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[indistinct reciting]

female narrator:
The House of Windsor.

Ruled over by a dutiful queen,
Elizabeth II.

- God help me
to make good my vow,

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

narrator: As she watches
her beloved grandson

marry his American bride...

- I, Harry, take you, Meghan.
[cheers and applause]

narrator: a new generation
breathes life

into an ancient institution.

For nearly 70 years,
the Queen has weathered

scandal and tragedy.

- We have some very sad news
to bring you.

Princess Diana has died.

narrator: And battled to
remain relevant and respected.

- No institution should
be free from the scrutiny

of those who give it
their loyalty and support.

narrator:
But in the 21st century,

the pressures of being royal
are more intense than ever.

- Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle, they're stepping back

from their senior roles
in the royal family.

- I will not be bullied
into playing a game

that's killed my mum.

narrator: As the Queen
nears the end of her reign,

can she ensure the survival
of the monarchy?

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[quiet dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[melancholy music]

♪ ♪

- Prince Charles arrived
in a cortege at the

Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital,

flanked by the presidential
guard, a rare French tribute.

narrator: Only hours after
learning of Diana's death,

Charles flies to Paris
to retrieve her body.

- Prince Charles was really
obliterated by her death.

He was absolutely stricken,
absolutely stricken.

He said, "I kept thinking
of that young girl

that I married."

- He'd had difficulties
with Diana.

Their marriage had not worked.
But he still loved her.

She was the mother
of his children.

And this was the most
shocking and terrible

and ghastly thing to happen.

narrator: That night,
Charles returns to Balmoral

to be with his sons,
William and Harry.

- Charles's priority
was those boys.

He was desperately
worried about them.

They were at a very tender,
difficult sort of age,

15 and 12.

- I rang up Queen Elizabeth
to say how awful,

and that I hope
the boys are all right.

And--and she said, "I think
they're in total shock.

They haven't cried."

- The immediate reaction
of the royal family was to say,

"We must hunker down,
protect the children.

"There will be formalities
that--that will follow,

but that's what we do."

narrator: But the country
is in no mood for formality.

- [sobbing]

- She was different.
I'd say the rest were stiff.

She weren't.
She was like one of us.

One of the people.

[plaintive music]

♪ ♪

- It's a shock.

- The people felt so
emotional about Diana.

It was because she had--
had an extraordinary connection

with everybody.

People felt a kinship
with her.

It was like your own beloved
friend, mother, sister

had died.

- She was just
a lovely person.

We all hoped that
we could be like her.

- Everybody loved Diana.
[sobbing]

- People were crying
in the street.

Men were sitting
on park benches crying.

It was a very un-British thing
to do, the public mourning.

- Britain was completely
consumed by this emotion,

this grief,
this sense of loss.

- [indistinct speech
and sobbing]

- She was this beautiful
young woman,

whose rise and then fall
within the royal family

had been played out
very publicly.

narrator: In the early hours
of the morning,

after news had broken
of Diana's death,

the Palace issued
a short statement.

- Buckingham Palace said,
"The Queen and the Prince

of Wales were deeply
shocked and distressed

by this terrible news."

- That was it.
And to the population,

to this grieving population,
it seemed like nothing.

- I think the public were
waiting for the Queen

to lead the mourning.

And she didn't.

- And into this vacuum steps
the Prime Minister Tony Blair.

- I feel like everyone else
in this country today.

Utterly devastated.

She was the people's princess,

and that's how she will stay,
how she will remain

in our hearts
and in our memories forever.

Thank you.

- He coined this
wonderful phrase about

"the people's princess,"
and, um, it struck a chord,

and it seemed to--to sum up
the feelings of a country

in a paralysis of grief,
if you like, and shock

in a way that the Queen
did not do.

[quiet tense music]

- The grief really mounts
over the days to come.

And when the Queen
doesn't come,

when the Queen says nothing,
it seems like she is cold,

unfeeling, so you see this
real public relations disaster

building up.

- The monarchy
is about symbolism.

And the main symbol
we wanted was a flag

lowered to half mast
out of respect of Diana.

