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>> Sean: QUEEN ELIZABETH II
PASSED AWAY TODAY IN SCOTLAND AT
THE AGE OF 96, ACCORDING TO
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, SHE DIED
PEACEFULLY THIS AFTERNOON HER
HER HEALTH TOOK A TURN TORTFOR T
WORSE.
AND AS BRITAIN AND THE WORLD
MOURN THE LOSS OF THIS ICONIC
AND REVERDICTED&
AND LEADER.
SHE WAS LOVED BY HER COUNTRY AND
EVERYONE ACROSS THE WORLD.
WITH HER PASSING, CHARLES WILL
NOW BECOME AND IS NOW THE KING.
NOW, CHARLES CALLED HIS MOTHER’S
DEATH, "A MOMENT FOR THE
GREATEST SADNESS FOR ME AND ALL
MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY.
I KNOW HER LOSS WILL BE DEEPLY
FELT THROUGH ALL THE COUNTRY AND
THE REALM AND THE COMMONWEALTH
AND BY COUNTLESS PEOPLE ALL
AROUND THE WORLD."
HERE IS PIERS MORGAN AND AINSLEY
EARHARDT.
AINSLEY, YOU, PIERCE, AND MARTHA
DID THE COVERAGE FOR THE
PLATINUM JUBILEE FOR THE
CHANNEL.
WHAT WILL REALLY AMAZED ME
TODAY, SHE TOOK THE THROWN AT
THE AGE OF 25.
SHE IS DIED NOW AT 96.
AND FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY SHE
BECAME QUEEN, THEY WERE PLANNING
FOR THIS DAY.
AND THERE’S A WHOLE SERIES OF
EVENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> IT’S A TEN DAY PROCESS AND
THEY’VE BEEN PLANNING THIS --
THEY PLANNED THIS WHEN, YOU KNOW
-- EVERY SINGLE QUEEN OR KING
HAS EVER EXISTED, HERE’S WHAT
WILL HAPPEN NEXT.
DAY ONE OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE IS
NOTIFIED.
PRIME MINISTER WAS NOTIFIED
FIRST.
AND THEN THE NEW KING IS
OFFICIALLY NAMED IMMEDIATELY
WHEN SHE DICE.
ALL FLAGS ARE FLOWN AT HALF
STAFF.
KING CHARLES IS SUPPOSED TO
ADDRESS THE NATION ON TV.
WHETHER THAT WILL HAPPEN
TONIGHT, PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE
IT’S LATE IN THE UK.
PROBABLY TOMORROW.
THEN ON DAY THREE AND FOUR, KING
CHARLES WILL SET OFF ON HIS
FIRSTURE AS KING.
AND LOANED WILL PREPARE FOR HER
-- LONDON WILL PREPARE FOR HER
FUNERAL.
DAY FIVE THE PROCESSION OF
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
SHE WILL LAY IN STATE FOR THREE
DAYS AND THE PUBLIC WILL PAY
RESPECTS.
DAY SIX THROUGH NINE KING
CHARLES WILL VISIT -- DAY TEN IS
THE FUNERAL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATES, THAT
WOULD BE NEXT SATURDAY.
SO NEXT WEEKEND PROBABLY THE
FUNERAL.
IT WILL BE A DAY OF MOURNING, A
TWO MINUTE MOMENT OF SILENCE
OVER ALL OF BRITAIN.
THE FUNERAL AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY
AND THE SERVICE AT THE ST.
GEORGE’S AT WINDSOR CASTLE. AND
BURIED AT KING GEORGE CHAPEL.
>> Sean: PIERS, I DON’T REMEMBER
IF YOU REMEMBER THIS
CONVERSATION, BUT IT WAS A
LENGTHY CONVERSATION.
I ASKED YOU, YOU HAVE THIS ROYAL
CONNECTION TO THE ROYAL FAMILY.
AND WITH INCREDIBLE PASSION, YOU
OUTLINE AND LAID OUT TO ME WHY
IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU, THE
ROYAL FAMILY AND SO IMPORTANT TO
THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN.
CONVEY TO TODAY AND SPECIFICALLY
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
>> YOU KNOW, SEAN, THIS IS
HONESTLY ONE OF THE SADDEST DAYS
OF MY LIFE.
AND I’LL TELL YOU WHY.
IT’S BECAUSE IN AMERICA YOU HAVE
PRESIDENTS THAT KIND OF LIKE
YOUR ROYAL FAMILY IN A WAY EACH
TIME THEY COME ALONG.
BUT THEY’RE ONLY THERE ARE TO A
MAXIMUM OF EIGHT YEARS AND THEN
THEY MOVE ON.
THIS QUEEN HAS BEEN ON THE
THROWN
THRONE OF THIS COUNTRY FOR 30770
I’M 57 YEARS OLD.
SHE’S BEEN THE ONLY MONARCH I
EVER HAD IN THIS COUNTRY.
