00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.COM 1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:10,850 Synced & corrected by -robtor- www.MY-SUBS.com 2 00:00:44,788 --> 00:00:46,548 Your Majesty. 3 00:00:50,748 --> 00:00:54,388 So, it is always the Sovereign who begins the meal. 4 00:00:57,988 --> 00:01:00,554 It is absolutely forbidden to begin 5 00:01:00,579 --> 00:01:04,092 before he, or she, takes their first bite. 6 00:01:05,468 --> 00:01:07,388 Oui, Mademoiselle. 7 00:01:07,468 --> 00:01:10,068 During the meal, when it is the first course, 8 00:01:10,148 --> 00:01:13,508 you must only speak to the person seated on your right until the end. 9 00:01:13,588 --> 00:01:16,548 Time for the Vice-Provost, Lilibet. 10 00:01:46,948 --> 00:01:49,868 Your Royal Highness. Come on. 11 00:01:51,434 --> 00:01:54,634 "There are two elements of the Constitution:" 12 00:01:54,714 --> 00:01:58,834 wrote Walter Bagehot in 1867. 13 00:02:01,834 --> 00:02:05,354 "The efficient and the dignified." 14 00:02:07,354 --> 00:02:08,834 Which is the monarch? 15 00:02:11,234 --> 00:02:12,674 Your Royal Highness? 16 00:02:17,794 --> 00:02:20,354 - The dignified? - Very good. 17 00:02:20,434 --> 00:02:25,394 The efficient has the power to make and execute policy 18 00:02:25,474 --> 00:02:28,314 and is answerable to the electorate. 19 00:02:28,394 --> 00:02:31,794 What touches all should be approved by all. 20 00:02:32,514 --> 00:02:38,154 The dignified gives significance and legitimacy to the efficient 21 00:02:38,234 --> 00:02:41,154 and is answerable only...? 22 00:02:43,514 --> 00:02:45,634 - To God. - Precisely. 23 00:02:45,714 --> 00:02:51,674 Two institutions, Crown and government, dignified and the efficient, 24 00:02:51,754 --> 00:02:55,114 only work when they support each other. 25 00:02:55,194 --> 00:02:57,914 When they trust one another. 26 00:02:58,914 --> 00:03:00,434 You can underline that. 27 00:03:05,554 --> 00:03:10,234 - Do you teach this to your other pupils? - No, just you. 28 00:03:10,314 --> 00:03:12,834 This is what I teach them. 29 00:03:15,074 --> 00:03:17,434 These are exam papers. 30 00:03:22,634 --> 00:03:26,634 - Shouldn't I know all of this, too? - No, Ma'am. 31 00:03:26,714 --> 00:03:29,554 All very undignified. 32 00:05:27,434 --> 00:05:31,474 I see Mr. Einstein has changed his mind again? 33 00:05:31,554 --> 00:05:34,194 - Oh? - The scientist. 34 00:05:34,954 --> 00:05:38,794 No, I know who he is. What exactly has he changed his mind about? 35 00:05:43,594 --> 00:05:45,194 That's rather less clear to me, 36 00:05:45,274 --> 00:05:47,554 but everyone's making a tremendous fuss about it. 37 00:05:55,154 --> 00:05:59,114 At the time of my education, I asked the Vice-Provost 38 00:05:59,194 --> 00:06:05,074 if we shouldn't spend a bit of time on Literature, Philosophy, Science. 39 00:06:06,154 --> 00:06:09,514 He felt I had enough on my plate as it was. 40 00:06:09,594 --> 00:06:13,754 But don't you think I should have learned about it? 41 00:06:13,834 --> 00:06:14,834 Why? 42 00:06:15,594 --> 00:06:19,834 Well, doesn't one have a duty to know certain things? 43 00:06:19,914 --> 00:06:24,434 You have a great many other virtues. You can't be expected to know everything. 44 00:06:24,514 --> 00:06:28,874 Well, no, that's the point, Mummy. I know almost nothing. 45 00:06:28,954 --> 00:06:33,554 You know when to keep your mouth shut. That's more important than anything. 46 00:06:34,354 --> 00:06:38,474 And that would've been fine if I'd gone on to live a normal life. 47 00:06:38,554 --> 00:06:43,834 But now I spend so much time with politicians and statesmen. 48 00:06:43,914 --> 00:06:47,394 You know, I live in dread of being left alone with them. 49 00:06:47,474 --> 00:06:49,954 Your dear papa was just the same. 50 00:06:52,034 --> 00:06:56,874 Be nice to think that one could, if not hold one's own, 51 00:06:56,954 --> 00:06:58,954 then at least not have to steer the conversation 52 00:06:59,034 --> 00:07:01,354 away to dogs and horses every time. 53 00:07:02,914 --> 00:07:04,514 The Prime Minister's on his way, Ma'am. 54 00:07:04,594 --> 00:07:08,434 Well, one good thing about this one is you never have to open your mouth at all. 55 00:07:08,514 --> 00:07:09,754 That's true. 56 00:07:09,834 --> 00:07:13,434 Just smile politely while he drones on and on. 57 00:07:13,514 --> 00:07:16,554 Your Majesty may or may not be aware, but this is my retirement year. 58 00:07:16,634 --> 00:07:18,474 Is it really? How long has it been? 59 00:07:18,554 --> 00:07:20,834 33 years, Ma'am, serving four sovereigns. 60 00:07:20,914 --> 00:07:22,754 One can hardly imagine the place without you. 61 00:07:22,834 --> 00:07:26,074 It's kind of you to say so, Ma'am, but we're well prepared for the transition. 62 00:07:26,154 --> 00:07:28,194 A deputy's long been groomed and made ready. 63 00:07:28,274 --> 00:07:29,794 - Two deputies, right? - Yes, Ma'am. 64 00:07:29,874 --> 00:07:32,394 - A senior and a junior. - An heir and a spare. 65 00:07:32,474 --> 00:07:33,274 Quite. 66 00:07:33,354 --> 00:07:37,274 Well, before we discuss any of that, 67 00:07:37,354 --> 00:07:40,034 I'd like you to know how grateful we all are to you. 68 00:07:40,114 --> 00:07:42,274 - For your years of service. - Thank you, Ma'am. 69 00:07:42,354 --> 00:07:45,514 My father was quite dependent on you. You know that. 70 00:07:45,594 --> 00:07:49,874 And in our short time together, I could see how I could be, too. 71 00:07:49,954 --> 00:07:51,994 But you deserve to put your feet up. 72 00:07:52,074 --> 00:07:54,874 And I think I could work quite well with Martin Charteris. 73 00:07:54,954 --> 00:07:57,434 - Martin Charteris? - Yes. 74 00:07:58,754 --> 00:08:00,994 I assume you'll give that your blessing. 75 00:08:03,194 --> 00:08:06,634 Martin is the junior deputy private secretary, Ma'am, the spare. 76 00:08:06,714 --> 00:08:10,874 Michael Adeane is the senior. The rightful heir. 77 00:08:11,674 --> 00:08:14,234 Yes, but Martin and I have worked together before. 