:00:13. > :00:17.It is a waterway that spans 250 miles, but it is the flow through
:00:17. > :00:21.the heart of London that is rightly called liquid history and the
:00:21. > :00:25.noblest river in Europe. The River Thames, right at the heart of
:00:25. > :00:31.London, a constant symbol of power and wealth and prestige down the
:00:31. > :00:35.ages. From merchants and bankers to tourists and traders, the fact is
:00:35. > :00:40.that the River Thames in all of its glory and its crime throughout the
:00:40. > :00:45.centuries has been the lifeblood of London, and it is that mix of power
:00:45. > :00:55.and pageantry, of money and might, that has made this the location of
:00:55. > :01:11.
:01:11. > :01:15.some of the most spectacular Royal Good evening from Buckingham Palace
:01:15. > :01:18.after what everyone agrees has been a memorable day, a memorable
:01:19. > :01:22.pageant on the river, a pretty memorable crowd watching from the
:01:23. > :01:27.banks of the Thames, and I have to say memorably wet weather to make
:01:27. > :01:31.it all a little more interesting. Yes, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
:01:31. > :01:35.celebrations are officially under way with 1,000 vessels on the
:01:35. > :01:40.Thames, 20,000 people taking part, more than living up to its billing
:01:40. > :01:46.as the biggest events on the river in more than three centuries. Now,
:01:46. > :01:49.this was the book for the flotilla, passing under 14 bridges on the way
:01:49. > :01:54.from west to east, past Lambeth Bridge and Lambeth Palace on the
:01:54. > :01:59.South Bank, where the Archbishop of Canterbury lives, then the Palace
:01:59. > :02:03.of Westminster, Big Ben, the rather more modern London Eye on the South
:02:03. > :02:07.Bank, and then on past Waterloo Bridge, opening up the great vista
:02:07. > :02:11.of the City of London in the distance, the distinctive gherkin,
:02:11. > :02:17.and then on the South Bank the Shard, the tallest building in
:02:17. > :02:22.Western Europe being built right now. London Bridge at one stage the
:02:22. > :02:27.only bridge crossing the Thames, and then on to Tower Bridge, the
:02:27. > :02:31.great symbol of London itself. And for the Queen's arrival, Tower
:02:31. > :02:35.Bridge opening in salute, a very dramatic symbol of respect for the
:02:35. > :02:40.sovereign as she passes underneath, and then the Royal Barge to be
:02:40. > :02:44.moored next to HMS President, where the Queen reviews the flotilla as
:02:44. > :02:48.it passes. And then down the stretch of water towards Wapping,
:02:48. > :02:54.an avenue of sale for one of those ships which are too tall to pass
:02:54. > :02:58.under the bridges themselves. Now, the inspiration for the pageant was
:02:58. > :03:02.Canaletto's famous painting of the River Thames on a Lord Mayor's Day,
:03:02. > :03:07.and I saw the painting at the National Maritime Museum in
:03:07. > :03:11.Greenwich with the pageant master, Adrian Evans. Well, this is the
:03:11. > :03:16.first time I have actually seen his painting in the flesh, and it
:03:16. > :03:19.really conveys the exuberance and excitement and just the thrill, I
:03:19. > :03:25.imagine, of being there on that great day. Are you going to try and
:03:25. > :03:30.match this? I would say bigger and better, actually. Even if it can be
:03:30. > :03:35.bigger and better, 260 years after this masterpiece, why take on the
:03:35. > :03:39.challenge of a grand river pageant in the 21st century? Well, we are
:03:39. > :03:42.an island nation, of course, and the sea and rivers are part of our
:03:42. > :03:46.national character, so it felt appropriate to be doing something
:03:47. > :03:51.on water. The River Thames has been revitalised, reinvented in recent
:03:51. > :03:57.years. It felt right to be doing a river pageant for today's
:03:57. > :04:01.generation. What can we expect to see? There will be 1,000 boats on
:04:01. > :04:09.the River Thames, a scale that has not been seen for generations,
:04:09. > :04:13.small boats, Big boats, narrowboats, they are sailing boats,
:04:13. > :04:18.interspersed, interleaved by 10 Music barges, and right at the
:04:18. > :04:22.heart of it all, the Royal Barge itself, with the Queen and the
:04:22. > :04:26.Royal Family aboard. When this great event is over, Adrian, what
:04:26. > :04:31.will constitute success for you? More than anything, that if people
:04:31. > :04:41.are still talking about this event 250 years down the line, if it
:04:41. > :04:44.
:04:44. > :04:48.survives as well as Canaletto's So this afternoon all the plans
:04:48. > :04:51.that had been made to produce another spectacular pageant were
:04:51. > :04:55.about to be put into action. Paul Dickenson picks up the commentary
:04:55. > :05:04.as members of the Royal Family arrived at the Royal launch in
:05:04. > :05:09.Chelsea Bridge is where we're at at the moment, and the Prince of Wales
:05:09. > :05:14.and the Duchess of Cornwall being greeted by the Lord-Lieutenant of
:05:14. > :05:18.Greater London, a great day for him. The gentlemen of the right-hand
:05:18. > :05:27.side, actually a former lord mayor of the City of London, so he is
:05:27. > :05:34.certainly used to these regal And the atmosphere has been
:05:34. > :05:40.building beautifully here at They will take a short walk down
:05:40. > :05:50.the pier in just a little while, as they wait for Her Majesty the Queen
:05:50. > :05:50.
:05:51. > :05:57.Down at Cadogan Pier, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, along with
:05:57. > :06:05.the Duke's brother, Prince Harry. They're actually be met by the
:06:05. > :06:13.Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London. Just spending a little bit
:06:13. > :06:17.of time walking and talking, a role they have slotted into absolutely
:06:18. > :06:27.beautifully. And those people will be delighted to have met the
:06:28. > :06:32.
:06:32. > :06:42.Michael Lockett and his wife, the chief executive officer of the
:06:42. > :06:43.
:06:43. > :06:49.And there is the Spirit of Chartwell, that is the boat that is
:06:49. > :06:59.going to take the royal party at the head of the pageant right down
:06:59. > :07:01.
:07:01. > :07:11.But there is just a little preview of what is to come in this great
:07:11. > :07:39.
:07:40. > :07:47.Well, the six trumpeters of the Royal Marines on board the Connacht,
:07:47. > :07:57.just adjacent to the Britannia launch. They are signalling the
:07:57. > :08:31.
:08:31. > :08:38.Certainly, the Queen will know the Well, this is the Britannia launch,
:08:38. > :08:44.of course, that is going to take the royal party about three-
:08:44. > :08:54.quarters of a mile up towards the royal barge, and she was greeted on
:08:54. > :08:58.
