1 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,180 female narrator: Elizabeth II is preparing 2 00:00:11,199 --> 00:00:13,019 for her coronation. 3 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,159 Soon she will be crowned Queen. 4 00:00:15,179 --> 00:00:19,139 [choir singing] 5 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:23,000 She is just 27 years old. 6 00:00:23,019 --> 00:00:25,079 The future of the House of Windsor 7 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:27,220 rests on her shoulders. 8 00:00:27,239 --> 00:00:30,039 - All of us here know 9 00:00:30,059 --> 00:00:33,019 that we are present at the making of history. 10 00:00:33,039 --> 00:00:35,149 narrator: As the Queen takes her first cautious steps 11 00:00:35,170 --> 00:00:39,170 as monarch, she is torn between the palace old guard 12 00:00:39,189 --> 00:00:41,129 led by her mother... 13 00:00:41,149 --> 00:00:46,099 and those like her husband, Philip, who want change. 14 00:00:46,119 --> 00:00:49,199 With scandal swirling around her sister Margaret 15 00:00:49,219 --> 00:00:52,019 threatening to tarnish her reign, 16 00:00:52,039 --> 00:00:55,199 the Queen must assert her power... 17 00:00:55,219 --> 00:00:59,219 sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. 18 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,190 [dramatic music] 19 00:01:02,210 --> 00:01:07,210 ♪ ♪ 20 00:01:10,099 --> 00:01:13,089 [dramatic music] 21 00:01:13,109 --> 00:01:17,169 ♪ ♪ 22 00:01:17,189 --> 00:01:19,259 February 1952-- 23 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,100 Elizabeth II has been Queen for just a few days 24 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:27,280 following the death of her father, King George VI. 25 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,110 - Shortly after the King's death, Lord Mountbatten, 26 00:01:30,129 --> 00:01:33,249 Prince Philip's uncle, holds a dinner party at Broadlands, 27 00:01:33,270 --> 00:01:36,000 his house in Hampshire. 28 00:01:36,020 --> 00:01:37,280 narrator: Lord Louis Mountbatten 29 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,230 played a key role in the young life of his nephew Philip. 30 00:01:41,250 --> 00:01:43,290 - When Philip's a child, the Greek royal family 31 00:01:44,009 --> 00:01:46,079 are deposed, and they flee to exile. 32 00:01:46,099 --> 00:01:49,209 And really, his father has no time for him. 33 00:01:49,229 --> 00:01:53,039 - Louis Mountbatten takes over as Prince Philip's guardian. 34 00:01:53,060 --> 00:01:56,080 And so he sort of sees him as his son, really. 35 00:01:56,099 --> 00:02:00,089 - Lord Mountbatten had always had dynastic ambitions 36 00:02:00,109 --> 00:02:01,239 for his nephew Philip. 37 00:02:01,260 --> 00:02:04,020 He was like some sort of medieval character 38 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:08,020 plotting the advance of his own dynasty. 39 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:11,139 narrator: Lord Mountbatten makes a radical pronouncement. 40 00:02:11,159 --> 00:02:15,179 The House of Windsor should take Philip's name. 41 00:02:15,199 --> 00:02:18,069 ♪ ♪ 42 00:02:18,090 --> 00:02:22,110 - Mountbatten asks everyone present to raise a glass 43 00:02:22,129 --> 00:02:24,149 to the House of Mountbatten, 44 00:02:24,170 --> 00:02:27,240 implicitly saying the House of Windsor is dead, 45 00:02:27,259 --> 00:02:31,039 the House of Mountbatten is the next monarchy. 46 00:02:31,060 --> 00:02:32,260 ♪ ♪ 47 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,080 - But what he hadn't reckoned with 48 00:02:35,099 --> 00:02:40,029 was the wall of opposition from the really formidable 49 00:02:40,050 --> 00:02:43,250 Queen Mary, who was Elizabeth's grandmother, 50 00:02:43,270 --> 00:02:47,020 and she took a very dim view of it. 51 00:02:47,039 --> 00:02:50,159 - "What has this damn fool got to do with the name 52 00:02:50,180 --> 00:02:51,270 of this House?" 53 00:02:51,289 --> 00:02:53,219 - Queen Mary's husband, George V, 54 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,170 was the King who'd begun the House of Windsor. 55 00:02:56,189 --> 00:02:59,039 - Queen Mary goes to Winston Churchill and said, 56 00:02:59,060 --> 00:03:02,210 "Look, this is what Mountbatten is plotting." 57 00:03:02,229 --> 00:03:06,239 - My grandfather was extremely alarmed and upset. 58 00:03:06,259 --> 00:03:08,119 - People are suspicious of Mountbatten. 59 00:03:08,139 --> 00:03:11,259 They're suspicious of his role, of him moving forward, 60 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,280 trying to influence the Queen and Prince Philip. 61 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,250 - It's a huge dilemma for the Queen. 62 00:03:16,270 --> 00:03:19,170 She knows how much it means to Philip, 63 00:03:19,189 --> 00:03:21,039 but on this occasion, 64 00:03:21,060 --> 00:03:24,220 she has to side with Churchill against her husband. 65 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,110 - And, indeed, it came to cabinet, 66 00:03:26,129 --> 00:03:28,219 who decided that the royal house 67 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,150 would remain the House of Windsor. 68 00:03:32,139 --> 00:03:33,259 - I think one has to remember 69 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,280 just how young the Queen was at this time. 70 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,220 She had no experience of being Queen, 71 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,070 and so of course she's going to listen 72 00:03:40,090 --> 00:03:41,210 to the Prime Minister. 73 00:03:41,229 --> 00:03:44,119 - Winston Churchill was a friend of her father's, 74 00:03:44,139 --> 00:03:48,059 and he was the man who people saw as having won the war. 75 00:03:48,079 --> 00:03:50,069 - He's an incredibly formidable figure, 76 00:03:50,090 --> 00:03:53,060 and the idea that this very young, almost childlike Queen 77 00:03:53,079 --> 00:03:54,279 should defy the Prime Minister, 78 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,280 that is completely off limits. 79 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,080 narrator: The Queen issues a proclamation. 80 00:04:01,099 --> 00:04:05,999 The name of the royal house will remain Windsor. 81 00:04:06,020 --> 00:04:09,040 For the first time in British history, heirs to the throne 82 00:04:09,060 --> 00:04:12,030 will take their family name from their mother 83 00:04:12,050 --> 00:04:14,030 and not their father. 84 00:04:14,050 --> 00:04:15,180 - For Philip, 85 00:04:15,199 --> 00:04:18,079 this is a terrible, terrible humiliation. 86 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:23,090 - A typical marriage at that social rank in the early 1950s 87 00:04:23,110 --> 00:04:26,240 would be one with a superior husband 88 00:04:26,259 --> 00:04:29,159 and a charming, deferential wife. 89 00:04:29,180 --> 00:04:33,160 Had Prince Philip married anybody else, 90 00:04:33,180 --> 00:04:35,290 that's what he would have got. 91 00:04:36,009 --> 00:04:37,279 - He thought to himself, "Well, there's no other father 92 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,130 "in the United Kingdom who can't give his own name 93 00:04:40,149 --> 00:04:41,999 to his own children." 94 00:04:42,019 --> 00:04:44,289 - "I'm just a bloody amoeba," he said. 95 00:04:45,009 --> 00:04:48,149 It's a terrible slight to his masculinity. 96 00:04:48,170 --> 00:04:50,200 ♪ ♪ 97 00:04:50,220 --> 00:04:53,270 narrator: And there's more humiliation to come. 98 00:04:53,290 --> 00:04:56,090 - While all this turmoil is going on, 99 00:04:56,110 --> 00:04:59,210 Prince Philip at least has one thing which he can cling to, 100 00:04:59,230 --> 00:05:01,250 one place where he can feel sort of safe 101 00:05:01,269 --> 00:05:04,149 and which is his own, which is Clarence House. 102 00:05:04,170 --> 00:05:07,220 - Prince Philip's idea is, "We stay at Clarence House, 103 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,270 and you work from Buckingham Palace." 104 00:05:10,290 --> 00:05:14,000 - But Tommy Lascelles, the Private Secretary, 105 00:05:14,019 --> 00:05:16,109 and Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, 106 00:05:16,129 --> 00:05:18,049 overruled him. 107 00:05:18,069 --> 00:05:21,159 narrator: The Queen agrees and moves her family 108 00:05:21,180 --> 00:05:23,270 into Buckingham Palace. 109 00:05:23,290 --> 00:05:26,020 - Adding to the Duke of Edinburgh's frustration 110 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,210 is the fact that when they arrive at Buckingham Palace, 111 00:05:28,230 --> 00:05:32,010 still living there, of course, is his mother-in-law. 112 00:05:32,029 --> 00:05:34,199 - The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, 113 00:05:34,220 --> 00:05:37,140 was very reluctant to leave. 