Elizabeth at 90 - A Family Tribute

0:00:01 > 0:00:03MUSIC: Dreaming by Edward Elgar

0:00:23 > 0:00:26PRINCE CHARLES: When my mama was five years old,

0:00:26 > 0:00:29Britain's leading composer, Sir Edward Elgar,

0:00:29 > 0:00:31wrote some music in her honour.

0:00:31 > 0:00:34He called this piece Dreaming -

0:00:34 > 0:00:36but, at that point, he couldn't have dreamt

0:00:36 > 0:00:39that one day she would be queen.

0:00:39 > 0:00:41MUSIC CONTINUES

0:01:07 > 0:01:10Now, as we celebrate her 90th birthday,

0:01:10 > 0:01:13she, like all of us, can reflect on a life

0:01:13 > 0:01:16that has inspired and encouraged millions of people

0:01:16 > 0:01:19in the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth

0:01:19 > 0:01:20and around the world.

0:01:22 > 0:01:26In many ways, it's a life that has defined our age.

0:01:35 > 0:01:39Four years ago, at the time of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee,

0:01:39 > 0:01:42I looked back through some of her own cine films,

0:01:42 > 0:01:45to pay her a personal tribute.

0:01:45 > 0:01:47Now, she has allowed us

0:01:47 > 0:01:50to delve deeper into this remarkable collection,

0:01:50 > 0:01:53and other members of the family have joined me in watching it -

0:01:53 > 0:01:56often for the very first time.

0:02:01 > 0:02:05It's footage shot by the Queen herself and my father

0:02:05 > 0:02:08and, occasionally, by my aunt, Princess Margaret.

0:02:08 > 0:02:12Like my grandparents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth,

0:02:12 > 0:02:14they often had a cine camera at the ready.

0:02:16 > 0:02:19The whole collection provides a wonderful insight

0:02:19 > 0:02:20into my mama's long life.

0:02:29 > 0:02:33So, this must be Balmoral. In the '50s.

0:02:33 > 0:02:35That's Granny pushing Margot!

0:02:39 > 0:02:41So... That trailer - I remember being on that trailer.

0:02:41 > 0:02:43That trailer's still there.

0:02:43 > 0:02:45I don't think it looks like that any more! No.

0:02:45 > 0:02:46It certainly isn't red.

0:02:56 > 0:02:58It's exactly what we used to do. Yeah.

0:03:00 > 0:03:03I think you and I ended up upside down outside the cart a few times.

0:03:03 > 0:03:05Yeah, yeah - way more... WILLIAM CHUCKLES

0:03:05 > 0:03:07Grandpa's doing quite a reliable job, there.

0:03:07 > 0:03:10Oh...is Anne going to go down that hill on that?

0:03:10 > 0:03:12Please say she does!

0:03:12 > 0:03:13THEY CHUCKLE Oh...!

0:03:13 > 0:03:15THEY LAUGH

0:03:15 > 0:03:19Ooh! Oh, great! That was very nearly quite embarrassing, Grandpa.

0:03:21 > 0:03:24I think Grandpa's having more fun than everyone else is!

0:03:24 > 0:03:25Yeah, much more fun!

0:03:25 > 0:03:27He's got the technique nailed.

0:03:29 > 0:03:30There's something about banks

0:03:30 > 0:03:33that small children want to go and do the whole time. I know.

0:03:33 > 0:03:36Roll down them. George is the same. More rolling. Yeah.

0:03:36 > 0:03:37Family tradition.

0:03:37 > 0:03:38That and planting trees.

0:03:42 > 0:03:44Grandpa trying to teach her...

0:03:44 > 0:03:46If she won't roll by herself, I'll roll her for her.

0:03:46 > 0:03:47Teaching her how to roll.

0:04:00 > 0:04:02That was the first summer that my mother was Queen.

0:04:20 > 0:04:23Ooh! Hit that lamppost.

0:04:23 > 0:04:25That's good driving. Well done. Out you get!

0:04:28 > 0:04:31That little blue car's still there, as well. I've seen that around.

0:04:31 > 0:04:33THAT we haven't seen. No.

0:04:33 > 0:04:36That's fantastic - is that electric?!

0:04:36 > 0:04:39Or is his... Yeah, his legs are furiously going!

0:04:42 > 0:04:45It's like one of those Flintstone cars.

0:04:45 > 0:04:46Yeah.

0:04:49 > 0:04:52Good to see... Pa trying to run down his sister, look.

0:04:52 > 0:04:54He's got a little L on, as well! Sweet.

0:04:54 > 0:04:56And he's got his cushion, which he still has now!

0:04:56 > 0:04:58Yes, that's the cushion. That's ridiculous.

0:04:58 > 0:05:01From the age of... What is he there - four? Yeah.

0:05:03 > 0:05:05Five, maybe. THEY CHUCKLE

0:05:07 > 0:05:09Some debate over who's going to drive. Look at the numberplate -

0:05:09 > 0:05:11PC 1953. Yeah, look at that. Nice.

0:05:13 > 0:05:17Health and safety not an issue, then, which is also good.

0:05:19 > 0:05:21It's quite sweet.

0:05:22 > 0:05:24That's such a cool car.

0:05:26 > 0:05:28The ability to play outdoors

0:05:28 > 0:05:31and just entertain yourselves was endless -

0:05:31 > 0:05:35and even if that was climbing trees, or just going off on your own,

0:05:35 > 0:05:37whether it would be on a bicycle or a pony.

0:05:37 > 0:05:39So, that was... There was a lot of that.

0:05:39 > 0:05:40A lot of it was done together.

0:05:51 > 0:05:53It must be in the genes.

0:05:53 > 0:05:56It was exactly the same for my mother and Princess Margaret

0:05:56 > 0:05:58growing up in the 1930s.

0:06:06 > 0:06:08Of course, life was so much simpler for children then,

0:06:08 > 0:06:11because we didn't have telly, so we had to invent things,

0:06:11 > 0:06:15and one of them was Catching Happy Days,

0:06:15 > 0:06:16which involved a lot of exercise,

0:06:16 > 0:06:19because one had to run about the lawn like crazy,

0:06:19 > 0:06:22catching leaves, as they fell off the trees,

0:06:22 > 0:06:25and that kept us going for quite a long time.

0:06:37 > 0:06:39I'm not a very horsey person,

0:06:39 > 0:06:45but I can remember spending hours in a field near Birkhall,

0:06:45 > 0:06:49when we trotted and walked and cantered and jumped.

0:06:53 > 0:06:54The Queen would organise us,

0:06:54 > 0:06:57and we were all horses doing different things.

0:07:04 > 0:07:06SHOUTING AND CHEERING

0:07:12 > 0:07:14I saw her last December.

0:07:14 > 0:07:15Astonishing,

0:07:15 > 0:07:19the way she seems completely untouched by age.

0:07:21 > 0:07:23I mean, I know she's older than I am,

0:07:23 > 0:07:25but I don't really feel she's much older -

0:07:25 > 0:07:28but, of course, a good deal more experienced than I am.

0:07:28 > 0:07:30..just run up the stairs... LAUGHTER

0:07:30 > 0:07:32The Queen's Trust has... I came up in the lift.

0:07:32 > 0:07:33You were lucky!

0:07:33 > 0:07:34LAUGHTER

0:07:34 > 0:07:38She is remarkable. I don't know how

0:07:38 > 0:07:40she's managed to achieve or keep going

0:07:40 > 0:07:42at the speed and the pace that she has over the years.

0:07:42 > 0:07:44If you have to do an expedition,

0:07:44 > 0:07:47it's usually the wettest or the coldest or something...

0:07:47 > 0:07:50She walks every day, and she still rides.

0:07:51 > 0:07:53I'm sure exercise and

0:07:53 > 0:07:58a sort of moderate diet contributes to her length of life.

0:07:58 > 0:08:00How many languages did you say?

0:08:00 > 0:08:03There are students who speak 60 different languages.

0:08:03 > 0:08:0460 different languages!

0:08:04 > 0:08:08She was always an active person and I think she's remained active,

0:08:08 > 0:08:13but she's also remained curious, and mentally curious.

0:08:13 > 0:08:16It was last September that the Queen's reign

0:08:16 > 0:08:19became the longest in British history -

0:08:19 > 0:08:22a moment other people were more excited about than she was.

0:08:22 > 0:08:25Don't forget, it's a very double-edged sword, this -

0:08:25 > 0:08:28people tend to forget,

0:08:28 > 0:08:34when she passed the longest-reigning monarch,

0:08:34 > 0:08:37that was only because her father died so young.

0:08:37 > 0:08:38You know, it's a record

0:08:38 > 0:08:41that she would much rather not have been able to pass.

0:08:46 > 0:08:49'From the Great Hall in the Palace of Westminster,

0:08:49 > 0:08:51'they bear George VI...' BELL TOLLS

0:08:51 > 0:08:54'..as the hour sounds for his last journey.

0:08:55 > 0:08:58'Now Britain buries her King

0:08:58 > 0:09:01'and the nations come to pay their homage.

0:09:01 > 0:09:05'Tragic in sombre black, the ladies of his house follow -

0:09:05 > 0:09:08'the Queen, the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret

0:09:08 > 0:09:10'together in their grief.

0:09:10 > 0:09:15'Behind the Queen's coach walk the four Royal Dukes.'

0:09:17 > 0:09:18Prince Philip on the left

0:09:18 > 0:09:21and the Duke of Gloucester, the Queen's uncle,

0:09:21 > 0:09:25the Duke of Windsor, also her uncle, and then me.

0:09:25 > 0:09:28'..and the 16-year-old Duke of Kent.'

0:09:28 > 0:09:30The first time I'd met the Duke of Windsor, who was my uncle,

0:09:30 > 0:09:32and he was also my godfather.

0:09:32 > 0:09:35Hardly anybody knew him, you know?

0:09:35 > 0:09:39He'd been out of the country for the last 15 years -

0:09:39 > 0:09:41since the abdication -

0:09:41 > 0:09:43and I was very conscious all the time

0:09:43 > 0:09:46that I had to keep up with my uncles and cousins.

0:09:48 > 0:09:51'Past Tyburn and along the Edgware Road...'

0:09:51 > 0:09:55We went all the way from Westminster Hall

0:09:55 > 0:09:57eventually to Paddington Station -

0:09:57 > 0:10:00it was certainly quite a long way.

0:10:00 > 0:10:04And then a bit more, of course, when we got down to Windsor.

0:10:04 > 0:10:06'As the Queens and Princess watch,

0:10:06 > 0:10:10'the Royal coffin is brought to the train,

0:10:10 > 0:10:14'and the King leaves London, no more to return.'

0:10:19 > 0:10:23My grandmother was still in mourning that spring of 1952

0:10:23 > 0:10:28when my mama, now the young Queen, filmed my sister and me

0:10:28 > 0:10:31in the gardens of Royal Lodge at Windsor.

0:10:42 > 0:10:45So, this must be just before the coronation.

0:10:48 > 0:10:49Typical line-up.

0:10:58 > 0:11:01Grandpa's always there on hand - good to see.

0:11:01 > 0:11:03Granny looking stunning. Yeah.

0:11:03 > 0:11:05She's beautiful.

0:11:05 > 0:11:07Look at those jewels sparkling - wow! Yeah.

0:11:13 > 0:11:17She was a very... Well, glamour is the wrong word for her,

0:11:17 > 0:11:20but she was also a glamorous person

0:11:20 > 0:11:22as a very young Queen in those days...

0:11:31 > 0:11:34..but she also has great warmth,

0:11:34 > 0:11:38and the two together makes her something very, very special.

0:11:43 > 0:11:46At the time of the coronation, in 1953,

0:11:46 > 0:11:49my parents commissioned a private film

0:11:49 > 0:11:51to capture the scene at Buckingham Palace

0:11:51 > 0:11:55as everyone in their finery lined up to travel in procession

0:11:55 > 0:11:56to Westminster Abbey.

