1 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,640 Friends... 2 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:33,680 We meet here today not as Ghanaians, Guineans, 3 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:35,720 Moroccans, Algerians, 4 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:37,640 Senegalese or Malians, 5 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:42,240 but as Africans... 6 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,360 tired of being disrespected and abused... 7 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,160 by the corrupt and imperial powers of the past. 8 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,760 The time has come to forge new alliances. 9 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,360 Those who understand the strategic importance of Africa 10 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,960 and are willing to treat us as equals. 11 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:06,680 Not as subordinates! 12 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:09,600 And not as slaves! 13 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,400 This is our time. 14 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,800 We must choose our own destiny! 15 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:19,760 A socialist Africa! 16 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,520 For Africans! 17 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,520 It's definitely seen better days, ma'am. Mm. 18 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,200 We'll send in the foresters at the end of the season, cut it back. 19 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,080 Yes. The old oak, she's still hanging on. 20 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,320 Just about. Oh, but she looks so old. Ancient. 21 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,520 Well, she will have to be felled in due course. 22 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,080 What a shame. Looks like it's set in for the day. 23 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:01,880 You remember my grandson, Daniel, ma'am? 24 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,280 Yes, of course. I was at his christening. 25 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:06,520 That's right. 26 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,960 We ought to head back, ma'am. Get you out of this rain. 27 00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:11,120 Right. 28 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,560 I'll go get the jump leads; the engine's packed in. 29 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:14,960 What, again? 30 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,560 Can I help, ma'am? Oh. Thank you. 31 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,480 Pull! Pull! 32 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,200 Oh! Aah! 33 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,440 Sorry, you all right, ma'am? Yes, fine, thank you. 34 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,040 Oh. 35 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,560 The ceremonial guard awaited Mr. Kennedy's arrival. 36 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:52,760 It has pleased the French that he came to Paris 37 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,840 before going to Vienna to meet Mr. Khrushchev... 38 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:59,000 When is it, do you think, if one's committed to a life of honesty, 39 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,200 that one must start calling oneself "middle-aged"? 40 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,000 Oh, stop it. You're still a young girl! 41 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,280 I caught sight of myself in a mirror today. 42 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:10,680 I looked like an old woman. 43 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,880 You haven't even finished having children yet. 44 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,080 True. 45 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:19,160 So, finish your family, let the first one go to school, 46 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,360 and then let's talk about being middle-aged. 47 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,920 That won't be middle-aged, that'll be ancient. 48 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,880 Here he is arriving in Paris... 49 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,840 Oh... no, no! 50 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:30,080 Oh, not again! 51 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,840 Mummy! Be careful. President... 52 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:35,560 No, stop it! It's rented. 53 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:36,640 Mu... 54 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,240 No. 55 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,160 Oh no, yes, you've got it. Well done. 56 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,080 This macaroni and cheese is heavenly. 57 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,600 to visit the faculty of medicine in Paris. 58 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:50,240 This whole weekend has been heavenly. 59 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:51,560 It will be the first meeting... 60 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,720 Sadly, I have to leave in the morning. 61 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,240 Whatever for? They're coming to dinner. 62 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,960 The Kennedys? After Vienna with Khrushchev, then Paris, 63 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,240 they're coming to London. 64 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,560 So we're having an informal dinner at Buckingham Palace. 65 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:05,960 During the brief stay in Paris... 66 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,080 She's so young. I always thought she was the same age as you. 67 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:10,440 She is. 68 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,120 a banquet at the Elysse Palace. 69 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,720 Oh... No! 70 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,160 Thank you. 71 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:19,920 Oh, no, look, there she is. 72 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,839 was talking about the charm and elegance 73 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:23,920 of Mr. Kennedy's wife Jackie. 74 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,520 Jackie, in fact, often stole the picture. 75 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,360 Oh, she is pretty, isn't she? 76 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:38,280 Yes. 77 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,920 One overriding item on the agenda today, ma'am. 78 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:43,800 Ghana. 79 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,280 And our continued concern 80 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,760 for Nkrumah's growing hostility to the West. 81 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,440 You feel that he's drifting from the Commonwealth? 82 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,040 Not so much drifting as bolting for the door. 83 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:54,480 Into whose arms? 84 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:57,080 The Russians', ma'am. 85 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,640 Yesterday, he received Brezhnev in Accra. 86 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:02,720 Brezhnev? 87 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,640 The chairman of the Soviet Presidium, 88 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,160 who flew to Ghana for talks about Nkrumah's precious dam project? 89 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,080 The Volta Dam. Yes, ma'am. 90 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,920 But I thought Nkrumah had been talking to the Americans about that. 91 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,280 He had been, but Russia sees this as an opportunity 92 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,800 to outbid the Americans, get a foothold in Africa, 93 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,080 in an attempt to turn the whole continent red. 94 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,080 Well, shouldn't we ask the Americans to improve their offer? 95 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,440 I will certainly speak to President Kennedy 96 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,400 as soon as he arrives in London. Oh, good. 97 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:34,520 Following his great triumph in Paris. Indeed. 