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Release year: 2009

Storyline

Highlights five key events during Queen Elizabeth II's reign, using narration, interviews, and dramatic recreations with five actresses portraying the Queen. It covers crises like Princess Margaret marriage issues, royal family struggles.

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Cast

Steven Mackintosh — Narrator
Samantha Bond — The Queen
Emilia Fox — Queen Elizabeth II
Barbara Flynn — The Queen

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Did you know

• Emilia Fox's father Edward Fox previously played the Queen's uncle King Edward VIII (the Duke of Windsor) in Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) whereas her cousin Laurence Fox played both her son King Charles III in Whatever Love Means (2005) and her father King George VI in W.E. (2011). Furthermore, her uncle James Fox played the Queen's paternal grandfather King George V in the latter production.

• The series takes place from February 6, 1952 to April 9, 2005.