:00:13. > :00:17.It's a love affair that began 60 years ago and shows no sign of
:00:17. > :00:22.ending. A unique bond between a monarch and her subjects. As we'll
:00:22. > :00:25.discover, it's a bond that binds this region to the Crown like no
:00:25. > :00:35.other. Through triumph and tragedy, the Queen's influence is felt by
:00:35. > :00:38.
:00:38. > :00:47.all and affects so many in different ways. There's nobody like
:00:47. > :00:57.her. I can't describe her, she's wonderful. Her Majesty is a very
:00:57. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:02.gracious and wonderful monarch. was like meeting a grandma, it was
:01:02. > :01:06.exciting because she's the Queen of England really. She's loved and
:01:06. > :01:16.admired, not only in this country, but throughout the Commonwealth,
:01:16. > :01:17.
:01:17. > :01:21.even throughout the world. This isn't just an important moment for
:01:21. > :01:31.the BBC, visits like this are a crucial part of the Queen's legacy
:01:31. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :02:01.NEWSREEL: The tour began on Wednesday 13th April at Morecambe,
:02:01. > :02:05.the holiday resort where, from early morning, the crowds began
:02:06. > :02:10.began to gather. This is one of the earliest visits the Queen made to
:02:10. > :02:14.the North West. The year is 1955, the weather not so good, but the
:02:14. > :02:18.smiles were on on parade. They always rfplt we are known for our
:02:18. > :02:28.love and affection up here. We like to show it when Her Majesty is in
:02:28. > :02:39.
:02:40. > :02:46.town. For some, a show of affection Colin Edwards is a man with a
:02:46. > :02:51.mission, today he is hoping to meet the Queen in Manchester. I'm taking
:02:51. > :02:56.two cameras with me today. That is a film camera, this is the digital.
:02:56. > :03:00.Also important, sandwichs. It is a long wait behind the barrier.
:03:00. > :03:06.is no stranger to royalty. He has been Royal watching for the last 30
:03:06. > :03:12.years. He has met the Queen 140 times and taken 6,000 photos of her
:03:12. > :03:17.and her Royal Family. She knows my name. She knows I lived in
:03:17. > :03:26.Macclesfield for many years. I met her in Manchester once, when I
:03:26. > :03:33.lived thrsm I said, "I haven't had very far to come to see you today".
:03:33. > :03:37."you don't live far from here, do you"? Colin is hoping to get close
:03:37. > :03:42.enough to the Queen to give her the first photograph he ever took of
:03:42. > :03:46.her outside the same town hall 30 years ago. There is no guarantee he
:03:46. > :03:50.will succeed. He has to be one of the first to get there and choose a
:03:50. > :04:00.spot where he hopes the Queen might walk by. It's going to be a long
:04:00. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:09.day, and a nervous wait for Colin. Now, if there is one thing a
:04:09. > :04:13.monarch likes better than messing about in boats, then it's launching
:04:14. > :04:18.them. We have certainly risen to the challenge here over the years,
:04:18. > :04:26.especially the good folk of Barrow. It started with a boat called,
:04:26. > :04:36.Oriana, in 1960, then Britain's first atomic submarine. I name this
:04:36. > :04:51.
:04:51. > :04:58.ship Dreadnought, may God bless her, Ladies and gentlemen, please
:04:58. > :05:05.welcome Ken Dodd. This little old lady goes to the doctor. She said -
:05:05. > :05:09.doctor can I have more sleeping pills for my husband. He said, why?
:05:09. > :05:13.She said, he's wocked up. Dodd's been the King of comedy
:05:13. > :05:18.almost as long as the Queen's reigned over us. Their paths have
:05:18. > :05:23.crossed many times, especially here in the North West and Ken has many
:05:23. > :05:31.fond memories. She is a gracious and wonderful monarch. She is
:05:31. > :05:41.always very kind, very patient, complimentary and makes you feel
:05:41. > :05:43.
