with the queen now other national icons are getting in on the act. i ve got my own swarovski crystals, so i can outsparkle everybody here, although might i say howjealous i was of paddington bear having tea with the queen only last night! good afternoon. a huge pageant along the mall in london will start in about half an hour, bringing to a close four days of celebrations to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. you the queen s platinumjubilee. arejust you the queen s platinum jubilee. are just hearing that of you are just hearing that the sounds of the kids quiet, made up of 400 schoolchildren representing 22 schools from around london coming together that a very special performance today warming up the crowd performing i am the earth, conducted by richard and about to begin performing something that will begin performing something that will be very familiar to many of you. take that s greatest day. thousands have come here from all corners of the uk and indeed much further a
So i can outsparkle everybody here, although i might i say howjealous i was of paddington bear having tea with the queen only last night! who am i going to have tea with today? have you had a very special brush for the occasion? no, it is just the swarovski crystals, but i did have it groomed this morning, so i was in make up this morning, making everything up by the way, and yes, this is the best my brush has looked for several weeks. and basil brush, for people who do not know, when were you born? when did you first appear on british television? 0h, crikey, can you believe it is nearly 60 years now? so, i mean, the queen has been on the throne, was on the throne ten years before i started on the television, and in fact i was black and white when i first went on the television with david nixon in his show in 1962, 63, and it was not until 78 i was there with mr derek and mr roy and then i was there in full glorious technicolour, which is what you see today. and how do you do it? how
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