The Queen's 90th Birthday

:00:39. > :00:44.Good morning and welcome to Windsor, where we join thousands of people

:00:45. > :00:49.gathered in the streets around the castle, in the hope of catching a

:00:50. > :00:55.glimpse of Her Majesty the Queen, on this, her special day, our 90th

:00:56. > :01:02.birthday. Welcome to Windsor Castle, as we begin the celebrations - and

:01:03. > :01:06.there will be lots of them. A 90th birthday is a wonderful achievement,

:01:07. > :01:13.but when the person celebrating also happens to be the longest serving

:01:14. > :01:20.British monarch, it is surely a day worth witnessing. So we are here to

:01:21. > :01:24.join in with the celebrations. 90 years ago today, a baby princess was

:01:25. > :01:28.born in London town house, about 20 miles away from where we sit, and in

:01:29. > :01:32.truth, nobody could have imagined how the events of history would

:01:33. > :01:37.unfold, changing the course of our monarchy and the life of one little

:01:38. > :01:44.princess. We are familiar with it now, of course. But it remains the

:01:45. > :01:48.story of how a young girl would go on to become one of the most famous,

:01:49. > :01:54.even perhaps revered, women in the world. Her Majesty the Queen has two

:01:55. > :02:01.birthdays. Today is the anniversary of the day that she was born. In

:02:02. > :02:05.June, we will be back for her official birthday, with Trooping the

:02:06. > :02:09.Colour, and this year, a special picnic in the Mall. And not wanting

:02:10. > :02:15.to miss out, we are ready to have a party of our own today as well. We

:02:16. > :02:19.will be welcoming many of the Queen'sfavourites from the world of

:02:20. > :02:21.stage and screen, including our friend who you may have spotted

:02:22. > :02:26.grazing outside the studio this morning! In just under Digg

:02:27. > :02:32.according time, at about midday day, we expect that the Queen will step

:02:33. > :02:37.out of Windsor Castle, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, and we are

:02:38. > :02:42.pretty sure that we will have a cheer to be heard in every corner of

:02:43. > :02:47.Berkshire. That will be followed by the band of the Coldstream Guards.

:02:48. > :02:50.Sonali is already in a prime spot among the crowds this morning. She

:02:51. > :02:58.will tell us what is in store for these thousands of people who are

:02:59. > :03:04.here today. Yes, welcome Castle Hill. Thousands of well-wishers have

:03:05. > :03:09.gathered here, people of all ages. All wanting to which the Queen a

:03:10. > :03:16.very happy birthday on her 90th. We have got a mix of locals, royal fans

:03:17. > :03:25.from across the UK, and across the Commonwealth. And we are expecting

:03:26. > :03:29.the Queen at noon to come out in a car with the Duke of Edinburgh and

:03:30. > :03:33.to start her walkabout from here. Everybody will be hoping that Her

:03:34. > :03:41.Majesty will stop and talk to them. The Queen will then make her way

:03:42. > :03:46.down Castle Hill and along to where there is another party taking place.

:03:47. > :03:53.Chris Hollins can tell us more. Yes, a to potty. Her Majesty will be

:03:54. > :04:00.making her way along here to the Guildhall. -- a tea party. There

:04:01. > :04:05.will be dignitaries from the Royal Borough Of Windsor And Maidenhead,

:04:06. > :04:10.and also a group of people here who are not only local residents, but

:04:11. > :04:15.also people who are also about to celebrate their 90th birthday this

:04:16. > :04:22.year. And we have the champion from Great British Bake Off, who will be

:04:23. > :04:28.unveiling the Queen's birthday cake later on. The well-wishers are not

:04:29. > :04:32.gathering just in Windsor. We have caught up with a few special guests

:04:33. > :04:40.who also wanted to send their birthday greetings. Your Majesty,

:04:41. > :04:47.congratulations on 90 glorious years. Your achievements are

:04:48. > :04:50.immense. Over 64 years as our Queen. 12 prime ministers have served under

:04:51. > :04:55.you. You have been a constant in our lives through the good and bad

:04:56. > :05:03.times. You are at the very heart of our nation, and we would not have it

:05:04. > :05:08.any other way. A very, very happy birthday, ma'am. I hope that you

:05:09. > :05:13.manage to blow out all your candles in one go. I also hope that during

:05:14. > :05:18.the day you have the chance to put your feet up. And remember, you are

:05:19. > :05:23.welcome back at the Queen victory time you like. Happy birthday! Your

:05:24. > :05:30.Majesty - it is my honour to have the privilege of being able, on

:05:31. > :05:37.behalf of our nation, to wish you, ma'am, the happiest of birthdays -

:05:38. > :05:42.and many more! May it please your Majesty, we are your most loyal and

:05:43. > :05:47.devoted subjects. Serving in your Majesty's Royal Navy and Royal

:05:48. > :05:58.Marines. Our dutiful and heartfelt welcome as we mark your 90th

:05:59. > :06:02.birthday. It is going to be a happy birthday in deed. We have welcomed

:06:03. > :06:08.into our little bandstand here some special guests now. Thank you all

:06:09. > :06:12.for coming. It is a special day, Gyles Brandreth. It is clear that

:06:13. > :06:16.there is huge interest. Why is it important? It is a privilege to be

:06:17. > :06:21.here today. These people have turned up because this is living history.

:06:22. > :06:24.Windsor Castle is the perfect place for it. This castle was founded by

:06:25. > :06:28.William the Conqueror more than 1000 years ago. The way it looks now,

:06:29. > :06:34.castellated, that was done during the time of George III and George

:06:35. > :06:39.IV, turning it into this fairy tale castle. It is a mixture of heritage

:06:40. > :06:42.and fairy tale. People have come because they know they are taking

:06:43. > :06:48.part in a pageant which has continued for more than 1000 years.

:06:49. > :06:50.And it will go on. The royal stamps issued for the Queen's Birthday

:06:51. > :06:56.feature her three successors, God willing. And during the war, the

:06:57. > :07:00.Queen lived here during the war, and that is why it is a special to her.

:07:01. > :07:08.But her nanny said it was a Games, not a home. The Queen begs to differ

:07:09. > :07:15.- her, it is a Games fortress and home. When the Queen became engaged

:07:16. > :07:21.to the Duke of Edinburgh he came to stay here. He was being shown

:07:22. > :07:26.around, he was Prince Edward of Greece at the time. He was being

:07:27. > :07:29.shown around and he said, please, I do know, my mother was born here!

:07:30. > :07:36.Clearly you are a fount of all knowledge! Dame Joan Collins,

:07:37. > :07:39.welcome. You are looking splendid, as undoubtedly will be the Queen

:07:40. > :07:46.herself as well. What is it particularly which calls you to

:07:47. > :07:53.Windsor to celebrate this day? I am a huge admirer of the Queen. I have

:07:54. > :07:58.been since I was a young girl, since she got married to Prince Philip. I

:07:59. > :08:04.have a huge scrap of everything. I cut out everything from the

:08:05. > :08:08.newspapers and magazines. The dress, her tiara, everything about it. I

:08:09. > :08:13.was completely fascinated by her, and everybody at school had a crush

:08:14. > :08:17.on him, Prince Philip, because he was like a Greek God. To say that

:08:18. > :08:22.she is the longest lasting monitor that we have Etihad, but I think any

:08:23. > :08:24.other country has ever had as well. And I

:08:25. > :08:28.other country has ever had as well. countries are really quite jealous

:08:29. > :08:31.of the fact that we have such a marvellous Queen. I think it is

:08:32. > :08:37.fantastic that she has become 90, and I would like to say that 90 is

:08:38. > :08:40.the new 70! You heard it here first! Sebastian Coe, there have been many

:08:41. > :08:44.interesting, magnificent and significant moments throughout the

:08:45. > :08:45.interesting, magnificent and Queen is 90 years, but you, as

:08:46. > :08:48.interesting, magnificent and somebody who headed up the bid for

:08:49. > :08:53.2012, were the more recent and extraordinary

:08:54. > :09:06.ones - Good evening, Mr Bond. Good evening,

:09:07. > :09:48.your Majesty. It doesn't matter how many times you

:09:49. > :09:55.see that, you still think, crikey, it is the Queen! Just explain to us

:09:56. > :09:57.see that, you still think, crikey, how it came about? You're absolutely

:09:58. > :10:01.right. The whole stadium and everybody at home just thought,

:10:02. > :10:06.well, it is an impersonator! And then everybody just went, oh, my

:10:07. > :10:16.god! Particularly when she came down in the parachute!

:10:17. > :10:16.god! Particularly when she came down question about that. You did feel

:10:17. > :10:18.the globe slightly wobbling, the question about that. You did feel

:10:19. > :10:24.he walked in and said, the two question about that. You did feel

:10:25. > :10:30.this order, are Her Majesty the Queen and James Bond. I sort of

:10:31. > :10:33.accepted that proposition. And he said - and we're going to get them

:10:34. > :10:38.to jump out of a helicopter together. You did feel the globe

:10:39. > :10:43.slightly wobbling at that point! But the funniest moment, which people do

:10:44. > :10:46.not always realise, is that actually only the Princess Royal, within the

:10:47. > :10:56.household, actually knew what was about to happen. I sat in front of

:10:57. > :11:00.Prince William and Prince Harry during the ceremony, and as she

:11:01. > :11:09.jumped from the helicopter, Harry screamed out, go, granny! That is

:11:10. > :11:13.something, there is an element today, of course it is a moment of

:11:14. > :11:17.importance for Britain, but actually, for somebody to reach 90

:11:18. > :11:21.is a moment when surely they should be celebrating? And

:11:22. > :11:26.is a moment when surely they should family around them. This evening,

:11:27. > :11:30.Prince Charles is hosting a party here in the castle for the entire

:11:31. > :11:34.extended Royal Family. There will be entertainment. People often think

:11:35. > :11:39.how curious it is that the Queen built this wonderful place on the

:11:40. > :11:43.flight path to Heathrow. But she has got a wry sense of humour, and if

:11:44. > :11:47.you are in the Palace, which is the oldest inhabited palace in Europe...

:11:48. > :11:52.Here we go! If you are having lunch with her, she hears an aeroplane

:11:53. > :11:57.going over, she can tell you what the aeroplane is, without even

:11:58. > :12:02.looking up. Sebastian Coe, you yourself, a former MP, like Gyles

:12:03. > :12:06.Brandreth, it is when we see the personal and the state coming

:12:07. > :12:11.together - that is one of the most significant things about our Queen?

:12:12. > :12:16.Yes, and it is an extraordinary person. I am 60 this year, I do not

:12:17. > :12:21.ever remember a time when... It is the new 40! It is, I keep telling

:12:22. > :12:29.myself! I cannot remember a time when she has not been the Queen. So

:12:30. > :12:33.the issue, actually, is about the way she is just committed to what

:12:34. > :12:38.she does, and her interest in people, which we saw time and time

:12:39. > :12:43.again, especially around the Games. We will be speaking to each of you

:12:44. > :12:46.again during the morning. Of course the focus is on the celebrations

:12:47. > :12:52.which will be taking place here in Windsor today. We are all here to

:12:53. > :12:58.celebrate, it really has been 90 glorious years. Here is a little

:12:59. > :13:11.reminder of what you truly remarkable life it has been.

:13:12. > :13:16.NEWSREEL: Princess Elizabeth celebrates her 16th birthday by

:13:17. > :13:23.inspecting the Grenadier Guards at Windsor Castle. I declare before you

:13:24. > :13:27.all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted

:13:28. > :13:32.to your service and to the service of our great imperial family, to

:13:33. > :13:39.which we all belong. The King attends a luncheon in honour of

:13:40. > :13:41.visiting states people. By coincidence, it is held on Princess

:13:42. > :13:59.Elizabeth's 21st birthday. A happy occasion. With the eldest

:14:00. > :14:01.children home from school, father back from his travels and the family

:14:02. > :14:08.together again to celebrate mother's birthday. The day happily coincided

:14:09. > :14:14.with the State Opening of Parliament. My government will

:14:15. > :14:17.continue to work for peace and security in all parts of the world,

:14:18. > :14:26.through support for the United Nations. The Royal Standard, flying

:14:27. > :14:31.high, indicating that Her Majesty the Queen is in residence. The Royal

:14:32. > :14:40.Family is there to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 50th birthday. The Queen

:14:41. > :14:45.celebrated her 60th birthday, a day when Pomp and pageantry gave way to

:14:46. > :14:47.the ordinary people. Members of the Royal Family are holding a private

:14:48. > :14:54.party for the Queen tonight to celebrate her 70th birthday. As one

:14:55. > :15:00.gets older, birthdays seem to come round quicker. They are therefore

:15:01. > :15:07.less obviously excuses for wider celebration than personal moments.

:15:08. > :15:14.As Groucho Marx once said, anyone can get old - all you have to do is

:15:15. > :15:22.to live long enough. Today is the Queen's 85th birthday. That Diamond

:15:23. > :15:30.Jubilee, celebrating 60 years on the throne, is now within sight.

