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ah. elizabeth, the 2nd queen of the united kingdom service of our country for 70 years. this nobody else on earth has that experience. although she was the imperial state, crown, the political power i kingdom is wielded by others. 14 prime ministers have held office during her reign. tradition demands that once a week, a report to her majesty at buckingham palace all come to find it. one of the most treasured moments of these meetings, a strictly confidential he has never ever leaked from buckingham palace ever.

um, what a queen i said to a prime minister or prime minister to the queen. we take a look behind the thought. and we discover a secret palate gapes rivalries, but also genuine friendship. ah, the british love the queen, maybe because she doesn't talk about politics. boom often said she's never put rome and that is true. but she is understood the importance of silence, of not expressing her opinions of not reacting. ah, ah. 10 downing street is the headquarters of her majesty's

government. from here, the prime minister starts every week on a little business trip to buckingham palace for their weekly audience, with the queen. ah. the queen has already met 14 prime ministers. ah, the 1st was winston churchill. her paternal friend. ah, particularly close was her relationship with prime minister number 5, the labor lefty. harold wilson at the end of the seventy's, the 1st female prime minister, margaret thatcher. the iron lady equally difficult, was her relationship with tony blair. ah ah,

neither he nor her latest prime minister boris johnson were born when she held her 1st audience in 1950 to wave the rest of us in britain love this. we love the idea that once a week, the prime minister, even if we voted for it, has to go a bow than the to somebody. that's his greatest significance of all. but once a week, powerful prime minister with all his connections and everything has to go and give an account, has to literally bow the knee to somebody who represents something bigger than him . during the audience, the queen listens more than she talks, but she's always well prepared and guides the conversation by asking the right questions. ah,

nearing her euston, elizabeth spent many caffrey summers in the countryside. she is a conscientious, modest down to earth girl. ah, i think the secret to understand. elizabeth 2nd success is to realize she was not born to be a queen. ah, for the 1st 11 years of her life, she was royal. she developed all the reverence for royalty for her grandfather george the 5th. but there was no prospect of her becoming queen, so it never went to a head. i think the fact that she is not a conceited person is the essence of her success. ah. suddenly,

in 1936, her grandfather who she actually called grandpa england, died to be succeeded by uncle david, as she called him. that was king of with the 8th m. and within months king with the eights, he's wanting to marry an american divorce. see, he's being thrown out of his job by the british people who's to take his place, the stuttering george, the sick boy. he had an enormous respect for the monarchy and the constitutional monarchy in particular. and that's what he inculcated into his daughter ah,

but then the 2nd world war breaks out. even during the blitz prime minister, winston churchill and the royal family stay in london to boost the morale of their people. ah . during the victory celebrations on the 8th of may, 19451000000 britain celebrate elizabeth's family and their prime minister. the close relationship between her father in his people impresses elizabeth so much that she makes a solemn vow on her 21st birthday. i declare before you all my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and to the service or our great imperial family to

which we all belong. soon on the 6th of february, 1952. she has to fulfil her pledge a father died of lung cancer. elizabeth cancels a holiday trip. winston churchill greets her back home. everybody who lived through it will remember the moment when the door opened and this young girl appeared at the top. the 1st time, really of many occasions in her reign that she brought reassurance to the country. ah, elizabeth, wait, 16 months before she is finally crowned on the 2nd of june 1953, 4 months. she is prepared herself for this moment and work through state papers. 3000000 spectators cheered the young woman who at this moment becomes queen of the

united kingdom and 15 other countries. ah, her old friend, winston churchill, becomes her 1st prime minister. ah . 78 year old churchill has known elizabeth since she was born when she was only 2 years old. she already impressed him with her or 40 and thoughtfulness. now during the 1st audience, it becomes clear that he feels a lot more than just respectful. ha. ah, i think the queen valid my grandfather's experience and he of course, love queen and he did love her. i mean, he really all his she arrives in him all his romantic ideas of

solemn jay and monica. and the new elizabeth made, which he referred to but they also have that different 5th, churchill fought 5 was for the empire. and he wants to retain britain's global supremacy by force if necessary. elizabeth, on the other hand, favors a loose confederation of states. 5 months after her coronation she embarked on a well tour to promote the commonwealth. churchill doesn't think much of this idea my grandma was a child of victorian empire. and um, you wouldn't expect him, i think to be overjoyed. probably. but he was a pragmatist, churchill, and he understood the movement of events and history and time.

but unlike his young queen, churchill finds it difficult to accept britain's new role in the world. he fights against the dissolution of the empire. increasingly, he is plagued by depression. my grandmother tried very hard to get him to retire after all, and to end his, his political career and a great wave of glory. but he couldn't, he was like, no, was she lay couldn't give it up. then churchill has a stroke. officially, he says that he suffers from exhaustion, but elizabeth knows the truth. ah, she must have been very moved by the occasion because, you know, this was her 1st prime minister. she had her name, him all hub natural life. and it was the end of an era, the end of the we are, as you say, the embloy, you know, looking back on the, under the m by in a way, a signal euro. mm hm

. in the years after elizabeth settled into a position as head of state each year, she opens parliament in a lavish ceremony. and each year she reads a speech, but she hasn't written. the prime minister puts his words into her mouth. the day for the 1st time. in well, not only by with, but by many millions of miles. elizabeth is britain's best ambassador. she meets marilyn monroe and of the hollywood stars. the queen, who doesn't have a passport, makes 43 state visits during the 1st 10 years of her reign. she is britain's most important diplomat. ah,

[000:00:00;00] ah! back home her kingdom is enough. people. the sixty's usher in a new era. the young rebel against tradition. ah, ah, ah, after decades of conservative rule, the britons want somebody who's a bit more mocking lou. the new prime minister is called harold wilson,

the labor party leader. ah everybody, the establishment were absolutely terrified of wilson when he was in power. i mean, that was what was he going to do next? elizabeth. conservative advised as warn. ha! wilson supposed to be a lefty and plan the social revolution. there was quite a lot of trepidation, buckingham palace as to what this shot would be like. but to their surprise, they found that wilson himself was quite a monarchist. a royalist elizabeth advisors forget that harold wilson is not only the leader of the labor party, but also an oxford dawn

wilson, i think, was the 1st to treat her as an equal ah, and, and not look down on her. and certainly to make it clear that he wasn't looking down on her ah ah, but wilson's government is facing huge problems. the industry is still suffering from the consequences of the war and exports a low because trade with the former colonies has broken down