8:30am-9:30am: passing of Queen Elizabeth II

8:30am-9:00am: Mark Hampton, Associate Professor, Lingnan University’s Department of History

8:30am-9:00am: Alexandra Tracy, vice-chairman, Royal Commonwealth Society 

9:00am-9:30am: Nicholas Tam, International Spokesman and a Life Member of the Australian Monarchist League

9:00am-9:30am: Cindy McCreery, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney’s Department of History


On Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Queen’s coffin is due to be flown to London later today for four days of lying-instate before the state funeral next Monday.
The Queen was Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades. She died at her home at Balmoral in Scotland died last Thursday, at the age of 96.
Her eldest son Charles officially became king of the United Kingdom and the head of state of 14 other countries including Australia, Canada and New Zealand, as Prince William and his wife Catherine were named the Prince and Princess of Wales.