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Narrator: WINDSOR--

\h\h\hTHE OLDEST AND LARGEST CONTINUALLY INHABITED CASTLE

IN THE WORLD.

FOR 1,000 YEARS,

\h\h\h\h\hIT’S BEEN THE SYMBOL OF BRITAIN’S ROYAL DYNASTIES.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE QUEEN, THIS IS A PALACE LIKE NO OTHER.

Man: THE WINDSOR CASTLE \h\h\h\h\h\hIS HER HOME.

IT IS A FAMILY HOME AS WELL,

\h\h\h\h\hAND SHE FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE THERE.

Narrator: 1,000 ROOMS,

HUNDREDS OF STAFF,

\hBILLIONS OF DOLLARS’ WORTH OF PAINTINGS AND FINE FURNISHINGS,

5,000 ACRES OF PARKLAND.

Man: IT’S A GREAT STAGE

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON WHICH THE WHOLE ROYAL BUSINESS CAN BE ACTED OUT.

\hNarrator: IT’S ALSO WHERE THE ROYAL FAMILY HIDES ITS SECRETS.

\h\h\h\h\h\hWoman: THERE ARE DOCUMENTS AND LETTERS THERE

\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT I THINK PROBABLY EVERY HISTORIAN

WOULD GIVE THEIR EYETEETH FOR.

\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: IT’S BEEN THE QUEEN’S HOME FOR 80 YEARS.

\h\h\h\h\hWE’LL REVEAL WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENED

BEHIND THE CASTLE’S \h\hIMPOSING WALLS.

\h\h\h\hTHE NEWLY CROWNED QUEEN SETS UP HOME AT WINDSOR CASTLE.

\h\h\hFROM THE FORMAL 1950s THROUGH THE LESS FORMAL ’60s

AND INTO THE 1970s,

WE DISCOVER HOW SHE WAS TORN

BETWEEN THE DEMANDS \hOF FAMILY AND JOB.

WE REVEAL WHERE THE QUEEN MOTHER HELD HER INFAMOUS PARTIES.

Woman: SHE WAS NEVER KNOWN \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO BE DRUNK,

BUT THERE WERE THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE SAID

\hTHAT SHE WAS NEVER EVER COMPLETELY SOBER, EITHER.

Narrator: WHY THE QUEEN FIRST \h\h\h\h\h\hLET THE TV CAMERAS

INTO THE CASTLE.

Man: IT WAS AN UTTER DELIGHT, \h\h\h\h\hAND WE ALL LOVED IT.

THE WORLD LOVED IT.

Narrator: HOW THE ROYAL FAMILY

DEALT WITH THEIR OWN \h\h\h\hBLACK SHEEP.

\hMan: THEY JUST WIPED HIM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

♪

Narrator: IN FEBRUARY 1952,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGEORGE VI, THE KING WHO’D STEERED BRITAIN

THROUGH THE DARKEST HOURS \h\hOF WORLD WAR II, DIED.

\h\hTHE KEYS TO WINDSOR CASTLE WERE HANDED TO A NEW RESIDENT.

\h\h\hPRINCESS ELIZABETH, HIS 26-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER,

BECAME QUEEN ELIZABETH II.

Crowd: GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. \h\h\hGOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: SHE WOULD BE THE 40th MONARCH

TO INHABIT WINDSOR CASTLE’S

\h\h\hROOMS, PARKS, PALACES, AND GARDENS

OVER ITS 1,000-YEAR HISTORY.

\h\h\hKate Williams: WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR BUILT WINDSOR CASTLE,

AND SO WHEN YOU’RE \h\hIN THE CASTLE,

\h\h\hIT’S NOT JUST ABOUT ELIZABETH II.

\hIT’S ABOUT ALL THE MONARCHS STRETCHING RIGHT BACK TO 1066.

Narrator: ELIZABETH II WAS NOT JUST A QUEEN.

SHE WAS A WIFE AND MOTHER.

SHE AND PRINCE PHILIP HAD BEEN \h\h\hMARRIED FOR FIVE YEARS.

THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN--

CHARLES, WHO WAS THREE, \h\hAND ANNE, JUST ONE.

\h\hWINDSOR HAD BEEN HER CHILDHOOD HOME.

THIS WAS WHERE SHE WANTED \hTO RAISE HER OWN FAMILY.

Paul Burrell: WINDSOR CASTLE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE WINDSORS.

IT’S THEIR FAMILY HOME.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE IS THE OFFICE.

WINDSOR CASTLE IS THEIR HOME.

\hNarrator: THE FAMILY MOVED INTO THE PRIVATE APARTMENTS

\h\h\h\hIN THE EAST TERRACE OF THE CASTLE’S UPPER WARD.

Burrell: THE QUEEN’S SUITE OF ROOMS AT WINDSOR CASTLE

\h\h\h\h\h\hIS SMALL COMPARED TO THE VASTNESS OF WINDSOR CASTLE.

HER TINY LITTLE CORNER \h\hHAS A DINING ROOM,

\h\h\h\h\hPRINCE PHILIP’S ROOMS, WHICH ADJOIN THE QUEEN’S ROOMS,

AND THAT’S IT,

\h\hAPART FROM THE OAK ROOM, WHICH IS THEIR DRAWING ROOM.

\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE QUEEN MADE REDECORATING THESE ROOMS

A PRIORITY WHEN SHE TOOK CHARGE OF THE CASTLE IN 1952.

Williams: WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY PERFECT

FOR THE LARGE FAMILY \hSHE HOPED TO HAVE

WITH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH,

AND REALLY, THAT WAS QUITE A JOB

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBECAUSE IT WAS IN PRETTY BAD DECORATIVE STATE,

IT WAS VERY DATED, \hVERY VICTORIAN,

\h\h\h\hAND MOST OF ALL, IT WAS REALLY VERY DARK.

\h\h\h\hSHE WANTED TO MAKE IT A FAMILY HOME, A RELAXED HOME,

\hAND MAKE IT MUCH LESS STUFFY, AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE HEART OF THE QUEEN’S HOME

INSIDE WINDSOR CASTLE \h\h\hIS THE OAK ROOM.

\h\h\h\hBurrell: THIS IS A VERY COZY DRAWING ROOM

\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT YOU’D FIND IN AN ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE,

WITH SOFT FURNISHINGS, WITH FLORAL CHINTZES,

WITH A RED CARPET,

WHERE THE DRINKS TROLLEY \h\hIS PLACED EVERY DAY,

AND THAT’S WHERE THE QUEEN GOES

TO GET HER GIN AND TONIC \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT 6:00.

THIS IS HER COZY SPACE.

\h\h\h\hTHIS IS WHERE SHE FEELS COMFORTABLE.

\hNarrator: WHILE THE QUEEN MADE THEIR LITTLE HOME COZY,

\h\h\h\h\h\hPRINCE PHILIP WANTED TO MAKE IT MODERN.

\hPhilip Eade: I MEAN, PRINCE PHILIP WAS KEEN

ON BRINGING THINGS UP TO DATE.

\hHE WAS VERY ATTACHED TO MODERN TECHNOLOGY.

WHEN ELECTRIC FRYING PANS \h\h\hCAME ON THE MARKET,

HE WAS VERY QUICK TO BUY ONE

AND INSISTED ON COOKING \h\h\hHIS OWN BREAKFAST

UNTIL THE QUEEN COMPLAINED

THAT THE STENCH LINGERED \h\hTHROUGHOUT THE DAY.

Narrator: AND IT WASN’T JUST \h\h\h\h\hTHE COOKING ODORS

THAT CAUSED A STINK.

Piers Brendon: SHE WAS ADVISED

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY ALL SORTS OF VERY FUDDY-DUDDY COURTIERS

\h\h\hWHO WERE STUCK IN THE LAST CENTURY.