And there was no flag
flying on Buckingham Palace.

- Well, they must be
very, very cold-hearted

not to have a flag up.

- One of their biggest failures
was sticking rigidly

to protocol that a flag
only flies if the Queen

is in residence.

That was a real error
of judgement.

- Very, very, very disgraceful,
I find their behavior.

Very disgraceful.
- What do you think, madam?

- I think it's disgusting that
they have not appeared

or said a word.

- There was a vehemence to it.

There was an undercurrent
of real hostility and anger.

This was the most criticism
the Queen had ever received,

really, in her reign.

- Just one hour ago,
the Queen, accompanied by

Princess Margaret,
left Balmoral.

They were driven by the Duke
of Edinburgh on their way

to Buckingham Palace.

narrator: Five days
after Diana's death,

the Queen returns to London.

Grief has turned to anger.

She is advised her silence
cannot continue.

- And now, to London.

The monarch,
Queen Elizabeth II,

is about to address her nation
for the only the second time

apart from her yearly
Christmas broadcasts.

- She has always hated
giving live speeches.

But she agreed that was the
most effective thing to do.

- What I say to you now,
as your queen

and as a grandmother,
I say from my heart.

- She used that key phrase--
"I as a--as a grandmother."

She was bringing herself,
William and Harry,

into our living rooms.

- First, I want to pay
tribute to Diana myself.

She was an exceptional
and gifted human being.

I hope that tomorrow
we can all, wherever we are,

join in expressing our grief
at Diana's loss,

and gratitude
for her all too short life.

- Nobody knew quite what the
funeral was going to bring,

what the mood was gonna be,

how were the public
going to react.

- The Queen has gotta lead
her family in the face of

public anger and animosity.

It's make or break time.

[soft discordant music]

♪ ♪

- The gun carriage emerged
slowly from Kensington Palace

shortly after 9:00
this morning.

There were only two
perceptible sounds--

horseshoes on tarmac
and human wailing.

[scattered wailing and shouts]

- The day of the funeral,
the procession comes past

Buckingham Palace,
and the Queen comes out

and stands and waits while the
funeral procession goes past.

The Queen bows to nobody,
um, ever.

And here is the Queen making
a bow to her daughter-in-law.

narrator: The cortege is then
joined by Prince Charles,

his father Prince Philip,
Diana's brother Earl Spencer,

and the two young princes,
William and Harry.

- We were all astonished
to see William and Harry

following their mother's coffin
on that gun carriage.

- William was being stalwart.

Harry looked like
he was just suffering.

I mean, literally, he was
too young to hide anything.

- People were stunned
by the sight of that wreath

on the top of the coffin,
the white lilies,

and the simple word, "Mummy."

[mournful music]

[bell rings]

♪ ♪

- I stand before you today,
the representative of a family

in grief,
in a country in mourning,

before a world in shock.

narrator: Watched by millions
around the world,

Diana's brother, Charles
Spencer, gives the eulogy.

- William and Harry, we all
care desperately for you today.

How great your suffering is,
we cannot even imagine.

narrator: Spencer vows
that his family will protect

William and Harry, and honor
Diana's wishes for her sons.

- We, your blood family,
will do all we can to continue

the imaginative and loving way
in which you were steering

these two exceptional young men
so that their souls are not

simply immersed by duty
and tradition,

but can sing openly
as you planned.

- He was throwing down
the gauntlet, really,

at the monarchy.

Charles was absolutely furious
because he regarded this

as an attack on him,
as somebody who had stifled

her spirit and perhaps
stifled the spirit of his boys.

- I'm so proud to be able
to call my sister, the unique,

the complex, the extraordinary
and irreplaceable, Diana--

whose beauty,
both internal and external,

will never be extinguished
from our minds.

- It sounded, to us,
inside the Abbey,

like the patter of rain
on the roof.

And then it got louder
and louder, and we thought,

"A thunderstorm? Hailstorms?"
No.

[cheers and applause]

It was clapping from the
many, many thousands outside.

And the applause went
right through those famous

Great West doors,
and up the Abbey.

[dramatic music]

- I think it reflected the
mood of the nation at the time.

