1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:21,450 --> 00:00:24,954 deserves to be recognized and celebrated. 4 00:00:26,388 --> 00:00:27,822 - The Queen and the Duke certainly do seem 5 00:00:27,889 --> 00:00:29,557 particularly at ease here. 6 00:00:29,624 --> 00:00:31,993 It was Duke himself, who decided that they should spend 7 00:00:32,060 --> 00:00:34,862 the actual day of their anniversary on Malta. 8 00:00:34,928 --> 00:00:37,665 For this very private of public couples, 9 00:00:37,731 --> 00:00:39,366 quite a romantic gesture. 10 00:00:42,368 --> 00:00:43,503 - Finished? 11 00:00:47,740 --> 00:00:49,542 - Prince Philip has walked two steps 12 00:00:49,609 --> 00:00:51,677 behind her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth 13 00:00:51,743 --> 00:00:55,547 ever since she became queen in 1952. 14 00:00:55,614 --> 00:00:58,983 - You're now seeing the world's most experienced plucker. 15 00:01:01,085 --> 00:01:02,820 - For many years before then 16 00:01:02,887 --> 00:01:04,455 and many years since, 17 00:01:04,522 --> 00:01:06,824 he has been the supporting man, husband and father, 18 00:01:06,891 --> 00:01:09,326 that the royal family has needed him to be. 19 00:01:11,628 --> 00:01:14,164 For over six decades, he has fulfilled his duty 20 00:01:14,230 --> 00:01:16,231 as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. 21 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:21,203 Over the years, his personality has shown through 22 00:01:21,270 --> 00:01:23,871 in his charitable work and public appearances. 23 00:01:25,573 --> 00:01:28,509 He is not your run of the mill stiff upper lip royalty 24 00:01:28,576 --> 00:01:29,877 by any means. 25 00:01:29,944 --> 00:01:33,613 His wit and charm has endeared him to many 26 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,882 and sometimes got him into trouble, 27 00:01:39,419 --> 00:01:42,622 but he will always be admired for his lifetime of duty. 28 00:01:43,789 --> 00:01:45,625 - Well, back to work. 29 00:01:59,470 --> 00:02:00,638 - Your father, the Duke of Edinburgh, 30 00:02:00,704 --> 00:02:03,173 is in hospital at the moment. 31 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,408 Do you mind me asking how he is at the moment? 32 00:02:06,409 --> 00:02:07,610 - Well, as far as I'm aware, 33 00:02:07,677 --> 00:02:08,911 well, I did speak to him the other day, 34 00:02:08,978 --> 00:02:10,380 so he's, he's, he's a lot better. 35 00:02:10,446 --> 00:02:11,581 Thank you very much, indeed. 36 00:02:11,648 --> 00:02:13,348 And, and so, and he's looking forward 37 00:02:13,415 --> 00:02:15,450 to getting out, which is, which is the most positive thing. 38 00:02:15,517 --> 00:02:16,952 So we keep our fingers crossed. 39 00:02:17,019 --> 00:02:19,187 - Sense frustration at being in hospital? 40 00:02:19,921 --> 00:02:21,290 - Just a bit. 41 00:02:21,356 --> 00:02:22,523 I think that gets to all of us. 42 00:02:22,590 --> 00:02:25,526 So, and then, but so yeah, 43 00:02:25,593 --> 00:02:28,462 you can, you can only watch the clock so many times 44 00:02:28,529 --> 00:02:30,797 and you know the molds are only so interesting. 45 00:02:32,232 --> 00:02:33,333 - Well, we all wish him well. 46 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:34,334 - You're very kind. 47 00:02:34,401 --> 00:02:35,702 - Thank you very much. - Thank you. 48 00:02:35,769 --> 00:02:37,504 We've had some brilliant and lovely messages 49 00:02:37,570 --> 00:02:39,772 from all sorts of people and, and we really appreciate that. 50 00:02:39,838 --> 00:02:42,508 So and so to see I've been passing them on. 51 00:02:42,574 --> 00:02:43,642 So that's fantastic. 52 00:02:43,709 --> 00:02:44,543 Thank you. 53 00:02:57,387 --> 00:02:58,956 - Prince Phillip of Greece and Denmark 54 00:02:59,022 --> 00:03:02,292 was born in Mon Repos, on the Greek Island of Corfu 55 00:03:02,359 --> 00:03:04,327 on June 10th, 1921. 56 00:03:09,332 --> 00:03:11,633 The only son and 5th and final child 57 00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:13,702 of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark 58 00:03:13,768 --> 00:03:16,571 and Princess Alice of Battenberg. 59 00:03:16,638 --> 00:03:19,673 After a suffocating loss during the Greco Turkish War, 60 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:22,242 a revolutionary court banished Phillip's father 61 00:03:22,309 --> 00:03:25,245 from Greece for life and he evacuated the country 62 00:03:25,312 --> 00:03:28,414 with his family aboard HMS Calypso. 63 00:03:28,481 --> 00:03:31,217 It was a difficult and strenuous upbringing, 64 00:03:31,284 --> 00:03:34,387 fraught with tragedy, moving from place to place. 65 00:03:49,900 --> 00:03:52,969 - Prince Philip was born on the Greek Island of Corfu. 66 00:03:53,036 --> 00:03:56,573 His father was in the Greek army and eventually 67 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,743 the family were exiled from Greece 68 00:03:59,809 --> 00:04:02,444 and went to live in Paris, 69 00:04:02,511 --> 00:04:05,381 where Prince Philip was sent to school. 70 00:04:05,447 --> 00:04:09,651 Then his mother, who was mentally very fragile, 71 00:04:11,686 --> 00:04:13,588 went into a sanatorium 72 00:04:15,189 --> 00:04:17,324 and it was decided that it would be better for Philip 73 00:04:17,391 --> 00:04:21,628 to be educated by his cousins in England. 74 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:25,332 So he was sent to school in England 75 00:04:25,399 --> 00:04:26,699 and lived with his cousins, 76 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:31,470 the Marchioness of Milford Haven 77 00:04:31,537 --> 00:04:34,639 and then he eventually was sent to Gordonstoun, 78 00:04:34,706 --> 00:04:39,511 but all this made him very independent and very strong 79 00:04:39,577 --> 00:04:40,912 and he never says, 80 00:04:40,979 --> 00:04:43,514 he always maintains he didn't have an unhappy childhood. 81 00:04:43,580 --> 00:04:45,683 It was probably a very interesting childhood 82 00:04:45,749 --> 00:04:48,919 because he he traveled from a very, very early age 83 00:04:48,986 --> 00:04:51,921 and also they were a very grand family. 84 00:04:51,988 --> 00:04:55,458 They were princes of Greece and Denmark. 85 00:04:55,525 --> 00:04:57,627 So they were related to both sides 86 00:04:57,694 --> 00:04:59,361 and they were actually also related 87 00:04:59,428 --> 00:05:01,630 to all the houses of Europe. 88 00:05:01,697 --> 00:05:05,734 So they had a lot of very influential relations 89 00:05:05,801 --> 00:05:07,802 and when there wasn't any money, 90 00:05:07,868 --> 00:05:09,604 their relations paid for them as, 91 00:05:09,670 --> 00:05:11,739 as was the way it went in those days. 92 00:05:15,742 --> 00:05:18,778 So his mother was queen Victoria's great-granddaughter 93 00:05:18,845 --> 00:05:21,648 and his mother was born in Windsor Castle, actually 94 00:05:21,715 --> 00:05:26,185 and his mother was also Lord Louis Mountbatten's sister. 95 00:05:26,251 --> 00:05:27,886 She was, she was stone deaf. 96 00:05:27,953 --> 00:05:32,457 So as a, as a young boy principle learned sign language 97 00:05:32,523 --> 00:05:34,392 but he understood his mother. 98 00:05:34,459 --> 00:05:37,228 And also they were, they were so international the family, 99 00:05:37,295 --> 00:05:40,297 that they spoke, they spoke in French, 100 00:05:40,364 --> 00:05:42,199 they spoke in German and their spoken English. 101 00:05:42,266 --> 00:05:43,867 They didn't really speak in Greek, 102 00:05:43,934 --> 00:05:47,271 but they did did speak all the other European languages. 103 00:05:58,613 --> 00:06:03,285 They thought that being educated in England 104 00:06:03,351 --> 00:06:06,887 with his cousins would be more stable for him 105 00:06:06,954 --> 00:06:09,523 and also if you think about it, you know, 106 00:06:09,590 --> 00:06:13,593 it was the outbreak of Nazi Germany 107 00:06:13,660 --> 00:06:16,262 and they thought it would be for Phillip 108 00:06:16,329 --> 00:06:18,431 to be out of Europe and in England. 109 00:06:18,498 --> 00:06:19,732 It would be safer for him. 110 00:06:22,768 --> 00:06:27,172 Prince Phillip fulfilled his military service 111 00:06:27,239 --> 00:06:29,474 in the Royal Navy and he was, 112 00:06:29,541 --> 00:06:32,677 he was educated at Dartmouth college 113 00:06:32,743 --> 00:06:35,513 and then he left college and went straight into the Navy 114 00:06:35,579 --> 00:06:37,914 and he actually saw action 115 00:06:37,981 --> 00:06:43,119 and he saw the Japanese surrender at the Battle of Matapan. 116 00:06:44,287 --> 00:06:45,722 - Phillip finally found stability 117 00:06:45,789 --> 00:06:49,224 in the Royal Navy in 1939, when he became a cadet 118 00:06:49,291 --> 00:06:51,427 at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth, 119 00:06:51,493 --> 00:06:54,762 the very place he would meet his future bride, Elizabeth. 