to house of mountbatten. in this they are saying the house of windsor is dead. the house of mountbatten is the next monarchy. >> what he hadn't reckoned with was the wall of opposition from the formidable queen mary, elizabeth's grandmother. she took a very dim view of it. >> what has this damned fool ought to do with the name of this house. >> george v began the house of windsorer. >> queen mary guys to windsor castle and says this is what mountbatten is plotk. >> my grandfather was alarmed and upset. >> people are suspicious of mountbatten. they are suspicious of his role, of him moving forward, trying to influence the queen and prince philip. >> it's a huge dilemma for the queen. she knows how much it means to philip. on this occasion she has to side with churchill against her husband. >> and indeed it came to cabinet who decided that the royal house would remain the house of windsor. >> i think one has to remember how kwyoung the queen was. she had no experience of being queen. so of course she is going t

it was mountbatten who acted as matchmaker to charles's parents. >> louis mountbatten is very free with advice on love and marriage. >> his attitude was play the field. sow your wild oats. enjoy yourself. and then eventually you'll meet some nice pure girl that you can marry and make the queen. >> prince charles takes his advice on board with a vengeance. >> and the public sees a new side to charles. >> he's the most eligible bachelor in the world. everybody wanted to go out with him. nobody was going to say no. nobody was going to turn down the prince of wales, were they? >> he went on tour around the world. those girls would pursue him. he was undermined. >> he is known as action man. he is a heartthrob. >> the girlfriends that he picks up get a lot of publicity in the press. they're known as charlie's angels. >> the prince's private life is now front page news. >> increasingly in the 1970s there's a new era of competition especially in the british tabloid press, so there's now an incentive and a price for paparazzi pictures of members of the british royal family. >> he couldn't take

is plotting. >> mountbatten was extremely alarmed and upset. >> people are suspicious of mountbatten. they're suspicious of his role, of him moving forward, trying to influence the quee she knows how much it means to philip. but on this occasion she has to side with churchill against her house of windsor. >> i think one has to remember just how young the queen was at this time. she had no experience of being queen. so of course she's going to listen to the prime minister. >> winston churchill was a friend of her father's, and he was the man who people saw as having won the war. >> he's an incredibly formidable figure. and the idea that this very young, almost child-like queen, should defy the prime minister, that is completely off limits. >> the queen issues a proclamation. the name of the royal house will remain windsor. for the first time in british history heirs to the throne will take their family name from their mother and not their father. >> for philip this is a terrible, terrible humiliation. >> a typical marriage at that social rank in the early 1950s would be one with a sup

. >> one person in his life who gives him a lot of time is his great uncle lord louis mountbatten. >>y grandfather and the prince of wales had a very unique relationship. sometimes it's easier to be close to someone who's not necessarily your parent. >> he calls him grand papa. but aels charles comes the see him much more as a father figure. >> lord batton is the uncle of prince if i phillip. he was matchmaker to charles' parents. >> louis mountbatten is very free with advice on love and marriage. >> his attitude was play the field. sew your wild oats. enjoy yourself. and then eventually you'll meet some nice pure girl that you can marry and make the queen. >> prince charles takes his advice on board with a vengeance. >> and the public sees a new side to charles. >> most eligible bachelor in the world. everybody wanted to go out with him. nobody was going to say no. nobody was going to turn down the prince of wales, were they? >> he went on tour around the world. those girls would pursue him. he was undermined. >> he is known as action man. he is a heart throb. >> the girlfriends that

the king's cousin, lord louis mountbatten. >> i think my grandmother, mountbatten really took on thatuncle. >> he's sort of impressed by what he sees in the young prince philip, and he starts to have these sort of ambitions for him. >> princess elizabeth first noticed phillip seven years earlier at the royal naval college in dartmouth. >> in 1939, when princess elizabeth was a little girl of 13 and prince philip was 18 and a naval cadet, the king and the queen, with their two daughters, came to the cottage. they played croquet. prince phillip, concentrating on his shot, and there is little princess elizabeth gazing up at him. >> she was smitten, i'm sure, very, very quickly. never looked back, frankly. it was a big love story. >> the feeling was that it had been mountbatten who engineered this. >> elizabeth and phillip wrote letters to each other throughout the war and elizabeth had a photograph of phillip beside her bed. and when the war was over, they began to see each other really rather frequently. >> and when he asked her to marry him in 1946, elizabeth says yes to phillip. but o

