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
the queen lying in state. for the new king, his was a public grief. just three months earlier, the queen celebrated her platinum jubilee. with herfamily, the nation. oh, dear. ..and paddington. perhaps you would like a marmalade sandwich? i always keep one for emergencies. so do i. i keep mine in here. 0h! the last official duty of queen elizabeth ii at her balmoral estate in scotland, meeting the new prime minister back then liz truss. two days later came news that the queen was unwell and her doctors were concerned. members of the royal family flew to scotland. it was clear the situation was grave. just after 6.30pm on thursday 8th september, the announcement that an historic 70 year reign was at an end. the bbc is interrupting its normal programmes to bring you an important announcement. buckingham palace has announced the death of her majesty queen elizabeth ii. in a statement, the palace said the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. a stable centre durin
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
have reigned with your love is. it is not my desire to live and reign longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. and though you have had, and may have, many are wiser and mightier rulers sitting in this seat, yet you never had, nor shall have, any that will love you better. . ., , ~ shall have, any that will love you better. . ., , . , better. beautifulwords. we must also remember, better. beautifulwords. we must also remember, i better. beautifulwords. we must also remember, i think, - better. beautifulwords. we must also remember, i think, we - better. beautifulwords. we must| also remember, i think, we talked about this earlier, that what we have just seen has never been seen before. we have been literally witnessing history as it has never been witnessed before, and that is quite a moment for historians to see. it certainly is. this service has never been see. it certainly is. this service has never been seen see. it certainly is. this service has n
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