REVEALED: The truth behind why Queen Elizabeth still refuses to allow 1969 BBC documentary on Royal family to air
'Royal Family', a is in the Royal Archives at Windsor, and it is off-limits to even the most serious historical researchers.
The British royal family is scrupulous about what it shows the public of its private sphere. While understandable in itself, sometime the reasons given ca be quite strange. Take for example, a 1969 BBC documentary on the royal family that Queen Elizabeth has banned from airing to a new generation of viewers as she is worried about "letting the magic seep out," claims the Daily Mail.
In 1968, the Queen had reportedly allowed cameras to trail the royal family for the ground-breaking BBC television documentary, 'Royal Family'. The two-hour special was watched by around 40 million people around the world when it aired in 1969. But it has never been aired since then as the Queen believes it would "cheapen" the royal family.