her marriage to philip mountbatten, an anglicizedlip mountbatten, anang lisized member o member of theed greek royal family, gave a war-weary country something to celebrate. and the children the marriage produced-- first charles and then anne-- secured the future. elizabeth's coronation in 1953 wasthe first-ever to be televised, and it began a reign with a singular purpose. >> my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service. >> reporter: but the royal ride was sometimes bumpy. the stability and continuity the monarchy was supposed to provide began to look shaky, as one by one, the royal marriages broke down around her. her sister margaret's, her daughter anne's. her son andrew's. they all ended in awkward divorces. none was uglier than the breakup of prince charles and diana spencer. the long public unraveling of the marriage of the heir to the throne seemed to shake the very foundations of the royal household. and if that household ever came close to teetering, it was in the period following the shocking death of diana in that paris car crash. the national

her engagement to lieutenant philip mountbatten, as he was now called, was announced injuly 19117.were married in westminster abbey. seldom has a bride and groom received such a tumultuous expression of goodwill. b, received such a tumultuous expression of goodwill. a year later, expression of goodwill. a year later. the _ expression of goodwill. a year later, the first _ expression of goodwill. a year later, the first child, - expression of goodwill. a year later, the first child, charles l later, the first child, charles was born. two years after that, a daughter, anne. by by now, philip had resumed his naval career and was posted to the mediterranean island of malta, where he wasjoined by his wife. it was the most carefree time of their married life but it wasn't to last. the king was in poor health. he'd been treated for lung cancer. when elizabeth left for a visit to east africa in february 1952, it was to be the last time she would see him. it was a farewell. it was also, as events turned out, goodbye. at the moment of her father's death from a heart attack, elizabeth was in

commander, whose organization assassinated oral mountbatten. peace accord. >> she shook hands with him because that is what the people had world. she could have avoided it. but she went. to me, that summed up her grasp of her role. >> i remember martin mcguinness coming into the room to meet the queen and saying, how are you? she said, well at least i'm still alive. that was a nice sort of ironic comment. >> coming up, >> the queen letup known that she expected to be advised and consulted. (coughing) ♪ breeze driftin' on by ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ copd may have gotten you here, but you decide what's next. start a new day with trelegy. ♪ ...feelin' good ♪ no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier and improves lung function. it also helps prevent future flare-ups. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take

it was a massive, massive trauma for the royal family. >> but a louis mountbatten was blown apart byy apart, it must have literally broken her heart. >> more than 20 years later, the good friday agreement, brings an end to the troubles. in a moment of conciliation, the queen comes face to face with martin mcinnis, a former i.r.a. commander, whose organization assassinated earl mount baton. mcguinness is one of the architects of the peace accord. >> she shook hands with him because that is what the people had world. she could have avoided it. but she went. to me, that summed up her grasp of her role. >> i remember martin mcguinness coming into the room to meet the queen and saying, how are you? she said, well at least i'm still alive. that was a nice sort of ironic comment. >> coming up, >> the queen letup known that she expected to be advised and consulted. and only 24-hour steroid free spray. while other allergy sprays take hours astepro starts working in 30 minutes. so you can... astepro and go. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. bikta

he wanted her to take his name in the beginning mountbatten. the title.n berg but sounded too german after the war. mountbatten derives from a small town in germany called battenburg, which is really ironic. when elizabeth became queen she suggested she take his name. her grandmother heard this and went to the prime minister and the prime minister agreed with the grandmother and the name windsor stood. phillip complained and said i'm nothing but an i can't give my name to his own children. she created the hyphenated name but interesting he had a big problem with that. remember when they found ut in kenya he had to tell her she was the queen because her father died. when they land back home he realizes at that moment i have to walk two steps behind her from now on and she is my wife and also my queen. >> he gave up a lot, phillip. he sacrificed a very successful military career. he was going right to the top. instead he had to give it all up to play second fiddle. which was the last thing he was naturally a man to do. he gave up everything for his queen. h

