The National Service of Thanksgiving Live Coverage

:00:33. > :00:36.A 90th birthday is a big moment for anyone and any family.

:00:37. > :00:39.And when that individual is a figurehead for the

:00:40. > :00:41.United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, it really is a very

:00:42. > :00:46.So it's time for a very special celebration.

:00:47. > :00:49.And where better to have it than the front garden

:00:50. > :00:53.A very good morning to you from the middle

:00:54. > :00:57.Yes, we really have taken up residence on the lake,

:00:58. > :01:03.And for this special weekend they're allowing us to share it.

:01:04. > :01:06.On the 21st April this year, the Queen became the first British

:01:07. > :01:08.monarch to celebrate a 90th birthday and,

:01:09. > :01:12.since then, the party hasn't stopped.

:01:13. > :01:15.Not only is Her Majesty the longest-serving British monarch

:01:16. > :01:17.in history, but also the longest-living,

:01:18. > :01:25.Today we begin a weekend of events on Her Majesty's official birthday

:01:26. > :01:29.to mark this unique occasion and we are right in the heart

:01:30. > :01:35.Behind me is The Mall, hidden from view

:01:36. > :01:37.by the magnificent trees here in St.

:01:38. > :01:40.And The Mall, of course, is where our nation has

:01:41. > :01:43.gathered for so many significant ceremonial events.

:01:44. > :01:46.But it's fair to say it hasn't ever hosted an event quite like the one

:01:47. > :01:51.coming up on Sunday afternoon when 10,000 people will sit down

:01:52. > :01:59.Fingers crossed for the weather to behave itself.

:02:00. > :02:01.Before the world's biggest picnic on Sunday, however,

:02:02. > :02:03.at the other end of The Mall on Horse Guards Parade,

:02:04. > :02:05.we'll witness the pomp, pageantry and true splendour

:02:06. > :02:12.We'll be bringing you live and exclusive coverage of all these

:02:13. > :02:13.national celebrations throughout the next three days,

:02:14. > :02:20.along with our special highlights programs each evening.

:02:21. > :02:22.There really is so much to look forward to.

:02:23. > :02:25.And we start today with the National Service of Thanksgiving

:02:26. > :02:29.As you would expect on such a significant day, there are some

:02:30. > :02:32.special additions to the Service and some special guests

:02:33. > :02:44.Huw Edwards is at St Paul's Cathedral to tell us more.

:02:45. > :02:52.Good morning. Welcome to St Paul's. The mother church of the diocese of

:02:53. > :02:56.London. There have been of course many notable services of

:02:57. > :03:00.Thanksgiving here over the years but there has never been an occasion

:03:01. > :03:03.like today is because, as you were saying, Kirsty, no reigning British

:03:04. > :03:07.monarch has ever reached the age of 90 so this cathedral, not for the

:03:08. > :03:13.first time in its eventful life, is again making history. We have a

:03:14. > :03:17.National Service of thanksgiving to mark the 90th birthday of Her

:03:18. > :03:22.Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. It is a Service of Thanksgiving, meant to be

:03:23. > :03:26.an uplifting service and soon the cathedral will be filled with a

:03:27. > :03:30.combination of 2000 people all invited because I have some

:03:31. > :03:34.connection with the Queen or something special to contribute to

:03:35. > :03:40.the service. Her Majesty will not be the only 90 old present. Others will

:03:41. > :03:45.include the author, Michael Bond, author of the books on Paddington

:03:46. > :03:49.Bear. He has provided one of the readings which will be delivered by

:03:50. > :03:52.Sir David Attenborough today who recently celebrated his 90th

:03:53. > :03:57.birthday. We also have held a price with us, a retired teacher from

:03:58. > :04:02.Cardiff who was born on the same day as the cream -- Hilde price. 20 of

:04:03. > :04:06.links and bombs here today. They will all make a contribution to the

:04:07. > :04:11.service. The service will be notable for the presence of the Royal

:04:12. > :04:16.family, 53 members here, the biggest gathering of recent years. And we

:04:17. > :04:20.are also expecting some prominent political leaders, past and present

:04:21. > :04:24.including the Prime Minister David Cameron, arriving in a few minutes

:04:25. > :04:29.time, the newly elected Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan will also be

:04:30. > :04:33.present, Tony Blair, Sir John Major, former Prime Minister, current and

:04:34. > :04:35.past leaders of the Armed Forces will be present, Commonwealth

:04:36. > :04:40.representatives, religious leaders from many different faiths, all

:04:41. > :04:45.reflecting the wide diversity of British society in 2016. As we see

:04:46. > :04:50.the sublime vista of Saint Paul's here and the great organ, just a

:04:51. > :04:54.reminder that with this glorious musical tradition have a feast of

:04:55. > :04:57.music all in the safe hands of Andrew Cawood, the director of music

:04:58. > :05:02.before, during and after the service, plenty to look forward to.

:05:03. > :05:04.More on that later. For now, Kirsty, back to you. Thanks, Huw.

:05:05. > :05:07.The celebrations for the Queen's 90th birthday began months ago,

:05:08. > :05:08.even before her actual birthday in April.

:05:09. > :05:10.It seemed that almost as soon as 2016 began,

:05:11. > :05:13.the metaphorical balloons and bunting were up and Her Majesty

:05:14. > :05:15.couldn't go anywhere without well-wishers belting out

:05:16. > :05:19.Let's take a look back at just some of the events she has

:05:20. > :05:22.And, as you'll see, it's been something of a year

:05:23. > :07:25.I'm joined now in the studio by Royal Correspondent Katie Nicholl.

:07:26. > :07:26.Commanding Officer of the Coldstream Guards Lieutenant

:07:27. > :07:29.And supporter of the Patron's Lunch, Ainsley Harriott.

:07:30. > :07:37.Well come to you all. A day of commemoration and a weekend of

:07:38. > :07:41.celebration and, Katie, what can be forward to over the next three days?

:07:42. > :07:45.I think what Britain does best. Today is the religious part of the

:07:46. > :07:48.celebrations and I think it will be very important to the Queen and so

:07:49. > :07:52.many members of their family turning out, but of course there will be all

:07:53. > :07:55.the pomp and pageantry and everything Britain does best and

:07:56. > :07:59.which you are in charge of tomorrow with Trooping the Colour and in the

:08:00. > :08:05.world's biggest picnic. The MoU will be transformed into one huge extra

:08:06. > :08:10.long trestle table, picnic tables, bunting, I think they have it

:08:11. > :08:14.everything. -- Mall people often say to me why do they have two

:08:15. > :08:22.birthdays? Because she is the Queen and why not? It dates back to about

:08:23. > :08:26.250 years ago where if you were a king or Queen born in December for

:08:27. > :08:29.example, a national celebration in freezing cold conditions was not

:08:30. > :08:32.going to happen so that was always going to be a case for a June

:08:33. > :08:36.celebration when we hope the weather is going to be much better. The

:08:37. > :08:40.Queen was born in April and had a wonderful birthday celebration in

:08:41. > :08:43.April. I was in Windsor, the sun was out, glorious. We have to keep

:08:44. > :08:48.everything crossed the weather will behave this weekend. The last thing

:08:49. > :08:51.you needed was to be bundled into a television studio with a microphone

:08:52. > :08:56.because it got plenty in your head I'm sure. Tomorrow is a very big day

:08:57. > :09:02.for you. Just explain why. If the Queen's Birthday Parade tomorrow.

:09:03. > :09:08.Trooping the Colour. I will be in command of the trade tomorrow. We

:09:09. > :09:12.have done a lot of preparation for it. We are really looking forward to

:09:13. > :09:16.what we hope will be a very special parade which we are Household

:09:17. > :09:21.Division can deliver for Her Majesty. So much for you to remember

:09:22. > :09:29.for tomorrow. The eyes of the world will be upon you. Have you slept

:09:30. > :09:32.much this week? Yes, I've done all right. Trooping the Colour, explain

:09:33. > :09:35.to us were not in the military and don't know that much about the

:09:36. > :09:40.military, what is the colour? The colour represents battle honours,

:09:41. > :09:45.representing all those who have gone before us, our forebears. It goes

:09:46. > :09:49.back to ancient times where the colour would be trooped through the

:09:50. > :09:52.ranks, the rallying point for the soldiers. It will be explained on

:09:53. > :09:55.the television tomorrow. You will see, as the colour is trooped

:09:56. > :10:00.through the ranks, the soldiers would know where to focus and

:10:01. > :10:04.recognise and ultimately protect at all costs. In terms of the position

:10:05. > :10:11.of tomorrow's event, it is literally timed to the second? We spend a lot

:10:12. > :10:14.of time practising to make sure the timings are right, hopefully Her

:10:15. > :10:19.Majesty will arrive at the clock chimes 11 at Horse Guards Parade and

:10:20. > :10:24.there's a lot of synchronisation getting it right. She is known for

:10:25. > :10:30.her punctuality. I don't think she will disappoint. Let's talk about

:10:31. > :10:35.the Patron's Lunch. 10,000 people. That's quite an operation. It a lot

:10:36. > :10:39.of people. A lot of people to feed and they all get their own bespoke

:10:40. > :10:46.hampers, which is really, really exciting. They are all associated

:10:47. > :10:49.with the Queen 's patronage of 600 charities, in some way connected, so

:10:50. > :10:53.there is a bonding there. We constantly talk about people getting

:10:54. > :10:57.together and celebrating this great occasion. This is a chance for

:10:58. > :11:00.communities, not only in the Mall, we've spoken about the great party

:11:01. > :11:06.happening there, but people across the country. You can enjoy yourself,

:11:07. > :11:12.embrace the occasion, because it's so special. There are street parties

:11:13. > :11:15.all over the country. Absolutely. I know you've cooked a lot of

:11:16. > :11:21.important people over the decades. Have you cooked for the Queen? Yes,

:11:22. > :11:26.delighted. Many occasions, the first at Kensington Palace, when the late

:11:27. > :11:30.Princess Margaret was alive and I used to go down there and prepare

:11:31. > :11:38.food. It was lovely. My sister is coming over today, lovely. Were you

:11:39. > :11:42.given direction on what to cook? Yes but a lot of people expect that you

:11:43. > :11:46.want something elaborate and quite often it's a very plain, because

:11:47. > :11:49.most of their lives are controlled, going off to quite elaborate

:11:50. > :11:55.occasions, occasionally just today but I have a very if you like plain

:11:56. > :11:59.food, it's a nice thing for the salmon, potatoes and leaks.

:12:00. > :12:04.Delicious. We will be talking to you again and we wish you the very best

:12:05. > :12:05.of luck, not that you need it, for tomorrow, because we will all be

:12:06. > :12:07.watching. Well it promises to be a weekend

:12:08. > :12:10.that will live in the public memory At St Paul's Cathedral,

:12:11. > :12:14.people are getting ready to begin Sonali Shah is with two people lucky

:12:15. > :12:26.enough to be playing I am indeed, Kirsty. Prayers will be

:12:27. > :12:31.read by people who represent different aspects of the Queen 's

:12:32. > :12:35.life and roll. Tamara is a member of the Armed Forces. How does it feel

:12:36. > :12:40.to represent not just your regiment but all of the Armed Forces here on

:12:41. > :12:44.such a big occasion, an unprecedented occasion in British

:12:45. > :12:52.history? I'm really proud to be able to take part in this activity and,

:12:53. > :12:57.you know, being part of the cadets and my regiment, the oldest, it

:12:58. > :13:03.means a lot to us, the Royal Family, and they are really connected to the

:13:04. > :13:07.Armed Forces and they are proud to represent us. They have such a deep

:13:08. > :13:10.connection, not just the Queen but her extended family, too. That must

:13:11. > :13:14.make it extra special. What was your reaction when you found out you are

:13:15. > :13:19.going to be part of the service today? I was in pure shock. When the

:13:20. > :13:24.Sergeant asked if I wanted to take part in the event I was like, yes,

:13:25. > :13:29.definitely. I don't think no would be a good answer there. As society

:13:30. > :13:33.evolves, there's so much discussion about women, the role of women and

:13:34. > :13:39.breaking down barriers women can achieve with that in mind, how much

:13:40. > :13:45.does the Queen mean to a young woman, you're 15, like yourself in

:13:46. > :13:48.today's society? I think the Queen is iconic when it comes to

:13:49. > :13:52.representing female power, especially we are not used to

:13:53. > :13:56.females in power so having the Queen being head of state is really

:13:57. > :14:01.important for young girls like me. I know Tamara you have read inside St

:14:02. > :14:02.Paul's Cathedral before so the best of luck with your reading today.

:14:03. > :14:05.Thank you. Thank you. young girl of only 25

:14:06. > :14:08.when she became Queen, and so began a relentless path

:14:09. > :14:10.of lifelong duty and service, As Queen, she is Head of State,

:14:11. > :14:15.Head of the Commonwealth, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed

:14:16. > :14:18.Forces and Supreme Governor We spoke to some leading figures

:14:19. > :14:24.to hear what her role means to them My first meeting with Her Majesty

:14:25. > :14:35.was in about the late 1980s. I'd been invited to come

:14:36. > :14:39.to the Palace and to be one Meeting the Queen is surprisingly

:14:40. > :14:59.informal. I mean, in terms of the weekly

:15:00. > :15:03.meetings that I had with the Queen as Prime Minister, there were just

:15:04. > :15:06.the two of us present Nobody made a record

:15:07. > :15:15.of the meetings. It was simply a meeting

:15:16. > :15:18.between two people and that was Sometimes I think cathartic as well

:15:19. > :15:25.at the most difficult of times, because here was someone

:15:26. > :15:27.to whom you could say absolutely anything and be

:15:28. > :15:29.absolutely confident that it The first time I met her

:15:30. > :15:40.was as a very, very young athlete. She would not have had any idea

:15:41. > :15:44.who I was and I was at the back of about 150 people that she had

:15:45. > :15:48.already spoken to and she asked very specific questions

:15:49. > :15:51.about my sporting career. And, at that moment,

:15:52. > :15:53.I remember thinking, "Wow, Now, later on, she might

:15:54. > :15:57.have had a bit more idea And that has always stuck with me

:15:58. > :16:04.for the whole of my life. I saw her a few days ago

:16:05. > :16:08.and I realised my pulse was up. I was just holding

:16:09. > :16:11.myself a bit straighter. Apprehensive is the wrong word,

:16:12. > :16:16.but very acutely aware This is someone who you always feel

:16:17. > :16:26.it is a huge privilege to meet. The time that I'm most had to talk

:16:27. > :16:29.to her and required wisdom and advice and authority

:16:30. > :16:32.from her was when we were first thinking of deploying

:16:33. > :16:37.Prince Harry to Afghanistan. Because she's the Queen,

:16:38. > :16:40.because he was in line to the throne, I had to talk

:16:41. > :16:42.through the possible deployment with her and she was very thoughtful

:16:43. > :16:45.and considered that and realised that we'd weighed up the risks

:16:46. > :16:51.and gave us authority to proceed. But we would never have proceeded

:16:52. > :16:55.without her authority, without her knowing exactly

:16:56. > :17:00.what we were going to do. I think the sense of service

:17:01. > :17:03.to the British nation and the Commonwealth is absolutely

:17:04. > :17:05.central to the Queen's perception And perhaps to the Queen's

:17:06. > :17:14.perception herself. This is what you measure

:17:15. > :17:20.service against. Just going on year by year,

:17:21. > :17:27.doing the right thing, and I think any other head of state

:17:28. > :17:31.in the world would look at this and say that's the standard

:17:32. > :17:41.for genuine commitment and service. The Queen has earned her position

:17:42. > :17:44.and earned the love that is felt for her within the Commonwealth

:17:45. > :17:50.because, on any occasion, when the Commonwealth

:17:51. > :17:52.needed Her Majesty, And she stood up for the small,

:17:53. > :18:02.for the weak, for the disadvantaged and she hasn't hesitated to make

:18:03. > :18:06.sure that we all understand what she expects and

:18:07. > :18:16.she expects the best. It is absolutely clear

:18:17. > :18:22.that Christian faith It is those things as well,

:18:23. > :18:30.but it's not a habit. It is something that is so deeply

:18:31. > :18:34.within who she is that it guides Where else in the world

:18:35. > :18:44.is there a couple who still undertake the service

:18:45. > :18:46.and duties of the Queen She has been around in public life

:18:47. > :18:57.longer than any of us. I don't think in this world

:18:58. > :19:01.there is a better example of someone who serves her people in order