114 00:05:38,159 --> 00:05:40,279 - So that's never easy, however big a place is. 115 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,010 And, you know, she'd been Queen of England. 116 00:05:43,029 --> 00:05:46,029 So that was quite awkward, all that situation. 117 00:05:46,050 --> 00:05:48,100 - The Queen Mother and Prince Philip are not 118 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,230 natural soul mates. 119 00:05:49,250 --> 00:05:53,160 She would have seen him as a sort of brash, 120 00:05:53,180 --> 00:05:55,250 kind of independent type of person. 121 00:05:55,269 --> 00:05:59,169 He would have seen her as very conservative. 122 00:05:59,189 --> 00:06:03,009 - The Queen Mother has a huge amount of influence 123 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:07,029 over her daughter and says, "I know how things are done." 124 00:06:07,050 --> 00:06:10,240 narrator: The Queen retains her parents' courtiers. 125 00:06:10,259 --> 00:06:13,239 These royal advisors are traditionalists, 126 00:06:13,259 --> 00:06:16,089 determined to keep an iron grip 127 00:06:16,110 --> 00:06:18,250 on the running of the palace. 128 00:06:18,269 --> 00:06:21,089 - And, of course, these courtiers think that because 129 00:06:21,110 --> 00:06:24,200 the Queen is just a woman, she's a young woman, 130 00:06:24,220 --> 00:06:27,040 that they can have all the influence because she'll be 131 00:06:27,060 --> 00:06:30,290 so easy to control, and Philip is shut out. 132 00:06:31,009 --> 00:06:32,199 ♪ ♪ 133 00:06:32,220 --> 00:06:34,230 - For quite a macho chap, 134 00:06:34,250 --> 00:06:38,010 that secondary role, always a step behind his wife, 135 00:06:38,029 --> 00:06:40,239 I think was a difficult role. 136 00:06:40,259 --> 00:06:43,269 - He was observed to be at a very low ebb. 137 00:06:43,290 --> 00:06:46,050 He just seems very depressed. 138 00:06:46,069 --> 00:06:49,059 - The Queen realized that Philip has to do something. 139 00:06:49,079 --> 00:06:53,159 She can't expect a man of his energy to be unemployed. 140 00:06:53,180 --> 00:06:56,150 narrator: Against the advice of the palace old guard, 141 00:06:56,170 --> 00:06:59,020 the Queen puts Philip in charge of organizing 142 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,190 the ceremony in which she will be officially crowned. 143 00:07:02,209 --> 00:07:04,129 - St. James's Palace was the meeting place 144 00:07:04,149 --> 00:07:06,129 of the newly appointed Coronation Commission, 145 00:07:06,149 --> 00:07:08,029 presided over by the Duke of Edinburgh. 146 00:07:08,050 --> 00:07:09,160 He was received by the Duke of Norfolk, 147 00:07:09,180 --> 00:07:11,120 Earl Marshall, and Deputy Chairman. 148 00:07:11,139 --> 00:07:14,099 - These courtiers, they have very, very traditional ideas 149 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,120 about how things should be done. 150 00:07:16,139 --> 00:07:19,069 They want everything to stay exactly the same. 151 00:07:19,089 --> 00:07:21,099 But Philip thinks the Royal Family 152 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,170 needs to modernize to survive. 153 00:07:23,189 --> 00:07:25,279 - Now Philip's been put in charge, 154 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,170 and things are going to change. 155 00:07:28,189 --> 00:07:30,219 They are on a collision course. 156 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:35,040 ♪ ♪ 157 00:07:38,050 --> 00:07:40,110 [dramatic music] 158 00:07:40,129 --> 00:07:42,029 [fanfare plays] 159 00:07:42,050 --> 00:07:44,050 narrator: June 1953-- 160 00:07:44,069 --> 00:07:47,129 journalists from around the globe descend upon London 161 00:07:47,149 --> 00:07:50,169 to cover Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. 162 00:07:50,189 --> 00:07:52,279 - The world's finest equipment will be used, 163 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,170 including the largest telephoto lens in the world, 164 00:07:55,189 --> 00:07:57,279 to bring the complete magnificent spectacle 165 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,040 to this theater. 166 00:07:59,060 --> 00:08:00,200 ♪ ♪ 167 00:08:00,220 --> 00:08:02,220 narrator: Months earlier, the BBC had made 168 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,220 an unprecedented request-- 169 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,060 to televise the coronation, live. 170 00:08:08,079 --> 00:08:10,139 Previous ceremonies had been filmed 171 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,060 but always edited, before being broadcast. 172 00:08:14,079 --> 00:08:16,119 - The Queen's instinct is to exclude 173 00:08:16,139 --> 00:08:18,019 television from the abbey. 174 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,130 She feels that the whole coronation 175 00:08:20,149 --> 00:08:22,099 is going to be an enormous strain, 176 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,290 and to have her every movement spied upon by the lens 177 00:08:26,009 --> 00:08:27,139 was too much for her. 178 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,230 She thinks, "I really don't want this." 179 00:08:29,250 --> 00:08:31,260 - And, of course, with the courtiers, 180 00:08:31,279 --> 00:08:33,159 there's a lot of snobbery. 181 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:37,149 - There's a terrible feeling that people might be watching 182 00:08:37,169 --> 00:08:39,219 the coronation in unsuitable modes. 183 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,110 They might be having their feet on the sofa 184 00:08:42,129 --> 00:08:45,089 and not being sufficiently dignified. 185 00:08:45,110 --> 00:08:47,290 narrator: The Queen agrees with her advisors. 186 00:08:48,009 --> 00:08:50,169 Buckingham Palace announces the coronation 187 00:08:50,190 --> 00:08:53,070 will not be broadcast live. 188 00:08:53,090 --> 00:08:56,020 There is a public outcry. 189 00:08:56,039 --> 00:08:58,149 - The British newspapers, notably the "Daily Express" 190 00:08:58,169 --> 00:09:01,069 and the "Daily Mirror," both take the side of the public. 191 00:09:01,090 --> 00:09:04,050 They suggest to their readers that the politicians 192 00:09:04,070 --> 00:09:07,270 and the Palace don't want you to see the coronation, 193 00:09:07,289 --> 00:09:10,289 and, if you like, they stir up trouble. 194 00:09:11,009 --> 00:09:14,039 narrator: But the BBC, the press, and the public 195 00:09:14,059 --> 00:09:16,089 have a surprising ally. 196 00:09:16,110 --> 00:09:17,270 - Prince Philip felt very strongly 197 00:09:17,289 --> 00:09:19,099 the coronation should be televised. 198 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,020 He could see times were changing. 199 00:09:21,039 --> 00:09:22,199 You couldn't continue to do things 200 00:09:22,220 --> 00:09:24,200 behind closed doors all the time. 201 00:09:24,220 --> 00:09:28,180 He understood that this was an unbelievably good opportunity 202 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:33,140 to make the nation feel closely connected to the monarchy. 203 00:09:33,159 --> 00:09:35,089 - There is, and always has been, 204 00:09:35,110 --> 00:09:37,240 an interesting difference between the Queen 205 00:09:37,259 --> 00:09:39,189 and the Duke of Edinburgh. 206 00:09:39,210 --> 00:09:42,270 The Queen is naturally a conservative individual. 207 00:09:42,289 --> 00:09:44,239 She believes in tradition. 208 00:09:44,259 --> 00:09:48,039 She likes to do things the way they've been done before. 209 00:09:48,059 --> 00:09:49,259 The Duke of Edinburgh is dynamic. 210 00:09:49,279 --> 00:09:53,169 He's forward-looking. He's a young man in a hurry. 211 00:09:55,009 --> 00:09:59,219 - She was anxious, but Philip tries to persuade her 212 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:04,170 that this is a way for her to reach millions and millions 213 00:10:04,190 --> 00:10:06,140 of her subjects. 214 00:10:06,159 --> 00:10:10,079 - He plays a key role in helping to bring the Queen 215 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:13,160 round to the idea and make her comfortable with it. 216 00:10:13,179 --> 00:10:16,219 - Eventually she says yes. 217 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:20,270 [upbeat music] 218 00:10:20,289 --> 00:10:24,999 narrator: On Coronation Day, crowds line the streets, 219 00:10:25,019 --> 00:10:27,029 hoping for a glimpse of their queen. 220 00:10:27,049 --> 00:10:28,249 ♪ ♪ 221 00:10:28,269 --> 00:10:32,009 And across the nation, people gather to watch it 222 00:10:32,029 --> 00:10:33,229 live on television. 