GRIEF OF LOSING THEIR MOTHER.
SUCH A HISTORICAL MOMENT.
MORE BETTER TO GIVE US INSIGHT
AND CONTEXT, GREG PALKOT LIVE
OUTSIDE OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
THIS IS QUITE A MOMENT WE ARE
WATCHING.
>> IT IS QUITE A MOMENT INDEED.
WE ARE WATCHING IT JUST LIKE YOU
ARE, AMAZED.
THE MOST AMAZING SHOT WHEN THEY
WERE WALKING DOWN ALONG WALK
THAT LEADS UP TO WINDSOR CASTLE,
IT’S WHAT WE REMEMBER FROM
VARIOUS FUNERALS AND OTHER EVENTS.
WE SELL WILLIAM AND KATE WE SAW
HARRY AND MEGHAN, THE FOUR OF
THEM DRESSED IN BLACK, WALKING
DOWN TOGETHER.
IT IS SAID THAT TRAGEDY CAN
BRING FOLKS TOGETHER AND IT
LOOKS LIKE IT’S DONE THAT TODAY.
AS YOU BEEN RECOUNTING AND AS
WE’VE BEEN WATCHING RIGHT NOW WE
SEE WILLIAM AND KATE TALKING TO
THE CROWDS BEING VERY, VERY
FRIENDLY.
REMEMBER WILLIAM IS THE PRINCE’S
WALES, HE IS THE NEW TITLE AND
HE HAS A NEW ROLE HE IS FIRST IN
LINE TO THE THRONE RIGHT AFTER
HIS FATHER KING CHARLES III, HE
IS A BIG RESPONSIBILITY ON HIS
SHOULDERS.
KATE AS WELL, THEIR THREE KIDS
ARE OUT THERE, THEY MOVED TO GET
AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE
OF KENSINGTON GARDEN PALACE,
WHERE THEY WERE.
I THINK IT’LL REALLY BECAUSE THE
EYEBROWS TO RAISE BEING TOGETHER
WITH HARRY AND MEGHAN.
I AM SURE THEIR GRANDMOTHER
WOULD’VE LIKED TO OF SEEN.
AISHAH: I WOULD THINK SO TOO.
WATCHING THE WALKABOUTS THAT
THEY ARE DOING STARTING WITH
KING CHARLES III WHO ALSO WENT
ABOUT AND SHOOK HANDS OUTSIDE OF
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
YOU HAVE TO THINK THE MEMBERS OF
THE ROYAL FAMILY HAVE TO BE VERY
COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THIS IS A
VULNERABLE MOMENT BECAUSE SOME
OUT THERE WOULD’VE LIKED FOR
THIS MONARCHY TO HAVE ENDED WITH
THE QUEEN.
THEY REALLY HAVE TO PUT ON A
UNITED FRONT TO ENSURE THAT THE
MONARCHY CONTINUES AND THAT THEY
PROVE TO PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
THEY ARE STILL CONNECTING WITH
THE AVERAGE COMMON PERSON IN THE
UK.
>> ABSOLUTELY, PROBABLY THE
PERSON WHO REALLY BROUGHT THE
MONARCHY PULLED CLOSE TO THE
PEOPLE WAS THE MOTHER OF HARRY
AND WILLIAM.
THE LATE PRINCESS DIANA.
SHE BROUGHT THE COMMON TOUCH IN
THE WARMTH AND CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE SOMETIMES STUFFY
ROYAL HOUSEHOLD IN THE PUBLIC.
THAT WAS IN THE 80s AND THE
’90s AND THEY ARE CARRYING IT
ON.
WE SAW OUTSIDE OF BUCKINGHAM
PALACE, YESTERDAY KING CHARLES
III WORKING THE CROWD LIKE AN
AMERICAN POLITICIAN.
HE WAS OUT THERE, I WAS COUNTING
EIGHT OR NINE MINUTES SHAKING
HANDS IN LOOKING AT THE FLORAL
ARRANGEMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE HIS SON WILLIAM
RIGHT NOW IS DOING EXACTLY THE
SAME THING.
GRIFF: GREG, I’M SO STRUCK THAT
THE TWO BROTHERS, THE FEUD
BETWEEN THEM IS A REAL FEUD.
I THINK THE QUESTION NOW AND
CERTAINLY IN THE BRITISH PRESS
I’VE HEARD THEM DESCRIBED AS THE
ROARING BROTHERS.
ARE THEY SIMPLY SETTING ASIDE
THEIR DIFFERENCES AT THIS MOMENT
OR IS THIS PERHAPS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR REAL
RECONCILIATION?
>> I HAVE NO INSIDE INFORMATION
BUT I’VE GOT TO BELIEVE THEY ARE
SETTING ASIDE THEIR FEELINGS AT
THIS MOMENT FOR SURE, CERTAINLY
FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS.
REMEMBER HARRY HAPPEN TO BE IN A
TOWN IN THE UK ALONG WITH MEGHAN
FOR SOME EVENTS PER HE FLOWN TO
GERMANY INVOLVING HIS CHARITY,
HE WAS BACK IN LONDON WHEN HE
GOT THE WORD, WITMER PATACSIL
NEXT TO WINDSOR CASTLE WHERE HE
WAS STAYING.
HE TRIED TO MAKE IT UP TO SEE
THE QUEEN BEFORE SHE PASSED.
