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portrait that was being broadcast and transmitted around the world... it was a goose bumps moment. i am still trying to come to terms with it, i can't quite believe that we now have a king. he it, i can't quite believe that we now have a king.— it, i can't quite believe that we now have a king. he painted his first ro al now have a king. he painted his first royal portrait _ now have a king. he painted his first royal portrait aged - now have a king. he painted his first royal portrait aged just - now have a king. he painted his first royal portrait aged just 21 l first royal portrait aged just 21 and it is his dearest wish that one day he might be asked to paint the king. i day he might be asked to paint the kinu. ., day he might be asked to paint the kin. _ ., ., day he might be asked to paint the kinu. ., ., ., king. i would love to. i so en'oyed my sittings— king. i would love to. i so en'oyed my sittings with i king. i would love to. i so en'oyed my sittings with him in * king. i would love to. i so en'oyed my sittings with him in the h king. i would love to. i so enjoyed my sittings with him in the past. l king. i would love to. i so enjoyed i my sittings with him in the past. he is a truly remarkable man stop you sittings with him have been a great pleasure because we have just talked about art. and if that opportunity ever arose, about art. and if that opportunity everarose, i about art. and if that opportunity ever arose, i would love to accept. next shot a young girl who has sent a poem to the queen during her platinumjubilee says a poem to the queen during her platinum jubilee says she was amazed to get a thank you card the day after the late monarch died. nine—year—old
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lewis from southampton in the south of england has said she will treasure the note, which would have been won the last cent from the queen before death. james ingram has been to meet her and her mum, the platinumjubilee — a moment of special celebration for many this summer, including one young girl who really loved the queen. all her years of working, she's done so many things for all of us, so i sent a poem. you shine oh so bright, like the stars in the night. happyjubilee. i hope you have a nice cup of tea. the jubilee will be history, and looking back, you're what they'll see. happyjubilee. i said it might be a nice idea to send it to the queen. you know, she might see it, you never know, and just sort of forgot about it. until last friday, when some post arrived. i got a letter from buckingham palace, and i opened it and i wasjust surprised.
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i was speechless. "i send you my grateful thanks for your kind message on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of my accession to the throne — elizabeth r." you were really excited to get something from the queen, weren't you? i've always been a big royalist, and so to have the queen pass away one day and the next day get a card from her — i'm happy and sad at the same time, i suppose. happy that i got a piece of history, and a bit sad that the queen died. she lived a long, happy life. we might as well celebrate it. no other cards will have gone out from the queen as of thursday, so we got a piece of history there,
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and it will be treasured forever. do stay with us, it is a huge date tomorrow and it is now time to look at the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy beresford, broadcaster and psycho—therapist and richard fitzwilliams, a royal commentator and former editor of the international who's who. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... of course, one story dominaties the front pages. the metro splashes a portrait of queen elizabeth done by pietro annigoni in the 1950s across its front page, with the words �*thank you ma'am'. the telegraph features a newly
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released photograph of her majesty — which was taken to mark her platinumjubilee — calling her life one of �*selfless service'. a turning point for britain, is declared by the independent, which dedicates its front page to a photo of the queen's crown laying on her coffin. the guardian shows a simple tribute to the late monarch, in a window in windsor, reporting on world leaders arriving for the state funeral. king charles is the focus of the times' front page — it splashes a photo of prime minister liz truss at buckingham palace and reports the king's thanks to the public for their support. the i goes for a picture of crowds gathering in london, as the world says farewell to the queen. it also lends some of the front page to a look ahead at prime minister liz truss' tax plan. the new york times, though, leading on conflict in ukraine's donbas region, as well as an opinion column arguing putin is �*failing to win�* the war
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in ukraine because he lacks the �*legitimacy�* that queen elizabeth had. welcome queen elizabeth had. to you and welcome birth, thank welcome to you and welcome birth, thank you very much for being with us, a historic day, a tough, these are front pages that you have to get right, of course. and looking at the images, interesting that lots of them go with an image that has just recently been released. let's start with the daily telegraph, a, is the headline,. a, with the daily telegraph, a, is the headline,. �* . ., with the daily telegraph, a, is the headline,. . . . , . with the daily telegraph, a, is the headline,. ~ . . , . ., headline,. a charming picture of her ma'es headline,. a charming picture of her majesty the — headline,. a charming picture of her majesty the queen _ headline,. a charming picture of her majesty the queen and _ headline,. a charming picture of her majesty the queen and indeed - headline,. a charming picture of her majesty the queen and indeed a - majesty the queen and indeed a wonderful article, majesty the queen and indeed a wonderfularticle, i majesty the queen and indeed a wonderful article, i think, majesty the queen and indeed a wonderfularticle, ithink, because it is very balanced, it gives you an idea of what is coming tomorrow and also there is a sense just in the
