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Documentary, Her Majesty The Queen - 1926-2022 Part 2 - Queen Elizabeth II
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00:00the new millennium ushered in a new era for the royal family and a milestone celebration for the
00:10queen's mother in the year 2000 the queen mother celebrated her 100th birthday normally at her big
00:21birthday every year she would we would go to clarence house and there would be this lovely
00:25pictures of the queen and the queen mother and all the royal family celebrating the queen
00:29mother's wonderful birthdays and and the queen always took a backseat there as well because you
00:37know this this woman who you know this nation there's a lot to be thankful for she was adored
00:46by the country and huge crowds turned up to celebrate with her the queen mother was a woman who who never
00:59wanted to be queen she married the other brother and as events turned out she was and what a brilliant
01:05queen she was the queen mother had married king george vi in 1923 and had been in the public eye ever since
01:12queen mother who for many many people was always seen because of her association with the king and
01:19the war as the matriarch of the british people everybody has kind of grown up with her we we had known
01:26nobody else and she was tagged as britain's favorite granny the matriarch of the monarchy she was the only
01:36member of the royal family to have lived as long as a century it was in 2002 nearly two years after
01:47celebrating the queen mother's 100th birthday but the queen lost both her sister margaret and her mother
01:53within several weeks i think um our queen modeled herself very much on her mother
02:03but they were very very close in scenes reminiscent of the victorian era thousands of mourners patiently
02:11lined the streets to file past the queen mother's coffin lying in state in westminster hall the massed
02:19pipes and drums of 13 regiments played a scottish air today she would have loved pipes and precision
02:27ceremony and sunshine hymns and history but it was not for everyone prince charles the very face of sorrow
02:36the queen mother's death devastated the royal family now one thing about the queen which always amazed me
02:45how she coped with tragedy i thank you for the support you are giving me and my family as we come to
02:53terms with her death and the void she has left in our midst
03:11so
03:23it had been half a century since her father's death and 50 years since her accession despite the
03:32personal tragedy the queen now into her late 70s wanted to celebrate her golden jubilee as a way of
03:39thanking the nation for their loyalty people saw this jubilee as a celebration of the queen living so long
03:47she saw it in a different way it was a chance for her to renew her vows of duty to her country and to her people
04:00in april of that year she addressed the two houses of parliament to renew her vows of commitment and
04:06intention to reign as a constitutional monarch i would like above all to declare my resolve to continue
04:13with the support with the support of my family to serve the people of this great nation of ours
04:19to the best of my ability through the changing times ahead change has become a constant
04:27managing it has become an expanding discipline the way we embrace it defines our future
04:35retirement was not a consideration she regarded her age of 76 as no barrier
04:48rather than slowing down after half a century in public office the queen redoubled her efforts in
04:54planning the year's celebrations
04:56the media thought the jubilee would be a flop in comparison to the silver jubilee of 1977
05:08but they were wrong
05:13the anniversary was marked with large-scale parties throughout the uk was a real celebration not only
05:21of the queen um but of all of british culture nearly a million revelers packed the streets of london
05:28for a concert and fireworks over a special bank holiday weekend in june and i think that's where
05:34the queen always got it right when it came to these jubilees and the celebrations that she realized
05:40it was not about her personally although in many cases people it was but it was about a chance to
05:47wave the union flag to celebrate popular british culture and to cheer it and i think that's where
05:55she nailed it in terms of the way people understood what monarchy was about
06:012002 was certainly a busy year for the queen and prince philip as part of the international jubilee
06:07celebrations they journeyed more than 40 000 miles to meet those living in the commonwealth visiting
06:13people in the caribbean australia and new zealand where they received a traditional maori welcome
06:30in spring of that year they returned to the united kingdom packing in events as they crisscrossed the
06:36country from end to end the queen was the guest of honor at the military tattoo at edinburgh castle
06:49then she hit the beatles tourist trail in liverpool where she met paul mccartney
06:58they're very affectionate you know they're a bit jokey she's got a great sense of humor i think
07:03and as head of the armed forces she witnessed a military display showing off the best of the army
07:12navy and air force delighting the queen and especially the duke of edinburgh
07:21the celebrations had ended on a high i have been profoundly moved by the affection shown
07:29and by the warmth of the response to my golden jubilee it has been for prince philip and me a summer of great
07:37joy and happiness and a celebration of all that binds us together as a nation the heritage of our past
