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- For the press.
- And they can see it.

(group laughs)

I don't mind. I don't matter.

- [Narrator] 70 Years.

Seven decades of service
and duty to her people.

Our record breaking
Platinum Queen.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
II has devoted herself

to her people since 1952
following the early death

of her father King George VI.

As her Platinum Jubilee
year builds to a crescendo

of summer celebrations, Her
Majesty will surely stop

for a moment to reflect on
the extraordinary changes

the world has seen
during her reign.

- Inevitably, a long life
can pass by many milestones.

My own is no exception.

- [Narrator] She has
seen 14 prime ministers.

- The Queen did me
the great honor.

- The Queen has asked me to
form a new administration.

- To form a government.

- And I have accepted.

- And I accepted.

- And I have accepted.

- [Narrator] Met 13 of
the 14 U.S. presidents,

survived assassination attempts,

and calmly dealt with
her own family crises.

She has made over 280
overseas state visits

to other countries and her
Commonwealth of Nations.

She has unveiled
countless plaques

and cut too many
ribbons to remember.

- My goodness I've been busy.

(audience laughs)

- [Narrator] But all who
come into her purview,

even fleetingly,
will vividly remember

that regal presence,
dignity, and charisma

she brings with her
even into her 90s.

Living under the constant and
intense scrutiny of the media,

but able to do so much
to help and support those

who look to the monarchy
for leadership and example.

Seven decades of
a head of state,

in her position not
because of a popular vote,

but because her people
respect and revere

what she does for her nation.

(triumphant music)

(upbeat jazzy music)

- This afternoon, the Queen
did me the great honor

to ask me to form a government.

I have accepted this duty.

(soft tense music)

- [Narrator] The 1950s was
a difficult time for Britain

as post-war austerity still
dominated the nation's economy,

but also for the
Queen personally,

grieving for her
recently-deceased father.

Man first went into
space in the 1950s,

and the discovery
of DNA heralded

fantastic scientific
breakthroughs.

- To have a look
round the next corner

has always been a characteristic
of the human race,

and this characteristic
is most unlikely to wither

just at this moment of
history when the first steps

into another unknown
have just been taken.

- [Narrator] The Queen's
coronation was televised live,

much to the consternation
of her first prime minister,

Winston Churchill, but
television also offered

the opportunity to see the Queen

broadcasting her
Christmas message.

The decade started for
Her Majesty with the birth

of her second child, Anne,
now the Princess Royal.

She became queen on
the death of her father

on February the 6th,
1952, but her coronation

did not take place until
June the 2nd, 1953.

- [Newsreel Narrator]
It was in Kenya

at the royal hunting lodge

that the news of the King's
death reached his daughter.

When she returned from
a night in the forest,

it was to learn that
she is now the queen,

acceding to her father's
throne immediately.

There is no break
in the continuity of
the British monarchy.

It was her own decision to
return at once to London.

- [Narrator] In fact,
she had already started

her decades of service having
stood in for her father

during the last few
years of his life

and when he was unable
to fulfill his duties

through ill health.

Following her coronation,
Her Majesty's influence

was quickly established,
inexperienced though she was,

but guided by the
most experienced

of prime ministers,
Winston Churchill.

When she embarked
with Prince Philip

on a six-month world tour,

making her the first
reigning monarch

to visit Australia
and New Zealand,

dubbed by the media as her
World Commonwealth Tour,

she may not have
known it would remain

the longest overseas tour of
her 70 years on the throne.

(dramatic regal music)

(whistle screeching)

(dramatic regal music continues)

- [Newsreel Narrator]
Along the two-mile lane

formed by yachts,
the Queen and Duke

headed towards Farm Cove,

the historic place
where the first governor

of New South Wales landed
more than 150 years ago.

Awaiting them were
men whose names

are famous throughout the world.

The governor general,
Sir William Slim,

welcomed Her Majesty on behalf

of the whole Commonwealth
of Australia,

and after him came the
governor of New South Wales,

then our good friend the
prime minister, Mr. Menzies,

and other notables
of the city itself.

Her Majesty replied to
the address of welcome.

- Standing at last
on Australian soil,

on this spot that is the
birthplace of the nation,

I want to tell you all how
happy I am to be amongst you

and how much I look forward to
my journey through Australia.

(crowd applauding)

- [Narrator] Whilst the
Queen was on her world tour,

Dwight D. Eisenhower was
elected President of the USA,

and his inauguration
was quickly followed

by an end to racial
segregation in public schools.

Churchill resigned halfway
through the decade,

and Anthony Eden was
invited by the Queen

to form a government
on her behalf,

followed by Harold
Macmillan in 1957.

- This afternoon, the Queen
did me the great honor

to ask me to form a government.

I have accepted this duty.

The occasion is
a sad one for me,

brought about as it
is by the retirement

of my old and very dear
friend, Anthony Eden.

(dramatic music)

- [Newsreel Narrator]
Queen Elizabeth visited

her North American
realm for the first time

since ascending the throne.

Canada summoned up a regal
display of pomp and ceremony

to hail a beloved ruler.

- [Narrator] It was also
in 1957 that the Queen

became the first monarch to
open the Canadian Parliament,

and she went on to address

the General Assembly of the
United Nations in New York.

(gentle music)

(upbeat music)

- [Newsreel Narrator] The
royal couple proceeded

up Broadway, the
Canyon of Heroes,

bombarded by tons of ticker
tape, millions of cheers,

in what was the most
enthusiastic reception anywhere

in Elizabeth's 10-day
North American tour.

(crowd cheering)
(upbeat music)

A monarch of 10
commonwealth nations

was New York's queen for a day.

- [Narrator] In 1955, the
government finally took action

and prohibited the
burning of coal in London,

putting an end to the
infamous London smog

which had taken so many lives.

The mid-'50s seemed
to take the country

from one problem to the next,

with the Suez crisis
dividing the UK government

when Britain and
France invaded Egypt.

- [Newsreel Narrator] When
President Abdul Nasser

announced its seizure by Egypt,

thrust Israeli troops struck
down the Sinai Peninsula

to within a few miles
of the canal itself.

Within days, Egyptian forces
were completely routed.

The stage was set
for the next move

in the complex Suez situation.

Britain and France,
after a short ultimatum,

in a joint sea and
air invasion attacked

following a preliminary
air bombardment.

From a staging area on Cyprus,

airborne troops quickly followed

and established a beachhead
at the entrance to the canal.

