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thank you very much, the palace
looking magnificent there.
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We want to leave you with moments of
the Queen's rain. It is our dearest
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hope the Queen will be happy
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and that her reign shall be a
glorious one and her devoted
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subjects can help her.
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We return here to Buckingham Palace,
where Joanna just was, telling us
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about people that are coming to pay
their respects and also to welcome
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in the reign of King Charles III.
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She wasn't born to be queen...
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..but she died as one of the most
quietly influential monarchs
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this country has ever known.
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She reigned for almost three
quarters of a century
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as the world changed around her.
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She was a symbol of unity
in good times and bad.
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Successful because she knew
her unique place
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and she understood it.
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The act of being there, of being...
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..you know, a...
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..a continuing...
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..reference point of stability
and endless duties
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is something that I think is...
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..is of the greatest importance.
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It was really about service
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and her definition of service,
and that was a lifetime.
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Literally 24/7,
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365 days of the year.
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It was never something
you could turn off and turn on.
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It was there all the time.
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It is so strange to almost
everyone in this country
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that she is no longer queen.
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It will take a long while
to come to terms with that.
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I declare before you all,
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that my whole life,
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whether it be long or short,
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shall be devoted to your service
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and to the service of
our great imperial family
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to which we all belong.
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As Queen Elizabeth II, she reigned
over more than 135 million people
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and, as head of the Commonwealth,
a third of the planet's population.
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Her Majesty was perhaps one of
the youngest leaders in the world
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at a time of male domination,
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and yet she led,
like Elizabeth I...
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..and she was a fabulous queen.
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The one thing that people wanted
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was just to get as close
as they possibly could
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to the lustre of her presence
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and somehow to share in it a bit.
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I believe this nation would
not be as united as it is
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had it not been for her
and her example.
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Today, we need
a special kind of courage.
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Not the kind needed in battle,
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but a kind which makes us stand up
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for everything
that we know is right,
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everything that is true and honest.
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The kind of courage
that can withstand
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the subtle corruption
of the cynics...
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..so that we can show the world
that we're not afraid of the future.
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She was crowned Queen Elizabeth II
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on June the 2nd 1953,
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after the early death of her father,
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when suddenly the pomp, ritual
and tradition of centuries
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reached out to claim her.
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Head of the United Kingdom
and Commonwealth
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since the young age of 25...
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..she was the most famous
woman in the world.
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But above mere celebrity,
outside politics,
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a constant background figure
in every British life.
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When she was born, in April 1926,
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nobody expected that.
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She was royal, but not
regarded as a future queen.
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Here she is, Princess Elizabeth,
merely third in line to the throne.
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Those who knew her spoke of a child
whose focus rarely wavered,
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and, by the age of five,
at a photographic session,
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already the object
of obsessive public gaze.
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She never went to school
or had ordinary friends,
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relying instead on the companionship
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of her younger sister,
Princess Margaret.
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She was brought up with
the greatest care and affection,
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but also, as Queen Mary
is reported to have said,
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she was brought up sensibly.
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She joined the Girl Guides
and the Sea Rangers -
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a serious minded girl,
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a king's daughter
from the age of ten,
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striding into a strongly
military and hierarchical world.
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Ready for inspection.
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This was her first
public engagement.
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Ceremony at Windsor Castle.
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Princess Elizabeth celebrated
her 16th birthday
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by inspecting the Grenadier Guards
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in her capacity
as Colonel of the Regiment.
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After the ceremony,
there were presentations
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and informal conversations.
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And this final record
of the occasion.
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And in 1944, at the Queen Elizabeth
Hospital in Hackney,
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her first public speech
before the cameras.
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I need not say how proud I am
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to be associated
with the hospital in this way.
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I feel that I have long had
very close ties with it.
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But no speech embodied
her character and belief
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more than the one she gave in
South Africa on her 21st birthday,
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when she pledged herself as a kind
of sacrifice to the British state.
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I declare before you all
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that my whole life,
whether it be long or short,
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shall be devoted to your service
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and to the service
of our great imperial family
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to which we all belong.
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God help me to make good my vow,
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and God bless all of you
who are willing to share in it.
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She says, "I pledge myself
to serve you,"
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and, by the way,
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the "you" here is not just people
in London or even in England -
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it is the whole...
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..then empire,
becoming the Commonwealth.
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We learnt from it
that the Queen's sense of duty
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came above everything else -
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above marriage, above parenthood.
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She is pledging herself to serve.
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But where did this sense
of duty come from?
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Her early life was crucial.
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She'd watched her grandfather,
the King-Emperor George V,
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at his Silver Jubilee in 1935
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and then, in dramatic,
even scandalous circumstances,
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her father was called upon
to step into his brother's shoes.
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This is Windsor Castle.
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And now that I have
been succeeded by my brother,
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my first words must be to
declare my allegiance to him.
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But you must believe me
when I tell you
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that I have found it impossible
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to carry the heavy burden
of responsibility
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without the help
and support of the woman I love.
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It was as if a deep line
had been scored across
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the history of these islands,
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and also the history
of the monarchy.
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Edward VIII's reign
lasted just 325 days.
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He was the first British
monarch to abdicate.
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He did so in order to marry
the twice-divorced American
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Wallis Simpson.
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With no children, the crown
went to his younger brother,
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the Duke of York, a quiet family man
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whose happy marriage
to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
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had borne the two girls,
Elizabeth and Margaret.
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The abdication in December 1936
caused a political crisis.
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It divided the nation
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and there was talk about whether
the monarchy itself would survive.
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But, I mean, it's a tremendous shock
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to a rather staid
and very settled society
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and the institution
that is at the apex
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of the political
and administrative systems.
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So it's quite hard now, in a
secular age, more secular age,
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and a more understanding age about
divorce and personal preferences
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and all the rest of it,
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to appreciate just what
a lightning flash December 1936 was.
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When King George VI
came to the throne,
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the princesses were moved
to Buckingham Palace.
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When she was told,
a horrified Elizabeth replied,
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"What? Do you mean forever?"
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"Does this mean you'll be queen?"
asked her sister, Princess Margaret.
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"I suppose it does."
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She was born into this
really happy family.
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They had dogs,
they had a lovely family life
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and they were a very secure little
unit and a very loving little unit,
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and then, suddenly, the security
of her life went out the window.
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Leaving their comfortable
private home in Piccadilly,
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the task was thrust towards them
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and the whole family had
to learn to embrace it.
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She took it very seriously.
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I think the example that
she had from her father,
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as well as her mother,
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was absolutely crucial
to her understanding
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of what being a monarch
actually meant.
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She grew up watching her father
as he overcame his shyness
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to become the face
of the Empire at war.
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He'd arrange for practical things,
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Foreign Office papers
she would be shown and so on,
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so she picked up from him
essential ingredients of kingship,
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in the round, the whole lot,
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but also she was aware
of the affairs of state.
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AIR RAID SIREN WAILS
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In 1939, when war broke out,
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it was suggested that the princesses
Elizabeth and Margaret
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should be evacuated
hurriedly to Canada.
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Queen Elizabeth, their mother, said,
"I should die if I had to leave.
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"The children won't go without me.
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"I won't leave the King
and the King will never leave."
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In daylight raids, between
350 and 400 enemy aircraft
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were launched in two attacks against
London and southeast England.
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While her parents spent their days
working in London,
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returning to Windsor Castle
at night,
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Elizabeth watched as
her mother courted the press,
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boosting the nation's morale,
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and joined in along with her sister
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in their first radio broadcast
in October 1940.
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Thousands of you in this country
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have had to leave your homes
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and be separated from
your fathers and mothers.
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My sister, Margaret Rose, and I
feel so much for you,
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as we know from experience
what it means to be away
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from those we love most of all.
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There was this sense that she wanted
to say that she understood
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how difficult it had been
for others her age.
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It's almost the first time
that we saw her reaching out
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to her future subjects.
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Four years later,
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18-year-old Princess Elizabeth
joined the war effort
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as a member of the
Auxiliary Territorial Service.
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I think joining any branch of
the Armed Forces in a total war
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would leave a very
great imprint upon you.
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The comradeship,
the need for shared fortitude,
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and also doing one's bit.
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It's very, very important when
you have a family on the throne
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that the family does its bit
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with the rest of the country
at times of duress.
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I think that Her Majesty herself
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was affected by the experience
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of that Second World War,
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and I think she never forgot
watching the whole Commonwealth
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come to the aid
of the United Kingdom
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in its darkest hour.
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BIG BEN CHIMES
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It was on VE Day that the King
had broadcast his message
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to the people of Britain,
the British Empire
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and the Commonwealth of Nations.
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The Queen and I know
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the ordeals...
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..which you have endured...
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..throughout
the Commonwealth and Empire.
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People came from the six corners
of the then British Empire
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to volunteer to help
the United Kingdom remain safe
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because they were seen
as the emblem of freedom.
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Almost right up to the end,
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London and southern England
had been under fire.
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London certainly had as much right
as anywhere to celebrate victory,
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and London certainly did.
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On the 8th of May 1945,
as victory in Europe was announced,
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the crowds shouted for the King.
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The princesses could not resist
the lure of the swarming streets.
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I think we went on the balcony
nearly every hour, six times,
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and then when the excitement of
the floodlights being switched on
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got through to us,
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my sister and I realised we couldn't
see what the crowds were enjoying,
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so we asked my parents if we could
go out and see for ourselves.
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I remember lines of unknown people
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linking arms and
walking down Whitehall,
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all of us just swept along
on a tide of happiness and relief.
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After crossing Green Park,
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we stood outside and shouted,
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"We want the King."
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I think it was one of the most
memorable nights of my life.
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These new beginnings saw
the princess emerge from the war
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as a woman in love,
having set her heart
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on the naval officer
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten,
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an impoverished prince from
an exiled Greek royal family.
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The first time that
the media caught on to it,
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or decided to make anything of it,
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as it happened, was at my wedding
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in October 1946.
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Meanwhile, at the entrance to
the abbey, Prince Philip of Greece
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waits to escort
the royal family from their car.
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And there's a famous photograph
which is often published
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of him taking her fur coat
at the door of Romsey Abbey
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and sort of looking at each other,
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and I think that started
a real interest
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because I think people thought,
"Aha!" at that point.
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The royal family and
Princess Elizabeth's fiance
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have permitted these special film
studies to be made in response
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to the rapidly mounting worldwide
interest in the forthcoming
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royal wedding on the 20th of
November in Westminster Abbey.
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In the evening, Londoners,
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who had been waiting
outside the palace for hours,
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made their feelings perfectly clear
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when the princess and her fiance
came out onto the balcony.
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The day of the wedding
and immense crowds.
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Thousands had assembled overnight,
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others had arrived at dawn,
all eagerly waiting
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to see and to cheer
the royal procession...
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The wedding was
a fantastic occasion.
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If you think of a family wedding
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and multiply it hundreds of times,
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it was that sort of atmosphere
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that really spread
through the country.
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I, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary...
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Take thee, Philip...
..take thee, Philip...
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..to my wedded husband...
..to my wedded husband.
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To have and to hold...
To have and to hold...
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..from this day forward.
..from this day forward.
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WEDDING MARCH PLAYS
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Following the King and Queen
in the procession were Queen Mary,
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Princess Andrew of Greece,
the bridegroom's mother,
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and King Haakon of Norway.
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The wedding was the first
extravagant public display
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after the war, drawing scattered
and out-of-work royals
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from across Europe and reminding
the British of a grander age
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they'd almost forgotten.
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And how they cheered the happy pair
when they came out onto the balcony.
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What a wonderful picture
the princess made,
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looking most lovely
in her magnificent gown
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and standing happily
beside her husband.
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The two of them were
walking out together
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into a life of
relentless observation.
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She would lean on him heavily
for humour, advice and spontaneity
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as they began a journey
in which every outside smile,
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every turn of the head,
every wave was dutifully filmed.
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It was an outstandingly
successful marriage.
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The common bond is that
they loved each other
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and went on loving each other.
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And they had that
rather rare capacity,
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both as individuals and as a couple,
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always to put other people
before themselves.
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So I think they really did
think of themselves
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as sharing a very important job.
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He would never interfere
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on constitutional issues,
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on issues of...to do with sort
of government programmes, etc,
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but he was incredibly useful
to bounce ideas off,
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to get his views on things.
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Leaving London airport on Saturday
in one of the Viking aircraft
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of the King's Flight, on which
is blazoned the royal badge,
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was His Royal Highness
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,
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lieutenant in the Royal Navy,
bound for Malta and service afloat.
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It was on the island of Malta
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that Princess Elizabeth and Prince
Philip spent their happiest days
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as a young couple,
relatively free, relatively private.
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I think, for the princess,
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it was a marvellous experience
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to be able to live
a fairly anonymous life
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because people were very sensible
and realised that, you know,
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they didn't want to be
treated differently,
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and I think it was a very special
experience to be able to live
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as a private individual
for a change.
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In Malta, the prince took up polo...
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..and the princess found
a hobby of her own...
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..and this is what she filmed,
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capturing the greatest
and enduring loves of her life -
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horses...
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..and her husband.
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Dynasties, of course, need children,
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and, on cue...
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FANFARE
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This is the first time for
two centuries that a prince
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in line of succession to the throne
has borne the name Charles.
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A year into their marriage,
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private home movies captured
their newborn, a baby boy.
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It was rare to see the princess
so relaxed, playful, unguarded -
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a glimpse of the ordinary life
that she lived
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behind the railings
and the ceremonial.
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Private feeling and public duty
were always in tension.
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Unlike her, Prince Charles
was a future king from his cot.