:05:43. > :05:47.relaxed. She's a wonderful lady. The amazing thing about meeting the
:05:47. > :05:52.Royal Family, the amazing thing is how they find something to say to
:05:52. > :05:58.everybody. They find fresh things to say to each individual. It's
:05:58. > :06:02.amazing. When you are standing in a line to be presented, say at the
:06:02. > :06:06.Royal Variety Show, you can hear them coming along. They say
:06:06. > :06:16.something different to each and every artist. I think that's
:06:16. > :06:19.
:06:19. > :06:29.amazing. # Happiness, happiness... #
:06:29. > :06:31.
:06:31. > :06:37.The Queen booked him for a private Christmas party at Windsor Castle.
:06:37. > :06:41.They have the orchestra and other artists as well. I can remember Her
:06:41. > :06:47.Majesty the Queen was sitting the same distance you are now, in a
:06:47. > :06:56.chair, something like this, with arms on, and I can see it now in my
:06:56. > :07:00.mind. I did my usual jokes. I finished with a song called
:07:00. > :07:05.happiness. I could see the Queen's hands going, beating time on the
:07:05. > :07:10.arms of the chair. I thought that was so charming. That was wonderful.
:07:10. > :07:16.That is in my mind ever since. That is my favourite picture of Queen
:07:16. > :07:26.Elizabeth. # I've got more than my share of
:07:26. > :07:38.
:07:38. > :07:43.happiness. # Now, this is said to be one of the
:07:44. > :07:48.most beautiful areas of Britain. The scenery here is breath taking.
:07:48. > :07:58.This part of the Trough of Bowland around Whitewell is a triumphant
:07:58. > :07:58.
:07:58. > :08:03.celebration of the very best nature has to offer. What many people may
:08:03. > :08:08.find striez surprise something that the land around here belongs to the
:08:08. > :08:18.Queen. To find out why, you have to take a step back through time and
:08:18. > :08:22.
:08:22. > :08:27.history. We go back to 1399 to Henry IIII who came back to retake
:08:27. > :08:32.his inheritance. When he came into the country after being banished he
:08:32. > :08:35.was encouraged to take the throne as well, which he did. He passed a
:08:36. > :08:40.charter which said that the Duchy inheritance was to be kept entirely
:08:40. > :08:47.separate from Crown lands and Crown Estates. We work on the same
:08:47. > :08:52.principle even today. We refer back to that charter. After a visit to
:08:52. > :08:59.the town hall, Her Majesty made her way uphill towards the castle.
:08:59. > :09:09.Queen is herself the Duke, isn't she? How does that work, how can
:09:09. > :09:11.
:09:12. > :09:17.she be a Duke? We toast her as the Duke of Mats Lanner. Queen Vic tore
:09:17. > :09:24.ya felt she couldn't be the Duchess, as Queen she was the highest she
:09:24. > :09:33.could be in the country. If she was a Duchess she would be beneath a
:09:33. > :09:38.Duke. So, she's a Duke. Duchy of Lancaster provides an income for
:09:38. > :09:45.the Queen and we maintain the assets for the longer term so that
:09:45. > :09:52.there are always available to provide an income for future
:09:52. > :09:59.generations it's like a trust. The private income, the reason we look
:09:59. > :10:07.for private income is so the monarch doesn't have to rely upon
:10:07. > :10:10.the Government and the state to rely on all of her income. The
:10:10. > :10:16.Whitewell estate is fantastic. When you go to Whitewell and you come
:10:16. > :10:25.over the hill and look down that valley, it's God's own country.