:08:58. > :09:05.board the Britannia launched by The Royal launch, of course, Her
:09:05. > :09:10.Majesty's Yacht Britannia for, was used while the Royal Yacht was in
:09:10. > :09:13.service to convey the Queen from ship-to-shore. It was
:09:13. > :09:23.decommissioned back in 1997. The Princess Elizabeth steam train is
:09:23. > :09:36.
:09:37. > :09:43.on Battersea Bridge, sending her The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh,
:09:43. > :09:51.I am sure, enjoying their time on board the Britannia launch. The
:09:51. > :10:00.Royal launch, of course, of Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia. And
:10:00. > :10:06.everybody was sad when that went And the manpowered boats ready to
:10:06. > :10:16.go, and what a sight they provide, the spectators, the royal party and
:10:16. > :10:22.
:10:22. > :10:28.everybody involved with this The Royal Watermen in attendance.
:10:28. > :10:32.The Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by Michael Lockett, inspecting the
:10:32. > :10:42.floral arrangements on the Royal Barge, all designed by Rachel de
:10:42. > :10:50.
:10:50. > :10:59.The magnificent Chelsea pensioners, they have just be inspected by the
:10:59. > :11:09.Princess Royal. And she is the master of Trinity House, about to
:11:09. > :11:11.
:11:11. > :11:21.The row Watermen on board the Britannia launch just getting
:11:21. > :11:26.everything absolutely perfect. -- Royal. For the Queen to alight a
:11:26. > :11:30.ship that she knows so, so well and then to move on to the Royal Barge.
:11:30. > :11:35.Everybody is certainly looking forward to seeing this magnificent
:11:35. > :11:39.craft, the Spirit of Chartwell, slipped her moorings and head off
:11:39. > :11:49.downstream towards Tower Bridge, and that is when the pageant really
:11:49. > :12:02.
:12:02. > :12:10.The Royal standard being raised to The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
:12:10. > :12:20.are on board. Adrian Evans, the pageant master, breeds is two
:12:20. > :12:26.
:12:26. > :12:32.Well, we all know, of course, about the Royal Barge with his precious
:12:32. > :12:35.piece of cargo, but on the Royal row barge Gloriana, that has some
:12:36. > :12:41.very precious cargo indeed, and in the stroke position, to the right
:12:41. > :12:45.hand side, we have got Sir Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent, a couple
:12:45. > :12:51.of Olympic silver medallists just behind them and our very own
:12:51. > :12:56.pressures Clare Balding. Well, this is absolutely extraordinary,
:12:56. > :12:59.Gloriana, built especially for the Diamond Jubilee, named in honour of
:13:00. > :13:05.Elizabeth I, built in honour of Elisabet the second, especially for
:13:05. > :13:12.this Diamond Jubilee, and look at these 18 rowers setting the pace
:13:12. > :13:17.for the manpowered forefront of this pageant, and Sir Matthew
:13:17. > :13:27.Pinsent, hello, Matthew, setting the pace of four knots. He must not
:13:27. > :13:27.
:13:27. > :13:32.go faster than that. We have also got Sir Steve Redgrave, we have ex-
:13:32. > :13:37.servicemen who rowed across the Atlantic. I will be trying to talk
:13:37. > :13:43.to a few of those as we continue this river pageant, but we have
:13:43. > :13:48.just past the Queen on the Royal Barge, at the end of the pageant. -
:13:48. > :13:53.- Ed. And that is the view that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh and
:13:53. > :14:03.the rest of the royal party have got as all the manpowered craft
:14:03. > :14:08.
:14:08. > :14:12.As the pageant is well and truly under way now.
:14:12. > :14:20.Right at the top of the programme, we showed you that wonderful
:14:20. > :14:27.picture by Canaletto. I guess, these pictures here are
:14:27. > :14:37.the BBC's Canaletto moments. These beautiful craft, just easing past
:14:37. > :14:40.
:14:40. > :14:45.In amongst these man-powered boats is Ben Fogle, who I am sure
:14:45. > :14:51.everybody knows so well. There he is. Can you hear us Ben?
:14:51. > :14:57.can, thank you. It is just an unbelievable feeling down here.
:14:57. > :15:07.We're just going past Her Majesty the Queen, The Spirit of Chartwell.
:15:07. > :15:17.It's absolutely magnificent. I'm just doing my Royal Salute.
:15:17. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:37.Absolutely stunning pictures. Hip, hip hooray.
:15:37. > :15:44.You certainly need a big voice to be a garrison Sergeant major and
:15:44. > :15:52.Bill Mott is very well equipped indeed.
:15:53. > :15:57.And the sight of these boats, it takes you back a couple of hundred
:15:57. > :16:03.years really when engines were a thing of the future and all power
:16:03. > :16:13.was provided by the human-form. Luckily the Queen doesn't have to
:16:13. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :16:22.worry about that today. I'm sure that you can just her in
:16:22. > :16:29.the background... There we are, I was about to mention the bells, The
:16:29. > :16:37.Belfry heading up this pageant here today.
:16:37. > :16:47.They will eventually end up as the Royal Jubilee Bells, in their new
:16:47. > :16:56.
:16:56. > :17:01.Well, we promised you a lot of fun, and these guys and girls are having
:17:01. > :17:06.to do a lot of work. You have to say, the carnival is a real
:17:06. > :17:16.carnival atmosphere on the River Thames and on the banks as wl and
:17:16. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:31.on the Royal Barge too. There are many boats to come. Here is one of
:17:31. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:37.the Worcester Busters. The Maoris look war like. You would hate to
:17:37. > :17:42.play rugby against them after seeing the hacker. I promise, they
:17:42. > :17:51.are all nice guys. The Spirit of Chartwell just being
:17:51. > :18:01.patient and waiting its turn. Some of the Venetians that are here
:18:01. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:21.The 260 or so man-powered boats, because they have already gone past
:18:21. > :18:31.all the flags of the Commonwealth countries come past. All those
:18:31. > :18:48.
:18:48. > :18:52.boats crewed by Sea Cadets from all There are certainly people in the
:18:53. > :19:02.parade today from all over the world representing many, many parts
:19:03. > :19:05.
:19:05. > :19:09.of the Commonwealth. Beautiful boats, aren't they?
:19:10. > :19:15.I always think they must be difficult to steer. These guys are
:19:15. > :19:23.doing a grand job. One of the Maori canoes, just on the far side there,
:19:23. > :19:28.the war canoe. Well, we can see the mass of boats
:19:28. > :19:36.moving down the river towards Tower Bridge, but, a little bit further
:19:36. > :19:45.up from where we are currently we have Chris Hollins.
:19:45. > :19:48.Just the remnapbs there as they are powering away. They are working
:19:48. > :19:55.extremely hard. If they get out of breath these guys will come into
:19:55. > :20:00.action, the RNLI. They cannot keep up the pace of four knots they will
:20:00. > :20:07.be dragged along. They are on duty, concentrating all the time. We will
:20:07. > :20:12.be monitoring them and the London authority, as they just held this
:20:12. > :20:20.fantastic sight, this flotilla of boats, make their way up the river.