♪

Narrator: INSIDE WINDSOR CASTLE, EVERY DETAIL OF EVERY DAY

WAS CONTROLLED BY A STRICT \hHIERARCHY OF COURTIERS,

SUCH AS THE MARKER OF THE SWANS AND THE PAGE OF THE BACKSTAIRS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND PHILIP WAS INEXTRICABLY CAUGHT UP

IN WINDSOR’S BIZARRE TRADITIONS.

\h\hSINCE 1947, HE BELONGED TO ITS MOST EXCLUSIVE CLUB--

THE KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER.

♪

Man: ONCE AGAIN, THE PAGEANTRY \h\h\hOF THE GARTER CEREMONY,

LED BY HERALDS AND PURSURVANTS, MEMBERS OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER,

MANY FAMILIAR FACES AMONG THEM,

\h\h\h\h\hMAKE THEIR WAY TO ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL.

\h\h\h\hNarrator: EVERY YEAR, ON THE SECOND WEEKEND OF JUNE,

KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER, OR KGs, \hFILE THROUGH WINDSOR CASTLE

\hTO A SERVICE AT THEIR SPIRITUAL HEADQUARTERS--

ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL.

Burrell: TO BE INVESTED \h\h\h\h\hBY THE MONARCH

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS A KNIGHT OR A LADY KNIGHT OF THE GARTER

IS THE HIGHEST ORDER OF CHIVALRY

THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE \h\h\h\h\hBESTOWED UPON YOU.

\h\hSO, YOU’RE GIVEN A RIDICULOUS COSTUME

AND HAVE TO WEAR STOCKINGS \h\h\hAND A FEATHERED HAT,

AND THAT’S IF YOU’RE A MAN.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBrian Hoey: IT’S AN ORDER OF CHIVALRY,

WHICH MEANS THAT, IN ESSENCE, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY

\h\h\h\hDRAW THEIR WEAPONS AND PROTECT THE SOVEREIGN.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY ARE HER LAST LINE OF DEFENSE.

\h\h\h\h\h\hGOD HELP US IF IT EVER COMES TO THAT

\h\hBECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE VERY, VERY ANCIENT, INDEED.

\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE ORDER OF THE GARTER WAS FOUNDED IN 1348

BY KING EDWARD III.

\hBORN IN WINDSOR CASTLE, EDWARD SPENT MUCH OF HIS 50-YEAR REIGN

\h\h\h\h\hTRANSFORMING THE MILITARY FORTRESS

INTO THE CEREMONIAL SHOWPIECE \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT IS TODAY.

Marc Morris: WHY THEY DECIDED ON THEIR SYMBOL BEING A GARTER BELT

IS REALLY ANYONE’S GUESS.

\h\hUM, IT SEEMS MORE LIKELY THAT IT WAS A MILITARY BELT,

LIKE A SWORD BELT,

\h\h\h\h\hUM, AND THAT IT WAS A DELIBERATELY OBSCURE SYMBOL

\hBECAUSE THIS WAS A VERY ELITE CLUB.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hREMEMBER THERE ARE ONLY 26 PEOPLE

IN THIS SUPER SELECT \h\hCHIVALRIC CLUB.

Narrator: PRINCE PHILIP REALIZED

THAT SOME WINDSOR TRADITIONS \h\h\h\h\hWERE UNTOUCHABLE,

BUT THERE WERE OTHER CUSTOMS \h\h\h\h\hHE COULDN’T STAND.

\h\hBrendon: THE FORMALITY WAS THERE. THE FLUMMERY WAS THERE.

\hYOU KNOW, PERIWIGGED FLUNKIES MARCHING BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS,

AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING,

WHICH ACTUALLY IRRITATED \h\h\h\h\hPRINCE PHILIP.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: WHEN PHILIP TRIED TO GET RID

\h\hOF THE FOOTMEN’S OLD-FASHIONED WIGS,

\hTHE BIGWIGS AT WINDSOR WERE HAVING NONE OF IT.

Hoey: THE MASTER OF THE HOUSEHOLD

AT THAT TIME WAS FURIOUS.

HE SAID NO, THEY’VE BEEN HAVING IT FOR 300 YEARS.

WHY SHOULDN’T THEY HAVE IT NOW?

\hNarrator: PHILIP GREW INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED.

\hIN HIS WORLD, MEN BROUGHT HOME THE BACON AND LAID DOWN THE LAW.

Brendon: HE FELT, I THINK, \h\h\h\hTHAT HE HAD TO TRY

AND FORGE A ROLE FOR HIMSELF,

BUT THE COURTIERS WOULDN’T ALLOW HIM TO TAKE A PART.

\hTHEY WERE FEARFUL OF HIS INTERFERENCE.

THEY DIDN’T TRUST HIM.

HE WAS FRUSTRATED \hON EVERY COUNT.

♪

\h\h\hNarrator: THE FIRST MAJOR CONFLICT OF THE QUEEN’S MARRIAGE

AND HER NEW LIFE AT WINDSOR \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS BREWING.

WHEN HE MARRIED THE QUEEN,

PHILIP KNEW HE’D BE PLAYING \h\hSECOND FIDDLE IN PUBLIC,

\h\hWALKING TWO STEPS BEHIND HIS WIFE AT OFFICIAL EVENTS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT HE SOON FOUND IT WAS THE SAME IN PRIVATE, TOO.

EVEN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS \h\h\h\h\hOF WINDSOR CASTLE,

PHILIP HAD NO ROLE.

HE WAS BARRED FROM LOOKING \h\h\h\hAT OFFICIAL PAPERS

OR DISCUSSING MATTERS OF STATE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH THE QUEEN.

TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY,

IT WAS DECIDED PHILIP’S CHILDREN

WOULDN’T TAKE HIS FAMILY NAME, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBATTENBERG,

\h\h\h\hBUT INSTEAD, HIS WIFE’S, WINDSOR.

Eade: WHEN THIS NEWS HIT HIM,

IT CAME AS A VERY DISMAYING \hAND SHOCKING BLOW FOR HIM.

\hBrendon: HE FAMOUSLY SAID, "I’M JUST A BLOODY AMOEBA."

HE, HE DIDN’T SEEM \hTO HAVE A ROLE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: PHILIP’S JOB WAS TO MANAGE

THE QUEEN’S PRIVATE ESTATES.

BUT THIS ALPHA MALE \h\h\hWASN’T CONTENT

JUST TO BE ROYAL ARM CANDY.

PRINCE PHILIP WAS FRUSTRATED.

\hHE WAS THE MAN OF THE HOUSE WITH NO SAY IN HOW IT WAS RUN.

HE WAS THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY \h\hTHAT DIDN’T TAKE HIS NAME.

\h\h\h\h\hBORED AND RESENTFUL, PHILIP WAS BECOMING A PROBLEM,

\hAND ONLY THE QUEEN COULD HELP SOLVE IT.

\h\hHoey: THE QUEEN DECIDED THAT SHE WANTED TO GIVE PHILIP A JOB.

SHE--HE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING \h\hBECAUSE HE WAS FRUSTRATED

\hOBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL POSITION FOR A CONSORT,

FOR A MALE CONSORT IN THIS WAY.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: AND SHE FOUND THE SOLUTION

ON WINDSOR CASTLE’S DOORSTEP.

\h\h\h\h\h\hIN APRIL 1952, THE QUEEN APPOINTED PHILIP

TO THE ANCIENT TITLE OF RANGER \h\h\h\hOF WINDSOR GREAT PARK,

\h\h\hPUTTING HIM IN CHARGE OF 4,800 ACRES OF PARKLAND,

\h\h\h\h\hFARMLAND, GARDENS, GOLF COURSES, A RACECOURSE,

AND SEVERAL STATELY HOMES.

