HOUSE, CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE A LITTLE FLAVOR FROM. >> FROM DOWNTOWN LONDON. HIM
PEOPLE CONTINUE MAKING THEIR
WAY THROUGH TRYING TO GET TO A
SPOT MAYBE THEY CAN JUST WATCH
IT ON SOME OF THE BIG SCREENS
UP IN HYDE PARK. THE NATION IN
MOURNING. BUT IT’S WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF EXCITEMENT AS
THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS COMING
CLOSE TO EVERYBODY HERE IN
WESTMINSTER. BACK TO GUYS IN
JACKSONVILLE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH THAT CANDIDATE AND MARY,
IN AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE
THERE, YOU KNOW, TO SEE THE
PEOPLE, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU
KNOW, IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF
RELIEF RIGHT NOW. AND THE
PLANNING FOR THE FUNERAL WE
KNOW HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR
DECADES WITH THE QUEEN
HERSELF. HAVING PLAYED AN
ACTIVE ROLE IN DECIDING THE
ARRANGEMENT. SO JOINING ME NOW
AND IF YOU’VE BEEN WATCHING
FOR THE PAST HOUR, THE NICK
ALLARD HAS BEEN WITH US, THE
FOUNDING DEAN OF JACKSONVILLE
UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF LAW.
ALSO A GRADUATED FROM
PRINCETON, OXFORD AND YALE LAW
SCHOOL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR STICKING WITH US. YOU
GIVING US SOME GREAT THINGS TO
THINK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, YOU’VE
BEEN IN THE QUEEN’S PRESENCE
AND AS WE WATCH THE CEREMONY,
YOU SAID IT WAS SIMPLE. IT WAS
PRECISE. DESPITE ALL THE POMP
AND CIRCUMSTANCES OR THE
THINGS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT
TOYOU.
>> WELL, THE SERIOUSNESS AND
THE SIMPLICITY AND THE
ELEGANCE OF THE SERVICE. VERY
IMPORTANT SIGNALING A
TRANSITION. SO THIS HAS BEEN A
LONG MORNING PROCESS AND
PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT
SOMETIMES HELP YOU GET READY
FOR THE WHAT LIES AHEAD. AND
SO WE’RE JUST ABOUT NOT QUITE,
BUT JUST ABOUT READY TO MOVE
AND BRITAIN HAS A LOT TO LOOK
FOR BEFORE TO DO. BY THE WAY,
THAT PUB IS RIGHT NEXT TO WHAT
USED TO BE SCOTLAND YARD.
OKAY. NOW IT’S THE
METROPOLITAN POLICE. OKAY. SO
THEY HAD A PAYMENT TO FIXATE
ON IT. RIGHT? AND THEY HAD A
GREAT, GREAT LOCATION TO BE
IN. THIS MORNING’S ACTUALLY
FEEL THAT ENERGY.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: YOU KNOW,
LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
MOMENTS IN THE FUNERAL THAT
WERE DEEPLY PERSONAL. SHE
CLEARLY HAD A HAND IN PLANNING
THIS MANY YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW,
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A HYMN
THAT WAS SOME AT HER WEDDING
TO PRINCE PHILIP AND HE DIED
LAST YEAR. WE KNOW AFTER THEIR
MARRIAGE OF 70 YEARS. SO THERE
WERE DEFINITELY MOMENTS THAT
WERE PICKED BY HER. THERE IS
MUSIC THAT WAS COMPOSED
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CEREMONY.
>> SHE PICKED EVERY WORD.
CROSSED EVERY T DOT. EVERY I
AND THE SYMBOLISM OF THAT
SERVICE IS NOTEWORTHY. NOT
ONLY THE FACT THAT IT WAS
HEAVILY REPRESENTED BY WOMEN,
WOMEN, CLERICS AND OTHER WOMEN
LEADERS THE PRIME MINISTER,
LIZ TRUST, BUT ALSO THE
POSITIONS THAT THEY FOR
EXAMPLE, THE OPENING SPEAKER
WAS A WOMAN OF COLOR WHO IS
THE HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
SHE’S THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF
THE COMMONWEALTH. AND THAT WAS
VERY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THIS
GREAT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF THE COMMONWEALTH
AFTER HER.
>> AND LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE GOING FROM AN EMPIRE
TO A COMMONWEALTH AND NOW WHO
KNOWS WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN
NOW THAT WE’VE SEEN SOME
COUNTRIES ACTUALLY PULL OUT.
