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Martha MacCallum speaks with one of the queen's waterman about preparations for the 1,000-vessel pageant on the River Thames
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We're here in London and -- of the Tower Bridge as we begin to kick off for the celebrations of the queen's jubilee.
On the ground raining for sixty years no one has done that since Queen Victoria over a 150 years ago.
One of the centerpieces of the entire celebration will be tomorrow as they do the passion of a thousand ships and boats along the Thames river.
It's going to be an extraordinary really crowded is extraordinarily beautiful moment to watch I'm joined now by Chris -- that.
Who is one of the queen's Waterman and who is overseeing several of the ships that are involved in what's gonna be an incredible -- tomorrow.
Yeah it -- so -- of the noise around you -- If you multiply that 1000 vessels you can imagine -- round of the around me.
Atmosphere you can get it through its atmosphere is -- of this building on the well now that reduced the airing of those publishing an on going up everywhere.
It's just an amazing experience.
I've been involved in the pageant now hold themselves facing months getting the ingredients together helping to fight the kite.
The kite is -- -- -- it's just about the other adorable through talked a little bit about the history of being -- queens Waterman.
And what that means and the origins -- it under Henry the eighth because it's fascinating yeah.
There on the twenty -- sportsman in existence this appointment so -- members of the royal household.
I gotta love teaching them matched the every year -- money -- and the console in the -- thanks -- and -- And it's doing and the -- right that the -- will weigh in guy.
Global action to run -- and the program.
I happen down the river from the various royal palace and stretching from pension holders in the west -- -- Palestinians.
And the wolves in the with the elites the other sixteen -- and every companies had -- running -- atmosphere itself -- -- but the royal household had the best.
And maybe there is the six of those values of she wanted to -- stop using the remote phone itself -- instrument.
So now role as well management as that victory -- -- one creatures these things on them.
And we now responsible for the ground troops -- opening of parliament just like -- -- so we've we have right.
Has been.
Clinton is the visiting London.
We're the guys on the back of the carriages coming out Buckingham Palace comes -- holding open the -- pretty -- hit them the -- To arrive at.
Probably the house of parliament or it could be Kensington Palace.
Let me -- -- to mention the moment.
It's -- and the management.
It's an extraordinarily.
Important responsibility and very prestigious all right -- -- procedures.
I've been on the -- announcements on sixteen on the fifth generation human.
It is actually -- pretty cool of the people's lives Koreans -- be what was.
-- Let's talk a little bit about tomorrow press and the number of ships that are going to be on the -- is when I came here today it feels.
Fairly narrow in many ways and that I can imagine that it's going to be quick get out -- -- will be extremely crowded.
And there's an appeal -- -- -- actually because the river's closing schools shifting -- one moment.
So actually having nothing moving -- -- book idea now you had this -- feel I was doing whereas everybody.
Upon them as well models that will be a thousand -- gathering and play and it was bill pre she's picking up.
The -- With these fish commission sentence.
Mean.
Come down via.
And those of London city means -- Which could be able to make the most -- really be responding.
It is tremendous points of building.
-- -- coming through the pictures kicked things off.
Klein -- -- 300.
This accident in the little real -- You do.
It's like.
Which was commissioned by blue -- -- stunning.
And if accidentally and that it wouldn't set that will be road.
Yet.
People -- -- for -- -- right battle.
Behind them will be the rules look inside the world what can we -- -- -- There.
I talk -- about the queen and her relationship issue.
The water and how much she loves all of these ships and boats that and how meaningful it is hard to have this celebration on the water it's how meaningful I mean.
The queen is several -- this is a rule over -- this is.
The lifeline the pull out of London the flood of England.
Amnesty as a published over the line here in town the Tower of London if one of them -- which restores her crown jewels of your recycle through.
I'm actually and the royal family.
We have the -- will virus in the Mubarak came to the -- have chosen -- moving on so the rivets and she has no global summit.
It's as much grow as -- -- it could possibly very.
Very exciting now as -- and I thank you so much press Bill -- about.
