peter: you describe queen elizabeth ii as the undisputed jewel of u.k. diplomacy. mr.harter: no question for me that she was, on many levels, a fantastic but also necessary performer for our country. now, this works on the superficial level, if you like, of publicity and photographs and pomp and circumstance. but if you look at what she did when she had her meetings, they were rather strategically placed. she had a big state visit to america after the suez crisis. he wanted to bankrupt the country. he had not been told britain was going to invade egypt. he thought this could precipitate a conflagration with the soviet union maybe. so she went over to do the repair job, if you like, between britain and america. and this was the case in different ways throughout her reign. as i mentioned, actually, the real fears obama, also about president biden, did he really liked the., w he really fond of ireland and irish republicanism so that he would not be thinking favorably towards britain? so what happens when he comes over as part of a g-7 meeting? only one of the seven leader

. >> it is a very remarkable recipe that the queen, queen elizabeth ii , the late ee of great britaine to the president eisenhower after he had, what really is a remarkable special treatment from the royal family. he was invited to balmoral castle, the summer holiday retreat of the family. very few members even is high society to go there, let alone share a picnic where the queen makes drop scones, a pancake that eisenhower enjoyed so much in the queen said i will send you the recipe and when she was a few weeks later, she was actually withdrawn because she was pregnant at the time. she saw a photograph of eisenhower in the papers and it reminded her, i must send the recipe to him so she had typed up and in her own hands she wrote extra guidance at the bottom and sent off the recipe. >> why was eisenhower special? as of their shared experience, generation, et cetera? >> i have looked at the queen's relationship over her whole 70 your rain with the 13 presidents that she knew and it's pretty clear when you look at how the royal family collectively but also the queen related to eisenhow

it is a very remarkable recipe that queen elizabeth ii come the late queen of great britain, gave toresident eisenhower after he had had what really was a remarkable special treatment from the royal family. he was invited to belmar council that is the summer retreat and a private place where very few members from society get to go, let alone share a picnic where the queen makes dropped scones, a kind of pancake, that eisenhower enjoyed so much and the queen said i will send you the recipe. a few weeks later, she was pregnant at the time, she saw a photograph of eisenhower in the papers and it reminded her a must in the recipe to ike. she had it typed up and in her own hand she wrote at the bottom and sent off the recipe. >> why was eisenhower special x because of their shared experience, generation, et cetera? >> i looked at the queens leadership with the 13 presidents that she knew and it is pretty clear when you look at how the royal family collectively, but also the queen, related to eisenhower, he was a standout president for them. i think it is pretty clear, it goes back to her

narrator: for over six decades, queen elizabeth ii has been among the most famous and influential womenewis: the queen has connected with the british people in the most extraordinary way.

irish government papers have been released in which the late queen — elizabeth ii — spoke about northernades. in the documents she's reported to have expressed her relief that the "silly marching business" was quieter than expected when the former irish ambassador to the uk visited in 2000. almost 25 years later the report has now been cleared for release. for more details i spoke to our ireland correspondent sara girvin. not much reaction yet. we will explain why those reported comments would have raised eyebrows and been controversial back into the year 2000 and even still now. it is a lot to do with what was going on in northern ireland at the time. in 2000 northern ireland was just two years post good friday agreement which had brought peace after 30 years of violence known as the troubles. things were still very delicate and throughout the 19905 orange orange order marches in which tens of thousands of orange order members come out onto the streets of northern ireland to commemorate the historic battle. associated protests and counter protests with those marches would have erupted i

irish government papers have been released in which the late queen, elizabeth ii — spoke about northern relief that the "silly marching business" was quieter than expected when the former irish ambassador to the uk visited in 2000. almost 25 years later the report has now been cleared for release. for more on this, let's speak to our ireland correspondent sara girvin. what has been their reaction to the publication of these comments?— the publication of these comments? ., . ., comments? not much reaction et. we comments? not much reaction yet- we will — comments? not much reaction yet. we will explain _ comments? not much reaction yet. we will explain why - comments? not much reaction yet. we will explain why those | yet. we will explain why those reported comments would have raised eyebrows and been controversial back into thousands and even still now. it is a lot to do with what was going on in northern ireland at the time. in 2000 northern ireland wasjust two the time. in 2000 northern ireland was just two years post good friday agreement which had brought peace after 30 years of vio

