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CNN The Windsors Inside the Royal Dynasty July 7, 2024

Cautious step as monarch, she is torn between the palace old forward led by her mother and those like her husband philip who want change. With scandals 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 kings lord mount batten Prince Philips uncle holds a dinner party at the house in hampshire. Lord Louis Mountbatten played a key role in the life of his young nephew philip. When philip is a child the family are deposed and they flee to exile, and really his father has no time for him. Louis mountbatten takes over as Philips Guardian and so he sees him as his son really. Lord mountbatten had always had domestic ambitions for his nephew philip. He was like some sort of medieval character plotting the advance of his own dynasty. Lord mountbatten makes a radical pronouncement. The House Of Windsor should take philips name. Mountbatten asks everyone present to raise a glass to the House Of Mountbatten. In this hes saying the House Of Windsor is dead, the House Of Mountbatten is the next monarchy. But what he hadnt reckoned with was the wall of opposition from the really formidable queen mary, who was elizabeths grandmother. And she took a very dim view of it. What has this damned fool got to do with the name of this house . Queen marys husband, george v, was the king whod begun the House Of Windsor. Queen mary goes to Winston Churchill and said this is what mountbatten is plotting. My grandfather was extremely alarmed and upset. People are suspicious of mountbatten. Theyre suspicious of his role, of him moving forward, trying to influence the queen and Prince Philip. Its a huge dilemma for the queen. She knows how much it means to philip. But on this occasion she has to side with churchill against her husband. And indeed it came to the cabinet who decided that the royal house would remain the House Of Windsor. I think one has to remember just how young the queen was at this time. She had no experience of being queen. So of course shes going to listen to the Prime Minister. Winston churchill was a friend of her fathers, and he was the man who people saw as having won the war. Hes an incredibly formidable figure. And the idea that this very young, almost childlike queen, should defy the Prime Minister, that is completely off limits. The queen issues a proclamation. The name of the royal house will remain windsor. For the first time in british history heirs to the throne will take their family name from their mother and not their father. For philip this is a terrible, terrible humiliation. A typical marriage at that social rank in the early 1950s would be one with a superior husband and a charming, deferential wife. Had Prince Philip married anybody else, thats what he would have got. He thought to himself, well, theres no other father in the United Kingdom who cant give his own name to his own children. Im just a bloody amoeba, he said. Its a terrible slight to his masculinity. And theres more humiliation to come. While all this turmoil is going on, Prince Philip at least has one thing which he can cling to, one place where he can feel sort of safe and his own, which is Clarence House. Prince philips idea is we stay at Clarence House and you work from Buckingham Palace. But tommy lascelles, the private secretary, and winston ch churchill the Prime Minister overruled him. The queen agrees and moves her family into Buckingham Palace. Adding to the duke of edinburghs frustration is the fact that when they arrive at Buckingham Palace, still living there of course is his motherinlaw. The queen mother, Queen Elizabeth, was very reluctant to leave. Thats never easy. However big a place is, and shed been queen of england. That was quite awkward, that situation. The queen mother and Prince Philip are not natural soulmates. She would have seen him as a sort of brash kind of independent type of person. He would have seen her as very conservative. The queen mother has a huge amount of influence over her daughter and says i know how things are done. The queen retains her parents courtiers. These royal advisers are traditionalists, determined to keep an iron grip on the running of the palace. And of course these courtiers think that because the queen is just a woman, shes a young woman, that they can have all the influence because shell be so easy to control. And philip is shut out. For quite a macho chap that secondary role always a step behind his wife, i think, was a difficult role. He was observed to be at a very low ebb. He just seems depressed. The queen realized that philip has to do something, she cant expect a man of his energy to be unemployed. Against the advice of the palace old guard the queen puts philip in charge of organizing the ceremony in which he will be officially crowned. King jamess palace with the Meeting Place of the newly appointed Coronation Commission presided over by the duke of edinburgh. He was these courtiers, they have very, very traditional ideas about how things should be done. They were only to stay exactly the same. But philip thinks The Royal Family needs to modernize to survive. Philips been put in charge and things are going to change. They are on a collision course. Ever wonder what everyones doing on their phones . Theyre investing with merrill. Think miss allen is texting for backup . No shes totally in charge. Of her portfolio and daniel g. Shes building a greener future and hes. Running a pretend restaurant. And phil . Phil has questions, but none of them are about his portfolio. Digital tools so impressive, your money never stops working for you with merrill, a Bank Of America company. 