. >> when mountbatten's body came back to england, his father the duke of edinburgh didn't want him toim to cry. and he started to say, "come on, pull yourself tog together, got to be strong abou this." that gives you a picture of the pleading credibility of father and son on the matter of profound importance to both of them. >> charles is not only devastated but is also kind of on board -- unmorden. he is no 30 years old, everybody is pressuring him to marry. >> certain his father felt he was having life -- wife. she would straighten them out and given the respectability that a future king should have pete carroll's' unwillingness to marry is really about his deep emotional relationship with camilla. he knew she was made an he knew he couldn't possibly marry her but -- his parents ha to get him out of that relationship so they really began to hunt for a bride. >> in the summer of 1980, a meeting is orchestrated between prince charles and a 19-year-ol girl who would change the shape of the house of windsor forever. >> young diana spencer were not some girl taken out of a nice middle cl

the queen cared for mountbatten's 14 year old grandson timothy natchbowl who had been severely injured in the attack. when he arrived at balmoral late one evening with his sister the queen was there to greet them and she served them soup and sandwiches took them to their rooms and even started to unpack them until she was prevailed upon to go to bed. timothy later talked about her unstoppable mothering he told me that the queen had been caring and sensitive and intuitive and that she had managed to get him talking about his traumatic experience in a way that nobody else had been able to do. funny british actress prunella scales got rave reviews for playing the queen in alan bennett's play a question of attribution. and when she was introduced to the queen she bowed and the queen said i expect you think i should be doing that to you. earthy, probably the least expected trait when you think of the prim and proper queen imagine her stalking stag on the hills of above balmoral in her macintosh trousers crawling on her stomach through the undergrowth with her nose up against the boots of th

her marriage to philip mountbatten, a member of the deposed greek royal family, gave a war-weary countryething to celebrate. and the children the marriage produced, first charles and then ann, secured the future. elizabeth's coronation in 1953 was the first ever to be televised, and it began a reign with a singular purpose -- >> my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service. >> reporter: but the royal ride was sometimes bumpy. the stability and continuity the monarchy was supposed to provide began to look shaky as one by one the royal marriages broke down around her. her sister margaret's, her daughter ann's, her son andrew's, they all ended in awkward divorces. none was uglier than the breakup of prince charles and diana spencer. the long-public unraveling of the marriage of the heir to the throne seemed to shake the very household. and if that household ever came close to teetering, it was in the period following the shocking death of diana in that paris car crash. the national outpouring of grief seemed to highlight the emotional gap between the queen an

her marriage to philip mountbatten, an anglicized member of the deposed greek royal family gave a warnd the children the marriage produced, first charles and then anne secured the future. elizabeth's coronation in 1953 was the first ever to be televised, and it began a reign with a singular purpose. >> my whole life, whether it be ot shall be devoted to your service. >> reporter: but the royal ride was sometimes bumpy. the stability and continuity the monarchy was supposed to provide began to look shaky as one by one the royal marriages broke down around her. her sister margaret's, her daughter anne's, her son andrew's. they all ended in awkward divorces. none was uglier than the breakup of prince charles and diana spencer. the long public unraveling of the marriage of the heir to the throne seemed to shake the very foundations of the royal household. and if that household ever came close to teetering, it was in the period following the shocking death of diana in that paris car crash. the national outpouring of grief seemed to highlight the emotional gap between the queen and her peop

