the age of 99. the nation warned the queen but covid restrictions kept the funeral small. the image of the queen sitting mast and alone became the image of a country both in the morning and in the lockdown. but as she has so many times before, the queen persevered. and the very next morning, she became the first british monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee, marking her 70 years of service. her family and her people together for one final celebration for a one of a kind king. from an early age, queen elizabeth was one of the most recognized royals and recognize women in the world and nearly a third of the planet lived in the commonwealth that she ruled. she managed to combine the truly regal of the country woman s simple pleasures and invited old fashion values and
i think it is extraordinary to note the queen unified this country in life, and now, she is unifying so many people in death. we are back an hour and 20 minutes now from the ceremonies getting underway. we will begin with the queen s coffin being placed onto a gun carriage. it will then be taken from westminster hall, where she has been lying in state to the west door of westminster abbey. this will be an extraordinary site, martha. the gun carriage will be polled using a rope system. it is 123-year-old gun carriage. if the ropes operated by 98 sailors of the royal navy. that is a traditional, by the way, dates back to the funeral of queen victoria. of course, walking behind will be king charles and other members of the royal family, including the princes of
early. people were camped out with tents, a lot of people in sleeping bags, bottles of energy drinks or booze people had inside their cup holders in the folding football tailgating chairs. thousands of people camping out, they wanted to see the procession. martha, did you want to point out something? martha: i want to watch queen charles get out with queen consult camilla. these are final members to arrive at the church before this gets started. piers: this is westminister hall, i think they will walk with the to the abbey, which is close by, it is all very close. i think in 10 minutes.
held dear. now in our sue lens now in our hearts and minds recall the many reasons for thanksgiving. pray for all members of her family and commend queen elizabeth to the care and keeping of almighty god. o merciful god, the father of our lord jesus christ, who is the refresh your recollection . whosoever believeth in him shall not die internally. who has taught us by his apostle paul not to be sorry as men without hope for them that sleep in him. we meekly beseech thee o father
william and harry. so we are about to see a quite remarkable state funeral unfold here. a remarkable tribute to a remarkable woman who did so much for this country over seven decades. it will be very interesting. this is obviously a day of celebrating the life of queen elizabeth ii. but if it s also one to begin asking questions about what sort of king charles will be? he has a lot of challenges ahead of him. and everybody has been deeply respectful with good reason over the last 12 days or so, i don t think it will be long before you start hearing the questions about scotland for instance. will it be another independence referendum? what is australia going to do? its membership of the commonwealth? other nations as well will begin to question things. quite frankly, king charles does not have the power, obviously the personality that the