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bend it like beckham was a huge success and it made history as the highest grossing film about football. # hush now, child. my mum probably hates the film because we ve watched it that many times. there are so many elements of it that are still true today. - i was like, this is me on screen. she s found her people. maybe i can find my people. the film actually gave me a bit of clarity on where i wanted to go with my life. # though you may find. people from marginalised communities can find themselves in it, even if it s not their own culture. so, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, i m going to take a deeper look at the impacts of the film. commentator: and have - we discovered a new star here, gary lineker? that s right, john. could jess bhamra be the answer to england s prayers? alan? crikey, i look a lot younger! quick thinking, - comfortable on the ball. i tell you what, i wish - she was playing for scotland! yeah, i think i overacted a little bit. but at the t ....
at a pub on merseyside, in northern england, on christmas eve. the victim has been named as 26 year old elle edwards. a 30 year old man and a 19 year old woman have been arrested. now on bbc news bend it like beckham: 20 years on. it s not fair, the boys never have to come home and help. i wonder if i had an arranged marriage, would i get someone who d let me play football whenever i wanted? who are you talking to? move on up by curtis mayfield plays bend it like beckham was a huge success and it made history as the highest grossing film about football. # hush now, child. my mum probably hates the film because we ve watched it that many times. there are so many elements of it that are still true today. - i was like, this is me on screen. she s found her people. maybe i can find my people. the film actually gave me a bit of clarity on where i wanted to go with my life. # though you may find. people from marginalised - communities can find themselves in it, even if ....
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 ....
their queen elizabeth who died yesterday in balmoral castle in scotland. just moments ago, king charles iii and queen consort camilla returned to london. now making his way to buckingham palace. he s scheduled to meet with british prime minister liz truss before addressing the nation this evening. welcome back to the fourth hour of morning joe. it is 6:00 a.m. on the west coast, and 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. and 2:00 p.m. in london. the bbc katty kay is still with us for the hour. we continue to remember the life and legacy of queen elizabeth ii. the global outpouring perhaps best articulated by french president emmanuel macron who writes in part, she gave her all to her kingdom. rarely have subjects identified themselves so much with their sovereign and enthralled by they are every word and outfits and gestures, representing both the legacy of the past and confidence in the future. she was one with her nation. she embodied a people, a territory, and a shared will ....
it was done at balmoral not where it is traditionally done at buckingham palace. normally the queen would have come to buckingham palace to meet with an incoming prime minister. yeah, anderson. i think we should give her a break. she is 96 years old. why would she get on a plane even if she was healthy to come to london. fair point. reporter: when actually the younger people could go up and see her. seriously. 96 years old. she has the right for them to come to see her in balmoral. and i would just say that as we were saying that she has been the thread of everyone s life in this country and the commonwealth and really in the fans of the british monarchy all over the world for the last 70 years. we are right now in a state of some political upheaval. we ve just had a new prime minister, her 15th, and i would also just say that, look. she is also a mother. she is a grandmother, she is a great grandmother, a family woman. and now it s time for them to be having thei ....