Transcript for Royal family says final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II
NEGOTIATES THIS ONE, MARTHA,
THANK YOU.
GEORGE.
>>> NOW TO THE FINAL FAREWELL TO
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
JOINED THOUSANDS AT WESTMINSTER
ABBEY FOR THE FUNERAL AND THE
ROYAL FAMILY IS PAYING ONE MORE
TRIBUTE.
JAMES LONGMAN TRACKING IT ALL
FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
GOOD MORNING, JAMES.
>> Reporter: YEAH, GOOD MORNING,
GEORGE.
FLAGS ON GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
WERE RETURNED TO FULL STAFF
TODAY AS THE COUNTRY ENDS ITS
PERIOD OF NATIONAL MOURNING.
YESTERDAY'S FUNERAL WAS AN
EMOTIONAL GOOD-BYE TO QUEEN
ELIZABETH II.
AN EMOTIONAL FINAL FAREWELL TO
QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND HER 70
YEARS OF SERVICE.
♪
LAST NIGHT AWAY FROM THE CAMERAS
THERE WAS A PRIVATE BURIAL AS
ELIZABETH WAS REUNITED WITH HER
BELOVED HUSBAND PRINCE PHILIP
LAID TO REST BEHIND HIM WHERE
HER SISTER AND PARENTS ALSO LIE.
THE SERVICE FOLLOWING A DAY OF
SOLEMN TRIBUTE.
PUBLIC MILITARY RITUAL THAT AT
ITS HEART A FAMILY MOURNING
THEIR MATRIARCH, KING CHARLES
III AND PRINCESS ANNE BY HER
SIDE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,
PRINCES WILLIAM AND HARRY AND
THE QUEEN'S GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
GEORGE AND CHARLOTTE THERE TOO.
NEARLY 2,000 PEOPLE INCLUDING
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE FIRST
LADY PACKED INTO WESTMINSTER
ABBEY FOR THE FUNERAL SERVICE.
ON TOP OF HER COFFIN A
HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM HER SON
THE NEW KING READING IN LOVE AND
DEVOTED MEMORY.
AFTER THE CHURCH SERVICE,
SAILORS FROM THE ROYAL NAVY
ESCORTED THEIR COMMANDER IN
CHIEF BY BUCKINGHAM PALACE WHERE
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD
STAFF WAITED OUTSIDE TO SAY
GOOD-BYE.
THEN TO WINDSOR WHERE THOUSANDS
OF WELL-WISHERS AND THE QUEEN'S
TWO CORGIS PATIENTLY AWAITED HER
ARRIVAL WAITING ALSO THE QUEEN'S
PONY EMMA STANDING AS THE
QUEEN'S COFFIN PASSED AND ON HER
SADDLE ONE OF HER LATE MAJESTY'S
FAMOUS SCARVES.
AT ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, THE
SCEPTER, ORB AND IMPERIAL STATE
CROWN REMOVED FROM HER COFFIN
BEFORE IT WAS LOWERED INTO THE
ROYAL VAULT.
♪
THE QUEEN'S PIPER PLAYING HIS
FINAL SONG.
THEN "GOD SAVE THE KING" RINGING
OUT AS AN EMOTIONAL KING CHARLES
WATCHED HIS MOTHER RETURN TO HIS
FATHER.
♪ GOD SAVE THE KING ♪
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT THE ROYAL
FAMILY PAID ONE MORE TRIBUTE
SHARING THIS PHOTO OF THE QUEEN,
QUOTING HAMLET WRITING, MAY
FLIGHTS OF ANGELS SING THEE TO
THY REST.
THE ROYAL FAMILY DOES CONTINUE
TO OBSERVE ANOTHER WEEK OF ITS
OWN MOURNING.
WE WON'T SEE ANY SENIOR MEMBERS
OF THE FAMILY DURING THAT TIME.
BRITAIN AND THE WORLD NOW JUST
GOING TO HAVE TO GET USED TO
LIFE WITHOUT QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
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