:00:32. > :00:34.A very good evening from Buckingham Palace, where the extended weekend
:00:34. > :00:38.of celebrations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee reached its high
:00:38. > :00:42.point earlier today. We'll bring you the best of the past three days.
:00:42. > :00:44.We'll be talking to some of those who took part as performers and
:00:44. > :00:49.organisers, and reflecting on the wider significance of these
:00:49. > :00:51.celebrations as the Queen marks 60 years on the throne. It's been a
:00:51. > :00:57.very ambitious programme of events and the results have been
:00:57. > :01:00.spectacular. Tonight we'll be reminding you of all the highlights.
:01:00. > :01:03.We'll be enjoying the best parts of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
:01:03. > :01:06.- talking to the man who spent three years bringing it all
:01:06. > :01:09.together, chatting to a woman who paddled down the Thames about her
:01:09. > :01:14.experience, and meeting the choir who just kept on singing in the
:01:14. > :01:19.rain. On Monday, some of the biggest names in music performed in
:01:19. > :01:22.front and on top of the Palace, in the concert to end all concerts.
:01:22. > :01:27.And we'll enjoy some of today's service of thanksgiving at St
:01:27. > :01:34.Paul's Cathedral. An unforgettable weekend for these young singers -
:01:34. > :01:36.we'll be talking to one of the choir boys. And we'll be taking
:01:36. > :01:45.stock with the historian Dominic Sandbrook. What might future
:01:45. > :01:48.historians make of the Diamond So let's start with the most
:01:48. > :01:51.ambitious event of all - the River Pageant held on Sunday, an event in
:01:51. > :01:54.the rich historic tradition of grand pageants on the Thames when
:01:54. > :02:00.monarchs and mayors used the river as a stage, as the great artist
:02:00. > :02:06.Canaletto recorded in the 18th Century. This was his version of
:02:06. > :02:10.the Thames on Lord Mayor's Day. It was the inspiration for the Diamond
:02:11. > :02:13.Jubilee Pageant. But today's Thames is very different - it's much
:02:13. > :02:18.narrower and more shallow, and there are far more bridges to
:02:18. > :02:22.navigate, so there was plenty of potential for trouble. Who on earth
:02:22. > :02:30.would want to be in charge of all that? The answer is the pageant
:02:30. > :02:37.master, Adrian Evans, who organised the entire event. Good to have you
:02:37. > :02:47.with us. Pardew recovered? Not quite yet, actually. -- have you
:02:47. > :02:47.
:02:47. > :02:51.recovered? It was extraordinary and We're also joined by June Baker,
:02:51. > :02:54.who was on board the Artemis Diana - a dragon boat whose crew had all
:02:54. > :02:58.had their own battles with cancer. What was it like for you out there?
:02:58. > :03:02.It was incredible. Such an emotional journey for a bus,
:03:02. > :03:06.getting through cancer but also paddling in this pageant, it has
:03:06. > :03:10.been incredible. Hold onto those thoughts, we will talk in more
:03:10. > :03:20.detail. It is a good idea for us to take a look at how the pageant
:03:20. > :03:45.
:03:45. > :03:55.The six trumpeters of the Royal Marines, on board the Connaught.
:03:55. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:29.This is the Britannia launch, of course. It is going to take the
:04:29. > :04:36.royal party about three-quarters of a mile, up towards the Royal Barge.
:04:36. > :04:46.She was greeted on board the Britannia launch by Commodore Tony
:04:46. > :04:48.
:04:48. > :04:53.Morrow. The royal launch, of course, of Her Majesty's yacht, Britannia,
:04:53. > :04:59.was used while the royal yacht was in service, to convey it the Queen
:04:59. > :05:05.from ship-to-shore. Decommissioned in 1997. Princess Elizabeth steam
:05:05. > :05:15.train on Battersea rail bridge, sending her message to the Treen --
:05:15. > :05:19.
:05:19. > :05:23.That truly is a magnificent sight. The Duke of Cambridge, accompanied
:05:24. > :05:33.by Michael Lockett, inspecting the floral arrangements on the Royal
:05:34. > :05:42.
:05:42. > :05:50.The small craft, raring to go. The Royal watermen, on board the
:05:50. > :05:57.Britannia launch, getting everything absolutely perfect. For
:05:57. > :06:02.the Queen to a light a ship she knows so well. And then to move on
:06:02. > :06:08.to the Royal Barge. Everybody is looking forward to seeing this
:06:08. > :06:12.magnificent craft, the spirit of Chartwell, slip her moorings and
:06:12. > :06:17.head off downstream towards Tower Bridge. That is when the pageant
:06:17. > :06:27.really gets under way. The Royal Standard, being raised, to show the
:06:27. > :06:46.
:06:46. > :06:50.The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh On the royal road Raj, -- Row barge,
:06:50. > :06:54.Gloriana in the stroke position to the right hand side. We have Steve
:06:54. > :06:59.Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent, a couple of Olympic silver medallist sitting
:06:59. > :07:04.just behind them. And that is the view that the Queen and the Duke of
:07:04. > :07:12.Edinburgh and the rest of the royal party have got. As all the man
:07:12. > :07:22.powered craft begin to make their way past. As the pageant is well
:07:22. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:41.I guess these pictures here are the BBC's Canaletto moment. These
:07:41. > :07:45.
:07:45. > :07:49.beautiful craft, just easing past Well, in amongst these man powered
:07:49. > :07:56.boats is a gentleman called Ben Fogle, who I am sure everybody
:07:56. > :08:00.knows so well. Can you hear us? can, thank you. It is an
:08:00. > :08:08.unbelievable feeling down here. We are just going past Her Majesty the
:08:08. > :08:18.Queen, the spirit of Chartwell. It is absolutely magnificent. I am
:08:18. > :08:29.
:08:29. > :08:32.just doing my Royal Salute. Hip, The Sergeant Major in his own
:08:32. > :08:39.inimitable style, with the three cheers. When the pageant got under
:08:39. > :08:44.way, how was it going? It achieve that Canaletto moment, with them
:08:44. > :08:47.heaving away as they started through Albert Bridge. It was
:08:47. > :08:52.spectacular, it was a vision of humanity. All of those little boats
:08:52. > :08:57.coming towards you underneath Albert Bridge, it was sensational.