0:11:56 > 0:11:58Wonderful.

0:12:06 > 0:12:12Winston...looks wonderful with his tricorn hat on.

0:12:13 > 0:12:15There's Lady Churchill.

0:12:28 > 0:12:30Wonderful.

0:12:34 > 0:12:37It's marvellous. I've not seen this before.

0:12:37 > 0:12:39Hah!

0:12:39 > 0:12:41I'm trying to...

0:12:41 > 0:12:43I think that's the Princess Royal in the...

0:12:45 > 0:12:48Lord Mountbatten, I can see.

0:12:48 > 0:12:49Probably giving orders to somebody.

0:12:49 > 0:12:52And that's my mother, Princess Marina,

0:12:52 > 0:12:54and sister.

0:12:54 > 0:12:57Carrying a coronet, my sister is!

0:12:58 > 0:13:00That's me. That's...

0:13:00 > 0:13:03That's my mother sitting in the carriage.

0:13:05 > 0:13:08And my brother Michael.

0:13:08 > 0:13:11And...

0:13:11 > 0:13:13my sister Alexandra.

0:13:16 > 0:13:18We're having some trouble with the window, apparently.

0:13:31 > 0:13:34There's no apparent nerves, at all.

0:13:35 > 0:13:36Wonderful sight.

0:13:40 > 0:13:41PRINCE HARRY: Very smart.

0:13:41 > 0:13:43PRINCE WILLIAM: Grandpa looking very smart.

0:13:43 > 0:13:45Looking slightly nervous, as well.

0:13:45 > 0:13:46Do you not think? Mm.

0:13:50 > 0:13:51Yes, very nervous, look!

0:14:01 > 0:14:04One way of travelling, isn't it?! Yeah.

0:14:05 > 0:14:07The carriage is amazing, isn't it?

0:14:14 > 0:14:16CHOIR SINGS

0:14:18 > 0:14:21Prince Philip doing his homage...

0:14:21 > 0:14:25'I, Philip, do become your liege man of life and limb

0:14:25 > 0:14:26'and of earthly worship,

0:14:26 > 0:14:29'and faith and truth I will bear unto you,

0:14:29 > 0:14:32'to live and die, against all manner of folks,'

0:14:32 > 0:14:33'so help me God.'

0:14:41 > 0:14:43I think that's me...

0:14:43 > 0:14:46right beside the Archbishop - or Bishop, as he was then -

0:14:46 > 0:14:48holding up the words,

0:14:48 > 0:14:51which I had methodically learned for weeks beforehand,

0:14:51 > 0:14:54tried to memorise them for a long time before,

0:14:54 > 0:14:57and I thought I'd got it all absolutely by heart, you know?

0:14:57 > 0:15:01And then, I saw him holding the card, so I needn't have worried.

0:15:14 > 0:15:17There's Prince Charles, a very small Prince Charles,

0:15:17 > 0:15:18and his sister.

0:15:27 > 0:15:28I assume that's on the return.

0:15:30 > 0:15:32I don't imagine that either of us

0:15:32 > 0:15:34were a great deal of help at that stage.

0:15:34 > 0:15:36No.

0:15:51 > 0:15:54That's quite an impressive sight, isn't it?

0:15:58 > 0:16:01Everyone is just sparkling. Yeah, that's a lot of jewellery.

0:16:01 > 0:16:02That's unbelievable.

0:16:06 > 0:16:08Grandpa trying to do some ushering.

0:16:08 > 0:16:11"Will you get in here? Everyone, come on."

0:16:11 > 0:16:15You can see why he got fed up of doing family photos after this.

0:16:19 > 0:16:22Can you imagine how hot, and how long this must have gone on for?

0:16:25 > 0:16:28Look at those dresses - they're incredible.

0:16:32 > 0:16:35The light on them looks amazing. So young, as well. Yeah.

0:16:37 > 0:16:39That's helpful, isn't it(?)

0:16:39 > 0:16:42Yeah, just what every photographer wants to see(!) Yeah, exactly.

0:16:42 > 0:16:44Just prolong the situation even more.

0:16:53 > 0:16:55Yes, that was Senior Nanny Lightbody.

0:16:58 > 0:17:04She was Senior Nanny, and she had a slightly different way

0:17:04 > 0:17:06of treating senior child to junior child.

0:17:09 > 0:17:11I don't think we'll go any further.

0:17:18 > 0:17:23You were conscious of the fact that she had become the sovereign.

0:17:23 > 0:17:29And you accorded her the sort of respect that was her due.

0:17:29 > 0:17:34My mother had very firm ideas about the relationship

0:17:34 > 0:17:39with the sovereign and how important it was that we bowed correctly

0:17:39 > 0:17:43and curtsied and kissed her hand, that kind of thing.

0:17:43 > 0:17:46She wanted to make sure we did that properly.

0:17:46 > 0:17:49NEWSREEL NARRATOR: To arrive in India for the first time

0:17:49 > 0:17:53is an unforgettable experience for anyone in any age.

0:17:53 > 0:17:54How much more so for the Queen,

0:17:54 > 0:17:59for whom the magic of air travel in a few hours translated

0:17:59 > 0:18:02the January gloom of London into the tropical brilliance of New Delhi?

0:18:04 > 0:18:06It wasn't very long after independence.

0:18:07 > 0:18:10And my mama had never been there before.

0:18:11 > 0:18:14So that tour was, I think, a very important one.

0:18:16 > 0:18:18If I venture any of the names, my mama will tell me

0:18:18 > 0:18:20I've got them wrong, of course.

0:18:20 > 0:18:21HE LAUGHS

0:18:23 > 0:18:26Oh, Mr Nehru is still there - hooray!

0:18:26 > 0:18:31Half a century had passed since a reigning monarch last visited India.

0:18:31 > 0:18:33Her grandfather, King George V,

0:18:33 > 0:18:37may have, you know, told her a few things.

0:18:37 > 0:18:41Because remember, they went out for the Delhi Durbar in 1911,

0:18:41 > 0:18:42I think it was.

0:18:42 > 0:18:45Because, of course, when you go to Sandringham,

0:18:45 > 0:18:48the wonderful thing there is it's full of all the things

0:18:48 > 0:18:49that King Edward VII,

0:18:49 > 0:18:53my great-great-grandfather, brought back from his tour

0:18:53 > 0:18:57of India in 1870, when he was Prince of Wales - extraordinary.

0:18:57 > 0:19:01So, on the walls are all these amazing bits of weaponry

0:19:01 > 0:19:03and shields and swords...

0:19:03 > 0:19:05This was an India evoking memories

0:19:05 > 0:19:07of the historic Delhi Durbar,

0:19:07 > 0:19:10held in honour of the King-Emperor George V,

0:19:10 > 0:19:12the Queen's grandfather.

0:19:12 > 0:19:16This is Jaipur, which I've been to. I haven't ever been on an elephant.

0:19:17 > 0:19:20It must have been an amusing experience, certainly...

0:19:20 > 0:19:22I remember Grandma told me about all this,

0:19:22 > 0:19:25cos it swayed about - can you imagine?

0:19:25 > 0:19:28You're very high up. Frankly alarming.

0:19:32 > 0:19:34In the Fortress Stadium of the Lahore Cantonment was held

0:19:34 > 0:19:37Pakistan's National Horse and Cattle Show.

0:19:37 > 0:19:39Do look at these splendid things.

0:19:39 > 0:19:42Pictures of the show and much else of the Royal Tour

0:19:42 > 0:19:45will provide home movies for the Queen's children.

0:19:45 > 0:19:48Mama, whenever she could, she took some photos.

0:19:48 > 0:19:50A few still pictures this time.

0:19:50 > 0:19:53Or my father did. There, you see.

0:19:56 > 0:19:58Dancing stallion.

0:19:58 > 0:20:00What a contrast was the Northwest Frontier

0:20:00 > 0:20:02and the world-famous Khyber Pass.

0:20:03 > 0:20:07You see, they were so lucky, because they managed to get to these places.

0:20:07 > 0:20:11Along a motor road built in the 1920s now came the Queen

0:20:11 > 0:20:12and Prince Philip,

0:20:12 > 0:20:14nearing the border between Pakistan

0:20:14 > 0:20:16and her rugged neighbour Afghanistan.,

0:20:16 > 0:20:19We never got to the Khyber Pass, sadly - we were due to go -

0:20:19 > 0:20:22because it all got too... Tragically,

0:20:22 > 0:20:24it's all got too dangerous and too difficult.

0:20:28 > 0:20:30Awaiting the Queen were men whose forebears

0:20:30 > 0:20:33were among the historic enemies of Britain.

0:20:34 > 0:20:37Many a warrior who came to meet the Queen remembered

0:20:37 > 0:20:39the stirring times when a few crack shots,

0:20:39 > 0:20:41well hidden in this wild country,

0:20:41 > 0:20:43could take toll on the finest troops.

0:20:48 > 0:20:49HE CHUCKLES

0:20:49 > 0:20:51They've always been heavily armed, haven't they?

0:20:53 > 0:20:56Ideal place for an ambush.

0:20:56 > 0:20:58Don't you love the moustache?

0:20:58 > 0:21:02The largest crowds of the tour, however, were in Calcutta.

0:21:02 > 0:21:04It's estimated that more than two million people

0:21:04 > 0:21:07in the Commonwealth's second-largest city lined their streets.

0:21:08 > 0:21:12All this open-car stuff.

0:21:13 > 0:21:17Slightly alarming it must have been, left standing up on your own.

0:21:17 > 0:21:19Never before have the Queen and Duke

0:21:19 > 0:21:21been welcomed by such large numbers of people.

0:21:21 > 0:21:25But, you see, I remember so well trying to ring my parents...

0:21:25 > 0:21:28from the school I was in.

0:21:28 > 0:21:31I remember being taken into a little room -

0:21:31 > 0:21:34probably the headmaster's study or something, I suppose -

0:21:34 > 0:21:37and I sat there, you see, with the telephone,

0:21:37 > 0:21:41and all you could hear was endless connections going on,

0:21:41 > 0:21:44you know, between one place, one operator and another.

0:21:44 > 0:21:48Then finally there was a click, and then there was a...

0:21:48 > 0:21:52Again, a distant, distant voice...

0:21:52 > 0:21:55in amongst what sounded like a raging storm,

0:21:55 > 0:21:58the sea and the wind and everything else.

0:21:58 > 0:22:03So I managed to get two words out, whereupon it went "click" - gone.

0:22:03 > 0:22:06So we went through the whole process all over again.

0:22:06 > 0:22:11Finally had a few words at the end of it all. Even in 1961,

0:22:11 > 0:22:15it was a major exercise to talk to anybody at that distance.

0:22:18 > 0:22:21She's been to every country that there is in the world,

0:22:21 > 0:22:22pretty much, and it's hard to go

0:22:22 > 0:22:26somewhere that she hasn't been. I think it's actually impossible.

0:22:28 > 0:22:30There are, in fact, quite a few places

0:22:30 > 0:22:32that she hasn't managed to visit.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35Not so long ago, my parents kindly supported my son Harry

0:22:35 > 0:22:37by meeting some of the people

0:22:37 > 0:22:40about to walk to the South Pole for charity.

0:22:42 > 0:22:45Ah. Ah. That was her at Buckingham Palace.

0:22:45 > 0:22:47South Pole Challenge.

0:22:47 > 0:22:50Actually, Granny and Grandpa were very sweet to say,

0:22:50 > 0:22:53"Bring them along and get them to come in and say hello."

0:22:53 > 0:22:56Which was very kind. This is your Walking with the Wounded, isn't it?

0:22:56 > 0:22:59Yeah, exactly. Grandpa probably wondering why on earth

0:22:59 > 0:23:00we're walking to the South Pole.

0:23:00 > 0:23:02Yeah. I think he thought that a lot of the time.