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Two years later came the birth
of their second child...
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For one-month-old baby
Princess Anne,
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this was the first
public appearance,
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but she appeared
blissfully unaware...
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..but the family was about
to suffer a shattering blow.
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In 1952, King George VI
was gravely ill.
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He sent his daughter
and her husband on a tour
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of Australia and New Zealand
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with a private holiday in Kenya.
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It would be the last time
that they would see one another.
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In Kenya, Prince Philip
broke the news to the Queen
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of her father's death.
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Flying back to London,
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she was said to have been in tears,
staring out of the window,
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contemplating the future.
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Official Britain
was waiting to claim her.
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The death of the King
at the age of 56
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meant that her life changed forever.
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The mother of two young children
came to the throne at 25.
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Well...
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..it must have been a terrible
shock, in many ways.
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You could imagine at that age,
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when presumably she'd hoped
that she'd have a chance to..
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..to do other things and, you know,
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bring up her family and us,
and have more time to adjust.
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God save the Queen.
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CHEERING
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It took 16 months to plan
but, on June the 2nd 1953,
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Queen Elizabeth II's coronation
transfixed a country
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which was still emerging
from austerity and rationing.
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The barriers could hardly
hold back the multitudes
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flooding into the great squares.
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Every country of the Commonwealth
was represented in that vast crowd.
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It was the first television occasion
in this country,
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and BBC television was
the only television network
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in Western Europe.
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And it was an extraordinary
affirmative
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and positive, moving event.
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And at last, the coach, for which
all eyes have been waiting,
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and all cheers as they
give forth full throated.
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One of the things
that struck me most forcefully
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was the very beginning of
the service, when the Queen came in
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and went past the throne
on which she would sit
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and, by herself, knelt in prayer
at the high altar -
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and there's a profound
symbolism there
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of the head of state
giving her allegiance to God
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before anyone gives
their allegiance to her.
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The Queen anointed,
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blessed,
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and consecrated.
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You're anointed
under God and the law.
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For her, that's the moment
you actually become Queen.
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In a ceremony essentially
unchanged for over 1,000 years,
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the Queen was crowned.
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MUSIC: Zadok The Priest
by GF Handel
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00:26:21,563 --> 00:26:24,123
Faith, the Christian faith
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has been astonishingly important
to the Queen,
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and it's been accompanied
by real discipline,
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observation, churchgoing,
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and, I think, has been
rooted in a life of prayer.
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And I think one of the
interesting things about the Queen
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is that she would always have
been surprised that other people
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00:26:48,123 --> 00:26:52,203
didn't take prayer so much
for granted as she did.
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As this day draws to its close,
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I know that my abiding memory of it
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will be not only the solemnity
and beauty of the ceremony,
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but the inspiration of
your loyalty and affection.
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I thank you all from a full heart.
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God bless you all.
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It was a choice moment.
It was a moment to linger on.
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It was a moment to savour.
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And there she was with her
dazzling consort, Prince Philip.
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It had the lot, you know.
Stardust doesn't sum it up.
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27 million people had watched
the ceremony on television,
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00:27:38,123 --> 00:27:42,323
but not these private family moments
captured for the Queen herself
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behind the scenes
at Buckingham Palace.
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They remind us that monarchy
and family are the same thing.
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Prince Charles, now four years old,
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was the first child ever to watch
his mother being crowned sovereign,
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sitting on his grandmother's knee.
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Princess Anne
was too young to attend.
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00:28:03,283 --> 00:28:05,483
I shall never forget,
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00:28:05,483 --> 00:28:07,443
you know, when we were small,
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having a bath and she came in
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00:28:09,163 --> 00:28:13,443
practising wearing the crown
for the coronation.
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Marvellous moments
I shall never forget.
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Now, she was sovereign of
the United Kingdom, Australia,
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New Zealand and Canada,
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and head of State of a further
14 independent territories.
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Head of the Church of England,
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the Royal Navy, the Army,
the Royal Air Force,
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00:28:33,443 --> 00:28:35,403
and, of course, the Commonwealth.
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The full weight and glitter
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of one of the world's
last 24-carat monarchies...
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..and on slim young shoulders.
443
00:28:44,603 --> 00:28:47,563
Her early reign was a golden time.
444
00:28:47,563 --> 00:28:51,163
She and Prince Philip set off on
a tour of Commonwealth countries,
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00:28:51,163 --> 00:28:53,523
including New Zealand and Australia.
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She first came in 1954,
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when I was 14 or 15,
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00:29:02,523 --> 00:29:04,803
and it was the first ever
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visit to Australia
by a reigning monarch
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and it created incredible interest.
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It was a big event.
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I think the reason people
responded to her so well
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is the love that she had for
the Commonwealth was palpable.
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Every particle of that
territorial empire she cherished,
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00:29:25,843 --> 00:29:28,763
as she did every particle
of her United Kingdom.
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A monarch and a mother,
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Queen Elizabeth II was the first
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reigning British sovereign
to have a child
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since the days of Queen Victoria,
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with the birth
of Prince Andrew in 1960.
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Prince Edward was born
four years later.
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Princess Anne is 15.
Prince Charles, 17.
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As heir apparent,
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Prince Charles received
the title of Prince of Wales
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when he was still a boy.
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To help him understand
its full significance,
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the Queen required him to
be formally invested at 20.
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I remember very well being
slightly nervous, to say the least,
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of having to walk up
through the whole of the castle
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and have this coronet,
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which was of a slightly
revolutionary design,
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plonked onto my head
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and then go and kneel
in front of my mama
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to take the oath.
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I, Charles Prince of Wales,
do become your liege man
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of life and limb.
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It was a very proud and moving and
rather humbling moment, I thought.
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In keeping with modern times,
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they have come closer
to their peoples than ever before.
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In the weeks before his investiture,
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00:30:58,843 --> 00:31:01,963
a candid television portrait
of the royals was watched
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00:31:01,963 --> 00:31:04,363
by two thirds of the population.
483
00:31:04,363 --> 00:31:08,723
It gave an insight into how the
royal family lived in 1960s Britain.
484
00:31:10,803 --> 00:31:17,083
I was wondering if we couldn't find
something for the sapphires.
485
00:31:18,803 --> 00:31:20,723
That, you could wear
with silver brocade.
486
00:31:20,723 --> 00:31:21,963
Oh, quite easily, yes.
487
00:31:21,963 --> 00:31:23,563
So can we remember that? Yes.
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LOW SLIDING NOTE
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Sounds like a tiger.
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That's right.
491
00:31:30,563 --> 00:31:32,043
GROWLING NOTE
492
00:31:32,043 --> 00:31:33,763
Oh!
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Shall we go and join the others?
494
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Yes, shall we go
and join the others?
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00:31:37,603 --> 00:31:40,083
The Queen's juggling
of motherhood and monarchy
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was much questioned over the years
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but not, it should be said,
by her children.
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00:31:45,443 --> 00:31:48,843
The holiday times were
pretty well kept, actually,
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00:31:48,843 --> 00:31:50,443
from our perspective.
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Our holidays were...
They were nearly always around.
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00:31:54,123 --> 00:31:56,963
Partly because it included
all the things that she enjoyed
502
00:31:56,963 --> 00:32:01,083
and that included the countryside,
the dogs, the horses,
503
00:32:01,083 --> 00:32:03,963
and just being out and about
and being able to get away a bit
504
00:32:03,963 --> 00:32:05,603
from that public gaze.
505
00:32:07,283 --> 00:32:12,683
And I do have very happy memories
of childhood up in Scotland,
506
00:32:12,683 --> 00:32:15,203
you know, Balmoral in the summer.
507
00:32:15,203 --> 00:32:16,283
And...
508
00:32:19,043 --> 00:32:20,083
..yes, it...
509
00:32:21,363 --> 00:32:24,403
Well, I was very lucky
to have her as a mother.
510
00:32:27,803 --> 00:32:32,043
She was always the Queen,
because that was really important
511
00:32:32,043 --> 00:32:33,483
for all of us,
512
00:32:33,483 --> 00:32:35,083
but she was always my mother
513
00:32:35,083 --> 00:32:37,323
so that is how you
would remember her.
514
00:32:40,403 --> 00:32:43,883
The happiest times, inevitably,
that we'd spend together
515
00:32:43,883 --> 00:32:46,123
would be on holidays.
516
00:32:46,123 --> 00:32:49,923
So, Balmoral and Sandringham
stand out very, very clearly
517
00:32:49,923 --> 00:32:51,363
as favourite places...
518
00:32:52,603 --> 00:32:56,483
..because of the time that we spent
together as a family.
519
00:32:56,483 --> 00:33:00,043
Oh! Why have you done that?
Save you the trouble.
520
00:33:00,043 --> 00:33:04,923
She always took a great interest
in things I was doing.
521
00:33:06,603 --> 00:33:11,163
I remember being...when I was sent
off to school and everywhere else,
522
00:33:11,163 --> 00:33:12,683
I was always accompanied by a note
523
00:33:12,683 --> 00:33:15,483
saying I was to be treated
just like everybody else.
524
00:33:15,483 --> 00:33:19,843
She was working and so we didn't
see much of her during the day
525
00:33:19,843 --> 00:33:21,283
because of the duties.
526
00:33:21,283 --> 00:33:23,763
But in the evening, just the
same as any other family,
527
00:33:23,763 --> 00:33:25,283
we would get together.
528
00:33:25,283 --> 00:33:26,883
We would always see them
at weekends,
529
00:33:26,883 --> 00:33:29,563
we would always go down
to Windsor Castle.
530
00:33:29,563 --> 00:33:35,043
We'll see if this is
strong enough to... Get off.
531
00:33:35,043 --> 00:33:38,803
We weren't appendages that
should be seen and not heard.
532
00:33:38,803 --> 00:33:42,763
We were definitely the priority.
533
00:33:44,123 --> 00:33:46,443
What do you want here? Good morning.
534
00:33:46,443 --> 00:33:48,283
Ice cream.
535
00:33:48,283 --> 00:33:50,403
Ice cream.
This is what he really would like.
536
00:33:50,403 --> 00:33:52,443
They always go straight
for the ice cream.
537
00:33:54,043 --> 00:33:57,683
The relationship was patently
about periods away,
538
00:33:57,683 --> 00:34:00,483
doing things which
couldn't be altered,
539
00:34:00,483 --> 00:34:03,683
programmes which were set,
540
00:34:03,683 --> 00:34:06,363
and an attempt to always have
a sort of regular time slot
541
00:34:06,363 --> 00:34:07,563
for the children.
542
00:34:09,243 --> 00:34:11,163
Britannia was particularly special.
543
00:34:11,163 --> 00:34:16,083
Those were the times
when I probably felt that...
544
00:34:16,083 --> 00:34:21,003
..you know,
the Queen was the most relaxed
545
00:34:21,003 --> 00:34:26,203
and was the furthest away from the
pressures of the job and the state.
546
00:34:29,363 --> 00:34:31,683
But there was, you know,
there was always a sense of
547
00:34:31,683 --> 00:34:34,363
there were other things
which were extremely important,
548
00:34:34,363 --> 00:34:38,123
which had to be dealt with
and places had to be gone to.
549
00:34:38,123 --> 00:34:41,843
I certainly accompanied her
on tours in the early days,
550
00:34:41,843 --> 00:34:46,123
and that was probably
the best way of realising
551
00:34:46,123 --> 00:34:50,563
what was expected of you
and how to respond.
552
00:34:52,043 --> 00:34:53,803
It wasn't necessarily very easy
553
00:34:53,803 --> 00:34:57,043
because, of course, the spotlight's
on you from the word go,
554
00:34:57,043 --> 00:34:59,203
so you didn't exactly learn
in the quiet.
555
00:35:00,923 --> 00:35:03,323
Jump. Jump.
556
00:35:04,883 --> 00:35:06,603
It was a very special relationship
557
00:35:06,603 --> 00:35:10,723
and, apart from my three brothers,
558
00:35:10,723 --> 00:35:12,963
we're the only people
who have that relationship,
559
00:35:12,963 --> 00:35:14,803
so that's...
560
00:35:14,803 --> 00:35:16,643
..that's how I remember her.
561
00:35:22,523 --> 00:35:26,643
So, family first -
but only after hours.
562
00:35:26,643 --> 00:35:31,843
Day after day, constitutional duty
almost overwhelmed the Queen's life,
563
00:35:31,843 --> 00:35:35,563
starting with an endless river
of official documents.
564
00:35:38,043 --> 00:35:42,763
We used to send her up
a red box every evening,
565
00:35:42,763 --> 00:35:47,723
full of Cabinet papers,
intelligence reports, telegrams.
566
00:35:47,723 --> 00:35:50,523
It would always
come back the next day,
567
00:35:50,523 --> 00:35:52,563
read, ticked off.
568
00:35:52,563 --> 00:35:55,483
Since the days of Winston Churchill,
569
00:35:55,483 --> 00:35:58,683
she knew every important secret
of the British state,
570
00:35:58,683 --> 00:36:00,963
something shared by nobody else.
571
00:36:05,123 --> 00:36:08,603
As head of state, only the monarch
has the power to summon
572
00:36:08,603 --> 00:36:12,003
or end a session of Parliament
and appoint a Prime Minister,
573
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:15,163
and she appointed plenty
and knew them well,
574
00:36:15,163 --> 00:36:18,763
seeing each in regular
weekly meetings.
575
00:36:18,763 --> 00:36:21,363
The Prime Minister, Your Highness.
576
00:36:21,363 --> 00:36:22,363
Good evening, Ma'am.
