Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King

The story behind the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Included: archival photographs; and remarks from members of the royal family., A documentary from director-producer Richard Sanders tells the inside story of the courtship and marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. The film details Elizabeth’s struggle to rectify her love for Philip with her family’s distate for him, due to his German heritage and an upbringing which they deemed less than suitable. Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King also includes an interview with Philip’s nephew, Prince Rainier van Hessen, who shares additional information about his uncle and shares details from the memoirs of his mother, Philip’s sister., The untold story of the tensions unleashed by the Queen’s marriage to Prince Philip, when she struggled to reconcile love with the suspicions of her family and the government.