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Cameras have always been
a part of our lives.

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I think there's a difference
to watching a home movie

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when you know who it is on
the other side of the lens,

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holding the camera.

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It adds to the sense of intimacy.

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Like many families,

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my parents wanted to keep a record
of our precious moments together.

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And when it was our turn,
with our own family,

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we did the same.

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I always enjoyed capturing
family moments.

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Private photos can often show
the fun behind the formality.

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I expect just about every family

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has a collection of
photographs or films

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that were once regularly looked at
to recall precious moments,

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but which over time are replaced
by newer images

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and more recent memories.

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You always hope that future
generations

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will find them interesting,

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and perhaps be surprised
that you, too, were young once.

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To look back is not necessarily
to be nostalgic.

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Winston Churchill,
my first Prime Minister,

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said that,
"The further backward you look,

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"the further forward you can see."

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I remember my own childhood.

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My mother always gave me support
and encouragement.

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She had an infectious zest
for living...

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..and an extraordinary capacity

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to bring happiness into other
people's lives.

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My father served in the Royal Navy
during the First World War.

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He was a midshipman
in HMS Collingwood

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at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

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The British fleet lost 14 ships
and 6,000 men in that engagement.

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He wrote in a letter,

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"How and why we were not hit
beats me."

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BELL TOLLS

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Like others,
he lost friends in the War,

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but, of course, we would not grieve
if we did not love.

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In my experience,

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the positive value of
a happy family

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is one of the factors of human
existence that has not changed.

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Faith, family and friendship

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have been not only
a constant for me,

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but a source of personal comfort
and reassurance.

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My grandfather couldn't have known

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what was in store
for his grandchildren.

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Yet his faith in the future gave him
a quiet confidence

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that the stern tests
would be overcome.

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GEORGE V:  I look forward to the
future with faith and hope.

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It is to the young
that the future belongs,

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and when the time comes,

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be ready and proud
to give to your country

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the service of your work,
your mind and your heart.

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NEWSREEL:  Within eight months of

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the Silver Jubilee,
King George lay dead.

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King George V, greatly loved
and gratefully remembered.

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I have lived long enough

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to know that things never remain
quite the same for very long.

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No-one can make
history stand still.

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Events and situations change
with startling speed.

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EDWARD VIII:  I have found it
impossible to carry the heavy burden

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of responsibility and to discharge
my duties as King

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without the help
and support of the woman I love.

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This decision has been made less
difficult to me

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by the sure knowledge
that my brother,

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with his fine qualities,

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will be able to take my
place forthwith.

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And he has one matchless blessing,

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enjoyed by so many of you

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and not bestowed on me -

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a happy home,

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with his wife and children.

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God bless you all.
God save the King.

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CHEERING

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I remember my father making
me write down

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what I remembered
about his Coronation.

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It was very valuable.

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ACTOR READS:  We crouched
in the window,

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looking onto a cold, misty morning.

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We did not eat very much
as we were too excited.

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NEWSREEL:  Happy, excited crowds,
raining though it may be.

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The police are having trouble
to keep the route clear.

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Millions cheering themselves hoarse
this glorious Coronation day.

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I cannot find words
with which to thank you

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for your love and loyalty
to the Queen and myself.

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If, in the coming years,

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I can show my gratitude
in service to you,

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that is the way, above all others,
that I should choose.

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NEWSREEL:  Those eight
magnificent greys

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drawing on that almost
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with Their Majesties
the King and Queen.

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YOUNG ELIZABETH:
There are long periods

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when life seems
a small, dull round...

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..and then, suddenly,
we are caught up in some great event

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which gives us a glimpse of the
solid and durable foundations

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of our existence.

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NEWSREEL:  The members of the royal
family take their places.

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The Princesses Elizabeth
and Margaret Rose.

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Princess Elizabeth,
who is now heir to the throne.

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I thought it all very,
very wonderful

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and, I expect, the Abbey did too,
as Papa was crowned.

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ALL: God save the King.

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God save the King.
God save the King.

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At the end, the service got rather
boring, as it was all prayers.

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Grannie and I were looking to see
how many more pages to the end.

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At the bottom of the page,
it said "Finis".

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We both smiled at each other
and turned back to the service.

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GEORGE VI:  The Queen and I
will always keep in our hearts

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the inspiration of this day.

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I thank you from my heart,

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and may God bless you all.