And they felt that this woman
had suffered at the hands

of the royal family.

- Prince Charles felt
a lot of fear.

I mean, he really kept saying,
"They're going to blame me."

He felt that the public
would turn on him

and blame him for her death.

And he was absolutely
right about that.

- He was utterly vilified.

The public felt that if he
had loved Diana properly,

then she would never have been

in that tunnel
with Dodi Fayed,

and she would therefore
not have been killed.

- He had to know that
the majority of people

in the country, especially
the women, would've said,

"You did that to her.
You weren't in love with her,

you were in love
with somebody else."

That's how angry people were.

[horse hooves clopping]

narrator: In the months
after the funeral,

it's the woman Diana
blamed for the breakup

of her marriage
who becomes the target

of public hostility:
Camilla Parker-Bowles.

- The public were still madly
in love with Diana

and Diana's memory, and every
time they heard mention

of Camilla, it brought
back a bad memory.

narrator: By now, Charles's
relationship with Camilla

was common knowledge, but it
still had to be conducted

behind closed doors.

- The Queen knew precisely
how damaging Camilla and her

relationship with Charles
had been for the monarchy.

- The Queen was
utterly ruthless.

I mean, in that period,
she and Phillip made it

absolutely clear that
Camilla was not welcome,

and they would not
be seen with her.

[dramatic music]

- On Charles's 50th birthday,
the Queen gave a party for him

at Buckingham Palace, to which
Camilla was not invited.

- Charles, tonight's--
tonight's party is a tribute

to all that you have achieved.

narrator: The Queen's praise
for her son conceals tension

behind the scenes.

- Charles was being
told by his mother,

the way this--this whole
situation is solved

is Camilla must go.

narrator: But less than
18 months after the death

of Diana, Charles openly
defies the Queen.

- The British media had been
tipped off by Charles's

press secretaries that there
would be a departure picture.

narrator: Prince Charles is
about to make a very public

statement to his mother
and to the British people.

[cheers and applause]

- Suddenly, there was this
game-changer of a moment

when Charles and Camilla
appeared on the steps

and paused for that image.

Prince Charles was saying,
"This woman is going to be

by my side,
whether you like it or not."

[mournful bagpipe music]

♪ ♪

- The sound a piper
playing a lament

heralded the departure
of Princess Margaret's coffin.

narrator: At the age of 71,
the Queen's sister,

Princess Margaret, dies after
years of ill health.

- Margaret was the Queen's

closest companion
in many ways.

I mean, she had been there
with her when suddenly

their father had to step up
and become king.

- Elizabeth and Margaret
really were

totally devoted
to one another.

The Queen was always
the big sister.

She was always looking
out for Margaret.

- She was able
to confide in her.

They were best friends
as children,

and they'd still remained
extremely close.

narrator: And Just seven weeks
after the death of her

beloved sister,
the Queen suffers another

devastating loss.

Her mother, Queen Elizabeth,
dies at the age of 101.

- It was horrible
for the Queen.

Her mother and her sister,
the two closest women to her,

two people who she could
really talk to were gone.

- For the Queen, it wasn't
just the loss of a mother,

which was deeply
important to her,

the loss of an advisor
and a counsellor,

but it was the loss
of a contact with the past.

- The Queen Mother embodied
much of the 20th Century

history of Britain, who'd
married into the family

in the 1920s, who'd been there
through the abdication,

through the Second World War.

- The Queen Mother was
the most influential figure

and the guiding light
for her daughter.

She was key in creating
the blueprint for monarchy

that her daughter
would follow, and would,

for the rest of her life,
uphold.

- 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.

I thank you for the support
you are giving me

and my family as we
come to terms with her death

and the void she has left
in our midst.

- [indistinct shout]

- On the day of the funeral,
the Queen was being driven

back from Westminster Abbey,
and spontaneously

everybody began to clap.

[cheers and applause]

- There was an outpouring

of feeling for the Queen,

who had to deal with first
the death of her sister,

and then the death
of her mother.

- The Queen Mother had
occupied this position

of being the beloved
grandmother.