78 00:08:14,314 --> 00:08:17,274 - I'm aware of that. - I'm sure Michael would understand 79 00:08:17,354 --> 00:08:21,554 that I had a pre-existing relationship with Martin and not take it personally. 80 00:08:21,634 --> 00:08:25,394 Martin is a younger man. It's the more natural fit. 81 00:08:26,634 --> 00:08:28,474 If that is Your Majesty's wish. 82 00:08:50,914 --> 00:08:53,674 Prime Minister, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting. 83 00:08:53,754 --> 00:08:54,554 Not at all. 84 00:08:54,634 --> 00:08:56,314 - Oh, but I see you've found company. - Yes. 85 00:08:56,394 --> 00:09:00,394 Honey, Sugar, Pippin, say goodbye. Thank you, Tommy. 86 00:09:05,554 --> 00:09:07,714 Shall we make a start? 87 00:09:07,794 --> 00:09:12,514 One item overshadows every other on the agenda this week, Ma'am. 88 00:09:12,594 --> 00:09:15,034 The Soviets and their H-bomb. 89 00:09:15,114 --> 00:09:17,394 We now have confirmation that they have been testing 90 00:09:17,474 --> 00:09:19,674 in the Kazakh Desert. 91 00:09:19,754 --> 00:09:23,434 It is vital that we act swiftly to secure peace 92 00:09:23,514 --> 00:09:27,314 and vital that we British spearhead the effort. 93 00:09:27,394 --> 00:09:30,674 I have always been the person 94 00:09:30,754 --> 00:09:33,594 everyone wants in a room with the Russians 95 00:09:33,674 --> 00:09:36,354 because Stalin would only talk to me. 96 00:09:36,434 --> 00:09:39,754 With him gone, there is a great danger 97 00:09:39,834 --> 00:09:43,074 that Eisenhower will take it upon himself to run the show. 98 00:09:45,114 --> 00:09:46,114 And that would be bad? 99 00:09:46,194 --> 00:09:50,794 Oh, a disaster, Ma'am. For all the obvious reasons. 100 00:09:53,114 --> 00:09:54,114 Of course. 101 00:09:56,754 --> 00:09:59,394 Remind me. Of the obvious reasons. 102 00:10:03,314 --> 00:10:04,754 Russia... 103 00:10:06,514 --> 00:10:11,914 is a great old empire which demands and deserves respect. 104 00:10:11,994 --> 00:10:17,314 Americans like to wave the big stick and speak with a loud voice. 105 00:10:17,394 --> 00:10:22,434 In the matter of world governance, they are not yet ready. 106 00:10:22,514 --> 00:10:24,474 They need 107 00:10:24,554 --> 00:10:29,274 an experienced and elder power 108 00:10:29,354 --> 00:10:31,794 to guide them, school them. 109 00:10:31,874 --> 00:10:33,354 Yes, we could all do with some school. 110 00:10:33,434 --> 00:10:37,754 To that end, I've asked the Foreign Secretary to go to Washington 111 00:10:37,834 --> 00:10:42,274 to lay plans for a summit meeting between myself and Eisenhower, 112 00:10:42,354 --> 00:10:44,954 to start discussing a unified approach 113 00:10:45,034 --> 00:10:47,114 for how to bring the Russians back into the family. 114 00:10:47,194 --> 00:10:49,834 - Do you think he's up to it? - Eisenhower? 115 00:10:49,914 --> 00:10:51,394 No, the Foreign Secretary. 116 00:10:51,474 --> 00:10:57,394 Anthony is the finest Foreign Secretary this country has had for generations. 117 00:10:58,674 --> 00:11:01,194 Yes, but I've heard he's also a very sick man. 118 00:11:01,274 --> 00:11:06,674 I would hate to think that the country wasn't in safe hands, 119 00:11:06,754 --> 00:11:09,314 being led by healthy men. 120 00:11:09,394 --> 00:11:13,274 We are both fine, Ma'am. I assure you. 121 00:11:15,554 --> 00:11:18,234 Early indications are that the bomb they tested 122 00:11:18,314 --> 00:11:21,234 was a fission and fusion-fueled Sloika design, 123 00:11:21,314 --> 00:11:24,394 based on lithium-six deuteride and uranium-two-three-five 124 00:11:24,474 --> 00:11:27,554 with a yield of 400 kilotons. 125 00:11:27,634 --> 00:11:31,634 Khrushchev claims the weapon is ready for immediate use, 126 00:11:31,714 --> 00:11:33,914 capable of deployment from a bomber aircraft. 127 00:11:33,994 --> 00:11:36,594 He was bragging about it to the Presidium last week. 128 00:11:36,674 --> 00:11:37,914 Do we believe that? 129 00:11:37,994 --> 00:11:42,354 Latest CIA intelligence seems to support it, with the Soviets known to be 130 00:11:42,434 --> 00:11:44,994 ramping up their production of long-range bomber aircraft... 131 00:11:45,074 --> 00:11:47,794 Are you all right, sir? 132 00:11:50,394 --> 00:11:53,874 My bag, please. Give me my bag. 133 00:12:09,434 --> 00:12:10,234 You can do this. 134 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:15,914 Sir, this really should be done by a doctor. 135 00:12:15,994 --> 00:12:18,834 Just find a vein. Come on! 136 00:12:34,834 --> 00:12:38,754 Now, we can say with confidence that Joe Four's total yield, 137 00:12:38,834 --> 00:12:42,194 why, was in the range of four to 500 kilotons. 138 00:12:42,274 --> 00:12:46,914 Now, intelligence sources indicate the Soviets used the layered design... 139 00:12:46,994 --> 00:12:51,474 similar to our own "Ivy Mike" detonation in '52, 140 00:12:51,554 --> 00:12:53,794 which is consistent with the blast radius. 141 00:12:54,594 --> 00:12:57,034 The British Foreign Secretary. 142 00:13:08,634 --> 00:13:12,034 That gentleman is not just a sleeping man, 143 00:13:12,114 --> 00:13:14,074 it's a sad metaphor. 144 00:13:14,154 --> 00:13:15,754 The second most powerful man 145 00:13:15,834 --> 00:13:19,114 in what was once the most powerful country on Earth. 146 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:22,874 What's that on his arm? 147 00:13:24,114 --> 00:13:27,394 Looks like blood, sir. 148 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:29,194 Good God. 149 00:13:37,034 --> 00:13:39,754 Colonel Charteris, Your Majesty. 150 00:13:41,394 --> 00:13:44,194 - You asked to see me? - I did. Do sit down. 151 00:13:51,514 --> 00:13:54,714 Now, as I'm sure you're aware, 152 00:13:54,794 --> 00:13:57,521 Tommy Lascelles will be leaving us shortly to begin his 153 00:13:57,546 --> 00:13:59,378 well-deserved retirement. 154 00:14:01,074 --> 00:14:04,674 And his departure will leave something of a gap. 155 00:14:05,834 --> 00:14:07,154 Yes. 156 00:14:07,234 --> 00:14:12,194 And I was wondering whether you might be interested in filling that gap? 157 00:14:12,274 --> 00:14:15,434 - As what, Ma'am? - My Private Secretary. 