you are watching bbc breakfast. today we will be looking ahead to the formal population of king charles iii as monarch. he is meeting the accession council at ten o clock this morning at saintjames s palace. that event will be televised for the first time. then a public announcement will be made in the city of london. similar declarations will follow in belfast, cardiff and edinburgh tomorrow. we ll also continue to bring you more reflections on the life of her majesty queen elizabeth ii, whose body remains in balmoral today, as floral tributes are laid outside the gates of that castle, and at buckingham palace, windsor castle, sandringham, and other venues across the uk and commonwealth. king charles made his first formal address as a monarch yesterday and praised his mother s warmth, humour and sense of duty. he said her 96 years amounted to a life well lived , and promised to follow her example.
news this hour, the formering is general of the united nations kofi annan has died. the diplomat from ghana served in the u.n. s top post from 1997 to 2006. and in 2001, he was awarded the nobel peace prize along with the entire united nations and it was for their work, for a better organized and more peaceful world. the united nations migration agency tweeted this a life well lived. a life well celebrating. our david mackenzie is live in johannesburg. you had live interactions with him many times, what can you tell us on a personal level? reporter: on a personal level he was as richard described, in his presence, you think he had a very powerful presence, a soft spoken diplomat who had an outside influence on world