charles. prince edward. isa suarez is with me, as is bianca nobel and sally smith. i m going to start with you, isa, the mood outside the cathedral, now this is under way? well, we are, richard just around the corner in fact from the cathedral. i m standing alongside what i can describe is a very, very long line of people waiting to do just that, pay their respects, a farewell, to a queen, as one lady told me here, has served the country so dutifully. it s not moving as fast, obviously, because, as the vigil is under way, that line will be
the duke of york just leaving there as the cathedral now returns. isa suarez, you re around the corner but you are close by to where the royal family is now. richard, i m just on the side rows of st. giles cathedral where you re seeing right now king charles and the queen consort exit. it s hard to imagine, richard, suspect it, a more kind of moving image that what we ve just been seeing in the last few minutes. truly a remarkable moment. king chalres iii with his head bowed alongside his siblings paying tribute to his mother. incredibly moving and powerful. as we see them leave now.
that round of applause there, there was silence before, and then that applause. at the end of it all, the little dog barking, and the queen loved dogs. nic, thank you very much for that moment. i want to get to isa suarez. what are you seeing there? the mood has changed so much, and i think you felt it. i ve been here since 2:00 a.m. eastern, much more relaxed. as we see that cortege come into edinburgh, we can almost hear a pin drop here. the phones are out. people are looking up to see if the helicopter is near. i ve seen parents holding onto children. one lady said i ve got my handkerchief at the ready.
yeah, yeah. probably. i mean, i don t know, of course, i am only 11. i think you ve got a good feeling. what about yourself, do you think he ll be able to match what his mother very hard act to follow. but he has had a long time to prepare. i think everybody wishes him well. indeed. don, what i ve heard so much here throughout the day on the royal mile, he had a good apprenticeship, and she was a good teacher. big shoes to fill, but this being her last great journey as king charles iii said. back to you. all right, isa, thank you very much. we ll continue on our coverage here, but i want to send it back to dana bash in washington, d.c. i think the gentleman put it appropriately there. something extraordinary has passed in our lifetime. that s so true. just listening to our coverage
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