Station:
Channel 5 (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
2019-03-09
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Featuring testimonies from friends, former staff and royal experts, rarely seen archive, private letters and diary entries, this tribute to the woman affectionately known as the Queen Mum focuses on when she became Queen consort after the abdication of Edward VIII.
There is no Next Episode of The Queen Mother planned.
S2E1 - Romance & The Throne
The Queen Mother enjoyed a privileged childhood. But how did the woman who never expected to be Queen become the leader Hitler called ‘the most dangerous woman in Europe'?
Air Date: 22 May 2021 15:00 (CDT)
S2E2 - Married Years
The married years of Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon are examined in detail via royal insiders, journalists and archival material.
Air Date: 29 May 2021 15:30 (CDT)
S2E3 - Grandmother to the Nation
A look at the final 50 years of the Queen Mother's life, which she dedicated to her family and the country, devoting herself to official duties, functions and openings, which would become her full-time occupation. The programme also reveals that she never forgave Wallis Simpson, blaming her for forcing her husband into a job that she believed killed him prematurely.
Air Date: 05 Jun 2021 15:00 (CDT)