They were followed by
seaborne contingents

which swiftly controlled
the Mediterranean end

of the vital waterway.

(dramatic music)

- [Narrator] The 1950s
witnessed the beginning

of what was to become
a revolution in youth

and music culture on both
sides of the Atlantic,

with Bill Haley and the Comets
winning two top 10 hits,

taking the focus from
the traditional crooners

such as Frank
Sinatra, Dean Martin,

Nat King Cole, and
Rosemary Clooney.

♪ I think of when
I had none at all ♪

♪ And I fall asleep
counting my blessings ♪

In 1957, during her uplifting
address to the nation

in the Queen's Christmas
Message, she said,

"Today, things are
very different.

I cannot lead you into battle.

I do not give you laws
or administer justice,

but I can do something else.

I can give you my
heart and my devotion

to these old islands
and to all the peoples

of our brotherhood of nations."

The world witnessed
extraordinary change

during the first 10 years
of the Queen's reign

with enormous strides forward
in science and technology,

but with Britain in the doldrums

trying to establish
a new post-war order.

Her first eight years of
reign and the end of the 1950s

saw the start of the Vietnam War

and a world stage
readying itself

for the conflicts of the 1960s.

- [Neil Armstrong] Houston,
the Eagle has landed.

- I've today been appointed
prime minister by the Queen.

(crowd cheering)

♪ Shake it up, baby, now ♪

♪ Shake it up, baby ♪

♪ Twist and shout ♪

♪ Come on, come on,
come on, come on, baby ♪

- [Narrator] If the
1950s were difficult,

the speed of change in
technology and culture

accelerated rapidly
during the 1960s.

Following the birth of her
second son, Prince Andrew,

her younger sister's troubled
love life looked as though

it was taking a
turn for the better

with Princess
Margaret's marriage

to society photographer
Anthony Armstrong Jones.

At the same time, Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan

made his famous Winds
of Change speech

asking the white ruling
government of South Africa

to start the process
of true democratization

and to acknowledge
the beginnings of
the end of apartheid.

Perhaps one of the
biggest and most important

of cultural changes
took place in 1961 when,

with a woman on the throne,

birth control pills became
commercially available,

placing the power of
procreation, or not,

in the hands of women
for the first time ever.

Women could now make
their own decisions

if and when they
wanted children.

The Queen has great
conviction and belief

in the value of the
Commonwealth of Nations.

During the reign
of her grandmother,

Queen Victoria, Britain had been

one of the world's most
prolific colonizers,

building an empire on which
the sun famously never set.

The 1950s and '60s saw perhaps

the biggest breaking
up of the empire,

following the gaining of
independence of India in 1947.

Ghana, South Africa,
Jamaica, and others

were quickly establishing
their own constitutions

and ways of governing, and
the Queen was determined

to find some good in
history and to create

a thriving
Commonwealth of Nations

based around the remnants
of the British Empire.

She set about the task with
great energy and enthusiasm,

determined to make a difference

and to maintain close
social and cultural ties

with member countries
of the Commonwealth.

- This gathering shows the
diversity of people's creeds

and cultures within
the Commonwealth,

each having an equal place in
our organization of nations.

In the wide association
which is the Commonwealth,

we must all try to
cultivate the virtues

of tolerance and understanding,

to recognize each
other's qualities,

and to respect each
other's feelings.

In this modern age,
the strength and unity

of the Commonwealth family
does not lie in bonds

forged by formal instruments,
nor in common ancestry,

nor in pursuing the
same political line.

It springs from the
knowledge that we all share

a lively concern for
individual freedom

and all the machinery
which makes this possible.

- [Newsreel Narrator]
Majestic Orinduik Falls

in British Guiana seems
to put on added sparkle

for the occasion, a visit
from Queen Elizabeth

and Prince Philip.

The royal pair stop first

at this soon-to-be
independent colony

before touring their
dominions in the West Indies.

They receive an
enthusiastic welcome

that covers the tensions that
seethe in the background.

British Guiana has been
the scene of race wars

between East Indians and
Negroes and it's touch and go

as to which faction
will gain control

with independence next May.

In face of bomb threats,
security was tight

and authorities would
not let the Queen

travel more than seven
miles from Georgetown.

In the capital, however,
nothing mars the festive mood.

(dramatic music)

In the legislative chambers,
portraits are unveiled

which will link an independent
Guiana with the Crown.

(dramatic music continues)

There's an informal reception
at Promenade Gardens,

and even some of the
opposition party members

are here to greet the Queen.

(dramatic music continues)

Elizabeth and Philip take a
ride on the oldest railroad

in South America, a line
running to the sugar plantation

of La Bonne Intention.

This railway was
built only a few years

after the first one in
England began operation.

Now the Queen will
board the royal yacht

for a five-week cruise
through the Caribbean.

- [Narrator] In the early '60s,

John F. Kennedy was elected
president of the USA,

and he continued the
process of trying to bring

a greater equality to his
country and ending the racism

which had blighted the
nation for so long.

- And when Americans are sent
to Vietnam or West Berlin,

we do not ask for whites only.

It ought to be
possible, therefore,

for American
students of any color

to attend any public
institution they select

without having to be
backed up by troops.

- [Narrator] Famously, Kennedy
was killed by an assassin

as his motorcade
drove through Dallas

on November 22nd, 1963.

- [Newsreel Narrator] As
he places a wreath marked

"From President Johnson
and the nation."

- [Narrator] Of course, Her
Majesty sent her own messages

of condolence to our
cousins across the Atlantic,

and she was said to have
greatly enjoyed her meeting

with Kennedy during his
visit to the United Kingdom.

He said, "I shall always
cherish the memory

of that delightful evening."

It was also in 1963
that The Beatles

released their first album,

quickly establishing
themselves as the forerunners

to a new era of
nonconformist pop culture.

The Queen must have
been agog at the changes

happening on her own doorstep.

Mods fighting rockers on
the seafront at Brighton

and a new breed of
fashion designer

introducing the miniskirt
onto an unsuspecting public.

The country was looking
for something new,

a breath of new life
into postwar Britain,

and the swinging London scene

became the backdrop
for that shift.

The Queen, not to
be left behind,

adopted her own sense of style,

keeping that sense of
conservative dignity

yet adopting a more modern look,

which she took with
her on her travels

championing the British
fashion designers of the time.

The summer of 1966
was a defining moment
of national pride

when England beat West Germany
in the Football World Cup

in front of a packed
Wembley Stadium

and an enormous TV audience.

