13 May 2020
Lucy Worsley's Royal Photo Album
Lucy Worsley tells the story of the royal photograph, showing how the royal family worked with generations of photographers to create images that reinvented the British monarchy.
A Queen Is Crowned
A lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953.
Top Billed Cast
Laurence Olivier Narrator
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Self
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Self
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Self
Princess Margaret Self
King Charles III of the United Kingdom Self
Anne, Princess Royal Self
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Self
Louis Mountbatten Self
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Self
Winston Churchill Self
Jawaharlal Nehru Self
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