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Balmoral is a place one looks
forward to very much.

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I think that it has
an atmosphere of its own.

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Families so often treasure
their routines

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and embrace the roles,
traditions and values

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that mean so much to us.

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I see it in my own family,

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and it is a source
of great happiness.

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GEORGE VI:  Europe is now
profoundly troubled.

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I would end with
a special word of greeting

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to those of my listeners
who are young...

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..that the skies are overcast
in more than one quarter

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at the present time.
Do not lose heart.

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Life is a great adventure.

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The key to all true progress
lies in faith, hope and love.

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NEWSREEL:  There are two aspects
of novelty

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about the King's camp this year.

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First, it was held in Scotland,

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where the King himself is on
holiday,

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and second, His Majesty
visited the camp

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accompanied by the Queen
and the Princesses.

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In this camp,
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of working lads
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the same spirit
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and His Majesty sampled
all the amusements.

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Of course, the amateur
cameras were very busy.

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ALL SING

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People matter.

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And it is our relationship
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that is most important.

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What people are, and what people do,

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does make all the difference.

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The joint efforts of individuals
can defeat the evils of our time.

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NEWSREEL:  The King returns
to London.

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Hitler and Stalin sign their pact.

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On the fateful first Sunday
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and the world knows
that Britain is at war.

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At home,
we settle down to a new life.

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All parents would like
their children

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to grow up in peace
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But for most of this century,

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the people of this world

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have had to live through bewildering
changes and upheavals.

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Darling Grannie,

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we have been very busy
knitting lately.

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We made a blanket for
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also some jumpers and stockings.

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I do hope we will not get
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Hitler is a horrid man.

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Let us hope that this war
will not last long.

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Some cultures believe
a long life brings wisdom.

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I'd like to think so.

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Perhaps part of that wisdom

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is to recognise some
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Such as the way human beings
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and yet a capacity for evil.

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NEWSREEL:  Germany's wild attack
becomes more savage every hour.

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AIR-RAID SIREN

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Down swoop their bombers
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down upon women and children.

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The outlook seemed bleak.

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GEORGE VI:  The decisive
struggle is now upon us.

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The issue is now plain.

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It is life or death for us all.

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For the very first broadcast I made,

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helped by my sister,

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we spoke to children who had been
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and sent away for their own safety.

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YOUNG ELIZABETH: My sister, Margaret
Rose, and I feel so much for you,

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as we know from experience
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to be away from those we love
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My sister is by my side

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and we are both
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Come on, Margaret.

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Goodnight, children.

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Goodnight and good luck to you all.

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Darling Grannie,

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I am so glad you liked
the broadcast.

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Everyone has been saying
how like my voice is to Mummy's.

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We have all-night air-raid warnings
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and the guns go occasionally,
and they make a very big noise.

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The War affected everyone...

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..and no-one was immune
from its impact.

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NEWSREEL:  From the humblest
dwellings of the poorest people

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to Buckingham Palace,

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this was the effect of
a time bomb that exploded

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in the grounds
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It fell close to
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Truly, this is a war of all
the people.

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Darling Grannie,

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poor old Buckingham Palace
looks very sad, with no windows

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and bits here and there
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ARCHIVE:  When firebombs fell
on and around the Palace,

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the home of our beloved sovereign
and his consort is again damaged.

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Buckingham Palace for the third time
is hit by Nazi bombs.

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We thank God that Their Majesties
were unhurt.

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The news of the war
has been very bad lately.

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But we will never give in.

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Your very loving granddaughter,
Lilibet.

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It is not enough
simply to do our jobs.

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Service demands sacrifice.

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ARCHIVE:  We mourn the passing
of the King's younger brother,

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who lost his life on active service.

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The Duke, who was an airman
in his own right,

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had undertaken duties concerning
the welfare of RAF personnel

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and was on his way to Iceland
when the crash occurred.

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Many people have had to cope
with family loss...

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..sometimes in the most tragic
of circumstances.

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Darling Grannie,

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it was so very sad
about poor Uncle George.

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His death was such an awful shock

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and we will all miss him
a great deal.

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He was always so very kind to us.

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We sometimes think
the world's problems are so big

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that we can do little to help.

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On our own, we cannot end wars
or wipe out injustice.

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But the cumulative impact of
thousands of small acts of goodness

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can be bigger than we imagine.

