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Live Chat with “Monarchy’s” Associate Producer Robert Hardman – Thursday, November 13th at 1:00pmEDT.

On Thursday, November 13 th, Robert Hardman, associate producer of the new “Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work” series on PBS, will participate in a LIVE chat from 1 to 2 p.m.

If you’re curious about the British royals, this is your chance to find out all the nitty gritty. Questions are now being accepted at www.pbs.org/chat. The monthly LIVE chat series features a variety PBS personalities – giving people the opportunity to interact with PBS and each other by asking questions and sending comments.  Questions and comments are taken in advance and during the live events.

Please visit the link and post your comments and questions here: http://www.pbs.org/chat You can also visit PBS Engage at www.pbs.org/engage and Twitter us at @pbsengage!

The upcoming DVD review will be Days of Majesty, part of a series of three DVDs which are entitled The Royals Collection/Queen Elizabeth II. For my book review, I will cover Queen and Consort/Elizabeth & Philip: 60 Years of Marriage.

The latest audio is up and running at RoyaltyNow!. It seems that when I promise a show on a specific time and date, something happens that forces me to postpone it. I apologize for the delay of this show, as I feel it is extremely interesting and is a great topic for discussion.

Britain’s Real Monarch was an historical documentary shown on Channel 4 on January 3, 2004, and again on November 20, 2004

Hear it now at Your Royal Information Network.

You need to download the player, but it is worth it. Remarkable footage that has never been seen or hasn’t been seen in years.

A sample for your enjoyment - Babelgum: Grace and Rainier Visit US

I am watching this BBC documentary and find myself starting to get tearful at some points. It really does amaze me how much of an impact the Queen has on me - that she has on everyone, really.

Watching the Britannia get decommissioned made me want to cry freely, and I just about did. Her Majesty looked so sad, and as you saw her at the ceremony there were flashbacks to a toddler Charles and tow-haired Anne frolicking on the yacht’s deck. It was like a home to HM and her family, for about forty or so years! The place that she could actually kick back and relax and feel right at home, yet still travel the world. It must have been amazing.

Remember, anything that gives the Queen privacy and shields her family from the public once in a while is a place to be treasured. She is not Diana, Princess of Wales, always seeking the limelight for validation. Nor is the Queen a politician, whose career could peak one year and then be gone the next, forever in obscurity. No, Elizabeth was placed into the public eye at a young age and there she has remained, whether she likes it or not.

Then you see her dancing with joy at a Ghillies’ Ball, and everyone is smiling and laughing. People interviewed for the documentary comment on how wonderful the Queen’s smile is and how it really lights up a room. And it’s true. I feel like I’m welling up again.

What a documentary! I can’t make it through 10 minutes without my tissues! Jerramy Fine, author of “Someday My Prince Will Come”, summed up these sorts of feelings very succinctly in her book. It was overwhelming and beautiful to be in London, and it was emotional. It was a strong pull of the heart and soul to get to this particular place, and it was magic. I feel that way, too, and I know that when I finally step in front of the gates of the Palace, I probably will cry. It will be overwhelming and it will be magical too, because the person that lives there is very special, irreplaceable, and she simply is what she is - a simple person with an enormous job to do, and she does it beautifully. Knowing that the Queen is there makes the harsh realities of the world a bit easier.

This is the documentary snippet that shows the Queen “storming out” of the Annie Lebovitz shoot. It looks like a quick editing job - it is a commercial for the actual documentary I think. HM doesn’t sound entirely pleased, but neither would she freak out on camera. It’s just not her style. There was definitely some unfortunate editing going on.

Can you imagine the headline if the Queen REALLY got upset on camera?

THIS IS LONDON

(AP) - Queen Elizabeth II got fed up with her sitting with Annie Lebovitz, saying that she was sick of it all.

“Bloody hell,” exclaimed the monarch. “I simply cannot stand it any longer. I’m hot and tired and these robes weigh at least as much as my horse! I’m out!”

Her Majesty then ripped her robes from her person, whipped her tiara at the head of the nearest cameraman, and went crashing out the window.

Both rhododendron bush and Queen were unharmed.