98 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,600 I thought de Gaulle didn't care for Mr. Kennedy. 99 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,920 Oh, he doesn't! Personally or politically. 100 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,480 So what turned it all around? The First Lady, ma'am. 101 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,560 Why? What did she do? Dazzled le tout Paris. 102 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:49,960 Had President de Gaulle eating out of her hand. 103 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,960 How on earth did she do that? By speaking French fluently. 104 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:56,560 Yes, we can all do that. 105 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,920 And by debating with local philosophers and intellectuals 106 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,640 until all anti-American sentiment simply evaporated. 107 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,240 I suppose she is pretty. 108 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:08,840 And they are French. 109 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,920 She's also a formidably bright woman in her own right, 110 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,280 having studied at the Sorbonne 111 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,760 and the prestigious Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques. 112 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,880 "The most glamorous and intelligent woman on earth." 113 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,600 So they say. 114 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,920 And now she's coming to London, so we'd better put our best foot forward, 115 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,480 hadn't we, Prime Minister? 116 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:33,520 Your Majesty. 117 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,600 Always important, I think, when choosing a gown 118 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:45,080 is to ask oneself what precisely one wants to feel when wearing it. 119 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,200 Mm. 120 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:51,440 I just think that one doesn't want to feel... second best. 121 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:56,240 Quite. Especially if one is very much the senior of the two individuals. 122 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,320 Now, now. In terms of rank, ma'am, not age. 123 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,440 To that end I have something quite specific in mind. 124 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,840 Mrs. Kennedy may have dazzled in Paris, 125 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,280 but let's not forget France is a republic. 126 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,520 This is a monarchy. 127 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,480 And if you've got it, flaunt it, I say. 128 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,840 I had a look at the seating plan for dinner and I couldn't help noticing... 129 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,000 Breathe in, ma'am. 130 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,000 Just a bit more. 131 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,160 You gave Mrs. Kennedy to Uncle Dickie. 132 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,960 There. Yes, I did. At his request. 133 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:45,640 He's been badgering me for weeks. 134 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,280 As, incidentally, has your brother-in-law. 135 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:49,520 Berthold? Yes. 136 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:50,600 The rascal. 137 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:53,680 Not to mention our own Prime Minister and the American ambassador. 138 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,160 Well, well, well. 139 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,760 All desperate to sit next to the First Lady. 140 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,960 I could let it out a bit, ma'am. 141 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,840 No. What if I'm requesting her too? 142 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,880 I put you next to Theodora. She's my sister. 143 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:10,960 Yes, whom you haven't seen in years. 144 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,040 No, she's still my sister and this is, oh, you know... 145 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,040 No. I don't know. 146 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:17,240 Her! 147 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,480 Anyway, in terms of protocol, isn't it my right, as your husband, 148 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:23,480 to sit next to the most senior female there? 149 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:26,000 It's true. At a state dinner you could've expected to sit 150 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,280 next to the most senior female guest, but on this occasion, 151 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:33,320 Downing Street have asked us... begged us, not to make it a state dinner. 152 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:34,400 Why? 153 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,480 So as not to put French noses out of joint. 154 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:38,680 What's it got to do with the bloody French? 155 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,560 Well, apparently de Gaulle will resist us joining the EEC 156 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,120 if he thinks we're too close to the Americans. 157 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,920 So it's a small, informal dinner. Well, fine. 158 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,160 Then it's a free-for-all seating-wise. Yes, I suppose it is. 159 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,680 In which case, I could move Dickie next to my sister 160 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,560 and put myself next to the First Lady. 161 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,360 If you must. 162 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:58,760 Oh, well. 163 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:01,800 I must. 164 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:22,880 Thank you, gentlemen. 165 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:26,560 And you! 166 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,000 The President and First Lady are arriving, ma'am. 167 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:39,080 Oh. 168 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,440 There you are. 169 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,760 Is it possible to think you could be marginally less excited? 170 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,040 No. 171 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:00,760 Thank you very much. 172 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,840 Porchey, what on earth is going on? 173 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:05,960 They've all gone mad. 174 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:08,600 Here they come! 175 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,680 Madam First Lady, welcome to Buckingham Palace. 176 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:22,560 Thank you. Mr. President. 177 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:23,600 Hello. 178 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:26,160 Her Majesty's waiting for you in the Blue Drawing Room. 179 00:12:30,680 --> 00:12:33,400 There's a brief reception before dinner. Fantastic. 180 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,120 It's mass hysteria. What extraordinary behavior. 181 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:37,560 Quite extraordinary. 182 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,360 Ma'am. Thank you. 183 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:42,560 Darling! 184 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:44,640 For goodness' sake. 185 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,720 Come on, it's like royalty. Oh. Very funny. 186 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:00,280 Gosh. 187 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,480 President first, President first. 188 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:06,160 Your Majesty. 189 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,080 No curtsy. No curtsy. 190 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,280 Mrs. Kennedy. Your Grace. 191 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:12,920 Your Royal Highness. 192 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:14,880 Mrs. Kennedy. 