different kind of friday. bill hemmer. good morning to you at home. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the breaking news yesterday and now the sadness is in motion here. the queen s death marking the end of an historic era. she began in 1952 when harry truman was president. things stand at the moment the prince is scheduled to give his first address later today as monarch. prince harry seen leaving balmoral in scotland earlier today. we believe other royals are still at the castle. dana: a service is held later today at st. paul s cathedral in london. bill: our coverage continues with team fox coverage. duncan, a former royal editor of the the sun and author of the inside story. lucas tomlinson has reaction from president biden. dana: we ll go to chief correspondent jonathan hunt live outside buckingham palace in london. wonderful to have you on our show today. you were in los angeles but have returned to your home country of london for this r
probably the strongest parts of her legacy when it goes to the relationship that the u.k. had with other countries. bill: i will press our luck here, martha, with one more question. we re less than three hours away from the moment of the day, prince charles sorry, king charles iii first arrest to his people. and i frankly have no idea what he will say, but there will be memorable lines in this speech that he has had years to think about. how do you think it is going to go? well, you know, i think he hopes so. i think it s probably a moment of some nerves for him even at the age of 73. he has been watched as the person in waiting for his entire life essentially. he has had a tough act to follow. for many years he really was not sort of the genial favorite family member of most people in the united kingdom. he has worked over the years to
the throne. dana: martha, you are here again with us, i believe. we were marking about the queen s amazing longevity and her willingness to serve the people. i was listening to a speech that she gave in which she said i m not going to be somebody who can lead troops into battle, but i can give you my heart. and i think that she everybody makes mistakes and everyone is human. 100% of the time she seemed to have that dedication front and center for her people. absolutely, dana. i think back to that initial statement that she said in kenya at the age of 21 about i will serve for the rest of my life, whether it be short or long, i will always be in your service. in that same speech she said but i can t do it alone. i m not strong enough or have the strength to do it alone. i will need your support to help me through it. she said that at the age of 21.
earn their good graces. he had an awkwardness as a young man. the country waited for him to settle down and get married, which he did with princess diana and divorced one of the most beloved figures from the public perspective in the country s history as well. it has been a complicated ride for king charles iii, and i think this is obviously a big moment for him. a lot of that is water under the bridge. has been sort of worked through over time. but this is a big moment for him and very difficult act to follow and indeed you will hear a lot of grief from the perspective of the son and what he how he perceived her as a mom and grandmother and great grandmother and also what she wanted more than anything was the stability and continuation of the dynasty and the windsor family. that s a mantel he takes on now, bill. bill: thank you, martha. sleep when you can. you will be working a lot over the next 10 or 12 days or
repairing a motor truck and driving that truck and being a part of the world war ii effort. that s how long her life she had a long life, a wonderful life of 96 years. one of the things that people are so affectionate about her and admire her for is she was willing to do a little bit of her part during that war effort. martha cannot hear me unfortunately. bill: if you still got us here. we were showing from 1945 video of the queen as a very young woman who had the option to leave the u.k. and come to the u.s. for protection during the war and decided to stay. just the act of getting involved in the war effort endeared her at a young age to her people. dana: after all of that, extremely diplomatic as well.