Transcripts For FOXNEWS Queen Elizabeth II 20240707

That devotion to duty established her as a symbol of british pride and national celebration. The queen was an absolute splendid person she was exactly what you would want to have as your best friend. And i also remember her as a a fantastic mother. All other sort of pomple and pageantry and Everything Else her family was always very, very important. Identified by duty so for her the sense of commitment and dedication to the country, to the position of the monarchy was absolute. She nurtured monarchy through one the biggest periods of change that society has ever seen. And shes passed on to the king something that is utterly solvent. To be queen you have to do it. I think it must have been very heartwarming for the queen to appreciate the immense amount of affection that they loved her. Elizabeth xangd are mare remay e first granddaughter but no one imagined she would be queen. The structure of things the expectation was that eldest son of the king who was the Prince Of Wales at the time went on to king of the eighth would marry and have children so there was no expectation that Princess Elizabeth would ever be placed on the throne. When elizabeth was just eight months old, her parents then duck and Dutchess Of York Set off to australia gone for six month and missed their daughters first birthday. The first time the Young Elizabeth reencountered her parents she didnt quite recognize them and actually grown closer to her grandfather and grandmother. The very stern George The Fifth and queen mary. I think she learned at a very early age the virtues of detachment and took it for granted. George the fifth was devoted to little princess, and she could sit on his back and pull his years call him big ears and called him grandpa england everyone thought was so sweet. Lil bit often called her sister margaret was born and enjoyed life and just across the park from Buckingham Palace. It was a large townhouse by our standards many bedrooms and a ballroom but still their neighbors were you know, daughters of businessmen, daughters of important doctors. And they played outside with them together so it was a very elite childhood but it was a very normal childhood and perhaps the most normal childhood that any world child has had ever before. She often referred to the fact that when she went on a walk with her mother and father mother would always offer photograph to any passerby who said could they have one, and i think Princess Elizabeth found it very erksome to be lined up with mother mother so gregarious and i think it was challenging for Princess Elizabeth to deal with that. I think it was very difficult for people to treat her normally. And for her to have normal relationships with people she was perhaps a bit weary of everybody xepght those that she knew very well. Like her first cousin all Called Margaret And was a regular playmate and beam one of the princesss closest friends. Had one record one side was really seeing something and other side was pomp and circumstance. In those days it was such wonderfully unorganized fun. Because, i mean, we played a gail called catching happy days which involved great speech catching leaves as they fell off the trees. All day you comeangts children being content to that sort of thing. She was always a more serious of the two but had a really nice elder regard for her little sister. She was fun. You know we all laughed and laughed. Had a wonderfully secure childhood. She had loving parents who really adored her. She had a father who worshiped her. She had a mother who was a warm and loving person. She herself so deeply viewed with sense of duty. That i think she probably taught the queen a lot but not so much by telling things but by showing her how to do things. Father didnt have royal duties so we was with girls when parents at that time didnt spend too much team with their children and saw them every morning, evening they went to windsor together they were very devoted family. Of course, this wasnt lasting very long. Majesty taking George The Fifth to england died at his home and staggering blow to ul aft peoples of the british empire. When her grandfather died Princess Elizabeth was nine years old her uncle queen Edward The 8th and he triggered a constitutional crisis because he was in love with the american divorcee wallace simpson. We hope that his majesty will be making to make a great personal sacrifice for sake of the people he has been called to leave. The Church Of England and Prime Minister were against any wedding and it soon became clear if the new king was to marry, he had no choice but to advocate. I have found it impossible that carried a heavy burden of responsibility and to this charge my duties as king, as i here would wish to do without the help and support of the women i love. Edward the eighth reign lasted less than 11 months Princess Elizabeths father became george the 6th. And her own destiny was set. I think the worst thing was being told that they had to leave a lovely home and move to horrible Buckingham Palace which was not a move and deering to them. Whatever to say about it its a huge working organizations home. Soon after George The Sixth unexpectedly became king, one of his friends said to him quietly you know, its not too late for you and your wife to try for another child. A boy. The idea then being that the err would have to be a boy