states as well. it was a message to all of the children of the british empire and beyond who had fled their homes for far off places to seek safety and shelter. and it was delivered by a fellow child, the very first radio address of then 14 year old princess elizabeth. her royal highness, princess elizabeth. in wishing you all good evening, i feel that i am speaking to friends and companions who have shared with my sister and myself many a happy children s hour. thousands of you in this country have had to leave your homes and be separated from your fathers and mothers. my sister margaret rose and i feel so much for you. i can truthfully say to you all that we children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage. we are trying to do all that we can to help our gallant sailors, soldiers and airmen. and we are trying to to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war. princess elizabeth made good on those commitments to help them in the war effort. when she turned 1
colonies. as the british people grieve the only monarch most of them have ever known. she s been part of my life forever and, you know, she s not here. she s gone. and, you know, you hope, but you appreciate that, you know, her age, it was expected at some point, but when it happens it s still a shock. we begin tonight with queen elizabeth, the longest reining british monarch whose rule spanned 7 decades. she died today at the age of 96. make no mistake, it is a watershed moment. there is a new king and it s a moment intrinsically tied to this specific queen, a towering figure so profound her very name defines an age. while her death raises important questions about how or even if the monarchy will go on. it isn t just brittain s mourning or reacting, it s people all across the globe and certainly here in the u.s. our fascination over the royal family reached a fever pitch during the princess diana years and in many ways continues today. moments ago president biden and th
prime minister is tweeting about it. so address the issue rather than trying to keep it private. also been announced that prince of wales, the queen s heir, is traveling immediately to balmoral in scotland and he is dropping all his plans. we are also, of course, trying to i just checked in with kensington palace to see what prince william s movements are because obviously he s been informed. we re told all the family, key family have been informed. but prince william will also i m sure be expected to visit as well. max, remind us of the queen s activities over the last week, where she was seen and not seen and what concerns have arisen over the last few days about her health. well, she always goes to scotland to balmoral in the summer. and she always comes to buckingham palace to appoint a new prime minister. and the concern recently was that she announced she would not be returning from balmoral to appoint the prime minister, so the outgoing and incoming prime ministe
penny mordaunt has less than an hour now to make that 100 threshold. her team say this lunchtime that it s going down to the wire and it s extremely close. we ll bring you that announcement at 2 o clock live in our specially extended coverage programme this afternoon. also this lunchtime. western allies denounce a russian claim that ukraine could use a dirty bomb there are fears the kremlin might use it as a pretext to escalate the war. phosphate pollution of rivers threatens the building of tens of thousands of new homes. and he s back in the tardis david tennant travels through time once again to return as dr who. and stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good afternoon. within the next hour or so, we could know who is britain s next prime minister. at two o clock, norminations close in the conservative party leadership race. rishi sunak has a commanding lead, with 192