:15:31. > :15:40.Remarkable. Sebastian Kehl is still with me and we have been joined by

:15:41. > :15:43.historian Robert Lacey. Welcome. I mentioned in the introduction, of

:15:44. > :15:48.course we all know that she was not born to be Queen and yet she found

:15:49. > :15:51.herself in that position. Just remember, just remind us of the

:15:52. > :15:57.historical circumstances that meant this was the young woman who would

:15:58. > :16:02.become Queen. She was born in 1926, obviously, in London, to the then

:16:03. > :16:06.Duke of York. Then, as now, the Duke of York is the title given to the

:16:07. > :16:10.second son. So nobody thought she was going to be Queen. We know that

:16:11. > :16:17.for a fact because Queen Victoria said anybody who is likely to go in

:16:18. > :16:23.line hast to it called Victoria or Albert in their name, she hasn't got

:16:24. > :16:25.Victoria in her name. It was only the now-defunct daily sketch that

:16:26. > :16:32.said there's a chance this girl might be Queen. Nobody else took it

:16:33. > :16:37.seriously. And they were living as a happy come new, young family in the

:16:38. > :16:43.centre of Mayfair, that indeed was where she was born. Bruton Street

:16:44. > :16:53.was where her grandparents lived. They then moved to 147 pick a -- 147

:16:54. > :16:57.Piccadilly where the Hard Rock Cafe now is. She used to look out through

:16:58. > :17:01.her window across to Buckingham Palace and waved to her grandfather

:17:02. > :17:11.George V, whom she called grandpa par England. And charmed by this

:17:12. > :17:16.footage. I think this is from 1931. This is the young princess. Look at

:17:17. > :17:21.her, having a good look round. She was bridesmaid, I think, on that

:17:22. > :17:27.day. And at what point, what was happening in the young princess's

:17:28. > :17:30.life? That was the marriage of Lady May Cambridge, one of the lesser

:17:31. > :17:34.members of the Royal family who played a bigger role in those days

:17:35. > :17:38.than they do now. It was just after the birth of Princess Margaret.

:17:39. > :17:42.There had been hoped that maybe Margaret might be a boy. They

:17:43. > :17:46.weren't altogether happy, they'd come to see that the future King,

:17:47. > :17:53.Edward BA, David as they called then, wasn't quite the thing. Mrs

:17:54. > :17:57.Simpson hadn't quite appeared yet but already there was anxiety that

:17:58. > :18:02.he would do his stuff and maybe this Duke of York and his family would

:18:03. > :18:06.matter. And what are we going to do with two girls? They actually had an

:18:07. > :18:13.enquiry, maybe we will have a joint Queen ship. Because everything in

:18:14. > :18:17.those days was up for grabs. 1926, 1930, it's only a dozen years since

:18:18. > :18:22.the Russians, the Germans, the Austrians have all been wiped out.

:18:23. > :18:27.We've been reinvented as the house of Windsor. Pretty dangerous times.

:18:28. > :18:34.Sebastien Turgot on, one of the features, people talk about the

:18:35. > :18:39.young Queen, she said she would be devoted to your service. The idea of

:18:40. > :18:43.service is the remarkable feature that shines through, this is a woman

:18:44. > :18:47.who promised to devote herself to her nation and Commonwealth and

:18:48. > :18:54.goodness knows she has done it. And done it with such a personal touch.

:18:55. > :18:58.The family commitment to sport is extraordinary. I currently chair the

:18:59. > :19:03.British Olympic Association. We've had parents and grandparents and

:19:04. > :19:07.members of the Royal household who have been our presidents and patrons

:19:08. > :19:10.for years and years and a commitment to sport is an extraordinary one,

:19:11. > :19:17.and in large part was very, very helpful. Buckingham Palace hosted

:19:18. > :19:23.the evaluation visit of the IOC, and although experts, on a Friday night,

:19:24. > :19:28.which is unheard of, very unusual to be able to do that at Buckingham

:19:29. > :19:32.Palace on a Friday night anyway. In a large part that helped nudge is a

:19:33. > :19:36.crossed the line. It has been very interesting today to see the very

:19:37. > :19:40.different cross-section of people that have streamed out of the

:19:41. > :19:45.station and here onto the streets. That appeal across the world is a

:19:46. > :19:51.tangible thing. Yes it is. And it is genuinely global. We had a laugh a

:19:52. > :19:56.few moments ago about the Olympic footage, but that is still one of

:19:57. > :20:02.the most popularly asked for pieces of film anyway. Thank you. Now let's

:20:03. > :20:05.find Sonali Shah, she's out in the crowds. She is joined by somebody

:20:06. > :20:08.else who I think crowds. She is joined by somebody

:20:09. > :20:12.their very special day. I am with three generations of the

:20:13. > :20:20.Osbourne family. Baby Jock I am with three generations of the

:20:21. > :20:24.celebrating his first birthday. Dad Simon, when did you realise your son

:20:25. > :20:29.shared a birthday with Her Majesty? About two hours after he was born.

:20:30. > :20:33.It's the sort of thing I just know, I don't know why. I know the Queen

:20:34. > :20:40.was born on the 21st of April and it stuck in my mind. Is that why you

:20:41. > :20:45.went with a royal main? Yes, years called John officially. Simon's

:20:46. > :20:53.family have a tradition where first sons begin with the J. A very nice

:20:54. > :20:58.name. Grandparents, you have come all the way from Perth in Scotland,

:20:59. > :21:03.what does the Queen mean to you? The Queen means a huge amount. She is a

:21:04. > :21:07.wonderful, constant force. So much has happened in the last 60 years

:21:08. > :21:11.and she has always been there. Very special to be here on a day like

:21:12. > :21:16.this. And a special weekend, you still have to celebrate Jock's

:21:17. > :21:19.birthday. Yes, we will go to the park tomorrow with some friends and

:21:20. > :21:26.hopefully the weather will be nice for a knick-knack, roll around in

:21:27. > :21:32.the sun, hopefully. We've got to point out the family tartan, and a

:21:33. > :21:39.lovely sporran. And these shoes, very prints George-esque. And maybe

:21:40. > :21:43.we could set him up with Princess very prints George-esque. And maybe

:21:44. > :21:52.Charlotte, what do you think? Wait and see. Well, have a lovely day.

:21:53. > :21:58.Thanks. STUDIO: Jock, you wear your tiny kilt well. Now to a group of 90

:21:59. > :22:02.or old. Everybody at the Guildhall party celebrates their 90th birthday

:22:03. > :22:05.this year. They have come together to share their anniversaries with

:22:06. > :22:10.each other and later they will be meeting the Queen, many for the

:22:11. > :22:14.first time. Three of the guests, Albert, Rupert and Peggy, met to

:22:15. > :22:19.reminisce about their 90 years and share their memories of the Queen.

:22:20. > :22:29.So, you are 90, like the Queen. That's right. And you are 90? On

:22:30. > :22:30.March 21, I am just one month older than the Queen. Welcomer you do all

:22:31. > :22:41.right. I've recognised fairly on that we

:22:42. > :22:45.were the same age, growing up at same time. I feel somehow or other

:22:46. > :22:50.most of the important times in my life has been sort of parallel to

:22:51. > :22:54.the Queen. Obviously when I was born and then growing up and then I got

:22:55. > :22:59.married the year before they did. And my son was born six weeks before

:23:00. > :23:07.Prince Charles, so that's a bit of a coincidence as well. Occasionally I

:23:08. > :23:15.have had people say to me I look like the Queen. I remember I was in

:23:16. > :23:20.Wales, and this is a lot of years ago, and a lady came up to me there

:23:21. > :23:26.and said if I didn't know the Queen was in Canada, I'd think you were

:23:27. > :23:31.there. I thought I might become a lookalike. You never know, do you?

:23:32. > :23:38.Is your cake nice? Very nice. Have you met the Queen? Unfortunately I

:23:39. > :23:43.haven't had that honour. But I have been as close to her as I am to Ruby

:23:44. > :23:49.now. I saw her, we were coming past, we had a little Morris Minor, and

:23:50. > :23:59.the police stopped us, one policeman stopped us. She came by, the Queen,

:24:00. > :24:06.on a horse. Joan and me waved to her and she waved back, which I thought

:24:07. > :24:14.was fantastic. Then she rode on. All on her own. Just the one policeman.

:24:15. > :24:18.It's unbelievable. She takes everything in her stride, doesn't

:24:19. > :24:23.she? She's been a remarkable lady. Been there through all of that 90

:24:24. > :24:26.years. We've grown up with her, haven't we? That's right. She's got

:24:27. > :24:38.a bit more cash than we've got! haven't we? That's right. She's got

:24:39. > :24:44.be fair, there's not too many people reach 90 and as able as the Queen

:24:45. > :24:48.is. I know what aches and pains she gets. Because you wake up in the

:24:49. > :24:55.morning, you don't know where the aches will be. But she doesn't seem

:24:56. > :25:01.to have many days off work, does she? She certainly fit mentally and

:25:02. > :25:04.physically, isn't she? She obviously has to meet people, read papers of

:25:05. > :25:12.state or the time and various other things. Glasses, she just seems to

:25:13. > :25:16.wear them like I do, for reading. Think she's got all of her own

:25:17. > :25:20.teeth, but I've got most of mine. I think she has, because I've never

:25:21. > :25:25.seen her with false teeth, but then I've never been close enough to

:25:26. > :25:30.look. There'll never be another one like her. No, we won't see that

:25:31. > :25:34.again. She's good. When I see her standing at parades and things, I

:25:35. > :25:41.think I couldn't stand there like that. And she doesn't have anybody

:25:42. > :25:47.to take her up and down steps. I go up and down steps and I'm looking

:25:48. > :25:52.for a rail to help myself down! I think she's a wonderful woman.

:25:53. > :26:02.Doesn't matter what anybody says. They can't run her down. Not to me.

:26:03. > :26:07.Let's drink a toast to the Queen. To the Queen. Here's to the Queen. May

:26:08. > :26:15.she reigned for a long time. This food is not bad. Albert, Peggy and

:26:16. > :26:21.Ruby are with us this morning. Since we made that film, Albert, we've had

:26:22. > :26:26.some exciting news? We have. She's a lovely person, I loved to be with

:26:27. > :26:32.her, and we are going to be talking to her, which is great. You now are

:26:33. > :26:39.going to meet her? We are now going to meet her, which is great, looking

:26:40. > :26:43.forward to it an awful lot. What a fabulous honour, really. None of

:26:44. > :26:48.you, I know, have met the Queen before. What would it mean to meet

:26:49. > :26:53.Her Majesty? It's a great honour, Chris. I really think it's an

:26:54. > :26:58.honour. I shall remember all of the rest of what I've got left in my

:26:59. > :27:06.life. I think she fantastic, absolutely fantastic. She makes you

:27:07. > :27:11.want to stay young. If she can do it, we can do it! Ruby, I know you

:27:12. > :27:15.are very excited about her. We are trying to understand the royal

:27:16. > :27:19.etiquette. Do you know if she knows anything about you? I think that

:27:20. > :27:28.somebody has said something about... I have asked some questions about

:27:29. > :27:32.things that I have done. It's going to be sort of a weird and a

:27:33. > :27:35.wonderful experience, because your lives have been travelling along,

:27:36. > :27:41.alongside each other, you feel there is a bond? Yes. I think most of the

:27:42. > :27:46.important events in our lives have been sort of parallel. I was born

:27:47. > :27:53.just before she was, my son was born just before Prince Charles. And I

:27:54. > :27:57.got married just before she did. So it's quite amazing. I hope you have

:27:58. > :28:03.a wonderful time. I know you are trying to get into a bit of racing

:28:04. > :28:07.with her. You are very privileged. Please tell us a little bit later on

:28:08. > :28:11.what she actually says to you and how you get on. No cuddling, Albert!

:28:12. > :28:22.No kissing either. STUDIO: Albert, what ever you do,

:28:23. > :28:27.don't ask her if she's got all her own teeth, I think that would breach

:28:28. > :28:31.royal protocol. Dame Joan Collins is here, Katherine Jenkins has joined

:28:32. > :28:37.us, and June Brown, the actress from EastEnders. We were hearing from

:28:38. > :28:40.Chris about meeting the Queen, and of course when you meet the Queen,

:28:41. > :28:45.there is only one Queen and the nerves tend to get to some people. I

:28:46. > :28:49.know she is somebody you have met on a few occasions. You are a performer

:28:50. > :28:53.so you are used to dealing with nerves, what is it like when you

:28:54. > :28:57.know you will be introduced to Her Majesty? Whenever you do a

:28:58. > :29:02.performance at the Royal variety show, they line up all the artists,

:29:03. > :29:07.you get to say a few words with Her Majesty, which is a really exciting

:29:08. > :29:11.moment. I was invited to have lunch at King Palace a few years ago,

:29:12. > :29:16.which was such a wonderful invitation to receive -- at

:29:17. > :29:21.Buckingham Palace. In that situation I was very nervous, how would I cope

:29:22. > :29:25.with my table manners? Would they be up to par? Actually it was a

:29:26. > :29:29.wonderful experience. I had an amazing time. I found that Her

:29:30. > :29:35.Majesty helped me, she was very kind and generous in showing me, in a

:29:36. > :29:40.same situation, when I did not know what I would do. In what respect?

:29:41. > :29:46.So, they brought up late to the table with a piece of gauze and a

:29:47. > :29:50.very large oversized finger bowl, I did not know what to do with it. I

:29:51. > :29:55.was having a bit of a panic. They brought a tray of fruit. I think I

:29:56. > :29:59.took a peach or nectarine, held it in my hand and I was waiting for

:30:00. > :30:04.somebody. I really feel like she sensed my anxiety, caught my eye,

:30:05. > :30:09.and showed me that I needed to wash the piece of fruit and try it with

:30:10. > :30:14.the gauze underneath the bold. I was very thankful for the way she did

:30:15. > :30:18.that in such a nice way. Dame Joan Collins, I've spoken to lots of

:30:19. > :30:21.people who had the opportunity to speak to the Queen, they always say

:30:22. > :30:25.her attention to detail is extraordinary, and we have some

:30:26. > :30:28.great photographs of you from out the years, from your personal

:30:29. > :30:33.archive, of you meeting the Queen. What was the first time?