0:23:02 > 0:23:06And this is Dominic West. There's an Englishman... I'm the clown.

0:23:06 > 0:23:07LAUGHTER

0:23:07 > 0:23:10The only non-military - I'm in real trouble.

0:23:10 > 0:23:13Granny, these are the teams that slowed the Commonwealth team down.

0:23:13 > 0:23:15LAUGHTER

0:23:15 > 0:23:17We call him our anchor. Oh, really?

0:23:17 > 0:23:21I think Granny's trying to work out why Dominic West is in the line-up.

0:23:21 > 0:23:23And why he hasn't brushed his hair.

0:23:23 > 0:23:26Everyone else looks relatively smart apart from him.

0:23:26 > 0:23:29It is a sort of bug, isn't it, people get?

0:23:29 > 0:23:32They like going to the coldest places.

0:23:32 > 0:23:36Freeze down there. Lose bits and pieces.

0:23:36 > 0:23:39Mind your fingers. Have you been? No, of course not!

0:23:40 > 0:23:43See, that's a classic example of someone slightly panicking,

0:23:43 > 0:23:45not really knowing what to say to the Queen.

0:23:45 > 0:23:47And crumbling under the pressure.

0:23:47 > 0:23:50No, I don't think anything would really make me go down there.

0:23:50 > 0:23:52WILLIAM: 'Worst question he's ever asked.'

0:23:52 > 0:23:54HARRY: 'Poor Dominic. Stick to acting!'

0:23:54 > 0:23:57..the guide for the US team and took myself

0:23:57 > 0:23:59and Prince Harry to the North Pole.

0:23:59 > 0:24:04Oh, did you? That was brave. I shared a tent with him, Granny.

0:24:04 > 0:24:08That's incredibly brave, on my part.

0:24:08 > 0:24:11'When you go on official tours to'

0:24:11 > 0:24:13the Bahamas, Belize, all those places...

0:24:13 > 0:24:17My first proper tour representing her, I was bricking myself.

0:24:17 > 0:24:19I was incredibly nervous. I was wondering what...

0:24:19 > 0:24:21"People are going to be disappointed it's me

0:24:21 > 0:24:25"and not her. Will I get it all right? Will I make any mistakes?"

0:24:25 > 0:24:26So there is a huge amount of pressure

0:24:26 > 0:24:29and a huge weight on our shoulders, but she's led the way,

0:24:29 > 0:24:33and I think she's more than happy to let you crack on.

0:24:33 > 0:24:36If you get it wrong, she'll tell you.

0:24:36 > 0:24:39And, likewise, if we get it wrong, then we'll go up and apologise.

0:24:42 > 0:24:44We've all had to learn the ropes.

0:24:44 > 0:24:48My sister and I did our first Royal tour with my parents

0:24:48 > 0:24:53all over Canada in 1970. It was...memorable.

0:24:55 > 0:24:57Two of the longest days of our lives.

0:24:57 > 0:25:00We arrived in Inuvik and went to Tuktoyaktuk, which is

0:25:00 > 0:25:02somewhere in the Arctic Circle.

0:25:14 > 0:25:16It was a military exercise in the middle of nowhere.

0:25:16 > 0:25:20This helicopter really wasn't very far away and it started to rain.

0:25:21 > 0:25:25Oh, this was very funny. You see, the helicopter hovered...

0:25:27 > 0:25:29They were doing a demonstration.

0:25:29 > 0:25:32HE LAUGHS

0:25:32 > 0:25:34Of course, it was raining anyway, and blowing,

0:25:34 > 0:25:39and everybody's umbrellas were all sucked inside out in the stands.

0:25:39 > 0:25:41It went on for hours.

0:25:44 > 0:25:46I have to say, you had to keep your sense of humour,

0:25:46 > 0:25:49cos it was... We were all very inappropriately dressed

0:25:49 > 0:25:51for that kind of treatment!

0:25:59 > 0:26:02REPORTER: At the tiny township of Fort Providence,

0:26:02 > 0:26:04the royal family found more than the usual

0:26:04 > 0:26:06airport reception waiting for them.

0:26:06 > 0:26:08CHARLES LAUGHS

0:26:08 > 0:26:11The horror of the black flies and the mosquitoes -

0:26:11 > 0:26:13you cannot believe what it was like.

0:26:13 > 0:26:16No respecters of persons royal or otherwise...

0:26:16 > 0:26:19They always said that the black flies were really bad,

0:26:19 > 0:26:21and they didn't give us any nets.

0:26:23 > 0:26:26That's why I think Mama is in a trouser suit, because,

0:26:26 > 0:26:31sensibly advised, these people are trying to get away from the insects!

0:26:46 > 0:26:49THE QUEEN: This I don't remember, of course. This at Glamis?

0:26:49 > 0:26:52No, cos you see, how old do you think you were then?

0:26:52 > 0:26:55About a year. Just tottering. Mm. Mm.

0:26:59 > 0:27:03Marvellous. Look. "Go away."

0:27:04 > 0:27:06THEY LAUGH

0:27:08 > 0:27:12Can you remember what that one was called? Glen, or somebody.

0:27:12 > 0:27:13Ah.

0:27:16 > 0:27:18I was very busy. Yep.

0:27:20 > 0:27:23Emptying and then putting everything back in again. Hopefully...

0:27:23 > 0:27:26Some of it doesn't go back in again.

0:27:26 > 0:27:29Where is this again? That's not Glamis, is it? Well...

0:27:31 > 0:27:34I think that's London. Must be, mustn't it?

0:27:37 > 0:27:39Oops. CHARLES LAUGHS

0:27:41 > 0:27:43Extremely painful. Yes.

0:27:44 > 0:27:46And then do it again!

0:27:49 > 0:27:54Do you think that pram is somewhere, still? I've never seen it again.

0:27:54 > 0:27:55CHARLES LAUGHS

0:27:57 > 0:27:58Now I've got into it.

0:28:00 > 0:28:03Yes, it's the garden at 145 Piccadilly.

0:28:03 > 0:28:04Oh.

0:28:11 > 0:28:15These pictures were taken when my grandmother was Duchess of York.

0:28:15 > 0:28:19She used to take my mother up from London to Glamis Castle,

0:28:19 > 0:28:21the Scottish home of her parents,

0:28:21 > 0:28:23the Earl and Countess of Strathmore.

0:28:25 > 0:28:30My mother was one of the eldest daughters of the Strathmores.

0:28:31 > 0:28:34And the Queen Mother was positively the youngest.

0:28:34 > 0:28:36I think there were ten children in all.

0:28:36 > 0:28:38Anyway, they were sisters -

0:28:38 > 0:28:41my mother and the Queen's mother were sisters.

0:28:41 > 0:28:45And thus, makes me a first cousin to the Queen.

0:28:45 > 0:28:52But my grandparents, Claude, the...14th Earl or something,

0:28:52 > 0:28:54he was a wonderful man.

0:28:54 > 0:28:59He smoked cigarettes and he had an enormous bushy moustache.

0:28:59 > 0:29:02So, as children, one was always waiting

0:29:02 > 0:29:05in eager anticipation for his moustache to catch fire.

0:29:05 > 0:29:08Which would have been very enlivening and enjoyable.

0:29:08 > 0:29:09But I don't think it ever did.

0:29:14 > 0:29:18When my mama was five, there was a big family gathering at Glamis.

0:29:19 > 0:29:22There was a lot of leeway for a lot of grandchildren.

0:29:23 > 0:29:26Mountains of them, weren't there?

0:29:26 > 0:29:30That's my grandparents' golden wedding.

0:29:30 > 0:29:31David, get out of the way. David.

0:29:33 > 0:29:36Isn't that amazing, the whole line of them?

0:29:36 > 0:29:39Well, there were a lot of grandchildren. How splendid!

0:29:39 > 0:29:42We ended up at the bottom of the line, practically. And there's...

0:29:42 > 0:29:44That's Margaret. ..Margaret.

0:29:48 > 0:29:50That's my grandmother.

0:29:51 > 0:29:53Who I always wish I'd met.

0:29:58 > 0:30:00THEY CHUCKLE

0:30:01 > 0:30:04Who's that, holding on to you?

0:30:04 > 0:30:06Tidda, I think. Is it? Cousin Tidda.

0:30:12 > 0:30:13We were going quite fast.

0:30:16 > 0:30:19But this must have been taken by... By your papa.

0:30:19 > 0:30:21I think so, probably. Yes.

0:30:23 > 0:30:25You know, that family was a...

0:30:25 > 0:30:27A surprise to the King,

0:30:27 > 0:30:30and I think he enjoyed going back there.

0:30:32 > 0:30:35Seeing this footage for the first time helps us to understand

0:30:35 > 0:30:37where my grandmother got her sense of fun from,

0:30:37 > 0:30:40and how she passed that on to her own family.

0:30:42 > 0:30:45My great uncle, David Bowes-Lyon, at the back.

0:30:46 > 0:30:48CHARLES CHUCKLES

0:30:55 > 0:30:58It was a revelation to the King

0:30:58 > 0:31:04to see what a big...family was like in its home, you know.

0:31:04 > 0:31:07Being brought up by King George V and Queen Mary,

0:31:07 > 0:31:08they were very...

0:31:08 > 0:31:09I don't know, I may be wrong,

0:31:09 > 0:31:12but it felt as if they were rather unloving, you know -

0:31:12 > 0:31:14un-showing of love.

0:31:14 > 0:31:19And he saw this ebullient, wonderful Bowes-Lyon family of huge numbers,

0:31:19 > 0:31:22and they all got on frightfully well.

0:31:33 > 0:31:35There's my grandmother, again.

0:31:35 > 0:31:39She was always dreaming up something wonderfully dotty to do,

0:31:39 > 0:31:40my grandmother...

0:31:40 > 0:31:41CHARLES CHUCKLES

0:31:41 > 0:31:44Congas around the house and things like that.

0:31:53 > 0:31:55This is frightfully unkind.

0:31:55 > 0:31:57Oh, he was such a dear man.

0:31:58 > 0:32:00He was permanently...

0:32:00 > 0:32:03I don't think the corgi is enjoying it very much.

0:32:03 > 0:32:06No, the corgi certainly isn't.

0:32:06 > 0:32:09Arthur Penn was, by then...

0:32:09 > 0:32:11Oh, he was just a great friend, I think.

0:32:11 > 0:32:13I know, but he wasn't... He became her private secretary...

0:32:13 > 0:32:16He did, didn't he? ..and treasurer.

0:32:16 > 0:32:17And then...

0:32:17 > 0:32:19CHARLES LAUGHS

0:32:19 > 0:32:20Got her!

0:32:23 > 0:32:25All the dogs, joining in.

0:32:29 > 0:32:32Really rough stuff, isn't it? Yes.

0:32:32 > 0:32:33Extraordinary. Yes.

0:32:34 > 0:32:37It's always such fun, having somebody like that to hit... Yes.

0:32:37 > 0:32:40..with pillows and cushions. Well, we had Dick Molyneux. Dick...

0:32:40 > 0:32:42Who put up with everything. Everything.

0:32:42 > 0:32:43Until one day, he...

0:32:45 > 0:32:48He got fed up, and he was teased so much,

0:32:48 > 0:32:51that he upset the ink pot over Uncle Algie's head.

0:32:51 > 0:32:55Did he? Yes, which shook me -

0:32:55 > 0:32:58I mean, you know, I'd never seen anybody behave like that.

0:32:58 > 0:32:59Quite funny, wasn't it?

0:32:59 > 0:33:01Must've taken a long time to get the ink out.

0:33:01 > 0:33:04It did, because he had a very crinkly nose and...

0:33:04 > 0:33:06It got into it. Ah... SHE LAUGHS

0:33:06 > 0:33:09Not much fun, with a pumice stone on the nose. No. No, exactly.

0:33:09 > 0:33:11So, I was shocked, I must say.

0:33:11 > 0:33:13I didn't know that people behaved like that.

