i can give you my heart. i think it was that which made great britain grade. she literally was a role model to heads of state all around the world. disagree from time to time, but we must always remain. queen elizabeth ii for the longest reigning in british history. we come together so that freedom works. they go the queen being widely remembered as the nation s grandmother. it s not a part of our past. it defines our present and our future. piers: thousands lining the streets of london to say a final goodbye. my mother gave an example of lifelong love and of selfless service. we have not seen scenes like this on a scale in britain since winston churchill. i thank you all and many others at home and overseas for your touching messages of great kindness. martha: good morning, everyone and welcome to our coverage of the funeral of queen elizabeth ii. united kingdoms longest reigning on the throne and end of an arrow from the world from world war ii to
He has such an important role here. but i do think the commonwealth will remain a powerful force of the world stage in the decades to come. i do not think that we will see large countries like australia, canada, for example breaking ties with the monarchy. if anything, quite the opposite and strengthening of ties between the countries and the british crowd. martha: we are looking and you can see some of the leaders of state walking in now. emmanuel macron and his wife just in view for us just an hour to go. and you can understand why people want to get in here and find their places. before we let you go, we have 30 seconds and just a quick thought on margaret thatcher in the queens relationship. well, margaret thatcher in the queen together where the two most powerful women leaders in the world in the united nations. the partnership was strong, powerful and robust. there was a deep divide but that
Would go on and on and i think the entire country felt this. piers: we all felt she was an indestructible figure, to most she was monarchy the entire time we were alive. where i was born, she was the queen and had been. you are on every bank notice, every stamp, every public building, everywhere you go, the queen, the queen, the queen issue the queen. it will gradually shift to the queen, it won t be overnight, next two or three years, bank notes will move to king charles iii, you will see pictures and places, it is case of the queen is dead, long live the king. we are seeing that with the national anthem. piers: you won t hear it queen in my lifetime, the next two in line are male. she was 96 years old, she did
Different monarchs, including her father, churchill and baton and see musicians from the royal maen radios and we ll see this shortly around 5:44 your time. the funeral starts 11 a.m. your time, 6:00 a.m. back home and the coffin will arrive at westminster abbey and enter the west doors at 11 a.m. and carried past the grave the unknown warrior and the coffin transported to the heart of the abbey, you will see the royal family sit alongside the coffin and behind the family, leaders of the heads of state and leaders of the commonwealth and highest levels of shivelry. piers: we saw the queen sitting to mourn all alone philip and she was not able to
The age of 99. the nation warned the queen but covid restrictions kept the funeral small. the image of the queen sitting mast and alone became the image of a country both in the morning and in the lockdown. but as she has so many times before, the queen persevered. and the very next morning, she became the first british monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee, marking her 70 years of service. her family and her people together for one final celebration for a one of a kind king. from an early age, queen elizabeth was one of the most recognized royals and recognize women in the world and nearly a third of the planet lived in the commonwealth that she ruled. she managed to combine the truly regal of the country woman s simple pleasures and invited old fashion values and