:30:34. > :30:42.I think the first time was the opening of a movie called Dr

:30:43. > :30:48.Dolittle. That was in the 1960s. Shortly afterwards, there was the

:30:49. > :30:53.Variety performance. And the most nerve-wracking occasion for me was

:30:54. > :30:59.the Royal Albert Hall, when I had to be on stage, reciting the John

:31:00. > :31:04.Lennon poem Imagine with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and that was

:31:05. > :31:08.totally, totally terrifying. To be in the Royal Albert Hall in front of

:31:09. > :31:13.the Queen and Prince Philip, and then I met her afterwards with my

:31:14. > :31:18.young daughter Katie. And then the last time was at Buckingham Palace,

:31:19. > :31:28.which I think was about a year and a half ago. It was for Rada, and

:31:29. > :31:32.afterwards, the students performed some of Pygmalion. Afterwards, when

:31:33. > :31:36.I was chatting with the Queen, she knew all about Bernard Shore, she

:31:37. > :31:40.knew all about Pygmalion, she knew all about Rada, she seems to know

:31:41. > :31:49.everything that she is... So well-informed! And so charming. June

:31:50. > :31:53.Brown, thank you very much well-informed! And so charming. June

:31:54. > :31:58.joining us. The first thing you did today was to come here and wave your

:31:59. > :32:04.flag. You are personally a fan of the Queen? Well, to say I have known

:32:05. > :32:06.her all my life sounds ridiculous, because I haven't. But we are of an

:32:07. > :32:18.age. I am ten months younger because I haven't. But we are of an

:32:19. > :32:29.afternoon, to watch The Crazy Gang or something - and she was on the

:32:30. > :32:33.newsreels. We would have one line of dialogue, I would walk along, rather

:32:34. > :32:40.prim, and I would say, come along, Margaret, don't lag behind! And I

:32:41. > :32:46.have met her several times. Actually, that was in the later

:32:47. > :32:47.times. But in the early days, I actually sat out overnight at the

:32:48. > :32:56.coronation. I sat in The underneath something for shelter,

:32:57. > :33:01.because it was raining. It underneath something for shelter,

:33:02. > :33:06.lovely. So you sat out? I sat out all night. I was supposed to be in

:33:07. > :33:11.the theatre rehearsing a play. wish those planes would go away! We

:33:12. > :33:17.used to call them little wish those planes would go away! We

:33:18. > :33:20.then. It was the Irving theatre. So you missed the rehearsal? Yes, they

:33:21. > :33:22.came looking for me in The Mall, but they could not find me because I was

:33:23. > :33:29.up near the Palace. It in the night, by the way, because

:33:30. > :33:33.Everest was newspapers came and there were

:33:34. > :33:35.cheers, and it was raining, and in the morning,

:33:36. > :33:45.cheers, and it was raining, and in And then the rain stopped. One after

:33:46. > :33:48.cheers, and it was raining, and in another, the grey capes and the

:33:49. > :33:54.tunics came off. And then the coronation started. I have got to

:33:55. > :33:58.show up, haven't I?! We will have to wait for another moment, but that

:33:59. > :34:01.snapshot was fascinating. Thank you very much for that. I have got

:34:02. > :34:05.another story, but never mind. Maybe later! We can go back now to Sonali

:34:06. > :34:09.another story, but never mind. Maybe Shah, who this time I

:34:10. > :34:09.another story, but never mind. Maybe joined by members of the Cubs

:34:10. > :34:15.another story, but never mind. Maybe the Boy Scouts. I am indeed. I am

:34:16. > :34:17.with a group of Berkshire Scouts. It is not just the Queen acre

:34:18. > :34:23.celebrating a big is not just the Queen acre

:34:24. > :34:30.year. The Cub Scouts are 100. Yesterday's you got a special

:34:31. > :34:34.present from the Queen? Yes, because of the occasion, the Queen sent us a

:34:35. > :34:38.letter during her birthday week. It is a great honour to receive

:34:39. > :34:44.something. That she has taken time out of her birthday to give us a

:34:45. > :34:47.letter. How special was it to receive this letter in the week of

:34:48. > :34:50.the Queen's Birthday? It was extremely special and it was a great

:34:51. > :34:55.honour. What does it mean to be here with these huge crowds to wish the

:34:56. > :35:01.Queen a happy birthday, what does she mean to you? She is the ruling

:35:02. > :35:06.monarch and she has been here for so long now. I just think that she is

:35:07. > :35:10.able to make the world a better place. And that is what she said as

:35:11. > :35:13.a child in her first radio broadcast, that she thought children

:35:14. > :35:20.could make the world a better place. What is like having the Queen as a

:35:21. > :35:24.patron? It is a great inspiration as she helps the community in so many

:35:25. > :35:28.ways. And us as Scouts are able to do that as well so he the biggest

:35:29. > :35:33.role models we could have as our patron. Lovely to lovely to talk to

:35:34. > :35:39.you all. I hope she stops and talks to you. Happy birthday! Everybody of

:35:40. > :35:42.course wants to pay their personal tribute to Her Majesty today. We

:35:43. > :35:47.caught up with some other special guests.

:35:48. > :35:54.Your Majesty, thank you for the years of commitment, service and

:35:55. > :35:59.dedication to our country. And of course, for my damehood. Happy

:36:00. > :36:03.birthday, ma'am. Happy birthday, I hope you have a magical day. We are

:36:04. > :36:08.so proud and lucky to have you. Happy birthday. Your Majesty, you

:36:09. > :36:13.have done couple incredible job over so many years, and you are an

:36:14. > :36:20.inspiration to us all. I hope you have a truly wonderful birthday.

:36:21. > :36:27.Your Majesty - on behalf of the Royal Air Force and 135 Combined

:36:28. > :36:31.Expeditionary Air Wing, I would like to wish you a very happy birthday.

:36:32. > :36:40.Happy birthday, Your Majesty, from everybody here. Good evening, Mr

:36:41. > :36:49.Bond. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday,

:36:50. > :36:57.Your Majesty. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, ma'am.

:36:58. > :37:07.That was definitely James Bond, not Daniel Craig! Definitely James Bond!

:37:08. > :37:10.We welcome Stephen Doyle, Diana quick, and Gyles Brandreth again.

:37:11. > :37:16.Let's talk for a moment about performance. -- Steven Donnelly. An

:37:17. > :37:21.important part of royalty is that they are seen to be royal. You have

:37:22. > :37:26.directed actresses who have tried to capture the Queen on stage, most

:37:27. > :37:30.memorably, for me, Dame Helen Mirren, with Kristin Scott Thomas.

:37:31. > :37:37.When you are directing, what are you saying to them? Well, it is very

:37:38. > :37:40.hard. As Peter Morgan says, she is the most visible, invisible woman in

:37:41. > :37:47.the world. We think we know her, but we don't. She maintains this enigma,

:37:48. > :37:52.quite appropriately. Diana will talk about this herself. You have to

:37:53. > :37:58.project your own feelings about her. She will never tell you who she is,

:37:59. > :38:01.you have to invent, if you like. And so any portrayal has to be an

:38:02. > :38:06.imaginative version of who that person might be. And also, the

:38:07. > :38:13.portrayal of the Queen on stage and in cinema has a long and illustrious

:38:14. > :38:21.history? Yes, but only in recent years, really. It was Prunella

:38:22. > :38:25.Scales in 1988, which caused a scandal, because portraying a living

:38:26. > :38:30.monarch is a recent trend, if you like. It was not really allowed

:38:31. > :38:34.before Prunella Scales did it at the National Theatre. Diana, you have

:38:35. > :38:41.done it on two specific occasions, first portraying her in her

:38:42. > :38:46.mid-30s...? I did the play where she meets Blunt in the gallery at

:38:47. > :38:50.Buckingham Palace, which is the bit which Stephen was talking about. And

:38:51. > :38:54.then I played her when she was wrestling with the question of

:38:55. > :39:00.whether to allow Charles and Camilla to be publicly acknowledged. That

:39:01. > :39:04.was in the Channel 4 drama. Yes. And so, given that so much of what we do

:39:05. > :39:08.is to project onto her, because little is actually known of her

:39:09. > :39:14.personality, how did you begin to construct the way you would play her

:39:15. > :39:20.on stage? Well, I had a great deal of help, from movement people and

:39:21. > :39:24.dialect coaches. Because the Queen has changed of course, it has become

:39:25. > :39:30.much more democratised, so there is that to consider. But also I was

:39:31. > :39:36.astonished to learn that as a child, the little royal princesses had

:39:37. > :39:39.ballet to teach them how to move and sit and turn in public, to do it in

:39:40. > :39:44.the most graceful way. And of course, one just assumes that the

:39:45. > :39:49.Queen has very good posture and so on and a great Pacitti for serenity,

:39:50. > :39:56.but all of that is a sort of iron discipline, it is learned. , so one

:39:57. > :40:01.starts with the external is and then tries to imaginatively create the

:40:02. > :40:05.humanity. I washed a great deal of footage of her, and one thing which

:40:06. > :40:08.really helped was seeing some footage of her at Balmoral with her

:40:09. > :40:13.gun dogs, taking them out, and watching her favourite dog be sent

:40:14. > :40:18.in pursuit of a bird that had fallen. And her absolute intensity

:40:19. > :40:23.and focus and unself-consciousness. And when the dog had retrieved the

:40:24. > :40:27.bird and brought it back, she stopped and petted it and everybody

:40:28. > :40:31.applauded it. And the Queen looked up and was for a moment very, very

:40:32. > :40:36.self-conscious, and said, if one had known one was being observed, one

:40:37. > :40:43.would not have done it. The sound in the background is the Coldstream

:40:44. > :40:45.Guards, who are going to be playing throughout the morning. And we are

:40:46. > :40:50.contending with the planes overhead as well. This element of

:40:51. > :40:55.performance, Gyles Brandreth? She is not a performer, but I think she can

:40:56. > :41:00.perform. She is a good mimic, she can sing, she can even sing the

:41:01. > :41:04.songs of George Formby, she is a George Formby enthusiast. But that

:41:05. > :41:08.she does in private. She is not at all self-conscious, she does not see

:41:09. > :41:12.herself as a performer or as a personality. Driven by duty,

:41:13. > :41:16.sustained by faith, she is the Queen. When she comes out today, she

:41:17. > :41:19.will not play to the cameras for one moment - she will be in the moment

:41:20. > :41:26.with the people that she meets. She loves mimicry. She does, but not as

:41:27. > :41:30.you, she does not do impressions! But she can tell a story and then

:41:31. > :41:34.she will relive the moment. One great thing you did with Alan

:41:35. > :41:40.Bennett's script, it was so witty... And she is very sparky in it. She

:41:41. > :41:44.never goes to see these plays in which she appears. Prince Charles

:41:45. > :41:48.went to see a play about Nell Gwyn the other day. The Queen would never

:41:49. > :41:53.dream of doing something like that. She is not interested in herself.

:41:54. > :42:00.She is outward looking. With a great sense of humour, which sometimes we

:42:01. > :42:05.do not appropriate. -- we do not appreciate. The Palace actually went

:42:06. > :42:11.to the Queen, for that thing with the picks, and she kept it a secret,

:42:12. > :42:14.I think as a practical joke for her grandchildren. I could sit here

:42:15. > :42:18.listening to you all morning, but for now, we have got other things to

:42:19. > :42:22.do. It is the lady who has been tasked with baking a cake fit for

:42:23. > :42:26.the Queen. It is of course The Great British Bake Off champion. We went

:42:27. > :42:35.to find out how her preparations for the big day were going.

:42:36. > :42:42.To get the call to make a special cake for the Queen, what was it

:42:43. > :42:48.like, how did you find out? I got this e-mail, and then I got a phone

:42:49. > :42:52.call. There were just a couple of operative words, which was Queen and

:42:53. > :42:58.birthday cake! I thought, right, that is the Queen's Birthday cake!

:42:59. > :43:03.It is just enormous! I can't...! And I still can't quite believe that I

:43:04. > :43:08.have to do this! I have brought in some examples of some of the Queen's

:43:09. > :43:13.cakes in the past. What do you think of this one, from 1947, the wedding

:43:14. > :43:18.cake? That is opulent, isn't it? That is quite something. All the

:43:19. > :43:22.decoration. You can tell that has taken weeks to make. One thing I

:43:23. > :43:28.wanted it to be was something that I think she would like. So I thought,

:43:29. > :43:33.no fruitcake. I am doing a orange drizzle cake. I figured, if Mary

:43:34. > :43:39.Berry likes Lemon drizzle... The royalty of cakes, it is almost

:43:40. > :43:43.royalty! That's right. She probably wants something a bit different. Do

:43:44. > :43:48.you start with a sketch, with an idea? I have sketch pads in every

:43:49. > :43:51.part of my house. Literally something as basic as that. These

:43:52. > :43:56.lines mean something to me - they may not do you! But I understand

:43:57. > :44:01.them, it is like my secret line which! Do you go down to Buckingham

:44:02. > :44:07.Palace to bake it? No, I am doing it in my kitchen, in my oven. That is

:44:08. > :44:14.the oven?! That is the oven! I feel very privileged now. Eggs, baking

:44:15. > :44:20.powder. Lovely. Madeira, that is like a sponge, right? Yes, an orange

:44:21. > :44:26.Madeira drizzle. Is it a trusted recipe? This is my trusted recipe

:44:27. > :44:28.which I got in 1995. Do you think the Queen will take the cake? I

:44:29. > :44:32.don't know if I want her to taste the Queen will take the cake? I

:44:33. > :44:35.it! She might hate it! She might the Queen will take the cake? I

:44:36. > :44:37.It would be This bit is the creative bit. Yes.