:08:57. > :09:01.It was a really exciting moment. And a real sense of pleasure that
:09:01. > :09:07.you saw when the Queen got on to the Britannia launch. She did,
:09:07. > :09:12.didn't she? There was a real sense... It is 14 years since she
:09:13. > :09:20.step at a board that basil. It was clearly an emotional moment for her
:09:20. > :09:25.as well -- since she stepped aboard that a vessel. It was all I ever
:09:25. > :09:30.wanted it to be. June, a lot of people are saying, how are they
:09:30. > :09:34.going to do this, it is going to be chaotic. You were right up in the
:09:34. > :09:38.manpower section, was it chaotic? Not to start with, everybody was in
:09:38. > :09:43.their own section, everybody was well behaved and I think excited,
:09:43. > :09:48.but also thinking, we are part of this great historic occasion. Once
:09:48. > :09:54.we got past the Queen, it was every boat for itself, basically. There
:09:54. > :09:58.was a bit of competition, wasn't there? There certainly was. We were
:09:58. > :10:04.paddling at four not so as we were supposed to be. The Maori boat came
:10:04. > :10:08.up alongside us and it was doing chanting, and we said, my goodness,
:10:08. > :10:13.we -- it is amazing. So we carried on at their speed and were paddling
:10:13. > :10:17.alongside them. And a lot of that happen. A lot of boats started
:10:17. > :10:23.catching up with Gloriana, which they weren't supposed to. We were
:10:23. > :10:28.one of those! It is the enthusiasm of paddling, you are going to go
:10:28. > :10:35.for it! For you, it was an extraordinary experience and very
:10:35. > :10:39.emotional? Yes, it was. When we found out on January 1st that we
:10:39. > :10:44.had been chosen, and we had two boats in the pageant, that was
:10:44. > :10:48.incredible. Our second boat, Lucy, was made up of international
:10:48. > :10:52.paddlers, some of whom we had never met before, which was wonderful in
:10:52. > :10:57.itself. When we got to the must appoint an but the boats on the
:10:57. > :11:06.water, and all the crowds came down, it was such an emotional experience.
:11:06. > :11:11.We thought, we haven't even started yet. Can you spot it? It is a great
:11:11. > :11:15.side. It is. That probably brings it back. I imagine it was physical
:11:15. > :11:19.and exhausting? It was. We had been doing a lot of training to be able
:11:19. > :11:24.to do that speed. What was interesting about the day for us,
:11:24. > :11:27.it was the team event. Without all our supporters who have helped us
:11:27. > :11:32.with that training over the weeks before we came, we couldn't have
:11:32. > :11:36.done it. Adrian, you spoke beforehand about wanting this to be
:11:36. > :11:42.a legacy, something people would talk about in hundreds of years. Do
:11:42. > :11:46.you think they will? I think they will. I think it kind of galvanised
:11:46. > :11:52.communities, wouldn't you say? I think that was the difference. It
:11:52. > :11:57.was a People's pageant and every boat as a story to tell and
:11:57. > :12:03.everyone had a heroic journey. To come down to London, and then to
:12:03. > :12:07.participate on the pageant itself. In the planning, you plan very
:12:07. > :12:12.meticulously, but surely, you know that when an event like this takes
:12:12. > :12:16.place, certain elements are not going to go according to plan. How
:12:16. > :12:24.much contingency was there? How much Hadji built in as a
:12:24. > :12:28.contingency plan? -- had you built in? We had many plants, from A to Z.
:12:28. > :12:31.There is always something that will surprise you and the drop in
:12:31. > :12:36.temperature surprised us. It was out of the norm for June. You can
:12:36. > :12:40.think of all sorts of things but we hadn't factored that in. It was
:12:40. > :12:44.brutal out there, really. For you, you had been on the water for hours
:12:44. > :12:48.and hours. Yes, from mustering point to getting off the boat, it
:12:48. > :12:52.was seven hours in total. People were very cold and wet. And then
:12:52. > :12:57.the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were there, standing on the spirit
:12:57. > :13:02.of Chartwell for a long time, in driving rain at points. But they
:13:02. > :13:06.were so enthusiastic. I was up there and I could hear the chit-
:13:06. > :13:10.chat that was going on and there was a real buzz. They were so
:13:10. > :13:14.excited. The emotion that was coming from the crowd, and indeed
:13:14. > :13:20.from the participants, was so warm, that I think it countered that drop
:13:20. > :13:24.in temperature. It was quite a magical event. A wonderful moment
:13:24. > :13:29.when they pass the National Theatre, the warhorse up on the top, you
:13:29. > :13:32.could see the Queen, that was a moving moment. She really did love
:13:32. > :13:42.that moment. She nudged all of those around her and said, have you
:13:42. > :13:43.
:13:43. > :13:47.seen it. It was a high point for her. With Joe we rearing. The sense
:13:47. > :13:52.of achievement, you're exhausted, cold and wet, but what is your
:13:52. > :13:56.sense of achievement looking back? For myself and other paddlers
:13:56. > :14:01.taking part, I think we have had a big learning experience being part
:14:01. > :14:05.of this pageant. Yes, it was historic and we went past the most
:14:05. > :14:10.wonderful buildings and saw them from different angles. Yes, we have
:14:10. > :14:13.made new friendships. But I think we have realised that we can do
:14:13. > :14:18.more following breast cancer. For us, we thought, we are going to be
:14:18. > :14:21.up against these athletes but we feel we're athletes now, having
:14:21. > :14:31.completed that. We have actually enjoyed every minute of it and we
:14:31. > :14:36.Let's look at more of the pageant pageant in the later stages because
:14:36. > :14:41.the weather was about to get worse, but this is blin and a bit of rain
:14:41. > :14:51.-- Britain and a bit of rain doesn't stop anyone. We are picking
:14:51. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:04.up when the Royal Barge was The Royal Barge there just going
:15:04. > :15:11.underneath Lambeth Bridge. The next target will be Westminster Bridge.
:15:11. > :15:18.There are so many churches, of course, close to the banks of the
:15:18. > :15:28.River Thames and so many bells can be heard as well as the bells that
:15:28. > :15:29.
:15:29. > :15:35.are already on the river and ahead of the Spirit of Chartwell.
:15:35. > :15:42.And there are the Commonwealth flags. I have to say the parade is,
:15:42. > :15:52.or the pageant rather is pretty much spread out. Princess Eugenie
:15:52. > :16:02.there with her father, of course. The Spirit of Chartwell with the
:16:02. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:12.Palace of Westminster in the background.
:16:12. > :16:35.
:16:35. > :16:41.Making very steady progress down The National Theatre, the Royal
:16:41. > :16:51.Festival Hall. On the top level of the Festival Hall there are best
:16:51. > :17:01.
:17:01. > :17:08.Now the National Theatre and a very special moment for The Queen. The
:17:08. > :17:18.home of that great theatrical production War Horse, which I
:17:18. > :17:24.
:17:24. > :17:34.understand The Queen is a great, There it is on top of the National
:17:34. > :17:37.
:17:37. > :17:47.Theatre. Even the horse saluting! And that moment has taken them nine
:17:47. > :17:55.
:17:55. > :18:05.months to prepare. Westminster Bridge, absolutely packed with
:18:05. > :18:13.
:18:14. > :18:19.people. So we're back to Chelsea now and the narrow boat.
:18:19. > :18:27.It is absolutely fantastic and the rain now is beginning to come down
:18:27. > :18:31.quite heavily. 43 narrow boats altogether and 20 barges. That is
:18:31. > :18:39.one of the iconic sights, not just of London, but of the whole country
:18:39. > :18:45.and some of the smallest boats in the whole pageant. Of course, these
:18:45. > :18:55.pictures are going all over the world, not just to Commonwealth
:18:55. > :19:14.