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ARCHIVE:  The King and Queen
were setting an example

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of untiring devotion.  The King,
heartened by periodic visits

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to all those fighting services
of the Empire,

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of which he is Commander-in-chief.

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By his visits to his forces,
my father brought encouragement

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to those who had long been parted
from their homes and families.

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He was the living symbol
of our steadfastness.

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He never wavered in his faith
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the cause of freedom would prevail.

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In a broadcast to the nation,
my father said,

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"What is demanded from us all

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"is something more than
courage and endurance."

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GEORGE VI:  We need
a revival of spirit,

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a new, unconquerable resolve.

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I remember waiting for
the Prime Minister's announcement

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of the end of the war in Europe.

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CHURCHILL:  Hostilities
will end officially

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at one minute after midnight
tonight, Tuesday the 8th of May.

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We may allow ourselves
a brief period of rejoicing.

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We kept faith
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and this belief carried us through.

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I vividly remember
the jubilant scenes

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my sister and I witnessed with
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from the balcony
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and across the country
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My sister and I realised we couldn't
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so we asked my parents if we could
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of being recognised.

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I pulled my uniform cap
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We walked miles through the streets.
I remember lines of unknown people,

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linking arms
and walking down Whitehall,

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all of us just swept along
on a tide of happiness and relief.

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I think it was one of the most
memorable nights of my life.

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My father expressed undiminished
hope and trust in the future.

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GEORGE VI:  Have faith
in life at its best

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and bring to it your courage,

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your hopes
and your sense of humour.

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Let us have no fear of the future

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but think of it
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of the Princess' engagement had
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formerly Prince Philip of Greece,
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throughout the world.

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To inquiries about her engagement,
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"You must wait and see."

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Thousands of cheering people
wish Godspeed to

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the royal family as they arrive
for the beginning of their

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South African journey
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the beginning of
the biggest adventure of her life,

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for she has never been
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For anyone else, this would be a
holiday, but she is the future Queen

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on the eve of her 21st birthday,

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and she has exacting duties
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I and all my family have always felt

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that one of
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to express in our visits overseas

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the goodwill of our country towards
friends abroad, near and far.

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My sister and I were very glad
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to accompany our parents.

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Before our eyes,
history is being made.

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His Majesty King George VI is the
first reigning monarch of England

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ever to set foot
on South African soil.

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CHEERING

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My first and highly memorable
experience of South Africa

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was in 1947.

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You can imagine how vivid
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and my next were,
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they embarked on
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We share the same world...

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..but we do not share
the same opportunities.

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A tolerant society actively develops
the people who belong to it

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and enriches their lives
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contact between its peoples.

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The Princess's attendance
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a big moment in her life,
her dedication to

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the service of
the British Commonwealth,

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made on her birthday in Cape Town

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and broadcast to
a worldwide audience.

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Darling Grannie, I'm now preparing

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for my Empire broadcast
on my birthday, which is

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rather a terrifying prospect.

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ARCHIVE:  The royal family went
to the lovely Natal National Park

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for a few days' well-earned rest
away from the cheering crowds,

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with not a single camera
to disturb them.

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Africa has a unique place
in my affections.

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I remember
my own lifelong commitment,

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made in 1947, at the age of 21.

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YOUNG ELIZABETH: I declare before
you all that my whole life,

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whether it be long or short,
shall be devoted to your service

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and to the service
of our great Imperial family,

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to which we all belong.

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I know that your support
will be unfailingly given.

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God help me to make good my vow,

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and God bless all of you
who are willing to share in it.

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Although that vow was made
in my salad days,

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when I was green in judgment...

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..I do not regret nor retract
one word of it.

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CHEERING

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CHURCH BELLS RING OUT

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ARCHIVE:  The day is
November 20th, 1947.

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The time, 11 o'clock.
A nation and a world watch.

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If I'm asked today
what I think about family life

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after years of marriage,
I can answer

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with simplicity and conviction.

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I'm for it.

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ARCHIVE:  Once only in 1,100 years
of British kingship

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has there been such a day -
an heiress presumptive to

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the throne marries
the man of her choice.

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This relationship between two
people, however deep at the time,

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needs to develop and mature
with the passing years.

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CHURCH BELLS RING OUT

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For that, it must be held firm...

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..in the web
of family relationships.

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He has quite simply been my strength
and stay all these years.

