edinburgh, lying in residence at the palace of holyroodhouse. the coffin making a solemn six-hour trip from her balmoral estate. thousands lining the streets along the 100-plus-mile journey through the scottish countryside to pay their respects. there were huge crowds along edinboro. her funeral will be held at westminster abby september 19th. we have full coverage of today s events. let s begin with nic robertson and today s events and what comes next. reporter: yeah, it was about 10:00 in the morning here uk time when the queen s cortege left balmoral before getting to the city of aberdeen and swung south. already it had taken two hours to get to aberdeen, a drive that would take 45 minutes. it was going slow through the villages so people could pay their respects and from aberdeen through stone haven onwards to dundee to perth and here to edinburgh, here this was just a sea of people and as the queen s cortege arrived, we were talking to people here, so many of them had
does the ukrainian military seem to think they can keep the momentum going? reporter: look. what we are seeing is a far more come complicated picture on the ground. a blackout of electricity and in donestk. two cruise missiles hit. we went with police to the wider region that have been liberated traveling to see the areas where even now investigators are beginning to look into possible war crimes. they ve been under russian occupation for six months now and taken within the first few days of the war and today watched investigators dig up some of the first vkts and possible first evidence of war crimes now retaken as a part of the offensive. this is what a man had to say about what he saw of russian troops leaving the last few days. translator: i never expected that it would be so fast. i went to the store and when i returned everyone was running away. they even drove through the cemetery. can you imagine? my wife saw how they rushed through the garden. she was worried the
giles cathedral to rest before tuesday going to london. richard quest, great to see you, sir. thank you. talk to me about the keen s last great journey. the scenes to see all day long. it is stern. i couldn t put it better than the instruction at the start of the program. the majesty of the moment was truly captured by the size of the crowds here in edinburgh, but also, by the way in which people came out on the streets on the route. small villages, little towns where you thought there weren t many people but they came out to see the queen pass. we got to see some of the most beautiful of scottish countryside and why the family adores scotland. the queen would send six, seven weeks of summer holidays here in balmoral every year. earlier, charles iii was proclaimed the king in scotland, wales and northern ireland. let s watch some of those moments. god save the king! god save the king! three cheers for his majesty the king! hip hip hooray! hip hip hooray! hip
longest-serving monarch queen elizabeth ii. [ bell tolls ] guests and i will reflect on this one monarch s great legacy. and the many challenges the new sovereign charles iii must now face. hi, nice to meet you. then, i travel to kyiv this week to talk to the man in the crucible of the 21st century s war in europe. ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy. we sat down for a wide-ranging conversation. we talked about ukraine s ability to counter russia s attack. kyiv s big new push in the south and east. whether he and his nation are ready if this turns into a long fight. president zelenskyy and i went for a walk outside. and i had to ask him, wasn t he worried that putin might target him? it doesn t matter for me because we can t be afraid of him. but first, here s my take. for me, the most striking aspect of queen elizabeth ii s 70-year reign was her iron determination to be boring. bear with me. in those seven decades, she very rarely let slip her views about any p
[ taps playing ] for all of those who have lost someone, 21 years is both a lifetime and no time at all. it s good to remember. these memories help us heal. ukrainian forces have been able to take control of some villages here in the kharkiv region. the ukrainians are demonstrating their will to fight, and candidly, the russians inability and lack of supply to their troops is playing out as well. i m pamela brown in washington. you ra live in the cnn newsroom. the first leg of a final journey. queen elizabeth ii has arrived in the scottish capital, edinburgh. a smattering of applause and show of love as the queen s flag-draped coffin passed through the city s royal mile. for 500 years, this has been a processional route for kings and queens. and today it was part of the six-hour funeral procession from balmoral estate, where the queen died thursday. across the countryside, through villages and cities, crowds of mourners lined the streets to pay their respec