120 00:06:56,230 --> 00:06:58,800 - Well, Prince Phillip actually said that, you know, 121 00:06:58,866 --> 00:07:00,435 if he he'd in a way, he'd rather have gone 122 00:07:00,501 --> 00:07:02,470 into the Air Force than the Navy, but again, 123 00:07:02,537 --> 00:07:04,838 Louis Mountbatten was pushing him towards the Navy 124 00:07:04,905 --> 00:07:08,575 and I, he didn't regret it, but he always loved flying. 125 00:07:08,642 --> 00:07:13,613 I think that you'll find that a lot of royal family members 126 00:07:14,780 --> 00:07:16,716 love flying because it's the freedom 127 00:07:16,782 --> 00:07:19,718 and being in control of your own aircraft. 128 00:07:19,784 --> 00:07:23,688 So Prince Philip trained at a place called White Wolfson 129 00:07:23,755 --> 00:07:26,758 and he was given his wings 130 00:07:26,825 --> 00:07:30,261 so he could fly on his own 131 00:07:30,327 --> 00:07:34,164 but certainly the prime minister of the day, 132 00:07:34,231 --> 00:07:37,166 Winston Churchill, was not very happy about the idea 133 00:07:37,233 --> 00:07:39,502 of you know, Prince Philip being the Queen's husband, 134 00:07:39,569 --> 00:07:41,804 flying and possibly having an accident 135 00:07:41,871 --> 00:07:44,473 and I think the queen was nervous about it too, 136 00:07:44,539 --> 00:07:47,342 but you know, but she wanted Phillip 137 00:07:47,409 --> 00:07:52,313 to have some independence and that was a great leap 138 00:07:53,481 --> 00:07:56,517 towards independence for him being able to fly 139 00:07:56,584 --> 00:07:58,886 and then he learned to fly helicopters. 140 00:07:58,953 --> 00:08:00,820 So it gave him a lot of freedom. 141 00:08:02,255 --> 00:08:05,725 - A hundred years of devoted service to the nation 142 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,529 deserves to be recognized and celebrated 143 00:08:12,631 --> 00:08:14,700 and it therefore, gives me great pleasure 144 00:08:14,767 --> 00:08:18,803 to present this, my banner, to the Army Cadet Force 145 00:08:19,938 --> 00:08:22,574 at the start of its centenary year. 146 00:08:24,142 --> 00:08:27,377 It will be taken to every county of the United Kingdom 147 00:08:28,679 --> 00:08:32,482 and it will be seen at parades and services 148 00:08:32,549 --> 00:08:36,786 held to mark this historic year for the Army Cadet Force. 149 00:08:38,821 --> 00:08:41,057 Let it be a token of appreciation 150 00:08:42,424 --> 00:08:47,062 for past endeavors and an encouragement for the future. 151 00:08:57,571 --> 00:08:59,739 - Elizabeth and Philip were first introduced 152 00:08:59,806 --> 00:09:03,376 to one another when Elizabeth was just eight years old. 153 00:09:03,443 --> 00:09:05,445 According to eyewitnesses, it was at the wedding 154 00:09:05,511 --> 00:09:08,847 of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Phillip's cousin, 155 00:09:08,914 --> 00:09:14,052 and Prince George, Duke of Kent, Elizabeth's uncle in 1934. 156 00:09:15,386 --> 00:09:17,321 It wasn't until five years later when Elizabeth was 13 157 00:09:17,388 --> 00:09:20,091 and Phillip was 18 that the two met again 158 00:09:20,157 --> 00:09:22,760 at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. 159 00:09:22,827 --> 00:09:25,595 This time Elizabeth fell in love with the man 160 00:09:25,662 --> 00:09:27,664 who would become her future husband. 161 00:09:29,766 --> 00:09:34,737 - Princess Elizabeth met Prince Philip at a family wedding 162 00:09:35,938 --> 00:09:37,506 but she can't really remember that moment. 163 00:09:37,573 --> 00:09:39,675 The reason that we know so much about it is 164 00:09:39,742 --> 00:09:42,710 because her governess, Marion Crawford, 165 00:09:42,777 --> 00:09:45,613 talks in great detail about their first meeting 166 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:48,382 at Dartmouth College, where Prince Phillip 167 00:09:48,448 --> 00:09:53,153 was a naval cadet and he was very, very good looking. 168 00:09:53,220 --> 00:09:57,123 18 years old, very striking, blonde-looking. 169 00:09:57,189 --> 00:10:01,394 and he was assigned to look after the two princesses, 170 00:10:01,460 --> 00:10:04,263 Elizabeth and Margaret, for the day, for their visit 171 00:10:04,330 --> 00:10:06,865 while their parents went around the college. 172 00:10:06,932 --> 00:10:08,366 I mean, it was quite strange to think 173 00:10:08,433 --> 00:10:10,769 of an 18 year-old looking after the princess 174 00:10:10,835 --> 00:10:13,370 as the oldest of whom was 13, 175 00:10:13,437 --> 00:10:15,906 but he decided that it would be fun 176 00:10:15,973 --> 00:10:18,676 if they jumped the tennis nets. 177 00:10:18,742 --> 00:10:22,111 He took the princesses outside 178 00:10:22,178 --> 00:10:24,814 and he jumped the tennis nets for them 179 00:10:24,881 --> 00:10:27,150 and they were very, very impressed. 180 00:10:27,216 --> 00:10:29,551 Later, he went on board the vessel that, 181 00:10:29,618 --> 00:10:32,688 that the King and Queen had come to Dartmouth in 182 00:10:32,754 --> 00:10:36,558 and he had lunch and then in the following day, 183 00:10:36,625 --> 00:10:38,125 he went and had tea. 184 00:10:38,192 --> 00:10:41,696 So that was the meeting that the princess remembered. 185 00:11:03,615 --> 00:11:05,817 - Elizabeth was just 21 when their engagement 186 00:11:05,883 --> 00:11:09,554 was announced on July 9th, 1947. 187 00:11:09,621 --> 00:11:11,688 The engagement was not without controversy. 188 00:11:11,755 --> 00:11:14,892 Phillip had no financial standing, was foreign born 189 00:11:14,958 --> 00:11:17,294 and had sisters who had married German noblemen 190 00:11:17,361 --> 00:11:18,629 with Nazi links. 191 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:22,164 Before the marriage, Phillip renounced his Greek 192 00:11:22,231 --> 00:11:23,566 and Danish titles, 193 00:11:23,633 --> 00:11:26,802 officially converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism 194 00:11:26,869 --> 00:11:29,638 and adopted the style Lieutenant Phillip Mountbatten, 195 00:11:29,704 --> 00:11:32,908 taking the surname of his mother's British family. 196 00:11:32,974 --> 00:11:35,743 Just before the wedding he was created Duke of Edinburgh 197 00:11:35,809 --> 00:11:39,213 and granted the style, His Royal Highness. 198 00:11:40,214 --> 00:11:41,482 - When her engagement 199 00:11:41,549 --> 00:11:43,117 to Lieutenant Phillip Mountbatten of the Royal Navy 200 00:11:43,183 --> 00:11:45,518 is announced, the heart of the world is thrilled 201 00:11:45,585 --> 00:11:47,520 by the prospect of one royal wedding 202 00:11:47,587 --> 00:11:49,756 with a genuine aura romance. 203 00:11:49,822 --> 00:11:53,258 A former Greek prince, Phillip gave up his Greek citizenship 204 00:11:53,325 --> 00:11:54,860 to become a British subject. 205 00:11:54,927 --> 00:11:57,529 On the eve of the wedding, the King elevates him 206 00:11:57,596 --> 00:11:59,665 to the peerage and he becomes officially, 207 00:11:59,731 --> 00:12:02,867 His Royal Highness Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 208 00:12:02,934 --> 00:12:05,870 Earl of Merioneth and Barron Greenwich. 209 00:12:13,610 --> 00:12:16,713 From all over Christendom, gorgeous and regal gifts 210 00:12:16,780 --> 00:12:18,714 pour into Buckingham Palace. 211 00:12:21,183 --> 00:12:24,119 Among them lovely crystal pieces, 212 00:12:24,186 --> 00:12:26,454 including a delicately chased crystal bowl 213 00:12:26,521 --> 00:12:29,224 from the President of the United States. 214 00:12:34,861 --> 00:12:36,430 From friends and commonwealth, 215 00:12:36,496 --> 00:12:38,765 tokens of esteem and good wishes by the hundreds 216 00:12:38,832 --> 00:12:41,301 are acknowledged individually by Elizabeth 217 00:12:41,368 --> 00:12:44,103 with a simple sincerity of any well-bred young woman 218 00:12:44,170 --> 00:12:46,572 who punctiliously observes the amenities, 219 00:12:46,639 --> 00:12:49,208 despite the tremendous demands upon her time. 220 00:12:50,876 --> 00:12:52,911 This picnic camper from Sister Margaret, 221 00:12:52,978 --> 00:12:54,613 is covered with alligator skin. 222 00:12:56,248 --> 00:12:58,682 The Swiss watchmakers send one of their finest. 223 00:13:00,251 --> 00:13:02,686 From Burma and Bombay, to Regent Street in London, 224 00:13:02,753 --> 00:13:04,488 jewels from governments and family 225 00:13:04,555 --> 00:13:06,556 have been showered on the bride. 226 00:13:14,464 --> 00:13:18,533 - Well, when Elizabeth and Phillip got engaged 227 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,838 they decided that because London was ravished by war 228 00:13:22,905 --> 00:13:27,475 and a lot of the buildings were absolutely rubble, 229 00:13:27,542 --> 00:13:28,643 and, and there was, you know, 230 00:13:28,709 --> 00:13:31,645 there was unemployment, there was rationing, 231 00:13:31,711 --> 00:13:34,180 it was in a really bad place. 