:20:20. > :20:30.It's a fantastic sight. The Queen waiting patiently for the
:20:30. > :20:36.spirit of chart well to move out -- The Spirit of Chartwell to move out
:20:36. > :20:41.to join the pageant. Boris Johnson, once again elected as Mayor of
:20:41. > :20:46.London, enjoying himself, as he tends to do on these occasions and
:20:46. > :20:56.also the Lord Mayor of the City of London, just to the right-hand side.
:20:56. > :21:05.
:21:05. > :21:11.It was this bought that bought -- boat that bought Winston
:21:11. > :21:16.Churchill's coffin down the Thames. This is Trinity 1 boat. The master
:21:16. > :21:24.of Trinity House is the Princess Royal. She is accompanied by her
:21:24. > :21:34.husband, vice admirable Tim Lawrence, standing by her there.
:21:34. > :21:35.
:21:35. > :21:45.And the barge finally moves away from the pier to begin her journey
:21:45. > :21:48.
:21:48. > :21:53.and past some amazing landmarks. Princess Anne's boat will form part
:21:53. > :22:03.of the squadron of vessels that will be just behind The Spirit of
:22:03. > :22:06.
:22:06. > :22:09.Chartwell. The organisers have done an
:22:09. > :22:17.absolutely magnificent job, not just on The Spirit of Chartwell,
:22:17. > :22:23.but on the whole day so far. So the Royal Barge, moving out into
:22:23. > :22:33.the centre of the river, where it will join the flotilla of boats. We
:22:33. > :22:40.
:22:40. > :22:46.saw a glimpse there of all the The Royal Barge moving forwards.
:22:46. > :22:53.The Duke of Edinburgh certainly seems to be enjoying himself here
:22:53. > :22:59.today. Absolute precision, as the Royal Barge slots into line. Just
:22:59. > :23:09.behind the four boats that are in front of it. As it begins to move
:23:09. > :23:11.
:23:11. > :23:16.away. The Middleton family present. About two-thirds of the way on the
:23:16. > :23:25.left-hand side. Just waving there, Pippa Middleton, the sister of the
:23:25. > :23:33.Duchess of Cambridge are on board the Elizabethan there is Carol
:23:34. > :23:38.Middleton there in the cream top and skirt.
:23:38. > :23:44.Certainly the hand-powered boats have made very good progress indeed.
:23:44. > :23:49.I suppose this is one of the occasions where you really have to
:23:49. > :23:55.be there to just soak up the atmosphere and understand what it
:23:55. > :24:05.means to all the spectators. The atmosphere on the banks and on the
:24:05. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:29.bridges, absolutely electric. Steve Redgrave, how is it feeling,
:24:29. > :24:33.Sir? Really good. Amazing crowds. I have rode in some big crowds before,
:24:33. > :24:38.but not counting up to the millions, as it is here. In terms of the
:24:38. > :24:43.things you have done, where does this rank? This is very, very
:24:43. > :24:48.special. As long as we all get there first. We are all trying not
:24:48. > :24:54.to race. When I was asked to try and put a crew together for this
:24:54. > :24:59.boat, all my first choices came forward. Everyone was excited about
:24:59. > :25:03.doing it. Were you the chief selector then? Sort of. Lord
:25:03. > :25:08.Sterling is the guy in charge. I saw the boat in December being
:25:08. > :25:14.built and was blown away. It was stunning when it was in its shell
:25:14. > :25:22.form and then to see it now is unbelievable. It is an absolutely
:25:22. > :25:26.beautiful rowing barge this. It has such a great atmosphere on board.
:25:26. > :25:31.Putting on a lot of effort. Look at Matthew Pinsent here at the front T
:25:31. > :25:35.man who once had the most lung capacity of any athlete. It has now
:25:35. > :25:41.been surpassed. That was some record. It was all right! I'm using
:25:42. > :25:48.a bit of it now. Keeping you warm? Exactly right. Gloriana making its
:25:48. > :25:54.way down the river now. We can just start to see the London Eye.
:25:54. > :25:59.Magnificent, magnificent sight. The wind is certainly blowing
:25:59. > :26:03.across the bows of the boat, that presumably means that steering is a
:26:03. > :26:08.big issue for something as long as this boat.
:26:08. > :26:18.Somewhere on that boat is the owner of The Spirit of Chartwell, along
:26:18. > :26:19.
:26:19. > :26:27.with his daugt er daughter, along with the ten Watermen and the
:26:27. > :26:32.Queen's Barge Master. He must be a very proud man today.
:26:32. > :26:42.The Prince of Wales on the left- hand side. The Duke of Cambridge
:26:42. > :26:48.
:26:48. > :26:52.It is good to see the Pageant Master looking quite relaxed as he
:26:52. > :26:59.talks to Prince Charles. I am sure he is delighted with how things
:26:59. > :27:06.have turned out today. It gives you a good idea as to how much
:27:06. > :27:16.preparation many, many people undertook to get this Royal Barge
:27:16. > :27:19.
:27:19. > :27:26.absolutely pristine. They have done The Palace of Westminster, on the
:27:27. > :27:33.heft land side, slightly more -- left-hand side, slightly more
:27:33. > :27:37.modern view of London, as the flotilla heads towards Westminster
:27:37. > :27:43.Bridge. That's roughly where the Queen is right now.
:27:43. > :27:53.So, these guys making very steady progress indeed.
:27:53. > :27:53.
:27:53. > :28:01.Luckily, so far, conditions not too bad at all.
:28:01. > :28:06.There are so many iconic landmarks that just litter London. We are so
:28:06. > :28:11.fortunate to have such magnificent buildings, churches of course as
:28:11. > :28:15.well, Government buildings and the rest scattered throughout London. A
:28:15. > :28:22.lot of them overlooking the River Thames. A different view of the
:28:22. > :28:27.Palace of Westminster. The background and the London Eye.
:28:27. > :28:31.One of those pods - I think there are 32 pods on the London Eye - and
:28:31. > :28:41.one is serving cream teas to all of the people who are up there trying
:28:41. > :28:56.
:28:56. > :29:06.That is the boat that the Duchess of Cambridge's parents and brother
:29:06. > :29:07.
:29:07. > :29:12.and sister are on - the Edwardian. That, I think was the Swan Uppers,
:29:12. > :29:18.who you saw in the picture a moment ago. There's Ben Fogle, rowing
:29:18. > :29:23.pretty well. Still smiling. He's plenty of energy left. He's a very
:29:23. > :29:27.fit man. Back at Chelsea, some of the public service craft just
:29:27. > :29:32.moving past, moving up towards Cadogan Pier. They will be one of
:29:32. > :29:41.the features this afternoon and the fire boats.