This beloved status,
at that moment,

transferred to the Queen.

- [indistinct speech]

- It felt like a significant
shift, and in fact,

you can almost date the
resurgence in the Queen's

popularity from that
summer of 2002.

[cheers and applause]

narrator: The Golden Jubilee,
celebrating the 50th year

of the Queen's reign,
takes place just two months

after the Queen Mother's
funeral.

- For a million people to go
out on the streets of London

and to express love for the
Queen, after all the tragedies

and mistakes of what
had happened before,

it was a big turning point,
very important moment.

[fireworks exploding]

- I do think it was partly
a sense of expelling

that emotion that had
built up post-Diana.

It was a kind of national sigh
of relief that we'd worked

through that somehow.

narrator: Joining the royal
family for the celebrations

is Camilla.

- It was just the beginning
of her acceptance

by the royal family,
which sort of conferred

some respectability on her.

- The Queen was not
getting any younger.

Would it be better to have

an unmarried Charles
on the throne

with this woman hidden
away in the background,

or possibly a married Charles?

[indistinct insistent chatter]

- In the end, it just
looked too undignified

that this couple, by then,
you know, in their 50s,

were not allowed
to become man and wife.

Do you really want, you know,
the heir, the future king,

just to have a mistress
on the side?

[dramatic music]

narrator: After centuries
of opposition

to divorcés remarrying,

the Church of England
relaxes its rules.

With the constitutional
obstacle removed,

Charles and Camilla
are finally married.

[applause]

- The secret of the success

of the Royal Family
has always been

reflecting the age
in which they live.

The Queen and Prince Philip
reflect their generation.

Charles and Camilla
reflect theirs.

We now live in a world
where divorce is commonplace,

where plenty of people
have stepparents.

These things happen.

And they've happened
in the royal family.

narrator: Charles
and Camilla's relationship

is no longer a scandal,
so the press shifts its focus

to the young princes.

The hunt is on for
the next royal fairy tale.

- [indistinct speech]

- Um, no, I don't think so.

[brisk dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Ladies and Gentlemen,
their Royal Highnesses,

Prince William
and Prince Harry.

[cheers and applause]

narrator: Ten years after
the death of Diana,

her sons host
a charity concert

to celebrate their
mother's life.

- Hello, Wembley!

[cheers and applause]

- The Concert for Diana
was the first time, really,

that we saw her
two sons grown up

and conducting something
themselves.

- This evening is about all
that our mother loved in life--

her music, her dance,
her charities,

and her family and friends.

narrator: In the crowd that
day is William's girlfriend,

Kate Middleton.

They'd met
during their first year

at St Andrews University
in Scotland.

- Kate was really remarkable,
because she was

quintessentially middle class,
as opposed to upper class.

Traditionally, the royals have
looked to the aristocracy

when eying up suitors
for young British royals.

- They actually spent four
years together at St Andrews,

at times living with one
another, and really,

really getting to establish
a relationship.

- Prince William would go
to the Middletons' home

and spend a lot of time
with them.

He felt very at home there,
and he could see how

normal families worked.

- I know Diana discussed
with William.

And she said,
"Whatever you do,

"you must get to know
the person you marry.

She must be your friend,
first and foremost."

narrator: After seven years
together,

William proposes to Kate.

- When you go out with someone
for quite a long time,

you do get to know each other
very, very well.

You go--you go through
the good times,

you go through the bad times.

- The Queen and Prince Philip
are very close to William.

And allowing William
to live with Kate

before they got married, and
also to marry a middle class

girl who was not a princess
or anything--

all of those things bespeaks
to the fact that they learned.

[light dramatic music]

- And good morning
from London.

Millions of people here
and across the globe waiting

and watching for the moment
Prince William

and Kate Middleton
walk down the aisle.

- The Kate-William wedding
looked spectacular.

It was the first time that
Westminster Abbey had been used

for a big state wedding
for some decades.

Yet again, the royals were
lifting the mood and giving us

a fantastic international
spectacle.

[cheers and applause]

♪ ♪

narrator: Two years after
their wedding, Prince William

and Kate welcome their
first child, a boy.