:19:02. > :19:05.to win and earn the right She could have gone and sat

:19:06. > :19:12.with her feet up and done something very different at this

:19:13. > :19:14.point in her life. It's quite extraordinary,

:19:15. > :19:16.all those years of service to her country and to her faith,

:19:17. > :19:32.she hasn't faltered. With me now in the studio

:19:33. > :19:35.are the Queen's former and royal biographer

:19:36. > :19:48.Gyles Brandreth. Welcome to you all. Charles Anson,

:19:49. > :19:52.let's for a moment to concentrate on this aspect of the Queen 's faith,

:19:53. > :19:58.even that we are going to St Paul's and the Service of Thanksgiving is

:19:59. > :20:02.up heart of receding today. -- is at the heart of proceedings. When I

:20:03. > :20:06.speak to people who know the Queen, they say that her faith is central

:20:07. > :20:11.to what motivates her, would you chime in with that? I would agree

:20:12. > :20:16.completely, her face is part of her role as head of state and sovereign,

:20:17. > :20:24.and the Violet the coronation to serve her people was taken at

:20:25. > :20:28.Westminster Abbey. -- and the vow the coronation. She has a strong

:20:29. > :20:31.faith, like so much of the Queen it is private, but it is a thread

:20:32. > :20:36.through her life and you feel it each day, the columnist with which

:20:37. > :20:47.she approaches setbacks, the way in which she is devoted to duty, there

:20:48. > :20:50.is a great face and it is a comfort in a public role. We saw some public

:20:51. > :20:57.figures talking about their version of the Queen, what they believe

:20:58. > :21:02.about her. You say her face is so personal to her, yet here she is

:21:03. > :21:09.today in a very public setting, at a service that is entirely personal to

:21:10. > :21:15.her -- you say her faith is so personal to her. She is at St Paul's

:21:16. > :21:18.as head of state and head of the Anglican Church. With that public

:21:19. > :21:24.role there is a very genuine religious faith. There is never a

:21:25. > :21:28.Sunday that she misses going to church, even if it is in the middle

:21:29. > :21:37.of the jungle in Guiana, I remember, in a church with people with bare

:21:38. > :21:40.feet and no walls. Baroness Floella Benjamin, let's talk about the

:21:41. > :21:44.public at the private. At the State Opening of Parliament in the Lords,

:21:45. > :21:51.you see the Queen process and everything that goes with it, but

:21:52. > :21:56.you met her at Exeter University. How does the public and personal

:21:57. > :22:01.contrast? I was very surprised how in June she is with human spirit,

:22:02. > :22:07.the body language that she gives off when she meets somebody -- how in

:22:08. > :22:12.tune she is. She draws into people, she is very engaging and asks so

:22:13. > :22:15.many questions. I feel she is like a walking encyclopaedia. She has

:22:16. > :22:20.knowledge about so many different cultures, people, parts of the

:22:21. > :22:24.world, I was really impressed by her sincerity. She really likes to get

:22:25. > :22:29.the crux of the matter, to find out about people and to give them a

:22:30. > :22:33.feeling of comfort, I loved her for that. Charles Brandreth, interesting

:22:34. > :22:44.to hear the former Prime Minister John Major talk about the golden

:22:45. > :22:47.moments, the private audience. She has seen Prime Minister 's come and

:22:48. > :22:52.go. They know it is precious, it will not be leaked and they have her

:22:53. > :22:56.confidence and cancel? It is a sounding board, they love it. When

:22:57. > :23:01.you talk to the Queen about prime ministers, she asks which country

:23:02. > :23:05.she is referring to, she has had 32 realms and can give you the prime

:23:06. > :23:09.ministers of Canada, Australia, places in the West Indies. She is

:23:10. > :23:13.used to meeting these people. The first of her dozen prime ministers

:23:14. > :23:19.was Winston Churchill, I think he looms largest, she was 25, he was an

:23:20. > :23:24.old man, he had been her father 's closest friend and ally during the

:23:25. > :23:31.war. He had dangled her on his knee in the 1920s. That was a special

:23:32. > :23:35.Prime Minister. The only other Prime Minister whose funeral she attended

:23:36. > :23:38.was Margaret Thatcher. It is often said she had reservations about

:23:39. > :23:43.Margaret Thatcher, I do not think that was so. James Callaghan said to

:23:44. > :23:47.me, I said, you must have got to know the Queen while, he said that

:23:48. > :23:52.the senior royals offer you friendliness, not friendship, but

:23:53. > :23:55.very useful all the same. Everybody has the audience, most people value

:23:56. > :23:59.and cherish it as Prime Minister, but there are those that stay for

:24:00. > :24:04.drinks after and those that don't, there is the time afterwards weather

:24:05. > :24:09.stays are loosened? It depends on the personality of the Prime

:24:10. > :24:12.Minister. She was said to enjoy the company of Harold Wilson, who would

:24:13. > :24:16.have been 100 this year, more, perhaps, than Edward Heath, who

:24:17. > :24:21.would also have been 100 this year and is stickier to get to know. She

:24:22. > :24:26.tried to tease Edward Heath. Whenever I meet her, she can do it

:24:27. > :24:32.as if to make me feel relaxed, it makes me feel awkward, she can do

:24:33. > :24:37.with both hands. That is not a bad impression! You will not impersonate

:24:38. > :24:42.everybody this morning? Charles, in the private audiences, there is no

:24:43. > :24:44.Parliamentary Private Secretary or other private secretaries, no

:24:45. > :24:49.records, surely that is essential for the fluidity and the relaxed

:24:50. > :24:53.setting? That's right, never anyone else there, no notes are taken.

:24:54. > :24:59.There is a bit of an agenda agreed with number ten, there would be

:25:00. > :25:03.follow-up afterwards. I think most prime ministers have a drink with

:25:04. > :25:07.the Queen's Private Secretary afterwards, and if things need to be

:25:08. > :25:14.followed up they are. What do they drink? It could be anything, gin and

:25:15. > :25:17.tonic, a glass of wine... Prime ministers take taken seriously.

:25:18. > :25:22.Margaret Thatcher made sure to arrive, if it was at Windsor Castle,

:25:23. > :25:26.to arrive well in advance, she would have her car parked in a lay-by two

:25:27. > :25:32.to -- for 20 minutes to make sure she was not later. She is a stickler

:25:33. > :25:36.the time. Even at the State Opening of Parliament, the clock strikes the

:25:37. > :25:41.hour and you had to be there, if you are not, there is a look on her face

:25:42. > :25:46.which says, why not? And quite right. For now, the clock is ticking

:25:47. > :25:51.for me to get back to St Paul's Cathedral.

:25:52. > :25:56.Huw is there. Simple is Cathedral, as we know, so often the focal point

:25:57. > :26:03.for national Thanksgiving. -- St Paul's Cathedral. At times it is the

:26:04. > :26:09.focal point for national mourning. Today it is about Thanksgiving. The

:26:10. > :26:14.Queen officially marked her Golden Jubilee in 2002, the Diamond Jubilee

:26:15. > :26:19.in 2012, with thanksgiving services here at St Paul's. This is the home,

:26:20. > :26:23.if you like, of national Thanksgiving. Much of the

:26:24. > :26:27.congregation is now in place. They have been a little slow to drift in

:26:28. > :26:31.this morning, I think it is fair to say, but lots are here together.

:26:32. > :26:37.They have enjoyed a recital by the sub organist at St Paul's, Peter

:26:38. > :26:41.Holder. He will not play for the service, that'll be Simon Johnson,

:26:42. > :26:44.organist and assistant director of music.

:26:45. > :26:49.Can I remind some of you that if you want continuous streams coverage of

:26:50. > :26:53.events at St Paul's without our interviews, if that is what you

:26:54. > :26:58.want, you can select the red button coverage, which starts at ten

:26:59. > :27:03.o'clock, in about three minutes. What I would like to do, as we enjoy

:27:04. > :27:06.the sublime architecture of the cathedral, is tell you a little bit

:27:07. > :27:12.about the content of this special service today. In effect, we have

:27:13. > :27:17.three birthday gifts for the Queen in the form of specially

:27:18. > :27:22.commissioned performances. There is one of the clues for you,

:27:23. > :27:26.the grand piano is in place, because Martin James Bartlett, familiar to

:27:27. > :27:30.many people as the winner of BBC Young musician of the year 2014, a

:27:31. > :27:36.brilliant young pianist from Hornchurch in Essex, Martin James

:27:37. > :27:41.Bartlett will perform later for the Queen, he will be playing Burlesque

:27:42. > :27:46.performance by Arnold Bax. Arnold Bax was the master of the Queen's

:27:47. > :27:52.music at the time of the Coronation in 1953.

:27:53. > :27:56.There we have the current master of the Queen's music, Judith Weir, she

:27:57. > :27:59.has composed an anthem for this service, the musical setting of a

:28:00. > :28:05.poem written by Robert Bridges. He was poet Laureate when the Queen was

:28:06. > :28:08.born. You begin to see these blocks which are very firm links with

:28:09. > :28:14.different parts of the different phases of the Queen's rein. The

:28:15. > :28:20.third gift will be a reading by broadcaster Sir David Attenborough,

:28:21. > :28:24.who arrived a few minutes ago. -- the Queen's reign. Sir David was

:28:25. > :28:29.absolutely buzzing, celebrating his 90th birthday last month, he will be

:28:30. > :28:34.reading Reflection On The Passing Of Years, by the author Michael Bond,

:28:35. > :28:38.who is chatting to him this year. Famous author of the Paddington

:28:39. > :28:46.books, he is also 90 this year. A lovely representation of people who

:28:47. > :28:49.share the same age as the Queen. Baroness Scotland has just arrived,

:28:50. > :28:53.we saw her in the film short while ago, representing the Commonwealth.

:28:54. > :28:58.She was explaining her links with the Queen in recent. She was elected

:28:59. > :29:04.dignitary general in April this year. A remarkable story, born in

:29:05. > :29:09.Dominica, the tenth of 12 children, the first black woman to become a QC

:29:10. > :29:13.in the UK in 1991 and later Attorney General. Many others who I will

:29:14. > :29:15.introduce you to later, in the meantime, back to Kirsty.

:29:16. > :29:17.It's fair to say that even in this age of giddying celebrity,

:29:18. > :29:20.Her Majesty is one of the most recognisable women in the world.

:29:21. > :29:23.Over the course of her 90 years she has had her photo

:29:24. > :29:27.One of the most famous images of recent times was taken

:29:28. > :29:30.His photograph, taken for The Queen's 90th birthday,

:29:31. > :29:33.and featuring not one but three future Kings, will be for many,

:29:34. > :29:37.one of the stand-out memories of this birthday year.

:29:38. > :29:40.We brought together Ranald, and fellow Royal Photographers Fiona

:29:41. > :29:43.Hanson who took the Queen's 80th birthday portrait, and the newspaper

:29:44. > :29:46.photographer Arthur Edwards, to discuss just a few of the Queen's

:29:47. > :29:56.There must be millions of pictures taken of the Queen.

:29:57. > :29:58.I must have taken a million myself over the years.

:29:59. > :30:00.She's luminously beautiful.

:30:01. > :30:02.And she still a beautiful woman.

:30:03. > :30:09.1928 that picture was taken, and probably got one shot of it.

:30:10. > :30:19.There is a touch of her dignity even at that age.

:30:20. > :30:23.And she was two and yet she knew exactly what to do.

:30:24. > :30:35.I love the shot because for me it's so topsy-turvy.

:30:36. > :30:37.The perspective is all wrong with that background,

:30:38. > :30:40.I think the Queen looks like a supermodel

:30:41. > :30:52.It's a picture I'm very proud of and this chap, John Bellis,

:30:53. > :30:55.who was a D-Day veteran, he said, "Did you used

:30:56. > :31:00.to drive 27-tonne trucks when you were in the army?"

:31:01. > :31:03.And the Queen said nothing but looked across at the trucks.

:31:04. > :31:07.But John thought she hadn't heard him so he gave her a nudge.

:31:08. > :31:09.And of course he's quite deaf and shouted at her,

:31:10. > :31:16.She said, "No, no, it was rather too big for me."

:31:17. > :31:22.There is this protocol you mustn't touch the Queen,

:31:23. > :31:27.He is obviously just so full of the moment for him

:31:28. > :31:34.A very natural spontaneous shared moment and, even though

:31:35. > :31:36.it's a public event, it's a very personal moment.

:31:37. > :31:50.This was the photograph I took of the Queen opening her 80th

:31:51. > :31:55.And I was trying to think how I could get her to look that way

:31:56. > :31:59.naturally without having to ask the Queen to smile,

:32:00. > :32:02.so I asked her lovely Press Secretary if she would stand

:32:03. > :32:06.in the curtains and Penny did a very good job of hiding behind

:32:07. > :32:11.the curtain, so when the Queen sat down and Penny said something,

:32:12. > :32:14.she looked round and laughed at her hiding in the curtains,

:32:15. > :32:20.The one great thing about this picture, over all the years,

:32:21. > :32:24.when we're waiting for the Queen to turn up on engagements,

:32:25. > :32:27.people have a guess at what colour she's wearing and I'd say,

:32:28. > :32:30."I know one thing she'll definitely be wearing is three

:32:31. > :32:36.And every picture, every picture she wears those pearls.

:32:37. > :32:38.She must go to bed in them because I've never seen

:32:39. > :32:48.Essentially I wanted to create a warm family portrait with a big

:32:49. > :32:52.but in that I had a very specific format and technical

:32:53. > :32:57.constraints to achieve alongside getting a portrait,

:32:58. > :33:03.because the actual image needed to include four usable stamps.

:33:04. > :33:05.I needed to have each of the subjects' heads at a certain

:33:06. > :33:09.distance apart otherwise it just wasn't going to work,

:33:10. > :33:13.so we had four visits to the Palace to find the room,

:33:14. > :33:16.to find the arrangements and then the day before we did

:33:17. > :33:20.the shoot I was allowed in to set up my lights,

:33:21. > :33:24.so I was pretty much, 95% there before we started.

:33:25. > :33:27.Of course, the star of the show, there, is not the Queen,

:33:28. > :33:31.How did you get him to smile like that?

:33:32. > :33:36.I had a few bits and bobs that I jangled and shook.

:33:37. > :33:40.As you know, with children, you get a pretty short window.

:33:41. > :33:41.You've done an absolutely storming job there.

:33:42. > :33:48.You could have been very, very unlucky having somebody blink

:33:49. > :33:54.You've captured it all there, the Queen and the three

:33:55. > :34:01.Do you know if the Royal Family passed any comment on it?

:34:02. > :34:04.The Queen had actually been involved in the process leading up

:34:05. > :34:07.and approved what we wanted to do, so I think we got

:34:08. > :34:12.In my view, I think that's the best picture we've seen today.

:34:13. > :34:28.Welcome back to the studio to the Queen's former press

:34:29. > :34:30.secretary Charles Anson and royal correspondent Katie Nicholl.

:34:31. > :34:37.And joining us is the Queen of Fleet Street, Eve Pollard.

:34:38. > :34:42.Tiles, first of all, you were free good long time the Queen's Press

:34:43. > :34:46.Secretary. Let's talk the moment about those many images. She has

:34:47. > :34:51.probably had a photograph taken millions and millions of times.

