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take the oath? >> for more than seven decades, queen elizabeth ii dedicated her life to her country. >> the queen took a view that her duty was a lifelong commitment. >> she put duty above all else. >> she loved her younger sister, but she couldn't give her permission to marry somebody who was divorced. >> she sacked her son from the family firm. >> she survived extraordinary crises. >> princess diana has died. >> the issue vournding charles and diana probably rocked the monarchy to its core. >> the future of the monarchy really hung in the balance. >> and she revolutionized the brit...

>> i could only paraphrase this, but she said, i cannot lead you into battle, but i can give you my heart and i can share my thinking with you in this new way. she hoped that this would enable her to have a more personal bond with her subjects and with the people of the commonwealth and nations around the world. >> the queen took things a step further when she went on her first official walk about. what we now recognize as common place for royals, felt revolutionary in 1907. >> instead of just meeting the officials and the heads of everything, she could meet ordinary people. the public really ...