historic reign. queen elizabeth ii was born into the royal family. she was never destined to be queen. so when the duke and duchess of york announced the birth of their first child on april 21st, 1926, no one could have guessed their little daughter, elizabeth alexandria barry would one day rule great britain. all of that was to change however when elizabeth s uncle prince edward add indicated his right to rule to marry american divorce say. took the throne becoming king george sixth in 1936. 10-year-old elizabeth became his i heir. the home school princess began to perform royal duties as well as doing her bit when her country was embroiled in world war ii. 1945 trained as a driver and mechanic in the women s auxiliary service. she and her sister joined other britains to celebrate ve day in the streets of britain. she also had a sweetheart her third cousin superintendence philip of greece. the couple were engaged to be married shortly after the princess 21st birthday. the
that is the united states air force s ceremonial brass quinntet playing god bless america as we honor the air force s 75th birthday this morning on fox & friends. good morning, welcome to the program, will cain, pete hegseth, rachel campos duffy on this fourth hour of fox & friends. not three, four. rachel: number four. and the best it s the fourth. rachel: it s always the best. we get so much practice. rachel: it s a lot of pressure, pete. watch the 6:00 a.m. hour, what are we talking about. rachel: the coffee hasn t kicked in yet. at this point we re fully caffeinated. we re fueled. we have frishe s big boy, cheeseburgers,. >nationalcheeseburger day. you don t have a napkin. that s a real big risk. rachel: that s never been a problem for pete. by the way, again, happy birthday to the air force, coming up at the end of the hour we re going to celebrate the air force again and look at all the don t worry about it. rachel: we need a dog on the show to e
and prince william greeting some who gathered to grieve, shaking hands with well-wishers and speaking with them briefly as well. world leaders are also arriving to honor the queen. joe biden and the first lady departing this morning to attend the queen s funeral scheduled for monday. earlier today, canadian prime minister justin trudeau and his wife arriving. max foster, richard quest, and anna stewart begin our coverage right now. max, to you first, we re getting new details about the royal grandchildren s vigil, and we are looking at i believe live pictures of some of the grandchildren coming down the steps at westminster hall. what do you know about what we will be witnessing now? reporter: you can see the prince of wales there, prince william, followed by prince harry. they ll take either end of the coffin, i think. the prince of wales will be at the head of the coffin, and prince harry will be at the foot of the coffin. then the other grandchildren, usually beatrice be
edinburgh, lying in residence at the palace of holyroodhouse. the coffin making a solemn six-hour trip from her balmoral estate. thousands lining the streets along the 100-plus-mile journey through the scottish countryside to pay their respects. there were huge crowds along edinboro. her funeral will be held at westminster abby september 19th. we have full coverage of today s events. let s begin with nic robertson and today s events and what comes next. reporter: yeah, it was about 10:00 in the morning here uk time when the queen s cortege left balmoral before getting to the city of aberdeen and swung south. already it had taken two hours to get to aberdeen, a drive that would take 45 minutes. it was going slow through the villages so people could pay their respects and from aberdeen through stone haven onwards to dundee to perth and here to edinburgh, here this was just a sea of people and as the queen s cortege arrived, we were talking to people here, so many of them had
and the rockets red glare the bombs burting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave welcome to fox and friends this saturday in august, your wonderful patriotic pictures begin our morning, send them in at friends@foxnews.com. it has been a week since i have been on the weekend couch, up been a couple weeks since i ve heard that patriotic anthem intro, good to be back. rachel: you were on vacation and the best thing about vacation is wanted is wrapped up, i am ready to go home. is that how you felt? will: i had big plans for vacation to come back rest and relaxed, you heard the weekend before, i spent most of july fighting a sickness. i got all the sicknesses and i was sick on vacation, one rolled into the other. i am not asking for any world is me. i got a little son and i m glad to be back. joey:you missed but i will nev