cautious step as monarch, she is torn between the palace old forward led by her mother and those like her husband philip who want change. with scandals swirling around her sister margaret threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power. sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. february 1952. elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days, following the death of her father, king george vi. shortly after the king s lord mount batten prince philip s uncle holds a dinner party at the house in hampshire. lord louis mountbatten played a key role in the life of his young nephew philip. when philip is a child the family are deposed and they flee to exile, and really his father has no time for him. louis mountbatten takes over as philip s guardian and so he sees him as his son really. lord mountbatten had always had domestic ambitions for his nephew philip. he was like some sort of medieval character plotting the advance of his own dynasty. lord mou
behind me, the house parliament. inside, and westminster hall, elizabeth ii lies in state as one by, one her devoted subjects do what they have been doing for hours now and will continue to do around the clock until monday morning. they are making a way towards the draped coffin, and quietly paying their respects. to the only monarch most have ever known. as we watch, it is hard not to notice how well the calmness of this late hour fits the moment. this is after all, a bustling world capital, it looks and sounds that way during most daylight hours. except earlier today, when even some flights to heathrow were suspended, and the city felt quiet for the procession from buckingham palace. flanked by guards in cavalry, and led by her on four children, the carriage carried the queen coffin down westminster. it was a remarkable display of ceremony and ritual. history, and family. each piece of it, every gesture planned to the heartbeat, and done with precision. turn, slow
trace: we re getting a new look at the seized documents. some marked secret and top secret. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel has more from the d.c. newsroom. good morning. a 36-page filing from federal prosecutors meeting a federal judge s late night deadline. they argue the motion for a special master in the case fails for multiple independent reasons. in this filing prosecutors write the government also developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. the government also released this photo which contains a number of files with bright yellow or red cover sheets signifying top secret material. they appear spread out over a carpet. the court filing said they were recovered inside a container in the former president s office. prosecutors write three classified documents that were not located in boxes but rather were located in the desk
who want change. with scandals swirling around her sister margaret threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power, sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. february 1952. elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days, following the death of her father, king george vi. shortly after the king s death the queen s uncle holds a dinner party at the house in hampshire. lord louis mountbatten played a key role in the life of his young nephew philip. when philip is a child the greek family are deposed and they flee to exile and his father has no time for him. louis mountbatten takes over as philip s guardian and so he sees him as his son really. lord mountbatten had always had domestic ambitions for his . what has this damned fool got to do with the name of this house? queen mary s husband, george v, was the king who d begun the house of windsor. queen mary goes to winston churchill and said this is what mountbatten is plotting. mountbatten
with scandal swirling around her sister margaret, threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power. sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. february 1952. elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days following the death of her father, king george vi. shortly after the king s death, lord mountbatten holds a dinner at his house in hampshire. lord louie mountbatten played a key role in the young life of his nephew philip. when philip is a child, they flee to exile and really his father has no time for him. louie mountbatten takes over as prince philip s guardian. he sees him as his son. he already had dynastic ambitions for philip. he was like some of medieval character plotting the advance of his own dynasty. lord mountbatten makes a radical pronouncement. the house of windsor should take philip s name. mountbatten asks everyone present to raise a glass to house of mountbatten. in this they are saying the house of windsor is dead. the hou