AND TONIGHT A NEW REAL TEE FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY. A KING IS HEAD OF STATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 70 YEARS. AND TODAY HE SHARED HIS MESSAGE WITH THE WORLD. >> I PAY TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER’S MEMORY. AND I HONOR HER LIFE OF SERVICE. >> NOW A PROMISE TO FOLLOW HIS MOTHER’S LEAD AS A COUNTRY IN MOURNING PAYS TRIBUTE.
WE FEEL AS THOUGH WE’VE LOST OUR MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. >> THE COUNTRY’S LOVE FOR THE QUEEN AS HISTORIC CHANGES ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY. >>> EARLIER TODAY CROWDS SWARMED BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO GREET THE NEW KING. THIS MORNING THOUSANDS GATHERED AT ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL FOR A SERVICE TO COME TOGETHER AND REMEMBER THE QUEEN.
GOOD EVENING. I’M MAURICE DuBOIS. >> AND I’M KRISTINE JOHNSON, REPORTING LIVE FROM WINDSOR CASTLE. IT’S 4:00 A.M. HERE, AND THE CASTLE IS DARK BEHIND ME. WHILE THE QUEEN REMAINS IN SCOTLAND, MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE TO HER PRIMARY RESIDENCE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
IT IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR THE QUEEN HERE. HER HUSBAND, HER PARENTS, AND HER SISTER, PRINCESS MARGARET, ARE ALL BURIED HERE AT ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL, THE VERY SAME PLACE WHERE HER GRANDSON HARRY MARRIED MEGHAN MARKLE. IT IS ALSO A PLACE WHERE WE’RE HEARING FROM A LOT OF SOMBER PEOPLE HERE TODAY, MANY PEOPLE VISITING THE CASTLE TO LEAVE FLOWERS AND OTHER MEMENTOS AT THE GATES.
A GESTURE PLAYING OUT AT ALL OF THE QUEENS’ RESIDENTS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. BUT EARLY THIS EVENING THE NATION PAUSED COLLECTIVE TOLL HEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM THEIR NEW KING. >> I SHALL ENDEAVOR TO SERVE YOU WITH LOYALTY, RESPECT, AND LOVE, AS I HAVE THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. >> WITH A PHOTO OF QUEEN ELIZABETH BY HIS SIDE, KING CHARLES III ADDRESSED THE NATION AND THE WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME AS SO VERN.
AND WHILE PLEDGING HIS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMONWEALTH, HE ALSO REFLECTED ON THE HEARTBREAK OF LOSING HIS BELOVED MOTHER. >> I PAY TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER’S MEMORY, AND I HONOR HER LIFE OF SERVICE. I KNOW THAT HER DEATH BRINGS GREAT SADNESS TO SO MANY OF YOU, AND I SHARE THAT SENSE OF LOSS BEYOND MEASURE WITH YOU ALL.
THE NEW KING LEFT SCOTLAND FRIDAY MORNING, DAY AFTER QUEEN ELIZABETH DIED AT HER ESTATE AT 96 YEARS OLD. HE WAS GREETED WITH CLEARS BY A SEA OF WELL WISHERS WHEN HE ARRIVED AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE WITH HIS WIFE, NOW KNOWN AS QUEEN CONSORT CAMILLA. LATER INSIDE THE PAL LARKS KING CHARLES AND NEW PRIME MINISTER LIZ TRUSS MET FOR THEIR FIRST AUDIENCE.
THERE WERE GUN SALUTES AND BELLS TOLLED AT ABBYS AND CATHEDRALS ACROSS THE LAND. AND THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT OPENED A SPECIAL SESSION WITH A TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN. THE DAY ENDED WITH A SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY AT ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, AND A FINAL MESSAGE FROM A GRIEVING KING. >> AND TO MY DARLING MAMA, AS YOU BEGIN YOUR LAST GREAT JOURNEY TO JOIN MY DEAR LATE PAPA, I WANT SIMPLY TO SAY THIS.
THANK YOU. >> Reporter: IN HIS SPEECH, KING CHARLES ALSO MENTIONED THAT PRINCE WILLIAM AND HIS WIFE KATE WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.