and couldnt go to a girl and George The Sixth said absolutely not. He said ive studied by elder daughter. And i can see in her same qualities that Queen Victoria had and going to make her a magnificent monarch. A future role meant elizabeth started to receive a lot more attention in both the outside world and within palace walls. The whole idea of duty, the whole concept of getting on with the job which was at the core of the queens life was printed in her mind not any by her mother but also by father King George The Sixth. Theres a great photograph of Princess Elizabeth standing beside her father while he does the red boxes as sovereign. Here was the young princess learning from her father the king said his daughter to have lessons on Constitutional Affairs with the college and back inside palace Family Servant he is a huge influence on the young princess. She slept until her teenage years with her Maid Mcdonald daughter of a Railway Worker remote, though, that might seem old fashioned. It also meant she had extraordinary repore with the attitudes assumptions of a Working Class woman. Famous example is birthday time mcdonald in the 1930s taught her to save all her Wrapping Paper from her presents and actually to tie it and ribbon and everything and keep it safe. King and queen wanted their daughters to have as near a normal childhood as possible. They formed a special go guide pack, first Bucking Ham Palace guide company. They went camping in the grounds they did up and down Buckingham Palace corridors really idea was it would teach elizabeth how to mix a little girls her age because she didnt go to school. I was asked to be a leader and Princess Elizabeth was asked to be a trail second, and i remember thinking i was lucky to have such a very good second because she was totally reliable naturally and would do exactly what was needed. I was really impressed with her already at that age. Sometimes the princesss accompany their parents on a flicial engagements in 1939 they all visited college in devin 13yearold elizabeth and her sister were chaperoned by 18yearold trainee officer. A distant cousin they briefly met before a certain Prince Phillip of greece. He was duty to be there. Wanted to take gals around. I think everything good looking tall, blond blue eye, great fun. And not impressed with her position because, i mean, he felt perfectly unequal terms. Six weeks after that meeting Second World War started and phillip sent to serve in the indian ocean. I didnt think any of us had a slightest idea of what war could be like and it was almost sort of king arthur and his knights [inaudible conversations] what he was like. For security, the princesses were moved to a secret location which later turned out to be Windsor Castle they stayed there for most of the war. Their life appeared on the surface to mirror that of Hundreds Of Thousands of Young British children who were e vangted from cities because of the dangers of bombing. The symbolism of elizabeth being separated from her parents made it possible to make her famous broadcast to children all over the empire who were like her. Separated my sister Margaret Rose and i feel so much for you as we know from experience what it means to be away from those we love most of all. To you living in new surroundings we sending a message of true sympathy. Buckingham palace was famously bombed during the blitz and windsor wasnt altogether relaxed. I can remember we all were to get up in the middle of the night and go down to walk for miles through subterranean corridors walking slowly as she could up and she wasnt going hurry for princess parents felt desperately they should have some fun so they organized these high costume sleeping beauty, it was in the audience that one of these that it was the end of the war Prince Phillip was noted on leave from the navy applauding enthusiastly. Colonel and chief of the guards but she wanted to play a more practical role in the war and convince to let her join the territorial service. Taking a Driving Course at Training Center is Princess Elizabeth second ats. Essentially it was a mechanical service to look ever a truck to mend it, to drive it. You were training to be an ambulance driver, they were crucial to the war effort. After watching other girls at work the king returned and joke imply asked the princess havent you got it mended yet . It was tremendously important to the princess. There she was sitting in class wearing overalls bending over taking off a severing from her parents her independence. Today victory in europe, today. [cheering] on ve day Princess Elizabeth stood on the palace balcony wearing her ats uniform and waving with her parents. And then the king gave permission for her to slip out unnoticed into the crowds with her sister and cousi your record label is taking off. But so is your sound engineer. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. Indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. Visit indeed. Com hire every search you make, every click you take, every move you make, every step you take, ill be watching you. The internet doesnt have to be duckduckgo is a free all in one privacy app with a built in search engine, web browser, one click Data Clearing and more stop Companies Like google from watching you, by downloading the app today. Duckduckgo privacy, simplified. Crowds were huge Everybody Yelling and shouting and everybody they could see and peacetime. I mean we walked a long way all the way up to fair and all the way down picadilly and it was just euphoric memory we were in front of Buckingham Palace again and shouting we want the king. She did become thanks to that experience one of the people just for a little while. What elizabeth was celebrating in london Prince Phillip remained in the pacific where the war continued. We know that correspondents fortified relationship and intensity so that when they did meet again when they were reunited they felt they knew each other. And those lovely days we were to each other and so ive got several letters about, you know, so exciting phillip is come so exciting you can spend time. But there were questioning over phillips suitability for the future king he was a greek prince whose family exiled when he was small and parents split up and mother in a Mental Health institution all four of eldest daughters married german princelings important members of the nazi party. Seen too germany too foreign and too poor that was much made to fact he didnt have much money or have huge amounts of entourage and came to stay. The public still had no idea about the relationship. It wasnt until 1946 that they got their first clue. When i married Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret all bridesmaids and theres a photograph of Prince Phillip taking the queens fur wrap from her for some reason that absolutely caught peoples imagination it was published i think from then on people began to think oh i suppose red is probably when i thought oh, how nice. Prince phillip soon told the king he wanted to marry and concerned his daughter was still too young. The king persuade her not to press ahead with the engagement until she had at least spent some months thinking about it and been on a family tour that was already scheduled to south africa. So the king and the queen put the brakes on the relationship. It was in south africa while the paren seases was thinking about her future that she made a major speech. To mark her 21st birthday she dedicated herself to the people of the commonwealth. I declare before you all with my home life whether long or short, shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our Great Imperial family to which we all belong. Royal family return to britain elizabeth and phillip separated for four month and within weeks engagement was announced. The musical oklahoma and there was a song people will say were in love that queen sang all of the time off and it was their song. The wedding itself was a huge celebration Westminster Abbey queen and fabulous dress pearls and silk and huge amount of presents so much presents miles and miles of them displayed in jamess palace. Married life was very happy for the duke and dutchessings now called Prince Charles born 12 months after the wedding princess ann arrived couple of years later and by that point navy moved and elizabeth joined him several weeks a time the children, though, remained in britain. I always think that princess was time when she was with her husband working properly a naval officer was most normal time she ever lived they were given highest i dont know if she went to local shop to buy the butter and bread [laughter] you know normal life as possible. It was during this time that King George The Sixth health started to deteriorate. Although it wasnt made public, the king had lung cancer. At the end of january 1952, the king waived off his daughter as she started a tour of the commonwealth. It was the last time she saw him alive. The queen and Prince Phillip were in such a private location Hunting Lodge in kenya no one could contact them, in fact, she was one of the last people in the world to know that she was queen because no one will get to her. The word came through it was given initially to duke and immediately he went to tell his young wife who was only 25 years of age the news that her father, her much loved father had died. I think Princess Elizabeth knew that her father was seriously ill. She would have not gone on the trip had she thought he was about to die. I think it is one of the things that caused her a lot of heart ache because she would have wished that she could be there to comfort her mother and sister. But there she was thousands of miles away. During the incredibly long Plane Journey Noample once did she portray emotion. She would go to the bathroom every hour or so and maybe there in private she wept. When she reemerged she was totally composed. And so she was when she appeared at London Airport the next morning. I think she just accepted that it was an inevitable fact that she was going to be queen and that was it. [applause] from the moment she became queen, everything in elizabeths life and everyone around her changed. The queen was an incredibly dedicated person. She minded desperately that she carried on the responsibilities her father had given her. She also had to prove herself Winston Churchill initially was unsure about her he said too young and just a child and he wasnt only person who thought that and had to prove to minister and culture and a lot people and had a lot of work to do very early on. This was something that she had not chosen as monarch, and that she must do her best for it so i didnt think that she felt it was a choice. And that devotion to the job meant the queen worked every single day of the year for