223 00:10:33,250 --> 00:10:35,200 - Now, like a great seventh wave, 224 00:10:35,220 --> 00:10:38,290 the cheering grows to its climax. 225 00:10:39,009 --> 00:10:42,039 Into the forecourt of the Palace comes the gilded coach, 226 00:10:42,059 --> 00:10:45,159 bearing the young queen to her crowning. 227 00:10:45,179 --> 00:10:49,139 ♪ ♪ 228 00:10:49,159 --> 00:10:52,019 - We were waiting in Westminster Abbey, 229 00:10:52,039 --> 00:10:55,009 and we suddenly hear this roar. 230 00:10:55,029 --> 00:10:59,229 And then slowly round the corner came this golden coach. 231 00:11:00,279 --> 00:11:03,009 It was like a sort of Walt Disney film, 232 00:11:03,029 --> 00:11:04,189 absolutely extraordinary. 233 00:11:04,210 --> 00:11:08,010 And there we saw the Queen for the first time. 234 00:11:08,029 --> 00:11:10,139 Her dress was so beautiful. 235 00:11:10,159 --> 00:11:13,089 The train had little satin handles under it, 236 00:11:13,110 --> 00:11:16,160 so it sort of flowed over our hands. 237 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:19,280 - We then all got in place, 238 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,160 and then the Queen turned round 239 00:11:21,179 --> 00:11:25,179 with a radiant smile and said, "Ready, girls?" 240 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,290 We said, "Yes, ma'am." [chuckles] 241 00:11:28,009 --> 00:11:29,249 And off we went. 242 00:11:29,269 --> 00:11:33,169 [orchestral music playing] 243 00:11:33,190 --> 00:11:36,130 [choir singing] 244 00:11:36,149 --> 00:11:42,129 ♪ ♪ 245 00:11:42,149 --> 00:11:44,109 - All the peers and the peeresses 246 00:11:44,129 --> 00:11:47,029 were all dressed up in their ermine. 247 00:11:47,049 --> 00:11:49,289 It was like a medieval tapestry. 248 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:53,069 - She comes now to the altar to confirm before God 249 00:11:53,090 --> 00:11:55,290 the promises which she has made. 250 00:11:56,009 --> 00:12:00,129 - The coronation is a very ancient religious ceremony. 251 00:12:00,149 --> 00:12:04,109 And at the heart of it, there is this sacred rite 252 00:12:04,129 --> 00:12:06,059 of the anointing of the monarch 253 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,190 by the Archbishop of Canterbury. 254 00:12:08,210 --> 00:12:10,020 - There you saw her. 255 00:12:10,039 --> 00:12:13,129 She looked very vulnerable and alone. 256 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:17,219 And I thought, "Goodness, what a weight 257 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:22,020 is on this girl's shoulders," 'cause she was only a girl. 258 00:12:22,039 --> 00:12:24,159 - It is the moment of the anointing... 259 00:12:24,179 --> 00:12:26,089 a moment so old, 260 00:12:26,110 --> 00:12:30,040 history can scarcely go deep enough to contain it. 261 00:12:30,059 --> 00:12:32,169 - The anointing means so much to the Queen 262 00:12:32,190 --> 00:12:35,220 because she truly believes that she has divine sanction 263 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:39,050 for her power, that she was chosen by God. 264 00:12:39,070 --> 00:12:41,160 - The anointing with the holy oil-- 265 00:12:41,179 --> 00:12:44,099 it's a symbol, really, 266 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,050 which I think she felt changed her 267 00:12:47,070 --> 00:12:51,040 from being an ordinary person into being a queen. 268 00:12:52,250 --> 00:12:55,200 all: God save the Queen! 269 00:12:55,220 --> 00:12:57,230 God save the Queen! 270 00:12:57,250 --> 00:13:00,220 God save the Queen! 271 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:05,180 - 2/3 of all adults in the UK are tuned in via television 272 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,180 to the coronation. 273 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,100 - People were thrilled, and everybody crowded 274 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:14,170 around these miniscule television sets to watch. 275 00:13:14,190 --> 00:13:18,060 - This was completely revolutionary that people 276 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,030 could get up close and personal with the Queen. 277 00:13:22,049 --> 00:13:25,169 - 27 million people watched this ceremony. 278 00:13:25,190 --> 00:13:27,280 The use of the new medium of television, 279 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,190 it vindicates Prince Philip, 280 00:13:29,210 --> 00:13:31,040 and it vindicates the idea 281 00:13:31,059 --> 00:13:34,069 that we need to modernize the monarchy. 282 00:13:35,250 --> 00:13:37,180 - The coronation was a magnificent pageant. 283 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,040 But as people were coming out of the abbey, 284 00:13:40,059 --> 00:13:42,039 a little event took place, 285 00:13:42,059 --> 00:13:46,179 which was to cause the Queen terrible anguish 286 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,080 in the years to come. 287 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:49,250 narrator: When Queen Elizabeth's 288 00:13:49,269 --> 00:13:51,189 younger sister, Princess Margaret, 289 00:13:51,210 --> 00:13:54,140 is caught shattering a royal taboo, 290 00:13:54,159 --> 00:13:58,189 it threatens to undermine the monarch's young reign. 291 00:13:58,210 --> 00:14:01,060 [dramatic music] 292 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:06,230 [dramatic music] 293 00:14:06,250 --> 00:14:10,160 narrator: The coronation is a triumph for the young queen. 294 00:14:10,179 --> 00:14:13,239 But as the guests leave Westminster Abbey, 295 00:14:13,259 --> 00:14:16,009 an incident takes place 296 00:14:16,029 --> 00:14:18,139 that jeopardizes Elizabeth's reign 297 00:14:18,159 --> 00:14:20,099 before it's hardly begun. 298 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,040 ♪ ♪ 299 00:14:22,059 --> 00:14:24,029 - The Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, 300 00:14:24,049 --> 00:14:28,019 was seen brushing a bit of fluff off the uniform 301 00:14:28,039 --> 00:14:31,169 of a household official, a senior household official. 302 00:14:31,190 --> 00:14:32,270 - She picked it off his uniform, 303 00:14:32,289 --> 00:14:34,259 but it was such a loving gesture. 304 00:14:34,279 --> 00:14:39,139 - Standing nearby is a very sharp-eyed journalist, 305 00:14:39,159 --> 00:14:41,069 and she recognizes 306 00:14:41,090 --> 00:14:44,280 that this is an act of such intimacy... 307 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,070 that there is something going on 308 00:14:47,090 --> 00:14:49,020 between Princess Margaret 309 00:14:49,039 --> 00:14:52,109 and royal servant Group Captain Peter Townsend. 310 00:14:52,129 --> 00:14:54,049 ♪ ♪ 311 00:14:54,070 --> 00:14:56,080 narrator: It's a scandal. 312 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:59,170 Peter Townsend is not only a royal servant, 313 00:14:59,190 --> 00:15:03,000 he's also 16 years older than the princess 314 00:15:03,019 --> 00:15:05,259 and divorced with two young children. 315 00:15:07,059 --> 00:15:10,259 - There is a horror of divorce in the royal family. 316 00:15:10,279 --> 00:15:14,139 They regard divorce with a sort of... 317 00:15:14,159 --> 00:15:17,119 almost superstitious dread. 318 00:15:17,139 --> 00:15:20,089 narrator: 17 years earlier, the Queen's uncle, 319 00:15:20,110 --> 00:15:24,250 Edward VIII, abdicated to to marry American divorcée 320 00:15:24,269 --> 00:15:26,079 Wallis Simpson. 321 00:15:26,100 --> 00:15:28,120 ♪ ♪ 322 00:15:28,139 --> 00:15:32,079 Elizabeth's father reluctantly took on the throne. 323 00:15:32,100 --> 00:15:34,010 ♪ ♪ 324 00:15:34,029 --> 00:15:36,249 - I think we have to remember that the Queen is not only 325 00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:40,139 a devout Christian, but she's also the head 326 00:15:40,159 --> 00:15:42,119 of the Church of England. 327 00:15:42,139 --> 00:15:44,199 - The Church of England at this time 328 00:15:44,220 --> 00:15:46,120 does not recognize divorce. 329 00:15:46,139 --> 00:15:49,249 It means that the Queen is very conflicted. 330 00:15:49,269 --> 00:15:52,149 - The Royal Court reacts very badly 331 00:15:52,169 --> 00:15:56,019 to the news of a romance between Margaret and Townsend. 332 00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:59,169 - But a lot of ordinary people very much sympathized 333 00:15:59,190 --> 00:16:03,100 with Margaret and Townsend, and I do think 334 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:07,170 that the senior courtiers were really rather out of step 335 00:16:07,190 --> 00:16:09,270 with the mood of the nation. 