we went on vacation together, and sandringen remains my favorite place. because when we came there, we were a real family. why did you do it? because that's how it will last. she was always interested in everything. what i was doing. i remember when i went to school or somewhere else. she always said that i i have to behave like everyone else. she worked a lot. that's why we never saw her during the day, only in the evenings when all the other families got together . we could see my parents on weekends. and we could go to the hungarian castle together . she's strong enough, but i'm sorry, i had some extras that were not paid attention to, we always remained a priority, what would you like, lollipops

, ice cream, yes, ice cream, he loves him very much, he immediately went to him and left, the relationship was intermittent because there were things and programs that no one could change but she always tried to find time for regular communication with children. britain was very special. there were times when it seemed that the queen was completely relaxed. she was freed from the pressures of work and the country, but always remained the feeling that there are other extremely important things that need to be done, places to go to as a child, i was always with her on these trips , it was probably the best way to understand what

they wanted from you and how to do it, it wasn't too easy, every word of yours mattered you i couldn't just study in silence, well, jump in, it was a very special relationship, unlike my three brothers, in fact, a relationship like this was formed. i will always remember her, family first of all. consumed almost all of the queen's time and it all started with an endless flow of documents every evening we handed her a red box full of papers cabinet documents intelligence reports telegrams

every morning they came back to us read and marked since the time of winston churchill she knew all the important secrets of britain some did not know more no one as the head of state, only the monarch has the right to convene or end the sessions of the parliament and appoint the prime minister, she knew well those whom she appointed and communicated with them on weekly meetings your majesty your majesty i think all the prime ministers will agree with me it's extraordinary even health meetings it's very nice to see you again happy to see you again it's ours to the priest it doesn't matter how terrible our confession will be what will you tell or has she seen all this before and

heard all this very supportive this is the only place where the prime minister can be alone with someone as informed as the queen and know that everything will remain within the framework of the meeting to be sure that the information will not be spread just the two of you you talk to each other when things were really bad like war and peace or a crisis in the government and you had to make difficult decisions these meetings were a chance to talk to someone and hear wise words they were things that are not able to discuss with anyone else she was very good at expressing an opinion no giving direct advice, in addition to regular meetings with her prime ministers, the queen had a wide

range of ceremonial duties, from knights of the garter processes at dawn to garden receptions at buckingham palace and bare ores industries that were visited by more than 30,000 guests every year during her lifetime, the queen presented more than four hundred thousand honors and awards, this is a sign of gratitude. but you know her recognition of the things they have done, the sense of pride and high self-esteem she gave people were worth a lot every year in june on her official day birth, there was a flag-raising ceremony until the last years of her reign, the queen received invitations to almost 400 ceremonial events in the united kingdom every year, as queen, she carried out more than 270 foreign visits, every year thousands of

diplomats gathered in buckingham palace at receptions given by the royal family and she exchanged at least a few phrases with each of them, you are studying here, when we got together as a whole family, we always discussed some funny things that happened to us, she liked them very much these stories she had a unique sense of humor your majesty doesn't mind your busy schedule you look great tomorrow i have to meet 16 people i'm unlikely to look great in 1991, us president george bush sr. officially invited the queen to the united states. unfortunately, no one took care of the podium for her, so instead of the head of state, the world press could

only see her hat since my last visit to washington, it has been 15 years her majesty queen elizabeth ii his royal highness the duke of edinburgh, speaking in the us senate two days later, the queen reminded me of this. i hope you can all see me well from your seats, during her reign, there have been major changes to be a queen means withstand all the storms and winds of change that are blowing around the 1970s was a rather stormy and politically extreme decade when republican sentiments intensified, particularly in scotland, some

