BBC apologizes to Queen, Leibovitz for misleading promo

The BBC has apologized to both Queen Elizabeth II and Annie Leibovitz for airing a TV trailer that implied the Queen had stormed out of a sitting with the famous photographer.

The promotional spot, which the British broadcaster aired Wednesday, features scenes from its upcoming documentary A Year with the Queen.

The trailer includes a scene of the monarch balking when the acclaimed photographer suggests she remove her tiara.

"Less dressy! What do you think this is?" the Queen responds, along with an icy stare as she gestures to the lavish Order of the Garter robes she is wearing.

The following scene shows the Queen walking through a Buckingham Palace corridor and telling her lady-in-waiting: "I'm not changing anything. I've had enough dressing like this, thank you very much."

The BBC apologized on Thursday for the sequence, which implies the Queen had left the sitting "prematurely."

The broadcaster added: "This was not the case and the actual sequence of events was misrepresented."

The corridor scene had actually been filmed as the Queen made her way to join Leibovitz, after having spent time dressing and being styled for the photo session for her official portrait in March.

Leibovitz's subsequent regal, traditional photos were released in May. Some derided them as boring but others praised her for showing the monarch in a contemplative state,and compared the shots to Helen Mirren's Oscar-winning portrayal in the film The Queen.

The U.S. photographer is renowned for her celebrity portraiture.

Iconic images Leibovitz has produced include a nude John Lennon curled up against a fully clothed Yoko Ono, a portrait of Clint Eastwood bound in heavy ropes and a shot of Demi Moore naked while in the late stages of pregnancy.