Queen reveals love for home movies

LONDON - She's featured in countless portraits, photographs and amateur footage during her 80 years in the limelight, but the Queen apparently also likes to turn the tables and get behind a movie camera.

Journalist Andrew Marr has discovered that the Queen, one of the most filmed women on the planet, seems to have enjoyed a lifelong passion for making home movies.

"There are wonderful home movies, taken by the Queen and for her.

"What is moving is that they look so much like other people's home movies. It's just that the worried-looking toddler might be Prince Charles and the exhausted young woman on the sofa has just yanked off a crown."

- NZPA