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bare bones of the fact that it lays out, tomorrow we are losing somebody very precious, we are losing a great britain and also a great citizen of the world, the fact that the queen had this extraordinary global reach, and i think that tomorrow, with no less than three processions, with all the pomp and pageantry and also the deeply personal, king charles, his thanks to a grateful nation, and also the royal family will book behind the coffin and also rather significantly, i think, behind the coffin and also rather significantly, ithink, prince george nine, and also princess
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charlotte will be attending the funeral and i think this gives a sudden continuity to the scene, the fact that we have a new king, and we also have his successor the prince of wales, and then we have prince george, so it seems to me the telegraph sets the scene for an extraordinary tableau which images of which, the kaleidoscope of which is going to be dazzling and very moving. it is going to be dazzling and very movint. . ., , , is going to be dazzling and very movint. . . , , ., , moving. it will certainly be images that will live _ moving. it will certainly be images that will live on _ moving. it will certainly be images that will live on from _ moving. it will certainly be images that will live on from tomorrow, i that will live on from tomorrow, certainly. on the image that they have gone for and is on the front page of the daily mirror as well which we can take a look at, they are saying there that it was a new image of queen elizabeth ii taken at windsor castle in may, just been released by buckingham palace in the last few hours, and those two aqua mini —— aquamarine clips that she's
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wearing given to her by her parents on her 18th birthday in 19114. lucy, great smile in the photo. it is on her18th birthday in 1944. lucy, great smile in the photo. it is what we must remember _ great smile in the photo. it is what we must remember about - great smile in the photo. it is what we must remember about her, - great smile in the photo. it is what| we must remember about her, this dazzling _ we must remember about her, this dazzling smile, that she chance so many _ dazzling smile, that she chance so many people with. it is a very powerful— many people with. it is a very powerful image but it is also rather poignant _ powerful image but it is also rather poignant because it is in very stark contrast, _ poignant because it is in very stark contrast, i— poignant because it is in very stark contrast, i think, poignant because it is in very stark contrast, ithink, to poignant because it is in very stark contrast, i think, to the last photo that we _ contrast, i think, to the last photo that we saw— contrast, i think, to the last photo that we saw of her belly two weeks a-o that we saw of her belly two weeks ago when _ that we saw of her belly two weeks ago when she was saying goodbye to borisjohnson and ago when she was saying goodbye to boris johnson and welcoming and liz truss_ boris johnson and welcoming and liz truss where — boris johnson and welcoming and liz truss where she did look actually much _ truss where she did look actually much more frail. with her cardigan and her— much more frail. with her cardigan and hertartan much more frail. with her cardigan and her tartan skirt. this was a photo — and her tartan skirt. this was a photo that— and her tartan skirt. this was a photo that was taken as recently as may, _ photo that was taken as recently as may, head — photo that was taken as recently as may, head of the platinum jubilee, as you _ may, head of the platinum jubilee, as you say, — may, head of the platinum jubilee, as you say, she was wearing some itents— as you say, she was wearing some items of— as you say, she was wearing some items ofjewellery that her parents had given— items ofjewellery that her parents had given her, so a lovelier march notiust_ had given her, so a lovelier march notiust to — had given her, so a lovelier march notjust to her had given her, so a lovelier march not just to her parents but to tradition— not just to her parents but to tradition and a sense of mean ——
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continuity — tradition and a sense of mean —— continuity. but i can't help feeling people _ continuity. but i can't help feeling people will see this amazing image and it— people will see this amazing image and it really is, it stands out on the front— and it really is, it stands out on the front pages of a couple of the other— the front pages of a couple of the other newspapers as well as the telegraph, and it will be in contrast— telegraph, and it will be in contrast to the last image that we also of— contrast to the last image that we also of her— contrast to the last image that we also of her as being a much frailer person. _ also of her as being a much frailer person. and — also of her as being a much frailer person, and it shows, really, how much _ person, and it shows, really, how much she — person, and it shows, really, how much she had aged in that short period _ much she had aged in that short period of— much she had aged in that short period of time, it was a very exhausting, potentially quite gruelling platinum jubilee, and perhaps— gruelling platinum jubilee, and perhaps we are being reminded of those _ perhaps we are being reminded of those happier times but very soon after— those happier times but very soon after that— those happier times but very soon after that she became seriously unwell — after that she became seriously unwell. ., , ., , unwell. that is an interesting contrast to — unwell. that is an interesting contrast to jewel _ unwell. that is an interesting contrast to jewel and - unwell. that is an interesting contrast to jewel and as - unwell. that is an interesting contrast to jewel and as you | unwell. that is an interesting - contrast to jewel and as you kind of nod to the, clearly buckingham palace in their preparations for this will have chosen very carefully and it will have been a very deliberate decision, especially with the timing, too, and now every go to
