The new king and his mother have made major efforts to build bridges in this regard. The challenge they face is whether the politics have now moved on beyond what any monarch, let alone a new monarch who may not be as popular as Queen Elizabeth can do. Scotland would be a much bigger deal for the United Kingdom than Northern Ireland. It's a question of historic familial emotional ties between England and Scotland.
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth today will be one of the most extraordinary public spectacles of the last several decades in Britain, accompanied by an outpouring of sadness, reverence and respect.
But the end of the queen’s 70-year reign has also prompted long-delayed conversations about the future of the Commonwealth and of the four nations that make up the United Kingdom.
Guest: Mark Landler, the London bureau chief for The New York Times.
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