. >> the bible has been given to the vatican, to the church of england in honor of queen elizabeth iin and the thanksgiving to the lord are so timely and so pertinent. it is just -- that's the magic of the bible. >> the purpose of this bible is to ignite the spirit in people of all faiths. >> yeah, and what we want to do is say, when you come in here to st. patricks, you are part of a tradition. you are part of something beyond us. yeah, beyond us as we think of the lord, but also beyond us in that here is proclaimed this word of god, parts of which date back 3,000 years, and it is still extraordinarily per nent. >> reporter: even in our polarized world. >> our goal is separate forward and it has been the same from the start, and that is to ignite the spiritual imagination of people around the world, of all faith journeys. inspires literally to breathe in, and if you are breathing in the goodness of something like ancient scripture then you have a chance to breathe that back out into the world, and that would be our hope every day with every person who sees it. >> cardinal dolan told

he had a state visit to the uk queen elizabeth ii put him up.turned against his own people. syria has obviously been in a huge amount of turmoil ever since, but now it looks as if he is having to flee damascus. maybe he's in russia with his ally vladimir putin already, because in a nutshell, jars. i know it's hard to simmer it to down simplicities, but what's happened, they've got there's a rebel group of rebel group, al—qaeda affiliated . al—qaeda affiliated. >> i think speculation like is the new regime going to be any better? are we in an iraq situation? yes. a massive blow for iran and russia, who have, quite frankly, propped up assad. but yeah, a seismic moment because it ends 50 years of the assad family ruling syria. but yeah, like what comes next is looks pretty scary for a region which is just a continual tinderbox. >> exactly. and what does it mean for us domestically as well, to be seeing as you see, this is, in a way, a kind of, you know, two fingered salute to iran. i mean, i can understand that, but do we know much about these rebe

were here for the coronation of king charles and in the uk for the funeral of the late queen, elizabeth iir further to royal couples to arrive and that formal greeting by his majesty the king without the queen. because she is still recovering. and then we will have the inspection of the guard of honour. talk it through why that happens and the historical context. it’s through why that happens and the historical context.- the historical context. it's a very important _ the historical context. it's a very important ritual- the historical context. it's a very important ritual were i very important ritual were effectively the monarch is saying here are my best troops and they are here to salute you and they are here to salute you and after we have heard the visitors national anthem which we will expect any minute upon arrival the king will escort the emir eye to inspect a guard of honour and this is state visitor who has been trained at sandhurst, so if anyone will have a pdi firm and epaulette out of place, there won't be one, but he will definitely know what he is looking at. —— bdi. -- know

outside of a royal residence, the late queen elizabeth the second only did so three times during the course of her reign. and this is the first time that king charles iied to do so. it was the fitzrovia chapel, as his majesty said in his speech there. the former hospital chapel to the middlesex hospital in london, and his speech was wide ranging, very poignant and, of course, very poignant and, of course, very personal to him as well. as you mentioned, the huge theme of both community and indeed health, as you can probably imagine. and i think the health care and the diagnosis of both the king and the princess of wales really shone through here. he paid tribute to the selflessness of the doctors and nurses, providing strength, care and comfort to both him and the princess of wales. of course, over the course of the last year he also offered his heartfelt thanks to the medical team supporting his family through, and i quote, the uncertainties and i quote, the uncertainties and anxieties of illness. but of course, the king and the princess of wales are not the only people in the world going through cancer diagnosis in the year of 2024. and he said that