Queen Elizabeth II - a podcast by BBC World Service

We hear personal accounts of historical moments during the seventy year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Memories from the Queen's maids of honour from her coronation in 1953; the huge race her horse very nearly won as well as the Windsor Castle fire and the opening to the public of Buckingham Palace.

Presented by Max Pearson.

(Photo: Queen Elizabeth II. Credit: Getty Images)

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