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CROWD CHANTING OUTSIDE

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CHEERING

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Joy and sadness
are part of all our lives.

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Indeed, the poet William Blake
tells us,

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"Joy and woe are woven fine

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"A clothing for the soul divine

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"Under every grief and pine

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"Runs a joy with silken twine."

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His sense of service

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intellectual curiosity

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and capacity to squeeze fun
out of any situation

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were all irrepressible.

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That mischievous, inquiring twinkle
was as bright at the end

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as when I first set eyes on him.

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ARCHIVE:  An excited crowd
outside the Palace.

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Her Royal Highness
Princess Elizabeth

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was safely delivered of
a prince at 9:14pm.

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The boy born to be King.

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The Prince has arrived.

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For parents, a birth
is time for reflection

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on what the future holds
for the baby...

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..and how they can best ensure
its safety and happiness.

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ARCHIVE:  Princess Elizabeth
and Prince Philip

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spend a happy afternoon
with the world's most famous baby.

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These are the first newsreel
pictures taken since his christening

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of Prince Charles,
now eight months old,

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as he will undoubtedly become

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the most photographed child
in the world.

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The birth of a baby
brings great happiness.

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But then the business
of growing up begins.

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It is a process that starts
within the protection

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and care of parents
and other members of the family,

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including the older generation.

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As with any team, there is
strength in combination.

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What grandparent does not wish for

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the best possible upbringing
for their grandchildren?

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ARCHIVE:  The whole nation
rejoices at the good news

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for which it has been waiting.
To the Princess, a daughter is born.

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Often, a child's helplessness

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and vulnerability
brings out the best in us.

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Each one of us has a primary
and personal responsibility

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for our own children,
the children entrusted to our care

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and for all the children
in our own communities.

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My father watched his grandchildren
take their first steps.

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And he knew that all the sacrifices

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and anxiety of the dark days
of the war had been worthwhile.

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ARCHIVE:  The King became unwell
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A further announcement on June 4th
said that the King,

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on the advice of his doctors,
had reluctantly decided

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to cancel all his public engagements
for at least four weeks.

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The King's doctors had advised
a prolonged convalescence.

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Good health is a precious gift.

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There is a traditional proverb
which says,

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"He who has health has hope,

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"and he who has hope
has everything."

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It is in times
of stress and difficulty

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that we most need to remember

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that in the end,
we all depend upon each other,

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and that we are therefore
responsible for each other.

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FANFARE AND CHEERING

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NEWSREEL:  Many Londoners gathered
at the approach to Buckingham Palace

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to see Their Majesties leave
for their summer holiday.

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After staying at Royal Lodge,
Windsor, and Sandringham,

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the King went to Balmoral Castle
on August the 2nd.

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The crowd,
like the rest of his subjects,

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hoped that the King would continue

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to make good progress
towards complete recovery.

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In times of doubt and anxiety,

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the attitudes people show
in their daily lives

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are of supreme importance.

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The comradeship of adversity
brings out the best in us.

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NEWSREEL:  His Majesty
returned to London,

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his holiday at Balmoral cut short
on the advice of his doctors.

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The King suddenly returned
to Buckingham Palace for

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an immediate lung operation.

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NEWSREEL:  A royal Princess flew
across the sea to Canada.

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14 million loyal subjects waited

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to greet the daughter
of their beloved monarch,

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His Majesty King George VI.

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Service and duty are not just

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the guiding principles
of yesteryear.

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They have an enduring value
which spans the generations.

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As Princess Elizabeth and the Duke
of Edinburgh set foot in Canada,

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the eyes and ears
of press, film and radio

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record the welcome
for people far away.

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We made personal contact
on behalf of the King

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with Canadians of all walks of life,

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from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

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In the thousands
of miles we travelled,

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we saw many aspects
of Canada and Canadian life.

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PHILIP:  No two marriages
are quite alike.

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However, I think that
the main lesson that we've learnt

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is that tolerance is
the one essential ingredient

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of any happy marriage.

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By trial and experience,

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I believe we have achieved
a sensible division of labour

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and a good balance between our
individual and joint interests.

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Prince Philip is, I believe,

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well-known for declining
compliments of any kind.

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But throughout, he has been
a constant strength and guide.

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Wherever we went,
I was deeply touched to find

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an affectionate concern for
the health of my father.

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Speaking on behalf of
the Canadian people,

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we appreciate your coming to Canada,

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after the anxious days
through which you have just passed.