:19:14. > :19:20.1,200 tonnes each, arm if you like, or each draw bridge section of the
:19:20. > :19:29.Tower Bridge weighs. It can raised to their fullest extent of 80
:19:29. > :19:39.degrees in an amazing 60 seconds. The gentlemen who received the
:19:39. > :19:39.
:19:39. > :21:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 86 seconds
:21:06. > :21:10.Veterans and Sea Cadets on board A lot more boats to come through
:21:10. > :21:20.Tower Bridge obviously and they will all be watched eventually by
:21:20. > :21:22.
:21:22. > :21:28.The Queen. The Spirit of Chartwell has to make
:21:28. > :21:38.a tight turn to bring it up alongside HMS President, sometimes
:21:38. > :21:42.described as the stone frigate. It is located below Tower Bridge at St
:21:42. > :21:50.Katherine's Dock. But the Albert Bridge is where we start it had. It
:21:50. > :21:53.was the first bridge that the pageant had to contend with. There
:21:53. > :21:57.is the Port of London Authority diver. I suppose that's the
:21:57. > :22:02.equivalent of the clear-up van as they call it at the end of the
:22:02. > :22:10.London Marathon. The weather has deteriorated. There are still many,
:22:10. > :22:15.many boats to come past. HMS President that's where The Queen
:22:15. > :22:23.will be for a little while yet with her guests and the rest of the
:22:23. > :22:29.Royal Family. Just to the left is HMS Belfast, as another section
:22:29. > :22:39.begins to make its way through Tower Bridge. We think it is the
:22:39. > :22:42.
:22:42. > :22:51.service steam and working vessels. Another fire boat there paying
:22:51. > :23:01.tribute to The Queen. I don't suppose Power Bridge has been up
:23:01. > :23:01.
:23:01. > :23:10.this long for many, many years. -- Tower Bridge has been up this for
:23:11. > :23:14.many, many years. Goodness, the weather has deteriorated. That when
:23:14. > :23:21.you are the tallest building in Western Europe, that's one of the
:23:21. > :23:27.down sides, isn't it? But despite the rain, well we are
:23:28. > :23:31.British, we like a little bit of dampness, but I have to say one or
:23:31. > :23:41.two people are a little bit more than just being a bit damp, but
:23:41. > :23:44.
:23:44. > :23:54.they are sticking with it. The glass fronted vessel, The Symphony,
:23:54. > :23:54.
:23:54. > :27:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 86 seconds
:27:10. > :27:20.hosting the musicians from one of # Send her victorious
:27:20. > :27:20.
:27:20. > :28:00.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 86 seconds
:28:00. > :28:01.THEY SING LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY Here
:28:01. > :28:01.Here they
:28:01. > :28:02.Here they are,
:28:02. > :28:05.Here they are, at
:28:05. > :28:14.Here they are, at least some of that choir, you may not recognise
:28:14. > :28:17.When we were watching, right at the end, you did laugh? I think that's
:28:17. > :28:20.all you can do is laugh because we cried so much when we were on the
:28:21. > :28:23.boat itself. Was it possible to enjoy, despite
:28:23. > :28:29.the conditions? I think the conditions made it more enjoyable
:28:29. > :28:32.because there was a sense of team work going on and I think with the
:28:32. > :28:36.occasion, I don't think there is any other occasion that would have
:28:36. > :28:41.inspired us more to get on and do the job given the conditions other
:28:41. > :28:45.than the fact that it was such an epic day and a part of history.
:28:45. > :28:48.You were some of the stars of the show by the end. Everyone was
:28:48. > :28:53.transfixed because you kept going and going, but at the end you must
:28:53. > :28:59.have been freezing? We were freezing, yes and all our clothes
:28:59. > :29:04.had stuck to us and our mascara was down our faces and possibly the
:29:04. > :29:10.boys too and lipstick down our cheeks, we felt pride. It was
:29:10. > :29:15.amazing the comradery and we felt from the crowds and everyone had
:29:15. > :29:19.turned up on an amazing day. What was the response? When you
:29:19. > :29:27.heard the music, I couldn't believe how loud it was as the barges came
:29:27. > :29:33.along? It was incredible. As soon as we finish singing, -- finished
:29:33. > :29:37.singing the uproar, it sent goose bumps down my neck. It was
:29:37. > :29:41.incredible to see how patriotic everyone was and how supportive
:29:41. > :29:46.they were. Amy, at what point were you
:29:46. > :29:52.thinking, "This is going to turn grim in terms of the weather?" It
:29:52. > :30:02.started off nice and it seemed controlled at which point did you
:30:02. > :30:02.
:30:02. > :30:05.think "we're going to get We kind of thought we might have to
:30:06. > :30:09.sing, singing in the ring. We thought there might be a bit of a
:30:09. > :30:14.shower and we might get away with it. One of the singer said a couple
:30:14. > :30:19.of days before, you're going to get so wet. We went, no, we won't, last
:30:19. > :30:23.weekend was glorious. And sure enough, we went up and five minutes
:30:23. > :30:28.before we set sail, the heavens just opened. There was no stopping
:30:28. > :30:33.it then so we thought we had to embrace it. Oscar, you're heavily
:30:33. > :30:38.outnumbered here, you are a brave guy. Tell us about your experience.
:30:38. > :30:42.Did you enjoy it it despite it all? Coming from India it was a truly
:30:42. > :30:47.British experience for me. We admire the Queen out there. To see
:30:47. > :30:55.her was the adrenalin that took us through. She was the wipe out there,
:30:55. > :31:00.we could see her. -- she was white. What did you do afterwards, get on
:31:00. > :31:05.a drive set of clothes? I got a tablecloth for a start! Was that or
:31:05. > :31:11.you got? Yeah! I went home. People on the tube were wondering, what is
:31:11. > :31:15.this? I said, I was singing on the boat and then they recognised me.
:31:15. > :31:19.Plenty of hot showers when you got home? No, there was no hot water in
:31:20. > :31:26.my house when I arrived home side had to go to a friend's house. We
:31:26. > :31:31.got downstairs, the production team were applauding us. -- when I
:31:31. > :31:36.arrived home, so I had to go to a friend's house. They were trying to
:31:36. > :31:41.provide as much tea as possible, it was incredibly British. You were
:31:41. > :31:46.being applauded around the country, don't worry. You were a big hit in
:31:46. > :31:56.the studio. Easy for us, in the dry studio. We weren't being smug in
:31:56. > :32:02.
:32:02. > :32:05.any kind of way. Nice to see you Well, that was Sunday. Next came
:32:05. > :32:08.Monday's concert that was organised by Gary Barlow. He'd recruited some
:32:08. > :32:11.of the performers from around the Commonwealth. A BBC team followed
:32:11. > :32:19.him on his tour for a documentary, called On Her Majesty's Service,
:32:20. > :32:25.which also revealed how much he was Goose bumps happened for the first
:32:25. > :32:35.time when they started to play. Music is their lives, this is where
:32:35. > :32:35.
