Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her life and served as monarch of 15 of them at the time of her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch and the longest recorded of any female head of state in history.
Chinatown: A World in the Heart of the City
as Self (Archive Footage)A short documentary about London's Chinatown.
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The Great Escaper
as Self (Archive Footage)In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th...
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The Edge of Democracy
as Self (archive footage)A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to...
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Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen...
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Propaganda
as Self (archive footage)An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture...
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (archive footage)Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she...
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Shadow World
as Self (archive footage)A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of...
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The Coronation
as HerselfThe 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II marked the moment when she was formally recognized as...
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McEnroe
as Self (archive Footage)Legendary "bad boy of tennis" John McEnroe finally tells his side of his storied career and...
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London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
as SelfThe London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place at 9pm on 27 July 2012. Titled 'Isles...
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Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self (archive footage)The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema,...
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Her Majesty's Prime Ministers: John Major
as SelfAs a school dropout, the teenage John Major could simply never have dreamt that he would one day...
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The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
as Self (archive footage)Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock...
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Soul Boys of the Western World
as Self (archive footage)A journey through the 1980s and beyond; the story of a band, an era and how one small gathering...
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La Rabbia
as Self (archive footage)Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the...
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Princess Diana: Behind Closed Doors
as Self (archive footage)An intimate look at Princess Diana’s life behind the gates of Kensington Palace, including...
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Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s)
as Self (Archive footage)Elizabeth is an archive-based documentary film about the Queen. A celebration. A truly cinematic...
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Agnelli
as Self (archive footage)Documentary about the life of Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, an influential Italian industrialist...
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Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
as Self (archive footage)Several high-budget epic films became Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a film star. He was an actor, but...
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Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen
as Self (archive footage)The story of Queen Elizabeth II in her own words, featuring never-before-seen home movies.
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Charles: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)A documentary special that provides a rare view into the real Charles behind the headlines… told...
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Our Queen at Ninety
as SelfDocumentary following the Queen and members of the British Royal Family.
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A Queen Is Crowned
as HerselfA lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953.
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Partygate
as Self (Archive Photo)Karaoke, suitcases of wine, ambushing cake... this factual drama tells the story of Covid from...
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Royal Family
as SelfIntimate portrait of the daily life of the British Royal Family drawn from 18 months of filming...
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Prince Andrew: Banished
as Self (archive footage)Follow Prince Andrew, whose behavior brought scandal and disgrace to the royal family. Pushing...
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Happy and Glorious
as HerselfA short film by Danny Boyle starring James Bond and Queen Elizabeth II. It originally aired as...
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The Presidents' Gatekeepers
as Self (archive footage)An analysis of what the role of the Chief of Staff is in his position at the service of the...
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Gare du Nord : La Plus Grande Gare d'Europe
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La Rabbia di Pasolini
as Self (archive footage)An attempt to reconstruct the complete version of Pier Paolo Pasolini's segment of La rabbia.
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A Web of War
as Self (archive footage)The stories of the battles that brought together a Polish cavalry officer, a Canadian captain,...
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Being Jacques Chirac
as Self (archive footage)Since 1967, Jacques Chirac has appeared everyday on television : millions of hours of automatic...
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The Queen's Green Planet
as SelfFeaturing a unique conversation between The Queen and Sir David Attenborough as they walked in...
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Charles R: The Making of a Monarch
as Self (archive footage)This is the story of how a prince became a king, a revealing portrait of our new monarch across...
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Princes of the Palace - The Royal British Family
as HerselfThis film charts the lives of the British Royal Family's princes and their importance within the...
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The Game of Their Lives
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)A BBC documentary producer is given unprecedented access in North Korea to chronicle the story...
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Shooting the Darkness
as Self (archive footage)The testimony of the men who unwittingly became war photographers on the streets of their own...
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Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
as Self (archive footage)The incredible story of the mythical Russian-American actor and filmmaker Yul Brynner (1920-85),...
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Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Life - A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self (archive footage)The life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II after Britain's longest-reigning monarch dies at age 96.
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Ceausescu: Behind the Myth
as Self (archive footage)Veteran journalist and author Edward Behr spent a year investigating the rise and fall of...
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Wimbledon 2010 Official Film
as SelfWimbledon 2010: The Grandest of Slams. This is the definitive story of the 124th Championships....
