this is alexander mcqueen. keep in mind it was duchess of cambridge who wore alexander mcqueen.ws. >> perhaps she's having a bit of an influence on the queen? wow. >> reporter: perhaps so. yes, i think absolutely so. in terms of the service briefly, this is just your quintessential commonwealth gathering. heads of state from the different commonwealth countries and different charities. she's very philanthropic. she will be having this service with different representatives from all of these charities she's been so heavily involved with here in london. >> it's beautiful to watch. the music is incredible. everybody is standing. >> reporter: gives you goose bumps. >> everybody is standing gathering waiting for the queen to make that final procession in. she looks lovely. i've got to say it looks more blue than white, brooke. this morning. >> reporter: you're looking at live pictures. i saw her through the glass. perhaps, you know, who knows if it's white. is it white or blue? i'm asking my producer. we're not quite sure. i'm getting this. i know she was wearing white the other day.

the duchess of cambridge looking magnificent with alexander mcqueen. prince william in his raf military uniform, prince harry's uniform and, right away, richard now talking about it earlier, incredibly unusual to see the queen, prince charles, her heir and prince william his heir all on the same vessel. >> i can't remember. >> security reasons why -- >> they never normally travel together. all together on one vessel. >> purely an exception because of this historic day? >> absolutely. no question built. they have thrown away the rule book. only ones not on board, the spirit of chart well, the yorks and wessexs, and you've got along with the sort of the gloucesters and the kents are on other boats. >> becky anderson is in piccadilly, the mother of all street parties. having fun down there. >> we're at the biggest street party of all. for the first time in its history it is closed for all the right reasons i've been saying over the past couple hour, 2.5 million across the country are celebrating. thousands of them, let me tell you are here on piccadilly f

she dazzled in a nude-colored lace dress by alexander mcqueen.s to prefer the british fashion empire. her wedding dress was designed by sarah burton for alexander mcqueen. prince william wore a mourning suit to the day's service. >> news 4 is in london. he'll have reports coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> votes are being cast in an election that will decide whether wisconsin's governor keeps his job. it could keep as a preview for november's showdown between president obama and mitt romney. >> they lined up to vote in wisconsin. in a recall election that's polarizing even family. >> it's difficult. my father was a teacher and we are divided. >> protests of the recall election were, spaed when teachers and other public employees in wisconsin were forced to pay more for medical care and pensions. their unions weakened by republican governor scott walker who said the state was going broke. he's hoping to save his job today. >> for us, i think turnout's key. not only republicans and conservatives but i think independent. >> reporter: both parties watch

her wedding dress was designed by sarah burton for alexander mcqueen.nce william wore a mourning suit, but who cares -- i'm sorry, they all look the same. don' get me wrong. he looks dashing. but we really care about kate's dress. i mean, it -- his suit, his mourning suit doesn't really vary much from harry's mourning suit -- >> i've been google, searching. i want to know what the queen wore. who made her dress? >> i'm sure she has like a royal tailor i imagine who hand design her dresses. but kate looked spot on perfection. >>> let's go to tom and talk about the forecast. >> we've got london-like weather with low clouds. and temperatures in the 50s, too. similar to what they're getting in london. we're getting sun breaking out. good news because we have the transit of venus. if we don't see it today, you won't have another chance to see this for another 115 years. there is going to be a -- an observing party at the national air and space museum on the mall. free admission. it's between 6:00 until sunset. and hopefully we'll have breaks in the clouds to

. >> that skull makes me think of alexander mcqueen, one of the most prominent fashion artists or the. >> right. >> and really, british fashion has received a resurgence because of kate middleton, so that's why you may want to stop by the victorian albert museum. >> it's the big art museum and they have an exhibition of 60 ball guns and worn by celebrities in the 1950s and by queens and all sort of exciting people and it traces the development of society, really, through the ages. designers represented kate middleton and the boutique down road and if you're inspired you can check that out and the hot designer at the moment is big on prints and as you say alexander mcqueen who had a massive exhibition last year after his death at the met. that was a great one to check out. >> this exhibit would inspire people if they haven't made plans to bring an extra piece of luggage because when you shop in london and see what's available you'll want to fill it up and bring it back home. now let's talk about the queen's gallery and the leonardo da vinci. >> and the queen's gallery is at buckingham

she looks really magnificent in this alexander mcqueen red outfit. >> i think it's probably the best. today is her day of glory, which sounds a strange thing to say when it's the queen's day. i also think perhaps had she not come along a year ago, i wonder whether the sentiment might have been quite the same. the relationship is unfoiling now between the queen and the duchess of cambridge. we all remember princess diana so well. and that was clearly a complicated relationship. you got the sense they never really geled. i'm getting the sense with the grandson's wife, it's very different. >> in her eyes, william can do no wrong. if william has chosen kate, then he's done right. the queen has gone out on engagement and taken camilla, the wife of the next in line to the throne, and kate, the wife of the second in line. that's amazing. that's never happened before. >> ten years ago it would have been unthinkable. it shows you how far public opinion has moved to accept camilla, and also to realize we couldn't again have a situation as we did with princess diana where everything became so f