577
00:36:24,203 --> 00:36:26,683
I think all prime ministers
would say the same.
578
00:36:26,683 --> 00:36:30,763
They're an immensely
therapeutic event.
579
00:36:30,763 --> 00:36:33,483
Very nice to see you again. Lovely
to see you again. It's been...
580
00:36:33,483 --> 00:36:35,683
It's sort of like a priest -
581
00:36:35,683 --> 00:36:40,123
no matter how appalling
your confession may be
582
00:36:40,123 --> 00:36:42,763
about what's been going on,
583
00:36:42,763 --> 00:36:46,523
and...she had heard it all before
584
00:36:46,523 --> 00:36:49,683
and she had seen it all before,
585
00:36:49,683 --> 00:36:51,763
and that was immensely consoling.
586
00:36:52,963 --> 00:36:57,003
It's the one place where a prime
minister can sit down with somebody
587
00:36:57,003 --> 00:37:01,443
who is knowledgeable,
as the Queen was knowledgeable,
588
00:37:01,443 --> 00:37:06,203
and know that nothing's going to
be briefed out from that meeting.
589
00:37:06,203 --> 00:37:08,363
There won't be any leaks
from that meeting.
590
00:37:08,363 --> 00:37:10,963
You're both just talking
to each other, one to one.
591
00:37:10,963 --> 00:37:12,923
When things were really tough
and difficult,
592
00:37:12,923 --> 00:37:14,523
you know, decisions,
593
00:37:14,523 --> 00:37:16,763
war and peace or...
594
00:37:18,003 --> 00:37:22,083
..even I found, if there was
a crisis within government,
595
00:37:22,083 --> 00:37:25,603
those audiences were
a chance to talk to someone
596
00:37:25,603 --> 00:37:28,003
with that acquired wisdom,
597
00:37:28,003 --> 00:37:31,443
things that I literally could
not discuss with anybody else.
598
00:37:33,203 --> 00:37:35,683
And she was brilliant
without ever giving an opinion
599
00:37:35,683 --> 00:37:37,923
to nonetheless give advice.
600
00:37:37,923 --> 00:37:40,923
Beyond regular meetings
with her prime ministers,
601
00:37:40,923 --> 00:37:43,043
for most of her reign, the Queen
602
00:37:43,043 --> 00:37:47,723
was engaged in a relentless
round of ceremonial duties,
603
00:37:47,723 --> 00:37:49,963
from the Garter Parade at Windsor
604
00:37:49,963 --> 00:37:53,203
to garden parties at Buckingham
Palace and Holyroodhouse,
605
00:37:53,203 --> 00:37:57,563
with more than 30,000 guests
attending each year.
606
00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:01,203
In her lifetime,
607
00:38:01,203 --> 00:38:06,243
the Queen conferred more than
400,000 honours and awards.
608
00:38:06,243 --> 00:38:09,403
As a token of thanks
and appreciation...
609
00:38:09,403 --> 00:38:13,443
By her recognising
the work that they were doing,
610
00:38:13,443 --> 00:38:15,123
the sense of pride
611
00:38:15,123 --> 00:38:17,563
and self-worth
that she gave to people
612
00:38:17,563 --> 00:38:20,843
is something that is so valuable.
613
00:38:21,923 --> 00:38:24,843
Each June saw the celebration
of her official birthday
614
00:38:24,843 --> 00:38:26,563
at Trooping the Colour.
615
00:38:29,203 --> 00:38:31,123
Until the latter years of her reign,
616
00:38:31,123 --> 00:38:34,643
the Queen turned up for around
400 official engagements
617
00:38:34,643 --> 00:38:36,603
every year in the UK
618
00:38:36,603 --> 00:38:40,283
and across her reign she made
more than 270 foreign trips.
619
00:38:41,883 --> 00:38:44,843
Monsieur le President,
mesdames et messieurs,
620
00:38:44,843 --> 00:38:48,523
je rends hommage
a la nation francaise.
621
00:38:48,523 --> 00:38:52,363
Each year, 1,000 diplomats
mingled at Buckingham Palace
622
00:38:52,363 --> 00:38:54,243
in the presence of the royal family,
623
00:38:54,243 --> 00:38:57,843
with every single one of them
expecting at least a few sentences.
624
00:38:59,523 --> 00:39:02,923
You're studying here?
625
00:39:02,923 --> 00:39:05,963
Whenever we did engagements
which required all the family
626
00:39:05,963 --> 00:39:10,603
to be together, we would often
discuss afterwards
627
00:39:10,603 --> 00:39:12,523
funny things that had happened
628
00:39:12,523 --> 00:39:15,723
and she loved to hear
all of those stories.
629
00:39:15,723 --> 00:39:18,643
She had the most wonderful
sense of humour.
630
00:39:18,643 --> 00:39:21,083
Well, Your Majesty,
you're looking well,
631
00:39:21,083 --> 00:39:25,283
taking into account
your tight schedule.
632
00:39:25,283 --> 00:39:28,563
Tomorrow I'm going to see 16 people.
633
00:39:28,563 --> 00:39:31,403
I may not look so good tomorrow.
LAUGHTER
634
00:39:31,403 --> 00:39:34,483
In 1991, the Queen
was officially welcomed
635
00:39:34,483 --> 00:39:38,403
by the United States President,
George Bush Sr.
636
00:39:38,403 --> 00:39:41,243
Unfortunately, no-one
adjusted her podium.
637
00:39:41,243 --> 00:39:42,843
Instead of the head of state,
638
00:39:42,843 --> 00:39:46,003
the world's press and television
saw only the hat of state.
639
00:39:46,003 --> 00:39:50,003
It is 15 years since
our last visit to Washington.
640
00:39:50,003 --> 00:39:53,043
Mr Speaker,
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,
641
00:39:53,043 --> 00:39:55,523
His Royal Highness
the Duke of Edinburgh.
642
00:39:55,523 --> 00:39:57,963
Two days later,
at a meeting of the US Senate,
643
00:39:57,963 --> 00:40:00,483
the Queen made it quite
clear that she'd noticed.
644
00:40:00,483 --> 00:40:02,083
APPLAUSE
645
00:40:09,043 --> 00:40:11,803
I do hope you can see me today
from where you are.
646
00:40:11,803 --> 00:40:14,283
LAUGHTER
647
00:40:21,683 --> 00:40:25,683
During her long reign,
there were serious challenges.
648
00:40:25,683 --> 00:40:30,403
To be queen meant to weather all the
storms of the changes of atmosphere
649
00:40:30,403 --> 00:40:32,483
that blew in around her.
650
00:40:32,483 --> 00:40:37,443
By the 1970s, a rougher and
more politically extreme decade,
651
00:40:37,443 --> 00:40:42,243
overt Republicanism began to be
voiced, particularly in Scotland.
652
00:40:42,243 --> 00:40:44,563
Some students started
banging on the window,
653
00:40:44,563 --> 00:40:47,123
shouting, "Queen out."
654
00:40:47,123 --> 00:40:49,563
Groups of students,
many drinking beer and wine,
655
00:40:49,563 --> 00:40:51,883
were almost everywhere
the Queen went.
656
00:40:51,883 --> 00:40:55,363
Obscene songs were sung
and a stink bomb was thrown
657
00:40:55,363 --> 00:40:58,883
as students protested at the amount
of money spent on the visit.
658
00:40:58,883 --> 00:41:00,403
The Queen appeared unruffled
659
00:41:00,403 --> 00:41:02,483
and none of the students
actually reached her.
660
00:41:04,043 --> 00:41:08,763
Her Silver Jubilee celebration
of 1977 was, in one way,
661
00:41:08,763 --> 00:41:11,683
a test of the institution
of monarchy itself.
662
00:41:13,683 --> 00:41:15,003
She easily passed it
663
00:41:15,003 --> 00:41:19,203
with the help of the biggest
street parties ever seen
664
00:41:19,203 --> 00:41:21,403
and an emotional statement,
665
00:41:21,403 --> 00:41:24,083
reiterating the promise
she had first made
666
00:41:24,083 --> 00:41:25,963
as a princess
on a birthday long ago.
667
00:41:25,963 --> 00:41:33,003
When I was 21, I pledged my life
to the service of our people...
668
00:41:33,003 --> 00:41:36,683
..and I asked for God's help
to make good that vow.
669
00:41:38,923 --> 00:41:43,283
Although that vow was made
in my salad days,
670
00:41:43,283 --> 00:41:46,523
when I was green in judgment,
671
00:41:46,523 --> 00:41:49,963
I do not regret nor retract
one word of it.
672
00:41:52,923 --> 00:41:56,083
She wasn't going
to flinch or step away.
673
00:41:56,083 --> 00:41:59,763
Her resolution would be tested
time and time again,
674
00:41:59,763 --> 00:42:02,363
and never more brutally than when,
in 1979,
675
00:42:02,363 --> 00:42:06,163
the republicanism
of the Northern Ireland Troubles
676
00:42:06,163 --> 00:42:08,603
came horribly close to home.
677
00:42:10,243 --> 00:42:13,843
The man she called Uncle Dickie,
Lord Louis Mountbatten,
678
00:42:13,843 --> 00:42:17,163
was murdered by the IRA
on a family boating trip.
679
00:42:22,643 --> 00:42:24,843
A huge amount of private
grief for the Queen,
680
00:42:24,843 --> 00:42:27,643
but she would have known
that, for Prince Philip,
681
00:42:27,643 --> 00:42:30,563
for her husband, it would
have been devastating,
682
00:42:30,563 --> 00:42:32,403
knowing that he'd lost probably
683
00:42:32,403 --> 00:42:35,003
the second most important person
in his life.
684
00:42:35,003 --> 00:42:37,843
I think it added a sense
of fragility, really.
685
00:42:37,843 --> 00:42:41,403
Just brought home the reality of
the fact that actually the royals
686
00:42:41,403 --> 00:42:44,003
and their supporters
could be targets
687
00:42:44,003 --> 00:42:46,723
and that effectively rocked
the royal family to its core.
688
00:42:47,883 --> 00:42:52,483
In her lifetime, the most serious
challenges to the status of monarchy
689
00:42:52,483 --> 00:42:55,003
came not from external factors,
690
00:42:55,003 --> 00:42:57,283
but internal family troubles.
691
00:42:57,283 --> 00:43:00,283
Not a paradox, really,
because the House of Windsor,
692
00:43:00,283 --> 00:43:02,683
the self-styled family monarchy,
693
00:43:02,683 --> 00:43:06,683
prided itself on upholding
traditional Christian values.
694
00:43:06,683 --> 00:43:10,803
After her own wedding, the Queen
gave a speech denouncing divorce -
695
00:43:10,803 --> 00:43:15,523
but the modern monarchy
couldn't escape marital breakdown.
696
00:43:17,323 --> 00:43:20,763
The first divorcee in
the Queen's close family circle
697
00:43:20,763 --> 00:43:23,083
was her only sister,
Princess Margaret.
698
00:43:29,283 --> 00:43:33,443
In 1960, she married
Antony Armstrong-Jones
699
00:43:33,443 --> 00:43:36,163
and, in 1978, they divorced.
700
00:43:39,043 --> 00:43:42,763
The Queen's first child
to marry was Princess Anne,
701
00:43:42,763 --> 00:43:45,843
who wed Captain Mark Phillips
in 1973...
702
00:43:47,323 --> 00:43:48,763
..and, in 1986,
703
00:43:48,763 --> 00:43:52,483
the nation celebrated the wedding
of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
704
00:43:59,603 --> 00:44:04,123
They separated in the same year
as Princess Anne's divorce.
705
00:44:04,123 --> 00:44:12,043
1992 is not a year on which I shall
look back with undiluted pleasure.
706
00:44:14,643 --> 00:44:18,963
In the words of one of my more
sympathetic correspondents,
707
00:44:18,963 --> 00:44:23,083
it has turned out to be
an annus horribilis.
708
00:44:25,243 --> 00:44:29,723
This year of upheaval also saw
Windsor Castle catch fire
709
00:44:29,723 --> 00:44:33,163
on what was the Queen's
45th wedding anniversary.
710
00:44:35,323 --> 00:44:39,403
The castle, occupied by a royal
family for almost 1,000 years,
711
00:44:39,403 --> 00:44:42,963
was partially gutted by
the most humdrum accident -
712
00:44:42,963 --> 00:44:45,723
a spotlight setting fire
to a curtain.
713
00:44:47,083 --> 00:44:51,403
I don't think any of us
will forget the sight
714
00:44:51,403 --> 00:44:53,203
of our diminutive sovereign
715
00:44:53,203 --> 00:44:55,483
in that raincoat and cape and hood,
716
00:44:55,483 --> 00:44:58,323
you know, in the rain,
717
00:44:58,323 --> 00:45:01,483
looking at the damage and
how it was being dealt with.
718
00:45:04,763 --> 00:45:08,243
But 1992, this year of royal trauma,
719
00:45:08,243 --> 00:45:10,923
was overwhelmed
by the news of another,
720
00:45:10,923 --> 00:45:12,843
more dramatic marriage breakdown.
721
00:45:14,043 --> 00:45:17,323
It is announced from Buckingham
Palace that, with regret,
722
00:45:17,323 --> 00:45:20,363
the Prince and Princess of Wales
have decided to separate.
723
00:45:21,443 --> 00:45:24,043
Separation then led to divorce,
724
00:45:24,043 --> 00:45:28,243
something few people thought
possible back in 1981,
725
00:45:28,243 --> 00:45:31,043
when Prince Charles,
heir to the British throne,
726
00:45:31,043 --> 00:45:33,323
married Lady Diana Spencer.