158 00:14:18,114 --> 00:14:21,234 - I'd be delighted, but... - But what? 159 00:14:21,314 --> 00:14:22,674 What about Michael Adeane? 160 00:14:22,754 --> 00:14:26,114 - What about him? - He is the natural successor. 161 00:14:26,194 --> 00:14:30,234 I was hoping it might be possible for me to make my own decision just once. 162 00:14:31,194 --> 00:14:34,954 There are two Private Secretaries to choose from. 163 00:14:35,034 --> 00:14:37,234 And I happen to prefer the Junior. 164 00:14:40,514 --> 00:14:43,714 So, shall we say that's that? 165 00:14:45,034 --> 00:14:47,754 Yes. I suppose we shall. 166 00:14:47,834 --> 00:14:49,954 - Good. - Thank you. 167 00:14:52,274 --> 00:14:54,874 Is there anything I can do? In the meantime. 168 00:14:54,954 --> 00:14:56,954 No, no, no. Thank you, Martin. 169 00:15:00,474 --> 00:15:01,914 Actually, Martin... 170 00:15:02,874 --> 00:15:03,954 A tutor. 171 00:15:04,874 --> 00:15:08,674 - Ma'am? - I'd like to engage one. 172 00:15:08,754 --> 00:15:11,434 - Any particular field? - General education. 173 00:15:11,514 --> 00:15:14,714 - I'll come up with some names. - Thank you. 174 00:15:14,794 --> 00:15:19,594 Oh, and, Martin, preferably one, you know, not too stuffy. Sense of humor. 175 00:15:20,794 --> 00:15:21,754 Understood. 176 00:15:27,514 --> 00:15:32,314 I'm no stranger to pain, Winston, but this has become intolerable. 177 00:15:32,394 --> 00:15:35,714 I must have corrective surgery. 178 00:15:35,794 --> 00:15:40,154 And this "corrective surgery," must it really be Boston? 179 00:15:40,234 --> 00:15:43,354 That's where the best man is. The only man. 180 00:15:43,434 --> 00:15:48,114 They're better equipped to deal with gall bladder problems in America. 181 00:15:48,194 --> 00:15:51,194 Due to the high fat diets they have here. 182 00:15:51,274 --> 00:15:53,874 Leaving me without you for the summit with Ike. 183 00:15:53,954 --> 00:15:57,194 - Can't you delay it? - No, I can't. 184 00:15:58,074 --> 00:16:00,554 Besides, you have already stated 185 00:16:00,634 --> 00:16:03,914 your ability to run the ship without me for some time. 186 00:16:03,994 --> 00:16:08,314 In jest, my dear boy, when you become mutinous and presumptuous. 187 00:16:08,394 --> 00:16:10,474 You know how much I depend on you. 188 00:16:11,874 --> 00:16:13,714 - I do. - Well? 189 00:16:16,194 --> 00:16:18,474 But I'd still like to hear you say it again. 190 00:16:19,634 --> 00:16:23,714 - What? - I'd like you to say it again so that... 191 00:16:24,674 --> 00:16:29,314 all the people listening in can hear. You were saying. 192 00:16:30,714 --> 00:16:31,994 That... 193 00:16:34,314 --> 00:16:36,154 I depend on you, Anthony. 194 00:16:37,034 --> 00:16:38,274 What for? 195 00:16:39,394 --> 00:16:43,034 For your judgement. 196 00:16:43,114 --> 00:16:48,594 - What else? - Your integrity. And loyalty. 197 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:50,114 Louder, please. 198 00:16:50,194 --> 00:16:53,474 Yes, all right! Yes, I need you there, Anthony! 199 00:16:53,554 --> 00:16:55,834 I think we're all agreed, I need you! 200 00:16:55,914 --> 00:17:01,914 And I need the surgery, Winston. It's my life that's at stake now. 201 00:17:01,994 --> 00:17:03,354 I'm sorry. 202 00:17:36,114 --> 00:17:38,874 Prime Minister. Prime Minister? 203 00:18:00,594 --> 00:18:04,434 - What's that? - Here, Charles. That one. 204 00:18:08,594 --> 00:18:11,514 Look. Look at this. Do you like my picture? 205 00:18:11,594 --> 00:18:14,954 It's a rocket. One day it'll take us into space. 206 00:18:17,994 --> 00:18:18,994 Let's move on. 207 00:18:19,074 --> 00:18:21,754 - Professor Hogg, Your Majesty. - Who? 208 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:24,754 Colonel Charteris said you were expecting him. 209 00:18:24,834 --> 00:18:27,194 Oh, yes. 210 00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:29,074 Where's Mercury? 211 00:18:30,034 --> 00:18:33,634 High up in the sky, Charles. It's where all the other planets are. 212 00:18:33,714 --> 00:18:36,594 - Your Majesty. - Professor Hogg. 213 00:18:39,594 --> 00:18:41,434 During the course of my new daily life, 214 00:18:41,514 --> 00:18:45,234 I have to spend a great deal of time alone with statesmen. 215 00:18:45,314 --> 00:18:48,914 Men, like yourself, of exceptional intellect, 216 00:18:48,994 --> 00:18:50,914 who've risen to the very top of their profession 217 00:18:50,994 --> 00:18:53,714 by virtue of their intelligence and their ability. 218 00:18:59,994 --> 00:19:02,834 There are frequently times 219 00:19:02,914 --> 00:19:05,394 when I am discussing agendas of the day 220 00:19:05,474 --> 00:19:09,194 with these people that I find myself... 221 00:19:12,994 --> 00:19:14,074 on the back foot. 222 00:19:16,834 --> 00:19:20,514 At something of a disadvantage. Because I... 223 00:19:22,394 --> 00:19:23,714 I can't keep up. 224 00:19:24,914 --> 00:19:27,194 Or I don't know what lies behind something. 225 00:19:27,274 --> 00:19:29,474 And that's no way to live. 226 00:19:29,554 --> 00:19:34,074 To be uninformed and entirely at someone else's mercy. 227 00:19:34,154 --> 00:19:38,674 Quite. Which is why I was hoping that you might help me hold my own, some more, 228 00:19:39,914 --> 00:19:43,154 feel at less of a disadvantage, fill in... 229 00:19:44,674 --> 00:19:46,434 Fill in some of the gaps. 230 00:19:46,514 --> 00:19:51,554 Perhaps Her Majesty would give me an idea of roughly how far she got? 231 00:19:51,634 --> 00:19:54,554 - When? - With her education. 232 00:19:56,154 --> 00:19:59,434 - In what sense? - Which exams she might have taken 233 00:19:59,514 --> 00:20:04,714 and passed, that I might better know at what level to pitch our tutorials. 234 00:20:07,714 --> 00:20:10,954 The Higher School Certificate, for example. 235 00:20:15,834 --> 00:20:18,674 All right. The School Certificate, then. 236 00:20:22,434 --> 00:20:23,834 No. 237 00:20:23,914 --> 00:20:28,754 Any privately-tutored equivalents thereof, perhaps? 238 00:20:31,834 --> 00:20:32,754 I see. 239 00:20:43,034 --> 00:20:44,554 Her Majesty the Queen, Ma'am. 240 00:20:46,474 --> 00:20:48,554 This is a surprise. 