On Tour with the Queen

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In 1953, the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II embarked on the Coronation Tour, a six-month round-the-world trip that radically changed Britain's relationship with other countries. Kwame Kwei-Armah retraces the journey.

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Latest Episodes

  • Season 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

    Kwame Kwei-Armah retraces the final leg of the 1953 Coronation Tour, beginning in Libya, where he reveals how Britain's efforts to maintain its influence came to an abrupt end with the emergence of a young Colonel Gaddafi. He finds out what prompted Malta's first declaration of independence and why the royal visit to Gibraltar became the centre of an international row. Kwame concludes his journey by returning to London to attend the 60th anniversary celebrations of the modern Commonwealth at Westminster Abbey, where he gets to meet the Queen herself

  • Season 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

    Kwame Kwei-Armah continues retracing the Queen's 1953 Commonwealth tour, meeting the first man to oust a British monarch since Oliver Cromwell as he explores why Fiji has since dispensed with the sovereign as head of state. He also discovers why a royal visit to Sri Lanka was contentious, and why anger about British rule in Uganda resulted in the cancellation of the Queen's visit to the capital Kampala

  • Season 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

    Kwame Kwei-Armah explores Queen Elizabeth II's presence in Australia and New Zealand as part of the Coronation Tour, learning how she had just eight weeks to cover the entire continent. Kwame questions whether the fact that Australians have not yet broken away despite growing republican sentiment is a long-lasting effect of the royal visit, and he reveals how the Maori people benefited from the event

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