we also have india hicks and katie nichol.question to you katie nichol, the significance of who we will be seeing in a matter of minutes out on that balcony. it's the closest of the royals. >> it should be. the duchess of cornwall, the prince of wales, the duchess and duke of cambridge, and prince harry, that is it. usually you get to see the whole plethora of the royal family. not this time. the golden jubilee has been very different to the golden and silver jubilee where you had a lot of members of the oil family. this is a slimmed-down appearance by the money farry. >> why? >> because it's all about the line of succession and the queen is tend sending out a very clear message by sending her heir and her other heir out there and that is what this is all about. >> katie nichol, india hicks. india, you were one of princess diana easily bridesmaids. what that is like standing on that balcony with her crowds of people? >> what is the standing behind the curtains waiting to come out, what is you all doing? >> catching up on famil

we also have india hicks and katie nichol. significance of who we will be seeing in a matter of minutes on the balcony. it's the closest of the royals? >> it is. the duke of edinburgh isn't here. the duchess and duke of cambridge and prince harry. usually at the queen's birthday parade you get to see the whole plethora of the royal family. not this time. the jubilee has been done to the golden jubilee and the silver jubilee. this is a slimmed down appearance by the monarchy. >> why? >> because it's about the line of succession. by sending her heir and other heir out there. that is what this is all about. >> ladies on the end, we have katie nichol and india hicks. india you were one of princess di's bridesmaids. talk about what it was like standing with her. >> when you're all standing behind the curtains to come out, what are you doing? >> chatting. catching up with family gossip and drinking home made lemon refresher. the queen loves it. they will be beginning to open the glass doors and the rock stars as you say will be gett

. >> katie nichol we've worked over the last 20 years or so. i think the temperature has changed. confrontational. >> look who was in the carriage with the queen today. >> camilla parker bowles. >> if you want to see how things change, look at the carriage. >> this day camilla would be there, people would have thought -- >> they've had to change. they've had to modernize. i've seen the risk of the duke and duchess being stars as when they came to l.a. the monarchy needs to embrace the new age. >> and later the big moment the queen and her family on the balcony on buckingham palace. [ cheers ] >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? as long as there are identity thieves, we'll be there. we're lifelock. and we offer the most comprehensive identity theft protection ever created. lifelock: relentlessly protecting your identity. call 1-800-lifelock or go to lifelock.com today. this country was built by working people. t

katie nichol, you're the royal editor of the mail on sunday.e have you seen anything quite as magnificent as this? >> i don't think anyone has seen this. unless you were around 300 years ago, no. i mean, this is just -- this is the most spectacular thing. of course, we had the royal wedding last year. that was wonderful. takes a lot to top that. this is -- i mean, this is over succeed it. it is just the sheer scale, the sheer number of boats on this river and the reason that the spirit of chartwell has turned is that she will now pull up alongside "hms president" and she will watch the flotilla pass. it gives the queen an opportunity to see everything that we're experiencing. >> let's just remind everybody, this boat, which is huge, just did a 360 turn -- >> in the middle of the river thames. >> three or four minutes in the middle of the river thames. i mean it looks like it could do a 360 in about 20 days. >> it's a feat of engineering. there are lots of engines on board. many of these vessels are manpowered, but you couldn't really put the qu

katy nichol. andrea hicks. she was one of princess diana's bridesmaids. thank you for joining me.gh what to expect. >> if you can expect more pomp and pageantry, that's what you're going to get. the morning celebrations will kick off with a celebration of thanksgiving. that will be the most serious and poignant part for the queen. this is a woman who takes they are faith seriously. she'll be accompanied by the senior members of the royal family. after the service there's going to be a wonderful carriage procession. we had a taste of that for the royal wedding. this time we'll see the queen from westminster back to buckingham palace. and we'll be treated to the spectacle we couldn't have after the pageant. we're going to have a fly past. of course that famous balcony appearance. a chance to really just say once more to the queen, thank you ma'am. >> let's bring in india. you have been part of these ceremonies. princess diana's bridesmaid. you've been on the balcony, on the carriages. all this stuff we'll see tomorrow. talk me through what it feels like to be part of this. >> an eno

and we have india hicks and katie nichol. who we will be seeing out on that balcony, it's the closest of the royals, yes? >> it should be the duke of edinburgh who's not here. the duchess of cornwall, the princess of wales. the duke of cambridge, the duchess of cambridge and prince harry. this is difference from the golden and the silver jub lees. this is a slimmed-down appearance. it's all about the line of succession and the queen is sending her heir and her other heir out there. >> these are the rock stars. let's be honest. the royal family has -- there are a lot of you. i think what we're seeing today is the rock stars of the royals. and they are rock stars. and the queen right now pound for pound is the biggest star in the world. that's why everyone's going so crazy. >> we have to get a quick break in. what does that feel like being on the balcony? keep taking a look at these beautiful pictures. quick break here. back in a moment. [ female announcer ] introducing coffee-mate natural bliss. made with only milk... cream...

katie nichol, you're the royal editor of the mail on sunday.ime have you seen anything quite as magnificent as this? >> i don't think anyone has seen this. unless you were around 300 years ago, no. i mean, this is just -- this is the most spectacular thing. of course, we had the royal wedding last year. that was wonderful. takes a lot to top that. this is -- i mean, this is over succeed it. it is just the sheer scale, the sheer number of boats on this river and the reason that the spirit of chartwell has turned is that she will now pull up along side hms president and she will watch the flotilla pass. it gives the queen an opportunity to see everything that we're experiencing. >> let's just remind everybody, this boat, which is huge, just did a 360 turn -- >> in the middle of the river thames. >> three or four minutes in the middle of the river thames. it looks like it could do a 360 in not just 20 days. >> a feat of engineering. there are lots of engines on board. many of these vessels are manpowered, but you couldn't really put the queen on a