:32:36. > :32:41.-- this is their escape. Yeah, I love music. Music is in me. Music,
:32:41. > :32:46.everyone here loves music. Michael is a sad story. I didn't actually
:32:46. > :32:52.realise when I first went to meet them all that he was blind. I guess
:32:52. > :32:56.he has needed music more so now than ever before. I was looking
:32:56. > :33:03.around as they were playing and he was lost, he had escaped somewhere,
:33:03. > :33:07.for those few minutes. Yeah, good on him. No matter what you go
:33:07. > :33:12.through, no matter what difficulties you have, you still
:33:12. > :33:16.have to stay strong. You don't have to break down and give up on
:33:16. > :33:25.everything. You need to keep your head up and keep focusing on what
:33:25. > :33:32.you want to do. He reminded me, while, it is a language we all
:33:32. > :33:38.speak. -- wow. How much funded I have? A drum off. It was great. I
:33:38. > :33:44.loved it. I think I will remember that for the rest of my life. It
:33:44. > :33:49.was a beautiful moment. To be somewhere like this, so far removed
:33:49. > :33:59.from how and where I live, that connection of music, I am taking it
:33:59. > :33:59.
:33:59. > :34:07.home with me. Oh, yeah, well done! I think the
:34:07. > :34:13.problem is this. That is the Gary Barlow, who played such an
:34:13. > :34:16.important part in creating last night's concert. But just before
:34:16. > :34:19.the event got under way, news came through that the Duke of Edinburgh
:34:19. > :34:23.had been taken to hospital and wouldn't be attending the concert.
:34:23. > :34:26.But the word from the palace was clear - the show was to go ahead
:34:26. > :34:29.and the plans were not to change for the Diamond Jubilee Concert.
:34:29. > :34:32.turned out to be even bigger and more spectacular than the Golden
:34:32. > :34:35.Jubilee concert a decade ago. Here's something you haven't seen
:34:35. > :34:45.before. An exclusive view of how the stage and rehearsals came
:34:45. > :35:15.
:35:15. > :35:22.together over the past couple of # Hell is gone and heaven's here
:35:22. > :35:24.# I'm a burning effigy of everything I used to be
:35:24. > :35:27.# You're my rock of empathy, my dear
:35:27. > :35:32.# So come on Let me entertain you
:35:32. > :35:40.# Let me entertain you
:35:40. > :35:42.# Let me entertain you
:35:42. > :35:44.# Life's too short for you to die So grab yourself an alibi
:35:44. > :35:47.# Heaven knows your mother lied Mon cher
:35:47. > :35:52.# Separate your rights from wrongs Come and sing a different song
:35:52. > :35:56.# The kettle's on, so don't be long Mon cher
:35:56. > :36:04.# Let me entertain you
:36:04. > :36:11.# Let me entertain you
:36:11. > :36:16.# Let me entertain you
:36:16. > :36:26.HE RAPS
:36:26. > :36:28.
:36:28. > :36:38.# Let me entertain you
:36:38. > :36:42.
:36:42. > :36:49.# Let me entertain you
:36:49. > :36:59.# Let me entertain you
:36:59. > :37:28.
:37:28. > :37:36.# Come on, come on # Come on, come on
:37:36. > :37:45.# Come on, come on Come on, come on
:37:46. > :37:51.# Let me entertain you
:37:51. > :37:59.# Let me entertain you
:37:59. > :38:09.# Let me entertain you
:38:09. > :38:09.
:38:09. > :39:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 86 seconds
:39:23. > :39:33.# I remember when Rock was young # Had an old gold Chevy
:39:33. > :39:34.
:39:34. > :39:37.# Doin' a thing called # While the other kids
:39:37. > :39:41.# We were hoppin' and boppin' to the Crocodile Rock
:39:41. > :39:45.# Well, Crocodile Rocking is something shocking
:39:45. > :39:47.# When your feet just can't keep still
:39:47. > :39:52.# I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will
:39:52. > :39:55.# Oh, Lawdy, mama Those Friday nights
:39:55. > :39:57.# When Suzie wore her dresses tight
:39:57. > :40:02.# Crocodile Rocking was entirely out of sight
:40:02. > :40:08.# Come on, now
:40:08. > :40:11.# Laa, la la la la, laa
:40:11. > :40:14.# La la la la, laa
:40:14. > :40:18.# La la la la, laa
:40:18. > :40:21.# But the years went by The Rock just died
:40:21. > :40:24.# Suzie went and left us for some foreign guy
:40:24. > :40:27.# Long nights crying by the record machine
:40:27. > :40:31.# Dreaming of my Chevy and my old blue jeans
:40:31. > :40:33.# But they'll never kill the thrills we got
:40:33. > :40:35.# Burnin' up to the Crocodile Rock
:40:35. > :40:38.# Learning fast as the weeks went past
:40:38. > :40:43.# We really thought the Crocodile Rock would last
:40:43. > :40:49.# Well, Crocodile Rocking is something shocking
:40:49. > :40:50.# When your feet just can't keep still
:40:50. > :40:55.# I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will
:40:55. > :40:57.# Oh, Lawdy, mama Those Friday nights
:40:57. > :40:59.# When Suzie wore her dresses tight
:40:59. > :41:03.# Crocodile Rocking was almost out of sight
:41:03. > :41:09.# Come on, now
:41:09. > :41:11.# Laa, la la la la, laa
:41:11. > :41:14.# La la la la, laa
:41:14. > :41:22.# La la la la, laa
:41:22. > :41:24.# Laa, la la la la, laa
:41:24. > :41:27.# La la la la, laa
:41:27. > :41:34.# La la la la, laa
:41:34. > :41:38.# Laa, la la la la, laa
:41:38. > :41:40.# La la la la, laa
:41:41. > :41:46.# La la la la, laa
:41:46. > :41:49.# I remember when Rock was young Me and Suzie had so much fun
:41:49. > :41:52.# Holding hands and skimming stones
:41:52. > :41:58.# Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own
:41:58. > :42:01.# But the biggest kick I ever got
:42:01. > :42:04.# Was doin' a thing called the Crocodile Rock
:42:04. > :42:08.# While the other kids were rocking round the clock
:42:08. > :42:12.# We were hoppin' and boppin' to the Crocodile Rock
:42:12. > :42:15.# Well, Crocodile Rocking is something shocking
:42:15. > :42:18.# When your feet just can't keep still
:42:18. > :42:23.# I never knew me a better time I guess I never will
:42:23. > :42:26.# Oh, Lawdy, mama Those Friday nights
:42:26. > :42:29.# When Suzie wore those dresses tight
:42:29. > :42:39.# Crocodile Rocking was almost out of sight
:42:39. > :42:42.# Laa, la la la la, laa
:42:42. > :42:43.# La la la la, laa
:42:43. > :42:49.# La la la la, laa
:42:49. > :42:53.# Laa, la la la la, laa
:42:53. > :42:56.# La la la la, laa
:42:56. > :42:59.# La la la la, laa
:42:59. > :43:05.# Laa, la la la la, laa
:43:05. > :43:08.# La la la la, laa
:43:08. > :43:12.# La la la la, laa
:43:12. > :43:13.# La la la la, laa
:43:13. > :43:14.# Hoo, yeah. #
:43:15. > :43:24.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
:43:25. > :43:56.
