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 00:00:29,581 --> 00:00:31,376 I welcome the opportunity 4 00:00:31,755 --> 00:00:33,447 to speak to all the peoples 5 00:00:33,481 --> 00:00:35,414 of the British Commonwealth and Empire 6 00:00:35,863 --> 00:00:37,244 wherever they live 7 00:00:37,761 --> 00:00:39,625 whatever race they come from 8 00:00:39,867 --> 00:00:41,593 and whatever language they speak. 9 00:00:45,148 --> 00:00:47,081 This is a happy day for me 10 00:00:47,633 --> 00:00:50,774 but it is also one that brings serious thoughts. 11 00:00:51,603 --> 00:00:53,329 Thoughts of life looming ahead 12 00:00:53,777 --> 00:00:55,434 with all its challenges 13 00:00:55,676 --> 00:00:57,574 and with all its opportunity. 14 00:01:01,578 --> 00:01:02,648 At such a time 15 00:01:03,166 --> 00:01:04,857 it is a great help to know 16 00:01:05,479 --> 00:01:09,103 that there are multitudes of friends all round the world 17 00:01:09,483 --> 00:01:12,313 who are thinking of me, and who wish me well. 18 00:01:12,589 --> 00:01:14,591 [CROWD CHEERS] 19 00:01:19,424 --> 00:01:21,391 If we all go forward together 20 00:01:21,667 --> 00:01:23,359 with an unwavering faith 21 00:01:23,738 --> 00:01:25,775 a high courage, and a quiet heart... 22 00:01:28,398 --> 00:01:30,745 we shall be able to make of this ancient Commonwealth 23 00:01:31,539 --> 00:01:33,300 which we all love so dearly 24 00:01:34,163 --> 00:01:35,854 an even grander thing. 25 00:01:38,339 --> 00:01:41,135 To accomplish that, we must give nothing less 26 00:01:41,170 --> 00:01:42,481 than the whole of ourselves. 27 00:01:45,001 --> 00:01:46,382 [DISTANT EXPLOSION] 28 00:01:48,556 --> 00:01:50,351 [CROWD CHEERS] 29 00:01:52,802 --> 00:01:54,424 There is a motto 30 00:01:54,459 --> 00:01:56,737 which has been borne by many of my ancestors 31 00:01:57,462 --> 00:01:58,704 a noble motto. 32 00:01:58,911 --> 00:01:59,912 "I serve." 33 00:02:03,226 --> 00:02:05,504 I should like to make that dedication now. 34 00:02:10,923 --> 00:02:12,684 But I shall not have strength 35 00:02:12,718 --> 00:02:14,720 to carry out this resolution alone 36 00:02:15,583 --> 00:02:17,827 unless you join in it with me. 37 00:02:18,793 --> 00:02:20,416 [CROWD CHEERS] 38 00:02:30,460 --> 00:02:32,738 God help me to make good my vow 39 00:02:33,636 --> 00:02:36,742 and God bless all of you who are willing to share in it. 40 00:03:00,559 --> 00:03:02,423 [ROYA NIKKHAH]: When Princess Elizabeth is born 41 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:06,462 there is no concept within her family 42 00:03:06,496 --> 00:03:08,464 that she will ever one day become monarch. 43 00:03:08,498 --> 00:03:10,397 That's just not the way it was planned for her. 44 00:03:17,024 --> 00:03:19,337 [ROBERT LACEY]: Her father is the "spare" 45 00:03:19,371 --> 00:03:20,407 not the heir. 46 00:03:21,270 --> 00:03:22,754 The succession is with 47 00:03:22,788 --> 00:03:24,514 the glamorous Prince of Wales, her uncle... 48 00:03:26,413 --> 00:03:31,003 and she will spend her life as a charming royal accessory. 49 00:03:36,319 --> 00:03:38,563 [JANE RIDLEY]: I think there was almost a deliberate attempt 50 00:03:38,597 --> 00:03:39,460 not to spoil her 51 00:03:40,289 --> 00:03:42,360 and that she shouldn't be, you know 52 00:03:42,394 --> 00:03:43,361 living in a gilded cage. 53 00:03:48,987 --> 00:03:51,231 [LACEY]: Her parents are very insistent 54 00:03:51,507 --> 00:03:54,613 that this little girl's life should be fun. 55 00:04:01,655 --> 00:04:04,036 Elizabeth is four years old 56 00:04:04,071 --> 00:04:06,729 when her sister Margaret is born. 57 00:04:09,732 --> 00:04:11,458 [DUCKS QUACK] 58 00:04:15,841 --> 00:04:18,465 Her father loved the idea 59 00:04:18,499 --> 00:04:21,399 that he wasn't destined to be King... 60 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:26,335 and that he could enjoy with his wife 61 00:04:26,369 --> 00:04:27,991 and these two little daughters 62 00:04:28,026 --> 00:04:29,061 a family life. 63 00:04:34,343 --> 00:04:35,965 [ANDREW MORTON]: The Duke of York would 64 00:04:35,999 --> 00:04:37,518 play with them every day. 65 00:04:37,553 --> 00:04:39,900 Play hide and seek, play games outside. 66 00:04:43,559 --> 00:04:46,700 There'd be morning silliness, throwing pillows, giggling. 67 00:04:52,119 --> 00:04:55,571 It was a very loving household, and a very loving upbringing. 68 00:04:59,506 --> 00:05:00,990 [BIG BEN CHIMES] 69 00:05:02,474 --> 00:05:04,131 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 70 00:05:12,208 --> 00:05:14,383 [LACEY]: There are whispers in the family 71 00:05:14,417 --> 00:05:16,454 that things are not going well. 72 00:05:20,458 --> 00:05:24,116 Elizabeth's dynamic, attractive uncle 73 00:05:24,462 --> 00:05:26,153 the new Edward VIII... 74 00:05:27,085 --> 00:05:29,812 he's picked up yet another of these divorcees 75 00:05:29,846 --> 00:05:31,917 American, in fact, divorcees. 76 00:05:32,124 --> 00:05:35,369 This one is called Mrs Wallis Simpson. 77 00:05:35,404 --> 00:05:37,751 Her husband is still not just alive 78 00:05:37,785 --> 00:05:39,062 but married to her! 79 00:05:44,620 --> 00:05:49,763 And he insists on parading her as his partner. 80 00:05:55,182 --> 00:05:56,735 [MAN]: My opinion of the King? 81 00:05:56,770 --> 00:05:58,150 He should marry who he loves. 82 00:05:58,185 --> 00:05:59,807 He's been a good chap to the working class. 83 00:06:00,221 --> 00:06:01,395 That's my opinion of him. 84 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,917 [MAN 2]: The King is a man like myself 85 00:06:05,951 --> 00:06:07,608 but he should not allow his private life 86 00:06:07,643 --> 00:06:08,471 to interfere with his public life. 87 00:06:10,749 --> 00:06:11,992 [MAN 3]: Apart from the fact 88 00:06:12,026 --> 00:06:13,614 that she isn't of noble blood 89 00:06:13,649 --> 00:06:15,582 Mrs Simpson has twice been in the divorce courts. 90 00:06:15,616 --> 00:06:16,824 To my mind, that completely 91 00:06:16,859 --> 00:06:18,136 rules her out as Queen of England. 92 00:06:19,931 --> 00:06:22,520 [ROBERT HARDMAN]: In the eyes of '30s 93 00:06:22,554 --> 00:06:25,764 Godfearing, church-going Britain, he's a sinner. 94 00:06:26,662 --> 00:06:29,492 Here is the supreme governor of the Church of England 95 00:06:29,527 --> 00:06:30,873 and he's clearly in breach 96 00:06:30,907 --> 00:06:32,599 of the teachings of the Church of England 97 00:06:32,633 --> 00:06:34,739 and that's just... That's not on in the '30s. 98 00:06:43,299 --> 00:06:46,613 [LACEY]: Edward VIII has to choose between love or duty. 99 00:06:47,993 --> 00:06:49,270 Confronted by the dilemma 100 00:06:49,305 --> 00:06:51,480 of wanting to stay with the woman he loves 101 00:06:51,997 --> 00:06:55,207 or giving up the throne 102 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:57,900 for which he's trained all his life 103 00:06:57,934 --> 00:06:59,108 which is his destiny. 104 00:07:15,607 --> 00:07:17,195 [EDWARD VIII]: A few hours ago 105 00:07:18,299 --> 00:07:20,923 I discharged my last duty 106 00:07:21,924 --> 00:07:23,857 as King and Emperor. 107 00:07:28,206 --> 00:07:32,037 I have found it impossible to discharge my duties 108 00:07:32,072 --> 00:07:36,041 as King without the help and support 109 00:07:36,732 --> 00:07:38,699 of the woman I love. 110 00:07:41,944 --> 00:07:44,740 [NIKKHAH]: The abdication had an enormously profound impact 111 00:07:44,774 --> 00:07:46,293 both on the nation and the monarchy. 112 00:07:46,327 --> 00:07:47,190 It rocked both. 113 00:07:51,954 --> 00:07:53,645 [RIDLEY]: This was the first time 114 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,509 in British history that any King had abdicated. 115 00:08:02,067 --> 00:08:04,311 Elizabeth experiences this 116 00:08:04,656 --> 00:08:06,865 through the pain of her parents. 117 00:08:12,146 --> 00:08:14,045 [RIDLEY]: It was something that her father 118 00:08:14,079 --> 00:08:15,218 really didn't want. 119 00:08:15,253 --> 00:08:16,530 He really didn't want to become King. 120 00:08:18,774 --> 00:08:21,224 When he realises that it's going to happen 121 00:08:21,673 --> 00:08:24,504 he goes and sees his rather formidable mother, Queen Mary 122 00:08:24,780 --> 00:08:27,161 and he cries on her shoulder for half an hour. 123 00:08:31,234 --> 00:08:33,547 What Elizabeth's uncle, the King, had done 124 00:08:33,582 --> 00:08:37,275 was allow love to take priority over duty. 125 00:08:39,277 --> 00:08:41,072 He'd done something in Elizabeth's view 126 00:08:41,106 --> 00:08:42,073 which was really immoral. 127 00:08:48,079 --> 00:08:49,874 [LACEY]: This all matures her. 128 00:08:51,979 --> 00:08:55,535 It gives her this gravitas, this weight 129 00:08:56,363 --> 00:08:59,262 that marks her entire life after that. 130 00:09:06,407 --> 00:09:07,719 [CROWD CHEERS] 131 00:09:10,204 --> 00:09:11,654 [REPORTER]: The eyes of the world 132 00:09:11,689 --> 00:09:12,966 were focused on London 133 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,106 as George VI rode to Westminster Abbey 134 00:09:15,140 --> 00:09:16,625 to be crowned King of England. 135 00:09:16,659 --> 00:09:18,350 [CROWD CHEERS] 136 00:09:22,182 --> 00:09:24,909 [RIDLEY]: It was really important to have a king 137 00:09:24,943 --> 00:09:26,842 who could restore some of the things 138 00:09:26,876 --> 00:09:29,223 that the monarchy had lost as a result of the abdication. 139 00:09:34,470 --> 00:09:36,679 [BISHOP]: I here present unto you 140 00:09:36,714 --> 00:09:39,786 King George, your undoubted King. 141 00:09:39,993 --> 00:09:41,684 [CROWD]: God save the King! 142 00:09:42,789 --> 00:09:44,653 God save the King! 143 00:09:45,792 --> 00:09:48,001 God save the King! 144 00:09:48,311 --> 00:09:50,866 [LACEY]: As she sees the crown 145 00:09:51,867 --> 00:09:54,110 land on her father's head 146 00:09:54,352 --> 00:09:57,010 she knew that this lay ahead 147 00:09:57,044 --> 00:09:59,391 for her as well. 148 00:09:59,426 --> 00:10:01,083 [CROWD CHEERS] 149 00:10:03,223 --> 00:10:05,087 This girl, not yet in her teens 150 00:10:05,743 --> 00:10:07,986 is now an heir to the throne... 151 00:10:11,852 --> 00:10:15,200 and experiencing the radiation 152 00:10:15,822 --> 00:10:18,445 of affection, adoration 153 00:10:18,479 --> 00:10:22,069 curiosity from all those hundreds of thousands of people 154 00:10:22,104 --> 00:10:23,243 out there. 155 00:10:23,277 --> 00:10:25,314 [CROWD WHISTLES AND CHEERS] 156 00:10:29,456 --> 00:10:32,839 This is going to be her future life. 157 00:10:33,805 --> 00:10:36,256 [SOMBRE MUSIC ON FOOTAGE] 158 00:10:38,154 --> 00:10:40,225 [SIREN WAILS] 159 00:10:44,782 --> 00:10:46,231 [REPORTER]: Then came the war. 160 00:10:47,094 --> 00:10:49,856 The King had a sad and weary task to perform. 161 00:10:50,891 --> 00:10:53,480 Wherever his people suffered, he came. 162 00:10:54,032 --> 00:10:56,448 And by his presence, brought comfort 163 00:10:56,483 --> 00:10:58,416 and assurance in their ordeal. 164 00:11:04,111 --> 00:11:06,251 [AMERICAN REPORTER]: Bombs fell on Buckingham Palace. 165 00:11:06,769 --> 00:11:07,977 Here, Buckingham Palace 166 00:11:08,012 --> 00:11:10,152 and the swimming pool of the little princesses 167 00:11:10,186 --> 00:11:11,291 are shambles. 