- Here we go, there it is.

The happy couple
with the baby.

narrator: Prince George is
third in line to the throne.

The succession is secure.

- William has embarked
on family life,

he's the perfect prince.

But now, the light
redirects itself onto his

younger brother, Harry.

- Prince Harry had a few
troubled years as a teenager.

There'd been issues about drugs
and late-night drinking.

He had been at a friend's
fancy dress party,

unwisely dressed as a Nazi,

and he was pilloried
in the press.

- For many years, Harry,
there's no doubt he drifted.

And he didn't really have a--
a clear sense of purpose

and direction.

- [indistinct shout]

narrator: At the age of 20,
Prince Harry joins

the Armed Forces,
but he is determined that

this won't be
a ceremonial role.

He serves two tours of duty
in Afghanistan.

- [indistinct speech]

- Prince Harry loved
being in Afghanistan.

He was right on the frontline.

He slept in hammocks.

He was treated like
an ordinary person.

And he found, um,
a family in the army.

[indistinct radio chatter]

- He was a captain, he had a
job to do, he had men to lead,

and that's what he did.

That was probably
the first time in his life

that he really
felt like himself.

- I think when he
joined the military,

that was the making of him.

And it has shaped him,
in--in the way that he looks

at life, in the way that
he looks at other people,

in his sense of duty.

[cheers and applause]

narrator: Harry's military
experience inspires him

to start a charity
for wounded veterans.

- Over the past eight years,
I witnessed the whole cycle

of life-changing injury.
I can only begin to imagine

how challenging the journey
of recovery is.

- Whatever you might perceive
of the privilege

that comes
with being a prince,

Prince Harry's
had a difficult upbringing.

His mother was tragically
killed at a very young age.

That's an incredibly difficult
thing for a young person

to have to deal with.

- William and Harry
came to take on

one of the mental health
charges, and it was

fascinating, really,
how they used their own

personal experiences, like the
loss of their mother,

to talk about mental health.

- We never--we never really
talked about it,

we never really talked about,
um, losing our mum

at such a young age,
and when you speak to

other people's families
and little kids and stuff,

you think, "Wow, you know,

I don't want them to have to go
through the same things."

- But, you know, even Harry
and I, over the years,

have not talked enough about,
you know, our mother.

You know, we--
- No, never enough.

Shutting down all of my
emotions for the last 20 years

has had a--
a quite serious effect.

All of a sudden, all of this
grief that I'd never processed

started to come
to the forefront.

I've probably been very close
to a complete breakdown

on--on numerous occasions.

- For someone in Prince Harry's
position to say that,

you now hear a lot of people
saying that has had a huge

impact on society feeling more
comfortable talking about

mental health.

- He wanted to really break
the taboo, to give others

the chance to seek help
without, uh, being ashamed.

[gentle dramatic music]

narrator: At a charity event
in Canada,

Harry introduces the world
to the woman who will change

his life forever,
actress Meghan Markle.

- He was able to find somebody
that he connected with,

somebody that had the same
passion for helping others.

- Meghan Markle seemed
an unlikely candidate.

Certainly, in the history
of the monarchy, um,

divorced Americans
have not fared so well.

But times change.

- Here they are, Prince Harry
and Meghan Markle.

This will be their first
official photo shoot

as an engaged couple.

- Meghan was like a breath of
fresh air, she was fantastic.

No, she wasn't the shy,
retiring royal girlfriend.

- If Meghan Markle was the
slightest bit nervous about

stepping out in front
of the British public

for the very first time,
it didn't show.

- And we're particularly happy.
Uh, it's been our first

Royal Foundation event
with Meghan.

- Women don't need to find
a voice; they have a voice.

They need to feel
empowered to use it.

And people need to be
encouraged to listen.

- The young royals are a real
PR boost to the royal family.

They--they're modern,
attractive.

So I think that they really
renovated the royal brand.

- We in the press started
talking about the Fab Four.

What could they
achieve together?

They seemed a great
and very dynamic unit.