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Darling Papa,

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I do hope you are feeling
really better again.

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On the telephone, Mummy has told me

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that you are now up in
the audience room during the day.

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There have been
so many messages to you

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from every part of this country...

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..and from so many people that

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I couldn't possibly
tell you all of them.

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ARCHIVE:  Warm hearts defy the cold
winds and icy spray of the sea.

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Goodbye for all of us.

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Goodbye to a sailor and his wife,

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homeward bound across the sea.

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The experience of growing older,

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the joys and emotions which
it brings, are familiar to us all.

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We are all visitors
to this time, this place.

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We are just passing through.

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Our purpose here is to observe,

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to learn, to grow, to love.

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And then we return home.

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ARCHIVE:  And now we end 1951
as the new year dawns

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and each lengthening day brings
His Majesty greater strength.

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Led us end with the old, old toast -
long live the King.

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CHEERING

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ARCHIVE:  Less than three months
after returning from

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their Canadian tour, Princess
Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh

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were off on another Commonwealth
journey.

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The crowds cheers heralded
the arrival of the King's car,

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bringing Their Majesties and
Princess Margaret to the airport

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for a last farewell
to the Royal travellers.

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CHEERING

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It was His Majesty's first
major public appearance

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since last September.

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The journey, which, but for his
illness, the King himself would have

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undertaken, was almost under way.

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When people face a challenge,

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they sometimes talk about
taking a deep breath

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to find courage or strength.

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In fact, the word "inspire"
literally means to breathe in.

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For all of us, each year is
an adventure into the unknown.

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We shall need the faith
and determination of our forebears

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to guide us on our journeys.

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NEWSREEL:  After fulfilling several
official engagements in Nairobi,

496
01:02:02.400 --> 01:02:05.160
they left the capital
for Sagana Lodge.

497
01:02:08.480 --> 01:02:12.000
From her car, the Princess took many
feet of film with her cine camera.

498
01:02:28.240 --> 01:02:30.440
The Earth is a gift to us all,

499
01:02:30.440 --> 01:02:32.760
whoever we are, wherever we live.

500
01:02:36.360 --> 01:02:38.960
In the words of our Poet Laureate,

501
01:02:38.960 --> 01:02:43.320
"Though you have conquered
Earth and charted sea

502
01:02:43.320 --> 01:02:47.840
"And planned the courses
of all stars that be

503
01:02:47.840 --> 01:02:50.800
"Adventure on,
more wonders are in thee."

504
01:02:53.000 --> 01:02:57.800
We must adventure on if we are
to make the world a better place.

505
01:03:02.520 --> 01:03:06.320
ARCHIVE:  Seldom had a
Royal tour begun more happily.

506
01:03:06.320 --> 01:03:08.800
For two days,
the Royal couple relaxed

507
01:03:08.800 --> 01:03:10.320
in the grounds of their house.

508
01:03:13.880 --> 01:03:18.400
Life, of course, consists of final
partings as well as first meetings.

509
01:03:28.440 --> 01:03:31.200
ARCHIVE:  This is London.

510
01:03:31.200 --> 01:03:35.240
It is with the greatest sorrow that
we make the following announcement -

511
01:03:35.240 --> 01:03:39.800
at 10:45 today,
February the 6th 1952,

512
01:03:39.800 --> 01:03:44.160
that the King, who retired to rest
last night in his usual health,

513
01:03:44.160 --> 01:03:46.480
passed peacefully away
in his sleep.

514
01:03:54.760 --> 01:03:57.880
She was on the veranda at Treetops,

515
01:03:57.880 --> 01:04:01.920
where she and the Duke
had spent the previous 19 hours

516
01:04:01.920 --> 01:04:04.120
watching wild game.

517
01:04:04.120 --> 01:04:08.000
About as far removed from
normal civilisation as possible.

518
01:04:08.000 --> 01:04:11.720
How tragic to think that at such
a moment, she should become Queen.

519
01:04:41.000 --> 01:04:45.640
There is no magic formula that will
transform sorrow into happiness.

520
01:05:32.400 --> 01:05:34.640
I rely on my own faith

521
01:05:34.640 --> 01:05:37.280
to guide me through
the good times and the bad.

522
01:05:42.560 --> 01:05:44.800
It was a tragic homecoming.