:44:38. > :44:47.be perfectly honest. This bit is the creative bit. Yes.

:44:48. > :44:53.You can buy these pulsed This bit is the creative bit. Yes.

:44:54. > :44:55.dummies anywhere. I always have a bit of a go on them. This is kind of

:44:56. > :44:57.the icing on the cake, but bit of a go on them. This is kind of

:44:58. > :45:02.first. It is really important that I bit of a go on them. This is kind of

:45:03. > :45:09.get right. I might decide, this is not the right size, I might want to

:45:10. > :45:15.gone purple, hatching your scarf, even your knife - you like that

:45:16. > :45:17.colour, obviously? Not pushing purple on the Queen, but I am just

:45:18. > :45:27.So that's on top, and visualising hoping she likes purple! She had

:45:28. > :45:31.So that's on top, and visualising the rest being purple, what do you

:45:32. > :45:39.think? I feel like it needs to be bigger. Go on, you show me what you

:45:40. > :45:46.would do now. I was thinking of going with white lace, imagine that

:45:47. > :45:50.on three separate tiers. If I loosen it slightly, and have white silver

:45:51. > :45:59.roses billowing down. That's all going on in there. When you decide

:46:00. > :46:02.on the design, do you stick it in the boot and drive down to Windsor?

:46:03. > :46:06.There's nothing worse than having the cake in the boot, it's an

:46:07. > :46:13.bearable. I have a Currier to come and pick up the cake, I will hand it

:46:14. > :46:15.over, say a prayer, and say, see you at the other end. I cannot wait to

:46:16. > :46:24.see the final product. Not long now until we see the final

:46:25. > :46:32.product. Has the cake got here safely? Yes, got here in three

:46:33. > :46:36.pieces. Three pieces, so I'm getting close, it is three tiers? Yes, three

:46:37. > :46:43.tiers and I have constructed it now into one whole cake I'm hoping it

:46:44. > :46:47.stays that way. You looked petrified in the process, how are you feeling

:46:48. > :46:51.now? I am OK. I was nervous this morning. I know that when it is over

:46:52. > :46:57.it will be over so I am trying to enjoy every moment. Did you go for

:46:58. > :47:00.purple? I went for purple but ditched the lace and went for

:47:01. > :47:05.something more modern. In the end I did not like the lace. It is not

:47:06. > :47:10.fruit cake, it is orange Madeira, with a drizzle? Still orange

:47:11. > :47:15.Madeira, it has orange drizzle and then a marmalade and butter cream

:47:16. > :47:18.filling. Sounds delicious. We don't know whether the Queen will even

:47:19. > :47:24.tasted. Do you know what you will say to her and will you make her

:47:25. > :47:29.taste it? I cannot make her taste it, can I? You can't. It would be

:47:30. > :47:33.great if she did. I haven't even decided what I will do. I should

:47:34. > :47:39.probably start thinking about that now is. You should start thinking

:47:40. > :47:43.very, very quickly. Thank you. These happy and excited faces behind you,

:47:44. > :47:49.good morning, guys. We wish you the very best of luck with the Queen.

:47:50. > :47:55.Don't make her taste it. STUDIO: You can't make her do anything. Michael

:47:56. > :47:58.Moore pergolas here and Robert Lacey has joined us again.

:47:59. > :48:06.Michael, you brought a rather special guest! Yes, that's Joey from

:48:07. > :48:09.the National Theatre production of War horse which ran in London for

:48:10. > :48:14.seven years and is currently running in China. In a way he has become a

:48:15. > :48:20.character outside the production, I have to say. He is a remarkable

:48:21. > :48:25.horse because the Queen came to see him with the Duke of Edinburgh about

:48:26. > :48:28.five years ago, sort of in secret. She crept into the theatre and

:48:29. > :48:34.nobody knew she was there until half-time. Then the bus got around.

:48:35. > :48:38.They did the show. I think she became quite enchanted with this

:48:39. > :48:41.horse. I think we are looking at the only horse that has had a private

:48:42. > :48:48.audience with the Queen at Windsor Castle. So I think she really loves

:48:49. > :48:52.this horse. I think they've met on at least half a dozen occasions.

:48:53. > :48:56.It's wonderful that on her 90th birthday he can be here to sing

:48:57. > :48:58.It's wonderful that on her 90th own happy birthday. Willie Carson,

:48:59. > :49:02.the Queen's love of horses and the entire equine world is something

:49:03. > :49:08.written about and spoken about for so many decades. You will know that

:49:09. > :49:12.it is a genuine love and lies at the very heart of who she is. It has to

:49:13. > :49:15.be. If she hadn't been the Queen she would have been involved with

:49:16. > :49:23.horses, I'm sure she would have done that. Very knowledgeable? Ooh, of

:49:24. > :49:27.course. If you make a mistake saying something about one of her horses to

:49:28. > :49:34.Her Majesty, she will pick you up and tell you what really happened.

:49:35. > :49:39.She can go back, she's had horses since something like 1947, a

:49:40. > :49:44.long-time. I want to show you all a bit of footage which I think is

:49:45. > :49:48.spectacular. This is the Queen had, I think, hips. Let's just watch

:49:49. > :50:06.this. Talk about an unguarded moment. Off she goes. Look at this,

:50:07. > :50:09.look at the concentration. And then she realises that it's her horse

:50:10. > :50:18.that in the lead. Wait until see this.

:50:19. > :50:32.That's my horse! I've got that one in the sweep! I think she won ?16 on

:50:33. > :50:37.that. This love of horses goes right back in the Queen's history many

:50:38. > :50:41.decades. It goes back to a very early birthday she had when she got

:50:42. > :50:47.given her first pony. That was the beginning of it. She also got very

:50:48. > :50:53.interested in the professional racehorses. Her father inherited the

:50:54. > :50:56.Royal racing stable. Wasn't really keen on it but kept it going for the

:50:57. > :51:06.sake of the employment and the tradition. Her first horse was given

:51:07. > :51:11.to her by the Aga Khan. Apparently she was only three years old when

:51:12. > :51:16.she had her first riding lesson. Show me what you are wearing.

:51:17. > :51:20.Everybody looks splendid today, but these cuff links take the biscuit.

:51:21. > :51:27.That is a present I got after the Silver jubilee, winning the Oaks on

:51:28. > :51:35.the Queen's Dunfermline. It was just a fairy tale that happen. The day

:51:36. > :51:40.started with riding work, got into my car, had a little accident on the

:51:41. > :51:45.single-track road on the way to the races, went back home, jumped in the

:51:46. > :51:53.car, got a message to say I would be late. I missed the first race. The

:51:54. > :51:58.trainer of Dunfermline got Joe Mercer on stand-by. Anyway,

:51:59. > :52:04.everything went well until the race. We jumped out and got knocked back

:52:05. > :52:08.to second last in the race. I was getting into a panic state when we

:52:09. > :52:13.got up to the top of the hill, I went out and round and everything

:52:14. > :52:18.worked well. Great results. Not just for me and for Her Majesty but the

:52:19. > :52:23.whole country rejoiced in Dunfermline winning the Oaks on

:52:24. > :52:29.jubilee day virtually. What time win it. We will go back to Sonali Shah.

:52:30. > :52:35.She's been joined by another well-wishers in the crowd.

:52:36. > :52:41.There are lots of flags from the Commonwealth, and Margaret has been

:52:42. > :52:45.proudly displaying her Canadian flag. She has travelled all the way

:52:46. > :52:48.from Ontario province to be here especially for the Queen on her 90th

:52:49. > :52:53.birthday, what made you come all this way? Well, she's my sovereign

:52:54. > :52:59.and she's 90 and we are very proud of her in Canada, we are so happy to

:53:00. > :53:04.have a Queen and a monarchy. I can smell your beautiful hyacinths. You

:53:05. > :53:09.have some gifts for her? It is played from when her mother and

:53:10. > :53:14.father came to Canada before the war in 1939. And the flowers, and a

:53:15. > :53:20.maple leaf? I brought oppressed maple leaf from last fall, because

:53:21. > :53:25.she's the Queen, and they say she the maple Queen in Canada. What is

:53:26. > :53:32.so special about the Queen, which quality do you most admire? She's

:53:33. > :53:36.the most durable lady I know. She just has wearing capacity which none

:53:37. > :53:40.of the rest of us have. Well, Her Majesty is due out soon, so I'll

:53:41. > :53:42.leave you to it and I do hope she comes in talks to you. Thank you so

:53:43. > :53:50.much. Just wonderful scenes all comes in talks to you. Thank you so

:53:51. > :53:54.of real celebration. We think it not too long to go until the Queen makes

:53:55. > :53:59.that first public appearance to mark her 90th birthday. The crowds are

:54:00. > :54:03.swelling and the sun has come out. When she comes out of the castle

:54:04. > :54:07.with the Duke of Edinburgh in about ten minutes time, we've just got

:54:08. > :54:13.time to remind ourselves of some of the historic moments of the past 90

:54:14. > :54:28.years. Here is our 92nd countdown to 90 years of Her Majesty's life.

:54:29. > :54:39.# We'll meet again # Don't know where, don't know where

:54:40. > :54:46.in # But your gladrags on

:54:47. > :54:46.# Have some fun when the clock strikes one

:54:47. > :54:55.# Wigan Rock around the clock to Love, Love me do

:54:56. > :55:08.# You know I love you # I'll always love you

:55:09. > :55:11.# Digging the dancing Queen # I'm still standing after all this

:55:12. > :55:18.time # Picking up the pieces of my life

:55:19. > :55:26.without you on my mind # I'll tell you what I want

:55:27. > :55:31.# What I really, really want # I just can't get you out of my

:55:32. > :55:36.head # Boyet it's more than eidetic think

:55:37. > :55:53.about happiness is the truth

:55:54. > :56:03.#. I don't think that was the Queen's personal playlist that we

:56:04. > :56:05.saw, there. Robert Turner, there are many consistent themes when people

:56:06. > :56:09.talk about the Queen, when people write books about the Queen, when

:56:10. > :56:13.people make documentaries about the Queen, and of course it is the

:56:14. > :56:18.continuity of monarchy that has been offered by her long reign, and the

:56:19. > :56:22.fact that for 90 years, we have known all about her and her life.

:56:23. > :56:27.She is just utterly reassuring, this constant. It rings true in other

:56:28. > :56:32.parts of the world where life is a little less stable than here, where

:56:33. > :56:35.we are lucky to have had long years of freedom. You talk to people in

:56:36. > :56:40.war zones, places that have had revolutions or whatever, the Queen

:56:41. > :56:45.is this paragon of stability, not just for Britain but for the planet.

:56:46. > :56:47.She's always been there. And what about this paradox? We saw some

:56:48. > :56:51.wonderful behind-the-scenes about this paradox? We saw some

:56:52. > :56:55.in your documentary, this paradox of us feeling she is somebody with whom

:56:56. > :57:00.we are utterly familiar and yet we do not know her? How she does it is

:57:01. > :57:05.amazing. On the one hand we all feel we know her, the Queen would like

:57:06. > :57:10.this, the Queen wouldn't like that. At the same time we don't

:57:11. > :57:12.this, the Queen wouldn't like that. know. There is this mystery. At the

:57:13. > :57:17.same time she is a dependable figure. We know she's never going to

:57:18. > :57:21.change. We know the figure we are about to see walking down Windsor is

:57:22. > :57:25.exactly the same as the person we saw 50 years ago, 70 years ago. She

:57:26. > :57:31.doesn't change. She is utterly dependable. In a changing world that

:57:32. > :57:34.is a reassuring quality to have. Robert, there are plenty of people

:57:35. > :57:39.who may want to talk about the fact, is it worth having a monarchy or

:57:40. > :57:43.not, but few could argue with the fact that this continuity and

:57:44. > :57:46.consistency, as David Cameron himself said today, is a rock upon

:57:47. > :57:53.which many people in Britain like to hang their coat. And not just

:57:54. > :57:58.Britain either. I've just been studying particularly the 50s and

:57:59. > :58:01.60s when almost every year there was a new nation becoming independent.

:58:02. > :58:07.It was the end of the British Empire. In addition to Australia,

:58:08. > :58:11.New Zealand, Canada, I think a dozen of those countries that became

:58:12. > :58:15.independent chose to become monarchies. Barbados, Jamaica.

:58:16. > :58:18.Partly of course because it meant the prime ministers became Sir and

:58:19. > :58:23.their wives became Lady, but not just that. We should remember, it's

:58:24. > :58:28.not just the Queen of Great Britain celebrating her birthday, it is the

:58:29. > :58:33.Queen of 1415 other countries around the world. Just a matter of moments

:58:34. > :58:40.until we see the Queen, and by her side of course will be the Duke of

:58:41. > :58:43.Edinburgh. 95 in June this year. Somebody once said love consists of

:58:44. > :58:47.not necessarily looking into each other's eyes but looking in the same

:58:48. > :58:53.direction, and these two people share values, and they are fit and

:58:54. > :58:55.they are remarkable. I once asked the Queen's private secretary while

:58:56. > :59:00.Prince Philip seemed to be so dynamic and go ahead and the Queen

:59:01. > :59:05.seemed conservative and consistent. He said she is deliberately like

:59:06. > :59:08.that, he wants to go fast but she wants to go at the pace of the

:59:09. > :59:13.slowest person in the kingdom so that nobody in the kingdom feels

:59:14. > :59:16.left behind. How interesting. Very interestingly and consistently, when

:59:17. > :59:21.I speak to guests on Desert Island discs, who have quite often met the

:59:22. > :59:26.Queen first-hand, they say she alters her pace to your pace, she is

:59:27. > :59:30.very tuned into people. That's not necessarily something you would

:59:31. > :59:36.expect. That's because they are interested in you, not themselves.