:34:52. > :34:57.There is this strange tension between the fact that we know her,

:34:58. > :35:03.she is also unknown and that public projection. Why is that important? I

:35:04. > :35:08.think nowadays you live so much in a goldfish bowl in public life and no

:35:09. > :35:13.one more than the Queen is known over the world, but managed to keep

:35:14. > :35:16.a sort of privacy, and mystery about her. We still don't know really

:35:17. > :35:23.watching thinks on great matters of public issue. But she manages to

:35:24. > :35:27.have both this very public role and a sort of privacy and I think a

:35:28. > :35:33.mystery around monarchy which is very important. She herself said in

:35:34. > :35:36.the beginning, I must be seen to be believed, so she's very conscious

:35:37. > :35:39.that the world must see her but conscious as the head of state the

:35:40. > :35:44.world must not really know watching thinks. That's right, as a

:35:45. > :35:49.constitutional monarchy has to remain neutral. Therefore, she's not

:35:50. > :35:54.on public stage announcing policies. So what is the point if she goes to

:35:55. > :35:57.the United States and travels in a limousine and has blacked out

:35:58. > :36:02.windows? That sort of thing leaves the Queen to say, I must be seen,

:36:03. > :36:05.what is the point otherwise? That is where the tension is for members of

:36:06. > :36:09.the press, because on the one hand there was a fascination and a thirst

:36:10. > :36:13.for knowledge by the public and we want to see the images, but we also

:36:14. > :36:18.want to know what lies behind them. Is that difficult when you're

:36:19. > :36:22.writing about and on monarchy? Yes, I think it is, but the Queen has

:36:23. > :36:27.always managed to get that balance right. I think she understands

:36:28. > :36:31.public better than anyone that part of the magic of monarchy is the

:36:32. > :36:34.mystique and the mystery and the allure and yet, we are in a

:36:35. > :36:37.different generation from when she first came to the throne. We are in

:36:38. > :36:40.an age where no one doesn't have a camera on their phone and the young

:36:41. > :36:44.royals always going to be photographed out and about. It's

:36:45. > :36:48.something they often resent but I think there was an understanding

:36:49. > :36:53.that they all need to be seen to be believed and to be understood. That

:36:54. > :36:57.magic and mystery and allure, as you say, it is a different set of

:36:58. > :37:01.circumstances with the younger royals. They live in the time they

:37:02. > :37:06.live in and have the friends they have and the expectations are there

:37:07. > :37:09.that they are much more touchy-feely. They are the Twitter

:37:10. > :37:15.generation. Does the Queen have to step up to the mark on that one?

:37:16. > :37:19.Yes, I think she does and she has. She has joined Twitter and has 2

:37:20. > :37:23.million followers, she sent her first message a few years ago, so

:37:24. > :37:27.she's up there in terms of modernisation batches managed to

:37:28. > :37:30.retain a sense of tradition and protocol and hierarchy we expect of

:37:31. > :37:33.the Queen but you do expect it to be different of the younger generation

:37:34. > :37:38.and I think they do a good job of it. Eve Pollard, I did not know the

:37:39. > :37:44.Queen was on Twitter. I need to get on the technology. Are you not one

:37:45. > :37:47.of her followers? I will be now. What about the way the Queen has

:37:48. > :37:51.managed the known and the unknown throughout his 64 year reign? She

:37:52. > :37:57.has been bravely unscrewed above. You see this wonderful smiling face

:37:58. > :38:02.and I have met several times, I'm very lucky, but you don't know what

:38:03. > :38:07.she's thinking and I properly should mention there was a programme on

:38:08. > :38:11.Sunday evening... Don't worry, I was going to mention. You're doing a

:38:12. > :38:16.programme about the Queen's top ten. No, I love the press, I was once a

:38:17. > :38:20.member, but we don't do the top ten. What we did, we had an idea that we

:38:21. > :38:25.don't have anything about the Queen's musical tastes, and we made

:38:26. > :38:31.all the over jewels to Buckingham Palace who were extraordinarily

:38:32. > :38:36.helpful and lovely, -- over jewels and I think the Queen enjoyed this.

:38:37. > :38:39.The result is refined the Queen doesn't like arcana strange music

:38:40. > :38:45.but likes the songs we all alike, so we start the programme with Someone

:38:46. > :38:52.To Watch Over Me which she loves and it's rather true. She has been

:38:53. > :38:56.watching over us. You didn't talk to her, but how'd you know? Sadly not,

:38:57. > :38:59.but I spoke to their cousins, family, people who were lacking up

:39:00. > :39:05.to go to picnics by the side of Balmoral. Where the Royals cook and

:39:06. > :39:10.have a barbecue? There are three nice days in Scotland, possibly

:39:11. > :39:15.more. Careful! They barbecue and then they have a singsong. That was

:39:16. > :39:19.fascinating. The Queen comes from the generation where you did not

:39:20. > :39:23.turn on the television, you made your own entertainment. The Queen

:39:24. > :39:27.Mother was one of ten children living in a castle, so you had to

:39:28. > :39:33.enjoy yourself, but had to have fun, and so they liked charades,

:39:34. > :39:37.sardines, famous story about a man feeling a woman behind a curtain,

:39:38. > :39:43.his hands running up and down trying to guess who it was. I was going to

:39:44. > :39:47.say, careful. This is a day of commemoration. There is a wonderful

:39:48. > :39:53.photograph I was looking at earlier today of the Queen and the Duke

:39:54. > :39:58.dancing in the very early days. That is a remarkable picture. I've never

:39:59. > :40:03.seen such an unguarded pose, really. That's not the Duke of Edinburgh's

:40:04. > :40:07.favourite shirt, I don't think. They were doing line dancing in Canada

:40:08. > :40:12.but she learned to foxtrot, quick step, waltz, she loves to dance, she

:40:13. > :40:16.does the Samba, and all the Royals join into the sing songs and they

:40:17. > :40:20.are all the songs we all know. That is what is so wonderful about the

:40:21. > :40:25.programme. Your programme is Radio 2 on Sunday evening. As you listen to

:40:26. > :40:28.us speculating and projecting and saying this is her favourite, she

:40:29. > :40:32.likes this, she always does that, as a former Press Secretary, do you sit

:40:33. > :40:37.there and think none of them know what they are talking about? No, I

:40:38. > :40:41.think what you have said is absolutely right. The Queen loves

:40:42. > :40:46.music. She's grown up since a little girl reeling and Scottish dancing.

:40:47. > :40:51.At the ball in Balmoral, she will be dancing with everybody on the floor,

:40:52. > :40:55.whether it's a member of her family or one of the deer stalkers and

:40:56. > :41:01.staff and everybody's invited. This glorious pictures of her not on

:41:02. > :41:12.Britannia but at one of the destroyers early on, reeling and

:41:13. > :41:19.playing games and so on. I meant to deer stalkers. Totally repeatable.

:41:20. > :41:23.There's going to be a range of political leaders at St Paul's

:41:24. > :41:28.Cathedral and Huw Professor Elliott this morning, past and present. One

:41:29. > :41:34.of them took office a few weeks ago, Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London and

:41:35. > :41:38.I think he is with Sonali now. I'm with Sadiq Khan. They have been many

:41:39. > :41:42.notable services at St Paul's Cathedral but none quite like this.

:41:43. > :41:48.It's a privilege and an honour for me to be here to celebrate the

:41:49. > :41:51.Queen's 90th birthday. This is a great way to start a weekend of

:41:52. > :41:56.celebrations, to celebrate her remarkable life. Your earliest

:41:57. > :42:02.memory of the Queen was her silver jubilee in 1977. It is, and it is a

:42:03. > :42:10.photograph of me as a six-year-old. I have a crown on my head. Thanks,

:42:11. > :42:12.mum. A little flag, my mum and brother and sister, friends and

:42:13. > :42:19.neighbours come on the streets as the Queen and his wine strode past.

:42:20. > :42:24.We had a great day, we partied, we had jam sandwiches and it was great.

:42:25. > :42:28.It's that sort of atmosphere the Queen creates because we are so

:42:29. > :42:31.proud of her, she's the Queen, and hopefully this weekend we will see

:42:32. > :42:35.millions celebrate her birthday. You are striking quite a pose with your

:42:36. > :42:41.blue trousers and white shirt and crime, very confident. The Queen has

:42:42. > :42:44.not changed a bit since then and I hope people say I have, fashion

:42:45. > :42:48.wise. She is the Queen, and just think about her remarkable

:42:49. > :42:52.remarkable years, the changes she has sheen. She is London's Queen,

:42:53. > :42:58.the countries Queen, but the Commonwealth Queen, the changes into

:42:59. > :43:03.how the city is changed, she was our hero during the Blitz, the Queen who

:43:04. > :43:07.gave the England team the World Cup in 1966, she famously of course

:43:08. > :43:11.jumped out of an aeroplane with James Bond and we love her and I'm

:43:12. > :43:15.looking forward to celebrating her life during the service and also

:43:16. > :43:19.having a great time this weekend. London is such a mix of people, a

:43:20. > :43:24.melting pot of people. What you think she means to Londoners? Let me

:43:25. > :43:26.give you one story. I was with a seven-year-old from Brixton last

:43:27. > :43:31.week, and she was telling me with such pride that she gave the Queen

:43:32. > :43:34.about Kay of flowers at the Chelsea Flower Show. That's seven-year-old

:43:35. > :43:41.girl will never forget meeting the Queen, I still remember because you

:43:42. > :43:44.reminded me as a sexual wearing a crown as she drove past, I've met

:43:45. > :43:48.the Queen and I still get goose bumps on the back of my neck, you

:43:49. > :43:54.can still look like a bumbling buffoon, that we love her, and she

:43:55. > :43:58.had an extraordinary life of extraordinary service, and long may

:43:59. > :44:01.it continue. That's what we'll be celebrating today. Enjoy the

:44:02. > :44:08.service. Thank you very much, Sadiq Khan. The Mayor of London, Sadiq

:44:09. > :44:12.Khan talking to Sonali and looking forward to this National Service of

:44:13. > :44:17.thanksgiving. I'm delighted that next to me looking forward to the

:44:18. > :44:20.service is Robert Hardman, the Daily Mail journalist and while

:44:21. > :44:27.commentator. What are looking forward to? Something very personal

:44:28. > :44:32.and obviously the grand year of a state occasion, yes, it's her

:44:33. > :44:36.birthday, but she is a Queen who was quite modest and shy. She does not

:44:37. > :44:41.want this to be all about her, so we won't see the grandees of the racing

:44:42. > :44:49.industry, the European Royals, but all the people who do so much for

:44:50. > :44:54.the country, here we can see some of the more remote cousins we don't

:44:55. > :44:58.normally see. The children of the Duke of Kent, for example. Zara

:44:59. > :45:03.Phillips with her husband, Mike Tindall. It's very much a family

:45:04. > :45:07.affair. More than 50 members of the family are here. More members of the

:45:08. > :45:11.family than we will see tomorrow on the balcony at the Birthday Parade,

:45:12. > :45:18.which is normally the occasion for the biggest day, but also we will

:45:19. > :45:23.see all these people chosen by Lord Lieutenants from all over the

:45:24. > :45:27.country, many monarchs, if you like to represent each county. Government

:45:28. > :45:31.departments. It's a cross-section of life, very much the atmosphere of a

:45:32. > :45:32.garden party at Buckingham Palace without the chocolate eclairs

:45:33. > :45:45.perhaps. With a few hymns instead. There is somebody with a very busy

:45:46. > :45:49.weekend ahead. Peter Phillips, he is in charge of the Patron's Lunch, the

:45:50. > :45:54.extraordinary street party on Sunday which will see probably the longest

:45:55. > :45:57.trestle table you have ever seen, stretching from Buckingham Palace

:45:58. > :46:02.with around 10,000 people sitting at it. Fingers crossed for the weather.

:46:03. > :46:07.Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall taking their places at the front. It

:46:08. > :46:11.was interesting to see so many close relatives of the Queen arriving by

:46:12. > :46:14.coach. Some years ago, I am sure they would have arrived by a

:46:15. > :46:19.motorcade of limousines, but modern times and traffic demand economy of

:46:20. > :46:23.travel. There were five coaches parked on the palace forecourt this

:46:24. > :46:27.morning, and they are still arriving.

:46:28. > :46:33.So our first contingent of royal guest, and a little later we will be

:46:34. > :46:37.expecting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Prince of Wales, the

:46:38. > :46:41.Duchess of Cornwall and, of course, a couple of minutes before the

:46:42. > :46:45.service is due to start, Her Majesty The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

:46:46. > :46:48.In the meantime, we have been looking at the people arriving,

:46:49. > :46:53.including some heads of the Armed Forces. They have been arriving in

:46:54. > :46:58.the last few minutes, including the Chief of the Defence Staff and the

:46:59. > :47:01.chief of the General staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton, Chief of the

:47:02. > :47:05.Defence Staff, and General Sir Nicholas Carter, we can see on the

:47:06. > :47:10.left, appointed chief of the General staff, head of the Army, in 2014.

:47:11. > :47:16.Admiral Sir Philip Jones is in the congregation, as is General Sir

:47:17. > :47:22.Christopher Deverell. Plenty of politicians, although Mr

:47:23. > :47:26.Speaker, of course, is strictly impartial. John Bercow has just

:47:27. > :47:30.taken his seat. He will be sitting next to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn,

:47:31. > :47:37.when he arrives in a few minutes. David Cameron will be arriving, he

:47:38. > :47:40.is taking part in the service, ahead of -- and there are former prime

:47:41. > :47:46.ministers John Major and Tony Blair as well. In terms of the underlining

:47:47. > :47:51.diversity of the United Kingdom in 2016, there is a very big

:47:52. > :47:55.representation of faith leaders. Representing all religious sects in

:47:56. > :47:59.the UK today, not just the mainstream ones, if I can call them

:48:00. > :48:03.that, in terms of the Roman Catholic Church and once we are very familiar

:48:04. > :48:07.with, but some very, very important people, including the British Muslim

:48:08. > :48:12.Council, the Chief Rabbi, all of this underlining the nature of the

:48:13. > :48:16.service? This service is Christian intone unstructured, but the Queen,

:48:17. > :48:21.more than any other monarch or supreme Governor of the church,

:48:22. > :48:24.which she is, has engaged with every faith in the country. It is

:48:25. > :48:29.incredibly important and much valued by all those faiths. This is the

:48:30. > :48:41.first moniker to set foot inside a temple, a Moscow, to host and visit

:48:42. > :48:46.the Vatican -- is is the first monarch to set foot in a temple or a

:48:47. > :48:49.mosque. This is very important to the Queen, she will have been

:48:50. > :48:54.through the service. There is new music, but she will have taken watch

:48:55. > :49:00.on this. The Bishop of London is waiting patiently, and the

:49:01. > :49:04.Archbishop of Canterbury on the left, Justin Welby. They will be

:49:05. > :49:08.greeting the main group -- main guests as they arrive, including the

:49:09. > :49:13.Prime Minister and the Lord Mayor of London, whose job it is to greet the

:49:14. > :49:17.sovereign at the boundary of the City of London. So the Lord Mayor of

:49:18. > :49:23.London and the lack there of London, Sadiq Khan. -- and the elected Mayor

:49:24. > :49:29.of London. On Ludgate Hill we will see a fleet of cars arriving. Some

:49:30. > :49:34.of the royal party is arriving in buses, others accorded a rather

:49:35. > :49:38.different form of transport. There is a certain pecking order in how

:49:39. > :49:42.people are getting here today. This is the more senior members of the

:49:43. > :49:48.family, obviously, arriving ahead of the Queen. They are all very

:49:49. > :49:53.familiar with St Paul's, there have been so many state occasions, both

:49:54. > :50:03.sad and happy ones. Each time, there is really a buzz at these moments.

:50:04. > :50:07.People gather on Ludgate Hill. You see all the step lines, you have

:50:08. > :50:15.every military units with which the Queen has a personal connection, an

:50:16. > :50:20.enormous amount of thought has gone into making sure that this is a

:50:21. > :50:26.reflection of all acts -- aspect of the Queen's life, and the servers

:50:27. > :50:34.that she represents. We see the Duke of York, no, we don't. It is Tony

:50:35. > :50:49.and cherie bladder. -- and Cheri Blair. And I think we should be

:50:50. > :50:52.seeing John Major. -- it is Tony and Cherie Blair. I think I caught a

:50:53. > :51:01.points of George Osborne, the Chancellor. The Chancellor and his

:51:02. > :51:07.wife, arriving with Cherie Blair. Mr Blair, who attended the service back

:51:08. > :51:11.in 2003 after the Iraq conflict, I remember being here for that. He is

:51:12. > :51:17.now awaiting the outcome of the Chilcott inquiry into the Iraq

:51:18. > :51:24.conflict. He was very much involved ten years ago when the Queen

:51:25. > :51:29.celebrated her 80th birthday. There was a very jolly lunch afterwards

:51:30. > :51:35.where the Queen" in Groucho Marx, saying everybody can get old, you

:51:36. > :51:40.only have to live long enough. The Prime Minister responded. Here he

:51:41. > :51:45.is, sitting further back but playing his part. And Sir John Major. Sir

:51:46. > :51:49.John Major ready to take his place. More guests due to arrive. Now the

:51:50. > :51:53.congregation is more or less in place, with some of the most

:51:54. > :52:02.prominent guests yet to come, let's go back to Kirsty.

