Balmoral and the highlands in the way the balmoral and the highlands in the way the queen and the duke always did. way the queen and the duke always did~ and way the queen and the duke always did. and those wonderful christmases at sandringham. we heard in these tributes at sandringham. we heard in these tributes wonderful recollections of these tributes wonderful recollections of these family times. i think of course these family times. i think of course we these family times. i think of course we are mourning our queen but we forget course we are mourning our queen but we forget that these four children are mourning a mother. we were only allowed are mourning a mother. we were only allowed inside the palace walls at certain allowed inside the palace walls at certain times. it almost in her death certain times. it almost in her death we certain times. it almost in her death we have been allowed in far more death we have been allowed in far more in death we have
Day when so much of the focus has been on wales, four officers from the welsh guards too. the first royal vigil here was in 1936. the final night of the vigil for george v when the new king, edward viii, decided to stand watch around the catafalque with his brothers as a tribute to their late father. the king was joined tribute to their late father. the king wasjoined by tribute to their late father. the king was joined by the tribute to their late father. the king wasjoined by the dukes tribute to their late father. the king was joined by the dukes of gloucester and kent and the then duke of york who later that same year became george vi. he was to lie in state here when he died in 1952. now, 70 years later, his daughter rests in westminster hall. this is the second time that her majesty s children have stood vigil. they did so on monday evening while the coffin lay in st giles cathedral in
Thursday, the gardens at windsor, the queen s main home in later years, lavender, rosemary, the symbol of remembrance. yeomen of the guard, one of the royal bodyguards doing their duty in this vigil. and all this under the great hammer beam roof of westminster hall, this great open space without a single pillar to obstruct the view, as the public enter the south of the hall, look down the steps, they are immediately struck by the vision of her majesty s coffin resting on its catafalque and beer of red and