Reader's Digest

18 Have you seen the documentar­y that shows the British royals grilling sausages?

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No, you probably haven’t. As civil unrest rocked the world in the 1960s, the Windsors hoped to win over the commoners with a documentar­y showing them doing “normal” things, such as watching TV, going out for a drive— and grilling sausages. The film aired on the BBC in 1969 and was a huge ratings hit. However, Queen Elizabeth

(who was shown making a salad while Prince Philip manned the grill) thought the movie made the royals seem too ordinary. She ordered that the film never air again.

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