The Queen must surely have
enjoyed a great moment of pride

as she presented the trophy

to Bobby Moore,
England's captain.

(tense music)

The late '60s also saw
the start of decades

of civil strife and
troubles in Northern Ireland

and personal security
was tightened,

not only for the
Monarch and her family,

but also for
politicians as terrorism

arrived on Britain's shores.

Her Majesty's forces were
called in to quell rioting

in the streets of
Belfast when local police

were unable to deal
with the unrest.

There was a very deep sense
of loss by the entire nation

when 166 children and
28 adults were killed

in Aberfan in Wales when
the spoil tip of a coal mine

slid down a hill and buried
the children's school.

The Queen visited Aberfan
a week after the disaster,

trying to find some way to
offer some words of comfort

in a small town stunned by
the enormity of the tragedy

and their very own
personal losses.

As the '60s drew to a close,

1969 saw Nixon elected
to the White House,

Prince Charles was invested
as Prince of Wales,

and the nation was treated to
a groundbreaking documentary

showing the Royal
Family at home,

relaxing and enjoying
their leisure time.

The Duke of Edinburgh
had initiated the film,

hoping the more open approach
would bring the Queen closer

to her people and
help the Royal Family

to retain their
relevance and survive

in a fast changing world.

- [Neil Armstrong] Houston,
Tranquility Base here.

The Eagle has landed.

- [Houston] Roger, Tranquility,
we copy you on the ground.

You got a bunch of guys
about to turn blue.

We're breathin'
again. Thanks a lot.

(gentle music)

- [Narrator] In June 1969,
man walked on the moon.

The astronauts had with
them on their mission

a tiny disc that contained a
message from Queen Elizabeth

that stated, "On behalf
of the British people,

I salute the skills and courage

which have brought
man to the moon.

May this endeavor
increase the knowledge

and wellbeing of mankind."

On October the 14th, 1969,

the three astronauts from
the Apollo 11 mission,

Neil Armstrong, Buzz
Aldrin, and Michael Collins,

visited Buckingham
Palace at the invitation

of the Royal Family.

(gentle music continues)

(funky upbeat music)

If the 1960s had witnessed
such an immense change

in so many different
spheres of life,

it all just accelerated
in the 1970s.

Tired of touring under
the commercial pressures

of the music industry,
the Fab Four,

Britain's greatest
iconic pop group,

finally decided to end
their musical collaboration

and The Beatles went
their separate ways,

bringing to an end
the most extraordinary

and prolific musical
collaboration

and one whose music still
endures to this day.

In the UK, Edward Heath
became prime minister

and the Queen and Prince
Philip set off on a long visit

to Australia and
to the Pacific Rim

to celebrate 200 years since
Cook's discovery of Australia.

It was also in
1970 that the Queen

went on her first
ever walkabout,

leaving the safety of her
entourage and getting close up

with the cheering
crowds, shaking hands,

and chatting with
eager royalists

during her Australian trip.

Keen to connect more
with the people,

her walkabout proved
enormously popular

and is, to this
day, quite naturally

a part of many a royal visit.

Every coin and bank note
in the United Kingdom

has a portrait of the
Queen, and in 1971,

1,000 years of
pounds, shillings, and
pence came to an end

when on the 15th
of February, 1971

decimalization was
brought to Britain.

The portraits, of course,
remain to this day,

but two shillings
became 10 pence

and new coins were minted
to replace the old.

After years of
post-war wrangling

across the English Channel,

British Prime Minister
of the day, Edward Heath,

took Britain into the
European economic community,

enabling free trade
between its member nations

whilst regulating some of
the commercial activity

and product standards.

It wasn't long after
this momentous change

that Heath was brought
down by the miners strike

and Harold Wilson was once again

invited by the Queen
to form her government.

Amidst much fanfare and a
ceremony televised in color

to the nation, the Queen's
only daughter, Princess Anne,

married fellow
equestrian enthusiast,

Captain Mark Phillips on
the 14th of November, 1973

at Westminster Abbey.

The first of her
children to marry,

the day must have
provided a great deal

of personal joy to the Queen.

(gentle music)

Following the long
aftermath of the scandal

of the Watergate affair,
Richard Nixon resigned

and Gerald Ford took
office as U.S. president.

- I have never been a quitter.

To leave office before
my term is completed

is abhorrent to every
instinct in my body.

- [Narrator] At the same time,

Concorde began
commercial flights

for British Airways
and Air France,

and Her Majesty was
invited to a state dinner

at the White House
in Washington, D.C.,

hosted by President
Ford and his wife Betty,

to celebrate the
continued relationship

between the UK and the U.S.

The Queen and the
President danced together

and wowed everybody who
was there that evening.

A new era in our transatlantic
special relationship was born

and the Queen had
more than admirably

done her duty once again.

1976 saw the appointment
of Britain's first ever

Minister for Drought during
the long, hot summer,

when a water
shortage was declared

following record
high temperatures

and very little rainfall
for many months.

The Queen must have looked out
on the brown and dry stubble

of the lawns in the back
garden of Buckingham Palace,

doing her bit to lead the
nation in minimizing water usage

until rain finally
arrived in September.

As the decade marched on, Her
Majesty invited Jim Callaghan

to form a government,
and another James,

Jimmy Carter, was limbering up

for his spell as U.S. president.

Both their terms of office can
only have been overshadowed

by the appearance of Darth
Vader on our screens in 1977.

And one can only wonder at
what the Queen may have thought

of light sabers, R2D2 and Alec
Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi.

The "Star Wars"
generation was being born

just as the Queen's Silver
Jubilee was getting underway

and the nation was celebrating
Queen Elizabeth II's

25 years as reigning monarch.

- [Newsreel Narrator] In
Guildhall after lunch,

the Queen rose to make a speech
live to the Commonwealth.

- At this moment of
my Silver Jubilee

I want to thank all those in
Britain and the Commonwealth

who through their
loyalty and friendship

have given me strength
and encouragement

during these last 25 years.

My thanks go also to
the many thousands

who have sent me messages
of congratulations

on my Silver Jubilee,
that and their good wishes

for the future.

My Lord Mayor, when I was 21,

I pledged my life to the
service of our people

and I asked for God's help
to make good that vow.

Although that vow was
made in my salad days

when I was green in judgment,

I do not regret nor
retract one word of it.