168 00:11:11,325 --> 00:11:12,879 [DISTANT EXPLOSIONS] 169 00:11:16,089 --> 00:11:18,160 [HARDMAN]: The King's actually in Buckingham Place 170 00:11:18,194 --> 00:11:20,818 with the Queen, and they see these bombs start to land. 171 00:11:20,852 --> 00:11:23,406 They see two bombs come right down below their window 172 00:11:23,441 --> 00:11:25,270 and they make a dash for the door 173 00:11:25,305 --> 00:11:27,272 and as he writes, you know, he's just amazed 174 00:11:27,307 --> 00:11:28,722 that they weren't both killed. 175 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,768 [LACEY]: The immediate effect of the war 176 00:11:39,802 --> 00:11:42,874 for Elizabeth is the same in one sense 177 00:11:42,909 --> 00:11:45,256 as so many other young people living in London. 178 00:11:45,532 --> 00:11:46,809 They are evacuated. 179 00:11:52,608 --> 00:11:54,334 [LADY MUIR]: They spent most of their time 180 00:11:54,368 --> 00:11:56,336 at Royal Lodge in Windsor Park. 181 00:11:59,063 --> 00:12:01,824 I think they were educated with a governess 182 00:12:02,238 --> 00:12:04,724 and I don't think they went to London very much at all. 183 00:12:09,211 --> 00:12:11,731 [LACEY]: It's a great opportunity for her, personally 184 00:12:12,835 --> 00:12:15,355 to move beyond the school room. 185 00:12:17,529 --> 00:12:20,394 To actually do something serious. 186 00:12:21,326 --> 00:12:23,225 ["RULE BRITANNIA" PLAYS ON FOOTAGE] 187 00:12:26,331 --> 00:12:27,954 [REPORTER]: Princess in overalls. 188 00:12:27,988 --> 00:12:29,369 On her 19th birthday 189 00:12:29,403 --> 00:12:32,027 the heiress presumptive to England's throne 190 00:12:32,061 --> 00:12:35,202 learns a few facts about tyres and carburettors. 191 00:12:35,478 --> 00:12:36,790 [RIDLEY]: Elizabeth joined up 192 00:12:36,825 --> 00:12:38,827 with something called the ATS. 193 00:12:38,861 --> 00:12:40,414 The Auxiliary Territorial Service. 194 00:12:47,939 --> 00:12:50,114 [LADY MUIR]: Well, it was part of the war effort 195 00:12:50,148 --> 00:12:53,773 and also part of learning, I think, you know. 196 00:12:56,154 --> 00:12:59,468 Learning about the insides of motorcars. 197 00:13:01,366 --> 00:13:03,127 [REPORTER]: Now, visited by her parents 198 00:13:03,161 --> 00:13:04,922 and sister Margaret Rose 199 00:13:04,956 --> 00:13:06,958 at a training station in Southern England 200 00:13:06,993 --> 00:13:08,408 she shows them 201 00:13:08,442 --> 00:13:10,513 she knows a fan belt from a spark plug, alright 202 00:13:10,548 --> 00:13:12,412 and isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. 203 00:13:13,516 --> 00:13:15,104 [LACEY]: And it also provides 204 00:13:16,002 --> 00:13:19,246 the first evidence of any rift with her father 205 00:13:19,281 --> 00:13:23,423 because her father, the King, wants to keep her at home... 206 00:13:25,943 --> 00:13:27,910 and there was a tiff 207 00:13:27,945 --> 00:13:29,256 a disagreement between them. 208 00:13:32,466 --> 00:13:34,020 [RIDLEY]: That really does tell us 209 00:13:34,054 --> 00:13:35,538 something about her character 210 00:13:35,573 --> 00:13:37,575 about her really strong sense of duty. 211 00:13:41,061 --> 00:13:42,338 If she knows, or believes 212 00:13:42,373 --> 00:13:44,099 that something she wants to do is right 213 00:13:44,133 --> 00:13:46,170 she will do it, she has great determination. 214 00:13:48,206 --> 00:13:50,243 [PLANE ENGINES ROAR] 215 00:14:07,985 --> 00:14:10,159 [LACEY]: Right at the beginning of the war 216 00:14:10,194 --> 00:14:13,887 she's introduced to young Philip Mountbatten. 217 00:14:22,309 --> 00:14:23,517 [WESLEY KERR]: She met him 218 00:14:23,552 --> 00:14:25,865 and really liked him when she was 13 219 00:14:27,142 --> 00:14:29,869 that day at Dartmouth Royal Naval College. 220 00:14:31,180 --> 00:14:33,873 He's a Naval cadet, and he really impresses her. 221 00:14:37,428 --> 00:14:40,362 As the Royal Yacht leaves at the end of the day 222 00:14:40,396 --> 00:14:42,157 he's in a little rowing boat 223 00:14:42,191 --> 00:14:44,573 following it, and there's a group of them 224 00:14:44,607 --> 00:14:46,989 but he's the last to follow it, and the King says 225 00:14:47,024 --> 00:14:48,577 "You're a damn fool, what's it..." 226 00:14:48,611 --> 00:14:51,235 But he makes a very powerful impression on her. 227 00:14:55,998 --> 00:14:57,966 [NIKKHAH]: She's kind of starstruck by him 228 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,003 because he's different, and he's quirky and he's fun. 229 00:15:06,526 --> 00:15:09,218 And he's incredibly dashing and very good looking 230 00:15:09,494 --> 00:15:11,289 so she's completely bowled over by him 231 00:15:11,324 --> 00:15:12,463 and it's an instant thing. 232 00:15:18,572 --> 00:15:20,781 When he is, you know, away at sea 233 00:15:20,816 --> 00:15:22,749 there's a correspondence, there are letters 234 00:15:22,783 --> 00:15:25,165 and there are letters exchanged between the two of them. 235 00:15:25,752 --> 00:15:27,236 It is this wonderful... 236 00:15:27,823 --> 00:15:30,308 most old-fashioned courtship 237 00:15:30,343 --> 00:15:32,414 that starts with a very strong friendship 238 00:15:32,621 --> 00:15:33,587 and develops. 239 00:15:38,592 --> 00:15:40,111 [RIDLEY]: Once the war was over 240 00:15:40,146 --> 00:15:41,699 they begin to see each other quite a lot. 241 00:15:44,598 --> 00:15:47,394 And Elizabeth decides that she wants to marry Philip. 242 00:15:47,601 --> 00:15:49,293 [CROWD CHEERS] 243 00:15:52,710 --> 00:15:54,436 [LACEY]: George VI certainly 244 00:15:54,470 --> 00:15:56,714 and the Queen Mother have reservations about 245 00:15:56,748 --> 00:16:00,752 this young man's rather imperious, dashing manner. 246 00:16:04,342 --> 00:16:07,759 The whole question of who Elizabeth is going to marry 247 00:16:07,794 --> 00:16:09,244 is not simple. 248 00:16:09,554 --> 00:16:13,075 I mean, yes, it's supposed to involve love 249 00:16:13,593 --> 00:16:16,182 but also as the family has just seen 250 00:16:16,492 --> 00:16:19,702 too much love can cause a lot of trouble. 251 00:16:52,356 --> 00:16:54,737 [KERR]: It was very significant, the South African tour. 252 00:16:54,772 --> 00:16:57,326 It was actually the first time that she'd left the country... 253 00:16:58,638 --> 00:17:01,330 and it wasn't really a holiday, but it was three months away 254 00:17:01,365 --> 00:17:03,022 and it was a very significant period in her life. 255 00:17:11,306 --> 00:17:14,378 [LACEY]: She seems to become a different person on this ship. 256 00:17:20,522 --> 00:17:22,179 There's the liberation, somehow 257 00:17:22,213 --> 00:17:24,526 that comes from wartime Britain 258 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:25,803 her palace life... 259 00:17:33,638 --> 00:17:34,881 But it's also her debut 260 00:17:35,295 --> 00:17:39,782 her "coming out", if you like, as a public person. 261 00:17:40,473 --> 00:17:42,406 [SHIP HORN BLARES] 262 00:17:45,581 --> 00:17:47,825 [ELIZABETH]: You have a tremendous heritage. 263 00:17:48,722 --> 00:17:50,897 A big country waiting to be developed. 264 00:17:53,796 --> 00:17:57,352 I now have great pleasure in declaring 265 00:17:57,593 --> 00:18:00,320 the Princess Elizabeth Graving Dock open. 266 00:18:09,847 --> 00:18:13,747 [KERR]: The tour takes her from the rather shy girl 267 00:18:14,507 --> 00:18:17,268 to the "beginning to be confident" woman 268 00:18:17,475 --> 00:18:19,891 and seeing that she has got an opportunity 269 00:18:19,926 --> 00:18:21,238 to make a difference. 270 00:18:29,177 --> 00:18:31,593 [LACEY]: Here now, officially, she sits down 271 00:18:31,869 --> 00:18:37,323 and she makes her personal and public declaration 272 00:18:37,357 --> 00:18:39,532 of what lies ahead for her. 273 00:18:40,222 --> 00:18:41,913 I declare before you all 274 00:18:42,638 --> 00:18:44,226 that my whole life 275 00:18:44,502 --> 00:18:46,159 whether it be long or short 276 00:18:47,264 --> 00:18:49,507 shall be devoted to your service 277 00:18:50,543 --> 00:18:53,649 and to the service of our great imperial family 278 00:18:53,856 --> 00:18:55,410 to which we all belong. 279 00:18:59,759 --> 00:19:01,968 [LACEY]: We know she had help with the speech 280 00:19:02,002 --> 00:19:05,420 but we also know that it was very much her own words. 281 00:19:10,770 --> 00:19:13,531 [NIKKHAH]: It sets out Elizabeth's personal manifesto 282 00:19:13,807 --> 00:19:16,155 for life, and her sense of duty... 283 00:19:17,397 --> 00:19:18,433 and she talks about 284 00:19:18,467 --> 00:19:19,882 "Whether my life be long or short 285 00:19:19,917 --> 00:19:21,677 it will be devoted to your service" 286 00:19:21,712 --> 00:19:23,334 and she's addressing her subjects 287 00:19:23,369 --> 00:19:25,164 not just in England but around the Commonwealth. 288 00:19:25,957 --> 00:19:27,959 But I shall not have strength 289 00:19:27,994 --> 00:19:30,203 to carry out this resolution alone 290 00:19:30,997 --> 00:19:33,344 unless you join in it with me 291 00:19:33,586 --> 00:19:35,450 as I now invite you to do. 292 00:19:37,279 --> 00:19:39,937 I know that your support will be unfailingly given. 293 00:19:42,008 --> 00:19:44,390 God help me to make good my vow 294 00:19:45,322 --> 00:19:48,808 and God bless all of you who are willing to share in it. 295 00:19:53,468 --> 00:19:55,953 What is extraordinary is that she meant it 296 00:19:56,298 --> 00:19:58,818 and we know from having watched her 297 00:19:58,852 --> 00:20:00,820 over many, many, many years 298 00:20:00,854 --> 00:20:02,787 that's she's carried out those duties 299 00:20:02,822 --> 00:20:05,273 absolutely to the word 300 00:20:05,307 --> 00:20:07,447 to the letter of the word that she spoke 301 00:20:07,482 --> 00:20:09,967 when she was merely 21. 302 00:20:10,001 --> 00:20:12,280 It's a very, very early age 303 00:20:12,314 --> 00:20:14,489 to assume such a heavy responsibility. 304 00:20:19,425 --> 00:20:21,772 [LACEY]: If one's looking for some explanation 305 00:20:21,806 --> 00:20:23,877 of Elizabeth's success 306 00:20:24,395 --> 00:20:26,259 at this extraordinary job 307 00:20:26,535 --> 00:20:29,952 it is the sense that she ultimately doesn't matter. 308 00:20:30,988 --> 00:20:33,473 She only takes her significance 309 00:20:33,508 --> 00:20:35,751 and meaning from what she can do 310 00:20:35,786 --> 00:20:38,616 for other people and for the institution. 311 00:20:40,791 --> 00:20:43,311 And she makes this speech 312 00:20:43,345 --> 00:20:47,073 dedicating herself to what her life will become. 313 00:21:13,513 --> 00:21:14,997 [PROJECTOR RATTLES] 314 00:21:22,522 --> 00:21:24,352 [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE] 315 00:21:26,354 --> 00:21:29,460 [LACEY]: Elizabeth's engagement to Philip 316 00:21:30,150 --> 00:21:33,050 in defiance of her father's wish 317 00:21:34,810 --> 00:21:37,882 shows her growing maturity 318 00:21:38,089 --> 00:21:40,782 but also an element of headstrongness. 319 00:21:44,820 --> 00:21:46,028 Here is the future... 320 00:21:47,582 --> 00:21:48,962 and it is based on love. 321 00:21:50,205 --> 00:21:52,449 It is based on her wish 322 00:21:53,519 --> 00:21:55,072 to establish this union. 323 00:22:10,536 --> 00:22:12,538 [REPORTER]: In the great Abbey of Westminster 324 00:22:12,572 --> 00:22:15,437 Elizabeth married the man of her choice. 