241 00:20:49,994 --> 00:20:52,474 To what do I owe the pleasure? 242 00:20:53,114 --> 00:20:57,594 I came because I wanted to ask you a question about my education. 243 00:20:58,474 --> 00:20:59,794 What about it? 244 00:21:01,514 --> 00:21:04,994 - The fact that I didn't receive one. - You did. 245 00:21:05,074 --> 00:21:09,314 Sewing, needlework and saying poems with Crawfie. 246 00:21:09,394 --> 00:21:10,834 That is not an education. 247 00:21:10,914 --> 00:21:16,674 Darling, you also spent years one-on-one with the Vice-Provost of Eton College. 248 00:21:16,754 --> 00:21:18,274 Being drilled in the Constitution. 249 00:21:18,354 --> 00:21:21,594 Which is far more than your sister ever got. 250 00:21:21,674 --> 00:21:26,034 Mummy! I'm talking about a normal education. In normal subjects. 251 00:21:26,114 --> 00:21:29,674 You received an entirely appropriate education for a woman of your background. 252 00:21:29,754 --> 00:21:32,434 Which has entirely failed to prepare me for the life I lead now. 253 00:21:32,514 --> 00:21:36,914 We taught you how to be a lady, a princess. What do you want? A degree? 254 00:21:36,994 --> 00:21:40,834 No one wants a bluestocking or a college lecturer as sovereign. 255 00:21:40,914 --> 00:21:42,354 They want a Queen. 256 00:21:42,434 --> 00:21:44,954 Yes, a queen who is hopelessly ill-equipped 257 00:21:45,034 --> 00:21:47,554 to deal with the people that she has to meet. 258 00:21:53,994 --> 00:21:55,794 What has this to do with me? 259 00:21:57,194 --> 00:21:59,554 How could you have let me down like this? 260 00:22:00,794 --> 00:22:03,234 Is this a criticism of my motherhood? 261 00:22:06,674 --> 00:22:10,634 I would've thought you'd think twice before throwing stones on that score. 262 00:22:12,234 --> 00:22:13,634 What's that supposed to mean? 263 00:22:13,714 --> 00:22:16,514 I hardly see you blazing a trail in that department. 264 00:22:17,874 --> 00:22:18,674 That's not fair. 265 00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:20,714 Besides, I thought we were past the age now 266 00:22:20,794 --> 00:22:23,434 where we take cheap shots at our parents. 267 00:22:23,514 --> 00:22:26,034 I educated you as your father and I saw fit. 268 00:22:26,114 --> 00:22:28,154 Why didn't we push harder? 269 00:22:28,234 --> 00:22:31,674 No one advised that we should. That includes the Vice-Provost. 270 00:22:34,634 --> 00:22:38,834 Oh, don't force something that doesn't come naturally, dear. 271 00:22:38,914 --> 00:22:40,514 That's what I've learned. 272 00:22:44,794 --> 00:22:47,754 We all have to accept our limitations in life. 273 00:23:10,234 --> 00:23:12,674 That's it, there. The grace and favor flat, 274 00:23:12,754 --> 00:23:14,714 belonging to the Queen's Private Secretary. 275 00:23:14,794 --> 00:23:17,914 - Our new home. - How much of the ground floor is it? 276 00:23:18,674 --> 00:23:22,594 All of it. Including the rooms stretching to the back. 277 00:23:25,794 --> 00:23:27,354 The girls will be happy here. 278 00:23:28,994 --> 00:23:30,754 Now, we must go. 279 00:23:30,834 --> 00:23:33,114 - I don't want anyone to see us. - Why? 280 00:23:33,194 --> 00:23:34,754 Well, it's just indiscreet. 281 00:23:34,834 --> 00:23:38,514 - And I haven't got the job yet. - What about that tree? 282 00:23:39,714 --> 00:23:41,154 It's blocking all the light. 283 00:23:41,234 --> 00:23:43,514 Well, I daresay one could ask to have it trimmed back. 284 00:23:43,594 --> 00:23:45,274 Will you ask? 285 00:23:45,354 --> 00:23:49,714 I don't see the rush, but... yes, I can ask. Discreetly. 286 00:23:57,474 --> 00:23:58,354 Good God. 287 00:23:58,434 --> 00:24:02,274 A stroke, Bobbety, that's all, a minor stroke. 288 00:24:02,354 --> 00:24:04,794 But I'm on the mend, bouncing back. 289 00:24:04,874 --> 00:24:06,794 Well, you don't look very bouncy to me. 290 00:24:06,874 --> 00:24:08,434 - Who knows? - No one. 291 00:24:08,514 --> 00:24:11,114 And no one can know. Especially the Queen. 292 00:24:11,194 --> 00:24:12,034 What? 293 00:24:12,114 --> 00:24:17,314 I have promised her that the country will always have a healthy man in charge. 294 00:24:17,394 --> 00:24:20,954 You know me, Bobbety, I am a man of my word. 295 00:24:21,914 --> 00:24:23,394 But you can't just hide it from her. 296 00:24:24,474 --> 00:24:27,514 I mean, you're head of the government which runs the country in her name. 297 00:24:28,794 --> 00:24:30,354 Don't you think she'll smell a rat 298 00:24:30,434 --> 00:24:32,394 when no one turns up at her private audience? 299 00:24:32,474 --> 00:24:36,114 The Palace has been told that I have a cold. 300 00:24:36,194 --> 00:24:37,354 A cold? 301 00:24:38,714 --> 00:24:43,474 Jock, you have my permission to extend that to the flu. 302 00:24:43,554 --> 00:24:45,514 - Sir. - But no more. 303 00:24:45,594 --> 00:24:48,834 And what about the meeting with Eisenhower in Washington? 304 00:24:48,914 --> 00:24:52,834 Alas, as I have been refused permission to fly, 305 00:24:52,914 --> 00:24:55,034 I am left with no option. 306 00:24:55,114 --> 00:24:57,994 - To postpone it? - Are you mad? 307 00:24:58,074 --> 00:25:02,714 The Russian situation could not be more delicately poised, 308 00:25:02,794 --> 00:25:06,034 nor more needing of my influence. 309 00:25:06,114 --> 00:25:07,074 No. 310 00:25:08,674 --> 00:25:11,354 We have to get Eisenhower here. 311 00:25:12,114 --> 00:25:14,308 You see, Tommy, there's no other way. 312 00:25:14,333 --> 00:25:16,818 Well, how about the 12th of July? 313 00:25:16,874 --> 00:25:20,594 - I doubt it. - All right, the 13th? 314 00:25:20,674 --> 00:25:23,514 - I doubt that as well. - The 14th then. 315 00:25:23,594 --> 00:25:26,314 I can put it to her, Bobbety, but I wouldn't hold your breath. 316 00:25:26,394 --> 00:25:28,874 Well, I'll leave it to your powers of persuasion. 317 00:25:29,554 --> 00:25:30,514 Goodbye. 318 00:26:01,834 --> 00:26:03,434 Sorry to disturb you, Ma'am, 319 00:26:03,514 --> 00:26:06,914 but I just had Lord Salisbury on the phone 320 00:26:06,994 --> 00:26:09,994 with an unusual request. 