SHE WAS ALREADY REINING THE 13
YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN.
SHE HAD STRADDLED SO MUCH CHANGE
IN OUR SOCIETY HERE, IN OUR
COUNTRY.
SHE SHEARTEERED US THROUGH GOOD
TIMES AND BAD.
SHE’S BEEN THROUGH PANDEMIC AND
TER TERRORISTS ATTACKS.
NATURAL DISASTERS THAT BEFALLEN
THE COUNTRY AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
WEATHER -- SHE’S BEEN THIS
CONSTANT ROCK OF SUPPORT.
SHE REPRESENTS, SEAN, IN MY
OPINION, THE VERY BEST OF
BRITISH VALUES.
RESILIENCE, DUTY, HUMILITY,
STRENGTH OF CHARACTER, NEVER
PLAYS THE VICTIM, ALWAYS LOOKING
FORWARD, ALWAYS PUTTING THE
COUNTRY BEFORE HER SELF.
THESE KIND OF LEADERS ARE
INCREDIBLY UNUSUAL.
I WOULD IMAGINE IF SHE EVER RAN
FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, WHICH SHE
OBVIOUSLY NEVER DID, SHE WOULD
HAVE WON BY A MASSIVE LAND SLIDE
AND BE THE GREATEST PRIME
MINISTER WE EVER HAD BECAUSE SHE
HAD ALL THE QUALITIES YOU WANT
FROM A LEADER.
AND OF COURSE SHE MET 13
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS.
SHE MET 15 BRITISH PRIME
MINISTERS, ANOTHER 100 WORLD
LEADERS.
SO SHE WAS GATHERING ALL THE
TIME THIS EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT
OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM ABOUT
LEADERSHIP FROM LEADERS AND
ABOUT THE WORLD.
AND IT MADE HER ONE OF THE
WISEST PEOPLE I CERTAINLY EVER
MET.
I MET HER ON A NUMBER OF
OCCASIONS.
I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF IT.
SHE WAS A REMARKABLY
INTELLIGENT, FEISTY AND STRONG
WOMAN.
SOMEBODY RANG ME, VERY CLOSE TO
THE ROYAL FAMILY, AND RUMORS
HAVE BEEN SWIRLING ALL DAY ABOUT
WHAT MAY BE GOING ON.
WE KNEW IT WAS SERIOUS.
ALL THE ROYAL FAMILY WERE GOING
UP TO VISIT HER.
RUMORS WERE CIRCULATING.
SOMEONE CALLED ME AND SAID,
PIERS, I’M REALLY SORRY BUT THE
QUEEN HAS PASSED.
IT WAS LIKE I WAS HIT IN THE
BACK, HONESTLY.
IT WAS LIKE A JOLT TO ME.
AND I TOLD MY FAMILY IMMEDIATELY
AND THEY WERE ALL COMPLETELY
HORRIFIED AND SHOCKED AND UPSET.
AND IT’S HARD TO DESCRIBE TO
PEOPLE WHO AREN’T BRITISH WHY IT
MEANS SO MUCH TO US.
BUT IT REALLY DOES.
IT’S TOUCHED ALL OF US.
AND I SHED A TEAR OR TWO TODAY
AND I’M SURE I WILL OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS BECAUSE SHE WAS
REALLY THIS COUNTRY’S
GRANDMOTHER.
>> Sean: WHAT POWERFUL STATEMENT
YOU MADE, PIERS.
BY THE WAY, MY DEEPEST
CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND TO ALL
THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Sean: I REMEMBER BOTH YOU AND
ANSWERS THREE AND MARTHA IN THE
PLATINUM JUBILEE COVERAGE.
AINSLEY, I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY
YOU HAD MANY ANECDOTAL STORIES
ABOUT HER LIFE, HER LOVE, HER
PASSIONS.
REMIND PEOPLE SOME OF THAT HAVE.
>> I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER TOO.
AND PIERS, OUR SYMPATHY TO YOU
AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF GREAT
BRITAIN.
WE LOVED HER, TOO.
ALL THE WOMEN OVER HERE IN
AMERICA, WE ALL ARE LITTLE GIRLS
DEEP DOWN INSIDE.
WE FANTASIZE ABOUT BEING
PRINCESSES WHEN WE WERE LITTLE.
AND WE JUST LOVED HER.
WE’RE HOPELESS ROMANTICS AT
HEART.
WE LOVE JUST TO FOLLOW THE ROYAL
FAMILY AND VISIT LONDON.
IT’S SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH
YOU, PIERS.
I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVED HER.
AND SOME OF THE STORIES THAT I
LEARN WHEN I WAS DOING MY
RESEARCH FOR THE PLATINUM
JUBILEE, SHE HAD A SENSE OF
HUMOR.
HER GRANDFATHER, EVERYONE WAS
SCARED OF HIM, KING GEORGE.