336 00:16:09,289 --> 00:16:12,229 - So, when the press does start talking about it, 337 00:16:12,250 --> 00:16:15,100 there's a great divide between those who think 338 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,190 divorce is unacceptable and those who feel 339 00:16:18,210 --> 00:16:20,170 "let love prevail." 340 00:16:20,190 --> 00:16:22,010 ♪ ♪ 341 00:16:22,029 --> 00:16:24,269 - Margaret's profile in the 1950s 342 00:16:24,289 --> 00:16:27,179 is of a beautiful, 343 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,120 iconic princess. 344 00:16:30,139 --> 00:16:32,059 - She was a real star. 345 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,020 Really, almost like the Hollywood stars. 346 00:16:36,039 --> 00:16:39,149 - She's very beautiful. She photographs marvelously. 347 00:16:39,169 --> 00:16:40,289 She's always in the papers, 348 00:16:41,009 --> 00:16:43,159 and there is constant speculation, 349 00:16:43,179 --> 00:16:47,229 "Who is the Princess' favorite suitor?" 350 00:16:47,250 --> 00:16:49,230 - Peter Townsend was a war hero-- 351 00:16:49,250 --> 00:16:51,090 very good-looking. 352 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:54,240 - He was known as this dashing Air Force pilot. 353 00:16:54,259 --> 00:16:57,279 His reputation was a wonderful one. 354 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,280 - Margaret desperately wants to marry Townsend, 355 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,040 but the problem is that she is 22, 356 00:17:05,059 --> 00:17:07,129 and any member of the Royal Family 357 00:17:07,150 --> 00:17:09,020 under the age of 25 358 00:17:09,039 --> 00:17:12,169 needs to have the consent of the ruling monarch. 359 00:17:12,190 --> 00:17:15,150 The decision is not in Margaret's hands, 360 00:17:15,170 --> 00:17:17,220 it's in the hands of her sister, the Queen. 361 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,120 ♪ ♪ 362 00:17:19,140 --> 00:17:22,120 - The Queen is in a terrible bind, really, over this, 363 00:17:22,140 --> 00:17:23,240 'cause she loves her sister. 364 00:17:23,259 --> 00:17:25,099 She would like her to be happy. 365 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:29,079 But the Queen's instincts were 366 00:17:29,099 --> 00:17:33,189 not to do anything that would undermine the monarchy. 367 00:17:33,210 --> 00:17:37,190 The Royal Family traditionally was supposed to be an image 368 00:17:37,210 --> 00:17:39,200 of ourselves behaving well. 369 00:17:39,220 --> 00:17:43,000 And if the Royal Family started to behave badly, 370 00:17:43,019 --> 00:17:45,019 then it could cut at the root 371 00:17:45,039 --> 00:17:49,009 of the people's loyalty to the crown. 372 00:17:50,019 --> 00:17:54,089 - So, once that image of kind of perfect family life 373 00:17:54,109 --> 00:17:56,049 becomes tarnished, 374 00:17:56,069 --> 00:17:59,139 can we justify all that taxpayers' money going on them? 375 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,040 ♪ ♪ 376 00:18:01,059 --> 00:18:05,069 narrator: Margaret's fate lies in her sister's hands. 377 00:18:05,089 --> 00:18:09,109 - The Queen decided to say, "I'm not saying no, 378 00:18:09,130 --> 00:18:12,060 that you can't marry him, but I'd like you to wait." 379 00:18:12,079 --> 00:18:13,999 ♪ ♪ 380 00:18:14,019 --> 00:18:16,069 narrator: On the advice of her courtiers, 381 00:18:16,089 --> 00:18:20,159 the Queen agrees to banish the man her sister loves. 382 00:18:20,180 --> 00:18:23,040 - The British Embassy in Brussels recently attracted 383 00:18:23,059 --> 00:18:25,139 a number of cameras, which focused on the arrival 384 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,120 of Group Captain Peter Townsend, 385 00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:29,090 having driven his own car from Boulogne, 386 00:18:29,109 --> 00:18:31,259 to take up his new appointment as air attaché. 387 00:18:31,279 --> 00:18:33,209 narrator: Peter Townsend is exiled 388 00:18:33,230 --> 00:18:36,170 to Belgium for two years. 389 00:18:36,190 --> 00:18:39,240 - It's a case of getting rid of Townsend, 390 00:18:39,259 --> 00:18:42,279 getting him out of the way. 391 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,280 - My father was asked to leave the country, 392 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,120 the country he served as a fighter pilot 393 00:18:48,140 --> 00:18:49,270 during the Second World War, 394 00:18:49,289 --> 00:18:53,009 and I think that was very difficult for him. 395 00:18:53,029 --> 00:18:56,169 - Princess Margaret finds this incredibly hurtful. 396 00:18:56,190 --> 00:18:59,080 Two years--when you're 23, 397 00:18:59,099 --> 00:19:02,019 two years is a long time. 398 00:19:02,039 --> 00:19:05,179 narrator: The Queen hopes she has defused the scandal. 399 00:19:06,170 --> 00:19:10,220 But two years later, Townsend returns. 400 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,200 - Excitement bubbles like champagne in London 401 00:19:13,220 --> 00:19:15,270 as Group Captain Peter Townsend returns 402 00:19:15,289 --> 00:19:17,189 from diplomatic duties in Belgium 403 00:19:17,210 --> 00:19:19,050 to call on Princess Margaret. 404 00:19:19,069 --> 00:19:21,039 Another, possibly a climactic, phase 405 00:19:21,059 --> 00:19:23,189 opens in the much-publicized royal romance 406 00:19:23,210 --> 00:19:26,090 that has the Western world agog. 407 00:19:26,109 --> 00:19:28,049 - Margaret is now 25 408 00:19:28,069 --> 00:19:31,049 and legally able to decide who she should marry. 409 00:19:31,069 --> 00:19:34,059 She doesn't need the consent of the Queen. 410 00:19:34,079 --> 00:19:37,069 - The Queen does what she always does in a crisis, 411 00:19:37,089 --> 00:19:39,089 which is to bury her head in the sand. 412 00:19:39,109 --> 00:19:42,109 So she tries not to get involved, 413 00:19:42,130 --> 00:19:43,250 to leave it to her advisors. 414 00:19:43,269 --> 00:19:45,109 narrator: And her advisors, 415 00:19:45,130 --> 00:19:47,010 as well as the British government, 416 00:19:47,029 --> 00:19:51,049 are still opposed to Margaret marrying Peter Townsend. 417 00:19:51,069 --> 00:19:52,279 - Anthony Eden, the Prime Minister, said, 418 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,080 "If you marry Townsend, you've got 419 00:19:55,099 --> 00:19:57,059 to abandon your royal status." 420 00:19:57,079 --> 00:19:59,229 - People of the city were thrilled and delighted... 421 00:19:59,250 --> 00:20:02,260 - Margaret will become plain Mrs. Peter Townsend. 422 00:20:02,279 --> 00:20:04,159 For somebody who's been brought up 423 00:20:04,180 --> 00:20:06,160 like she has been brought up, 424 00:20:06,180 --> 00:20:10,170 this is not a very alluring prospect. 425 00:20:10,190 --> 00:20:13,140 For three weeks, they are harried by the press. 426 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,020 They go from place to place. 427 00:20:15,039 --> 00:20:18,029 They're agonizingly trying to make up their minds. 428 00:20:18,049 --> 00:20:22,199 - It sank into frantic sensationalism, 429 00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:26,000 and the whole thing turned into a circus. 430 00:20:26,019 --> 00:20:29,009 - Whenever Princess Margaret went to open a fete 431 00:20:29,029 --> 00:20:31,259 or something, people in the crowd shouted, 432 00:20:31,279 --> 00:20:35,019 "Go on, Maggie, marry him anyway!" 433 00:20:35,039 --> 00:20:36,289 ♪ ♪ 434 00:20:37,009 --> 00:20:38,249 - At this stage, it was still asked, 435 00:20:38,269 --> 00:20:41,019 "Will they become engaged?" 436 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:44,999 - Royal duty and consideration for her sister's position 437 00:20:45,019 --> 00:20:47,269 comes into her feelings very strongly. 438 00:20:47,289 --> 00:20:49,149 She wouldn't knowingly do anything 439 00:20:49,170 --> 00:20:50,280 that would damage the Queen 440 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,040 or damage the idea of the monarchy. 441 00:20:53,059 --> 00:20:56,009 - Princess Margaret wavered, I think, tremendously. 442 00:20:56,029 --> 00:20:57,249 One moment she thought she could. 443 00:20:57,269 --> 00:21:01,009 The next moment she thought she couldn't, you know? 444 00:21:01,029 --> 00:21:05,159 narrator: Finally, on October 31, 1955, 445 00:21:05,180 --> 00:21:08,250 Princess Margaret issues a statement. 446 00:21:08,269 --> 00:21:13,059 - We are interrupting programs for a special announcement. 447 00:21:13,079 --> 00:21:15,269 "I would like it to be known that I have decided 448 00:21:15,289 --> 00:21:18,289 "not to marry Group Captain Peter Townsend. 449 00:21:19,009 --> 00:21:21,139 "Mindful of the Church's teaching 450 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,010 "that Christian marriage is indissoluble, 451 00:21:24,029 --> 00:21:26,229 "I have resolved to put these considerations 452 00:21:26,250 --> 00:21:29,050 before any others." 