BUT HE MISSED THAT.
AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DID
TOO. IT WAS ONLY PRINCE CHARLES AT
IT WAS ONLY PRINCE CHARLES AT
THAT TIME AND PRINCESS ANNE WHO
SAW HER IN HER LAST MOMENTS.
HE WILL REMAIN HERE WITH MEGHAN
AND WILL BE HERE THROUGH WHAT WE
NOW KNOW THE FUNERAL WHICH WILL
BE A WEEK FROM MONDAY.
AISHAH: GREAT, LET’S ADMIT IT,
THESE ARE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY, SURE, BUT THEY ARE ALSO
ROCK STARS.
THEY ARE STARS IN THEIR OWN
RIGHT.
I THINK THIS MOMENT THAT WE ARE
WATCHING IS GOING TO GIVE A LOT
OF FOLKS OUT THERE CERTAINLY
ROYAL REPORTERS A LOT TO TALK
ABOUT BUT ALSO PEOPLE WHO LOVE
THE ROYAL FAMILY THEY ARE
PROBABLY LOVING WATCHING THIS
MOMENT, THE TWO BROTHERS AND
THEIR WIVES SERVING THEIR
COUNTRY TOGETHER, DOING THEIR
DUTY CONNECTING WITH THE BRITISH
PEOPLE IN A REALLY, REALLY AWFUL
MOMENT OF SORROW, DEEP PERSONAL
PAIN IN THEIR FAMILY.
WHEN WE ARE WATCHING THIS, HOW
CRITICAL IS IT FOR THIS FAMILY
TO REALLY BE UNITED IN THIS
MOMENT RIGHT NOW?
>> IT’S VERY IMPORTANT I CAME IN
HERE BY THE TWO, THAT’S WHAT
THEY CALL THE SUBWAY THE
UNDERGROUND.
I WAS SITTING NEXT TO A MOTHER
WITH HER TWO CHILDREN, THEY HAD
A BOUQUET FLOWERS.
ON THE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS ON THE
WRAPPING TWO CARDS ONE WRITTEN
BY A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY AND THE OTHER DRAWN BY THE 6-YEAR-OLD
OTHER DRAWN BY THE 6-YEAR-OLD
GIRL THEY WERE COMING IN TO
BRING THEIR FLOWERS AND PAY
THEIR RESPECTS.
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES FROM FOUR OR
FIVE OR SIX YEARS OLD ALL THE
WAY TO AS OLD AS YOU CAN GO.
THEY ARE OUT HERE AND BUCKINGHAM
PALACE PAYING THEIR RESPECTS AND
OFFERING THEIR WARMTH.
AS WE SEE IT WINDSOR CASTLE,
THEY ARE DOING EXACTLY THE SAME
THING THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE
COUNTRY COMES TOGETHER AND
CERTAINLY THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL
WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN DECLARED A
BANK HOLIDAY HERE, THAT IS A DAY
OFF FOR EVERYBODY.
THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS BUT THAT
IS NINE DAYS AWAY, THERE WILL BE
A LOT OF TIME TO REMEMBER QUEEN
ELIZABETH THE SECOND AND LOOK
AHEAD TO THE NEXT RAIN.
GRIFF: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
GETTING BACK TO HARRY AND
MEGHAN, OBVIOUSLY QUITE NOTABLE
FOR THE WORLD WATCHING THE KINGS
ELOQUENT SPEECH, A SHOUT OUT FOR
HIS LOVE FOR HARRY AND MEGHAN.
THEY OF COURSE DO NOT HAVE
ELEVATED TITLES, DO WE KNOW IF
THEY WILL HAVE ANY ROLE
WHATSOEVER IN TERMS OF DUTIES OR
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT THEM TO DO IN
THE FUTURE?
>> THAT IS NOT BEEN SPECIFIED
FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE AND FOR
THE STATE FUNERAL THEY WILL BE
PRESENT AND PRINCE HARRY STILL
HAS AN ARRAY OF FORMAL FUNCTIONS
EVEN THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A
GREAT SEPARATION FOR DOING IT
HIMSELF AND THE ROYAL FAMILY.
HE WILL BE THERE.
MEGHAN WILL BE PRESENT AS WELL
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS
THAT IT WAS ASKED THAT MEGHAN
DID NOT ACCOMPANY PRINCE HARRY
UP TO SCOTLAND TO RAISE
ATTENTION TO HER ADDED TIME WHEN
THE QUEEN WAS IN HER LAST HOURS
BUT WE DON’T KNOW THAT FOR A
FACT.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT
THEY DO BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER THIS PERIOD GOOD O
MOURNING AND SEE A GREATER
COMING TOGETHER.
WE COVERED THE TWO OF THEM
TOGETHER WHEN THEY WERE HERE
LAST YEAR TO HONOR THEIR MOTHER,
STATUE OUTSIDE OF KENSINGTON
PALACE.
WE ARE HOPING FOR A BIG COMING
TOGETHER THAT TIME.
WE COVERED THEM WHEN THEY WERE
HERE FOR THE FUNERAL OF PRINCE
PHILIP, THE LATE HUSBAND OF THE
LATE QUEEN LAST YEAR.
WE WERE HOPING FOR A COMING
TOGETHER THEN, THAT DIDN’T
HAPPEN BUT MAYBE IT TAKES MOM OR