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Royal life. >> i would hope we might strive for an age of reverence. reverence for what gives us life and for the fragile world in which we live. >> charles born in 1948, to then heir to the throne, princess elizabeth and prince phillip, the duke of edinburgh. >> a son has been born, glad news that was soon echoing around the world. >> reporter: charles was bestowed a host of titles at a young age but did not become prince of wales until 1969, a role he sought to professionalize and redefine. ma...

And certainly no other public figure had such a direct up close view of the upheavals of war and technology and politics that have come to define this so-called special relationship between the u.s. and the uk. and the queen, by being such an enduring figure, she in many ways provided u.s. presidents a connection to their predecessors, and she was an example of what a life devoted to public service can look like even with all of the royal trappings that were available to her because she was the ...

Deeper understanding that if we could make it here, maybe they can, too. >> reporter: the former first lady also nodding to history. >> a girl like me, she was never supposed to be up there next to jacqueline kennedy and dolly madison. sh was never supposed to live in this house. and she definitely wasnt supposed to serve as first lady. >> reporter: presidents usually host their predecessors for their portrait unveiling. but former president donald trump did not. tonight, michelle obama insistin...

President obama and former first lady michelle obama will be unveiled for the first time. these are those official portraits that hang in the white house along with their predecessors and so this is something that has been in the works for really quite some time, about five years these portraits have been in the works and typically, these are events where theyre bipartisan, where republicans president host democratic presidents, democratic presidents host republican presidents for this unveiling...

The obamas for their portrait unveiling. trump even moved the portraits of former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush to the rarely used old family dining room. biden returned the portraits back to their original displays in the grand foyer last year. the tradition started with former first lady jackie kennedy who began the policy of pro during life portraits of the presidents and first ladies. the kennedys portraits were unveiled in 1971. the event has served as a time for presidents and...

It will be michelle obamas first time back at the white house since they moved out in 2017. it is the long standing tradition of current presidents having unveiling ceremonies for predecessors. lets bring in jeremy peters and robert gibbs. robert youre headed to the event today. we know you worked inside the white house. you saw firsthand the nature of the relationship between barack obama and joe biden. what are you looking forward to about this moment? what does it say about how long it took f...

Unveiling of their portraits which will hang on the walls of the white house as a remembrance of hope and change. >> it is a long-standing tradition. >> president clinton and senator clinton welcome back. >> welcome back to the house that you called home for eight years. >> reporter: sitting presidents host their immediate predecessors to unveil their official portraits in a bipartisan light-hearted event as seen when the clintons welcomed the bushes for their unveiling. >> as americans look for...

Instance of there are very few coincidences in politics? >> look. i think biden is going to have a different bounce in his step if he tried to do this three or four months ago and it might have been a more somber occasion. you know, biden is on the war path. he is moving forward. he is getting his agenda passed. and i think its good to remind people of that buddy movie we saw for eight years, joe biden and barack obama, they ran against each other for the nomination and were rivals. different ge...

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