453 00:21:29,069 --> 00:21:33,199 - I think there was a sadness for a long time after that. 454 00:21:33,220 --> 00:21:36,040 I mean, I always think that the first person 455 00:21:36,059 --> 00:21:37,139 that one falls in love with-- 456 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,210 one always has a twinge of regret, 457 00:21:39,230 --> 00:21:41,160 a sort of longing, you know? 458 00:21:41,180 --> 00:21:44,100 And I think the first person you fall in love with 459 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,109 is something rather special. 460 00:21:47,130 --> 00:21:50,140 narrator: Princess Margaret sacrificed her happiness 461 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,160 for the institution of monarchy. 462 00:21:52,180 --> 00:21:54,040 ♪ ♪ 463 00:21:54,059 --> 00:21:55,289 But soon, the Queen's own marriage 464 00:21:56,009 --> 00:21:59,039 will suffer the same scrutiny. 465 00:21:59,059 --> 00:22:00,999 ♪ ♪ 466 00:22:04,009 --> 00:22:06,289 [dramatic music] 467 00:22:07,009 --> 00:22:12,179 ♪ ♪ 468 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,110 - Philip and Elizabeth are a golden couple. 469 00:22:15,130 --> 00:22:17,220 They're young. They're beautiful. 470 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,260 Already they have a very practiced double act. 471 00:22:21,279 --> 00:22:26,079 But behind scenes, the people around the Queen 472 00:22:26,099 --> 00:22:29,009 can sense that he's restless. 473 00:22:29,029 --> 00:22:30,259 ♪ ♪ 474 00:22:30,279 --> 00:22:33,069 narrator: Philip is struggling with living in the shadow 475 00:22:33,089 --> 00:22:35,159 of his powerful wife. 476 00:22:36,259 --> 00:22:39,169 - Her idea was that she would wear the crown, 477 00:22:39,190 --> 00:22:41,010 but he would wear the trousers. 478 00:22:41,029 --> 00:22:42,259 You know, he organized the home. 479 00:22:42,279 --> 00:22:45,209 He decided where the children should go to school. 480 00:22:45,230 --> 00:22:50,010 All the domestic matters were decided by Prince Philip. 481 00:22:50,029 --> 00:22:52,039 Here is a young, spirited man-- 482 00:22:52,059 --> 00:22:56,239 huge energy, his whole world becomes circumscribed. 483 00:22:56,259 --> 00:23:00,169 And, of course, he does itch for a bit of freedom. 484 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,040 - He let off steam by going to what was known 485 00:23:04,059 --> 00:23:06,279 as the Thursday Club in Soho, which was more or less 486 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,200 the red-light district, actually, of London. 487 00:23:09,220 --> 00:23:12,180 - The Thursday Club is a predominantly sort of, 488 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,210 you know, male luncheon club. 489 00:23:14,230 --> 00:23:16,190 It was a place where Prince Philip felt 490 00:23:16,210 --> 00:23:19,250 he could sort of escape and let his hair down in private. 491 00:23:19,269 --> 00:23:22,149 And there was a lot of drink drunk 492 00:23:22,170 --> 00:23:25,030 and a lot of dirty jokes told 493 00:23:25,049 --> 00:23:29,089 and a general sort of air of dissoluteness. 494 00:23:29,109 --> 00:23:30,259 - And of, course, Prince Philip 495 00:23:30,279 --> 00:23:33,179 occasionally would go out of an evening with friends, 496 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,220 and once or twice, he found himself, you know, 497 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,250 in a nightclub late at night. 498 00:23:38,269 --> 00:23:41,239 He was seen dancing with an attractive young actress. 499 00:23:41,259 --> 00:23:44,059 He might only have met her that evening. 500 00:23:44,079 --> 00:23:46,279 But some of his behavior was considered a bit fast 501 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,180 and reckless by courtiers at the time. 502 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,120 narrator: But the British press, 503 00:23:52,140 --> 00:23:55,020 deferential towards the Royal Family, 504 00:23:55,039 --> 00:23:58,139 largely ignores rumors of Philip's partying. 505 00:24:00,019 --> 00:24:03,149 - It's a very difficult problem for the Queen. 506 00:24:03,170 --> 00:24:06,090 Because of the way that she'd been brought up 507 00:24:06,109 --> 00:24:09,079 in this royal bubble, she had no idea 508 00:24:09,099 --> 00:24:11,049 of the sort of Bohemian world 509 00:24:11,069 --> 00:24:15,029 that existed outside the walls of Buckingham Palace. 510 00:24:15,049 --> 00:24:16,259 - And we get a slight feeling, I think, 511 00:24:16,279 --> 00:24:20,119 within the royal marriage of a kind of separateness. 512 00:24:20,140 --> 00:24:22,020 - So, when he came back 513 00:24:22,039 --> 00:24:23,269 smelling rather heavily of drink, 514 00:24:23,289 --> 00:24:26,059 I think she was uneasy about it, 515 00:24:26,079 --> 00:24:29,029 and she retreated rather into herself. 516 00:24:29,049 --> 00:24:30,269 ♪ ♪ 517 00:24:30,289 --> 00:24:32,249 - And there to see off the Duke of Edinburgh 518 00:24:32,269 --> 00:24:35,269 are the Queen, Princess Anne, and the Duke of Cornwall. 519 00:24:35,289 --> 00:24:38,139 narrator: In October 1956, 520 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:42,100 Philip leaves for a solo tour of the Commonwealth, 521 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,039 triggering widespread speculation. 522 00:24:45,059 --> 00:24:48,039 - The official reason for it is that he's opening 523 00:24:48,059 --> 00:24:50,289 the Olympic Games in Australia. 524 00:24:51,009 --> 00:24:54,149 But he's away for about four months 525 00:24:54,170 --> 00:24:58,010 and very, very slow to come home. 526 00:24:58,029 --> 00:24:59,289 - Even at the time, there were people asking questions 527 00:25:00,009 --> 00:25:03,099 about why the Duke of Edinburgh was away for so long. 528 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:06,009 Was he trying to get away from the Queen? 529 00:25:06,029 --> 00:25:08,059 What was happening? 530 00:25:08,079 --> 00:25:10,259 To that is added a scandal-- 531 00:25:10,279 --> 00:25:14,159 not just a whiff of scandal, but a real scandal. 532 00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:16,110 - A shadow falls on the last stages 533 00:25:16,130 --> 00:25:18,070 of the Duke of Edinburgh's tour. 534 00:25:18,089 --> 00:25:19,239 Lieutenant Commander Michael Parker, 535 00:25:19,259 --> 00:25:22,199 his friend and secretary, has resigned. 536 00:25:22,220 --> 00:25:23,280 - Mike Parker, 537 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,050 who was Prince Philip's private secretary, 538 00:25:26,069 --> 00:25:27,269 leaves the tour early. 539 00:25:27,289 --> 00:25:31,129 He's actually being divorced by his wife for adultery. 540 00:25:31,150 --> 00:25:34,070 - Certain London papers have given front-page publicity 541 00:25:34,089 --> 00:25:35,149 to his family troubles. 542 00:25:35,170 --> 00:25:37,090 - So what's going on here? 543 00:25:37,109 --> 00:25:39,179 I mean, his best friend is getting divorced. 544 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,000 He's his closest companion and ally. 545 00:25:42,019 --> 00:25:45,219 Is something similar going on in the life of Prince Philip? 546 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,070 - Mike Parker had introduced Prince Philip 547 00:25:48,089 --> 00:25:50,209 into this slightly disreputable Soho world, 548 00:25:50,230 --> 00:25:53,120 and people think, "Well, you know, they're all at it 549 00:25:53,140 --> 00:25:55,080 in the Thursday Club." 550 00:25:55,099 --> 00:25:57,269 - This led to an enormous amount of rumor 551 00:25:57,289 --> 00:26:01,269 and speculation that the Duke was playing away from home, 552 00:26:01,289 --> 00:26:04,269 you know, that he was having affairs. 553 00:26:04,289 --> 00:26:07,139 - In the 1950s, divorce is seen 554 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,100 as a form of social suicide. 555 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,199 And I think in the Queen's social network, 556 00:26:12,220 --> 00:26:15,190 the expectation was that whatever happened, 557 00:26:15,210 --> 00:26:18,030 you had to, you know, put up with it, 558 00:26:18,049 --> 00:26:21,079 grit your teeth, and carry on. 559 00:26:21,099 --> 00:26:23,039 - The rumors that there might be cracks 560 00:26:23,059 --> 00:26:24,189 in the Queen's marriage 561 00:26:24,210 --> 00:26:26,280 threatened to undermine the moral authority 562 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,240 of the monarchy in British society. 