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she fell in love in those years to a handsome prince, the swashbuckling navy lieutenant, philip mountbattenake though, philip, to my wedded husband -- >> reporter: they married in 1947. in 1952, the young couple was on a royal trip to kenya. they climbed up into a treehouse where they would spend the night. but overnight her father died. when she came down the next morning, she was queen. at age 25. her coronation was an international sensation. the first one ever televised. queen elizabeth reigned through 14 american presidents, dancing with gerald ford, watching a ball game with george h.w. bush, even giving first lady michelle obama a quick hug. the years brought their ups and downs. the wedding of prince charles and diana at first seemed to be a highlight. but when that marriage collapsed so scandalously, many britons began to doubt the relevance of the monarchy itself. in1997 when diana was killed in a car crash in paris, elizabeth stayed in scotland with her family. as waves of grief rolled over britain, the queen was seen by some as unsympathetic and public anger at the royal family

the man she called uncle dickie, lord louis mountbatten, was murdered by the ira on a family boating but she would have known that, for prince philip, for her husband, it would have been devastating, knowing that he'd lost probably the second most important person in his life. i think it added a sense of fragility, really. just brought home the reality of the fact that actually the royals and their supporters could be targets and that effectively rocked the royal family to its core. in her lifetime, the most serious challenges to the status of monarchy came not from external factors, but internal family troubles. not a paradox, really, because the house of windsor, the self—styled family monarchy, prided itself on upholding traditional christian values. after her own wedding, the queen gave a speech denouncing divorce — but the modern monarchy couldn't escape marital breakdown. the first divorcee in the queen's close family circle was her only sister, princess margaret. in 1960, she married antony armstrong—jones and, in 1978, they divorced. the queen's first child to marry was princ

. >> and after the war, she would marry navy lieutenant philip mountbatten.orld would know him as prince philip. >> to my wedded husband -- >> to my wedded husband. >> their wedding was november 20th, 1947. she was 21. he was 26. elizabeth had told her father, philip was the only man she could ever love. in 1952, the young couple on a royal trip to kenya. they climbed up into a tree house where they would spend the night. and when she came down the next morning -- she was queen. her father had died and it was prince philip who told his young wife she was now the queen. >> god clothe you with the robe of righteousness. >> her coronation in 1953 was the first ever televised and was watched around the world. reigning over 52 commonwealth countries, covering one-third of the world's population. while raising her four children, too. >> she set an incredible example to me, to others to follow her leadership, her duty, her sacrifice. >> she was a constant on the world stage. the most traveled monarch in history, nearly 300 state visits. the first reigning monarch to

and after the war, she would marry naval lieutenant philip mountbatten, the world would know him as princetake thee philip. >> for my wedded husband. >> for my wedded husband. >> reporter: their wedding november 20th, 1947, she was 21. he was 26. in 1952 the young couple was on a royal trip to kenya, they climbed up into a tree house where they would spend the night and when she came down the next morning, she was queen. her father had died and it was prince philip who told his young wife she was now the queen. >> the lord clothe you with the robe of righteousness. >> reporter: her coronation was the first ever televised and was watched around the world. reigning over 52 commonwealth countries, covering one-third of the world's population while raising her four children too. >> she set an incredible example to me to others to follow her leadership, her duty, her sacrifice. >> reporter: she was a constant on the world stage. the most traveled monarch in history, nearly 300 state visits. she would entertain u.s. presidents, dancing with gerald ford. riding horses with ronald reagan. watching

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there is something else fueling his dating, advice from his uncle, lord mountbatten. >> was really likeand one of his pieces of advice was don't get married too young, go out with lots of young ladies in an expression called so your wild oats and that was his advice. >> that's what charles did, he continued to date around as he graduated with his bachelors degree from cambridge and joined the military. >> in the early 70s he served in the royal air force and navy and had particular aptitude and interest in flying. earned his wings in record time. >> one woman never left his mind. camilla. >> camilla and charles stated and then prince charles went off on his naval maneuvers so he was removed from her fear of life and camilla doted on this young man called andrew parker, very, very attractive. >> kamala merritt and charles was apparently devastated. >> prince charles was at sea when camilla wrote to him and told him she was engaged in a think his world fell apart, he couldn't believe it. what charles did, he said i'm going to remain friends with her because she's special and he d did. >>