727
00:45:35,163 --> 00:45:36,843
With no expense spared,
728
00:45:36,843 --> 00:45:40,283
this had been one of the great
public weddings of all time,
729
00:45:40,283 --> 00:45:45,563
watched by a global audience
of 750 million people.
730
00:45:49,363 --> 00:45:51,283
And what an extraordinary moment
731
00:45:51,283 --> 00:45:53,323
for the new Princess of Wales
732
00:45:53,323 --> 00:45:57,003
to look out at this
sea of human beings...
733
00:45:58,403 --> 00:46:01,603
..who now will feel that they,
in some way, own her.
734
00:46:04,603 --> 00:46:06,083
At the time,
735
00:46:06,083 --> 00:46:09,203
the future of the monarchy
had never seemed more secure
736
00:46:09,203 --> 00:46:12,803
than with the birth of
Prince William of Wales in 1982.
737
00:46:14,203 --> 00:46:17,803
Two years later,
a second son was born.
738
00:46:17,803 --> 00:46:19,643
Prince Harry appeared
for the cameras
739
00:46:19,643 --> 00:46:21,883
wearing the christening robe
of Honiton lace
740
00:46:21,883 --> 00:46:24,363
worn by generations of royal babies.
741
00:46:24,363 --> 00:46:26,123
For his father, Prince Charles,
742
00:46:26,123 --> 00:46:28,843
it was an excuse to give
an instant history lesson
743
00:46:28,843 --> 00:46:31,043
to young Prince William.
744
00:46:31,043 --> 00:46:33,403
Granny was christened in this.
745
00:46:33,403 --> 00:46:35,363
Great Granny. And Great Granny.
746
00:46:36,963 --> 00:46:38,203
And I was.
747
00:46:39,883 --> 00:46:44,323
But by the mid-1990s,
the final scenes and confrontations
748
00:46:44,323 --> 00:46:46,803
between them were being
played out in public.
749
00:46:51,603 --> 00:46:55,603
When it was clear
that they were going to separate,
750
00:46:55,603 --> 00:47:00,283
I was very much, at that stage,
the intermediary with the princess.
751
00:47:01,523 --> 00:47:04,403
The Queen was...
752
00:47:04,403 --> 00:47:09,683
..looking at pragmatic ways
in which she could
753
00:47:09,683 --> 00:47:14,443
help the princess in
establishing a new life.
754
00:47:14,443 --> 00:47:18,683
I think the Queen accepted
755
00:47:18,683 --> 00:47:23,763
that this was
the sad outcome of that.
756
00:47:23,763 --> 00:47:26,723
She kept in close touch
with the princess.
757
00:47:27,923 --> 00:47:34,443
Then, in August 1997, came news
which shook not only the monarchy
758
00:47:34,443 --> 00:47:36,363
but the world.
759
00:47:38,643 --> 00:47:41,843
REPORTER: Just after midnight,
the black Mercedes hit the kerb,
760
00:47:41,843 --> 00:47:44,403
cannoned into a concrete pillar
of an underpass,
761
00:47:44,403 --> 00:47:46,763
then bounced into the side wall.
762
00:47:46,763 --> 00:47:49,763
Concussion, a broken arm,
lacerations to the thigh
763
00:47:49,763 --> 00:47:52,763
shouldn't give enormous
cause for concern...
764
00:47:52,763 --> 00:47:55,403
Stephen, I have to interrupt there,
765
00:47:55,403 --> 00:47:58,123
because, within the last
few moments,
766
00:47:58,123 --> 00:48:00,643
the Press Association in Britain,
767
00:48:00,643 --> 00:48:03,003
citing unnamed British sources,
768
00:48:03,003 --> 00:48:06,123
has reported that Diana,
Princess of Wales, has died.
769
00:48:10,043 --> 00:48:12,683
Everything came to a sudden head.
770
00:48:12,683 --> 00:48:15,603
Much of Britain was convulsed
with grief -
771
00:48:15,603 --> 00:48:17,523
publicly displayed grief,
772
00:48:17,523 --> 00:48:21,163
an almost Mediterranean
outpouring of grief.
773
00:48:21,163 --> 00:48:23,803
SHE SOBS
774
00:48:23,803 --> 00:48:26,763
As the nation mourned,
it was the Queen herself
775
00:48:26,763 --> 00:48:29,323
who was criticised
for staying silent.
776
00:48:30,643 --> 00:48:33,203
That was a very difficult time
for the monarchy
777
00:48:33,203 --> 00:48:35,163
because, frankly, there was a...
778
00:48:35,163 --> 00:48:39,003
..there was a distance that arose
very sharply
779
00:48:39,003 --> 00:48:45,163
between the public reaction
to Princess Diana's death and...
780
00:48:45,163 --> 00:48:48,603
..the traditional distance
of the monarchy
781
00:48:48,603 --> 00:48:52,443
and reserve of the monarchy
in situations like that.
782
00:48:52,443 --> 00:48:55,883
And over the days of that week...
783
00:48:58,163 --> 00:49:00,923
..she was, I think,
genuinely wrestling
784
00:49:00,923 --> 00:49:05,243
with what she felt was appropriate
and what she felt was necessary,
785
00:49:05,243 --> 00:49:07,803
and was it possible to find
the right compromise
786
00:49:07,803 --> 00:49:09,603
between those two things?
787
00:49:10,923 --> 00:49:13,203
For four days after Diana's death,
788
00:49:13,203 --> 00:49:18,523
the Queen stayed with her grandsons
at Balmoral as public anger grew.
789
00:49:20,683 --> 00:49:23,523
There were two young princes
790
00:49:23,523 --> 00:49:25,883
who had lost their mother,
791
00:49:25,883 --> 00:49:30,923
and how the family coped with that
792
00:49:30,923 --> 00:49:34,723
was very much in her mind.
793
00:49:35,763 --> 00:49:39,803
I think it was one of the occasions
794
00:49:39,803 --> 00:49:47,323
when she put family centre stage
for a few days,
795
00:49:47,323 --> 00:49:51,723
at the same time
as trying to work out
796
00:49:51,723 --> 00:49:56,243
how the nation honoured,
if you like, the princess.
797
00:49:56,243 --> 00:49:59,563
The Queen came back to London.
798
00:49:59,563 --> 00:50:05,523
I remember that the atmosphere
was really threatening.
799
00:50:05,523 --> 00:50:09,683
Large crowds of people, but silent.
800
00:50:09,683 --> 00:50:15,363
As the Queen's car came to the end
of Constitution Hill
801
00:50:15,363 --> 00:50:17,803
to approach Buckingham Palace,
802
00:50:17,803 --> 00:50:22,763
you began to hear a slight applause
amongst the crowd.
803
00:50:22,763 --> 00:50:24,363
REPORTER: This is a tragic occasion.
804
00:50:24,363 --> 00:50:26,443
Looks as though the Queen
is about to... She is.
805
00:50:26,443 --> 00:50:29,283
She's getting out of the car, Wes,
and is going to talk to people.
806
00:50:29,283 --> 00:50:31,083
It's extremely unusual.
807
00:50:31,083 --> 00:50:33,163
This is almost unprecedented.
808
00:50:31,083 --> 00:50:33,163
SOFT APPLAUSE
809
00:50:33,163 --> 00:50:37,203
I think perhaps the last time
that the Queen was among her people,
810
00:50:37,203 --> 00:50:41,443
outside the Palace, was the day
the war in Europe ended.
811
00:50:41,443 --> 00:50:45,963
And from that moment, it sort of
felt that the Queen had come back,
812
00:50:45,963 --> 00:50:49,963
that the criticism that had been
made had, in a way, been answered,
813
00:50:49,963 --> 00:50:52,843
and the atmosphere did change
after that.
814
00:50:55,643 --> 00:50:58,763
On the fifth day after
the princess's death,
815
00:50:58,763 --> 00:51:01,523
the Queen finally talked
to the people.
816
00:51:01,523 --> 00:51:04,163
In her calmly familiar voice,
817
00:51:04,163 --> 00:51:08,283
she said something difficult
and unfamiliar.
818
00:51:08,283 --> 00:51:11,443
It was a generous admission
of Diana's power.
819
00:51:12,683 --> 00:51:16,883
What I say to you now, as your queen
and as a grandmother,
820
00:51:16,883 --> 00:51:18,523
I say from my heart.
821
00:51:20,163 --> 00:51:24,203
First, I want to pay tribute
to Diana myself.
822
00:51:24,203 --> 00:51:27,603
She was an exceptional
and gifted human being.
823
00:51:27,603 --> 00:51:30,203
In good times and bad,
824
00:51:30,203 --> 00:51:33,683
she never lost her capacity
to smile and laugh,
825
00:51:33,683 --> 00:51:37,403
nor to inspire others
with her warmth and kindness.
826
00:51:37,403 --> 00:51:39,963
It was interesting
in the conversations
827
00:51:39,963 --> 00:51:41,883
I had with her that week...
828
00:51:41,883 --> 00:51:45,963
I mean, I could tell the hesitation
and the reserve.
829
00:51:45,963 --> 00:51:49,643
But what came through ultimately
and predominated
830
00:51:49,643 --> 00:51:51,923
was what she thought
was necessary and right,
831
00:51:51,923 --> 00:51:54,003
not just for the monarchy,
but for the country.
832
00:51:54,003 --> 00:52:01,163
She does duty, and her duty
was to lead the country
833
00:52:01,163 --> 00:52:02,963
through a difficult time,
834
00:52:02,963 --> 00:52:05,923
even if actually some of
the difficulty
835
00:52:05,923 --> 00:52:08,123
and some of the antagonism
836
00:52:08,123 --> 00:52:10,603
and anger was directed at her.
837
00:52:12,203 --> 00:52:15,763
Six days after her death,
Diana's funeral took place
838
00:52:15,763 --> 00:52:17,363
at Westminster Abbey,
839
00:52:17,363 --> 00:52:21,123
and, as the coffin passed, the Queen
paid her respects in a way
840
00:52:21,123 --> 00:52:24,403
she had never been seen
to do before.
841
00:52:24,403 --> 00:52:27,843
I was standing right behind
the Queen
842
00:52:27,843 --> 00:52:32,603
and, completely to my surprise,
the Queen gave a bow.
843
00:52:32,603 --> 00:52:34,203
It wasn't a nod.
844
00:52:34,203 --> 00:52:36,763
It was quite a bow.
845
00:52:36,763 --> 00:52:39,803
It hadn't been discussed
beforehand at all.
846
00:52:41,043 --> 00:52:44,843
And I think it was something
that came completely from her
847
00:52:44,843 --> 00:52:47,043
and it was a wonderful gesture.
848
00:53:04,123 --> 00:53:07,243
She was the queen of
the stiff upper lip.
849
00:53:07,243 --> 00:53:10,003
She didn't like displays of emotion,
850
00:53:10,003 --> 00:53:14,163
particularly over what she saw
as personal private issues.
851
00:53:14,163 --> 00:53:19,043
Monarchy meant to her stability,
dignity and continuity,
852
00:53:19,043 --> 00:53:22,363
even in the face of
direct threats against her.
853
00:53:25,483 --> 00:53:28,403
At the age of 55, during the Queen's
annual Birthday Parade,
854
00:53:28,403 --> 00:53:29,723
Trooping the Colour,
855
00:53:29,723 --> 00:53:32,563
despite the heavy presence
of troops and police,
856
00:53:32,563 --> 00:53:37,123
a man fired directly
at the Queen six times.
857
00:53:37,123 --> 00:53:39,043
GUNSHOTS
858
00:53:37,123 --> 00:53:39,043
REPORTER: Duke of Edinburgh,
859
00:53:39,043 --> 00:53:40,923
Colonel of the Grenadier Guards...
860
00:53:40,923 --> 00:53:45,283
She barely flinched, concentrating
on controlling her frightened horse.
861
00:53:45,283 --> 00:53:48,323
The policemen immediately dived
at him, about half a dozen of them.
862
00:53:48,323 --> 00:53:50,723
I think one soldier got involved,
at least,
863
00:53:50,723 --> 00:53:52,363
because he lost his bearskin
864
00:53:52,363 --> 00:53:54,603
and had to retrieve it afterwards.
865
00:53:54,603 --> 00:53:58,323
It turned out to be
a replica gun firing blanks.
866
00:53:58,323 --> 00:54:01,203
The Queen, who carried on
with the parade,
867
00:54:01,203 --> 00:54:05,443
had no idea whether she had just
narrowly escaped assassination.
868
00:54:10,363 --> 00:54:13,963
But nothing highlighted
her vulnerability and calmness
869
00:54:13,963 --> 00:54:17,563
more than the day in 1982
when she woke up to find
870
00:54:17,563 --> 00:54:21,323
a disturbed, barefoot intruder
in her bedroom.
871
00:54:21,323 --> 00:54:27,563
The man, Michael Fagan, had somehow
stumbled across the Queen alone
872
00:54:27,563 --> 00:54:30,483
during his second foray
into the Palace.
873
00:54:30,483 --> 00:54:33,483
He came in through a place
where the alarm kept going off,
874
00:54:33,483 --> 00:54:35,483
so the...
875
00:54:35,483 --> 00:54:39,003
..policeman in the police lodge
says, "Oh, it's that alarm again.
876
00:54:39,003 --> 00:54:40,003
"Switch it off."
877
00:54:41,443 --> 00:54:44,723
The policeman who was on guard
at the Queen's door,
878
00:54:44,723 --> 00:54:48,243
and should have been there,
had some urgent appointment,
879
00:54:48,243 --> 00:54:51,243
or so he thought, and he knew
his colleague was coming on
880
00:54:51,243 --> 00:54:53,683
in a few minutes' time,
so he nipped off.
