trace: breaking tonight, a mother, matriarch, and beloved monarch. queen elizabeth the second 70 year reign comes to an end as britons gather outside buckingham palace to eulogize her with a rendition of god save the queen. we have extended coverage of how the world is remembering one of the most iconic figures in british history from 1600 pennsylvania avenue to 10 downing street, the life and legacy of the queen looming very large tonight. plus what comes next for the new king, charles the third? we begin tonight s special four our coverage of remembering the queen in london with our senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg. good friday morning to you, it truly is the end of an era. the mood to hear is one of shock. here in london and probably across the united kingdom, queen elizabeth had to become noticeably more frail in the last year since her beloved husband prince philip the duke of edinburgh died to. i think anyone really thought that she was nearing the e
Think it would be sad but i really am and i realized just how important it was, you know, there was nobody like her and people now are just realizing it. i think that feeling will intensify in the days ahead, one way of thinking about it for the u.k., for people in britain is the queen was the only thing that was constant, the only thing that people could agree about. the way the country saw itself and was reflected in her, in many senses she was the keystone of the architecture of the constitution of the u.k. she represented so much and because she did it in such a quiet, understated, low key kind of way, not flashy, not narcissistic and pushing herself to the fore and constantly talking about her feelings and all the rest of it she just got on with the job. one of her mottos was never