in 1979, an ira bombing killed lord louis mountbatten, the queen's second cousin. in 2012, the queen famously shook hands with former ira leader and politician martin mcguinness in belfast. last week, sinn fein leader michelle o'neill paid tbute to e queen. >> there's no doubt she leaves a legacy of someone who advanced peace and reconciliation, someone who sought to buil relations. i think that should very much be remembered here. amy: meanwhile, a 22-year-old man in edinburgh was arrested monday for heckling prince andrew over his ties to the late convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. the protester was arrested after calling out "andrew, your sick old man" later saying "powerful men shouldn't be allowed to commit sexual crimes and get away with it." a new united nations report finds nearly one in every 100 -- announcing the findings monday. >> that is an extraordinary figure. 27.6 million people compelled to work and even worse news is this represents an increase of previous estimates published in 2017, an increase of 2.7 million. amy: the ilo says further 22 m

in 1979, an ira bombing killed lord louis mountbatten, the queen's second cousin.012, the queen famously shook hands with former ira leader and sinn fein politician martin mcguinness in belfast. last week, sinn fein leader michelle o'neill paid tribute to the queen. >> there is no doubt she leaves a legacy of someone who reached out a hand in friendship, someone who advanced for reconciliation, sought to build elections -- relations. i think should be very much remembered for here on this island. amy: this comes as king charles iii visited belfast tuesday and met with members of sinn fein, which is now the now the largest party in ireland after elections in may, where response to the queen's death has been mixed. for more, we are joined by eamonn mccann, a journalist, writer, and activist in derry, northern ireland. eamonn is a former member of the northern ireland assembly. he also took part in the march on bloody sunday in 1972 and helped form the bloody sunday trust. his 1974 book "war and an irish town" was cently republished. eamonn mccann, welcome back to dem

formerly was an ira leaderlw who helped plan the assassination of prince philip's uncle, the earl mountbattenand help to givehelp political p to a place that had beend troubled for so long. >> in the years that followed, queen elizabeth became theme t longest reigning monarch. celebrating marriages and foundd time to be amo grandmother to hr grandchildren and great-grandchildren.gr but the unity did not last. 2019 the first covid-19 casesse were spreading across the globe loved ones were encouraged to come together scandal broke out within the royalwi family. ♪ i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. uhh - here, i'll take that woo hoo ensure max protein, with 30 grams of protein, 1 gram of sugar and now in two new flavors (♪ ♪) - [female narrator] they line up by the thousands. each one with a story that breaks your heart. like ravette... every step, brought her pain. their only hope: mercy ships. the largest floating civilian hospital in the world. bringing free surgeries to people who have no other hope. $19 a month wi

. >> she and i was a in love with this enable cadet at mount mountbatten.were quite certain about hampered german background, and his mother it was institutionalized in the sanatorium. >> the princess was take it with philip from the moment she met him as a 13-year-old during a visit to a naval base in the south of england. after their first meeting the couple met several times over the next decade. elizabeth was smitten with the blonde blue-eyed philip. but the son of the king of greece was not initially accepted by some royal advisors. >> 's sister had all married very senior nazis. he was a popper definitely by monetary standards very. >> there were concerns they might not be well suited for each other pretty had had a much more tumultuous life and background than she did. >> despite some of the critics, elizabethan philip got married in westminster abbey in september of 1947. their marriage happened at the same time the british people were recovering from the war. ♪ the sense that it was an act of indulgence at a time of great austerity gave way to the

taking on public service rules during world war ii, and in 1947, she married lieutenant philip mountbatten, a one time prince of greece and denmark. their ceremony was at westminster abbey with some 2000 in attendance. five years later, her life changed suddenly when king george died. >> i decre for the world, for my whole life, whether long or short, shall be devoted to your service. >> her majesty looking radiant in her wonderful down. william: at the age of 25, she ascended to the british throne. the coronation of queen elizabeth took place with great pomp and circumstance, an event broadcast to the world on television for the first time. >> you solemnly promise and swear to govern the peoples of the united kingdom of great britain? >> i solemnly promise so to do. william: in those early years, the queen and her husband end, the duke of edinburgh, started a family the first was prince charles, then anne, followed by andrew, dirk of york. along with motherhood, the queen aimed to be a modern monarch and kept a busy public schedule for decades. >> i would like to tell the american people,