SO WHERE DOES THIS TAKE US
NOW? THIS IS PART OF THE SWEEP
OF HISTORY.
>> AND SO THE BRITISH EMPIRE
WAS WANING ALREADY WHEN QUEEN
VICTORIA DIED IN 19. 0, 1, THE
BRITISH MAY HATE TO HEAR THAT,
BUT THAT’S THE CASE. AND THEN
IT BROKE UP AND THE POST-WORLD
WAR 2, THAT WAS THE
COMMONWEALTH WAS FORMED. THE
COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES. BUT
NOW SHE REALLY WAS THE GLUE
FOR THAT. HOLDING THAT
TOGETHER. A COMMONWEALTH
COUNTRIES ARE INDEPENDENT
NATIONS. BUT THERE THE PICTURE
OF THEIR LEADER. IS THE NOW,
RECENTLY WE’VE SEEN SOME
COUNTRIES FALLING OUT.
BARBADOS IS ONE, FOR THAT
RECENTLY DID IN JAMAICA AS
INDICATED IT WANTS TO GO HIS
OWN WAY. AND SO THERE’S AN
OPEN QUESTION OF HOW MUCH OF
THE COMMONWEALTH HOLDS
TOGETHER IN HER ABSENCE
BECAUSE I MEAN, IT DEFINITELY
HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR WHEN IT
COMES TO THE QUEEN THAT SHE
WAS A UNITE OR
>> SHE BROUGHT PEOPLE
TOGETHER. SHE MADE HERSELF
AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE. THAT WAS
IMPORTANCE WILL BE INTERESTING
TO SEE WHERE THE DIRECTION
POINTS NEXT. YOU KNOW, THAT
WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
CLEAR AND MANY OF THE
SPEECHES, THE SACRIFICE THAT
SHE MADE AT 25 YEARS OLD,
HAVING NO IDEA WHAT HER LIFE
WOULD HOLD. AND AS THE
LONGEST-SERVING MODERN
MONARCH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT
IS VERY NOTABLE THAT HER LIFE
WAS SACRIFICE.
>> WELL, I HOPE THIS ISN’T ANY
LACK OF RESPECT, BUT SHE
REALLY WAS SORT OF IN AMERICA
TO COMPARE WITH AMERICANS. LOU
GEHRIG OF MODERATES, SHIA
OUTLASTED A QUEEN, VICTORIA
SURFER, 63 YEARS AS THE BAR.
SHE IS PROBABLY THE LONGEST
SERVING MONARCH IN HISTORY.
NOT JUST A BIG ONE. SO IT’S
QUITE QUITE REMARKABLE. AND
SHE THROUGH THAT TIME. THE
BRITISH PEOPLE SAW TREMENDOUS
STRUGGLES, UPS AND DOWNS AND
SHE HELPED CONSTANT THROUGHOUT
AND HER EXAMPLE OF SERVICE AND
JUST SIMPLY EXISTING AND
SURVIVING CAN REMIND NOT ONLY
THE BRITISH PEOPLE, BUT PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE THE UNITED STATES
AROUND THE WORLD THAT WE CAN
INDOOR AND SURVIVE IT WHEN WE
COME TOGETHER, WHEN WE FOCUS
ON WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON,
MORE THAN WHAT SEPARATES US,
THERE’S NOTHING WE CAN’T
ACCOMPLISH. AND SO THE BRITISH
PEOPLE AND IN AMERICAN AROUND
THE WORLD, HAVE ENORMOUS
CHALLENGES. IT’S A FITTING
LEGACY. IF OBSERVING AND
CELEBRATING HER LIFE. IT
REMINDS US OF WHAT ALL
HUMANITY CAN ACCOMPLISH
TOGETHER. I LOVE. I LOVE THAT
YOU WILL. AND WITH THAT, YOU
KNOW, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT
THE LEADERS WHO CAME FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD, 500 LEADERS.
>> YOU KNOW, SOME THAT DIDN’T
HAVE TO BE HERE. AND IF YOU
LOOK AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND
THEIR COUNTRIES, MAYBE IT
DIDN’T MAKE SENSE. IN A LOOK
AT UKRAINE’S FIRST LADY WHO
MADE SURE THAT SHE WAS THERE
DESPITE EVERYTHING GOING ON IN
UKRAINE. SO I THINK HOPEFULLY
THAT UNITING WILL CARRY OVER
JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER SINCE
WE’VE LOST THE KING QUEEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING