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first big formal tour together was in 1953, just after Elizabeth became queen. In
six months they travelled from Bermuda to Jamaica, New Zealand, Australia
and Sri Lanka. The children didn’t usually travel with their parents on these
early tours. But in 1953, at the end of the Commonwealth tour, Charles and
Anne had a short trip on the first official journey of the new royal ship - the
Britannia. This expensive and beautiful boat became a great favourite of the
family over the years. It was, in many ways, a very safe and happy life for
Elizabeth’s children. But they could never be exactly like ordinary children. In
their early lives, Anne and Charles had nurses and private teachers, like the
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret before them. On an ordinary day, the
children saw their parents for only an hour or two. They often went to visit their
mother in her sitting-room in the late afternoon, and then returned to their own
rooms for supper. Sometimes they didn’t see her for months when she was
away on tour.
In the 1960s, life in Britain changed suddenly. There were new clothes,
new music, new ideas. Young people had long hair and talked openly about sex.
To many of them, the royal family seemed boring. In a new, exciting Britain,
who wanted all that old history? The Queen decided that she had to make some
changes. She wanted to ‘open a window’ on to the royal family. In 1969,
television cameras came into the royal home and filmed the family in private for
the first time. Forty million people saw a different side of the royal family. This
programme brought the royal family closer to the people, but now the public
wanted to see more and more of the royal private life, and it was harder to keep
the reporters out.
The Queen’s working day usually starts with the reading of the
newspapers. Then she turns to her letters and other documents which she has to
study carefully and sign. Later in the morning Queen Elizabeth usually sees
important visitors at the Palace. These can be people from the Church of
England, or Parliament, or officials who work for Britain abroad .
She sees each person alone for about ten or twenty minutes. The Queen
usually has lunch privately, but every two months she and Prince Philip invite
guests to lunch with them in Buckingham Palace. After lunch, she often goes
out on a public visit, perhaps to a hospital, school or factory. Sometimes these
visits take longer, and the Queen flies to another city or travels at night on the
royal train. Once a week, the Queen meets the Prime minister privately. They
discuss government business and important things that are happening in the
country. In the early days, Elizabeth changed the official time of these meetings
with the Prime Minister so she could be with her small children at bath-time! In
the evening the Queen reads the report of the day from Parliament. She isn’t a
politician, and in modern Britain the power is with the government, but she
must agree to every new law. This is a formal agreement; no British king or
queen has refused a new law since 1707. During her meetings with the Prime
Minister, she can tell him her views. If she doesn’t agree with the government’s
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