BRING IT TO YOU LIVE.
>> BUT RIGHT NOW WE TURN TO
ANOTHER BIG STORY THAT’S
HAPPENING TODAY AND THAT’S THE
WORLD PAYING TRIBUTE TO
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
HER COFFIN LEFT BALMORAL CASTLE
IN SCOTLAND, EMBARKING ON A
PROFESSION 100 MILES TO
EDINBURGH AHEAD OF THE STATE
FUNERAL.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF "THE STORY"
MARTHA MacCALLUM JOINS US
FROM LONDON.
SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN.
WE’RE SEEING THE COFFIN MAKE ITS
WAY THROUGH ALL THESE VILLAGES
BIG AND SMALL.
TELL US WHAT YOU’RE SEEING
THERE, WHAT YOU’RE GATHERING
FROM THIS AMAZING JOURNEY OF HER
COFFIN AND THEN I WANT TO TALK
TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
QUEEN HERSELF.
>> GREAT TO BE BACK WITH YOU ALL
THIS MORNING.
OF COURSE SEPTEMBER 11th IS
A HEAVY DAY IN THE HEARTS OF ALL
AMERICANS AND A DAY THAT WE WILL
ALWAYS REMEMBER, SO WE’RE
COVERING TWO ACROSS THE POND
VERY SOMBER DAYS FOR THE
REMEMBRANCE OF 9/11, THE
21st YEAR, AND HERE IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM, IT IS THE
MORNING THAT THE REAL FUNERAL
PROCESSION IN MANY WAYS BEGINS
AND THIS MORNING WE SAW FOR THE
FIRST TIME THE GLASS-SIDED
COFFIN BEARING THE BODY OF
QUEEN ELIZABETH II AS IT SAID A
FINAL GOOD-BYE TO BALMORAL
CASTLE, ONE OF HER FAVORITE
PLACES, IF NOT HER VERY FAVORITE
SPOT WHERE SHE HAD CHERISHED
MEMORIES OF GROWING UP WITH HER
MOTHER AND FATHER AND SPENDING
ALL OF HER SUMMERS IN THE
SCOTTISH HIGH LANDS.
WE KNOW THAT SIX PALLBEARERS
CARRIED HER COFFIN AND THEY ARE
GAME KEEPERS WHO HAD BEEN
INDIVIDUALLY CHOSEN BECAUSE OF
THEIR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE QUEEN.
THREE OF THOSE COFFIN-BEARERS,
HAD BORNE THE COFFIN OF THE
QUEEN MOTHER AS WELL.
SO JUST A VERY LONG HISTORY
BETWEEN THESE MEMBERS OF THE
STAFF AT BALMORAL.
NO DOUBT THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE
IN THE HOUSE WHEN THE COFFIN
LEFT THAT ESTATE FOR THE FINAL
TIME.
AND NOW ITS WINDING ITS WAY
THROUGH A SIX HOUR, 175-MILE
JOURNEY THROUGH ABERDEENSHIRE,
THROUGH DUNDEE, ALL ALONG THE
RIVER AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY
MAKE ITS WAY TO EDINBURGH WHERE
THE, WHERE IT WILL LIE IN REST
AT ST. GILES, FIRST, HOLYROOD
PALACE IN EDINBURGH AND CARRIED
TO ST. GILES TO A SERVICE THAT
WILL TAKE PLACE, SO THE PEOPLE
OF SCOTLAND CAN BE THE FIRST,
FITTINGLY SO IN MANY WAYS TO
BEGIN THE PROCESS OF MOURNING
FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II, RACHEL.
>> I MEAN THE IMAGES ARE
REMARKABLE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LINED UP
JUST TO SEE THE CAR AND THE
COFFIN PASS BY.
IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT HER.
BEEN TAKING IT ALL IN, MARTHA,
JUST REALLY BELIEVE, IT IS ABOUT
THE CROWN BUT MAYBE LESS ABOUT
THE CROWN AND SO MUCH MORE ABOUT
WHO SHE WAS, HER CHARACTER
SPECIFICALLY.
IT IS JUST SO TOUCHING TO SEE
THIS KIND OF OUTPOURING OF HER
PEOPLE.
MARTHA: IT REALLY IS.
I THINK IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
THESE AERIAL SHOTS WE’RE GETTING
THIS MORNING ARE SPECTACULAR.
THE SUN IS SHINING ALL THROUGH
THE SCOTTISH HIGH LANDS AS THE
HEARST WEAVES ITS WAY THROUGH
THE LOVELY TOWNS.
THIS IS A POLICE TO GET AWAY, GO
IN THE TOWN, SHOP WITH MEMBERS
OF HER FAMILY, IN THE HILLS,
COMPLETELY ON HER OWN, GET OUT
IN THE COUNTRY SIDE.
SHE WAS A COUNTRY GIRL AT HEART.
SHE LOVED HORSES, DOGS AND THE
MOUNTAINS.
SHE HAD A DINNER ON MONDAY I
BELIEVE, WITH PRINCESS
MARGARET’S DAUGHTER AND OTHERS
TALKING ABOUT THE STAG SEASON
AND HUNTING SEASON IN THE
HIGHLANDS, ALL THE THINGS SHE
LOVES.
THIS IS FITTING WAY FOR HER TO
BEGIN THIS JOURNEY.
WILL: MARTHA, SORRY TO CUT YOU
OFF, MARTHA, THERE, WE’RE
WATCHING UNFURLING OF THE
AMERICAN FLAG AT THE PENT GONE
GONE -- PENTAGON THE ON THE
21st ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11.
RACHEL: THERE IT IS.
WILL: MARTHA, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR TAKING US THROUGH WHAT IS
HAPPENING OVER THERE IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM.
WE’LL CHECK WITH YOU THROUGHOUT
THE MORNING AS WELL.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT JUST NOT WHAT
HAPPENED HERE IN NEW YORK CITY
BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., AS WE SEE THE