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buckingham palace in london. it s 6 am and the uk where people are waiting up with a profound sense of loss. for the first time in more than seven decades, the country is without its queen. a period of mourning now for britain s longest reigning monarch, elizabeth the second. you may hear the noise around me as preparations are underway for this next ten to ten days to two-week period. flags being hung around as these are images from buckingham palace where crowds have been gathering throughout what has been a rainy night in london. memorials to her late majesty with flowers, candles, and personal messages outside the royal grounds. symbols of the country s immense grief decorate the gates of windsor castle. as well as balmoral, the queen scottish retreat where she passed away peacefully at the age of 96. just two days after appointing her 15th prime minister while appearing very frail. elizabeth the second is coronation happened in 1953. no date has been said yet for ....
moved. immediate test for the new king as the uk starts a week-long bid g g goodbye to quen elizabeth ii. plus, russia is already striking back. and now the campaign stretch. primary season ends tuesday, opening an eight-week sprint to election day. we ll break down the midterm fight for control of congress. we begin, though, in scotland. as the united kingdom opens a week long farewell to queen elizabeth and as her son takes over the monarch. members of scotland paying their final respects to the longest reigning monarch as the queen lies at rest at st. giles cathedral. this morning, the queen s body was moved to that cathedral. the crown of scotland placed on her coffin. king charles iii walking in the procession to the cathedral along with his siblings. the farewell events are meticulously choreographed as are the first glinjss of the new king at work. this morning in london, his first address to parliament as king. as i stand before you today, i cannot help ....
remains will be joining her. he s in the general vault underneath the chapel now. so it is going to it s a multi-part commemoration and each part is going to be equally dramatic and i think the crowds in london and windsor are going to be extraordinary. right. when george vi, when he had the lying in state in westminster hall, in 1952, there was something like 305,000 filed by the catafalque an i think we re going to see way more than that. sally, thank you. sally smith, isa suarez and bianca, i m grateful. we see there the vigil continues with members of the various scottish regiments and military now taking their place as well at the catafalque. alison and victor, i think what you we ve said a million times and it s worth repeating we ve never seen anything like this before. we ve prepared for it. we ve known about it. but the size and scale of this is going to be so enormous. it will it will be other magnitude we ve not seen before, especially when the wo ....
around the world, i m becky anderson live for you at buckingham palace in london with cnn s special coverage, continuing coverage of the death of queen elizabeth ii. an hour from now britain s late queen is scheduled to embark on her final journey, leaving her beloved country home in scotland for the last time. the hearse expected to depart from balmoral castle for a 175 mile, six-hour trip to edinburgh. there she will be taken to the official royal residence, the palace of holyroodhouse. the king and queen consort will attend a church service in edinburgh for the queen on monday. on the following day quinn ses ann will accompany the queen s casket on a flight to london. the queen will lie in state at westminster hall for four days as the public pays its final respects to britain s longest reigning monarch. her state funeral is september 19th at westminster abbey followed by internment at windsor castle. pomp and ceremony as her son charles iii was officially proclaimed ....
Sally redell smith, and trisha. let s start, we can show the live pictures with the good-bye. this week is a fascinating, important week of good-bye and farewell to a legendary queen and then hello, important introductions for the new queen. let s focus with this scene. as isa was just saying, this is not the script as it would have been, except queen elizabeth died in scotland. she did die in scotland. she s a daughter of scotland. her mother grew up in scotland. it was literally in her veins. and i have talked to more than one person who said she really wanted to die in scotland. she loved balmoral, and i think having these ceremonies in scotland was very important to her. unprecedented. it hasn t been done for any other monarch, and it s exactly, ....