third year as a king, german airman bombed london for more than two months in 1940. and infamous time known as the blitz. buckingham palace was attacked by a german bomber. a wing was badly damaged. the king says it is my duty to stay here and lead my people. and the queen mother famously said, if he s not, moving i m not moving. but they can get his wife send their daughters out of london to the relative safety of a more rural location. the public were just told they were staying at a location and the country, a secret. but in fact they were at windsor castle. from not secure spot, 14 year princess elizabeth addresses the nation s youth on the bbc s children s our radio broadcast. her sister margaret s by her side. i know from experience what it means to be away from those we love most of all. that was for her to offer kind reassurance and to boost the morale of children who have
one of the things that the irish republicans hate is the monarchy. there s hundreds of years of animosity between england and ireland. and of the monarch to them is a symbol of the oppression. it is a terribly tangled political mess and there is one thing the queen does not want to get too involved in is a political mess. and the united kingdom, we have our own particular after more than a decade of violent conflict that claimed the lives of nearly 3700 citizens, the bloodshed becomes very personal for the queen. earl mount baton was killed today. the irish republican army says it was responsible and called it an execution. three others are also killed. including his 13 year old grandson. when a bomb placed on a fishing boat explodes. the earl, who arranged the fateful meeting between his nephew and the young princess elizabeth, nearly 40 years
in the united kingdom, in june 2016, the british people vote to leave the european union. queen elizabeth does not speak at the controversial brexit decision until a year later. my governments priorities to secure the best possible deal as the country leaves the european union. her comments in her annual address to parliament reflect her trademark restraint and neutrality. but viewers take note of her wardrobe. one accessory, in particular. she wore this beautiful corn flower blue hat with a series of flowers around it. i remember seeing that head thinking, goodness, that really looks familiar. the hat looked very much like the eu flag. there was no way the queen would have taken that decision unknowingly. good her majesty, who has reigned for more than 65 years as a careful and deliberate
through today. what a canvas that is. cold war, nuclear weaponry, al-qaeda, with a lot. her majesty has been conducting nearly weekly meetings with every prime minister since winston sure chill in 1952. they are usually on a wednesday, around teatime. the prime minister will deliver to her that the news of the week, the forecast for the next week. somebody once asked him james callaghan, the prime minister, look, you are a friend of hers. will you stop being interviewed? he said, the queen does not offer friendship. she offers friendliness. very different. as only the sixth woman to be crowned queen of england in her own right, she has witnessed nearly a century of history. her unlikely journey all began on april 21st, 1926. princess elizabeth was born with no expectation of becoming
three days after the invasion, the uk responds. bachelor sent a task force, pretty well every fighting ship that we could muster, and the best of the british marines. the queen son, prince andrew, is a royal navy pilot during the conflict. she was like any of military mother, worried for his safety. it was testing times. but also, because of her close bond with the military, understanding that desire for kherson to go out and do his duty. and obviously taking amends pride in the fact that he was doing that. more than 900 people were killed by the time britain wins the war. it lasts 74 days. there s an amazing picture of prince andrew, who had this rose between his lips and full naval uniform. and she clearly, in that split moment, was not her majesty queen elizabeth the second of great britain of northern ireland. she was a mom to a very brave