0:33:13 > 0:33:15Ah...

0:33:15 > 0:33:18What, he got driven to distraction by being teased mercilessly? Yes.

0:33:18 > 0:33:21I mean, one day, he got so teased that he jumped fully clothed

0:33:21 > 0:33:24into the swimming pool at the Royal Lodge.

0:33:24 > 0:33:25Did he? Yes. In Ascot week.

0:33:25 > 0:33:27HE CHUCKLES

0:33:30 > 0:33:32Oh, this is Andrew and Edward.

0:33:37 > 0:33:42Do you think that's at... Frogmore, was it? Or...?

0:33:42 > 0:33:44No, I think it's in the garden in London. London, London.

0:33:45 > 0:33:47Because we were...

0:33:47 > 0:33:49That's rather good, that. Isn't it?

0:33:49 > 0:33:52We were allowed to rake the leaves and... Yes.

0:33:52 > 0:33:54Put them in the...

0:33:54 > 0:33:56CHARLES LAUGHS

0:33:56 > 0:33:59That's Edward, isn't it? Yes. Busily sucking his thumb.

0:34:02 > 0:34:03Is that...?

0:34:03 > 0:34:05CHARLES LAUGHS

0:34:09 > 0:34:11And if that was left to the siblings,

0:34:11 > 0:34:14they would have been buried completely, I daresay.

0:34:21 > 0:34:22We certainly spent more time outside,

0:34:22 > 0:34:24probably, than the modern generations do.

0:34:27 > 0:34:29Holkham Beach was always a great expedition,

0:34:29 > 0:34:31and still is, really.

0:34:38 > 0:34:41Good way of wearing out children, then, that was.

0:34:44 > 0:34:46Still is, actually.

0:34:55 > 0:34:59Do you remember doing this? Yes, absolutely - vividly.

0:34:59 > 0:35:01I always remember how far one had to walk to get to the sea,

0:35:01 > 0:35:05very often, because of the tide. Yes, miles.

0:35:07 > 0:35:09I remember finding a dead whale out there once.

0:35:11 > 0:35:13HE CHUCKLES

0:35:13 > 0:35:15Endless hours of being...

0:35:15 > 0:35:17Look at the size of the beach.

0:35:17 > 0:35:18Astonishing, isn't it?

0:35:26 > 0:35:29Holkham was a bit off the beaten track.

0:35:30 > 0:35:33It does look...almost completely empty,

0:35:33 > 0:35:35which you wouldn't find now.

0:35:35 > 0:35:40Um...it would be... Have many more people on it.

0:35:40 > 0:35:43But it was a public beach even then, so...

0:35:43 > 0:35:45But it's a big beach.

0:35:49 > 0:35:51Always such fun, playing hide and seek

0:35:51 > 0:35:53in those dunes. In the dunes.

0:36:04 > 0:36:06I remember that so well. Isn't it funny?

0:36:08 > 0:36:10Vividly.

0:36:10 > 0:36:14And in those days, you didn't mind the prickly grass. No.

0:36:16 > 0:36:19It WAS quite prickly, too, wasn't it?

0:36:24 > 0:36:26Obviously, Papa joins him.

0:36:26 > 0:36:28CHARLES LAUGHS

0:36:30 > 0:36:31That, I remember.

0:36:33 > 0:36:36Feeling you were never going to get out.

0:36:40 > 0:36:43It's such a good photograph, that one, isn't it?

0:36:43 > 0:36:45He doesn't think that's funny, at all.

0:36:45 > 0:36:48The sand starts to move. Revolting...

0:36:55 > 0:36:57Old jokes are the best, aren't they, really?

0:36:58 > 0:37:01I wonder if you'd get away with burying your children nowadays.

0:37:01 > 0:37:03SHE LAUGHS

0:37:08 > 0:37:12I think this is Holkham Beach.

0:37:12 > 0:37:15If my notations are right, this is 1967.

0:37:15 > 0:37:17Ah...

0:37:17 > 0:37:18So, um...

0:37:19 > 0:37:22The Queen and Princess Margaret,

0:37:22 > 0:37:25as well as my father, the Duke of Edinburgh,

0:37:25 > 0:37:26and I think that was Princess Margaret's

0:37:26 > 0:37:29King Charles spaniel which she had, so that must be...

0:37:29 > 0:37:31Yes, David Linley. And this would be Andrew.

0:37:37 > 0:37:40Not brilliant, these photographs, are they? But there you go.

0:37:40 > 0:37:41I did it as a hobby at school.

0:37:43 > 0:37:44Who nicked my camera?

0:37:44 > 0:37:46SHE LAUGHS

0:37:46 > 0:37:48INTERVIEWER: Can we see that? Must you?

0:37:48 > 0:37:49LAUGHING: Yes.

0:37:51 > 0:37:52No, I think we'll do without that.

0:37:52 > 0:37:54SHE CHUCKLES

0:37:56 > 0:37:58Still climbing sand dunes, you notice.

0:38:00 > 0:38:03Her Majesty, her experience would have been very similar,

0:38:03 > 0:38:07but there is less evidence of her growing up at these sort of places.

0:38:07 > 0:38:12But I think, even for her, it's probably not changed very much.

0:38:22 > 0:38:24You tend to assume that the next generation

0:38:24 > 0:38:27isn't going to like what the previous generation did,

0:38:27 > 0:38:31but all of that kind of outdoor life has always been hugely popular,

0:38:31 > 0:38:35and I think that is something that she probably enjoys recognising,

0:38:35 > 0:38:39is that that generational enjoyment is still there.

0:38:58 > 0:39:00How well I remember the bond

0:39:00 > 0:39:03between my mother and her sister Princess Margaret.

0:39:04 > 0:39:08And you can see from these films it was there from the very start.

0:39:17 > 0:39:19It's very revealing, actually,

0:39:19 > 0:39:21how that closeness started

0:39:21 > 0:39:24with how young they were, and that never...

0:39:26 > 0:39:28That never got weaker as they got older.

0:39:28 > 0:39:31If anything, it probably just got stronger and stronger.

0:39:31 > 0:39:33SILENT FOOTAGE

0:39:39 > 0:39:40They're singing.

0:39:42 > 0:39:44And these are the...

0:39:44 > 0:39:48Well, some songs my grandmother taught us when we were younger.

0:39:55 > 0:39:58I think my aunt knows more than my mother.

0:40:05 > 0:40:07But I don't remember what this song was.

0:40:12 > 0:40:14It's the sweetest thing, isn't it?

0:40:14 > 0:40:17But singing must've been a huge part of their lives, I think.

0:40:17 > 0:40:21It was something that they both shared, very much.

0:40:24 > 0:40:26Now, what are you doing there?

0:40:26 > 0:40:29Well, we...must be singing. Under the Spreading Chestnut...no?

0:40:29 > 0:40:31Not quite, but we're singing something.

0:40:33 > 0:40:34SHE LAUGHS

0:40:36 > 0:40:37Taught by Granny.

0:40:37 > 0:40:39Well, I suppose so, yes.

0:40:45 > 0:40:48I remember hearing them singing together.

0:40:48 > 0:40:49It was very moving.

0:40:50 > 0:40:52It's something that you don't forget.

0:41:00 > 0:41:02He's dressed in overalls.

0:41:03 > 0:41:05Gardening. Yes.

0:41:14 > 0:41:15HE LAUGHS

0:41:15 > 0:41:17Now, you see, interestingly enough,

0:41:17 > 0:41:20I've had it done, so Margaret has to have it done.

0:41:20 > 0:41:22Has to have it done, exactly.

0:41:22 > 0:41:24Certainly when they were small,

0:41:24 > 0:41:27it was very much Lilibet, being the elder sister,

0:41:27 > 0:41:30who would teach her younger sister how to behave.

0:41:33 > 0:41:34She's tiny.

0:41:38 > 0:41:39Oh!

0:41:39 > 0:41:41SHE LAUGHS

0:41:46 > 0:41:48Well, my aunt is trying to be a horse,

0:41:48 > 0:41:51whereas I can't quite see the expression on my mother's face,

0:41:51 > 0:41:54whether she's enjoying being pretend spanked or not.

0:42:00 > 0:42:03I love my mother being the horse - no, the pony, I would say - in this.

0:42:07 > 0:42:09I love the reverse role, here.

0:42:12 > 0:42:15It was your turn to be...driven. SHE LAUGHS

0:42:15 > 0:42:17Well, it was always very fair. Yes.

0:42:21 > 0:42:25Now, that...is what?

0:42:25 > 0:42:28The V and A. The old Victoria and Albert yacht.

0:42:28 > 0:42:32But she lasted till when? Oh, until the beginning of the war.

0:42:32 > 0:42:35The beginning of the war. This was 19...

0:42:35 > 0:42:36SHE SIGHS

0:42:36 > 0:42:38'37. '37.

0:42:55 > 0:42:59So, the older sister is teaching the younger sister, isn't she?

0:43:02 > 0:43:03Oh, gosh...

0:43:07 > 0:43:10And that's Granny teaching them. That is so sweet.

0:43:10 > 0:43:12I wonder who that was in the background,

0:43:12 > 0:43:14who lurched out of the way.

0:43:22 > 0:43:25Was that a Western Isles...? Where were you?

0:43:25 > 0:43:30No, we were going from Portsmouth, Portsmouth to...Aberdeen.

0:43:30 > 0:43:32Oh! Out of the way.

0:43:32 > 0:43:35This is the Palais Glide, I think. The Palais Glide.

0:43:35 > 0:43:37So, who was the other person there? That is Miss Crawford.

0:43:37 > 0:43:39Miss Crawford - oh, who was the governess...

0:43:39 > 0:43:41Our governess.

0:43:41 > 0:43:42Those were the days.

0:43:49 > 0:43:52I've never seen this before. This is really charming.

0:43:56 > 0:43:59Gosh, I remember those chairs, too.

0:44:03 > 0:44:06Well, they did spend a lot of time outside.

0:44:06 > 0:44:08Even when it was very cold, my grandmother would love

0:44:08 > 0:44:13to have a cup of tea outside. Or lunch, if it was sunny.

0:44:13 > 0:44:18In the old days, I think my mother would probably...enjoy it less.

0:44:25 > 0:44:28This is a picnic in the Sunken Garden. Yes.

0:44:30 > 0:44:32With my father reading the newspaper,

0:44:32 > 0:44:34for some mysterious reason.

0:44:36 > 0:44:37That's Miss Crawford. Yeah.

0:44:44 > 0:44:46In the rose garden. Mm. Yeah.

0:44:51 > 0:44:53HE LAUGHS

0:44:53 > 0:44:57Typical. Marvellous, isn't it? Absolutely typical.

0:45:04 > 0:45:06That must have been interesting, riding in that outfit.

0:45:06 > 0:45:09Well, it was ridiculous. Look at how she's dressed, too.

0:45:10 > 0:45:17With sunshade... Yes... And very smart...clothes.

0:45:17 > 0:45:18Funny, isn't it?

0:45:19 > 0:45:24It's so nice to see the same cups being used... Yes!

0:45:25 > 0:45:28Nothing's changed.

0:45:28 > 0:45:32Margaret was always a sort of...slightly

0:45:32 > 0:45:37devilishly naughty little girl. But always, always got away with it

0:45:37 > 0:45:41because she could make her mother or her father laugh.

0:45:41 > 0:45:43Which was very useful for her.

0:45:44 > 0:45:47Sitting on the wall, as we all used to do...

0:45:50 > 0:45:54..and my mother is singing a song or she's...

0:45:56 > 0:46:00..mimicking something. Must be a song, I think.

0:46:01 > 0:46:05At big dinner parties at Balmoral, Margaret would fix her eye

0:46:05 > 0:46:11on the pages, who are the people like butlers in royal households,

0:46:11 > 0:46:16as they served other people. She would look - beadily look at them -

0:46:16 > 0:46:18and follow them all the way around the table

0:46:18 > 0:46:21and then say something absolutely outrageous and watch them trying to

0:46:21 > 0:46:24not laugh. She was naughty for that sort of thing.