193 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,440 Good evening, Your Royal Majesty. 194 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:19,600 Oh, dear. 195 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,160 Oh, for goodness' sake. 196 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:22,680 Mr. President. 197 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,120 Mr. President. Your Grace. 198 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,280 Did they not get the protocol sheet? Yes! 199 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,520 He obviously didn't read it. 200 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,360 Yes, well. Shall we? 201 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:35,560 Uh... 202 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,000 Jackie. 203 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:39,880 Where do you think she's going? Lord knows. 204 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,240 Mrs. Kennedy. I believe you know our Prime Minister... 205 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,280 I feel like that went wrong in about 10,000 different ways. 206 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,720 I've seen worse. Though I'm not sure when. 207 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,800 Drink? Please. 208 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,760 Sorry, sir. Bloody shambles. 209 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:00,920 Hmm. 210 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,120 My heart goes out to him. 211 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,960 The word is that, behind closed doors in Vienna, Khrushchev humiliated him, 212 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,680 ran rings round him, treated him like a little boy. 213 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,600 No wonder the Cold War... 214 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,160 Sensuality... We won't go there! 215 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,200 No, we won't. 216 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,800 Oh, stop it. 217 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,000 Ah. So, how was she? 218 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,360 Oh, terrific. She's divine. 219 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,280 Is she? And frightfully clever. 220 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:05,360 Yes. 221 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:08,120 What are you doing? 222 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,320 She wants a tour of the place. Does she? 223 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,720 Well, then I'll do it. No, it's all right, she asked me. 224 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,760 No. It's my house. So I'll do it. 225 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,520 Mrs. Kennedy. 226 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:25,120 Are you OK there? 227 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,800 I hope my wife isn't, uh, causing too much trouble. 228 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,280 You do know you're the luckiest man on earth? 229 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:37,560 Yes. 230 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,280 Although people keep telling me the same thing. 231 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:49,080 Sure. 232 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:50,960 Where are they going? 233 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:53,760 I've absolutely no idea. 234 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,080 Now, this is the Throne Room. 235 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,600 In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, 236 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,240 various balls and concerts were held here, 237 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,000 but now it's principally used for receptions, 238 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,840 investitures and the taking of royal wedding photographs. 239 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:16,120 Shall we? 240 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,320 Now, this is the Picture Gallery. 241 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,160 This is my great-great-great-great-grandfather, 242 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:26,520 George III, and he bought Buckingham House in 1761 243 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,960 for his wife, Queen Charlotte. 244 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:30,560 Who's this? 245 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:34,000 Ah. That's one of the Pitts. The Younger. 246 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:39,800 Known for something that's always rather endeared me to him: crippling shyness. 247 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,720 Apparently, he could barely look people in the eye. 248 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,120 And yet he became our prime minister. 249 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:49,720 I quite understand. 250 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,920 I'm also a shy person by nature. 251 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,320 This leads to our private apartments. 252 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:06,880 It's a shortcut. 253 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,520 This is about as private as it gets in this place. 254 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,640 It's where one feels most comfortable. 255 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,480 Oh, I quite understand. 256 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,040 You have to have somewhere to escape to. 257 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:26,720 I've often wondered how someone who hates attention as much as I do 258 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,400 ended up in a goldfish bowl like the White House. 259 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,000 But I realize there's actually a perverse logic 260 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,120 to a cripplingly shy person ending up in this position. 261 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,680 Oh, you'll have to explain that one to me. 262 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,280 Well, a shy person will seek out someone strong to protect them. 263 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,360 Yes. I'm with you so far. 264 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:51,080 And a strong character's often one who enjoys public life. 265 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:52,560 Who thrives on it. 266 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,880 And then, before you know it, the very person you've turned to 267 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,320 in order to protect you is the very reason you are exposed. 268 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,280 Jack's idea of heaven is a crowd. 269 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:08,000 Campaigning, fund-raising, speechmaking. 270 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,320 That's when he comes alive. 271 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:15,280 He'd far sooner speak to 10,000 people under the glare of spotlights 272 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,800 than be alone... with me. 273 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,000 And what's your idea of heaven? 274 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:32,200 I like my own company. And to be alone in the countryside. 275 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:34,480 And where do you go? 276 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,400 A farm, Glen Ora, about an hour from Washington. 277 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:38,800 Maryland? 278 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,000 Virginia. Oh, yes. 279 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:45,280 Ah. 280 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,120 Hello, Stuart. Ma'am. 281 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,200 They're eating. Yes, ma'am. 282 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,400 Oh, goodness! 283 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,120 Hello, puppies. Hello, what's your name? 284 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:58,840 Well, that's Sugar. 285 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:00,800 And these are her puppies. 286 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:02,680 Come here, come here, little one. 287 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,600 Whiskey and Sherry. Hello. 288 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,200 Oh, you're very clever to be cautious. 