232 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:36,816 The King thought, well, let's have a very quiet wedding 233 00:13:36,883 --> 00:13:38,852 at St. George's chapel, Windsor. 234 00:13:38,919 --> 00:13:42,221 No pomp, no ceremony, will just be very private. 235 00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:45,491 But then the government surprisingly said, no, no, no 236 00:13:45,558 --> 00:13:47,660 we need to lift the people's spirits. 237 00:13:47,726 --> 00:13:51,729 Let's have a beautiful royal wedding that everybody can see. 238 00:13:51,796 --> 00:13:54,198 So that is what ended up happening 239 00:13:54,265 --> 00:13:55,633 and, and it was televised 240 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:59,736 and eventually the, the television got to America. 241 00:13:59,803 --> 00:14:01,738 So it was, it became a global affair 242 00:14:01,805 --> 00:14:05,107 and it did lift people's spirits in London, hugely, 243 00:14:05,174 --> 00:14:08,611 to see this beautiful young couple married. 244 00:14:08,678 --> 00:14:11,647 No one had seen anything like that for the years of the war. 245 00:14:12,847 --> 00:14:14,282 - Elizabeth and Phillip were married 246 00:14:14,349 --> 00:14:18,119 on 20 November, 1947 at Westminster Abbey. 247 00:14:18,186 --> 00:14:22,456 They received 2,500 wedding gifts from around the world. 248 00:14:22,523 --> 00:14:24,658 Because Britain had not yet completely recovered 249 00:14:24,725 --> 00:14:26,627 from the devastation of the war, 250 00:14:26,694 --> 00:14:29,829 Elizabeth required ration coupons to buy the material 251 00:14:29,896 --> 00:14:33,633 for her gown, which was designed by Norman Hartnell. 252 00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:36,069 In post-war Britain, it was not acceptable 253 00:14:36,135 --> 00:14:37,703 for Phillip's German relations, 254 00:14:37,769 --> 00:14:39,504 including his three surviving sisters, 255 00:14:39,571 --> 00:14:41,139 to be invited to the wedding. 256 00:14:42,674 --> 00:14:44,643 - In England, 257 00:14:44,710 --> 00:14:49,213 the man doesn't take the wife's title. 258 00:14:50,781 --> 00:14:52,149 The woman takes her husband's. 259 00:14:52,216 --> 00:14:55,285 So when Princess Elizabeth became Queen, 260 00:14:55,352 --> 00:14:59,322 he didn't become King because that was her title 261 00:14:59,389 --> 00:15:01,825 and it didn't pass to him. 262 00:15:01,892 --> 00:15:06,662 But conversely, when the Queen Mother 263 00:15:06,729 --> 00:15:10,099 became Queen, she took her husband's title. 264 00:15:10,165 --> 00:15:12,600 So she was married to King George VI 265 00:15:12,667 --> 00:15:16,337 and she was Queen Elizabeth because she took his title, 266 00:15:16,404 --> 00:15:18,306 but it doesn't work the other way round. 267 00:15:22,643 --> 00:15:24,678 Well, from Prince Phillip's perspective, 268 00:15:24,745 --> 00:15:28,447 this is someone that had had to leave their country, 269 00:15:28,514 --> 00:15:30,516 they didn't have a home of their own, 270 00:15:30,583 --> 00:15:34,520 all his sisters were married to German aristocracy 271 00:15:34,587 --> 00:15:36,855 and lived in enormous castles and there's Phillip, 272 00:15:36,922 --> 00:15:39,524 knew living off the goodwill of his relations. 273 00:15:39,591 --> 00:15:44,295 So I think that the idea of marrying a princess 274 00:15:44,361 --> 00:15:46,397 that, that was going to inherit so much, 275 00:15:46,463 --> 00:15:48,399 must've been very attractive 276 00:15:48,465 --> 00:15:51,302 and he was pushed by his uncle, Louis Mountbatten, 277 00:15:51,368 --> 00:15:53,036 who was the great king maker 278 00:15:53,803 --> 00:15:55,505 and he really pushed Phillip 279 00:15:56,539 --> 00:15:58,441 into kind of 280 00:16:00,375 --> 00:16:03,512 maintaining a relationship with Princess Elizabeth, 281 00:16:03,579 --> 00:16:07,216 who she was completely smitten with him from the age of 13 282 00:16:07,282 --> 00:16:08,749 and I think she started right. 283 00:16:08,816 --> 00:16:10,785 She wrote to him to say, you know, 284 00:16:10,852 --> 00:16:13,721 thank you for entertaining us at Dartmouth 285 00:16:13,788 --> 00:16:17,424 and I suppose she gradually, gradually kept up. 286 00:16:17,490 --> 00:16:19,726 Then of course, during the, during the time 287 00:16:19,793 --> 00:16:21,561 when he was on leave, on shore leave, 288 00:16:21,628 --> 00:16:24,531 he, he often went to stay at Windsor Castle 289 00:16:24,598 --> 00:16:27,366 and that's when their relationship you know, 290 00:16:27,433 --> 00:16:29,034 became more serious 291 00:16:29,101 --> 00:16:33,072 and eventually, eventually he proposed to her at Balmoral. 292 00:16:35,173 --> 00:16:37,242 - And now the great hour arrives. 293 00:16:37,308 --> 00:16:39,244 as the Queen and Princess Margaret Rose 294 00:16:39,310 --> 00:16:41,246 leave Buckingham Palace for the ceremony 295 00:16:41,312 --> 00:16:42,479 at Westminster Abbey. 296 00:16:44,147 --> 00:16:46,783 And Prince Philip, with split-second timing, 297 00:16:46,850 --> 00:16:48,752 also departs for the great rendezvous. 298 00:16:50,286 --> 00:16:53,055 The royal standard waves over a truly royal occasion, 299 00:16:53,122 --> 00:16:55,491 as the state coach, with Elizabeth and the King, 300 00:16:55,558 --> 00:16:57,126 is escorted to Westminster Abbey 301 00:16:57,193 --> 00:17:00,362 by the Household of Cavalry guards, a sovereign's escort. 302 00:17:02,430 --> 00:17:05,534 Pomp, pageantry and splendor are revived for this day 303 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:07,368 in austerity-ridden London, 304 00:17:07,434 --> 00:17:10,170 a day which the world shares with Britain. 305 00:17:10,237 --> 00:17:12,406 This is the moment for which the teeming millions 306 00:17:12,473 --> 00:17:13,807 have been waiting for months. 307 00:17:23,515 --> 00:17:25,551 A deep-throated roar swells in volume 308 00:17:25,617 --> 00:17:28,387 as cheering thousands greet the Princess. 309 00:17:28,453 --> 00:17:30,289 The drabness of the day is forgotten. 310 00:17:39,197 --> 00:17:40,764 Here at Westminster Abbey, 311 00:17:40,830 --> 00:17:42,632 scene of splendor on great occasions 312 00:17:42,699 --> 00:17:45,135 through its 900 years of British history, 313 00:17:45,202 --> 00:17:48,137 the royal coach arrives on the great west door 314 00:17:48,204 --> 00:17:51,207 to whose portals the mighty old England have passed. 315 00:17:51,273 --> 00:17:53,075 It is a radiant bride to be, 316 00:17:53,142 --> 00:17:55,678 the loveliest the old abbey has ever looked upon. 317 00:17:56,845 --> 00:17:58,680 Here at Britain's historic shrine, 318 00:17:58,746 --> 00:18:00,782 where all the kings have been crowned, 319 00:18:00,849 --> 00:18:04,384 her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary 320 00:18:04,451 --> 00:18:08,155 and His Royal Highness Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh, 321 00:18:08,222 --> 00:18:11,592 are wed in the same ceremony that has united English couples 322 00:18:11,658 --> 00:18:13,726 from village to palace for centuries. 323 00:18:15,194 --> 00:18:16,562 Here they plight their troth. 324 00:18:26,304 --> 00:18:28,507 In the proud words of King George, 325 00:18:28,573 --> 00:18:30,674 our daughter has married the man she loves. 326 00:18:38,481 --> 00:18:40,250 Elizabeth and Philip take their places 327 00:18:40,316 --> 00:18:43,653 on history's pages to the stirring strings of Mendelssohn, 328 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,821 they march as man and wife toward the west door 329 00:18:45,888 --> 00:18:48,357 amidst nearly 3,000 invited spectators. 330 00:18:58,599 --> 00:19:00,601 It is a deeply moving occasion 331 00:19:00,668 --> 00:19:02,135 and yet a supremely happy one 332 00:19:02,202 --> 00:19:05,338 for the King and Queen as well, as the Queen Mother. 333 00:19:22,754 --> 00:19:25,590 The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Duchess of Kent 334 00:19:25,657 --> 00:19:28,525 are followed by the royal couple of Holland. 335 00:19:32,729 --> 00:19:34,464 Lord and Lady Mountbatten follow 336 00:19:34,531 --> 00:19:36,332 and in the train are members of all 337 00:19:36,399 --> 00:19:38,401 the remaining royal households of Europe. 338 00:19:39,802 --> 00:19:41,671 - Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, 339 00:19:41,737 --> 00:19:45,574 Prince Charles, on 14, November, 1948. 340 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,677 One month earlier the King had issued letters patent, 341 00:19:48,743 --> 00:19:51,379 allowing her children to use the style and title 342 00:19:51,446 --> 00:19:53,581 of a Royal Prince or Princess, 343 00:19:53,647 --> 00:19:55,816 to which they otherwise would not have been entitled, 344 00:19:55,883 --> 00:19:59,220 as their father was no longer a royal prince. 