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the queen s 70 years of service. elizabeth is now become queen elizabeth ii. elizabeth ii marks 70 years as queen. this is history in the making. it is called the platinum jubilee celebration. she s now the longest reigning british monarch and longest serving female of state in history. she entertained 14 british prime ministers, 14 american presidents. i raise my glass to you and to mrs. reagan. it is extraordinary, after all these years she s continued to uphold finest traditions of the monarchy. that s my home whether long or short, shall be committed to service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. the platinum jubilee celebration of queen elizabeth, we all beautiful. don t you feel it, this british pomp and pageantry. are you feeling it? i m feeling it, everywhere i go. london, nothing like it, this is biggest royal event of my lifetime. this queen has been on the throne 13 years longer than i ve been alive. i know you a ....
From attempting such crossings. Well have more about the bill shortly, first lets go to wimereux near calais our correspondent tom symonds is there yes, jane. You can see the weather is very calm today. The sea is flat, there is plenty of visibility in the skies are relatively clear. It is perfect whether, as People Smugglers and migrants would see it, for crossing the channel to get to the uk, and that is what has been happening, several launches of boats from beaches. This is normally uncovered sand when the tide is out. That was what happened here earlier this morning, watched by a bbc team. A boat was launched, and people tried to get onto it, large numbers of people, about 110 or 112 tried to climb onto the boat. The police were here in attendance. What happened next was a fight between some of the migrants and some of the police. 0ur reporter Andrew Harding watched wh ....