07:47the values of our present and the shared challenges of the future that lies ahead
07:53i thank you all for your loyalty and support in her 50th year on the throne the queen had once again
08:02provided a focus for national identity unity and pride the year had been strenuous but a resounding success
08:12three years later in 2005 after a 30-year love affair the prince of wales and camilla parker bowles
08:24finally announced they were getting married i'm delighted for the prince of wales and camilla parker
08:30bowles it's very happy news and when the cabinet heard it this morning they sent congratulations and good
08:38wishes on behalf of the whole government what it's done it's made the prince of wales a much happier man
08:44a much more contented man a much more relaxed about things more someone to to shoulder some
08:51of the burden for him and i think the queen's thrilled about that and the public gave their blessing too
08:58i think it's wonderful it's time he had some happiness both of them i think good on him i think
09:03it's about time they made a commitment well you know he's loved her for a long time they've been
09:08together for a long time why shouldn't you marry her it was a defining moment for the couple their
09:14long and difficult journey to the altar had finally come to an end they tied the knot at a private civil
09:20ceremony at windsor guild hall more than 20 000 people turned up to cheer them on but the queen and
09:27prince philip didn't attend the wedding ceremony as the head of the church of england she had never
09:33attended any civil wedding throughout her reign the one thing that is to remember about her majesty is
09:39that whenever there was a situation where it was family or duty she would always go for duty and her
09:46constitutional role and i think that was probably instilled in her from her father and as a if you
09:53like a hangover from the abdication crisis instead the queen and prince philip joined the couple at the
10:00televised prayer service afterwards where they were met by 700 friends and royals from around the world
10:07at the wedding reception the queen um used a lot of racing analogies and um was talking about him
10:15getting to the winning post and things which i i suspect in a good human way um recognized the fact
10:21that it hadn't been an easy race to run and um that she was glad that he had finally that he was heading
10:29into the winner's enclosure the queen announced that camilla parker bowls would now be known
10:35as her royal highness the duchess of cornwall
10:44during her reign as head of the armed forces the queen sent her troops into battle overseas more than 20
10:50times but on the 7th of july 2005 a new kind of enemy presented itself in a terrible way
11:06four suicide bombers struck in central london killing 52 people and injuring more than 770
11:14of course the queen remembers from when she was uh uh much younger london under attack then
11:20during the blitz and the world family made that decision to stay in london sadly we in britain have
11:26been all too familiar with acts of terror and members of my generation especially at this end of london
11:33know that we have been here before it was unusual for the queen to speak so soon after an incident
11:40underlining the gravity of the situation she spoke on behalf of the nation but those who perpetrate
11:46these brutal acts against innocent people should know that they will not change our way of life
11:54i think whenever there's been a major crisis um in this country the queen has shown her ability to bring
12:03the country together she always um realized that her role was that one to unite the kingdom
12:13you've got to remember that in times of crisis she was the focal point
12:17we would all look towards her atrocities such as these simply reinforce our sense of community
12:26our humanity and our trust in the rule of law that is the clear message from us all
12:35uniting us in times of sorrow and times of joy the power of the monarchy would bind us again
12:442011 was a big year for the queen at 85 years old she presided over the wedding we'd all been waiting
12:51for on the 29th of april she was thrilled to watch her grandson prince william marry university sweetheart
12:58kate middleton in the event of the decade the ceremony was held at westminster abbey and watched
13:06by more than a billion people around the globe in what's thought to be one of the largest television
13:11events in history we are a part of the commonwealth and i just think that why not embrace it enjoy it
13:18in enjoy being a part of a royal family more than 5 000 street parties were held throughout the united
13:26kingdom and one million people lined the route between westminster abbey and buckingham palace
13:34that wedding day as all wedding days are most of them it was a very very happy occasion and you
13:40could see it was written all over the queen's face one of my clearest memories of the queen i think is
13:50her at william and kate's wedding just looking so delighted to be there and see all of the crowds
13:54in buckingham palace celebrating monarchy and the marriage but you've got to have a knees up and some
14:03fun it's nice to have something jolly and something good to celebrate when prince william and princess
14:10katherine stepped outside the abbey crowds far and wide erupted the queen on that day uh almost took a
14:22backward step you know she wasn't the star of the show there are some days when it's the other person's
14:29turn and it was certainly the brides that day it was a joyous and momentous day for the royal family
14:48and it was only a month later when the queen made history again she became the first british monarch
15:03to make a state visit to the republic of ireland the trip earned universal praise for her gestures of
15:11reconciliation in her speech at doubling castle the queen set about addressing some of the abiding pain
15:20caused by past conflicts indeed so much of this visit reminds us of the complexity of our history
15:28its many layers and traditions but also the importance of forbearance and conciliation
15:35of being able to bow to the past but not be bound by it the queen's great ability was always to rise
15:43above politics her eye was always on the long term and on reconciliation so that when she eventually
15:50went to ireland in 2011 and bowed her head at the memorial to the very men who had blown up lord mount
15:58baton that gave her symbolism all the more power and importance she visited croke park the site of the 1920
16:15bloody sunday massacre it was a move towards better relations and a new era
16:21she was brilliant when when she went there and the whole mood of the visit was was one of warmth
16:32and that i think is a great asset is a great tribute to her and her personality that she was able to
16:39achieve that because there's there was so much animosity people prepared to kill for for what was going on
16:46and yet she was able to bring two people together there was a lot of divisions that had to be healed
16:53um that was a very big one and she did it the queen's unparalleled role in foreign relations had
17:01been a success once again and it wouldn't stop there
17:05weeks later she hosted u.s president barack obama for an official state visit he was the 10th serving
17:19president she had met
17:25the visit was marked with a 41 gun salute
17:28i think the american presidents came over to the united kingdom in awe of the queen from then on the
17:35royals and the obamas enjoyed a warm friendship so it's quite odd isn't it that when paul keaton
17:42the australian prime minister put his arm around the queen he was called the lizard of oz and there was
17:46outrage but when the queen had a cuddle with mrs obama the first lady it was seen as great
17:53it was the queen who dominated the headlines again in 2012 inspiring some of the most patriotic
18:01celebrations the country had ever seen this time we celebrated her diamond jubilee when she became the
18:09second british monarch to reign for 60 years it has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of
18:17families neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere i hope that memories of
18:24all this year's happy events will brighten our lives for many years to come
18:33despite being 85 years old the queen still maintained a busy schedule
18:39supporting hundreds of charitable organizations
18:41but i think above all what we're celebrating today is the 60 years she's given of service to
18:49our country but also this extraordinary institution that stands above politics that brings the country
18:55together it's something we're all celebrating today that i think is such a valuable thing in our
19:00country and so admired across the world once again the queen embarked on a country-wide tour including
19:08exeter university my impression of the queen that day was that it really meant a lot to her to see
19:17people come out to greet her 10 000 people turned up at exeter and she said to me there are moments like
19:26this that makes my reign worthwhile even her passion for horse racing remains strong kicking off the weekend
19:34celebrations at the derby the lady is absolute legend she's an icon isn't she she's such a lovely lady
19:42and i think everyone's just going to be so delighted to see her today just seeing the the queen drive past
19:48it brings her sort of love to your throat doesn't it you think you're not royal but it brings a love to
19:52your throat it's like your favorite mother grandmother is just she's always there
19:56all eyes were on the river thames a maritime parade of 1 000 boats from around the commonwealth came
20:06together for the largest flotilla seen in britain for 350 years
20:15nearly the entire royal family were out despite the heavy rain i remember it being the most freezing day
20:21ever and the poor duke and queen refused to sit down and um it didn't do too well for the duke he
20:28was quite ill afterwards the duke of edinburgh was also fighting a bladder infection but he didn't
20:33want to miss out on the landmark celebrations that night which is not widely known prince philip went
20:39carriage driving as he liked to do and every possible opportunity he said he was feeling cold and
20:43they whisked him into hospital everybody said it was the pageant that did it
20:46there was a healthy respect for the queen and that's why people came out in their thousands to see
20:57the festivities were topped off by prince charles leading a tribute to his mother at the closing
21:02celebrations three resounding cheers for our majesty the queen hip hip
21:14hip hip hip hip she went on to make history three years later breaking queen victoria's record of 63 years
21:28a sovereign
21:40that summer the party continued london was hosting the 2012 olympics
21:48the international olympic committee has the honor of announcing that the games of the 30th olympiad in
21:562012 are awarded to the city of london
22:07the queen's daughter princess anne had helped secure the games
22:11seven years of waiting planning building dreaming are almost over london welcomed the world's premier
22:20sporting event
22:27a highlight for the queen was when her granddaughter zara tindall became the first royal to become an olympic
22:34silver medalist as part of the british equestrian team it was a glorious two weeks in britain's sporting
22:41history and a patriotic extravaganza
22:43two years after the wedding spectacular of princess catherine and prince william the country was taken
22:51over by royal baby fever and as the queen waited for news on the appearance of her great grandchild
22:58so did the world on the 22nd of july 2013 prince george finally arrived
23:07it was special uh special to the nation it must have been special to the queen as well
23:15it was a defining moment the first time in more than 100 years the nation had witnessed four royal
23:24generations suddenly you have this wonderful four-tier royal family because there's the queen and prince
23:31philip still very much out and about and operating you have prince charles doing his own thing with camilla
23:36and then you have the duke and duchess of cambridge what i what i think of as slightly more informal
23:42younger you know the the open shirt if you like uh attitude to royalty
23:46oh yay oh yay oh yay on this day the second of may in the year 2015 we welcome with humble duty
24:05the second board of the royal harnesses the duke and duchess of cambridge less than two years later the
24:15queen was to meet another great grandchild this time it was the much anticipated arrival of prince
24:21george's little sister princess charlotte and then you've got the two the two kids uh whenever they
24:27appear the nation sort of was absolutely thrilled landmarks all over london were illuminated pink
24:33to mark the princess's birth soon after the children were born prince william decided to move his family
24:41to norfolk i don't think the queen had any great view on william taking on full-time royal duties in
24:50his early to mid-30s and william wanted to have a proper job as he called it as a an air ambulance
24:58pilot based in cambridge and he was able to do that for a few years as the children grew up in the
25:04countryside the birth of william and kate's second child was a proud moment for the entire family
25:11charlotte was now fourth in line to the throne
25:17the queen's reign had been punctuated by an unprecedented series of milestones
25:22and in 2016 our longest serving monarch celebrated her 90th birthday
25:29britain came out to party in their thousands it was our turn to say thank you
25:35she would have been touched very touched i'm sure by the warmth of the affection but it wouldn't go to
25:44her head and she would then get on with life
25:56the occasion was marked with pomp and pageantry around britain
26:06she was in windsor in april for her actual birthday got into this open top range rover and drove around
26:16the town and she wore his most beautiful green outfit and as she went past me i'll promise you
26:21she must have seen me she was just waved and she looked sort of almost straight down the camera and
26:26again prince charles paid a glowing tribute mommy
26:33i find it very hard to believe that you've reached your 90th year
26:40and i suddenly realized the other day that i've known you since you were 22 years old
26:48and long may you reign over us so hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hip
27:06and for her official anniversary in june the mall outside buckingham palace was turned into a huge street
27:16party with a picnic and performances for 10 000 guests she wasn't the only one celebrating a milestone
27:24birthday it was prince philip's 95th they'd been married for more than 70 years
27:31the main lesson that we've learned is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient of any happy marriage
27:41it may not be quite so important when things are going well but it is absolutely vital when things get difficult
27:49at her coronation prince philip swore to be the queen's liege man
27:53of life and limb it was an oath he stuck by for the rest of his life
27:58the one person the queen could trust was her husband and they would frequently have little
28:05arguments and they would frequently be seen roaring with laughter as well they got on they were lifelong
28:12friends they were a great team and the support he gave her and that you know is is something special
28:22and and because of the support philip i think she was she just could almost do anything
28:31there was somewhere in the west country where the queen and the new villain brother they'd been on their
28:35feet all day and he was jabbering away to the queen non-stop and she was roaring with laughter
28:43and it was very touching to see this elderly couple getting on so well so famously after all those
28:51years if we regard the queen's reign as a success and we do the joint author of that success is the
28:58you go better as a royal consort his commitment to duty was as robust as the queen's
29:07the royal couple were to provide a stable sense of gravity for the state especially in times of change
29:14however that commitment bowed to age when in 2017 prince philip retired from public duty
29:27then 96 years old he took the salute at buckingham palace as captain general of the royal marines
29:33his final solo public engagement after 65 years of service the queen for many people was at least a
29:47unifying figure uniting the country representing the country in times of sorrow and joy and that's when
29:55uh a head of state is really important 2018 would see a year of huge celebration for the queen
30:03the duke and duchess of cambridge became parents for the third time after prince louis was born
30:10despite the birth of her brother princess charlotte's position wasn't changed which made history the
30:16arrival of a male sibling should have replaced her but there was a change in the law in 2013 which meant
30:24charlotte was the first female royal to keep her place in the line of succession another example of the
30:31modernization of the royals and just weeks after prince louis birth prince harry married megan markle
30:39at saint george's chapel in windsor
30:47the fairy tale wedding blended british royalty with hollywood glamour in a celebration the likes of
30:53which had never been seen before this wedding felt new it felt different it felt modern and the crowds
31:02turned out in their thousands to watch this historic moment and of course the queen was there she really
31:09looked fantastic and i think she was thrilled that the duke of edinburgh who'd only weeks before
31:15had a hip replacement operation was able to be by her side there to watch you know one of their favorite
31:22grandsons get married and you could see from the queen's face just how thrilled she was harry and
31:30megan's son archie would later become the queen's eighth great grandchild by the time of harry and megan's
31:37wedding the queen had been reigning for 66 years and was 92 years old she had already begun to scale
31:45back her amount of foreign travel and reduce her royal workload and in early 2018 the queen also decided
31:54to endorse prince charles to succeed her as head of the commonwealth a position first held by her own
32:00father king george vi over 70 years before it wasn't a hereditary right it had to be agreed upon by
32:09all members of the commonwealth realms and countries that charles would take over now it was very clear
32:15that it was the queen's intention and her greatest wish that they would elect to have charles as the next
32:21head of the commonwealth but it wasn't a given and i think there was a feeling of relief um certainly on
32:28the queen and also charles's part when it was unanimously agreed that he would succeed the queen
32:34as the head of the commonwealth these were clear indications that the queen was scaling back her own
32:40royal presence and making way for her son this was a very important shift within the royal family this was
32:48the first very public um acknowledgement certainly by the queen that charles was now not just preparing
32:55to step into her shoes but actually taking on a very important role 2018 a year of big change for
33:02the queen's family and her own personal duties gave way to 2019 a year that saw her nation at its most
33:10divided shame on you shame on you let's go after the uk had voted to leave the eu three years earlier
33:21brexit had become one of the biggest political issues the queen had encountered in more than 65
33:27years on the throne and in 2019 she was pulled dramatically into the center of the brexit debate
33:35after boris johnson asked her to prorogue parliament just weeks before a deal on brexit was due to be made
33:42it is incredibly important and a requisite for the head of state to be politically neutral and had she said no
33:51she would have been possibly accused of getting involved in politics so she really had no choice the queen
33:58obliged but within days the supreme court ruled the prorogation had been illegal the decision to advise her majesty to
34:08prorogue parliament was unlawful it shouldn't have been allowed to happen and resulted in a rather
34:16red-faced boris johnson having to swear an oath that he hadn't deliberately misled the monarch there
34:23would have been great dissatisfaction at the palace that the queen's name essentially had been sullied and
34:29brought into the political arena whereas 2019 was one of the most politically charged years of her reign
34:382020 would see the queen need to be at her most stoic and dutiful because of fractures within her own
34:45family it was in effect a declaration of independence tonight's harry and megan issued a bombshell
34:54statement announcing they would be stepping back from their roles as senior royals so was it the media
35:00was it clashes within the royal family itself perhaps in truth a bit of both on the 8th of january
35:072020 the announcement that the duke and duchess of sussex was stepping away from royal life stunned
35:13the world and shook the palace it came as a huge shock to the queen there had been discussions that
35:22they were at an embryonic stage nowhere near ready to announce for her to have been preempted um in this
35:29way so publicly um would have been incredibly disappointing and and on a personal level very hurtful
35:40the queen decided that harry and megan would spend a transitional year away from the royal family
35:46leaving the door open for a possible return
35:51for the queen this was essentially losing a grandson losing a grandson to another
35:56country losing a grandson from the firm but it was a very clear example of her strength as a leader
36:04this is the queen who at the age of 21 vowed that she would serve her people her country
36:11for her whole life whether it be long or short and here was the queen doing just that and putting duty
36:17before family it must have been on a personal level heartbreaking
36:22for the royal family it was a sad moment which had echoes of the infamous 1936 abdication of the
36:30queen's uncle edward but just weeks after harry and megan's decision became public there was an
36:36even bigger and far more frightening global shock
36:41coronavirus declared a global pandemic eight people have now died in the uk with hundreds infected
36:48it is now known to be present in at least 122 countries and regions as the coronavirus pandemic hit
36:55british shores in 2020 the number of deaths rose at a dramatic rate hospitals became overrun nhs staff
