Queen Elizabeth II marks historic 70 years on throne

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00:00All right, let's turn now to the United Kingdom where the celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee year are underway.

00:07And CBS's Mark Phillips has more on Britain's longest-serving monarch.

00:13Thank you very much indeed.

00:15What do you give a queen on the 70th anniversary of her record-breaking reign?

00:19Apart from the adoration of a grateful nation, you give her a cake.

00:23But it turns out it was the queen who provided the gift.

00:26She announced that Camilla, second wife of her son and heir Charles, should be known as Queen Consort when he becomes king.

00:35It's the final step in Camilla's rehabilitation.

00:39It was Princess Diana who labeled Camilla as the third person in her ill-starred marriage to Charles.

00:46And Charles and Camilla waited a decent interval until they married.

00:50But it's taken until now to settle what the next king's wife should be called.

00:55It's just the latest twist in an often glorious but sometimes messy drama of a reign.

01:02This is a queen who's been there through 14 U.S. presidents and who has danced and charmed and ridden with them through seven decades of history.

01:12A queen who other types of royalty have wanted to be seen with.

01:16That's old blue eyes, Frank.

01:20That's Marilyn.

01:22And three James Bonds, Sean, Pierce, and Daniel.

01:27A queen who came to the throne as part of a glamorous young couple now faces the last years of her reign as a widow.

01:34But a queen who has delivered on her promise to serve her people with a smile.

01:41And this evening, the palace announced that after a pause due to the COVID lockdowns and some minor ailments,

01:48the queen, now approaching her 96th birthday, will be resuming her duties.

01:53Nora.

01:54Thank you, Mark Phillips in London.

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