SOMETHING ABOUT REAL GUTS, REAL
COURAGE, AND REAL SERVICE FROM
HER EXAMPLE.
JOINING ME NOW IS WOODY JOHNSON
FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE
UNITED KINGDOM AND COMPANY OWNER
OF THE NEW YORK JETS.
WOODY, YOU HAD A WONDERFUL
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE QUEEN.
WE’RE SHOWING SOME OF THE
PICTURES OF THE TWO OF YOU NOW.
TELL US ABOUT HER AND AS YOU GOT
TO KNOW HER.
>> WELL, THE FIRST TIME YOU MET
HER, EACH AMBASSADOR GIVES HER
YOUR LETTERS, YOUR CREDENTIALS
AND THEN YOU HAVE A SHORT
CONVERSATION.
AND AT THAT MEETING, WHICH IS
PRETTY EXCITING AT BUCKINGHAM
PALACE, I ASKED HER IF WE COULD
HAVE DINNER TOGETHER AND SHE
COULD BRING SOME OF HER FRIENDS
AND SHE SAID I’D LOVE TO.
BUT LET’S HAVE YOUR FRIENDS
INSTEAD.
SO SOME OF THOSE PICTURES THAT
YOU SEE, I THINK, ARE PART OF
THAT EVENING.
SO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A FEW MONTHS
LATER, SHE CAME OVER AND I GOT
TO KNOW HER AND SEE HER AMONG
THE FEW OF THE FRIENDS THAT SHE
BROUGHT AS WELL AND YOU COULD
SEE JUST ALL THE THINGS YOU
TALKED ABOUT, THE RESOLVE, THE
HUMOR.
YEAH, YOU’VE GOT TO BE ON YOUR
TOES, YOU HAD TO BE ON YOUR TOES
WITH HER.
SHE WAS VERY, VERY QUICK.
SHE HAD INCREDIBLE MEMORY ON
ALMOST ANY SUBJECT.
>> Laurie: AND, WOODY.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> Laura: WOODY, HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU, SHE GOT
TO KNOW YOUR FAMILY, AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP I KNOW, BECAUSE
I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT IT, HE JUST
ADORED HER AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE
KIND OF ADORED HIM.
>> WELL, I’VE KNOWN DONALD
TRUMP, YOU KNOW, FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR 40 YEARS,
AND I’VE NEVER SEEN HIM AS
EXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING, MAYBE
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIS WIFE,
TO MEET THE QUEEN AND HAVE A
CONVERSATION, PARTICULARLY THERE
WAS A LUNCH BEFORE THE STATE
DINNER, WHICH IS VERY FUNNY, BUT
THE DINNER ITSELF, HE TOLD ME
THIS, NOT THE DETAILS, BUT
45-MINUTE DISCUSSION WITH HER
MAJESTY THAT HE SAID WAS
PROBABLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF HIS
PRESIDENTIAL CAREER.
JUST, THAT WAS THE IMPACT SHE
HAD ON OUR PRESIDENT, BUT ALSO I
IMAGINE ON ALL WORLD LEADERS
THAT MET HER.
I KNOW MIKE POMPEO MET HER AND
NEBUL THE ADMINISTRATION AND
THEY WERE ALL WOWED BY THIS
PLEDGE AT 14 TO SERVE HER ENTIRE
LIFE, LONG OR SHORT, THE PEOPLE.
AND SHE DID.
SHE -- TWO DAYS BEFORE SHE DIED,
SHE HAD A MEETING WITH LIZ
TRUSS, THE NEW PRIME MINISTER,
AND BORIS JOHNSON, THE OUTGOING
PRIME MINISTER.
SO TO THE VERY END, SHE SERVED
AND JUST WHAT AN EXAMPLE.
>> Laurie: WHAT DO YOU THINK,
WOODY, WILL CHANGE WITH CHARLES
AS KING?
>> WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE
GOOD NEWS ABOUT HER LIFE AND
WHAT SHE’S DONE IS THAT IT LAYS
OUT A PRETTY GOOD PATH FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, SHE CHANGED WITH THE
TIMES.
SHE HAS A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
AROUND HER, SO SHE GETS
DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW.
AND I THINK CHARLES, KING
CHARLES NOW WILL DO THE SAME.
I’VE MET HIM AND THE PRESIDENT’S
MET HIM.
WE LIKE HIM.
VERY SMART AND I THINK HE’LL DO
AN EXCELLENT JOB.
>> Laurie: WOODY, THE END OF AN
ERA, THOUGH, WITH QUEEN
ELIZABETH’S PASSING.
I MEAN, GORE BA CHEF DIED, WHAT
A WEEK OR SO AGO?
THOSE ARE KIND OF THE LAST TWO
VERY INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF THE
20TH CENTURY STILL ALIVE, I
BELIEVE. JIMMY CARTER OBVIOUSLY BUT I
JIMMY CARTER OBVIOUSLY BUT I
THINK ELIZABETH AND GORBACHEV
HAD THEIR OWN INFLUENCE.
>> THERE’S REALLY NOBODY LIKE
ELIZABETH II, NOBODY IN THE
WHOLE WORDS IN MY EYES AND IN
THE PRESIDENT’S EYES SAID SHE’S
NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
SEVEN DECADES IN SERVICE PLUS
ALL THOSE YEARS BEFORE THAT, AND
THAT’S PRETTY GOOD.
I MEAN, THAT’S NOT AS GOOD AS
YOU, LAURA.
>> Laura: THANKS, WOODY.
>> BUT THAT’S A PRETTY GOOD
RECORD.
>> Laura: I REMEMBER GETTING
YOUR CHRISTMAS CARD, THOUGH,
WOODY AND SEEING YOU WITH THE
QUEEN AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, YOU
WIN.
WOODY HAS THE CHRISTMAS CARD AND
IT’S A PICTURED WITH YOU AND --
YEAH, YOU WON.
BUT YOU WERE SO TOUCHED BY HER
AND GETTING TO KNOW HER AND I
WAS SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU’RE ABLE
TO COME ON TONIGHT TO SHARE SOME