also home to russia s black sea fleet. all four teaching unions in england say they will coordinate strikes if members vote for industrial action. this is bbc news. now on bbc news. behind the stories, the monarchy. i was at home when i got a phone call from the director of news at the bbc saying that s the queen was gravely ill. he didn t stand on ceremony or offer any small talk clive, how are you? he simply said the queen is gravely ill and can you come in? and i was preparing to fly to italy on a filming trip the next day and i thought. i should go in. i was in the newsnight office because we d had wind, obviously with a note being passed through the house of commons, that something was happening. i know i speak on behalf of the entire house when i say that we send our best wishes to her majesty the queen and that she and the royal family are in our thoughts and prayers at this moment. and of course there s this big protocol, obviously, if the queen had passed away
if this event was going to unfold, i got a call from don macinnes who was running the events coverage and he said look, would you be able to get yourself to balmoral? so as soon as we heard that the queen had in fact died, newsnight was obviously cancelled, so i got on the train and then rushed home, threw all the black clothes i could find in the car because i didn t know how long i was going to be away and put my foot down in the car and sped to balmoral. and it was extraordinary because i was going through the most rugged countryside to get there, i was thinking this is extraordinary. what moment in history, i m going through the long road at the spittal of glenshee thinking this is part of history . not only for scotland and the uk but for the world. my colleague kirsty wark is at the queen s estate at balmoral. yes, i think what you see behind me is almost in marked contrast to what was happening at buckingham palace because hundreds of people have been coming forwards
if this event was going to unfold, i got a call from don macinnes who was running the events coverage and he said look, would you be able to get yourself to balmoral? so as soon as we heard that the queen had in fact died, newsnight was obviously cancelled, so i got on the train and then rushed home, threw all the black clothes i could find in the car because i didn t know how long i was going to be away and put my foot down in the car and sped to balmoral. and it was extraordinary because i was going through the most rugged countryside to get there, i was thinking this is extraordinary. what a moment in history, i m going through the long road at the spittal of glenshee thinking this is part of history . not only for scotland and the uk but for the world. my colleague kirsty wark is at the queen s estate at balmoral. yes, i think what you see behind me is almost in marked contrast to what was happening at buckingham palace because hundreds of people have been coming forwards
yourself to balmoral? so as soon as we heard that the queen had in fact died, newsnight was obviously cancelled, so i got on the train and then rushed home, threw all the black clothes i could find in the car because i didn t know how long i was going to be away and put my foot down in the car and sped to balmoral. and it was extraordinary because i was going through the most rugged countryside to get there, i was thinking this is extraordinary. what moment in history, i m going through the long road at the spittal of glenshee thinking this is part of history . not only for scotland and the uk but for the world. my colleague kirsty wark is at the queen s estate at balmoral. yes, i think what you see behind me is almost in marked contrast to what was happening at buckingham palace because hundreds of people have been coming forwards and backwards all day, laying flowers, making tributes, but there is an air of real peace and respect and dignity. when i got to balmoral it was jus
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