:10:25. > :10:29.It's fantastic. Very, very beautiful. The Duchy's now a valued
:10:29. > :10:35.source of income for the Queen. 60 years ago it generated about
:10:35. > :10:38.�100,000 a year. Times move on, last year the Duchy raised nearly
:10:38. > :10:45.�13 million. It's understandable then that the Queen take as special
:10:45. > :10:50.interest in her lands here. We own from a rural point of view we have
:10:50. > :10:55.around 11,500 acres. That is split into four main estates. Mainly
:10:55. > :11:00.along the A6, surprisingly enough. We own Lancaster Castle, that is
:11:00. > :11:05.well-known to a lot of people. We have commercial investments so we
:11:05. > :11:12.have an industrial estate in Manchester, which is all part of
:11:12. > :11:15.the county palatine of the Duchy of Lancaster. There are other assets
:11:16. > :11:20.spread outside that county. Queen take as detailed interest in
:11:20. > :11:24.what happens in our part of the world? How closely does she monitor
:11:24. > :11:29.the goings on of the North West? have regular board meetings. She
:11:29. > :11:34.doesn't attend board meetings. Our Board is called a Council, she is
:11:34. > :11:41.aware, she is provided with papers through the keeper of the privy
:11:41. > :11:47.purse. When she comes to visit the estate she knows what's going on
:11:47. > :11:51.and has a keen interest in all things Duchy. Does the Queen have a
:11:51. > :11:54.particular affinity for the North West because of the office of the
:11:54. > :11:58.Duchy? That's inevitable. We have been around for such a long time.
:11:58. > :12:03.There has been a direct linkage between the monarch and the North
:12:03. > :12:13.West for over 600 years. To that extent, obviously, it's a special
:12:13. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:20.Back in Manchester, Colin's made sure he has arrived early. There is
:12:20. > :12:27.nearly five hours to go before the Queen's here. Colin has been able
:12:27. > :12:33.to find a front row spot and a friend to show his photos too.
:12:33. > :12:36.Are these the photos you are telling me about? Yes. 30 years ago.
:12:36. > :12:42.There is no know if anything he will be in the right place at the
:12:42. > :12:48.right time if the Queen goes on a walkabout. After all these years,
:12:48. > :12:52.I'm not really blah day about it. I get a buzz when she comes over to
:12:52. > :12:56.say a five minute walkabout at the most. She could speak to several
:12:56. > :13:03.people, take flowers and photographs from me and a couple of
:13:03. > :13:07.my friends. And, you know, just a few words and it's well worth the
:13:07. > :13:13.effort in travelling, expense you go away on cloud nine. A wonderful
:13:13. > :13:18.feeling really. I have met her many times in the North West and there's
:13:18. > :13:24.always a very warm reception for her and the Duke of Edinburgh. I
:13:24. > :13:31.think they enjoy coming north. People in the south are a bit more
:13:31. > :13:36.blah day blsh blaza they don't make as much fuss about Royal visits in
:13:36. > :13:46.the south. When they come north they can be assured of a very warm
:13:46. > :13:52.
:13:53. > :13:56.welcome. The Wallasey Kingsway Tunnell is now a vital link between
:13:56. > :14:03.Wirral and Liverpool. It's hard to think what life was like without it.
:14:03. > :14:08.To do that, you have to rewind the clock to June 1971 when the Queen
:14:08. > :14:16.arrived to open the tunnel and provide Betty morris with a day she
:14:16. > :14:26.will never forget. Is that the actual hat? Yes it is. It still
:14:26. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:34.fits you. Betty is 91 and she has the out fit that she wore the day
:14:34. > :14:44.when she met the Queen. Back then her husband, Tom, was Mayor of
:14:44. > :14:44.
:14:44. > :14:48.Wallasey and Betty the mare es. On June 24th their list of Mayoral
:14:48. > :14:54.engagements that day was the opening of the Mersey Tunnel.
:14:54. > :15:04.Queen came especially to us to open our tunnel. I declare the second
:15:04. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:15.Mersey Tunnel open and name it This was a big deal to us.
:15:15. > :15:25.Liverpool was a big place. They Tell me what it was like the day he
:15:25. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:35.met the Queen. Very frightening. I I bought an outfit, I went to
:15:35. > :15:42.London to buy it. The limousine comes to get you, and then you are
:15:43. > :15:49.driven down to the tunnel. I was so frightened. I cannot remember
:15:49. > :15:54.whether I wanted to curtsy with this foot or this foot. Then you
:15:54. > :16:02.are put in place, and a limousine comes and you are scared stiff. It
:16:02. > :16:10.is coming towards you, and she gets out, with her entourage, and
:16:11. > :16:20.suddenly it's your turn to meet her. It is just like... I cannot
:16:20. > :16:24.describe her, she's wonderful. She was like, or forget it, how are
:16:24. > :16:34.you? So she is down to earth? is no one like her, except my
:16:34. > :16:35.
