That devotion to duty established her as a symbol of british pride and national celebration. The queen was an absolute splendid person she was exactly what you would want to have as your best friend. And i also remember her as a a fantastic mother. All other sort of pomple and pageantry and Everything Else her family was always very, very important. Identified by duty so for her the sense of commitment and dedication to the country, to the position of the monarchy was absolute. She nurtured monarchy through one the biggest periods of change that society has ever seen. And shes passed on to the king something that is utterly solvent. To be queen you have to do it. I think it must have been very heartwarming for the queen to appreciate the immense amount of affection that they loved her. Elizabeth xangd are mare remay e first granddaughter but no one imagined she would be queen. The structure of things the expectation was that eldest son of the king who was the Prince Of Wales at the tim
that devotion to duty established her as a symbol of british pride and national celebration. the queen was an absolute splendid person she was exactly what you would want to have as your best friend. and i also remember her as a a fantastic mother. all other sort of pomple and pageantry and everything else her family was always very, very important. identified by duty so for her the sense of commitment and dedication to the country, to the position of the monarchy was absolute. she nurtured monarchy through one the biggest periods of change that society has ever seen. and she s passed on to the king something that is utterly solvent. to be queen you have to do it. i think it must have been very heartwarming for the queen to appreciate the immense amount of affection that they loved her. elizabeth xangd are mare remay e first granddaughter but no one imagined she would be queen. the structure of things the expectation was that eldest son of the ki
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
continue to flock here, where the king charles the third has held meetings with diplomats from the 1a countries that recognise him as head of state. also ahead on the programme. ukraine s military says its forces have tripled the amount of territory it has retaken from russia in a little over 48 hours. and in sweden, voting in the country s general election has ended with an exit poll indicating that the prime minister s party may win slightly more seats than rivals. hello and welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the coffin of queen elizabeth is being taken on itsjourney to herfinal resting place. it left balmoral, where she died on thursday, and has now arrived in edinburgh. crowds gathered along the route, as the cortege made the 175 mile journey to the palace of holyroodhouse where the coffin will remain overnight. as that was happening, proclamations formally announcing the accession of king charles iii took place in cardiff, edi