881
00:54:55,123 --> 00:54:58,763
Startled, the Queen was
woken up by Fagan,
882
00:54:58,763 --> 00:55:02,763
and after an exchange of words,
she managed to leave the room.
883
00:55:04,843 --> 00:55:07,683
The Queen was unharmed
and Fagan was apprehended.
884
00:55:13,683 --> 00:55:16,243
This steely character
was called upon
885
00:55:16,243 --> 00:55:19,363
at moments of national commemoration
and crisis.
886
00:55:20,763 --> 00:55:22,643
She never said very much,
887
00:55:22,643 --> 00:55:25,443
but she was always there
to give witness
888
00:55:25,443 --> 00:55:27,403
to what had gone before
889
00:55:27,403 --> 00:55:28,883
and to hear the pain.
890
00:55:30,043 --> 00:55:33,563
What was perhaps underestimated
was the personal toll
891
00:55:33,563 --> 00:55:34,923
it took upon her.
892
00:55:37,403 --> 00:55:40,603
When a coal tip collapsed
in the Welsh mining village
893
00:55:40,603 --> 00:55:43,083
of Aberfan in 1966,
894
00:55:43,083 --> 00:55:46,963
it engulfed a row of houses
and an infant school.
895
00:55:46,963 --> 00:55:51,963
Of 144 people who died,
116 were children.
896
00:55:59,763 --> 00:56:02,963
The Queen waited eight days
before visiting -
897
00:56:02,963 --> 00:56:05,723
something she reportedly
deeply regretted.
898
00:56:07,283 --> 00:56:10,483
Perhaps that was why
she would return to Aberfan
899
00:56:10,483 --> 00:56:12,683
several times during her reign.
900
00:56:14,003 --> 00:56:17,043
And 30 years later,
when a gunman ran amok
901
00:56:17,043 --> 00:56:19,163
in the Scottish town of Dunblane,
902
00:56:19,163 --> 00:56:21,763
killing a teacher
and 16 schoolchildren,
903
00:56:21,763 --> 00:56:24,763
the Queen knew what was called for.
904
00:56:26,163 --> 00:56:28,643
There we were in Dunblane Cathedral
905
00:56:28,643 --> 00:56:34,043
and the Queen had met the emergency
services and the councillors
906
00:56:34,043 --> 00:56:35,723
and various representatives
907
00:56:35,723 --> 00:56:39,403
of the community to commiserate
on behalf of the country,
908
00:56:39,403 --> 00:56:42,483
and there had been a moment
set aside in the vestry,
909
00:56:42,483 --> 00:56:45,923
a totally private room,
with nobody else present,
910
00:56:45,923 --> 00:56:49,963
just the Queen and any parents
who were there.
911
00:56:49,963 --> 00:56:54,083
To my astonishment,
there were some 20 parents,
912
00:56:54,083 --> 00:56:57,963
including one mother who was
so prostrate with grief,
913
00:56:57,963 --> 00:56:59,643
she could not stand.
914
00:57:01,283 --> 00:57:05,163
I remember the Queen putting
her handbag deliberately down
915
00:57:05,163 --> 00:57:07,723
and she physically braced herself
916
00:57:07,723 --> 00:57:10,043
before going into the room
917
00:57:10,043 --> 00:57:13,523
because she knew who was in there.
918
00:57:13,523 --> 00:57:16,523
She knew that somehow she was going
to have to convey
919
00:57:16,523 --> 00:57:18,803
the sympathy of the nation
920
00:57:18,803 --> 00:57:22,163
and to react as a mother
and grandmother.
921
00:57:25,683 --> 00:57:30,123
When terrorist bombs hit London
in July 2005,
922
00:57:30,123 --> 00:57:34,083
the Queen expressed what is close
to being her personal philosophy -
923
00:57:34,083 --> 00:57:36,603
keep calm and carry on...
924
00:57:36,603 --> 00:57:41,643
I want to express my admiration
for the people of our capital city
925
00:57:41,643 --> 00:57:46,843
who, in the aftermath of yesterday's
bombings, are calmly determined
926
00:57:46,843 --> 00:57:48,883
to resume their normal lives.
927
00:57:50,323 --> 00:57:53,283
That is the answer to this outrage.
928
00:57:53,283 --> 00:57:56,643
BIG BEN CHIMES
929
00:57:53,283 --> 00:57:56,643
..making her presence felt
930
00:57:56,643 --> 00:57:59,763
in an uneasy city
still alive to the threat.
931
00:58:01,043 --> 00:58:03,883
On the Saturday of that week,
932
00:58:03,883 --> 00:58:08,323
we had a huge parade
on Horse Guards.
933
00:58:08,323 --> 00:58:13,003
As part of that parade,
the Queen's programme,
934
00:58:13,003 --> 00:58:15,443
which was all set, all agreed,
935
00:58:15,443 --> 00:58:18,203
was that she would go down The Mall
936
00:58:18,203 --> 00:58:20,803
in an open-top Land Rover,
937
00:58:20,803 --> 00:58:26,163
and I remember vividly
this immediate reaction
938
00:58:26,163 --> 00:58:31,003
as London was locked down,
this question of,
939
00:58:31,003 --> 00:58:33,603
"Well, what on earth do we do
about the parade?"
940
00:58:33,603 --> 00:58:38,723
and her instinctive view
was the parade goes ahead.
941
00:58:40,243 --> 00:58:46,643
Life was going to go on and she was
not going to be cowed by terrorism.
942
00:58:46,643 --> 00:58:49,403
BAND PLAYS
943
00:58:53,643 --> 00:58:57,963
Being seen is essential
to the monarchy's survival.
944
00:58:57,963 --> 00:59:01,403
"I have to be seen to be believed,"
she once said,
945
00:59:01,403 --> 00:59:05,203
and it's been calculated
that the Queen personally met
946
00:59:05,203 --> 00:59:07,483
more than three million people.
947
00:59:09,323 --> 00:59:12,443
In the 1970s, she invented
the royal walkabout -
948
00:59:12,443 --> 00:59:15,203
a way of meeting
as many people as possible -
949
00:59:15,203 --> 00:59:18,763
and it became a signature feature
of her reign.
950
00:59:20,323 --> 00:59:23,563
She opened up the doors
of the occupied palaces
951
00:59:23,563 --> 00:59:24,963
to paying visitors
952
00:59:24,963 --> 00:59:29,003
and she introduced theme days
to promote British culture...
953
00:59:29,003 --> 00:59:31,603
Gosh. To be in Buckingham Palace!
954
00:59:31,603 --> 00:59:37,283
Never in my wildest dreams
did I ever feel I would be here.
955
00:59:37,283 --> 00:59:39,803
I wish my wife was here to see it.
956
00:59:42,443 --> 00:59:45,763
..but behind her public face
was a side of her character
957
00:59:45,763 --> 00:59:47,603
known only to the few.
958
00:59:47,603 --> 00:59:49,363
Underneath everything,
959
00:59:49,363 --> 00:59:52,043
she was quite a shy person,
960
00:59:52,043 --> 00:59:56,403
without any sense of sort of ego,
961
00:59:56,403 --> 00:59:58,083
which is extraordinary,
962
00:59:58,083 --> 01:00:02,683
if you think of her life,
if you think of her upbringing,
963
01:00:02,683 --> 01:00:04,923
if you think of her role.
964
01:00:08,923 --> 01:00:13,123
I would often see her entering
a room, which would fall silent.
965
01:00:13,123 --> 01:00:17,043
People would, as a reaction,
fall back, as it were,
966
01:00:17,043 --> 01:00:19,363
creating a space around her.
967
01:00:19,363 --> 01:00:23,403
I think she found that
actually very difficult.
968
01:00:25,283 --> 01:00:28,923
Difficult or not,
she did it all her life.
969
01:00:28,923 --> 01:00:32,723
Her reward was that the landmark
occasions proved her popularity.
970
01:00:32,723 --> 01:00:35,523
For the Golden Jubilee in 2002,
971
01:00:35,523 --> 01:00:38,523
a poor turnout was predicted
by the press,
972
01:00:38,523 --> 01:00:41,843
and yet people crowded
into central London.
973
01:00:41,843 --> 01:00:43,363
CHEERING
974
01:00:43,363 --> 01:00:45,803
In fact, it was the largest
gathering there
975
01:00:45,803 --> 01:00:48,283
since the end of
the Second World War.
976
01:00:51,923 --> 01:00:55,403
The year saw her visit Jamaica,
New Zealand, Australia,
977
01:00:55,403 --> 01:00:58,563
Canada and 70 British
towns and cities,
978
01:00:58,563 --> 01:01:01,803
culminating in
the Party at the Palace
979
01:01:01,803 --> 01:01:05,563
to mark the Queen's 50th
year on the throne.
980
01:01:05,563 --> 01:01:08,723
MUSIC: National Anthem
981
01:01:08,723 --> 01:01:11,843
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
982
01:01:11,843 --> 01:01:15,363
The Queen was overwhelmed
by the enormous outpouring
983
01:01:15,363 --> 01:01:18,643
of public goodwill, and she watched
the crowds in The Mall
984
01:01:18,643 --> 01:01:22,203
utterly astonished
by how many people had turned up.
985
01:01:23,843 --> 01:01:27,643
But 2002 was a year of
mixed blessings,
986
01:01:27,643 --> 01:01:30,603
one that dealt her
a double personal blow.
987
01:01:32,603 --> 01:01:36,323
In February, Princess Margaret
died at the age of 71.
988
01:01:37,523 --> 01:01:41,003
The Queen's younger sister could
hardly have been more different,
989
01:01:41,003 --> 01:01:44,443
known for her glamorous
and extrovert nature -
990
01:01:44,443 --> 01:01:49,163
but throughout life, the two
had been constant companions.
991
01:01:49,163 --> 01:01:53,043
I have been so touched
by the kindness shown
992
01:01:53,043 --> 01:01:57,283
by so many of you
over these recent months.
993
01:01:57,283 --> 01:02:01,843
At Easter, the Queen Mother
died at the age of 101.
994
01:02:01,843 --> 01:02:05,123
Almost as much of a national
character as the Queen herself,
995
01:02:05,123 --> 01:02:08,083
and certainly much more of
a personality,
996
01:02:08,083 --> 01:02:11,403
with her cheerful
reputation for extravagance
997
01:02:11,403 --> 01:02:14,763
and her wry, sometimes shocking
sense of humour,
998
01:02:14,763 --> 01:02:19,083
she had long been a foil to
her more serious-minded daughter.
999
01:02:20,883 --> 01:02:24,683
Do you know that I haven't watched
from a pair of binoculars for ages.
1000
01:02:24,683 --> 01:02:27,883
Look at it. Pouring with tears.
Oh, dear!
1001
01:02:27,883 --> 01:02:30,363
I always watch on the television.
It's the emotion, perhaps.
1002
01:02:30,363 --> 01:02:32,163
No, no. I watch on the television.
1003
01:02:32,163 --> 01:02:34,603
No, Mummy. If you look
into the wind like that.
1004
01:02:34,603 --> 01:02:36,083
It's like looking for deer.
1005
01:02:39,803 --> 01:02:42,923
After the deaths of
the two women closest to her,
1006
01:02:42,923 --> 01:02:46,243
the Queen almost inevitably
carried on working,
1007
01:02:46,243 --> 01:02:49,603
though with a renewed awareness
of her place in life.
1008
01:02:50,843 --> 01:02:54,243
My grandmother, I'm sure,
was a grand influence on my mama.
1009
01:02:55,603 --> 01:03:00,043
Whatever she felt, or whenever ill,
whenever difficult or exhausted,
1010
01:03:00,043 --> 01:03:03,643
she always went out and did
what was required,
1011
01:03:03,643 --> 01:03:06,803
and that does rub off, I think.
1012
01:03:06,803 --> 01:03:10,163
So, of course
she was going to go on
1013
01:03:10,163 --> 01:03:13,203
because there's something...
1014
01:03:13,203 --> 01:03:17,003
..you know, wider and greater
that has to be...
1015
01:03:17,003 --> 01:03:18,603
..has to be taken care of.
1016
01:03:21,803 --> 01:03:23,723
Her reach was far and wide.
1017
01:03:26,683 --> 01:03:30,123
She was the first British monarch
to set foot in Russia
1018
01:03:30,123 --> 01:03:32,803
since the days of
Tsar Nicholas II...
1019
01:03:35,283 --> 01:03:37,963
..the first ever to visit China
1020
01:03:37,963 --> 01:03:41,203
and to officially receive
a Pope on a state visit.
1021
01:03:44,283 --> 01:03:47,243
And in 2011, the Queen became
the first British monarch
1022
01:03:47,243 --> 01:03:49,683
to set foot
in the Republic of Ireland.
1023
01:03:49,683 --> 01:03:53,643
100 years earlier, her grandfather,
King George V, visited
1024
01:03:53,643 --> 01:03:56,603
when this soil was unified
with Britain -
1025
01:03:56,603 --> 01:03:59,643
but this was the Queen in green,
1026
01:03:59,643 --> 01:04:03,403
the Irish-speaking mistress of tact.
1027
01:04:12,043 --> 01:04:15,443
A Uachtarain
1028
01:04:15,443 --> 01:04:18,323
agus a chairde.
