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for more than seven decades, queen elizabeth ii dedicated her life to her country. the queen took a vow that her duty was a lifelong commitment. she put duty above all else. she loved her younger sister, but she couldn t give her permission to marry somebody who was divorced. she sacked her son from the family firm. she survived extraordinary crises. princess diana has died. the issue surrounding charles and diana probably rocked the monarchy to its core like no other crisis. the future of the monarchy really hung in the balance. and she revolutionized the british monarchy. no monarchy should expect to be free from the scrutiny of those who give their loyalty and support. she steered the world through 70 years of tumultuous change. her legacy will be the fact that we still have a monarchy. tonight, a cnn special report, a queen for the ages: elizabeth ii. i have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to disc ....
with scandal swirling around her sister margaret, threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power. sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. february 1952. elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days following the death of her father, king george vi. shortly after the king s death, lord mountbatten holds a dinner at his house in hampshire. lord louie mountbatten played a key role in the young life of his nephew philip. when philip is a child, they flee to exile and really his father has no time for him. louie mountbatten takes over as prince philip s guardian. he sees him as his son. he already had dynastic ambitions for philip. he was like some of medieval character plotting the advance of his own dynasty. lord mountbatten makes a radical pronouncement. the house of windsor should take philip s name. mountbatten asks everyone present to raise a glass to house of mountbatten. in this they are saying the house of windsor is dead. t ....
all of us here know that we are present at the making of history. as the queen takes her first cautious steps as monarch, she is torn between the palace old guard led by her mother and those like her husband, philip, who want change. with scandals swirling around her sister margaret threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power, sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. february 1952. elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days, following the death of her father, king george vi. shortly after the king s death the queen s uncle holds a dinner party at his house in hampshire. lord louis mountbatten played a key role in the young life of his nephew philip. when philip is a child the greek family are deposed and they flee to exile and his father has no time for him. louis mountbatten takes over as prince philip s guardian, and so he sees him as his son really. lord mountbatten had always had domestic ambitions for his nephew philip. ....
War between charles and diana through the press could pull down the whole of the monarchy. here she was undermining the throne, undermining the dynasty. when you unleash the demons of the press, you then cannot keep them at bay. nobody dreamed that it would end in such a shocking way. elizabeth ii is preparing for her coronation. soon he will be crowned queen. she is just 27 years old. the future of the house of windsor rests on her shoulders. all of us here know that we are present at the making of history. as the queen takes her first ....
all of us here know that we are present at the making of history. as the queen takes her first cautious steps as monarch, she is torn between the palace old guard led by her mother and those like her husband, philip, who want change. with scandals swirling around her sister margaret threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power, sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. february 1952. elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days, following the death of her father, king george ....