She reigned for almost three quarters of a century as the world changed around her. She was a symbol of unity in good times and bad. Successful because she knew her unique place and she understood it. The act of being there, of being. You know, a. A continuing. Reference point of stability and endless duties is something that i think is. Is of the greatest importance. It was really about service and her definition of service, and that was a lifetime. Literally 24 7, 365 days of the year. It was never something you could turn off and turn on. It was there all the time. It is so strange to almost everyone in this countryl that she is no longer queen. It will take a long while to come to terms with that. I declare before you all, that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperialfamily to which we all belong. As Queen Elizabeth ii, she reigned over more than 135 Million People and, as head of the commonwealth, a third
children s space? the queen s carefully constructed image of the perfect royal family is threatened by an anguished princess determined to tell her side of the story . and here are the cars. stunning, glimmering, shining, princess of wales. by 1985, diana has become the best known person in the world. she was a superstar. she was bigger than anyone in hollywood. everyone wanted to know all they could about her, her life, and what the future was going to be. by the time she s 24, diana has been married to prince charles for four years. they have two sons, prince william who is three and 1-year-old prince harry. they are for all intents and purposes the royal family. i feel my role is supporting my husband, and also most importantly being a mother and a wife. and that s what i try to achieve, whether i do is another thing, but i do try. she gave this wonderful impression to the public. have you actually tried to change prince charles in any way since you got
is the scene in central london. then the prince of wales just visiting, the crowds, you the qb waited to westminster hall, thanking them. a busy time for the royals. king charles iii meeting the new met commissioner. the mayor of london and suella braverman who are in charge of the extraordinary policing operation that will unfold on monday here in central london. let s get the reaction to down there. it is continuing flow of people. tens of thousands of people still coming here. the wait time thankfully for many people is way lower than it was when we started in the early hours of the morning. then it was something like 25 hours. now thatis it was something like 25 hours. now that is considerably more palatable. obviously getting used to these enormous numbers. it is down to m hours. the people coming through now as they approach the final leg of this whole epicjourney along the thames and across lambeth bridge are seeing thejoin the thames and across lambeth bridge are seei
and the established order was being challenged. but predictions of a wave of republicanism proved unfounded. and, marking 25 years on the throne, the queen s silverjubilee in 1977 was a moment when the nation came together to celebrate the monarchy. when i was 21, i pledged my life to the service of our people. although that vow was made in my salad days when i was green injudgment, i do not regret nor retract one word of it. # stars in your eyes, little ones.# the 1980s saw the queen encourage the next generation of royals to take centre stage. # ..the land of make believe.# the decade saw the nation at war, not least with itself. but the exhibition of family values threatened to become a pantomime, as the strains of royal relationships emerged. a soap opera, with the queen as long suffering matriarch. # everybody hurts.# four decades after ascending her throne, the pressures on elizabeth became incendiary. 1992 is not a year on which i shall look back with undiluted pleasur