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Prince Charles had a bumpy ride over the years, and so as he assumed the throne he has quickly sought to project warmth and approachability. Correspondent Mark Phillips talks with royal historian Robert Lacey, and with Paddy Harverson, former communications director for the royal family, about the challenges facing King Charles III.
Great Britain has not buried a monarch since the death of King George VI in 1952. So, royal watchers anticipate Monday's funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will be a blend of grand spectacle and personal grief not seen in generations. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with former BBC anchor Jon Sopel and professor Pauline Maclaren about what to expect from Monday's service at Westminster Abbey, which has been decades in the planning. (Watch the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II live on CBS Monday, September 19 beginning at 5:30 a.m. ET, or online at cbsnews.com, and on the CBS News mobile app. You may also stream live via Paramount+.)
With the tide of war in Ukraine turning against Putin and Russia, worries about a nuclear attack have increased interest in a fixture of the Cold War: underground bunkers. Correspondent Roxana Saberi looks at how builders of fallout shelters are finding a brisk business.
Washington Post book critic Ron Charles offers his picks of new fall titles, including the latest novel from Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, and "Blowback," a political thriller by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois.
In this report originally broadcast on "CBS Sunday Morning" February 20, 2000, New York's Hayden Planetarium reopened with an awe-inspiring design, of a giant sphere within a glass cube. Correspondent Martha Teichner talked with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; American Museum of Natural History president Ellen Futter; and architect James Stewart Polshek, who designed the spectacular Rose Center for Earth and Space. (Polshek died on Sept. 9, 2022, at the age of 92.)
"Sunday Morning" takes us to New Forest National Park, the site of England's first royal hunting ground established in the year 1079. Videographer: Henry Bautista.
The United States' "special relationship" with the United Kingdom has endured in no small measure due to the presence of Elizabeth II, who as Queen met with all but one U.S. president since Eisenhower. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with former President Bill Clinton about his memories of the Queen, including her curiosity, her kindness, and her devotion to duty.
From Corgis to thoroughbreds, Queen Elizabeth II has spent her life accompanied by four-legged friends. Correspondent Martha Teichner looks at the monarch's long history of pets, and how her breeding of winning racehorses made her the Queen of the Sport of Kings.
By her temperament, and her reassuring presence in the lives of her subjects, Queen Elizabeth II was the very model of a modern monarch. CBS News contributor Tina Brown, author of "The Palace Papers," talks with correspondent Mo Rocca about the Queen's mystique, and how Her Majesty evoked history and familiarity in a turbulent world.
From Helen Mirren's Oscar-winning performance in "The Queen," to the long-running television series "The Crown," Queen Elizabeth II has provided a grand but mysterious canvas for actresses portraying the British monarch. Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz looks back at screen portraits of the Queen, and talks with Jane Alexander, who played her in the 2011 TV movie, "William & Catherine: A Royal Romance."