:59:37. > :59:40.They don't belong to the age of the selfie, they belong to the edge of

:59:41. > :59:46.the selfless. Perhaps that is to do with their generation. Napoleon once

:59:47. > :59:50.said, if you want to understand a person, look at the year in which

:59:51. > :59:53.that person turns 21. Think what life was like in the Second World

:59:54. > :59:57.War, they still exemplify those values. One of the reasons we also

:59:58. > :00:01.admire them and thousands of people have gathered today. Very

:00:02. > :00:05.interesting to see just how busy the streets have become. We should say

:00:06. > :00:08.of course I mentioned earlier that it will be the Coldstream Guards

:00:09. > :00:14.that are playing. The Queen is Colonel in Chief of the regiment and

:00:15. > :00:18.has a long association. One other thing I am reminded of by what Gyles

:00:19. > :00:23.said. We always talk about the gaffes made by Prince Philip, and

:00:24. > :00:26.his sense of humour. I think we should remember that a sense of

:00:27. > :00:31.humour that she loves. It is devised for her. He makes those remarks for

:00:32. > :00:36.her benefit, not ours, and we just happen to be bystanders and over

:00:37. > :00:42.here is. Viewers are just enjoying these wonderful shots of Windsor

:00:43. > :00:47.Castle. Gyles, you were regaling us with the historical perspective. The

:00:48. > :00:48.largest and oldest inhabited castle in the world. And here is the

:00:49. > :02:32.national anthem. And we can see the Queen being

:02:33. > :02:43.greeted. I am being told that is a spring grass green coat, made by

:02:44. > :02:50.Miss Angela Kelly. With fresh flowers pinned to the rim of the

:02:51. > :02:53.hat. She is being greeted by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. And

:02:54. > :02:57.also the mayor of the royal borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. A special

:02:58. > :03:03.day for them, and of course for the Queen. We were not due to have

:03:04. > :03:09.sunshine today, and yet somehow, magically, the sun is out. And I

:03:10. > :04:03.believe, a special tune. And so here we see, Robert, the

:04:04. > :04:06.Queen on her royal walkabout. Something which has become such a

:04:07. > :04:14.feature of the monarchy. What is it about them which is important? We

:04:15. > :04:18.are looking at the monarch who invented them, back in 1970, on a

:04:19. > :04:22.tour of New Zealand. Suddenly the Queen and her advisers thought,

:04:23. > :04:26.let's just change things around a bit. Let's break away and go and

:04:27. > :04:33.meet some ordinary people. They tried it out. It was immediately

:04:34. > :04:37.called a walkabout, and it has been there ever since. It is very much

:04:38. > :04:42.part of the day-to-day nuts and bolts of monarchy. As the Queen

:04:43. > :04:48.herself has said, I need to be seen to be believed. And this is how she

:04:49. > :04:56.does it. Robert, tell us how this tells us about the changing nature

:04:57. > :05:00.of monarchy? This is a Queen who has grown and grown with the role of

:05:01. > :05:05.what is expected of modern monarch. And she has done it in a time when I

:05:06. > :05:10.suppose she must be faced not just by cameras but by camera phones as

:05:11. > :05:15.well. She understands that she is required by the media to get out

:05:16. > :05:21.there. She understands her own role. She understands she only represents

:05:22. > :05:26.something greater than herself. And she and those around her how this

:05:27. > :05:31.great ability for inventing tradition. As Robert says, this

:05:32. > :05:35.great ability for inventing invented in her own reign. She is

:05:36. > :05:38.very good at picking up ideas as she goes around, particularly from

:05:39. > :05:41.Australia and New Zealand. All of those new innovations, a lot of them

:05:42. > :05:47.came through the those new innovations, a lot of them

:05:48. > :05:54.whom she recruited. She felt that her existing press officials were

:05:55. > :06:06.rather stuffy and old-fashioned. There was one of them who was known

:06:07. > :06:09.as the Abominable No-Man, because he said no to the press on every

:06:10. > :06:15.occasion. She herself has changed all of that. But she is confused by

:06:16. > :06:20.the people taking photographs on their mobiles. She says, you are

:06:21. > :06:24.seeing it through a screen, it seems strange. I just want to draw

:06:25. > :06:29.people's attention to the warhorse there. I am very much hoping that

:06:30. > :06:34.Her Majesty the Queen... She does not go to the theatre that often,

:06:35. > :06:43.but she went to that one, and loved it. But this short of thing, she is

:06:44. > :06:49.a constant -- she is accustomed to. She went to Australia, and millions

:06:50. > :06:54.of people turned out in the street. If the Queen took it upon herself,

:06:55. > :06:58.one of the adulation would have been corrosive. But she does not take it

:06:59. > :07:03.for herself, she knows that that is what she does. She is often touched

:07:04. > :07:08.by it, but she does not think, I am a personality. As you can see, she

:07:09. > :07:12.is completely unaffected. Some of her most devoted followers have been

:07:13. > :07:13.camping out overnight. Some of those you will have seen

:07:14. > :07:18.camping out overnight. Some of those Hospital last year for the

:07:19. > :07:21.camping out overnight. Some of those the Royal Family. And it was indeed

:07:22. > :07:22.the case that a cake was sent out to one of them who was celebrating

:07:23. > :07:25.their birthday. one of them who was celebrating

:07:26. > :07:32.that whenever we cover royal events, we are used to seeing, those of us

:07:33. > :07:38.who do the broadcasts, the court royal supporters, who are there.

:07:39. > :07:40.Yes, they would be out there if it wasn't snowing. And she is the same

:07:41. > :07:46.Queen when there are wasn't snowing. And she is the same

:07:47. > :07:52.a small ward in a hospital as when there are 100,000 people in The

:07:53. > :07:53.Mall. She is so consistent, it is quite extraordinary. Robert Lacey, I

:07:54. > :07:59.have read that, we speak so quite extraordinary. Robert Lacey, I

:08:00. > :08:05.about the themes of duty, and I was reading that the Queen'sfather was

:08:06. > :08:07.somebody who had an I and sense of duty, as

:08:08. > :08:14.somebody who had an I and sense of It seems he has passed that on? The

:08:15. > :08:18.sense of duty, yes, comes from her father, from her mother of course,

:08:19. > :08:22.the Queen Mother. But before that, King George V and Queen Mary, who

:08:23. > :08:27.shepherded the monarchy through those difficult years. They called

:08:28. > :08:32.it the house of Windsor, which next year will be celebrating 100 years.

:08:33. > :08:36.It is worth remembering that these people believe in what they are

:08:37. > :08:40.doing. Duke of Edinburgh is actually more royal than the Queen, because

:08:41. > :08:43.she is actually only half royal in that her father was a king. Whereas

:08:44. > :08:48.on Duke of Edinburgh's side, that her father was a king. Whereas

:08:49. > :08:53.his parents were royalty. They are both great, great band children of

:08:54. > :08:58.Queen Victoria. They believe in what they are doing. The house of Windsor

:08:59. > :09:03.was created in 1917. It was decided that this was the way to go. Many

:09:04. > :09:06.means were discussed - why was it that this place, this ancient

:09:07. > :09:13.castle, would be the name to be taken by the modern Royal Family?

:09:14. > :09:19.They had focus groups within the Palace. All sorts of names, do you

:09:20. > :09:23.remember any? Yes, well, do you remember, the joke about putting on

:09:24. > :09:32.a play called The Merry Wives Of Sachs But Goater?! It was one person

:09:33. > :09:37.who came up with the name Windsor, and that was it, on the spot. The

:09:38. > :09:42.other thing about the sense of duty is that it is intimately linked with

:09:43. > :09:48.her religious faith. When she said in 1947 that she swore to do duty

:09:49. > :09:52.before, but, she has a personal God in whom she believes, to whom she

:09:53. > :09:59.prays. The praying tonight and she will be celebrating but they are not

:10:00. > :10:03.just with a party, but with prayers and vital readings which she does

:10:04. > :10:09.every day. And we just saw the Duke of Edinburgh. It brings me back to

:10:10. > :10:13.appoint made by a former private secondary, when asked about the

:10:14. > :10:19.Queen's longevity. He said, the Queen is as strong as a yak, which

:10:20. > :10:22.is an interesting analogy. He put it down to three things - good health,

:10:23. > :10:43.strong faith and Prince Philip. He's going to be 95 in June. He was

:10:44. > :10:46.a Greek Lord when he was young. Apparently every morning he does

:10:47. > :10:55.have now stretching. He has one of those old-fashioned chest expanders.

:10:56. > :11:00.And a disciplined diet. Absolutely. He does not drink too much. And of

:11:01. > :11:04.course they are on their feet a lot of their lives. One reason I think

:11:05. > :11:11.they are so fit and well is, they stand a great deal. That is Hugo

:11:12. > :11:16.Vickers, I think. Let's just talk for a moment about this walkway. The

:11:17. > :11:21.Queen is going to unveil a panel for a walkway which will go throughout

:11:22. > :11:27.Windsor for just under four miles, I think. What is its significance? It

:11:28. > :11:31.is a very clever idea by Hugo Vickers, who we can see talking to

:11:32. > :11:34.the Queen. He started this some years ago with the Jubilee walkway.

:11:35. > :11:40.They are now spreading out all over the Commonwealth. It is a way of

:11:41. > :11:42.bringing together aspects of the Commonwealth in any locality,

:11:43. > :11:46.encouraging people to walk and giving them a historical route. Here

:11:47. > :11:50.in Windsor, at the moment there are 63 discs and you can follow them

:11:51. > :11:56.with a little guidebook, one for each year the Queen has rained. And

:11:57. > :12:00.there are going to add one for each subsequent year. She is standing

:12:01. > :12:04.next to a panel which explains all of this for visitors. From that

:12:05. > :12:09.particular spot, it has been chose because she can look up at the

:12:10. > :12:24.Castle... We can hear a lovely little fanfare. Pitch perfect.

:12:25. > :12:27.Always. And so this walkway is very carefully placed, because it is from

:12:28. > :12:33.where the Castle can be seen, the Guildhall can be seen, and the

:12:34. > :12:36.parish church can be seen. Which is all highly significant, Robert

:12:37. > :12:41.Lacey, the three pillars upon which the Queen's reign is built?

:12:42. > :12:46.Absolutely. She is head of the Church of England. I had better stop

:12:47. > :12:51.talking now. Is she going to say something? I'm not sure, I think she

:12:52. > :12:59.is simply going to admire it. She is saying, well done, Hugo! Very

:13:00. > :13:05.interesting, she gave a special forward to a book which came out a

:13:06. > :13:11.month or so ago called The Servant Queen And The Master She Serves. And

:13:12. > :13:14.it was a very interesting test me to her own personal religious faith,

:13:15. > :13:19.which of course we see in Christmas broadcasts. When we hear the Queen

:13:20. > :13:22.speak at the opening of Parliament, we know that is written for her by

:13:23. > :13:29.somebody else. Her political and state speeches are written by a

:13:30. > :13:32.mixture of her and the government. But the Christmas broadcast, we hear

:13:33. > :13:38.the Queen herself talking to us about her own personal faith which

:13:39. > :13:43.sustains her. Gyles Brandreth, can I ask you about the position of this?

:13:44. > :13:48.It is also opposite the Victoria statue...? Both Prince Philip and

:13:49. > :13:53.the Queen are the great, great grandchildren of Queen Victoria, who

:13:54. > :13:59.lived almost as long as the Queen and rained almost as long, but not

:14:00. > :14:03.quite. And it is a symbol of the great monarchs that we remember,

:14:04. > :14:09.often the women. Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Elizabeth II. Windsor has

:14:10. > :14:12.now become the headquarters of the Queen's reign. Forget Buckingham

:14:13. > :14:18.Palace, that is done and dusted. This is where it is going to be.

:14:19. > :14:23.Investitures now take place here. The Queen's council, the Privy

:14:24. > :14:26.Council, happens now in Windsor. Tomorrow she is entertaining

:14:27. > :14:29.President Obama and his wife at Windsor Castle. This is the heart of

:14:30. > :14:33.her empire. They feel that they know the community here. Prince Philip

:14:34. > :14:40.belongs to the local Rotary here, and I am told pops in. And he is

:14:41. > :14:45.just like one of us! Unannounced or announced? Sometimes apparently

:14:46. > :14:49.unannounced. They really do feel at ease in Windsor, and this is where

:14:50. > :14:54.it is going to be happening from now on. Many monarchs have had a close

:14:55. > :14:58.election with this place? Yes, during the war, she and Margaret

:14:59. > :15:01.were said to be somewhere in the country, for security reasons. Well,

:15:02. > :15:07.somewhere in the country was here, in the Lancaster tower! Very

:15:08. > :15:12.primitive, medieval conditions. It was here she got her lessons in

:15:13. > :15:15.constitutional history. In those days, it was possible to walk out

:15:16. > :15:19.from the gates of the castle, down the high street, across the bridge,

:15:20. > :15:24.to Eton College, to go and have their lessons in how the British

:15:25. > :15:29.constitution works. Years later, William, at school in Eton, came

:15:30. > :15:33.back, the reverse route, and had lessons in this castle. It is worth

:15:34. > :15:38.remembering, William the Conqueror created this. Henry I was the first

:15:39. > :15:43.monarch to come and live here permanently. We now have Prince

:15:44. > :15:47.Harry. And George III and George IV built it as it now is. And we will

:15:48. > :15:50.have Prince George as the king one day.

