1911. The future of the british monarchy rests on the shoulders of a teenage boy, Prince Edward. He is the eldest son of king george v and his wife, queen mary. On his fathers death, edward will reign over britain and her vast empire. Edward is only 17 when his father, king george v, forces him to go through this special ceremony declaring him prince of wales and heir to the throne. The whole ceremony is all planned by his father, king george, and everything about it is one giant symbol of what george thinks monarchy should be. King george v is the 38th monarch in a line that stretches back nearly 1,000 years, through eight royal houses, all the way to william the conqueror. Though george holds no direct political power, as head of state and supreme governor of the church of england, many regard the king as the ultimate symbol of Britains National identity. Today edward will be publicly presented as king in waiting. When he is crowned prince of wales. King george designs this wonderful
It would have been far easier to have had two wives and tragedy. Diana, the princess of wales, has died at the age of 36. A family that will do whatever it takes to survive. This vast crowd here to celebrate six decades of the queens reign. Duty, power, and sacrifice. The windsors. 1911. The future of the british monarchy rests on the shoulders of a teenage boy. Prince edward. He is the eldest son of king george v and his wife, queen mary. On his fathers death, edward will reign over britain and her vast empire. Edward is only 17 when his father, king george v, forces him to go through this special ceremony declaring him prince of wales and heir to the throne. The whole ceremony is all planned by his father, king george, and everything about it is one giant symbol of what george thinks monarchy should be. King george v is the 38th monarch in a line that stretches back nearly 1,000 years. Through eight royal houses, all the way to william the conqueror. Though george holds no direct pol
Her mothers folks are from virginia and probably her fathers as well. John converts to quakerism and they go off and live in North Carolina in a quaker community. As far as we know dolley was born there so she is North Carolinas only first lady. What is sad about that she spends most of her life denying it. We think it has to do with her fathers shady Business Practices and they move back to virginia. So shes raised in the world of slave holding. Her father released his slaves as a quaker. Is that the cause of his inability to continue his business . I think he had other problems besides that. He couldnt farm so they moved to that chilly Northern City of philadelphia. Im not sure if you know so much about her thoughts of slavery. How is it that she reconciled herself to actually having slaves in the white house . I think thats a good question. Im not sure i know the answer to that. But she did not free any of her slaves as her father had. And she didnt speak out against slavery so the
Next monday night first Lady Elizabeth monroe was more private than Dolley Madison. She refused to continue the tradition of making social calls around the city. She spoke french inside the white house and gained a reputation of being queenly by her critics. And Louisa Katherine adams was the only first lady born outside the u. S. Next monday live at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan and cspan 3, also on cspan radio and cspan. Org. And our website has more about the first ladies including a welcome to the white house. The association is offing the book first ladies of the United States of america. And thoughts from Michelle Obama on the role of first ladies throughout history now available for the discounted price of 12. 95 plus shipping at cspan. Org slash products. Now the American Public Transportation Association discusses its priorities and spending cuts. Well hear from the Railroad Administration and the trance it administration. This is an hour and ten minutes. I agree, please wake up
About deping day here in phil fi. Lets listen . Here. I cam here a few hours before our convention opened. I want to thank kelly for those wonderful words of introduction of being a public schoolteacher right here in mecklenburg county. I want to thank mayor jennifer roberts, your wonderful mayor. I want to thank members of your city council who are here from charlotte, members of the North Carolina house and senate. I want to give a shout out to your young chair of the county democrats, matt. I also just want to mention my friend and your congresswoman, alma adams who will be who will be ton the ticket with me n november and we need to keep electing through the u. S. House and senate. Ill tell you, well have a very different one than last week. Watching the fear amongering. Ill tell you, it is a sight to behold, talking about building walls, a very different vision about bringing americans together. Ill tell you what, youll hear from some great americans at our convention this week wh