of course, the family there. some in uniform. some not in uniform. walk us through it. so here we have 98 sailors carrying the gun carriage. 48 behind. they re putting on the ropes in case there is a down hill and have to pull it backwards. but behind them, you can see just behind the carriage, the members of the royal family. you have the queen s children, king charles iii, princess ann, the princess royal, prince andrew, the duke of york, and prince edward the royal of essex and prince andrew who served in the royal family in, the royal navy. not in uniform. and behind them you have prince
the world unrecognizable. what a change over the past 40 years. we re moment as way from king charles making his way to westminster abbey. we ll bring that you to live. we ll kofrn the cover the funeral in the entirety. morning joe, live coverage of the funeral of queen elizabeth ii continues in just a moment. we ll be right back. ii continues in just a moment. we ll be right back.
up the guns of august when barbara tuckman began her extraordinary work on world war i. she wrote of the funeral of the edward the 7th, so gorgeous was the spectacle, when nine kings rode that the crowd waiting in a hushed and black cloud could not keep back gasps of admiration. of course she talked about a world unmoored then that was moving inextricably toward world war i, the great war. far different times. queen elizabeth leaves her realm in a time of, as katty said, in a time where the country is
i can tell new southeastern sec football you never want to follow a legend in any sport or in politics. but in this case, he s following one of the most xrart monarchs that ever reigned over 1,000 year reign. and following him will be an extraordinarily popular king. king william. which, of course, captured the world s attention from the moment he was born. and so the question is what does king charles iii do stacked between those two figures? and the contrast. the queen talked about how sudden this was for her. she knew her father was ill. the she was in kenya when he died. didn t know it was going to come
westminster abbey. but that s going to do it for me this our. i m chris jansing. i ll be back at 10:00 eastern time along with katie terr and andrea mitchell. morning joe will pick up our coverage of queen elizabeth s funeral next. verage of queen el funeral next good morning, welcome to morning joe. it is 10:00 a.m. in london. in the next hour, the united kingdom and world will pause for the state funeral of queen elizabeth ii. mourners are filling westminster