325 00:22:15,679 --> 00:22:17,888 [REPORTER 2]: In the proud words of King George 326 00:22:17,922 --> 00:22:20,511 "Our daughter has married the man she loves." 327 00:22:22,789 --> 00:22:24,653 [CROWD CHEERS] 328 00:22:26,241 --> 00:22:28,485 [REPORTER 3]: And how they cheered the happy pair 329 00:22:28,519 --> 00:22:30,107 when they come out onto the balcony. 330 00:22:30,659 --> 00:22:32,903 What a wonderful picture the princess made. 331 00:22:43,845 --> 00:22:46,744 [LACEY]: She becomes the Lady Di of her age. 332 00:22:49,575 --> 00:22:51,197 [NIKKHAH]: They are a very glamorous 333 00:22:51,231 --> 00:22:52,785 almost Hollywood-esque couple. 334 00:22:56,823 --> 00:22:58,549 [LACEY]: There's this sense of future. 335 00:22:58,791 --> 00:22:59,999 What's going to happen 336 00:23:00,724 --> 00:23:02,829 and she and Philip get on with it straight away. 337 00:23:05,625 --> 00:23:07,593 [REPORTER]: It has been announced officially 338 00:23:07,627 --> 00:23:09,526 from Buckingham Palace during the past hour 339 00:23:09,767 --> 00:23:11,907 that Her Royal Highness, the Princess Elizabeth 340 00:23:11,942 --> 00:23:13,115 Duchess of Edinburgh 341 00:23:13,461 --> 00:23:15,014 was safely delivered of a prince 342 00:23:15,048 --> 00:23:17,396 at14pm today. 343 00:23:19,121 --> 00:23:20,088 [BABY COOS] 344 00:23:34,792 --> 00:23:36,587 [LACEY]: She wastes no time 345 00:23:37,036 --> 00:23:39,072 in producing two children. 346 00:23:39,797 --> 00:23:42,075 The first very conveniently, and properly 347 00:23:42,110 --> 00:23:45,113 a son and heir, Prince Charles. 348 00:23:59,748 --> 00:24:01,198 [CAMERAS CLICK] 349 00:24:03,994 --> 00:24:06,168 [LACEY]: Almost immediately afterwards 350 00:24:06,203 --> 00:24:07,929 a little sister, Princess Anne. 351 00:24:15,281 --> 00:24:17,525 And the plan is, as we understand it 352 00:24:17,766 --> 00:24:21,252 they would go on having more children 353 00:24:21,287 --> 00:24:23,565 and enjoying their family life. 354 00:24:26,050 --> 00:24:28,605 And then fate intervenes. 355 00:24:30,123 --> 00:24:31,953 [REPORTER]: It is with the greatest sorrow 356 00:24:31,987 --> 00:24:33,644 that we make the following announcement. 357 00:24:35,128 --> 00:24:37,130 It was announced from Sandringham 358 00:24:37,165 --> 00:24:41,203 at45 today, February 6th 1952 359 00:24:42,377 --> 00:24:45,000 that the King who retired to rest last night 360 00:24:45,035 --> 00:24:46,485 in his usual health 361 00:24:47,313 --> 00:24:49,660 passed peacefully away in his sleep 362 00:24:50,074 --> 00:24:51,144 early this morning. 363 00:24:54,838 --> 00:24:55,942 [CAR HORNS HONK] 364 00:25:05,089 --> 00:25:07,022 [MORTON]: Elizabeth was in Kenya 365 00:25:07,057 --> 00:25:09,197 when her father George VI died. 366 00:25:11,406 --> 00:25:13,788 She was shocked, because when she'd left 367 00:25:13,822 --> 00:25:15,790 he seemed to be making a recovery 368 00:25:15,824 --> 00:25:18,758 from a serious operation he'd had some months before. 369 00:25:21,934 --> 00:25:23,556 Her response was 370 00:25:23,591 --> 00:25:26,248 the response you might expect of a Queen. 371 00:25:28,803 --> 00:25:31,668 As one district officer in Kenya said 372 00:25:31,702 --> 00:25:33,152 she was ice cold. 373 00:25:33,393 --> 00:25:35,913 She showed no emotion. 374 00:25:35,948 --> 00:25:38,226 She said, "We must tell Australia." 375 00:25:38,260 --> 00:25:41,229 That is to say we must cancel the trip to Australia 376 00:25:41,263 --> 00:25:43,542 which was their ultimate destination. 377 00:25:45,889 --> 00:25:47,960 Her response was matter of fact 378 00:25:48,167 --> 00:25:49,858 very cool 379 00:25:49,893 --> 00:25:53,344 but inside, she was really holding back her emotions. 380 00:26:13,054 --> 00:26:15,297 [REPORTER]: The flag is low as the news spreads. 381 00:26:15,919 --> 00:26:17,403 The King is dead. 382 00:26:18,715 --> 00:26:22,304 The King, our King, is no more with us. 383 00:26:23,927 --> 00:26:27,171 In our hearts, we feel this cannot be. 384 00:26:32,004 --> 00:26:34,006 [DICKIE ARBITER]: I remember, I was 11 385 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,179 I was at school in London. 386 00:26:35,697 --> 00:26:38,148 The headmaster went round all the classrooms 387 00:26:38,182 --> 00:26:39,149 at the school I was at 388 00:26:40,253 --> 00:26:43,049 and he told each classroom that the King had died 389 00:26:43,084 --> 00:26:45,362 and as a mark of respect, off we go home. 390 00:26:48,745 --> 00:26:50,988 As the news began to trickle out... 391 00:26:53,473 --> 00:26:56,131 people were actually physically crying in the street. 392 00:27:03,035 --> 00:27:05,037 [NIKKHAH]: When she arrives back in England 393 00:27:05,071 --> 00:27:06,832 for the first time as Queen 394 00:27:06,866 --> 00:27:09,041 the first person she's greeted by is Winston Churchill. 395 00:27:11,526 --> 00:27:14,391 A country welcoming a young Queen 396 00:27:14,425 --> 00:27:16,393 in a massively alpha-male world in the 1950s. 397 00:27:22,019 --> 00:27:23,331 [HARDMAN]: It just underlines 398 00:27:23,365 --> 00:27:25,126 the loneliness at the top, if you like. 399 00:27:26,472 --> 00:27:28,785 She's a 25-year-old mother of two 400 00:27:28,819 --> 00:27:30,821 and she's just heard that her father's died... 401 00:27:32,961 --> 00:27:36,171 who suddenly has the burden of expectation 402 00:27:36,206 --> 00:27:37,897 of the whole world on her shoulders. 403 00:27:42,005 --> 00:27:43,662 [CAMERAS CLICK] 404 00:27:51,911 --> 00:27:53,879 [REPORTER]: Through the London streets 405 00:27:53,913 --> 00:27:56,295 where so often the eager crowds had cheered 406 00:27:56,847 --> 00:27:59,160 the procession wends its silent way. 407 00:28:00,368 --> 00:28:02,404 This is London's day of mourning. 408 00:28:07,202 --> 00:28:10,205 [LACEY]: All the weight is now on her shoulders. 409 00:28:14,278 --> 00:28:17,074 It's the end of an era 410 00:28:17,109 --> 00:28:19,870 and now she has to give her own stamp 411 00:28:20,319 --> 00:28:22,217 to a new era. 412 00:28:23,287 --> 00:28:24,254 [REPORTER]: London. 413 00:28:24,875 --> 00:28:26,981 The morning of Tuesday June 2nd 414 00:28:27,567 --> 00:28:29,949 the morning of Coronation Day. 415 00:28:31,571 --> 00:28:33,263 A new day dawns. 416 00:28:33,988 --> 00:28:36,369 Slowly, the first rays of chill light 417 00:28:36,404 --> 00:28:38,406 creep across the face of the royal city 418 00:28:38,924 --> 00:28:41,547 lighting upon thousands huddled along the route. 419 00:28:42,099 --> 00:28:43,929 A cold, damp morning 420 00:28:44,239 --> 00:28:47,346 but in their hearts, there is a warmth beyond description. 421 00:28:47,864 --> 00:28:49,486 From the farthest corners of the world 422 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,282 they have come to see the first lady of our nation 423 00:28:52,316 --> 00:28:54,974 journey in rich majesty to her crowning. 424 00:29:06,330 --> 00:29:07,884 [RIDLEY]: Elizabeth becoming Queen 425 00:29:07,918 --> 00:29:10,472 has a sort of uplifting effect on the country. 426 00:29:13,165 --> 00:29:15,581 I mean, it's the beginning of the end of rationing. 427 00:29:15,615 --> 00:29:17,617 It's the beginning of the end of the legacy 428 00:29:17,652 --> 00:29:18,826 of the Second World War. 429 00:29:20,828 --> 00:29:23,175 Britain is no longer feeling quite so poor 430 00:29:23,209 --> 00:29:24,210 and unhappy 431 00:29:24,866 --> 00:29:26,557 and Elizabeth seems to embody 432 00:29:26,592 --> 00:29:30,492 all the sort of new hope of a new Elizabethan reign. 433 00:29:35,463 --> 00:29:37,396 The first coronation to be televised. 434 00:29:37,430 --> 00:29:40,123 For lots of people, the first time they ever saw television 435 00:29:40,157 --> 00:29:41,158 or bought a television. 436 00:29:42,608 --> 00:29:44,299 [CHILDREN CHATTER] 437 00:29:46,474 --> 00:29:48,234 [ARBITER]: On the day of the coronation 438 00:29:48,269 --> 00:29:49,995 I watched it all on television 439 00:29:50,029 --> 00:29:52,169 and it wasn't colour television 440 00:29:52,204 --> 00:29:53,619 it was black and white television. 441 00:29:53,653 --> 00:29:54,862 You had to have the curtains drawn 442 00:29:54,896 --> 00:29:57,623 because if they were open, a chink of light would get in 443 00:29:57,657 --> 00:29:59,280 and it would destroy the picture. 444 00:29:59,314 --> 00:30:02,007 Sitting on my dining room chair 445 00:30:02,041 --> 00:30:04,975 looking at the television with a dozen neighbours 446 00:30:05,010 --> 00:30:07,115 who'd all crammed into that room. 447 00:30:07,150 --> 00:30:08,841 It was a day-long enterprise 448 00:30:08,876 --> 00:30:11,533 with sandwiches, and bottles of pop and things. 449 00:30:18,609 --> 00:30:20,508 [ARCHBISHOP]: I here present unto you 450 00:30:21,026 --> 00:30:22,199 Queen Elizabeth 451 00:30:22,648 --> 00:30:24,546 your undoubted Queen. 452 00:30:25,478 --> 00:30:28,240 Wherefore all you who are come this day 453 00:30:28,619 --> 00:30:30,898 to do your homage and service 454 00:30:31,105 --> 00:30:33,141 are you willing to do the same? 455 00:30:33,728 --> 00:30:36,420 [ALL]: God save Queen Elizabeth! 456 00:30:49,123 --> 00:30:50,262 [ARCHBISHOP]: Madam. 457 00:30:50,296 --> 00:30:52,574 Is Your Majesty willing to take the oath? 458 00:30:53,058 --> 00:30:54,059 [ELIZABETH]: I am willing. 459 00:30:55,750 --> 00:30:58,339 [ARCHBISHOP]: Will you solemnly promise and swear 460 00:30:59,064 --> 00:31:00,651 to govern the peoples 461 00:31:01,031 --> 00:31:03,068 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 462 00:31:03,102 --> 00:31:04,207 and Northern Ireland? 463 00:31:05,311 --> 00:31:07,348 [ELIZABETH]: I solemnly promise, so to do. 464 00:31:30,681 --> 00:31:33,374 [ALL]: God save the Queen! 465 00:31:33,408 --> 00:31:35,065 God save the Queen! 466 00:31:35,410 --> 00:31:37,481 God save the Queen! 467 00:31:46,697 --> 00:31:49,252 I was one of the Queen's maids of honour 468 00:31:49,286 --> 00:31:50,632 on Coronation Day. 469 00:31:54,533 --> 00:31:57,294 She was fantastically calm. 470 00:31:59,020 --> 00:32:03,024 She outwardly was treating it just as 471 00:32:03,231 --> 00:32:05,061 a great occasion 472 00:32:05,095 --> 00:32:08,512 but didn't appear to be nervous at all. 473 00:32:13,276 --> 00:32:15,726 And when we got out of Westminster Abbey 474 00:32:15,761 --> 00:32:19,075 we were all formed up, sort of behind her. 475 00:32:19,351 --> 00:32:22,664 I mean, she just said, "Ready, girls?" 476 00:32:24,356 --> 00:32:25,736 And off we went. 477 00:32:26,599 --> 00:32:28,498 [CROWD CLAMOURS] 478 00:32:41,787 --> 00:32:43,271 [LADY MUIR]: The roar of the crowd 479 00:32:43,582 --> 00:32:45,825 it was incredibly joyous 480 00:32:45,860 --> 00:32:48,690 and it was the most ghastly day. 481 00:32:49,036 --> 00:32:51,417 It was half raining and very cold. 482 00:32:53,143 --> 00:32:55,628 Even then, the crowds were absolutely enormous. 483 00:32:58,631 --> 00:33:01,151 It was amazing. 484 00:33:01,186 --> 00:33:02,704 It was very, very special. 485 00:33:17,236 --> 00:33:20,239 [LACEY]: The coronation would actually mark 486 00:33:20,515 --> 00:33:22,483 a fresh beginning for Britain. 