:52:03. > :52:04.Today then, of course, marks the beginning of a weekend

:52:05. > :52:06.of official celebrations for The Queen's 90th birthday,

:52:07. > :52:09.but you may be surprised to know that it's also the 95th birthday

:52:10. > :52:11.of her husband, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.

:52:12. > :52:14.The longest-serving British consort in history, his wife has very often

:52:15. > :52:16.made a point of publicly acknowledging his continuous support

:52:17. > :52:20.I am so happy that on this, my third visit, my future

:52:21. > :52:30.A marriage begins by joining man and wife together.

:52:31. > :52:35.PRINCE PHILIP: A marriage involves two partners.

:52:36. > :52:42.We all know about the difficulties of achieving that happy family.

:52:43. > :52:51.But if it succeeds in real life, there is nothing like it.

:52:52. > :52:54.I here present unto you, Queen Elizabeth, your

:52:55. > :53:04.'I, Philip, will become your liege man of life and limb,

:53:05. > :53:11.'and of earthly worship and faith and truth I will bear unto you.'

:53:12. > :53:17.She was 25 and I was 30 and we had two small children and life changed

:53:18. > :53:20.dramatically in many ways, but it had much less

:53:21. > :53:28.effect on our married life than I anticipated.

:53:29. > :53:32.If I am asked today what I think about family life,

:53:33. > :53:35.after 25 years of marriage, I can answer with equal

:53:36. > :53:51.The main lesson that we've learned is that

:53:52. > :53:57.tolerance is the one essential ingredient of any happy marriage.

:53:58. > :54:00.But it is absolutely vital when things get difficult,

:54:01. > :54:03.and you can take it from me, that the Queen has the quality

:54:04. > :54:13.All too often I fear Prince Philip has had

:54:14. > :54:20.Frequently we have discussed my intended speech beforehand.

:54:21. > :54:22.And, as you will imagine, his views have been expressed

:54:23. > :54:31.I've just done what I think is my best.

:54:32. > :54:34.Being married to the Queen seems to me my first duty

:54:35. > :54:43.was to serve her in the best way I could.

:54:44. > :54:45.Prince Philip is, I believe, well-known for declining

:54:46. > :54:53.But he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these

:54:54. > :54:57.years and I and his whole family owe him a debt greater

:54:58. > :55:07.than he would ever claim or we shall ever know.

:55:08. > :55:10.With me now to discuss the Duke is Baroness Benjamin,

:55:11. > :55:13.Gyles Brandreth, and Olympic gold medallist and supporter of the Duke

:55:14. > :55:27.Welcome, Sally. Welcome to you all, again. To you, Floella Benjamin, you

:55:28. > :55:31.have met the Duke personally. Over the years, and we didn't see it

:55:32. > :55:36.there, we got a different reflection, but he has tended to

:55:37. > :55:41.have had quite a spiky public image. How have you found him in person? He

:55:42. > :55:46.has a very unusual sense of humour. Meaning what? The dog the things

:55:47. > :55:52.that he says are sometimes misinterpreted. When we first met,

:55:53. > :55:54.we met at a lunch. I told him I was making Caribbean cookery programme,

:55:55. > :55:59.I found out he knew everything about the Caribbean. He is a wealth of

:56:00. > :56:05.knowledge about the area. He asked me whether I would cover fish and I

:56:06. > :56:08.said, well, I think I am. He said, well, you should. I am the prime

:56:09. > :56:16.Warden of the fishmongers and I want you to go and visit Billingsgate

:56:17. > :56:21.market to see fish being cooked and spread across the country. I went,

:56:22. > :56:24.OK. Thinking not very much of it. Through the lunch, we had a good

:56:25. > :56:29.time, talked and joked about everything in the world. The

:56:30. > :56:33.following day I got a letter saying, I have been commanded by his Royal

:56:34. > :56:38.Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to invite you for a tour of

:56:39. > :56:42.Billingsgate market. The next day. Did you go? Yes, my daughter and I

:56:43. > :56:45.went and had a wonderful time looking at all the things that

:56:46. > :56:50.happen up lings gates market, it is a hive of activity. We are all

:56:51. > :56:56.asleep, four o'clock in the morning, so much is happening. Fishmongers

:56:57. > :57:01.taking their fish to hotels, restaurants, fish markets. And the

:57:02. > :57:05.Duke was so kind to me. Every time I have met enough to withstand macro

:57:06. > :57:16.when I got my Obi, he sent me a congratulating me. I think he likes

:57:17. > :57:19.you! -- when I asked my OBE. Sally Gunnell, talk about the Duke of

:57:20. > :57:25.Edinburgh awards. I am sure you have been approached by many charities,

:57:26. > :57:29.why that one? I think it is the skills that the awards want to be

:57:30. > :57:33.able to give young adults, to move into adulthood. I think that is what

:57:34. > :57:39.we Duke really believed when he set it up 60 years ago. I think it is

:57:40. > :57:44.about challenging young people to find out about themselves. They do a

:57:45. > :57:48.lot of volunteering, a lot of adventures, really quite challenging

:57:49. > :57:51.at times. I think it gave everyone the opportunity to get the

:57:52. > :57:57.confidence they needed to move up. It has been amazing. Aside from

:57:58. > :58:03.putting his name to it, and it is one of the UK's best-known

:58:04. > :58:09.charities, how involved is the Duke? Enormously. Still? About he has been

:58:10. > :58:15.to over 500 of the awards, he has been this in James 's Palace, he has

:58:16. > :58:20.been to about 500 of them. He will go around and meet everybody. We

:58:21. > :58:27.have just had the big 60th dinner in Buckingham Palace, and lunch, the

:58:28. > :58:30.garden party. Gyles, the Queen and the Duke were talking about their

:58:31. > :58:34.relationship in their own words, it is interesting to hear him say that

:58:35. > :58:39.tolerance is at the heart of a long marriage, and she has had to

:58:40. > :58:44.tolerate... It made me smile, I thought that was interesting. What

:58:45. > :58:47.is curious about them as they are so contrasting. The Queen is quite

:58:48. > :58:53.reserved and quite conservative with a small C, she goes at quite a

:58:54. > :58:58.gentle pace through life. He is dynamic and intellectual as well as

:58:59. > :59:05.intelligent. Whatever you say, he comes back with yes, but. He is

:59:06. > :59:08.always questioning. I was rating I biography for him about his naval

:59:09. > :59:12.career and he said, yes, I would rather have gone into the air force!

:59:13. > :59:18.You have been mentioned in dispatches, your naval career, no, I

:59:19. > :59:22.would rather have been flying! He is a contrary and by nature? Yes, the

:59:23. > :59:27.totally engaged in everything he does. He has been to every single

:59:28. > :59:30.one of the gold standard Duke of Edinburgh awards scheme people, he

:59:31. > :59:35.has been at everyone, actively involved. Attention to detail is

:59:36. > :59:39.everything. He has been involved in 800 charities, but the ones he

:59:40. > :59:44.really cares about, he gets down to the nitty-gritty. He is hands-on.

:59:45. > :59:50.Magnificent. And the oldest member of any royal family, male member of

:59:51. > :59:54.the British Royal family ever. 95, no walking stick, extraordinary. And

:59:55. > :59:55.we have noted before, he chooses to stand, even when provided with a

:59:56. > :00:06.check on he will stand. Famously on the boat, when the rain

:00:07. > :00:11.came down. When I first met him, he said to me, "Tell me, what do you

:00:12. > :00:15.do?" I said, you tell me what you do and I will tell you about myself. I

:00:16. > :00:18.think that's why they got on so well together. Now back to Huw at St

:00:19. > :00:31.Paul's Cathedral. Welcome back to St Paul's, where the

:00:32. > :00:37.cathedral is now filling up. And we are within half an hour of this

:00:38. > :00:41.National Service of thanksgiving. The Prime Minister has just arrived

:00:42. > :00:47.and we have just seen the Duke of Kent and the Duke of Gloucester and

:00:48. > :00:51.some more royal guests arriving. This is Prince and Princess Michael

:00:52. > :00:58.of Kent. And the Duke of Kent had Obama. Other members of the family.

:00:59. > :01:06.-- a of them. Taking their place at the front. On the main six. The

:01:07. > :01:11.cousins and the wider Royal Family have been here for some time now.

:01:12. > :01:15.Now we are getting into more familiar royal territory. They are

:01:16. > :01:22.all being treated at the Great West Door by the Dean of St Paul's

:01:23. > :01:28.Cathedral, and the chapter, the cannons with the Dean. The governing

:01:29. > :01:31.body, if you like, of the Cathedral. They are part of the welcoming

:01:32. > :01:37.party. The Duke of Kent are being welcomed by the Dean and chapter and

:01:38. > :01:42.then by the Bishop of London and by the Archbishop of Canterbury. That

:01:43. > :01:45.is the formal process of welcome. The Duke of Gloucester their full

:01:46. > :01:49.support you look at the other end of the Cathedral where people are

:01:50. > :01:54.taking their seats, we have a big contingent now of politicians who

:01:55. > :02:00.have gathered. There's an interesting little chat going on

:02:01. > :02:03.between Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, who was very proudly a

:02:04. > :02:07.dedicated Republican, he is here nonetheless as part of this National

:02:08. > :02:11.Service of thanks Kevin, chatting to Mr Speaker John Bercow, who of

:02:12. > :02:15.course, in days gone by, was a Conservative member of Parliament.

:02:16. > :02:19.They are having a very friendly chat about what's going on. Let's look at

:02:20. > :02:22.some of the other politicians as well, because they represent all

:02:23. > :02:27.parts of the UK, Carwyn Jones, the First Minister of Wales. Next to

:02:28. > :02:33.him, Peter Morrell, the husband of Nicola Sturgeon, who was very busy

:02:34. > :02:39.last night taking part in a pretty feisty debate on the referendum on

:02:40. > :02:44.ITV, on the referendum campaign. Also Arlene Foster, the First

:02:45. > :02:51.Minister of Northern Ireland. Just on the left. Just behind, Ken

:02:52. > :02:57.Macintosh, who is the newly elected presiding officer of the Scottish

:02:58. > :03:04.Parliament, so he is here with Nicola Sturgeon and others. The

:03:05. > :03:08.Prime Minister is also in his place now. David Cameron, who will be

:03:09. > :03:13.giving one of the readings in the service, Samantha Cameron and there

:03:14. > :03:17.we have George Osborne, too. All of them, of course, it goes without

:03:18. > :03:20.saying, adding mention Nicola Sturgeon's activities, all of them

:03:21. > :03:25.immersed in this pretty hard fought referendum campaign but today, all

:03:26. > :03:31.thoughts away from that, focusing very sharply on the business here,

:03:32. > :03:36.to give thanks for the Queen's 90 years. That's right, not a day for

:03:37. > :03:44.splits, at all, we've got remainders left and right here, substantial

:03:45. > :03:49.vertical turnout. We've got extensive members of the Cabinet,

:03:50. > :04:01.ministers, representatives of all parts of the country, assemblies.

:04:02. > :04:04.The Duke of Kent takes his seat. The Earl of St Andrews. Prince Michael

:04:05. > :04:11.of Kent a little to the rear of them. Prince and Princess Michael of

:04:12. > :04:17.Kent with their children. Freddie and Gabriella. When did we last see

:04:18. > :04:23.a presence of the Royal Family on this scale? You have to go back to

:04:24. > :04:29.the royal wedding to see quite so many members of the family, as well

:04:30. > :04:34.as those in the line of succession, an extensive selection of cousins,

:04:35. > :04:42.if you like, representatives from the Bowes Lyons family, on her

:04:43. > :04:45.mother 's side, many members of the Mountbatten family here. Also a lot

:04:46. > :04:49.of members of the Royal household here, because obviously, for them,

:04:50. > :04:54.this is an extremely important day, too. Because if the Queen's official

:04:55. > :04:58.birthday tomorrow, her real birthday was back in April, they have been

:04:59. > :05:08.living this birthday, rather like Her Majesty, for many weeks now, and

:05:09. > :05:13.they are glad to be here today, too. Let's have a look at the latest

:05:14. > :05:16.arrivals outside the cathedral. This gives you a real sense of Ludgate

:05:17. > :05:21.Hill, one of the three ancient hills in the City of London. There has

:05:22. > :05:29.been a Cathedral on the spot, place a question, for 1400 years. It's

:05:30. > :05:32.worth remembering that because we attend these services and report

:05:33. > :05:37.what's going on but it's always good at some point to look at this

:05:38. > :05:41.magnificent building, a masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren, and

:05:42. > :05:46.remember it's been a place of worship for 1400 years. More

:05:47. > :05:54.arrivals in a moment. Back to Sonali. Thank you, Huw. During the

:05:55. > :05:58.service, we will hear three musical gifts being played to celebrate the

:05:59. > :06:03.birthday and one of them will be performed by concert pianist Martin.

:06:04. > :06:07.Tell us more about it. The police and going to players by Arnold Bax,

:06:08. > :06:10.the first Queen's master the music, it's called Burlesque and its

:06:11. > :06:15.amalgamation of different musical styles, bolts, some beautiful poetry

:06:16. > :06:19.at the end. We look forward to hearing and seeing you perform.

:06:20. > :06:24.Yours will be the first solo performance like that at the Royal

:06:25. > :06:28.service? Yes, the first ever performance, no pressure, rarely

:06:29. > :06:33.expiration mark its a real privilege to be here, though. Where does this

:06:34. > :06:39.rate in your career? You have achieved so much, aged 19. This is

:06:40. > :06:43.the pinnacle of my career so far. I don't know what can top it, really,

:06:44. > :06:48.but it's wonderful to be here at such a joyous event. I'm not so

:06:49. > :06:50.nervous as usual because it's such a celebration. You have a personal

:06:51. > :06:56.connection with the green, don't you? Yes, she's a patron of the

:06:57. > :07:00.college I study, the Royal College of music, and another aspect of her

:07:01. > :07:03.life hugely interesting to me is her charity which is inspirational.

:07:04. > :07:08.Martin, we look forward to your performance and the very best of

:07:09. > :07:12.luck with it. Thank you so much. Martin seems as cool as a cucumber,

:07:13. > :07:17.he will do a cracking job. Let's talk about the nature of family

:07:18. > :07:21.pulled we saw Katie, 53 members of the Royal family gathering at St

:07:22. > :07:26.Paul's for the service of thanks giving. That's pretty unusual. It's

:07:27. > :07:31.amazingly unusual. I don't think they were that many at the Diamond

:07:32. > :07:35.Jubilee, so very impressive testimony to the love the family

:07:36. > :07:37.have for the Queen and vice versa. One of the loveliest things about

:07:38. > :07:41.the celebrations, because they have been going on all year, some of the

:07:42. > :07:47.family portraits released, and the lovely one of the Duke and the Queen

:07:48. > :07:48.today, the one of her with her grandchildren and

:07:49. > :07:52.great-grandchildren, you really saw that family bond for them to see

:07:53. > :07:57.Princess Charlotte, perched on the Queen's lap, we so often see her as

:07:58. > :08:00.a stateswoman, but to see her as a grandmother and great-grandmother I

:08:01. > :08:06.think is really, really special and it's been particularly lovely, you

:08:07. > :08:12.feel she's left is in a bit more. Is it right that the Queen has talked

:08:13. > :08:17.to you in private about the nature of family and feelings about family?

:08:18. > :08:20.When she came to Exeter and I'm the Chancellor of Exeter University, I

:08:21. > :08:25.had the joy of shoving her around and we sat down together for lunch

:08:26. > :08:30.during the visit. We exchanged our thoughts about family life, about

:08:31. > :08:34.children, and, like any mother and grandmother, you realise she really

:08:35. > :08:36.cared about her children and grandchildren and their well-being.

:08:37. > :08:41.Very much concerned about the future and I was really thrilled she was so

:08:42. > :08:46.open to share these views with me and I told her about my own family,

:08:47. > :08:50.when I was a little girl in Trinidad standing up and singing God Save The

:08:51. > :08:53.Queen, coming to England as a ten-year-old, being told you were

:08:54. > :08:57.not worthy, but having a sense of pride, knowing the Queen of Britain

:08:58. > :09:03.loved the Commonwealth and all the people there and now we are sitting

:09:04. > :09:06.together sharing a meal. Who would've thought? She had such great

:09:07. > :09:09.empathy because she wants to make people feel as if there is hope for

:09:10. > :09:16.the future and she really truly cares about children. She told me

:09:17. > :09:19.one thing she loved about having her children and grandchildren is

:09:20. > :09:23.cooking a barbecue for them because she loves family life and making

:09:24. > :09:29.people feel as if they are bonded together. We have increasingly seen

:09:30. > :09:33.public connections with the Queen and her grandchildren, especially

:09:34. > :09:36.recently with Prince Harry. I don't if the viewers saw this so I would

:09:37. > :09:40.like to show it to them. This was the lead up as a publicity was

:09:41. > :09:45.driving towards the Invictus Games, there was a rather surprising middle

:09:46. > :09:51.then yet between the Queen and Harry, let's take a look. Shall we

:09:52. > :10:00.watch it together? Yes. Prince Harry, Uma. Oh, really, please?!

:10:01. > :10:06.LAUGHTER That is a laugh out loud moment. So

:10:07. > :10:11.fascinating about that, the reason you're gripped about this, the

:10:12. > :10:15.domestic story, these are a family, and also Heritage, the combination

:10:16. > :10:22.is irresistible. We can now go back to Huw at St Paul's.

:10:23. > :10:31.The Duke of York and his daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie arriving at St

:10:32. > :10:38.Paul's Cathedral. His main focus over the past year has been his

:10:39. > :10:41.pitch at the Palace to support entrepreneurs, he the UK special

:10:42. > :10:46.representative for international trade and Princess Beatrice and

:10:47. > :10:51.Princess Eugenie with him, too, and there we have the Earl and Countess

:10:52. > :10:58.of Wessex. It's very nice we see them ready for the first time, the

:10:59. > :11:03.Earl's son, playing a prominent starring role on a state occasion,

:11:04. > :11:08.occasionally we've seen the children on the balcony, but here he is

:11:09. > :11:17.coming to his first big formal event. There is Lady Louise Windsor,

:11:18. > :11:20.too. She played a very poignant role at the equestrian birthday tribute

:11:21. > :11:26.for the Queen at Windsor recently. She came on at the end riding pony

:11:27. > :11:30.herself in front of the crowd alongside her father, the Earl of

:11:31. > :11:37.Wessex. She will be very pleased they are here today. The Duke of

:11:38. > :11:43.York being greeted by the Dean and chapter and now the Archbishop of

:11:44. > :11:48.Canterbury exchanging a few words. The princesses, likewise, and the

:11:49. > :11:55.Earl of Wessex, meeting Doctor David Ison, the Dean of Saint Paul's since

:11:56. > :11:57.2012. It's a big year for the Earl because in charge of the Duke of

:11:58. > :12:02.Edinburgh award scheme, taken on the mantle from his father, looking

:12:03. > :12:04.after that, and it's their 60th anniversary so a lot of big events

:12:05. > :12:12.in relation to that coming up around the world. Of course, great tribute

:12:13. > :12:21.to the reluctant birthday boy today, the Duke of Edinburgh.

:12:22. > :12:26.The Bells of St Paul's Cathedral, very hard work for the Guild of

:12:27. > :12:31.ringers at the Cathedral today, and indeed, over this weekend. Tomorrow,

:12:32. > :12:36.on the day of the official birthday. They will be attempting a full

:12:37. > :12:41.appeal which will take them for hours which will lead a lot of luck

:12:42. > :12:46.for them there is the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy

:12:47. > :12:50.Laurence, and the Queen's cousin Princess Alexandra, as well. More

:12:51. > :12:58.than 50 members of the Royal family here today. Princess Alexandra's son

:12:59. > :13:05.is here, James Ogilvy. And his wife. It really does have a feeling of a

:13:06. > :13:10.family wedding, in a way. Although, we have seen a large number of

:13:11. > :13:16.politicians, the diplomatic corps here, the governor general, we often

:13:17. > :13:21.forget she is Queen not just of this country but 15 others and everyone

:13:22. > :13:27.is represented here today. The dramatic core. The Royal left

:13:28. > :13:31.tenants, people who work day in and day out, in counties up and down the

:13:32. > :13:37.land, representing the Queen at a very local level. Will be organising

:13:38. > :13:41.events this week on their own patch to mark her birthday but they are

:13:42. > :13:47.all here today to. You normally think of the service itself, there's

:13:48. > :13:51.been a great care is taken obviously to think about every single element

:13:52. > :13:57.and segment of the service. What would you point people to as we look

:13:58. > :14:00.forward to the service in 50 minutes time? What elements do you think

:14:01. > :14:05.will really underline what this is about? I think a lot will depend on

:14:06. > :14:10.what the Archbishop of Canterbury has to say and that's always an

:14:11. > :14:16.important moment. The Archbishop of York is here today as well. New

:14:17. > :14:21.music is being composed by Judith Weir, important, so for a lot of

:14:22. > :14:25.people, they'll be looking forward to seeing Sir David Attenborough

:14:26. > :14:30.who, of course, is the same age as the Queen, reading a tribute written

:14:31. > :14:36.by Michael Bond, the creator of Paddington Bear, the only other

:14:37. > :14:40.person who has two birthdays. There is David Attenborough with Michael

:14:41. > :14:45.Bond, waiting to take part in the service. I think you are right, lots

:14:46. > :14:49.of people will consider that to be one of the great highlights. He has

:14:50. > :14:54.been very much part of Royal life, Sir David. Actually, he, many years

:14:55. > :15:00.ago, in his capacity at the BBC, used to produce the Queen's

:15:01. > :15:05.Christmas broadcast and he is a great friend of the Duke of

:15:06. > :15:09.Edinburgh, as well. They have a shared interest in wildlife. The

:15:10. > :15:15.Earl of Wessex now and the Countess of Wessex and their two children

:15:16. > :15:32.taking their seats, so we are full up right up to the front row now.

:15:33. > :15:42.There is no setting like it, St Paul's Cathedral. The view from the

:15:43. > :15:50.great dome is... It really just expresses the scale and ambition of

:15:51. > :15:56.Wren, and the fact it is still there is a miracle. It has seen some of

:15:57. > :16:02.the moment in our national life. Royal weddings, the state funeral

:16:03. > :16:08.for Baroness Thatcher. There is this, Westminster Abbey, they are

:16:09. > :16:12.the places that have told the great moments in the modern royal story.

:16:13. > :16:19.It is worth pointing out that there are also many senior members of the

:16:20. > :16:24.household who have served the Queen for, collectively, well over 100

:16:25. > :16:30.years. Some of her ladies in waiting were sitting out there. They are all

:16:31. > :16:36.here today. They have all been at her side right around the world,

:16:37. > :16:41.ready throughout, it is a big day for them as well. We mentioned the

:16:42. > :16:45.music earlier. We were talking about the young musician who was

:16:46. > :16:49.explaining to us that, in a sense, he was not quite as nervous as he

:16:50. > :16:54.thought he would be. I know he is brilliant, but I have to say, he

:16:55. > :16:59.must be a little bit nervous. How could you not be?! Everybody just

:17:00. > :17:04.wants to do their best. They are all here the cause of a shared respect

:17:05. > :17:09.for the Queen, you want this to be absolutely perfect. Yesterday, when

:17:10. > :17:13.some of the rehearsing was going on, that was uplifting in itself, I

:17:14. > :17:18.think we are in for a real treat. The standard of the music, as

:17:19. > :17:22.always, in these services, is world-class. We have had the band of

:17:23. > :17:28.the Royal air horse -- Royal Air Force Regiment, we have had the

:17:29. > :17:36.trumpeters of the Household Cavalry, the state trumpeters and from the

:17:37. > :17:40.Royal Marines. They will be taking part in the service. And Simon

:17:41. > :17:45.Johnson, the organist and assistant director, as I mentioned, will be

:17:46. > :17:51.playing the organ for the servers. And two acquires, the choir of St

:17:52. > :18:00.Paul's Cathedral and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal. So the quality of the

:18:01. > :18:03.music is guaranteed. Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, just on the

:18:04. > :18:07.right-hand side. Then Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, in

:18:08. > :18:12.the front row of the politicians, along with the Chancellor and the

:18:13. > :18:17.Prime Minister. Chris Grayling, the leader of the House, sitting just

:18:18. > :18:21.behind them. And sitting just behind the Labour

:18:22. > :18:27.leader, Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London. This is his first major

:18:28. > :18:33.service at St Paul's Cathedral as the newly elected Mayor of London.

:18:34. > :18:37.He has had a very energetic and probably rather tiring time over the

:18:38. > :18:42.last few weeks, Robert? I think the strain was starting to show a little

:18:43. > :18:46.just then. During his time as mayor he will get used to taking part in a

:18:47. > :18:51.lot of these events. With that office comes a and that all these

:18:52. > :18:57.great occasions. Sir John Major has seen many of these great moments

:18:58. > :19:00.himself, with Dame Norma. It just behind them of course, Tony and

:19:01. > :19:17.Cherie Blair. The Duke of York and his daughters

:19:18. > :19:20.Princess Beatrice Princess Eugenie, who have played a very prominent

:19:21. > :19:27.part in all of these family occasions. And the Earl and Countess

:19:28. > :19:32.of Wessex, with ladylove and Viscount seven. They are studying

:19:33. > :19:46.the programme, we have made it available online. -- with Lady and

:19:47. > :19:53.we -- Louise Wessex. You can see the address below, that is the link to

:19:54. > :19:59.where you can download the order of service, if that is obvious to

:20:00. > :20:10.people. Can follow the words to the hymns, for example. The Duke and

:20:11. > :20:14.Duchess of Cambridge, the Prince of Wales and Prince Harry are still on

:20:15. > :20:20.my way. This should be the Duke and Duchess of and Prince Harry in the

:20:21. > :20:28.first car, we think. And they will be greeted by the Lord Mayor of

:20:29. > :20:33.London, Geoffrey Evans, the leader of the City of London Corporation.

:20:34. > :20:40.He is always present at these events, because he is the authority

:20:41. > :20:44.in the City of London and he greets guests to St Paul's, which is in the

:20:45. > :20:50.City precinct. The 688 Lord Mayor of London. A big cheer for Prince Harry

:20:51. > :20:57.and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, arriving together. We

:20:58. > :21:01.will see them, of course, tomorrow on the balcony at Buckingham Palace.

:21:02. > :21:05.The Duke of Cambridge himself will be taking part on horseback as

:21:06. > :21:10.Colonel of the Irish Guards, Prince Harry will no doubt is called the

:21:11. > :21:17.Duchess in a carriage. -- no doubt escort the Dodgers. The Duke and

:21:18. > :21:20.Duchess are celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary this year. We

:21:21. > :21:25.have the Yeomen of the Guard and the gentlemen at Arms. The yeomen have

:21:26. > :21:33.very smartly lined up in their medieval uniforms. Always a bit of

:21:34. > :21:37.rivalry between them. Very friendly. The Yeoman points out that they are

:21:38. > :21:41.the oldest guard, and the gentleman point out that they are the closest

:21:42. > :21:46.guard. The closest guard and the senior guard. They also say that we

:21:47. > :21:51.are gentlemen, and they are yeomen, and that is meant to be

:21:52. > :21:57.self-explanatory. Doctor David Ison, the dean, presenting the Duke to

:21:58. > :22:07.members of the chapter. He knows the Bishop of London very well, and the

:22:08. > :22:12.Archbishop of Canterbury. The latest arrivals along Ludgate Hill, the

:22:13. > :22:17.Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.

:22:18. > :22:27.To loud cheers. A big crowd, a big Hill national crowd. You can see a

:22:28. > :22:30.Canadian flag. -- a big international crowd. Events like

:22:31. > :22:36.this are not hugely publicised in advance but because, frankly, this

:22:37. > :22:40.is not the room for the volume of people it would attract, but it is

:22:41. > :22:46.still very popular. A very big crowd today, and even bigger one tomorrow,

:22:47. > :22:51.no doubt. The Duchess of Cornwall is getting out of the state car but the

:22:52. > :22:57.Prince of Wales. They will be greeted by the Lord Mayor of London,

:22:58. > :23:02.and I think it is worth noting, we mentioned earlier, the Duke of

:23:03. > :23:06.Edinburgh scheme and all that has achieved, this year the Prince of

:23:07. > :23:08.Wales and celebrating 40 years of the Prince's Trust, which has helped

:23:09. > :23:13.hundreds of thousands of young people. Yes, an extraordinary

:23:14. > :23:18.organisation created with the contents of his Royal Navy pension

:23:19. > :23:22.when he left the Navy in 1976, it is the biggest charitable network in

:23:23. > :23:25.the country. He has a lot to celebrate this year. With the

:23:26. > :23:30.Duchess, they appeared together once again this year at the State Opening

:23:31. > :23:35.of Parliament, which is a relatively recent development for them as a

:23:36. > :23:38.couple. Very gradually we are seeing more and more of the heavy lifting

:23:39. > :23:43.of the monarchy gradually being shared around and the Prince and the

:23:44. > :23:50.Duchess are taking on a lot of the long haul travel that the Queen once

:23:51. > :23:53.did herself. It is very much a team effort the way the monarchy is run

:23:54. > :24:00.these days, with three generations going strong at the same time.

:24:01. > :24:04.Just getting a glimpse of the Great West Door of the state trumpeters of

:24:05. > :24:08.the Household Cavalry. They have moved into position at the top of

:24:09. > :24:12.the steps and they look splendid. They are waiting for Her Majesty's

:24:13. > :24:19.arrival. They will sound the fanfare when the Queen arrives here just

:24:20. > :24:25.outside St Paul's. It will be centred on the instruction of

:24:26. > :24:29.trumpet made of the Bishop. Once inside, the trumpeters of the Royal

:24:30. > :24:34.Marines, Portsmouth, will sound a second fanfare. All the arms of the

:24:35. > :24:43.Armed Forces are playing their part, musically.

:24:44. > :24:52.And the smiles and the joke tellers that everybody is in the spirit for

:24:53. > :24:58.this service. -- and the jokes tell us. It is a state occasion, that it

:24:59. > :25:02.is a personal and family occasion. The world is marking a big

:25:03. > :25:08.anniversary, there is a major service here -- there was a major

:25:09. > :25:12.service last year to mark the 200th anniversary of Waterloo. It had a

:25:13. > :25:17.similar level of the IP guest, but here today you see the Duke of

:25:18. > :25:23.Cambridge turning around and waving at some of his cousins he has not

:25:24. > :25:32.seen for a while, it has this family feel as well as being a national

:25:33. > :25:41.event. -- it had a similar level of the IP -- VIP guests. I wonder if

:25:42. > :25:45.Prince Harry is talking about the Invictus Games? There's quite a few

:25:46. > :25:48.members of the Royal family will be attending the commemorations of the

:25:49. > :25:53.centenary of the Somme in a few weeks. That is another eventer where

:25:54. > :25:58.all the royal family are heading off in different directions. There is a

:25:59. > :26:03.vigil at Westminster Abbey for the Queen, the Prince of Wales in both

:26:04. > :26:05.Prince William and Prince Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge will be out

:26:06. > :26:10.on the battlefield of the Somme, there will be very powerful scenes

:26:11. > :26:15.of that extraordinary Memorial both at night and by day. The Princess

:26:16. > :26:21.Royal herself will be in commemorations in Canada. As ever,

:26:22. > :26:24.there are major historic landmarks to be commemorated on the Royal

:26:25. > :26:31.family will be at the forefront of them. -- and the Royal family will

:26:32. > :26:37.be. It is coming up to three minutes to

:26:38. > :26:44.11. Very soon we will have the signal to say that Her Majesty and

:26:45. > :26:50.the Duke are very close to arriving at the cathedral of St Paul's. Let's

:26:51. > :26:55.take a look down Ludgate Hill and see if there is any sign, because

:26:56. > :27:00.the crowds are there, the flags fluttering in the breeze. All eyes

:27:01. > :27:06.trained along Ludgate Hill, down towards Fleet Street, Matt is the

:27:07. > :27:11.direction we are looking at. Ludgate is one of the ancient gates at the

:27:12. > :27:16.City of London, it was dismantled in 1780, I think, but that is the area.

:27:17. > :27:21.Lots of very powerful resonant reminders of the ancient history of

:27:22. > :27:29.this part of London. We are following the Queen's progress from

:27:30. > :27:41.the helicopter. Snaking their way through, left and right.

:27:42. > :27:48.Use an sense assume that the traffic has been cleared, but clearly not in

:27:49. > :27:57.London. -- you sometimes sense. Artisan illustration of the style of

:27:58. > :28:00.the monarchy. In some states, a small official might demand a

:28:01. > :28:04.motorcade. Here is an event with all the senior figures in the land, it

:28:05. > :28:09.is a small motorcade being helped through the traffic, but the message

:28:10. > :28:13.will have gone out, as always, no great first, please. Try to make

:28:14. > :28:17.sure I am there on time. I think that was Waterloo station, they will

:28:18. > :28:21.be crossing Waterloo Bridge very soon. They will probably take a

:28:22. > :28:26.couple of minutes to arrive. Outside St Paul's, we can see there is a

:28:27. > :28:33.handrail which has been erected on the steps. Just mindful of the fact

:28:34. > :28:45.that Her Majesty is our longest lived monarchy. -- Al is live

:28:46. > :28:49.monarch. -- our longest lived monarch. I want to look at the Pearl

:28:50. > :28:54.Sword. It will take an important part of the ceremony, the sword

:28:55. > :28:58.bearer is there to the left, the Pearl Sword is an ancient symbol,

:28:59. > :29:02.16th century, of the authority of the Lord Mayor. He will presented to

:29:03. > :29:09.the Queen, who will simply touch him. This is, I suppose, a

:29:10. > :29:12.recognition of the monarch's supreme power, even in the City of London,

:29:13. > :29:17.where the Lord Mayor is normally the boss. This ceremony normally takes

:29:18. > :29:21.place at the boundary at Temple Bar, the other end of Fleet Street, that

:29:22. > :29:25.there is no reason to stop there these days, the Queen comes for

:29:26. > :29:29.convenience to St Paul's and the Pearl Sword ceremony takes place on

:29:30. > :29:33.the steps. A word about this deadline is, they look so smart and

:29:34. > :29:44.represent all branches of the Armed Forces. -- the step liners. From the

:29:45. > :29:47.Navy, the army, a very long list including the lifeguards, costume

:29:48. > :29:51.guards, Scots Guards, Welsh Guards, Irish Guards, the Royal Regiment of

:29:52. > :29:56.Wales got in, the Duke of Lancaster's regiment. And the Royal

:29:57. > :30:00.Air Force from Cromwell, Maron, the Royal Air Force Regiment, the Royal

:30:01. > :30:04.auxiliary Air Force and the Royal auxiliary Air Force in Edinburgh. I

:30:05. > :30:10.will just mention one of the people who is taking part. Warrant Officer

:30:11. > :30:17.Norman Davenport is 61 and from Edinburgh. Why am I kicking him out?

:30:18. > :30:23.He is one of the few still serving who holds the Queen's Silver Jubilee

:30:24. > :30:26.medal, the Golden Jubilee medal and the cream Haas Diamond Jubilee

:30:27. > :30:33.Medal. Warrant Officer Norman Davenport, 61 and from Edinburgh,

:30:34. > :30:36.the squadron Warrant Officer of the 603 city of Edinburgh Squadron Royal

:30:37. > :30:41.auxiliary Air Force. He is on the steps.

:30:42. > :30:50.What an honour to be chosen for this today. Yes, when you have the Queen

:30:51. > :30:57.as your kernel or Commodore, Admiral, whichever you represent,

:30:58. > :31:02.it's a huge honour to be asked to take part here. -- kernel. They have

:31:03. > :31:08.seats reserved for them. They will be taking part in the service, as

:31:09. > :31:15.well. It's a reflection of the span of the Queen's close personal

:31:16. > :31:23.connections. Each one of those people out there on the steps

:31:24. > :31:32.represent an organisation she knows all about. And even inside the

:31:33. > :31:39.cathedral, the bells can be heard very, very clearly. There are

:31:40. > :31:45.dominating everything and I will say a word, they are all enjoying it and

:31:46. > :31:48.Prince Harry enjoying a joke with the Earl of Wessex but I will say a

:31:49. > :31:59.word about the bell-ringers because there are 33 members ranging from

:32:00. > :32:04.21-83 years of age, and in 2015, they rang for 180 services, not just

:32:05. > :32:08.high profile like this one, state events, but all kinds of others,

:32:09. > :32:13.too, so spare a thought for the yield of ringers hard at work today.

:32:14. > :32:21.There is a Countess of Wessex, possibly explaining to her son this

:32:22. > :32:24.is how these events work. This is what they are going to be like and

:32:25. > :32:32.you will see more of these over the years. Some members of the Duke of

:32:33. > :32:43.Kent's family, as well. Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall. Alongside

:32:44. > :32:51.Peter Phillips and his wife. More members of the Kent family behind.

:32:52. > :32:58.The Princess Royal and her husband, two, and Princess and has attended

:32:59. > :33:05.many services here over the years. She certainly has. She is very much,

:33:06. > :33:09.as we saw in some of those birthday photographs, of the Queen, a

:33:10. > :33:14.delightful photograph of the Queen and the Princess Royal side-by-side.

:33:15. > :33:22.I think people sometimes forget how close she is to the Queen so much of

:33:23. > :33:28.the time. Events like this, it's very nice to see the way they do

:33:29. > :33:36.bring out the extended family. All of them very much thrilled to be

:33:37. > :33:40.part of a day like today. We mentioned Peter Phillips earlier,

:33:41. > :33:47.because there's been a lot of work put into Sunday, the patron 's lunch

:33:48. > :33:52.on the Mall. That has been his job. Yes, it was his idea to gather

:33:53. > :33:57.together all the 600 odd charities of which the Queen is patron, has a

:33:58. > :34:04.connection to, get them all, as it were, to sit down and celebrate. As

:34:05. > :34:07.well as this remarkable lunch, in the Mall, there will be a parade,

:34:08. > :34:14.representing all facets of the Queen's life but again, there has

:34:15. > :34:18.been very clear attempts to spread that birthday message across the

:34:19. > :34:21.country, so as well as the Mall, there will be events in villages,

:34:22. > :34:27.towns and streets all over the country, street parties happening

:34:28. > :34:31.this weekend, mainly on Sunday to say exactly the same thing, which is

:34:32. > :34:36.happy birthday, your Majesty. There was one gentleman here today

:34:37. > :34:40.celebrating as 97th birthday this year. That is something for others

:34:41. > :34:43.to think about, maybe because the Duke of Edinburgh today celebrating

:34:44. > :34:50.his 95th birthday, but Lord Carrington of areas, very

:34:51. > :34:55.distinguished figure, 97 this year and the oldest survivor, living

:34:56. > :35:01.survivor of the Cabinet of Winston Churchill, Alex Douglas Hume, and

:35:02. > :35:04.Harold Macmillan. As if that's not enough, the second longest serving

:35:05. > :35:07.member of the Privy Council after the Duke of Edinburgh and let's not

:35:08. > :35:11.forget his distinguished service in the Second World War with the

:35:12. > :35:18.Grenadier Guards. He is the holder of the military Cross. He's also a

:35:19. > :35:22.very proud night the Garter, the senior order of several routes and

:35:23. > :35:33.they wouldn't be meeting on Monday at Windsor Castle and they will have

:35:34. > :35:41.the annual ceremony. The weight is on, it is 11:05am and the Archbishop

:35:42. > :35:47.of Canterbury and the Bishop of London are aware it's the Queen is

:35:48. > :35:51.right of course to turn up whenever she likes, especially for a service

:35:52. > :35:54.which is to do with her 90th birthday, but I think it's fair to

:35:55. > :35:59.say, we are a little late at this point and maybe going via Waterloo

:36:00. > :36:05.was not a good idea. I'm looking forward to see what the Duke of

:36:06. > :36:09.Edinburgh says to the Sadiq Khan about his travel arrangements. He

:36:10. > :36:14.will be wondering about some of those roadworks en route. Justin

:36:15. > :36:20.Welby does not look very amused at this point. The Bishop of London

:36:21. > :36:27.who, of course, per side over the Cenotaph, is someone, this is his

:36:28. > :36:32.cathedral church and he's starting to look a little worried. Let's look

:36:33. > :36:37.outside because I'd like to see what's going on. We can keep our

:36:38. > :36:42.fingers crossed. That is a lovely view towards the City of London but

:36:43. > :36:48.in the other direction, we are looking down towards Fleet Street.

:36:49. > :36:54.This is the probable arrival route. We think, if it's across Waterloo

:36:55. > :36:58.Bridge and along the Strand, that would be the normal route but who

:36:59. > :37:05.knows, maybe there's a more circuitous route today? Yes, over

:37:06. > :37:10.history, there have been occasions when they've altered the route for

:37:11. > :37:17.the George V Silver Jubilee for example. It had to be diverted. If

:37:18. > :37:21.they came across London Bridge, of course, they would come this way,

:37:22. > :37:26.from eastern end, from the City of London and then we have that rather

:37:27. > :37:30.odd walkie-talkie building dominating the skyline behind us,

:37:31. > :37:37.and then from eastern direction from London Bridge down here, and across

:37:38. > :37:44.the main approach, the famous millennium Bridge which looks across

:37:45. > :37:50.to the bank, the Tate modern, Bankside, and across this way so

:37:51. > :37:55.there are two routes. I'm wondering now maybe we were looking the wrong

:37:56. > :38:02.way. The crowd down there are hoping they are in the right spot. It does

:38:03. > :38:06.at least allow us to see that the crowds are extending, not just don't

:38:07. > :38:13.Ludgate Hill, but are extending all the way back. Towards the southern

:38:14. > :38:17.entrance of the cathedral. There is a grand southern entrance which is

:38:18. > :38:24.not used very often. The Great West Door is the main facade. From the

:38:25. > :38:29.sky, I have to say, it's always a breathtaking view of St Paul's

:38:30. > :38:32.Cathedral. It dominates this part of the skyline, despite the skyline

:38:33. > :38:38.having been changed dramatically recently around the city on the

:38:39. > :38:43.south side with the Shard, across the river from here. Saint Paul's

:38:44. > :38:47.still powerfully dominating the skyline in this part of London.

:38:48. > :38:50.Getting a glimpse of the Thames there, and this weekend in honour of

:38:51. > :38:55.Her Majesty is 90th birthday, the parade along the traditional route,

:38:56. > :39:03.there will be a flotilla of boats setting sail along the river at the

:39:04. > :39:13.same time, including Gloriana which we famously saw in the Jubilee

:39:14. > :39:17.Thames pageant. So that is Ludgate Circus, the circular part of the

:39:18. > :39:28.intersection, and that now looks a little more promising, doesn't it?

:39:29. > :39:34.They turn right, as they are, and maybe across Blackfriars.

:39:35. > :39:45.Blackfriars Bridge. Missed out Fleet Street. Climbing Ludgate Hill, at

:39:46. > :39:50.nearly ten past 11. The Queen preparing to celebrate her 90th

:39:51. > :39:55.birthday with a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral,

:39:56. > :39:59.flanked by the Duke of Edinburgh who was celebrating his birthday at 95

:40:00. > :40:05.today. He wants to keep that quiet, though, doesn't it? Yes, despite

:40:06. > :40:10.efforts to try and arrange one or two things for him, he's made it

:40:11. > :40:14.very clear he doesn't want anything to distract from the Queen's

:40:15. > :40:18.celebrations. I'm sure there will be references in the service to his

:40:19. > :40:29.Royal high as for the peers, after all, the longest lived consort the

:40:30. > :40:33.British Royal family has ever had. There's is the longest royal

:40:34. > :40:41.marriage in history. There we can see the Queen. She is wearing a

:40:42. > :40:48.primrose yellow outfit. Dressed by her dresser, Angela Kelly, for the

:40:49. > :40:58.occasion. The state trumpeters tell us she is arriving.

:40:59. > :41:06.The state trumpeters of the Household Cavalry indeed, led by

:41:07. > :41:08.trumpeter Philip Bishop announcing the Queen's arrival at St Paul's

:41:09. > :41:14.Cathedral for the service of banks giving. Thus that Linus, 83 of them

:41:15. > :41:15.in place, and the Lord Mayor of London, Jeffrey Evans, ready to

:41:16. > :41:36.treat them. -- greet them. The Pearl Sword, a symbol of the

:41:37. > :41:39.authority of the Lord Mayor of London.

:41:40. > :41:43.CROWD CHEERS It's being carried up to the Great

:41:44. > :41:48.West Door. As soon as the Queen arrives at the Great West Door, the

:41:49. > :41:49.fanfare trumpeters of the Royal Marines Portsmouth will announce the

:41:50. > :42:38.Queen's arrival. Her Majesty greeted by Doctor David

:42:39. > :42:41.Ison the Dean of St Paul's. And by members of the chapter of St Paul's

:42:42. > :42:55.Cathedral. The ecclesiastical governing body of the cathedral. In

:42:56. > :42:59.turn,. After the greetings are complete, they will form a

:43:00. > :43:06.procession and the first hymn will be sung. While that procession takes

:43:07. > :43:11.place. And, in that procession, which will include clearly the Queen

:43:12. > :43:16.and the Duke, it will also include the Archbishop of Canterbury, who

:43:17. > :43:22.has prepared a special sermon for today's service. Doctor Richard

:43:23. > :43:23.charters, the Bishop of London, also. And other members of the

:43:24. > :43:35.chapter of St Paul's. The procession is formed and the

:43:36. > :44:07.first hymn, Worship The Lord. # O worship the Lord

:44:08. > :44:17.in the beauty of holiness! # Bow down before him,

:44:18. > :44:24.his glory proclaim. # With gold of obedience,

:44:25. > :44:33.and incense of lowliness. # Kneel and adore him,

:44:34. > :44:45.the Lord is his name! # Low at his feet lay thy

:44:46. > :44:54.burden of carefulness. # High on his heart he will bear

:44:55. > :45:02.it for thee. # Comfort thy sorrows,

:45:03. > :45:11.and answer thy prayerfulness. # Guiding thy steps as may best

:45:12. > :45:22.for thee be. # Fear not to enter his courts

:45:23. > :45:30.in the slenderness. # Of the poor wealth thou wouldst

:45:31. > :45:39.reckon as thine. # Truth in its beauty,

:45:40. > :45:48.and love in its tenderness. # These are the offerings to lay

:45:49. > :46:00.on his shrine. # These, though we bring them

:46:01. > :46:08.in trembling and fearfulness. # He will accept for the name

:46:09. > :46:17.that is dear. # Mornings of joy give

:46:18. > :46:25.for evenings of tearfulness. # Trust for our trembling and hope

:46:26. > :48:12.for our fear. # O worship the Lord

:48:13. > :49:02.in the beauty of holiness! # Bow down before him,

:49:03. > :49:10.his glory proclaim. # With gold of obedience,

:49:11. > :49:20.and incense of lowliness. # Kneel and adore him,

:49:21. > :50:02.the Lord is his name #. Dear friends, we come

:50:03. > :50:05.together to give thanks, For life in all its fullness,

:50:06. > :50:11.for love in all its power, Most especially today do we give

:50:12. > :50:21.thanks for the length of years that has been granted to our most

:50:22. > :50:25.gracious Sovereign Lady, For her faithful devotion,

:50:26. > :50:31.dutiful commitment, loving leadership, gentle constancy,

:50:32. > :50:40.royal dignity and kindly humanity. And as we give thanks

:50:41. > :50:43.for Her Majesty, so also do we give thanks for Philip, Duke of

:50:44. > :50:48.Edinburgh, and all the Royal Family, for mutual love and support

:50:49. > :50:51.and for service to this country Rejoicing at our good fortune,

:50:52. > :50:59.we nonetheless pray The lonely and the despairing,

:51:00. > :51:09.the sick and the fearful, the weak and the oppressed,

:51:10. > :51:13.that each precious life may be redeemed by love of God

:51:14. > :51:21.and love of neighbour, that together we may share

:51:22. > :51:27.in one another's joy. All these our thoughts

:51:28. > :51:31.and prayers let us offer up to the throne of God

:51:32. > :51:36.in the words our Saviour Jesus Christ commanded and taught us,

:51:37. > :51:39.praying: Our Father, who art in heaven,

:51:40. > :51:43.hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,

:51:44. > :51:47.on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread

:51:48. > :51:52.and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those

:51:53. > :51:57.who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,

:51:58. > :52:02.but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom,

:52:03. > :52:05.the power, and the glory, # O be joyful in the

:52:06. > :52:36.Lord, all ye lands. # O be joyful in the Lord,

:52:37. > :52:41.all ye lands. # And come before his

:52:42. > :53:04.presence with a song. # Be ye sure that the Lord

:53:05. > :53:33.# We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

:53:34. > :54:21.# Be thankful unto him, and speak good of his name.

:54:22. > :55:01.# And his truth endureth from generation to generation.

:55:02. > :55:10.# Glory be to the Father, and to the son.

:55:11. > :55:52.King of glory, King of peace, whose son Jesus Christ,

:55:53. > :55:58.the Prince of Peace, reigns at your right hand in glory.

:55:59. > :56:01.We give you humble and hearty thanks that you have

:56:02. > :56:06.granted length of years to our Sovereign Lady Queen

:56:07. > :56:10.Elizabeth and have given her gifts of faith in your promises,

:56:11. > :56:17.hope for the future, and love of her people.

:56:18. > :56:20.Send down upon her, we pray, the continuing dew of your

:56:21. > :56:26.blessings, that she may ever incline to your will and serve you with joy

:56:27. > :56:30.and grace, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

:56:31. > :56:46.O Lord, you have searched me out and known me.

:56:47. > :56:49.You know my sitting down and my rising up, you discern

:56:50. > :56:57.You mark out my journeys and my resting place

:56:58. > :57:04.For there is not a word on my tongue, but you,

:57:05. > :57:15.You encompass me behind and before and lay your hand upon me.

:57:16. > :57:19.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, so high that

:57:20. > :57:26.Where can I go, then, from your spirit?

:57:27. > :57:30.Or where can I flee from your presence?

:57:31. > :57:34.If I climb up to heaven, you are there.

:57:35. > :57:39.If I make the grave my bed, you are there also.

:57:40. > :57:44.If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts

:57:45. > :57:48.of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me,

:57:49. > :57:56.If I say, 'Surely the darkness will cover me and the light

:57:57. > :58:06.around me turn to night,' even darkness is no darkness with you.

:58:07. > :58:09.The night is as clear as the day, darkness and light

:58:10. > :58:18.For you yourself created my inmost parts, you knit me together

:58:19. > :58:29.I thank you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

:58:30. > :58:34.Marvellous are your works, my soul knows well.

:58:35. > :58:41.When I was made in secret and woven in the depths of the earth your eyes

:58:42. > :58:53.Already in your book were all my members written,

:58:54. > :59:00.as day by day they were fashioned when as yet there was none of them.

:59:01. > :59:03.How deep are your counsels to me, O God!

:59:04. > :59:10.If I count them, they are more in number than the sand,

:59:11. > :59:32.and at the end, I am still in your presence.

:59:33. > :59:49.# Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us.

:59:50. > :00:15.# Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us.

:00:16. > :00:27.# Thou didst tread this earth before us.

:00:28. > :01:45.Jesus said unto his disciples: "Therefore I say unto you,

:01:46. > :01:49.take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat.

:01:50. > :01:54.Neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

:01:55. > :02:00.The life is more than meat, and the body is more than 'raiment.

:02:01. > :02:05.Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap,

:02:06. > :02:11.which neither have storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them.

:02:12. > :02:15.How much more are ye better than the fowls?

:02:16. > :02:22.And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

:02:23. > :02:27.If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least,

:02:28. > :02:41.They toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you that Solomon

:02:42. > :02:48.in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

:02:49. > :02:55.If then God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field,

:02:56. > :02:59.and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you,

:03:00. > :03:08.And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink,

:03:09. > :03:16.For all these things do the nations of the world seek after,

:03:17. > :03:22.and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

:03:23. > :03:26.But rather seek ye the kingdom of God and all these things

:03:27. > :05:20.# Seven whole days, not one in seven.

:05:21. > :06:26.May I speak in the name of God, Father, son and holy spirit? Amen.

:06:27. > :06:33.Psalm 139, verse 12, unit to be together in my mother 's womb, I

:06:34. > :06:40.thank you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 90 years ago, Her

:06:41. > :06:46.Majesty The Queen was born. Like every human being, knits together in

:06:47. > :06:52.her mother 's womb and today we thank God for the way in which she,

:06:53. > :06:59.like every human being, is fearfully and wonderfully made. Before we ever

:07:00. > :07:05.come to light, God marks our journeys. No one at the Queen's

:07:06. > :07:17.birth new for watching was destined. Today we recognise that God knew.

:07:18. > :07:27.And Psalm 139, verse four, UN compass me behind and before and lay

:07:28. > :07:33.your hand upon me. 63 years ago, at the Coronation, a gain in the words

:07:34. > :07:39.of the Psalmist, God uniquely laid his hand upon Her Majesty, anointing

:07:40. > :07:47.her as our head of state, our monarch. We are here today to

:07:48. > :07:54.worship the God who made our Queen and to celebrate the way in which

:07:55. > :08:03.God's hand has been so uniquely evident in her life. Psalm 139, it

:08:04. > :08:13.explores fear and wonder and the connection between them. In life,

:08:14. > :08:16.there is much to fear, over and again the Psalm describes those

:08:17. > :08:24.things we might be afraid of. The fears we harbour individually, as

:08:25. > :08:30.well as the fears we share together. Fear makes us want to flee. From

:08:31. > :08:39.God. From one another. Often even from ourselves. But over and again,

:08:40. > :08:49.that fear is turned into wonder as we see that God is before, behind

:08:50. > :08:56.and beyond it. Over the 63 years and 90 years, there has been much to

:08:57. > :09:01.fear. At times of personal challenge or national crisis, just as the

:09:02. > :09:08.Psalmist sees through fear to something more staring, and more

:09:09. > :09:13.extraordinary, so we look back on your Majesty's 90 years in the life

:09:14. > :09:20.of our nation with deep wonder and profound gratitude. Through war and

:09:21. > :09:27.hardship, through turmoil and change, we have been fearfully and

:09:28. > :09:36.wonderfully sustained. The one who turns fear to wonder is Jesus. The

:09:37. > :09:43.story of Jesus shows us that God enters into the most fearful places

:09:44. > :09:50.imaginable in our lives. Of sin, betrayal, violence, rejection, even

:09:51. > :09:58.death and turns each one of them from horror into glory. Nothing is

:09:59. > :10:04.outside God 's understanding, nothing is beyond God 's grace,

:10:05. > :10:13.nothing is too broken for God 's transformation. No one can flee from

:10:14. > :10:18.God's redeeming goodness or finally escape God 's loving attention.

:10:19. > :10:26.Consider the lilies, how they grow, says Jesus. They, too, are the

:10:27. > :10:32.handiwork of God, who closed them in glory, from the overflow of his love

:10:33. > :10:41.and care. How much more does God care and close each one of us? Your

:10:42. > :10:45.Majesty, today we rejoice for the way in which God's loving care has

:10:46. > :10:51.fearfully and wonderfully sustained you. As well as Prince Philip,

:10:52. > :10:59.marking his 95th birthday today. And we rejoice, your Majesty, for the

:11:00. > :11:02.way in which the life God has given you, in turn, you have given

:11:03. > :11:11.wonderfully in-service to this nation. You have been an instrument

:11:12. > :11:17.of God 's peace. And through you, God has so often turned fear into

:11:18. > :11:19.wonder and joy. In the name of the father and of the son and of the

:11:20. > :11:37.holy spirit, amen. # For the Lord most

:11:38. > :11:41.high is terrible. # Shout unto God with

:11:42. > :11:48.a voice of triumph. # For the Lord most

:11:49. > :11:53.high is terrible. # He is a great King

:11:54. > :12:06.over all the earth. # The Lord with the

:12:07. > :12:17.sound of a trumpet. # For God is the King

:12:18. > :13:18.of all the earth. # Sing ye praises everyone

:13:19. > :13:27.that hath understanding. # God sitteth upon the

:13:28. > :14:00.throne of his holiness. With the Psalmist, let us call

:14:01. > :14:45.upon the name of the Lord, and give thanks for all that God has

:14:46. > :14:49.done, that the hearts of those God of Glory, we give you thanks

:14:50. > :15:01.for bringing us to birth. Let our mouths be filled

:15:02. > :15:04.with your praise that we may sing God our Light, we give you thanks

:15:05. > :15:19.for festivity and celebration. Refresh us as we rejoice together

:15:20. > :15:22.that we may know life God our King, we give you thanks

:15:23. > :15:36.for the 90th birthday Sustain and strengthen

:15:37. > :15:42.her that her reign may God our strength, we give you thanks

:15:43. > :15:55.for the support of others. Bless Philip, Duke of

:15:56. > :15:57.Edinburgh that this birthday God our saviour, we give you thanks

:15:58. > :16:15.for Jesus Christ your Son. Enliven the Church,

:16:16. > :16:19.his body in the world, God our guide, we give you thanks

:16:20. > :16:40.for those who inspire us. Encourage all people of faith that

:16:41. > :16:44.together we may embrace the future God our maker, we give you thanks

:16:45. > :17:02.for the world in which we live. Help us to tend and care for it that

:17:03. > :17:05.all life may enjoy the fruits God our judge, we give

:17:06. > :17:17.you thanks for all who strive Give us your gift of peace that war

:17:18. > :17:23.and terror may be no more. God our deliverer, we give

:17:24. > :17:34.you thanks for those who rescue us. Save all who are in trouble that

:17:35. > :17:39.today they may be free. God our refuge, we give you thanks

:17:40. > :17:51.for our homes and families. Strengthen the communities

:17:52. > :17:53.from which we come that together we may

:17:54. > :17:56.care for each other. God our shepherd, we give you thanks

:17:57. > :18:09.for the hope of heaven. Receive into your care those

:18:10. > :18:15.who have gone before us God of glory, we give you thanks

:18:16. > :18:31.for bringing us to birth. Let our mouths be filled

:18:32. > :18:35.with your praise that we may sing Heavenly Father, as we celebrate

:18:36. > :18:58.the 90th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen, receive our heartfelt

:18:59. > :19:03.thanks for all that you have given her in these 90 years

:19:04. > :19:09.and for all that she has given Continue, we pray, your loving

:19:10. > :19:20.purposes in her, and as you gather us together in celebration,

:19:21. > :23:09.unite us also in love Like me, author Michael Bond, the

:23:10. > :23:19.creator of Paddington Bear among other characters, also celebrate his

:23:20. > :23:26.90th birthday this year. Here are his reflections on the 1926 vintage

:23:27. > :23:34.and the passing of the years. I was born in January the 13th,

:23:35. > :23:43.1926. My mother took one look at the scales and decided to call it a day.

:23:44. > :23:53.I weighed over ?11-macro. So I was destined to be an only child at the

:23:54. > :23:58.outset. -- I weighed over 11 lbs. As a precaution, she stood me in a bowl

:23:59. > :24:02.of sea salt to stop me going bandy with the weight, and it seems to

:24:03. > :24:09.have worked. Apart from an entry in the local paper, my arrival went

:24:10. > :24:15.unreported. The Times of London was more concerned with the fate of a

:24:16. > :24:20.bus conductor who was in court charged with allowing an excess

:24:21. > :24:26.passengers to board an omnibus in East Ham. They swarmed on before I

:24:27. > :24:34.had a chance to count them, was his plea. Things have moved at a

:24:35. > :24:38.different rates since those days. I was fortunate enough to be brought

:24:39. > :24:45.up in a house where books were part of the furniture. My mother was such

:24:46. > :24:50.an avid reader that she wrote to authors to thank them, and in the

:24:51. > :24:55.same letter as gifts they would make the next book a little longer. -- in

:24:56. > :25:01.the same letter asking they would. My father's motto was the most

:25:02. > :25:08.precious gift you can bestow on a child is your time. He was a very

:25:09. > :25:14.polite man, and always wore a hat when he went outside in public in

:25:15. > :25:22.case he met anyone he knew. Even when paddling in the sea. That

:25:23. > :25:27.aside, he tended to be accident prone. For example, he rode a

:25:28. > :25:33.bicycle to work, and one day he managed to get both wheels caught

:25:34. > :25:39.inside a tramline. Instead of stopping there and then to unravel

:25:40. > :25:43.himself, he left it until he reached the depot, only to fall and break

:25:44. > :25:51.the collarbone. And I clearly remember the day when he suggested a

:25:52. > :25:56.race. I got to the bottom of the garden and my father wasn't with me.

:25:57. > :26:01.He had set off at great speed with his head down to reduce resistance,

:26:02. > :26:10.and ran straight into the garden shed. Flat on his back, he was

:26:11. > :26:12.muttering, strike me pink. Addressing people older than

:26:13. > :26:18.yourselves by their Christian name, if you were a child, could be a

:26:19. > :26:25.tricky business in those days. Which meant that most adults were either

:26:26. > :26:29.labelled an uncle or an auntie. Owing to the horrendous casualties

:26:30. > :26:35.in the First World War, there were far more of the latter. And because

:26:36. > :26:41.most of them lead lonely lives, I was frequently invited to stay while

:26:42. > :26:51.I was growing up. It was a mixed blessing. There was 11 lbs, who

:26:52. > :26:54.insisted on giving me a daily battle. She smoked endless

:26:55. > :26:59.cigarettes while she was doing it, and the ashes to fall over me --

:27:00. > :27:04.there was Auntie Em, who insisted. Then there were two aunts who kept a

:27:05. > :27:16.dog kennel near Newbury's green common. Auntie Anne, who got up

:27:17. > :27:20.everyone to attention whenever the national anthem was played on the

:27:21. > :27:25.radio, and Auntie Gi, who was stone deaf. The latter loved going to the

:27:26. > :27:32.cinema, and as she was unable to lip-read from the picture on screen,

:27:33. > :27:36.Auntie Annie took a torch and shone the light on her own lips instead as

:27:37. > :27:43.she read the words out loud. Lovely ladies both, but confusion was being

:27:44. > :27:51.piled on confusion. It wasn't until I reach the age of

:27:52. > :27:58.90 that I began to realise the comfort of Louise Haskins' words

:27:59. > :28:03.suggesting that when you have a problem, your best bet is to consult

:28:04. > :28:10.the man who stands at the gate of the year. Truly, if you put your

:28:11. > :28:17.hand into the hands of God, that shall be to do better than light and

:28:18. > :28:25.safer than a known way. -- that shall be to you.

:28:26. > :32:18.MUSIC: 'Burlesque' by Sir Arnold Bax.

:32:19. > :32:24.For the faithful devotion of our Sovereign.

:32:25. > :32:27.For her dutiful commitment to her people.

:32:28. > :32:34.For her loving leadership of nation and family.

:32:35. > :32:42.For her gentle constancy amidst continuing change

:32:43. > :32:52.For her royal dignity in joy and in adversity.

:32:53. > :32:59.For her kindly humanity to one and all.

:33:00. > :33:07.We give thanks and praise for these divine gifts given

:33:08. > :33:14.to our gracious Queen yesterday, today, and in the years

:33:15. > :34:07.# Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided.

:34:08. > :34:18.# Urged and inspired us, cheered us on our way.

:34:19. > :34:30.# Sought us and saved us, pardoned and Provided.

:34:31. > :34:43.# Lord of the years, we bring our thanks today.

:34:44. > :34:54.# Lord, for that word, the word of life which fires Us.

:34:55. > :35:04.# Speaks to our hearts and sets our souls ablaze.

:35:05. > :35:16.# Teaches and trains, rebukes us and inspires us.

:35:17. > :35:29.# Lord of the word, receive your people's praise.

:35:30. > :35:39.# Lord, for our land, in this our generation.

:35:40. > :35:50.# Spirits oppressed by pleasure, wealth and care.

:35:51. > :36:01.# For young and old, for Commonwealth and Nation.

:36:02. > :36:07.# Lord of our land, be pleased to hear our prayer.

:36:08. > :36:25.# Lord, for our world, when we disown and doubt Him.

:36:26. > :36:36.# Loveless in strength, and comfortless in pain.

:36:37. > :36:47.# Hungry and helpless, lost indeed without him.

:36:48. > :37:02.# Lord of the world, we pray that Christ may reign.

:37:03. > :37:12.# Lord, for ourselves, in living power remake us.

:37:13. > :37:26.# Self on the cross and Christ upon the throne.