1029
01:04:18,323 --> 01:04:20,403
When the Queen stood up
and made that speech,
1030
01:04:20,403 --> 01:04:23,963
the first words of which
were in Gaelic,
1031
01:04:23,963 --> 01:04:27,643
it just melted the entire country
1032
01:04:27,643 --> 01:04:29,683
with huge affection for her.
1033
01:04:29,683 --> 01:04:34,003
APPLAUSE
The fact that she was in Ireland,
1034
01:04:34,003 --> 01:04:39,003
in the Republic, and given such
a great reception,
1035
01:04:39,003 --> 01:04:42,243
and there she was,
the embodiment of everything
1036
01:04:42,243 --> 01:04:44,163
that going back half a century,
1037
01:04:44,163 --> 01:04:46,683
going back to the time
when she first began to reign,
1038
01:04:46,683 --> 01:04:50,083
would have been thought
of as impossible.
1039
01:04:50,083 --> 01:04:52,723
To all those who have suffered
as a consequence
1040
01:04:52,723 --> 01:04:54,683
of our troubled past,
1041
01:04:54,683 --> 01:04:58,803
I extend my sincere thoughts
and deep sympathy.
1042
01:04:58,803 --> 01:05:02,603
That whole visit and the dignity
with which she did everything
1043
01:05:02,603 --> 01:05:05,203
and the visit to Croke Park
and the war memorials
1044
01:05:05,203 --> 01:05:06,843
was immensely powerful.
1045
01:05:13,563 --> 01:05:17,803
Coming, you know, at the end of so
many years and after so much hurt
1046
01:05:17,803 --> 01:05:22,723
and pain was a wonderfully healing,
1047
01:05:22,723 --> 01:05:27,843
reconciling moment, which I think...
1048
01:05:27,843 --> 01:05:32,603
..had a profound effect and has
made a fantastic difference.
1049
01:05:33,723 --> 01:05:37,243
Looking further afield, her most
important international role
1050
01:05:37,243 --> 01:05:39,323
was clearly head
of the Commonwealth,
1051
01:05:39,323 --> 01:05:43,323
embracing a third of
the world's population.
1052
01:05:43,323 --> 01:05:48,243
Being head of the Commonwealth,
she is head of a worldwide
1053
01:05:48,243 --> 01:05:52,483
multiracial organisation that
brings people of different races,
1054
01:05:52,483 --> 01:05:57,203
religions, backgrounds,
cultural dispositions together.
1055
01:05:57,203 --> 01:06:03,283
We have 2.4 billion people,
60% of whom are under the age of 30,
1056
01:06:03,283 --> 01:06:06,763
all of whom come from different
economic backgrounds,
1057
01:06:06,763 --> 01:06:11,203
and because she's known
so many of the leaders throughout
1058
01:06:11,203 --> 01:06:15,043
that period, she's brought wisdom
and judgment
1059
01:06:15,043 --> 01:06:17,403
and a historical perspective
1060
01:06:17,403 --> 01:06:19,883
that I think no-one else
has been able to give.
1061
01:06:21,003 --> 01:06:23,283
I think as a head
of the Commonwealth,
1062
01:06:23,283 --> 01:06:25,603
she has given inspiration,
1063
01:06:25,603 --> 01:06:27,523
she has given encouragement..
1064
01:06:27,523 --> 01:06:31,483
She came to my country, Port of
Spain, when we hosted CHOGM in 2009.
1065
01:06:31,483 --> 01:06:33,123
She was in Port of Spain then,
1066
01:06:33,123 --> 01:06:35,643
and she's gone to any part
of the Commonwealth.
1067
01:06:35,643 --> 01:06:36,763
Thank you very much.
1068
01:06:36,763 --> 01:06:40,443
The Queen will always be remembered
as the person
1069
01:06:40,443 --> 01:06:44,083
who gave the continuity
to the Commonwealth
1070
01:06:44,083 --> 01:06:46,443
through all of the decades
1071
01:06:46,443 --> 01:06:48,323
when she was the leader of it.
1072
01:06:48,323 --> 01:06:52,763
It's something which can never
be replicated, I think, in history,
1073
01:06:52,763 --> 01:06:54,683
in any other organisation.
1074
01:06:55,843 --> 01:07:00,523
Where else have you got a person
who's been meeting a 36-year-old
1075
01:07:00,523 --> 01:07:05,603
Prime Minister from Dominica,
and the same person was sitting
1076
01:07:05,603 --> 01:07:10,123
alongside Nehru and Menzies
and Churchill?
1077
01:07:10,123 --> 01:07:15,643
So, the combination of that
longevity and wisdom
1078
01:07:15,643 --> 01:07:22,283
has meant that people have been able
to ask her about tricky situations
1079
01:07:22,283 --> 01:07:25,323
because she's been through
so many of them.
1080
01:07:26,523 --> 01:07:31,003
The last decades of the Queen's
reign saw her as a revered mother,
1081
01:07:31,003 --> 01:07:33,883
grandmother and great-grandmother.
1082
01:07:35,483 --> 01:07:39,163
This was a period of gradual,
careful modernisation.
1083
01:07:40,323 --> 01:07:45,563
One potential future problem
for the monarchy melted away in 2005
1084
01:07:45,563 --> 01:07:48,523
when she gave her blessing
for the wedding of Prince Charles
1085
01:07:48,523 --> 01:07:51,363
to the divorcee
Camilla Parker Bowles.
1086
01:07:51,363 --> 01:07:53,643
CHEERING
1087
01:07:51,363 --> 01:07:53,643
REPORTER: Here he is,
1088
01:07:53,643 --> 01:07:55,363
His Royal Highness,
the Prince of Wales,
1089
01:07:55,363 --> 01:07:58,443
and Her Royal Highness,
the Duchess of Cornwall.
1090
01:08:00,083 --> 01:08:01,643
The years that followed
1091
01:08:01,643 --> 01:08:04,683
saw the newly titled Duke and
Duchess of Cornwall
1092
01:08:04,683 --> 01:08:06,723
take on more of the engagements
1093
01:08:06,723 --> 01:08:09,243
traditionally associated
with a now more elderly Queen,
1094
01:08:09,243 --> 01:08:12,563
including visits to many of the
more distant countries
1095
01:08:12,563 --> 01:08:14,603
and shouldering more responsibility
1096
01:08:14,603 --> 01:08:16,363
at Commonwealth summits.
1097
01:08:17,683 --> 01:08:22,083
I've watched as my mama
has carried out
1098
01:08:22,083 --> 01:08:24,763
all these Commonwealth duties
for a long time.
1099
01:08:24,763 --> 01:08:27,763
It must be quite difficult
for her not going.
1100
01:08:27,763 --> 01:08:31,123
I learnt a lot from it
1101
01:08:31,123 --> 01:08:33,843
and tried, I hope,
to fulfil it in a way
1102
01:08:33,843 --> 01:08:37,123
that she might have been
quite proud of, I don't know.
1103
01:08:38,323 --> 01:08:42,683
And the next generation continued
to move centre stage.
1104
01:08:42,683 --> 01:08:44,883
THEY CHANT: We love William!
We love Kate!
1105
01:08:44,883 --> 01:08:47,763
We love William! We love Kate!
1106
01:08:47,763 --> 01:08:49,963
When the Queen's grandson
Prince William
1107
01:08:49,963 --> 01:08:51,603
married Catherine Middleton,
1108
01:08:51,603 --> 01:08:56,043
it was a spectacular example
of modernity mixed with tradition.
1109
01:08:57,443 --> 01:09:00,443
Flags and foliage
inside Westminster Abbey,
1110
01:09:00,443 --> 01:09:04,123
more than half a century on
from the Queen's own wedding there.
1111
01:09:07,243 --> 01:09:10,923
By welcoming such an authentically
modern middle-class recruit
1112
01:09:10,923 --> 01:09:14,523
in Catherine, the Queen continued
the long-term strategy
1113
01:09:14,523 --> 01:09:17,003
of constantly restitching
the monarchy
1114
01:09:17,003 --> 01:09:20,203
into the changing social fabric
of the country.
1115
01:09:25,283 --> 01:09:26,603
Hip, hip!
1116
01:09:26,603 --> 01:09:27,643
ALL: Hooray!
1117
01:09:27,643 --> 01:09:28,683
Hip, hip!
1118
01:09:28,683 --> 01:09:30,363
ALL: Hooray!
1119
01:09:30,363 --> 01:09:31,403
Hip, hip!
1120
01:09:31,403 --> 01:09:33,403
ALL: Hooray!
1121
01:09:33,403 --> 01:09:36,803
In 2012, the Queen reached
a historic milestone.
1122
01:09:38,963 --> 01:09:42,963
The only other British monarch to
have reached 60 years on the throne
1123
01:09:42,963 --> 01:09:44,643
had been Queen Victoria.
1124
01:09:47,283 --> 01:09:49,483
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1125
01:09:49,483 --> 01:09:50,723
Your Majesty...
1126
01:09:52,243 --> 01:09:55,563
..Mummy...
1127
01:09:55,563 --> 01:10:00,123
..this is our opportunity
to thank you and my father
1128
01:10:00,123 --> 01:10:03,043
for always being there for us,
1129
01:10:03,043 --> 01:10:07,963
for inspiring us with your
selfless duty and service,
1130
01:10:07,963 --> 01:10:11,723
and for making us
proud to be British.
1131
01:10:11,723 --> 01:10:14,843
MUSIC: National Anthem
1132
01:10:21,283 --> 01:10:25,483
The Diamond Jubilee year also
brought evidence of a sense of fun,
1133
01:10:25,483 --> 01:10:30,803
and buttoned lip, with the opening
of the 2012 London Olympics.
1134
01:10:30,803 --> 01:10:35,963
During the opening ceremony
of the Olympic Games in London,
1135
01:10:35,963 --> 01:10:40,403
there was Daniel Craig as James Bond
arriving at Buckingham Palace...
1136
01:10:41,963 --> 01:10:44,003
..and everybody looking, going,
1137
01:10:44,003 --> 01:10:46,363
"Oh, so he IS going
to Buckingham Palace.
1138
01:10:46,363 --> 01:10:48,843
"Who's he going...?
Is he going to meet the Queen?"
1139
01:10:51,243 --> 01:10:54,123
And as it went further on,
"He IS going to..."
1140
01:10:54,123 --> 01:10:56,203
Mr Bond, Your Majesty.
1141
01:10:56,203 --> 01:10:59,403
And everybody,
wherever you were in the world,
1142
01:10:59,403 --> 01:11:01,443
was thinking exactly
the same thought...
1143
01:11:04,283 --> 01:11:05,883
..who will be playing the Queen?
1144
01:11:07,123 --> 01:11:08,643
HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
1145
01:11:10,723 --> 01:11:12,323
Good evening, Mr Bond.
1146
01:11:13,563 --> 01:11:15,603
Good evening, Your Majesty.
1147
01:11:15,603 --> 01:11:18,963
MUSIC: Music For The Royal
Fireworks, La Rejouissance by Handel
1148
01:11:34,203 --> 01:11:35,643
CORGIS WHINE
1149
01:11:35,643 --> 01:11:40,443
And it had the same effect
on everybody who was watching.
1150
01:11:40,443 --> 01:11:42,483
They just couldn't believe it.
1151
01:11:42,483 --> 01:11:44,803
MUSIC: James Bond Theme
1152
01:11:50,603 --> 01:11:54,723
The fact that my mother
kept that completely to herself
1153
01:11:54,723 --> 01:11:57,683
and the team that were there
and didn't tell anybody
1154
01:11:57,683 --> 01:11:59,243
was just brilliant.
1155
01:12:01,163 --> 01:12:03,963
REPORTER: Her Majesty the Queen
in this Diamond Jubilee year
1156
01:12:03,963 --> 01:12:06,843
proving that she certainly has
a sense of humour...
1157
01:12:08,003 --> 01:12:10,203
..and preparing to open these Games
1158
01:12:10,203 --> 01:12:13,083
as her father, King George VI, did
back in 1948,
1159
01:12:13,083 --> 01:12:16,763
and her great-grandfather,
Edward VII, in 1908.
1160
01:12:19,123 --> 01:12:21,083
While upholding tradition,
1161
01:12:21,083 --> 01:12:23,003
she clearly wasn't
constrained by it,
1162
01:12:23,003 --> 01:12:26,003
and was always willing
to welcome change.
1163
01:12:26,003 --> 01:12:30,483
In 2018, there were smiles
all round as the Queen's grandson
1164
01:12:30,483 --> 01:12:33,043
Prince Harry married Meghan Markle -
1165
01:12:33,043 --> 01:12:36,123
American, divorced
and of mixed race.
1166
01:12:39,003 --> 01:12:40,723
Harry and Meghan's wedding, I think,
1167
01:12:40,723 --> 01:12:42,923
can be summed up
as the ultimate fairy tale.
1168
01:12:42,923 --> 01:12:46,043
There was jubilation that a very
popular prince
1169
01:12:46,043 --> 01:12:47,803
had finally found the one.
1170
01:12:48,963 --> 01:12:50,403
The sun was shining.
1171
01:12:50,403 --> 01:12:54,483
There was the glorious nature of the
carriage ride down The Long Walk,
1172
01:12:54,483 --> 01:12:56,683
which was hugely iconic,
1173
01:12:56,683 --> 01:12:59,643
but also this idea
of a new beginning.
1174
01:12:59,643 --> 01:13:01,563
This was the first mixed-race woman
1175
01:13:01,563 --> 01:13:03,683
to marry into
the British royal family.
1176
01:13:03,683 --> 01:13:07,163
You know, they had hopes
and ambitions and dreams
1177
01:13:07,163 --> 01:13:09,723
and people talked about how this
brought the royal family
1178
01:13:09,723 --> 01:13:11,723
more into the 21st century.