THE QUEEN HOPED WINDSOR’S \h\h\h\h\hVAST BACK GARDEN

WOULD KEEP PHILIP BUSY \h\h\h\h\h\hAND HAPPY.

\hIT DID, BUT NOT QUITE IN THE WAY SHE’D HOPED.

WHEN PRINCE PHILIP WAS APPOINTED RANGER OF WINDSOR GREAT PARK,

HE THREW HIMSELF INTO THE TASK.

\h\h\hHE INTRODUCED A HERD OF RED DEER,

PLANTED AVENUES OF TREES,

AND MADE WINDSOR’S FARMLAND \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPROFITABLE,

\h\h\hBUT THEN PHILIP DECIDED TO COMBINE BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE.

IN 1955, HE CONVERTED AN UNUSED AIRSTRIP IN WINDSOR GREAT PARK

\h\hINTO ONE OF THE FINEST POLO GROUNDS IN THE WORLD.

IT WAS HOME TO THE CLUB \h\h\h\hPHILIP FOUNDED,

\h\h\hTHE GUARD’S POLO CLUB, WITH HIMSELF AS STAR PLAYER.

Eade: HIS WIRY PHYSIQUE,

HIS EXCEPTIONAL EYE \h\h\hFOR THE BALL,

MEANT THAT HE SOON BECAME AN EXTREMELY GOOD PLAYER,

\hAND THE GAME BECAME ONE THE GREAT PASSIONS

OF HIS YOUNG LIFE.

\h\h\hNarrator: BUT THIS SEEMINGLY HARMLESS HOBBY

GOT PHILIP INTO NEW TROUBLE.

HE WAS SO KEEN ON THE SPORT,

HE WASN’T JUST PLAYING \h\h\h\h\hAT WINDSOR.

\h\hHE WAS TRAVELING ALL OVER THE WORLD.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBrendon: HE USED HIS OFFICIAL POSITION

\h\hTO MAKE THE COUNTRY PAY FOR HIS JAUNTS TO PLAY POLO,

AND THE TREASURY GOT VERY, \h\hVERY CROSS ABOUT THIS.

\h\hNarrator: PHILIP’S OBSESSION WITH POLO WAS KEEPING HIM BUSY,

BUT IT WAS TAKING ITS TOLL \h\h\h\h\hON HIS MARRIAGE.

BECAUSE ALTHOUGH PHILIP WAS THERE FOR THE SPORT,

WHERE THERE WERE POLO PLAYERS,

\hTHERE WERE PARTIES, CHAMPAGNE, AND WOMEN.

Richard Kay: WELL, THERE’S, THERE’S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING

ABOUT HORSES AND POLO WHICH EXCITE PASSIONS

IN, IN HUMAN BEINGS, TOO.

\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: IN 1956, AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN PAPERS

BEGAN PRINTING RUMORS

\hTHAT PRINCE PHILIP WAS HAVING AFFAIRS.

\h\h\h\h\hNO EVIDENCE HAS EVER BEEN PRODUCED

THAT PHILIP WAS UNFAITHFUL,

BUT HISTORIAN PIERS BRENDON

BELIEVES THE MARRIAGE \hWAS IN SOME TROUBLE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBrendon: IT SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY CLEAR

THAT THERE WAS A CERTAIN, UM, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBREAKDOWN.

\h\h\h\hTHERE WERE, OF COURSE, LOTS OF RUMORS OF INFIDELITY,

\h\h\hNONE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN STOOD UP.

BUT IT MUST BE SAID THAT PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH,

HAD LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES \h\h\h\h\h\hTO MISBEHAVE.

\hNarrator: THE QUEEN’S IDEA FOR HOW TO KEEP PHILIP BUSY

HAD SOMEWHAT BACKFIRED.

JUST FOUR YEARS INTO HER REIGN,

THE GLOSS WAS COMING \h\h\hOFF THE IMAGE

OF THE GLAMOROUS YOUNG COUPLE \h\h\h\h\h\hAT WINDSOR CASTLE.

Brendon: THERE WAS A SENSE \hTHAT HE WANTED TO ESCAPE

FROM THE PRISON HOUSE, REALLY, \h\hTHAT WINDSOR REPRESENTED.

\h\hNarrator: THE QUEEN NEEDED TO KEEP PHILIP OUT OF TROUBLE

AND OUT OF THE PAPERS,

SO, WITH HER ADVISORS,

SHE DECIDED TO KICK HER HUSBAND OUT OF THE CASTLE.

IN NOVEMBER 1956, PHILIP WAVED \hGOOD-BYE TO HIS YOUNG FAMILY

\h\hAND SET SAIL ON BOARD THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA.

HE HAD BEEN DISPATCHED \h\h\hACROSS THE GLOBE

ON A LENGTHY ROYAL MISSION

TO OPEN THE OLYMPIC GAMES \h\h\h\h\h\hIN AUSTRALIA.

THEN WHEN HE WAS READY \h\h\h\hTO COME BACK,

ANOTHER MISSION WAS HATCHED.

THE TRIP WAS EXTENDED \h\h\hAGAIN AND AGAIN.

PHILIP WOULDN’T SEE HIS FAMILY OR THE CASTLE FOR FOUR MONTHS.

Brendon: IT WAS ALL DOLLED UP \h\h\h\h\hAS OFFICIAL BUSINESS

\h\h\h\hOR EXPLORATION OR WORLD WILDLIFE FUND

OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENED TO BE.

Narrator: THE QUEEN HAD DEALT \h\h\hWITH HER PROBLEM HUSBAND

IN TRADITIONAL ROYAL FASHION.

\h\h\hSHE’D KEPT HIM AWAY FROM WINDSOR, AT LEAST FOR A WHILE.

\hBUT THERE WAS ANOTHER SENIOR ROYAL AT WINDSOR

WHO NEEDED CAREFUL HANDLING.

Catherine Mayer: THE QUEEN MOTHER

WAS VERY MUCH A MATRIARCH.

THE WARM AND CUDDLY IMAGE \hTHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD

IS NOT ENTIRELY ACCURATE AT ALL.

SHE WAS QUITE FEARSOME,

\h\h\h\h\hAND THEY WERE ALSO ALL SOMEWHAT IN AWE OF HER.

Narrator: WHEN THE QUEEN MOTHER WAS WIDOWED IN 1952,

AGED JUST 51,

PROTOCOL DICTATED SHE COULDN’T \h\h\hSTAY AT WINDSOR CASTLE.

BUT IT STILL TOOK A YEAR \h\hTO GET HER TO LEAVE.

\h\hBurrell: SHE WAS ACTUALLY PRIZED OUT OF WINDSOR CASTLE.

SHE DIDN’T WANT TO GO.

SHE WANTED TO STAY \h\hAT THE CASTLE.

\hNarrator: THIS GRANNY WASN’T READY TO RETIRE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR 16 YEARS WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS KING,

\hTHE QUEEN MOTHER HAD BEEN THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE,

AND SHE HAD NO INTENTION \h\h\h\h\hOF LETTING GO.

SO, IF THE QUEEN MOTHER COULDN’T LIVE IN THE SEAT OF POWER,

THE NEXT BEST THING WAS TO LIVE NEARBY.

LUCKILY, WINDSOR HAS ITS OWN GRANNY ANNEX IN THE GARDEN--

ROYAL LODGE.

\h\h\h\hChristopher Warwick: IT SITS IN ITS OWN GROUNDS,

\h\h\h\hEXTENSIVE GROUNDS, WITHIN WINDSOR GREAT PARK,

AND IT’S ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL.