523
01:05:44.800 --> 01:05:49.400
On the same spot where, a week ago,
there had been a happy departure,

524
01:05:49.400 --> 01:05:52.800
there stepped down from the plane
a figure in mourning.

525
01:05:52.800 --> 01:05:55.520
Elizabeth II, Queen of this realm

526
01:05:55.520 --> 01:05:58.680
and of all her other realms
and territories,

527
01:05:58.680 --> 01:06:01.840
Head of the Commonwealth,
Defender of the Faith.

528
01:06:06.400 --> 01:06:10.080
When all your world is torn
with grief and strife,

529
01:06:10.080 --> 01:06:11.360
think yet.

530
01:06:12.560 --> 01:06:15.600
When there seems nothing left
to mend the frail

531
01:06:15.600 --> 01:06:19.000
and timeworn fabric of your life,

532
01:06:19.000 --> 01:06:22.440
the golden thread
of courage has no end.

533
01:07:17.800 --> 01:07:20.040
In a way,
I didn't have an apprenticeship.

534
01:07:20.040 --> 01:07:21.880
My father died much too young.

535
01:07:26.120 --> 01:07:29.280
It was all a very sudden kind of...

536
01:07:29.280 --> 01:07:33.520
..taking on
and making the best job you can.

537
01:07:53.440 --> 01:07:57.400
ARCHIVE:  15 years ago, a little girl
who called herself Lilibet

538
01:07:57.400 --> 01:08:00.320
wrote her own account
of Coronation morning.

539
01:08:02.320 --> 01:08:04.240
Today, the writer of these lines

540
01:08:04.240 --> 01:08:07.000
is about to come forth
from Buckingham Palace,

541
01:08:07.000 --> 01:08:09.640
a young mother and a reigning Queen.

542
01:08:11.880 --> 01:08:14.400
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

543
01:08:17.120 --> 01:08:19.160
Each day is a new beginning.

544
01:08:20.240 --> 01:08:23.240
I know that the only way
to live my life

545
01:08:23.240 --> 01:08:25.720
is to try to do what is right,

546
01:08:25.720 --> 01:08:27.720
to take the long view,

547
01:08:27.720 --> 01:08:30.720
to give of my best
in all that the day brings,

548
01:08:30.720 --> 01:08:32.640
and to put my trust in God.

549
01:08:38.520 --> 01:08:41.040
Whether we believe in God or not,

550
01:08:41.040 --> 01:08:43.920
I think most of us have
a sense of the spiritual...

551
01:08:46.240 --> 01:08:50.240
..that recognition of a deeper
meaning and purpose in our lives.

552
01:08:51.320 --> 01:08:53.800
And I believe that
this sense flourishes

553
01:08:53.800 --> 01:08:55.880
despite the pressures of our world.

554
01:08:58.360 --> 01:09:01.120
ARCHIVE:  The words echo out of
the history of the land.

555
01:09:01.120 --> 01:09:04.600
We have resolved by the favour
and blessing of Almighty God

556
01:09:04.600 --> 01:09:08.360
to celebrate the solemnity of
our Royal Coronation

557
01:09:08.360 --> 01:09:12.880
upon Tuesday, the second day of June
in the Year of Grace 1953.

558
01:09:12.880 --> 01:09:17.480
The Coronation of Her Royal Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II.

559
01:09:19.400 --> 01:09:23.760
It's a question of maturing
into something

560
01:09:23.760 --> 01:09:26.680
that one's got used to doing,

561
01:09:26.680 --> 01:09:31.400
and accepting the fact that here you
are and it's your fate.

562
01:09:34.520 --> 01:09:37.040
Because I think
continuity's very important.

563
01:09:38.600 --> 01:09:40.360
It is a job for life.

564
01:10:02.000 --> 01:10:04.880
The years have slipped
by so quickly.

565
01:10:17.880 --> 01:10:20.840
There is no point
in regretting the passage of time.

566
01:10:25.080 --> 01:10:27.880
Growing older is
one of the facts of life.

567
01:10:34.120 --> 01:10:36.480
And it has its own compensations.

568
01:10:48.240 --> 01:10:54.480
One of the joys of living a long
life is watching one's children.

569
01:10:57.920 --> 01:10:59.880
Then grandchildren.

570
01:11:10.600 --> 01:11:13.320
We can't be certain
what lies ahead for them.

571
01:11:17.800 --> 01:11:20.760
But we should know enough
to put them on the right path.

