as the nation marks the passing of a person who loomed so large over the u.k. and the commonwealth for so many years. sandra: so many emotions as every hour goes by, leading up to the queen s funeral, takes place on september 19th. a lot of anticipation for that, people around the world will be watching, and also watching king charles as he addresses parliament and a short time from now will carry the speech for the audience. but it has been an incredible time to see the reuniting of the family members, the queen s children, and grandchildren grabbing headlines as they reunite and greet the people there and greet the mourners there, john. and many beautiful displays of affection and certainly all eyes on the king himself as he, too, has been filled with emotion during these days since his mother s death. john: and the beautiful service a short time ago at st. giles church, which is just up the royal mile from the palace or castle where the prince was staying, and the beau
the king s actions perhaps might influence any future vote. but i think you are absolutely right. the way in which the queen identified herself with scotland and therefore many scots identified with the queen, it may have made a real difference in the 2014 referendum, was a pretty close vote in the end and a great deal of fervor for independence in scotland, a key thing we will look for. king charles s role is not the same as the queen, not as beloved but see if exchange that in the years to come. significant point you make, john. sandra: british royal family has close ties to scotland as we have been discussing and the washington post in their piece pointing out just that. the queen sabered her 50,000
elizabeth ii was held that you have these nationalist party members and the leader of the scottish national party paying tribute to her, although a lot of their supporters do not want to be part of the united kingdom, they believe scotland should be an independent nation but it is a real significant sign of just how much the queen was loved and respected, and the people were able in some ways, particularly in scotland, to separate her from the issue of the u.k. monarchy. so i think it was very significant you heard that fullsome condolences and try bought to queen elizabeth ii from nicholas sturgeon. and king charles iii and queen consort camilla will also be travelling to northern ireland and to wales, his kingship is proclaimed there, as well as
he addresses parliament there in scotland. i noted earlier his message seems to be a promise to continue to serve in the queen s form of selfless duty as we do await his words there live from scotland. jonathan: yeah, and he said this in his first address, obviously on friday, just 24 hours after the queen s death was announced that, address to the nation was very important. he has repeated similar themes since then in his address, for instance, to what was essentially a joint session of parliament here in london today, the house of commons and the house of lords gathering to hear from king charles iii and keeps committing himself to the constitutional principles which the queen followed so diligently for all seven decades of her reign. i think people here in britain are very happy to hear that,
his new role mirroring or at least trying to do the best he can to replicate what she was able to do during her incredibly long time serving as the queen for these people. john: the first minister there of scotland has finished her message of condolence, we expect we may hear from the conservative leader as well. as he speaks, let s bring in jonathan hunt, live outside buckingham palace in london. and this is the first of many stops that the king, the newly minted king is going to make here as part of the mourning services for his mother, the queen. jonathan: yeah, and john, it s worth pointing out as we look at the pictures from the scottish parliament, the person there, leader of the scottish national party, it s a nationalist party, a party that looks to get independence for scotland, so it is a measure of the respect in which queen