Narrator: ROYAL LODGE IS THREE MILES SOUTH OF WINDSOR CASTLE

\h\h\h\hIN THE GROUNDS OF WINDSOR GREAT PARK,

\h\h\h\hCLOSE ENOUGH FOR THE QUEEN MOTHER

\h\h\hTO KEEP HER HAND ON THE REINS OF POWER.

Williams: AT 9:30 EVERY DAY,

THE QUEEN MOTHER WOULD TELEPHONE HER DAUGHTER

TO TELL HER WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS HER DUTIES FOR THE DAY,

WHAT SHE SHOULD DO,

\h\hSO THAT’S AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF POWER FOR THE DOWAGER QUEEN.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: AND AS A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER,

THE QUEEN PAID VERY REGULAR \h\h\h\hVISITS TO HER MOTHER

IN ROYAL LODGE.

Hoey: THE QUEEN USED TO \h\h\h\h\hNIP DOWN THERE

JUST BEFORE LUNCH ON A SUNDAY

AND HAVE A LITTLE APERITIF \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH HER.

\hNarrator: THE QUEEN MOTHER’S MOVE TO WINDSOR’S ROYAL LODGE

\h\h\h\h\hCOINCIDED WITH THE END OF THE OFFICIAL YEAR OF MOURNING

FOR HER LATE HUSBAND.

\hIT WAS TIME FOR HER TO BEGIN HER NEW LIFE.

Lady Colin Campbell: WHEN QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER,

RE-ENTERED PUBLIC LIFE,

SHE DID WITH A BANG,

WHERE EVERY OTHER DOWAGER QUEEN HAD DONE IT WITH A WHIMPER,

AND SHE CONTINUED BANGING \h\h\h\h\h\hTILL SHE DIED.

Williams: SO, THE QUEEN MOTHER \h\h\hBEGINS TO THROW PARTIES.

SHE COULDN’T, OF COURSE, \h\h\hDO THIS AS QUEEN.

\hAS QUEEN, YOU HAVE TO INVITE WHO THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU,

THE COURTIERS TELL YOU, \hYOU HAVE A GUEST LIST,

YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.

BUT NOW SHE CAN ALSO REALLY ENJOY HERSELF

AND HAVE THESE PARTIES.

SHE CAN INVITE WHOEVER SHE WANTS

\h\h\h\hAND SAY TO HERSELF, "WELL, I’M NO LONGER QUEEN,

BUT THIS HAS THE UPSIDE

THAT I CAN HAVE PARTIES \h\hWITH WHOEVER I LIKE,

\h\h\h\h\h\hSPEND MONEY," WHICH SHE SPENDS A LOT OF,

"SPEND MONEY, ENJOY MYSELF,"

AND THE MOST PRIVATE PLACE TO DO THIS, OF COURSE, IS ROYAL LODGE.

Narrator: AN INVITE TO ONE \h\hOF THE QUEEN MOTHER’S

WEEKEND PARTIES AT ROYAL LODGE \hWAS AN INVITATION TO EXCESS.

\h\h\h\hLiam Cullen-Brooks: THEY WOULD START COMING DOWN

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hABOUT 7:00, HALF PAST 7:00, FOR DRINKS.

\h\hTHEN HER MAJESTY WOULD COME THROUGH.

USUALLY SHE WOULD HAVE \h\hGIN AND DUBONNET.

QUITE A LOT OF GIN

AND SMALL AMOUNT OF DUBONNET \h\h\h\h\hAND ICE AND LEMON.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCampbell: SHE WAS NEVER KNOWN TO BE DRUNK,

BUT THERE WERE THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE SAID

THAT SHE ACTUALLY WAS NEVER EVER COMPLETELY SOBER, EITHER.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: CHAMPAGNE FLOWED FREELY.

\h\h\hTHERE WAS VINTAGE KRUG AT WELL OVER $300 A BOTTLE.

\h\hIT’S SAID THE QUEEN MOTHER BOUGHT SO MUCH VEUVE CLICQUOT,

\h\hSHE WAS THE COMPANY’S LARGEST PRIVATE CUSTOMER.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCullen-Brooks: AND THEN WE’D SERVE DINNER,

AND THAT WOULD USUALLY GO ON \h\h\h\h\h\hFOR A GOOD HOUR.

Brendon: AMAZING EXAMPLES \h\hOF EDWARDIAN GLUTTONY,

\hA HUGE BREAKFAST AND THEN ELEVENSES

AND THEN LUNCH AND THEN A HUGE \hTEA AND THEN A GREAT DINNER

\h\h\h\h\hAND FINALLY, SANDWICHES FOR SUPPER.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY.

\h\h\h\h\h\hUM, IT’S AMAZING THAT SHE SURVIVED TO BE 101.

\hNarrator: ENTERTAINING ON THIS SCALE WAS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE.

\hTHE QUEEN MOTHER’S INSATIABLE APPETITES CAME AT A HUGE PRICE.

ALONG WITH THE PARTIES, THERE WAS HAUTE COUTURE,

VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE, \hAND RACEHORSES,

NOT TO MENTION FOUR OTHER HOMES AND 100 PERMANENT STAFF.

WHEN SHE DIED AT ROYAL LODGE \hON THE 30th OF MARCH 2002,

THE QUEEN MOTHER WAS REPORTEDLY

SITTING ON A DEBT \h\hOF $8 MILLION.

\hDESPITE RECEIVING AN ANNUAL ALLOWANCE

OF OVER $1 MILLION IN TODAY’S MONEY,

SHE OVERSPENT IT EVERY YEAR, \hSOMETIMES SIX TIMES OVER.

AS LONG AS THE QUEEN MOTHER

INDULGED BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS OF ROYAL LODGE,

HER EXTRAVAGANCE REMAINED \h\h\h\hWINDSOR’S SECRET,

AND HER ELDEST DAUGHTER \h\h\h\h\h\h\hELIZABETH

COULD QUIETLY PAY OFF HER DEBTS.

BUT HER YOUNGEST DAUGHTER \h\h\h\hMARGARET’S SECRETS

WERE NOT SO EASY TO CONCEAL.

LIKE THE QUEEN MOTHER,

\h\h\h\h\hPRINCESS MARGARET HAD TO LEAVE WINDSOR CASTLE

WHEN HER SISTER, ELIZABETH, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hBECAME QUEEN.

\h\h\hSHE WAS GIVEN AN APARTMENT IN HER MUM’S HOUSE--ROYAL LODGE.

SHE NEEDED IT TO ESCAPE FROM THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF LONDON

\h\h\h\h\h\hBECAUSE MARGARET WAS THE ULTIMATE PARTY GIRL.

\h\hIN TOWN, HER LIFE WAS A WHIRLWIND OF NIGHTCLUBS,

COCKTAILS, CIGARETTES, AND MEN.

\h\h\hWarwick: PRINCESS MARGARET ALWAYS LOVED THE COMPANY OF MEN.

\h\h\h\h\hDON’T FORGET SHE WAS AN INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

Narrator: MARGARET’S PARTYING \hBEGAN TO EMBARRASS THE QUEEN

AND WORRIED HER ADVISORS.

Warwick: TOMMY LASCELLES,

WHO WAS PRIVATE SECRETARY \h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE QUEEN,

CONSIDERED PRINCESS MARGARET \h\h\h\h\h\hTO BE DANGEROUS,

DANGEROUS TO THE MONARCHY

BECAUSE SHE WAS A BIT \h\hOF A LOOSE CANNON.

\hNarrator: THE TRUTH WAS MARGARET WAS A LOST SOUL.

Williams: MARGARET’S LIFE \h\h\h\hIS VERY DIFFICULT.