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the timing, too, and now every go to the front page of the daily mail, a different picture, they are focusing in on the royal wave that we know so well. our last farewell, is the headline, richard.— well. our last farewell, is the headline, richard. and in it the queen is wearing _ headline, richard. and in it the queen is wearing a _ headline, richard. and in it the queen is wearing a particularly| queen is wearing a particularly jaunty hat which i think it's rather lovely. what you said about that last image was poignant, i thought, and beautifully, how the palace have handled that, beautifully, with releasing it. but here, the mail, it strikes a note that is what we think we know well because one of the joys of seeing the queen, she said i must be seen to be believed, she specialises in bright colours and also outfits, well, you notice the particular style. also outfits, well, you notice the particularstyle. in also outfits, well, you notice the particular style. in fact, for someone whose head was on the coinage and on postage stamps and one of the papers has the pietro
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annigoni portrait which was so iconic, we knew that queen's image instantly, everyone knew it well wide —— worldwide and what the mail have done is put something there that people can easily identify with and it is very hard, even now, ten days after the news of her passing, to think of it without a bit of a folk in one's throat, froch, that something has inexorably changed, something has inexorably changed, something that we knew would change and in many cases, in my own, i somehow put it at the back of my mind, but of course she was getting frailer and of course we can see that in some images but the mail go with something happy in jaunty and something that will bring back memories to countless people. latte memories to countless people. we were showing that picture that you mentioned on the front page of the
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metro who went with that full—length portrait interestingly. let's go to the guardian a look ahead to tomorrow, there are so many elements that have to be got right and one of them the guardian picks up, world leaders descend as a nation prepares for grandest farewells. clearly, we were talking about newspaper editors having to get this right, the security services, a whole new level of having to get this right and everyone involved in the organisation tomorrow. find everyone involved in the organisation tomorrow. everyone involved in the ortanisation tomorrow. �* ., , organisation tomorrow. and not 'ust the security — organisation tomorrow. and not 'ust the security services i organisation tomorrow. and not 'ust the security services but i organisation tomorrow. and not 'ust the security services but the i organisation tomorrow. and notjust the security services but the whole i the security services but the whole team _ the security services but the whole team of— the security services but the whole team of people from the foreign office, _ team of people from the foreign office, i— team of people from the foreign office, i gather that 300 people were _ office, i gather that 300 people were moved from jobs that they were working _ were moved from jobs that they were working on— were moved from jobs that they were working on before to work in something called the hangar, james lansdalei _ something called the hangar, james lansdale, the bbc defence correspondent was still not this earlier, — correspondent was still not this earlier, but actually it has been all hands — earlier, but actually it has been all hands to the pump to make sure that not— all hands to the pump to make sure that notjust the security all hands to the pump to make sure that not just the security but all hands to the pump to make sure that notjust the security but in terms — that notjust the security but in terms of— that notjust the security but in terms of who gets the invites, who -ets terms of who gets the invites, who gets to _ terms of who gets the invites, who gets to sit — terms of who gets the invites, who gets to sit next to who, how are they _ gets to sit next to who, how are they going — gets to sit next to who, how are they going to be bussed into westminster abbey, they going to be bussed into
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westminsterabbey, every they going to be bussed into westminster abbey, every single detail— westminster abbey, every single detail has had to be worked through, and it— detail has had to be worked through, and it has— detail has had to be worked through, and it has been worked through over the decade _ and it has been worked through over the decade because one gathers that the decade because one gathers that the queen— the decade because one gathers that the queen had quite a hand in planning — the queen had quite a hand in planning quite a lot of this event, but it— planning quite a lot of this event, but it is— planning quite a lot of this event, but it is one — planning quite a lot of this event, but it is one thing to plan something and make some decisions about— something and make some decisions about what— something and make some decisions about what is going to actually happen, — about what is going to actually happen, but a decision is never really— happen, but a decision is never really a — happen, but a decision is never really a decision until it is actually— really a decision until it is actually executed, and that is what is going _ actually