The programme was shot on 16mm film, much of it on location in India. The difficulties of storing film in tropical conditions may go some way toward accounting for its grainy picture quality, although most of the interior scenes were filmed in England. Fortunately the strength of the storyline tends to outweigh its technical limitations.
The series is often mentioned in the same breath as Brideshead Revisited, and since both programmes were made by the same company reruns of both series usually turn up on the same channel.
The series made stars of Art Malik and Charles Dance. Other leading actors included Peggy Ashcroft (who won the BAFTA Best TV Actress award for her performance), Tim Pigott-Smith, Geraldine James and Judy Parfitt. However, the complexities of the plot ensured that no one character was at the centre of the action throughout, and, thanks to a flashback in the final part, only Ronald Merrick appeared in every episode.
The final new consort's crown in the 20th century was manufactured for Queen Elizabeth, consort of crownKing George VI, who along with her husband was crowned in 1937.
Surmounting the orb is a jewelled Cross representing the Sovereign's role as Defender of the Faith.
Its jewels are in the shapes of the floral symbols of the United Kingdom: the rose for England, the thistle for Scotland, and the shamrock for Ireland.
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