ELIZABETH HAS HER OWN LIFE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSHE’S MARRIED. SHE’S A MOTHER. SHE’S BUSY.

\h\h\h\h\hSHE’S DOING A LOT OF ENGAGEMENTS.

\h\h\h\h\hMARGARET HAS A VERY DIFFERENT LIFE.

SHE’S LOOKING FOR A ROLE. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hSHE’S LOST.

\h\h\h\h\h\hSHE FEELS A BIT LIKE SHE’S IN A BLACK HOLE.

Narrator: BEHIND THE BIG SMILE, THE PRINCESS HAD A BROKEN HEART.

\h\hIN 1953, SHE’D BEEN ENGAGED TO GROUP CAPTAIN PETER TOWNSEND,

A DIVORCED FATHER OF TWO.

\h\hBUT MARGARET HAD BEEN TOLD SHE COULD ONLY MARRY TOWNSEND

IF SHE RENOUNCED HER TITLE \h\h\h\hAND ROYAL INCOME,

AND IN 1955, SHE MADE HER CHOICE AND BROKE OFF THE ENGAGEMENT.

\h\h\hTHERE WERE RUMORS THAT THE COUPLE HAD MADE A SECRET PACT--

\hIF THEY COULDN’T MARRY EACH OTHER,

THEY WOULDN’T MARRY ANYONE ELSE.

\h\h\h\hTHEN FOUR YEARS LATER, THERE WAS NEWS FROM TOWNSEND.

HE’D FALLEN IN LOVE AGAIN

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND WAS ENGAGED TO A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG BELGIAN WOMAN.

MARGARET MAY NO LONGER HAVE BEEN IN LOVE WITH TOWNSEND,

BUT SHE WAS STILL HURT \h\h\hAND HUMILIATED.

\h\h\h\hWITHIN HOURS OF HEARING THE NEWS,

SHE MADE A MOMENTOUS DECISION.

AND JUST THREE MONTHS LATER \h\h\h\h\hON MARCH 3, 1960,

\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE GROUNDS OF WINDSOR’S ROYAL LODGE,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMARGARET MADE HER OWN ANNOUNCEMENT.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnnouncer: PRINCESS MARGARET WALKING

WITH MR. ANTONY ARMSTRONG-JONES,

\hAND THEY’RE OBVIOUSLY AS HAPPY AS ANY ENGAGED COUPLE COULD BE.

Warwick: WHO?

\h\h\h\hYOU KNOW? NOBODY KNEW WHO TONY ARMSTRONG-JONES WAS.

EVEN THEIR CLOSEST FRIENDS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hHAD NO IDEA

THAT THEY WERE SEEING \h\h\h\h\hONE ANOTHER.

Announcer: HE’S 29, THE SAME AGE AS PRINCESS MARGARET.

HE WAS EDUCATED AT ETON \h\h\hAND AT CAMBRIDGE,

\h\hAND HE’S UNCONVENTIONAL, TALENTED, AND VERY POPULAR.

\hNarrator: TONY ARMSTRONG-JONES WAS A COOL SOCIETY PHOTOGRAPHER.

IN THE GRAND SALON \hAT ROYAL LODGE,

\h\hDURING A PHOTO SHOOT FOR HER OFFICIAL 29th BIRTHDAY PORTRAIT,

\hPRINCESS MARGARET HAD FALLEN FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S CHARMS.

\h\h\h\h\h\hAnne de Courcy: WHEN HE TOOK HER PHOTOGRAPH,

\h\h\h\h\hWHEN HE TOOK ANYBODY’S PHOTOGRAPH,

HE TOLD THEM WHAT TO DO,

AND I THINK THIS WAS POSSIBLY QUITE NOVEL FOR THE PRINCESS.

Narrator: THERE WAS A POWERFUL \h\h\h\hSPARK BETWEEN THE TWO.

THEY WERE BOTH GLAMOROUS, \h\h\hPARTY-LOVING PEOPLE.

THIS LOOKED TO BE A GENUINE \h\hAND PASSIONATE ROMANCE.

THE PRINCESS, IT SEEMED, \h\h\h\h\hWAS MOVING ON.

[APPLAUSE]

ON THE 6th OF MAY 1960,

SHE MARRIED TONY ARMSTRONG-JONES IN A LAVISH STATE WEDDING.

THE PUBLIC LAPPED IT UP.

150,000 PEOPLE LINED THE ROUTE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h300 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WATCHED ON TV.

\h\h\h\hDe Courcy: THE WEDDING OF PRINCESS MARGARET AND TONY

WAS THE FIRST TELEVISED WEDDING,

AND IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

THERE WAS A SORT OF COLLECTIVE \h\h\h\h"AHH" FROM THE NATION.

\hNarrator: ANY GRUMBLING ABOUT MARGARET’S LIFESTYLE

WAS SILENCED, FOR NOW.

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\hBACK AT WINDSOR, THINGS WERE ALSO LOOKING UP.

SOMEHOW, SOMEWHERE ON ONE OF HIS OVERSEAS TRIPS IN THE FIFTIES,

\h\h\hPHILIP HAD COME TO TERMS WITH THE HAND HE’D BEEN DEALT.

\h\hAND AS IF TO PROVE IT, WITH THE ARRIVAL OF TWO NEW PRINCES,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hANDREW IN 1960 AND EDWARD FOUR YEARS LATER,

\hTHE QUEEN FINALLY HAD THE LARGE FAMILY

THAT SHE’D HOPED WOULD ONE DAY \h\h\h\h\hFILL WINDSOR CASTLE.

COCOONED INSIDE THE CASTLE \h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE 1950s,

THE ROYAL FAMILY WERE FREE \h\hTO DO AS THEY PLEASED.

BUT AS THE FIFTIES MADE WAY \h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE SIXTIES,

THIS SPLENDID ISOLATION MEANT \h\hTHAT THEY WERE OUT OF STEP

\h\h\h\hWITH THE WORLD OUTSIDE, A WORLD THAT WAS CHANGING FAST.

♪

Kay: I MEAN, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SWINGING SIXTIES.

\h\h\hTHE HIPPIE ERA WAS STILL GOING ON.

EVERYONE HAD LONG HAIR.

BUT THEY WERE THIS EXTRAORDINARY NUCLEAR ROYAL FAMILY

WITH THEIR SHORT BACK AND SIDES, THEIR TAILORED CLOTHES.

THEY WERE AN UTTER THROWBACK.

Narrator: INSIDE WINDSOR CASTLE, SERVANTS SCRAPED AND BOWED,

\hWHILE OUTSIDE, PROTESTORS CAMPAIGNED FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.

INSIDE THERE WAS CHINTZ,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDUBONNET, AND POLITE CONVERSATION.

OUTSIDE FOR SOME, THERE WAS FREE LOVE, DRUGS, AND ROCK AND ROLL.

TO A NEW GENERATION,

\h\hTHE ROYAL FAMILY SEEMED EMBARRASSING AND EXPENSIVE.

\h\h\hCampbell: OBVIOUSLY, THE CHANGES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE

IN SOCIETY GENERALLY

IMPACTED UPON THE WINDSORS, \h\hAND THERE WAS THE DOUBT

THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE \h\hTO REMAIN RELEVANT.

Brendon: THE MONARCHY WAS UNDER THREAT IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS.

\hNarrator: AS THE GULF BETWEEN THE ROYAL FAMILY

AND THE PUBLIC GREW,

THE COST OF THE MONARCHY BECAME AN ISSUE, RAISED IN PARLIAMENT.

\h\h\h\h\hTHEIR ANNUAL GRANT HADN’T INCREASED FOR YEARS,

\h\h\hBUT RATHER THAN RISK AN INCREASE BEING REFUSED,

\h\h\h\h\hTHE QUEEN DIPPED INTO HER PERSONAL FORTUNE.