:43:56. > :43:59.# Isn't she lovely
:43:59. > :44:03.# Isn't she wonderful
:44:03. > :44:08.# Isn't she special
:44:08. > :44:12.# A young 86 years old
:44:12. > :44:16.# I can't believe what God has done
:44:16. > :44:20.# Help me celebrate the Royal one
:44:20. > :44:28.# This moment is lovely Made from love
:44:28. > :44:31.# Isn't she lovely
:44:32. > :44:35.# Life and love are the same
:44:36. > :44:40.# This is a moment
:44:40. > :44:45.# I am celebrating
:44:45. > :44:51.# God look after thee
:44:51. > :44:54.# Here at the Diamond Jubilee
:44:54. > :44:57.# This moment is lovely Made with love
:44:57. > :45:07.# Isn't this lovely Filled with love. #
:45:07. > :45:29.
:45:29. > :45:36.# Isn't this lovely Filled with love. #
:45:36. > :45:46.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
:45:46. > :46:05.
:46:05. > :46:07.# I remember way back then When everything was true
:46:07. > :46:09.# And when we would have such a very good time, such a fine time
:46:09. > :46:12.# Such a happy time
:46:12. > :46:15.# And I remember how we'd play Simply waste the day away
:46:15. > :46:18.# Then we'd say nothing would come between us, two dreamers
:46:18. > :46:22.# Whoa-whoa
:46:22. > :46:25.# Our house In the middle of our street
:46:25. > :46:29.# Our house, in the middle of our
:46:29. > :46:34.# Our house, in the middle of our
:46:34. > :46:37.# Our house, in the middle of our
:46:37. > :46:42.# Father wears his Sunday best Mother's tired, she needs a rest
:46:42. > :46:45.# The kids are playing up downstairs Sister's sighing in her sleep
:46:45. > :46:52.# Brother's got a date to keep He can't hang around
:46:52. > :46:57.# Our house In the middle of our street
:46:57. > :47:01.# Our house, in the middle of our
:47:01. > :47:05.# Our house In the middle of our street
:47:05. > :47:15.# Our house, in the middle of our
:47:15. > :47:19.
:47:19. > :47:21.# Our house was our castle and our keep
:47:21. > :47:25.# Our house In the middle of our street
:47:25. > :47:30.# Our house In the middle of our street
:47:30. > :47:33.# Our house That was where we used to sleep
:47:33. > :47:35.# Our house In the middle of our street
:47:35. > :47:45.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
:47:45. > :47:49.
:47:49. > :47:52.# Desmond has a barrow in the market place
:47:52. > :47:55.# Molly is the singer in a band
:47:55. > :47:59.# Desmond says to Molly "Girl, I like your face"
:47:59. > :48:05.# And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand
:48:05. > :48:08.# Ob-la-di, ob-la-da Life goes on, brah
:48:08. > :48:13.# La-la, how the life goes on
:48:13. > :48:15.# Ob-la-di, ob-la-da Life goes on, brah
:48:15. > :48:20.# La-la, how the life goes on
:48:20. > :48:22.# Desmond takes a trolley to the jewellery store
:48:22. > :48:26.# Buys a 20-carat golden ring
:48:26. > :48:30.# Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door
:48:30. > :48:36.# And as he gives it to her she begins to sing
:48:36. > :48:39.# Ob-la-di, ob-la-da Life goes on, brah
:48:39. > :48:42.# La-la, how the life goes on
:48:42. > :48:49.# Ob-la-di, ob-la-da Life goes on, brah... #
:48:49. > :48:53.OK, now you!
:48:53. > :48:55.# Ob-la-di, ob-la-da life goes on, brah
:48:55. > :48:58.# La-la, how the life goes on
:48:58. > :49:01.# Ob-la-di, ob-la-da Life goes on, brah
:49:01. > :49:09.# La-la, how the life goes on
:49:09. > :49:11.# Ob-la-di, ob-la-da Life goes on, brah
:49:11. > :49:13.# La-la, how the life goes on
:49:13. > :49:16.# Ob-la-di, ob-la-da Life goes on, brah
:49:16. > :49:20.# La-la, how the life goes on
:49:20. > :49:29.# And if you want some fun Take ob-la-di-la-do. #
:49:29. > :49:38.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
:49:38. > :49:38.Thank
:49:38. > :49:38.Thank you
:49:38. > :49:41.Thank you very
:49:41. > :49:50.Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Her
:49:50. > :50:00.Majesty, The Queen and the Royal Highnesses, HRH The Prince of Wales
:50:00. > :50:03.
:50:03. > :50:13.and the Duchess of Cornwall. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
:50:13. > :50:19.
:50:19. > :50:29.Your Majesty, mummy... APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
:50:29. > :50:32.
:50:32. > :50:34.Thank God the weather turned out fine.
:50:34. > :50:44.LAUGHTER And the reason, of course, is
:50:44. > :50:56.
:50:56. > :50:59.because I didn't do the forecast! LAUGHTER
:50:59. > :51:01.The only sad thing about this evening is that my father couldn't
:51:01. > :51:03.be here with us because unfortunately he is taken unwell,
:51:03. > :51:13.but ladies and gentlemen, if we shout loud enough, he might just
:51:13. > :51:22.
:51:22. > :51:28.hear us in hospital and get better. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
:51:28. > :51:35.Your Majesty, a Diamond Jubilee is a unique and special event. Some of
:51:35. > :51:45.us have had the joy of celebrating three jubilees with you. And I have
:51:45. > :51:48.
:51:48. > :51:51.the medals to prove it! LAUGHTER
:51:51. > :51:59.And we are now celebrating the life and service of a very special
:51:59. > :52:04.person over the last 60 years. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
:52:04. > :52:09.So as a nation, this is our opportunity to thank you and my
:52:09. > :52:19.father for always being there for us, for inspiring us with your
:52:19. > :52:22.
:52:22. > :52:32.selfless duty and service and for making us proud to be British.
:52:32. > :52:35.
:52:35. > :52:40.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING So Your Majesty, we offer you our
:52:41. > :52:50.humble duty and with it three resounding cheers for Her Majesty,
:52:51. > :52:53.
:52:53. > :53:03.The Queen. Hip-hip Aud hooray. Hip-hip.
:53:03. > :53:03.