decade after decade and in addition to all of her public engagements there was a lot of work behind the scenes. Twice a day you know actually private secretaries like me september up a red box of crammed full of papers some of which to my mind were fascinating and others were deadly dull and the queen really just went through all of them. But think this is do we know what it is about . That went on virtually every day of her life there were no there was no holiday from it. As well as the boxes she had weekly private audiences with the Prime Minister of the day. Something they valued enormously. Thats all you can say what you wanted to her in total confidence say really difficult questions you can discuss them with her probably more than any other person in the in the whole world actually. And secondly she had accumulated vast experience and so when things were really difficult or there was a crisis going, you know, if you found very useful sounding board. Workers took off time give her the royal welcome receiving everywhere she wasnt just across issues at home. She was head of the commonwealth including 16 realms also queen. The commonwealth was very important to the queen. Didnt necessarily dominate her diary but she spent a lot of time meeting commonwealth leaders. She always regarded the commonwealth as important and significant and i think sometimes felt, you know, the Political Class didnt pay enough attention to it. Well ive always thought that she had what i like call a composed compartmentally and when we think of Prime Ministers and number of foreign dignitaries shes introduced to. Endless list. And that was her life. From 1952 onwards. I name this ship in britain may god bless her and all who sal in her. It was a never ending series of meetings, and engagements, ceremonies and tours Garden Parties and walk abouts. What one forgets with monarchs is they know about a year in advance everything theyre going to be doing for the next 365 days. Just imagine for the whole of your life always knowing exactly what youre going to do almost hour by hour right forward throughout the year. The queen just accepted that. It was always a joke that everywhere the queen went she thought place smelt of wet paint because it was for her to arrive so she knew everyone made a massive effort for her and she smile and wave and to be there back as a queen you couldnt really have an off day that included her clothes. Everywhere she went, people expected her to look a certain way. Nothing flashy, nothing that would be common something outfits hat, bags always similar so no one would talk about queen as fashion play and talk about her clothes i think the idea that she had to be dressed in a particular way is almost a Double Edge Sword on the one hand, it is a constraint it is about saying i can only wear bright colors so people can see me and on the other hand its a job it is part of her uniform and didnt dress that way when she wasnt in the public eye. As queen she had Ring Side Seats at some of the country greatest occasions but a Important Role in the aftermath of more heroing engts. Most difficult times for the queen were dealing with people in emotional situations. I was with the queen when she went to done blaine after the dreadful shootings of children. And she met some of the bereaved parents, an she was very upset by that and had to go to the hospital to visit some of the children who had survived and i think she found that terribly difficult. 30 years earlier over 100 children died in the village where a land slip crashed through their school. What that happened politicians went flocking down to the village the queen wouldnt go. She said how could she go and detract from Rescue Efforts that were still going on so she didnt go down until these were over and also one of her friends suggested to me that she was scared of the emotion that she would express and could not control at death of all of these children that really affected her. The Disaster Whatted in the years following the births of the queens two youngest Children Princess aron andrew and edward and demands on her time regularly took her away from her family. She would put the duty first before thinking of the children. I mean she on the children but if she had to go and do a reception or something then children missed out. We tried to judge the queen and dukes parents by the standards of the 21st century were talking about you know, 50, 60, 0 years ago and by the standards of their time they were good, loving parents. As people, though, not touchy feely people. Always a as far as im concerned this was a fantastic mother. She was always, always there. She was always always i know when i was growing up used to call extraordinary very good for the job used to have a map and follow where they went and traveled. Those tours were one of the ways in which Prince Phillip supported his wife he played a crucial royal in her reign. Something the queen disclosed in a speech to mark their golden wedding anniversary. But he has quite simply been my strength and stay all of these years. And i and his whole family and this and many other countries joe him a debt greater than he would ever claim and more than we shall ever know. It is important to understand about anyone the position and it doesnt come really big area or not the system than the monarch that theyre a human being at the same time so they have their