321 00:26:10,074 --> 00:26:12,954 President Eisenhower is due to meet the Prime Minister 322 00:26:13,034 --> 00:26:18,074 in Washington for a summit next week, but Mr. Churchill's developed a cold, 323 00:26:18,154 --> 00:26:20,874 a nasty cold and Lord Moran, his doctor, has forbidden him to fly. 324 00:26:20,954 --> 00:26:23,634 Now, the feeling is the meeting is of the utmost importance 325 00:26:23,714 --> 00:26:27,594 so Downing Street was wondering whether we might be able to help. 326 00:26:27,674 --> 00:26:30,474 - Help how? - By inviting the President here. 327 00:26:32,514 --> 00:26:34,554 - Where? - Here, Ma'am, to Buckingham Palace, 328 00:26:34,634 --> 00:26:36,474 to a state banquet next week. 329 00:26:36,554 --> 00:26:39,294 The feeling is that, by that time, 330 00:26:39,319 --> 00:26:42,218 Winston should have made a sufficient recovery. 331 00:26:42,274 --> 00:26:44,794 Well, I was planning on going to Sandringham. 332 00:26:47,194 --> 00:26:50,434 I'm afraid it would mean postponing that by a few days. 333 00:26:57,154 --> 00:27:00,354 We can extend an invitation through our ambassador in Washington. 334 00:27:00,434 --> 00:27:03,514 - Is that a green light, Ma'am? - Yes. 335 00:27:03,594 --> 00:27:06,114 Then, if you'll excuse me, I better get cracking. 336 00:27:09,474 --> 00:27:11,914 Do you have a moment, Tommy? I need to speak to you urgently. 337 00:27:11,994 --> 00:27:14,514 I don't, I'm afraid, I have a state banquet to arrange, 338 00:27:14,594 --> 00:27:16,314 so if it can possibly wait until later... 339 00:27:16,394 --> 00:27:19,074 I think when you hear it, you'll share my sense of alarm. 340 00:27:19,154 --> 00:27:20,834 It seems that Martin Charteris 341 00:27:20,914 --> 00:27:24,794 is to replace you as Her Majesty's Private Secretary, not me. 342 00:27:24,874 --> 00:27:26,394 What? Says who? 343 00:27:26,474 --> 00:27:28,994 Says Margaret Colville, Jock Colville's wife, 344 00:27:29,074 --> 00:27:32,154 who plays bridge with Alice Jameson, lady-in-waiting, 345 00:27:32,234 --> 00:27:35,954 who as you may know, plays tennis with Mary Charteris. 346 00:27:36,034 --> 00:27:37,714 Why on earth would I know that? 347 00:27:37,794 --> 00:27:40,234 Anyway, so confident are they of the appointment, 348 00:27:40,314 --> 00:27:43,154 - that Mary has even gone so... - Don't tell me. 349 00:27:43,234 --> 00:27:44,994 So far to speak to the Palace Head Gardener 350 00:27:45,074 --> 00:27:47,114 about trimming the tree outside my window. 351 00:27:48,194 --> 00:27:49,874 Yes. 352 00:27:49,954 --> 00:27:52,314 Ask Martin to come and see me, would you? 353 00:27:52,394 --> 00:27:56,634 That is, if he and his lady wife are not too busy measuring carpets and curtains 354 00:27:56,714 --> 00:27:57,834 for what is still my home. 355 00:28:03,474 --> 00:28:07,234 - Right, it's green light. Jump to it. - Sir. 356 00:29:05,954 --> 00:29:09,154 - You asked to see me, Tommy. - I did. Do sit down. 357 00:29:19,234 --> 00:29:22,914 Martin, you've worked for the Palace now, for what, three years? 358 00:29:22,994 --> 00:29:25,594 I'd have thought that long enough for you to know the ropes. 359 00:29:25,674 --> 00:29:29,754 Understand the rules, the way things are done. 360 00:29:29,834 --> 00:29:30,954 I think I do. 361 00:29:33,874 --> 00:29:35,194 Manifestly not. 362 00:29:58,034 --> 00:30:00,314 Professor Hogg, Your Majesty. 363 00:30:02,794 --> 00:30:04,754 - Your Majesty. - Professor. 364 00:30:10,274 --> 00:30:14,034 I know you were going to prepare some tutorials of a more general nature, 365 00:30:14,114 --> 00:30:18,834 but it seems I'm going to need some more specific knowledge first. 366 00:30:18,914 --> 00:30:23,514 - On which subject? - President Eisenhower. 367 00:30:23,594 --> 00:30:26,754 He'll be coming here in a matter of days and I'll be expected... 368 00:30:27,994 --> 00:30:31,074 to sit next to him and make conversation with him. 369 00:30:31,154 --> 00:30:34,674 So I need to know all about him and what interests him. 370 00:30:34,754 --> 00:30:37,514 The military industrial complex, Ma'am. 371 00:30:38,794 --> 00:30:39,834 What? 372 00:30:39,914 --> 00:30:44,154 And its threat to democratic government. It's what most concerns him. 373 00:30:47,314 --> 00:30:50,514 - Something lighter, perhaps? - Golf? 374 00:30:52,354 --> 00:30:54,994 - Anything else? - Oil painting. 375 00:30:55,714 --> 00:30:59,514 - I'm told he paints landscapes. - Oh, don't they all? 376 00:31:02,874 --> 00:31:07,554 Would Your Majesty give me 24 hours to do some research and come back to you? 377 00:31:07,634 --> 00:31:08,554 Yes. Of course. 378 00:31:12,794 --> 00:31:17,114 He was baptized, wasn't he? Just six months ago. 379 00:31:18,674 --> 00:31:21,554 Yes, I think I read about that. A Presbyterian. 380 00:31:24,234 --> 00:31:27,634 - Did they dunk him, do you think? - Dunk? 381 00:31:28,714 --> 00:31:34,674 - A full immersion. In some river. - If I were a gambling man, I'd say yes. 382 00:31:35,674 --> 00:31:36,754 Are you? 383 00:31:38,114 --> 00:31:41,474 Occasionally. The Derby, Ma'am, and the Grand National. 384 00:31:41,554 --> 00:31:44,074 Oh, how did you get on this year? 385 00:31:44,154 --> 00:31:48,914 At the National, rather well. I had "Early Mist" on an each-way bet. 386 00:31:48,994 --> 00:31:51,448 Oh, well done, you. You won by 20 lengths. 387 00:31:51,473 --> 00:31:53,418 I share your admiration for Mr. O'Brien, 388 00:31:53,474 --> 00:31:55,894 and everything he's doing at Ballydoyle Stables. 389 00:31:56,754 --> 00:31:58,994 - Who? - The trainer. 390 00:32:00,434 --> 00:32:04,514 - That's not why you backed him? - No. I just liked the name. 391 00:32:07,634 --> 00:32:08,634 I see. 392 00:32:09,714 --> 00:32:12,554 - Back in 24 hours. - Thank you. 393 00:32:26,674 --> 00:32:28,954 "I'm so sorry to hear that in these past days 394 00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:31,074 you've not been in your usual good health." 395 00:32:31,154 --> 00:32:33,114 Isn't that nice? 396 00:32:33,194 --> 00:32:36,554 "And that your tireless exertions on behalf of this country 397 00:32:36,634 --> 00:32:40,314 have resulted in this temporary inconvenience." 