345 00:19:59,286 --> 00:20:02,755 A second child, Princess Anne, was born in 1950. 346 00:20:17,735 --> 00:20:19,170 - Her Royal Highness is the proud 347 00:20:19,237 --> 00:20:20,605 and happy mother of a prince. 348 00:20:20,671 --> 00:20:23,207 The salute is fired and in the monarch's home, 349 00:20:23,274 --> 00:20:26,109 lies the infant boy who will one day be king. 350 00:20:26,176 --> 00:20:29,379 On Saturday, the eminent gynecologist, Sir William Gilliat, 351 00:20:29,446 --> 00:20:31,781 was called to the palace for the most responsible case 352 00:20:31,848 --> 00:20:33,616 in even his career. 353 00:20:33,682 --> 00:20:37,119 By his advice, sister HM Rowe was chosen midwife. 354 00:20:37,186 --> 00:20:40,122 The whole country knew that the baby would soon be born. 355 00:20:40,189 --> 00:20:43,191 All day on Sunday, people waited outside the palace 356 00:20:43,258 --> 00:20:45,093 including phlegmatic pressmen, 357 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,829 with whom it is a point of honor to show no excitement. 358 00:20:47,896 --> 00:20:50,164 And all day there was no announcement. 359 00:20:50,230 --> 00:20:52,666 It was after 10 at night that those who waited, 360 00:20:52,733 --> 00:20:55,502 and they were very many, heard the tremendous news, 361 00:20:55,569 --> 00:20:57,870 a royal baby and a boy. 362 00:20:59,572 --> 00:21:02,074 Radio gave no advantage to bosses at the palace. 363 00:21:02,141 --> 00:21:04,177 The glad tidings went out everywhere. 364 00:21:04,243 --> 00:21:05,511 - The BBC Home Service. 365 00:21:05,578 --> 00:21:08,446 It has been announced officially from Buckingham palace 366 00:21:08,513 --> 00:21:11,550 during the past hour, that her Royal Highness, 367 00:21:11,616 --> 00:21:14,019 the Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, 368 00:21:14,085 --> 00:21:16,987 who has safely delivered of a prince at14 p.m. today 369 00:21:19,290 --> 00:21:23,493 and that her Royal Highness and her son are both doing well. 370 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,795 - The press agencies were covering the world. 371 00:21:25,862 --> 00:21:29,399 The miracles of modern communication span the globe. 372 00:21:29,465 --> 00:21:34,436 Unto us a child is born and no ordinary child, a Prince. 373 00:21:35,404 --> 00:21:37,206 For the moment, all other news took second place. 374 00:21:41,275 --> 00:21:43,177 The morning newspapers went to press with one 375 00:21:43,244 --> 00:21:46,380 of those rare warm stories that touch every heart. 376 00:21:46,447 --> 00:21:48,448 Cable and radio brought thousands of messages 377 00:21:48,515 --> 00:21:51,284 of congratulation from every corner of the Commonwealth. 378 00:21:51,351 --> 00:21:53,086 The young Royal Mother, 379 00:21:53,153 --> 00:21:55,422 herself a child but little more than yesterday, 380 00:21:55,489 --> 00:21:59,458 lay at her parent's home, an infant prince at her side. 381 00:21:59,525 --> 00:22:02,695 By custom, the home secretary was among the first informed. 382 00:22:02,761 --> 00:22:04,629 When he arrived at the home office next morning, 383 00:22:04,696 --> 00:22:06,698 the announcement hung outside. 384 00:22:06,764 --> 00:22:09,300 Mr. Chuter Ede was not called to the palace. 385 00:22:09,367 --> 00:22:11,035 No one feared, in this day and age, 386 00:22:11,102 --> 00:22:14,271 that some other child would be foisted on the nation. 387 00:22:16,273 --> 00:22:18,609 Privileged on this Royal occasion to drive through mob lots 388 00:22:18,675 --> 00:22:22,445 into the park, were a King's troop of royal horse artillery. 389 00:22:22,512 --> 00:22:24,247 It was their honor and proud duty 390 00:22:24,313 --> 00:22:26,549 to fire the salute of 41 guns, 391 00:22:26,616 --> 00:22:29,184 announcing the birth of a prince. 392 00:22:32,521 --> 00:22:35,157 - Prince Philip loves babies and small children. 393 00:22:35,223 --> 00:22:38,092 and he had, he was so happy 394 00:22:38,159 --> 00:22:40,294 that his first born should be a son and heir 395 00:22:41,495 --> 00:22:45,065 but he wanted his son to be an image of himself. 396 00:22:45,132 --> 00:22:49,435 He wanted him to be macho and he wanted him to be sporty 397 00:22:49,502 --> 00:22:52,772 and he wanted him to have a sort of very strong personality. 398 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:54,673 Well, Charles wasn't like that at all. 399 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:56,308 He was very timid. 400 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:58,243 He wasn't particularly sporty. 401 00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:01,713 He, he, and he was a little awkward 402 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:05,316 and he wasn't really the son that Philip hoped he'd have. 403 00:23:05,383 --> 00:23:10,320 So as Charles grew, their relationship was just didn't work. 404 00:23:11,755 --> 00:23:14,424 Phillip would, you know, sort of bark orders at Charles 405 00:23:14,491 --> 00:23:16,293 and Charles would cringe and be timid. 406 00:23:17,494 --> 00:23:19,695 They just didn't rub along well together. 407 00:23:22,598 --> 00:23:26,001 And then when it came to Charles's further education, 408 00:23:26,068 --> 00:23:28,269 Phillip said, well, whatever, what was good enough for me 409 00:23:28,336 --> 00:23:30,104 would be good enough for Charles 410 00:23:30,171 --> 00:23:32,240 and he actually thought that Gordonstoun would be good 411 00:23:32,307 --> 00:23:35,342 for Charles because it was up in the north of Scotland, 412 00:23:35,409 --> 00:23:37,277 away from the press. 413 00:23:37,344 --> 00:23:42,015 It was, you know, it was meant to be wonderful outdoor life 414 00:23:42,082 --> 00:23:44,784 and, and, and, you know, great emphasis was placed 415 00:23:44,851 --> 00:23:46,486 upon the training of the mind, 416 00:23:46,552 --> 00:23:48,654 as well as the training of the brain. 417 00:23:48,721 --> 00:23:50,323 And Phillip thought it would be perfect. 418 00:23:50,389 --> 00:23:52,724 I think the Queen and the Queen Mother 419 00:23:52,791 --> 00:23:55,127 probably thought that he would be, 420 00:23:55,193 --> 00:23:57,629 being such a sensitive young man, 421 00:23:57,696 --> 00:24:00,264 he probably would have been better to go to Eaton, 422 00:24:01,565 --> 00:24:03,334 which was, you know, just across the bridge from Windsor 423 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,569 and he would be nearer his family, 424 00:24:05,636 --> 00:24:10,106 but Phillip overruled that and he was sent to Gordonstoun. 425 00:24:15,111 --> 00:24:19,515 Yes, Prince Phillip felt very aggrieved by the fact 426 00:24:21,083 --> 00:24:24,586 that he wasn't able to give his own children his surname. 427 00:24:26,154 --> 00:24:30,158 Now, Prince Phillip family name had been Battenberg 428 00:24:31,526 --> 00:24:32,794 but it was changed because it was too Germanic. 429 00:24:32,860 --> 00:24:35,462 It was changed from Battenberg to Mountbatten. 430 00:24:36,763 --> 00:24:41,534 and Phillip wanted Mountbatten as the family name. 431 00:24:42,735 --> 00:24:44,670 He wanted it to be the House of Mountbatten, 432 00:24:44,737 --> 00:24:49,707 and when the royal circles, I think Queen Mary heard of it, 433 00:24:50,842 --> 00:24:52,610 she said, no way is this going to be 434 00:24:52,677 --> 00:24:54,479 the House of Mountbatten. 435 00:24:54,546 --> 00:24:57,748 I not having Louis Mountbatten, you know, 436 00:24:57,815 --> 00:25:02,686 attach his name to, to the royal, immediate royal family. 437 00:25:02,753 --> 00:25:05,489 So it became the House of Windsor 438 00:25:07,156 --> 00:25:12,061 and Phillip was very, very hurt. 439 00:25:13,229 --> 00:25:17,432 So later on, it became Mountbatten-Windsor, 440 00:25:17,499 --> 00:25:21,036 so that he could also have his name included. 441 00:25:21,102 --> 00:25:23,504 And the first of his children, 442 00:25:23,571 --> 00:25:26,507 which was when Princess Anne married, 443 00:25:26,574 --> 00:25:31,544 on the marital register, it does say Mountbatten-Windsor. 444 00:25:38,451 --> 00:25:40,452 - New joy has come to the royal family 445 00:25:40,519 --> 00:25:42,788 in the birth to Princess Elizabeth at Carrow's House 446 00:25:42,855 --> 00:25:44,423 of a second son. 447 00:25:44,490 --> 00:25:47,358 But of course the joy is not restricted to the royal family 448 00:25:47,425 --> 00:25:50,094 and messages of congratulations from all over the world 449 00:25:50,161 --> 00:25:52,096 have been pouring into the Princess's home 450 00:25:52,163 --> 00:25:53,764 ever since the news became known. 451 00:25:56,533 --> 00:25:58,635 The early years of marriage have set the seal 452 00:25:58,702 --> 00:26:01,238 on the happiness of the Princess and her husband. 