78 years of tumultuous change. her legacy will be the fact that we stop a monarchy. tonight is cnn special report, a queen for the ages. elizabeth the second. i found it impossible the burden of responsibility and to discharge my duty as the king as i would wish to do without the help and support of the woman i love. december 1936. after less than a year on the throne, king edward the eighth abdicated to marry an american divorcee. throwing the british monarchy
his family were impoverished, he had an unconventional education and had gone from a very progressive boarding school in scotland. he was unusual. the two met when elizabeth was a young girl and kept in touch throughout the war years with occasional visits. he was not entirely a popular choice in the royal family sp speak. she married prince philip in 1947. she was captivated to him, no doubt that she wanted to marry him. the one time when the queen stepped out of character to some extent and to do something which she wanted to do. it was a happy time for the newlyweds. philip resumed his naval career and was stationed in bolter
was quite close to where they quotation is now. it s only where we her uncle abdicated king edward the eight to marry mrs. symptom that this young girl s life would change completely hard. her father unexpectedly became kink, and emperor guard, at a time where there was a responsibility for the crown for an empire that stretched across the world. he and suddenly this young princess was the heir presumptive to the throne. how. almost immediately on the
coronation. the day of the coronation. millions of people across the globe watched the sacred ceremony. that was the moment when the whole of the nation and the commonwealth, arguably the whole world recognized her as queen. is her majesty willing to take the oath? it was a solemn ceremony and it was so meaningful to elizabeth. she took her bow so seriously. she vowed to god to make a lifelong commitment and he goes back to that moment. i m certain the reason she never advocated was because she made the commitment to god in the solemn ceremony of her coronation coming up. modernizing the monarchy. the whole cost of the rain has been moving the queen
spanning nearly six months, she and prince philip to the indian ocean. they traveled over 40000 miles more than 13000 hands. she saw nearly 7000 curtsies. she gave 261 speeches. it was enormously ambitious beyond important because she wanted to be seen as the head of the commonwealth. during her father s reign what even the british empire transformed into the modern commonwealth of nations. a volunteer association of independent states but still headed by the king and queen