hello. you re watching the bbc news channel with joanna gosling. more new on the queen s funeral. crown prince pavlos is the eldest son of constantine ii, the last king of greece, who reigned from 1964 to 1973. queen elizabeth is his third cousin, twice removed. he has travelled to london for queen elizabeth s funeral and spoke to us about his memories of the queen. always received us with a smile. my parents were very well taken care of when we left greece and lived in england for many years thereafter, my father was always a good confidant for the family and always by her side. sadly he is not so well now so is unable to come over. i am going with my mother and my wife to stand in for my father. but the queen was always receiving us with great smiles and family friendship, always inquiring of how things were going on back home or elsewhere. one of the most wonderful people ever. one of the most wonderful people ever. so much has been said about her empathy, kindness. that
and at times, prince william, now heir to the throne, watched his father closely, a clear view of what the future holds. the prince and princess of wales, a new title and a new status within the royal family. any changes to their life, officially and personally, won t be rushed. william takes over the vast duchy of cornwall estate from his father. royal sources say the couple remain committed to the work they already do around mental health, the environment and supporting young families. they may pick up some of the king s previous charity work, but firm decisions are yet to be made. we talk a lot about soft power, but i ve witnessed that soft power in action. a word or two from a member of the royal family can mean a lot to you and also make you think, so they are determined to use that power for good, i would say. they realise how much responsibility they have, and they feel passionately about the citizens of this country and about making the lives of people in this country
Are unable to afford the care in that hospital. Louise brown and all of us stand for guaranteed highquality universal health care for every single american meeting their stories with our action and our commitment. And then in buford with queen ket who described the challenge they face in the low country every time that it rains, it floods. They are burying the brunt of Climate Change, not caused by god or mother nature, but you was a, our emissions, our inkhakis in the face of the facts. So when she tells us her story, let us meet that with our commitment to free ourselves from a dependence on fossil fuels, to embrace renewable
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and wisdom infinite, with no boundary or containment. andrew accompanied his words with a black and white photo taken by society photographer cecil beaton of his mother holding him as a newborn in march 1960. he added, i will miss your insights, advice and humour . let s cross over to my colleague rebecca jones who is at buckingham palace. good to see you, tell us more about what is happening there, please. hello to you all at home on a wonderfully warm and sunny afternoon here at buckingham palace. who knows, perhaps the fine and dry weather has encouraged more and more people to come down here, because still they come. they come in their hundreds, hundreds and hundreds of people are here, clutching bouquets. i spoke to some people have here to
survival of our way of life. but politics is for another day. at windsor, the flowers left by the public are being arranged ahead of the funeral and this evening at eight o clock there will be a national minute s silence. another moment to pause and remember. as we look at those flowers and the queues and the pomp and circumstance and all of these world leaders who have come in, meeting king charles, we should remember that this is a family who are grieving for their grandmother and mother as well. prince andrew has paid tribute to his mother the queen. mummy, your love for a son, your compassion, your care, your confidence i will treasure forever. andrew accompanied his words with a black and white photo taken by society photographer cecil beaton of his mother holding him as a newborn in march 1960. he went on to say, i have found your knowledge and wisdom infinite, with no boundary or containment.