will culminate with her funeral september 19th. following the service at westminster abbey she ll be interred at windsor castle. well, a trumpet fanfare on saturday heralded king charles. even though charles automatically became king upon his mother s death the title was officially bestowed in an accession ceremony. with one voice published and proclaimed at the prince charles philip arthur george is now by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory become our only lawful and rightful liege law, charles iii. by the grace of god of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and of these other realms and territories, king, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith, to whom we do acknowledge all faith and obedience with humble affection. as part of that accession ceremony the new king then put his signature to the formal proclamation. it was also signed by the prince of wales and the queen consort. the queen s death may help close a rift between the
longest-serving monarch queen elizabeth ii. [ bell tolls ] guests and i will reflect on this one monarch s great legacy. and the many challenges the new sovereign charles iii must now face. hi, nice to meet you. then, i travel to kyiv this week to talk to the man in the crucible of the 21st century s war in europe. ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy. we sat down for a wide-ranging conversation. we talked about ukraine s ability to counter russia s attack. kyiv s big new push in the south and east. whether he and his nation are ready if this turns into a long fight. president zelenskyy and i went for a walk outside. and i had to ask him, wasn t he worried that putin might target him? it doesn t matter for me because we can t be afraid of him. but first, here s my take. for me, the most striking aspect of queen elizabeth ii s 70-year reign was her iron determination to be boring. bear with me. in those seven decades, she very rarely let slip her views about any p
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so pivotal for charles. we re in a period of mourning but at the same time we re looking to the king to provide a seamless transition. and so far with his address to the nation after his mother s death by which he made it very clear he wants to follow in her tradition of service, her constitutional duty, he wants to really do what she s done. that s what he s been repeating. and that i think people found reassuring. he s the oldest person ever to come to the throne. he s had a lot of opinions. i think people would be concern he wouldn t be politically neutral. he s made it clear he will be. his opinion ratings are usually very low, under 50%. they are soaring, so he s in a very good position at the moment, but i do think people are going to start asking big questions of him very quickly. and just as isa was say here, the scottish referendum could certainly be on the cards and other countries head of state