572
01:11:22.880 --> 01:11:25.600
We can do this if we have
the good sense to learn

573
01:11:25.600 --> 01:11:28.680
from the experience of
those who've gone before us.

574
01:11:41.560 --> 01:11:45.520
ARCHIVE:  Queen Elizabeth
going forth to her crowning.

575
01:11:45.520 --> 01:11:49.520
I don't know that anyone had
invented the term platinum for

576
01:11:49.520 --> 01:11:52.880
a 70th anniversary when I was born.

577
01:11:52.880 --> 01:11:55.400
You weren't expected
to be around that long.

578
01:11:55.400 --> 01:11:57.960
CHEERING

579
01:12:01.480 --> 01:12:03.320
I mean, I've seen one coronation

580
01:12:03.320 --> 01:12:07.680
and been the recipient in the other,
which is pretty remarkable.

581
01:12:11.040 --> 01:12:14.400
CHOIR:  # Vivat Regina

582
01:12:14.400 --> 01:12:18.200
# Vivat Regina Elizabetha

583
01:12:18.200 --> 01:12:22.400
# Vivat! Vivat! Vivat! #

584
01:12:22.400 --> 01:12:24.800
It's a pageant of chivalry

585
01:12:24.800 --> 01:12:28.920
and an old-fashioned way
of doing things, I think, really,

586
01:12:28.920 --> 01:12:32.040
but it's quite interesting
to have it done again.

587
01:12:33.760 --> 01:12:38.280
God crown you with
a crown of glory and righteousness,

588
01:12:38.280 --> 01:12:40.240
that having a right faith

589
01:12:40.240 --> 01:12:42.800
and manifold fruit of good works,

590
01:12:42.800 --> 01:12:47.080
you may obtain the crown
of an everlasting kingdom

591
01:12:47.080 --> 01:12:51.560
by the gift of him
whose kingdom endureth for ever.

592
01:12:51.560 --> 01:12:53.840
Amen.  Amen.

593
01:12:53.840 --> 01:12:58.720
ALL:  God save the Queen.
God save the Queen.

594
01:12:58.720 --> 01:13:00.400
God save the Queen.

595
01:13:00.400 --> 01:13:03.000
FANFARE PLAYS

596
01:13:07.560 --> 01:13:09.280
I here present unto you

597
01:13:09.280 --> 01:13:12.560
Queen Elizabeth,
your undoubted queen.

598
01:13:16.360 --> 01:13:19.600
It's inevitable that I should seem
a rather remote figure

599
01:13:19.600 --> 01:13:21.360
to many of you.

600
01:13:21.360 --> 01:13:25.520
A successor to the kings
and queens of history,

601
01:13:25.520 --> 01:13:30.560
someone whose face may be
familiar in newspapers and films,

602
01:13:30.560 --> 01:13:33.400
but who never really touches
your personal lives.

603
01:13:39.000 --> 01:13:40.360
In the old days,

604
01:13:40.360 --> 01:13:43.240
the monarch led his soldiers
on the battlefield

605
01:13:43.240 --> 01:13:47.200
and his leadership at all times
was close and personal.

606
01:13:50.760 --> 01:13:52.640
I cannot lead you into battle.

607
01:13:55.280 --> 01:13:57.120
I do not give you laws,

608
01:13:57.120 --> 01:13:58.600
or administer justice.

609
01:13:59.920 --> 01:14:01.760
But I can do something else.

610
01:14:03.840 --> 01:14:06.120
I can give you my heart

611
01:14:06.120 --> 01:14:09.080
and my devotion
to these old islands,

612
01:14:09.080 --> 01:14:12.480
and to all the peoples
of our brotherhood of nations.

613
01:14:27.560 --> 01:14:31.040
I hope my Platinum Jubilee
will be an opportunity

614
01:14:31.040 --> 01:14:36.120
for people everywhere to enjoy
a sense of togetherness,

615
01:14:36.120 --> 01:14:38.520
a chance to give thanks for

616
01:14:38.520 --> 01:14:42.320
the enormous changes
of the last 70 years,

617
01:14:42.320 --> 01:14:45.360
and also to look ahead
with confidence.

618
01:15:16.040 --> 01:15:21.040
Over the years, I have tried
to follow my father's example

619
01:15:21.040 --> 01:15:23.000
and to serve you as best I can.