0:46:30 > 0:46:32That looked like the Gelder, to me.

0:46:33 > 0:46:37I remember my mother always saying - you know, quietly, when they

0:46:37 > 0:46:40were not able to hear - this one, Elizabeth,

0:46:40 > 0:46:42was the important one

0:46:42 > 0:46:44because she was one day going to be the Queen.

0:46:44 > 0:46:49That looks like Eddie Kent, doesn't it? It does.

0:46:49 > 0:46:50We always were struck by...

0:46:52 > 0:46:55..a certain seriousness in her demeanour, you know.

0:46:55 > 0:46:58There was obviously a very strong character there.

0:46:58 > 0:47:02People, including me and the Queen, would come back from a day's

0:47:02 > 0:47:06stalking with long details about how we crawled up

0:47:06 > 0:47:08a burn on our tummies doing this, that and the other.

0:47:08 > 0:47:12And that drove Margaret absolutely mad with boredom.

0:47:12 > 0:47:15She didn't want to know anything about it at all.

0:47:17 > 0:47:20They ended up being quite different characters,

0:47:20 > 0:47:23but the sisterhood remained. Very strongly.

0:47:25 > 0:47:27Ah...

0:47:27 > 0:47:29Oh, look... Margaret Rhodes again.

0:47:32 > 0:47:34And...

0:47:34 > 0:47:35CHARLES LAUGHS

0:47:35 > 0:47:37Who was taking it? This I think...

0:47:37 > 0:47:39Oh, I do love this. Oh, do look.

0:47:39 > 0:47:42Doesn't it make people look different?

0:47:42 > 0:47:43Frightfully funny!

0:47:44 > 0:47:47I can't remember what the reason was. It's quite fun trying to guess.

0:47:47 > 0:47:49You would never believe that was Grandpa.

0:47:50 > 0:47:53Who's that in yellow, then? That's Betty Salisbury.

0:47:53 > 0:47:54It is Betty Salisbury.

0:47:54 > 0:47:56And who's the bald man, then?

0:47:56 > 0:47:59Well, that's the moderator. Oh, the moderator.

0:47:59 > 0:48:01And then beside him is Jack Elton.

0:48:01 > 0:48:04And that's Bobbity, on the right, isn't it?

0:48:05 > 0:48:08Recreating those... I think it was recreating those photographs.

0:48:08 > 0:48:10..those dotty photographs.

0:48:10 > 0:48:11SHE CHUCKLES

0:48:13 > 0:48:16PRINCE HARRY: Ah... my christening...1984.

0:48:16 > 0:48:18Do you remember your little brother being born?

0:48:18 > 0:48:20So... Not really. I must have only been two.

0:48:21 > 0:48:24It's like a mini George running around.

0:48:24 > 0:48:26Windsor hasn't changed at all, has it? No.

0:48:26 > 0:48:30Everything's still there - in one piece, luckily!

0:48:30 > 0:48:33It's hard to tell if you're a boy or a girl in that dress.

0:48:33 > 0:48:36Thank you for that. I think that normally happens at this stage

0:48:36 > 0:48:39of your life. You don't really have much of a decision what

0:48:39 > 0:48:41you're wearing. Yeah. There's Granny. Gan-Gan!

0:48:43 > 0:48:46My godmother Sarah... Sarah Chatto.

0:48:47 > 0:48:52Margo...who's going, "I'm keeping away from the children." Exactly!

0:48:52 > 0:48:55Zara. Peter, with bright blond hair.

0:48:58 > 0:49:02It's called Dash. Dash. Dash.

0:49:02 > 0:49:05And you know the word you use when you're cross - "dash!"

0:49:05 > 0:49:08It comes out frightfully well as a dog's name, see.

0:49:08 > 0:49:14Does it bite? No, not yet. But it might, after it's finished with you.

0:49:14 > 0:49:16CHILD BARKS

0:49:16 > 0:49:18She loves the idea of having her big family around her

0:49:18 > 0:49:21and keeping an eye on them and making sure they're OK.

0:49:21 > 0:49:24You met the puppy, didn't you, William?

0:49:24 > 0:49:27And it's a very sort of subtle affection that she has,

0:49:27 > 0:49:30so she... She keeps an eye without necessarily...

0:49:30 > 0:49:33You know it, but she knows exactly what you're up to

0:49:33 > 0:49:34and what's going on.

0:49:34 > 0:49:36Zara. Get Zara. Zara!

0:49:38 > 0:49:41Mummy looks great in blue. Yeah. I'm still not convinced about

0:49:41 > 0:49:43the dress that I'm in.

0:49:43 > 0:49:47Zara trying her best... "Get off my fingers, Zara. Take the hint."

0:49:47 > 0:49:49I think he's even going to smile, isn't he?

0:49:49 > 0:49:51Touch your finger.

0:49:51 > 0:49:54'Frequently, your relationship with your mother is a different one -

0:49:54 > 0:49:57'quite often until you get married, I suspect, and have children,'

0:49:57 > 0:50:02when that relationship with your mother changes a bit.

0:50:02 > 0:50:05And it can become much closer because of...

0:50:05 > 0:50:09That's the first time you really...understand what mothers

0:50:09 > 0:50:10have been doing.

0:50:11 > 0:50:13'Look how excited you are you've got a younger brother -

0:50:13 > 0:50:15'that's fantastic.

0:50:15 > 0:50:17'I don't think it's that. It didn't last long, did it?'

0:50:17 > 0:50:20This could be literally Christmas last year

0:50:20 > 0:50:21with you and Zara. Exactly.

0:50:34 > 0:50:37Christmas is always such an important family occasion.

0:50:40 > 0:50:45For most of my life, the Queen has hosted it at Sandringham in Norfolk.

0:50:45 > 0:50:48But some years, the whole family gathered at Windsor Castle.

0:50:57 > 0:51:00It can be a bit of a nightmare when you have everybody under one roof,

0:51:00 > 0:51:02but also it's fantastic,

0:51:02 > 0:51:04cos you just never know what's going to happen.

0:51:08 > 0:51:12And it was particular fun at Windsor because of the huge space.

0:51:12 > 0:51:17That long green corridor, which, incidentally,

0:51:17 > 0:51:20is full, of course, of the most marvellous furniture and pictures.

0:51:20 > 0:51:24The children used to ride their bicycles up and down there.

0:51:24 > 0:51:26I don't think there were skateboards,

0:51:26 > 0:51:29but, you know, they were hurling themselves about.

0:51:29 > 0:51:31Miraculously, I don't think any of the pictures

0:51:31 > 0:51:34or furniture was ever damaged.

0:51:34 > 0:51:35WILLIAM: There's a huge blue giraffe

0:51:35 > 0:51:37that's been there for years and years and years

0:51:37 > 0:51:39and she sort of bounces around

0:51:39 > 0:51:41and her legs wobble all over the place,

0:51:41 > 0:51:43and she's got a big dandelion in her nose.

0:51:43 > 0:51:46I remember that every year since I was small, it's been there.

0:51:46 > 0:51:48And George and Charlotte now play with it, and it's...

0:51:48 > 0:51:51I'd say that becomes more of a centrepiece for the family,

0:51:51 > 0:51:54cos it's just an old friend who's turned up every year.

0:51:56 > 0:52:00Do you think that will be strong enough?

0:52:00 > 0:52:03One of the drawing rooms was turned into...

0:52:03 > 0:52:05the room where the Christmas tree was,

0:52:05 > 0:52:07which was completely magical.

0:52:07 > 0:52:10Can we see if this is strong enough to...?

0:52:10 > 0:52:13Get off, get off! I wanted this...

0:52:13 > 0:52:15'Christmas Eve, at the end of tea,

0:52:15 > 0:52:19'the Queen would open the big doors.'

0:52:19 > 0:52:22And first of all, there were no lights on,

0:52:22 > 0:52:25except on the Christmas tree, so that was very impressive.

0:52:25 > 0:52:28Cos as the room's quite tall, it just filled...

0:52:28 > 0:52:30It was from floor to ceiling. It was amazing.

0:52:30 > 0:52:34And then, headed by a flock of children

0:52:34 > 0:52:36in a state of great excitement,

0:52:36 > 0:52:38we would all go in and find our present.

0:52:39 > 0:52:41THEY LAUGH

0:52:46 > 0:52:48I always say to both my grandparents,

0:52:48 > 0:52:50"Why do you keep doing it?

0:52:50 > 0:52:53"At this age, why do you have your whole family under one roof?

0:52:53 > 0:52:55"It must just exhaust you?"

0:52:55 > 0:52:57But they love it, they absolutely love it.

0:52:57 > 0:52:59At least, that's what they say.

0:53:04 > 0:53:08On Christmas morning, they had early Communion,

0:53:08 > 0:53:12breakfast, and then a big service on in the chapel.

0:53:12 > 0:53:15And then Christmas lunch, you know,

0:53:15 > 0:53:17you can imagine all the nonsense of Christmas lunch,

0:53:17 > 0:53:19which everybody has with paper hats

0:53:19 > 0:53:21and things just coming out of crackers.

0:53:21 > 0:53:26There was a long table, which was divided, and then we had...

0:53:26 > 0:53:28You know, with our names.

0:53:28 > 0:53:31We knew, because of the order, where we were going to be.

0:53:31 > 0:53:36I remember once changing the name of the person next to me,

0:53:36 > 0:53:39which was an awful thing to do, and it caused rather a lot of upset.

0:53:39 > 0:53:41I won't say who the person was!

0:53:41 > 0:53:44But I never forgot that. I didn't do it again!

0:53:44 > 0:53:45There's a look that everybody knows.

0:53:45 > 0:53:47If you know the Queen well enough,

0:53:47 > 0:53:50there's a look, and you know you've either overstepped the mark

0:53:50 > 0:53:52or you've said something really daft.

0:53:52 > 0:53:54In my case, I usually say something pretty daft.

0:53:54 > 0:53:56And you get the sort of... the glazed look,

0:53:56 > 0:53:59sort of thinking to yourself, "Who is this absolute idiot?"

0:54:02 > 0:54:04Splendid garden.

0:54:11 > 0:54:12A-ha.

0:54:15 > 0:54:17Oh, look!

0:54:19 > 0:54:23It could be anybody, couldn't it? Yes!

0:54:23 > 0:54:27William, or it could be George. Couldn't it?

0:54:28 > 0:54:30My sister.

0:54:33 > 0:54:34Bonk.

0:54:37 > 0:54:40Susan. Susan, exactly. Yeah. The dog. Mm.

0:54:44 > 0:54:46Oh, look, it's Aunt Tiny. Yes.

0:54:46 > 0:54:48My father's youngest sister.

0:54:50 > 0:54:51I absolutely adored her.

0:54:53 > 0:54:55HE LAUGHS

0:54:56 > 0:55:00That is... That's Karl. Karl. My first cousin.

0:55:02 > 0:55:04THEY LAUGH

0:55:16 > 0:55:19Obviously, this is where his gardening interests started.

0:55:19 > 0:55:20Where it started.

0:55:23 > 0:55:25Look at those prams. They're amazing.

0:55:25 > 0:55:27I reckon that pram is still going.

0:55:34 > 0:55:38Look how good-looking Grandpa is there. He's an absolute stud.

0:55:38 > 0:55:39Right? Yeah.

0:55:39 > 0:55:42Those glasses, slicked-back hair.

0:55:47 > 0:55:49Presumably, he was in the Navy then, still?

0:55:49 > 0:55:52I think he might have left by then. Yeah.

0:55:56 > 0:56:00Same games. What is it with this family and rolling?

0:56:04 > 0:56:06Another fashion statement by Pa.

0:56:08 > 0:56:10LAUGHTER

0:56:10 > 0:56:13He walks like George. He does. Or George walks like him.