their periods of anxiety and worry and doubt, and lack of selfconfidence, and concern about whats happening. And therefore to have a support of the duke at those points was incredibly important to her. For instance, the christmas broadcast which was an ordeal for the queen. The duke was probably the most important person who she consulted just on the text and the los language. His support in these kinds of ways before the State Opening Of Parliament as well was terribly important. I followed them on several trips and would be in the car behind theirs and they would get into the car at end of the day and midly the duke would begin to entertain the queen telling her amusing stories you would see her laughing, hem laughing they chatted they were good friends. She was far less formal than you would think. [laughter] she was always the queen and that was important to remember. But on the other hand, you know she would be could be extremely playful and funny and actually very good company. The queen was a very white person loved to geek and not take life too seriously and loved a laugh and kept private within her friends within her family. In front of the public queen was always composed. Even when she was shot at during trooping the color in 1981. She controlled her horse and continued. That calmness was shown again the following year when an intruder Michael Pagen managed to get into the queens bedroom at Buckingham Palace an wake her. She was not phased but so used to meeting all people. So you find a stray man sitting on her bed was just somebody to any way you want it thats the way you need it any way you want it any way any way you want it thats the way you need it its back america. Applebees all you can eat boneless wings. Just 12. 99. For decades, ive worked at the intersection of Domestic Violence and homelessness. So when prop 27 promised solutions to homelessness, i took a good, hard look. Its not a solution. 90 of the money goes to the outofstate corporations who wrote it. Very little is left for the homeless. Dont let corporations exploit homelessness to pad their profits. Vote no on 27. Away from meeting people queen enjoyed nothing more than spending time in the countryside. Toibl choose her life she would have been very, very happy person living in the country with animals and dogs. Never having to do smart grand they thinks all of the time. Grandpa minute children. She had so many different interests and passions. Which is, i think, what kept her her so active what kept her mind so active. And one of those passions was horse racing. As an owner and breeder it was another way of switching off from the daily round of official duties. My best memory was queen winning a race at royal and we were sitting watching the race with a furlong to run i said oh, no he cant win and she grabbed hold of my wrist and squeezed it and she said i think you can. I think he can. And he did. And as that passed she grabbed my hand and she said i done it. And that was an incredible occasion to know how passionate the queen was. The queen also relished her time onboard royal yacht over 40 years britania was a home away from home. The queen considered that britania was a key tool to her Constitutional Monarchy the fact that she could appear in far places as a queen that she could then entertain in her own way. But also, of course, the personal holidays landing on totally forsaken Scottish Islands walking along beach like any other person might walk along the beach but not by the cameras. The decommissioning of britania was emotional for the queen at the end of a difficult period for her family life. In 1992 the marriages of her three elder children all ended. That was followed by another major blow. When large parts of Windsor Castle were destroyed by fire. 1992 is not a year on which i shall look back with undiluted pleasure in other words, one of my more correspondents turned out to be anise horrible u. S. I remember that year and fire at windsor was the final point. That she acknowledged it to be a bad year. Instantly made everybody sympathetic and as a result we were far more supportive of her and everybody through the coming days. That public sympathy and support was tested five years later when Diana Princess Of Wales was killed in a car crash in paris. At the time princess william an harry were with the queen and royal family at balmoral. Queens shocked for diana but above all concerned for her children and the queens grandchildren. And the fact that they happened at that moment to be in the queens house actually gave her a focus which was to prove almost as disastrous because in focusing on these two boys, and the need to keep them away from the public gaze the queen kept herself away from the public. I lost my mother at very young age its a part of me that ive had somebody like the queen to look up to and understood some of the more complex issues that, you know, when you lose a love one can compare. So no shes been incredibly supportive and ive really appreciated her guidance. The queen did understand the strength of public feeling. But i think she genuinely at first found it difficult to know how to respond in the right way. It was a tradition that flags would only fly over palaces when the monarch was present. The public gathered outside Buckingham Palace and they look at the symbol of monarchy and there was a bear flagpole. The lack of a flag and queen absence provoked a storm of protest from the press and public. I think it must have been quite an unpleasant time to have to go out and as she did wanting to meet the crowd. And wondering really was it good reception . What weve been doing you know queen in the end did get it. You know, she didnt really need to be told bis mess or anyone else what should be done and once she got it she reacted very fast and very effectively. That evening queen made unprecedented live broadcast to the nation where she spoke about diana. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her for her energy and commitment to others. And especially for her devotion to her two boys. The family did take some time to come back and not that that absolutely became republicans but many thought i dont care so much about royal family and not so interested theyre not so relevant to my life. Queen learned lessons demonstrated in 2002 when just months before Golden Jubilee celebrations Princess Margaret die that was followed just seven weeks later by the death of the queen mother. She realized that she had to be visible. That this difficult balance between private grief and public duty had to err on side of public duty the fact she gave a broadcast soon after the death of her mother was quite extraordinary. My family and i always knew what she meant for the people of this country. And the special place she occupied in the hearts of so many. Was incredibly close to her mom. They would speak probably at least every day. And they shared so many passions. They shared so many things that was a really up to 8 weeks of relief with cytopoint. Thats a lot more fun time, right max . 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What would have been unacceptable in the 20th century was now quite possible in the new millennium Prince Charles settled into life with his second wife Camilla Parker bowles and the queen made history as the first British Monarch to visit the Republic Of Ireland for a century. More than three of that thousand people had died as a result of the conflict in Northern Ireland including Prince Phillips uncle lord murdered by the ira in the 1970s. [applause] in dublin the queen stunned everyone with a start of a speech at state dinner. I walked around [inaudible conversations] the queen went on in english to make one of the most significant speeches of her own. To all of those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past, i extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy with the benefit of historical hindsight. We can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all. The visit led to another important trip had she shook handle with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister and former ira commander Martin Mcginn mess. That was with Great Respect for her because you know it this was not easy the ira killed someone close to her but it was typical of her she would have intay a completely objective view if she was in the interest of the country im going to do it. Summer of to 12 saw Hundreds Of Thousands people come out for the diamond jubilee. I think it must have been very heartwarming for the queen to appreciate the immense amount of affection that they loved her. [applause] it was very marvelous. It really took her quite by surprise. The queen was enjoying her role as matriarch the marriage of her grandchildren, the arrival of her great grandchildren. She celebrated her familys milestones. The queen was preparing the next generations for their royal duties as they travel afar and she remained closer to home. Queen elizabeth ii became Longest Rairning British Monarch in 2015 sure passing Queen Victorias 63 years. Inevitably can pass by many milestones my own is no exception. By her 0th birthday queen had built a Solid Foundation for the monarchy. Publicked ad grew with every year. In 2020 the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a stand still. The queen made a rare and heart felt address and paid tributes to Frontline Workers and echoed words of dane world war ii song well meet again. We should take comfort while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again. The following year, the queen was left heartbroken when Prince Phillip duke died. He was 99 years old and the two had been married for 73 years. His funeral scaled down because of the pandemic was a somber reunion for the royal family. And the image of the queen standing alone captured the heart of the nation and the world. I think the queen utterly depended on him not only was she madly in love with him throughout her life. But i think that he was always able to just guide and stabilize her. In everything that she was trying to achieve. In her final years the queen showed a reluctance to slowdown approaching every engagement with Characterric Charm Vigor and spirit. Throwdz transmission with family Queen Elizabeth the 2 00 was a constant and steady presence. A woman called upon to serve who spent her life fulfilling this extraordinary duty with dedication and dignity. Shannon im shannon bream. Policy fights ignite. The president boosts unions, and a republican senator puts his party on the spot over abortion. We are not afraid to talk about it. We are proud to be prolife. Shannon senator Lindsey Grahams proposal putting the issue front and center. Abortion rights are on the ballot. The Real Question not being asked is what restrictions