she married philip mountbatten, her great love. when your lder, pnce charles was born, the first of four children. in february of 1952, her father king george the sixth died. elizabeth replaced him on a trip to africa. >> tragic news released reacd the queen and her husband. >> elizabeth the second was only 25 years of age area her coronation ceremony did not take place until the following year in june of 1953. the ceremony itself was one of the world events to broadcast on television. an estimated 300 million people watched around the globe. the queen took the throne at a time when the british empire was losing its importance. many former colonies gained their independence and a new global conflict began with the cold war. as queen elizabeth was not allowed to pursue her own political agenda. but she was the most important representative of her country and head of the commonwealth. in that role, she tirelessly traveled the world in the decades that followed. at home, elizabeth was intent on boosting the royal family's popularity w

especially after a conflict that claimed thousands of lives, including the queen's cousin louis mountbatten. this was a historic moment. >> it was, and we saw it again today when the queen met the first minister, or elect first minister of northern ireland. again, meeting somebody who had, who was part of a party that was against everything the queen stands for. but the queen, remember what we always say, the queen does not act without the consent of government. she acts on the advice and consent of government. so, the government says you are going to shake hands with martin mcguinness. there may be lots of back and forth, but finally the government says you are going to do it, she will do it. and she did it because it was important for peace. >> i was just want to say, she also spoke once in irish, do you remember in 2012? and actually drew -- because the irish language was once banned under british rule. and whether it's a handshake, few words of the irish language, it does demonstrate the weight, the power of the symbolism of the monarch. >> yes, still, absolutely. >> exactly. >> this wi

her engagement to lieutenant philip mountbatten was announced injuly1947.rica in february 1952, it was to be the last time she would see him. at the moment of her father's death from a heart attack, elizabeth was in a game park and can year. she returned to london as queen. in year. she returned to london as queen. ., , �* year. she returned to london as queen. . �* ., ., queen. in a way, i didn't have an apprenticeship- _ queen. in a way, i didn't have an apprenticeship. my _ queen. in a way, i didn't have an apprenticeship. my father - queen. in a way, i didn't have an apprenticeship. my father died i queen. in a way, i didn't have an - apprenticeship. my father died much too young, and so, it was all a very sudden kind of taking on, and making the bestjob you can. elizabeth's coronation took place in june 1953, and for the first time, television cameras were allowed into westminster abbey. the ceremony was broadcast to millions. the moment of the queen's crowning is come... elizabeth was sovereign and head of state notjust of elizabeth was sovereign and

during the troubles, the violence touched the queen's own family in 1979, when lord mountbatten, hertheir boat. but as the peace process gathered momentum, the queen herself took part in symbolic moments of change. there was a historic handshake between her majesty and martin mcguinness, himself a former commander of the ira, the paramilitary group that had carried out many of the violent attacks during the troubles, including on her own family. the handshake with martin mcguinness was a clear indication that that conflict was over and that was something that meant a lot to people like me who had stood against violence over many, many years, but that handshake, and basically, clearly said, "the conflict is over. "let's get on with building peace." today, loyalty to the monarchy in unionist areas is more prominent in northern ireland than perhaps anywhere else in the uk, and belfast�*s iconic shankill road has become a focal point for tributes. but this afternoon, the attention was on the royal route, from hillsborough castle and onwards. it really means a lot to welcome the new king.

as we know mountbatten was a second cousin of queen elizabeth ii so i say it has been a muted response india being the biggest colony of the british in terms of the past and the response has been muted when compared to australia or the other commonwealth nations. >> our correspondent is in new delhi. thank you. >> the royal family's relationship with africa is complicated to say the least. on the one hand there is a history of british colonial rule which often left a legacy of segregation and economic ruin on the other hand, royal family members had personal ties to the continent where they remained well-known and often times while loved figures. correspondent has reactions to the queen's passing. >> good evening. we interrupt the viewing from the events in parliament to bring you this breaking news tonight and that is of the death of queen elizabeth ii . >> the news of the queen's death reverberated across the african continent. >> is quite bad, but we are just saying that we are grateful that she has been on the throne for so long and she did whatever she had to do and we will just c