289 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,200 Oh, it's really one of the great paradoxes of being in a position 290 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,120 where I have to talk to a great many people, 291 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,000 but deep down, I'm happiest with animals. 292 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:20,960 That makes two of us. 293 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:27,120 I always think my sister would've made, if not the better, 294 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,120 the more natural First Lady. 295 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,920 Oh, mine too. A born queen. 296 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,160 And the greatest of British queens. In her own mind, anyway. 297 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:41,400 Hmm. 298 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:48,400 No, I liked her very much. And I'd been all set to loathe her. 299 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,720 But in the end, I was utterly charmed. 300 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,280 It's a timely reminder. Of what? 301 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:56,240 Well, that people are so rarely what they seem. 302 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,600 Well, then I don't know what Patrick was talking about. 303 00:19:58,680 --> 00:19:59,840 Patrick? Plunket. 304 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:02,360 I saw him last night at Tartuffe. Oh, is that a restaurant? 305 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,440 It's a play, dear. A very famous French play. 306 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,040 Oh, I knew that. Did you? 307 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:09,600 Yes, it's a classic tragedy. Farce. 308 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,640 Oh. Pissarro was a painter! 309 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,880 When was the last time you even went to the theater? 310 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:20,360 Or a gallery? 311 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:21,320 Or even read a book? 312 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:23,200 Oh, you're a savage. 313 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:24,840 Oh, thank you. 314 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,320 What about Patrick? 315 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,160 Well, Patrick had dinner at the Radziwills' last week, 316 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,640 where your new best friend, Mrs. Kennedy, was also a guest. 317 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:36,960 He called me this morning to tell me some of the things 318 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,280 he'd overheard her say at dinner. 319 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:40,640 Oh, what did she say? 320 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,720 You'd have to ask Patrick. 321 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,280 I must say, it did seem a little unkind. 322 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,280 You know how reported speech gets twisted in the re-telling. 323 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,200 I'm quite sure it was nothing. 324 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:54,520 Don't worry! 325 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:03,400 General salute! 326 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,200 Shoulder arms! 327 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,000 Order arms! 328 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,320 About turn! 329 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:23,840 Patrick. Your Majesty. 330 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,440 It's so kind of you to come. 331 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,600 It's really not far. Are you still just round the corner? 332 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,120 At Wellington Barracks? I am. 333 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,280 And are you still traveling up and down the country, 334 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:37,560 recruiting for all the regiments from the top schools? 335 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:39,520 That's me. 336 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,200 I gather... 337 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:48,200 you saw the First Lady at dinner recently. 338 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,360 Who? Mrs. Kennedy. 339 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,040 Margaret mentioned it. Did she? 340 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:54,600 Yes. 341 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:57,440 So how was that? 342 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,920 Pleasant enough. Uneventful. 343 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,200 You know how it is at the Radziwills'. No, I don't. 344 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,360 Well, the food's always good. 345 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,320 Yes, well, I wasn't asking about the food. 346 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,160 I'd like to know what was said. 347 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,680 Patrick, we grew up together 348 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,640 and we've always had a very frank and a very open relationship. 349 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:23,560 Yes, ma'am. Yes, so... 350 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,000 Let's not break the habit of a lifetime. 351 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:30,640 All right. 352 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,080 What I overheard the First Lady say... 353 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,920 and I should mention, I was several places along the table. 354 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,640 It's possible that I misheard. Yes. 355 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:47,280 Was that she found Buckingham Palace 356 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:49,760 second-rate, dilapidated and sad. 357 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,840 Like a neglected provincial hotel. 358 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:59,640 And that one came away with a sense of a tired institution 359 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,120 without a place in the modern world. 360 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:06,960 I see. 361 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,560 And did she have anything to say about me? 362 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,200 Oh, Lilibet. Patrick! 363 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,320 I was at the other end of the table, I... 364 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,880 But the words I think I overheard were... 365 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:38,200 that in our head of state, we had a middle-aged woman... 366 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:45,040 so incurious, unintelligent and unremarkable... 367 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,080 that Britain's new reduced place in the world was not a surprise, 368 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:52,840 but an inevitability. 369 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:08,640 Well... 370 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:13,760 We must have her again soon. 371 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,680 Bad news, I'm afraid. Worse than bad. 372 00:24:55,760 --> 00:25:00,280 Regarding Nkrumah's Volta Dam project. President Kennedy's pulled out. 373 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:03,240 Why? 374 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,120 American involvement was conditional 375 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,520 upon Ghana having severed all ties with the Russians. 376 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:11,880 Turns out Nkrumah was in Moscow yesterday to receive the Order of Lenin, 377 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,280 highest military honor. 378 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,880 From Khrushchev himself. 379 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,000 And what's the next step? I wish I knew. 380 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,240 I wish I had an ace up my sleeve. 381 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,360 The way President Kennedy had his First Lady in Paris? 382 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,160 Why don't you send me? 383 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:43,640 Where? 