BUT THAT JUST LED TO SPECULATION ABOUT HOW RICH SHE WAS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDe Courcy: I THINK THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CRITICISM

OF THE MONARCHY IN THE FIFTIES.

I THINK IN THE SIXTIES, THERE WAS A FEELING OF IRREVERENCE,

\hNO HOLDS BARRED, AND PEOPLE COULD START CRITICIZING THEM.

THERE WAS THIS VERY CONVENIENT \h\h\hPUNCH BAG, IF YOU LIKE,

\h\h\hTHAT COULDN’T ANSWER BACK, AND PEOPLE BEGAN TO ATTACK THEM.

\h\hNarrator: FOR THE QUEEN, THESE WERE DIFFICULT TIMES.

\hNO KING OR QUEEN IS INDISPENSABLE.

AND IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT,

WINDSOR CASTLE CONTAINS \hA PERMANENT REMINDER.

THE STATE APARTMENTS \hIN THE UPPER WARD,

TODAY THEY HOST STATE FUNCTIONS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h400 YEARS AGO, THEY WERE A PRISON FOR A KING.

DURING THE BRITISH CIVIL WAR \h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE 1640s,

CHARLES I CLASHED

\h\h\h\hWITH OLIVER CROMWELL’S PARLIAMENTARY FORCES AND LOST.

IN 1648, HE WAS IMPRISONED \h\h\h\hIN WINDSOR CASTLE.

\h\h\h\h\h\hAnna Whitelock: THIS WAS TURNING, YOU KNOW,

THE NATURAL ORDER ON ITS HEAD,

\h\hTHAT THE PALACE OF THE KING WAS NOW THE PRISON OF THE KING.

\h\hNarrator: CHARLES I WAS TRIED AND BEHEADED.

HIS BODY, AND HEAD, WERE BURIED IN ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL, WINDSOR.

\h\hWhitelock: CHARLES I, OF COURSE, IN SOME SENSE,

IS THE ULTIMATE TEST IN CASE

\h\hOF WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET IT WRONG.

\h\hNOW, I DON’T THINK ANYONE’S SUGGESTING THAT ANY MONARCH NOW

\h\h\hWOULD FIND THEMSELVES WITH THEIR HEAD CHOPPED OFF,

\h\hHOWEVER IT DOES SHOW HOW YOU HAVE TO RIDE A VERY FINE BALANCE

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBETWEEN LEADING AND OBVIOUSLY BEING THE MONARCH

AND COMMANDING RESPECT \hBUT ALSO PAYING HEED

\h\h\h\h\h\hTO PARLIAMENT AND TO THE PEOPLE’S WILL.

♪

Narrator: IN THE 1960s,

\h\h\h\hTHE QUEEN WASN’T ABOUT TO LOSE HER HEAD,

BUT THE QUEEN’S ADVISORS \hFEARED SHE MIGHT LOSE

\hTHE PUBLIC’S SUPPORT AND TAXPAYERS’ FUNDING

\h\hIF THE GROWING UNEASE WASN’T NIPPED IN THE BUD,

SO THEY CAME UP WITH A PLAN.

THEY WOULD SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT THE QUEEN WASN’T OUT OF TOUCH.

IN FACT, SHE WAS JUST LIKE THEM.

Brendon: I THINK THE PEOPLE \hROUND THE MONARCH, REALLY,

\h\h\h\h\hUM, FELT THAT THE, THE QUEEN MUST BE PRESENTED

IN A SYMPATHETIC, A HUMAN WAY.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE PLAN WAS A HUGE RISK.

\h\h\hA DOCUMENTARY WOULD SHOW THE WORLD

\hTHE QUEEN AND HER FAMILY AS THEY’D NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE.

Kay: RATHER THAN JUST DOING \h\h\h\h\hA DUTIFUL PORTRAIT

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF HOW THEY GO ABOUT THEIR, THEIR FUNCTIONS,

IT WAS DECIDED THAT IT SHOULD BE MUCH MORE INCLUSIVE,

AND A SIDE OF FAMILY LIFE SHOULD BE SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Narrator: FOR 18 MONTHS,

\h\hTHE ROYAL FAMILY ALLOWED A CAMERA CREW TO FOLLOW THEM

\h\h\hAS THEY WENT ABOUT THEIR EVERYDAY BUSINESS

\h\hAT WINDSOR CASTLE AND THEIR OTHER HOMES.

IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY INSIGHT INTO THEIR PRIVATE WORLD.

\hSO, WHEN THE QUEEN WATCHED THE FILM FOR THE FIRST TIME,

\hIT WAS A TENSE MOMENT FOR THE FILM’S EDITOR, MICHAEL BRADSELL.

Michael Bradsell: WE WERE ALL \h\h\h\h\hA LITTLE BIT NERVOUS

OF SHOWING IT TO THE QUEEN

\h\hBECAUSE WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE WOULD MAKE OF IT.

SHE WAS A LITTLE CRITICAL \h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE FILM

\h\h\h\h\hIN THE SENSE THAT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO LONG,

BUT DICK CAWSTON, THE DIRECTOR,

PERSUADED HER THAT TWO HOURS WAS NOT A MINUTE TOO LONG.

\h\hNarrator: A FEW CLIPS WERE RELEASED FOR PREVIEW

\h\h\hBEFORE THE BROADCAST, BUT ONLY IN BLACK AND WHITE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPrince: MUMMY, MAY I HAVE MY PUPPY?

\h\h\h\h\h\hQueen Elizabeth: WELL, WE’LL SEE IF SHE’S...

ALLOWED OUT IN THE SNOW.

HERE WE ARE.

Princess Anne: JUMP!

COME ON! COME ON!

COME ON.

Prince: THIS IS MY, \h\hTHIS IS MY ONE.

Queen Elizabeth: LOOK HOW BIG \h\hHE IS, AND THOSE BIG PAWS.

Princess Anne: HE’S A LOVELY \h\h\h\hBIG TUBBY LAB, THIS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THEN, ON THE 21st OF JUNE 1969,

\h\h\h\hTHE BBC BROADCAST THE HISTORIC DOCUMENTARY.

\h\h\h37 MILLION VIEWERS WERE GLUED TO THEIR TVs

\h\h\h\h\h\hAS THEY WATCHED THE ROYAL FAMILY EAT MEALS,

\h\h\h\h\hSHARE FAMILY MEMORIES, AND WATCH THEIR OWN TELEVISION.

\h\h\h\hIT WAS A RATINGS SMASH, AND A PUBLIC RELATIONS TRIUMPH.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPUBLIC SUPPORT SWUNG BACK BEHIND THE ROYALS.

Kay: IT WAS AN UTTER DELIGHT, \h\h\h\h\hAND WE ALL LOVED IT.

THE WORLD LOVED IT.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: AND THE ROYAL FAMILY HATED IT.

\hAN ORDER WAS ISSUED FROM WINDSOR CASTLE--

THE FILM MUST NEVER \h\hBE SHOWN AGAIN.

Brendon: THE QUEEN SPECIFIED \hTHAT IT WAS HER COPYRIGHT,

\hAND AS A RESULT, SHE HAD COMPLETE CONTROL OVER IT,

AND TELEVISION COMPANIES HAVE TRIED DOWN THE AGES

\h\h\h\h\hTO BE ALLOWED TO SHOW SNIPPETS OF IT,

AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS SAID NO.

Narrator: 90 SECONDS OF THE FILM WERE RELEASED IN 2011

FOR AN EXHIBITION TO COMMEMORATE THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE.

THIS FOOTAGE FOUND ITS WAY \h\h\h\h\h\hONTO YOUTUBE,

\h\h\h\h\h\hWHERE BY 2017, IT HAD OVER 400,000 VIEWS.