37:04overworked frontline workers became soldiers at war battling an invisible threat that had spread across
37:11the world then came the shocking news that the queen's son prince charles had contracted the virus
37:20people were dying businesses industries were going under we were under a national lockdown the likes of
37:26which this generation and generations before simply hadn't seen even for the queen who had lived through so
37:35much and addressed the nation as a young princess during the second world war this was uncharted territory and
37:43this was an absolutely extraordinary situation as prince charles recovered in balmoral the queen remained
37:51at windsor castle with her husband prince philip it was from there that shortly before her 94th birthday as
37:58the world faced a malevolent uncertainty the queen made a brave and poised address to britain i'm speaking to
38:06you at what i know is an increasingly challenging time a time of disruption in the life of our country
38:13a disruption that has brought grief to some financial difficulties to many and enormous
38:21changes to the daily lives of us all it was only the fifth time the queen had delivered an unscheduled
38:28address directly to the nation in a speech that was watched by 24 million people in the uk when britain
38:35needed a glimmer of hope the queen provided reassurance and comfort a beacon of light in one of our darkest times
38:43the moment that the queen spoke the world stopped to listen and it was one of those moments where i
38:52think if you watched that speech you will always remember where you were and how you felt that message
39:00of hope meant so much to the people of great britain we will be with our friends again we will be with
39:07our families again we will meet again as the coronavirus pandemic swept throughout the uk and across the
39:20world the queen continued to isolate with prince philip at windsor castle
39:26i don't think that the queen and prince philip had ever spent quite such a long time completely together
39:33because they were both busy they were both traveling in different directions they're both doing
39:37different things they were in different places very often so whereas they were obviously together
39:42a lot they went weren't ever really quite as together as they were for this long period of time
39:50it must have been quite difficult for the pair of them really because
39:54although the queen had a star a principal staff there and a dresser
39:58it was tough when someone who's been incredibly busy and active all their lives from a very young
40:04age for the juke it must have been terrible he needed always to be busy and he couldn't
40:11do the things that he loves in the end it was probably the queen comforted him behind palace walls philip's
40:20health was rapidly deteriorating in february 2021 he was admitted to hospital on his doctor's advice
40:28just days later a final decision was made on harry and megan's futures after they had spent a
40:34transitional year away from the royal family in california in a difficult moment for the queen
40:41it was decided that her grandson would not be returning to the royal fold i think the queen would
40:47have tried to talk him out of it you know in a nice way you know you really need to do this he wanted
40:52to keep his titles he wanted to keep the name for his charity and the queen stopped that straight
40:57away she said you're either going to be working here as a member of the royal family or you're going
41:01to america if you go to america you're just prince harry and she was adamant that was the case
41:09the queen was upset about that
41:14the queen had taken difficult decisions in putting the monarchy first
41:18at 21 years old she had vowed to put service and duty before all else for as long as she lived
41:25but in april just weeks after prince philip was released from hospital
41:31the queen suffered the worst heartache of her entire reign
41:35we are interrupting normal programs to bring you some news from the royal household
41:44it is with deep sorrow that her majesty the queen announces the death of her beloved husband
41:49his royal highness prince philip duke of edinburgh his royal highness passed away peacefully this morning
41:54at windsor castle prince philip was such a support to the queen that um one way or another he he was the
42:03one person who could always say whatever he liked to her and i think also quite interestingly he he
42:10was a person who liked to wrestle with ideas and he liked to question everything
42:17i'm so glad that he got back from the hospital i think that was very important to him because he had
42:22a very strong sense of history his mother and his grandmother were both born in windsor castle
42:27and and he and the queen loved windsor castle at 99 he had a great innings
42:35very fit man kept himself fit kept his brain active but he'd gone and she was now on her own
42:44he was always supported her and he never ever let her down once she loved that man oh god
42:50what a romance what a life
43:01prince philip's funeral was held on april 17th on a day where windsor castle was bathed in sunshine
43:09in a stripped back service the small number allowed to attend were forced to sit apart
43:15the queen sat alone as she grieved for her husband of 73 years that picture about the funeral where
43:25she's sitting there all alone oh god i mean i'm people crying tears over that picture i mean that
43:31was so sad that she was keeping the rules keeping the isolation rules sitting on her own and there she
43:38was burying her husband and that was a picture that i'll never forget his kindness humor and humanity
