From the BBC:
“Unseen footage of Queen to
air in new BBC documentary”
(An unseen image captures the
then Princess Elizabeth beaming at her new engagement ring soon after Prince
Philip's marriage proposal)
Unseen footage from the Queen's
archive is set to be aired in a BBC documentary narrated by the monarch. The
BBC has been granted special access to hundreds of private home movies shot by
the Royal Family, including clips of a young Princess Elizabeth smiling at her
engagement ring. Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen will follow the monarch's life as
a princess in her own eyes and own words. The documentary will air on 29 May in
honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Three photographs never previously seen
of a then Princess Elizabeth have also been released as part of the programme's
joint announcement by Buckingham Palace and the BBC.
The Queen gave the BBC
unprecedented access to footage shot by her, her parents, Prince Philip and
others. Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen shows footage capturing the Queen's life
from being pushed in a pram by her mother to her coronation at the age of 27 in
1953. The 75-minute documentary features a clip marking the first extended
visit of Prince Philip to Balmoral in 1946, while the couple's engagement was
still not public. A young Princess Elizabeth can be seen smiling and showing
the camera her engagement ring. The couple later wed in November 1947 and were
married for 73 years before the Duke of Edinburgh died in April last year, a
few months before his 100th birthday.
(Another previously unseen
picture shows the then Princess Elizabeth with Princess Margaret and their
father King George VI)
The documentary will show moments
including then Princess Elizabeth with her uncle Prince George The Duke of
Kent, who died in a plane crash in 1942 while on active service, and King
George VI's last visit to Balmoral in 1951. It will also depict Princess
Elizabeth as a young mother with Prince Charles and Princess Anne spending time
with their grandparents the King and Queen. BBC Studios reviewed more than 400
reels of film, privately held by the Royal Collection in the vaults of the
British Film Institute (BFI), and discovered lost newsreel given to The Queen
and behind the scene recordings of state events. Filmmakers also listened to
over three hundred of the Queen's speeches across 80 years. Simon Young, the
BBC's commissioning editor for history, said he was honoured that the Queen
"entrusted the BBC with such unprecedented access" to her personal
film collection. He said: "This documentary is an extraordinary glimpse
into a deeply personal side of the Royal Family that is rarely seen, and it's
wonderful to be able to share it with the nation as we mark her Platinum
Jubilee." Claire Popplewell, creative director for BBC Studio Events
Productions, said: "As programme-makers who have previously worked closely
with the Royal Household on ceremonial and celebratory broadcast events and
programmes, the production team were under no illusion quite how special having
access to this very personal archive was. "Being able to draw upon the
self-recorded history of a young Princess Elizabeth and her wider family - and
allowing the Queen to tell us her own story - is the very heart of this
film." The documentary will debut on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on 29 May.
^ This will be very interesting
to watch. I can’t wait to see it. ^
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