398 00:32:41,594 --> 00:32:43,594 "Temporary inconvenience." 399 00:32:44,914 --> 00:32:46,994 How much does she know exactly? 400 00:32:47,954 --> 00:32:49,714 Because, from the tone of this... 401 00:32:50,994 --> 00:32:52,354 Winston. 402 00:32:54,154 --> 00:32:56,834 - She thinks it's a cold. - A cold? 403 00:32:56,914 --> 00:33:00,594 Yes, a cold. If she knew the truth, she would bid me stand down. 404 00:33:00,674 --> 00:33:02,634 - Good. - A replacement would have to be found. 405 00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:05,634 The wrong replacement, because the right man... 406 00:33:05,714 --> 00:33:08,994 - Anthony. - ...is himself incapacitated. 407 00:33:09,074 --> 00:33:12,474 Too much knowledge can be a dangerous thing. 408 00:33:12,554 --> 00:33:14,274 Do you mean to tell me that, at the moment, 409 00:33:14,354 --> 00:33:17,834 this country's without a fit leader or a deputy leader? 410 00:33:17,914 --> 00:33:19,514 Shh. Not so loud. 411 00:33:19,594 --> 00:33:21,354 - But... - Come. 412 00:33:23,634 --> 00:33:26,034 Good news, sir. It's a yes from Eisenhower. 413 00:33:27,474 --> 00:33:29,274 You were right, an invitation from the Palace 414 00:33:29,354 --> 00:33:31,714 has proved impossible for the Americans to refuse. 415 00:33:31,794 --> 00:33:34,314 They've changed his schedule and they're going to make it work. 416 00:33:34,394 --> 00:33:37,234 - But that's wonderful news! - Don't get out bed, Winston! 417 00:33:37,314 --> 00:33:39,794 - It is wonderful! - Don't get out bed, darling. 418 00:33:39,874 --> 00:33:41,194 Don't get out of bed. 419 00:33:41,274 --> 00:33:43,754 If Ike comes here, I can be leader again. 420 00:33:43,834 --> 00:33:45,754 - Winston. - That's what really matters. 421 00:33:45,834 --> 00:33:48,674 Getting me and Ike in the same room, so that he and I can... 422 00:33:48,754 --> 00:33:49,874 Do go back to bed. 423 00:33:49,954 --> 00:33:52,754 ...get on with building a real and lasting peace with the Russians! 424 00:33:52,834 --> 00:33:56,674 Look, why don't you admit the truth, that you have been fighting for your life 425 00:33:56,754 --> 00:33:57,954 and tell the Queen? 426 00:34:00,834 --> 00:34:02,434 Winston? 427 00:34:37,914 --> 00:34:41,234 - How serious is it this time? - It's impossible to know. 428 00:34:44,194 --> 00:34:47,074 I fear we do now have to put off the Americans. 429 00:34:47,154 --> 00:34:48,194 Yes, of course. 430 00:34:48,274 --> 00:34:53,874 - And tell the Queen. - No. No, we're in too deep now for that. 431 00:34:54,954 --> 00:34:58,474 If Eisenhower isn't coming, blame it on him, not on Winston. 432 00:34:59,314 --> 00:35:02,234 The Queen must never know how much we've kept from her. 433 00:35:33,434 --> 00:35:35,074 Prepare for inspection! 434 00:35:40,034 --> 00:35:41,674 Sorry to disturb you, Ma'am. 435 00:35:43,874 --> 00:35:46,834 I've been asked by Downing Street to inform you first 436 00:35:46,914 --> 00:35:50,874 that President Eisenhower is no longer able to leave the United States, 437 00:35:50,954 --> 00:35:53,354 owing to a political crisis at home. 438 00:35:57,914 --> 00:35:59,554 Well, that's a relief. 439 00:35:59,634 --> 00:36:02,954 And that the Prime Minister still hasn't shaken off his cold. 440 00:36:03,034 --> 00:36:05,474 And will not be attending today's private audience. 441 00:36:05,554 --> 00:36:08,394 Really? Goodness. 442 00:36:08,474 --> 00:36:11,594 That's the second consecutive private audience that he's missed. 443 00:36:11,674 --> 00:36:14,354 - It's most unlike him. - Yes, isn't it? 444 00:36:16,194 --> 00:36:17,314 Are you all right, Martin? 445 00:36:19,994 --> 00:36:21,594 Your Majesty, I've had the opportunity 446 00:36:21,674 --> 00:36:26,514 to think about your very kind offer to become your Private Secretary. 447 00:36:27,954 --> 00:36:30,474 And I'm afraid I must decline. 448 00:36:33,074 --> 00:36:34,194 Why? 449 00:36:37,354 --> 00:36:41,794 In this instance, I really do believe you'll be better served by Michael. 450 00:36:43,674 --> 00:36:44,994 No, you don't. 451 00:36:46,194 --> 00:36:49,714 - Ma'am? - You don't think that. 452 00:36:49,794 --> 00:36:54,874 Nor could you ever think that. For the very good reason that it's not true. 453 00:36:54,954 --> 00:36:58,154 Have you been spoken to by Tommy Lascelles? 454 00:36:58,234 --> 00:37:00,754 - Ma'am. - You have. 455 00:37:00,834 --> 00:37:02,394 And what did he have to say? 456 00:37:05,394 --> 00:37:07,434 That I should've refused the offer in the room. 457 00:37:09,234 --> 00:37:11,794 That I obviously have no respect or understanding 458 00:37:11,874 --> 00:37:16,754 for Palace tradition and protocol, and that it must be Michael Adeane. 459 00:37:21,274 --> 00:37:22,314 Did he now? 460 00:37:25,194 --> 00:37:26,994 If you'll excuse me for a moment, Martin? 461 00:37:56,754 --> 00:37:57,754 Come. 462 00:38:00,354 --> 00:38:01,474 Oh. 463 00:38:01,554 --> 00:38:03,954 - Your Majesty. - Look, Tommy. 464 00:38:05,434 --> 00:38:08,034 There's no pretty way of saying this, I would prefer Martin. 465 00:38:08,114 --> 00:38:13,394 - And that is your right, Ma'am. - Yes. And I rather thought so, too. 466 00:38:13,474 --> 00:38:15,354 But it would be a mistake. 467 00:38:16,274 --> 00:38:18,994 - And why is that? - Please. 468 00:38:30,754 --> 00:38:32,234 There's a way of doing things here. 469 00:38:33,834 --> 00:38:36,994 An order developed over time, generations. 470 00:38:38,914 --> 00:38:43,114 And individuality in the House of Windsor, 471 00:38:43,194 --> 00:38:47,514 any departure from that way of doing things, is not to be encouraged. 472 00:38:47,594 --> 00:38:50,434 It results in catastrophes like the abdication. 473 00:38:51,474 --> 00:38:53,754 Abdicating the Throne and choosing my Private Secretary 474 00:38:53,834 --> 00:38:56,794 - is hardly comparing like with like. - I disagree. 475 00:38:58,034 --> 00:38:59,434 I served your uncle, as you know. 476 00:39:00,594 --> 00:39:04,954 And it's in the small things that the rot starts. 