Line purchase a book leave it at the information counter for with the instructions of how you would like it signed and then you can pick it up anytime after tomorrow morning. Well get it signed for you. Im barbara meade. Im one of the founders of politics and prose and this evening. I want to welcome sally bedell smith. Ive introduced hers several times before and this evening. Shes here to talk about her new biography of elizabeth who is in her 60th year as queen her diamond anniversary it is and chronicling the lives of William Paley Pamela Harriman diana both the kennedys and the clintons. I think that sally has well established herself as a prominent biographer prominent and bestselling biographer i should say for the past 15 years. Shes also been a contributing editor to vogue. And before that she wrote for time and she was a cultural reporter for the new york times. During the time just as a personal side that she was researching this biography. She and while she was interviewing
Then into hollywood palace where the people who, what with her for decades will be able to say their farewells. And weve already heard the bagpipes being played at the castle. And no doubt that will be element played as the queens body enters a hollywood palace. And there have been people who have been appointed to be the queens personal piper, the sovereigns piper. There are only 8 people who have that connection with her. Her still alive, even though this is a pill position that has been in place since the 1800s. And on saturday we went to meet one man who is held the who held that position for 4 years and was devastated to hear news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth, florida. For almost 4 years, scott nathan with Queen Elizabeth piper. He would play at a bent play on demand play tune she loved. He left the army almost 3 years ago and the role he performed for the queen, but left with memories of a woman he respected and admired. For me personally, this wasnt just someone thats on a
Line purchase a book leave it at the information counter for with the instructions of how you would like it signed and then you can pick it up anytime after tomorrow morning. Well get it signed for you. Im barbara meade. Im one of the founders of politics and prose and this evening. I want to welcome sally bedell smith. Ive introduced hers several times before and this evening. Shes here to talk about her new biography of elizabeth who is in her 60th year as queen her diamond anniversary it is and chronicling the lives of William Paley Pamela Harriman diana both the kennedys and the clintons. I think that sally has well established herself as a prominent biographer prominent and bestselling biographer i should say for the past 15 years. Shes also been a contributing editor to vogue. And before that she wrote for time and she was a cultural reporter for the new york times. During the time just as a personal side that she was researching this biography. She and while she was interviewing
Who were lined up at her outside at windsor costly william and catherine on the other side. But Prince Andrew, not here. We saw Prince Andrew where you were, how much of an issue with that have been if Prince Andrew had attended, then that would have been a decision that would be, would have been made at the highest level that would have been there would be the royal family is quite obviously very aware of the its public image and as a result it is very aware of the impact that it has that whatever decisions it makes with regards to its held public image. It is very aware of the impact that that is going to have on the members of the members of the public. Eights is difficult to know how members of the public would have felt about Prince Andrew being a amongst the group. Obviously if there are people who am i would have an opinion about, so the prince, andrew good or bad. So its very difficult to tell what kind of her reaction they would have had it will, as i say, be more interesting,
Gathered in the house of commons to pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth ii. Order, order. I invite the house to rise and observe a minute of silence in memory of her late majesty Queen Elizabeth ii. Before i call the Prime Minister, it is with the greatest sadness that i rise to say a few words to her late majesty, Queen Elizabeth. Almost all of us in the house of experienced no other monarch but her late majesty. There indeed, only a score or so members of this house would have been born. That can recall a time when she wasnt the queen. She is what in our minds with the crown and all it stands for. After accession, in february 1952, she came to westminster to open a session of parliament in november 1952, when Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister and speaker william morrison, was in the chair, almost 70 years ago. 57 complete sessions of parliament passed since then, and as she was here to open all but three of them, as parliamentarians, we celebrated with her silver, golden,