00:00 The Prince and Princess of Wales will lead the tributes to Queen Elizabeth II on the
00:04 anniversary of her death next month, according to reports.
00:14 William and Kate will deliver a message to the British people about honouring the legacy
00:18 of the late monarch and cast their gaze forward to the future, a source told the Mirror.
00:29 The final details for the address are still being worked out, with decisions set to be
00:33 made on whether it will made in person, on television or via social media, it is understood.
00:44 A royal source said, "Her Majesty's passing was an event that truly signified the end
00:49 of an era."
00:57 The royal family has been in transition since then and following the coronation and conclusion
01:01 of the summer holidays, there will be an expectation to see what is next.
01:12 King Charles is reportedly set to take a step back for the commemoration and will be spending
01:16 his time quietly and privately at Balmoral in Scotland, where the Queen passed away on
01:21 September 8 last year at the age of 96.
01:31 Charles began his summer break at Balmoral earlier this month, having overseen the period
01:35 of national mourning after Her Majesty's death and his coronation, as well as his first Christmas
01:40 Day message to the nation in the last year.
01:50 His decision to mark the occasion in private mirrors how his mother spent the first anniversary
01:54 of her own father's death.
02:03 She stayed at Sandringham from Christmas until after February 6, the anniversary of King
02:08 George VI's passing.
02:16 It comes ahead of what is expected to be a busy few months for His Majesty as his long-awaited
02:20 trip to France, which was postponed at the last minute amid riots in the country, is
02:25 set to go ahead.
02:33 The King and Queen could also visit Kenya in the autumn as the royal family tries to
02:37 make sure ties with the Commonwealth remain strong amid rising calls and some member nations
02:42 to ditch the monarchy.
02:50 Sources claim there are no plans for a large-scale public event or family get-together to mark
02:54 the occasion, although members of the royal family are set to go to Balmoral this year
02:59 for their summer holidays in the usual way.
03:08 This includes the Prince and Princess of Wales, along with George, Charlotte and Louis, the
03:13 Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and their teenage children, Louise and James, and Princess Anne
03:18 and her husband Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Lawrence, along with her son Peter Phillips and daughter
03:23 Zara Tyndall, both with their broods.
03:32 The beleaguered Duke of York will also be spending time up there with his daughters,
03:36 Princess Beatrice and Eugenie, and their young families.
03:46 The King could also have an audience with the Prime Minister, with reports Rishi Sunak
03:50 and his family are set to stay at the estate.
04:00 But there are practical difficulties to admitting the public to Balmoral, which is a fairly
04:04 fragile building despite its solid appearance, with little in the way of public conveniences
04:09 and it needs updating.
04:17 As one source previously said, "You can't just throw open the doors and say, 'Come in
04:21 chaps'".
04:29 Quite a lot of things have stayed the way they are because Her Late Majesty was in the last
04:33 years of her life and it was entirely right that she had peace, quiet, comfort and familiarity.
04:45 Between that and Covid, a lot of building projects have been put off.
04:49 Ways are being looked at of increasing 'public' access but those are still being sketched
04:54 out.
05:01 People like the fact that the castle is an authentic royal residence that the family
05:05 still use.
05:13 Despite decades of planning for the late Queen's death, sources say it actually happened so
05:17 quickly that courtiers and royals were, inevitably, caught on the hop.
05:29 It really did, they insist.
05:31 Only a day or two earlier, after all, we had that extraordinary and moving final photograph
05:36 of Queen Elizabeth greeting then Prime Minister Liz Truss in her private apartments.
05:48 The result was that the monarchy had to build the plane while flying it, to borrow a palace
05:52 colloquialism, ripping up existing diaries, long-planned foreign visits and domestic commitments,
05:58 as well as merging two large, well-established households
06:01 to form a new royal family.
06:02 The Queen's family, however, was not the only one to be affected.
06:03 The Queen's family was also affected by the death of her husband, Prince William,
06:04 who was a member of the royal family.
06:05 The Queen's family was also affected by the death of her husband, Prince William, who
06:06 was a member of the royal family.
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