the front of buckingham palace. this is only on special occasions. we haven t seen a diamond jubilee since queen victoria, and she wasn t as spry, she wasn t able to attend as many events because she was not in good health. queen elizabeth is in great health. she has really never been sick a day in her life. she had four children and i think that was the only time she was ever in the hospital. bill: the last shot the last hour watching her in that horse-drawn carriage, she looks outstanding. it s 3:15 in the afternoon, london time. you have to figure some of these folks were there at day break. martha: last night. bill: some of them slept out there last night to get a prime-time seat today. martha: paul, the former butler to the royal family is with us. you were pointing at one of the windows and saying, that used to be my room.
family, so they have to go forward with or without prince philip. bill: paul, standby one moment there in london. to our viewers watching at home, or in the office or listening on satellite radio in your cars, there will be a moment here in about knif five or six minutes away. and you say the royal family is quite punk kaourl punctual, they run a tight schedule. we should see the queen on the balcony when she comes out to wave at everybody. the scenes and sights and sounds live from buckingham palace continue here. ugh! all work and no food is making lorenzo very snippy.
carriage the last hour. the public moment earlier today she was standing right behind the queen. how has she now been accepted, not just by the people there in london, but also by the family? because it appears from this perspective that she s gone long ways to get in well with the family. you wouldn t have seen things like this 20 years ago, it would have been impossible. there s been a great pr machine working behind the scenes. that machine has put a new face on the royal family. camilla is part of that family, like it or not. when the queen dies prince charles will become king and she will become his con sort. we have to accept it. that is the way forward, that s the way things are, unless we
you see an endless throng of people. they hope to see the grand balcony wave that will happen very shortly. it s touching the number of people who have come out to wave to the queen, to see the queen, many of them in this chilly weather having camped out a day or two just hoping to get a spot to watch that open carriage pass by. that was really the highlight for very many people, because this is, of course, all about pomp and ceremony, and tradition and costumes, and the best display of all of that really was the carriage pass by through london after a very elaborate service at st. paul s cathedral a memorial to the queen for her six decades of service to the country. marked by a bit of sadness, her husband, prince philip is in the hospital and will remain there for a few more days, he s got a
yes. martha: right behind the queen, camilla was the next person we saw. and prince charles. he feels like he s come into his own in a new way in recent years and certainly has been so prominent throughout all of this. yes, he is. and i think the queen is beginning to lean on him more, and of course prince philip hasn t been in good health this year. he had heart surgery at christmastime, and now he is there really for his mother, to be there to help her. and she looks like quite a lonely figure stood in the middle there. bill: but she s clearly not alone with the people below. just have a listen to the sounds there in london. [cheering]