BBC may cut stormy Queen and Annie Leibovitz scene

London : The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) may axe the entire stormy sequence involving Queen Elizabeth II and US photographer Annie Leibovitz from its documentary about the monarch.

Officials at the channel say that the trailer for the forthcoming series, which was not made for broadcast, was edited in such a manner as showed that the livid Queen "stormed out in a huff" on Annie.

The scene shows that Her Majesty left the photoshoot being held in Buckingham Palace when Annie suggested her to remove her crown, which the latter thought was making the monarch look “too dressy”.

Channel executives are not said to be thinking that the scene should not be broadcast, for it may be too risky.

"We will be reviewing the documentary and making a decision in due course," the Mirror quoted a spokesman for the channel as saying.

BBC chiefs claim that the Queen was actually on the way in where the footage showed her “walking out” angrily.

Along with RDF Media, the makers of A Year with the Queen, they also said that the trailer should not have been used to promote BBC1’s autumn season. They also apologised to the Queen and Annie for the error.

"The extracts shown from A Year with the Queen were supplied by RDF, who made an early assembly of footage several months ago,” they said in a statement.

"This was given in error to BBC personnel who were preparing the autumn launch. RDF did not have an opportunity to review it but would like to apologise to the Queen and Annie Leibovitz for this error," the statement added.

BBC1 controller Peter Fincham is at least content with the fact that the footage was not telecast.

"I'm glad the sequence was not broadcast. It was wrong, a mistake," he said on Newsnight.

Buckingham Palace has refused to comment on whether the Queen has accepted the channel’s apology. (ANI)