453 00:26:01,304 --> 00:26:03,373 The blessing of children has come not only 454 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,442 to enrich their lives but also to establish securely, 455 00:26:06,509 --> 00:26:07,710 the line of succession. 456 00:26:11,180 --> 00:26:13,381 In Prince Charles, the public has acquired a new 457 00:26:13,448 --> 00:26:14,949 popular subject of interest, 458 00:26:15,016 --> 00:26:17,418 of whom some delightful pictures have been taken. 459 00:26:17,485 --> 00:26:20,088 We should like to see more of him, but the insatiable demand 460 00:26:20,155 --> 00:26:22,723 of the public has had to bow to the Princess's very proper 461 00:26:22,790 --> 00:26:27,060 determination that her son shall not be spoilt by publicity. 462 00:26:27,127 --> 00:26:28,595 The public would be no less curious 463 00:26:28,661 --> 00:26:30,496 to see the first pictures of his brother 464 00:26:30,563 --> 00:26:33,733 to compare the likenesses and note the differences. 465 00:26:38,136 --> 00:26:40,105 To Sir William Gilliat, the great gynecologist, 466 00:26:40,172 --> 00:26:41,773 fell the medical responsibility of seeing 467 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,443 the new prince safety into the world. 468 00:26:44,509 --> 00:26:46,210 The nurse was Ms. Helen Rowe. 469 00:26:46,277 --> 00:26:48,179 Everything possible to ensure the safety and health 470 00:26:48,245 --> 00:26:50,014 of mother and son was naturally done, 471 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:51,615 but there must always be anxiety. 472 00:26:52,783 --> 00:26:55,051 That is now over and the nation's rejoicing 473 00:26:55,118 --> 00:26:57,120 is marked by salute of guns. 474 00:26:57,187 --> 00:26:59,789 This is fired in Hyde park by the Royal Horse Artillery 475 00:26:59,856 --> 00:27:01,257 in full dress. 476 00:27:06,662 --> 00:27:09,164 - Prince Phillip was stationed in Malta 477 00:27:09,231 --> 00:27:13,167 on board, his, his ship and so the Queen 478 00:27:13,234 --> 00:27:15,436 would visit him every few months 479 00:27:15,503 --> 00:27:18,271 and Prince Charles, it was was their first child, 480 00:27:18,338 --> 00:27:19,473 was left behind. 481 00:27:19,539 --> 00:27:22,609 And then the Queen was able to actually sort of 482 00:27:22,676 --> 00:27:25,946 for the first time and probably the only time in her life, 483 00:27:26,012 --> 00:27:28,481 be like any other housewife. 484 00:27:30,049 --> 00:27:32,718 It wasn't quite the same, but she was able to go shopping. 485 00:27:32,785 --> 00:27:34,653 She was able to have her hair done. 486 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,688 She was able to drive around the island 487 00:27:36,754 --> 00:27:41,326 and they all went to sort of like naval dances 488 00:27:41,392 --> 00:27:44,128 and they just sort of joined in with the, 489 00:27:44,194 --> 00:27:48,298 the life of the other, other young naval officers 490 00:27:48,365 --> 00:27:49,666 and their wives 491 00:27:49,733 --> 00:27:52,502 and for her, it was just a huge pleasure 492 00:27:54,036 --> 00:27:56,672 and that's why she has such a fondness for Malta. 493 00:28:00,175 --> 00:28:03,478 Well, I think the reason that the Queen is referred to 494 00:28:03,545 --> 00:28:06,915 by some historians as the unlikely queen, 495 00:28:06,982 --> 00:28:10,918 is that you know, she wasn't prepared to be queen. 496 00:28:10,985 --> 00:28:13,320 She was married in 1947 497 00:28:14,522 --> 00:28:19,325 and she expected to have a proper long-ish 498 00:28:20,527 --> 00:28:23,530 married life before her father you know, 499 00:28:24,463 --> 00:28:27,199 died but he died quite suddenly. 500 00:28:27,266 --> 00:28:32,104 So she was an unlikely queen and also she wasn't designated 501 00:28:32,171 --> 00:28:35,306 to be queen because her uncle, 502 00:28:35,373 --> 00:28:38,042 who became Edward VIII very briefly, 503 00:28:38,109 --> 00:28:40,511 abdicated and put Elizabeth 504 00:28:40,578 --> 00:28:43,113 directly in the line of succession. 505 00:28:45,115 --> 00:28:48,185 - During 1951, George VI's health declined 506 00:28:48,251 --> 00:28:52,021 and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. 507 00:28:52,087 --> 00:28:55,324 When she toured Canada and visited President Harry S. Truman 508 00:28:55,391 --> 00:28:59,027 in Washington, D.C. in October, 1951, 509 00:28:59,094 --> 00:29:01,062 her private secretary Martin Charteris 510 00:29:01,129 --> 00:29:03,465 carried a draft excession declaration 511 00:29:03,531 --> 00:29:06,066 in case the King died while she was on tour. 512 00:29:08,001 --> 00:29:10,904 - What happened was, the Princess Elizabeth 513 00:29:10,971 --> 00:29:13,507 and Prince Philip were standing in for the King and Queen 514 00:29:13,574 --> 00:29:16,642 and they started a big Commonwealth Tour 515 00:29:16,709 --> 00:29:20,346 in Kenya, as it was called in those days. 516 00:29:20,413 --> 00:29:23,715 And the people of Kenya wanted them to be there 517 00:29:23,782 --> 00:29:27,452 and they'd given them a lodge for their wedding present. 518 00:29:27,519 --> 00:29:31,088 And the sort of joy for them was that they were going 519 00:29:31,155 --> 00:29:35,359 to visit this game reserve and there was a little place 520 00:29:35,426 --> 00:29:38,329 called Tree Tops, which was overlooking as salt lake lick. 521 00:29:38,395 --> 00:29:40,230 So you could really see the animals. 522 00:29:40,296 --> 00:29:43,566 You know, this is, this is a 1952, 523 00:29:43,633 --> 00:29:47,736 so the whole of, of Kenya was teaming with game 524 00:29:47,803 --> 00:29:49,605 and they spent the night up there 525 00:29:49,671 --> 00:29:52,274 and actually it was during the night, 526 00:29:52,341 --> 00:29:55,576 unbeknownst to the Princess that she became Queen. 527 00:29:55,643 --> 00:29:59,747 So they went, they, they left the game viewing, 528 00:29:59,814 --> 00:30:03,050 went back to Sagana Lodge and had a little sleep, 529 00:30:03,117 --> 00:30:04,584 because they'd been up all night. 530 00:30:04,651 --> 00:30:06,319 When the news came across 531 00:30:06,386 --> 00:30:11,358 to Prince Phillip's private secretary, Mike Parker, 532 00:30:12,792 --> 00:30:16,028 that the King had died and he thought that he, he, he, he 533 00:30:16,095 --> 00:30:18,464 eventually had one of those little radios 534 00:30:18,531 --> 00:30:20,231 and he fiddled with it and eventually, 535 00:30:20,298 --> 00:30:21,699 heard the sounds of Big Ben 536 00:30:21,766 --> 00:30:23,735 and he knew that the news was true 537 00:30:25,069 --> 00:30:27,672 and it was his duty to tell Prince Phillip, 538 00:30:27,739 --> 00:30:29,473 which was probably, he says later, 539 00:30:29,540 --> 00:30:32,409 the most difficult thing he'd ever had to do in his life. 540 00:30:32,476 --> 00:30:35,079 So he went to Prince Phillip and told him the news 541 00:30:35,145 --> 00:30:38,781 that his wife, Prince Phillip's wife, was Queen. 542 00:30:38,848 --> 00:30:40,516 So Prince Phillip was in such shock, 543 00:30:40,583 --> 00:30:44,220 he just put a newspaper over his face 544 00:30:44,287 --> 00:30:48,323 and let the news just absorb 545 00:30:48,390 --> 00:30:50,492 and then he got up 546 00:30:50,559 --> 00:30:54,995 and he went and got the Princess out of her bedroom 547 00:30:55,062 --> 00:30:57,465 where she was resting and took her down to the lake 548 00:30:57,531 --> 00:31:00,301 at the bottom of the garden and the lady in waiting 549 00:31:00,367 --> 00:31:01,435 tells a wonderful story. 550 00:31:01,502 --> 00:31:04,571 She watched the walk up and down, up and down 551 00:31:04,637 --> 00:31:06,739 and she knew that he was telling her 552 00:31:06,806 --> 00:31:09,109 and when they walked back into the lodge, 553 00:31:10,542 --> 00:31:13,479 she wanted, she was putting her arms around the Princess, 554 00:31:13,545 --> 00:31:16,348 when she thought my goodness but she's Queen 555 00:31:16,415 --> 00:31:18,616 and dropped into a curtsy. 556 00:31:18,683 --> 00:31:20,952 And then of course, they had to make their way back 557 00:31:21,018 --> 00:31:23,154 to England as quickly as possible. 558 00:31:23,221 --> 00:31:27,457 But by the time they arrived back at London airport, 559 00:31:28,391 --> 00:31:30,093 she came down the steps, 560 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,729 beautifully dressed in her black clothes 561 00:31:32,796 --> 00:31:36,031 and Prince Philip waited on the steps 562 00:31:36,098 --> 00:31:37,199 until she was at the bottom 563 00:31:37,266 --> 00:31:39,535 and she greeted her prime minister. 564 00:31:39,602 --> 00:31:42,004 And that's how it was going to be from then on. 565 00:31:43,571 --> 00:31:46,708 Well, I think Prince Philip never envisaged 566 00:31:46,775 --> 00:31:50,678 that his young princess would become queen so quickly. 