trace: breaking tonight, a mother, matriarch, and beloved monarch. queen elizabeth the second 70 year reign comes to an end as britons gather outside buckingham palace to eulogize her with a rendition of god save the queen. we have extended coverage of how the world is remembering one of the most iconic figures in british history from 1600 pennsylvania avenue to 10 downing street, the life and legacy of the queen looming very large tonight. plus what comes next for the new king, charles the third? we begin tonight s special four our coverage of remembering the queen in london with our senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg. good friday morning to you, it truly is the end of an era. the mood to hear is one of shock. here in london and probably across the united kingdom, queen elizabeth had to become noticeably more frail in the last year since her beloved husband prince philip the duke of edinburgh died to. i think anyone really thought that she was nearing the e
Queen s passing. can you expand on that for us? it was an amazingly emotional reaction that i found myself having. whatever you think about the monarchy as an institution, what an american watching tonight will think about britain as a country, there is something absolutely extraordinary about the life of this incredible public servant. i wrote today on twitter i think perhaps she is the greatest public servant full-time because she started her rain 70 years ago when there was a time of a culture of deference to monarchs and people in her position were left alone by the media and during her reign we ve ended up in a world of constant comment and gossip and a social media and all of the stuff we got familiar with and through it all she remained the absolute epitome of grace and dignity and beauty and the selflessness.