THE REST, TOGETHER WITH HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF UNSEEN FOOTAGE,

HAS BEEN LOCKED AWAY SINCE 1969.

IT HASN’T BEEN SEEN \hFOR OVER 40 YEARS

AND MAY NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBradsell: I REALLY CANNOT UNDERSTAND

WHY THE FILM HAS BEEN SHELVED.

IN A WAY, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE,

\h\h\hUH, GREATER VALUE THAN IT DID AT THE TIME

\h\h\h\h\h\hBECAUSE OF, WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME

AND THE PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCHANGE.

I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND IT.

Brendon: THE QUEEN’S SPECIALIZE IS IN BEING ALOOF.

SHE HAS GOT TO BE THIS SORT \h\h\h\h\hOF MAGICAL PERSON,

BUT SHE’S ALSO GOT TO BE ABLE \hTO IDENTIFY WITH THE PEOPLE

OR HAVE THEM IDENTIFY WITH HER, AND THE "ROYAL FAMILY" FILM

\hHAD LET TOO MUCH DAYLIGHT INTO THE MAGIC OF MONARCHY.

SHE’D BECOME TOO HUMAN.

\h\h\hNarrator: THE QUEEN AND HER ADVISORS REALIZED

THAT BEING TOO NORMAL

\h\h\h\hWAS AS DANGEROUS AS BEING TOO DIFFERENT.

Brendon: AND THEREFORE, I THINK WHAT YOU’VE GOT

IS A RETREAT BEHIND THE MASSIVE WALLS OF WINDSOR CASTLE.

Narrator: AS THE QUEEN \h\hAT WINDSOR CASTLE,

\hELIZABETH II HAD SPENT MUCH OF THE FIRST 20 YEARS OF HER REIGN

TRYING TO MANAGE HER DEMANDING \h\hFAMILY IN DIFFICULT TIMES.

THEN, AT THE DAWN OF THE SEVENTIES,

A GHOST FROM THE FAMILY PAST \h\h\h\hRETURNED TO WINDSOR,

A GHOST WHO WOULD \hFORCE THE QUEEN

TO CONFRONT PAINFUL MEMORIES \h\h\h\h\hAND DARK SECRETS.

IN 1972, AGAINST THE SPECTACULAR BACKDROP OF ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL,

THE QUEEN’S ESTRANGED UNCLE RETURNED TO WINDSOR CASTLE.

HE WOULD CAUSE NO MORE TROUBLE.

\h\hAS KING EDWARD VIII, HE HAD SHAMED THE GOOD NAME OF WINDSOR

AND BROUGHT THE MONARCHY \h\h\h\h\hTO ITS KNEES.

\hTHREE MONTHS EARLIER, 300 MILES FROM WINDSOR,

IN A PARISIAN TOWNHOUSE,

THE FORMER KING OF ENGLAND \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLAY DYING.

\hIN 1936, EDWARD VIII HAD GIVEN UP HIS CROWN

TO MARRY THE WOMAN HE LOVED,

AND MANY OF HIS FAMILY HATED, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hWALLIS SIMPSON.

\h\h\h\h\h\hWarwick: YOU SEE, THE THING ABOUT WALLIS SIMPSON

WAS THAT SHE WAS AMERICAN.

SHE WAS DIVORCED.

THE TWO ALMOST WENT HAND IN HAND AS SCANDAL.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: BUT EDWARD WAS BESOTTED,

AND IN DECEMBER 1936,

HE ABDICATED HIS THRONE IN ORDER TO MARRY WALLIS SIMPSON.

HE’D BEEN KING FOR JUST 327 DAYS WHEN HE LEFT WINDSOR CASTLE.

[CLANG]

THE QUEEN’S FATHER RELUCTANTLY \h\h\h\hSTEPPED INTO HIS SHOES

TO BECOME KING GEORGE VI.

EDWARD AND WALLIS SIMPSON BECAME THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR

\h\hAND LEFT BRITAIN FOR A LIFE IN EXILE.

Brendon: IT WAS SIGNIFICANT, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF COURSE,

THAT HE TOOK THE TITLE WINDSOR.

IT INVESTED HIM WITH DIGNITY,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH PERHAPS HE DIDN’T ACTUALLY DESERVE.

\hNarrator: IN EXILE IN FRANCE, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS PILED SHAME

ON THE GOOD NAME OF WINDSOR.

THERE WERE LAVISH PARTIES AND HOLIDAYS, EXTRAVAGANT JEWELRY,

AND LIKE SOME OTHER ARISTOCRATS OF THE TIME,

\hDISTURBING SIGNS OF NAZI SYMPATHY.

\h\h\h\hTHE ROYAL FAMILY RESPONDED WITH SILENCE.

\hBrendon: THE DUKE OF WINDSOR WAS OSTRACIZED UNTIL THE END.

\h\h\h\h\h\hHE BECAME, IN THE DUCHESS’ WORDS,

"THE WORLD’S NUMBER ONE \h\h\h\h\hFORGOTTEN MAN"

BECAUSE ALL THE NEWSPAPERS,

THE NEWSREELS, THE RADIO, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVERYTHING,

\h\h\h\hJUST CLAMPED DOWN AND WERE SILENT ABOUT HIM.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY DIDN’T, THEY DIDN’T CRITICIZE HIM.

\h\h\hTHEY JUST WIPED HIM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

Narrator: BUT WHETHER THE ROYAL FAMILY LIKED IT OR NOT,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hROYAL BLOOD RAN THROUGH THE DUKE’S VEINS.

HE WOULD ALWAYS BE ONE OF THEM,

\h\h\h\h\hAND THAT MEANT THAT WHEN THE TIME CAME,

\h\h\h\hHE HAD THE RIGHT TO BE BURIED AT WINDSOR.

Andrew Morton: THERE HAD BEEN \h\h\hALL KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS

ABOUT WHERE THE DUKE OF WINDSOR SHOULD BE BURIED.

\h\h\h\h\h\hHE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE WANTED TO BE BURIED

\h\h\h\h\h\hINSIDE THE GROUNDS OF WINDSOR CASTLE AT FROGMORE,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH IS THE PRIVATE BURIAL GROUND

FOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.

Narrator: DESPITE HIS BETRAYAL \h\h\h\hOF HIS ROYAL HERITAGE,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE QUEEN, AND MORE SO FOR HER MOTHER,

THE REAL PROBLEM WASN’T THE DUKE,

\h\h\h\hIT WAS HIS WIFE, THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR,

A WOMAN THE QUEEN MOTHER \h\h\h\h\hONCE DESCRIBED

AS THE LOWEST OF THE LOW.

Brendon: THE QUEEN MOTHER \h\h\h\hBLAMED THE DUCHESS

FOR HER HUSBAND’S EARLY DEATH.

SHE THOUGHT THAT THE KINGSHIP

\hHAD BEEN THRUST UPON POOR BERTIE,

WHO WASN’T FIT FOR IT,

AND IT HELPED TO CAUSE \hHIS PREMATURE DEATH.

Narrator: WHEN THE DUKE DIED \h\hON THE 28th OF MAY 1972,

\h\h\h\h\h\hTHERE WAS NO DOUBT HE WOULD BE BURIED AT WINDSOR,

BUT IT FELL TO THE QUEEN

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO DECIDE WHO SHOULD ATTEND HIS FUNERAL.

\h\h\h\hON THE 4th OF JUNE, THE DAY BEFORE THE FUNERAL,

\h\h\h\hA PLANE FROM PARIS TOUCHED DOWN AT HEATHROW.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON BOARD WAS THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR.