:53:03. > :55:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 86 seconds
:55:33. > :55:39.AUDIENCE: Hooray. Well, that stage is being
:55:39. > :55:43.dismantled behind us tonight. After two days of party, there was a
:55:43. > :55:47.Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral more unforgettable
:55:47. > :55:54.scenes around Buckingham Palace. will start at St Paul's where the
:55:54. > :55:57.Service of Thanksgiving included a piece sung by The Diamond Choir,
:55:57. > :56:02.young choirsters selected for today's occasion and performing
:56:02. > :56:06.after just a few days of rehearsal. With the crowds cheering outside
:56:06. > :56:10.and a congregation of over 2,000 people inside the cathedral, the
:56:10. > :56:20.Lord Mayor of London led The Queen into St Paul's for a service that
:56:20. > :56:21.
:56:21. > :56:31.was led by the new dean of St was led by the new dean of St
:56:31. > :56:37.
:56:37. > :56:42.Paul's Cathedral. As we come together
:56:42. > :56:45.we give thanks for the blessings bestowed by God
:56:45. > :56:49.on our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth, and we celebrate
:56:49. > :56:59.the identity and variety which our nations under her have enjoyed.
:56:59. > :57:04.
:57:04. > :57:06.We
:57:06. > :57:06.We offer
:57:07. > :57:16.We offer to
:57:17. > :57:17.
:57:17. > :57:27.We offer to Almighty God in the words Jesus taught us. Our Father,
:57:27. > :57:32.
:57:32. > :57:42.hallowed be thy name. Give us this day and our daily bread. And lead
:57:42. > :58:00.
:58:00. > :58:10.us not into temptation, but deliver # Sing to the Lord
:58:10. > :58:11.
:58:11. > :59:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 86 seconds
:59:46. > :59:50.# Him serve with fear In the Name Of the Father, the Sun
:59:50. > :59:57.and the Holy spirit, Amen. Some words from St Paul. Present your
:59:57. > :00:02.bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. There will
:00:02. > :00:12.be other occasions to remember the splendour and the drama of the
:00:12. > :00:17.Coronation. Today's Focus is What we remember is
:00:17. > :00:19.suddenly and devastatingly bereaved -
:00:19. > :00:23.a statement that she would be there for those she governed,
:00:23. > :00:28.that she was DEDICATING herself to them.
:00:28. > :00:34."Dedication" is a word that has cometo mean rather less than it used to.
:00:34. > :00:36.Those of us who belong to the same generation
:00:36. > :00:39.as Her Majesty's older children
:00:39. > :00:44.will recall a '60s song about a "dedicated follower of fashion" -
:00:44. > :00:54.as though to be "dedicated" just meant to be very enthusiastic.
:00:54. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:02.We
:01:02. > :01:03.We are
:01:03. > :01:06.We are marking
:01:06. > :01:11.We are marking one very public act of dedication, which has endured
:01:11. > :01:18.calmly, faithfully and generously through most of the adult lives of
:01:18. > :01:23.most of us here. We are marking six decades of living proof that public
:01:23. > :01:30.service is possible, and that it is a place where happiness can be
:01:30. > :01:36.found. To seek one's own good and one's own well-being in the health
:01:36. > :01:42.of the community his sacrificial a hard work. But it is this search
:01:42. > :01:47.which is truly natural to the human heart. That is why it is not a
:01:47. > :01:52.matter of tight loop duty or grudging compliance with someone
:01:52. > :01:57.else's demands -- Pied a Liptar duty. Jesus himself says, my food
:01:57. > :02:04.is to do the well of him who was sent to me. That is what is at the
:02:04. > :02:10.heart of real dedication. This year has already seen a variety of
:02:10. > :02:16.Jubilee creations and projects. But its most lasting memorial would be
:02:16. > :02:20.the rebirth of an energetic, generous spirit of dedication to
:02:20. > :02:25.the common good and the public service. The rebirth of a
:02:25. > :02:31.recognition that we live less than human lives, if we think just of
:02:31. > :02:37.our own individual good. May we be given the grace to rediscover this,
:02:37. > :02:47.as we give thanks to day for Her Majesty's 60 years of utterly
:02:47. > :02:47.
:02:47. > :04:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 86 seconds
:04:41. > :04:51.demanding yet deeply joy for # Lord of wisdom
:04:51. > :04:51.
:04:51. > :06:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 86 seconds
:06:16. > :06:19.Beautiful. We're joined now by two people who took part in the service.
:06:19. > :06:22.Brendan Soane was one of the singers in the Diamond Choir, and
:06:22. > :06:26.Will Todd wrote the music for their anthem. Brendan, 11 years old,
:06:26. > :06:29.singing in front of the Queen. An incredibly moving moment, describe
:06:29. > :06:35.incredibly moving moment, describe what it was like for you. It was
:06:35. > :06:38.amazing. I have never done anything like this before malls -- before.
:06:38. > :06:43.My friends and family will be watching me and I can't believe I
:06:44. > :06:52.did it. You're just in front of the Queen, the Royal Family there and
:06:52. > :06:56.there's a 1,000 eyes of people. huge honour. Yes. We caught a
:06:56. > :07:04.glimpse of you. You're singing with a lot of energy and enthusiasm, you
:07:04. > :07:09.clearly enjoyed it. Definitely. I like the anthem. That is a very
:07:09. > :07:13.good point to bring in Will. You must be proud. Absolutely thrilled.
:07:13. > :07:17.These guys who sang, they had only been together since the Sunday.
:07:17. > :07:22.They got together from all over the country, they met each other on
:07:22. > :07:27.Sunday afternoon. None of them knew each other. Today's later, they are
:07:27. > :07:30.singing. They are a choir. I feel like I know every single one of
:07:30. > :07:35.them, 41 of them have come from over the country, really wonderful
:07:35. > :07:41.characters. Can you remember what it was like as you were getting
:07:41. > :07:45.ready? We are very nervous? wasn't that nervous because I was
:07:45. > :07:48.singing as a choir, I was incredibly excited because it was a
:07:48. > :07:53.once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I would never be doing this again.
:07:53. > :07:58.Did you feel like you were making history in some sense? Yeah, I was
:07:58. > :08:02.part of history because soon... Not soon but in 100 years there will be
:08:02. > :08:05.looking back at the Diamond Jubilee. It is quite a challenge, when you
:08:05. > :08:09.come together, you have not been singing before. Did it work
:08:09. > :08:15.straight away, how comfortable did it feel? It was quite comfortable
:08:15. > :08:20.because I made a few friends when I started. The rehearsals were very
:08:20. > :08:24.good. They were enjoyable but quite tiring. I bet they were. There was
:08:24. > :08:28.a lot to fit in, wasn't there? There was. They had all and the
:08:28. > :08:31.song on their own before they arrive which is brilliant. But
:08:31. > :08:35.singing together -- they had all learned the song. But singing
:08:35. > :08:41.together, you have to get used to each other's voices. The sound they
:08:41. > :08:45.made, it was like one voice. Credit to Andrew car would go to put them
:08:45. > :08:48.through their paces. I was wiping away a tear, I was thrilled to have
:08:48. > :08:51.been a part of it and have the opportunity to write for a
:08:51. > :08:56.wonderful group of people. I was looking down on them before they
:08:56. > :09:02.moved into position and I was thinking, how nervous do they fear
:09:03. > :09:06.irk -- feel? As soon as they stood up, they were absolutely solid.
