WRAP Queen Mother at memorial ceremony for war dead

(8 Nov 2001)
1. Pull back from trumpeters to wide of Westminster Abbey and dignitaries gathered for Field of Remembrance ceremony
2. Pan across people gathered
3. Queen Mother arriving
4. Queen Mother being handed wooden cross - places it on podium - trumpets sound 'The Last Post' in memory of war dead
5. People bowing heads as trumpets play
6. Trumpeters
7. Various of poppies and tributes in Field of Remembrance
8. Wooden crosses bearing poppies laid in memory of victims of US terrorist attacks
9. Queen Mother being driven away in buggy
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox pop, war veteran
"I saw the Queen Mother - I was surprised to see her on such a morning but very glad to see her, and she said she was glad to come and that she was feeling fine."
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop
"She had a fantastic smile and didn't look at all cold, which is amazing."
12. Queen Mother getting into car
STORYLINE:
Britain's Queen Mother was back performing one of her traditional duties on Thursday when she opened a memorial to Britain's war dead.
The elderly royal, who missed the ceremony last year because of a broken collarbone, opened the Field of Remembrance in the grounds of Westminster Abbey.
The rows of wooden crosses, Stars of David and Muslim Crescents, bearing scarlet poppies, honour those who died serving their country.
The 101-year-old mother of Queen Elizabeth the Second walked unaided, except for two walking sticks, and spent more than an hour paying tribute to those who died, despite the perishing cold.
She herself lost a brother in the First World War.
This year, almost double the usual number of crosses were placed in the field - 15-thousand altogether.
And for the first time, victims of a civilian tragedy were also remembered.
The American section was filled with crosses laid in memory of those killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11.
After the ceremony, and accompanied by her cousin, the Duke of Kent, the Queen Mother attended a short, open-air service of remembrance and met war veterans.
She also toured the field in her specially adapted golf cart, stopping to view tributes placed there.

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