567 00:31:51,845 --> 00:31:54,348 They thought they had years ahead of them. 568 00:31:54,415 --> 00:31:57,384 So I think it was very difficult when suddenly 569 00:31:57,451 --> 00:32:02,188 his wife became queen and he was demoted, if you like, 570 00:32:02,255 --> 00:32:05,057 to forever walk two steps behind. 571 00:32:05,124 --> 00:32:07,093 And he was treated very badly 572 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,061 by the stuffy old courtiers at the palace. 573 00:32:10,128 --> 00:32:11,696 And, you know, they, 574 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:15,200 they thought he was an interloper and he was far too German 575 00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:18,636 and although he was a Greek Prince, you know, 576 00:32:18,702 --> 00:32:20,204 he had a lot of German blood 577 00:32:20,271 --> 00:32:22,740 so they just called him and he just thought he was German 578 00:32:22,807 --> 00:32:25,208 and so it was very, very difficult for him. 579 00:32:29,245 --> 00:32:32,215 Well, Prince Phillip had been in the Royal Navy. 580 00:32:32,282 --> 00:32:34,349 He was still in the Royal Navy when he, when he married. 581 00:32:34,416 --> 00:32:39,254 So he was used to routine and regulations of royal life. 582 00:32:39,321 --> 00:32:41,656 But what he wasn't used to was the way 583 00:32:41,722 --> 00:32:45,159 the courtiers treated him because they saw him 584 00:32:45,226 --> 00:32:46,961 as a foreigner and an interloper 585 00:32:47,028 --> 00:32:51,098 and probably someone that wouldn't be faithful to his wife. 586 00:32:51,164 --> 00:32:52,499 So they didn't like him at all 587 00:32:52,566 --> 00:32:56,103 and they made it very plain that they didn't like him. 588 00:32:56,169 --> 00:32:59,505 So he had a very, very difficult time, 589 00:32:59,572 --> 00:33:01,474 very difficult indeed and also, 590 00:33:01,540 --> 00:33:04,643 eventually had to be two steps behind his wife. 591 00:33:04,710 --> 00:33:07,145 In the beginning, they had a very, 592 00:33:07,212 --> 00:33:09,581 very happy marriage, very happy marriage. 593 00:33:09,647 --> 00:33:13,118 They, they had Clarence House as their marital home 594 00:33:13,184 --> 00:33:15,119 and they also had a country house, 595 00:33:15,185 --> 00:33:18,489 which they rented, Windlesham Manor. 596 00:33:18,555 --> 00:33:21,091 So they had it all at the beginning 597 00:33:21,158 --> 00:33:23,893 but it was for such a short time. 598 00:33:30,665 --> 00:33:33,602 I think the day-to-day life of the monarch 599 00:33:33,668 --> 00:33:36,938 is very regimented. 600 00:33:37,005 --> 00:33:41,575 I mean, she, she would be woken, that's about30. 601 00:33:41,642 --> 00:33:45,479 She would have her dresser would come in with a cup of tea 602 00:33:45,546 --> 00:33:47,514 and some biscuits for the dogs. 603 00:33:47,580 --> 00:33:49,382 You know, her clothes would be laid out. 604 00:33:49,449 --> 00:33:54,421 She would be, she would dress, have breakfast and then read 605 00:33:55,554 --> 00:33:57,523 read the newspapers and listen to the radio 606 00:33:57,589 --> 00:33:59,091 and then her day would start. 607 00:33:59,158 --> 00:34:02,928 And her private secretary would bring her important letters 608 00:34:02,995 --> 00:34:04,562 to look at and sign. 609 00:34:04,629 --> 00:34:07,398 And then every 20 minutes during the day 610 00:34:07,465 --> 00:34:09,467 there is an appointment. 611 00:34:09,534 --> 00:34:14,404 So it, and it's the same every day during the working week. 612 00:34:14,471 --> 00:34:17,040 So it is a very regimented life. 613 00:34:17,107 --> 00:34:19,342 That at the time of the Golden Jubilee, 614 00:34:19,409 --> 00:34:24,380 a lot of us press were invited to a reception 615 00:34:25,981 --> 00:34:28,349 at Windsor Castle and to meet the Queen and Prince Phillip. 616 00:34:28,416 --> 00:34:31,219 The sort of thing that Prince Phillip really hates 617 00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:37,191 and I sort of was quite near the front of the fray 618 00:34:38,025 --> 00:34:39,426 if you like, and I, I thought, well, 619 00:34:39,493 --> 00:34:40,494 I've got to say something. 620 00:34:40,561 --> 00:34:42,062 So I said to Prince Phillip, 621 00:34:42,129 --> 00:34:44,698 "What are you looking forward to most about the Jubilee?" 622 00:34:44,765 --> 00:34:47,934 and he turned to me and he said, "When it's over." 623 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,268 I'll never forget that. 624 00:34:54,339 --> 00:34:56,308 - At Guildhall, the load mayor of London, 625 00:34:56,374 --> 00:34:59,211 Sir Edmund Stockdale, led the city's tribute 626 00:34:59,277 --> 00:35:00,912 to the Royal travelers, 627 00:35:00,979 --> 00:35:02,113 the Duke of Gloucester, 628 00:35:02,179 --> 00:35:04,215 who toured Nigeria with the Duchess, 629 00:35:04,281 --> 00:35:06,584 Princess Alexandra who toured Australia 630 00:35:06,650 --> 00:35:08,652 and Prince Phillip, a worldwide traveler, 631 00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:10,954 who replied for the royal guests. 632 00:35:12,355 --> 00:35:16,493 - Lord mayor, I dare say you frequently had the experience 633 00:35:16,559 --> 00:35:19,128 of killing two birds with one shot. 634 00:35:21,196 --> 00:35:25,234 But I wonder how many lord mayors have had the experience 635 00:35:25,300 --> 00:35:27,368 of killing by kindness, 636 00:35:27,435 --> 00:35:29,670 four Royal Highnesses at one banquet. 637 00:35:35,075 --> 00:35:38,912 So it is of course, a matter of great regret to us all, 638 00:35:38,979 --> 00:35:41,415 that the queen cannot be present today. 639 00:35:41,481 --> 00:35:45,351 But as you realize, she has other matters to attend to. 640 00:35:48,220 --> 00:35:51,056 However, I knew that she will be delighted 641 00:35:51,122 --> 00:35:55,326 to receive your very charming and thoughtful message 642 00:35:55,393 --> 00:35:56,594 at this particular moment. 643 00:36:21,216 --> 00:36:24,351 - First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. 644 00:36:25,519 --> 00:36:28,222 She was an exceptional and gifted human being. 645 00:36:29,223 --> 00:36:31,258 In good times and bad, 646 00:36:31,325 --> 00:36:34,928 she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, 647 00:36:34,994 --> 00:36:38,131 nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. 648 00:36:39,466 --> 00:36:41,433 I admired and respected her, 649 00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:44,570 for her energy and commitment to others 650 00:36:44,636 --> 00:36:47,973 and especially for her devotion to her two boys. 651 00:36:49,540 --> 00:36:52,243 This week at Balmoral, we have all been trying 652 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:54,946 to help William and Harry come to terms 653 00:36:55,012 --> 00:36:57,347 with the devastating loss that they 654 00:36:57,414 --> 00:36:59,116 and the rest of us have suffered. 655 00:37:01,051 --> 00:37:03,587 No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. 656 00:37:05,021 --> 00:37:07,456 Millions of others who never met her 657 00:37:07,523 --> 00:37:10,126 but felt they knew her will remember her. 658 00:37:12,061 --> 00:37:14,996 I, for one, believe there are lessons to be drawn 659 00:37:15,063 --> 00:37:17,599 from her life and from the extraordinary 660 00:37:17,665 --> 00:37:19,634 and moving reaction to her death. 661 00:37:24,071 --> 00:37:26,240 - I think that the death of Princess Diana 662 00:37:26,306 --> 00:37:29,209 was the biggest crisis of the Queen's reign 663 00:37:29,276 --> 00:37:31,944 and probably something that historically, 664 00:37:32,011 --> 00:37:35,615 she will be judged by and I think 665 00:37:35,681 --> 00:37:40,652 despite the film, "The Queen" and despite "The Crown", 666 00:37:42,054 --> 00:37:44,656 people still think the Queen handled it badly 667 00:37:46,191 --> 00:37:49,994 and didn't seem to understand what 668 00:37:50,061 --> 00:37:52,596 her subjects were feeling and thinking. 669 00:37:52,663 --> 00:37:55,265 But I think the Queen didn't understand 670 00:37:55,331 --> 00:37:58,301 because they traditionally, 671 00:37:58,368 --> 00:38:00,336 the royal family when there is a death 672 00:38:00,403 --> 00:38:01,571 and there've been many, many, 673 00:38:01,638 --> 00:38:04,873 they mourn quietly amongst themselves. 674 00:38:04,940 --> 00:38:07,109 and the Queen thought because of William and Harry 675 00:38:07,176 --> 00:38:11,313 it would be utter cruelty to expose them to crowds 676 00:38:11,380 --> 00:38:15,583 of whaling people and that they must be kept at Balmoral 677 00:38:15,650 --> 00:38:19,053 but it actually was wrong, as it, as it turned out 678 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:20,420 but she remedied the situation. 