But it didn't last very long.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

narrator: On a beautiful
spring day, thousands gather

as Meghan Markle arrives
at Windsor Castle

to marry Prince Harry.

- It was very different to
anything we'd seen before

with royal weddings.

It had a gospel choir,

it had the bride walking
herself up the aisle.

It had an American bishop
delivering the address.

- The late Dr. Martin Luther
King once said, and I quote,

"We must discover
the power of love."

- Meghan was bringing
some of her black heritage

to the table.

It speaks to her
sense of self.

[cheers and applause]

- I think the Queen as a
grandmother was delighted

for Harry, but both Charles
and William were cautious.

There was a sense that
Harry needed to be careful

to make sure Meghan knew
what she was getting into.

- The tabloids have a very
contradictory relationship

with the monarchy.
On the one hand, they're very

celebratory of the institution.

They--They like to celebrate
births, marriages.

And yet, there is another side
to this relationship.

And that is, having built
these individuals up,

the tabloid journalists
love to tear them down.

There was animosity
because she was different.

There are questions
that hang over her,

about what has come before.

What is her history?

What is her past?

- Meghan has been married
before, she's had a career,

and she has ideas of her own.

- She is a very strong-minded,
ambitious professional woman.

- All of that seems
to be supremely irritating

to the British press.

- There were a series
of incidents which got them

bad publicity.

- Harry and Meghan are seen
as publicly extravagant,

taking private jets
to go holidaying.

- Meghan took a very expensive
flight to America

and had a very expensive
baby shower.

- It's interpreted
as hypocritical

because they regularly talk
publicly about the importance

of, uh, becoming
better environmentalists.

narrator: The criticism mounts
after the couple's baby,

Archie, is born in May, 2019.

[camera shutter clicking]

- There is a sort
of unwritten contract

that the British public helps

to fund the royal family
in exchange for

little glimpses of babies
and family life.

- But they didn't want to talk
about where the baby was born.

They didn't want the press
covering the christening.

- I think the public were
confused about the way they

decided to, uh,
withhold information.

And I think people felt
that there is an element

of obligation on Harry
and Meghan's part

to offer a little bit more.

narrator: The couple
is determined to guard

Baby Archie
from the media intrusion.

But scrutiny of their own
lives is harder to control.

- Thinking back to the time
when Harry and Meghan

first got together, there was,
uh, tabloid, uh, speculation

that used highly
racialized imagery.

[dramatic music]

- There is this terrible
criticism of Meghan.

It's racist, it's sexist,
it calls her an outsider,

it calls her exotic, there's
talk about her from gangland.

There was a tabloid story
that she came

"straight out of Compton,"
a part of Los Angeles

which had a fairly
rough reputation.

That allusion with all
of that racialized baggage--

it's very potent.

- I read stuff from certain
writers who said,

"Well, we can absolutely
understand why he's in love

with her and why he fancies
her, but you don't marry her."

It is racism,
it's totally racial.

- I do think that a lot
of the press coverage

of Meghan Markle has been,
you know, extraordinarily sour,

um, misogynist, and I would
say implicitly racist.

♪ ♪

- That must've been a shock
to her and very wounding.

[indistinct yelling
and cheering]

narrator: In September 2019,
Harry and Meghan

undertake a Royal Tour
of Southern Africa.

- I want to you know that,
for me, I am here with you

as a mother, as a wife,
as a woman,

as a woman of color,
and as your sister.

[cheers and applause]

narrator: As the couple
prepares to return home,

Meghan shares her feelings

about the pressure
she is under.

- Can you put up with this?
Can you deal with it?

- It's not enough to just
survive something, right?

Like, that's not
the point of life.

You've got to thrive,
you've got to feel happy,

and I think I really tried to
adopt this British sensibility

of a stiff upper lip,
but I think that what that does

internally is probably
really damaging.

I never thought that
this would be easy.

But I thought it would be fair.

narrator: For Prince Harry,
the media frenzy surrounding

his new family
triggers painful memories.

- Every single time I see
a camera, every single time

I hear a click, every single
time I see a flash,

it takes me straight back.

It's the worst reminder of her
life, as opposed to the best.