students began to knock on windows shouting for the queen to leave, groups of students, many of whom were drunk, accompanied the queen everywhere, protesting against the expenses of the royal visit they sang decent songs and even threw a stink bomb the queen remained unmoved and no hooligans could touch her celebration her the silver jubilee in 1977 became a kind of test of the institution of the monarchy, she easily withstood it with the help of large-scale street parties and an emotional appeal that reminded me of the promise she made on her birthday when i was still a princess when i turned 21 i promised to dedicate my life to the service of my people i asked god help me fulfill this oath although i promised it when i was still very young and

inexperienced i do not regret and i do not take back any of my words she was not going to back down or to evade the promise, her decision was subjected to new and new tests and the most severe happened in 1979, when northern irish republicans began to threaten her family, a man whom she called uncle dickie, lord louis mand-beton, died in an explosion during a boat trip, eh, six, the queen suffered a terrible loss, but she knows that for her husband, prince philip, to find out that he has lost the second most important person in his life will be a blow. the family and its supporters can become targets, this has

shaken them to their very foundations, the most serious challenges in the queen's life did not arise as a result of external factors, but due to internal family problems, and it is not surprising, because it is a self-proclaimed royal dynasty that is proud of observing christian values, after her own wedding, the queen gave a speech in which she condemned divorce, however, it is difficult for modern monarchies to avoid the disintegration of the family , her only sister, princess margaret, was the first to be divorced in a family close to the queen in 1960 she married anthony armstrong jones and in 1978 they divorced the first child of the queen to get married was princess anne in 73 she

became the wife of captain mark philips in 1986 the whole country celebrated the wedding of prince andrew and sarah ferguson they divorced the same year as princess anne, once again, 1992 is not one of those years that i will remember with frank pleasure. as one of my kindest correspondents says, this year turned out to be simply terrible, this year of upheavals, windsor castle survived a fire that occurred under during the celebration of the queen's 45th wedding anniversary, the castle where the royal family lived for almost a thousand years was partially destroyed by an accidental incident when a curtain

caught fire from a spotlight. we fight them but the 92nd year of royal drama was rocked by the news of another even more dramatic royal divorce buckingham palace with jelly reports that the prince and princess of wales decided to divorce when 1981 year, the heir to the british throne, prince charles, married lady diana spencer, only a few people could have imagined that everything would end in divorce, it was one of the loudest public weddings, on which no money was spared and which was watched by 750 million people around the world.

and me in the mid-90s, the final scenes and the contradictions between them became public, it became

clear that everything was leading to a divorce, i had to act as a mediator with the princess, the queen was looking for a pragmatic solution, she could help the princess to start a new life. i believe that the queen has come to terms with this sad result. if you look at her, she maintained a close relationship or chat with the princess, until suddenly in august of 1997 , news appeared that shook not only the monarchy, but his whole world at once after midnight a black mercedes crashed into a concrete pillar

of an underground tunnel and flew into the side wall concussion fractured arm and deep hip fracture this is no reason to worry too much stephen and i will kill you british press association referring to anonymous sources in britain just announced the death of diana, princess of wales, the news was terrible, the sad news shocked britain so much that no one even tried to hide in the mountains, everyone loved musya so much, the nation mourned and criticized the queen, who did not make any statements for the monarchy, it was very difficult time because, frankly speaking, between the public reaction to the death of princess diana and the traditional, in such cases, very restrained reaction of the monarchy

, a huge gulf instantly appeared, and i think these days and even for weeks the queen struggled with her real feelings with the need to follow protocol and could she find a compromise between these two contradictions for four days after diana's death the queen stayed with her grandchildren at the morel ball and public discontent grew... she was with two little princes who had lost their mother and above all, she was worried about how the family would cope with this. and this was one of those cases when, for several days, she paid the main attention to the family and at the same time considered the prosthesis as

to honor the fallen princess

, the policemen immediately rushed to him, somewhere around half a dozen, i think there was still a soldier there at least. he lost his bear hat and then looked for it. the pistol turned out to be a toy and shot with pistons. the queen who was conducting the parade had no idea that in fact there was no terrorist act, but the biggest threat was her vulnerability and peace arose in 1982, when she woke up in the night to find a barefoot stranger with mental disabilities in her bedroom, the man michael fegan encountered the queen during his second visit to from the palace to the palace in the place where the alarm system was damaged, the policeman and the guard decided that