384 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,320 To Ghana. On what would be seen as a personal trip. 385 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:49,400 Absolutely not. 386 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,720 That would be out of the question, ma'am. Why? 387 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,440 A visit from the Crown to Ghana would be seen as a huge compliment. 388 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:56,600 Too great a compliment. 389 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,320 It would be singling out Ghana as a preferred nation. 390 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,520 And doing so, we risk alienating Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanganyika. 391 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,040 But surely, by singling out Ghana, that might be just the thing 392 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:07,600 to keep Nkrumah away from the Russians and in the Commonwealth. 393 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,280 Perhaps, but as queen, you cannot be seen 394 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,320 to be engaging in the dirty business of politics! 395 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:12,760 But as head of the Commonwealth, 396 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:14,640 can I not be permitted just once to defend it? 397 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,240 Your Majesty. 398 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:21,000 It would be unsafe. It would be provocative. 399 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,160 It would be, in my view, 400 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:29,040 a profound misjudgment to get on that plane. 401 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:47,360 "The trip is impossible to justify from any angle. 402 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,120 It is unethical, unconstitutional, 403 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,600 and indefensible that the Queen should be going at all." 404 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:55,640 Well, what would you have me do? Nothing? 405 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,200 I certainly wouldn't have you get into a chess match 406 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,240 with a wily operator like Nkrumah. 407 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:01,640 You're just being cynical. 408 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,080 And you're being naive! 409 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:07,160 When you last met him, Nkrumah was just... Nkrumah. 410 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,720 Now he's The Lion of Africa, playing the Soviets off against the Americans, 411 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,880 and you're a lamb the lion will have for lunch. 412 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,560 The best thing you can do is stay at home 413 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,800 and be what you're supposed to be. 414 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,400 A puppet? A constitutional monarch! 415 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,080 A puppet. If you like. 416 00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:27,720 Well, that's the whole point. I don't like. 417 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,480 Sir? She's here. 418 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,400 Thank you. They're lovely. 419 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:43,600 Shall we, ma'am? 420 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,080 Stop. Stop. 421 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,480 Uh, one moment, please, ma'am. 422 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:51,400 Yes. 423 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:53,360 Reporters. 424 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,000 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 425 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:14,080 Your Majesty, Ghana welcomes you. Humbly. 426 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:15,080 Yes. 427 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,160 We're very happy to be here. Of course. 428 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,600 Back, back, back, back, back. Back! 429 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:27,600 Ready? 430 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,840 Thank you, Your Majesty. 431 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,600 Thank you. 432 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,280 Well, you've given him the photo he wanted. 433 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,720 That'll be on the front page of every African newspaper, 434 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,520 making every other African leader choke with jealousy. 435 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,320 Yes, well, as long as it does the trick. 436 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,680 Adeane here. Put him through. 437 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,240 I have a secure line to Ghana. Yes, sir. 438 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,800 I thought he'd agreed to suspend all contact with the Soviets. 439 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,040 Apparently not. Ready for you, sir. 440 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:10,640 Gentlemen? Thank you. 441 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,320 Thank you. 442 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:22,520 Out. 443 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:23,880 Hello? 444 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,400 Your Majesty. 445 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,000 Prime Minister. 446 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,400 I've just received confirmation that a team of international engineers 447 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,160 has arrived in Ghana to begin work on Nkrumah's dam. 448 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:39,360 Well... I'd say that's good news, isn't it? 449 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,080 We encouraged the Americans to go back to Nkrumah. 450 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:43,320 Soviet engineers, ma'am. 451 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,160 It appears Nkrumah has been playing us 452 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:47,960 all off against one another. 453 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:49,880 What? Leading us a merry dance. 454 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,520 I'm afraid you've been used, ma'am. 455 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,560 Just as we'd feared. 456 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:02,480 Elizabeth! What's happened? 457 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:06,760 Evening, sir. Martin. 458 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:08,920 Ah! Ah! Ah! 459 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,560 I wouldn't, if I were you. 460 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:12,120 Sir? 461 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,040 She's asked to be alone. 462 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:17,920 She says she's thinking. 463 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:00,880 Ma'am. 464 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:03,960 What's going on? 465 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:06,960 What are you doing? 466 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:09,720 Elizabeth? 467 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,600 Yes, this is Colonel Charteris. 468 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,880 We have Martin Charteris on the telephone. 469 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,240 A situation is developing in Ghana. Hello? 470 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,880 What are you doing? Elizabeth? 471 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,320 I think we both understand the significance of this moment. 472 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,000 Yes. But do we understand the terms? 473 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,960 They appear to be in some kind of negotiation. 474 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,040 What kind of negotiation? Get her out of there! 475 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,160 Your Majesty? 476 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,280 Oh, Lord! 477 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:24,400 What's going on? 478 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,240 He's taken her hand. 479 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:33,480 Two, three, four! 480 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,040 They're... dancing. 481 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,880 Our Queen is dancing, sir. 482 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:58,560 With an African. 