the last one would have been mountbatten. >> yeah. imagine what it would look like. >> i think the week when it happened, the moment it happened, i believe the family -- correct me if i'm wrong -- were they at balmoral when it happened? >> yeah. >> they stayed for a week. the flags had not been lowered. i remember prince william and the queen coming back to buckingham palace, the car stopped in front of the gates, the queen got out, and i think both of them were surprised by the number of people who were here at buckingham palace and the flowers. i think they were surprised. she addressed the crowd a bit, looked around, nodded her head, and walked into those gates. and i think they realized, oh, something needs to change >> i spoke with the private secretary who informed the queen, charlesing and the boys that their mother, that diana had died, and his thought was she was head of state, but she prioritized the boys and the family, and the backlash from that, you know, was polling numbers sinking and the modern monarchy falling to its

shin feign hit a low point in 1979 after the murder of his mentor, his father's uncle, lord louis mountbattenbut it has long since renounced violence and after its election win is already pushing for a vote to help unite ireland. but despite their differences with the monarchy, its leaders offered words of praise for the late queen after her passing. >> i think that queen elizabeth herself played a very significant role and sent a very strong message that we have healing to do as a people between our two islands. >> a similar message of respect and gratitude from pro-british unionists. >> her imamajesty led by exampln northern ireland and reached out the hand of friendship to help with the reconciliation process. we are duty bound to build on those foundations. >> reporter: but brexit is reviving old tensions, pro-british unionists fear it's led to increasing isolation from mainland uk and blamed the eu to put pressure on the uk government to get a better deal from the eu, they're refusing to join northern ireland's power sharing government leaving schools, hospitals, road repairs, municipal

post the monarchy whose para militaries were responsible for killing king charles's great uncle mountbatten the king emphasized however needs to be done. >> we saw alex masky saying i can't believe that i'm really here. but he was. what an important moment where every word, almost every syllable matters so much. all of you, please stand by, there is other big news here in the united states. moments ago, a inflation report released giving us the latest snapshot in the economic recovery. we'll breck down the numbers next. u won't take a time-out. one dose of ubrelvy quickly stops migraine in its tracks within 2 hours. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effects were nausea and tiredness. ask about ubrelvy, the anytime, anywhere migraine medicine. finding the perfect developer isn't easy. but, at upwork, we found her. she's in prague between the ideal cup of coffee and a truly impressive synthesizer collection. and you can find her right now (lepsi?) on upwork.com (lepsi.) when the world is your workforce, finding the perfect project manager, designer, developer, or who

in august 1979, mountbatten-windsor murdered by the irish republican army, a sworn enemy of the monarchythink probably one of the darkest days for the queen and for prince charles, as well, they were very close. she called him uncle dickey. he was really as a paternal, or a grandfather figure for prince charles. they were both, the whole family, of course, was devastated. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> decades later, after peace was forged, the queen would be the first british monarch to visit the republican republic of ireland more than 100 years. she paid her respects to some of the very people who had died fighting the british crown. >> president and friends -- [speaking non-english] >> [applause] >> through the history, our islands have expanded more than their fair share of turbulence and loss. >> and then a powerful act of reconciliation, she shook the hand of martin mcguinness, a former leader of the ira. >> david cameron, the prime minister, said that it was one of the most powerful examples of self diplomacy he'd ever seen. it was one of those, where if you understood the history, and understood that

t the ira killed his great uncle, louis mountbatten, blew him and his family up when they were fishinga boat off the coast of island. there's a lot of deep political significance about what happened here, a lot of historical baggage, if you will, for king charles, but the royal family seen as helping establish peace hear. so when later on in the afternoon there is this service at st. anne's cathedral, it is significant that among the invitees not just from northern ireland, not just the politicians and community figures from northern ireland, the irish prime minister and the irish president had been invited across the border here into northern ireland to attend the prayer service that will be held here. so although the world waits to send its leaders to the funeral for the queen later in about a week's time, there will be the irish prime minister, the irish president here. these are symbolic, significant things. this is an important day for king charles to show king of the united kingdom, even though there are some people here who would shun the monarchy. >> the very name the united ki

