For Release: 2008-10-28 10:48:00
It's not easy being queen; in fact, it's a full-time job for Queen Elizabeth II and the other royals who make up the British monarchy. Viewers discover t he elaborate preparations for events at Buckingham Palace and the grueling travel schedule they keep -- including the queen's 2007 visit to the Kentucky Derby -- in Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work, a five-part series beginning Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 9/8 p.m. CT o n KET1 and Sunday, Nov. 16 at 5/4 p.m. CT on KET2.In the year of her 80th birthday, Britain's queen granted the filmmakers an exclusive look inside the modern British monarchy where viewers join her and the rest of Britain's most famous family as they travel abroad, work at the palace and meet people from all walks of life.
The documentary follows the queen as she visits the first permanent British settlement in the U.S., spends time with President Bush at the White House and indulges her love of horseracing at Churchill Downs at the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The cameras also roll as she visits the newly democratic republic of Estonia -- where no British monarch had set foot before.
Back in England, the series goes inside Buckingham Palace for exclusive interviews with members of the royal family, preparations for elaborate formal occasions and a behind-the-scenes look at the royal kitchens, royal wine cellar and royal car fleet, and the jobs of footmen, ladies in waiting, the yeoman guard and the crown jeweler.
Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work is presented by Oregon Public Broadcasting. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.
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