Elizabeth The Second (Part-2)

Elizabeth waits 16 months before being officially crowned on June 2, 1953, out of respect for her father.

Her old friend Winston Churchill, who is now 78 years old, becomes her first prime minister. She spent months preparing for this moment and completing official paperwork. Three million people applaud the young woman as she becomes queen of the United Kingdom and of 15 other countries.

In their first audience, it becomes evident that Churchill feels much more than simply respect for Elizabeth, who he had known since she was born when she was only two years old. I believe the queen respected my grandfather's expertise.

And he obviously adored the queen and did, I mean, she really inspired in him all of his romantic notions of sovereignty and monarchy, as well as the so-called "new Elizabethan era," but they also had their disagreements. Churchill served in five wars for the empire.

And five months after her coronation, he intends to maintain Britain's global dominance via force, if necessary. Elizabeth, on the other hand, desires a loose confederation of states.

My grandpa was a descendant of a Victorian empire, so you wouldn't expect him to be pleased, I believe, but she sets off on a globe tour to promote the commonwealth. Churchill doesn't think much of this idea.

Churchill was pragmatic and understood how history, time, and events moved; but, unlike his youthful queen, Churchill finds it difficult to embrace Britain's new place in the world and is more opposed to the collapse of the empire.

My grandmother tried very hard to convince him to cease his political career after the war and retire because he was suffering from depression, but he refused. He was like an old battle horse, you know?

He was unable to give it up, and then Churchill suffered a stroke. Officially, he claims that he is exhausted, but Elizabeth is aware of the reality, and she must have been touched by the event because this was her first prime minister.

She had known him all of her natural life, and it was, in some ways, the end of The Empire and the end of a year, as you would say, at the end of that year.

In the years after Elizabeth becomes the head of state, she opens parliament with a spectacular ceremony each year. However, she never writes the speeches she delivers; instead, the prime minister inserts his words into her mouth.

Elizabeth is Britain's finest ambassador today, when for the first time this event is being viewed not just by people in this chamber but by millions of my subjects

The queen undertakes 43 state trips throughout the first 10 years of her reign without a passport, when she meets Marilyn Monroe and other Hollywood celebrities.

She is Britain's top diplomat at home, where her country is in turmoil as the 1960s herald in a new age and the young rebel against convention. The British people want someone who is a little bit more contemporary.

Harold Wilson, the labor party leader, is the next prime minister.

When Wilson was in power, the establishment was utterly scared of him. To quote Elizabeth's conservative advisors: "Wilson is supposed to be a leftist. What is he going to do?"

There was some apprehension in Buckingham Palace about the nature of this conversation and Plans for a Social Revolution, but to their amazement

Elizabeth's advisers overlook the fact that Harold Wilson is not just the head of the labor party but also a strong monarchist.

Wilson, who is also an Oxford don, I believe was the first to treat her equally and to make it plain that he wasn't looking down on her. However, Wilson's government is having a lot of issues.

The workers revolted against Wilson and demanded that he nationalize the coal and steel sectors and call a strike since the industry is still suffering from the war's effects and exports are low because commerce with the former colonies has broken down.