good evening, tonight in a special programme, we are marking the passing of that crown. elizabeth ii to charles iii. what kind of modric will he be? how will he lead the nation through this period of enormous change? i will talk to people who know him well to get their personal insights into the man who is our new king. at six o clock this evening, charles iii addressed the nation and all of us, for the first time as our king, he paid a personal tribute to his mother and pledged to echo her life of duty and service with his own. it was a speech i m told he worked on until the last minute and his determination to get it exactly right. as he talked to us from the desk in the blue drawing room at buckingham palace, where is mother often gave the christmas message, he had carefully placed objects full of meaning around him. such as the flowers, sweet peas with rosemary, for remembrance, and in a vase former queen used in her audience room which has three little corgis on it. ,
She reigned for almost three quarters of a century as the world changed around her. She was a symbol of unity in good times and bad. Successful because she knew her unique place and she understood it. The act of being there, of being. You know, a. A continuing. Reference point of stability and endless duties is something that i think is. Is of the greatest importance. It was really about service and her definition of service, and that was a lifetime. Literally 24 7, 365 days of the year. It was never something you could turn off and turn on. It was there all the time. It is so strange to almost everyone in this countryl that she is no longer queen. It will take a long while to come to terms with that. I declare before you all, that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperialfamily to which we all belong. As Queen Elizabeth ii, she reigned over more than 135 Million People and, as head of the commonwealth, a third
Mac equipment. A quarter of those living in the uk who survived genocides, including the holocaust, have experienced discrimination or abuse linked to their religion or ethnicity. On Holocaust Memorial day, well be talking to an Auschwitz Survivor about her experiences. We talk to an Auschwitz Survivor and a student who says he has suffered racial abuse since he was a child. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. Lots coming up today on the show, and as ever, we really want to hear from you. One of the stories we are talking about is whether six year old girls think they are less talented than six year old boys. A Studyjust Out says they do. What do you think . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Theresa may will become the first world leader to meet donald trump since he became us president. The Prime Minister told
old and outworn machinery. they would have religion thrown aside, morality in personal and public life made meaningless, honesty counted as foolishness and self interest set up in place of self restraint. at this critical moment in our history, we will certainly lose the trust and respect of the world if we just abandon those fundamental principles which guided the men and women who built the greatness of this country and commonwealth. most people have a job and then they go home, and in this existence, the job and the life go on together because you can t really divide it up. the boxes and the communications just keep on coming. and, of course, in modern communications, they come even quicker. i mean, luckily i m a quick reader,