679 00:38:20,487 --> 00:38:24,257 But I think it will still be seen as probably 680 00:38:24,324 --> 00:38:26,059 one of the disasters of her reign. 681 00:38:28,361 --> 00:38:30,496 Prince Phillip's relationship with princess, 682 00:38:30,563 --> 00:38:32,965 with the Princess of Wales, was really interesting 683 00:38:33,032 --> 00:38:35,334 because when she first came on the scene, 684 00:38:35,401 --> 00:38:37,969 she was terrified, absolutely terrified 685 00:38:38,036 --> 00:38:40,939 and he kind of, you know, he looked out for it 686 00:38:41,005 --> 00:38:42,207 because he knew what it was like 687 00:38:42,273 --> 00:38:47,010 to be a stranger amongst his family 688 00:38:47,077 --> 00:38:49,146 and he would sort of say you know, say, you know, 689 00:38:49,213 --> 00:38:52,349 suggest to the Queen that she sat next to him at the, 690 00:38:53,583 --> 00:38:55,551 you know the black tie dinners at Balmoral 691 00:38:55,618 --> 00:38:57,420 and that and that he could look after her. 692 00:38:57,487 --> 00:38:59,222 But in fact, she was absolutely tongue tied 693 00:38:59,288 --> 00:39:02,824 when she was next to him because he was funnier and wittier. 694 00:39:02,891 --> 00:39:05,293 But eventually she sort of got to know him 695 00:39:06,595 --> 00:39:08,530 and he was very supportive of her 696 00:39:08,597 --> 00:39:11,265 during the marital difficulties and he wrote her a series 697 00:39:11,332 --> 00:39:15,603 of very constructive letters, 698 00:39:17,371 --> 00:39:21,274 trying to help her and pointing out various things, 699 00:39:21,341 --> 00:39:25,011 like you know, the monarchy is not a popularity contest, 700 00:39:25,078 --> 00:39:28,147 which is something he could have said to Megan much later. 701 00:39:28,213 --> 00:39:29,081 It's really not. 702 00:39:29,148 --> 00:39:30,516 It's not about the individual. 703 00:39:30,582 --> 00:39:33,152 It's about all of us working together for the same end, 704 00:39:33,218 --> 00:39:35,520 which is the good of the monarchy. 705 00:39:35,586 --> 00:39:37,855 And he wrote to her a lot 706 00:39:37,922 --> 00:39:42,260 and these letters came to light during the inquest 707 00:39:42,326 --> 00:39:45,929 when Mohammed Fayed accused Prince Phillip 708 00:39:45,996 --> 00:39:50,067 of possibly you know, trying to, to kill Diana, 709 00:39:50,133 --> 00:39:51,567 to get rid of her. 710 00:39:51,634 --> 00:39:56,005 And then so, so reluctantly, these letters were produced 711 00:39:56,072 --> 00:40:01,042 but sadly, later on, Diana and Philip fell out massively 712 00:40:02,177 --> 00:40:06,881 and she came to really dislike him. 713 00:40:06,948 --> 00:40:08,582 And we also know that that is completely true 714 00:40:08,649 --> 00:40:11,552 because again, Joanne, the inquest, one of her friends 715 00:40:11,618 --> 00:40:13,153 Roberta Dvorak, 716 00:40:15,988 --> 00:40:17,357 said under oath, you know, 717 00:40:17,423 --> 00:40:20,259 that he was in an airport with Diana and she pointed 718 00:40:20,326 --> 00:40:22,495 to something referring to Prince Phillip and said, 719 00:40:22,562 --> 00:40:25,030 "I hate him, I absolutely hate him." 720 00:40:25,097 --> 00:40:27,933 And she told me that she hated him too 721 00:40:27,999 --> 00:40:31,670 and that he used to shout at his staff. 722 00:40:31,737 --> 00:40:34,972 and she said, "I tell my boys, I never want anyone to shout 723 00:40:35,039 --> 00:40:37,541 at their staff like their grandfather did." 724 00:40:37,608 --> 00:40:40,244 So, but Diana was like that, you know, she loved people 725 00:40:40,311 --> 00:40:41,678 then she hated them. 726 00:40:41,745 --> 00:40:45,482 And at the time, you know, at the last months of her life 727 00:40:45,548 --> 00:40:47,283 although she didn't know obviously, 728 00:40:47,350 --> 00:40:50,119 but she she really disliked Prince Phillip intensely. 729 00:40:53,255 --> 00:40:55,157 - I'm naturally somewhat biased, 730 00:40:55,224 --> 00:40:56,692 but I think our children have done rather well 731 00:40:56,759 --> 00:40:58,626 under very different and difficult 732 00:40:58,693 --> 00:41:00,328 and demanding circumstances. 733 00:41:04,198 --> 00:41:05,499 I think, I hope we can be forgiven 734 00:41:05,565 --> 00:41:07,234 for feeling rather proud of them 735 00:41:08,468 --> 00:41:10,170 and I'm also encouraged to see what a good start 736 00:41:10,237 --> 00:41:11,872 the next generation is making. 737 00:41:15,241 --> 00:41:17,176 I think that the main lesson that we've learned 738 00:41:17,243 --> 00:41:20,513 is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient 739 00:41:20,579 --> 00:41:21,980 of any happy marriage. 740 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:26,184 It may not be quite so important when things are going well 741 00:41:26,251 --> 00:41:29,187 but it is absolutely vital when things get difficult 742 00:41:30,387 --> 00:41:32,656 and you can take it from me 743 00:41:32,723 --> 00:41:36,160 that the queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance. 744 00:41:40,963 --> 00:41:43,132 - I think many people have asked the Queen 745 00:41:43,199 --> 00:41:44,300 and the asked Prince Phillip 746 00:41:44,367 --> 00:41:46,202 what is the secret of their relationship 747 00:41:46,269 --> 00:41:50,205 and the Queen has spoken out on a few occasions 748 00:41:50,272 --> 00:41:53,608 and she said patience, 749 00:41:53,675 --> 00:41:57,912 sense of humor and she had said, famously, of course, 750 00:41:57,978 --> 00:42:01,048 that Prince Phillip had simply been her rock 751 00:42:01,115 --> 00:42:03,650 and her stay over the years. 752 00:42:03,717 --> 00:42:07,253 And he had, he'd always been there to support her 753 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,522 although he never involved himself 754 00:42:09,589 --> 00:42:14,393 in constitutional affairs, he was there as a sounding board. 755 00:42:14,460 --> 00:42:17,029 He was someone to listen and someone who would be 756 00:42:17,096 --> 00:42:20,098 on her side or would give her a criticism, 757 00:42:20,164 --> 00:42:22,166 which of course, nobody else really could. 758 00:42:22,233 --> 00:42:26,404 - A humble and hearty thanks to all those in Britain 759 00:42:26,471 --> 00:42:31,441 and around the world who have welcomed us and sustained us 760 00:42:32,642 --> 00:42:35,145 and our family in the good times and the bad 761 00:42:35,212 --> 00:42:38,080 so unstintingly over many years. 762 00:42:39,248 --> 00:42:42,018 This has given us strength. 763 00:42:42,084 --> 00:42:45,420 Most recently, during the sad days after the tragedy 764 00:42:45,487 --> 00:42:46,855 of Diana's death, 765 00:42:48,957 --> 00:42:51,326 it is you, if I may now speak 766 00:42:51,393 --> 00:42:55,062 to all of you directly who have seen us through 767 00:42:55,129 --> 00:42:57,598 and helped us to make our duty fun. 768 00:42:59,166 --> 00:43:01,901 We are deeply grateful to you, each and everyone. 769 00:43:04,003 --> 00:43:06,973 Yesterday, I listened as Prince Phillip spoke 770 00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:11,109 at the Guildhall and I then proposed our host's health. 771 00:43:12,144 --> 00:43:14,546 Today, the roles are reversed. 772 00:43:16,114 --> 00:43:17,915 All too often I fear Prince Phillip 773 00:43:17,982 --> 00:43:19,950 has had to listen to me speaking. 774 00:43:21,385 --> 00:43:25,256 Frequently, we have discussed my intended speech beforehand 775 00:43:25,323 --> 00:43:26,856 and as you will imagine, 776 00:43:26,923 --> 00:43:30,427 his views have been expressed in a forthright manner. 777 00:43:32,429 --> 00:43:36,198 He is someone who doesn't take easily to compliments 778 00:43:36,265 --> 00:43:38,600 but he has quite simply been my strength 779 00:43:38,667 --> 00:43:41,337 and stay all these years. 780 00:43:41,403 --> 00:43:43,905 And I, and his whole family 781 00:43:43,971 --> 00:43:46,407 and this and many other countries, 782 00:43:46,474 --> 00:43:49,644 owe him a debt of greater than he would ever claim 783 00:43:49,711 --> 00:43:50,944 or we shall ever know. 784 00:43:52,479 --> 00:43:54,147 - Well, many people have asked Prince Phillip, 785 00:43:54,214 --> 00:43:56,083 how he wants to be remembered and he says, 786 00:43:56,149 --> 00:43:57,317 typically he says, 787 00:43:57,384 --> 00:43:59,585 "Well, I won't be around so I don't care, do I?" 788 00:43:59,652 --> 00:44:02,221 But I think, I hope he will be remembered 789 00:44:02,288 --> 00:44:04,824 for what he's done for conservation 790 00:44:04,890 --> 00:44:07,325 and what he's done for the sciences. 791 00:44:07,392 --> 00:44:10,962 I think he'll be remembered for his Duke of Edinburgh Award 792 00:44:11,029 --> 00:44:12,464 because it bears his name 793 00:44:12,530 --> 00:44:16,233 and I think he will also be remembered for his gaffes, 794 00:44:16,300 --> 00:44:17,468 which is a bit of a shame. 