563 00:26:29,259 --> 00:26:32,219 - Well, the usual response of Buckingham Palace 564 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,050 to speculation about the royal marriage 565 00:26:35,069 --> 00:26:38,179 is basically neither to confirm nor to deny. 566 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,190 - But Buckingham Palace felt that it was important 567 00:26:42,210 --> 00:26:45,040 to just lance the boil, 568 00:26:45,059 --> 00:26:48,049 and they did issue a statement 569 00:26:48,069 --> 00:26:50,199 saying there is no royal rift. 570 00:26:50,220 --> 00:26:52,060 ♪ ♪ 571 00:26:52,079 --> 00:26:55,209 - There was a concerted effort, both on their part 572 00:26:55,230 --> 00:26:58,030 and on the part of the establishment, 573 00:26:58,049 --> 00:27:00,079 to show that their relationship, 574 00:27:00,099 --> 00:27:03,099 and therefore the monarchy, was a unit. 575 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:07,159 narrator: In a public display of commitment to her husband, 576 00:27:07,180 --> 00:27:10,240 the Queen honors Philip with a more senior title, 577 00:27:10,259 --> 00:27:14,199 elevating his status within the Royal Family. 578 00:27:14,220 --> 00:27:16,100 - Before he married the Queen, 579 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:17,289 he was Prince Philip of Greece. 580 00:27:18,009 --> 00:27:20,119 Then he was made the Duke of Edinburgh. 581 00:27:20,140 --> 00:27:23,220 But as a direct result of this controversial trip 582 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,020 to the Commonwealth, 583 00:27:25,039 --> 00:27:27,169 the Queen made her husband a prince 584 00:27:27,190 --> 00:27:29,240 of the United Kingdom. 585 00:27:29,259 --> 00:27:33,079 That's when he became Prince Philip. 586 00:27:33,099 --> 00:27:36,189 - We don't actually know what went on 587 00:27:36,210 --> 00:27:40,010 inside their domestic lives because everybody 588 00:27:40,029 --> 00:27:43,029 is magisterially discreet about it. 589 00:27:43,049 --> 00:27:46,089 Shortly after that, two more children were born-- 590 00:27:46,109 --> 00:27:48,209 Prince Andrew and Prince Edward-- 591 00:27:48,230 --> 00:27:52,210 living proof that they had a solid relationship. 592 00:27:52,230 --> 00:27:55,260 narrator: But the Royal Family is soon under attack again, 593 00:27:55,279 --> 00:27:59,229 and this time the criticism is leveled at the Queen. 594 00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:04,190 ♪ ♪ 595 00:28:08,190 --> 00:28:11,040 [dramatic music] 596 00:28:11,059 --> 00:28:13,099 narrator: Summer 1957-- 597 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:17,169 a once deferential British press has a new target... 598 00:28:17,190 --> 00:28:19,260 Queen Elizabeth. 599 00:28:19,279 --> 00:28:21,119 - John Edward Poynder Grigg, 600 00:28:21,140 --> 00:28:23,090 2nd Baron Altrincham, is in hot water. 601 00:28:23,109 --> 00:28:24,999 In an article in his journal, 602 00:28:25,019 --> 00:28:26,189 "The National and English Review," 603 00:28:26,210 --> 00:28:29,150 he voices criticisms of the Queen and her court, 604 00:28:29,170 --> 00:28:32,170 which roused the wrath of much of the national press. 605 00:28:32,190 --> 00:28:35,070 narrator: The attack comes from a committed monarchist. 606 00:28:35,089 --> 00:28:39,229 Lord Altrincham is the son of a former royal courtier. 607 00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:42,200 - I think my father had real concerns 608 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:45,290 in a world where republics had become the norm 609 00:28:46,009 --> 00:28:47,189 and monarchy the exception, 610 00:28:47,210 --> 00:28:51,120 that the monarchy would become seen as an anachronism. 611 00:28:51,140 --> 00:28:53,080 - Lord Altrincham is very unhappy 612 00:28:53,099 --> 00:28:56,099 with the stuffy, old-fashioned way 613 00:28:56,119 --> 00:28:58,129 in which the monarchy is run. 614 00:28:58,150 --> 00:29:00,150 He's critical of the courtiers, 615 00:29:00,170 --> 00:29:02,240 the old guard around the Queen. 616 00:29:02,259 --> 00:29:05,149 And he's particularly critical of the words they put 617 00:29:05,170 --> 00:29:07,110 into the Queen's mouth. 618 00:29:07,130 --> 00:29:12,030 - I thank you for inviting me and my husband here tonight 619 00:29:12,049 --> 00:29:16,029 and for the kind references you have made to my family. 620 00:29:16,049 --> 00:29:18,139 - He said that she was forced to speak platitudes 621 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,190 and that she spoke in the voice of a priggish schoolgirl. 622 00:29:21,210 --> 00:29:25,220 - I give you the toast of the Royal Air Force. 623 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,030 all: The Royal Air Force. 624 00:29:27,049 --> 00:29:29,009 - These criticisms were received 625 00:29:29,029 --> 00:29:32,029 with absolute horror by the Palace. 626 00:29:32,049 --> 00:29:34,999 - It was absolutely not done to criticize the Queen 627 00:29:35,019 --> 00:29:36,239 in the 1950s. 628 00:29:36,259 --> 00:29:38,269 She was almost a deified figure. 629 00:29:38,289 --> 00:29:40,139 - The tabloid press, in particular, 630 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:44,210 sensationalized it and represented him as a traitor. 631 00:29:44,230 --> 00:29:48,040 He was given a fierce grilling on national television. 632 00:29:48,059 --> 00:29:50,139 As he was leaving the broadcasting studio, 633 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,010 he was struck quite hard round the face 634 00:29:53,029 --> 00:29:57,269 by a member of the League of Empire Loyalists. 635 00:29:57,289 --> 00:30:01,109 - But one or two of the courtiers said, 636 00:30:01,130 --> 00:30:03,080 "Altrincham has a point. 637 00:30:03,099 --> 00:30:06,089 "We really must begin to move the monarchy 638 00:30:06,109 --> 00:30:08,149 "in a slightly more modern direction, 639 00:30:08,170 --> 00:30:10,140 "that is less looking to the past 640 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,140 and more looking to the future." 641 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,020 ♪ ♪ 642 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:17,269 narrator: Once again, the Queen is torn 643 00:30:17,289 --> 00:30:20,999 between maintaining tradition 644 00:30:21,019 --> 00:30:23,189 or reinventing her monarchy. 645 00:30:23,210 --> 00:30:27,130 ♪ ♪ 646 00:30:27,150 --> 00:30:30,080 Two months after Altrincham's very public critique, 647 00:30:30,099 --> 00:30:33,129 the Queen arrives in America on an official visit. 648 00:30:33,150 --> 00:30:34,280 - New York's ticker tape greeting 649 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,210 is like nothing else on Earth. 650 00:30:36,230 --> 00:30:38,200 Among it, there is quite a lot of real confetti, 651 00:30:38,220 --> 00:30:40,130 so that after the first few yards, 652 00:30:40,150 --> 00:30:43,140 the Queen looks like a bride again. 653 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,130 narrator: She uses the trip to experiment 654 00:30:45,150 --> 00:30:48,210 with a more informal way of interacting with the public. 655 00:30:48,230 --> 00:30:50,140 ♪ ♪ 656 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,230 - When it was announced that the Queen was coming to see 657 00:30:53,250 --> 00:30:55,130 a University of Maryland football game 658 00:30:55,150 --> 00:30:58,050 and visit a shopping center in the area, 659 00:30:58,069 --> 00:31:00,249 it sort of caught you by surprise. 660 00:31:02,079 --> 00:31:04,259 - Following the criticisms made by Lord Altrincham, 661 00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:06,229 the Queen seeks to sort of modernize 662 00:31:06,250 --> 00:31:08,250 and update her style. 663 00:31:08,269 --> 00:31:10,279 ♪ ♪ 664 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,160 - She took a lot of time greeting people, 665 00:31:13,180 --> 00:31:15,040 shaking hands-- 666 00:31:15,059 --> 00:31:18,149 fascinated by the size of the grocery store, 667 00:31:18,170 --> 00:31:20,090 fascinated by the carts, 668 00:31:20,109 --> 00:31:24,169 by the way people shopped and got food and everything. 669 00:31:24,190 --> 00:31:26,050 ♪ ♪ 670 00:31:26,069 --> 00:31:29,999 - The whole thing was extraordinary alien to her. 671 00:31:30,019 --> 00:31:34,099 She's shy, she's very stiff, but she tries. 672 00:31:34,119 --> 00:31:36,059 - What's happening here is something 673 00:31:36,079 --> 00:31:39,039 that's very characteristic of Queen Elizabeth, 674 00:31:39,059 --> 00:31:42,169 which is that when people criticize, she listens, 675 00:31:42,190 --> 00:31:44,150 and she changes. 676 00:31:46,119 --> 00:31:48,099 narrator: But will this modern Queen 677 00:31:48,119 --> 00:31:51,029 approve of her sister's latest romance? 