Media
BBC: Queen 'storming' footage misleading
Published Friday, Jul 13 2007, 12:33 BST | By Dave West
The BBC has admitted a trailer appearing to show the Queen storming out of a sitting with photographer Annie Leibowitz "misrepresented" the events.
It was shown at a screening for journalists on Wednesday and prompted stories reporting she had "snapped" and lost her temper when asked to remove her tiara.
A joint statement from RDF Media and the corporation said the trailer for A Year With The Queen was produced by RDF and was shown by mistake.
It featured pieces edited out of sequence and gave the impression the monarch had stopped the shoot and left after Leibowitz made the request.
"I'm not changing anything. I've had enough dressing like this, thank you very much," says the Queen, before footage apparently showing her leaving.
The BBC said: "In this trailer there is a sequence that implies that the Queen left a sitting prematurely. This was not the case and the actual sequence of events was misrepresented.
"The BBC would like to apologise to both the Queen and Annie Leibowitz for any upset this may have caused."
It was shown at a screening for journalists on Wednesday and prompted stories reporting she had "snapped" and lost her temper when asked to remove her tiara.
A joint statement from RDF Media and the corporation said the trailer for A Year With The Queen was produced by RDF and was shown by mistake.
It featured pieces edited out of sequence and gave the impression the monarch had stopped the shoot and left after Leibowitz made the request.
"I'm not changing anything. I've had enough dressing like this, thank you very much," says the Queen, before footage apparently showing her leaving.
The BBC said: "In this trailer there is a sequence that implies that the Queen left a sitting prematurely. This was not the case and the actual sequence of events was misrepresented.
"The BBC would like to apologise to both the Queen and Annie Leibowitz for any upset this may have caused."
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