Queen Uncovered: Unseen photographs, rarities and insights from life with a rock 'n' roll band

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Unlike conventional documentaries featuring interviews and narration, Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen relies largely on The Queen’s own voice and words, alongside newsreel audio. The filmmakers listened to over three hundred of The Queen’s speeches, spanning over eight decades. The result is a visually rich and immersive film of unparalleled historical record.

After being informed that exempting only the crown from the legislation would mean it was obvious any shareholdings so anonymised were the Queen’s property, Farrer, the correspondence states, “took fright somewhat, emphasised that the problem was taken very seriously and suggested – somewhat tentatively – that we had put them into this quandary and must therefore find a way out.” Howe, who died in 2015, appears to have disclosed the role of Queen’s consent – which is invoked when ministers believe a draft law might affect the royal prerogative or the private interests of the crown – during a parliamentary debate in 1975 in a previously unnoticed speech. A key proposal of the bill was the Race Relations Board, which would act as an ombudsman for discrimination complaints and could bring court proceedings against individuals or companies that maintained racist practices. ‘Not the practice to appoint coloured immigrants’ Brian: Yeah, you see they don't even make microphones properly these days, they don't even make guitar amplifiers that don't blow up all the bloody time, I don't know what the problem with the world is these days. But I hope you're having a lovely time at the fan club convention, and I hope you'll come to the next one, actually, we will come to the next one I promise. Ah.It would be three years before the bill and its secrecy clause would come into law. In February 1974 Heath called a general election, resulting in all legislation that was going through parliament being thrown out.

Roger: John Deacon. Well hello fan club, uh. Sorry it hasn't got me on it. Must have ruined it for all of you, but there you go Brian: Yes they probably were having a good time, yes, yes, before they heard all this nonsense. Hmm, where's the microphone, which one? This one, hello it's Brian here. 'Fraid I've lost my voice because I've been bellowing. Oh God, God I wish someone would shut that bloody guitarist up, it's dreadful. Well actually we'd love to be with you, we're sorry we're not with you but we're too busy making silly noises and thinking up new chords like this one and um, and having mid life crises and things. You see it's all very easy for you but we have a lot of work to do so we're going to play you this song instead. It goes like this.Thomas Adams, a specialist in constitutional law at Oxford University who reviewed the new documents, said they revealed “the kind of influence over legislation that lobbyists would only dream of”. The mere existence of the consent procedure, he said, appeared to have given the monarch “substantial influence” over draft laws that could affect her. ‘Disclosure would be embarrassing’ In relation to that draft legislation, as to any other, the advisers of the Queen, as they do as a matter of routine, examined the bill to see whether it contained, inadvertently or otherwise, any curtailment of the royal prerogative,” Howe said. Freddie: Hey, I hope everybody's having a good time (good time, good time, good time, good time), I hope everybody's having a, having a good time (good time, good time, good time) In a statement, a spokesperson for the Queen said: “Queen’s consent is a parliamentary process, with the role of sovereign purely formal. Consent is always granted by the monarch where requested by government.