Peeking into 'Windsor Castle': Series focuses on everyday workers who serve royals.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: February 15, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Maureen Ryan

Feb. 15--Let's face it, a reality show about royalty could have gone in several unpalatable directions. However low the crowned heads of Europe have sunk in the estimation of some, it's safe to say that not even the staunchest anti-royalists want to see members of the Old World's aristocracy frolicking in hot tubs or competing in preposterous challenges. Thank goodness the producers of the entertaining three-part documentary series "Windsor Castle: A Royal Year" (8 p.m., WTTW-Ch. 11) took a very different approach. In "Windsor Castle," one does ...

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