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>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY
AND AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE
HEARING THIS NEWS AND WILL BE
FRANKLY DEVASTATED.
THE QUEEN AT 96, 70 YEARS AS
QUEEN, 70 YEARS OF SERVICE, AN
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE, LESTER,
WHICH IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
SIMPLY TO PUT INTO WORDS.
THAT IS THE PUBLIC SIDE.
THEN THERE IS THE PRIVATE SIDE.
THERE IS THE QUEEN'S CHILDREN
AND GRANDCHILDREN.
THROUGH THE DAY, WE HAVE BEEN
WATCHING HER CHILDREN RACE TO BE WITH HER, A VERY MOVING
WITH HER, A VERY MOVING PHOTOGRAPH.
PRINCE CHARLES, PRINCESS ANNE,
CAMILLA ALREADY WITH HER TODAY
AS THEY WORKED SO HARD TO BE
WITH HER TOO.
PRINCE HARRY WAS ON HIS WAY TO
BE WITH HER, MEGHAN STAYING
BEHIND, KATE STAYING BEHIND.
WE JUST SAW WILLIAM AND KATE
INTRODUCE THEIR CHILDREN TO A
NEW SCHOOL THIS WEEK, SO KATE WE
UNDERSTAND STAYED BEHIND TO BE
WITH HER CHILDREN.
SO, THIS IS A MOMENT OF PRIVATE
GRIEF FOR A VERY PUBLIC FAMILY
AND PUBLICLY A MOMENT WHERE
PEOPLE WILL BE TAKING A PAUSE TO
NOTICE WHERE THEY ARE WHEN THE
ANNOUNCEMENT CAME THAT QUEEN
ELIZABETH IS DEAD.
THE END OF THE MODERN E
ELIZABETHAN ERA.
>> WE KNOW THERE HAD BEEN
METICULOUS PLANNING LEADING UP
TO THIS VOSHLEVENTUAL MOMENT IN
OF HOW THE COUNTRY WILL HON MOR
THE QUEEN, THE FUNERAL.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT THE
PROCESS IN THE WEEKS TO COME?
>> IT HAS BEEN PLANNED TO THE
MINUTE.
IT SOUNDS KIND OF MORBID TO SAY,
BUT THAT IS THE REALITY, BECAUSE
AS I MENTIONED THERE IS THE
PRIVATE SIDE AND THEN OF COURSE
THERE IS THE PUBLIC SIDE.
SHE IS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, THE
GREEN OF GREAT BRITAIN.
SHE IS A FIGURE THAT IS THE HEAD
OF THE CONSTITUTION HERE.
SO THE ROLE SHE HAD HAS TO
CONTINUE.
IT IMMEDIATELY SWITCHES TO
PRINCE CHARLES, IMMEDIATELY HE
BEARS A RESPONSIBILITY.
AND JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT HE
MUST BE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW,
MOURNING THE DEATH OF HIS
MOTHER, AND NOTHING PREPARES YOU
FOR THAT, DOES IT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, THIS HUGE
WEIGHT OF RESPONSIBILITY ON HIS
SHOULDERS NOW.
THERE WILL BE DAYS OF MOURNING.
THERE WILL BE FUNERALS.
THERE WILL BE A STATE FUNERAL.
AND I SUSPECT THAT WE WILL SEE
PEOPLE COMING OUT IN THE STREETS
TO PAY THEIR OWN RESPECTS IN
THEIR OWN WAYS, BECAUSE, LESTER,
THE QUEEN HAS BEEN SO MUCH MORE
THAN JUST A MONARCH, HASN'T SHE.
SHE HAS BEEN FOR SO MANY PEOPLE
ALWAYS THERE, A ROCK OF
STABILITY, AND FOR SO MANY THIS
WILL FEEL LIKE THE END OF A
CHAPTER OF HISTORY, MAYBE THE
END OF A BOOK OF HISTORY.
>> YEAH.
AS WE NOTED, SHE DIED IN
BALMORAL.
YOU'RE THERE AT THE PALACE.
WHEN WE FIRST HEARD WORD THAT
DOCTORS WERE CONCERNED, WE
UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE STARTED
TO COME TO WHERE YOU ARE.
HOW DID THE NEWS FILTER OUT OVER
THE LAST FEW MINUTES?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
WE JUST GOT THE NEWS, LESTER, SO
I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
THERE IS A CROWD OUTSIDE
BUCKINGHAM PALACE WHICH IS NOT
USUAL FOR THIS TIME.
IT'S NOW JUST 37 MINUTES PAST
6:00 IN THE EVENING HERE.
YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY SEE SO
MANY PEOPLE.
BUT FOR THE QUEEN, THE LAST TIME
WE SAW THE QUEEN AND NOW THIS
WILL BE THE LAST TIME SHE WAS
SEEN IN PUBLIC, WAS OF COURSE
THAT PHOTOGRAPH OF HER WITH THE
NEW PRIME MINISTER, LIZ TRUSS,
APPOINTING HER, AND THAT IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY FINAL PHOTOGRAPH,
ISN'T IT, SUMMING UP HER
EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN, THAT THIS
WOMAN JUST DAY ACE WAYS AWAY FRO
MANAGED TO HOLD HERSELF UP WITH
HER WALKING STICK AND CARRY OUT
HER CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES TO
APPOINT A NEW PRIME MINISTER OF
THE UK.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LIFE.
AND WHAT AN ABSOLUTE COMMITMENT
TO DUTY AND SERVICE.