Episode 1
The series opens with the Palace preparing for The Queen’s imminent State visit to the United States to mark the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown landings in Virginia. Once the epic tour begins, viewers will be with the royal party from beginning to end as the scale, the demands and the true extent of a State visit are revealed. There are moments of great solemnity - and lighter moments too - as the working Monarchy is seen at first hand.
Episode 2
This episode we take a look behind the doors of the Monarchy's headquarters, Buckingham Palace. With 650 rooms and nearly 40 acres of garden, London's most famous address is also the Head of State’s official offices, a museum, a residence and a focal point for national celebrations and important State occasions. The Palace is where The Queen does most of her entertaining. When Britain wants to welcome a head of State, The Queen is the host. This time, the Palace is preparing for Ghana's President Kufuor and his wife to stay in the elegant Belgian Suite and the attention to every detail is shown, from the choice of Royal gifts to the wines from the Palace cellar.Episode 3
One of the Monarch's most important duties is also the most private – her weekly meetings with the Prime Minister. Also, once a year, the Prime Minister comes to stay and this episode opens with Tony and Cherie Blair spending their final weekend with the Royal Family at the Queen's Scottish estate, Balmoral. As well as an opportunity for a confidential discussion, it is a social occasion, too. Elsewhere, the future Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, briefs The Queen in advance of his final Budget as Chancellor. But first, The Queen has to clear out the corgis.Episode 4
Every year, the Royal Family perform around 4,000 official engagements between them and meet hundreds of thousands of people. And it's not all ribbon-cutting and plaque-unveiling. Months - even years - of careful preparation go into these events. And The Queen keeps an eye on it all. In the case of a Palace garden party, every single invitation must be written out by hand and treble-checked by the team of 'Garden Party Ladies', a meticulous part-time workforce based at Buckingham Palace. Given that up to 40,000 people are invited to garden parties in London and Edinburgh every year, the ladies are busy for months.Episode 5
In the final part of the series, all four of The Queen's children talk frankly for the first time about their working roles, about the jobs which they were born into and which will occupy the rest of their lives. Every year, the Royal Family carry out around 4,000 engagements between them. They call it 'supporting the Queen' but they each have their own way of doing things.Episode 6
Monarchy is very much a team effort – with the Queen and her family supported by a dedicated and diligent staff of more than 300 people known as the Royal Household. It’s an operation which is expected to work as smoothly as every one of the 630 clocks ticking away in Buckingham Palace. Some staff, like the Lord Chamberlain, have titles going back to medieval times. Other positions, like that of press secretary, are a more modern creation. A 24-hour media never loses interest in Britain’s most famous family, even when the Queen is trying to have a quiet day off at one of the greatest horse races in the world.