:29:41. > :29:51.The fire boats saluting in their So many photographs will be taken
:29:51. > :29:53.
:29:53. > :29:57.of what is going to be a very And the bells, complete with John
:29:57. > :30:03.Barrowman on board, I hope he has got sunnier climes, because they
:30:03. > :30:11.have been going ever since we saw them at Cadogan Pier, some way back.
:30:11. > :30:21.And there will be peals of bells heard not just all over London but
:30:21. > :30:24.
:30:24. > :30:34.This certainly is a Canaletto moment, isn't it? With so many
:30:34. > :30:41.iconic buildings flanking this mass of vessels, or power to buy the
:30:41. > :30:48.human arm, shoulder, back and legs. -- all powered by. Just looking
:30:48. > :30:53.down the pageant, you then come to the flags of the Commonwealth and
:30:53. > :31:03.the Trinity 500s, they are caught, those vessels, from the sea cadets
:31:03. > :31:04.
:31:04. > :31:13.all over the United Kingdom. Back to the Royal Squadron and the most
:31:13. > :31:18.magnificent boat on display here today. As you can see, the tower of
:31:18. > :31:28.the Palace of Westminster on the left-hand side of the screen just
:31:28. > :31:30.
:31:30. > :31:34.ahead as we head down towards And this is the first opportunity
:31:34. > :31:40.we have really had to see the Dunkirk Little Ships. There are
:31:40. > :31:46.about 40 or 50 of them there today behind the Royal Squadron, and boy,
:31:47. > :31:56.oh boy, have they put some service in on behalf of everybody in the
:31:57. > :32:01.
:32:01. > :32:06.United Kingdom. Then come the Each of the ships, or each of the
:32:06. > :32:12.sections of ships, should I say, is preceded by a group of musicians,
:32:12. > :32:22.too. They will certainly be earning their money today, playing music
:32:22. > :32:26.
:32:26. > :32:36.So the working boats and the fire boats that we saw before now
:32:36. > :32:37.
:32:37. > :32:47.passing Cadogan Pier. Recreational motorboats, leisure boats, too. I
:32:47. > :32:56.
:32:57. > :33:06.bet a lot of fun is being had on The recreation of boats, too. --
:33:07. > :33:09.
:33:09. > :33:15.Well, this is where we are all going to end up as we hear one of
:33:15. > :33:25.the psyllids to the Queen that have happened over the last two days. --
:33:25. > :33:35.salutes. Just outside the Tower Of London, part of a 41 gun salute,
:33:35. > :33:51.
:33:51. > :33:59.followed by a special salute by the The Royal Barge there just going
:33:59. > :34:09.underneath Lambeth Bridge, so the next target will be Westminster
:34:09. > :34:26.
:34:26. > :34:32.There are so many churches, of course, close to the banks of the
:34:32. > :34:39.River Thames, and so many bells can be heard, as well as the bells that
:34:39. > :34:45.are already on the river and ahead of the Spirit of Chartwell. The
:34:45. > :34:52.Palace of Westminster and, in the Clock Tower there, of course, Big
:34:52. > :35:00.Ben, the bell that strikes the hour was created in the same foundry
:35:00. > :35:04.that created the bells on the river You just join us here at Vauxhall
:35:04. > :35:11.Bridge, we have got the band going past us on the left-hand side, and
:35:11. > :35:15.as you can see, the crowd behind me at the MI6 building here, just
:35:15. > :35:21.waiting to see the historic boats bill I just about to come under the
:35:21. > :35:25.Vauxhall Bridge. Amongst them, the Dunkirk Little Ships, part of
:35:25. > :35:30.Operation Dynamo, when the United Kingdom, the allied forces were in
:35:30. > :35:35.such desperate need for help. They are part of a fantastic society
:35:35. > :35:39.that make annual trips to Dunkirk. I went on board as part of the
:35:39. > :35:43.scrutiny process earlier this week, and they are all in such fantastic
:35:44. > :35:47.shape. They have worked so hard on them, and as you can see, they are
:35:48. > :35:53.all receiving a warm welcome from the crowds behind us. There is so
:35:53. > :35:57.much going on on the river, but up into these tall flats behind me,
:35:57. > :36:01.flags flying everywhere, everyone trying to get a glimpse of the
:36:01. > :36:05.river and all these wonderful boats making their way down as part of
:36:05. > :36:10.this pageant. Just a few of the Little Ships making their way
:36:10. > :36:17.through now just under Vauxhall Bridge. The crowds behind me, just
:36:17. > :36:21.or waving away. Here on glory and I, this boat very much inspired by the
:36:21. > :36:26.mind and to many of Lord Sterling, who is with me now. -- Gloriana.
:36:26. > :36:30.What did you want to achieve with Gloriana? I think it says it all
:36:30. > :36:36.today, look at the crowds, the people on board, the marvellous
:36:36. > :36:43.bunch of oarsmen that we have, it says it. In practice, I think we
:36:43. > :36:49.have created it as a lasting legacy and inspired by the great
:36:49. > :36:55.Canalettos, the National Maritime Museum, when we see all about it at
:36:55. > :36:58.the Great Exhibition, it is all about pageantry and the Thames and
:36:58. > :37:02.what it is all about through history. If we can have the
:37:02. > :37:06.opportunity of lifting people's interest in the Thames and for
:37:06. > :37:09.youngsters to have the opportunity of rowing and knowing the
:37:10. > :37:15.camaraderie of rowing, we will have done something in the years to come.
:37:15. > :37:18.So many young faces on the river, on the sides of the river banks,
:37:18. > :37:23.high-pitched voices screaming out, and it is just a wonderful,
:37:23. > :37:27.wonderful feeling, and we are not going to let a few spots of rain
:37:27. > :37:36.dampen our enthusiasm, oh, no! It is a fabulous feeling to be part of
:37:36. > :37:41.it. Well, there is a fantastic senior, look at that, just look at
:37:41. > :37:46.it. There is the Spirit of Chartwell, what we now know as the
:37:46. > :37:52.Royal Barge, and we can just see the Queen, and you have got all
:37:52. > :37:56.these boats behind, coming up later, but the cheering and the crowd, we
:37:56. > :38:00.have been cheering the pictures on the big screen on the other side of
:38:00. > :38:09.the bridge, and it is any excuse for cheering, like now, come on!
:38:09. > :38:14.Hurray! We are all raring to go, come on, hurray! Hurray, hurray! It
:38:14. > :38:18.is a wonderful atmosphere, and the whole bridge, you can imagine it,
:38:18. > :38:23.the whole side of the bridge covered with people, and we are
:38:23. > :38:33.just having a good time, it is a simple straightforward, marvellous
:38:33. > :38:47.