0:56:13 > 0:56:16There's a purpose to the walk. Yeah.

0:56:18 > 0:56:21They'll probably chase each other round that garden a few times as well.

0:56:21 > 0:56:23Yeah, but not for a while.

0:56:25 > 0:56:29In the early days, when Gan-Gan was around.

0:56:29 > 0:56:32Look at that little head poking out the side. Yeah.

0:56:32 > 0:56:33See what's going on.

0:56:37 > 0:56:41I think you're a bit big for that. Yeah, exactly.

0:56:41 > 0:56:43THEY LAUGH

0:56:50 > 0:56:52Oh, sweet! Oh, look! They are very sweet little pups.

0:56:54 > 0:56:56That's a corgi cross of some sort, I think.

0:56:56 > 0:56:59Yeah, those can't be straight corgis.

0:57:01 > 0:57:04Oh! Oh, sweet!

0:57:04 > 0:57:07You think how many corgis Granny must have had over her life.

0:57:07 > 0:57:10And the fact that none of us have ever really been attacked,

0:57:10 > 0:57:13bitten or been allergic to dogs.

0:57:13 > 0:57:16Otherwise it could have been quite awkward.

0:57:16 > 0:57:17Very cute. Yeah.

0:57:19 > 0:57:22These are different sort of puppies. Mm.

0:57:24 > 0:57:29And do you think that's going to be the one that became your dog?

0:57:29 > 0:57:32What, Flame? Mm.

0:57:32 > 0:57:33I don't know. It might be.

0:57:37 > 0:57:39One puppy's taking the camera. Yes.

0:57:39 > 0:57:42Have you still got that camera somewhere? No.

0:57:42 > 0:57:45Well, don't think so. It's the old Rolleiflex.

0:57:45 > 0:57:47Yes. Yes. Perhaps I have...

0:57:47 > 0:57:50I remember it was so hard trying to get to see the image in it.

0:57:53 > 0:57:55Nice, charming, friendly dogs.

0:57:57 > 0:57:59HE LAUGHS

0:57:59 > 0:58:01Endlessly trying to bite.

0:58:04 > 0:58:05Yeah.

0:58:18 > 0:58:22You're very good at training these dogs. Yes, I think I was quite good.

0:58:22 > 0:58:24Yep.

0:58:30 > 0:58:32She's not a bad horsewoman, either.

0:58:32 > 0:58:36She'd soon graduated from playing with ponies on the nursery floor

0:58:36 > 0:58:37to the real thing.

0:58:44 > 0:58:47There is always an inherent risk with an animal,

0:58:47 > 0:58:51that it'll do something untoward or different.

0:58:51 > 0:58:54And that's partly your own skill

0:58:54 > 0:58:57and partly your own ability to take risks.

0:58:58 > 0:59:02My mama first took the salute at Trooping the Colour in 1949,

0:59:02 > 0:59:05when my grandfather was unable to be there,

0:59:05 > 0:59:09riding solo along The Mall at the head of the Birthday Parade.

0:59:09 > 0:59:13Every year, it's impeccably organised.

0:59:13 > 0:59:16But in 1981, when I was riding behind her

0:59:16 > 0:59:18with my father and the Duke of Kent,

0:59:18 > 0:59:20the sound of shots came from the crowd.

0:59:22 > 0:59:25COMMENTATOR: Her Majesty The Queen,

0:59:25 > 0:59:28in the uniform of the colonel in chief, the Welsh Guards.

0:59:32 > 0:59:34Field Marshal His Royal Highness The Prince Philip...

0:59:34 > 0:59:36GUNSHOTS

0:59:36 > 0:59:37Oh.

0:59:37 > 0:59:41Behind her... Hello, some little disturbance in the approach road.

0:59:41 > 0:59:45You'll notice the Queen's horse does canter a little bit.

0:59:45 > 0:59:46And I'm on the grey horse there,

0:59:46 > 0:59:49which we almost stopped, for some reason.

0:59:49 > 0:59:53And others were going... Policemen rushing.

0:59:53 > 0:59:55The Queen, of course, kept going perfectly.

1:00:00 > 1:00:05This chap, as it turned out, fired blanks, but, um...

1:00:07 > 1:00:08..we didn't know at the time.

1:00:15 > 1:00:17I've had enough...

1:00:17 > 1:00:19You know, it's one of those things you often think about,

1:00:19 > 1:00:24riding down The Mall, at any minute, who might do something...

1:00:24 > 1:00:27crazy, because you know,

1:00:27 > 1:00:29there's all sorts of people about.

1:00:32 > 1:00:33You must continue.

1:00:33 > 1:00:36That's the great thing, my mama certainly did.

1:00:36 > 1:00:39You're not going to suddenly rush off in panic, you know.

1:00:39 > 1:00:41Yes, I noticed the Queen was looking round,

1:00:41 > 1:00:45presumably out of curiosity to know what had happened.

1:00:45 > 1:00:47She seems quite unperturbed at that point.

1:00:50 > 1:00:54It's extraordinary to see that again, I must say,

1:00:54 > 1:00:57because, you know, it's such a long time ago.

1:00:57 > 1:01:01NEWSREEL VOICEOVER: Burmese, receiving a reassuring pat

1:01:01 > 1:01:04from Her Majesty the Queen.

1:01:04 > 1:01:08But he's a very experienced, wise old fellow.

1:01:08 > 1:01:11And she is a marvellous rider, so...

1:01:13 > 1:01:16You know, she's got a marvellous way with horses.

1:01:19 > 1:01:22Made of strong stuff, you know.

1:01:24 > 1:01:25Hmm.

1:01:28 > 1:01:33'The Queen's long experience of the military goes back to the war years,

1:01:33 > 1:01:35'when she herself served in the ATS

1:01:35 > 1:01:38'and she often saw her father in uniform.

1:01:39 > 1:01:42'She spent at least part of the war based at Windsor,

1:01:42 > 1:01:46'where other members of the family were given shelter.'

1:01:46 > 1:01:49The late King was very generous to my mother, because she was a widow.

1:01:49 > 1:01:53My father was killed in the war and we used to go

1:01:53 > 1:01:55and stay at Windsor because of the bombing.

1:02:00 > 1:02:04At the time, I think we just thought it was a change of scene,

1:02:04 > 1:02:08you know, but I now realise that it was almost certainly to move us

1:02:08 > 1:02:10out of the line of the Blitz.

1:02:10 > 1:02:13Um... I don't know how effective it was,

1:02:13 > 1:02:15because it's a huge landmark

1:02:15 > 1:02:18and pretty well unmissable, I would have thought.

1:02:18 > 1:02:19NEWSREEL: As a reminder that

1:02:19 > 1:02:21we're still bringing down the raiders,

1:02:21 > 1:02:23here's one that came to stay near Windsor Castle.

1:02:23 > 1:02:26There were those black curtains on all the big windows, you know,

1:02:26 > 1:02:28which made the place look

1:02:28 > 1:02:30horribly gloomy.

1:02:33 > 1:02:36The exciting thing to us was that

1:02:36 > 1:02:39when we went out into the garden or the park,

1:02:39 > 1:02:43we saw an anti-aircraft gun sitting, I mean,

1:02:43 > 1:02:47not more than probably 100 yards from the castle.

1:02:47 > 1:02:50The butler would come in and bow very low and say,

1:02:50 > 1:02:52"Purple warning, Your Majesty."

1:02:52 > 1:02:55Purple warning was obviously, "the enemy is on the way"

1:02:55 > 1:02:58or, I don't know, something like that.

1:02:58 > 1:03:01NEWSREEL: Water is a munition of war.

1:03:01 > 1:03:04Don't waste it.

1:03:04 > 1:03:06You have seen this,

1:03:06 > 1:03:09and this,

1:03:09 > 1:03:11and this.

1:03:11 > 1:03:15In the bathrooms of the nursery floor that we were on, there was

1:03:15 > 1:03:20a very severe black line about four inches from the bottom of the bath.

1:03:20 > 1:03:24There was a line around the inside of the bath to show

1:03:24 > 1:03:26the depth of water you were allowed.

1:03:26 > 1:03:29It was only about, I think, four or five inches or something.

1:03:29 > 1:03:31It wasn't a great deal.

1:03:31 > 1:03:33One of the things I do remember

1:03:33 > 1:03:35were the hand-me-downs, which were invaluable

1:03:35 > 1:03:39because we had clothing coupons, so they were very kind to me,

1:03:39 > 1:03:42my cousins, and I think it was Princess Elizabeth mainly.

1:03:42 > 1:03:45They let me have one or two of their dresses.

1:03:45 > 1:03:49There was one blue one with seagulls all over it

1:03:49 > 1:03:52that's always stayed in my mind.

1:04:01 > 1:04:05Windsor has always occupied a special place in my mother's heart,

1:04:05 > 1:04:09with plenty of memories going back to those years in the war.

1:04:09 > 1:04:13On one occasion, the talent for improvisation my grandmother

1:04:13 > 1:04:18had learnt up at Glamis Castle came to the rescue.

1:04:18 > 1:04:21Tea was on a little sort of terrace which came out

1:04:21 > 1:04:25from sort of rather halfway up the castle in some funny way,

1:04:25 > 1:04:27and there was the King and Queen

1:04:27 > 1:04:29and Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret,

1:04:29 > 1:04:31Elizabeth Longman and me.

1:04:31 > 1:04:35And...in the middle of sitting down to tea,

1:04:35 > 1:04:39we suddenly heard loud American voices.

1:04:41 > 1:04:43And there was one awful moment

1:04:43 > 1:04:45and the King said, "Oh, my God, I forgot.

1:04:45 > 1:04:50"It's General Eisenhower coming here and taking a look round the castle."

1:04:50 > 1:04:53And, I mean, they were in a hopeless position,

1:04:53 > 1:04:57because they couldn't get out of their little balcony place

1:04:57 > 1:04:59they were on to go down and greet him,

1:04:59 > 1:05:02and they couldn't shout at him.

1:05:02 > 1:05:05They couldn't do anything, so the Queen Mother

1:05:05 > 1:05:07and the King, looking at each other

1:05:07 > 1:05:09but without a word spoken,

1:05:09 > 1:05:14got up and got under the tablecloth, hotly followed by Elizabeth...

1:05:14 > 1:05:18all four children behind them and we sat under this tablecloth,

1:05:18 > 1:05:19quivering with laughter,

1:05:19 > 1:05:24while the American voices managed to go by and eventually disappear.

1:05:29 > 1:05:32One of the things that I admired very much

1:05:32 > 1:05:36was the opening of the Olympic Games in 2012 in London,

1:05:36 > 1:05:39when we saw James Bond and the first thing I thought was,

1:05:39 > 1:05:42"That looks jolly much like Buckingham Palace.

1:05:42 > 1:05:45"My God, it IS Buckingham Palace."

1:05:45 > 1:05:47And then a couple of corgis appear

1:05:47 > 1:05:51and I thought, have they even found corgis to look like that!

1:05:51 > 1:05:52Mr Bond, Your Majesty.

1:05:55 > 1:05:57And then one came into the room

1:05:57 > 1:06:00and there was the Queen, sitting with her back to the camera

1:06:00 > 1:06:04and I thought, "Is that somebody being very clever, impersonating her?"

1:06:04 > 1:06:08Good evening, Mr Bond. And she got up, and it was her.

1:06:08 > 1:06:10Your Majesty.

1:06:14 > 1:06:17I was sat next to Lord Coe at the time and I remember

1:06:17 > 1:06:19certain expletives coming out of my mouth

1:06:19 > 1:06:21when I realised what was going on.

1:06:24 > 1:06:27Then we saw her leave the palace and some time later,

1:06:27 > 1:06:30something dropped out of a helicopter.

1:06:30 > 1:06:33When she seemed to jump out of that helicopter...

1:06:33 > 1:06:35She did jump. She jumped.

1:06:35 > 1:06:37Everyone thinks it was a joke. She jumped.