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Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
as HerselfJoin the BBC cameras as they go behind the glitter of Buckingham Palace and the pomp of Windsor...
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Atlantic Ferry
as Princess Elizabeth (archive footage)The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the...
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A Jubilee Tribute to The Queen by The Prince of Wales
as uncreditedMarking the Diamond Jubilee (1952-2012) of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles shares his...
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Diana: The People's Princess
as Self (archive footage)A princess so tragically taken in the prime of her life. Follow the fascinated tale of Princess...
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Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70
as HerselfA special documentary to mark the seventieth birthday of HRH the Prince of Wales. For this...
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Mi Marilyn
as Self (archive footage)A memory of Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), woman, actress, goddess, myth, in the words of the...
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Diana to Meghan: Royal Wedding Secrets
as Self (archive footage)A behind-the-scenes look at royal weddings revealing how these grand events are organised....
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Games of the XXI Olympiad
as uncreditedEdited from almost 100 km of film footage shot during the Games, this feature documentary is a...
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Comfort and Indifference
as SelfMade shortly after the referendum on Quebec's independence was held, this documentary...
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The Queen and the Coup
as Self (archive footage)Planned by Britain’s MI6 and then executed by America’s C.I.A., the coup d’état which follows...
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Royal Wives at War
as SelfThe Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson look back at the dramatic events of 1936, which led to King...
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Queen Elizabeth II: The Diamond Celebration
as HerselfProduced in High Definition, with rare archive footage. Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for 60...
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Charles & Camilla: Against All Odds
as SelfPrince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Their love story was not one without...
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D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
as SelfLive from Southsea Common in Portsmouth, Huw Edwards introduces coverage of the National...
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Elizabeth & Philip: Love and Duty
as HerselfKirsty Young celebrates the 70th wedding anniversary of the Queen and Prince Philip by examining...
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Elizabeth Is Queen
as SelfThis spectacular 1953 documentary, released in cinemas, records the events of Elizabeth II's...
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A Tribute to Her Majesty the Queen
as Self (archive footage)On the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II, a special documentary featuring contributions from HM...
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The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
as Self (archive footage)The pride of Napoleon's victories, the Arc de Triomphe, whose first stone was laid in 1806 at...
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Goal!
as SelfThis entertaining documentary of the World Cup Soccer tournament of 1966 follows the 15...
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Royal Children
as uncreditedEven the most devout monarchist may feel uncomfortable watching this film - hindsight makes this...
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25 Years
as Self25 Years is an impressionistic survey of the years from the Queen's accession to the throne in...
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The Royal Wedding: HRH Prince Harry & Meghan Markle
as uncreditedThe wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held on 19 May 2018 in St George's Chapel at...
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Mussolini's Sister
as Self (archive footage)In this documentary, we are invited to the mind of the elderly Hiam, a Palestinian woman from...
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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
as HerselfThe coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms...
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The Cowboy and the Queen
as uncreditedMonty Roberts, a California horse trainer nearing 90 and showing no signs of slowing down,...
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Prince Philip: A Lifetime of Duty
as selfPrince Philip has walked two steps behind Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth ever since she...
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ELIZABETH II: THE UNLIKELY QUEEN
as uncreditedQueen Elizabeth II, the cornerstone of modern British history and reigning monarch for over six...
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Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers
as Self (archive Footage)Filmed throughout his one hundredth year – before and after his death – this landmark portrait...
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The Queen in Canada, 1964
as HerselfThis short documentary follows Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh as they visit Canada to...
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The Queen's State Visit to Iran
as uncredited2-6 March 1961 saw the Queen and Prince Philip make their first and only state visit to Iran....
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The Queen and Her Prime Ministers
as Self (archive footage)Queen Elizabeth has worked with 14 Prime Ministers, including holding confidential weekly...
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Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute
as SelfA unique celebration of the Queen's ninety years as she reaches her landmark birthday in April....
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Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign
as Self (archive footage)Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in the history of Great Britain and the...
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A Night at the Opera
as Self (archive footage)A documentary view of the galas of Paris’s Palais Garnier in the 1950s and ’60s.
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A State Visit to Turkey by Queen Elizabeth II
as uncreditedBritain and Turkey had not always enjoyed the ‘special’ friendship referred to in the...
