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and humorous moments over the years >> announcer: this is “nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening the king has spoken. a day after the queen's passing charles iii stepping firmly into his new role, greeting mourners at the gates of buckingham palace where inside he addressed a heartbroken nation, paying tribute to his mother's life well lived, and echoing the late queen's promise of lifelong service. king charles also announcing new titles within the royal family his wife camilla now officially queen consort. son william taking his father's title, prince of wales his wif...

britain's longest serving monarch. right now the queen is lying in state at westminster hall, where mourners continue to file past her coffin to pay their respect. it's a scene that's played out around the clock since wednesday. but in less than two hours, the public viewing will come to a close. on sunday, people across britain paused for a moment of silence and reflection this her honor. >> a moment to pay tribute the day before the queen's funeral. today politicians public and faith leaders from around the world are monks those who will be attending the service. cnn's max foster n...

here's how events will unfold this morning here in london. the queen's coffin will leave westminster hall carried on a state gun carriage, the same one used in queen elizabeth's father george vi's funeral. she'll be taken to westminster abbey where a funeral service will be held and attened by 2,000 people including world leaders and other dignitaries. and after that service the procession will leave westminster abbey winding its way through london, passing downing street, going up the mile to buckingham palace and wellington arch. cnn's scott mcclain joins us now here in london, and...

reminded them of her mother or grandmother. talking about how she had these political questions, questioning insights into what was going on with china, russia, talked about their conversations they had the last time she saw the queen in person. >> max, in addition to your excellent reporting on the royals, you're also a subject. you personally paid your respect to the queen's casket earlier today. if you don't mind stepping outside of your role as a journalist, just telling was that experience was like, and what the mood was like inside westminster hall. >> i wanted to get a sense o...

pictures of and the storm is still going strong. chad meyers is standing by with the latest on the track but we begin with laila santd ysantiag on the scene for us. >> reporter: on the southwest part of the island hurricane fiona made landfall. we are dealing with rains and wind gusts and flash flooding right now on the ground. but the big story in terms of impacts to the u.s. citizens on the island is there is an island wide power outage going on for an hour and they don't expect that -- power as this natural disaster comes in. the timing here is part of the story. remember nearly f...