487 00:33:26,590 --> 00:33:27,764 It's the transition 488 00:33:28,316 --> 00:33:29,628 in terms of the decade 489 00:33:29,662 --> 00:33:32,838 between the age of austerity 490 00:33:33,218 --> 00:33:35,082 and the swinging '60s. 491 00:33:35,116 --> 00:33:36,255 Suddenly, it is glamour. 492 00:33:55,412 --> 00:33:57,518 [ELIZABETH]: As this day draws to its close 493 00:33:59,244 --> 00:34:02,212 I know that my abiding memory of it 494 00:34:02,247 --> 00:34:05,802 will be not only the solemnity 495 00:34:05,836 --> 00:34:07,493 and beauty of the ceremony 496 00:34:08,908 --> 00:34:13,120 but the inspiration of your loyalty and affection. 497 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:18,090 I thank you all from a full heart. 498 00:34:19,574 --> 00:34:21,300 God bless you all. 499 00:34:44,323 --> 00:34:46,532 [LACEY]: The focus of it is Elizabeth. 500 00:34:46,808 --> 00:34:48,534 The hand raised. 501 00:34:48,569 --> 00:34:50,467 That little baby in the pram 502 00:34:50,502 --> 00:34:52,573 has now progressed to the Queen 503 00:34:52,607 --> 00:34:54,540 and now, the hand... 504 00:34:55,507 --> 00:34:57,854 wreaks magic across the whole world. 505 00:34:57,888 --> 00:34:58,751 [TRAIN HORN HONKS] 506 00:35:09,797 --> 00:35:11,971 [NIKKHAH]: I think when Elizabeth becomes Queen 507 00:35:12,006 --> 00:35:14,250 the role of mother to the nation 508 00:35:14,284 --> 00:35:16,390 supersedes that of being mother to her children. 509 00:35:17,977 --> 00:35:19,876 The demands on her time, and the expectation 510 00:35:19,910 --> 00:35:23,293 of that role are overwhelming. 511 00:35:30,197 --> 00:35:32,544 [REPORTER]: ... Hamilton, Elizabeth II and her husband 512 00:35:32,578 --> 00:35:34,684 the Duke of Edinburgh, greeted by Bermuda's governor. 513 00:35:34,718 --> 00:35:37,687 Jamaica, the largest island in the British West Indies. 514 00:35:37,928 --> 00:35:40,621 [ELIZABETH]: Standing at last on Australian soil 515 00:35:40,897 --> 00:35:44,418 I want to tell you all how much I look forward 516 00:35:44,935 --> 00:35:46,799 to my journey through Australia. 517 00:35:46,834 --> 00:35:48,560 [CROWD APPLAUDS] 518 00:35:50,907 --> 00:35:53,323 [LACEY]: Just about their first job 519 00:35:53,358 --> 00:35:56,154 that they take on is to go off round the world 520 00:35:56,740 --> 00:35:59,191 to present themselves 521 00:35:59,226 --> 00:36:02,298 to the ending empire and the new Commonwealth 522 00:36:02,919 --> 00:36:05,818 and they leave their children at home. 523 00:36:10,789 --> 00:36:13,032 [KERR]: They circumnavigate the globe 524 00:36:13,067 --> 00:36:15,518 in five months without leaving British territory. 525 00:36:15,552 --> 00:36:17,761 She becomes the most travelled monarch in history. 526 00:36:19,004 --> 00:36:21,972 [REPORTER]: They have travelled 4,500 miles by land 527 00:36:22,387 --> 00:36:24,389 10,000 miles by air... 528 00:36:25,597 --> 00:36:27,806 [SIR MCDONALD]: It must be a very tiring business 529 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,636 having to go round the world, greeting people 530 00:36:31,706 --> 00:36:33,329 but she regards it as part of her duty. 531 00:36:37,264 --> 00:36:38,403 [ELIZABETH]: I'm glad too 532 00:36:38,851 --> 00:36:40,577 to be able to thank once again 533 00:36:41,509 --> 00:36:43,580 our hosts all around the globe 534 00:36:44,581 --> 00:36:46,963 for the way in which they made our visits to them 535 00:36:47,757 --> 00:36:49,655 so enthralling and so agreeable. 536 00:36:54,867 --> 00:36:55,868 [TRAIN HORN BLARES] 537 00:37:06,707 --> 00:37:09,330 [LACEY]: Young Charles and Anne remain at home 538 00:37:09,572 --> 00:37:11,746 essentially in the care of nannies 539 00:37:12,057 --> 00:37:15,923 so that when the Queen and her husband come home... 540 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:20,272 there's this poignant scene 541 00:37:20,307 --> 00:37:23,448 where Prince Charles almost seems not to recognise 542 00:37:23,827 --> 00:37:26,968 who is this lady, appearing. 543 00:37:42,605 --> 00:37:45,780 [RIDLEY]: There is a gap between Elizabeth's first two children 544 00:37:45,815 --> 00:37:47,679 who are born before she becomes Queen 545 00:37:47,713 --> 00:37:49,577 and then the third and fourth children 546 00:37:49,612 --> 00:37:51,061 who are born later in the '60s. 547 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,002 [REPORTER]: What would you like the baby to be? 548 00:38:01,037 --> 00:38:02,107 [BOY]: A boy! - [REPORTER]: Why? 549 00:38:02,141 --> 00:38:04,074 So I can hear the 21 guns going off. 550 00:38:08,665 --> 00:38:11,392 [WOMAN]: I've been here this morning since 10 o'clock. 551 00:38:11,427 --> 00:38:13,083 And how long are you going to wait now? 552 00:38:13,118 --> 00:38:14,775 Oh, I'll wait till about 5 o'clock, I think 553 00:38:14,809 --> 00:38:15,914 till it gets too dark. 554 00:38:17,985 --> 00:38:19,987 [WOMAN 2]: Well, I thought it'd be very interesting 555 00:38:20,021 --> 00:38:21,644 to be here when the news was announced 556 00:38:21,678 --> 00:38:22,886 that the Queen had had a child. 557 00:38:25,889 --> 00:38:27,615 [REPORTER]: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip 558 00:38:27,650 --> 00:38:29,410 proudly introduced Prince Andrew. 559 00:38:35,105 --> 00:38:37,694 [REPORTER]: It's Her Majesty's appearance on the balcony 560 00:38:37,729 --> 00:38:40,007 with three-month-old Prince Edward in her arms. 561 00:38:43,390 --> 00:38:45,599 [LACEY]: The birth of Andrew 562 00:38:45,633 --> 00:38:49,361 and Edward in the 1960s 563 00:38:49,396 --> 00:38:52,675 tells us of the importance she attaches 564 00:38:52,709 --> 00:38:54,366 to having children 565 00:38:54,401 --> 00:38:57,852 and to trying to create a family life. 566 00:38:57,887 --> 00:39:00,476 And we can see there in these years 567 00:39:00,510 --> 00:39:02,478 the duality, the conflict. 568 00:39:02,512 --> 00:39:05,757 She wants to be together, she wants a family life 569 00:39:05,791 --> 00:39:08,173 but at the same time, duty has to intervene. 570 00:39:13,212 --> 00:39:16,388 And so the themes that are going to develop 571 00:39:16,423 --> 00:39:17,665 through her reign... 572 00:39:18,183 --> 00:39:21,738 it's the conflict between duty and love 573 00:39:21,980 --> 00:39:24,879 which of course, she's seen in very dramatic terms 574 00:39:25,155 --> 00:39:26,502 in the abdication 575 00:39:26,536 --> 00:39:29,159 are now going to play out in her own life 576 00:39:29,643 --> 00:39:30,782 in different ways. 577 00:39:31,645 --> 00:39:33,371 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS ON FOOTAGE] 578 00:39:35,062 --> 00:39:37,133 [REPORTER]: An elegantly dressed Princess Margaret 579 00:39:37,167 --> 00:39:38,306 goes dancing in London. 580 00:39:38,859 --> 00:39:41,586 The 25-year-old princess is gay and animated 581 00:39:41,620 --> 00:39:44,002 as she and her partner, Charles Smith-Ryland 582 00:39:44,036 --> 00:39:45,762 perform an accomplished foxtrot 583 00:39:45,797 --> 00:39:48,006 even in the midst of such a crush of dancers. 584 00:39:50,595 --> 00:39:53,045 [MORTON]: During the 1950s, there were two people 585 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:54,771 who were on magazine covers. 586 00:39:54,806 --> 00:39:56,946 Elizabeth Taylor and Princess Margaret. 587 00:39:57,256 --> 00:39:59,086 She was the most glamorous member 588 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,468 of the Royal Family in decades. 589 00:40:01,709 --> 00:40:03,228 [CAMERAS CLICK] 590 00:40:03,711 --> 00:40:06,093 She would be photographed going to nightclubs 591 00:40:06,127 --> 00:40:07,508 to restaurants... 592 00:40:08,785 --> 00:40:10,856 so she was the first, as it were 593 00:40:10,891 --> 00:40:12,133 "paparazzi princess". 594 00:40:12,996 --> 00:40:14,584 [CAMERAS CLICK] 595 00:40:19,244 --> 00:40:21,867 [REPORTER]: Excitement bubbles like champagne in London 596 00:40:21,902 --> 00:40:23,938 as Group Captain Peter Townsend returns 597 00:40:23,973 --> 00:40:25,526 from diplomatic duties in Belgium 598 00:40:25,561 --> 00:40:27,459 to call on Princess Margaret. 599 00:40:27,494 --> 00:40:29,565 Another, possibly a climatic phase 600 00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:31,912 opens in the much-publicised royal romance 601 00:40:31,946 --> 00:40:33,741 that's had the Western world agog. 602 00:40:34,052 --> 00:40:35,640 All the world loves a lover 603 00:40:35,674 --> 00:40:37,296 and there's nothing like a happy ending 604 00:40:37,331 --> 00:40:39,816 to a royal love story for national rapture. 605 00:40:44,856 --> 00:40:47,997 [MORTON]: Elizabeth, within the first few months of her reign 606 00:40:48,238 --> 00:40:49,619 was on the horns of a dilemma. 607 00:40:53,554 --> 00:40:55,694 Margaret came to see her and explained 608 00:40:55,729 --> 00:40:58,041 that she was in love with a divorcee 609 00:40:58,076 --> 00:40:59,767 Group Captain Peter Townsend. 610 00:40:59,802 --> 00:41:02,529 Now, the Queen liked Peter Townsend. 611 00:41:02,563 --> 00:41:04,082 He was a decent man, charming... 612 00:41:06,636 --> 00:41:08,224 but he was a divorcee 613 00:41:08,258 --> 00:41:09,881 at a time when the Church of England 614 00:41:10,537 --> 00:41:12,090 did not allow divorce. 615 00:41:17,336 --> 00:41:20,685 [LADY MUIR]: I knew Princess Margaret very well. 616 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:22,134 We were contemporaries. 617 00:41:23,860 --> 00:41:25,897 She wanted to marry Peter Townsend. 618 00:41:25,931 --> 00:41:27,864 I mean, they were very much in love. 619 00:41:30,246 --> 00:41:32,144 He was a very attractive man. 620 00:41:32,179 --> 00:41:35,527 I mean, I sat next to him at dinner a number of times 621 00:41:35,872 --> 00:41:37,633 and he was absolutely charming 622 00:41:37,667 --> 00:41:41,119 and I could absolutely see why she fell in love with him. 623 00:41:44,053 --> 00:41:46,814 Elizabeth is acutely divided over this situation. 624 00:41:46,849 --> 00:41:47,746 It's a dilemma. 625 00:41:52,130 --> 00:41:53,683 She wants to help her sister. 626 00:41:53,718 --> 00:41:55,754 She wants her sister to be happy 627 00:41:55,789 --> 00:41:57,963 but as head of the Church of England 628 00:41:58,170 --> 00:42:00,241 her duty is in conflict with this. 629 00:42:04,901 --> 00:42:08,318 And her solution is, really, to sort of wait 630 00:42:08,664 --> 00:42:11,149 and to hope that if they delay the marriage 631 00:42:11,183 --> 00:42:12,668 don't get engaged 632 00:42:12,702 --> 00:42:14,980 then perhaps the whole thing will fizzle out. 633 00:42:16,741 --> 00:42:19,295 [MORTON]: She hoped that he would find somebody else 634 00:42:19,329 --> 00:42:21,815 and that her sister, who'd fallen in love 635 00:42:21,849 --> 00:42:24,403 effectively with the first man she'd set eyes on 636 00:42:24,438 --> 00:42:26,060 when she was 16 637 00:42:26,095 --> 00:42:28,131 would start to look elsewhere. 638 00:42:47,910 --> 00:42:51,016 [LADY MUIR]: It was very sad that she didn't marry him. 639 00:42:53,122 --> 00:42:54,917 Times have changed now 640 00:42:54,951 --> 00:42:56,815 but in those days, I mean, you... 641 00:42:57,367 --> 00:43:00,129 you didn't marry a divorced person 642 00:43:00,163 --> 00:43:01,302 and that was it. 643 00:43:06,756 --> 00:43:10,035 [RIDLEY]: For Elizabeth, who was devoted to Margaret 644 00:43:10,070 --> 00:43:11,796 this was a huge relief. 