The life of Queen Elizabeth II

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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.

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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.

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