meetings with the outgoing and incoming prime minister is at balmoral. was because of those mobility concerns for the queen. in the commons, the speaker lindsay hoyle has said that queen elizabeth is in our thoughts and prayers. let me bring in the royal commentator joining us on the line now. robert, of course this is going to cause concern. that the queen is under medical supervision about at balmoral. family members have been informed. , ., ., . , balmoral. family members have been informed. , ., ., , ,, informed. they don t normally issue bulletins on informed. they don t normally issue bulletins on the informed. they don t normally issue bulletins on the queen s informed. they don t normally issue bulletins on the queen s health - bulletins on the queen s health unless it is significant. the last time a statement came out of the blue was to let us know earlier this year that she had been diagnosed with covid. overall the view is that if she is not undergoing s
first prime minister to be appointed at balmoral since 1885. a departure with what had happened on every other occasion that the queen has invited someone to form a government, the new prime minister. on this occasion, because she was on holiday in balmoral, and there were concerned we were told for her mobility, in order to take that into notice, what was asked was the political leaders travelled there rather than her making the journey back to buckingham palace as she would have done previously. boris johnson flew up early in the morning. after delivering his farewell speech, morning. after delivering his farewellspeech, he morning. after delivering his farewell speech, he tendered his resignation. liz truss who on monday had been confirmed as the winner of the election for new conservative leader was invited in for an audience and photo we all saw, and was asked by the queen, invited to form a new government. those special arrangements were in place this week. liz truss be
give something back. the queen was taken in solemn procession from buckingham palace to westminster on a gun carriage pulled by the household cavalry. walking behind, her children and grandchildren, as well as other members of the royal family, led, by king charles. thousands of people witnessed the procession, some overcome by the emotion of the moment. good evening. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. this afternoon the queen s coffin, carrying the imperial state crown, left buckingham palace for the last time, and was carried by gun carriage in procession down the mall, to horse guards, past the cenotaph and on to westminster hall. behind the carriage, marching slowly to the muffled beat of the drum, were her majesty s four children, king charles, the princess royal, the duke of york, the earl of wessex and her grandchildren, the two princes, william and harry. the queen will now lie in state for four full days, un