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comfort. since the duke of edinburgh s death. rather less than that. so this is a family which has suffered one death quite recently, and which is now having to deal with the illness and the declining health, as we understand it at the moment, of, as you say, their mother or their grandmother. it is perfectly possible that she will recover from this, or perhaps not recover, but that she will get over whatever issueit that she will get over whatever issue it is that has because the doctors to speak on the way that they have, so we must again stress that we don t know what the true situation is. we are merely anticipating and expecting that the palace will feel it necessary to say something. but as you say, at the heart of this is a family which is providing comfort to the queen, and one must hope that that is the situation that is taking place within balmoral castle at the moment. nick, thank you. the time is 6:01pm. if you arejoining us here on bbc news, we are reportin ....
aberdeenshire. kensington palace says prince william is on his way. the prime minister liz truss has said the whole country will be deeply concerned by the news . and she said her thoughts and those of everyone in the uk are with the queen and her family. liz truss was of course invited to form a government by the queen on tuesday as the new prime minister. keeping me company as we reflect on what is going on is our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. as we go through this period of the afternoon, i m aware the there will be more people tuning in and wanting to know what is going on so i make no apology forjust recapping on what we know already, so let s go back to the statement, when did that come in? ,., back to the statement, when did that come in? ~ ::, back to the statement, when did that come in? ~ :: , ~ come in? about 12:20pm, i think. that is significant, come in? about 12:20pm, i think. that is significant, of come in? about 12:20pm, i think. tha ....
privy council terms, so i think that is the fairest indication we can give to our viewers here and around the world at this stage that there is, as we keep saying, there is profound concern, deep concern. but at this stage we don t have any further news from buckingham palace. nick, we rejust looking nick, we re just looking at these images here, because of course, they are really reflecting people deep alarm and concern about the fact that the queen is extremely unwell, and of course, that we are expecting the news from balmoral that she is having treatment or that, indeed, they are unable to help her majesty any more. a few moments ago, buckingham palace announced the death of her majesty, queen elizabeth ii. the palace has just issued this statement. it says that the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. the king and the queen consort will remain at balmoral this evening and will return to london tomorrow. within the past few minutes, buckingham palace ha ....
it was done at balmoral not where it is traditionally done at buckingham palace. normally the queen would have come to buckingham palace to meet with an incoming prime minister. yeah, anderson. i think we should give her a break. she is 96 years old. why would she get on a plane even if she was healthy to come to london. fair point. reporter: when actually the younger people could go up and see her. seriously. 96 years old. she has the right for them to come to see her in balmoral. and i would just say that as we were saying that she has been the thread of everyone s life in this country and the commonwealth and really in the fans of the british monarchy all over the world for the last 70 years. we are right now in a state of some political upheaval. we ve just had a new prime minister, her 15th, and i would also just say that, look. she is also a mother. she is a grandmother, she is a great grandmother, a family woman. and now it s time for them to be having thei ....
the queue to see the queen lying in state it s close to full capacity, with a waiting time of at least 2a hours. military rehearsals have been taking place in windsor ahead of the queen s funeral on monday. away from westminster, today s other headlines. ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside izyum, a city that was recently regained from russian forces. the premier league returned with fans and players paying their own respects to the queen. it s saturday, 17th september. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a third night lying in state. people hoping to pay their respects at westminster hall are being told not to travel tojoin the queue, as it s almost at capacity, with waiting times at least 2a hours long. last night king charles, the princess royal, prince andrew and prince edward held a silent vigil by their mother s coffin. in conversation with some of the people who have been arriving here, they h ....