Even the most devout monarchist may feel uncomfortable watching this film - hindsight makes this a rather poignant experience. Although clearly intended as a hymn to royal life, with a panting narration describing the bliss Charles, Anne and Andrew are experiencing (the film was made three years before the birth of Edward), the images tell a different story - only a couple of shots feature the children smiling, while the first glimpse of Andrew as a baby, a spotlight shining on his face as photographers snap away, is a faintly sinister symbol of the royals’ lack of privacy from birth. The knowledge that a future of divorce and tabloid scandal would tarnish these children's adult lives adds irony to this snapshot of supposed utopia.
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
King Charles III of the United Kingdom
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
Anne, Princess Royal
Princess Margaret
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Public Speaking70%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Directed by John Ford70%
The Class of ‘9271%
Report61%
Seven Up!71%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
That's Entertainment!73%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
McQueen74%
Extremis69%
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 573%
Welcome to Chechnya69%
My Mom Jayne80%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Looking for Richard68%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience69%
