THE CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II

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• Release Year: 2013
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: This fascinating documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, drawing on rare archive footage and made using eyewitness accounts of participants and historical experts. The Coronation was seen as an ideal moment for the British Royal Family to establishing the meaning of the modern monarchy — reinforcing the idea of continuity and tradition, while establishing the new reign of the young Queen and her modernizing husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. But the sheer scale of the event, combined with jockeying by senior figures who felt they should be pivotal, threatened to turn the whole thing into a disaster. This program show how, despite bubbling tensions, diplomatic incidents, and political wrangling, the Queen kept her cool, arbitrated with skill, and stayed true to her vision of a spectacular and special coronation.
• Cast: Keeley Hawes, Queen Elizabeth II, Alastair Bruce, Winston Churchill, Roy Strong, Prince Philip, Hugo Vickers, Bernard Fitzalan-Howard 16th Duke of Norfolk, James Wilkinson, David Eccles, John Eccles, Peter Dimmock, Jane Hattrick, David Kynaston, Duke of Windsor, Bamber Gascoigne, Sir Sebastian Roberts, Queen Mary, Queen Salote Tupou III, Richard Dimbleby, Jonathan Dimbleby, Andrew Parker-Bowles, Jane Rayne, Lady Glenconner, Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Sheridan, Jamie Muir
• Director: Jamie Muir
• Runtime: 0:50
• Company: BBC
• Media Format: Movie