:15:51. > :15:59.Let's talk for a moment about Prince William. He was careful to talk in

:16:00. > :16:04.nothing less than respectful terms, as we would expect. But he had some

:16:05. > :16:08.pretty interesting things to say about the weight of duty, and how he

:16:09. > :16:12.has learned from watching his grandmother. He is conscious of the

:16:13. > :16:18.fact that when the Queen was his age she was already on the throne. She

:16:19. > :16:22.was thrown into it unexpectedly at 25 and he must appreciate what that

:16:23. > :16:26.was like. The Queen equally understands that for young members

:16:27. > :16:30.of the family, it is very important they lead a real life for as long as

:16:31. > :16:35.they can. She was conscious of the fact that she would have loved to

:16:36. > :16:42.have spent longer as a princess. It was a very sad moment. She is keen

:16:43. > :16:45.for Prince William, Prince Harry, the younger generation, to get out

:16:46. > :16:51.there and brief for as long as they can. This is destiny, it will come

:16:52. > :16:56.to them one day, but in the meantime get on with life as much as they

:16:57. > :16:59.can. Gyles, what about the intergenerational appeal? As we look

:17:00. > :17:04.at these crowds gathered in Windsor, it strikes me that they span the

:17:05. > :17:09.ages. We've got some special guests who are sharing their 90th birthday

:17:10. > :17:13.year with the Queen. But there are very and easy as the young faces in

:17:14. > :17:15.the crowd. They are not shouting and waving a flag because somebody has

:17:16. > :17:21.told them to. It is now a royal family and you have a variety

:17:22. > :17:25.told them to. It is now a royal this figure who has been part of

:17:26. > :17:31.their lives. They know nothing else. But here she is, visible to them.

:17:32. > :17:36.And apparently appealing to all, which is glorious to see. A trend we

:17:37. > :17:40.have seen in these events. I noticed in the Diamond Jubilee, much younger

:17:41. > :17:46.crowds. Every generation is in or of what she has done. Let's think about

:17:47. > :17:50.the future monarchy. Many of the official pictures we have seen this

:17:51. > :17:55.week are very dynastic pictures, here I am with some people who will

:17:56. > :18:00.succeed me. I am here, doing a good job, I intend to be here for a long

:18:01. > :18:05.time but there is more to come, and it is reliable and solid and I

:18:06. > :18:11.embrace it. Yes. The message today is here is the Queen at 90, still

:18:12. > :18:15.working, supported by the upcoming generations. Monarchy, of course, is

:18:16. > :18:19.only as good as the people doing the job. And that's what was interesting

:18:20. > :18:26.about the interview you discussed with William. Very interesting that

:18:27. > :18:31.William, having perhaps slightly cast a little criticism on his

:18:32. > :18:35.father's interventionist side, said, don't worry, when I become on, I'm

:18:36. > :18:41.going back to the tried-and-true neutral institution or system of the

:18:42. > :18:45.Queen. I just thought he was being refreshingly plain speaking, telling

:18:46. > :18:50.it as he saw it. Having seen both Prince William and Catherine in

:18:51. > :18:54.action, they do emulate, they are an interesting mixture of the Queen and

:18:55. > :18:58.Prince Philip rather than Prince William's own parents, in the way

:18:59. > :19:02.they interact with the public. They are doing it more the way of the

:19:03. > :19:07.Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. I was intrigued, was it Prince William

:19:08. > :19:11.who said, yes, the Queen is both my granny and the boss? And sometimes I

:19:12. > :19:16.think of her more as the boss than granny. There is an invisible moat

:19:17. > :19:18.around the Queen. Here she is mingling with us, and yet she is

:19:19. > :19:23.still the Queen. This mingling with us, and yet she is

:19:24. > :19:29.yellow. Everybody standing back with respect. You have a moment with her.

:19:30. > :19:34.There she is, this symbolic figure. Nobody quite gets across that mode,

:19:35. > :19:37.apart from the Duke of Edinburgh. And it is always the case with the

:19:38. > :19:44.Queen that she enjoys the job. She loves the job. She'd have had ample

:19:45. > :19:46.opportunity, if she wanted to, to stand back from this. There have

:19:47. > :19:51.been applications all over the stand back from this. There have

:19:52. > :19:54.in Europe in the past few years. For five monarchs,

:19:55. > :19:58.in Europe in the past few years. For Spain, they've. Down. She loves it.

:19:59. > :20:10.This wonderful moment, here she is Spain, they've. Down. She loves it.

:20:11. > :20:13.been handed a gift, I thought it was the cake. This is the Guildhall, of

:20:14. > :20:24.course, where Prince Charles married Camilla. And it's been at the heart

:20:25. > :20:28.of civic life. Built by Christopher Wren, with colonnades that were not

:20:29. > :20:31.necessary. Christopher Wren was appalled when they put up the

:20:32. > :20:37.colonnades. They did not trust the architect. Wouldn't the world be a

:20:38. > :20:45.dull place if we only did what was necessary. Lets not forget the

:20:46. > :20:49.bigger context. Here we are mashed Meli -- here we are, nationally, at

:20:50. > :20:53.the moment of great debate about whether we should join Europe, or

:20:54. > :20:58.not, all sorts of things we disagree about. Here today we come together

:20:59. > :21:03.to celebrate something that most people agree about. The politicians,

:21:04. > :21:11.it's their job to disagree. The Queen is here to represent what

:21:12. > :21:15.we'll stand for. Look at that smile. It's worth $1 million, isn't it?

:21:16. > :21:22.It's extraordinary. The Queen will now be introduced to the key party

:21:23. > :21:26.guests, they are also liberating their 90th birthday. Ruby, Peggy and

:21:27. > :21:31.Arthur who we heard from earlier will be among the people introduced

:21:32. > :21:36.to her this morning. Let's think for a moment, Gyles, about the Queen's

:21:37. > :21:39.connection with the people of her generation, people who remember the

:21:40. > :21:43.Second World War, who has been through the provisions of rationing.

:21:44. > :21:49.This is key to understanding the Queen and Prince Philip, remembering

:21:50. > :21:55.what they are like. If you ask the Duke of Edinburgh for his favourite

:21:56. > :22:00.entertainer, you will tell you Tommy trend. He has an enthusiasm for

:22:01. > :22:03.George Formby. Their childhood, their war years, that's at the heart

:22:04. > :22:13.of what they are about. They still share those values. To date, it

:22:14. > :22:16.would appear to be a delightfully British and terribly personal

:22:17. > :22:21.celebration, the Queen is sharing what is her private personal day

:22:22. > :22:24.with members of the public. How much will she and maybe Prince Philip

:22:25. > :22:29.have had to do with actually choosing how she celebrates today

:22:30. > :22:34.and how much of it is planned for her? Every detail will have been

:22:35. > :22:37.discussed with her beforehand. Her private secretaries will have gone

:22:38. > :22:42.through all this. She has probably already read up on who these people

:22:43. > :22:46.are she is meeting now. She will probably even know that the mayor,

:22:47. > :22:53.to her right, presented her with a posy when she herself was a little

:22:54. > :22:57.girl. This is Windsor, this is home. But every detail has been run past

:22:58. > :23:02.the Queen in advance. She doesn't like surprises. One thing the

:23:03. > :23:07.Palisades is surprises. Although I'm not sure she knows what is on the

:23:08. > :23:12.cake yet. But all is planned so it can go as smoothly as possible. It

:23:13. > :23:18.is something that is very much generational. It is not in our

:23:19. > :23:23.content free selfie culture, has Gyles characterised it. The idea

:23:24. > :23:32.that you follow a routine, and that is not only to be battled against

:23:33. > :23:37.but it can rather be enjoyed. Yes. The Queen's year-round months on

:23:38. > :23:44.Balmoral in the summer, when she becomes a Scottish countrywoman, and

:23:45. > :23:55.then as Gyles says, her new working headquarters of Windsor... She is a

:23:56. > :23:59.creature of routine. Seen more as familiarity. She likes order as

:24:00. > :24:02.well. I recall being in a line-up where the Lord Lieutenant have

:24:03. > :24:08.muddled up two of the people, he introduced the Queen to the wrong

:24:09. > :24:11.person. She said, I know who it is supposed to be, it isn't him. You've

:24:12. > :24:18.got them standing in the wrong place. She doesn't like the Lord

:24:19. > :24:26.Lieutenant retiring, they make them retire at 75. She likes to see the

:24:27. > :24:30.same person. Remind us of that role. The Lord Lieutenant, throughout the

:24:31. > :24:33.United Kingdom, there is a Lord Lieutenant in each county, they are

:24:34. > :24:37.the one person when the Queen gets off the car or train, that person

:24:38. > :24:42.will be her representative within the county. He or she is then the

:24:43. > :24:47.person who takes the Queen around. She knows there is one port of call.

:24:48. > :24:51.There was one in Wales who was due to retire, he was quite infirm. She

:24:52. > :24:54.said, I must keep him, because he can say all the Welsh names. There

:24:55. > :24:58.are people in their can say all the Welsh names. There

:24:59. > :25:07.Queen being introduced to some of them now, some are sitting down to

:25:08. > :25:11.meet the Queen. It was noticeable, those we spoke to earlier, saying, I

:25:12. > :25:17.watch her, and I know my ex and pains when I wake up in the morning,

:25:18. > :25:23.I know I need to grasp a rail, I know I couldn't walk around 45

:25:24. > :25:28.minutes. Peggy said, I watch the Queen and I am amazed at her health

:25:29. > :25:34.and fitness. Both her and the Duke seemed to be almost supercharged in

:25:35. > :25:37.their energy. It's always amazing. You look at events where everybody

:25:38. > :25:42.is sitting down except the Queen, on her feet for well over an hour.

:25:43. > :25:53.After a long walk through the palace and back again. She likes standing

:25:54. > :25:56.up. We will see it later. Maundy Thursday service, she hands out

:25:57. > :26:02.pockets of money to a number of people. The Duke of Edinburgh,

:26:03. > :26:07.because she is standing, won't sit down, even though they provide a

:26:08. > :26:10.chair. So he is standing for two and a half hours. These people have been

:26:11. > :26:14.standing up for an awful long time. And they are fit, they believe

:26:15. > :26:19.that's what they should do. When the Queen used to visit her mother here

:26:20. > :26:25.at Windsor when she was 100 years of age, her mother always, it is her

:26:26. > :26:26.daughter was the door to say goodbye, even aged

:26:27. > :26:33.daughter was the door to say accompany her daughter to the door

:26:34. > :26:38.to say goodbye. It is a very busy week. I'm guessing a week that

:26:39. > :26:43.fairly regularly represents what the Queen and the Duke do in terms of

:26:44. > :26:48.their duty. Tomorrow, as you mentioned, Gyles, the Queen will

:26:49. > :26:54.welcome President Obama and Michelle Obama, is this a state dinner, is it

:26:55. > :26:57.a different occasion? It's an official visit. It's not a state

:26:58. > :27:03.visit, it's an official visit. Detail the difference. State visit

:27:04. > :27:07.is one where you are invited by the state to represent your country.

:27:08. > :27:12.This is a more personal visit to the Queen. The Queen and Michelle Obama

:27:13. > :27:16.got on very well. It is an opportunity to come. And in the

:27:17. > :27:18.evening they will be meeting, not as you might expect perhaps Prince

:27:19. > :27:27.Charles and Camilla, but the grandchildren. They expressed a

:27:28. > :27:31.desire to meet Prince George and Prince Charlotte. She's meeting

:27:32. > :27:36.Martha, who was the youngest ever quarterfinalist in the great British

:27:37. > :27:42.Baker. Charming young woman, I thought. She has baked all the cakes

:27:43. > :27:46.for the tea party, not the birthday cake which we are catching attempts

:27:47. > :27:51.off to the right. So, Martha is chatting, as relaxed as can be.

:27:52. > :27:56.She's been under the gimlet eye of Mary Berry, so she's used to

:27:57. > :28:01.pressurised circumstances. There is a sense of genuine celebration.

:28:02. > :28:04.There is a lightness of touch to everything, Gyles, which is

:28:05. > :28:11.charming. There is now dear, the young woman who has been charged

:28:12. > :28:17.with making, shall we say one of the cakes? I'm sure there might be more

:28:18. > :28:21.than one. I wish we could hear what Prince Philip was saying about the

:28:22. > :28:25.cake. I'm sure it would be something amusing. I love the way in which

:28:26. > :28:30.your film recently about the Queen, the funniest moment was the accident

:28:31. > :28:35.with the cake, do you remember? She couldn't cut the cake at the W I.

