Oh, that's an interesting thought, and I guess for us she was, there's a whole slew of identity, both personal and national, and other stuff, that the Queen symbolized for us for the whole of my life.

I think it's part of the job, which I don't mean flippantly. And I'm not sure she's stopped. It's just that little further in the past, now.

That choreography must be stored in a document somewhere (or did they pull out the old newsreels?), to be learned anew by a new generation of servicemen and, this time, women.

I saw the gun carriage! It was remarkable. I was also curious how the pattern and the pace were transmitted and rehearsed.

I'll admit I was a little startled when I heard the commands for the sailors on the gun-carriage given in a female voice. Everything stays the same, everything changes.

I loved hearing her voice. That's the earthquake.