\h\h\hTHE ROYAL FAMILY HAD PUT THEIR PERSONAL FEELINGS ASIDE

\hTO INVITE THE WOMAN THEY’D IGNORED FOR HALF A CENTURY.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMorton: IN A WAY, THE IRONY IS THAT FOR 50 YEARS,

\h\hTHE ROYAL FAMILY HAD BEEN IMPLACABLE

AGAINST NEVER MEETING \h\h\hWALLIS SIMPSON,

\h\h\h\h\hAND THEN IN DEATH, THEY SLYLY OPEN THEIR ARMS.

Brendon: WHEN IT CAME TO, \h\h\h\hTO HIS, HIS DEATH,

THERE WAS A SLIGHT DEFROSTING \h\hOF THE, OF THE ROYAL FEUD,

WHICH HAD BEEN GOING ON, REALLY, EVER SINCE 1935.

Narrator: BUT THE RECONCILIATION WAS ONLY PARTIAL.

ON THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FUNERAL,

\h\hTHE DUCHESS FOUND HERSELF LODGING AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h20 MILES AWAY FROM THE QUEEN’S REAL HOME.

Morton: THE FACT THAT SHE STAYS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE

IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT

BECAUSE WINDSOR CASTLE IS ALWAYS TREATED AS THE FAMILY HOME,

\h\h\h\h\hEVEN THOUGH IT’S A GREAT FORTRESS.

\h\h\h\hBUCKINGHAM PALACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE OFFICE BLOCK,

\hTHE PLACE WHERE YOU PUT VISITING HEADS OF STATES,

\h\h\h\hAND SHE WAS TREATED WITH THAT KIND OF DISTANCE.

Narrator: AFTER THE SERVICE, CAMERAS CAPTURED THE MOMENT

\h\h\h\hTHE QUEEN MOTHER SPOKE TO THE FRAIL-LOOKING DUCHESS.

Brendon: SO, THAT WHEN THEY CAME TOGETHER IN THAT FAMOUS SCENE,

THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A BRIEF \hFORMAL, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,

BUT IT DIDN’T REALLY AMOUNT \h\h\h\h\hTO, TO VERY MUCH.

Morton: THEY JUST LOOKED AT HER, YOU KNOW, LIKE A BAD SMELL

AND SAID, OKAY, WE’LL GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN GOOD-BYE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: WHILE A GHOST FROM THE PAST

\h\h\h\hWAS LAID TO REST IN ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL,

\h\hON THE OTHER SIDE OF WINDSOR GREAT PARK,

THE NEXT GENERATION OF ROYALS \hSTEPPED INTO THE SPOTLIGHT.

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\h\h\hIN 1972, PRINCE CHARLES WAS 24 AND PRINCESS ANNE, 22.

THEY WERE GOOD-LOOKING, \h\hRICH, AND ELIGIBLE.

Kay: IN CHARLES, AND INDEED \h\hHIS YOUNGER SISTER ANNE,

\hWE HAD TWO BRIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SUDDENLY BECAME INTERESTING

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE WORLD AND CERTAINLY TO THE PRESS.

\hNarrator: THEIR MOTHER AND THEIR AUNT MARGARET

\h\h\h\h\hHAD BOTH CONDUCTED THEIR FIRST SERIOUS ROMANCES

AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF WINDSOR.

NOW ON THE WINDSOR POLO GROUND

THEIR FATHER HAD CREATED \h\h\h20 YEARS EARLIER,

A TANGLED ROMANTIC WEB \h\h\hWAS BEING WOVEN.

\h\h\hIT WOULD CHANGE NOT JUST THEIR LIVES,

BUT THE COURSE OF HISTORY.

\h\h\hANDREW PARKER BOWLES WAS A GOOD-LOOKING SOLDIER

AND STAR POLO PLAYER.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1970, HE CAUGHT PRINCESS ANNE’S EYE,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THE TWO BEGAN A PASSIONATE ROMANCE.

BUT IT WAS COMPLICATED

BECAUSE ANDREW PARKER BOWLES \hHAD AN ON-OFF GIRLFRIEND,

\hA FEISTY SECRETARY NAMED CAMILLA SHAND.

\h\h\h\hAND NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY HER BOYFRIEND DATING A PRINCESS,

CAMILLA SET HER SIGHTS \h\h\h\hON THE PRINCE.

Hoey: HE’D BEEN PLAYING \h\h\h\hIN A POLO MATCH,

AND HE WAS ALL HOT AND SWEATY \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND REALLY IN--

HAD BEEN ENJOYING HIMSELF \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hANYWAY,

\h\h\h\hAND SHE WENT UP AND INTRODUCED HERSELF,

TAPPED HIM ON THE SHOULDER.

IT’S SAID, SHE SAID TO HIM,

\h\h"SIR, MY GREAT-GREAT- GRANDMOTHER, ALICE KEPPEL

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS YOUR GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER

EDWARD VII’S MISTRESS. \h\h\h\hHOW ABOUT IT?"

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: IN THE PICTURESQUE SURROUNDINGS

OF WINDSOR GREAT PARK,

\hAGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A FAIRYTALE CASTLE,

THE HEIR TO THE THRONE \h\h\h\h\hWAS SMITTEN,

BUT MARRIAGE TO CAMILLA WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION.

Mayer: SHE WAS NOT CONSIDERED \h\h\h\hTO BE THE RIGHT TYPE,

IN THIS LUDICROUSLY NARROW VIEW

OF WHAT KIND OF WOMAN \h\h\hHE SHOULD MARRY.

Kay: TOO RACY. TOO RACY. \h\hHER BACKGROUND, UM,

\hSHE’D HAD A GOOD, FUN EARLY TWENTIES.

IN TERMS OF, UM, A CONSORT,

\h\h\hSHE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEEMED TO HAVE HAD TOO MUCH OF A PAST.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: AND ANNE’S RELATIONSHIP

\hWITH ANDREW PARKER BOWLES WAS DOOMED FROM THE OUTSET.

Campbell: THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF THE FACT

THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH

\h\h\h\h\h\hPRINCESS ANNE LIKED ANDREW PARKER BOWLES

BECAUSE HE WAS A ROMAN CATHOLIC, UNLESS HE CHANGED HIS RELIGION,

THERE WAS NO PROSPECT \hOF HIM MARRYING HER,

SO THAT WAS IT.

Narrator: ANNE DUTIFULLY \h\hENDED THEIR AFFAIR.

\h\hCHARLES ALSO DID AS HE WAS EXPECTED.

HE JOINED THE NAVY AND LEFT WINDSOR,

AND CAMILLA, IN DECEMBER 1972.

\h\h\h\hANDREW PARKER BOWLES AND CAMILLA SHAND WERE FREE

TO REKINDLE THEIR ROMANCE.

THEY MARRIED EIGHT MONTHS LATER.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMayer: CHARLES, KNOWING ABOUT THIS, DID NOTHING

TO ATTEMPT TO INTERVENE AND STOP THAT MARRIAGE.

\h\h\hHE WOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN AT THAT STAGE THAT SHE WAS,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU KNOW, CLEARLY THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE.

Narrator: CHARLES PUT TRADITION AND DUTY FIRST

AND LET CAMILLA GO.

HIS DECISION WOULD HAVE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES.

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DURING 20 TURBULENT YEARS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT WINDSOR,

\h\h\h\hTHE QUEEN DEFUSED ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER.

BUT THE NEXT GENERATION’S \h\h\h\h\hDECISION TO PUT

\hTHEIR ROYAL RESPONSIBILITIES BEFORE THEIR PERSONAL FEELINGS

WAS LIKE A TIME BOMB TICKING

BENEATH THE WALLS OF WINDSOR CASTLE.

EVENTUALLY, IT WOULD EXPLODE.