:28:36. > :28:40.That was a fruitcake. Today it is not a fruitcake. That was the one

:28:41. > :28:44.piece of advice she was given by the palace, not to be a fruitcake. There

:28:45. > :28:48.was also a debate about candles. The decision was taken, if you put 90

:28:49. > :28:55.candles, there would not be much room for cake. Looks like it is a

:28:56. > :29:03.pretty smooth cut. Is she making a wish, do you think? Do you think we

:29:04. > :29:09.will get a slice? Nadia did say she was very nervous, and try not to

:29:10. > :29:13.hope it would all be over soon. I would love to know what Prince

:29:14. > :29:21.Philip is saying about this. He's a very funny man. He said, if you see

:29:22. > :29:27.a man opening a car door for his wife, it is either a new car or a

:29:28. > :29:30.new wife. This is the moment when the lip readers of Great Britain are

:29:31. > :29:33.enjoying this programme even more than we are. Looks like she is

:29:34. > :29:37.appreciating all the work that has gone into that. For everybody it is

:29:38. > :29:41.a day they will remember for the rest of their life. That's a very

:29:42. > :29:45.interesting thing about any of us members of the public meeting the

:29:46. > :29:49.monarch. All the royal family are conscious of the fact that it may

:29:50. > :29:52.just be another day for them, but it just cannot be another day. The

:29:53. > :29:57.people they meet will remember it for the rest of their lives. They

:29:58. > :30:01.are on show and creating memories. As one royal spokesperson said, we

:30:02. > :30:05.are in the happiness business. And all of these people will remember

:30:06. > :30:08.today. You say the happiness business, and Gyles has been

:30:09. > :30:16.mentioning the Duke, we tend to remember the rather pithy things

:30:17. > :30:19.mentioning the Duke, we tend to says, but he has the capacity to be

:30:20. > :30:22.funny. He feels it is part of his role to break the ice and make

:30:23. > :30:24.people relax. He knows her presence is enough but he feels he has to do

:30:25. > :30:32.something more. He does is enough but he feels he has to do

:30:33. > :30:37.people laugh deliberately, but his real role is to look after the

:30:38. > :30:41.Queen. If like us you have been too many of these occasions, if the

:30:42. > :30:43.photographers get too close, it is the Duke of Edinburgh who says "Get

:30:44. > :30:54.back, make way for the Queen!" discovered the other day, do you

:30:55. > :30:57.know the moment when all plates are cleared at the state banquet? The

:30:58. > :31:01.staff are told to look to Prince Philip and when he has finished

:31:02. > :31:04.eating, you clear the plates. It does not matter what the guest of

:31:05. > :31:10.honour is doing, or the Queen. So far as the Queen is concerned, the

:31:11. > :31:11.Duke is the boss. As she says, she wears the crown, he wears the

:31:12. > :31:23.trousers. Do you think that is what is at the

:31:24. > :31:27.heart of what has been perceived as a fantastic union, the fact that he

:31:28. > :31:32.is given his significant place in private? Totally. She admires him,

:31:33. > :31:38.she loves him, she gives him every honour she can possibly think of.

:31:39. > :31:40.She is rummaging in her honours draw every birthday of his comes around,

:31:41. > :31:45.to think of something new every birthday of his comes around,

:31:46. > :31:50.him. She says that, he has been... It is the longest royal marriage in

:31:51. > :31:53.history. It is a great love story. People talk about Victoria and

:31:54. > :31:59.Albert. They are going to talk about Elizabeth and Philip in exactly the

:32:00. > :32:02.same way. Royal Variety Show once, during the interval, in a crowded

:32:03. > :32:07.room, the Queen was surrounded by show business celebrities, and

:32:08. > :32:12.standing in a corner of the room on his own, holding a glass, was the

:32:13. > :32:17.Duke of Edinburgh. And I what as she caught his eye and he simply raised

:32:18. > :32:23.his glass to her. It is very touching, those personal moments. It

:32:24. > :32:31.goes back to the big ceremonial moment, 1953, the Coronation. He

:32:32. > :32:35.swore to be her liege man in life and limb. Old-fashioned

:32:36. > :32:41.swore to be her liege man in life very modern sentiment. I think we're

:32:42. > :32:53.going to see quite a lot of that car in the years ahead. We are calling

:32:54. > :32:58.it the Queen-mobile. As well as a normal engine, it has got an

:32:59. > :33:04.electric engine so it can go very slowly and quietly on occasions like

:33:05. > :33:09.this. You can see people a dozen deep on the other side. There is not

:33:10. > :33:12.much more room for anyone. I tried walking through their about an hour

:33:13. > :33:19.ago and it is absolutely solid. People are conscious that this is

:33:20. > :33:22.our Island story. Think how wonderful it would have been if we

:33:23. > :33:30.were there for Queen Victoria's Jubilee. We are here, in Windsor, on

:33:31. > :33:34.the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, our longest reigning

:33:35. > :33:39.sovereign. And with her, her extraordinary partner, Prince

:33:40. > :33:44.Philip. The Queen and the Duke will be looking forward to a private

:33:45. > :33:52.party, hosted by her son. What form, Robert Hartman, can we expect it to

:33:53. > :33:56.take? We have very little information. We know it is around 60

:33:57. > :34:01.people, very close family and friends. Prince Charles has been

:34:02. > :34:06.working on it, we are told, very closely. He has been keeping it very

:34:07. > :34:15.secret. But it is a wonderful family. There will be surprises,

:34:16. > :34:20.including entertainment. This you know, you're giving me that

:34:21. > :34:28.information! But just in case the Queen over lunch replays this,

:34:29. > :34:31.Kirsty, I do not want to give anything away - and there will be

:34:32. > :34:36.surprises! It is going to be in the Waterloo chamber and it is a family

:34:37. > :34:43.affair, but with some fun and games as well. Thank you, Gyles Brandreth!

:34:44. > :34:46.And what do we know of the Waterloo chamber, Robert? It is named after

:34:47. > :34:53.the great Battle of Waterloo. The banners hang there. It is a rather

:34:54. > :34:59.wonderful mixture of personal and national. They did rename it for one

:35:00. > :35:08.night when the president of France came, they called it The Music Room!

:35:09. > :35:12.How delicate! You have got to remember, they live in this castle,

:35:13. > :35:18.and their family has lived there since the reign of Henry I. This is

:35:19. > :35:22.their home. And when the nanny wrote in her book about the Queen that

:35:23. > :35:27.during the war, it was a fortress not a home, the Queen really did not

:35:28. > :35:33.like that at all. Because the fortress is her home. They have

:35:34. > :35:37.changed the route, they are coming down this particular street now so

:35:38. > :35:41.that big book and see what is going on. The original plan was to go

:35:42. > :35:45.another way. But more people can see them this way. It was marvellous

:35:46. > :35:49.this morning coming in on the train from Paddington, and Paddington was

:35:50. > :35:53.flooded with people with their flags, ready to wave. And Windsor

:35:54. > :35:57.has more than played its part today. I could not help thinking earlier,

:35:58. > :36:03.as we were looking at the town, and the sun was coming through, that if

:36:04. > :36:07.a Hollywood director were to say to his location scout, I want you to

:36:08. > :36:11.find me the perfect English town, then they might well choose Windsor.

:36:12. > :36:19.It doesn't stand up to pretty closer scrutiny. Wonderfully British. A

:36:20. > :36:28.1000 -year-old castle, built by William the Conqueror. As the Queen

:36:29. > :36:36.just goes past Boots! And I think she will be turning left at

:36:37. > :36:40.just goes past Boots! And I think Nero! It is an affirmation.

:36:41. > :36:44.Countries that do not have a Royal Family, they cannot quite have this

:36:45. > :36:48.moment. In the United States of America, they have the flag, but

:36:49. > :36:53.they do not have a person. Well, they do, but that person is a

:36:54. > :36:56.politician. What we have in this country is a golden thread going

:36:57. > :37:01.back from this Queen to William the Conqueror. These people in a sense

:37:02. > :37:07.are cheering themselves as well. They see the Queen and they think,

:37:08. > :37:11.yes, this is OK. Half the countries on the planet did not exist in their

:37:12. > :37:14.present form when she came to the throne. It is amazing continuity. We

:37:15. > :37:18.often hear it in the Queen's Christmas message how much

:37:19. > :37:22.Commonwealth means to the Queen, but do we have a sense of how much the

:37:23. > :37:25.Queen means to the Commonwealth? I am not talking about the leaders, I

:37:26. > :37:32.am talking about the people in the countries, Robert Lacey? Let's not

:37:33. > :37:35.forget, the Commonwealth I think now has two countries in it which were

:37:36. > :37:40.never British possessions, they asked to join. Martin Charteris, one

:37:41. > :37:45.of her private secretaries, once said to me that he actually felt the

:37:46. > :37:48.Queen was most herself, most the Queen, when she was with

:37:49. > :37:54.Commonwealth leaders and Commonwealth people. But when she

:37:55. > :37:58.was with those tribal chieftains, she was more at ease and more

:37:59. > :38:02.understood that she was with the sometimes chippy politicians in this

:38:03. > :38:07.country. There is no doubt that when historians look back on her reign,

:38:08. > :38:11.they will praise her, or mark her, for having kept the monarchy alive,

:38:12. > :38:16.but the other great creation has been the Commonwealth. There is no

:38:17. > :38:19.other empire in the world which has said goodbye and stayed on good

:38:20. > :38:25.terms with its former colonies in the way that Britain has. She

:38:26. > :38:28.believes in it as well. She is the only person in Britain who could

:38:29. > :38:34.name every single Commonwealth Prime Minister. It would be her mastermind

:38:35. > :38:38.specialist subject. She has been to every country, she has been to

:38:39. > :38:41.Canada 27 times. She has travelled 1.5 million miles around the world.

:38:42. > :38:46.It has been a lifetime of doing this. The Commonwealth counts to

:38:47. > :38:51.her. And it has been her creation. She inherited the Armed Forces and

:38:52. > :39:01.the church and the crown, but the Commonwealth, she has built. It is

:39:02. > :39:04.very much her work, and she can be very proud of it. I wonder what the

:39:05. > :39:09.Queen makes of the selfie stick? I know exactly what the Duke of

:39:10. > :39:17.Edinburgh thinks of the selfie stick! You can keep that to

:39:18. > :39:22.yourself! As you said, Robert Hartman, going past Cafe Nero! There

:39:23. > :39:27.are other cafes available! Indeed! Hartman, going past Cafe Nero! There

:39:28. > :39:27.Thousands of people celebrating with Hartman, going past Cafe Nero! There

:39:28. > :39:36.the Queen on this very special day, her 90th birthday.

:39:37. > :39:39.the Queen on this very special day, now. They are observing it. The

:39:40. > :39:44.Queen of Denmark, who has been a Queen for a long time as well, is in

:39:45. > :39:50.her 70s and is a friend of them, told me that her father had told her

:39:51. > :39:56.that to be successful as a monarch, you have got to lean forward, not

:39:57. > :40:00.lean back. Be interested. Otherwise you will spend a lifetime not being

:40:01. > :40:05.engaged. These people are engaged in what they are doing. Robert Hartman,

:40:06. > :40:08.let's look ahead. Here we see the Queen today in her 90th year, in

:40:09. > :40:12.robust health, smiling as we have ever known her, as the royal

:40:13. > :40:16.household and the people who plan the Queen's events look forward,

:40:17. > :40:23.they must surely take into consideration that this is a woman

:40:24. > :40:29.in her 90s now with a husband who is 95. How are they reshaping it,

:40:30. > :40:34.making it a possibility for the future? They take one day at a time.

:40:35. > :40:39.And everything will be done in consultation with the Queen. It is

:40:40. > :40:44.very much up to her. When there are things which younger members of the

:40:45. > :40:48.family can take on, like a long haul travel perhaps, the odd investiture,

:40:49. > :40:53.then that will happen. But the big ticket items are... Don't forget

:40:54. > :40:56.next month, there will be another State Opening of Parliament, 32,000

:40:57. > :41:01.people coming for tea at Garden parties in the summer, as usual!

:41:02. > :41:07.Nothing much changes. Things will change as well when it is sensible.

:41:08. > :41:11.Like we just saw that vehicle. Recently, a royal party on behalf of

:41:12. > :41:17.Buckingham Palace went to the Palace of Westminster, because the Queen is

:41:18. > :41:19.insistent, maybe she will delegate a few investiture is, but the State

:41:20. > :41:23.Opening of Parliament she will do as long as she can. And they were

:41:24. > :41:28.working out how they could cut down the number of steps she would have

:41:29. > :41:32.to take. Small, practical things. Yes, but she wants to be involved in

:41:33. > :41:38.everything. Her staff and family work to make that possible. What is

:41:39. > :41:43.curious is that WE spend time, as it were, with the advisers, and they

:41:44. > :41:47.are often more protective than the Queen and Prince Philip are of

:41:48. > :41:50.themselves. He is still doing his carriage driving, in his 95th year.

:41:51. > :41:57.I think the Queen feels that carriage driving, in his 95th year.

:41:58. > :42:01.show is not over yet, by a long way. We saw the Queen riding the other

:42:02. > :42:04.show is not over yet, by a long way. day, on her pony, in the park. And

:42:05. > :42:07.still refusing to wear a hard hat. It is interesting that you say these

:42:08. > :42:08.things, that the It is interesting that you say these

:42:09. > :42:12.his carriage riding, because It is interesting that you say these

:42:13. > :42:15.read that they have been told It is interesting that you say these

:42:16. > :42:20.give up these things - that is nonsense, is it?! It would be a bold

:42:21. > :42:24.person to say to them, it is time to give up! Members of the family might

:42:25. > :42:28.suggest things, but they get pretty shorts strafed. It has been a lovely

:42:29. > :42:35.morning, full of wonderful pictures here in Windsor. -- pretty short

:42:36. > :42:38.shrift. Somali has been in the thick of the action on the streets.

:42:39. > :42:46.shrift. Somali has been in the thick has it been for you, Somali? I with

:42:47. > :42:47.an eventful 45 minutes. What did the Duke of Edinburgh to?

:42:48. > :42:53.an eventful 45 minutes. What did the to speak to us and asked us where we

:42:54. > :42:59.were from. And then he lifted my son over the railings to try and give

:43:00. > :43:02.our bunch of flowers to the Queen. And at the time she was on the other

:43:03. > :43:06.side, accepting some gifts from other people.