645 00:43:11,830 --> 00:43:14,419 It meant she didn't have to follow her duty 646 00:43:14,453 --> 00:43:16,041 and forbid the relationship. 647 00:43:20,287 --> 00:43:21,840 Much as she loved her sister 648 00:43:21,875 --> 00:43:23,428 duty always comes first. 649 00:43:35,992 --> 00:43:37,649 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 650 00:43:41,515 --> 00:43:43,724 [REPORTER]: The first stop on this royal tour 651 00:43:43,759 --> 00:43:45,864 is, tonight, giving the Queen a big welcome 652 00:43:45,899 --> 00:43:48,177 but never before have plans for a royal tour 653 00:43:48,211 --> 00:43:51,007 been subjected to such anxious last-minute scrutiny 654 00:43:51,318 --> 00:43:53,251 since last weekend, when bombs exploded 655 00:43:53,285 --> 00:43:55,494 near the route marked out for the royal drive 656 00:43:55,529 --> 00:43:57,324 the whole question of the Queen's safety 657 00:43:57,358 --> 00:43:59,188 has been searchingly re-examined. 658 00:44:10,820 --> 00:44:12,788 [PRESIDENT NKRUMAH]: We must attain control 659 00:44:12,822 --> 00:44:14,790 of our own economic and political destinies. 660 00:44:18,069 --> 00:44:21,003 We ask for complete independence at the earliest 661 00:44:21,037 --> 00:44:22,038 practicable moment. 662 00:44:25,248 --> 00:44:29,114 I am an African nationalist, wanting my people 663 00:44:29,321 --> 00:44:31,323 to have their own independence 664 00:44:31,358 --> 00:44:32,773 just like any other country. 665 00:44:36,328 --> 00:44:37,916 [LACEY]: The first Elizabethan age 666 00:44:37,951 --> 00:44:39,884 saw the creation of the British Empire 667 00:44:39,918 --> 00:44:41,782 and the expansion of the nation. 668 00:44:46,511 --> 00:44:48,306 The second Elizabethan age 669 00:44:48,755 --> 00:44:51,930 the new Elizabeth steps into a diminishing nation 670 00:44:52,310 --> 00:44:54,208 no longer top dog in the world. 671 00:44:54,588 --> 00:44:56,970 [MEN SING]: 672 00:45:06,048 --> 00:45:08,326 [KERR]: Britain's royal world changes dramatically. 673 00:45:11,122 --> 00:45:13,262 Things begin to look difficult for the empire. 674 00:45:13,296 --> 00:45:14,366 It begins to be unsustainable. 675 00:45:19,302 --> 00:45:21,891 [LACEY]: Countries in Africa want their freedom. 676 00:45:21,926 --> 00:45:24,825 They see India go independent in 1947. 677 00:45:24,860 --> 00:45:27,034 They don't want this top-down relationship 678 00:45:27,414 --> 00:45:31,038 with some remote European power which is exploiting them. 679 00:45:31,073 --> 00:45:33,420 They want to create their own destiny. 680 00:45:36,837 --> 00:45:39,391 Many monarchies come crumbling down 681 00:45:39,944 --> 00:45:41,221 with their empires. 682 00:45:41,497 --> 00:45:43,499 Who knows what lies ahead 683 00:45:43,533 --> 00:45:47,365 and her choices are going to be very important. 684 00:45:52,232 --> 00:45:55,373 In the wide association which is the Commonwealth 685 00:45:56,823 --> 00:46:00,033 we must all try to cultivate the virtues 686 00:46:00,067 --> 00:46:01,897 of tolerance and understanding. 687 00:46:03,174 --> 00:46:05,486 To recognise each other's qualities 688 00:46:06,833 --> 00:46:09,111 and to respect each other's feelings. 689 00:46:25,230 --> 00:46:27,336 [KERR]: Obviously, there's a lot of negativity 690 00:46:27,370 --> 00:46:30,028 in empire, certainly when we look at it historically 691 00:46:30,063 --> 00:46:32,030 and there's an implication of one race 692 00:46:32,065 --> 00:46:33,791 being better than other races. 693 00:46:37,484 --> 00:46:40,038 So, Elizabeth, through her leadership 694 00:46:40,073 --> 00:46:43,076 she had to turn Britain's back on those ideas 695 00:46:43,490 --> 00:46:45,630 and create this new idea of equality 696 00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:48,357 embodied in the Commonwealth. 697 00:46:52,602 --> 00:46:55,951 [LACEY]: And in these years, dozens of countries 698 00:46:55,985 --> 00:46:59,057 go from being colonies to independent members 699 00:46:59,092 --> 00:47:00,403 of the United Nations. 700 00:47:03,406 --> 00:47:05,546 But Britain has a Queen 701 00:47:05,581 --> 00:47:07,169 a glamorous figure 702 00:47:07,203 --> 00:47:11,035 to which many countries feel they want to remain attached 703 00:47:11,311 --> 00:47:15,591 to remain members of this curious family 704 00:47:16,005 --> 00:47:17,351 the British Commonwealth. 705 00:47:18,490 --> 00:47:20,527 In this modern age 706 00:47:21,010 --> 00:47:23,530 the strength and unity of the Commonwealth family 707 00:47:24,427 --> 00:47:27,120 does not lie in common ancestry 708 00:47:27,154 --> 00:47:29,847 nor in pursuing the same political line. 709 00:47:31,365 --> 00:47:33,436 It springs from the knowledge 710 00:47:33,989 --> 00:47:36,474 that we all share a lively concern 711 00:47:36,508 --> 00:47:38,303 for individual freedom 712 00:47:38,648 --> 00:47:41,341 and all the machinery which makes this possible. 713 00:47:44,965 --> 00:47:46,933 [KERR]: She doesn't think that she has a right 714 00:47:46,967 --> 00:47:48,935 to be Queen of any of these countries. 715 00:47:50,108 --> 00:47:52,524 She believes in multi-racialism. 716 00:47:55,976 --> 00:47:58,634 I think, interestingly, as a black person growing up 717 00:47:58,668 --> 00:48:00,567 she was probably the only public figure 718 00:48:01,016 --> 00:48:03,984 that I regularly saw with other black people 719 00:48:04,226 --> 00:48:07,160 and she seemed to treat them in a position of equality. 720 00:48:09,610 --> 00:48:12,510 I think it makes her a very modern, contemporary figure. 721 00:48:12,544 --> 00:48:14,236 Almost ahead of her times. 722 00:48:18,481 --> 00:48:20,587 She works very, very hard 723 00:48:20,621 --> 00:48:22,900 at knowing what goes on in those countries 724 00:48:23,693 --> 00:48:25,903 about their current preoccupations 725 00:48:27,318 --> 00:48:31,046 and they always feel that they have a friend at court 726 00:48:32,185 --> 00:48:34,118 and that means an enormous amount to them. 727 00:48:45,301 --> 00:48:47,200 [CROWD CHEERS] 728 00:48:47,234 --> 00:48:51,549 She is the glue that holds all these countries together. 729 00:49:05,804 --> 00:49:08,428 [LACEY]: Britain is rather an empty concept 730 00:49:08,462 --> 00:49:10,395 in some ways, in the 1970s. 731 00:49:10,430 --> 00:49:12,018 It's lost its empire. 732 00:49:12,639 --> 00:49:14,399 What can it turn to? 733 00:49:17,678 --> 00:49:19,818 [HARDMAN]: From very early on, the '70s 734 00:49:19,853 --> 00:49:22,269 become this period of great turmoil. 735 00:49:25,686 --> 00:49:28,275 Britain starts to not quite fall apart 736 00:49:28,310 --> 00:49:30,312 but it's a very troubled place. 737 00:49:30,726 --> 00:49:32,383 [CROWD CLAMOURS] 738 00:49:33,073 --> 00:49:35,317 [REPORTER]: It seemed like a sure formula for trouble 739 00:49:35,351 --> 00:49:38,182 a major National Front march, and at the same spot 740 00:49:38,216 --> 00:49:40,115 a left-wing rally with one object 741 00:49:40,149 --> 00:49:41,495 to oppose the Front. 742 00:49:41,702 --> 00:49:43,566 Despite a massive police presence 743 00:49:43,601 --> 00:49:45,741 the trouble came almost immediately. 744 00:49:46,431 --> 00:49:47,985 [INDISTINCT SHOUTS] 745 00:49:55,613 --> 00:49:58,547 [LACEY]: Britain in the 1970s was a succession of crises. 746 00:50:04,656 --> 00:50:08,315 Absolute confrontation between certain sections 747 00:50:08,350 --> 00:50:10,628 of the population and the government. 748 00:50:13,286 --> 00:50:15,150 [REPORTER]: Every day, new rubbish is added 749 00:50:15,184 --> 00:50:17,083 to already decaying piles 750 00:50:17,117 --> 00:50:19,223 almost twice as fast as the troops can cope. 751 00:50:21,328 --> 00:50:23,606 [REPORTER 2]: Squares as famous as Leicester Square 752 00:50:23,641 --> 00:50:25,436 had been transformed into special dumps. 753 00:50:27,196 --> 00:50:29,129 [HARDMAN]: The unions versus 754 00:50:29,164 --> 00:50:30,786 the Conservative government of Edward Heath 755 00:50:30,820 --> 00:50:33,375 becomes the sort of dominant story 756 00:50:33,409 --> 00:50:34,238 of the early '70s. 757 00:50:35,653 --> 00:50:38,069 You know, the economy is getting progressively worse. 758 00:50:38,897 --> 00:50:42,384 Industrial unrest is breaking out all over the place. 759 00:50:42,936 --> 00:50:44,903 [MAN]: What do we need? - More pay! 760 00:50:44,938 --> 00:50:46,422 When do we want it? - Now! 761 00:50:46,733 --> 00:50:48,528 [INDISTINCT SHOUTS] 762 00:50:51,945 --> 00:50:54,430 The UK was not a happy country to be in 763 00:50:54,741 --> 00:50:56,432 and people needed something 764 00:50:56,467 --> 00:50:58,124 to be able to let their hair down. 765 00:50:58,503 --> 00:51:00,367 [WIND CHIMES JINGLE] 766 00:51:06,649 --> 00:51:08,513 [PEOPLE CHATTER] 767 00:51:09,928 --> 00:51:11,275 [ARBITER]: The government decided 768 00:51:11,309 --> 00:51:12,724 yes, there would be a celebration 769 00:51:12,759 --> 00:51:14,105 for the Silver Jubilee 770 00:51:14,140 --> 00:51:15,900 but a lot of money wouldn't be spent on it 771 00:51:15,934 --> 00:51:17,764 cos it would be the wrong thing to do. 772 00:51:37,508 --> 00:51:40,269 At this moment, of my Silver Jubilee 773 00:51:41,201 --> 00:51:44,825 I want to thank all those in Britain 774 00:51:45,516 --> 00:51:46,793 and the Commonwealth 775 00:51:47,863 --> 00:51:49,865 who, through their loyalty and friendship 776 00:51:50,590 --> 00:51:52,557 have given me strength and encouragement 777 00:51:52,971 --> 00:51:55,422 during these last 25 years. 778 00:51:55,457 --> 00:51:56,665 [CROWD CHEERS] 779 00:51:57,873 --> 00:51:59,495 [ARBITER]: The Queen did travel 780 00:51:59,530 --> 00:52:01,601 to Australia, New Zealand 781 00:52:01,635 --> 00:52:02,947 and the Pacific Islands 782 00:52:02,981 --> 00:52:04,707 and to Canada and to the West Indies... 783 00:52:06,778 --> 00:52:09,402 and I think she did something like 36 counties 784 00:52:09,919 --> 00:52:11,645 in the United Kingdom 785 00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:13,578 travelling something like 7,000 miles. 786 00:52:16,581 --> 00:52:18,307 So, she did her duty. 787 00:52:18,514 --> 00:52:21,931 People turned up in their tens of thousands to see her. 788 00:52:25,556 --> 00:52:27,316 [CROWD CHEERS] 789 00:52:47,819 --> 00:52:49,407 [ELIZABETH]: When I was 21 790 00:52:49,856 --> 00:52:53,411 I pledged my life to the service of our people. 791 00:52:54,067 --> 00:52:56,380 Although that vow was made 792 00:52:57,519 --> 00:53:00,522 in my salad days, when I was green in judgement 793 00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:05,354 I do not regret nor retract one word of it. 794 00:53:05,665 --> 00:53:07,632 [CROWD CHEERS] 795 00:53:09,807 --> 00:53:11,567 [HARDMAN]: People always want something 796 00:53:11,602 --> 00:53:13,535 to be proud of, something to cheer them up 797 00:53:13,569 --> 00:53:14,501 in a crisis. 798 00:53:16,572 --> 00:53:20,335 The Jubilee, for people, it represents a moment 799 00:53:20,369 --> 00:53:22,923 to come together and be proud of being British. 800 00:53:25,547 --> 00:53:27,342 It's an excuse for a party. 801 00:53:27,549 --> 00:53:29,965 It's one of the rare moments 802 00:53:29,999 --> 00:53:31,932 of a sort of national unity 803 00:53:31,967 --> 00:53:34,038 after several years of national discord. 