1179
01:13:11,723 --> 01:13:14,243
It was definitely ground-breaking
1180
01:13:14,243 --> 01:13:17,203
and it was just a really,
really joyous day.
1181
01:13:20,803 --> 01:13:24,363
Her own marriage gave the Queen
great joy -
1182
01:13:24,363 --> 01:13:26,963
for 73 years
married to Prince Philip,
1183
01:13:26,963 --> 01:13:28,563
the Duke of Edinburgh,
1184
01:13:28,563 --> 01:13:31,403
with most of her life
defined by that union.
1185
01:13:33,883 --> 01:13:37,403
The Queen has said very often
throughout her reign,
1186
01:13:37,403 --> 01:13:40,643
Prince Philip was an enormous part
of her life
1187
01:13:40,643 --> 01:13:44,283
and an unbelievable part
of the success of her reign.
1188
01:13:44,283 --> 01:13:46,323
He was her strength and stay.
1189
01:13:47,643 --> 01:13:50,043
I don't think that she could
have possibly done the job
1190
01:13:50,043 --> 01:13:54,003
that she did for all those years
1191
01:13:54,003 --> 01:13:55,523
without him by her side.
1192
01:13:57,523 --> 01:14:00,403
Elizabeth II became queen in her 20s
1193
01:14:00,403 --> 01:14:04,563
and lived to become the
longest-reigning British monarch.
1194
01:14:06,523 --> 01:14:10,483
She understood very well
her unique situation.
1195
01:14:10,483 --> 01:14:14,443
She taught herself ways
of handling herself in public,
1196
01:14:14,443 --> 01:14:16,963
and she stuck to them.
1197
01:14:16,963 --> 01:14:19,723
But who knew her thoughts?
1198
01:14:19,723 --> 01:14:24,523
A rare occasion when her private
voice was heard was in Elizabeth R,
1199
01:14:24,523 --> 01:14:28,803
a BBC film marking
her 40th year on the throne.
1200
01:14:28,803 --> 01:14:31,523
Most people have a job
and then they go home.
1201
01:14:31,523 --> 01:14:35,923
In this existence,
the job and the life go on together
1202
01:14:35,923 --> 01:14:38,763
because you can't really
divide it up.
1203
01:14:40,763 --> 01:14:43,323
I mean, luckily, I'm a quick reader,
1204
01:14:43,323 --> 01:14:47,723
so I can get through a lot
of reading in quite a short time.
1205
01:14:47,723 --> 01:14:54,363
Though I do rather begrudge some
of the hours that I have to do
1206
01:14:54,363 --> 01:14:56,123
instead of being outdoors.
1207
01:14:58,923 --> 01:15:03,163
And in 2018, she shared her memories
of wearing the crown
1208
01:15:03,163 --> 01:15:04,643
at the Coronation.
1209
01:15:05,803 --> 01:15:08,683
Heavy? Well, I think it's
three pounds or something.
1210
01:15:11,163 --> 01:15:14,763
Quite heavy. Comfortable, ma'am? No.
1211
01:15:17,123 --> 01:15:19,723
Nothing like that is comfortable.
1212
01:15:21,723 --> 01:15:25,243
A little after that, she allowed
herself to be filmed
1213
01:15:25,243 --> 01:15:27,763
strolling through the gardens
of Buckingham Palace
1214
01:15:27,763 --> 01:15:29,323
with her fellow nonagenarian,
1215
01:15:29,323 --> 01:15:30,803
Sir David Attenborough.
1216
01:15:30,803 --> 01:15:34,643
All the countries of
the Commonwealth... Have agreed.
1217
01:15:34,643 --> 01:15:39,483
..to allocate parts of
their native forests... Yeah.
1218
01:15:39,483 --> 01:15:43,563
..for conservation.
And it's called the Queen's Canopy.
1219
01:15:43,563 --> 01:15:46,323
Well, that'll be marvellous.
1220
01:15:46,323 --> 01:15:48,323
A wonderful legacy.
1221
01:15:50,403 --> 01:15:55,883
She did it so marvellously that
it was a conversational exchange.
1222
01:15:55,883 --> 01:15:59,603
I was going to say, a sundial
neatly planted in the shade.
1223
01:15:59,603 --> 01:16:01,283
Isn't it good? Yes.
1224
01:16:01,283 --> 01:16:03,683
HE LAUGHS
1225
01:16:03,683 --> 01:16:06,803
Amazed to hear myself saying
1226
01:16:06,803 --> 01:16:10,203
I thought the sundial was perhaps
not well placed,
1227
01:16:10,203 --> 01:16:13,323
bearing in mind it was under
the shade of a tree.
1228
01:16:13,323 --> 01:16:16,003
That's pretty cheeky, really.
1229
01:16:16,003 --> 01:16:18,403
But she laughed.
1230
01:16:18,403 --> 01:16:22,803
Had we thought of that,
that it was planted in the shade?
1231
01:16:22,803 --> 01:16:26,523
It wasn't in the shade originally,
I'm sure, but...
1232
01:16:26,523 --> 01:16:28,003
HE LAUGHS
1233
01:16:28,003 --> 01:16:29,683
..maybe we could move it.
1234
01:16:31,403 --> 01:16:35,483
The final years were a masterclass
in dedication to duty.
1235
01:16:35,483 --> 01:16:37,643
No matter what occurred,
1236
01:16:37,643 --> 01:16:42,763
the Queen maintained her diplomatic
composure throughout public crisis
1237
01:16:42,763 --> 01:16:45,203
and difficulties closer to home.
1238
01:16:46,643 --> 01:16:49,763
Good evening. Prince Andrew,
who's been engulfed in controversy,
1239
01:16:49,763 --> 01:16:53,283
has announced that he will not
undertake any royal duties
1240
01:16:53,283 --> 01:16:55,123
for the foreseeable future.
1241
01:16:55,123 --> 01:16:58,763
In 2019, the Queen's second son,
the Duke of York,
1242
01:16:58,763 --> 01:17:00,763
stepped back from public duties
1243
01:17:00,763 --> 01:17:03,843
over serious allegations
about his private life,
1244
01:17:03,843 --> 01:17:06,163
which caused what he described as
1245
01:17:06,163 --> 01:17:08,843
"a major disruption
to my family's work".
1246
01:17:10,043 --> 01:17:13,203
CHEERING
1247
01:17:10,043 --> 01:17:13,203
In January, 2020,
1248
01:17:13,203 --> 01:17:16,163
the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,
Harry and Meghan,
1249
01:17:16,163 --> 01:17:20,243
announced their sudden departure
from life as senior royals
1250
01:17:20,243 --> 01:17:22,963
to forge a new future
in North America.
1251
01:17:24,043 --> 01:17:26,483
REPORTER: They are going with
the best wishes of the Queen.
1252
01:17:26,483 --> 01:17:29,003
In a statement from
Buckingham Palace, she said...
1253
01:17:29,003 --> 01:17:32,323
"Harry, Meghan and Archie will
always be much-loved members
1254
01:17:32,323 --> 01:17:34,083
"of my family."
1255
01:17:34,083 --> 01:17:37,963
She went on, "I recognise
the challenges they have experienced
1256
01:17:37,963 --> 01:17:40,883
"as a result of intense scrutiny
over the last two years
1257
01:17:40,883 --> 01:17:44,123
"and support their wish
for a more independent life."
1258
01:17:48,923 --> 01:17:52,683
But the greatest challenge of 2020 -
to the whole world -
1259
01:17:52,683 --> 01:17:55,563
came with the deadly
coronavirus pandemic...
1260
01:17:56,883 --> 01:17:59,603
..which forced populations
into lockdown.
1261
01:18:01,283 --> 01:18:05,123
The Queen herself was placed
into quarantine at Windsor Castle
1262
01:18:05,123 --> 01:18:07,883
from where she addressed
a fearful nation.
1263
01:18:07,883 --> 01:18:13,963
I'm speaking to you at what I know
is an increasingly challenging time,
1264
01:18:13,963 --> 01:18:17,723
a time of disruption
in the life of our country,
1265
01:18:17,723 --> 01:18:20,843
a disruption that has brought
grief to some,
1266
01:18:20,843 --> 01:18:23,723
financial difficulties to many,
1267
01:18:23,723 --> 01:18:27,963
and enormous changes
to the daily lives of us all.
1268
01:18:27,963 --> 01:18:30,563
BORIS JOHNSON: When there were
difficult times,
1269
01:18:30,563 --> 01:18:32,443
she was incredibly important
1270
01:18:32,443 --> 01:18:37,083
and perhaps never more so
in recent times than during Covid.
1271
01:18:37,083 --> 01:18:41,843
She was able to reach people
in a way that no politician
1272
01:18:41,843 --> 01:18:44,083
could have hoped to do.
1273
01:18:44,083 --> 01:18:49,003
A lot of the bringing of the nation
together was through her.
1274
01:18:49,003 --> 01:18:53,803
We should take comfort that while
we may have more still to endure,
1275
01:18:53,803 --> 01:18:56,363
better days will return.
1276
01:18:56,363 --> 01:18:59,083
We will be with our friends again.
1277
01:18:59,083 --> 01:19:01,883
We will be with our families again.
1278
01:19:01,883 --> 01:19:03,563
We will meet again.
1279
01:19:03,563 --> 01:19:07,603
# We'll meet again... #
1280
01:19:07,603 --> 01:19:11,363
It was a rallying call invoking
the wartime spirit...
1281
01:19:11,363 --> 01:19:13,483
# Don't know when... #
1282
01:19:13,483 --> 01:19:17,163
..and just weeks later,
with all public events cancelled,
1283
01:19:17,163 --> 01:19:20,763
the Queen marked the 75th
anniversary of Victory in Europe
1284
01:19:20,763 --> 01:19:25,083
with another address drawing
parallels between the two events.
1285
01:19:25,083 --> 01:19:27,443
BELL CHIMES
1286
01:19:29,643 --> 01:19:33,643
I speak to you today
at the same hour as my father did
1287
01:19:33,643 --> 01:19:37,243
exactly 75 years ago.
1288
01:19:37,243 --> 01:19:41,843
His message then was a salute to the
men and women at home and abroad
1289
01:19:41,843 --> 01:19:44,083
who had sacrificed so much
1290
01:19:44,083 --> 01:19:48,123
in pursuit of what he rightly called
a great deliverance.
1291
01:19:50,163 --> 01:19:52,883
The war had been a total war.
1292
01:19:52,883 --> 01:19:57,483
It had affected everyone and
no-one was immune from its impact.
1293
01:19:58,883 --> 01:20:01,123
Never give up, never despair -
1294
01:20:01,123 --> 01:20:03,603
that was the message of VE Day.
1295
01:20:03,603 --> 01:20:06,163
"Never give up, never despair"
1296
01:20:06,163 --> 01:20:10,043
could be described as
a theme of the Queen's reign.
1297
01:20:10,043 --> 01:20:14,003
In June 2020, her official birthday
ceremony, Trooping the Colour,
1298
01:20:14,003 --> 01:20:19,363
saw a pared down, socially-distanced
affair in Windsor, not in London.
1299
01:20:19,363 --> 01:20:21,963
Right...turn!
1300
01:20:25,643 --> 01:20:28,363
Coping with relentless
imposed changes
1301
01:20:28,363 --> 01:20:31,603
while keeping the spirit
of tradition visible -
1302
01:20:31,603 --> 01:20:33,683
that was the Queen's task
1303
01:20:33,683 --> 01:20:37,403
through 70 years of shifts
in society and technology...
1304
01:20:40,363 --> 01:20:43,963
..something she reflected
upon annually at Christmas.
1305
01:20:45,283 --> 01:20:47,323
Today is another landmark
1306
01:20:47,323 --> 01:20:50,403
because television
has made it possible
1307
01:20:50,403 --> 01:20:54,203
for many of you to see me
in your homes on Christmas Day.
1308
01:20:54,203 --> 01:20:59,163
These techniques of radio
and television are modern,
1309
01:20:59,163 --> 01:21:01,443
but the Christmas message
is timeless.
1310
01:21:01,443 --> 01:21:02,963
We need reminding of it...
1311
01:21:02,963 --> 01:21:06,323
This was the Queen on matters
closest to her heart -
1312
01:21:06,323 --> 01:21:09,963
the Commonwealth, the military,
religion and family.
1313
01:21:11,123 --> 01:21:16,083
Of course, for many, this time
of year will be tinged with sadness,
1314
01:21:16,083 --> 01:21:20,123
some mourning the loss
of those dear to them
1315
01:21:20,123 --> 01:21:25,043
and others missing friends and
family members distanced for safety,
1316
01:21:25,043 --> 01:21:28,283
when all they really want
for Christmas is a simple hug
1317
01:21:28,283 --> 01:21:30,283
or a squeeze of the hand.
1318
01:21:30,283 --> 01:21:35,603
And shortly afterwards, the Queen
would experience her own loss.
1319
01:21:35,603 --> 01:21:39,083
In February, the Duke of Edinburgh
was hospitalised,
1320
01:21:39,083 --> 01:21:42,883
not because of Covid,
but for longer-term issues.
1321
01:21:45,443 --> 01:21:50,843
After a month, he returned home
for what became his final weeks.
1322
01:21:53,323 --> 01:21:58,643
He died peacefully at Windsor
on April 9th 2021,
1323
01:21:58,643 --> 01:22:00,803
aged 99.
1324
01:22:04,563 --> 01:22:08,003
The ceremonial royal funeral
at Windsor Castle
1325
01:22:08,003 --> 01:22:11,643
was modified due to
government restrictions.
