are as close today, as two peoples have ever been. we see you as our strong and trusted friend. we believe, that you intern, will find us as ready as ever to bear our four share, and defending the valleys and which we both believe. good afternoon. i m jonathan capehart, here in new york, with chris chances, and london. welcome back to live coverage, of the royal transition, as king charles the third, takes the throne in the wake of the death of his mother, that was queen elizabeth the second, speaking at the white house in 1976, for the bicentennial celebration of the united states. just moments ago, her coffin arrived at the royal palace in edinburgh scotland. over the next few days, the coffin will travel to london, where the queen s funeral will be held on monday, september 19th. this will be a major international gathering, president biden will be among the world leaders who will attend the funeral, it is a sign of the special relationship between the u.s. and britain
loss of their monarch, while here in the u.s., a day to commemorate a wound still raw after two plus decades. 21 years to be exact. in great britain, the body of the queen traveling from her beloved home in balmoral or to edinburgh, scotland. where the public will have their first chance to pay respects. [applause] and king charles will travel to scotland tomorrow, part of a weeklong visit to the countries of great britain ahead of the queen s funeral. here in the united states, remembrances of a very different kind. 21 years after 9/11. the somber eagerly ceremony at ground zero, where nearly 3000 people were killed. the president, marking the day at the pentagon while the first lady traveled to shanksville, pennsylvania. the president promising to never forget. 21 years ago, 21 years and we still kept our promise. never forget. we will keep the memory of all those precious lives, stolen from us. i know, for all of those of you who have lost someone, 21 years has both
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giving the traditional cheer for the new man arc. charles has met today with the prime minister and other politicians an the archbishop of canter berry. many people are gathered outside including buckingham palace trying to catch a sight of the new king on this momentous day. we ve got full coverage of today s events, scott mcclain is at windsor casting, and we re in balmoral, scotland and at buckingham palace. max, you first, moments ago, now william, prince of wales put out a statement paying tribute to the late queen. what did it say? reporter: well it is deeply personal. he was very close to the queen. as was the princess of wales, kate. and he referred to how kate has given the the queen gave guidance to kate for 20 years. that is since their wedding in 2011 and the time before that. and william looked for the queens for guidance but what will be his own future monarchy. it was very personal. it wasn t necessarily constitutional. the prince the king will be dealing
rift. and so, i think it speaks extremely well of william in effect for perhaps taking a cue from his father and moving it one step further. i mean, we now have a situation where the new king is reaffirming his tradition and it is turning into a sort of new hope as sort a healing within the family. to see the four of them as they are, you are sort of reminded of what was from the very beginning, and i ve felt for the last two years that harry and meghan missed a terrible opportunity by leaving the royal family. they had so many things that they could do. and william and charles needs them more than ever. who knows. nothing is there is hurts there. and there is a lot of hurt and a lot of mutual mistrust. but, you know, one can perhaps at this moment be an optimist and think that this could be a brief celebration and healing. sally, your words are so poignant but the pictures are speaking louder than anything. we did get to see william right before he got into the car. he a