804 00:53:34,728 --> 00:53:36,213 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 805 00:53:55,853 --> 00:53:57,441 [REPORTER]: Is there any possibility 806 00:53:57,475 --> 00:53:59,097 of any announcement of your marriage 807 00:53:59,132 --> 00:54:00,858 in the near future, can you tell me? 808 00:54:00,892 --> 00:54:02,860 [BOY YELLS]: Prince Charles' wifey! 809 00:54:02,894 --> 00:54:04,793 Can you tell me if there's any possibility? 810 00:54:05,518 --> 00:54:07,451 I'm not going to say anything, I'm afraid. 811 00:54:07,485 --> 00:54:08,866 Oh, sorry! - Prince Charles did give us 812 00:54:08,900 --> 00:54:10,385 a hint himself. 813 00:54:10,419 --> 00:54:11,593 He said we wouldn't have to wait too long. 814 00:54:11,627 --> 00:54:12,801 Careful! - [THEY LAUGH] 815 00:54:18,462 --> 00:54:19,739 [MORTON]: In the early days 816 00:54:19,773 --> 00:54:23,087 the Queen's relationship with Diana was very good. 817 00:54:23,121 --> 00:54:26,608 I mean, she welcomed Diana into the fold. 818 00:54:26,642 --> 00:54:28,575 As she and Prince Philip used to say 819 00:54:28,610 --> 00:54:30,059 "She's one of us," and she was. 820 00:54:32,752 --> 00:54:34,926 The Queen felt that she was a great addition 821 00:54:34,961 --> 00:54:36,618 to the family, and she liked the fact 822 00:54:36,652 --> 00:54:39,379 that she was boisterous, fun 823 00:54:39,690 --> 00:54:41,933 someone who could jolt Prince Charles 824 00:54:41,968 --> 00:54:43,901 out of his melancholic state. 825 00:54:45,765 --> 00:54:47,318 [PEOPLE CHANT]: We want Di! 826 00:54:47,594 --> 00:54:48,871 We want Di! 827 00:54:49,700 --> 00:54:51,391 We want Di! 828 00:54:52,565 --> 00:54:53,876 [CROWD CHEERS] 829 00:54:54,636 --> 00:54:56,465 [] Diana, Princess of Wales 830 00:54:56,500 --> 00:54:59,710 was just something so new for the Royal Family. 831 00:55:00,020 --> 00:55:02,713 A young, fresh approach to life 832 00:55:02,747 --> 00:55:04,611 obviously able to communicate 833 00:55:04,646 --> 00:55:06,924 and get on very easily with people. 834 00:55:11,066 --> 00:55:13,620 [REPORTER]: Lady Diana Spencer is soon to become 835 00:55:13,655 --> 00:55:15,760 Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales. 836 00:55:18,384 --> 00:55:19,937 [OWEN]: In the earlier stages 837 00:55:19,971 --> 00:55:23,803 they seemed like the most glamorous couple in the world. 838 00:55:23,837 --> 00:55:25,736 [REPORTER]: What about the proposal, Your Royal Highness? 839 00:55:25,770 --> 00:55:26,978 How did that come about? 840 00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:29,981 Um... Well, I... 841 00:55:30,016 --> 00:55:31,914 I asked Diana 842 00:55:31,949 --> 00:55:33,537 before she went to Australia. 843 00:55:33,847 --> 00:55:35,435 You actually said... 844 00:55:35,470 --> 00:55:36,919 [DIANA]: Yes, quite promptly. - [HE LAUGHS] 845 00:55:47,827 --> 00:55:49,000 [REPORTER]: Hello, good morning. 846 00:55:49,035 --> 00:55:50,692 Well, the big day has arrived. 847 00:55:50,726 --> 00:55:52,625 Britain and the world will celebrate 848 00:55:52,659 --> 00:55:54,696 the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales. 849 00:55:57,630 --> 00:55:58,838 [CROWD CHEERS] 850 00:56:05,189 --> 00:56:06,466 [OWEN]: It was generally seen 851 00:56:06,501 --> 00:56:08,399 that this was an ideal way 852 00:56:08,434 --> 00:56:12,230 to modernise the Royal Family, to have a couple 853 00:56:12,265 --> 00:56:14,509 who could seem much more part 854 00:56:14,543 --> 00:56:16,062 of the modern age, if you like. 855 00:56:16,787 --> 00:56:17,960 [CROWD CHEERS] 856 00:56:24,864 --> 00:56:26,486 [HARDMAN]: The Queen is obviously still 857 00:56:26,521 --> 00:56:27,625 very much in charge. 858 00:56:28,108 --> 00:56:30,214 She's still very well-regarded 859 00:56:30,248 --> 00:56:32,112 hugely respected and admired 860 00:56:33,735 --> 00:56:35,806 but in terms of public interest 861 00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:37,842 the sort of tectonic plates have shifted. 862 00:56:39,223 --> 00:56:41,605 People want to know all they can about this 863 00:56:41,639 --> 00:56:43,192 the most glamorous young couple on Earth. 864 00:56:43,745 --> 00:56:45,402 [CROWD CLAMOURS] 865 00:56:48,681 --> 00:56:50,407 [CROWD ROARS] 866 00:56:59,795 --> 00:57:01,487 [SIRENS WAIL] 867 00:57:14,327 --> 00:57:16,467 The Queen did go through difficult years 868 00:57:16,502 --> 00:57:17,641 when I was there. 869 00:57:18,020 --> 00:57:19,297 I don't think it was my fault 870 00:57:19,332 --> 00:57:21,161 and it wasn't her fault either. 871 00:57:21,783 --> 00:57:24,958 I think the one that really does come to mind is 1992. 872 00:57:32,241 --> 00:57:34,727 We knew that there was a book coming out 873 00:57:34,761 --> 00:57:37,281 but there'd been so many books about the Royal Family. 874 00:57:37,971 --> 00:57:39,145 Some of them fairly bland 875 00:57:39,179 --> 00:57:40,560 some of them sensational 876 00:57:40,595 --> 00:57:42,493 some of them sort of blue-sky thinking 877 00:57:42,528 --> 00:57:45,082 sort of looking up and thinking, "Well, what can I make up now?" 878 00:57:45,979 --> 00:57:48,465 And there I was, reading in black and white 879 00:57:49,293 --> 00:57:51,744 stuff that could have only come from her. 880 00:57:51,778 --> 00:57:53,470 It couldn't have come from anybody else. 881 00:58:02,858 --> 00:58:04,998 And Diana phoned me at about half past four 882 00:58:05,033 --> 00:58:06,344 five o'clock that morning 883 00:58:06,379 --> 00:58:08,312 "What do I do?" she said, in a panic. 884 00:58:08,346 --> 00:58:09,934 I said, "Ma'am, you've already done it." 885 00:58:14,939 --> 00:58:17,632 [MORTON]: In 1991, '92, Diana felt 886 00:58:17,666 --> 00:58:19,599 very much a prisoner of the palace. 887 00:58:19,806 --> 00:58:22,740 She felt that she was isolated. 888 00:58:22,775 --> 00:58:25,156 She felt that she was marginalised. 889 00:58:25,191 --> 00:58:28,090 She felt that her husband was effectively 890 00:58:28,125 --> 00:58:30,886 living with another man's wife, Camilla Parker Bowles. 891 00:58:30,921 --> 00:58:33,302 She just felt that she was living a lie 892 00:58:33,337 --> 00:58:34,925 and she wanted to tell the truth. 893 00:58:50,837 --> 00:58:53,391 We wouldn't have published this story if it wasn't true 894 00:58:53,426 --> 00:58:55,773 and hundreds of journalists around the world 895 00:58:55,808 --> 00:58:58,224 have spent the last week trying to find 896 00:58:58,258 --> 00:58:59,708 some flaw in this story. 897 00:58:59,743 --> 00:59:01,917 It is an accurate story. It's a true account. 898 00:59:01,952 --> 00:59:04,817 The people at the centre of it have stood by their stories. 899 00:59:04,851 --> 00:59:06,681 I stand resolutely behind them. 900 00:59:06,957 --> 00:59:08,752 The story was effectively 901 00:59:09,304 --> 00:59:13,204 one which those inside the Royal Family knew about. 902 00:59:13,619 --> 00:59:15,621 They were aware that Prince Charles was seeing 903 00:59:15,655 --> 00:59:16,725 another man's wife. 904 00:59:16,967 --> 00:59:19,107 They were aware that Diana had suffered 905 00:59:19,141 --> 00:59:21,281 from an eating disorder, bulimia nervosa. 906 00:59:24,457 --> 00:59:26,183 They couldn't believe that something 907 00:59:26,217 --> 00:59:29,082 which had been kept behind closed doors 908 00:59:29,117 --> 00:59:30,981 was now out in the public. 909 00:59:36,296 --> 00:59:38,851 [ARBITER]: The Queen was, at first, angry. 910 00:59:38,885 --> 00:59:40,818 Prince Philip was very angry. 911 00:59:47,273 --> 00:59:50,345 [MORTON]: One of the overriding qualities 912 00:59:50,379 --> 00:59:52,692 that the Queen has shown during her long reign 913 00:59:52,727 --> 00:59:54,452 has been a sense of duty 914 00:59:54,487 --> 00:59:55,868 a profound sense of duty. 915 00:59:56,282 --> 00:59:58,836 And she expected her son 916 00:59:59,319 --> 01:00:00,631 to adhere to that 917 01:00:02,219 --> 01:00:05,256 and she did feel that with Charles and Diana 918 01:00:05,291 --> 01:00:08,328 that they should make a genuine attempt 919 01:00:08,363 --> 01:00:09,778 to make the marriage work 920 01:00:09,813 --> 01:00:11,918 because it was so damaging 921 01:00:12,194 --> 01:00:14,162 to the House of Windsor and to the monarchy. 922 01:00:14,196 --> 01:00:15,819 [CAMERAS CLICK] 923 01:00:20,099 --> 01:00:22,826 [REPORTER]: Backbench MPs have called it a savage attack 924 01:00:22,860 --> 01:00:24,793 on the personal lives of the Royal Family. 925 01:00:27,416 --> 01:00:29,384 To anyone watching the sheer number of press 926 01:00:29,418 --> 01:00:31,213 surrounding members of the Royal Family 927 01:00:31,248 --> 01:00:34,009 there might be an impression of a monarchy under siege. 928 01:00:35,942 --> 01:00:37,288 [CROWD CHEERS] 929 01:00:52,856 --> 01:00:55,686 [CHARLES ANSON]: The family troubles and the separations 930 01:00:55,721 --> 01:00:59,725 and divorces and various other sort of gossipy stories 931 01:00:59,932 --> 01:01:03,660 did have an impact on people's perception of the family. 932 01:01:04,350 --> 01:01:07,077 This looked like the monarchy was on its way out. 933 01:01:11,806 --> 01:01:15,292 That year was a year of endless surprises 934 01:01:15,326 --> 01:01:17,466 and nothing was more surprising 935 01:01:17,501 --> 01:01:19,158 when on that Friday morning 936 01:01:19,745 --> 01:01:21,850 on a perfectly normal Friday morning 937 01:01:22,057 --> 01:01:24,888 one of my team came in and said... 938 01:01:25,129 --> 01:01:27,787 there's a small fire at Windsor 939 01:01:27,822 --> 01:01:29,547 and this is looking very serious. 940 01:01:29,582 --> 01:01:31,273 The fire is spreading very quickly. 941 01:01:44,424 --> 01:01:46,944 [KERR]: I've known Windsor Castle since I was a little boy 942 01:01:46,979 --> 01:01:48,428 since I was brought up very close 943 01:01:48,463 --> 01:01:50,707 so that was really, really shocking. 944 01:01:56,022 --> 01:01:58,369 So, to see that building I'd known and loved all my life 945 01:01:58,404 --> 01:02:00,061 massively in flames 946 01:02:00,095 --> 01:02:03,098 and the flames rising hundreds of feet... 947 01:02:04,030 --> 01:02:05,342 I'll never forget that sight. 948 01:02:19,528 --> 01:02:21,116 [ANSON]: She was out there 949 01:02:21,151 --> 01:02:25,396 and was able, of course, to see all that was going on. 950 01:02:38,962 --> 01:02:41,378 [ARBITER]: The Queen had lived there during the war. 951 01:02:41,861 --> 01:02:45,002 Five years during the war, it really was home from home. 952 01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:48,488 She had first gone to Windsor 953 01:02:48,523 --> 01:02:51,181 when her grandfather was there, George V. 954 01:02:54,840 --> 01:02:58,982 So it played a very pivotal role in her life 955 01:02:59,845 --> 01:03:03,952 and to see this centuries-old castle go up 956 01:03:04,332 --> 01:03:06,506 was very emotional, it was very emotional for everybody. 957 01:03:19,934 --> 01:03:22,315 [ANSON]: And of course, we all said how sorry 958 01:03:22,350 --> 01:03:24,076 we were about it, and the Queen... 