:43:07. > :43:13.side, accepting some gifts from really. It was enters moment. What a

:43:14. > :43:17.lovely memory for the kids. Did he manage to pass on the flowers? He

:43:18. > :43:25.didn't, unfortunately. He got halfway... And then got the Duke to

:43:26. > :43:29.do the hard work! It was your idea to bring the family out today - why

:43:30. > :43:35.are you such a fan of Her Majesty? I think it is a very special day, and

:43:36. > :43:40.I think Her Majesty has been really a... She has kept the country going,

:43:41. > :43:44.I think. And I hope she carries on for many more years. It is a very

:43:45. > :43:48.special day and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I met the family this

:43:49. > :43:55.morning and I noticed, one-year-old Charlotte, eating cake. I think the

:43:56. > :43:57.Queen's 90th Birthday is the one day you can eat cake all-day! Enjoy your

:43:58. > :44:12.cake for lunch! Well, the tea party here has broken

:44:13. > :44:16.up a little bit, but I am glad to say that Peggy, Ruby and Albert are

:44:17. > :44:20.still with us. All 90 this year and all met the Queen. Did you manage to

:44:21. > :44:30.speak to her, Albert, and what did you say? I said, hello, ma'am and

:44:31. > :44:37.she spoke back. I said to her, I like racing, and you do. I told her

:44:38. > :44:48.about when I saw her in her uniform when she joined the ATC or ATS or

:44:49. > :44:52.something. And she was very interested. Lovely, lovely lady. How

:44:53. > :44:59.about you, did you manage to speak to her? Yes, just briefly. She asked

:45:00. > :45:03.me if I lived in Windsor. I said I lived in Maidenhead. I said, I was

:45:04. > :45:08.born a few weeks before you. That was it, because I was the first in

:45:09. > :45:14.the line. Lovely to see both of you wearing green, very good choice! Did

:45:15. > :45:19.you manage to speak to her? I did, Chris and I thought she looked

:45:20. > :45:24.absolutely gorgeous. So much nicer than when you see her run

:45:25. > :45:29.photographs. She was charming, absolutely. Remarkable woman.

:45:30. > :45:34.Physically, to have walked all this way and get around and chat? I was

:45:35. > :45:40.pleased they scoop her up for a lift to get back down! She has been

:45:41. > :45:42.amazing. It has been quite. Experience, something I shall go

:45:43. > :45:50.home, sit with a cup of tea and think about - did this really

:45:51. > :45:53.happen?! All three of you, it has been a pleasure to meet you all.

:45:54. > :46:00.Rocks tell. I'm sure these memories will stay with you for ever. You are

:46:01. > :46:11.a very important person now! Things will change, now that you've

:46:12. > :46:16.met the Queen. Welcoming back Dane Joan Collins. You've been soaking up

:46:17. > :46:20.the atmosphere. This is one of the most historic moment in my life. I

:46:21. > :46:25.shall remember this forever. I really hope that I'm going to be

:46:26. > :46:30.around here for her 100th. Because she will be there. You've made it

:46:31. > :46:34.clear obviously there are many occasions, unlike most people, where

:46:35. > :46:38.you have met Her Majesty. I'm talking now just as a citizen of

:46:39. > :46:45.Great Britain. When you say this is a big day for you, what is it about

:46:46. > :46:49.it? Well, she is so down to earth and so warm. I hate to use the word

:46:50. > :46:55.ordinary, but she has this feeling of grandeur, and yet just being like

:46:56. > :47:01.a real person. It's an amazing characteristic. She has never put a

:47:02. > :47:05.foot wrong. She has never said anything against all of the things

:47:06. > :47:09.that go on in the world that one could be opinionated about. And I

:47:10. > :47:14.think she is a superb example of a monarch, and a great monarch.

:47:15. > :47:18.Michael, we heard Peggy say she will go home, have a cup of tea and think

:47:19. > :47:24.about this. I understand you met the Queen for the first time when you

:47:25. > :47:28.were a very young man? 16, yes. What were the circumstances? I was a

:47:29. > :47:31.cadet and I was selected because I was a good chap to go out to India

:47:32. > :47:38.with a couple of cadets and accompanied her and the Duke of

:47:39. > :47:41.Edinburgh in 1961. One of those experiences, for a young person,

:47:42. > :47:47.I've got such memories of it. I met her, didn't know what to say, froze,

:47:48. > :47:52.which you do when you're 16. I was lucky enough to meet her short time

:47:53. > :47:56.ago because of that horse. I got invited to have lunch with a lot of

:47:57. > :48:02.other people. The thing that was extraordinary, there was no fear. I

:48:03. > :48:07.was sitting next to a member of the family, the matriarch of the tribe,

:48:08. > :48:11.to whom I felt great warmth and respect. And she has this way

:48:12. > :48:15.gauging people, with me, with the other eight or nine people around

:48:16. > :48:19.the table, very directly, very personally. I just felt this was an

:48:20. > :48:25.extraordinary woman. And we are really lucky to have her. It's an

:48:26. > :48:29.interesting thing, Gyles. When I was talking to you at the beginning of

:48:30. > :48:33.this morning's celebration, about this element of performance, and it

:48:34. > :48:37.is something of a stage. You said for the Queen it is not like that,

:48:38. > :48:43.and that is the intrigue of the dual role she occupies. At once she is

:48:44. > :48:48.this great figurehead, our head of state, and yet at the same time she

:48:49. > :48:52.manages to be utterly personal and to give people, for whom it is a

:48:53. > :48:57.very big deal to be meeting the monarch, a personal moment of her

:48:58. > :49:00.time. That's tricky to pull off. It is an extraordinary amalgam. Here we

:49:01. > :49:04.are in the shadow of this extraordinary castle built for

:49:05. > :49:09.William the Conqueror, epitomising what royalty is for us, why it

:49:10. > :49:17.appeals, this combination of history, heritage and fairy tale.

:49:18. > :49:19.Princes, princesses, 1000 years of our island story. And there is the

:49:20. > :49:26.Queen personifying bad. And yet we know she is a good woman, she has

:49:27. > :49:31.been with us all our lives, she represents the best of British --

:49:32. > :49:42.there is the Queen personifying that. Sonali Shah is among the

:49:43. > :49:46.crowds enjoying the celebrations. These ladies are absolutely beaming.

:49:47. > :49:51.They are so excited that they have been here for the Queen's birthday.

:49:52. > :49:55.Donna came all the way from Connecticut. In the States, yes. I

:49:56. > :50:01.wouldn't have missed this for the world, it was so exciting. It was.

:50:02. > :50:06.Especially when she recognised you. She wanted to trade grounds but she

:50:07. > :50:10.didn't have hers with her. You three know each other, you all met at the

:50:11. > :50:14.Royal wedding, so the royal family brought you together as friends.

:50:15. > :50:19.Absolutely. It was just such a special occasion. These guys slept

:50:20. > :50:24.out for three nights and kindly let me join them. We got to know one

:50:25. > :50:32.another and stayed in touch. When Donna said she was coming over, we

:50:33. > :50:37.got together. On let me in, you said I was pushing. What is it about the

:50:38. > :50:42.Queen that makes you smile like this? Where do you start? She's an

:50:43. > :50:48.inspiration. She's a wonderful person. To be working full-time like

:50:49. > :50:54.she does at her age. She is adorable. She looks beautiful. How

:50:55. > :50:59.could you not just want to be here and just celebrate and wish her

:51:00. > :51:02.happy birthday? Well, it's so lovely to see such beautiful smiles on you

:51:03. > :51:07.three ladies, lovely to meet you, glad you're having a great day.

:51:08. > :51:12.Let's go to the Guildhall, Chris Hollins is there and has caught up

:51:13. > :51:19.with that other lady of the moment, I wonder if the nervousness has

:51:20. > :51:25.gone? Just wondering if the nerves have gone? I am breathing now! This

:51:26. > :51:32.is the cake. What did the Queen say to you? She asked me what I've got

:51:33. > :51:38.inside the cake. She said, what's inside, I was like, orange drizzle.

:51:39. > :51:43.She said, does it cut? I figure she had a fear that it wouldn't cut or

:51:44. > :51:46.she had a previous experience. There was one embarrassing moment when she

:51:47. > :51:52.couldn't get the knife in. It did cut and it is right in front of us.

:51:53. > :51:55.It went right the way through. I said, yes it cuts, then I was

:51:56. > :52:00.worried it wouldn't. Disappointed she did not take a party back, but

:52:01. > :52:05.we are very fortunate to have the cake. So this is orange drizzle. It

:52:06. > :52:13.works! Well done. You must be so proud. Mouthful of cake... This has

:52:14. > :52:19.to be one of my proudest moments. It was over really quickly, though. I'm

:52:20. > :52:22.reliving it now in my head. That actually happened! I met the Queen.

:52:23. > :52:26.All that sweating and actually happened! I met the Queen.

:52:27. > :52:31.kitchen, trying to make the right colour and the right cake... That

:52:32. > :52:34.makes the cake sound inedible. There were times when I was relaxing and

:52:35. > :52:36.my husband said, were times when I was relaxing and

:52:37. > :52:43.are making this cake for, you need to get up and get on it. It was

:52:44. > :52:47.quite process, but how often will I get to do this, so I try to enjoy

:52:48. > :52:54.every moment. You know what you need to do now, put the kettle on because

:52:55. > :52:59.we need a cup of tea to go with it. It really did happen, and it was on

:53:00. > :53:04.the telly! As a historian, can I come to you for the historical

:53:05. > :53:08.perspective on a day like today. It has been an intimate event in a

:53:09. > :53:13.small-town Mike Windt, thousands in the streets but not millions. How

:53:14. > :53:17.important is it that these small events have their significance

:53:18. > :53:20.within the royal diary and within royal history? I think we'll all

:53:21. > :53:26.look back on today and we will all remember that we were here. Today is

:53:27. > :53:29.a very intimate day. This is the real birthday. As a monarch there

:53:30. > :53:33.are two birthdays, and there is the real one with the big razzmatazz in

:53:34. > :53:38.the summer and people will remember that as well. But royalty speaks, it

:53:39. > :53:41.is a very human institution that speaks to our memories. We see it as

:53:42. > :53:44.our family, and today is a family speaks to our memories. We see it as

:53:45. > :53:49.occasion and these things matter, it brings everyone together. It is an

:53:50. > :53:51.interesting thing, in this age, you are somebody who

:53:52. > :53:57.interesting thing, in this age, you for very many years, and in this age

:53:58. > :53:59.of constant celebrity, where everybody has their 15 seconds of

:54:00. > :54:03.of constant celebrity, where fame, in a culture

:54:04. > :54:06.of constant celebrity, where so used to the disposable nature of

:54:07. > :54:09.fame, it is something very so used to the disposable nature of

:54:10. > :54:15.that goes on with our monarchy, and that seems to go on with our

:54:16. > :54:21.connection to them? I think that is absolutely true for the Queen. I

:54:22. > :54:26.think that people are able to see through celebrities. That's why some

:54:27. > :54:28.of them only have their 15 seconds. I think the reason people love her

:54:29. > :54:34.is that she has been true to herself I think the reason people love her

:54:35. > :54:38.here, and she has been true to not what she was born to become, but had

:54:39. > :54:44.to become when her father died. And that is to totally devote herself to

:54:45. > :54:51.Great Britain, to this country. As she said when she became Queen, she

:54:52. > :54:55.was determined to devote herself totally to this wonderful country. I

:54:56. > :55:02.think that's what people see, because she has. And she has never

:55:03. > :55:05.ever put a foot wrong, not a foot. Michael, let's take a minute, and

:55:06. > :55:10.there have been quite a few photographs and images, indeed

:55:11. > :55:15.stamps that have been released to the public. There is the one from

:55:16. > :55:19.the stamp, now. Little George's smile is almost bigger than his

:55:20. > :55:23.face. That is a cracking picture, and of course what it embodies is,

:55:24. > :55:28.in its way, and you are a story writer of so many successful books,

:55:29. > :55:31.the story of monarchy is in that photograph and in a way it is the

:55:32. > :55:37.narrative that is one of the most beguiling things. It is the fairy

:55:38. > :55:41.tale, the narrative. Looking at that family, you know the story of the

:55:42. > :55:45.family, the nation has been passed from generation to generation and

:55:46. > :55:50.they are all there. And yes, the thread runs through. If it was just

:55:51. > :55:54.that, this family, it wouldn't be very interesting. But that thread

:55:55. > :55:58.runs through us all and we are connected. We might not be

:55:59. > :56:04.monarchists but that thread is the spiritual heart of our country, and

:56:05. > :56:09.from that I think we get, not just security, it helps us chart change.

:56:10. > :56:13.The 70 years I've lived, and she's lived 90, has probably seen more

:56:14. > :56:16.change in those decades than human history. She helped chart that

:56:17. > :56:22.unsteady us, that's what's wonderful about her. Beautifully summed up if

:56:23. > :56:27.I may say so. Thank you to all of my guests and the three of you for

:56:28. > :56:32.joining us. So that's it then. This morning's 90th birthday celebrations

:56:33. > :56:35.are at an end. At the party is only on pause. At 7pm in Windsor the

:56:36. > :56:40.Queen will make a second public appearance of the date as she liked

:56:41. > :56:45.the beacon in the grounds of the castle which sets off a chain of

:56:46. > :56:51.1000 beacons across the country, around the world indeed. On BBC One

:56:52. > :56:54.at 9pm tonight there is a chance to glimpse Her Majesty's remarkable

:56:55. > :57:00.life, as we enjoy some private home movies that have never been seen

:57:01. > :57:04.publicly before. And later in the year in June we will be bringing you

:57:05. > :57:10.the celebrations surrounding Her Majesty's official birthday on BBC

:57:11. > :57:13.One. For now, from all of us, happy birthday your Majesty, and goodbye.