For a year in the 1960s, the royal family welcomed BBC cameras behind closed doors.
They soon regretted the decision.
The film version, titled “The Royal Family,” premiered in June 1969, and received a backlash from the royal family — the monarch reportedly found it “too intrusive” — so much so that it was considered a prohibit is no longer broadcast.
The show aims to showcase the daily lives of members of the royal family, including Queen Prince Philip, who died on Thursday at the age of 96, and their children Princess Anne, Prince Edward, Prince Andrew and King Charles III (known at the time as Prince Charles).
Other scenes depict the monarch at official events, her travels across the Commonwealth, and her speeches to dignitaries.
It even includes a private family moment with a tour of their barbecue at Balmoral Castle, Scotland’s sprawling country estate.
The late Duke of Edinburgh, who died last April, commissioned the documentary to make the family look less like an ancestral dynasty. According to the Mirror, the monarchs were “initially unsure” whether they would allow cameras into their homes.
The nearly two-hour film was watched by 30 million people in 1969 and 350 million people around the world.
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until 2021, Movie leaked on YouTube For fans and historians to analyze and view. No idea who posted the long-lost footage.
Princess Anne, 72, has previously discussed her dissatisfaction with the film, Say: “I never liked the idea of a royal movie. I always thought it was a bad idea. The attention you get from your childhood, you just don’t want it anymore. The last thing you need is greater access. “
Netflix’s The Crown even dramatized the creation of the ordeal. The third season of “Bubigins”.
The episode follows The Firm making the film as a public relations exercise to create a more positive public opinion.
“We’re being filmed watching TV. People might be watching us watching TV at home on their own TVs. It’s really a new depth of mediocrity,” Helena Bonham Carter’s Princess Margaret noted on the show .
“I prefer to be private and invisible, hidden and invisible, for our own sanity and survival,” Olivia Colman’s Queen Elizabeth says in another shot. “This [royal family must use] Mystery and agreement, not to keep us apart, but to keep us alive. “
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