john: we are jumping back in early, live pictures from edinburgh, scotland, where a procession of the royal family has just moved up to high street from hollyroad house, you see charles and camilla and other members of the royal family will go inside the cathedral and stand vigil over the queen s casket for a period of time, don t know exactly how long, but we believe it will be 30 minutes to an hour. sandra: wow, and there is the new king entering the cathedral and john, that beautiful shot outside the cathedral as they are arriving there, also the queen s son andrew arriving there at the church as well. john: princess anne to the left of your screen. we understand it will be all four of the queen s children, charles, anne, andrew and edward who will stand vigil with the casket. sandra: obviously having a beautiful evening there for this vigil as we see the family
that we are witnessing right now just getting underway. a couple of very important points on this. this has always been known as the vigil of the princes. tonight we are seeing for the very first time a princess involved in this. in 2002, there was the vigil of the princes. then prince charles, prince andrew and prince edward stood vigil at the queen mother s coffin. now princess anne, a woman is being allowed in the monarchy s way to stand vigil. that is a very significant thing in what many people would say is the long overdue modernizing of the royal family. so, this, what you are witnessing now, is the first time ever a princess has stood vigil for a member of the royal family. also significant to note prince andrew, once again, not being allowed to wear uniform.
seated while he is standing. we do know also that prince edward, his younger brother, is there, as well as prince andrew who has been obviously the subject of some controversy, so we will find out in the next little while who will stand vigil there with the queen s coffin, i think it s probably a half hour to an hour or so. part of the elaborate ceremonies of the passing of the queen which will continue until her funeral next monday. sandra: indeed. we await the royal family for the vigil. we are going to take a quick break. we also have a congressman on set with us in new york. a quick break, we ll be right back. ever wonder what everyons doing on their phones? they re investing with merrill. think miss allen is texting for backup? no she s totally in charge. of her portfolio and daniel g. she s building a greener future and he s. running a pretend restaurant. and phil? phil has questions, but none of them are about his portfolio.
he is dressed in civilian clothes. we understand of course that we know he was stripped of his titles in the wake of his, the allegations against him related to the jeffrey epstein scandal. we understand prince andrew will be allowed to wear uniform for what will be known as the final vigil, that will happen when as you mentioned queen elizabeth ii lies in state here at westminster hall in london. but this is a beautiful moment, all four of the queen s children standing vigil now around the coffin of queen elizabeth ii. john and sandra. sandra: and we are listening for the ceremony to officially begin, music will be playing shortly. king charles addressed the scottish parliament a short time ago, he was invited to respond to the motion of condolences given by the scottish parliament, i am determined by god s help and yours to follow
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