:38:47. > :38:55.And there are the Commonwealth flags. I have to say, the parade,
:38:55. > :39:05.the pageant rather, is pretty much spread out. Princess Eugenie there
:39:05. > :39:12.
:39:12. > :39:22.with her father, of course, the Duke of York. And the rest of the
:39:22. > :39:40.
:39:40. > :39:45.Royal Family making very steady The Spirit of Chartwell, with the
:39:45. > :39:50.Palace of Westminster in the background, and when that building
:39:50. > :39:55.first appeared on the landscape on the banks of the River Thames, what,
:39:55. > :39:59.five centuries ago, longer than that, Edward the confessor it was
:39:59. > :40:08.who founded the Palace of Westminster, and for a long, long
:40:08. > :40:11.time it became the seat of power, of Royal power until it is now
:40:11. > :40:18.identified with a representative government and parliament. Almost
:40:18. > :40:22.fading away into the background. And that is point let me introduce
:40:22. > :40:26.you to a gentleman who has sat beside me in the commentary box,
:40:26. > :40:31.sailor and author Tom Cunliffe. I tell you what, he knows everything
:40:31. > :40:35.there is to know about boats but more importantly navigation.
:40:35. > :40:40.Because of the twists and turns in a river, are any of these boats
:40:40. > :40:44.going to have a problem today? is interesting, watching the flags
:40:44. > :40:48.on these boats, they are blowing across quite gently, but when they
:40:48. > :40:52.turn to the right at Westminster, it will be smack on the nose, so
:40:52. > :40:56.Her Majesty would get a bit chilly, and the manpowered boats will have
:40:56. > :41:06.much more of a struggle than they have had so far. But looking at
:41:06. > :41:08.
:41:08. > :41:13.them, they seem to have been It is not just people waving flags.
:41:14. > :41:17.It all means something to those people will understand it, and
:41:17. > :41:25.absolutely invaluable way of communication between ships,
:41:25. > :41:30.certainly before the invention of transistors etcetera. I think that
:41:30. > :41:40.would probably mean something to the Duke of Edinburgh, being a
:41:40. > :41:49.
:41:49. > :41:53.Princess Beatrice with their sister, Eugenie. Part of the royal party.
:41:53. > :41:56.Seeing the boats come through the bridge is fascinating, because
:41:56. > :41:59.shutting the Thames barrier has meant there is very little current.
:41:59. > :42:03.If it were sweeping down, as it would have been otherwise, some of
:42:03. > :42:08.these boats would be in danger of being swept onto the pontoons, but
:42:09. > :42:12.it is a magnificent effort that has been made to cut the current by
:42:12. > :42:17.Manpower, which has made this whole thing a lot less dramatic than it
:42:17. > :42:23.otherwise would have been. Certainly, the Thames barrier,
:42:23. > :42:28.which we will not be seen today, is a masterpiece of engineering. It
:42:28. > :42:31.just makes you wonder, actually, how they managed when the Thames
:42:31. > :42:36.barrier was not there to have things like pageants on the river,
:42:36. > :42:40.which they did along, long time ago. There were a lot less bridges in
:42:40. > :42:44.those days, Paul, and the river was a lot wider, so the currents would
:42:44. > :42:47.have been smaller. But to put something like this on with a full
:42:47. > :42:57.airtight would have been frankly pretty hairy, they would have been
:42:57. > :43:15.
:43:15. > :43:22.some incidents. -- Ed tide. So far, Now, the National Theatre, a very
:43:22. > :43:31.special moment for the Queen. The home of that great theatrical
:43:31. > :43:41.production, poo, which I understand the Queen is a great fan of. -- War
:43:41. > :43:45.
:43:45. > :43:55.There it is on top! On top of the National Theatre, even the horse
:43:55. > :44:05.
:44:05. > :44:15.That moment has taken them nine We certainly know what a passion
:44:15. > :44:18.
:44:18. > :44:23.she has forced us -- horses. I hope the Queen endured that moment. The
:44:23. > :44:33.horse, the star of the show, if you like, is called Joley, and I
:44:33. > :44:40.
:44:40. > :44:44.understand she had a visit from Joe There is Joey. He's making his own
:44:44. > :44:52.little bow to the Queen and the rest of the guests on the Royal
:44:52. > :45:02.Barge. Now heading out towards the City of
:45:02. > :45:10.
:45:10. > :45:16.London, the real financial power of the country. Waterloo Bridge in the
:45:16. > :45:21.background. That was completed, this version of it, completed in
:45:21. > :45:31.1944. It replaced the stone bridge, which opened in 1817.
:45:31. > :45:34.
:45:34. > :45:44.Westminster Bridge - absolutely Dunkirk Little Ships, just going
:45:44. > :45:54.past Westminster palace. So, we're back to Chelsea now and
:45:54. > :46:01.
:46:01. > :46:07.Absolutely fan tas -- fantastic, and the rain is coming down quite
:46:07. > :46:17.heavily. 20 barges - they have come from
:46:17. > :46:17.
:46:17. > :46:20.many parts of the UK. They carry an impressive contingent, of Lord
:46:20. > :46:25.Lieutenants representing Worcestershire, Shropshire,
:46:25. > :46:29.Staffordshire... Lovely to see the artwork on these vessels. Two in
:46:29. > :46:37.the background have traditional sign-writing on them and so has
:46:37. > :46:45.this one in the foreground. They signify the way these boats were.
:46:45. > :46:49.When you consider the sort of network of canals that we've got
:46:49. > :46:54.all over this country, it really created the wealth of many parts of
:46:54. > :46:58.the country, didn't it? The narrow boats carried the wealth of the
:46:58. > :47:08.nation. That was before we had railways and
:47:08. > :47:12.
:47:12. > :47:17.roads. She has a phone to her ear and
:47:17. > :47:23.she's saying "yes, I am at the front, waving." It is great the
:47:23. > :47:33.narrow boats have been able to do this. We have been lucky with the
:47:33. > :47:38.
:47:38. > :47:43.Meanwhile, back at Westminster, and all the Watermen, absolutely
:47:43. > :47:47.delighted with the progress that the Spirit of Chartwell is making.
:47:47. > :47:57.Nobody has sat down. Nobody has disappeared really off that top
:47:57. > :48:06.
:48:06. > :48:11.deck. Everybody wants to get a A picture of the Queen's Silver
:48:11. > :48:16.Jubilee celebrations. I hope that was a nice surprise for
:48:16. > :48:22.the Royal Party. I was down on the water yesterday
:48:22. > :48:29.andvy to say that picture is enormous, enormous!
:48:29. > :48:35.Well, I think instantly recognisable as the Royal Party at
:48:35. > :48:43.the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977, stretched right over the whole
:48:43. > :48:53.building face, almost 100 metres in width and 70 metres in height. A
:48:53. > :48:56.
