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london. hundreds of thousands witnessing the queen s coffin. her crown resting on top. the final procession. the long walk to windsor castle. then, removing the crown from the coffin, and symbolic breaking of the wand of office, signifying the end of the queen s reign. and in a final solemn image, queen elizabeth s coffin lowered into the royal vault at st. george s chapel. reunited with prince philip. james longman and deborah roberts right here with me tonight. the other major news this monday night, the catastrophic hurricane in puerto rico. the deadly storm causing widespread destruction. up to 30 inches of rain possible in some areas. more than 1,000 people rescued from dangerous flooding. utility crews tonight racing to restore power after the entire island went dark. what the u.s. can expect later this week. rob marciano tracking the storm. there is also news tonight about a prisoner exchange between the u.s. and afghanistan. the last-known american hostage h ....
17 hours. it was actually longer not that long ago. earlier today king charles and prince william took time to personally greet some of the mourners shaking hands and thanking people for waiting in line for so long to honor the queen. all this is happening as cnn learned about a major royal flub. prince harry and his wife meghan, the duchess of sussex, were invited to a reception tomorrow at buckingham palace by mistake. a royal kerfuffle. more on that in a moment. jasmine wright is live outside the white house correspondents dinner, and anna stewart is in that crowd in london. jasmine, president biden among the hundreds of world leaders that are headed to london for monday s funeral. what are we expecting to see from the first couple while in the uk? reporter: yeah, the president and the first lady leave the white house here very soon. i am not sure if you can pick it up in the mics, but on the lawn you can hear the sound of mash even one waiting to take the presi ....
Reception will be for working members of the royal family only. unless there is some last-minute change of heart, i don t expect to see them at the event tomorrow. but as we know, lots of things have been changing over the last few days. there are lots of moving parts in this situation and it s one to watch. if there is one moment tomorrow, excuse me, monday at the funeral that you think will be the most impactful, the one thing people should remember, what do you think they should watch for? i think we have a sort of forerunner to this event on a much smaller scale when prince philip passed away. for me the most poignant moment of that was the committal service where the coffin was lowered into the royal vault at st. george s chapel in windsor and that s very moving, that moment with the family around and the lone piper playing a lament and you have to put it in the context of this incredible historic building where so many other monarchs have been laid to rest in a castle built 1 ....