their respects. cbs nikki battiste has the tributes from stars of screen and stage. and she led the country through some of our greatest and darkest moments with grace, decency, and a genuine caring warmth. o donnell: and, a role model for women and girls. we meet mothers and daughters from all over britain paying tribute to the queen. so what s the message for all the girls in your family? that anything s possible, isn t it? this is a special edition of the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from london. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us from outside buckingham palace, where not even the rain or increasingly chilly temperatures could keep people from paying their respects to the queen. and today, the commonwealth heard from its new sovereign, king charles iii, addressing a grieving nation, and the world, for the first time as king, promising to carry on his mother s lifelong service to the british people. king charles and
the coffin was carried into westminster abbey for a service attended by 2,000 guests, including 500 foreign leaders, royals and dignitaries. all the generations together the queen s grand and great grandchildren in solemn procession. all who followed the queen s example and inspiration of trust and faith in god can with her say, we will meet again. the funeral march echoed around central london as the coffin was accompanied on its finaljourney by members of the armed forces from the uk and commonwealth. around the country, people gathered in towns and cities to watch the funeral and pay their own respects. a few of us were singing hymns along and the national anthem, just immensely proud to be british. it s great how we all come together as a nation. she ll never be forgotten, will she ever, ever? - then on to windsor and down the long walk, crowds gathered to watch the grenadier guards accompany the late queen to her last resting place. and the last glimpse of the q
of national mourning for britain s longest serving monarch. well, the public viewing of the queen s coffin has now officially ended, and westminster hall is closed to the public as preparations begin for her funeral. over the last few days thousands have waited for hours in lines stretching several miles along the river thames just to pay their respects. well, in the hours ahead a procession will take the queen s coffin from westminster hall to westminster abbey where the funeral will take place. that service will be conducted by the dean of westminster. following the funeral the queen s coffin will be moved in a procession through central london to wellington arch where it ll be placed in the state hearse and travel on her final journey to windsor. from there a committal service will take place at st. george s chapel. well, cnn correspondents are following all of the developments for you. scott mcclain standing by in london where the final mourners have been waiting to pay t
Wonder. Royal celebrations weve been to. Together weve been to the royal weddings and the jubilees. This is the final moment of her reign, such a great rein in which the british more arky is as the most popular its ever been. It is interesting in this country we saw Prince Charles and diana in a carriage going down the mile. If you have been alive over the last 50 years, youve grown up with the royal family. Their travails are things you have followed. Their marriages, their deaths. I think for people in this country there is this sense of belonging to these people and sort of relationship to them even if theyve never met them. They are always there. It is Prince Of Wales trying to balance his public and private life. They are a family and desifinedy birth, marriages and death. Theyre also professionals and feel they have a right to a private life. One of the most poignant things for me to watching young Prince George in one of the cars behind the coffin. The prince and Princess Of Wal