477 00:39:05,034 --> 00:39:07,674 Do the wrong thing once, it's easier to do it again. 478 00:39:07,754 --> 00:39:12,714 Do the individualistic thing once, it is easy to do it again. 479 00:39:12,794 --> 00:39:16,554 Now, in the case of your uncle, it started with wanting to use 480 00:39:16,634 --> 00:39:19,834 Buckingham Palace simply as the office and York House as his home. 481 00:39:20,794 --> 00:39:25,754 Then he stopped attending church, decided he wanted to sell Sandringham. 482 00:39:25,834 --> 00:39:28,154 He dismissed courtiers who'd served under his father 483 00:39:28,234 --> 00:39:31,994 in favor of younger, sycophantic supplicants. 484 00:39:32,074 --> 00:39:34,394 Of course, no one saw the abdication coming then, 485 00:39:34,474 --> 00:39:37,874 but the ego, the willfulness, 486 00:39:37,954 --> 00:39:42,154 the individualism, the rot had set in. 487 00:39:42,234 --> 00:39:47,114 - Martin and I have an understanding. - I don't deny it. 488 00:39:48,314 --> 00:39:50,120 It would make me feel as if I had 489 00:39:50,980 --> 00:39:52,778 an ally, 490 00:39:52,834 --> 00:39:57,554 friend almost, in what can sometimes feel like a very... 491 00:40:12,074 --> 00:40:13,074 Well... 492 00:40:14,954 --> 00:40:18,714 The next in line and the senior of my two deputies 493 00:40:18,794 --> 00:40:22,874 and the natural heir is Michael. 494 00:40:24,274 --> 00:40:26,474 - Your man. - The right man. 495 00:40:31,114 --> 00:40:35,474 But as always, the final say is with you, Ma'am. 496 00:40:45,114 --> 00:40:47,714 Thank you. 497 00:41:26,794 --> 00:41:28,074 Just had the Palace on the phone, 498 00:41:28,154 --> 00:41:30,074 requesting a private audience this afternoon. 499 00:41:30,154 --> 00:41:33,034 It seems the Queen wants to see you, sir. 500 00:41:34,034 --> 00:41:35,034 Me? 501 00:41:51,914 --> 00:41:53,194 What's all this about, Patrick? 502 00:41:53,274 --> 00:41:55,194 - Don't know, sir. - Can't you give me a clue? 503 00:42:00,394 --> 00:42:02,914 Mr. Colville, Your Majesty. 504 00:42:07,954 --> 00:42:10,034 - You asked to see me, Your Majesty? - Yes, Jock. 505 00:42:10,114 --> 00:42:15,354 You were my Private Secretary for two years before Martin Charteris. 506 00:42:15,434 --> 00:42:16,674 I was. 507 00:42:16,754 --> 00:42:20,394 And it was my impression that we always had a good understanding 508 00:42:20,474 --> 00:42:24,034 and we were able to speak openly with one another. 509 00:42:24,114 --> 00:42:27,914 - Yes, of course. - And trust one another, 510 00:42:27,994 --> 00:42:31,154 speak plainly when matters of real importance came up. 511 00:42:31,234 --> 00:42:34,034 And before Her Majesty says anything else, let me just say 512 00:42:34,059 --> 00:42:35,578 how sorry I am. 513 00:42:36,754 --> 00:42:42,434 It's been agony. I tried to stop them, I told them my opinion, 514 00:42:42,514 --> 00:42:45,394 but they were so insistent we keep it from you. 515 00:42:45,474 --> 00:42:48,514 After the second one, I really was of a mind to let you know the truth. 516 00:42:49,474 --> 00:42:52,714 - Second what? - Stroke, Ma'am. 517 00:42:52,794 --> 00:42:56,834 But they insisted again, everyone keep it quiet, say nothing. 518 00:43:00,794 --> 00:43:01,834 I see. 519 00:43:05,114 --> 00:43:08,914 And who was it that was doing the insisting? 520 00:43:08,994 --> 00:43:11,354 Lord Salisbury, Ma'am. 521 00:43:11,434 --> 00:43:16,074 And the Prime Minister himself. On the rare occasions he was conscious. 522 00:43:20,314 --> 00:43:21,514 I see. 523 00:43:22,754 --> 00:43:25,434 That is what you asked me here to discuss? 524 00:43:26,874 --> 00:43:28,634 No. 525 00:43:28,714 --> 00:43:31,794 I asked you here to discuss whether I should take Michael Adeane 526 00:43:31,874 --> 00:43:35,274 for my Private Secretary, rather than Martin Charteris. 527 00:43:38,754 --> 00:43:42,594 But what you've just told me is far more important. 528 00:43:48,354 --> 00:43:50,114 - No. - Yes. 529 00:43:50,194 --> 00:43:51,914 The slippery old so-and-so's. 530 00:43:51,994 --> 00:43:56,954 It's rather worse than slippery, wouldn't you say? Somewhat unconstitutional. 531 00:43:57,034 --> 00:44:03,034 - What are you going to do? - Nothing, of course. That's my job. 532 00:44:03,834 --> 00:44:07,434 - Do nothing and stay silent at all times. - Is it? 533 00:44:07,514 --> 00:44:10,914 From memory, and forgive me, Ma'am, it's a while since I read Bagehot, 534 00:44:10,994 --> 00:44:16,234 but in circumstances such as these, is it not also your duty to act? 535 00:44:18,194 --> 00:44:22,514 - I doubt it. I'd have to check. - I think you know precisely. 536 00:44:25,474 --> 00:44:26,794 Yes, it is. 537 00:44:28,474 --> 00:44:32,434 But I can't just summon the brightest, most formidable men in the country 538 00:44:32,514 --> 00:44:35,194 and give them a dressing down, like children. 539 00:44:35,274 --> 00:44:38,794 Why? You are in the right, they in the wrong. 540 00:44:38,874 --> 00:44:42,234 Yes, but they're far more intelligent than I am. 541 00:44:42,314 --> 00:44:46,754 Any confrontation, they'd out-debate me, out-think me and out-maneuver me. 542 00:44:46,834 --> 00:44:49,754 But this isn't about education or intelligence. 543 00:44:49,834 --> 00:44:53,354 This is about integrity and principle. 544 00:44:53,434 --> 00:44:57,194 Ma'am, you say you don't have what it takes to do battle with these people. 545 00:44:57,274 --> 00:44:58,554 You do. 546 00:44:58,634 --> 00:45:02,154 You were drilled for years in the finer points of our Constitution. 547 00:45:02,234 --> 00:45:04,954 You know it better than me, better than all of us. 548 00:45:05,034 --> 00:45:08,674 You have the only education that matters. 549 00:45:08,754 --> 00:45:10,834 So what would you have me do? 550 00:45:10,914 --> 00:45:16,274 Summon them and give them a good dressing down like children. 551 00:45:16,354 --> 00:45:17,874 Why would they stand for that? 552 00:45:17,954 --> 00:45:21,154 Because they're English, male and upper class. 553 00:45:21,234 --> 00:45:25,594 A good dressing down from Nanny is what they most want in life. 554 00:45:29,874 --> 00:45:32,874 Unconventional to the end, Professor. 