Eager to lead a newly democratic Russia, President Yeltsin tries to win the Queen's support while she navigates new rifts in her marriage with Philip.
Taking the reestablishment of Anglo-Russian relationships by the exhumation of the remains of the Romanov family as a background, Queen Elizabeth reflects on her personal relationship with husband Prince Phillip: does a couple need to have common interests to stay afloat or can a marriage survive in spite of seemingly growing apart?