She reigned for almost three quarters of a century as the world changed around her. She was a symbol of unity in good times and bad. Successful because she knew her unique place and she understood it. The act of being there, of being. You know, a. A continuing. Reference point of stability and endless duties is something that i think is. Is of the greatest importance. It was really about service and her definition of service, and that was a lifetime. Literally 24 7, 365 days of the year. It was never something you could turn off and turn on. It was there all the time. It is so strange to almost everyone in this countryl that she is no longer queen. It will take a long while to come to terms with that. I declare before you all, that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperialfamily to which we all belong. As Queen Elizabeth ii, she reigned over more than 135 Million People and, as head of the commonwealth, a third
Cautious step as monarch, she is torn between the palace old forward led by her mother and those like her husband philip who want change. With scandals swirling around her sister margaret threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power. Sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. February 1952. Elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days, following the death of her father, king george vi. Shortly after the kings lord mount batten Prince Philips uncle holds a dinner party at the house in hampshire. Lord Louis Mountbatten played a key role in the life of his young nephew philip. When philip is a child the family are deposed and they flee to exile, and really his father has no time for him. Louis mountbatten takes over as Philips Guardian and so he sees him as his son really. Lord mountbatten had always had domestic ambitions for his nephew philip. He was like some sort of medieval character plotting the advance of his own dynasty. Lord mountbatten makes a radical
In the sport this morning, Nottingham Forest still seem to think the worlds against them and now want the audio of the contentious refereeing decisions released. Leeds united back in the automatic promotion. Places to head back to the premier league and a four time World Champion in him, considers retirement morning. Whilst it is the middle of spring, its not necessarily going to feel it with a bit of a cool feel for some of us and a bit of rain at times. Two ill have more details coming up. So after five months of deadlock, the rwanda bill has finally passed through parliament. Its poised to become law after peers ended their standoff over the controversial policy. While the showdown comes after the Prime Minister declared that enough is enough and said mps and peers will sit through the night to get the bill passed. So it now designates rwanda as a safe country and will allow the government to deport Asylum Seekers to there. Lets get some analysis this morning from the political comm
Welcome to bbc news. Theres been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs as its emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. That means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled and doctors were called in from leave. Four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm as hospitals and accident and Emergency Departments struggled to cope. Nhs england says six of the trusts overall issued the highest alert, meaning patients safety could be at risk. Our Health Editor hugh pym has more. How do you feel now . Its still sore but a lot better than it was. Perfect. Another day, another a e patient. Here a fractured wrist is dealt with. Apologies for the delay. Patients waiting and nhs staff doing the best they can under extreme pressure. The story here at Northwick Park hospital in london is the same as across the service. Things are a little quieter today, but they know bad weather could bring
Welcome to bbc news. Theres been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs as its emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. That means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled and doctors were called in from leave. Four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm as hospitals and accident and Emergency Departments struggled to cope. Nhs england says six of the trusts overall issued the highest alert, meaning patients safety could be at risk. Our Health Editor hugh pym has more. How do you feel now . Its still sore but a lot better than it was. Perfect. Another day, another a e patient. Here a fractured wrist is dealt with. Apologies for the delay. Patients waiting and nhs staff doing the best they can under extreme pressure. The story here at Northwick Park hospital in london is the same as across the service. Things are a little quieter today, but they know bad weather could bring