[camera shutters clicking]

- Always in the back of his
mind he has that terrible fear

that something is going
to happen to Meghan

along the same lines
as happened to his mother.

- If it was me, I would figure
out what I'm going to do next,

for the sake of Meghan
and the sake of my child.

Because that's what
matters here.

- I'll always protect
my family.

I'll not be bullied
into playing a game

that's killed my mum.

[dramatic music]

- Breaking News tonight.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex

have announced that they
intend to step back

as senior members
of the royal family.

- Harry, Harry, Harry!

narrator: Prince Harry and his
wife Meghan want to redefine

their roles and split their
time between Britain

and North America.

- Harry is making this
decision because he can't cope

with the life
that they're living.

[quiet dramatic music]

Meghan has probably
felt under siege.

And Harry, I think,
has quite rightly

tried to protect his wife.

- I want you to hear
the truth from me,

as much as I can share--
not as a prince, or a duke,

but as Harry.

I have grown up feeling
supported from so many of you,

and I watched as you welcomed
Meghan with open arms.

The UK is my home,
and a place that I love.

That will never change.

But I hope that helps
you understand

what it had to come to, that I
would step my family back

from all I have ever known,
to take a--take a step forward

into what I hope can be
a more peaceful life.

- Harry is six times removed.

So they are way down
the line of succession.

To be a royal, you have to
sacrifice a degree of privacy

and personal happiness.

And Harry or Meghan just
don't want to sign up to it.

- Prince Harry's statement
brings to the fore a central

question about what being

a member of the royal family
is all about.

You know, is it a birthright?

Is it a duty?
Or is it a job?

[brisk tense music]

narrator: But Prince William,
second in line to the throne,

is embracing his role
as future king.

- William is the responsible
one, doing the duty,

going through the motions,
and that is really

rather important.

- William is the future
head of the firm,

and the firm is what matters.

narrator: William and Kate
now have three children:

Prince George and Princess
Charlotte,

who's two years younger,
and Prince Louis,

born in 2018.

- If you look to William
and Kate,

they don't look like they
want to change the monarchy.

They're more about continuity.

- We saw very clearly in the
recent Christmas photograph

that the line of succession
goes from Elizabeth to Charles

to William and then to George.

- It's very hierarchical.

Every member of that
line of succession

understands their place.

And I think that tells you
an enormous amount about

the way that family operates.

[triumphant music]

narrator: The House of Windsor
is at a crossroads.

In a world where deference
is no longer the norm,

how does the royal family
remain relevant?

- The Queen belongs
to a different era.

Monarchy was much more secure
when she came to the throne.

It wasn't challenged in the way
that I think it is today.

- The royal family is caught
in this bind between the need,

on the one hand, to modernize
and embrace modernity,

but at the same time to
maintain those traditional

elements of the monarchy
as well.

- The monarch is only there
by consent of the people.

If the people really, really,
really don't want a monarchy,

then our monarchy
will disappear.

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

narrator: For over a century,
the Windsors have been

the custodians of a monarchy
that stretches back

nearly 1,000 years.

[cheers and applause]

It has survived abdication,

family rifts,

bitter divorce,

and tragedy.

And holding it together
for nearly 70 years

has been Queen Elizabeth II.

- I think the Queen will
be remembered as the most

resilient public figure
of recent times.

Famous from the moment she
was born, through the immense

changes of modern Britain,
and to serve the people

all that time--this is a
remarkable achievement.

[crowd cheering]

- I don't think the Queen's
changed one iota

since the day she became Queen.

She's an example
to everybody--

how to do a job
throughout your life.

She's been steadfast in her
duties and never let us down.

And she never will.

- I think there's
something comforting

about that level
of stability.

It makes one wonder
what on earth will happen

to the royal family
once the Queen dies.

narrator: If the Windsors
are to survive,

the vow taken by Elizabeth II,
the longest reigning monarch

in British history,
is a model for her successors.

- I declare before you all,
that my whole life,

whether it be long or short,

shall be devoted
to your service.

There is a motto

which has been borne
by many of my ancestors.

A noble motto:
"I serve."