A huge part of his life and that hell miss her dearly. Ah, well, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories, the sour, the United Kingdoms new monarch charles. The 3rd has addressed the nation and the white a commonwealth for the 1st time as king. He praised his mother, Queen Elizabeth for her unswerving devotion. Earlier he met crowds of well wishes at Buckingham Palace. Queen elizabeth was a life well lived, a promise with destiny kept, and she is mourned most deeply in her passion, that promise of lifelong service. I renew to all to day alongside the personal grief that all my family of feeling. We also share with so many of you in the United Kingdom, in all the countries where the queen was head of state in the commonwealth and across the world. A deep sense of gratitude for the more than 70 years in which my mother, as queen, served the people of so many nations across the u. K. Cannons fired 96. 00 shots marking each year of the queens life. 7 ah, bells also told and cathed
Its good to have with us. Hello, adrian, trying to get here in doha. The headlines on al jazeera people have once again started to gather outside Buckingham Palace in london. King charles the 3rd will leave from there and a few hours to travel to some jamess palace for his accession ceremony. John holt is outside Buckingham Palace. Bear in mind as we look forward to the Extension Council Session Council meeting in a couple of hours time. This is a very different accession for charles to the throne when it was for his mother in 1952, he is a man who has waited for 70 years for to become king. He is a man with opinions that he has not always been quiet about opinions on everything from agriculture to architecture, the environment, to complimentary medicine and as king that is simply not acceptable. He will have to be a model of objectivity and discretion. As his mother was, and he made that point in the speech. And finally, of course, when she met her 1st of 15 Prime Ministers, she was j
Are part of whats known as the the privy council. There are about 700. 00 privy councilors. Of course, they couldnt all attend. Only 200. 00 or so of them were present for the Accession Council meeting. And for the 1st time in hundreds of years of the british monarchy as youve been hearing over the past few minutes. Or the council conducted its ceremony in public, it was televised to the world so that we could all watch. Then there was an official public reading of the proclamation on the balcony abscess jamess palace in london. And then a similar ceremony, another public reading of a proclamation. Youre looking at pictures of it now in the city of london, which is to the east, more met all of the capital, the center of the capitol. Ah, Buckingham Palace, of course. And saint jamess palace are to the west of central london. Well that was the conclusion of the reading of the proclamation ceremony in the city of london, a tap and within the last half hour or as far as the pomp and ceremo