there she was, in that beautiful dress, alexander mcqueen. and that hat.and, shares our thoughts about the wow factor. you thought it was a little too much? >> i was surprised she chose head-to-toe in that way. she had a red, matching umbrella. i can understand, you want to be seen on a barge, from the river bank. red's a good way to be spotted. >> and patriotic. with her mother and sisters, it was the color of the union jack. i thought it was sort of fabulous. >> pippa on the other end, she can take a few more chances? >> absolutely. she is a private person. she is not a member of the royal family. she does her own thing. she can do and say what she wants. remembering, she has to be appropriate. she can't get her sister into trouble. >> that's true. you see the differences between the two. they're taking the world and this country by storm, how they carry themselves. thank you, sasha. thank you very much. >> for injecting a little british style. >> thank you very much. >> are those your shoes that she's wearing right now? >> she is wearing my shoes. i tri

. >> alexander mcqueen, and she wore sarah burton on her royal wedding day. >> i think she's looked thes ever looked. i think the fashion editors today are going to be cheering even more loudly than they did last we're. >> i imagine that the royal household is cognizant of the younger royals not upstaging the queen on her day, on this 60-year anniversary of her reign. it's interesting the choice i find that the duchess of cambridge is in such an eye-grabbing, stunning color as red and then you juxtapose that with the queen, her majesty herself, wearing all white. >> which is very unusual, isn't it, for the queen to wear white. >> i think it's very unusual for her to wear white, but i suspect knowing the relationship that the queen has with catherine that they consulted each other -- >> coordinated. >> i absolutely think that because i don't think catherine would have worn something quite so strident had the queen not said absolutely go ahead. >> let's bring in becky anderson. she's in picadilly at the street party where they appear to be going absolutely crazy, becky. >> reporter: yes.

please pass along to eun that we found out that kate middleton, the beautiful beige frock is alexander mcqueen, the same designer who did her dress, her wedding gown. >> yes. she looks great. >> is that significant? >> it is. >> i'll take your word for it. thank you, leads. >> thank you. >>> today's service will include prayers for prince phillip, the duke of edinburgh. he's in the hospital and expected to remain for a few more days. palace officials say he's being treated for a bladder infection. prince phillip turns 91 on saturday. >>> some people here in d.c. will celebrate the queen's 60 years on the throne. the british embassy and school of washington hosting a big picnic lunch at school today. events will include a street party, cake cutting, games, and prizes. and guests will also be able to write a message to her majesty and record messages for a time capsule for the jetblubilee. >>> our own doug kammerer is covering the jubilee. look for his report coming up at 6:00 a.m. >>> 5:49 now. a woman is in jail, charged with stabbing a mother to death. that murder was the beginning of a viole

her dress is alexander mcqueen. she always looks beautiful, but she shops at zara, top shop. think women relate to her because they feel that she's accessible. as gorgeous as she is. >> absolutely. sometimes you get the look that you want without having to spend a lot. that's nice. >> there you go. but you're not going to look like her necessarily. >> not quite princess level? >> maybe, i don't know. >>> if i can quickly, i want to mention an event, the news dudes event to support an organization -- >> there you are, in the middle. >> for an organization called men against breast cancer. next to me, mark heisen -- >> dan hellie, too. >> this organization helps men learn how to be this for women dealing with breast cancer. sort of the new brother organization if you will to the news babes which you helped start a few years back. >> the big event for us is tuesday, june 19. now that you mention, i'm going to have to tell everyone, get your tickets fast. >> in both cases, the idea is to raise awareness and money to support the organizations that are doing great things in the fig

she wears gorgeous designers, the alexander mcqueen dress is stunning. buys from shops that you can go right off the rack. >> yeah. now, is it fair to say fake -- or is it just that we assumed they were something other than what they were? >> they're not real pearl and diamond, but cubic zirconia. and $75 is not something to sneeze at for some people. not real pearl and diamond. >> good for her. >>> parents, listen up. a rare look inside the mind of teenagers and their risky behavior. >>> a baby rescued from the car during the hottest part of the >>> 6:29, coming up, what the >>> welcome back to "news4 today," i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. today is friday, june 8, 2012. 6:31 now, 59 degrees. might seem chilly, but it is going to warm up quickly today. and it has been a warm start to the year. you can call it spring's fever. the u.s. just finished its hottest spring on record. the lower 48 averaged 57.1 degrees for march, april, and may. that beat out the oldest spring high temperature by a full two degrees. i guess june started out kind of backpe

