hello. you re watching the bbc news channel with joanna gosling. more new on the queen s funeral. crown prince pavlos is the eldest son of constantine ii, the last king of greece, who reigned from 1964 to 1973. queen elizabeth is his third cousin, twice removed. he has travelled to london for queen elizabeth s funeral and spoke to us about his memories of the queen. always received us with a smile. my parents were very well taken care of when we left greece and lived in england for many years thereafter, my father was always a good confidant for the family and always by her side. sadly he is not so well now so is unable to come over. i am going with my mother and my wife to stand in for my father. but the queen was always receiving us with great smiles and family friendship, always inquiring of how things were going on back home or elsewhere. one of the most wonderful people ever. one of the most wonderful people ever. so much has been said about her empathy, kindness. that
correspondent keir simmons on the timeline. at 10:44, just before 6 am eastern time, the queen s coffin will be carried on a carriage from westminster hall. the state funeral will begin at 11, six on the east coast. 2000 will be in attendance. the service will and after one hour. decorated eight workers, police, and servicemen and women will walk with the queen. at 10:06 eastern time, she will reach once or, home to monarchs for over 1000 years. entering the castle for a committal service at st. georges chapel beginning at 4 pm, 11 am on the east coast. in the next hour, can charles will be holding an official state reception at buckingham palace this evening for visiting world leaders. crowds cheer for charles today as he drove into buckingham palace. president biden is expected among the dignitaries at the queens reception with first lady dr. jill biden. in the past few moments, the president and the first lady paid respects to the queen inside westminster hall. joining
church where we are tracking the fallout on wall street as european markets get underway. it s 8 a.m. in the morning here and we are just hours away from the next step in queen elizabeth ii s final journey. the late monarch s coffin rests inside buckingham palace, but later today it ll travel to westminster at the palace of westminster where she will lie in state until her funeral on monday. her arrival in london late on tuesday greeted with cheers and applause by the large crowds gathered to pay tribute and witness this moment in history. king charles iii is now back in london after spending most of tuesday in northern ireland where a prayer service was held for his mother. this, of course, was the first visit there since becoming the new monarch. the king, along with other members of the royal family, will follow the queen s coffin later today as a procession takes it from buckingham palace to westminster hall. our correspondents are following all of the developments for
are both dominating the parties divide heading into the midterms. and former homeland security secretary jeh johnson will be here to discuss the mar-a-lago document fight and the january 6th investigations. but we begin in london with nbc s molly hunter, msnbc royal commentator daisy mcandrew. molly, let s talk about what we ve seen from the royal family today as the citizens throughout that country are finally getting their say, their chance to say goodbye to queen elizabeth in person. yeah, andrea, that s exactly right. the coffin today is moving from the family to the people. we are actually across from westminster hall. the queen is lying in state just across the river from where i am right now. and people line the streets of london for that procession. it was incredibly moving, and daisy can speak to being outside of buckingham palace when everyone went by. everyone was huddled around their mobile phones to watch that procession. police estimate between 700,000 and 1