the accession council, televised, as we saw. the importance of that is it is an important part in establishing his reign and an opportunity to pledge himself to constitutional government and a good place to do it in front of all the main political figures in the land. in front of all the main political figures in the land. many thanks. members of figures in the land. many thanks. members of the figures in the land. many thanks. members of the cabinet - figures in the land. many thanks. members of the cabinet have - figures in the land. many thanks. | members of the cabinet have had figures in the land. many thanks. i members of the cabinet have had an audience with king charles after he was formally proclaimed monarchy in succession to the late queen. liz truss took her senior ministers to buckingham palace to be received by the new sovereign for the first time. he spent time with opposition parties, including sir keir starmer. chris mason is at buckingham palace. this is
# and there shall no torment happen unto them # to the eyes of the foolish # they may seem to perish # but they are at peace.# the archbishop of canterbury. god grant us to the living, grace. to the departed, rest. to the church, the king, the commonwealth, and all people, peace and concord. and to us, all his servants, life everlasting. and the blessing of god almighty, the father, the son and the holy spirit, be amongst you and remain with you always. amen. # god save our gracious king # long live our noble king # god save the king # send him victorious # happy and glorious # long to reign over us # god save the king. god save the king heard in this cathedral for the first time in many a long year, bringing to an end this service of prayer and reflection and thanksgiving for the life of queen elizabeth ii, and we heard at the beginning, and i have the royal editor of the sunday times here in the cathedral with me, a remarkably personal statement by king charles. thought tha
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. ,
lewis from southampton in the south of england has said she will treasure the note, which would have been won the last cent from the queen before death. james ingram has been to meet her and her mum, the platinumjubilee a moment of special celebration for many this summer, including one young girl who really loved the queen. all her years of working, she s done so many things for all of us, so i sent a poem. you shine oh so bright, like the stars in the night. happyjubilee. i hope you have a nice cup of tea. the jubilee will be history, and looking back, you re what they ll see. happyjubilee. i said it might be a nice idea to send it to the queen. you know, she might see it, you never know, and just sort of forgot about it. until last friday, when some post arrived. i got a letter from buckingham palace, and i opened it and i wasjust surprised. i was speechless. i send you my grateful thanks for your kind message on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of my accession to t