the alarm was false and turned it off. woke up the queen, they exchanged a few phrases and she was able to leave the room, the queen was unarmed and the feigan was scared of her steel character was always manifested in cases of national events and crises situations herself. she never said much, but she was always there where something happened and felt the pain of other people. probably the most underestimated was the

personal price she paid for it. turned out to be children , the queen was so upset that she was able to visit the scene of the tragedy in only 8 days, perhaps it is precisely because of this that during her reign she came to averfan several times. and 30 years later when as a result of the shooting in the scottish city of dunblaim, a teacher and 16 schoolchildren were killed, the queen knew who to contact only the queen and the parents

of the dead remained, there were about 20 parents, and among them one mother was so grief-stricken that the queen, barely standing, put down her purse and physically grouped herself before entering the room because she knew well who was there, she realized that now she had to meet with people and express to them the support of the whole nation and her own reaction as a mother and grandmother when explosions rang out in london in july 2005, the queen acted according to her own philosophy to preserve calm down and hold on. i want to express my delight to the residents of our capital who

, after yesterday's explosions, calmly returned to their usual lives. this is the best response to acts of violence in a troubled city. posed a threat to her life on the saturday of the same week we had a big parade at the horse guards as per the agreed program the queen was to drive down mew street in an open land rover i well remember god's reaction at the time london was in self-isolation what are we ready for advice instinctive thought that a parade should be held, life should not last, she was not afraid of terrorists, appearing

in public is necessary for the survival of the monarchy, she once said that to believe me, people must see me, they calculated that the queen met in person with more than three million people in the 70s, she invented the royal walk as a way to communicate with as many people as possible, it became a special feature of her reign, she opened the doors of the palaces in which she lived for paid tours, and to promote british culture, she introduced thematic days of god but i never i do n’t even dream of getting to buckingham palace, i couldn’t even imagine that it was possible at all. it’s a pity that my wife doesn’t see it, but behind her public mask

there were character traits that almost no one knew about i knew, in fact, she was a very modest person devoid of any selfishness, which is very unusual when you think about her life, her upbringing and, in general , her role. i often had to see that when she enters a room, there is an immediate silence , people retreat and try to create a free space around her i think it was quite difficult for her, difficult or not, but it was like that all her life, her reward was the events that proved her popularity in 2002, for her golden anniversary, the press predicted that few people would come, but people gathered in central london it was in fact the

largest gathering of people since the end of world war ii that same year she made a tour of jamaica to new zealand australia canada and visited 70 cities in britain culminating in a party at the palace to celebrate the queen's 50th year on the throne the queen was overwhelmed by the extraordinary a display of public goodwill and watching the crowds on the street, mel was very surprised how many people came to congratulate her, but the year 2002 brought mixed feelings for the queen again suffered a personal blow in february at the age of 71 princess margaret died the queen's younger sister was very different from her and was known for her showiness and extroverted

nature but the sisters remained friends all their lives i am very touched by the kindness you have shown in recent months at easter the queen mother died at the age of 101. with a sometimes somewhat shocking sense of humor, she added much more personal features to him. for a long time, she contrasted with her more serious daughter. with age, i became worse at seeing through binoculars, so much that tears flowed. god, i will watch it on tv. these are emotions, no, i watch tv, no, mom, it’s better than looking at such the wind is like hunting a deer after the death of the two women closest to her, the queen

completely immersed herself in work and thoughts about her place in life, i think my grandmother had quite an influence on my mother, how was she feeling, was she not sick or tired and exhausted she always did what needed to be done no matter what i think that's how it should be after all there are always people almost something bigger is more important what needs attention her achievements are considerable she was the first british monarch to send food to russia since tsar nicholas ii she was the first to visit china and received the pope on an official visit