Queen and Prince Philip: golden wedding anniversary

Queen and Prince Philip: golden wedding anniversary; BBC POOL ENGLAND: London: Whitehall: Queen Elizabeth II (wearing blue hat & coat & carrying bouquet of flowers) towards followed by Prince Philip & Tony Blair MP (PM) as on walkabout TBV Queen, Prince Philip, Tony & Cherie Blair away into Banqueting House Int: LA Roof of Banqueting House TILT DOWN to people sitting at luncheon Queen Elizabeth II speech - that consent, or the lack of it, is expressed for you Prime Minister thru the ballot box / it is a tough, even brutal system, but at least the message is a clear one for all to read - for us as Royal Family the message is often hard to read -obscured by deference, rhetoric or the conflicting currents of public opinion, but read it we must John Major MP (Former PM) sitting listening William Hague MP (Leader, Conservative Party) sitting listening Frank Bruno (Boxer) sitting listening Rowan Atkinson (Actor & comedian) sitting listening Sir Cliff Richard (Singer) sitting listening Tim Henman (Tennis player) sitting listening Queen speech - think what we would have missed if we had never heard the Beatles, or seen Margot Fonteyn dance, never have watched television, used a mobile phone or surfed the net - or to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the net C/WAY Sir Cliff Richard laughing Queen speech - this has given us strength most recently during the sad days after the tragedy of Diana's death - it is you, if I may speak to all of you directly, who have seen us thru & helped to make our duty fun - we are deeply grateful to you each & every one - yesterday I listened as Prince Philip spoke at the Guildhall & I then proposed our host's health, today the roles are reversed - all too often I fear Prince Philip has had to listen to me speaking, frequently we have discussed my intended speech beforehand & as you will imagine his views have been expressed in a forthright manner / he is someone who doesn't take easi...