firing ] number three fire! three fire! number one fire! one fire! number two gun! fire! fire! fire! [ cannons firing ] fire! number three! fire! fire! number one fire! seven fire! one fire! number one! [ cannons firing ] number three fire! three fire! number one fire! one fire! [ cannons firing ] number two gunfire! fire! fire! number three fire! number one fire! fire! number three! [ cannons firing ] seven fire! one fire! [ cannons firing ] number one! number one! [ cannons firing ] number three gun fire! number four gun fire! so what you have been watching is a royal gun salute, royal salutes will be fired or were fired in london toda
And we are watching the kings royal horse artillery, marking the First Anniversary of the kings coronation. And we will leave events there in green park in central london, marking the First Anniversary of the kings coronation. That, we are going to head straight to scotland now and the snp Leadership Race in the last three minutes, nominations to be the next leader of the Scottish National party have closed. Now, we do knowjohn swinney, on your screens that has put his name into the ring. He is the frontrunner, that the question is whether there are any last minute opponents and also you may remember the First Minister resigned as leader and First Minister of the snp in scotland just last week. Lets go to a reporter, ben philip. In the last couple of minutes, nominations, that deadline for nominations has closed. ~. ,. ,. , that deadline for nominations has closed. ,. ,. ,. , that deadline for nominations has closed. ,. ,. ,. , closed. What does that mean . That is riuht. In closed. Wh
reporter: well, for many people, it s given them a little bit of extra time to get a good spot along the procession route to have a look. i think everyone is in much anticipation at the moment. i can see here given everything it s gone a little bit quiet, particularly with some of the guards in place. we ve had the national anthem being played. we ve seen the king s royal horse artillery taking position. they ll be firing off a gun salute later in the day at the end of the trooping of the colour. the pre-game has taken place which means everyone s gone a little quiet and they re ready for this to take place. you re looking at live picture of the king s procession, those taking part in it ready to receive his majesty, the king, at this stage. everyone s waiting. let s hope this kicks off soon, kim. yeah. absolutely. so as we wait here, can you tell me a bit about the significance
Many years. and princess anne, princess royal, she is now colonel of the blues and royals. she is expected to be on horseback for this ceremonial procession today. all eyes on the gates of buckingham palace right now. we are looking there. you see the balcony shot, of course, above where expectedly king charles is leaving buckingham palace. that is where king charles will be appearing once the whole ceremony of trooping the colour has ended. all eyes beneath it at that gate where we should see king charles and the other members taking off. this is the king s troop royal horse artillery and the royal band. you ll hear lots of regimental music, of course, throughout the
Hyde park t. this is by the king s royal horse artillery and the tower of london, one round fired for each year of the queen s life. and then also as this is happening, we can tell you moments ago, we saw the first images of the new king of england, i m talking about charles iii, boarding an airplane at aberdeen airport in scotland. he s now on his way here to london where he will be addressing the nation and the world, following the death of his mother, the queen. king charles has asked for a period of royal mourning to be observed until seven days after the queen s funeral. the british cabinet office says at further details on the funeral ceremonies will be made available, that should happen shortly. so let s get some new information, and react to all of this. cnn s anchor and royal correspondent max foster joins us now. max, 96 rounds, salute.