She's a corgi lover, a great-grandmother, and the world's oldest reigning monarch. Seventy years ago, she ascended the throne as Queen of England.
This is the story of Queen Elizabeth II.
This is the story of Queen Elizabeth II.
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00:00I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short,
00:07shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
00:16Who could have imagined that people would one day be watching this on laptops and mobile phones?
00:46I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short,
00:56shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
01:06I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short,
01:16shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
01:26I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short,
01:36shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
01:43I think that the main lesson that we've learnt is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient of any happy marriage.
01:51It may not be quite so important when things are going well, but it is absolutely vital when things get difficult.
02:21The concept so simply described by Abraham Lincoln
02:51as government by the people, of the people, for the people, is fundamental to our two nations.
03:101992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure.
03:20In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents,
03:24it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
03:29What I say to you now, as your queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.
03:50First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself.
03:56She was an exceptional and gifted human being.
03:59Together we are tackling this disease.
04:21And I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it.
04:28We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return.
04:34We will be with our friends again.
04:37We will be with our families again.
04:40We will meet again.
04:59I for one hope that this conference will be one of those rare occasions
05:04where everyone will have the chance to rise above the politics of the moment
05:09and achieve true statesmanship.
05:28When I was 21, I pledged my life to the service of our people
05:41and I asked for God's help to make good that vow.
05:46Although that vow was made in my salad days when I was green in judgment,
05:54I do not regret nor attract one word of it.