good evening, tonight in a special programme, we are marking the passing of that crown. elizabeth ii to charles iii. what kind of modric will he be? how will he lead the nation through this period of enormous change? i will talk to people who know him well to get their personal insights into the man who is our new king. at six o clock this evening, charles iii addressed the nation and all of us, for the first time as our king, he paid a personal tribute to his mother and pledged to echo her life of duty and service with his own. it was a speech i m told he worked on until the last minute and his determination to get it exactly right. as he talked to us from the desk in the blue drawing room at buckingham palace, where is mother often gave the christmas message, he had carefully placed objects full of meaning around him. such as the flowers, sweet peas with rosemary, for remembrance, and in a vase former queen used in her audience room which has three little corgis on it. ,
for her majesty queen elizabeth ii. charles arrived at buckingham palace as he prepared to address the people for the first time as monarch, and to thank his late mother for her unbroken service. to my darling mama, as you begin your last greatjourney tojoin my dear late papa, i want simply to say this thank you. thank you for your love and devotion to our family, and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years. as the throne has passed from mother to son, those who got to know the queen well have been sharing their memories. these were not meetings with a high and mighty monarch, but a conversation, with a woman of experience and knowledge and immense wisdom. i was talking to someone with extraordinary knowledge, experience, history. i used to look forward to it. and the new king has granted his first audience, to the new prime minister, liz truss, who visited the palace today. in royal parks and estates, gun salutes were fired as young and old a
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