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Queen Elizabeth II: Above All Else
as SelfQueen Elizabeth II. Reigning monarch for over six decades, and the cornerstone of modern British...
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Discovering England
as Self (archive footage)It would be difficult to find more comprehensive tour through the byways and highways, lanes and...
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Royal Destiny
as SelfProduced by British Movietone for “Her Majesty’s Central Office of Information”, Royal Destiny...
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Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King
as Herself (archive footage)Documentary telling the inside story of the plans by Louis Mountbatten to maneuver his nephew...
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The Royal Wedding: HRH Prince William & Catherine Middleton
as uncreditedJoin HRH Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey as they celebrate the...
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The Queen At 90
as Self"Downton Abbey" star Elizabeth McGovern narrates an intimate look at the life and reign of Queen...
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The Royal Wedding
as uncreditedThis amazing film of the Royal Wedding was shot by the late Jack Cardiff, a pioneer cameraman...
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Queen Elizabeth II: Passing of the Crown – A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self (archive footage)As a nation mourns its longest-reigning monarch, all eyes are on King Charles III, who will...
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Britain Welcomes the President of India
as uncreditedAn account of the state visit to Britain by the President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli...
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Touring Scotland
as Self (archive footage)Touring this historic, romantic and ruggedly beautiful land, from it's craggy ocean shores to...
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Queen Elizabeth II in Pakistan
as uncreditedIn the middle of a six-week tour of the Indian sub-continent between January and March 1961, the...
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Queen Elizabeth II: The Legacy, The Life
as Self (archive footage)ABC News' live special examines the future of the royal family following the passing of Queen...
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The Royal Tour of the Caribbean
as uncreditedThe Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh undertook an official visit to the region in February 1966,...
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Canada at the Coronation
as HerselfThis documentary depicts the colour and pageantry of the coronation of Her Majesty Queen...
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50 Glorious Years: A Royal Celebration
as uncreditedCelebrating the 50 year marriage of Her Majesty the Queen and her husband and consort Prince...
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Queen Elizabeth: The Coronation
as Self (archive Footage)This fascinating documentary reveals the behind the scenes story of the Coronation of Queen...
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The Longest Reign: The Queen and Her People
as uncreditedWe explore how the reign of Queen Elizabeth II has been a thread of continuity running through...
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Life of a Queen
as SelfThis film is a compilation of footage shot by Associated British Pathe, which covered royal...
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Sierra Leone Greets the Queen
as uncreditedWatching Sierra Leone Greets the Queen gives one a flavour of the hectic nature of royal tours;...
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Britain Welcomes the President of Pakistan
as uncreditedThe President had been due to visit twice before, but on both occasions the trip had to be...
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England: Land of Splendor
as Self (archive footage)Come on a voyage of discovery and experience the many wonderous splendors of England, the...
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Mr. Robot
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from...
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70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)A look back at the social movements, revolts and youth subcultures from the post-war period to...
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The Beatles Anthology
as Self (archive footage)A documentary series on the career of The Beatles.
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First Ladies
as Self (archive footage)Blending in-depth interviews, rare archival footage, and cinematic recreations, this docuseries...
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Secrets of the Royal Palaces
as Self (archive footage)Behind-the-scenes tales of the British monarchy's residences, with contributions by royal...
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The Royal House of Windsor
as Self (archive footage)Drawing on newly available evidence, this epic series explores the Windsor dynasty's gripping...
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House of Saud: A Family at War
as Herself (archive footage)A definitive look at how the new challenges facing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia could change our...
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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
as SelfThe BBC’s Platinum Jubilee coverage 2022 including: The Queen’s Birthday Parade Trooping the...
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Queen Elizabeth II: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration
as HerselfCelebrate the Diamond Jubilee by taking a look back at the Queen's incredible reign.
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Elizabeth and Margaret: Love and Loyalty
as Self (archive footage)The real relationship between the royal siblings.
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Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal
as Self (archive footage)This two-part series profiles Princess Margaret, whose life and loves reflected the social and...
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The Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten
as SelfNarrated by Lord Mountbatten himself, this is a positive feast of history and archive material,...
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The Queen Mother
as SelfWife, monarch and much-loved public figure: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was one of the...
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Queen & Country
as SelfHer 60 years on the throne make her the second longest-serving sovereign in history, and in 2012...
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