Since the moment Princess Elizabeth arrived at Westminster Abbey at the tender age of 25 for her coronation, beginning her life’s work as monarch, her every public move has been recorded.
With television in its infancy, the idea of beaming the moment the new Queen was to be crowned live to people’s homes was unheard of before June 2, 1953.
The first coronation to be shown on telly was a massive success with 27million people in the UK gathering around sets - many of which were hired for the occasion, with many more watching abroad.
Four years later and the Queen’s Christmas address switched from radio to television for the first time as her majesty embraced the technology.
She said to those watching at home: “It is inevitable that I should seem a rather remote figure to many of you.
"A successor to the Kings and Queens of history; someone whose face may be familiar in newspapers and films but who never really touches your personal lives.
"But now at least for a few minutes I welcome you to the peace of my own home.”
However the Queen was not always as welcoming to cameras as on that day.
In the 1960s the BBC proposed to the monarch a fly on the wall documentary showing the Royals as they are behind closed doors.
Initially uncertain, the Queen eventually allowed the cameras to roll and for 12 months a film crew followed the family’s every move.
The vast amount of film roll was eventually compressed into a two-hour documentary created by Richard Cawston and simply entitled Royal Family.
People watching at home saw the Queen, Prince Philip and other members of the family chatting at the breakfast table, relaxing together in the living room and even her majesty buying her then four-year-old son Edward an ice cream.
Another clip shows the family having a barbecue, with Charles chopping lettuce for a salad.
A massive 37million people watched the documentary on June 21, 1969, to great review - except for the Royals themselves.
Shortly afterwards the Queen changed her mind about the film, deciding it was too "too intrusive" and ordered for it to be kept hidden in the BBC vaults.
The royals reportedly did not enjoy the experience of being filmed and that same year there was no recorded Christmas message.
Princess Anne was also among those not to enjoy the experience, saying: “I never liked the idea of Royal Family, I thought it was a rotten idea.
"The attention which had been brought upon one ever since one was a child, you just didn't need any more."
In the ABC documentary, The Story of the Royals, a number of royal experts debated why the footage was banished.
Royal biographer Hugo Vickers said: "Some people say that this would open the floodgates, and therefore after that all the sort of tabloid interest in them [would come after].
"They would want to know more, and more, and more."
Snippets of the film have been released for special occasions, including Prince Philip's 90th birthday and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
The Queen also allowed the National Portrait Gallery to play a small clip.
Despite the royals appearing to want to forget the documentary was ever shown, a whole new audience was introduced to it in 2019 thanks to The Crown.
In the same year the whole documentary was leaked on YouTube , with thousands of fans tuning in to watch.
However, the video was swiftly removed with the page showing a message from YouTube explaining that it had been taken down following a copyright complaint from the BBC.
