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BBC apologises over Queen clips | BBC apologises over Queen clips |
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The BBC has apologised to the Queen after clips implied she walked out of a portrait session with photographer Annie Leibovitz during a documentary. | |
A trailer for the programme unveiled on Wednesday showed the Queen in an exchange with Leibovitz, followed by a clip of her apparently walking off. | |
The BBC said in a statement: "This was not the case and the actual sequence of events was misrepresented." | |
The documentary, A Year With The Queen, will be shown later this year. | The documentary, A Year With The Queen, will be shown later this year. |
"The BBC would like to apologise to both the Queen and Annie Leibovitz for any upset this may have caused", the corporation's statement continued. | "The BBC would like to apologise to both the Queen and Annie Leibovitz for any upset this may have caused", the corporation's statement continued. |
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Photographer Annie Leibovitz is seen in the trailer telling the Queen she will look better without her tiara because "the Garter robe is so..." | Photographer Annie Leibovitz is seen in the trailer telling the Queen she will look better without her tiara because "the Garter robe is so..." |
Before she can say "extraordinary", the Queen replies, pointing to what she is wearing: "Less dressy. What do you think this is?" | Before she can say "extraordinary", the Queen replies, pointing to what she is wearing: "Less dressy. What do you think this is?" |
The clip then cut to the Queen walking through a Palace room immediately afterwards, implying she had stormed off from the portrait session. | The clip then cut to the Queen walking through a Palace room immediately afterwards, implying she had stormed off from the portrait session. |
The BBC said the clips for the trailer were "not intended to provide a full picture of what actually happened or of what will be shown in the final programme". | |
Her Majesty posed for Leibovitz in Buckingham Palace in March for a series of portraits to mark her state visit to the US. | |
Four official portraits of the Queen have since been released by the famous photographer, renowned for celebrity shots including an iconic photo of a naked John Lennon embracing a clothed Yoko Ono. | |
The five-part documentary will start on BBC One in the autumn. | |
The programme observes the working life of the Queen and other members of the Royal Family as they go about their duties at home and abroad. | |
It covers events including the Queen's 80th birthday celebrations, the State Opening of Parliament, Royal tours, investitures and garden parties. | |
BBC One controller Peter Fincham said the BBC had had "remarkable access" to the Royal Family. | |
There are more than 130 official portraits of the Queen throughout her life, many of them on canvas, by a range of artists including Rolf Harris and Lucian Freud. |