959 01:03:25,629 --> 01:03:27,251 just looked up and smiled and said 960 01:03:27,286 --> 01:03:29,219 "At least we saved the pictures" 961 01:03:29,253 --> 01:03:34,569 which was a typical... majestic understatement 962 01:03:34,603 --> 01:03:37,434 of what had been a very troubling day. 963 01:03:44,682 --> 01:03:45,649 [DISTANT OFFICER SHOUTS] 964 01:03:47,168 --> 01:03:48,307 [SOLDIERS MARCH] 965 01:03:50,171 --> 01:03:52,656 [ANSON]: That speech at the Guildhall 966 01:03:52,690 --> 01:03:56,833 in 1992 was at quite an emotional moment. 967 01:04:06,670 --> 01:04:09,155 It had been a difficult year already 968 01:04:09,500 --> 01:04:12,262 and then the fire at Windsor on the Friday... 969 01:04:12,296 --> 01:04:16,335 She'd had a very, very difficult sort of three days 970 01:04:16,369 --> 01:04:17,923 quite emotionally draining. 971 01:04:20,166 --> 01:04:23,549 It made for quite an emotional moment for the Queen. 972 01:04:26,069 --> 01:04:29,866 1992 is not a year 973 01:04:30,142 --> 01:04:33,559 on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. 974 01:04:36,251 --> 01:04:39,945 In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents 975 01:04:40,324 --> 01:04:44,604 it has turned out to be an annus horribilis. 976 01:04:44,639 --> 01:04:45,882 [QUIET CHUCKLES] 977 01:04:46,089 --> 01:04:47,538 But the crack in the voice 978 01:04:47,573 --> 01:04:49,644 the smoke in her lungs 979 01:04:49,678 --> 01:04:52,405 and in her speech was sort of evident 980 01:04:52,440 --> 01:04:56,582 and made it feel as if the Queen was almost on the edge of tears. 981 01:04:59,619 --> 01:05:02,415 I sometimes wonder how future generations 982 01:05:03,175 --> 01:05:05,971 will judge the events of this tumultuous year. 983 01:05:07,731 --> 01:05:10,320 I daresay that history would take 984 01:05:10,354 --> 01:05:12,494 a slightly more moderate view 985 01:05:12,529 --> 01:05:15,187 than that of some contemporary commentators. 986 01:05:16,498 --> 01:05:18,121 There can be no doubt, of course 987 01:05:18,155 --> 01:05:20,088 that criticism is good for people 988 01:05:20,123 --> 01:05:23,609 and institutions that are part of public life 989 01:05:25,128 --> 01:05:27,647 and that scrutiny, by one part of another 990 01:05:28,476 --> 01:05:30,581 can be just as effective 991 01:05:30,616 --> 01:05:33,619 if it is made with a touch of gentleness 992 01:05:34,033 --> 01:05:36,277 good humour and understanding. 993 01:05:38,555 --> 01:05:42,076 [ANSON]: This was not a self-pitying speech. 994 01:05:42,110 --> 01:05:45,665 It was a speech about standards in public life 995 01:05:45,700 --> 01:05:49,738 the standing of our institutions in a modern society 996 01:05:50,187 --> 01:05:51,775 and the fact that it was healthier 997 01:05:51,809 --> 01:05:53,259 that there was criticism 998 01:05:53,294 --> 01:05:56,435 and, you know, the monarchy needed to examine itself 999 01:05:56,469 --> 01:05:57,954 just as did other parts of it. 1000 01:05:59,300 --> 01:06:01,543 [REPORTER]: It was the Queen voicing her own thoughts 1001 01:06:01,578 --> 01:06:04,788 under pressure to defend her institution and her family. 1002 01:06:16,110 --> 01:06:17,663 [CROWD CHEERS] 1003 01:06:27,086 --> 01:06:31,125 [ELIZABETH]: Mr President, I am delighted to welcome you 1004 01:06:31,159 --> 01:06:32,367 to Buckingham Palace 1005 01:06:32,885 --> 01:06:36,061 on this, the first state visit to Britain 1006 01:06:36,095 --> 01:06:38,028 by a president of South Africa 1007 01:06:39,616 --> 01:06:41,790 and thus to underline once more 1008 01:06:42,205 --> 01:06:44,828 the close friendship between our two countries. 1009 01:06:46,071 --> 01:06:47,624 [REPORTER]: Meanwhile, the princess 1010 01:06:47,658 --> 01:06:50,144 last seen with Prince Charles in public at Eton 1011 01:06:50,178 --> 01:06:53,319 she has apparently yet to reply to the letter from the Queen 1012 01:06:53,354 --> 01:06:55,218 urging an early divorce. 1013 01:06:55,252 --> 01:06:57,185 According to friends, she's determined 1014 01:06:57,220 --> 01:06:58,704 there will be no divorce 1015 01:06:58,738 --> 01:07:00,706 until her future status is assured. 1016 01:07:02,535 --> 01:07:04,572 Let's just remind people who are just joining us 1017 01:07:04,606 --> 01:07:05,780 of why we're on the air. 1018 01:07:05,814 --> 01:07:07,747 We have reports from Paris 1019 01:07:08,438 --> 01:07:10,681 that Diana Princess of Wales has been killed 1020 01:07:10,716 --> 01:07:11,751 in a car accident. 1021 01:07:55,381 --> 01:07:56,727 [FAINT BIRDSONG] 1022 01:08:03,976 --> 01:08:06,599 The silence from Balmoral was deafening. 1023 01:08:10,155 --> 01:08:12,847 I think everybody was looking for leadership 1024 01:08:13,296 --> 01:08:14,676 and for comfort. 1025 01:08:24,997 --> 01:08:27,206 [REPORTER]: Nicholas Owen, our royal correspondent 1026 01:08:27,241 --> 01:08:28,345 is with me in the studio. 1027 01:08:28,863 --> 01:08:30,278 Nicholas? 1028 01:08:30,313 --> 01:08:32,211 [OWEN IN FOOTAGE]: This is an occasion when frankly 1029 01:08:32,246 --> 01:08:33,557 words are not adequate at all. 1030 01:08:33,592 --> 01:08:34,765 The most... 1031 01:08:34,800 --> 01:08:36,319 I would say almost 1032 01:08:36,353 --> 01:08:38,424 the most loved member of the Royal Family... 1033 01:08:41,703 --> 01:08:42,842 [OWEN]: I went down there 1034 01:08:44,189 --> 01:08:46,639 and I began to hear the whispers of criticism 1035 01:08:47,364 --> 01:08:48,676 of the Queen. 1036 01:08:50,505 --> 01:08:51,851 She looked uncaring. 1037 01:08:52,749 --> 01:08:53,784 She looked uncaring. 1038 01:08:56,925 --> 01:08:59,169 There was a danger of the monarchy 1039 01:08:59,204 --> 01:09:01,758 getting into serious disrepute. 1040 01:09:03,794 --> 01:09:06,797 People might really turn against the Queen herself. 1041 01:09:10,249 --> 01:09:12,286 [ARBITER]: There were all sorts of headlines. 1042 01:09:12,320 --> 01:09:14,150 "Your people need you, ma'am." 1043 01:09:15,012 --> 01:09:16,842 Well, there were two people who needed her more 1044 01:09:16,876 --> 01:09:17,739 William and Harry. 1045 01:09:31,788 --> 01:09:33,997 [ARBITER]: To her, it was important 1046 01:09:34,031 --> 01:09:37,276 that her grandsons came out of this OK. 1047 01:09:44,766 --> 01:09:46,665 The Queen stayed at Balmoral 1048 01:09:46,699 --> 01:09:48,805 to be a granny, and not Queen. 1049 01:09:53,016 --> 01:09:57,193 First time she has put family above duty. 1050 01:10:17,799 --> 01:10:19,491 The Queen's flight is expected 1051 01:10:19,525 --> 01:10:21,700 to arrive at Northolt any minute now. 1052 01:10:21,734 --> 01:10:24,358 She'll then make her way to Buckingham Palace 1053 01:10:24,392 --> 01:10:26,739 to prepare for her live broadcast to the nation 1054 01:10:26,774 --> 01:10:28,016 at six o'clock tonight. 1055 01:10:34,057 --> 01:10:35,817 [KERR]: The Queen seemed off-balance. 1056 01:10:36,784 --> 01:10:39,442 There was almost a sort of revolutionary atmosphere. 1057 01:10:40,443 --> 01:10:42,721 There was this anger in the streets. 1058 01:10:50,384 --> 01:10:51,868 [ARBITER]: Coming back to London 1059 01:10:52,524 --> 01:10:55,768 with the attack from the media in the back of your mind. 1060 01:10:56,769 --> 01:10:58,495 "Is this going to be OK?" 1061 01:11:02,948 --> 01:11:05,053 [KERR]: Outside the gates of Buckingham Palace 1062 01:11:05,088 --> 01:11:08,298 there's this tumult of flowers and bouquets 1063 01:11:08,643 --> 01:11:10,507 and silent people. 1064 01:11:10,852 --> 01:11:11,819 Were they going to be angry? 1065 01:11:19,033 --> 01:11:20,931 [ARBITER]: There was a bit of apprehension 1066 01:11:21,415 --> 01:11:24,418 as to what sort of reception there would be. 1067 01:11:31,010 --> 01:11:32,805 [CROWD CHATTERS] 1068 01:11:34,635 --> 01:11:36,119 [CROWD APPLAUDS] 1069 01:11:46,888 --> 01:11:49,408 [SIR MCDONALD]: I don't think I'd ever seen an image 1070 01:11:49,443 --> 01:11:51,721 of the Queen outside Buckingham Palace on foot 1071 01:11:53,412 --> 01:11:55,621 but it was an indication 1072 01:11:55,656 --> 01:11:57,796 of the depth of feeling, I think... 1073 01:11:59,660 --> 01:12:02,732 that she should at some stage acknowledge 1074 01:12:02,766 --> 01:12:04,872 all those people who expressed 1075 01:12:04,906 --> 01:12:07,461 such great sorrow about the passing of Diana. 1076 01:12:12,017 --> 01:12:13,812 [ARBITER]: They looked at floral tributes. 1077 01:12:13,846 --> 01:12:15,814 They put flowers down for mourners. 1078 01:12:16,642 --> 01:12:17,919 They talked to mourners. 1079 01:12:20,025 --> 01:12:22,130 When she came out, she kind of looked at me 1080 01:12:22,165 --> 01:12:24,512 for a bit of reassurance, I suppose 1081 01:12:24,754 --> 01:12:27,688 and I just said, "That was fine, Your Majesty" 1082 01:12:27,722 --> 01:12:28,896 because it was fine. 1083 01:12:41,805 --> 01:12:44,014 Since last Sunday's dreadful news 1084 01:12:44,636 --> 01:12:47,604 we have seen throughout Britain and around the world 1085 01:12:48,502 --> 01:12:50,642 an overwhelming expression of sadness 1086 01:12:50,676 --> 01:12:52,022 at Diana's death. 1087 01:12:52,057 --> 01:12:53,679 The line I always remember 1088 01:12:53,714 --> 01:12:55,854 the line that always came out to me was 1089 01:12:56,061 --> 01:12:58,028 "as your Queen and a grandmother." 1090 01:12:58,650 --> 01:13:00,134 So, what I say to you now 1091 01:13:00,168 --> 01:13:02,792 as your Queen and as a grandmother 1092 01:13:02,999 --> 01:13:04,932 I say from my heart. 1093 01:13:05,139 --> 01:13:07,072 Head of the nation, head of state 1094 01:13:07,106 --> 01:13:11,110 and also somebody who was absolutely deeply 1095 01:13:11,145 --> 01:13:13,147 personally touched by what had happened 1096 01:13:13,181 --> 01:13:15,460 and it was absolutely the key moment, I think 1097 01:13:15,494 --> 01:13:18,428 the key moment to turn public opinion round. 1098 01:13:19,809 --> 01:13:22,708 [ELIZABETH]: First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. 1099 01:13:24,572 --> 01:13:26,436 I admired and respected her 1100 01:13:26,471 --> 01:13:28,956 for her energy and commitment to others 1101 01:13:29,681 --> 01:13:32,753 and especially for her devotion to her two boys. 1102 01:13:35,238 --> 01:13:38,793 I share in your determination to cherish her memory. 1103 01:13:40,036 --> 01:13:41,865 Thank God for someone 1104 01:13:41,900 --> 01:13:44,247 who made many, many people happy. 1105 01:13:46,939 --> 01:13:48,562 Suddenly, people thought 1106 01:13:48,596 --> 01:13:51,979 "Oh, gosh, yeah. This is a tragedy for her as well." 1107 01:13:52,013 --> 01:13:55,879 And sympathy switched very much 1108 01:13:55,914 --> 01:13:57,502 towards the Queen at that point. 1109 01:14:21,249 --> 01:14:23,079 [REPORTER]: And the Queen standing there 1110 01:14:23,113 --> 01:14:26,254 in front of the gate of Buckingham Palace. 1111 01:14:27,255 --> 01:14:29,913 A sight that no one has seen before 1112 01:14:29,948 --> 01:14:31,639 because it hasn't happened before. 1113 01:14:48,587 --> 01:14:51,210 [ARBITER]: As the gun carriage went past 1114 01:14:51,832 --> 01:14:53,765 the Queen bowed. 1115 01:14:58,252 --> 01:15:00,116 The Queen doesn't normally bow. 1116 01:15:03,913 --> 01:15:06,053 She was showing a mark of respect 1117 01:15:06,605 --> 01:15:08,124 that only she could've done. 1118 01:15:20,723 --> 01:15:23,311 I think that's the closest we're ever going to come 1119 01:15:23,346 --> 01:15:26,591 to knowing what the Queen thinks 1120 01:15:26,625 --> 01:15:28,558 how the Queen feels. 