678 00:31:51,049 --> 00:31:54,009 Four years after parting from Peter Townsend, 679 00:31:54,029 --> 00:31:58,129 Princess Margaret has a new and unconventional boyfriend. 680 00:31:58,150 --> 00:32:02,000 - Tony Armstrong-Jones is a brilliant photographer. 681 00:32:02,019 --> 00:32:04,079 Long before he meets Princess Margaret, 682 00:32:04,099 --> 00:32:05,219 he's made his name. 683 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,150 He has a very good social background, 684 00:32:07,170 --> 00:32:11,060 but he's not an aristocrat. 685 00:32:11,079 --> 00:32:14,009 Tony is absolutely at the cutting edge 686 00:32:14,029 --> 00:32:16,269 of the approaching '60s revolution. 687 00:32:16,289 --> 00:32:18,249 ♪ ♪ 688 00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:20,219 - The 1960s is a decade that witnesses 689 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:24,230 great social, cultural, and political change in Britain. 690 00:32:24,250 --> 00:32:26,040 There's a real liberalization, 691 00:32:26,059 --> 00:32:29,079 in terms of how ordinary people are behaving. 692 00:32:29,099 --> 00:32:31,229 - Tony wears a polo neck sweater when he goes out 693 00:32:31,250 --> 00:32:33,170 instead of a collar and tie. 694 00:32:33,190 --> 00:32:36,260 His assistants have to stitch up his jeans so tightly. 695 00:32:36,279 --> 00:32:39,239 Tight jeans were just coming in then. 696 00:32:39,259 --> 00:32:42,239 - He was a real breath of fresh air-- 697 00:32:42,259 --> 00:32:46,099 completely different from anybody she'd known 698 00:32:46,119 --> 00:32:47,199 or gone out with. 699 00:32:47,220 --> 00:32:50,130 Of course, he had huge sex appeal, 700 00:32:50,150 --> 00:32:53,040 huge sex appeal. 701 00:32:53,059 --> 00:32:55,029 - Tony has a room in Rotherhithe. 702 00:32:55,049 --> 00:32:58,099 It overlooks the river. It's old and romantic. 703 00:32:58,119 --> 00:33:01,189 It's a place he can get away from everybody. 704 00:33:01,210 --> 00:33:05,190 And he takes her down there on his motorbike. 705 00:33:05,210 --> 00:33:07,080 - Can you imagine a royal princess 706 00:33:07,099 --> 00:33:10,199 getting on a motorbike and driving down to a flat 707 00:33:10,220 --> 00:33:11,270 in Rotherhithe? 708 00:33:11,289 --> 00:33:13,209 [chuckles] It's quite-- 709 00:33:13,230 --> 00:33:16,160 sort of unthinkable, really. 710 00:33:16,180 --> 00:33:19,070 - Tony would cook perhaps a steak and salad, 711 00:33:19,089 --> 00:33:22,259 and Princess Margaret would then put on the rubber gloves 712 00:33:22,279 --> 00:33:24,069 and do the washing up. 713 00:33:24,089 --> 00:33:26,089 [orchestral music] 714 00:33:26,109 --> 00:33:28,139 - When the announcement of the betrothal was made 715 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,030 from Clarence House, 716 00:33:30,049 --> 00:33:32,179 the reaction everywhere was not only one of surprise 717 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,160 but also of the greatest pleasure 718 00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:37,170 throughout Britain and all over the world. 719 00:33:37,190 --> 00:33:40,040 - It was a tremendous shock to everybody. 720 00:33:40,059 --> 00:33:44,039 We all expected her to marry some aristocrat or other, 721 00:33:44,059 --> 00:33:46,169 you know, because in those days, 722 00:33:46,190 --> 00:33:50,020 they didn't really marry commoners. 723 00:33:50,039 --> 00:33:52,189 [sweeping music] 724 00:33:52,210 --> 00:33:53,270 - It was a very happy wedding. 725 00:33:53,289 --> 00:33:55,109 I mean, by that time, 726 00:33:55,130 --> 00:33:57,280 we were used to the idea of her marrying him, 727 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,050 and we were thrilled. 728 00:34:00,069 --> 00:34:01,219 ♪ ♪ 729 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,180 - Since Westminster Abbey was first built on Thameside 730 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,200 there can hardly have been a more beautiful May wedding 731 00:34:07,220 --> 00:34:09,000 than this. 732 00:34:09,019 --> 00:34:10,239 ♪ ♪ 733 00:34:10,260 --> 00:34:12,290 - The Queen likes Tony very much. 734 00:34:13,010 --> 00:34:17,160 He is very personable. He can be extremely charming. 735 00:34:17,179 --> 00:34:20,179 - The Queen was delighted that her sister had found somebody 736 00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:23,289 that was going to look after her and love her. 737 00:34:24,010 --> 00:34:25,110 ♪ ♪ 738 00:34:25,130 --> 00:34:27,280 - But some people can see 739 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:32,100 that this is not going to be a marriage made in Heaven. 740 00:34:32,119 --> 00:34:37,009 - Tony very much embraced the sexual freedoms of the '60s, 741 00:34:37,030 --> 00:34:39,160 every way, really, you can think of. 742 00:34:39,179 --> 00:34:43,279 Loads of girlfriends and, I think, a few boyfriends. 743 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,230 He did lead, we have to admit, a rather louche life. 744 00:34:47,250 --> 00:34:51,130 Many of the Court had heard stories 745 00:34:51,150 --> 00:34:53,040 of Tony's goings on. 746 00:34:53,059 --> 00:34:56,099 They were frightened that he might mar the Princess 747 00:34:56,119 --> 00:34:57,199 in some scandal. 748 00:34:57,219 --> 00:35:01,139 ♪ ♪ 749 00:35:01,159 --> 00:35:05,029 - Here they are, intensely in love, wildly in love, 750 00:35:05,050 --> 00:35:08,200 but there is danger ahead. 751 00:35:08,219 --> 00:35:11,139 ♪ ♪ 752 00:35:16,079 --> 00:35:19,039 [dramatic music] 753 00:35:19,059 --> 00:35:21,029 narrator: By the mid 1960s, 754 00:35:21,050 --> 00:35:24,120 the Queen and Prince Philip are increasingly eclipsed 755 00:35:24,139 --> 00:35:27,269 by Princess Margaret and her husband, Tony. 756 00:35:27,289 --> 00:35:32,229 - In 1965, Margaret and Tony go off to the States 757 00:35:32,250 --> 00:35:36,010 for a three-week, five-city tour. 758 00:35:36,030 --> 00:35:38,180 This glamorous couple 759 00:35:38,199 --> 00:35:41,089 take the United States by storm. 760 00:35:41,110 --> 00:35:43,220 ♪ ♪ 761 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:44,219 narrator: They are on an official visit 762 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,259 representing the Queen 763 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,270 and are treated like movie stars. 764 00:35:49,289 --> 00:35:53,239 - Margaret is possibly the first royal celebrity. 765 00:35:53,260 --> 00:35:55,100 She and Elizabeth Taylor 766 00:35:55,119 --> 00:35:58,029 are the two most photographed women in the world. 767 00:35:58,050 --> 00:36:01,140 - They touch down in San Francisco to mobs, 768 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,109 and the best glimpse that they got of them 769 00:36:03,130 --> 00:36:05,140 was when they took a ride 770 00:36:05,159 --> 00:36:08,059 on the famous San Francisco cable cars. 771 00:36:08,079 --> 00:36:11,019 - Appealing to the Americans is the fact this 772 00:36:11,039 --> 00:36:13,269 is a very informal visit, and every newsreel, newspaper, 773 00:36:13,289 --> 00:36:15,209 and TV company did its best 774 00:36:15,230 --> 00:36:18,010 to supply the all but insatiable demand 775 00:36:18,030 --> 00:36:19,230 for pictures. 776 00:36:19,250 --> 00:36:21,200 - People were running alongside the cars, 777 00:36:21,219 --> 00:36:25,029 just trying to get a glimpse or something. 778 00:36:25,050 --> 00:36:26,290 narrator: Princess Margaret's next stop 779 00:36:27,010 --> 00:36:29,150 is the epicenter of fame and glamour-- 780 00:36:29,170 --> 00:36:30,270 Hollywood. 781 00:36:30,289 --> 00:36:33,229 She and Tony tour the movie studios. 782 00:36:33,250 --> 00:36:36,010 - Hollywood may be the city where dreams are made, 783 00:36:36,030 --> 00:36:38,110 but it doesn't leave much time to relax. 784 00:36:38,130 --> 00:36:41,000 - They received an open-arm welcome 785 00:36:41,019 --> 00:36:43,999 on the set of the Hitchcock film "Torn Curtain." 786 00:36:44,019 --> 00:36:46,279 They're meeting Paul Newman and Julie Andrews, 787 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,260 and Margaret, who loves the stars, 788 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,170 is just in seventh heaven. 789 00:36:51,190 --> 00:36:54,000 They are having a ball. 790 00:36:54,019 --> 00:36:56,039 - Just as they like to party back in London, 791 00:36:56,059 --> 00:36:58,169 they also like to party in the States, 792 00:36:58,190 --> 00:37:01,080 and they never gave up for the entire trip. 793 00:37:01,099 --> 00:37:04,079 - Hollywood laid out its red carpet in what was perhaps 794 00:37:04,099 --> 00:37:06,069 the most important social event 795 00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:07,290 in its illustrious history. 