A documentary about the Royal Family and their secret passion for UFOs and the paranormal is out today on Amazon Prime – free to watch for Prime members.

The film is called The King Of UFOs and it explores the Royal family’s interest in UFOs and the paranormal.

One story recalled in the film by retired CID detective John Hanson was that the late Queen and Prince Philip both had a passionate interest in the Rendelsham Ufo case from 1980 – which has been dubbed the British Roswell.

Allegedly a UFO landed in the forest at Rendelsham over Christmas weekend in 1980. Airforce personnel from nearby RAF Bentwaters, which was a US NATO base at the time, went to investigate and saw strange orbs and beams of light shining through the forest.

Hanson tells in the film how he corresponded with them regarding this case and they particularly liked his books that he’d written on Rendelsham with Colonel Halt who was Deputy Commander of the base at the time of the incident.