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LET ME TELL YOU BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LONG SIGNING LINE THIS EVENING BUT IF YOU WANT A BOOK SIGNED BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO STAND IN LINE, PURCHASE...
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BARBARA. I WAS SO TICKLED TO SEE YOU HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I SO ENJOYED BEING INTRODUCED BY YOU BEFORE. YOU'RE ALWAYS SO THOUGHTFUL...
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SEVERAL DAYS LATER AT A FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE QUEEN DESCRIBED THE EXCHANGE AND CONFESSED, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO SAY. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME...
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| 00:08:37 |
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SHE CAN'T VOTE. SHE CAN'T APPEAR AS A WITNESS IN COURT AND SHE CAN'T CHANGE HER FAITH FROM ANGLICAN TO CATHOLIC. HER CLOSEST FRIENDS AND FAMILY BOWS AND...
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| 00:19:00 |
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IN TRINIDAD I ALSO WITNESSED AT CLOSE RANGE WHAT I HAD HEARD ABOUT FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE, THAT THE QUEEN DOESN'T PERSPIRE, EVEN IN THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES....
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| 00:19:46 |
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IT MAY LOOK GOOD, IT DOES MAKE HER UNCOMFORTABLE. I SAW FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THIS A YEAR LATER ON A JULY DAY AT GROUND ZERO IN MANHATTAN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE...
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| 00:21:02 |
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IN BARKSHIRE ONE OF HER HORSE TRAINERS TOOK ME OUT ON THE GALLOPS WHICH IS THE ROLLING HILLS WHERE SHE LOVES TO SPEND MORNING HOURS IN THE MIST WEARING...
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| 00:24:33 |
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LATER, AFTER I'D BEEN WORKING ON THE QUEEN'S BIOGRAPHY FOR A YEAR, I MET HER AGAIN AT A RETION AT ST. JOHN'S PALACE, WHICH IS A GROUP THAT PROMOTES...
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| 00:27:36 |
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WAS ENTERTAINING A GROUP AT A LUNCHEON AND SHE TOLD THE MEN NEXT TO HER, I NEED TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THE NAPKINS AS SHE LOOKED DOWN THE TABLE. THEY HAVE...
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| 00:28:26 |
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MARGARET THATCHER HAD HER 80th BIRTHDAY IN 2005, SHE HAD BECOME FRAIL AND HER MINDED BEEN IMPAIRED BY STROKES. AS THE QUEEN APPROACHED, THE FORMER...
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| 00:30:16 |
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EARTHY, PROBABLY THE LEAST EXPECTED TRAIT WHEN YOU THINK OF THE PRIM AND PROPER QUEEN IMAGINE HER STOCKINGS STAG IN HER MACINTOSH TROUSERS CONTROLLING...
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| 00:33:30 |
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THE MIC RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE FOR QUESTIONS PLEASE. CAN YOU GO TO THE MIC? IT'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU. IT'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU. >> I CAN
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| 00:33:40 |
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TALK LOUD. >> NO, THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU. >> YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE MICROPHONE. >> OH? >> THERE YOU GO. >> WHAT WAS HER RELATIONSHIP WITH DIANA? AND DIVORCE...
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| 00:33:48 |
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| 00:34:16 |
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EVERYBODY UNDERESTIMATED HOW SENSITIVE AND HOW KIND OF EMOTIONALLY TURBULENT SHE WAS AND HOW DIFFICULT IT WOULD BE FOR HER TO ADAPT TO ROYAL LIFE. ...
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| 00:36:29 |
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CHOOSE HER GRANDSON AND NOT HER SON TO SUCCEED HER? >> OH, SHE HASN'T DONE
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| 00:36:34 |
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THAT. CHARLES IS DEFINITELY IN LINE TO SUCCEED HER. OH, YES, THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS. YEAH, I THINK -- THERE HAVE BEEN PUBLIC OPINION POLLS THAT HAVE...
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| 00:37:01 |
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YOU. >> I THINK SOMEBODY
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| 00:37:02 |
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IS AT THE MIC RIGHT NOW. >> PERHAPS I'LL
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| 00:37:04 |
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READ ABOUT IT IN THE BOOK, BUT I WONDER IF THE QUEEN HAS EVER COMMENTED TO HER CIRCLE OF FRIENDS PUBLICLY ABOUT HER SPEECH AFFLICTION OF HER FATHER....
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| 00:38:40 |
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OF EMPATHY THAT MOST OF THE ROYALS DON'T GET. >> YES, ONE OF HER FIRST
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| 00:38:45 |
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PRIVATE SECRETARY ACTUALLY NOTED THAT. AFTER THEY'D TAKEN -- WELL, THE WHOLE FAMILIES WHEN SHE WAS STILL PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND THEY'D TAKEN A TRIP...
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| 00:39:49 |
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TONY BLAIR AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, SHE'S HELD TO HER END THERE. >> SHE HASN'T SEEN THE
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| 00:39:54 |
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QUEEN? >>
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| 00:39:55 |
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NO. >> SHE WAS TOLD ABOUT
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| 00:39:58 |
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IT. YEAH. >> I THINK ONE OF THE
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| 00:40:00 |
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THINGS THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT BEING CRITICIZED OF THE QUEEN A BIT ABOUT, LACKING IN COMPASSION IS ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT THE CONTINUING...
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| 00:40:29 |
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A VERY TRAUMATIC MOMENT WHEN EDWARD THE VIII ABDICATED AND HER FATHER BECAME KING. HE HAD NOT BEEN PREPARED FOR IT AND HE WENT TO HIS MOTHER AND HE...
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| 00:42:58 |
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YOU. >> HERE COMES
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| 00:43:00 |
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SOMEBODY. >> I WAS A PASSERBY
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| 00:43:02 |
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BUT I BRIEFLY WANTED TO INQUIRE -- COULD YOU ELABORATE JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE BLOWUP OVER THE FIRST LADY'S WRAPPED HER ARM AROUND THE QUEEN. >>...
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| 00:43:14 |
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BOOK. I HAVE ABSOLUTE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT FROM THE QUEEN'S VIDEOGRAPHER WHO RECORDED THE WHOLE THING. IT WAS NOT AS BIG OF DEAL AS IT WAS MADE OUT...
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| 00:44:41 |
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OKAY. NOTHING ELSE? >> ANY OTHER
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QUESTIONS? >> NO. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. [APPLAUSE] >>
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FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE OFFICE WEBSITE SALLYBEDEALSMITH.COM. >> THE
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.