43:49prince philip had been the queen's rock for more than seven decades a pillar of support and strength
43:56not just to his wife but to the entire royal family but any notion that the queen would slow
44:02down her public engagements following his death were quickly dispelled in the months after she welcomed
44:14newly elected u.s president joe biden to windsor castle and entertained world leaders at the g7 summit
44:22in cornwall all on top of celebrating her 95th birthday
44:26i think the queen was um extremely wise uh to keep going immediately after prince philip died i mean
44:38even within the week of his death she undertook a couple of engagements i mean zoom meetings and
44:44things like that and since then she's been out and about i think if she had stopped and gone into a
44:50period of sort of um seclusion for let's say two or three months she might not have been able to pick
44:56it all up again at that age that would be very difficult instead of which we've had an incredibly
45:01busy queen a raging looking queen
45:10in the final few months of the queen's life
45:14she took center stage as britain came together to celebrate her platinum jubilee
45:26the queen's life
45:28thousands lied them out and millions watched at home
45:35honoring a queen who dedicated her life to the united kingdom for seven decades
45:45even as she got older the pace never changed and the queen has guided it all through for 70 years
45:51and prince charles will do the same and there'll be william will do the same and george will do the
45:55same because they will be brought up in that tradition as prince charles once said to me i never ever say
46:02when i'll be king because that's the day my mother dies and i will be so heartbroken
46:07when she smiles everything lights up in the world
46:21over the course of a life that spanned more than nine decades the queen's history was our history
46:27she was the only monarch that most of us have ever known she defines an entire century to be perfectly
46:38honest of british life uh completely interwoven into the life that we've known for the last 100 years
46:45and so i think really she's been front and center of everything that the union jack
46:49uh means to people she breathed new life into the monarchy she served with warmth humanity strength
47:00and tradition i think that if you were choosing a title like alfred the great i think there are two
47:06that you could use for the queen you could say elizabeth the steadfast because that's what she was
47:11and i think you could also say elizabeth the conciliator queen's strength was never to show
47:18what she's truly feeling at any given time to always have dignity to inspire to be focused to show that
47:29that dedication to duty was what is needed in today's society for people to often give up
47:36too easily the queen never gave up even as an accidental heir she helped redefine the relevance
47:44of the monarchy there's been so many changes in the queen's room particularly when it comes to
47:48communications and and technology that she brought in change in terms of technology facebook their own
47:55internet aids for um the royal family twitter accounts i think uh back uh about the queen's life and
48:03the fact that 25 25 years of age most people just finishing up school and university now and she was
48:12given that job of a queen um and she just tackled it with amazing enthusiasm even in her 90s she was
48:21dazzling and uh and when she smiled and for me as a photographer that smile just lit up the room she reigned
48:31over us through several wars and other key moments that shaped our world stewardship of the commonwealth
48:38to her i think was the most important thing that she achieved in her reign she was always somebody
48:46that believed that if there's a chance that you can talk or work together um for the greater good then
48:53it's got to be a good thing the queen has been the longest reigning monarch in history there is
49:00nothing that she hadn't seen or lived through i think she will be remembered not only as one of the
49:07world's greatest queens but as one of the world's greatest modernizers the late queen's grandchildren
49:15and great grandchildren ensure the continuation of the royal bloodline prince charles will now succeed
49:24the queen as a monarch he's the world's longest serving heir apparent having held the position since
49:31february 1952 when the queen succeeded her father well prince charles is now a king and i think he's
49:40going to be a great king too i think um he's most prepared uh monarch in weight and we've ever had in
49:47the thousand years history of the of the monarchy i've been working with him now for the last 40 years
49:53and uh i've seen what he's done he's not a man just for our country he's a man for the world i think
49:59charles will be a different king to his mother i think his reign will be different to his mother's and
50:04i think it has to be you know the queen proved that in order to survive you have to evolve and i think
50:12charles also understands that queen elizabeth ii lived through several wars supported more british
50:20prime ministers and traveled to more countries than any other monarch
50:24but we will remember her for something more than her long years of dutiful service to britain
50:37she was the person we turned to as a nation during times of need she was the one who spoke to us and
50:45spoke for us i declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to
50:56your service and to the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong
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