and at times, prince william, now heir to the throne, watched his father closely, a clear view of what the future holds. the prince and princess of wales, a new title and a new status within the royal family. any changes to their life, officially and personally, won t be rushed. william takes over the vast duchy of cornwall estate from his father. royal sources say the couple remain committed to the work they already do around mental health, the environment and supporting young families. they may pick up some of the king s previous charity work, but firm decisions are yet to be made. we talk a lot about soft power, but i ve witnessed that soft power in action. a word or two from a member of the royal family can mean a lot to you and also make you think, so they are determined to use that power for good, i would say. they realise how much responsibility they have, and they feel passionately about the citizens of this country and about making the lives of people in this country
In some ways, the british monarchy is fairly set in stone, there are certain rules that we are supposed to follow as a monarch. with a new one taking over, some of the characteristics of that monarchy will change, and it will be interesting to see how king charles makes this monarchy his own, whilst also staying within the guidelines. i think it s going to be impossible for him to avoid comparisons with his late mother. this is a bit like edward vii inheriting the throne from queen victoria. if you follow a very long serving monarch, then of course everyone is going to be comparing what went before with what happens next. however queen elizabeth is a woman of her own era and we are now in 2022. we have seen and we are now in 2022. we have seen a little bit of a change in recent days. at the end of the bay, the genie that is the prince of wales as he was being quite outspoken, giving it to be, cannot be put back in the bottle. the queen inherited the
Throne at 25 and never gave an interview while on the throne whereas we actually have much more insect insight into the king s thinking. he is not going to be the same as king as he was as heir apparent but there is a bit more transparency there. with these efforts to meet and greet the public as much as possible this week, and we have seen this with a couple of impromptu walkabouts, yesterday we saw the king and his son outside buckingham palace, all members of the family have been mobilised, i think this is the king s attempted to make monarchy as transparent as possible. and as accessible as possible, to be fair, as the queen did. the mantra was, we need to be seen to be believed. and did. the mantra was, we need to be seen to be believed. seen to be believed. and she certainly was. seen to be believed. and she certainly was. thank - seen to be believed. and she certainly was. thank you - seen to be believed. and shei certainly was. thank you very seen to be believed. and she
World to pay tribute to her majesty queen elizabeth, i am standing outside westminster where queues of people are still arriving. they have been queueing overnight, you can see the pictures, some of these people have been standing in line for 14 hours during a chilly night. they are getting to near the end of their journey, soon they will be able to pay tribute to queen elizabeth ii. it is hard to imagine that there is anyone else in the world, any other world leader or any other world figure, who would get this kind of outpouring of reverence as queen elizabeth has had over the last ten days. king charles will host a reception for hundreds of world leaders and royals at buckingham palace this evening. officials have advised people not to join the long queue to westminster hall, which they are expected to close later this afternoon. last night, the queen s eight grandchildren, led by princes william and harry, stood vigil around the queen s coffin. it was the first time the grandchildr
Aerial pictures of lambeth bridge. people getting that far have made it a good way through the queue but the snake awaits them. he it is. i spoke to someone yesterday, they said it takes around two hours just to clear the snake. the people in the foreground have done that, they are moving toward security and the hall. going inside west mr hall, we can see people are queueing up patiently to pay their respects macro westminster hall. people filing past the coffin on either side. the final video feed is of buckingham palace. we know that king charles is there this afternoon and of course the palace will be involved in the procession that follows the state funeral, which begins at 11am on monday. you can get further updates of this through the bbc news website and you can see the feed from inside