SHE WOULD VISIT HIM AND HE HAD A
PET PARROT NAMED SUSIE --
ACTUALLY CHARLOTTE.
THE PET PARROT WAS WALKING BACK
AND FORTH ON THE DINING ROOM
TABLE AND SHE WOULD FEED THE
PARROT SUGAR CUBES AND THE
GRANDFATHER WOULD LET THE PARROT
DO THAT.
SHE HE ALSO HAD A BEARD AND SHE
WOULD LEAD HER BY THE HOUSE BY
THE BEARD AND LEAD HIM AROUND
THE HOUSE LIKE HE WAS A HORSE
AND THEY WOULD PLAY TOGETHER.
SHE LOVED HER DOGS.
SHE HAD 30 OF THEM OF THE COURSE
OF HER REIN.
AND SHE EVEN TOOK ONE ON HER
HONEYMOON.
SHE LOVED HER HUSBAND.
SHE MET HIM AT 13 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS ASSIGNED TO BABYSIT HER
AND SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM AT
13 AND THEN THEY WERE MARRIED.
THEY WERE ENGAGED LATER IN LIFE.
THEY ANNOUNCED THE ENGAGEMENT
WHEN SHE WAS 21 AND THEY WERE
MARRIED.
SHE -- YOU KNOW, HE SAID THE
SECRET OF WEDDING WHEN ASKED IS
TOLERANCE BECAUSE WE KNOW HE --
YOU KNOW, HE HAD HIS MISCHIEVOUS
SIDE. SHE SAID AFTER HE DIED, THAT
SHE SAID AFTER HE DIED, THAT
MISCHIEVOUS INQUIRINGTWINKLE.
HER FATHER WHEN HE DIED SHE
BECAME QUEEN.
SHE SAID IT WAS THE HARDEST
CONVERSATION I EVER HAD WITH
HER.
HER LADY IN WAITING WAS WATCHING
THEM PACE BACK AND FORTH.
WHEN THE QUEEN SAME INSIDE, SHE
HUGGED HER AND SHE REALIZED I’M
HUGGING THE QUEEN AND SHE KNELT
DOWN AND CURTSY.
WHEN HER FATHER DIED, SEAN, SHE
SAID WE ARE ALL JUST VISITORS
THIS TIME, THIS PLACE.
WE ARE JUST PASSING THROUGH.
OUR PURPOSE HERE IS TO LEARN, TO
GROW, TO LOVE AND THEN WE RETURN
HOME.
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>> Sean: LAST QUESTION, PIERS.
HOW WILL GREAT BRITAIN RESPOND
TO KING CHARLES?
>> YOU KNOW, IT’S A BIG
CHALLENGE BECAUSE THERE’S NO ONE
LIKE THE QUEEN.
AND SHE’S IRREPLACEABLE, REALLY.
WE’VE NEVER KNOWN ANY DIFFERENT.
THE ONLY GOOD THING HE HAS --
WELL, HE GOT MANY GOOD
QUALITIES.
BUT THE GOOD THING IS HE’S BEEN
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT.
IT’S BEEN THE LONGEST
APPRENTICESHIP EVER.
OF COURSE, HE WAS LEARNING AT
THE SEAT OF THE GREATEST MONARCH
THAT’S EVER BEEN.
SO I ACTUALLY THINK CHARLES WILL
BE A VERY GOOD KING.
HE’LL FACE A LOT OF CHALLENGES,
HOW TO KEEP THE MONARCH KEEP IT
GOING.
I REMEMBER BEING IN THE SUMMER
WITH YOU, AINSLEY, MARTHA.
WHEN THE QUEEN WALKED OUT, WHAT
I’M GRATEFUL FOR IS THAT WE HAVE
THAT MOMENT AS A COUNTRY AND THE
WORLD TO SHOW HER WHAT SHE MEANT
TO US.
THERE WAS SUCH EUPHORIA THAT
DAY.
AND I THINK WE ALL FELT THIS
EXCITEMENT.
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLY THRILLING TO
BE ABLE TO SAY TO HER THANK YOU
FOR THIS INCREDIBLE REIN.
AND THE OTHER SOLACE WE HAVE IS
NOW SHE’S REUNITED WITH PRINCE
PHILLIP.
ONE OF THE SADDEST DAYS IN THE
HISTORY RT COUNTRY.
I WISH CHARLES THE BEST.
I THANK ALL MY AMERICAN FRIENDS.
I GOT TO SAY, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
HAVE CONTACTED ME JUST TO CHECK
IF I’M OKAY.
IT’S REALLY TOUCHING.
SHE MOVED THE ENTIRE WORLD.
I KNOW AMERICANS LOVED HER AND
SHARE OUR LOSS.
WE ARE A NATION IN DEEP MOURNING
TONIGHT.
>> Sean: JUST PASSING THROUGH,
ALL OF US JUST PASSING THROUGH.
PIERS MORGAN, OUR DEEPEST