an amazing woman. just a very sombre mood in windsor, really. what did she represent to people of your generation? a guiding light, a moral code, how to conduct yourself, - how to act, what is - right and what s wrong. here on the streets of royal windsor, the sense of a an epoch having passed is palpable. there is the sense of mourning, shared with the entire nation. but something else. for these people have lost a neighbour, a queen who was part of their daily lives. amir bukhari was getting calls from relatives in pakistan, who had heard the news. he runs a cafe besides windsor castle. no words to express my emotions. it is really sad. what did she mean to you? not only me but everyone in the world. everybody feels very sad, very down. for us, she was a neighbour. and we feel more. no matter how long anticipated, the end has crystallised loss. the passing of a monarch, who symbolised to people the best of their nation, of themselves. fergal keane, bbc news, windsor. you ve
underestimated. finally, she kept the monarchy 5trong underestimated. finally, she kept the monarchy strong and respected, reigning very much in the style of her beloved father, george vi, and she kept it strong, above all, by setting a personal example. 0ne setting a personal example. one might imagine that her greatest hope now would be that the strength of the monarchy will continue under king charles, and then under william. i m sure the crowds we saw outside buckingham palace tonight, many people will be reflecting on the theme is that nick was underlining there, because everyone is by now aware that the queen was the longest serving monarch in the history of the united kingdom and held a commanding presence in british public life over many decades. tonight, people have been reacting to the news of her passing. our special correspondent lucy manning has spent the day with people outside buckingham palace. she was long to reign over us, almost all of her life, and for mos
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elizabeth in 1952. they chose a picture from before her reign. 0ur picture from before her reign. our hearts are broken, they say. the columnist sarah vine saying how to find the words? 0ur grief is 100 different emotions. the theme you will see through this is white and black mastheads, kind of taking the colour away from that part of the paper. making it respectful but also touching. but there are two main pictures that run throughout the papers. i will show you the guardian. they go with cecil beaton s portrait of queen elizabeth ii. around the time of her coronation in 1953, in the throne room of buckingham palace. a painted backdrop depicting westminster abbey, she is wearing her coronation dress, the auburn cross visible, and the times goes with that also and on the back of the times s wraparound is this quote from the queen s christmas message in 1957 which was the first time it was
ask questions. there is a way to behave. they instigate the conversation, but they know everything about you. they have been briefed. so i can only imagine, all of those people who have been touched by queen elizabeth and what it must have meant to them. her constant duty of service, her constant duty of service, her constant presence in this nation s history, and now, we look forward and ahead to a change. indeed so. kasia, thank you very much for that. the sad news of the queen s death broke in reasonably good time for the papers at 6:30pm in the evening, so the papers, as you would expect, entirely filled with the events of what was a tumultuous day at balmoral. mark is with us. you have been looking through the papers. what is noticeable, first of all, is that all the mastheads have been changed to black? yes, the queen was no stranger to britain s front pages. she has adorned them for years, but the enormity of tomorrow s front pages strikes you black and white,