1121 01:15:40,639 --> 01:15:42,158 [BELL TOLLS] 1122 01:15:47,888 --> 01:15:50,304 [KERR]: There was a breach between the British people 1123 01:15:50,338 --> 01:15:52,133 and their monarchy that week. 1124 01:15:52,755 --> 01:15:54,273 [BELL TOLLS] 1125 01:15:57,414 --> 01:15:58,588 But the Queen... 1126 01:15:59,209 --> 01:16:01,177 through powerful personal leadership 1127 01:16:01,211 --> 01:16:02,316 healed the breach. 1128 01:16:02,765 --> 01:16:04,387 [BELL TOLLS] 1129 01:16:04,421 --> 01:16:07,045 And yet again, she connected very powerfully 1130 01:16:07,079 --> 01:16:08,667 at this moment of crisis. 1131 01:16:52,677 --> 01:16:54,264 [ANSON]: The newspapers were saying 1132 01:16:54,299 --> 01:16:57,026 that there was virtually no interest whatsoever 1133 01:16:57,060 --> 01:16:58,268 in the Golden Jubilee. 1134 01:17:02,031 --> 01:17:03,688 And this showed how much 1135 01:17:03,722 --> 01:17:05,448 the public were simply not interested 1136 01:17:05,482 --> 01:17:07,208 in the monarchy and the Royal Family. 1137 01:17:10,764 --> 01:17:13,387 And certainly less interested five years after 1138 01:17:13,421 --> 01:17:15,700 the tragic death of Princess Diana. 1139 01:17:19,186 --> 01:17:21,982 [LACEY]: As Elizabeth approaches her Jubilee 1140 01:17:22,016 --> 01:17:25,157 her own life has been challenged 1141 01:17:25,537 --> 01:17:29,645 by the death in short order of her mother 1142 01:17:29,990 --> 01:17:31,716 and her sister Margaret 1143 01:17:31,750 --> 01:17:34,442 both of them incredibly strong figures 1144 01:17:34,477 --> 01:17:36,444 with whom she spent all her life to date. 1145 01:17:39,344 --> 01:17:40,897 [ANSON]: There was a sort of sense 1146 01:17:40,932 --> 01:17:43,244 that the Jubilee was going to be a very low-key occasion. 1147 01:17:43,866 --> 01:17:45,281 [CROWD CHATTERS] 1148 01:18:04,921 --> 01:18:06,198 [CROWD CHEERS] 1149 01:18:08,269 --> 01:18:09,892 [ANSON]: But in fact, it turned out 1150 01:18:09,926 --> 01:18:12,239 that the public wanted to celebrate 1151 01:18:12,273 --> 01:18:13,965 both the Queen 1152 01:18:13,999 --> 01:18:17,244 as well as where Britain was, and what it stood for. 1153 01:18:20,074 --> 01:18:22,283 [SIR MCDONALD]: Looking down the Mall on that day 1154 01:18:22,594 --> 01:18:25,079 you could see nothing but people. 1155 01:18:28,289 --> 01:18:30,291 [ANSON]: Crowds of over a million. 1156 01:18:31,983 --> 01:18:34,571 The same scale of public acclaim 1157 01:18:34,606 --> 01:18:36,573 as after the end of the Second World War. 1158 01:18:36,608 --> 01:18:37,782 You know, on VE Day. 1159 01:18:43,339 --> 01:18:45,065 And as the Queen and Prince Philip 1160 01:18:45,099 --> 01:18:46,860 came through Admiralty Arch... 1161 01:18:46,894 --> 01:18:48,102 [CROWD CHEERS] 1162 01:18:48,137 --> 01:18:50,001 ...the rush of air of people... 1163 01:18:52,072 --> 01:18:55,385 gasping, "There is the Queen" was massive. 1164 01:18:58,009 --> 01:19:01,391 It was literally the rushing of a mighty wind down the Mall. 1165 01:19:09,952 --> 01:19:11,367 [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE] 1166 01:19:13,921 --> 01:19:16,268 The Queen very rarely looks surprised 1167 01:19:16,303 --> 01:19:18,546 after 50 years of her reign 1168 01:19:18,581 --> 01:19:20,445 but she looked quite startled 1169 01:19:20,479 --> 01:19:23,172 that there was this much sort of public acclamation. 1170 01:19:26,520 --> 01:19:29,109 Often, her look is a very serious one 1171 01:19:29,143 --> 01:19:31,007 but when she breaks into a smile 1172 01:19:31,042 --> 01:19:32,388 it is such a big smile. 1173 01:19:34,321 --> 01:19:36,254 It's a smile that welcomes everybody. 1174 01:19:38,946 --> 01:19:41,121 [SIR MCDONALD]: It was an enormous success 1175 01:19:42,294 --> 01:19:43,882 despite all the discussions 1176 01:19:43,917 --> 01:19:45,815 about whether the days of monarchy 1177 01:19:45,850 --> 01:19:47,092 are coming to an end. 1178 01:19:47,541 --> 01:19:51,096 People wanted to come out and show their respect 1179 01:19:51,131 --> 01:19:54,203 their regard for the job that she's done so well 1180 01:19:54,513 --> 01:19:56,170 over so many years. 1181 01:19:57,171 --> 01:19:58,863 [BELLS RING] 1182 01:20:25,717 --> 01:20:28,133 [LACEY]: William's marriage is very important 1183 01:20:28,168 --> 01:20:29,376 to his grandmother. 1184 01:20:32,551 --> 01:20:35,175 After these years of marital disharmony 1185 01:20:35,416 --> 01:20:39,144 suddenly here is a classic young royal romance. 1186 01:20:44,978 --> 01:20:47,912 Kate Middleton seems the ideal future successor. 1187 01:20:48,326 --> 01:20:51,122 People already at this stage are talking of her 1188 01:20:51,156 --> 01:20:52,537 as a future Elizabeth II... 1189 01:20:54,919 --> 01:20:56,713 which will lead, everybody hopes 1190 01:20:56,748 --> 01:20:58,888 to seeing the monarchy clear 1191 01:20:58,923 --> 01:21:00,510 into future decades 1192 01:21:00,545 --> 01:21:02,512 maybe even to the end of the century. 1193 01:21:03,134 --> 01:21:04,687 [CROWD CHEERS] 1194 01:21:14,076 --> 01:21:16,354 [NIKKHAH]: When Harry gets married to Meghan 1195 01:21:16,388 --> 01:21:18,701 the feeling from the public is overwhelmingly joyful. 1196 01:21:18,735 --> 01:21:20,634 The crowds are all behind them 1197 01:21:20,668 --> 01:21:22,360 the press is all behind them. 1198 01:21:23,602 --> 01:21:26,226 There is a feeling that the future is 1199 01:21:26,260 --> 01:21:28,435 interesting and diverse 1200 01:21:28,469 --> 01:21:30,437 and modern. 1201 01:21:36,374 --> 01:21:37,754 [REPORTER]: Breaking news tonight. 1202 01:21:37,789 --> 01:21:39,515 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced 1203 01:21:39,549 --> 01:21:41,068 that they are carving out 1204 01:21:41,103 --> 01:21:43,277 what they call a "new role" for themselves. 1205 01:21:45,383 --> 01:21:48,006 [LACEY]: Certainly the way ahead which seemed so clear 1206 01:21:48,558 --> 01:21:51,009 for the Royal Family, these two brothers 1207 01:21:51,216 --> 01:21:53,943 and their beautiful wives moving forward 1208 01:21:53,978 --> 01:21:56,014 into a new generation, goes sour. 1209 01:21:56,256 --> 01:21:57,533 [CAMERAS CLICK] 1210 01:22:01,537 --> 01:22:03,435 [NIKKHAH]: I think Harry and Meghan's decision 1211 01:22:03,470 --> 01:22:05,679 to leave the Royal Family is a huge source 1212 01:22:05,713 --> 01:22:07,267 of disappointment to the Queen. 1213 01:22:07,819 --> 01:22:09,165 She does say 1214 01:22:09,200 --> 01:22:10,787 "We would much rather they had remained 1215 01:22:10,822 --> 01:22:12,306 working members of the Royal Family." 1216 01:22:12,341 --> 01:22:14,964 And that's from the Queen herself 1217 01:22:14,999 --> 01:22:16,310 so you get a strong insight there 1218 01:22:16,345 --> 01:22:17,449 into what she wanted. 1219 01:22:29,772 --> 01:22:31,118 [NIKKHAH]: She understands 1220 01:22:31,153 --> 01:22:33,017 how difficult things have been for them 1221 01:22:33,051 --> 01:22:34,501 and so while it's a source of great regret 1222 01:22:34,535 --> 01:22:36,123 and disappointment to her 1223 01:22:36,158 --> 01:22:37,607 this is her grandson, she's not going to hold him back. 1224 01:22:42,129 --> 01:22:43,372 [LACEY]: Then suddenly 1225 01:22:43,648 --> 01:22:45,546 the Queen is faced with, effectively 1226 01:22:45,581 --> 01:22:47,065 a second abdication. 1227 01:22:47,583 --> 01:22:50,068 A couple going off into exile... 1228 01:22:52,588 --> 01:22:56,592 and it's this curious echo of her early years. 1229 01:23:01,700 --> 01:23:03,288 It's an unresolved issue. 1230 01:23:03,323 --> 01:23:05,014 She moves ahead. 1231 01:23:05,049 --> 01:23:07,189 Harry and Meghan go to live in America 1232 01:23:07,223 --> 01:23:08,604 but it... 1233 01:23:08,811 --> 01:23:12,711 it's something that sours these later years of her reign. 1234 01:23:14,437 --> 01:23:16,198 [BIRDSONG] 1235 01:23:29,073 --> 01:23:31,282 [REPORTER]: We are breaking into programmes 1236 01:23:31,316 --> 01:23:34,699 to bring you an announcement from the Royal Household. 1237 01:23:37,633 --> 01:23:39,497 Buckingham Palace has announced the death 1238 01:23:39,531 --> 01:23:42,189 of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1239 01:23:42,224 --> 01:23:44,364 who has passed away at the age of 99. 1240 01:23:46,607 --> 01:23:49,093 [BORIS JOHNSON]: Prince Philip earned the affection 1241 01:23:49,127 --> 01:23:51,612 of generations here in the United Kingdom 1242 01:23:52,165 --> 01:23:53,373 across the Commonwealth 1243 01:23:54,374 --> 01:23:55,478 and around the world. 1244 01:23:57,273 --> 01:23:59,034 [OFFICER]: Fire! Fire! - [CANNON FIRES] 1245 01:24:01,588 --> 01:24:02,554 Fire! - Fire! 1246 01:24:27,752 --> 01:24:29,685 [LACEY]: With no relatives beside her 1247 01:24:31,169 --> 01:24:35,587 suddenly a widow, having to face the future 1248 01:24:35,622 --> 01:24:38,866 without the man whose laughter and ideas 1249 01:24:38,901 --> 01:24:41,593 and companionship has always kept her going. 1250 01:25:08,517 --> 01:25:10,519 [LACEY]: Without her mother 1251 01:25:10,553 --> 01:25:12,279 without her sister... 1252 01:25:13,901 --> 01:25:15,765 no confidantes, really. 1253 01:25:17,905 --> 01:25:21,116 That image of her at her husband's funeral 1254 01:25:21,771 --> 01:25:23,566 physically on her own 1255 01:25:24,395 --> 01:25:26,949 it's something that's haunting, somehow 1256 01:25:26,983 --> 01:25:29,296 and stands for everything 1257 01:25:29,331 --> 01:25:31,574 in these final years, which is difficult. 1258 01:25:33,024 --> 01:25:34,370 [CANNON FIRES] 1259 01:25:51,284 --> 01:25:53,631 Let me begin by saying thank you 1260 01:25:54,218 --> 01:25:56,392 to all the thousands of kind people 1261 01:25:56,703 --> 01:25:58,843 who have sent me messages of goodwill. 1262 01:26:06,437 --> 01:26:07,610 At such a time 1263 01:26:07,955 --> 01:26:09,888 it is a great help to know 1264 01:26:10,234 --> 01:26:12,167 that there are multitudes of friends 1265 01:26:12,581 --> 01:26:14,030 all round the world 1266 01:26:14,065 --> 01:26:15,584 who are thinking of me 1267 01:26:15,618 --> 01:26:16,688 and who wish me well. 1268 01:26:21,900 --> 01:26:23,074 There is a motto 1269 01:26:23,108 --> 01:26:25,421 which has been borne by many of my ancestors. 1270 01:26:26,353 --> 01:26:27,423 A noble motto. 1271 01:26:27,906 --> 01:26:28,873 "I serve." 1272 01:26:32,773 --> 01:26:34,534 [CROWD CHEERS] 1273 01:26:40,574 --> 01:26:42,680 I declare before you all 1274 01:26:43,405 --> 01:26:44,716 that my whole life 1275 01:26:44,992 --> 01:26:46,856 whether it be long or short 1276 01:26:47,892 --> 01:26:49,894 shall be devoted to your service 1277 01:26:50,929 --> 01:26:54,416 and to the service of our great imperial family 1278 01:26:54,692 --> 01:26:56,038 to which we all belong. 1279 01:27:02,907 --> 01:27:04,495 But I shall not have strength 1280 01:27:04,529 --> 01:27:06,807 to carry out this resolution alone 1281 01:27:07,705 --> 01:27:09,707 unless you join in it with me... 1282 01:27:10,363 --> 01:27:11,847 [CROWD CHEERS] 1283 01:27:12,848 --> 01:27:14,781 ...as I now invite you to do. 1284 01:27:19,579 --> 01:27:22,340 I know that your support will be unfailingly given. 1285 01:27:24,100 --> 01:27:26,275 God help me to make good my vow 1286 01:27:27,414 --> 01:27:28,864 and God bless all of you 1287 01:27:29,382 --> 01:27:30,797 who are willing to share in it.