796 00:37:08,010 --> 00:37:11,020 It was the night the real-life princess and her prince 797 00:37:11,039 --> 00:37:13,149 went to a Hollywood ball. 798 00:37:13,170 --> 00:37:16,000 - They were usually the last to go at parties. 799 00:37:16,019 --> 00:37:19,129 They stayed till 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m., 800 00:37:19,150 --> 00:37:21,270 when everyone else was exhausted. 801 00:37:21,289 --> 00:37:24,009 ♪ ♪ 802 00:37:24,030 --> 00:37:27,010 After one very select party, Princess Margaret, 803 00:37:27,030 --> 00:37:32,040 it was reported, was a little bit indisposed the next day. 804 00:37:32,059 --> 00:37:36,249 - There is considerable criticism in the British press 805 00:37:36,269 --> 00:37:39,169 that they are partying a lot. 806 00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:41,000 narrator: When news breaks 807 00:37:41,019 --> 00:37:43,079 of Margaret's extravagant behavior, 808 00:37:43,099 --> 00:37:46,149 the Queen faces a serious problem. 809 00:37:46,170 --> 00:37:47,280 - In the 1960s, 810 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,020 the Royal Family are essentially funded 811 00:37:50,039 --> 00:37:51,219 through public payment. 812 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,079 That is essentially taxpayers' money 813 00:37:54,099 --> 00:37:55,229 that is reallocated to the Royals. 814 00:37:55,250 --> 00:37:57,150 And the public start wondering, 815 00:37:57,170 --> 00:37:59,070 "Why is it that we're paying 816 00:37:59,090 --> 00:38:01,220 "for Royals to go and enjoy themselves, cavorting abroad? 817 00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:04,279 Are we getting value for money from the Royal Family?" 818 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,250 - The Royal Family is having some image problems. 819 00:38:08,269 --> 00:38:11,189 [upbeat music] 820 00:38:11,210 --> 00:38:14,250 narrator: By 1968, the Queen understands 821 00:38:14,269 --> 00:38:18,259 she needs to transform public perception of the monarchy. 822 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:22,100 She approves the filming of a documentary about her family. 823 00:38:22,119 --> 00:38:24,199 ♪ ♪ 824 00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:28,229 Elizabeth, Philip, Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward 825 00:38:28,250 --> 00:38:31,140 will be the subject of a television special 826 00:38:31,159 --> 00:38:33,269 following them over the course of a year. 827 00:38:33,289 --> 00:38:35,159 ♪ ♪ 828 00:38:35,179 --> 00:38:37,149 - The idea of a fly-on-the-wall documentary 829 00:38:37,170 --> 00:38:40,170 is seen as a good way for the Royal Family to demonstrate 830 00:38:40,190 --> 00:38:42,230 that they are an ordinary modern family 831 00:38:42,250 --> 00:38:45,150 and that the Royals were value for money. 832 00:38:45,170 --> 00:38:47,140 Philip, being the modernizer that he is, 833 00:38:47,159 --> 00:38:49,239 encourages the whole thing. 834 00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:51,280 [lively music] 835 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,050 - And I had the most terrible trouble in keeping-- 836 00:38:55,070 --> 00:38:57,230 You know, he had short body, long arms... 837 00:38:57,250 --> 00:38:59,030 [laughter] 838 00:38:59,050 --> 00:39:01,050 And I had the most appalling trouble. 839 00:39:01,070 --> 00:39:02,230 [laughter] 840 00:39:02,250 --> 00:39:05,200 - This is an intimate glimpse of the Royal Family, 841 00:39:05,219 --> 00:39:09,179 so we're going to be introduced to them as personalities 842 00:39:09,199 --> 00:39:12,219 as opposed to distant personas. 843 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:14,089 - The salad is ready. 844 00:39:14,110 --> 00:39:16,250 narrator: The documentary is the first time the Queen 845 00:39:16,269 --> 00:39:19,219 has allowed her family to be filmed in such a relaxed 846 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,169 and informal way. 847 00:39:21,190 --> 00:39:23,230 - [speaking indistinctly] 848 00:39:23,250 --> 00:39:25,290 - The barbecue scene caught everybody's imagination, 849 00:39:26,010 --> 00:39:29,060 I think, 'cause it was about as cozy a family scene 850 00:39:29,079 --> 00:39:31,039 as I think one could imagine. 851 00:39:31,059 --> 00:39:33,209 Prince Edward sitting on the top of a Land Rover 852 00:39:33,230 --> 00:39:37,100 and Charles making a salad dressing. 853 00:39:37,119 --> 00:39:39,129 - Oh, why have they done that? 854 00:39:39,150 --> 00:39:41,260 - I thought it was a nice thing to do, 855 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,190 just to show, you know, they're different 856 00:39:43,210 --> 00:39:45,120 but not so different as all that. 857 00:39:45,139 --> 00:39:48,049 They're still family people. 858 00:39:48,070 --> 00:39:50,220 - And the other one was to see her taking Prince Edward 859 00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:54,199 into the shop at Balmoral to buy him an ice cream. 860 00:39:54,219 --> 00:39:57,079 - Well, would you like to go and get one? 861 00:39:57,099 --> 00:40:00,139 [chuckling] Just a ten. It's all I've got. 862 00:40:00,159 --> 00:40:03,149 - One of the golden rules had been that their conversation 863 00:40:03,170 --> 00:40:06,090 was not to be recorded when they were out and about 864 00:40:06,110 --> 00:40:07,160 doing public events. 865 00:40:07,179 --> 00:40:08,249 - May we offer you... - Exhange. 866 00:40:08,269 --> 00:40:11,089 - A very small... - Ah, well, I am... 867 00:40:11,110 --> 00:40:14,050 - Token as a memento of your visit here? 868 00:40:14,070 --> 00:40:17,100 - So the public saw and heard them, I think, in a way 869 00:40:17,119 --> 00:40:20,009 which was entirely new. 870 00:40:20,030 --> 00:40:21,180 - The public are ecstatic. 871 00:40:21,199 --> 00:40:24,039 They've never believed that the Queen, 872 00:40:24,059 --> 00:40:25,149 Prince Philip, and their children 873 00:40:25,170 --> 00:40:27,160 could be just like them. 874 00:40:27,179 --> 00:40:30,009 - Huge ratings-- I think 24 million people 875 00:40:30,030 --> 00:40:31,130 in Britain watched. 876 00:40:31,150 --> 00:40:33,030 And then the extraordinary thing about it, 877 00:40:33,050 --> 00:40:36,210 the puzzling thing is that now you cannot see it at all. 878 00:40:36,230 --> 00:40:39,120 - It's been almost sort of wiped from the archives. 879 00:40:39,139 --> 00:40:41,019 And I think that was a tipping point 880 00:40:41,039 --> 00:40:42,279 at which members of the Royal Family felt 881 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,060 that perhaps they had let their guard down too much. 882 00:40:46,079 --> 00:40:49,199 - The point of the Queen is there's mystique about her, 883 00:40:49,219 --> 00:40:52,239 and if you get too close and find out too much, 884 00:40:52,260 --> 00:40:54,080 you lose that, 885 00:40:54,099 --> 00:40:57,999 and I think that was something that worried them. 886 00:40:58,019 --> 00:41:00,129 - There is this terrible balance 887 00:41:00,150 --> 00:41:01,280 that they've got to strike 888 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,230 between being extraordinary and being ordinary. 889 00:41:05,250 --> 00:41:08,050 And they came to the conclusion 890 00:41:08,070 --> 00:41:10,250 that they were being too ordinary. 891 00:41:10,269 --> 00:41:13,289 - The Queen succeeds in withdrawing the documentary, 892 00:41:14,010 --> 00:41:16,040 but by then, it's really too late. 893 00:41:16,059 --> 00:41:18,089 The damage is done. 894 00:41:18,110 --> 00:41:21,000 - The public and the press have got a taste 895 00:41:21,019 --> 00:41:24,289 for this more intrusive style of royal coverage. 896 00:41:25,010 --> 00:41:26,190 After the 1969 documentary, 897 00:41:26,210 --> 00:41:29,270 we see a much more explosive form of media coverage 898 00:41:29,289 --> 00:41:31,109 develop very quickly, 899 00:41:31,130 --> 00:41:35,250 which is set on exposing the impropriety that exists 900 00:41:35,269 --> 00:41:37,259 behind closed palace doors. 901 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,090 [dramatic music] 902 00:41:39,110 --> 00:41:41,190 narrator: Next on "The Windsors"... 903 00:41:41,210 --> 00:41:44,240 - Charles had no choice in his life at all. 904 00:41:44,260 --> 00:41:48,110 - Everybody is pressuring him to find a wife. 905 00:41:48,130 --> 00:41:50,170 - But this was not a love match. 906 00:41:50,190 --> 00:41:53,230 - Till death us do part. - Till death us do part. 907 00:41:53,250 --> 00:41:56,270 - Diana feels lost and abandoned. 908 00:41:56,289 --> 00:42:00,189 - She was so thin. She was painfully thin. 909 00:42:00,210 --> 00:42:04,010 - She is, in essence, a ticking time bomb.