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A State Visit to Turkey by Queen Elizabeth II (1971)

Name: A State Visit to Turkey by Queen Elizabeth II
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1971-10-01
Duration: 23 min
Cast: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Anne, Princess Royal, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

'Everywhere the royal family went they were not only as friends but as special friends.'

TMDB 0.00h 23mDocumentary

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Britain and Turkey had not always enjoyed the ‘special’ friendship referred to in the commentary. Their armies were on opposing sides in the First World War and there had been disagreementt over the future of Cyprus in the run up to the settlement of 1960. In the 1960s relations improved and this reciprocal tour (the President of Turkey, Cevdet Sunay, had paid a state visit to the United Kingdom in November 1967) was regarded as a milestone in the bilateral alliance between the two countries. The camera affords the viewer a prime vantage point by which to marvel at the splendour of the pageantry and contemplate every nuance of gesture and sartorial detail. As we linger on the bejewelled Queen waiting patiently at the British Embassy in Ankara to greet her guests we wonder what it might be like to be in her shoes.