God, grant to the living grace, to the departed rest, to the church the king, the commonwealth and all people, peace and concorde. And to us and all his servants, life everlasting, and may god and the holy spirit be with you always. Amen. The First Official rendition of God Save The King being sung at st. Pauls cathedral upon the death of Queen Elizabeth ii. A service of prayer and reflection, ending shortly here in london. I am joined by my colleagues, Christiane Amanpour and max foster. Max, you broke the news on cnn that the official God Save The King would be sung at this service, and there it is. Not sung since the 1950s, and were going to keep hearing that for the next three generations because we have three generations of kings coming a lock. As christiane was saying, everything is changing in terms of language around the uk because her name was on everything, from passports to money, to the letter boxes that christiane was talking about earlier on. Thats a really defining momen
the archbishop of canterbury. god to the living grace, to the departed rest, to the church, the king, the commonwealth and all people peace and comfort and to us and to all his servants life everlasting and the blessing of god almighty, the father, the son and the holy spirit be amongst you and remain with you always. amen. god save the king heard in this cathedral by many. what you heard for the first time in 70 years was god save the king. joining me is correspondent keir simmons. what we heard from the bishop of london there is that she was a remarkable constant, talking about the queen, a remarkable constant. and now similar from what we heard from king charles iii saying our values have remained and must remain constant. absolutely. and just a remark, hearing god save the king, just another moment where things are remaining constant but changing so much. i was just thinking before talking to you, katy, just think about t
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