united kingdom tomorrow. prince william, who is now the heir apparent to the throne of the uk. queen elizabeth s death was met with an outpouring of grief from world leaders, from people around the globe. president biden, in fact, just moments ago paying a visit to the british embassy to pay his respects. on the streets of london where it is late tonight, this is the scene. people still gathered outside the gates of london s buckingham palace. keep in mind they are mourning and honoring a woman who has been a constant for almost everyone there. 80% of people who are living in the united kingdom were born during her rule. throughout the day we have seen the memorial outside the gates of windsor castle grow. now a literal sea of flowers. shortly after they announced queen elizabeth s death, this incredible image, a rainbow breaking through the clouds over buckingham palace. the announcement of her death setting into motion a meticulous plan of action that could go on for well o
prime minister is tweeting about it. so address the issue rather than trying to keep it private. also been announced that prince of wales, the queen s heir, is traveling immediately to balmoral in scotland and he is dropping all his plans. we are also, of course, trying to i just checked in with kensington palace to see what prince william s movements are because obviously he s been informed. we re told all the family, key family have been informed. but prince william will also i m sure be expected to visit as well. max, remind us of the queen s activities over the last week, where she was seen and not seen and what concerns have arisen over the last few days about her health. well, she always goes to scotland to balmoral in the summer. and she always comes to buckingham palace to appoint a new prime minister. and the concern recently was that she announced she would not be returning from balmoral to appoint the prime minister, so the outgoing and incoming prime ministe
stand vigil by her coffin. we re seeing world leaders beginning their journeys to pay respects to queen elizabeth. president joe biden and the first lady departing the u.s. this morning to attend the queen s funeral, which is scheduled for monday. earlier today, canadian prime minister justin trudeau and his wife paying their respects to the queen as she lies in state at westminster hall. arlette saenz, max foster covering the story. the royal grandchildren holding vigil a short time from now. what will that be like? reporter: i think it will be very powerful. prince edward s children are particularly young. they ll gather around the coffin. this is something they wanted to do. they ll include princes william and harry. i don t expect to see the spouses there, the princess of wales or the duchess of sussex, but it will be a powerful moment seeing those children come in. the queen was dedicated to her grandchildren. they all had different relationships with her, different
for his political gain. it s hard to believe that a human being could treat other human beings like this. they re killing women and children in ukraine. there is clear evidence of torture, humiliating treatment of people. the world must react to all of this. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. a kingdom celebrates the life of its queen and a family mourns the loss of its matriarch. the queen s eight grandchildren came together to hold vigil as she lies in state outside westminster hall. tens of thousands of mourners wait to pay their respects. as you can see, the line stretches for miles. the wait at times has surpassed 24 hours. right now the wait is around 17 hours. president biden and the first lady arrived in london last hour. they will be among the heads of state from around the world to attend the queen s funeral scheduled for monday. cnn s max foster has more. reporter: a steady tide of mourners pouring into the ancient westminster
they would be surrounded and captured, though they re leaving behind a trail of destruction. cnn s sam kiley is live in kharkiv, ukraine, with an exclusive look at what remains there now. he s the first international correspondent inside izyum since the liberation of that city. sam, tell us what you re seeing. well, brianna, it has been an extraordinary campaign by the ukrainians, opening with a counteroffensive in the south, possibly drawing off russian troops there, and now president zelenskyy saying they ve captured 6,000 square kilometers. military forces saying they ve liberated the whole of kharkiv. this is what it looked like in the strategically vital city of izyum. it s opiniobeen a stunning a. ukraine s route of russian invaders has recaptured 6,000 kilometers. this land was held by russia just a few days ago. now it s providing a rich harvest to ukraine s army of abandoned russian equipment. the russian z symbol painted over, the guns ready to kill russians.