The Queen's Life

In 1981, a disturbed youth fired six blank shots as she rode to the Trooping the Colour ceremony on horse guards parade. A decade later in 1977, the silver jubilee was celebrated with street parties, pageants and fireworks. Away from such dramas, the Queen enjoyed being a constitutional monarch. She had the right to be consulted by her ministers to advise and to warn. By 1992, there'd been fairy tale royal weddings and painful separations. To capadour, there was a fire at Windsor Castle - grimly appropriate symbol of a family facing difficulties.