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| UPDATED: 10:25, Fri, Jan 29, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top Royal stories again. SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry quit their senior roles within the Royal Family at the end of March last year. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are currently living in Meghan’s home state of California, but in order to become financially independent, Harry was forced to make huge sacrifices and cut his official ties within his beloved Armed Forces. ....
Advertisement On a Saturday evening in June 1969, almost every TV in the land tuned in to watch a BBC documentary that was simply titled Royal Family. And for an enthralling 110 minutes, with a two-minute interval, the nation was spell-bound. For a generation brought up to view the Queen and her family as remote figures, what unfolded was nothing short of a sensation. The royals were shown as a real family, eating, chatting and laughing, while dispelling some of the myths that had grown around them. Viewers saw the Queen in a village store buying an ice cream for five-year-old Prince Edward and handing over a half crown 12 and a half pence in payment. So much for a monarch reputed not to carry money. ....
Royal Family gave viewers a glimpse into life at home for the royals Filmed over the course of 12 months, it featured all sorts of royal moments – from the family watching TV and enjoying picnics, to the Queen working at her desk and royal tours abroad. However, Her Majesty is reported to have regretted the decision to allow the cameras into her home, and Sir David Attenborough, then a BBC controller, is said to have told the filmmaker that the film risked killing the monarchy . Princess Anne even once made her feelings about the film clear, saying: I never liked the idea of Royal Family, I thought it was a rotten idea. The attention which had been brought upon one ever since one was a child… you just didn’t need any more. ....
Queen news: The Royal Family in 1969 (Image: GETTY) The Queen, whose brand of choice when it comes to bags has been Launer for years, is also believed to carry a portable hook, so that she can hang her bag under tables whenever needed. The resurfacing of the BBC documentary was hugely welcomed by royal fans, some of whom have been waiting decades to be able to see it again. One wrote on Youtube: This documentary was on TV when I was 13. I am now 65, and loved seeing it again. Another said: I didn t think that this would ever see the light of day again. Brilliant. ....