00:00As a nation, I think we really miss her and people still talk about her with so much love
00:07because she was there all the time and I don't think many people watching this programme
00:11will have known what life was like without her. On a personal note, what is it like for
00:16you as a family to deal with her not being around anymore?
00:22You've put that photograph up, you've done a lot, whoever did put all these photographs
00:26up, really emotional. Who did that? Was that Bea? Beryl? Meryl?
00:31This is all the team that you've met. She's met everybody today.
00:34I love all the team. But this makes me cry because I'm missing that silent arm of support
00:40behind your back which you've always had, the nation had for 72 years. But it wasn't,
00:45it was just an invisible hand, you always felt it. And it was, you know, the most extraordinary
00:52legend of a lady that you could ever wish to meet.
00:55Well that's a lovely tribute, thank you very much for that.
00:59She's my, what an honour, wasn't she? Just a wonderful lady.
01:04And she had many amazing birthdays and great state occasions. You mentioned it was your...
01:11She still carried on and she just carried on. And she always used to say, even in, she
01:17said, well, off we go, you know, what happened in the, we've been through the Blitz and now
01:22we can go through this, you know. And every single day I walk the dogs, the Corgis, I'm
01:29sure when they bark, they're barking, talking to her. I want them to be barking, talking
01:34to her.
01:35Is that what you feel when you walk the dogs now?
01:37Yes, yes.
01:38So that's quite a night because there's still that connection there even though obviously
01:40she's not here anymore.
01:41No, she is here. She's here. She's extraordinary. Of course she's here. The whole nation is
01:47down to the 72 years of work and commitment that the Queen gave us all. The value system,
01:53the culture, the integrity to do what's right, to hold the line. That's the bottom.
01:59She still inspires you?
02:01Every minute.
02:02Isn't that lovely?
02:03Yeah, yeah.
02:04And I think a lot of people watching that will feel the same way even though, you know,
02:07they don't have that personal relationship that you have, but they felt that she was
02:10always there.
02:11I think also she was the granny of the nation and I could only dream to aspire to be the
02:17wonderful grandmother she was to my girls. And I think that we owe it to HM, I call her
02:25HM, we owe it to HM to keep never forgetting the extraordinary legacy. I mean, I'm just,
02:31it's fantastic.
02:32Yeah.
02:33Yeah.
02:34It's been a real pleasure to talk to you.
02:35And yet, you can still, guess what?
02:36What, what?
02:37Well, when we went to walk the dogs together, I used to say, look, there are fairies down
02:41there. And the Queen would never say, oh, sorry, don't be silly. She'd say, yeah, no,
02:47they are, there are fairies down there. Because she had this incredible imagination. She had
02:52the most incredible ability to dance with all walks of life, including a very funny
02:59daughter-in-law.
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