now on bbc news, europe s royals revealed. washington dc is the heart of the free world. let s go now to capitol hill. i m katty kay, and in more than 20 years spent here in the news business, i ve grown accustomed to thinking of this as the centre of power. decisions that reverberate around the globe are made here by politicians who proudly champion democracy: the rule of the people, by the people. we are here to assess the real meaning of the results in hundreds of races. but it s not the only way, or necessarily the best. a recent poll shows that of the 15 most successful democracies, nine are monarchies. the founding fathers rejected a king, but many europeans feel a royal family is an asset. i am leaving washington on a royal mission, as the uk has a new king, charles iii. i want to find out how other royal families, many of them king charles relations, manage to stay relevant in the 21st century. i will be mixing in royal circles. how was it? c est bien. ..and visiting
he will take part in a wreath laying ceremony and give remarks for the victims of 9/11. it is also a day of numbers in the value kingdom, a country in a period of national mourning following the death of queen elizabeth ii. a few hours ago her casket departed belmont, the scottish state where she died on thursday at the age of 96. right now, you can see it here, her body is being transported by hearse to the monarch s official residence in edinburgh, scotland. a trip that on normal circumstances takes two and a half hours, it will today take six hours because of the crowds. the procession will slow down. you can see it on your screen moving from left to right. the lead car, the lead car in black has a casket with a glass covering on the back where you can see the casket covered in royal heraldry. it will be a first back to london to for the public to pay the respects starting wednesday, september 14th. her casket will remain there until monday morning, september 19th, whe
it s a profession, to be a royalfamily. i always think of them as being the model royal family, but recently they seem to have gone through the difficulties. what has happened? yes, the queen s grandchildren from her younger son, they had to give up their titles at the beginning of this year. it was probably not handled in the same way that they would normally do, because normally when they have to make difficult decisions, they do it very elegantly. this is something they would probably agree was not handled very elegantly. in 2020 the press was outspoken when queen margrethe announced that she was cutting four of her eight grandchildren off the royal payroll, and taking away their titles. their princely father only learned about it from a courtier. that hurt. i think it is done because they feel that they have to stay sort of on terms with the general,
they don t want to be in this situation, and they do a job, it s a profession, to be a royalfamily. i always think of them as being the model royalfamily, but recently, they seem to have gone through their difficulties. what has happened? yes, the queen s grandchildren from her younger son, they had to give up their titles at the beginning of this year. it was probably not handled in the same way they would normally do it because normally, when they have to make difficult decisions, they do it very elegantly. this was something that they would probably agree was not handled very elegantly. in 2020, the press was outspoken when queen margrethe announced that she was cutting four of her eight grandchildren off the royal payroll and taking away their titles. their princely father only learned about it from a courtier. that hurt. i think they are slimming it down because they feel that they have to stay sort of on terms with the general, with people in denmark. and when we feel that we hav
from her younger son, they had to give up their titles at the beginning of this year. it was probably not handled in the same way that they would normally do, because normally when they have to make difficult decisions, they do it very elegantly. this is something that would probably agree was not handled very elegantly. in 2020 the press was outspoken when queen margrethe announced that she was cutting four of her eight grandchildren off the royal payroll, and taking away their titles. their princely father only learned about it from a courtier. that hurt. i think it is done because they feel that they have to stay sort of on terms with the general, with people in denmark. and when we feel that we have to make an effort with our household money, so should they. the very unusual thing in the story was that the prince spoke out about the feelings that he had at that