- With King George too ill to travel, Elizabeth and Phillip embark on a four-continent Commonwealth tour. Party leaders attempt to undermine Churchill.
- The early life of Elizabeth II at the point of her marriage in late 1947 during King George VI reign. Through the point in English history when Winston Churchill was elected for a second time as Prime Minister in 1951. The young Elizabeth Begins to understand and learn the responsibilities of the crown. The series explores the relationship of marriage and British leadership beginning with episode 1.
- The King is dead, long live the Queen. Whilst on a commonwealth tour the young Princess Elizabeth receives the news that her Father King George VI has passed away at Sandringham. She and the Duke of Edinburgh rush back to England to begin her life as Queen Elizabeth II.—Tim Denley
- In 1952 Elizabeth and Philip travel to Kenya where he shows the natives that tact is not his forte but is heroic when a rogue elephant appears. Back in England Churchill's detractors in his own party unsuccessfully attempt to replace him with the younger Anthony Eden, something which the king is keen to prevent but the king dies and Elizabeth is eventually located and notified. Returning to England she is officially declared monarch but is sad to see her private secretary, Martin Charteris, replaced by the rigid Tommy Lascelles, a man who warns Townsend about his relationship with a certain royal.—don @ minifie-1
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