The film that the queen does not want you to see
"The crown" has nothing on this film, what does the initiates say that "never saw the light of day today."
Queen Elizabeth and theThe royal family has been described in many movies And television broadcasts over the years - and they are not always launched in the best light. Although theCurrent season ofThe crown was criticized by the insiders of the palace for his un flatplacement representations of the family as they entered theprincess diana era, which pale compared to the extreme embarrassment of the queen onThe documentary of 1969Royal family. Read to find out why it's the movie His Majesty does not want you to see, and for more royal representations, checkThe final ranking of each actor who played Princess Diana.
It was Prince Philip's idea.
What madeRoyal family Particularly complicated for Her Majesty was the inevitable truth that the film was the idea ofPrince Philip, who ordered the film, which was produced by the BBC. Philip felt that the daily life of the daily life of the Royals would strengthen the image of the family in the late 1960s. He wanted them to appear "more at the stage over time," said a palace mining . And for more information on the current struggles of the Royals, checkWhy the royal family may not be politically neutral in the future.
He followed the Queen, her husband and their children for 75 days.
Philip opened the doors of the palace to a film team that followed the queen and himself with their four childrenPrince Charles,Princess Anne,Prince Andrew, andPrince Edward-For 75 days because they went to their daily lives. (There is an episode in season 3 ofThe crownwhich describes the filming and the reluctant participation of the family.)
The 110-minute documentary focused both on the public and private life of the Royals, all chronicle of the sausages of Philip Grill, while the Queen and Charles have made the salad in Balmoral to the queen making a small conversation with the Old American PresidentRichard Nixon ("Global problems are so complex, are not they now?" She tells him). One of the more sensational information at the time was thatHis Majesty used Tupperware on his table. And for more information on his majesty's habits, checkThe only thing Queen Elizabeth never leaves home without.
It was a massive blow, but Her Majesty shot him from traffic.
Royal family Kings on June 21, 1969 and gave viewers an unprecedented look at the Fly-above Wall of the British Royals because they had never been seen before. The documentary was a touched rating with 23 million people for the first place; He was finally seen more than 60% of the British adult population. But the queen thought the finished product was a disaster. "After seeing the documentary, His Majesty thought of showing the royals to have a barbecue and worry about various private activities has done more harm than good for the image of the monarchy," said an initiate.
Robert Lacey, royal biographer and historic consultant onThe crown,sHelp: "They understood that if they did something like that too often, they manifest themselves, leaving the magic can go out."
After transactions on the BBC and the ITV and some repeated projections in the U.K., The Queen has withdrawnRoyal familyFrom traffic in 1970, requiring the film to be locked up in the royal archives. It has never been revised in its entirety. And for more regular Royals updates,Sign up for our daily newsletter.
A figure noted warned that it would kill the monarchy ".
Ingrid Seward, author ofQueen and Di: the story unscathed, wrote that when the documentary was done,Sir David Taisborough Sent a letter to the BBC warning that the network would be "killing the monarchy" if this intimate look behind the walls of the palace made it air. He predicted that it would be deeply damaged the royal family. Seward concluded: "It was a warning that was ignored and, in Retrospect, the program was considered to be a fateful encouragement at exactly the type of intrusive interest in their lives that the royal family was to avoid."
Ironically, cassiberough recently appeared in a video released onPrince William andCatherine's Duchess Instagram Speaking to Cambridge Children-Prince George,Princess charlotte, andPrince Louis-About their favorite animals. The environmentalist noted is one of the many experts William ajoins the forces with the initiative of its territory, in what he hopes to become the Nobel Prize for Environmentalism.
"The Royals have traveled a long way in their understanding of the media," said a royal source. "The appetite for this type of documentary is at a height of all time now, but a movie like this one never sees the light of day today." And for more information on how the monarchy has changed, check Decisions change myself from Meghann Markle who rocked the Royals in 2020 .
Diane Clehane is a journalist and author of New York Imagine Diana and Diana: the secrets of his style .