:37:27. > :37:39.# Past put behind us, for the future take us.

:37:40. > :38:02.# Lord of our lives, to live for Christ alone #.

:38:03. > :38:10.Hold fast that which is good, render to no one evil for evil.

:38:11. > :38:14.Strengthen the faint-hearted, support the weak, help

:38:15. > :38:22.Love and serve the Lord, rejoicing in the power

:38:23. > :38:28.And the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son

:38:29. > :38:32.and the Holy Spirit, be amongst you and remain

:38:33. > :41:55.So the Lord Mayor of London, retrieves the Pearl Sword, ready to

:41:56. > :42:00.accompany the procession back to the Great West Door. At the end of this

:42:01. > :42:07.National Service of banks giving for the 90th birthday of Her Majesty The

:42:08. > :42:14.Queen. The congregation enjoying the playing of Simon Johnson, the

:42:15. > :42:26.organist, from Eduard Elgar's Sonata in G.

:42:27. > :42:34.The Prime Minister, who took part in the service a little earlier, with

:42:35. > :42:39.his biblical reading. And Jeremy Corbyn, there, just on the left,

:42:40. > :42:42.next to the speaker, John Bercow. Chris Grayling, the Leader of the

:42:43. > :42:48.House of Commons, just behind the Prime Minister. The procession is on

:42:49. > :43:00.its way under the great dome of St Paul's. Heading towards a Great West

:43:01. > :43:08.Door. Led by the Pearl Sword. One of six ancient swords in possession of

:43:09. > :43:21.the City of London Corporation. It's a very stately pace. A little pause.

:43:22. > :43:25.Recognising some faces in the convocation. The Gentlemen at Arms

:43:26. > :43:33.resplendent in their white bloomed helmets.

:43:34. > :43:47.Created by Henry VIII in 1509 as his personal bodyguard. As we mentioned

:43:48. > :43:53.earlier, the senior bodyguard despite the fact that the Yeomen of

:43:54. > :43:56.the Guard were created before them. The Yeomen of the Guard also in

:43:57. > :44:04.evidence today, created by Edward VII at the Battle of Bosworth peers

:44:05. > :44:07.in 1485. And they'll always a magnificent sight on the state

:44:08. > :44:12.occasions. We saw them recently at the State Opening of Parliament.

:44:13. > :44:16.That procession in state through the House of Lords and here they are

:44:17. > :44:26.again today. Leading the way. At the end of the service. Robert Hardman

:44:27. > :44:29.are still with me, the royal commentator and daily mail

:44:30. > :44:35.journalist. For you, what was the highlight of the service? Was it the

:44:36. > :44:38.playing of that young pianist? He was Brindley, wasn't he? So many of

:44:39. > :44:45.the little personal touch is peppered throughout, very carefully

:44:46. > :44:47.prepared that she was brilliant. That lovely address by Sir David

:44:48. > :44:52.Attenborough reading the words of Michael Bond. Quoting the words that

:44:53. > :44:58.poem by Louise Haskins, and very clever reference back to the poem

:44:59. > :45:04.the man at the gate. It was by George VI, in his famous broadcast

:45:05. > :45:11.in the 1939 Christmas broadcast. Britain was facing wall. It became a

:45:12. > :45:17.hugely popular poem after that, but just a little touch reminding us of

:45:18. > :45:19.that moment in the King 's life. The readings we heard from people

:45:20. > :45:25.representing different strands of her life, Clare Balding, of course,

:45:26. > :45:29.reflecting on the racing, the Queen's love of racing but also a

:45:30. > :45:31.number of her household, Oscar Matthews, the deputy Sergeant

:45:32. > :45:40.footman from Buckingham Palace reading. Cadet Lan scored Tamara

:45:41. > :45:47.Cakmak, an army cadet from London, reading and helping Hilda Price, on

:45:48. > :45:50.and off the lectin. All invisible strands, you could pick at any

:45:51. > :46:02.moment in that service and it would have meaning.

:46:03. > :46:09.Lots of smiles and words of thanks. A quick exchange with the

:46:10. > :46:21.Archbishop, everybody seems pleased. The Yeoman of the guard are standing

:46:22. > :46:26.behind the canons of St Paul's. St Paul's Cathedral Guild of

:46:27. > :46:37.bell-ringers are already hard at work signalling that the service is

:46:38. > :46:40.over, the monarch is here. This is the time for the crowds to start

:46:41. > :46:46.waving the flag century cheering, as they are.

:46:47. > :46:50.As we mentioned earlier, the Queen is in a primrose yellow dress by

:46:51. > :47:03.Angela Kelly, described as a primrose yellow a line code with a

:47:04. > :47:10.matching dress. -- a line code. -- coat.

:47:11. > :47:14.And from here the Queen has more duties to attend to. All the

:47:15. > :47:20.governors general from all her realms, all 15 realms overseas, are

:47:21. > :47:23.here at the service and the Queen is hosting a lunch for them back at

:47:24. > :47:30.Buckingham Palace, along with the other members of the Royal family

:47:31. > :47:33.going to a reception in the City. The Duke and Duchess of and Prince

:47:34. > :47:37.Harry will be going to meet many of the other guests of this service.

:47:38. > :47:42.The Queen has to attend to state duties at the Palace.

:47:43. > :47:46.At this moment, I think it is good, given that the cars are lined up, a

:47:47. > :47:55.word about the events of this weekend. The Service of Thanksgiving

:47:56. > :47:57.clearly setting the tone that tomorrow we have the Queen's

:47:58. > :48:04.Birthday Parade for the 90th birthday. It is always a fantastic

:48:05. > :48:08.event, much loved every year, but being this historic 90th birthday,

:48:09. > :48:14.there is an extra buzz about the Birthday Parade tomorrow. We have

:48:15. > :48:18.every atmosphere, every tone throughout the weekend. We have the

:48:19. > :48:23.solemnity, but also the very personal touches, the pump, ceremony

:48:24. > :48:30.and pageantry tomorrow, which we associate with the occasions, and

:48:31. > :48:34.there will be an informality, a fund street party on Sunday in The Mall

:48:35. > :48:40.where thousands of people will gather, as they will gather up and

:48:41. > :48:45.down the country for street parties. It is very much an event have many

:48:46. > :48:48.parts and one focus. The Duke of Cambridge, Colonel of

:48:49. > :48:53.the Irish Guards, will be riding in that possession for the parade

:48:54. > :48:56.tomorrow, up Patron's Lunch and two Horse Guards. Prince Harry will be

:48:57. > :49:07.riding in the carriage with the Duchess of Cambridge. -- riding up

:49:08. > :49:10.The Mall. There was a huge cheer when Prince George made his debut on

:49:11. > :49:16.the balcony last year. We can but hope that Prince should -- Princess

:49:17. > :49:21.Charlotte will be there. When we arrived this morning at around 7am,

:49:22. > :49:24.there were lots of people already in place, they had bagged their

:49:25. > :49:30.positions and were jealously guarding the square yard of space

:49:31. > :49:38.that they had around. Lots of people turned up, probably just after

:49:39. > :49:41.8:30am, 9am, they have waited patiently during the service for the

:49:42. > :49:46.Queen and the Royal family to appear. There are people who fly in

:49:47. > :49:51.every year for the Queen's Birthday Parade, somebody comes every year

:49:52. > :49:57.from Australia for this moment. This is an extra treat, this event and

:49:58. > :50:02.Sunday as well. Very much a highlight of the calendar for those

:50:03. > :50:05.who follow the Royal family closely. Robert, I look forward to your

:50:06. > :50:10.company tomorrow for the Queen's Birthday Parade, thank you for being

:50:11. > :50:16.with us this morning. Thank you for having me. St Paul's Cathedral on a

:50:17. > :50:20.lovely, sunny day, in this high point of Ludgate Hill in the City of

:50:21. > :50:24.London. We are looking forward to music, marching, precision and

:50:25. > :50:30.pageantry tomorrow, and then a rather more fun time on Sunday with

:50:31. > :50:33.a rather more informal party going on on The Mall. The National Service

:50:34. > :50:41.of thanksgiving is complete, back to Kirsty. Back to St James's Park, we

:50:42. > :50:45.see the lake and Buckingham Palace, magnificently in the background. We

:50:46. > :50:51.thank whoever arranged for the sun to come out. Gyles Brandreth is

:50:52. > :50:57.still here. Katie Nicholl and Charles Anson, too. Can I hear about

:50:58. > :51:01.your thoughts? My attention was drawn directly to the Archbishop and

:51:02. > :51:06.his address, which seemed to be directly to Her Majesty. He said,

:51:07. > :51:12.you have given wonderfully in service to this nation, that sums it

:51:13. > :51:16.up? It was a great tribute, the thanksgiving service, for the

:51:17. > :51:22.Queen's sense of dedicated duty over so many years. I think that sense of

:51:23. > :51:25.service runs through the whole weekend. Tomorrow it will be the

:51:26. > :51:31.theme of military service and Trooping the Colour, on Sunday the

:51:32. > :51:40.more informal Patron's Lunch, with 600 charities and all these

:51:41. > :51:43.voluntary sector workers, charity people involved. I think that is a

:51:44. > :51:49.theme that runs very strongly throughout society, and the Queen

:51:50. > :51:59.represented most strongly of all. Katie, there was a lot of

:52:00. > :52:04.originality in that service. It was not just family, there were so many

:52:05. > :52:08.members of them. We walk slightly wondering who was that young fellow

:52:09. > :52:13.Duminy good job, his name was Oscar Matthews, he was a deputy footman.

:52:14. > :52:17.That is some of the flavour of the inclusivity of royal events,

:52:18. > :52:23.different from days go -- gone by? It was quite different... It was a

:52:24. > :52:28.formal service but there were elements of informality. An amazing

:52:29. > :52:32.recital by the pianist. You don't expect to see things like that in a

:52:33. > :52:38.Service of Thanksgiving. It had the formality and the solemnity but it

:52:39. > :52:40.had the personal, I love that they brought out Hilda Price, another

:52:41. > :52:45.nonagenarian with the same birthday as a Queen. What an honour for her

:52:46. > :52:50.to deliver a pariah in that environment, very special. There

:52:51. > :52:56.were people aged 19 and 90, extraordinary. 90 is the new 70, so

:52:57. > :53:05.many of the 90-year-olds did so well. I love to Michael Bond... I

:53:06. > :53:08.wanted to ask you about that. It was actually about Michael Bond. Why

:53:09. > :53:13.not? Let's celebrate the great things from the 1920s, the Duke of

:53:14. > :53:17.Edinburgh, Michael Bond in Paddington, David Attenborough and

:53:18. > :53:22.the Queen. Wonderful. I loved the inclusivity of it all. I don't think

:53:23. > :53:25.we have ever had a national and international service worried staff

:53:26. > :53:31.member from Buckingham Palace was doing one of the readings. And a

:53:32. > :53:35.deputy footman. Exactly. The Michael Bond, if you are us were having a

:53:36. > :53:42.good laugh at load. That was not happening in St Paul's. There is the

:53:43. > :53:46.formality... There is a fight -- a kind of formality, it disappears

:53:47. > :53:51.into the rafters, you feel apprehensive. But the Royals were

:53:52. > :53:55.chuckling. So often when I speak to people on these occasions about Her

:53:56. > :53:59.Majesty, people come forward with their own anecdotes and comment and

:54:00. > :54:02.the thing seared into their consciousness from meeting her. In

:54:03. > :54:09.the act of thanksgiving, the Bishop of London said to her, for her

:54:10. > :54:13.kindly humanity to one at all. That is interesting. She is a very human

:54:14. > :54:18.person and makes people feel easy and comfortable when she talks to

:54:19. > :54:21.them. She is in the moment. What I loved about seeing that, it was a

:54:22. > :54:26.normal family. They represented a family. Somewhere beautifully

:54:27. > :54:29.dressed, some were dramatically dressed, like Eugenie and Beatrice.

:54:30. > :54:33.You are like, we have been to weddings like that before, we know

:54:34. > :54:38.that sort of the family. I think that is why it goes on in the way

:54:39. > :54:41.that it does, this royal family represents our sorts of families,

:54:42. > :54:47.the ups and downs, the good times and bad. Katie, as the Duke and Her

:54:48. > :54:51.Majesty came to the top of the steps, as they were entering St

:54:52. > :54:54.Paul's, it seemed just a quiet word to say, shall we turn around and

:54:55. > :55:01.wave? There was the lovely illustration of the pub the ship. It

:55:02. > :55:04.was a pause. I don't remember them looking back. From your camera

:55:05. > :55:09.angle, there was the lovely view of what they were looking at, the

:55:10. > :55:14.people, the flags, J. They know the crowds were waiting and they wanted

:55:15. > :55:17.to acknowledge them. Is the Queen becoming more relaxed? Charles

:55:18. > :55:21.pointed out that normally she goes straight down the aisle, looking

:55:22. > :55:25.straight ahead, it is a formal occasion. She takes her faith and

:55:26. > :55:29.church very seriously. But today, maybe because she was a few moments

:55:30. > :55:34.later, she seemed to be reassuring people, I am here, it is all right,

:55:35. > :55:39.how are you? Charles, before the service I was told there would be

:55:40. > :55:43.one mention of the Duke and his 95th birthday, which is today, there were

:55:44. > :55:47.three. I think people are choosing to slightly ignore his wish to be

:55:48. > :55:52.ignored and say, this is also a nice day for you, we will mark it and

:55:53. > :55:57.celebrated. Google there were three or four mentions, and the gun salute

:55:58. > :56:00.that we heard just now. The Queen does not want to make a fuss about,

:56:01. > :56:04.but on their golden wedding anniversary the Queen publicly

:56:05. > :56:09.talked about Prince Philip as her strength and stay all these years. I

:56:10. > :56:14.think that sense of tribute to his servers, as well as the Queen's, was

:56:15. > :56:20.implicit today. I think that was very nice. I agree with Gyles about

:56:21. > :56:24.the humanity of the service, I think it was the constitutional historian

:56:25. > :56:29.Roger Badger to said that Majesty is nothing but human experience writ

:56:30. > :56:36.large, and I think the Queen has a normal lives, a steadiness,

:56:37. > :56:40.simplicity. It is an interesting reflection of some of the qualities

:56:41. > :56:45.that we think of being British. -- I think the Queen has a normality.

:56:46. > :56:53.As we work watching the various members of the Royal family at, as I

:56:54. > :56:56.might be able to say, various levels, coming in, it is very

:56:57. > :57:03.stratus Piedt, to the Royal family mind? And accepted. They have been

:57:04. > :57:06.for hundreds years. Both the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh other

:57:07. > :57:11.great, great grandchildren of Queen Victoria. This is part of a story

:57:12. > :57:15.that has been going for 1000 years, they are accepted. Katie, we do not

:57:16. > :57:20.have much time, but I think it will be a cracker of a Saturday and

:57:21. > :57:23.Sunday? The trooping is always wonderful, but the balcony

:57:24. > :57:27.appearance, hopefully seeing Princess Charlotte, it will be

:57:28. > :57:30.great. And the wonderful picnic in The Mall, a wonderful opportunity to

:57:31. > :57:37.celebrate. I hope the weather holds out. Thank you all, a wonderful

:57:38. > :57:38.start to a wonderful weekend. This morning's 90th birthday

:57:39. > :57:40.festivities have come to an end, but of course the weekend

:57:41. > :57:42.of celebrations is You can join me again this evening

:57:43. > :57:46.at 7.00pm on BBC Two for highlights of today's service

:57:47. > :57:48.from St Paul's Cathedral. Tomorrow, Huw Edwards will be back

:57:49. > :58:13.for the annual spectacle So join keyword with Stowe and the

:58:14. > :58:14.team for that. -- so join Huw and the team.

:58:15. > :58:17.And if you want to get into the 'trooping' spirit early,

:58:18. > :58:19.go to bbc.co.uk/trooping for an amazing 360 experience

:58:20. > :58:22.But for now it's goodbye from St James's Park.

:58:23. > :58:29.Thank you from all of us for joining us. Have a very good today. -- good

:58:30. > :58:39.day. As they come in

:58:40. > :59:25.towards the home straight, As they come in

:59:26. > :59:31.towards the home straight, Jessica Ennis challenges

:59:32. > :59:34.Brianne Theisen-Eaton. and tries to go around the outside

:59:35. > :59:39.of his team-mate at turn one!