the top british fashion house, alexander mcqueen. who is paying for it?l but prince charles. nice of kate to teach him to iron earlier this year but he's funding her sartorial career. detailed expenses being made public this week made their own calculations that kate's clothes for this year alone came up to around $56,000. is it really possible? >> princess diana in her official duties in the first year of her official time as a princess would have spent even more money. i actually think kate has been quite frugal. though it sounds like an awful lot of money, in terms of what she's got to do, it's not. >> reporter: but kate is not exactly at the top of the royal pecking order. there she is courtesying to priscilla. the queen made changes to royal order. she outranks sophie but not so-called princesses of the blood, they of the creative hats. unless with william, kate would precede them, which would all change down the road, of course, when kate becomes queen. royal experts say kate refuses to take freebies from designers and insists on paying what everybo

. >> reporter: we're talking about alexander mcqueen, lace with a matching clutch.of his queen by sunday, which is his 91st birthday. lara? >> thank you, nick. we wish him a happy and speedy recovery. >>> how well do you know members of the british family? we want you to go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! to test your knowledge. >>> first, we have to give presents. we missed our boys. >> great to see. >> robin, go for it. >> i think josh, manchester? manchester. >> i appreciate this. and i won't waste "gma's" time collectively. i'm an arsenal fan. thank you but -- >> oh. well, i guess this tea tow will be -- >> i love the tea towel. >> we had so much fun. george, you get to pick. please. >> you take your pick. >> oh. >> thank you. >> george. >> thanks. >> and no beefeater for you. >> thank you. thank you. >> no. >> no, no, no. back off. back off. >>> we're going to move right along now. i enjoyed being with you, lara. >> i so enjoyed it. >> we did miss you all very much. we did. >> it's the thought that counts. >> what doesn't need a tea towel? >>> nine-time gra

this alexander mcqueen lace number, $1,850. and this matthew williamson retails at $1,700.to look this good. and just as well, prince charles is paying for all of the dresses. as a rescue pilot, william gets about $17,000 a year. not many couture dresses you could buy on that salary. >> lama, thank you. thanks so much. have a great day in london. >>> coming up, josh is away. not "the play of the day." sam had it yesterday. so, george has "the play of the day" when we come back. >>> and rielle hunter, hear from her first live television with george, as well. her first live television with george, as well. come on back. when i start soccer, i wasn't so good. [ barks ] so me and sadie started practicing. we practiced a lot. now i've got some moves! [ crowd cheering ] spin kick! whoo-hoo! [ giggling ] [ announcer ] we know how important your dog is to your whole family. so help keep him strong and healthy... with the total care nutrition in purina dog chow. because you're not just a family. you're a dog family. [ female announcer ] real fruit... means real fruit smoothies from

and william's wife catherine, the duchess of cambridge, looking stunning in a red alexander mcqueen dress. not far behind a boat carrying the middletons, including catherine's younger sister pippa. despite the rain, the crowds came out in full force, bringing with them their spirit. >> we'll never see again in our lifetime anything like that. 1,000 boats going down the river thames. >> reporter: one of those boats carried our own ben, rowing along in a three-man skiff, part of a fleet that created a dramatic and historic fleet. >> part of the pageantry was a really original idea going back in history, 300 years ago when charles ii had a flotilla. so they reinvented it for a modern age. >> reporter: elsewhere over the weekend, street parties all around the country. >> it's about kind of celebrating history, and so you can tell people in years to come where you were on the day that it was diamond jubilee. >> reporter: even prince charles and camilla hit the streets on sunday to join in the festivities. one of the queen's favorite events helped kick off the historic weekend, the epsom derby.

by alexander mcqueen and there was some criticism in the papers the next day saying she upstaged theg about that? >> she's years younger than the queen. the reason she's wearing red is it's the most fashionable color. she looked stunning wearing that color. i think it would have been very inappropriate for the queen to be wearing royal red on a red barge, kind of odd. i actually thought the queen stood out. i was at tower bridge watching her and i thought she really stood out with that very sort of off-white color. i don't think for one second that catherine, duchess of cambridge, is ever going to upstage the queen. knowingly. you know, i think it's whether we're in one of those situations where she will always be younger, she's very beautiful, but it's not going to be a deliberate situation. >> in some ways the queen's outfit is almost like a uniform. the pastel colors that she can be seen. >> right. >> she always has the purse with her. nobody quite knows what's in it. >> yes. she has that wonderful hand bag. it's by a bespoke company. i've got one here, actually. it's by launer. a