nation and called for a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines, but can the president convince the country do something this time. more celebrations today. the world is watching, the uk is watching, many of the members of the public have arrived here, this just the second day of four days of celebrations. this is a public holiday in the uk. how many public figures can command that in honor of their service. sadly the queen won t be appearing as planned here. reluctantly the palace said she s had to pull out, she suffered discomfort yesterday during the military commemorations in central london. and that happened through the day i understand from my sources and she had to pull out of today s service. it is quite a distance here, the service is very long and she is clearly overexerted herself. but prince charles will be stepping in for her which is pretty symbolic. she just can t do what she thinks she is able to do. the service marks the queen s years on the th
family gatherings inside the palace as well. and then she came back here to windsor where she did start out the celebration with the beacon lighting. and i was asleep. so it was very active and i don t think that it is concerning and hopefully she will be tuning into st. paul s cathedral today and that service and hopefully to cnn watching you, max. of course she s watching cnn. what else would she watch? let s speak to our historian kate williams. if yesterday was about the queen being commander of the british forces, today it is about being head of the church. and i think that is why the queen will be disappointed to his today because her faith is so important to her, it always has been. her role is not always what we think about when we think about the queen because we think about her opening of parliament, but it means so much to her.
it is quite a distance here, the service is very long and she is clearly overexerted herself. but prince charles will be stepping in for her which is pretty symbolic. she just can t do what she thinks she is able to do. the service marks the queen s years on the throne, they will still go ahead as planned. the bells of great paul will begin ringing at 5:50 eastern. it is the biggest church bell in the land. so you will hear it from a long way away. and the royal family will then begin to arrive, the service will be followed by lunch reception. the duke and duchess of sussex are planning to come today. we don t expect to see the children, but they are here in the uk as well. on thursday evening the queen took part of course in beacon lighting. this is the lighting of firesco