announce to you the death of my beloved mother, the queen. i know how deeply you, the entire nation, and i think i may say the whole world sympathize with me in the irreparable loss we ve all suffered. it is the greatest consolation to me to know the sympathy expressed by so many. today buckingham palace announced that queen elizabeth who spent 70 years on the throne will be laid to rest in a state funeral on monday, september 19th. cnn s scott mclean joins me now from windsor. scott, this reunion just studying earlier today between william and harry was very surprising, and it seemed to work pretty well with the crowds there where you are. how did this come about? reporter: yeah, completely unexpected. people knew that they were waiting for a visit, that s what we had been told, but they didn t know exactly who we were waiting for. the press didn t even know who we were waiting for. we figured it was likely will and kate. it turned out it was not just will and kate, but
as they will be able to from wednesday in london, at westminster hall, from where the king has just departed, now travelling by road to his fight to scotland. with me is our chief political correspondent nick eardley. we continue to watch the pictures of the car are taking the king on his journey to edinburgh. nick was at that service in the houses of parliament. another very important moment of the ceremony and the passing of the baton from one monarch to another stop you we will see a lot of that. the king now travels to edinburgh, are see a lot of that. the king now travels to edinburgh, travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment of- travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment of how - travels to edinburgh, are very| visual embodiment of how the travels to edinburgh, are very - visual embodiment of how the uk s constitutional setup works. it king is going to parliament, getting that address from the speakers of
that. ., ., ., ., that. lou tennant colonel david davis talking that. lou tennant colonel david davis talking to that. lou tennant colonel david davis talking to me that. lou tennant colonel david davis talking to me earlier. - davis talking to me earlier. returning now to events here in the united kingdom and we will look at what is to come over the next few days and as we have been hearing, the queen is lying and rest overnight at st giles cathedral in edinburgh but later in the day on tuesday her coffin will be moved from there to edinburgh airport and then by plane to raf northolt on the edge of london and then by car into london itself. the queen will spend a final night at buckingham palace. on wednesday the coffin will travel to the palace of westminster where crowds will be able to watch is that cortez makes its journey through central london. cortege. hundreds of thousands of members of the public can and are indeed expected to pay their respects. on sunday there will
addressing mps but also acknowledging that it is parliament thatis acknowledging that it is parliament that is the living and breathing instrument of our democracy. that is something we heard time and time again over the decades from our queen, it is something we have heard from the king today and it will be at the home of uk democracy that over the coming days members of the public will be able to come and pay their own private tribute to the queen in westminster hall. hick queen in westminster hall. nick eardle , queen in westminster hall. nick eardley. our queen in westminster hall. nick eardley, our chief queen in westminster hall. nick eardley, our chief political correspondent. with me is royal biographer robert hardman. as we see the car taking the king and queen consort to raf northolt, from where they will go to edinburgh, where you are, and the king will have that solemn duty later of being part of that procession behind the coffin as it is taken from the palace of holyroo
he will process behind the queen. this will be very special, given the special place of scotland in royal hearts. , ., special place of scotland in royal hearts. , hearts. yesterday we saw, as the coffin was hearts. yesterday we saw, as the coffin was taken hearts. yesterday we saw, as the coffin was taken from hearts. yesterday we saw, as the coffin was taken from balmoral. hearts. yesterday we saw, as the | coffin was taken from balmoral to edinburgh on the slowjourney, taking around six hours with people lining the route along the way, that really underlining how she sought scotland and how the scottish people in those areas where she was so well known felt about her. known felt about her. absolutely. it was incredibly known felt about her. absolutely. it was incredibly moving known felt about her. absolutely. it was incredibly moving yesterday. i was incredibly moving yesterday. every step of the way. that s journey was more than six hours, 170 miles long. there were