BBCNEWS Dateline London February 7, 2022 03:32:00
Stephanie baker. welcome to you all. thank you so much for being with us. roya, why don't you kick us off here? because we're talking about 70 years this weekend since a 25—year—old princess elizabeth, on safari with her husband, learned that her father, george vi, had died. suddenly, she had lost a father and become queen. well, in the decades since, she has come to embody the british monarchy and, indeed, modern british history. a living link to churchill and the desperate days of the second world war, and also a link to the winds of change as the british empire collapsed. so, roya, for ...