:09:06. > :09:11.Let's talk a bit about the inspiration for the piece itself.
:09:11. > :09:15.When you went about composing, what was the process? For me, it is
:09:15. > :09:20.always the same process. I tried to think about the building where the
:09:20. > :09:24.piece is going to be performed. I was imagining being in St Paul's
:09:24. > :09:29.Cathedral with the big Echo. With the Queen there, what is it going
:09:29. > :09:37.to be light, how can we make this moment really special and emotional.
:09:37. > :09:43.And profound? -- what is it going to be like,? Trying to go for
:09:43. > :09:50.something simple and beautiful. The rising phrase was the key to the
:09:50. > :09:54.work. There was a nice moment in the film when the note start to
:09:54. > :09:57.become soaring and they echo around the cathedral and the Prince of
:09:57. > :10:07.Wales and the Queen look up and listen attentively, it is a nice
:10:07. > :10:10.moment. It is something for you to treasure. Thank you very much.
:10:10. > :10:13.After lunch there was a traditional carriage procession to Buckingham
:10:13. > :10:17.Palace, with all the style that makes these occasions such a treat
:10:17. > :10:20.for the crowds and many millions of television viewers around the world.
:10:20. > :10:24.The Royal Family then appeared on the balcony for a flypast by the
:10:24. > :10:27.RAF and a 'feu de joie' - a volley of rifle fire from the Queen's
:10:27. > :10:37.guard. It was all yet another opportunity for the crowds to see
:10:37. > :10:38.
:10:38. > :10:48.something special and to be part of The first and second divisions of
:10:48. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:06.the Sovereign's Escort, leading the What a great view, Admiralty Arch.
:11:06. > :11:12.You can see the grand gateway to the mow -- to The Mall, as
:11:12. > :11:22.redesigned 100 years ago. The crowds around Admiralty Arch. This
:11:22. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:31.was the vision of Edward VII. He didn't live to see its completion.
:11:31. > :11:34.George V presided over the opening of this new, Imperial Avenue. And
:11:34. > :11:42.all of it, laid out as a memorial all of it, laid out as a memorial
:11:42. > :11:47.to Queen Victoria. The red plumes of the Blues and Royals, in their
:11:47. > :11:57.dark navy tunics. The Life Guards in their dazzling scarlet tunics,
:11:57. > :11:59.
:11:59. > :12:09.the third and 4th divisions of the The Royal Standard, a sense of its
:12:09. > :12:25.
:12:25. > :12:35.GOD SAVE THE QUEEN PLAYS We're joined now by the historian,
:12:35. > :12:54.
:12:54. > :13:02.And the very orderly flow of people down The Mall, managed by the
:13:02. > :13:08.police. Chris is on The Mall, let's join him. Swarms, wave after wave
:13:08. > :13:14.of happy people. We have seen scouts, Brownies, everybody make
:13:15. > :13:22.their way towards Buckingham Palace. And finally, they are here to see
:13:22. > :13:32.what they have wanted to see. The balcony shot, the wave, and they
:13:32. > :13:41.
:13:41. > :13:47.And Her Majesty the Queen leads members of the Royal Family on to
:13:47. > :13:57.the famous balcony at Buckingham Palace, and waits for the crowd.
:13:57. > :14:09.
:14:09. > :14:15.HRH The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. The Queen
:14:15. > :14:25.flanked by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. A much
:14:25. > :14:30.
:14:30. > :14:40.smaller group on the balcony than we have seen at past events.
:14:40. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:07.The squadron leader is Jamie Watson The Lancaster and four Spitfires,
:15:07. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:29.followed by a Hurricane. Flight Lieutenant Roger Nicholls.
:15:29. > :15:38.
:15:38. > :15:46.The Spitfires. The Hirican flown by Andy Milligan. The Red Arrows,
:15:46. > :15:51.spectacular, dynamic, exciting. Nine Red Arrows led by squadron
:15:51. > :15:55.leader Jim Turner. The aircraft are streaming red,
:15:55. > :15:58.height and blue over Buckingham Palace -- white and blue over
:15:58. > :16:08.Buckingham Palace. That's the fly- past and they clearly enjoyed it.
:16:08. > :16:18.The Queen certainly did. They wait for the special form of
:16:18. > :16:37.
:16:37. > :16:47.# Send her victorious # Long to reign over us
:16:47. > :16:47.
:16:47. > :18:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 86 seconds
:18:10. > :18:15.# Send her victorious Three cheers for Her Majesty, The
:18:15. > :18:19.Queen. Hip-hip.
:18:19. > :18:29.Hooray. Hip-hip. Hooray.
:18:29. > :18:33.
:18:33. > :18:37.Hip-hip. And that was the end of the balcony
:18:37. > :18:46.appearance and a formal end of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. It is
:18:46. > :18:50.a good moment for us to take stock with Dominic. We are reflecting on
:18:50. > :18:54.lots of things, not just the 60 year reign, but all the changes
:18:54. > :19:00.that have taken place over a period of 60 years in Britain. What for
:19:00. > :19:06.you stood out in the last few days. The amazing thing, it has been a
:19:06. > :19:11.mix of events, you had the river pageant and the concert and the the
:19:11. > :19:16.spectacle at Buckingham Palace and running through it all, is people's
:19:16. > :19:21.sense of patriotism. We don't have Independence Day. So this is their
:19:21. > :19:26.moment and running through, is people's deep seated and often
:19:26. > :19:30.under stated affection for The Queen. This is somebody who has
:19:30. > :19:35.dedicated herself to 60 years of public service and I think people
:19:35. > :19:39.feel grateful and they feel enormously impressed in many ways
:19:39. > :19:45.by the Queen's dedication to duty and her incredible stamina just to
:19:45. > :19:51.get through the four days. I couldn't have done it, how she did
:19:51. > :19:59.t goodness knows. Do you get a sense of any change in
:19:59. > :20:09.Britain? You do. If you look back at the coronation in 1953 or the
:20:09. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:26.Silver Jubilee, they were more high rark more high rarkle. Now you have
:20:26. > :20:29.a monarchy that is more attuned and more keen to look democratic and
:20:29. > :20:33.inclusive. In many ways, 50 years ago, you might have expected
:20:33. > :20:37.affection for the monarchy to dwindle as people became more
:20:37. > :20:41.affluent, but in many ways the romance has been rekindled and what
:20:41. > :20:43.you have seen is a kind of, you know, a confirmation, I guess, of
:20:43. > :20:48.the links between monarch and people.
