even as we grieve, we give thanks to this most faithful light. i am deeply aware of this great inheritance and all of the duties and heavy responsibility of sovereignty. they are now past to me. many of the accession council it was a series of highly coordinated formalities. they were set into motion upon the death of his mother, queen elizabeth the second. that was on thursday afternoon. later this hour, king charles will meet with the archbishop of canterbury, britain s new prime minister, lustrous. there will also be members of the cabinet. it has been a memorable first speak on the job or trust. one of queen elizabeth ii final acts was to invite her to succeed boris johnson s prime minister. former new government. that occurred during a meeting on tuesday at balmoral, the royal family s estate. approximately 48 hours after that meeting, the queen passed away. trust is the 15th and final prime minister queens bits rain. it began in 1952. western churchill was prime minis
estranged from the family. it was a very public sign that they are together in mourning. this is coming as we are learning for the first time the plans for the funeral for the queen. a state funeral at westminster abbey, and week from monday with the position to london afterwards. a service backup when they will mark the end of this morning period in london. today charles officially proclaimed us king, and a day filled with the kind of ceremony you would expect for a moment like this. prince charles, philip and george is now by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only, lawful and rightful each law, charles the third. by the grace of, god of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. and if this other realms and territories came ahead of the commonwealth. god praised the king. three cheers for his majesty, the king. hip, hurray. hip! hip! hooray! hip! hip! hooray! all right the new king hosting top of uk officials at buckingham pala
britain s longest serving monarch passed away yesterday, aged 96, at balmoral castle the scottish retreat which her majesty had visited since she was a girl. the news was confirmed in a statement from the palace at 6.30pm, after the queen s four children including the new king, charles iii had travelled to balmoral. on today s programme we ll be remembering her majesty s life and legacy, and speaking to those who knew and loved her. we ll bring you the latest reaction from balmoral to buckingham palace, and across the commonwealth. first, our royal correspondent daniela relph has been looking back at the final days and weeks of the queen s life. the final images we have queen elizabeth ii still carrying out duties into herfinal days. on tuesday, at balmoral, she welcomed the new prime minister. these photos, the record of her last official engagement bringing to an end seven decades of service. yesterday afternoon at aberdeen airport, several senior members of the r
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in bangladesh, an explosion and fire at a storage depot kills at least 49 people. more travel disruption as flight cancellations affect some of those returning from half term breaks. and a round up of all the day s top sporting action at 6:30pm. a huge pageant along the mall has ended with an appearance by the queen. the event concludes four days of celebrations to mark her majesty s platinum jubilee. more than 10,000 people, including the military, performers and key workers, took part in the parade, which depicted key moments from each decade of her seventy year reign. let s join my colleague martine croxall, who is at buckingham palace for us today. thank you very much. welcome to canada gate, and our perch overlooking the queen victoria memorial. a carnival procession featuring celebrities from every decade of the queen s reign has been moving down london s mall and past the palace before the queen made an appearance on the palace balcony as her platinum jubilee cel