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
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 beginning that short journey across to westminster. that is the king s car in the front, bearing the royal standard. we will see them in westminster hall very shortly.
teenagers standing in all. family groups spanning generations. a mother holding a toddler, almost too big for her arms. tens, hundreds of thousands of people, all united in their desire to pay their final respects to her majesty the queen. it is, and continues to be a snapshot of our society, all these people brought together because of their desire to be there to pay their desire to be there to pay their respects to the queen as she lies in state in what we have just seenin lies in state in what we have just seen in their vigil of the king, his two brothers and his sister. it is likely to be one of the enduring images of this time, the scene, the four of them with their heads bowed, and all of those people who were in westminster hall at that time continuing to go past as the four of them stood there. giles brandreth and katie nicholl are still with me.
as they are on their way to westminster hall, it ll be a special moment for the queen s children for whom this has been a time where their private grief has had to be alongside their public duty. they have received condolences from across the country and around the world. as they travel to westminster hall tonight it is in remembrance of their mother, their beloved mother, more than anything else. each of them will have their own memories as they make this journey of their time with her through the decades. ido i do have many happy memories of childhood. i rememberwe i do have many happy memories of childhood. i remember we used to have lots of laughs, sometimes make her laugh, she was always very jolly. her laugh, she was always very “oll . ,, . , her laugh, she was always very “oll. ,, ., her laugh, she was always very
very will be re difficult not to have very difficult not to have. all of those very difficult not to have. all of those memories, i hope, keep me going through the centuries, westminster hall has witnessed many significant royal occasions. tonight her majesty will only be the second monarch whose children have stood vigil for her. as they arrive at westminster hall, our correspondent is waiting inside. the atmosphere here at westminster hall calm, solemn, people mourning them on a s death and also reflecting on her life and 70 years of reign. this room is full of people but it is almost silent here.