Since 1943 the Royal Family has annually hosted the Royal Windsor Horse Show in Windsor Home Park. It used to be the Royal Windsor Horse and Dog Show until a naughty lurcher stole George VI's lunch. Since then dogs have been canes non gratis! After acceding to the throne, Her Majesty the Queen has celebrated her love of horses by continuing the tradition of staging the Royal Windsor Horse Show literally in her back garden. Alan Titchmarsh takes you behind the scenes at the show to meet the people whose job it is to put together and ensure the smooth running of one of the most prestigious events in the equine calendar.
From the opulent renaissance funeral of Elizabeth I to the tabloid headlines of Diana’s modern tragedy, funerals are the ultimate salute and homage to the last King or Queen and a celebration of the new one who has ascended. “The king is dead! Long live the King.”
Exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the Royal Windsor Horse Show‚ an event that is always in the Queen's private diary. We meet her off-duty and in her own private grounds at Windsor Castle in this fascinating documentary. Follow the team behind the Show as they attempt to put on the perfect ev...
A Very Royal Wedding celebrates the 70th anniversary of The Queen and Prince Philip’s
marriage in November 1947. Presenter Alexander Armstrong discovers how a battered post-
war Britain pulled off the wedding of the century against the odds.