1:06:37 > 1:06:39APPLAUSE

1:06:39 > 1:06:41She appeared at the stadium.

1:06:41 > 1:06:43People went absolutely wild.

1:06:46 > 1:06:49And what a good sport to take part in something like that.

1:06:49 > 1:06:52And that shows that she has a wonderful sense of humour

1:06:52 > 1:06:54and a sense of occasion as well.

1:06:54 > 1:06:58I told her how much I admired that she'd taken part in it

1:06:58 > 1:07:02and I told her that we all thought it was absolutely wonderful.

1:07:02 > 1:07:04I think she enjoyed the surprise,

1:07:04 > 1:07:08because apparently, she hadn't even told her children.

1:07:08 > 1:07:10It was actually a very well-kept secret.

1:07:10 > 1:07:11Problem more a state secret

1:07:11 > 1:07:14than most of the intelligence documents that she receives,

1:07:14 > 1:07:17but it was one of those ones where, um,

1:07:17 > 1:07:21nothing was told to any of us and clearly they knew

1:07:21 > 1:07:23that certain grandchildren would probably

1:07:23 > 1:07:24go round telling everybody too much.

1:07:27 > 1:07:29'In fact, the only member of my family who

1:07:29 > 1:07:32'was in on the secret was my father.

1:07:33 > 1:07:36'Buckingham Palace has witnessed many extraordinary events

1:07:36 > 1:07:38'in its 200-year history.

1:07:38 > 1:07:42'One of them was my parents' wedding day in November 1947...

1:07:44 > 1:07:46'..which I think lifted the spirits of a nation

1:07:46 > 1:07:48'caught up in post-war austerity.

1:07:50 > 1:07:54'They have their own filmed memento of the scenes backstage.

1:07:54 > 1:07:57'Believe it or not, more than 68 years ago.'

1:07:59 > 1:08:02This is a scene before lunch.

1:08:02 > 1:08:05And that's in the...ball supper room.

1:08:05 > 1:08:08Ball supper room. Exactly. There are rather a lot of cakes.

1:08:14 > 1:08:19Much more difficult to be able to fulfil that kind of role without

1:08:19 > 1:08:26the level of support that you have from, um, a husband like my father.

1:08:26 > 1:08:30I'm sure that has made an enormous difference to her ability to cope.

1:08:37 > 1:08:40Margaret. Margaret. Still smoking a cigarette.

1:08:44 > 1:08:50All these were taken by Granny and Freddie, the Queen of Greece.

1:08:50 > 1:08:53Yes.

1:08:53 > 1:08:56Queen Mary, my great-grandmother.

1:08:57 > 1:09:00Pammy. Margaret. Margaret Rose.

1:09:00 > 1:09:02Pammy. Mountbatten.

1:09:04 > 1:09:07Marina. There's Aunt Marina, the Duchess of Kent.

1:09:07 > 1:09:10And Alexandra with her. Alexandra, yes.

1:09:13 > 1:09:17And Annie Lightbody, just going to curtsey.

1:09:17 > 1:09:20The page boys, and that's Richard as a small boy.

1:09:20 > 1:09:23The Gloucesters, yes. That's right.

1:09:33 > 1:09:34How splendid.

1:09:37 > 1:09:43Is that that Russian tiara? No, that was my mama's tiara.

1:09:43 > 1:09:46It fell to pieces. Did it? Just before our wedding.

1:09:48 > 1:09:52And that's getting into the carriage.

1:09:52 > 1:09:57They don't show Jane the dog. Was the dog with you?

1:09:57 > 1:09:59Yes, we left it behind in my room.

1:09:59 > 1:10:01Oh, no!

1:10:03 > 1:10:05So she was underneath the rug.

1:10:06 > 1:10:09This is quite funny. Look.

1:10:09 > 1:10:12Whoo-argh! SHE LAUGHS

1:10:12 > 1:10:14The horse didn't think that was at all funny. "Ooh!"

1:10:17 > 1:10:20The Household Cavalry are not used to this sort of thing.

1:10:21 > 1:10:23SHE LAUGHS

1:10:25 > 1:10:28They all... everybody rushed out after us.

1:10:32 > 1:10:34Full of confetti. Yes, and poor Jane

1:10:34 > 1:10:39fell out of the carriage at the station in a shower of confetti.

1:10:39 > 1:10:41No!

1:10:45 > 1:10:49Both my parents have remained inherently curious about life

1:10:49 > 1:10:51and things, although there is a pattern to the year.

1:10:51 > 1:10:55Everything is different and the things they do during the year

1:10:55 > 1:10:58and the challenges that the country faces and that they face

1:10:58 > 1:11:02as individuals changes each year, and that, I'm sure,

1:11:02 > 1:11:05has made a difference, because they've always had to adjust

1:11:05 > 1:11:08and move on and adjust again.

1:11:11 > 1:11:14Ah, so this must be the diamond wedding photo shoot.

1:11:14 > 1:11:17Everyone's looking quite dressed up. Yeah.

1:11:17 > 1:11:21Look how young everybody is! There we are, the whole family.

1:11:25 > 1:11:27Ed hasn't changed a bit!

1:11:27 > 1:11:31Oh! Late! Latecomers. Strolling in.

1:11:31 > 1:11:35We made it before Granny and Grandpa, so that's fine.

1:11:35 > 1:11:37SOFT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER

1:11:47 > 1:11:49I mean, this is when you think to yourself,

1:11:49 > 1:11:54how many photo things like this have they had to sit for? Yes.

1:11:57 > 1:11:59I would love to know their secrets.

1:11:59 > 1:12:00I think it's absolutely fantastic

1:12:00 > 1:12:04and I have regularly asked them both how on earth they've managed it

1:12:04 > 1:12:07because they are, you know, the most lovely couple

1:12:07 > 1:12:12and I hope Catherine and I have the same sort of future ahead of us,

1:12:12 > 1:12:15where we can be as happily married as they are for 68 years.

1:12:15 > 1:12:18Watch the birdie! CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

1:12:18 > 1:12:20Cheese!

1:12:21 > 1:12:24If you're the photographer, you are already... Yes.

1:12:24 > 1:12:27..bricking yourself, because you know you've got, like,

1:12:27 > 1:12:30three shots before Grandpa turns round and goes, "Right, that's it,"

1:12:30 > 1:12:32and then just gets up and walks off.

1:12:38 > 1:12:40I think there's obviously a closeness

1:12:40 > 1:12:43and they have lots of jokes together,

1:12:43 > 1:12:47you know, it's quite a close family and they tease each other.

1:12:49 > 1:12:54It's... Probably it's not rude, but they just tease each other.

1:12:54 > 1:12:55There's a lot of laughter.

1:12:57 > 1:12:59There used to be an awful lot of banter.

1:12:59 > 1:13:02I now think that my grandmother has got tired of a lot of the banter,

1:13:02 > 1:13:05because she never really won, and my grandfather still loves

1:13:05 > 1:13:08the banter, but he's now turned that on his grandchildren

1:13:08 > 1:13:10and probably the great-grandchildren, eventually.

1:13:10 > 1:13:15I still view her more as the Queen than my grandmother.

1:13:15 > 1:13:18It gets hammered in... Not hammered into you, but you have

1:13:18 > 1:13:21this huge amount of respect for your boss,

1:13:21 > 1:13:23and I always view her as my boss,

1:13:23 > 1:13:28but occasionally as a grandmother, and the more grandmother bits,

1:13:28 > 1:13:30the more I can get advice and suck all that information out of her,

1:13:30 > 1:13:33all that experience that she's had for so long.

1:13:33 > 1:13:35Thank you very much.

1:13:39 > 1:13:43'One of the most colourful events each year is the gathering

1:13:43 > 1:13:48'of the Knights of the Garter, the oldest order of chivalry.

1:13:48 > 1:13:51'It's one of the things that gives each year its rhythm,

1:13:51 > 1:13:55'like the changing of the seasons or the arrival of swallows

1:13:55 > 1:13:57'and house martins in summer.

1:13:57 > 1:14:01'And the honour is in the sovereign's personal gift.'

1:14:01 > 1:14:05She came here for dinner with some friends and after dinner,

1:14:05 > 1:14:08to my astonishment, she said she'd given me

1:14:08 > 1:14:12the Garter, or was going to give me the Garter, and I remember thinking,

1:14:12 > 1:14:14"Good gracious! Could I think about it?" And she said,

1:14:14 > 1:14:17"Alexandra, I'm terribly sorry, you cannot, because it's already

1:14:17 > 1:14:21"been Gazetted and it's going to be announced tomorrow morning."

1:14:28 > 1:14:30The Garter ceremony is very beautiful

1:14:30 > 1:14:35and really unforgettable and I felt very much honoured to have

1:14:35 > 1:14:38been made a Knight of the Garter.

1:14:41 > 1:14:43It's very colourful.

1:14:43 > 1:14:47Those strange, plumed hats - and if there's a wind,

1:14:47 > 1:14:50you're always a little bit worried that something might just take off.

1:15:02 > 1:15:05'At the Coronation, it was Queen Salote of Tonga

1:15:05 > 1:15:07'who captured the hearts of the crowd

1:15:07 > 1:15:11'when she rode in an open carriage in pouring rain.'

1:15:11 > 1:15:15'So it was perhaps rather appropriate

1:15:15 > 1:15:18'that on my parents' four-month world tour later that year,

1:15:18 > 1:15:23'one of the first stops was to see her in the Pacific.'

1:15:23 > 1:15:24Tonga. Yes.

1:15:24 > 1:15:28That marvellous Queen Salote. Yes. Look at the size of her!

1:15:28 > 1:15:31Amazing. She was taller than Papa. CHARLES CHUCKLES

1:15:31 > 1:15:34She was the one who drove in an open carriage

1:15:34 > 1:15:36to the Coronation, wasn't she? Yes.

1:15:36 > 1:15:38This was taken by an equerry who didn't know how to...

1:15:38 > 1:15:41How to do it. ..use a cine camera.

1:15:46 > 1:15:48And this was the house we lived in.

1:15:55 > 1:15:56That was... What was it?

1:15:56 > 1:15:59Suckling pigs and fruit and all sorts of things.

1:16:01 > 1:16:04And sitting on the floor, which is always all right

1:16:04 > 1:16:06for a bit. Up to a point, yes.

1:16:08 > 1:16:10And incredibly hot.

1:16:10 > 1:16:11Oh, amazingly hot.

1:16:13 > 1:16:16But you always manage to look so incredibly cool!

1:16:18 > 1:16:20That was the Australian equerry.

1:16:20 > 1:16:23Who got in, covered in garlands.

1:16:26 > 1:16:30This is New Zealand. This is down in the South Island, I think.

1:16:30 > 1:16:33I'm not very good at driving, I don't think.

1:16:33 > 1:16:36Papa hadn't taken it up by then, had he?

1:16:36 > 1:16:39Presumably a sheep station. Yes.

1:16:41 > 1:16:45Who's that with you? He's the owner of the station, I think.

1:16:50 > 1:16:52At least you're sitting down by now.

1:16:54 > 1:16:56You're getting rather good at it now!

1:17:00 > 1:17:02Driving the sheep. Look.

1:17:02 > 1:17:06Splendid coat. They're Merinos. Yes, exactly. For miles.

1:17:06 > 1:17:09So, did you spend a few days on the...?

1:17:09 > 1:17:12Well, it was just, I think, a weekend off. Yeah.

1:17:13 > 1:17:14Oh!

1:17:17 > 1:17:19Ooh! An awful long way up, that one.

1:17:21 > 1:17:23But in those days, it didn't seem so difficult.

1:17:23 > 1:17:26Now, where can this be? I think this is South Australia.

1:17:29 > 1:17:33We just borrowed some police horses. Yep.

1:17:35 > 1:17:38Oh, like we did, do you remember, in Canada? In Canada, yes.

1:17:38 > 1:17:39Rode on the trail.

