U.K. broadcaster ITV has commissioned a documentary exploring how Queen Elizabeth II’s experiences during World War II shaped her monarchy.
Produced by the BBC Studios Documentary Unit, the one-hour documentary, entitled “Our Queen At War,” tells the story of how the war transformed a teenage princess into the country’s longest-reigning monarch.
The Queen recently remarked on her wartime experience in an address to the U.K. — only the fifth such address in her 68-year reign — when she recalled a radio broadcast made at Windsor in 1940 with her younger sister, Princess Margaret. “We, as children, spoke from here at Windsor to children who had been evacuated from their homes and sent away for their own safety,” she said during the April 5 broadcast.
The ITV doc further chronicles how, from meeting the man she would later marry, Philip Mountbatten, at the age of 13, to the demands of making a radio broadcast to the Empire,...
Produced by the BBC Studios Documentary Unit, the one-hour documentary, entitled “Our Queen At War,” tells the story of how the war transformed a teenage princess into the country’s longest-reigning monarch.
The Queen recently remarked on her wartime experience in an address to the U.K. — only the fifth such address in her 68-year reign — when she recalled a radio broadcast made at Windsor in 1940 with her younger sister, Princess Margaret. “We, as children, spoke from here at Windsor to children who had been evacuated from their homes and sent away for their own safety,” she said during the April 5 broadcast.
The ITV doc further chronicles how, from meeting the man she would later marry, Philip Mountbatten, at the age of 13, to the demands of making a radio broadcast to the Empire,...
- 4/14/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
ITV has commissioned BBC Studios to make a 60-minute film on Queen Elizabeth II’s experience of World War II.
Our Queen At War will delve into rare archive material and feature expert interviews as it explores how the Queen came of age during what she called “the terrible and glorious years of World War Two.”
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Princess Elizabeth ascended to the throne seven years after World War II in 1952, but was prepared for the position as conflict raged. It was during this time she made her first broadcast to the nation with her sister Princess Margaret.
The Queen alluded to this 1940 broadcast in her recent address on the coronavirus crisis.
Our Queen At War will delve into rare archive material and feature expert interviews as it explores how the Queen came of age during what she called “the terrible and glorious years of World War Two.”
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Princess Elizabeth ascended to the throne seven years after World War II in 1952, but was prepared for the position as conflict raged. It was during this time she made her first broadcast to the nation with her sister Princess Margaret.
The Queen alluded to this 1940 broadcast in her recent address on the coronavirus crisis.
- 4/14/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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