world war two training as a truck driver and a mechanic soon after marrying navy officer philip mountbattenrn in 1948 was the first of their four children after battling an illness her father died when she was abroad in kenya in 1952. to the 25 year old princess now queen there were low moments among the highs. it has turned out to be an -- horribilities in 1997 when princess diana died in a car crash in paris the queen faced backlash after taking several days to publicly mourn and pay tribute to her former daughter-in-law more recently her son prince andrew embroiled in a sex scandal rocking the monarchy to its foundations along with the family's turbulent relationship with prince harry's wife meghan markle, but through it all the queen remaining they center of her growing family and always supported by prince philip her husband of 73 years until his death in april 2021. today marks the end of the second elizabethan age the end of an extraordinary reign that spans seven decades and so much change a family and a nation saying goodbye to a much-loved matriarch and monarch and as delicatura a

being on the ira army counsel when irish soldiers killed charles' great uncle and mentor, lord mountbatten. today, as king, he reflected on queen elizabeth's role as a peacemaker before a prayer service with the irish president and the prime minister. >> my mother saw pass through historic changes. my mother felt deeply, i know, the significance of the role she herself played in bringing together those who history has separated. and in extending a hand to make possible the healing of long held hurts. >> joining me now from outside of hillsboro castle in northern ireland is david blevins. i know there's a band next to you so we'll be fighting that noise. we've laid out the history here. give us what happened today and what it could mean for the future given how tense it is in ireland right now. >> yes, it's a pipe band tuning up just to my left for an act of remembrance here at hillsboro castle. the royal residence in northern ireland. so we may be competing with them shortly. but northern ireland, still part of the united kingdom, is a place in 2022 almost equally divided. 50% of the popul

out to martin the guinness even though he was probably implicated in the death of her cousin lord mountbattener as the servant queen. in the letter that she wrote to us at the start of her platinum jubilee, she again described herself as, "your servant, elizabeth." she took that example from jesus christ. we are looking at all aspects. the queen's style has been documented through images, literature and as a desgin inspiration, as london fashion week continues this weekend in the uk the week began it began with a minutes silence in tribute to queen elizabeth ii. in 2018 the late queen sat front row at richard quinn's show in london fashion where she awarded the designer the inaugural queen elizabeth ii award for british design. bethan holt, author of the queen: 70 years of majestic style and also the fashion news and features director at the telegraph spoke to me earlier. you it was all about what was right for her in her very unique role in the world. for her in her very unique role in the world-— for her in her very unique role in the world. ,, ., , , ., the world. she always said she had t

during the troubles, the violence touched the queen's own family in 1979, when lord mountbatten, herra in ireland when a bomb was detonated on their boat. but as the peace process gathered momentum, the queen herself took part in symbolic moments of change. there was a historic handshake between her majesty and martin mcguinness, himself a former commander of the ira, the paramilitary group that had carried out many of the violent attacks during the troubles, including on her own family. the handshake with martin mcguinness was a clear indication that that conflict was over, and that was something that meant a lot to people like me who had stood against violence over many, many years, but that handshake, basically, clearly said, "the conflict is over. "let's get on with building peace." today, loyalty to the monarchy in unionist areas is more prominent in northern ireland than perhaps anywhere else in the uk, and belfast�*s iconic shankill road has become a focal point for tributes. but this afternoon, the attention was on the royal route, from hillsborough castle and onwards. it rea

lady louise mountbatten-windsor. _ grandchildren arriving. lady louise mountbatten-windsor.ion now more or less all in place now the members of the royal family have joined place now the members of the royal family havejoined but place now the members of the royal family have joined but not all of them because the king and senior members are across the road in westminster hall. there, the great sight of the naval ratings with the carriage. in the background you can see the great wheels of the gun carriage. which, since 1901 has been kept for the specific purpose of bearing the monarch's coffin. the naval ratings will be in charge of taking that heavy carriage with the queen's coffin initially to westminster abbey and then from there to wellington arch, ready for there to wellington arch, ready for the rest of the journey by road to windsor. the ratings, a lot of them have been in the armed services, the navy, in a few months. what a remarkable duty to shoulder. the gentlemen at arms approaching, the historic monarch's bodyguards. the royal company of archers, much in evidenc