:48:56. > :48:59.total weight of a hundred tonnes or thrapbts. The largest photograph --
:48:59. > :49:03.or thereabouts. The largest photo ever of the Royal Family. That is
:49:03. > :49:09.one of the iconic sights, not just of London, but the whole country.
:49:09. > :49:13.Some of the smallest boats in the whole pageant.
:49:13. > :49:23.Of course, these pictures going all over the world, not just to
:49:23. > :49:33.
:49:33. > :49:38.Some way ahead of them, HMS Belfast on the right-hand side and we have
:49:38. > :49:48.mentioned this word time and time again "iconic" and Tower Bridge is
:49:48. > :50:17.
:50:17. > :50:24.Making very good progress indeed is the barge. The bells are still
:50:24. > :50:29.ringing. Underneath Tower Bridge and eventually the Royal Party will
:50:29. > :50:33.be tying up at HMS President, you just saw on the right-hand side of
:50:33. > :50:43.the scene there, which is home to the London division of the Royal
:50:43. > :50:47.
:50:47. > :50:51.Navy reserve and has been since 1988.
:50:51. > :50:55.This is the bridge control room. I am going to introduce you to
:50:55. > :51:01.somebody who has an incredible job today. It is the Tower Bridge
:51:01. > :51:07.Master. Good afternoon. You will raise the bridge to let, well to
:51:07. > :51:16.let the flotilla threw. You will raise the bridge in high salute. Is
:51:16. > :51:21.that higher than normal? It is a full lift for the Royal Salute.
:51:21. > :51:26.We lift it to suit the size of vessel, but the Queen gets a full
:51:26. > :51:31.lift, come what may. You are ready to go. Is that the lever? Yes. Then
:51:31. > :51:37.it will raise. You have done this many, many times before. Are you
:51:37. > :51:44.feeling a little bit nervous today? No, it is exciting, not nervous. It
:51:44. > :51:50.is an exciting day. Everybody is having lots of fun. Nothing can go
:51:50. > :51:56.wrong? Keeping your -- our fingers crossed. Can anything go wrong?
:51:56. > :51:59.is a piece of machinery. Hopefully everything will go fine in a few
:51:59. > :52:09.minutes' time. I will get out of your way and let you get on with
:52:09. > :52:17.
:52:17. > :52:27.your job. Eric, good luck. Off you Of course, all of those craft
:52:27. > :52:37.totally and utterly dwarfed by HMS Belfast. It was commissioned in
:52:37. > :52:48.
:52:48. > :52:55.1938. 91,000 tonnes, the largest 1,200 tonnes each, or each draw
:52:55. > :53:00.bridge section of the Tower Bridge weighs. They will be raised to
:53:00. > :53:09.their fullest extent of 80 degrees, in 60 seconds.
:53:09. > :53:14.HORNS SOUND And the dispersal now begins, a lot
:53:14. > :53:18.more boats to come through Tower Bridge, obviously thaifplt will all
:53:18. > :53:24.be watched eventually -- obviously. They will all be watched eventually
:53:24. > :53:28.by the Queen. The weather really has deteriorated, Tom? The rain is
:53:28. > :53:34.coming down now. It does not seem to have produced a lot of breeze to
:53:34. > :53:40.go with it. Interestingly we have seen one or two smaller boats taken
:53:40. > :53:45.in tow by bigger ones. There we go. Look! It is good to see what great
:53:45. > :53:48.spirits people have even when towed. There is no failure here. It has
:53:48. > :53:53.been a tough row into this breeze. If it had been any more of this
:53:53. > :54:00.then they would have had to scrap the event for the rowing boats.
:54:00. > :54:06.Huge credit to them, even to the ones which have ended up on the tow.
:54:06. > :54:11.We see one of the many music sections in the pageant. I am sure
:54:11. > :54:15.many rowers will appreciate the tough challenge that lie ahead and
:54:15. > :54:20.will be satisfied with what they have achieved so far. Some of them
:54:20. > :54:25.are actually working boats that were built to carry stuff that are
:54:25. > :54:31.heavy to row. There is a Yorkshire cob ler there. That is heavy to row.
:54:31. > :54:39.I can tell you that, personally. There is another, built to carry
:54:39. > :54:47.cargo. A very heavy boat indeed. A gentleman who received the
:54:47. > :54:51.Victoria Cross. Mr Johnson Bihar. I have seen him
:54:51. > :55:01.on television a few times. What an achievement. At some cost too, I
:55:01. > :55:04.
:55:04. > :55:09.have to say. But a VC holder. And the pageant is simply full of
:55:09. > :55:16.music. On board this vessel here, one of the bands of Her Majesty's
:55:16. > :55:26.Royal Marines. There are a couple of bands on the river today.
:55:26. > :55:36.
:55:36. > :55:40.We heard them giving the Queen a HMS Belfast is about to be flanked
:55:40. > :55:50.by the Royal Barge and the Royal Barge is about to receive a very
:55:50. > :55:57.
:55:57. > :56:07.impressive salute from some of the WHISTLES SOUND
:56:07. > :56:07.
:56:07. > :57:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds
:57:09. > :57:19.Veterans and Sea Cadetss -- Sea An extraordinary machine, lifting
:57:19. > :57:19.
:57:19. > :58:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds
:58:14. > :58:18.Once again the Royal Marine Now, Jim, how was that to here the
:58:18. > :58:23.Queen just then and have her acknowledge HMS Belfast? It is
:58:23. > :58:28.wonderful. It is something I never thought I'd see. It is something
:58:28. > :58:34.I'll always remember. Jim, you joined the Navy at 15. You told me
:58:34. > :58:42.some amazing stories, one when a torpedo hit your ship. They were
:58:42. > :58:46.thrown 60 feet into the air, thrown into the ocean and had to cling on
:58:46. > :58:55.to a dead shark until you were rescued. Did that put you off
:58:55. > :59:00.diving? No I dived until I -- from 16 until I was 85. Hello, John. You
:59:00. > :59:05.are a bit wet there, aren't you? This ship is a huge, huge ship,
:59:05. > :59:11.over 10,000 tonnes. When it was out and you were serving on the ship,
:59:11. > :59:16.it was thrown around like a toy during its duties? At the time she
:59:16. > :59:21.was 14,000 tonne. Since then the weight has been reduced on the ship,
:59:21. > :59:27.so that's why it's 10,000. Many a time, when we've been in the heavy
:59:27. > :59:32.seas on the Russian convoys, we were picked up, just imagine seeing
:59:32. > :59:37.these high buildings and there were rollers coming in on you. You
:59:37. > :59:41.thought, oh, God you would never get through it. The old girl did.
:59:41. > :59:48.Have you enjoyed your day here today and cheering the Queen?