(audience applauding)

- [Narrator] The Queen
and Prince Philip

took on goodwill visits
through the year,

visiting 36 counties in Britain

and embarking on a
Commonwealth tour,

taking in Tonga and Fiji
then onto New New Zealand

and Australia, rounded off by
visits to Papua New Guinea,

the West Indies,
and finally Canada,

where they were joined
by Prince Charles.

Following the
celebrations of 1977,

the next few years
were a roller coaster

of highs and lows for
Britain and for the Queen.

Margaret Thatcher was elected

Britain's first
female prime minister,

and the nation had two
women in the most powerful

and influential
offices in the land.

- Her Majesty the
Queen has asked me

to form a new administration
and I have accepted.

- [Narrator] Sadly,
the Queen's cousin,

Lord Louis Mountbatten,
was killed by an IRA bomb.

Mountbatten had been a mentor
and friend to Prince Charles,

and he was a trusted friend and
advisor to the Royal Family.

It must have been a
bitter blow to the Queen

when he was assassinated.

To add to the woes
of the decade,

the Surveyor of the
Queen's Pictures,

art historian Anthony Blunt,
was exposed as a Soviet spy.

- [Interviewer] What kind
of work were you doing

for the Russians
then inside the MI5?

- Well the information
that I passed them

was almost exclusively about
German intelligence services,

and that was largely
information, which again,

as I said in my statement,
a lot of people in MI5

thought ought to have
been given officially.

- [Narrator] For Her
Majesty to have had

a communist infiltrator
freely walking the halls

of Buckingham Palace
must have been

a distressing embarrassment
with which to end the decade.

- [Interviewer] When you
made your confession,

did the Queen know?

- Well, this is a
question, again,

I would rather not discuss
because my information

is certainly if not
secondhand, is rather vague,

and I can only say that as
far as I was told at the time,

and later, she was not.

(upbeat synthesizer music)

- [Narrator] The
'80s would offer

extraordinary ups and downs
and world-changing events

which would test the
Queen's resilience,

yet also bring immense reward.

The start to the
decade witnessed

record low temperatures
across the UK,

John Lennon's shocking
and brutal murder

outside his apartment
in New York,

and at the end of the year,

Ronald Reagan's election as
President of the United States,

She holds many
offices and titles,

but one of the most important
and significant for her,

as well as her people,

is that of Head of
the Church of England,

a position held by the
sovereign since Henry VIII.

So, it was a real landmark
in the annals of history

when Queen Elizabeth
II visited Vatican City

at the invitation of the Pope

and the heads of two of the
world's foremost churches

greeted each other warmly.

It was followed in 1982
by the first-ever visit

of a Pope to the UK
when Pope John Paul II

visited nine UK
cities in five days.

Computer technology was
still in its infancy,

but in 1981, Pac-Man was
released and the world

of computer games was
given its first game

designed to capture a female
audience as well as male.

It is still considered
one of the most iconic

and influential games ever,

and a turning point away from
shoot-'em-up video games.

There must have been many
moments in her 70-year reign

when the Queen has had
to keep a cool head,

and none more so than
when six shots were fired

from a handgun pointed
straight at her

by a man in the crowd during

the Trooping the Colour
ceremony in June 1981.

The shots turned
out to be blanks,

but the Queen won widespread
admiration and praise

for her horsemanship in
calming her startled ride

and carrying on to finish
the important ceremony

as if nothing had happened.

(gentle music)
(crowd applauding)

- When the Queen came by,
you know on the corner,

he just stepped
backwards, you know,

took about a half
step backwards,

and raised it up
in his right hand

and then, you know, held
it police marksman style

and fired about
four or five shots.

- [Interviewer]
Then what happened?

- Then there was, you
know, like I said,

about three of us that came
in from his right and behind,

you know, and got
him over the railing

into the street itself,
and then the constables

came and took him.

- [Interviewer] Had you
noticed him earlier?

- I had seen him before,
you know, all morning long.

He'd been there
longer than I had.

- [Interviewer] Was there
anything unusual about him?

- Just that he was
alone, you know,

by himself and didn't
speak to anybody.

- [Narrator] The Queen had
also kept a very cool head

when she was awoken by a burglar

sitting on the end of her bed.

He had scaled the walls
of Buckingham Palace

and somehow found his way
into her private apartments,

sitting, chatting casually

until the police
arrived to arrest him.

- [Reporter] So Michael Fagan

visited Buckingham Palace
twice, but committed no offense.

The idea came to him, he
says, when visiting the palace

with his children and
studying the security.

Each time he followed
a similar route.

On the occasion he found
the Queen in her bedroom,

he began by climbing
the railings

outside the
ambassador's entrance

and got into the stamp room
through an unlocked window.

But the internal
door was locked,

so he shinned up a drainpipe
outside onto a flat roof,

a roof now guarded by police.

- [Narrator] 1981 had
its difficult moments,

but all that will
have been put aside

for a day of personal pride
and joy for Her Majesty

when on July the 29th,
1981, Prince Charles,

the Queen's eldest son and
heir apparent to the throne,

married Lady Diana
Spencer in a ceremony

which captured the hearts
and minds of the nation

and which was watched
by a record TV audience

across the globe.

Just a year later,

the Queen enjoyed another
personal family moment

when she held her first
grandchild, Prince William,

at his christening, and she
proudly posed for family photos.

The early '80s were
tough times at home

for Britain with unemployment
reaching record levels

of over three million,
but more drama was to come

when the Falkland Islands, a
British dependent territory

in the South Atlantic,
were invaded by Argentina.

From April the 2nd to
June the 14th, 1982,

the Falklands were occupied
by Argentinian forces.

Her Majesty's Armed Services
went to an undeclared war

and 255 British servicemen
lost their lives

along with three local civilians

before the islands were retaken.

- The commander of the operation

has sent the following message:

"Be pleased to inform Her
Majesty that the White Ensign

flies alongside the Union
Jack in South Georgia.

God save the Queen."

- [Reporter] What happens next?

- Thank you very much.

- What's your reaction?
- Just rejoice at that news

and congratulate our
forces and the Marines.

Goodnight, gentlemen.
- Are we going to declare war

on Argentina, Mrs. Thatcher?

- Rejoice!

- [Narrator] The Queen and
Prince Philip headed east,

making Elizabeth the
first British sovereign

to make a state visit to China.

It was both a state visit
and a diplomatic one,

coming a short time
after negotiations

between the UK and the
People's Republic of China

about returning Hong Kong
to Chinese sovereignty.

- [Reporter] So it
came about that only

a few favored party
officials and a lot of press

were permitted to witness
this piece of history.