:16:35. > :16:42.mother, of course. The Queen get some warm welcomes
:16:42. > :16:49.here, but this was with music loyalty, as the Beatles came back
:16:49. > :16:53.to open Liverpool Airport. To take years later, in 2002, so Paul
:16:53. > :16:56.McCartney returned to watch the Queen open and rename the airport
:16:56. > :17:06.as John Lennon Airport. He even brought along some of his paintings
:17:06. > :17:17.
:17:17. > :17:27.A lovely lady, Jubilee year. Proud Wonderful for her to come to
:17:27. > :17:37.
:17:37. > :17:41.Liverpool today. I think she's The Queen and Duke, at Ambleside on
:17:41. > :17:51.Lake Windermere, where a small patient from the hospital presents
:17:51. > :17:57.
:17:57. > :18:07.As far as we know, Her Majesty does not suffer from hay fever. Just as
:18:07. > :18:11.
:18:11. > :18:13.well because every royal trip seems I we are so proud of her, it has
:18:13. > :18:19.been a lovely moment in her life that she will never do again,
:18:19. > :18:22.probably. Most of us will never get to meet
:18:22. > :18:32.the Queen, but for those who have done, it is a moment that stays
:18:32. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:37.Back in 1987, Kelly Smith had her date with royalty. She was just
:18:37. > :18:40.seven years old and was chosen to present the Queen with roses when
:18:41. > :18:44.she came to open the Burnley Mechanics.
:18:44. > :18:49.This is a picture of you with the Queen. What do you remember about
:18:49. > :18:53.the day? I remember everything, to be honest. Getting ready in the
:18:53. > :18:57.morning. My mum took me to the hairdressers to have my hair done,
:18:57. > :19:04.with red white and blue ribbons put in it. I had a matching dress as
:19:04. > :19:11.well. And you kept it! That is gorgeous. Is that why you mum
:19:11. > :19:18.picked the dress because of the colours? I think so. It was 1987.
:19:18. > :19:26.Is the memory crystal-clear even today? It is. I share the memory
:19:26. > :19:30.with the children when I work, I work at a community college. And
:19:30. > :19:37.when you first media seven, I often take photographs to show them. They
:19:37. > :19:43.say, I don't believe this! I say, this is evidence, it is me! She has
:19:43. > :19:47.the photos, Ind 8, and that dress, but it turned out she had never
:19:47. > :19:57.seen herself meeting the Queen, so we waved a magic television want,
:19:57. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:13.and we took her 25 years back in Aww! Bless! Is it we're seeing
:20:13. > :20:18.yourself? What do you think? remember speaking to her and it
:20:18. > :20:25.seemed to be for ever, but it went like that. Thank you for that. I
:20:25. > :20:29.can show this to the kids at school now. And the concentration and that
:20:29. > :20:33.curtsey! I was concentrating very hard.
:20:33. > :20:37.Meticulous planning goes into royal visits to the region, but
:20:37. > :20:42.occasionally things do not go to plan, like this windy trip to
:20:42. > :20:45.Weeton Barracks in 1990. She was to present the new colours to her
:20:45. > :20:54.Lancashire Regiment. All that would remain was for the Queen to give
:20:54. > :21:01.her speech, but the microphone did not work. And that Macclesfield in
:21:01. > :21:05.2002, this caused quite a stir. It gave a new meaning to the Royal be.
:21:06. > :21:10.Among the crowds that met the Queen at the Metropolitan University were
:21:10. > :21:14.200 demonstrators. There was a hostile reception from some
:21:14. > :21:24.students in 1996, who are protesting about cuts to student
:21:24. > :21:28.