1326
01:22:11,643 --> 01:22:16,043
Present...arms!
1327
01:22:17,683 --> 01:22:22,403
Nonetheless, it had military at
its heart, as the Duke had wanted.
1328
01:22:25,043 --> 01:22:28,523
It was as unique a farewell
as the man himself.
1329
01:22:29,883 --> 01:22:33,043
Forward...march!
1330
01:22:36,203 --> 01:22:38,483
BAND PLAYS AND BELL TOLLS
1331
01:22:39,683 --> 01:22:41,923
Despite the pomp and ceremony,
1332
01:22:41,923 --> 01:22:44,563
only 30 people
were allowed to attend
1333
01:22:44,563 --> 01:22:45,923
the service itself...
1334
01:22:48,443 --> 01:22:50,803
..all of them socially distanced...
1335
01:22:52,243 --> 01:22:57,243
..leaving the enduring image
of the masked monarch alone,
1336
01:22:57,243 --> 01:22:59,203
grieving the death of her husband.
1337
01:23:01,403 --> 01:23:04,443
For the first time
since coming to the throne,
1338
01:23:04,443 --> 01:23:07,883
the Queen would reign
without her consort...
1339
01:23:09,843 --> 01:23:12,923
..and after a period
of official mourning,
1340
01:23:12,923 --> 01:23:15,723
she was straight back to work.
1341
01:23:15,723 --> 01:23:18,203
FANFARE
1342
01:23:19,683 --> 01:23:21,883
My Lords, pray, be seated.
1343
01:23:23,603 --> 01:23:26,363
The Queen continued
to lead the nation,
1344
01:23:26,363 --> 01:23:29,163
I think we would all now say,
1345
01:23:29,163 --> 01:23:34,923
with an affection
and respect for her
1346
01:23:34,923 --> 01:23:36,923
that grew and developed.
1347
01:23:36,923 --> 01:23:38,603
She didn't get left behind.
1348
01:23:38,603 --> 01:23:42,923
As the world endured
a second year of pandemic,
1349
01:23:42,923 --> 01:23:46,603
the Queen carried on fulfilling
engagements...
1350
01:23:46,603 --> 01:23:48,923
..although not always in person.
1351
01:23:50,643 --> 01:23:52,003
Good morning, Your Majesty.
1352
01:23:52,003 --> 01:23:53,123
Your Majesty.
1353
01:23:53,123 --> 01:23:54,283
Good evening.
1354
01:23:54,283 --> 01:23:55,643
Ah! There you are.
1355
01:23:55,643 --> 01:23:59,723
It's a great honour for the Armed
Forces that you've taken the time
1356
01:23:59,723 --> 01:24:03,083
to meet some of our people
serving around the world.
1357
01:24:03,083 --> 01:24:06,843
She was able to still do
and still have conversations
1358
01:24:06,843 --> 01:24:10,443
that she would have had if she had
been physically visiting places...
1359
01:24:10,443 --> 01:24:13,203
I'm currently in Curacao
at the moment, ma'am.
1360
01:24:13,203 --> 01:24:16,563
We've gone past Montserrat,
the British Virgin Islands,
1361
01:24:16,563 --> 01:24:20,243
and it's been absolutely incredible
seeing all these different places.
1362
01:24:20,243 --> 01:24:23,603
Well, I'm very glad to have been
able to meet all of you,
1363
01:24:23,603 --> 01:24:25,883
and the best of luck.
1364
01:24:25,883 --> 01:24:28,363
..and I think that was really
important to people
1365
01:24:28,363 --> 01:24:30,123
that she was still there for them.
1366
01:24:30,123 --> 01:24:31,683
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1367
01:24:31,683 --> 01:24:34,963
The Queen's enthusiastic connection
with the people
1368
01:24:34,963 --> 01:24:37,803
was clearer than ever
at her Platinum Jubilee.
1369
01:24:39,923 --> 01:24:42,243
As she appeared on
the Buckingham Palace balcony,
1370
01:24:42,243 --> 01:24:46,723
it was the climax of a spectacular
four-day summer celebration.
1371
01:24:48,443 --> 01:24:52,163
This was quite a feat, unmatched
by any other British monarch -
1372
01:24:52,163 --> 01:24:53,923
70 uninterrupted years.
1373
01:24:58,203 --> 01:25:01,963
Her decline in health meant
the Queen was largely absent
1374
01:25:01,963 --> 01:25:06,363
from Jubilee events, so it was
her family who took centre stage.
1375
01:25:07,883 --> 01:25:12,203
Never the slightest doubt, however,
who remained the central focus...
1376
01:25:12,203 --> 01:25:13,963
CHEERING
1377
01:25:13,963 --> 01:25:17,883
..and the 96-year-old had lost
none of her sense of humour
1378
01:25:17,883 --> 01:25:19,963
or capacity to surprise.
1379
01:25:22,403 --> 01:25:24,243
Perhaps...
1380
01:25:24,243 --> 01:25:26,803
..you would like
a marmalade sandwich?
1381
01:25:26,803 --> 01:25:29,203
I always keep one for emergencies.
1382
01:25:29,203 --> 01:25:30,563
So do I.
1383
01:25:32,363 --> 01:25:34,363
I keep mine in here...
1384
01:25:35,523 --> 01:25:36,723
Oh!
1385
01:25:37,923 --> 01:25:39,003
..for later.
1386
01:25:40,203 --> 01:25:42,443
Summing up the remarkable mood,
1387
01:25:42,443 --> 01:25:45,603
her son Charles made
a warm personal tribute.
1388
01:25:47,883 --> 01:25:51,243
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
I know the Queen is watching
1389
01:25:51,243 --> 01:25:54,843
these celebrations
with much emotion,
1390
01:25:54,843 --> 01:25:58,563
having, I hope, finished
her marmalade sandwich...
1391
01:25:58,563 --> 01:26:00,763
LAUGHTER
1392
01:26:00,763 --> 01:26:03,203
..including immense regret
1393
01:26:03,203 --> 01:26:07,563
that she cannot be here
in person with us this evening.
1394
01:26:07,563 --> 01:26:13,163
But Windsor Castle
is barely 20 miles away,
1395
01:26:13,163 --> 01:26:19,923
so if we cheer loudly enough,
she might - might - just hear us.
1396
01:26:19,923 --> 01:26:24,403
So, let's all join together...
CHEERING
1397
01:26:24,403 --> 01:26:27,683
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1398
01:26:39,563 --> 01:26:41,203
As an individual,
1399
01:26:41,203 --> 01:26:43,603
she wrote her own job description.
1400
01:26:45,603 --> 01:26:47,283
As Queen Elizabeth II,
1401
01:26:47,283 --> 01:26:50,843
she held the survival of the
monarchy in her hands.
1402
01:26:54,563 --> 01:26:57,923
In a world which has changed
beyond recognition...
1403
01:27:00,243 --> 01:27:01,723
..she was always there.
1404
01:27:06,523 --> 01:27:08,843
The Queen is dead.
1405
01:27:13,523 --> 01:27:17,443
But in the most direct way,
she lives on.
1406
01:27:17,443 --> 01:27:20,083
She leaves her children,
1407
01:27:20,083 --> 01:27:21,883
grandchildren,
1408
01:27:21,883 --> 01:27:23,803
great-grandchildren.
1409
01:27:25,603 --> 01:27:28,363
And this is a less remote
royal family...
1410
01:27:30,243 --> 01:27:32,683
..who now face the journey
without her...
1411
01:27:34,003 --> 01:27:35,443
..into unknown waters.
1412
01:27:37,763 --> 01:27:41,363
And the future of the House
of Windsor lies in their hands
1413
01:27:41,363 --> 01:27:42,803
and their judgments...
1414
01:27:45,563 --> 01:27:48,283
..and, of course, in ours too.
1415
01:27:54,883 --> 01:27:58,323
In the end, the Queen's strength
as a constitutional monarch
1416
01:27:58,323 --> 01:28:02,163
was fundamentally strength
of character.
1417
01:28:02,163 --> 01:28:07,443
In an age of self-gratification,
she never forgot her duty.
1418
01:28:15,643 --> 01:28:18,483
She didn't take herself
too seriously,
1419
01:28:18,483 --> 01:28:22,683
but she took her role
very seriously indeed.
1420
01:28:22,683 --> 01:28:25,963
She wasn't like anyone else,
1421
01:28:25,963 --> 01:28:27,763
and she knew it -
1422
01:28:27,763 --> 01:28:29,603
we knew it -
1423
01:28:29,603 --> 01:28:33,443
and there will never be anyone
else like her again.
1424
01:28:38,283 --> 01:28:41,483
If we said "the Queen",
everyone knew we were talking
1425
01:28:41,483 --> 01:28:45,203
about Queen Elizabeth II,
1426
01:28:45,203 --> 01:28:48,883
and I think she'll always
be the Queen,
1427
01:28:48,883 --> 01:28:53,563
the best, I think,
that this world has to offer.
1428
01:28:53,563 --> 01:28:58,243
She had this kind of talismanic,
1429
01:28:58,243 --> 01:29:01,283
magnetic ability to make people
1430
01:29:01,283 --> 01:29:03,043
feel better about themselves
1431
01:29:03,043 --> 01:29:09,043
and people came away
from being with her...
1432
01:29:09,043 --> 01:29:11,043
..chuffed to bits.
1433
01:29:11,043 --> 01:29:14,123
I think she genuinely was also
1434
01:29:14,123 --> 01:29:18,803
an immensely happy
and positive person
1435
01:29:18,803 --> 01:29:22,123
and that communicated itself
to everyone.
1436
01:29:25,403 --> 01:29:31,683
In her time as Queen,
we moved from imperial decline
1437
01:29:31,683 --> 01:29:34,403
and leaving empire...
1438
01:29:36,123 --> 01:29:40,523
..to the kind of country
we are now -
1439
01:29:40,523 --> 01:29:43,363
and the Queen has led through that.
1440
01:29:43,363 --> 01:29:48,443
That is an often unmentioned
but extraordinary,
1441
01:29:48,443 --> 01:29:50,763
remarkable achievement.
1442
01:29:54,043 --> 01:29:56,363
I think it was her sense of duty.
1443
01:29:56,363 --> 01:30:00,003
It's something that money
couldn't buy.
1444
01:30:00,003 --> 01:30:02,883
It's either within you or it's not,
1445
01:30:02,883 --> 01:30:05,483
and it's something
that she had in spades.
1446
01:30:07,003 --> 01:30:10,403
I think it was instilled
in her by her parents,
1447
01:30:10,403 --> 01:30:13,123
and it's something
that she continued.
1448
01:30:16,043 --> 01:30:18,163
I don't think that she ever...
1449
01:30:19,523 --> 01:30:20,923
..stopped learning.
1450
01:30:22,563 --> 01:30:25,523
Huge experience
after that length of time.
1451
01:30:30,563 --> 01:30:33,643
She had this...this...
1452
01:30:33,643 --> 01:30:36,803
..innate ability to be able to come
up with the right four words
1453
01:30:36,803 --> 01:30:39,323
and to be able to be in the right
place at the right time.
1454
01:30:40,923 --> 01:30:45,043
The expression "mother" takes in
so many aspects of your life
1455
01:30:45,043 --> 01:30:46,763
and your experience.
1456
01:30:48,683 --> 01:30:52,243
Which part of that is most
important I'm not quite sure -
1457
01:30:52,243 --> 01:30:54,083
but the very fact
that she was your mother
1458
01:30:54,083 --> 01:30:56,043
and she was there all the time...
1459
01:30:57,963 --> 01:30:59,283
..you miss that.
1460
01:31:01,243 --> 01:31:03,443
She was always there,
1461
01:31:03,443 --> 01:31:06,363
representing this country...
1462
01:31:08,323 --> 01:31:12,243
..and indeed many other countries
in the Commonwealth or the realms.
1463
01:31:13,323 --> 01:31:16,403
You know, I'd go and talk to her
about this, that or the other,
1464
01:31:16,403 --> 01:31:24,123
and that's always been something,
I think, that's...
1465
01:31:24,123 --> 01:31:28,363
Well, it'd be very difficult not
to have, if you know what I mean.
1466
01:31:33,883 --> 01:31:37,243
All that she could do,
she has now done.
1467
01:31:37,243 --> 01:31:41,443
A constant presence
in all of our lives has gone
1468
01:31:41,443 --> 01:31:46,043
and Britain becomes
a different place without her.
1469
01:32:04,403 --> 01:32:09,683
I would like to read you a few lines
from Pilgrim's Progress
1470
01:32:09,683 --> 01:32:13,803
because I'm sure we can say
with Mr Valiant-For-Truth,
1471
01:32:13,803 --> 01:32:16,243
these words.
1472
01:32:16,243 --> 01:32:20,243
"Though with great difficulty
I am got hither,
1473
01:32:20,243 --> 01:32:25,323
"yet now I do not repent me of
all the trouble I have been at
1474
01:32:25,323 --> 01:32:28,483
"to arrive where I am.
1475
01:32:28,483 --> 01:32:31,483
"My sword I give to him
that shall succeed me
1476
01:32:31,483 --> 01:32:33,363
"in my pilgrimage,
1477
01:32:33,363 --> 01:32:36,483
"and my courage and skill
to him that can get it.
1478
01:32:38,083 --> 01:32:41,123
"My marks and scars I carry with me,
1479
01:32:41,123 --> 01:32:43,363
"to be a witness for me
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"that I have fought His battles,
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"who now will be my rewarder."