The 77-year-old
president Li Xiannian

moved carefully to perform
the ceremonial greeting.

But the Queen had
scored one point.

She was in an ordinary limousine

instead of the dark windows,
closed curtains model

the Chinese had offered.

And the color of her mohair
coat was a complement

to her host's
political persuasions.

The meeting with President
Li produced a handshake

of record-breaking duration.

- [Narrator] 1986 called
for yet more diplomacy

by Her Majesty when
sanctions were proposed

against South Africa
by all but one member

of the Commonwealth, of
which the Queen is head.

Margaret Thatcher did
not believe sanctions

would have the desired result,

and she felt British
interests would be damaged,

but she would not
go against her Queen

and limited sanctions
were finally agreed upon,

reputedly sounding the death
knell for the apartheid regime

which had ruled South
Africa for so long,

and paving the way for the
release of Nelson Mandela.

(gentle music)

- [Reporter] At
Buckingham Palace tonight,

the Commonwealth leaders
are dining with the Queen,

an informal occasion,
no speeches,

but no one underestimates
the Queen's ability

to have the right
word in the right ear,

especially when it comes
to the Commonwealth.

- [Narrator] The '80s was a
time in which great strides

were taken in bringing
about a peaceful solution

to the decades of tension
between East and West,

the Soviet Union and
the superpowers of
the Western World,

of which the Queen
is head of one.

Diplomatic ties and state visits

between the UK and the USA
with President Ronald Reagan

and Margaret Thatcher in
regular communication,

led to a state visit by Reagan,

and the first occasion
on which a U.S. President

stayed overnight
at Windsor Castle.

In the same decade,
diplomatic efforts

brought about the
end of the Cold War

when Reagan and Gorbachev
signed a peace treaty.

(gentle music)

It was a time of great
change in the world,

but one in which Her Majesty
played a significant role

in bringing about peaceful
and diplomatic answers

to seemingly unsolvable issues.

It would previously
have been unthinkable

that a Soviet leader
would lunch with the Queen

at Windsor Castle, but in 1989,

Mikhail Gorbachev made a
historic visit to Britain,

and during that lunch,
he invited the Queen
to visit Moscow.

The relationship between
Gorbachev and Thatcher thawed

and a diplomatic
solution was found

to a longstanding tension
between two great nations.

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The '90s saw extraordinary
advances in technology

with the start of the internet

and the launch of
Amazon and Google,

as well as the first
ever successful clone,
Dolly the sheep.

Following the end
of the Cold War,

the Soviet Union was dismantled,
but the '90s would prove

to be Her Majesty's
most challenging decade,

facing her 1992 annus horribilis
and the untimely death

of her once daughter-in-law
Diana Princess of Wales.

1990 saw a shift
in British politics

when Margaret Thatcher resigned

and she handed the
reigns to John Major.

The 1990s also saw the end
of apartheid in South Africa.

In February 1990, Nelson
Mandela was freed,

having been imprisoned
for 27 years.

Mandela's first visit

to a Commonwealth Heads
of Government meeting

was to the Harare
summit in October 1991,

where he arrived unexpectedly
and without a prior invitation

to the banquet
hosted by the Queen

as head of the Commonwealth.

Rapid reshuffling of the
table settings averted

a potential public
relations disaster

after the Queen insisted
he be allowed to stay.

By 1994, Mandela became
president of South Africa

and swiftly the country
rejoined the Commonwealth.

The Queen and Mandela were
known to have a close friendship

and a strong mutual admiration,

and he was one of the few people

who would simply
call her Elizabeth.

On the 16th of May, 1991,

Queen Elizabeth became
the first British monarch

to address the U.S. Congress.

Her speech lasted 15 minutes

and received three
standing ovations.

She summed it up by saying,

"You will find us
worthy partners,

and we are proud to have
of you as our friends.

May God bless America."

On that particular trip, George
H.W. Bush invited the Queen

and Prince Philip to Memorial
Stadium in Baltimore,

which was the first time the
Queen visited a baseball game.

The following year
would mark one

of the most notably difficult
years for the Queen,

dubbed her annus horribilis.

It was a year that saw the
separation of Charles and Diana

and the media storm
that preceded it,

the year of Anne and
Mark Phillips' divorce,

as well as the destruction

caused by a fire
at Windsor Castle.

- 1992 is not a year on
which I shall look back

with undiluted pleasure.

In the words of one of my more
sympathetic correspondents,

it has turned out to
be an annus horribilis.

I sometimes wonder
how future generations

will judge the events
of this tumultuous year.

I daresay that
history would take

a slightly more moderate view

than that of some
contemporary commentators.

He who has never failed
to reach perfection

has a right to be
the harshest critic.

(somber music)

- [Narrator] After much
debate on the suggestion

that the taxpayer
pay for the damage,

in 1993 Buckingham
Palace opened its doors

to the paying public
for the first time

to recoup some of the cost
to rebuild Windsor Castle.

For the first time in history,

the Queen and the Royal Family
also began to pay taxes.

It was in that same year that
Bill Clinton was inaugurated

as the 42nd
President of the USA.

The following year,
Clinton and his wife stayed

on the Royal Yacht Britannia
before heading to Normandy

for the D-Day anniversary.

Clinton later wrote of
the Queen in his memoir:

"Her Majesty impressed
me as someone who,

but for the circumstance
of her birth,

might have become a successful
politician or diplomat.

As it was, she had to be both

without quite seeming
to be either."

In 1994, the Queen
made a historic trip.

She and Prince Philip traveled
to Russia on a state visit,

staying at the Kremlin
for three days.

It was the first ever
state visit to Russia

by a British monarch.

(gentle music)

The Russian presidential
spokesperson said of the visit,

"We realize that the British
Queen would never have visited

a communist country,
and it was deemed

a highly significant
and symbolic moment."

In 1995, Queen Elizabeth
and Prince Philip

were invited to Capetown
by President Mandela.

- My memories of South
Africa are part of me,

and I have wanted to return
to this magnificent country.

That wish has never deserted me

through a half
century during which

you have seen
turmoil and tragedy.

Now though, you have
become one nation

whose spirit of reconciliation

is a shining example
to the world.

- [Narrator] On the Queen's
first official visit

to post-apartheid South Africa,
against security advice,

she and her husband
visited Black townships

where they were greeted
with tears of joy

by Black and white
supporters alike.

Their trip saw the greatest
rain season for over 10 years,

and she was given the
nickname Motlalepula,

meaning Rain Queen,
after her tour.

