kneeling just wearing a white sort of undershirt almost, and there was something very startling to kind of just see him not naked but for a king sort of naked. that is the point. my mother, again, who was with the queen during the 1953 coronation she described that moment in that coronation as the queen looking terribly vulnerable, because imagine we ve got this very young princess. nobody imagined her father was going to die. she inherits the throne very, very young, very inexperienced, very naive. my goodness, what a reign that followed. at that moment my mother described it as a romance and tragedy together. today it was very different. we saw a man very recognized for who he is, what he said. his principles with a very strong wife behind him. 74 years of working off an apprenticeship to come to this role. we re seeing such different
it s a square palace with an empty center. and then all of the military, 4,000 members are gathering in their units in buckingham palace garden. you re going to see the king and queen come out on the west terrace, which is where we are. they are going to come out and receive the royal salute from 4,000 members of the military, paying tribute to their commander-in-chief. this is a huge moment for them, but also for him as a military man as well. then after that, that is when we anticipate probably in about 30 or so minutes from now, the appearance on the balcony where a lot of eyes will be looking to see who is there, who is not there. so the initial appearance will be central to my monarchy. and whether or not he invites the family is a question that we ll be asked. he may well invite the entire family. he may well keep it to him and the people that are the working royals.
the way charles is he wanted to invite a reflection of british society and many people like yourselves, like your mother weren t invited when you would have been invited in the past. what s your view amongst your peers as it were in the way he s handled the invitations. i can t answer for anyone other than myself and my mother, and my mother always sets the example. and her first reaction was how very sensible to have someone of merit rather than the rank you ve been born into. it makes such a good impression on this time and climate. but during this time and climate how else can we set a new example? and i think it did set a tone. do you think how much of it was his decision and how much of it was the church s decision? i just think both. i think the king we have is a
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part of his duties as king and head of the commonwealth. to create as inclusive a society as possible. and i think at the end of the day, you know, the queen s wish and now the king s wish was to just do what they could to make this a slightly better world. and i think that came across very well in this service with so many different faiths and different age groups involved. we re in the palace and also it was a very difficult time in the 90s and diana s death and the break down of the relationship. what do you see today as the culmination of the rehabilitation of queen camilla s image? i think definitely queen camilla has played the role very well. she s open, she s inclusive as well. and she s easy to talk to and easy to deal with.