:21:28. > :21:34.grants, but that did not stop them In the north-west we know how to
:21:34. > :21:44.throw a big party, back in 1977 we pulled out all the stops for the
:21:44. > :21:49.
:21:49. > :21:54.Queen's Silver Jubilee. It seemed They will be dancing in the street
:21:54. > :21:57.once again for Her Majesty as the Jubilee excitement builds. One of
:21:57. > :22:02.the street parties will be in Devonport Road and Blackburn. It is
:22:02. > :22:10.being organised by beauty therapist Razia Anwar, who wants to pay her
:22:10. > :22:15.own tribute. I see myself as a British national, this is my home.
:22:15. > :22:18.And the flag in itself, for me, promotes unity. The Queen has
:22:18. > :22:24.always been present in the background while I have been
:22:24. > :22:30.growing up, through the media you get to know what is happening with
:22:30. > :22:35.her royal duties. She is a great matriarch of her family, of the
:22:35. > :22:41.nation, and she has done an immense job with 60 years on the throne,
:22:42. > :22:49.and it would be nice to recognise that with holding a party with
:22:49. > :22:59.neighbours, with the community and just bringing back the great
:22:59. > :23:13.
:23:13. > :23:17.The Queen's arrival in the north- west this week has been a highlight
:23:17. > :23:21.of the diamond jubilee celebrations. The crowds who turned out in
:23:21. > :23:26.Accrington, Burnley, Warrington, Chester and Liverpool showed the
:23:26. > :23:29.warmth and affection this region is known for. I am delighted to be in
:23:29. > :23:35.Burnley at the start of this Jubilee tour of the north-west of
:23:35. > :23:40.England. Over the next two days, Prince Philip and I'll look forward
:23:40. > :23:50.to to seeing the hospitality and dynamism that this part of the
:23:50. > :24:00.North of England is rightly We are the luckiest children in the
:24:00. > :24:18.
:24:18. > :24:24.This is very exciting. She is an icon for. It is a fantastic event
:24:24. > :24:34.for the public. She has been doing wonderful job -- a wonderful job
:24:34. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:57.I thought she looked very beautiful. It is just brilliant sighting.
:24:57. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :26:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 73 seconds
:26:10. > :26:14.was brilliant. -- it is just very Back in Manchester, Colin is just a
:26:14. > :26:20.face in the crowd and his face is teetering on the brink of disaster,
:26:21. > :26:25.as the Queen seems unsure about doing a walkabout. Your Majesty!
:26:25. > :26:35.Your Majesty! Flowers! The royal car is on the move, and for a
:26:35. > :26:40.
:26:40. > :26:45.moment his plans looked to be in Your Majesty! Some flowers for you.
:26:46. > :26:53.She is coming! Suddenly the Queen looks across at him and hits his
:26:53. > :26:57.way. -- hence his way. It is so lovely to see. A very warm welcome
:26:57. > :27:04.to Manchester. We have made many times, and may I tell you that I
:27:04. > :27:07.met you for the first time here 30 years ago today. Not today, in May.
:27:07. > :27:17.You went to Coronation Street and did a walkabout with his Royal
:27:17. > :27:22.Highness. Look! 30 years ago, I had so many happy memories sins. There
:27:22. > :27:32.is Prince Philip with you. I treasure those very much indeed. I
:27:32. > :27:33.
:27:33. > :27:41.would like to give you these. This one was taken in King's Lynn. This
:27:41. > :27:49.is you and his Royal Highness in winter Wonderland. God bless you.
:27:49. > :27:54.Thank you very much indeed. Three cheers for Her Majesty the Queen!
:27:54. > :27:58.For Colin, a day of Royal Watch and has come to a spectacular end.
:27:58. > :28:03.was wonderful but it was so quick. For a horrible moment I thought she
:28:03. > :28:10.was going to go straight to the car, but she came over. We were just so
:28:10. > :28:20.lucky. He has gone home a happy man. It is always worth it. I will never
:28:20. > :28:27.
:28:27. > :28:35.It has been an extraordinary six decades. Here is to the next. We