483 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,280 What? Was this agreed? 484 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:02,440 Was this agreed? 485 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,320 This was definitely not agreed. 486 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,240 What are they doing? What are they doing? 487 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,280 Hard to say. 488 00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:11,360 I believe it's the foxtrot. 489 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,360 The foxtrot, sir. 490 00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,640 Ladies and gentlemen, the man I am proud to call 491 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:03,000 the 35th President of the United States, 492 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:07,840 but even more proud to call my brother, 493 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,240 John F. Kennedy. 494 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,320 Thank you, Bobby. 495 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,680 What is it to be an American today? 496 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,720 Prosperous, powerful, privileged. 497 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:31,440 Certainly. 498 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:36,040 And yet, it is also troubling. 499 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:41,720 I look around me and find our people divided as never before. 500 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,240 Indeed, as at no time since our Civil War. 501 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,040 There has been a change, a slippage, 502 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,520 in our moral and our intellectual strength. 503 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:57,440 Blight has descended on our regulatory agencies and a dry rot, 504 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:01,880 beginning in Washington, is seeping into every corner of America. 505 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,080 Too many of us have lost our way, 506 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:08,640 our will and our sense of historic purpose. 507 00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:14,280 It is time for a renewal, a new generation of leadership, 508 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:18,000 healing leadership, but we cannot do it alone, 509 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:23,600 and so I am asking each of you to be pioneers in this renewal, 510 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:28,360 in this healing, in the reclaiming of great American values: 511 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,840 freedom, tolerance and equality of opportunity. 512 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,600 Then we can claim our position 513 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:38,680 and responsibilities as leaders of a truly free world. 514 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:42,640 God bless you all, and God bless the United States of America! 515 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:56,320 Thank you. Thank you. 516 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:01,320 Thanks. 517 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,240 Thank you, sir. Fantastic. 518 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,680 You've made this evening worthwhile. 519 00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:15,640 Ladies, if you'd like to step over here. Sure. 520 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:28,480 When the British royal family visits a former colony, 521 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,320 it doesn't normally make news in the US. 522 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,480 But when Queen Elizabeth dances with a former subject... 523 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:35,880 What's up, honey? 524 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,920 a white monarch with an African leader, the world pays attention. 525 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:44,520 And so too did Ghanaian leader President Nkrumah himself. 526 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,480 Awed by the gesture, Nkrumah... 527 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,040 I'm going to Glen Ora with the kids in the morning. 528 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,720 It's not the weekend yet. ...that he was fast becoming allies... 529 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,760 It's Wednesday. It's weekend enough for me. 530 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:58,160 Don't be like that. 531 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,560 Don't you take away my dignity and then tell me how to be. 532 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:04,720 I just wanted to thank you, that's all. 533 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:09,160 For the second time in recent weeks, you've been instrumental 534 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:12,040 in changing a significant matter of foreign policy. 535 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:18,720 And an African state that was fast running into the arms of the Communists 536 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,040 has been turned around and kept in the West. 537 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,400 Oh. What does that have to do with me? 538 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,600 Dreary Queen Thick-Ankles? 539 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,280 What? Her Majestic Dullness? 540 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,360 The Incurious Crown? 541 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:39,560 Apparently, just some of the things you said about her at a dinner in London, 542 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:43,640 which then got back to Queen Elizabeth and, it seems, spurred her on. 543 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:49,000 Without those insults, she wouldn't have defied a Cabinet, risked her reputation 544 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:50,880 and gone to Ghana, against all advice, 545 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:54,400 to bring President Nkrumah back on side, but she did. 546 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,720 Pulled off some incredible stunt with a dance. 547 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,080 And it's all thanks to you. They're ready for you. 548 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:06,640 Relax. It's not like you'll run into her in Glen Ora. 549 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:08,680 Not Glen Ora, no. 550 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:13,640 But I am due back in London on my way back from India and Pakistan. 551 00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:17,880 Then my advice would be don't go to Buckingham Palace. 552 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:22,680 Sorry. "The provincial hotel." It's not so easy. 553 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,880 Her sister set up a lunch last time we were in town. 554 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:27,160 Oh? 555 00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:28,480 Oh, that should be fun. 556 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:33,080 Catfight! I'll look forward to a full report. 557 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:35,640 Come on, Bobby. 558 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,920 We will shortly be reaching a cruising altitude of 25,000 feet 559 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,600 and I'm pleased to say that we anticipate clear and calm conditions 560 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,040 for the rest of our flight to London. 561 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:02,080 Your Majesty, some more international reactions to the Ghana trip. 562 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:07,160 Positive or negative? Overwhelmingly positive, ma'am. 563 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,000 Well, just a quick look, then. 564 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,640 So... 565 00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,720 The New York Times calls it 566 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,880 "shrewd strategic maneuvering, 567 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,480 an example of impeccable political brinkmanship." 568 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:28,960 The Australian papers are very impressed 569 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:30,760 with your commitment to the Commonwealth 570 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:35,720 and The Illustrated London News call it "an outstanding personal success." 