![]() Last week, All Things Considered and Consider This host Audie Cornish decamped to be a host for CNN's new streaming service. In December, Noel King departed Morning Edition and Up First for Vox. In November, Weekend Edition Sunday host Lulu Garcia-Navarro left to host a podcast for The New York Times opinion section. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.In the wake of a trio of departures, news stories and private messages shared among NPR staffers reflected the concern that Black and Latina stars are leaving the network in droves. REEVES: For many Scots who will today line up to pay their last respects beside the coffin of their queen, these arguments are for another time, yet they're unlikely to go away. REEVES: Scotland's ruling party, though seeking independence, actually favors keeping the monarchy, says Finlayson.įINLAYSON: And if independence comes, many people will want to keep the monarchy, and I would have no objection to that if that's what people vote for. REEVES: Marie Finlayson says she's here with her husband to show that not all Scots favor a monarchy.įINLAYSON: And certainly we should be having a dialogue on a choice about a monarchy, whereas it's been thrust upon us again. But all of our friends are apathetic about the monarchy. ![]() We're not here today to shout and protest in that sense. REEVES: Britons may seem united in their grief right now, yet there are some who see things differently. REEVES: For the first time, there's dissent from a handful of protesters. REEVES: They've come for this ceremony, the formal declaration that her son Charles is king. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: The crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is solely and rightfully come to the Prince Charles Philip Arthur George. Giles' Cathedral, where today her coffin will lie at rest. REEVES: Hours before the queen's cortege arrives, a crowd gathered on the Royal Mile outside St. And I think this whole thing has been planned. He's a volunteer tourist guide and, he says, a proud Scot.ĪITKEN: I'm not a separatist, and I think it's appropriate that she comes here. I find that I have an affinity with the queen. But I think you can see here today how important it is the United Kingdom stays as one. We do know, over recent years, there has been that divided opinion. WEIR: I think it definitely represents the desire of the people to keep the union together. Weir believes the number of people who've come to honor the queen sends a message. #Hourly news npr full#That government's ruled by a party seeking full independence from the United Kingdom. But it's also home to the key institutions of Scotland's government. There are bars, cafes and tourist shops selling kilts, whiskey and wool. ![]() REEVES: We're on the Royal Mile in the ancient heart of Edinburgh. So I think it's lovely for us to be here and witness this event in Scotland, in the capital. But we all know how much Scotland meant to the queen and to the whole royal family. ![]() WEIR: It means everything because mostly with the monarchy, it's very much linked in to London and in to England. The fact that Edinburgh's the first stop in the queen's final journey through Britain matters a lot, she says. REEVES: Elaine Weir is here with her two young daughters. Then, as her hearse passes by, this.ĮLAINE WEIR: You can see, with the outpouring of affection and grief, how much she meant to everybody. The thousands lining the streets fall silent as her cortege approaches. PHILIP REEVES, BYLINE: The Queen arrives in Edinburgh. Today it will be on public view before being flown to London tomorrow. Her coffin was conveyed yesterday from her castle in the Scottish Highlands to Edinburgh. Britain continues to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth. ![]()
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