:20:48. > :20:53.Dominic stay with us. I want to hold on to one thought. It is that
:20:53. > :20:55.sense of the changes of the past 60 years which was conveyed in a
:20:55. > :21:00.documentary presented by The Prince of Wales as the weekend got
:21:00. > :21:04.underway. It was his personal tribute to the Queen using some
:21:04. > :21:08.rare cine film from the Royal Family's private collection and one
:21:08. > :21:14.of the most compelling images is from 1952 taken within hours of the
:21:14. > :21:24.Queen's accession. This was in the Treetops, I think,
:21:24. > :21:25.
:21:25. > :21:32.it is called. It was a hotel in the trees, I think.
:21:32. > :21:38.Amazing, isn't it to sit above them like that. Incredible. It was that
:21:38. > :21:43.night they spent at Treetops that my grandfather died in his sleep,
:21:43. > :21:48.but of corks my parents -- of course, my parents had no idea and
:21:48. > :21:53.when they they moved on to this lovely game lodge, it took a while
:21:53. > :22:03.for the news to came through. Then, they had to pack up and fly back to
:22:03. > :22:06.
:22:06. > :22:16.London. Oh. That must be the aeroplane. I
:22:16. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:25.presume it is my father taking photographs.. I have never seen
:22:25. > :22:33.this. So these must be the first pictures taken of my mum after she
:22:33. > :22:39.knew she was Queen.. I suppose when you first set out and think about
:22:39. > :22:45.how long things might go on for, but The Queen has provided an
:22:45. > :22:50.amazing record of devotion, dedication and commitment.
:22:50. > :22:54.Devotion, dedication, and commitment. That extraordinary
:22:54. > :22:58.moment seeing that captured on film. What did you make today of the
:22:58. > :23:02.Royal Family that we saw out there on the balcony? It is interesting,
:23:02. > :23:08.isn't it, the spectacle out there was a slimmed down version of what
:23:08. > :23:13.you used to see in the 70s or 80s, they would get anybody who had been
:23:13. > :23:17.vaguely related to the Queen. What you have got now is a leaner and
:23:17. > :23:21.more effective Royal Family and the focus is very much now on the
:23:21. > :23:24.younger members. You saw in the Queen's address to the nation, the
:23:24. > :23:30.photograph behind of William and Katherine at their wedding. That's
:23:30. > :23:35.the image the monarchy is pro projecting, it is younger and more
:23:35. > :23:40.modern and more tune I suppose with the instincts and the tastes of the
:23:40. > :23:42.majority of the population than it was in 1952 when The Queen acceded
:23:43. > :23:46.to the throne. And do you think that is an
:23:46. > :23:50.approach that can succeed? Because they are trying to balance to
:23:50. > :23:53.things. Keeping the tradition, seriously promoting The Queen as
:23:53. > :23:59.someone that can bind the nation together because that's one of the
:23:59. > :24:04.most powerful themes and yet asking people to look ahead at the younger
:24:04. > :24:08.members of the Royal Family at the same time? George III was the first
:24:09. > :24:14.monarch who pulled this off. The mystique and the glamour on the one
:24:14. > :24:18.hand and the pageantry and on the other hand, "We are not like you
:24:18. > :24:24.and we are just like you at the same time. "the jubilee has been
:24:24. > :24:30.another reminder with the Royal Wedding last year, that they have
:24:30. > :24:35.relearned how do to that. How to show you that that William and Kate
:24:35. > :24:39.are like you, but at the same time they are not. Their symbols of
:24:39. > :24:47.something bigger than themselves and that is something they seem to
:24:47. > :24:51.be pulling off well off really well. Just seeing The Queen 86 years old
:24:51. > :24:55.and the Duke of Edinburgh almost 91, there they are day after day, after
:24:55. > :25:00.day, out there, braving the elements and that really brought it
:25:00. > :25:04.home, didn't it, to people the sense of duty and devotion?
:25:04. > :25:09.rain worked in two ways. It wouldn't be a British event without
:25:09. > :25:13.rain, but it did remind us that the story of the Queen's reign, the
:25:13. > :25:16.story of her career has been one of extraordinary stamina and
:25:16. > :25:20.dedication. No politician, no public figure in Britain, has been
:25:20. > :25:25.going for so long and has never put a foot wrong. Has always been so,
:25:25. > :25:29.you know, careful to say the right thing. Has always put duty first.
:25:29. > :25:36.Now I couldn't do that and I doubt many of the viewers could and the
:25:36. > :25:39.fact that the Queen has done it so impeccably, I think, is the key to
:25:39. > :25:44.the extraordinary affection that people have with her.
:25:44. > :25:54.We spent sometime today discussing Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
:25:54. > :25:57.How will people look back at this? People will see this as a moment of
:25:57. > :26:00.the affection that people have for the Royal Family. Foreigners are
:26:00. > :26:04.struck by the amazing respect that people hold the Royal Family in.
:26:04. > :26:08.Secondly, I suppose, these are very tough times we are living in. There
:26:08. > :26:12.are terrible headlines in Europe and the economy and so on and deep
:26:12. > :26:15.down most people still are, you know, they are proud to be British.
:26:15. > :26:19.They are proud of their country. They like the opportunity to
:26:19. > :26:24.celebrate it and the Royal Family provides the focus with which to do
:26:24. > :26:27.Dominic, pleasure talking to you. Thank you very much.
:26:27. > :26:31.We come to the end of a very special weekend and we will leave
:26:31. > :26:35.you with some of the sights and sounds of the Diamond Jubilee which
:26:35. > :26:39.came to a fitting conclusion when The Queen presented her own
:26:39. > :26:43.statement of thanks from Buckingham Palace. From Sophie and me and all
:26:43. > :26:53.of us on the BBC team, thank you for watching and good night.
:26:53. > :26:57.
:26:57. > :26:59.The events that I have attended It has touched me deeply to see
:27:00. > :27:02.The events that I have attended to neighbours and friends celebrating
:27:02. > :27:12.mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a But Prince Philip and I
:27:12. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:16.who have had a hand in organising these Jubilee celebrations.
:27:16. > :27:18.It has been a massive challenge,
:27:18. > :27:21.and I am sure that everyone who has enjoyed these festive occasions
:27:21. > :27:24.realises how much work has been involved.
:27:24. > :27:27.I hope that memories of all this year's happy events
:27:27. > :27:31.will brighten our lives for many years to come.
:27:31. > :27:35.I will continue to treasure and draw inspiration
:27:35. > :27:38.from the countless kindnesses shown to me
:27:38. > :27:41.in this country and throughout the Commonwealth.
:27:41. > :27:51.Thank you, all.
:27:51. > :27:57.
:27:57. > :28:00.# Sing it louder, sing it clearer Knowing everyone will hear you
:28:00. > :28:03.# Make this moment last forever
:28:03. > :28:10.# Old and young Shouting love tonight
:28:10. > :28:20.# Some words They can't be spoken, only sung
:28:20. > :28:22.
:28:22. > :28:32.# So hear a thousand voices shouting love
:28:32. > :28:38.
:28:38. > :28:42.# Just sing
:28:42. > :28:48.# Just sing