NATION : Queen Putting Memoirs on Tape
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is recording her memoirs on videotape but they will be locked away from public view, the Daily Express newspaper said today.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman declined comment on the report in the pro-royalist daily.
The newspaper said the queen’s youngest son, Prince Edward, operates the video camera while she records her thoughts about national events and the eight prime ministers who have served her since 1952.
Tradition dictates that British monarchs should not speak out publicly about politics and should avoid controversy. But it is widely believed in Britain that Queen Elizabeth does not get on as well with Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she did with other leaders, such as Labor’s Harold Wilson.
The Daily Express said a former palace press officer suggested to the queen that she record her memoirs on film but she chose video because of the risk of a leak when film is sent for processing.
It said the memoirs will be locked in the Royal Archives out of the public eye.
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