something about the role itself, but there s something about him as a person, i think, that people are connecting with. it s early days obviously but i think the combination of that wonderful well-judged speech, the walk about, the accession council although obviously that was pure sort of process, i think we re seeing the king emerge. an awful lot of theatre that as well. finally before i let you go, you talked about the walk about. prince charles meeting people here outside buckingham palace. what about the boys as they are known, prince william and harry together with their wives yesterday in windsor. how important is that? i think it s what the british people wanted to see and i think at times like this and we are all parts of families, a grieving family comes together and i thought it was not just the right thing to do but perhaps let s hope it s the start of a new dynamic. often in these situations families reconnect in a different way, but certainly from the british people s
solemn final journey back to london, where she will lie in state at westminster hall until the funeral. details of the late monarch s funeral were released yesterday afternoon. services at westminster abbey are set for september 19th and that is eight days from now. today s somber procession follows a day of panelinger tree. even though he automatically became king upon the death of his mother, king charles iii was officially confirmed the new sovereign of the united kingdom and the commonwealth in an accession ceremony at st. james palace. three cheers for his majesty the king. hip hip. hooray. hip hip. hooray. hip hip. hooray! and that ceremony was followed by formal events in london and all around the world, acknowledging king charles iii as their new head of state. we also saw a reunion of the royal brothers, princes william and harry yesterday.
he has a great sense of humor like his late mother and third he has time for the people who aren t doing the important roles. he will stop and thank people, spend time with people who are actually behind the scenes, it s not a show, it s what he he is like as a person. i think that s what we will find with him. that s really important and certainly will be for him. as people who know him and you do, you will say that he has time for people. so the british public and those in countries around the world where he will be head of state also need to learn to connect with a man who perhaps isn t as i want to say accessible. the queen was actually not very accessible to anybody, but everybody felt they knew her, they could connect with her. how does he do that? well, i think the early signs are he does it naturally. i thought that walk about, this is a grieving son, the king, the newly anointed king, and he was spending time with people and connecting. so i think obviously there s
around the world, i m becky anderson live for you at buckingham palace in london with cnn s special coverage, continuing coverage of the death of queen elizabeth ii. an hour from now britain s late queen is scheduled to embark on her final journey, leaving her beloved country home in scotland for the last time. the hearse expected to depart from balmoral castle for a 175 mile, six-hour trip to edinburgh. there she will be taken to the official royal residence, the palace of holyroodhouse. the king and queen consort will attend a church service in edinburgh for the queen on monday. on the following day quinn ses ann will accompany the queen s casket on a flight to london. the queen will lie in state at westminster hall for four days as the public pays its final respects to britain s longest
reigning monarch. her state funeral is september 19th at westminster abbey followed by internment at windsor castle. pomp and ceremony as her son charles iii was officially proclaimed the new king of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland in a centuries old accession ceremony. the prince of whales and queen consort signed the official document. and an extraordinary event, the king s sons, princes william and harry and their wives spent about 45 minutes with the crowd of mourners on the streets outside windsor castle. it was the first time the brothers have been seen together since june. let s kick off our coverage with cnn s isa soares who is in edinburgh with more, isa, on what we can expect in the coming hours. reporter: good morning, becky. the sun is out in what king charles iii called his mother s last great journey. what we do know is that the