571 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:37,160 Hmm. 572 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:38,760 Gloating doesn't suit you. 573 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:44,680 The Ghanaian press are calling you a socialist. 574 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:45,800 Hmm! 575 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,760 Goodness! 576 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,640 One more thing. 577 00:40:49,720 --> 00:40:51,800 First Lady... Mrs. Kennedy. 578 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:56,040 What about her? 579 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:57,600 Um... 580 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,600 Her office has written requesting a private audience with Your Majesty 581 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:02,640 prior to lunch on the 28th of March. 582 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:04,720 Whatever for? 583 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,600 Um, they didn't say. 584 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:09,800 Where's the lunch? Buckingham Palace, ma'am. 585 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,360 Well, let's make the audience Windsor Castle. 586 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,800 Sometimes only a fortress will do. 587 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:25,640 Windsor Castle. 588 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,240 Eyes front! 589 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,160 Hold your line! 590 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:53,400 On the right, march! 591 00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,440 Make way for the Queen's Guard! 592 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:16,040 Left, right, left... 593 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:17,640 Good afternoon, Mrs. Kennedy. 594 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,480 This way, please. 595 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,280 Left, right, left, right... 596 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:29,920 This way, Mrs. Kennedy. 597 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,480 Mrs. Kennedy. This way, please. 598 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,440 Mrs. Kennedy, Your Majesty. 599 00:43:02,720 --> 00:43:06,160 Your Majesty. Thank you for seeing me. 600 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:10,080 Mrs. Kennedy. 601 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:13,440 Do sit down. 602 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:19,400 Thank you. 603 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:25,120 Shall we have tea? 604 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:48,440 I asked to speak to you in private ahead of our lunch on Friday 605 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:50,320 because I owe you an apology. 606 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:51,960 Whatever for? 607 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:55,160 I think we both know the answer to that question. 608 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:00,560 Thank you. 609 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:12,400 At a social occasion, shortly after our last visit, 610 00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:15,720 I... I made some comments, 611 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:17,920 some foolish comments 612 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,000 which I believe got back to you. 613 00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:21,800 There really is no need for this. 614 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:25,160 Reports that you'd said... 615 00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:29,000 certain things did get back to me. 616 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:33,240 And I'll confess to being momentarily surprised, 617 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:36,040 since they in no way reflected what I understood to be the spirit 618 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:37,880 of our meeting. 619 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,600 But in this job, I've learned, as I'm sure you have too, 620 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:43,200 not to take things too seriously. 621 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:46,280 People say things for all sorts of reasons, 622 00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:48,960 which get misquoted or misunderstood and, before you know it, 623 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,360 those words have turned into something quite different 624 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:54,480 and everyone's upset or up in arms. 625 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,120 I'm quite sure that you meant no harm, nor disrespect. 626 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:02,840 After all, why would you? We barely know one another. 627 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:08,720 Still, it was inexcusable so I can't offer an excuse but, if you'll allow me, 628 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:11,080 I'd like to offer an explanation. 629 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:14,960 Yes, of course. 630 00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:19,480 Last time we were in London, Jack and I probably seemed, 631 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,720 at least from the outside, to be riding on a high. 632 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:23,480 Yes, I should say so. 633 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:26,960 The most celebrated and most famous couple in the world. 634 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:32,360 The truth is that I was still suffering from post-natal problems 635 00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:36,320 after the birth of our son, and Jack had his own health issues. 636 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:40,280 To say we were strained would be an understatement. 637 00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:43,160 So, when we got to Paris... 638 00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:46,040 I don't mind telling you, 639 00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:48,320 I took some pleasure in shining there. 640 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:51,200 Then, at the Elysse Palace... 641 00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:54,560 I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris... 642 00:45:58,120 --> 00:45:59,400 I enjoyed it. 643 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,640 Jack didn't appreciate being upstaged. 644 00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,640 Behind closed doors... I can imagine. 645 00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:12,240 There were other factors, too. 646 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:14,720 Our doctor. 647 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:21,120 Dr Jacobson routinely administers us his "cocktails" before major trips. 648 00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:24,080 Vitamins. 649 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,000 But other substances too. 650 00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:34,680 To help pep us up or... 651 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,280 calm us down. 652 00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:43,720 On the occasion of that dinner, he had given me something. 653 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:46,440 A little... booster. 654 00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:49,880 There were these beautiful paintings. I told him I needed cheering up. 655 00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:54,080 But I guess it loosened my tongue. 656 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:59,400 And then I heard some of these terrible things got back to you and... 657 00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:04,840 I can't tell you how much distress it's caused me. 658 00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:10,440 The idea that I might've upset someone I admire so much. 659 00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:13,360 That's very kind of you to say. 660 00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:16,120 It's true. 661 00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:20,920 The way you do your job, the way you cope with the pressure, 662 00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:24,120 the personal sacrifices you've made, 663 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:28,040 not to mention your composure and dignity. 664 00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:32,680 As a woman, it's so inspiring. 665 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:35,160 And what you just did in Ghana. 666 00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:38,560 It was just extraordinary. 