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They might be having their feet on the sofa and not being significantly dignified. The queen agrees with her advisers. Buckingham palace announces the coronation will not be broadcast live. There is a public outcry. The british newspapers, the Daily Express and the daily mirror both attack the side of the public. They suggest to their readers that the politicians in the palace dont want you to see the coronation. And if you like, they stir up trouble. But the bbc, the press, and the public have a surprising ally. Prince philip felt very strongly the coronation should be televised. You can see times are changing. You couldnt continue to do things Behind Closed Doors at the time. Ho he understood that this was an unbelievable Good Opportunity to make the nation feel closely connected to the monarchy. There is and always has been an interesting difference between the queen and the duke of edinburgh. The queen is naturally a conservative individual. She believes in tradition. She likes to do things the way theyve been done before. The duke of edinburgh is dynamic. Hes forwardlooking. Hes a young man in a hurry. She was anxious, but philip tries to persuade her that this is a way for her to reach millions and millions of her subjects. He plays a key role in helping to bring the queen round to the idea and make her comfortable with it. Eventually, he says yes. On Coronation Day crowds line the streets hoping for a glimpse of their queen. And across the nation people gather to watch it live on television. Now like a great seventh wave the cheering grows to its climax. Into the forecourt of the palace comes the gilded hopes bearing the young queen to her crown. We waited in Westminster Abby and we suddenly hear this roar, and suddenly, around the corner came this golden coach. It was like a disney film. Absolutely extraordinary. And there we saw the queen for the first time. Her dress was so beautiful. The train had satin handles under it so it sort of flowed over her hands. We got in place and the queen turned around with a radiant smile and said ready, girls. Yes, maam. And off we went. They were all dressed up. It was like a medieval tapestry. She comes now to the order to confirm before god the promises which she has made. The coronation is a very ancient religious ceremony, and at the heart of it there is this sacred right of the anointing of the monarch by the archbishop of canterbury. There you saw her. She looked very vulnerable and alone and i thought, goodness, what a weight is on this girls shoulders because she was only a girl. It is the moment of the an an anointing. A moment so important history can scarcely the anointment means so much to the queen because she believes she was divine sanction for her power, that she was chosen by god. The anointing of the holy oil, its a symbol really, which i think she felt changed her from being an ordinary person into being a queen. Twothirds of all adults in the uk are tuned in via television to the coronation. People were thrilled and everybody crowded around these minuscule Television Sets to watch. This was completely revolutionary, that people could get up close and personal with the queen. 27 Million People watch this ceremony. The use of the new medium of television, It Vindicates Prince Philip and It Vindicates the idea that we need to modernize the monarchy. The coronations a magnificent pageant. But as people were coming out of the abbey, a little event took place, which was to cause the queen terrible anguish in the years to come. When Queen Elizabeths younger sister Princess Margaret is caught shattering a royal taboo, it threatens to undermine the monarchs young reign. After all. We wouldnt be where we are today without them. 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Peter townsend is not only a royal servant, hes also 16 years older than the princess and divorced with two young children. There is a horror in The Royal Family. They regard divorce with a sort of almost superstitious dread. 17 years earlier the queens uncle edward viii abdicated to marry American Divorcee wallis simpson. Elizabeths father reluctantly took on the throne. I think we have to remember that the queen is not only a devout christian but shes also the head of the Church Of England. The Church Of England at this time does not recognize divorce. It means that the queen is very conflicted. The royal court reacts very badly to the news of a romance between margaret and townsend. But a lot of ordinary people very much sympathized with margaret and townsend. And i do think that the senior courtiers were really rather out of step with the mood of the nation. So when the press does stop talking about it, theres a great divide between those who think divorce is unacceptable and those who feel let love prevail. Margarets profile in the 1950s is of a beautiful, iconic princess. She was a real star, really almost like the hollywood stars. Shes very beautiful. She photographs marvelously. Shes always in the papers. And there is constant speculation who is the princesss favorite suitor. Peter townsend was a war hero, very goodlooking. He was known as this dashing air force pilot. His reputation was a wonderful one. Margaret desperately wants to marry townsend. But the problem is that she is 22 and any member of The Royal Family under the age of 25 needs to have the consent of the ruling monarch. The decision is not in margarets hands. Its in the hands of her sister, the queen. The queen is in a terrible bind really over this because she loves her sister. She would like her to be happy. But the queens instincts were not to do anything that would undermine the monarchy. The royal family traditionally was supposed to be an image of ourselves behaving well. And if The Royal Family started to behave badly, then it could cut at the root of the peoples loyalty to the crown. So once that image of perfect family life becomes tarnished, can we justify all that taxpayers money . Margarets fate lies in her sisters hands. The queen decided to say im not saying no, that you cant marry him, but id like you to wait. On the advice of her courtiers the queen agrees to banish the man her sister loves. The British Embassy in brussels recently attracted a number of cameras, which focused on the arrival of Group Captain Peter Townsend. Having driven his own car to take up his new appointment as air attache. Peter townsend is exiled to belgium for two years. Its a case of getting rid of townsend, getting him out of the way. My father was asked to leave the country, the country he served as a Fighter Pilot during the second world war, and i think that was very difficult for him. Princess margaret finds this incredibly hurtful. Two years when youre 23, two years is a long time. The queen hopes she has defused

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