:59:48. > :59:53.It's been fabulous. As my shipmate and colleague has
:59:53. > :59:58.said, never in my wildest dream did I think I would see such a pageant
:59:58. > :00:08.as that. We have a diamond pageant and we have a diamond as a Queen.
:00:08. > :00:09.
:00:09. > :00:12.We certainly have. Thank you very As you have probably seen, it is
:00:12. > :00:17.getting air little bit wet, and now we have got the work in ships
:00:17. > :00:21.coming through, a fire Bach spraying the crowd, having a great
:00:21. > :00:25.time. You have probably noticed that it has slowed down, we have
:00:25. > :00:32.got a bit of a backlog coming through Waterloo Bridge as the
:00:32. > :00:36.Rhodes are getting off the water towards Tower Bridge. -- rowers.
:00:36. > :00:40.Can you see then down below in the kitchen? They may be making
:00:40. > :00:44.sandwiches but they're still getting a great view. What a
:00:44. > :00:47.wonderful atmosphere, the National Theatre in the background, they are
:00:47. > :00:51.still enjoying it here. They are getting a little bit tight as they
:00:51. > :00:56.come through this bridge, the marshals are telling them to slow
:00:57. > :01:04.down, be a little bit careful. Some of them, though, are still managing
:01:04. > :01:08.to blow their horn rather loudly. But they have to be, are a serious
:01:08. > :01:11.point, the very careful as they come through here, it narrows down,
:01:11. > :01:21.but I do not think they are worried about going too slowly, they are
:01:21. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:32.having a great time and enjoying Meanwhile, the Royal Barge is just
:01:32. > :01:37.negotiating the river at the moment. Beautiful cat there, and how
:01:38. > :01:42.difficult is it going to be for them to moor up to the side of HMS
:01:42. > :01:46.President there, Tom? It is remarkable, this is a very well
:01:46. > :01:51.chosen vessel. What he is doing it used to be defying gravity,
:01:51. > :01:56.actually, it is very impressive, the boat is going sideways, good
:01:56. > :02:02.man! I wonder what he has got in the wake of bow thrusters and
:02:02. > :02:09.things, I would love to see. Well, Albert Bridge is where we started,
:02:09. > :02:15.it was the first bridge that all of the pageant had to contend with,
:02:15. > :02:18.and the Port of London Authority die there, I suppose that is the
:02:18. > :02:28.equivalent of the Kali app man, as they call it, at the end of the
:02:28. > :02:32.
:02:32. > :02:42.So HMS President completing the sheer -- sheer to the Royal Barge
:02:42. > :03:01.
:03:01. > :03:11.Just that the side of Tower Bridge, another part of the Royal Squadron
:03:11. > :03:21.
:03:21. > :03:31.So the royal party will be watching the remainder of the pageant from
:03:31. > :03:40.
:03:40. > :03:50.Well, I think the captain of that ship can be very pleased with his
:03:50. > :04:17.
:04:17. > :04:20.Beautiful pictures of a beautiful boat. Shane, such a shame, that the
:04:20. > :04:24.weather has taken a turn for the worse, and it has probably put a
:04:24. > :04:34.bit of a dampener on some of the things going on, but not all,
:04:34. > :04:34.
:04:34. > :04:38.I can clarify that it is definitely raining, but we shall sing, because
:04:38. > :04:45.as well as being joined by the HMS Belfast veterans today, we have
:04:46. > :04:49.also got the Fisherman's Friends, hello, chaps! These are a group are
:04:50. > :04:55.sea shanty singers from Port Isaac in Cornwall. I imagine a few of you
:04:55. > :05:00.are fishermen. And friends as well. We are very sunny friends today,
:05:00. > :05:05.but we are having good fun. Have you had a lovely day? The Queen
:05:05. > :05:09.turned and looked at us as she went past, fantastic, what a day.
:05:09. > :05:13.would love to hear you do your thing? How long have you been
:05:13. > :05:17.singing together? 20 years, but you could not tell it from the way we
:05:17. > :05:20.have been doing it. Thank you for keeping their spirits up on board,
:05:20. > :05:30.the veterans have been loving you singing, would you like to give us
:05:30. > :05:38.
:05:38. > :05:44.a glass? We will do South Australia # We are bound to South Australia
:05:44. > :05:54.# Heave away, haul away # We are bound for South Australia
:05:54. > :05:57.
:05:57. > :06:02.# Heave away, haul away # We are bound to South Australia
:06:02. > :06:12.# Heave away, haul away # We are bound for South Australia
:06:12. > :06:17.
:06:17. > :06:27.# Heave away, haul away Fabulous stuff. The weather
:06:27. > :06:33.
:06:33. > :06:38.When you consider the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, everything that
:06:38. > :06:41.she has seen and witnessed, you go back through the record books, if
:06:41. > :06:49.you like, the compendium of everything that has happened during
:06:49. > :06:53.our reign, even back in 1953, the very first ascent of Mount Everest,
:06:53. > :07:00.they are celebrating a Diamond Jubilee next year, Edmund Hillary
:07:00. > :07:05.and Tenzing Norgay, his famous Sherpa. 1963, of course, the death
:07:05. > :07:09.of President John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, the first supersonic
:07:09. > :07:14.airliner, Concorde making its maiden flight in 1969, and of
:07:14. > :07:20.course in the same year Neil Armstrong becoming the first man to
:07:20. > :07:29.set foot on the moon. From a sporting perspective, well,
:07:29. > :07:34.certainly, the Queen has presided over many, many sporting events. In
:07:34. > :07:40.1966, a red letter day when England beat Germany. Of course, her
:07:40. > :07:46.daughter and granddaughter indeed, the great horsewoman during their
:07:46. > :07:49.lives, becoming European three-day- event champions, and Princess Anne,
:07:49. > :07:54.of course, has maintained her connections with sport through the
:07:54. > :07:58.British Olympic Association and her association as a member of the
:07:58. > :08:03.International Olympic Committee, so if it has not been already, it is
:08:03. > :08:08.going to be a very busy year for air indeed with London 2012. How
:08:09. > :08:18.many days away? Less than 60, around 53 or 54 days left before
:08:19. > :08:24.
:08:24. > :08:30.the opening ceremony of the Well, there are still many, many
:08:30. > :08:36.boats to come past HMS President, when the Queen will be for a little
:08:36. > :08:46.while yet with tear gas -- her guests and the rest of the Royal
:08:46. > :08:46.
:08:46. > :09:26.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds
:09:26. > :09:33.That is what everybody needs, a But still great sights on the river,
:09:33. > :09:36.Tom. He gets, these are historic vessels, a lot of these, probably
:09:36. > :09:40.part of a national historic fleet, and the nice thing is that when it
:09:40. > :09:50.is raining is hard, when it has gone through your oilskin and it is
:09:50. > :10:02.
