with scandal swirling around her sister margaret, threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power. sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. february 1952. elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days following the death of her father, king george vi. shortly after the king s death, lord mountbatten holds a dinner at his house in hampshire. lord louie mountbatten played a key role in the young life of his nephew philip. when philip is a child, they flee to exile and really his father has no time for him. louie mountbatten takes over as prince philip s guardian. he sees him as his son. he already had dynastic ambitions for philip. he was like some of medieval character plotting the advance of his own dynasty. lord mountbatten makes a radical pronouncement. the house of windsor should take philip s name. mountbatten asks everyone present to raise a glass to house of mountbatten. in this they are saying the house of windsor is dead. the hou
ability the queen and are treated like movie stars. margaret is the first world celebrity ppc and elizabeth taylor the two most photographe woman in the world. did touchdown incent wrisco. and the best good to go of them was that in iran the famous san francisco cable cars. every newsreel, newspaper an tv company people were running alongsid their cars just trying to get a glimpse of something. misses margaret s next-stop is at the epicenter of fame and glamour colyn hollywood ppc and 20 toward the middle movie studios. hollywood maybe the city where dreams are made but doesn t leave much time to relax. they receive an open arm welcome on the set of hitchcock film torn curtain.