President Mandela was invited
to Buckingham Palace in 1996,

and he spoke in adoration
for this gracious lady.

- You have yourself
provided the leadership,

and by your willingness to
embrace your former captors,

have set the course towards
national reconciliation

and freedom for all the
people of South Africa.

- As we approach
the 21st century,

our relationship is
one of friendship

fortified on South Africa's side

by a warmth and
respect for yourself,

for Britain, and for
the Commonwealth.

- [Narrator] The face
of British politics

saw a drastic change in 1997

as Tony Blair became
prime minister,

ending 18 years of
conservative government.

In a ceremony attended by
the new prime minister,

Hong Kong was returned
to China after 155 years

as a British colony.

(crowd cheering)

(dramatic fanfare music)

("God Save the Queen")

(upbeat music)

- China will tonight
take responsibility

for a place and a people which
matter greatly to us all.

The triumphant success
of Hong Kong demands

and deserves to be maintained.

(audience applauding)

- [Narrator] In August 1997,

Diana Princess of Wales died
an untimely and tragic death,

leaving the Queen's
grandchildren,

William and Harry,
without a mother.

At the time, the Queen,
Philip, and Charles

felt it wise to keep the two
young boys at Balmoral Castle

and give them time to
process what had happened

and protect them from
the world's media.

However, fueled by
the tabloid press,

there was a degree of
unrest in the nation

as the Royal Family
remained seemingly silent.

On her return to London with
Princes William and Harry,

the Queen addressed
the nation on live TV.

It was a personal but very
public tribute to Diana

and lifted the spirits
of a grieving public.

- What I say to you now, as
your Queen and as a grandmother,

I say from my heart.

First, I want to pay
tribute to Diana myself.

She was an exceptional
and gifted human being.

In good times and bad,

she never lost her
capacity to smile and laugh

nor to inspire others with
her warmth and kindness.

I admired and respected
her for her energy

and commitment to others,

and especially for her
devotion to her two boys.

(somber music)

- [Narrator] As the millennium
was drawing to a close,

1998 saw the impeachment
of Bill Clinton

for high crimes
and misdemeanors.

The Good Friday Agreement
was reached in 1998,

a significant moment
that ended most

of the violence of the troubles.

- And today's historic
agreement marks a new beginning

for all of us in
Northern Ireland,

on the island of Ireland,
and in these islands.

- [Narrator] And
finally, in 1999,

the Queen's youngest
child, Edward,

married Sophie Rhys-Jones.

- [Reporter] At the centerpiece
of the celebrations,

the Millennium Dome, the
Prime Minister hugged his wife

while the Queen kissed
the Duke of Edinburgh,

and the audience broke into
a chorus of "Auld Lang Syne,"

(crowd singing)

Cherie Blair in full voice
before the Royal party

had even linked arms.

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- [Narrator] With a slightly
less than amused look

on her otherwise
inscrutable face,

the Queen and Prince Philip
welcomed in the New Year

and the new millennium with
Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The 2000s, as well as bringing
the growth of the internet

into the digital
age with the launch

of Facebook and YouTube, also
brought its own challenges,

the beginning of
the War on Terror

and more widespread concern
over climate change.

British citizens can apply
to receive a birthday letter

from the Queen when they
reach their 100th birthday,

and the Queen Mother
was no different.

In early 2000, Queen Elizabeth
sent the Queen Mother

a standard
congratulatory letter,

though this one was handwritten
and she signed it Lilibet.

In January 2001, George W. Bush

became President of
the United States,

but his agenda and priorities
were quickly altered

following the terrorist attacks
on the World Trade Center

on the 11th of September, 2001.

The attacks resulted in
the deaths of 2,977 people,

and it remains the worst
single terror attack

in human history.

The U.S. and UK
remain strong allies,

and the Queen, offering
words of support

to a nation in
mourning, sent a message

read by the British
Ambassador to Washington

during a prayer service.

- These are dark
and harrowing times

for families and friends
of those who are missing

or who suffered in the attack.

Many of you are here today.

My thoughts and my prayers
are with you all now

and in the difficult days ahead.

But nothing that can
be said can begin

to take away the anguish and
the pain of these moments.

Grief is the price
we pay for love.

- [Narrator] That
sentiment lived on

as the Queen faced the loss
of two very important people

in her life, the Queen
Mother and Princess Margaret

died within a month
of each other in 2002.

Very rarely for the Queen,
she gave a televised address

to the nation after the
death of her mother,

thanking the public for the
outpouring of love and prayers.

- Ever since my beloved
mother died over a week ago,

I have been deeply moved by
the outpouring of affection

which has accompanied her death.

My family and I always
knew what she meant

for the people of this
country and the special place

she occupied in the
hearts of so many

here in the Commonwealth and
in other parts of the world.

But the extent of the tribute

that huge numbers of
you have paid my mother

in the last few days
has been overwhelming.

I have drawn great comfort
from so many individual acts

of kindness and respect.

- [Narrator] Although
2002 was a year

of great personal loss,

it was also the Queen's
Golden Jubilee year.

In celebration, she traveled
to 70 cities and towns

across the UK from
May to August.

As part of the huge
national celebrations

following a public
party at the palace,

Brian May played a unique
rendition of the national anthem

on the roof of
Buckingham Palace.

("God Save the Queen")

An iconic moment that
marked the celebration

of the Queen's reign and
the sense of patriotism

among British people.

(dramatic music)
(crowd cheering)

2003 saw the first occasion
that the UK Parliament

held a vote to show its
position in response

to the declaration of war.

The sovereign has the
power to declare war

without parliamentary approval,

but this was the
first time Parliament

could indicate where they stood.

Prime Minister Tony Blair led
the UK to join with the U.S.

in the Iraq War to take
down Saddam Hussein.

The Queen's eldest son, Prince
Charles, remarried in 2005.

In a small civil ceremony,

Charles and Camilla married
at Windsor Guildhall.

Buckingham Palace
announced the Queen

would not attend the ceremony,

but would attend the church
blessing and host a reception.

In 2005, London faced
its own terrorist tragedy

with four separate
suicide attacks

on London's public transport.

- The Queen has just
issued her reaction

to today's events in London.

It says, "The dreadful
events in London this morning

have deeply shocked us all.

I know I speak for
the whole nation

in expressing my sympathy
to all those affected

and the relatives of
the killed and injured.

I have nothing but
admiration," she goes on,

"for the emergency services
as they go about their work."

