Royal Family (film)

Royal Family
Title screen
Written byAntony Jay
Directed byRichard Cawston
Starring
Narrated byMichael Flanders
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerRichard Cawston
Running time110 mins
Production companiesBBC, ITV
Original release
NetworkBBC1, BBC2, ITV
Release21 June 1969 (1969-06-21)

Royal Family (also known as The Royal Family) is a British television documentary about the family of Queen Elizabeth II. It originally aired on BBC1 and ITV in June 1969. The film attracted over 38 million viewers in the United Kingdom and was sold around the world and seen by an estimated 350 million people. The Queen later had the documentary banned; it has not been shown on British TV since 1977 and access to view the film was heavily restricted. In early 2021 it was leaked and published on the internet. The film remains available to view on the video-sharing platform YouTube and the digital library website Internet Archive.