795 00:44:17,534 --> 00:44:19,470 But I think when people think of Prince Phillip, 796 00:44:19,536 --> 00:44:21,538 they think of, oh, Phillip and the ladies 797 00:44:21,605 --> 00:44:25,641 and Phillip and his politically incorrect remarks 798 00:44:25,708 --> 00:44:28,011 and sometimes those things stick. 799 00:44:30,546 --> 00:44:34,216 - You're now seeing the world's most experienced plucker. 800 00:44:36,051 --> 00:44:40,122 - But Prince Phillip has never been a politically correct. 801 00:44:40,188 --> 00:44:43,624 He doesn't care what he says or to whom. 802 00:44:43,691 --> 00:44:45,393 He doesn't mean to be rude. 803 00:44:45,459 --> 00:44:50,430 Basically, he he's known for his gaffes, 804 00:44:51,598 --> 00:44:53,500 which is what we call them in the UK 805 00:44:53,566 --> 00:44:57,169 and they are usually some very wittier sides, 806 00:44:57,236 --> 00:44:59,905 which he says to kind of break the ice 807 00:44:59,972 --> 00:45:02,308 and to make people feel a bit more relaxed, 808 00:45:04,143 --> 00:45:07,111 but they don't always come up, out like that. 809 00:45:07,178 --> 00:45:09,514 Sometimes they sound incredibly rude. 810 00:45:10,882 --> 00:45:13,950 And so he's become known as this, for you know, 811 00:45:14,017 --> 00:45:16,586 someone who could really put his foot in it 812 00:45:18,255 --> 00:45:20,057 but he actually does it to try 813 00:45:20,123 --> 00:45:22,958 and keep the moment light-hearted 814 00:45:23,025 --> 00:45:25,828 because his endless role engagements you know, 815 00:45:25,895 --> 00:45:27,897 can be very, very tedious. 816 00:45:27,963 --> 00:45:29,632 And Prince Phillip has a very quick mind 817 00:45:29,699 --> 00:45:32,200 and a very quick wit, but it can be cruel. 818 00:45:36,071 --> 00:45:39,006 I think well, Prince Philip doesn't suffer fools 819 00:45:39,073 --> 00:45:43,010 and if he thinks someone's asking an idiotic question or, 820 00:45:43,978 --> 00:45:48,948 he just walks away or is rude. 821 00:45:50,116 --> 00:45:52,385 But you know, when you think how many years 822 00:45:52,452 --> 00:45:55,887 he's had to listen to that and also he feels that probably 823 00:45:55,954 --> 00:45:58,423 people aren't that interested in him. 824 00:45:58,490 --> 00:46:00,625 They're interested in who he is 825 00:46:00,692 --> 00:46:03,995 and I think that's always irritated him. 826 00:46:04,061 --> 00:46:07,131 So I think that he just 827 00:46:08,466 --> 00:46:11,035 shows it, where other people wouldn't show it. 828 00:46:11,102 --> 00:46:14,204 And certainly, I mean, I've been on the receiving end 829 00:46:14,270 --> 00:46:17,073 of some of his rudeness on many occasions 830 00:46:17,140 --> 00:46:20,509 and he does just walk away, which is very disconcerting 831 00:46:22,611 --> 00:46:24,513 but that's what he does. 832 00:46:27,616 --> 00:46:29,384 Prince Phillip is an icon now. 833 00:46:29,450 --> 00:46:31,919 I mean and we know he's going to probably say 834 00:46:31,986 --> 00:46:35,423 something outrageous and he can get away with it. 835 00:46:35,490 --> 00:46:37,991 So I think people love it, that he will actually say 836 00:46:38,058 --> 00:46:39,493 a lot of the things that they are thinking, 837 00:46:39,559 --> 00:46:42,896 but certainly you know, we would never dare to say 838 00:46:42,963 --> 00:46:45,498 because it's, you know it's too difficult 839 00:46:45,564 --> 00:46:50,002 to voice your opinions too loudly 840 00:46:50,069 --> 00:46:52,271 at this present moment in time, 841 00:46:52,338 --> 00:46:54,339 but let Prince Phillip do it. 842 00:46:54,406 --> 00:46:57,309 I think we rather miss his acerbic remarks. 843 00:47:00,045 --> 00:47:01,812 - I think Prince William is a lot more sensitive 844 00:47:01,879 --> 00:47:04,248 than people give him credit for 845 00:47:04,315 --> 00:47:07,518 and he is sentimental, 846 00:47:09,118 --> 00:47:12,922 but he's learnt through the years to bury his emotions 847 00:47:12,989 --> 00:47:14,290 so carefully. 848 00:47:15,491 --> 00:47:18,593 Like you never see him and the Queen 849 00:47:18,660 --> 00:47:20,162 being tactile in public. 850 00:47:20,228 --> 00:47:23,598 In fact, you very, very seldom see Prince Phillip 851 00:47:23,665 --> 00:47:25,334 being tactile to anyone. 852 00:47:26,500 --> 00:47:31,072 I remember the day of Diana's funeral, 853 00:47:31,138 --> 00:47:33,907 when the coffin went under Admiralty Arch, 854 00:47:33,974 --> 00:47:38,845 he put his arm around Prince William and occasionally, 855 00:47:38,912 --> 00:47:41,081 I think I've seen him with his arm around Prince Edward, 856 00:47:41,147 --> 00:47:42,514 but you really don't see that. 857 00:47:42,581 --> 00:47:46,618 So I think it's, it's buried very deep 858 00:47:46,685 --> 00:47:48,520 and also there is the public persona 859 00:47:48,587 --> 00:47:50,055 and the private persona. 860 00:47:53,524 --> 00:47:56,594 Apart from flying, which he loved, 861 00:47:56,661 --> 00:48:01,732 he took up polo, especially when he was in Malta 862 00:48:03,133 --> 00:48:04,835 and he, like everything that Prince Phillip does, 863 00:48:04,901 --> 00:48:06,969 he wanted to be the best. 864 00:48:07,036 --> 00:48:09,472 So he practiced polo 865 00:48:09,538 --> 00:48:14,310 and he actually became very good for an amateur. 866 00:48:14,377 --> 00:48:16,978 And he played polo for many, many years. 867 00:48:17,045 --> 00:48:18,813 And then he was forced to give it up 868 00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:21,116 because he had terrible arthritis in his hands 869 00:48:21,182 --> 00:48:25,052 and he tried every crackpot remedy to try, you know, 870 00:48:25,119 --> 00:48:28,956 to get rid of the arthritis, but in the end, 871 00:48:29,023 --> 00:48:32,992 he had to give up polo and he took up carriage driving 872 00:48:33,059 --> 00:48:35,295 and he completely turned the sport of carriage driving 873 00:48:35,361 --> 00:48:39,299 around and he made new rules and he actually made it 874 00:48:39,365 --> 00:48:44,336 into an international sporting event. 875 00:48:44,403 --> 00:48:46,838 So he did, losing him to polo 876 00:48:46,905 --> 00:48:49,573 was really very much a gain of carriage driving. 877 00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:52,543 So that's probably what he's going to be remembered for 878 00:48:52,610 --> 00:48:54,145 because you know, 879 00:48:54,211 --> 00:48:56,080 those are the most recent pictures we have of him. 880 00:48:56,147 --> 00:49:01,051 He still drives, you know, his team of fell ponies 881 00:49:02,385 --> 00:49:03,987 around Sandringham and Windsor until very recently. 882 00:49:09,358 --> 00:49:11,026 - Last couple of times that I've seen him 883 00:49:11,093 --> 00:49:14,862 he's absolutely ramrod back, hand behind his back, 884 00:49:14,929 --> 00:49:16,564 of course, dressed immaculately. 885 00:49:16,631 --> 00:49:18,399 I mean, he has about it to help him with those things 886 00:49:18,466 --> 00:49:22,169 of course, but he, he looks amazing and, 887 00:49:22,235 --> 00:49:24,271 you know until quite recently, of course, 888 00:49:24,338 --> 00:49:27,307 was still going out in all winds and weather, 889 00:49:27,374 --> 00:49:29,509 carriage driving, which was his great passion. 890 00:49:29,576 --> 00:49:32,378 And so, you know he has always kept extremely fit 891 00:49:32,445 --> 00:49:33,245 over the years. 892 00:49:33,312 --> 00:49:35,114 He's a great example. 893 00:49:38,516 --> 00:49:40,452 It's very much in character for Prince Charles 894 00:49:40,518 --> 00:49:43,021 to pay a visit to somebody who's in a hospital 895 00:49:43,088 --> 00:49:44,889 and not least, his father. 896 00:49:44,956 --> 00:49:47,157 On the other hand, it's very unlike the Duke of Edinburgh 897 00:49:47,224 --> 00:49:48,926 to receive visitors because by and large, 898 00:49:48,993 --> 00:49:51,562 he doesn't like any fuss and he likes to stay, 899 00:49:51,629 --> 00:49:53,330 stay put and read a book. 900 00:49:53,397 --> 00:49:56,232 But having said that, it's very nice that Prince Charles 901 00:49:56,299 --> 00:49:57,567 has gone to see him. 902 00:49:57,634 --> 00:49:59,535 He's been in there for a few days. 903 00:49:59,602 --> 00:50:00,903 He's clearly going to be in there 904 00:50:00,970 --> 00:50:02,372 for a few days more, 905 00:50:02,438 --> 00:50:04,439 so nothing nicer than to see his son 906 00:50:04,506 --> 00:50:06,141 on a Saturday afternoon. 907 00:50:06,208 --> 00:50:08,110 - He's a no nonsense sort of man. 908 00:50:08,176 --> 00:50:11,012 I think he would be embarrassed by the fuss 909 00:50:11,078 --> 00:50:12,413 and would not want it. 910 00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,215 I'm sure he's in good spirits. 911 00:50:14,282 --> 00:50:15,616 He's always in good spirits. 912 00:50:15,683 --> 00:50:16,484 - Good. 913 00:50:17,518 --> 00:50:19,419 Well, back to work.