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
Movement of all allied aircraft over north west europe until the end of the war north west europe until the end of the war on north west europe until the end of the war on the 8th of may, 1945. you were telling the war on the 8th of may, 1945. you were telling me the war on the 8th of may, 1945. gm. were telling me earlier that as the end of the war approached, you received quite an important message. can you tell me about that? we received a can you tell me about that? we received a message encoded to say that the received a message encoded to say that the war would finish in two days that the war would finish in two days time. and nobody was to be advised days time. and nobody was to be advised at days time. and nobody was to be advised at all because coding staff were trained not to talk about their outside were trained not to talk about their outside work. were trained not to talk about their outside work- outside work. quite a secret to kee - , outside work.
As ros atkins explains. the length of may has become a day for patriot system for russians. many people thought this was the day vladimir putin might want to present a victory day. a victory all of his we have to go back to the 8th of may 1945 when germany surrendered. different time zones meant it was the 9th of may in moscow. but it
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