667 00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:48,240 What I should've said was that I didn't do very much in Ghana. 668 00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:51,160 I got on a plane and I went. 669 00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:52,960 And the only reason I went 670 00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:56,720 was because I felt utterly useless in comparison to you. 671 00:47:57,920 --> 00:47:59,440 And I was trying to compete. 672 00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:05,760 And if anything, I owe you a huge debt of gratitude. 673 00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:09,080 But I didn't. 674 00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:12,040 I just sat there. 675 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,080 And I let her say her piece. 676 00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:18,360 And savored your victory. Yes. 677 00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:22,360 And what do you want from me now? A ticking-off? 678 00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:24,760 Well, don't you think I'm deserving of one? 679 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:28,080 No. But she was so broken. 680 00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:31,480 And fragile and lost. 681 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,400 You did exactly the right thing. 682 00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:40,800 She insulted you, all of us, and you're not a saint. 683 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:42,840 No. We know that already. 684 00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:48,840 There's ice in those veins when there needs to be. 685 00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:49,920 Yes. 686 00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:53,240 Well, three cheers to that. 687 00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:06,880 Last one, ma'am, but she's a big heavy one. 688 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,560 Right, pick up the slack. 689 00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:10,880 Yes. 690 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:13,880 That's it, you got it. Daniel! 691 00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,640 No, it's caught. Keep going up the hill. 692 00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:30,840 Ma'am. What is it? 693 00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:32,880 You're needed back at the house. 694 00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:33,960 Right. 695 00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:41,320 What's going on? I dunno, lad. 696 00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:43,800 Something's happened. 697 00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:52,960 Ma'am. 698 00:49:55,080 --> 00:49:58,160 There was absolute pandemonium around the scene. 699 00:49:58,240 --> 00:50:01,240 People screamed and lay down on the ground as shots were heard. 700 00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:06,120 Reporters saw President Kennedy lying flat on his face on the seat of his car. 701 00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:07,800 Men and women were screaming. 702 00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:10,760 He saw blood on the President's head. 703 00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,640 This is all we have here in Washington at this moment. 704 00:50:13,720 --> 00:50:16,960 And for the moment, I return you to Radio Newsreel in London. 705 00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:18,240 Hello, London. 706 00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,440 I've just heard from Dallas that the President is still alive 707 00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:23,640 but in critical condition. 708 00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:26,120 He was apparently shot in the head 709 00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:30,640 and the Governor of Texas, Governor Connally, was shot in the chest. 710 00:50:30,720 --> 00:50:34,080 Mrs. Kennedy was weeping, trying to hold up her husband's head, 711 00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:38,360 when the reporters reached the car as it dashed toward the hospital. 712 00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:42,080 Vice President Lyndon Johnson was in the car behind the President. 713 00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:46,000 Blood transfusions are being given to President Kennedy. 714 00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:49,360 However, one of the two priests called into the room 715 00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:52,400 has administered the Last Sacrament of the Church 716 00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:54,280 to President Kennedy. 717 00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:58,280 Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Connally are stunned, 718 00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:01,440 but they are at the bedsides of their husbands. 719 00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:11,560 He's dead. 720 00:51:50,720 --> 00:51:52,520 Late yesterday afternoon... 721 00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:54,640 Didn't you say how unhappy she was? 722 00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:56,720 In the marriage? 723 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,400 Yes. ...accompanied the fallen President, 724 00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:04,280 her clothes still... That's the thing about unhappiness. 725 00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:06,480 of this most unthinkable and senseless crime... 726 00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:09,120 All it takes is for something worse to come along... 727 00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:10,720 taken in a gray naval ambulance... 728 00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:14,600 and you realize it was actually happiness after all. 729 00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:18,600 conveyed into the hospital in plain sight of thousands of waiting mourners 730 00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:22,400 as disbelieving and shaken, tonight, as our entire nation. 731 00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:24,040 She's still wearing the same clothes! 732 00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,600 Couldn't they have found her something else? 733 00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:30,440 The President's casket was transferred... 734 00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:32,720 She's covered in her husband's blood. 735 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,880 Relatives and loved ones joined the grieving Mrs. Kennedy 736 00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:38,880 for a private mass in the East Room... No, I think it's deliberate. 737 00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:41,640 before the body is moved to the Rotunda of the Capitol. 738 00:52:41,720 --> 00:52:45,960 The last day in the life of the first Catholic President of the United States. 739 00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:47,800 Where are you going? 740 00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:51,880 Lyndon Johnson, sworn in on Air Force One, 741 00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:53,240 less than 100 minutes 742 00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:55,400 after the official death of President Kennedy... 743 00:53:04,720 --> 00:53:07,480 He begins his work as the 36th President... 744 00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:10,400 Your Majesty. Michael. 745 00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:15,680 I'd like everyone in the royal household to observe a full week of court mourning. 746 00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:21,200 And I would like the bell rung at Westminster Abbey. 747 00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:27,000 Ma'am, custom dictates 748 00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:28,480 that the bell only be rung... 749 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:32,000 When a member of the royal family dies. I know. 750 00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:39,640 But I would like it to be rung every minute, for an hour, 751 00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:43,080 from eleven o'clock until midday. 752 00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:48,400 Yes, ma'am. 753 00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:50,920 join President Johnson 754 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:53,560 in his prayer for God's help. 755 00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:56,400 May we all find some light and hope 756 00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:59,480 in the darkness of the days that lie ahead.