Charlotte a Royal at War a.k.a Léif Lëtzebuerger

'Charlotte: A Royal at War' will have it's first UK TX on UKTV channel Yesterday on January 12th 2012 at 9pm (Sky 537; Virgin Media 203, Freeview 12) and then again on January 13th at 1pm (and on Yesterday+1 an hour later)

For broadcast acquisition rights please contact our distributor's Espresso TV via their website, http://www.espressotv.co.uk/. For more information please contact GRACE Productions on 01935 385904 or email us at enquiries@agraceproduction.com.

Charlotte: A Royal at War is the remarkable untold story of the Royal propagandist in pearls who inspired a nation through the power of radio, reaching her people in their darkest hour.This is the true account of one woman and her governments pursuit of freedom for their country, against the brutal occupation by Hitlers Third Reich.
It reveals a powerful truth: that ordinary people will endure hardship, imprisonment, even death, if they have someone to believe in - to keep their hopes alive. Combining vivid eyewitness testimony with dramatic reconstruction and unique colour archive.

Charlotte: A Royal at War explores the extraordinary bond between Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg and her people. As Hitlers army invades in 1940, Charlotte and key government ministers escape across the French border, to set up a government-in-exile, based in London and North America. Luxembourgers who stay behind endure five bitter years of occupation at the hands of the Third Reich. Against criticism that she's abandoned her people, Charlotte uses the airwaves to broadcast propaganda messages, as the only real weapon at her disposal. She was the Mother of the country. But it was her government ministers, not Charlotte, who wrote the scripts for her radio broadcasts.

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