1:17:39 > 1:17:44On the prairie. And that horse ran away with me, do you remember?

1:17:44 > 1:17:47And for some reason, he didn't come with us. Didn't want to ride.

1:17:51 > 1:17:53'While they were making their way home,

1:17:53 > 1:17:57'my sister and I set off in the Royal Yacht Britannia

1:17:57 > 1:17:59'to meet them in the Mediterranean.

1:17:59 > 1:18:01'It was her maiden voyage,

1:18:01 > 1:18:04'and a great excitement for both of us.'

1:18:04 > 1:18:07NEWSREEL: This is the first time any of the Royal visitors

1:18:07 > 1:18:08have seen the splendid new yacht,

1:18:08 > 1:18:10which was named by the Queen herself.

1:18:10 > 1:18:14It has been nearly five months since the Queen was with her children,

1:18:14 > 1:18:17though she has kept close contact with them throughout her tour

1:18:17 > 1:18:18by radio telephone.

1:18:20 > 1:18:22The people that were around us most,

1:18:22 > 1:18:25which was Nanny Lightbody and Miss Peebles,

1:18:25 > 1:18:26were still there, so...

1:18:26 > 1:18:31Because we moved around establishments and houses,

1:18:31 > 1:18:34we got quite used to moving.

1:18:34 > 1:18:37Same people, new environment - you know, done that before.

1:18:39 > 1:18:44We had two sailors who used to look after us.

1:18:44 > 1:18:45Stop us falling over the side.

1:18:45 > 1:18:50They were absolutely wonderful, as only Royal Yachtsmen can be,

1:18:50 > 1:18:52at guarding us, you know.

1:18:52 > 1:18:53Taking us off...

1:18:53 > 1:18:56We did endless sort of things with them, you know, swabbing the decks

1:18:56 > 1:19:00and learning to cheese ropes

1:19:00 > 1:19:02and tie knots and all that stuff.

1:19:02 > 1:19:04Then we got involved in everything.

1:19:04 > 1:19:06Must have been a frightful nuisance to them all.

1:19:11 > 1:19:13Poor drummer!

1:19:14 > 1:19:18'Once we were reunited, my mama had her camera out again,

1:19:18 > 1:19:22'as she so often did in Britannia.'

1:19:22 > 1:19:27Never-ending source of things to do, playing with those.

1:19:27 > 1:19:29Never a dull moment.

1:19:29 > 1:19:32That wouldn't have been a very good idea, that was the fire hydrant.

1:19:43 > 1:19:47It provided, er, not only a haven, so to speak,

1:19:47 > 1:19:50but you could be stable on board,

1:19:50 > 1:19:51because you didn't have to move things,

1:19:51 > 1:19:53you didn't have to pack and unpack,

1:19:53 > 1:19:57and it was a wonderfully secure place to have holidays.

1:19:57 > 1:19:59And I imagine, from my mother's perspective,

1:19:59 > 1:20:01that was particularly important.

1:20:01 > 1:20:05And the crew were...part of that,

1:20:05 > 1:20:08and you always knew nothing went any further.

1:20:08 > 1:20:14So, it was a time when people could genuinely enjoy time off.

1:20:28 > 1:20:31I just feel very lucky to have had her as an aunt.

1:20:31 > 1:20:37She included my brother and I in holidays and...

1:20:37 > 1:20:41and her life, really. You felt very lucky.

1:20:41 > 1:20:44INAUDIBLE

1:20:45 > 1:20:47With Britannia, it just felt,

1:20:47 > 1:20:50because you were so far away from everything,

1:20:50 > 1:20:53it was a really magical time.

1:21:03 > 1:21:05It looks very hot.

1:21:05 > 1:21:08If you think they're on the west coast of Scotland...

1:21:08 > 1:21:10about tea-time.

1:21:13 > 1:21:15Prince of Wales looking really young.

1:21:20 > 1:21:23God, they all looked so glamorous, didn't they, in those days?

1:21:23 > 1:21:26I've never seen any of this footage before.

1:21:28 > 1:21:31That must be Andrew and Ed.

1:21:34 > 1:21:35That's so much fun.

1:21:38 > 1:21:40I wonder who that is. Ooh! That was me!

1:21:40 > 1:21:41HE LAUGHS

1:21:44 > 1:21:46That's Sarah! Yep.

1:21:46 > 1:21:48That can't be me.

1:21:48 > 1:21:50Oh! Things HAVE changed.

1:21:52 > 1:21:54But the slide, I do remember really well.

1:21:57 > 1:22:00It was the best fun, that, I must say.

1:22:02 > 1:22:04HE LAUGHS

1:22:04 > 1:22:08You could get quite a long way, couldn't you, sometimes, on there?

1:22:11 > 1:22:13Yes, you see, I got quite a long way.

1:22:13 > 1:22:15Well, I think you were big enough

1:22:15 > 1:22:18and heavy enough to get further than anybody else! I know, exactly.

1:22:18 > 1:22:20Well, Papa could get quite a long way.

1:22:20 > 1:22:23That slide was very popular.

1:22:23 > 1:22:26It was always better with the water coming down, wasn't it? Yes.

1:22:28 > 1:22:30NEWSREADER: Piped aboard for the final time,

1:22:30 > 1:22:33the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh came to say goodbye

1:22:33 > 1:22:37to a yacht whose Royal duties spanned nearly half a century.

1:22:37 > 1:22:40'In the course of 90 years,

1:22:40 > 1:22:42'there are bound to be sadnesses within the family

1:22:42 > 1:22:44'as well as joys.

1:22:44 > 1:22:48'And the decommissioning of Britannia, nearly 20 years ago now,

1:22:48 > 1:22:51'was a particularly poignant moment.'

1:22:51 > 1:22:55BAND PLAYS

1:22:59 > 1:23:01INTERVIEWER: Was it emotional?

1:23:01 > 1:23:02Um...

1:23:02 > 1:23:05I think when we left, it was quite emotional.

1:23:10 > 1:23:16CROWD SINGING HYMN

1:23:25 > 1:23:28They were really saying goodbye to a home, I think.

1:23:29 > 1:23:34And...and everything that was associated with it,

1:23:34 > 1:23:37you were saying goodbye to. That was pretty sad.

1:23:37 > 1:23:42She's got a...what I call a compartmentalised brain,

1:23:42 > 1:23:46which is that she can shut the door on a worry,

1:23:46 > 1:23:50about either the children, or something else...

1:23:50 > 1:23:54Um, and can... She can shut it and contain it,

1:23:54 > 1:23:57and manage to be her own self.

1:23:57 > 1:24:01INTERVIEWER: Is the Queen an optimist?

1:24:01 > 1:24:03SHE CHUCKLES

1:24:03 > 1:24:04Um...

1:24:06 > 1:24:09I wouldn't have said so, no. Not really.

1:24:12 > 1:24:13A pessimist?

1:24:13 > 1:24:17No, that's why I hesitated, I don't think she's inherently a pessimist.

1:24:17 > 1:24:20I think I am, but I don't think she is, funnily enough.

1:24:20 > 1:24:22Erm...

1:24:23 > 1:24:25But, no, I don't get the feeling

1:24:25 > 1:24:27that she's wildly optimistic about, er...

1:24:27 > 1:24:30about life.

1:24:30 > 1:24:33A genuine realist and a pragmatist, I think.

1:24:38 > 1:24:42Now, where...? Oh, is this going to South Africa? Yes.

1:24:42 > 1:24:45In Vanguard, this was Vanguard. Vanguard.

1:24:45 > 1:24:47Which was that fantastic battleship.

1:24:47 > 1:24:49Yes. The last one.

1:24:49 > 1:24:52Playing with the midshipmen.

1:24:57 > 1:25:00CHARLES LAUGHS

1:25:00 > 1:25:02And that's in the Drakensberg.

1:25:02 > 1:25:04Yep. In South Africa.

1:25:06 > 1:25:07Marvellous.

1:25:09 > 1:25:13Whose house was that? It wasn't, it was a hotel. It was a hotel? Mm.

1:25:16 > 1:25:20'In many ways, it was my mama's coming-of-age in South Africa

1:25:20 > 1:25:23'that set the tone for the Age of Elizabeth.

1:25:23 > 1:25:28'The message she sent to the entire Empire and Commonwealth

1:25:28 > 1:25:29'on her 21st birthday

1:25:29 > 1:25:33'was perhaps slightly different from any of her predecessors

1:25:33 > 1:25:34'as heir to the throne.'

1:25:36 > 1:25:38Through the inventions of science,

1:25:38 > 1:25:42I can do what was not possible for any of them.

1:25:42 > 1:25:45I can make my solemn act of dedication

1:25:45 > 1:25:47with the whole Empire listening.

1:25:48 > 1:25:52I should like to make that dedication now.

1:25:52 > 1:25:53It is very simple.

1:25:55 > 1:25:57I declare before you all

1:25:57 > 1:26:02that my whole life, whether it be long or short,

1:26:02 > 1:26:04shall be devoted to your service

1:26:04 > 1:26:08and to the service of our great Imperial family

1:26:08 > 1:26:10to which we all belong.

1:26:10 > 1:26:15But I shall not have strength to carry out this resolution alone,

1:26:15 > 1:26:19unless you join in it with me, as I now invite you to do.

1:26:21 > 1:26:24I know that your support will be unfailingly given.

1:26:25 > 1:26:28God help me to make good my vow

1:26:28 > 1:26:32and God bless all of you who are willing to share in it.

1:26:37 > 1:26:41You can't undertake what she has been doing all through her life

1:26:41 > 1:26:44if you don't have a sense of faith, I don't...

1:26:44 > 1:26:47I don't believe you could do it, otherwise.

1:26:47 > 1:26:49You...

1:26:49 > 1:26:54One has a position which is in some ways alone,

1:26:54 > 1:26:56but one is...

1:26:56 > 1:26:59one depends on all sorts of people.

1:26:59 > 1:27:02Not only "the people" as such, but one's family,

1:27:02 > 1:27:04one's collaborators.

1:27:04 > 1:27:06But...

1:27:06 > 1:27:09deep down, I think, the roots,

1:27:09 > 1:27:11it's important to know that...

1:27:12 > 1:27:14..you're not alone.

1:27:14 > 1:27:16NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS QUIETLY

1:27:16 > 1:27:19She's led where...

1:27:19 > 1:27:22others have faltered.

1:27:22 > 1:27:25She's...just been the most incredible grandmother to me,

1:27:25 > 1:27:29erm, and I wish her a very, very happy 90th birthday,

1:27:29 > 1:27:34and I hope she realises how dear and fond everyone is of her.

1:27:37 > 1:27:39Apart from "happy birthday"?

1:27:39 > 1:27:42Er, I would say thank you. Thank you so much for...

1:27:42 > 1:27:44For showing us the way.

1:27:44 > 1:27:47Thank you for your service and dedication to the country,

1:27:47 > 1:27:49to the Commonwealth. Yeah, I would say thank you.

1:27:53 > 1:27:58What I'd like to say to her is, I hope that you know

1:27:58 > 1:28:00how proud the King would be of you,

1:28:00 > 1:28:03if he was able to tell you.

1:28:04 > 1:28:09Because I think that she's so carried out her duties as Queen

1:28:09 > 1:28:12as to be beyond belief.

1:28:12 > 1:28:18# ..Long may she reign... #

1:28:18 > 1:28:20Just to wish her many congratulations

1:28:20 > 1:28:23for reaching such a wonderful age,

1:28:23 > 1:28:28and...just giving her a lot of love,

1:28:28 > 1:28:32and huge admiration, which she's given me all my life, really.

1:28:35 > 1:28:38I'd better put it in my birthday card, hadn't I?

1:28:42 > 1:28:55# God save the Queen

1:28:58 > 1:29:12# God save the Queen. #

1:29:12 > 1:29:16APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

1:29:21 > 1:29:24# Si-lent night... #