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Had done. >> no, they had not. >> again, the queens frugality, and sort of a sense of not wanting to stand out even in eternity. she chose to rest in eternity next to her husband in the windsor vault, you know, not standing out. one of her predecessors, queen victoria has a massive mausoleum, something she chose not to do, and placing herself with her family, and next to her husband. just moments from now, well be covering live and showing in its entirety, the official state funeral for queen el...

Thats what my campaign in 1992 was all about. thats why, you know, when i left office, we moved 100 times out of poverty into the middle class than my predecessors. because i understood that. its the only time since the end of world war ii when, percentage wise, the incomes of the bottom 20%, rose slightly more than the top 20. not that i wanted to make them poor, but if you look at a graph of say their most successful president was reagan, because it was the first time we had ever been on a def...

Senior national political reporter sal gapor and moving to dc and the belt way, people roll their ice but this is not a yeah yeah kind of thing, this is important, this matters and talk about what senate democrats and the president is doing now. >> the stakes are enormous. and this is such a consequential piece of president bidens legacy. so far at this point in the term, he is outpacing donald trump and other predecessors by having 82 judges confirmed through the senate by this point. an unusua...

National instrument and we have two welsh harpists playing today, that is the current royal harpist alice hughes from powys and alongside her catrin finch, one of her predecessors. you can see the detail on the harp, it is decorated with welsh motifs, the prince of waless feathers at the top and also leeks and daffodils, it is synonymous with wales after the prince of wales reinstated the role for the first time in more than 120 years that there had been a royal harpist. in terms of who will add...

She said, you should see my mother. so, there was a special chemistry there. but importantly, i think they both understood each other, people like that, because the queen -- because theyd both been around a long time. theyd both seen ups and downs. and i think there was a hugely reassuring quality to the queen for world leaders. >> a lot of world leaders -- it must have been incredibly nerve wracking when someones whos just come into power to meet the power and to know she has known all your pre...

And yet, to know that she has known all your predecessors, and its had relationships with all of them, wondering what your relationships gonna be like. >> and all the former prime ministers who spoke about their relationship with the queen have said the same thing. the she put them at their ease. and the thing about ali being a world leader is spending time with the queen, everything else is put to one side. you just got time with someone with this experience. it must of been a very special over...

That going on well knowing that every word he says, every movement is being watched and read and interpreted. he has made a good start. i mean, he must feel good about the way that were just looking earlier walking. around all at the speech. so, that will give him confidence. but he is also -- there she is. >> he wouldnt have known. i mean three months ago, who wouldve known? we could not possibly imagined that three months later we would be mourning the loss of our queen. >> that is a pretty st...

Earlier queen elizabeth, she was a patent to all princes living. as i stand before you today, i cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us and which reminds us of the vital parliamentary traditions to which members of both houses dedicate yourselves with such personal commitment for the betterment of us all. parliament is the living and breathing instrument of our democracy. that your traditions are ancient, we see in the construction of this great hall. and the reminders of m...

Predecessors of the office to which i predecessors of the office to which i have _ predecessors of the office to which i have been called. my lords and members — i have been called. my lords and members of the house of commons, we gather— members of the house of commons, we gather today _ members of the house of commons, we gather today in remembrance of the remarkable span of dedicated service of the _ remarkable span of dedicated service of the queen to her nations and implies — of the q...

The 22nd century. george king george will be 87. all by that. time so that worry that the predecessors had they are guaranteed it liu. >> someone also pointing out to me, this week, that probably we will definitely see another queen in our lifetimes. >> and its quite set, isnt it? >> look, the queens have done well for this country. i, mean three of our greatest monex, you could ask anybody, you can ask any child, the great minutes they would trot out queen elizabeth the first, and queen victori...