underestimated. finally, she kept the monarchy 5trong underestimated. finally, she kept the monarchy strong and respected, reigning very much in the style of her beloved father, george vi, and she kept it strong, above all, by setting a personal example. 0ne setting a personal example. one might imagine that her greatest hope now would be that the strength of the monarchy will continue under king charles, and then under william. i m sure the crowds we saw outside buckingham palace tonight, many people will be reflecting on the theme is that nick was underlining there, because everyone is by now aware that the queen was the longest serving monarch in the history of the united kingdom and held a commanding presence in british public life over many decades. tonight, people have been reacting to the news of her passing. our special correspondent lucy manning has spent the day with people outside buckingham palace. she was long to reign over us, almost all of her life, and for mos
Isn t the case. add to the queen died in buckingham palace, windsor or sandringham, as herfather did in 1952, we wouldn t be in edinburgh today. given what we saw yesterday and the scenes today, and this wonderful service that they have organised, it would be a great shame to miss all of this, i think we can all agree. to miss all of this, i think we can allagree. my to miss all of this, i think we can all agree. my special guests, whom i would like to introduce, the historian and biographer of queen elizabeth ii, robert lacey, and the royal correspondent of vanity fair, katie nicholl, often with me on these occasions as well. you are both very welcome. the point i made, robert, about edinburgh and the fact that today wasn t a given, but given the queen s very strong bond with scotland and the scots, it is indeed a very good outcome in the sense of the way that this arrangement is playing out. the way that this arrangement is playing out- the way that this arrangement is playing out.
Of winston churchill in 1965. then the king and nation will have a chance to pay their final respects to the monarch who signed herself your servant, her majesty queen elizabeth ii. again, thank you. we thank you for your contributions today. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. coming to the end of this momentous day. a significant milestone, we can all agree, day. a significant milestone, we can allagree, in day. a significant milestone, we can all agree, in the history of the united kingdom and the commonwealth. the longest serving monarch in history, no longer with us. her eldest son is already king. it is a day that few in britain will forget for as long as they live. there will be continuing coverage now from my colleague christian fraser, but we will leave you tonight with some of the great images, those powerful and moving images from the queen s life. from all of the team here, thank you
In many ways their speech, their conduct and their perspective elevated by this current president of the united states. now, if you were president today, right now, and you were dealing with sunday evening when over the weekend, we ve seen these kinds of mass shootings in two locations, what would you do differently than what president trump is doing? well, first of all, i would speak to the nation about what we must agree is is the core of who we are and what we are and also what we are against. you know, we have to agree that whenever and wherever hate displays itself, we must all speak up and we must allagree, , that whoever is the target of that hate, that they should never be made to fight alone. and those words need to be spoken by leaders. there needs to be an acknowledgement of the reality