:10:02. > :10:07.dripping down your neck, at least Just to the left is HMS Belfast, as
:10:07. > :10:17.another section begins to make its way through Tower Bridge. We think
:10:17. > :10:29.
:10:29. > :10:36.it is the service, steam and Another fan boat just paying
:10:36. > :10:46.tribute to the Queen. -- fire. I do not suppose Tower Bridge has been
:10:46. > :11:06.
:11:06. > :11:11.Oh, goodness, the Shard! We did see it before, it was quite clear, so
:11:11. > :11:14.it gives you some indication as to the deterioration in the weather,
:11:14. > :11:22.but I guess when you are the tallest building in Western Europe,
:11:22. > :11:27.that is one of the downsides, isn't it? There is an interesting craft.
:11:27. > :11:34.Yes, that is the only hovercraft in the whole pageant, and she is
:11:34. > :11:41.supposed to be right at the end, so it looks like she is under tow. The
:11:41. > :11:46.biggest flag of the Lotte there, the flag of Cornwall, she has made
:11:46. > :11:50.a special master for the occasion. She is a very powerful performer
:11:50. > :12:00.under sail, but right now it is lowered and she is flying the flag
:12:00. > :12:05.
:12:05. > :12:10.Yeah, a remarkable read ensign there. -- red. I'm not sure what
:12:10. > :12:20.that vessel is, I'm afraid, but she is flying the red ensign has done,
:12:20. > :12:32.
:12:32. > :12:36.Now then, we have narrowboats and barges, 43 narrowboats, 23 barges,
:12:37. > :12:41.and some of them are very special. Narrowboats are remarkable things,
:12:41. > :12:45.because it easy to imagine, how do you make a narrow vote? In the old
:12:45. > :12:50.days, you might make it long and strong, but it is not like that at
:12:50. > :12:55.all. Look at that closely, look at the artwork, the careful way it is
:12:55. > :13:00.swept up at the front. That is just so beautiful! That is what it was
:13:00. > :13:06.all about, a whole folk art developed around these boats. You
:13:06. > :13:10.can see it on the roof of this one. It would be quite normal to see a
:13:10. > :13:14.few little plant pots and stuck up there, because these are vessels
:13:14. > :13:24.for the inland waterways, for the fields and byways, but they carried
:13:24. > :13:29.
:13:29. > :13:34.the commerce of the land for Neeltje there, that is a classic
:13:34. > :13:39.Dutchman. If she has not been a working boat, she certainly looks
:13:39. > :13:49.like one. It has that lovely Dutch curve to the way that is set up.
:13:49. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:06.Well, we are getting towards the end of the pageant now. These are
:14:06. > :14:16.Passing through Tower Bridge on the way to the dispersal area, and
:14:16. > :14:20.there are about 40 altogether. Some stately passenger cruisers, too.
:14:20. > :14:25.And they are going to be very, very busy, of course, in 53 days' time,
:14:25. > :14:29.I think we work that, when the Olympics start. It is going to be
:14:29. > :14:35.quite a route to some of the Olympic venues, and that Greenwich
:14:35. > :14:42.and what was the O2 Arena is now the North Greenwich Carina, and
:14:42. > :14:49.into the City of London, of course, too. -- Arena. But despite the rain,
:14:49. > :14:53.well, we are British! We like a little bit of dampness. I have to
:14:53. > :15:00.say, one or two people are a little bit more than just being a bit damp,
:15:00. > :15:10.but they are sticking with it in tribute, of course, to this
:15:10. > :15:23.
:15:23. > :15:33.wonderful Diamond Jubilee. And of The glass-fronted vessel symphony,
:15:33. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :17:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds
:17:04. > :17:13.hosting, one of the most respected I hope they get a thunderous round
:17:14. > :17:14.
:17:14. > :18:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds
:18:16. > :18:26.of applause, because they really do # Land of hope and glory mother of
:18:26. > :18:28.
:18:28. > :18:35.the free # How shall we extol thee, who are
:18:35. > :18:45.born of thee? # Wider still and wider, shall thy
:18:45. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:59.bounds be set # God, who made thee mighty, make
:18:59. > :19:00.
:19:00. > :19:10.thee mightier yet # God, who made thee mighty, make
:19:10. > :19:47.
:19:47. > :19:54.One of the gentlemen on The Spirit of Chartwell, Lord salts bury, the
:19:54. > :20:00.chairman of Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation has done a huge amount
:20:00. > :20:09.of work, on behalf of everybody to get this pageant up and running and
:20:09. > :20:13.then to completion. A nice side comment was he was the great, great
:20:13. > :20:23.grandson of the current Lord Sailsbury, who was Prime Minister
:20:23. > :20:26.
:20:26. > :20:31.at the time of Queen Victoria's jubilee. Certainly that from the
:20:31. > :20:41.orchestra and the singers, sort of a mildly eccentric moment in some
:20:41. > :20:41.
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:23:06. > :23:12.ways, but one the British do so # Rule Britannia
:23:12. > :23:17.# Britannia rule the waves # Britons never, never, never shall
:23:17. > :23:27.be slaves # Rule Britannia,
:23:27. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:40.# Britannia rule the waves # Britons never, never, never shall
:23:40. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:19.NATIONAL ANTHEM # GOD SAVE OUR GREYOUS QUEEN
:24:19. > :24:25.# LONG LIVE OUR NOBLE QUEEN # GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
:24:25. > :24:35.# SEND HER VICTORIOUS # HAPPY AND GLORIOUS
:24:35. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :25:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds
:25:55. > :26:05.# Long to reign over us As you can see, things have come to
:26:05. > :26:17.
:26:17. > :26:27.an end, but the salute to Queen HORNS SOUND
:26:27. > :26:43.
:26:43. > :26:49.The Queen is about to leave HMS President.
:26:49. > :26:54.Still smiling. I hope she's had a fabulous day.
:26:54. > :27:01.Well, this certainly has been a day that will live long in my memory.
:27:01. > :27:07.Just in terms of the preparation and the preparation to get this
:27:07. > :27:10.pageant right, that's been going on for years. I think, despite the
:27:10. > :27:13.weather, they got it right and it will be something that the
:27:14. > :27:18.population of this great city and the rest of the city and worldwide
:27:18. > :27:24.will remember for many years to come.
:27:24. > :27:30.Not only is this a way of celebrating the Diamond Jubilee, I
:27:31. > :27:40.think, from a personal perspective, it is a way of saying to the Queen
:27:41. > :27:51.
:27:51. > :27:55.So what can I say after two-and-a- half years of very hard work by the
:27:55. > :27:59.organisers, the pageant did go to plan. A remarkable feat when you
:27:59. > :28:04.think of the numbers involved and the impact of the weather. Let's
:28:04. > :28:08.hope things will have dried up a little by tomorrow. This is where a