The Queen has made some surprise comments about unseen family photos that were used in Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen
May 26, 2022 - 22:01 BST Emily Nash The Queen has opened up about intimate, previously unseen footage of her family, saying that it might leave the younger generation"surprised that you too were young once."Her Majesty recorded an introduction to a unique and poignant documentary about her life, which shows"the fun behind the formality", using footage taken from more than 400 reels of home movies from her private archive.
Then as the screen shows images of her with her own husband Prince Philip and their children, she adds:"And when it was our turn with our own family, we did the same. I always enjoyed capturing family moments.READ: The Queen and Princess Margaret - the big difference between their grandchildren The 75-minute BBC programme, Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen, shows her from the age of just a few months old in 1926, up to the time of her 1953 Coronation and captures the affectionate and loving family life she enjoyed with her parents and Princess Margaret, as well as her own family life with Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. It uses the Queen's own voice, taken from more than 60 of her speeches, to tell her story.
There is footage of the Queen’s uncle, later King Edward VIII, playing bagpipes and larking about with his young nieces and brother at Balmoral. The film also shows the young Prince Philip at Balmoral after his engagement to Princess Elizabeth, but before it had been announced to the world.
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