- [Narrator] After a
significant reduction

in Labour's majority,
low approval ratings
and the Iraq War,

Tony Blair resigned,
leaving Gordon Brown

to become prime
minister in 2007.

- I've just accepted
the invitation

of Her Majesty the Queen
to form a government.

This will be a new government
with new priorities,

and I've been privileged
to have been granted

the great opportunity
to serve my country.

- [Narrator] But for
the Queen, it was a year

she and Philip celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversary,

and when the Queen became the
oldest ever reigning monarch.

Approaching the
end of the decade,

the world faced the
Great Recession,

the most serious
financial crisis

since the Great Depression.

Barack Obama took
over the White House

when he was elected
president in 2009,

the first African American
to hold that office.

The Queen and Philip met

with President and Michelle
Obama in Buckingham Palace,

forging what would become
a strong relationship.

Michelle notably
broke Royal protocol

when she put an arm
around the Queen.

She later wrote about the
incident in her memoir

and they shared a funny moment

about how uncomfortable
their shoes were.

(soft somber music)

The 2010s started amidst
a global financial crisis.

Technological progression
brought us widespread use

of smart phones along
with huge advancements

in data processing, with
the exponential growth

of social media leading
to the Me Too movement

and cancel culture.

China's one-child policy
was ended in 2015,

the people of Britain
voted to leave the EU,

and U.S. TV celebrity
Donald Trump was inaugurated

as president of the USA.

The decade saw the
Queen's own family grow

as both her grandsons started
families of their own.

British politics was facing
another critical change.

In the 2010 general election,

the conservatives, led by
David Cameron, won 306 seats,

but it was 20 seats short
of an overall majority,

resulting in a hung Parliament,

and Cameron announced
his intention to form

a coalition government
with the Liberal Democrats,

which would be the first
since the Second World War.

- Her Majesty the
Queen has asked me

to form a new government,
and I have accepted.

Before I talk about
that new government,

let me say something about
the one that has just passed.

Compared with a decade ago,

this country is
more open at home

and more compassionate abroad,

and that is something we
should all be grateful for.

- [Narrator] In 2011,
Queen Elizabeth became

the first British monarch to
visit the Republic of Ireland,

and during her visit,
she spoke publicly

about the troubles in the North.

- Madam President, speaking
here in Dublin Castle,

it is impossible to ignore
the weight of history,

as it was yesterday when
you and I laid wreathes

at the Garden of Remembrance.

Indeed, so much of
this visit reminds us

of the complexity
of our history,

its many layers and traditions,

but also the importance of
forbearance and conciliation,

of being able to bow to the
past, but not be bound by it.

These events have touched us
all, many of us personally,

and are a painful legacy.

We can never forget
those who have died

or been injured
and their families.

- [Narrator] The following
year, the Queen shook hands

with former IRA leader,
Martin McGuinness,

a symbolic moment of
forgiveness and reconciliation,

which for many welcomed
a new era of peace.

- [Reporter] Their body language
for the public handshake

seemed to bear that out.

There was clearly a
friendly atmosphere.

- Good. It went really well.

- [Reporter] Mr.
McGuinness was delighted,

but not a convert.

- I'm still a Republican.

- [Reporter] Martin, how
was it to meet the Queen?

- Very nice.

(gentle music)

- [Narrator] For
the next few years,

Britain was bustling with
excitement and anticipation.

First, for the wedding
of William and Kate,

which would see the
marriage of the future king.

Royal reporters have said in
preparation for the wedding,

William confided in the Queen,

after having looked at
the extensive guest list

explaining he didn't
know those invited.

The Queen told William
to forget the guest list,

to invite the people
he and Kate wanted,

and if there were
any leftover spaces,

the list could be revisited.

(gentle music continues)

The Olympic Games due
to be held in London

in the summer of 2012,

were also a cause
for much excitement.

- This will be the third
Olympiad, third London Olympiad.

My great-grandfather opened
the 1908 Games at White City,

my father opened the 1948
Games at Wembley Stadium,

and later this evening
I will take pleasure

in declaring open the
2012 London Olympic Games

at Stratford in
the East of London.

- [Narrator] The Queen
showed a humorous side

of her character
that the public love,

where she agreed
to a film a video

where James Bond takes
her to the stadium.

She agreed on the condition
that she could utter

those immortal words,
"Good evening, Mr. Bond."

(bells ringing)

(Bond clears throat)

- Good evening, Mr. Bond.

- Good evening, Your Majesty.

(regal music)

(suspenseful music)

(dramatic music)

- [Narrator] 2012 marked
the Queen's Diamond Jubilee,

a rare occasion for a monarch,

and the 60th anniversary since
her accession to the throne.

Celebrations were widespread,

including the Thames'
Diamond Jubilee Pageant

and the concert at
Buckingham Palace.

(gentle music)

- Your Majesty, Mummy.

(crowd cheering)

As a nation, this is our
opportunity to thank you

and my father for always
being there for us,

for inspiring us with your
selfless duty and service

and for making us
proud to be British.

(gentle music)

- [Narrator] The
Queen was also invited

by Prime Minister
David Cameron to sit in

on a cabinet meeting,
which is believed to be

the first time a monarch has
done so since King George III.

- It's a huge treat
for a prime minister

to speak to Her Majesty
every week for an hour

knowing I'm the
12th prime minister.

She started with
Winston Churchill.

Her knowledge, her
experience of world events

and world leaders and world
issues is unparalleled.

She's an amazing listener,

but she also asks some
really pertinent questions.

But I think above all, what
we're celebrating today

is the 60 years she's given
of service to our country,

but also this
extraordinary institution

that stands above politics,

that brings the
country together,

that something we're
all celebrating today,

that I think is such a
valuable thing in our country

and so admired across the world.

- [Narrator] With the marriage

of the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge

and their desire to
have their own family,

the Queen amended the Bill of
Rights and Act of Settlement

in the Succession to
the Crown Act 2013.

The changes saw the end of the
system of male primogeniture,

meaning whether the Cambridges
had a boy or a girl,

their first child
would take their place

as third in line to the throne.

And should it be a girl,

she would not lose her place
if they later had a boy.

2015 saw our
record-breaking Queen

hit another landmark
in her reign.

On the 9th of September,
Queen Elizabeth surpassed

her great-great
grandmother, Queen Victoria,

and became the UK's
longest serving monarch.

In the typical selfless
style of Queen Elizabeth,

she wanted the public to
treat this day as any other.

