Queen Elizabeth II: New BBC film reveals her teenage years

Created: 05/09/2022 10:51 am

By: Annemarie Goebbel

Just in time for Queen Elizabeth II's upcoming throne jubilee in June, a documentary will be released, which for the first time was also shot from the royal family's private home videos.

Windsor – The newly engaged Queen Elizabeth II (96) smiles happily while looking at her brand new engagement ring on her finger.

Just one scene out of hundreds from the royal archives given special access to the BBC for a 75 minute documentary.

Queen Elizabeth II: New BBC film reveals her teenage years

Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen is the promising title of the documentary that, according to the BBC's announcement, chronicles Queen Elizabeth's life as a princess through her own eyes and words.

It will premiere footage of the Queen's life from the time she was pushed in a pram by her mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (101, † 2002) to her coronation in 1953 at the age of 27.

Queen Elizabeth beams at her engagement ring.

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As a special highlight, the makers revealed that the first longer visit of Prince Philips (99, † 2021) to Balmoral will be in 1946, when the couple's engagement had not yet been announced.

This was announced on July 9, 1947, so viewers can get an idea of ​​the two youngsters in the first phase of falling in love.

The couple later married in November 1947 and were married for 73 years before the Duke of Edinburgh died in April last year, just months before his 100th birthday.

Queen Elizabeth II: The Royal Archives house special treasures

It also shows Princess Elizabeth as a young mother, as well as Prince Charles (73) and Princess Anne (71) spending time with their grandparents, the King and Queen.

As a special treasure, the recording of the last visit of King George VI.

to be referred to Balmoral in 1951.

The Regent's beloved father died at the age of only 56 in February 1952.

Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her jubilee at the beginning of June.

The BBC documentary shows her in her younger days (icon image).

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BBC studios viewed more than 400 rolls of film privately held in the royal collection in the vaults of the British Film Institute (BFI) and discovered lost newsreels gifted to the Queen and behind-the-scenes footage of state events.

The filmmakers also listened to three hundred speeches by the regent from 80 years on the hunt for pearls in the history of the exceptional monarch.

Claire Popplewell, Creative Director at BBC Studio Events Productions, is very grateful that the Queen had the confidence in the channel to present parts of her life.

"Being able to draw on the self-recorded history of a young Princess Elizabeth and her extended family is at the heart of this film."

The documentary will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on May 29th.