Channel 4’s High Society season returns with four fascinating documentaries examining secret scandals and notorious figures from the higher echelons of British society. This month Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will celebrate 60 years of marriage. The Royal Wedding in November 1947 was a day of national celebration. However, the young couple’s path to the altar had been strewn with controversy and difficulties. Behind the smiling faces and the colourful regalia lay a story of political machination, public hostility and court intrigue.

Thursday 29 November 2007
9:00pm, Channel 4