meeting there you see the entrance gates of balmoral. the queen 24 hours ago had to cancel her meeting, it was via zoom with her formal advisers after her doctors advised her to rest. all of this just two days after the queen met with the newest prime minister of the united kingdom, liz truss. there you see the photos. joining us live from buckingham palace is nbc s keir simmons, and katty kay, an msnbc contributor. keir, let me start with you. what do we know at this hour about the queen s condition? reporter: jose, the last update from buckingham palace was around an hour ago. it was that statement that people are concerned by because that statement itself saying doctors are concerned for her majesty s health. it is highly unusual for buckingham palace to make a statement like that. i have seen again and again questions to buckingham palace about the queen s health. beyond with, we never comment on that. with a statement like that, that has people worried, of course. th
thought about this. it s extraordinary, isn t it, with the royal family that every decision that gets made has to be thought of first, of course, in terms of their personal privacy and also, of course, the public impact. that have thought about that convergence of members of the royal family at balmoral and realize very quickly they would need to say something to get ahead of it, if you like. but to say that the doctors are concerned for her majesty s health, that is a change. previously we ve heard she s struggled with her mobility. of course, if you re struggling with your mobility, you can be very, very difficult. this is a different thing. doctors are concerned for her majesty s health. she s under medical supervision and remains comfortable. i think that s one thing to talk about at this moment. another, as i ve mentioned, is all of the members of the royal family heading to be with her. the final one is, i think the statements coming out from across the political spectrum.
country, and i think for many people around the world. absolutely, keir. what a great point. andrew, thinking about the revolutions that have occurred during these last 70 years when she has been, you know, the reigning monarch in the uk. i think back to before she was queen, her first radio broadcast was at 14 in 1940, october 1940, when she spoke to a message of sympathy to the children of the uk because of the war. it was radio back then. and there have been so many technological revolutions. and now we re talking about, you know, twitter messages coming out of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, andrew. she has been there for so long, for so many. it s a totally different country, of course, than the one
of state who s had the same conversations with winston churchill, margaret thatcher, with tony blair with a list of prime ministers from both sides of the aisle. what an amazing contribution that she makes just in that moment privately, away from the cameras. i think the prime minister remember, we have a new prime minister, liz truss, who s met her as prime minister once this week. she will be, of course, praying for the queen. we re praying for her because of the love that so many people have for her, of course, as a mother, as a grandmother, as a great grandmother, but also the prime minister will be hoping that she rallies because she could do with that advice, with britain in difficult times right now. she could really use that counsel, that wise counsel and that advice. so, i think one other thing to
elizabeth has had on the uk. it seems she s been there for longer than most brits remember. and her impact, i think, is she difficult to see and to unpack. i think that s right, yes. she personifies britain in many ways. she is really the best of us. her sense of duty, her hard work, her frugality, her prudence, her good nature, these are all things that have characterized her. and are part of the reason why she s so beloved as a queen on top of, of course, her longevity. we see the best of us in her. and i think that s a really important aspect of her majesty s reign. that photo of her meeting with prime minister truss just last tuesday and we can just see