We are expecting to see them in the next few moments leave Buckingham Palace on this late summer evening and travel into Westminster Hall where those who are paying their respects in the hall at that time will see the four of them together at the side of the coffin. It looks like they are just about to leave Buckingham Palace. The outriders are out of the gates. The Queen Consort will be with the king. Itll be the four of them standing together as theyin four of them standing together as they in edinburgh at st giles cathedral. But in the setting of Westminster Hall, it is of course the most historic, most ancient part of the palace of westminster, a place with immense resonance in the history of our national story, the history of our national story, the history of our monarchy, and therefore a particularly resonant setting for them to stand vigil together as they are about to do. There they are now coming out of the palace gates and beginning that Shortjourney Palace Gates and beginni
second designed the extraordinary hammer beam roof. it s the story of our royal history so it s the right place for them to be and it s where our kings and queens have been laid to rest, they have been lying in state, occasionally for a commoner, i think gladstone in the 19th century, lord roberts vc, and winston churchill, the queen s first prime minister was white and 2a hours a day there are people who have waited a long, long time for the opportunity. have waited a long, long time for the opportunity- have waited a long, long time for the opportunity. some of them will be in the hall the opportunity. some of them will be in the hall when the opportunity. some of them will be in the hall when the the opportunity. some of them will be in the hall when the king - the opportunity. some of them will be in the hall when the king and i the opportunity. some of them will| be in the hall when the king and his siblings begin their vigil. what be in the hall when the king and his siblin
moment indeed. and the queen s children will be moment indeed. and the queen s children will be beginning - moment indeed. and the queen s children will be beginning their. children will be beginning their vigil shortly, so let s rejoin petroc inside westminster hall. the candle burns in front of the royal standard. these candles that burn for 2h hours replaced each evening when the hall is briefly shutin evening when the hall is briefly shut in the small hours. behind the candle, the imperial state crown, the orb and sceptre. many of these people filing in will have no idea that they are about to share their moment of vigil, their moment of paying respect, with the queen s children.
having to do these things as part of your duty helps people to live better. it is worth remembering that when diana died, she took her grandson is to church that morning. people thought, oh, why? she thought, no, we will do what we normally do. we go to church on a sunday morning. we will keep going. and there are new traditions. we will have the grandchildren standing vigil tomorrow. the will have the grandchildren standing vigil tomorrow. vigil tomorrow. the princess royal was there today. vigil tomorrow. the princess royal was there today. that vigil tomorrow. the princess royal was there today. that did - vigil tomorrow. the princess royal was there today. that did not - vigil tomorrow. the princess royal. was there today. that did not happen last time was there today. that did not happen last time. so you are seeing modernisation and progression all the time modernisation and progression all the time. and, yes, we have had it confirmed the time. and, yes, we have had it
the a formal duty to the nation, private duty to their mother. their faces stoic as they stood there. the steady stream of members of the public filing past. these people who have come from near and far to make this pilgrimage to express their sorrow at the death of the queen. tonight s vigil reflects the relationship between the monarchy and state, for members of a family mourning their loss surrounded by hundreds paying tribute to a loved and respected figurehead, a meeting of public and private grief. 0ur continuous coverage of the kherson