the coffin was carried into westminster abbey for a service attended by 2,000 guests, including 500 foreign leaders, royals and dignitaries. all the generations together the queen s grand and great grandchildren in solemn procession. all who followed the queen s example and inspiration of trust and faith in god can with her say, we will meet again. the funeral march echoed around central london as the coffin was accompanied on its finaljourney by members of the armed forces from the uk and commonwealth. around the country, people gathered in towns and cities to watch the funeral and pay their own respects. a few of us were singing hymns along and the national anthem, just immensely proud to be british. it s great how we all come together as a nation. she ll never be forgotten, will she ever, ever? - then on to windsor and down the long walk, crowds gathered to watch the grenadier guards accompany the late queen to her last resting place. and the last glimpse of the q
after the spectacular pageantry in london, the day ended at windsor the home of the queen since childhood. crowds gathered to watch the queen being accompanied to her last resting place. in the last act of a day laden with ceremony, the wand of the lord chamberlain was broken, symbolising the end of the late queen s reign. of the late, most and most excellent monarch, elizabeth ii. the queen was then lowered into the royal vault and buried next to her husband, the duke of edinburgh. queen elizabeth has made herfinal journey from london to windsor, and has been buried with her late husband, the duke of edinburgh. it follows a day of the highest ceremony not seen in this country for nearly 60 years, mixed with private sorrow as the state funeral was held in westminster abbey, the building in which queen elizabeth was married and crowned. king charles, along with other members of the royal family, walked behind her coffin as it was taken into the abbey from westminster hall
the anthem of a new era! the first official rendition of god save the king for 70 years. the moment i ve been dreading. [inaudible] the moments i ve been treading? the new king speaks of his grief and his first audience with the prime minister. a nation in mourning as the tributes to the queen are paid across the country. i don t think there will be another monarch like her. i just hope that charles can live up to what his mother has obviously instilled in him. and coming up, the havoc the morning papers are covering the kings for speech, with the royal photographer, and the former editor of the daily star. hello good morning. king charles iii will be formally proclaimed monarch today as an accession council which will be televised for the first time in history, the king will make his declaration an oath in some james as palace earlier this morning, and he will be joined by the new prince of wales, and the queen consort, camilla. well as prime minister l
yesterday was pre-recorded. today will be live to the nation. we don t have any sense necessarily how long it exactly will be. but again, all televised, all on camera for the nation to see. after, that comes the official proclamation of king charles. he will not be present for that. and then following, that we will hear a fanfare. we will hear trumpeter, is gun salutes. and that s also when the flags across the nation will be risen again to full staff for the next day. chris? all right, let s listen in live now. again, the beginning of the meeting of the accession council. begi now call on the clock of e council to read aloud the text of the proclamation. whereas it is pleased almighty god. it s a call to his mercy, our latest sovereign lady, queen elizabeth the second of blessed and glorious memory, by who s deceased, the crown of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland is solely and rightfully come to the prince charles philip alpha george. we therefore
is like a family member is gone. she was the very spirit of great britain, and that spirit will endure. the fact that today we can see with such confidence, got to have the king, is a tribute to him. but above all, to elizabeth. whatever maybe your background or believes, i shall endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect, and love, as i have throughout my life. . good morning. it is saturday september the 10th. i am ali velshi in new york. my colleague chris mention is in london. co-hosting with me there is a full schedule of events regarding the secession of king charles iii, is been underway for hours. soon we re expecting britain s new monarch will tour the front gates of buckingham palace to view the flowers and tributes of people after his late mother, queen elizabeth the second since her death on thursday afternoon. upon her passing, king charles immediately became the new head of state and sent into motion a well coordinated series of formalities, and events,