executed, and that is what is going to — actually executed, and that is what is going to happen tomorrow, to the finest— is going to happen tomorrow, to the finest detail, and what the guardian is highlighting also is the little details — is highlighting also is the little details like the bell that is going to ring _ details like the bell that is going to ring once and minute for 96 minutes— to ring once and minute for 96 minutes in— to ring once and minute for 96 minutes in honour of the number of years— minutes in honour of the number of years at— minutes in honour of the number of years at the — minutes in honour of the number of years at the queen was alive, and all the _ years at the queen was alive, and all the different details of the so many— all the different details of the so many dignitaries coming in from 150 countries, _ many dignitaries coming in from 150 countries, and whether it is kings or queens— countries, and whether it is kings or queens or whether it is ambassador level, everything has to be thought through in terms of protocol, — be thought through in terms of protocol, in terms of security, in terms _ protocol, in terms of security, in terms of— protocol, in terms of security, in terms of timings, i live not that far from — terms of timings, i live not that
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far from westminster abbey so the helicopters are buzzing over my house — helicopters are buzzing over my house right now, and i am also not that far— house right now, and i am also not that far away from where the bus is lining _ that far away from where the bus is lining up _ that far away from where the bus is lining up it— that far away from where the bus is lining up. it is a hive of activity at the — lining up. it is a hive of activity at the moment. it lining up. it is a hive of activity at the moment.— lining up. it is a hive of activity at the moment. it is still a strange thoutht at the moment. it is still a strange thou t ht to at the moment. it is still a strange thought to think _ at the moment. it is still a strange thought to think that _ at the moment. it is still a strange thought to think that those - thought to think that those dignitaries are going to be bussed and shipped places. then;r dignitaries are going to be bussed and shipped places.— dignitaries are going to be bussed and shipped places. they look like lovely buses. _ and shipped places. they look like lovely buses. l _ and shipped places. they look like lovely buses, i must _ and shipped places. they look like lovely buses, i must say, - and shipped places. they look like lovely buses, i must say, but - and shipped places. they look like lovely buses, i must say, but theyi lovely buses, i must say, but they are buses, — lovely buses, i must say, but they are buses, notwithstanding, but once again— are buses, notwithstanding, but once again that— are buses, notwithstanding, but once again that is — are buses, notwithstanding, but once again that is all to do with timing because — again that is all to do with timing because david is 150 countries represented, can you imagine if each person— represented, can you imagine if each person arrived in a car, it would take _ person arrived in a car, it would take ever— person arrived in a car, it would take ever -- _ person arrived in a car, it would take ever —— forever, so far better than _ take ever —— forever, so far better than i _ take ever —— forever, so far better than i get — take ever —— forever, so far better than i get bussed in, but it is the sense _ than i get bussed in, but it is the sense of— than i get bussed in, but it is the sense of every little detail that has been — sense of every little detail that has been thought through. and the ttlannin has been thought through. and the planning has _ has been thought through. and the planning has been _ has been thought through. and the planning has been going _ has been thought through. and the planning has been going on - has been thought through. and the planning has been going on for- has been thought through. and the i planning has been going on for years and years but as anyone has been involved in anything, there are always last—minute things. involved in anything, there are always last-minute things. tomorrow is the day of — always last-minute things. tomorrow is the day of reckoning. _ always last-minute things. tomorrow is the day of reckoning. indeed. - is the day of reckoning. indeed. let's look _ is the day of reckoning. indeed. let's look at — is the day of reckoning. indeed. let's look at the _ is the day of reckoning. indeed. let's look at the front _ is the day of reckoning. indeed. let's look at the front page - is the day of reckoning. indeed. let's look at the front page of l is the day of reckoning. indeed. i let's look at the front page of the times because the times has gone
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with a slightly different focus, i think almost every single paper has gone with some image of the queen or image of crowds and people, the times, though, has decided to focus on charles and charles gives thanks, is the headline.— on charles and charles gives thanks, is the headline. yes, the photograph of him giving — is the headline. yes, the photograph of him giving an _ is the headline. yes, the photograph of him giving an audience _ is the headline. yes, the photograph of him giving an audience to - is the headline. yes, the photograph of him giving an audience to the - of him giving an audience to the prime minister liz truss, i think the emphasis there is obviously on his thanks to the nation for the gratitude that it has shown for an amazing reign, there is little doubt that now he has finally ascended the throne, it has been, i can only describe it as a whirlwind of activity. apart from the reception this evening where these heads of states, i mean, one of the aspects of this and i think it is very significant, is that it shows the monarchy with its truly global
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