- Many, including
you First Minister,

have also kindly noted
another significance

attaching to today,
although it is not one

to which I have ever aspired.

Inevitably, a long life can
pass by many milestones.

My own is no exception.

But I thank you all and the
many others at home and overseas

for your touching messages
of great kindness.

- [Narrator] After years of
royal landmark celebrations,

changes were afoot in
the world of politics.

In 2016, a momentous
referendum was held

and the people of
the United Kingdom

voted to leave the
European Union,

resulting in David Cameron
resigning as prime minister,

being succeeded by Theresa May.

- In David Cameron I
follow in the footsteps

of a great modern
prime minister.

Under David's leadership,

the government
stabilized the economy,

reduced the budget deficit,
and helped more people

into work than ever before.

But David's true legacy
is not about the economy,

but about social justice.

- [Narrator] 2017 Saw
Donald Trump inaugurated

as president of the USA,
amidst widespread protests.

The UK found itself
divided on Brexit,

with negotiations of the exit
proving to be challenging.

But around the corner, to
the delight of the nation,

Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle were to marry.

In some ways, their marriage
demonstrated the progress

and modernization
of the monarchy.

Meghan, a biracial
American divorcee,

would not have been
welcomed in the past.

The Queen's uncle,
King Edward VIII,

had to abdicate the throne to
marry his American divorcee,

but during Elizabeth's
reign much has changed

and Meghan was warmly
welcomed into the family.

By the end of the decade,
Theresa May failed to pass

her Brexit withdrawal agreement

through Parliament three times,

and subsequently she
announced her resignation.

- I will shortly leave
the job that it has been

the honor of my
life life to hold.

The second female
prime minister,

but certainly not the last.

I do so with no ill will,

but with enormous and
enduring gratitude

to have had the opportunity
to serve the country I love.

- [Narrator] Boris Johnson
won the race for leadership

of the Conservative Party

and became Britain's
prime minister.

Boris went on to win the general
election later that year.

(crowd applauding)

- Good afternoon.

I have just been to see
Her Majesty the Queen

who has invited me to form a
government and I have accepted.

I pay tribute to the
fortitude and patience

of my predecessor and her
deep sense of public service.

- No justice!
- No peace!

- No justice!
- No peace!

- [Narrator] The uniquely
difficult start to the 2020s

saw a global pandemic
sweep across the world

and protests and
demonstrations worldwide

against racism and
police brutality

after the death of George Floyd.

The fall of Kabul marked the end

of the 20-year war
in Afghanistan,

and the need to
address climate change

became a growing concern
and has dubbed the 2020s

as the decisive decade after
worsening extreme weather.

January 2020 saw Harry
and Meghan make a sudden,

and for many, unexpected move.

They announced they would
relinquish their roles

as senior members
of the Royal Family

and their wish to lead
more independent lives.

Her Majesty released a
statement promptly saying,

"Although we would
have preferred them

to remain full-time working
members of the Royal Family,

we respect and
understand their wish

to live a more independent
life as a family

while remaining a valued
part of my family."

In the months that followed,

coronavirus started to make
its way across the globe.

Few thought coronavirus
would cause the world

to stop for so long.

It has caused a global
economic recession

and a supply chain crisis,
but more close to home,

it caused people to stop
their lives, lock their doors,

and stay away from
the people they love

for fear of transmitting a
virus which may prove fatal.

(somber music)

In times of crisis, the
Queen has come through

to offer the nation
a sense of hope.

After the start of
the coronavirus,

that is exactly what she did.

She broadcast to the nation,

referencing the war-time spirit

that would be needed to get
through this challenging time,

but with the certainty that
we would get through it.

- And those who come after us,

will say the Britons
of this generation

were as strong as any,

that the attributes
of self-discipline,

of quiet good-humored resolve

and a fellow feeling still
characterize this country.

We will be with
our friends again.

We will be with
our families again.

We will meet again.

- [Narrator] Following the
defeat of Donald Trump,

Joe Biden became the 46th
President of the United States,

the 14th U.S. president

since Her Majesty
came to the throne.

It is an extraordinary
statistic that nearly a third

of U.S. presidents
have come and gone

whilst the Queen has
remained sovereign.

In April 2021, following a
short illness, Prince Philip,

the Queen's husband and
her strength and stay,

died peacefully
surrounded by his family.

The Queen has dedicated
her life to her duty,

but so did Philip,
always at her side

and her greatest supporter.

His funeral, amid
COVID restrictions,

saw a most poignant image
of the Queen sat alone

in mourning for her utterly
loyal and beloved husband.

The words she used in her
message after the 9/11 attacks

were picked up again by
reporters, so moving and apt.

"Grief is the price
we pay for love."

(somber music)

2022 sees our Queen's
70th year on the throne,

her Platinum Jubilee,
a wonderful opportunity
for the nation

to celebrate the
achievements and longevity

of this extraordinary woman.

- I did remark that
it was upside down

and you wouldn't be able
to see what was on it.

I was told it had to be
upside down for the press.

- And they can see it.

(group laughs)

I don't mind, I don't matter.

Well, I think I can probably
read it upside down, too.

- I think you probably can.

"The Queen's Platinum Jubilee."

- Yes.

That's very nice.

- There is a knife.

I don't know whether you'd
like to just do a little bit.

- I think I might just
put a knife in it.

- I think that's a
really good idea.

- See if it works.

- Oh it does!
- Oh yes,

it goes in beautifully.

- Beautifully.

- Somebody else can finish
it off, do the rest of it.

(group applauds)

(gentle music)

- [Narrator] With
little real power

but with more influence than
perhaps any other leader

on the world stage, Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

has conducted
herself with grace,

with dignity, and
with determination.

She has been a constant
cornerstone of stability

in a seemingly
ever-changing world,

earning unparalleled
admiration and respect

across the globe.

She has traveled more than
any monarch in history

and is estimated to
have met more people

than any other human being.

She has exemplified
tolerance and forgiveness

whilst inspiring
the armed services

in their own sense of duty.

As a young princess,
only 21 years old,

Elizabeth, with truly
inspiring words,

dedicated her life to
the service of her people

and to the Commonwealth.

- 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 imperial family

to which we all belong.

But I shall not have strength

to carry out this
resolution alone

unless you join in it with
me as I now invite you to do.

I know that your support
will be unfailingly given.

God help me to make good my vow

and God bless all of you who
are willing to share in it.

(gentle music continues)

- [Narrator] She is our
Queen, our Platinum Queen.

(gentle music)