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TELEVISION The Best of the Week

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22

If one prefers watching the real vintage footage of Her Majesty rather than the highdefinition depictions of , this documentary, which relies on nearly 90 years of filming, might do the trick. It’s wrapped into a onehour package clearly aimed at US viewers, and relies on voice-overs of ex-sta. and royal biographers for its story. It’s There are no great bombshell moments but the publicity promises unseen footage, unheard audio interviews and rare photographs.

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