555 00:45:38,154 --> 00:45:39,834 Thank you, Professor. 556 00:45:41,194 --> 00:45:44,194 I'm afraid I urgently need something from Windsor Castle. 557 00:45:44,274 --> 00:45:49,594 At least I think it's at Windsor. It might be at Sandringham. Or Balmoral. 558 00:45:49,674 --> 00:45:51,834 - Or it might be here. - Ma'am. 559 00:47:19,714 --> 00:47:22,234 Lord Salisbury, please. 560 00:47:23,274 --> 00:47:26,514 If you wouldn't mind, Prime Minister. 561 00:47:49,114 --> 00:47:50,114 Ma'am. 562 00:48:02,114 --> 00:48:06,954 It has come to my attention that for a period of time last week, 563 00:48:07,034 --> 00:48:10,394 my Prime Minister was incapacitated. 564 00:48:11,954 --> 00:48:13,794 And the Foreign Secretary, too. 565 00:48:15,074 --> 00:48:19,274 And that you colluded in keeping that information from me. 566 00:48:20,394 --> 00:48:23,714 - Your Maj... - No, it is not my job to govern. 567 00:48:23,794 --> 00:48:27,594 But it is my job to ensure proper governance. 568 00:48:29,474 --> 00:48:34,954 But how can I do that if my ministers lie and plot and hide the truth from me? 569 00:48:36,794 --> 00:48:39,634 You have prevented me from doing my duty. 570 00:48:39,714 --> 00:48:43,554 You have hampered and bamboozled the proper functioning of the Crown. 571 00:48:47,114 --> 00:48:48,154 How could you? 572 00:48:50,594 --> 00:48:53,354 My own late father valued you greatly. 573 00:48:53,434 --> 00:48:57,234 He believed the phrase, "History teaches, never trust a Cecil." 574 00:48:57,314 --> 00:48:58,874 Deeply unfair. 575 00:49:02,434 --> 00:49:03,834 Perhaps not. 576 00:49:18,234 --> 00:49:19,314 You may go. 577 00:49:40,434 --> 00:49:41,634 Prime Minister. 578 00:49:43,914 --> 00:49:44,954 Please. 579 00:49:46,954 --> 00:49:48,834 The Prime Minister, Your Majesty. 580 00:50:02,194 --> 00:50:03,594 Your Majesty. 581 00:50:04,874 --> 00:50:06,234 Winston. 582 00:50:16,554 --> 00:50:20,194 I am just a young woman, starting out in public service. 583 00:50:21,234 --> 00:50:26,154 And I would never presume to give a man, so much my senior, 584 00:50:26,234 --> 00:50:30,434 and who has given this country so much, a lecture. 585 00:50:33,234 --> 00:50:34,234 However... 586 00:50:36,314 --> 00:50:39,114 you were at my Coronation. 587 00:50:39,194 --> 00:50:40,674 I was. 588 00:50:40,754 --> 00:50:45,114 And you therefore heard for yourself as I took the solemn oath 589 00:50:45,194 --> 00:50:48,874 to govern the people of my realms 590 00:50:48,954 --> 00:50:52,594 according to their respective laws and customs. 591 00:50:54,114 --> 00:50:59,514 Now, one of those customs is that their elected Prime Minister 592 00:50:59,594 --> 00:51:03,354 should be of reasonably sound body and mind. 593 00:51:03,434 --> 00:51:06,554 Not an outrageous expectation, one would've thought. 594 00:51:06,634 --> 00:51:08,114 No. 595 00:51:08,194 --> 00:51:11,474 But it seems that you have not 596 00:51:11,554 --> 00:51:14,754 been of sound body and mind these past weeks. 597 00:51:15,874 --> 00:51:21,314 And that you chose to withhold that information from me. 598 00:51:23,954 --> 00:51:28,834 A decision which feels like a betrayal, not just of the covenant of trust 599 00:51:28,914 --> 00:51:33,874 between us and the institutions that we both represent, 600 00:51:33,954 --> 00:51:36,474 but of our own personal relationship. 601 00:52:12,834 --> 00:52:17,194 In 1867, Walter Bagehot wrote: 602 00:52:17,274 --> 00:52:21,434 "There are two elements of the Constitution: 603 00:52:21,514 --> 00:52:25,234 the efficient and the dignified." 604 00:52:26,594 --> 00:52:31,314 The monarch is the dignified and the government, the efficient. 605 00:52:32,674 --> 00:52:36,514 These two institutions only work 606 00:52:36,594 --> 00:52:39,914 when they support each other, 607 00:52:39,994 --> 00:52:42,754 when they trust one another. 608 00:52:44,954 --> 00:52:50,234 Your actions, your breaking of that trust 609 00:52:50,314 --> 00:52:55,274 was irresponsible and it might have had serious ramifications 610 00:52:55,354 --> 00:52:58,394 for the security of this country. 611 00:53:04,434 --> 00:53:06,434 Is your health better now? 612 00:53:06,514 --> 00:53:08,914 - It is. - Good. 613 00:53:08,994 --> 00:53:11,714 But is it sufficiently better? 614 00:53:12,474 --> 00:53:15,514 Fit for office better? 615 00:53:15,594 --> 00:53:18,874 I would ask you to consider your response 616 00:53:18,954 --> 00:53:23,634 in light of the respect that my rank and my office deserve, 617 00:53:23,714 --> 00:53:27,994 not that which my age and gender might suggest. 618 00:53:29,474 --> 00:53:30,474 Ma'am... 619 00:53:31,794 --> 00:53:36,834 I look at you now and I realize 620 00:53:36,914 --> 00:53:41,514 that the time is fast approaching for me to step down. 621 00:53:41,594 --> 00:53:46,394 Not because I am unwell or unfit for office, 622 00:53:46,474 --> 00:53:52,274 but because you are ready. 623 00:53:52,354 --> 00:53:57,074 And therefore I have discharged my duty to your father. 624 00:53:59,674 --> 00:54:04,914 With your blessing and your forgiveness, 625 00:54:04,994 --> 00:54:09,714 I shall continue to serve as the leader of Your Majesty's government. 626 00:54:15,874 --> 00:54:17,594 Your Majesty. 627 00:54:53,914 --> 00:54:55,234 Hello? 628 00:55:04,794 --> 00:55:05,714 Hello. 629 00:55:07,074 --> 00:55:08,314 Where have you been? 630 00:55:08,394 --> 00:55:13,074 Oh, charity cricket match for the National Playing Fields Association. 631 00:55:13,154 --> 00:55:16,514 Spent some time at the airfield, doing some rolls. 632 00:55:16,594 --> 00:55:18,714 No cabinet approval. Don't tell anyone. 633 00:55:19,554 --> 00:55:21,314 What are you dressed for? 634 00:55:21,394 --> 00:55:24,354 Haven't you heard? We've a State banquet this evening. 635 00:55:24,434 --> 00:55:27,994 Haven't you heard? It's been cancelled. 636 00:55:28,074 --> 00:55:30,994 Oh, Christ, why doesn't anybody tell me anything? 637 00:55:31,074 --> 00:55:32,514 Well, perhaps if you were here more. 638 00:55:32,594 --> 00:55:34,754 I've read two books on Eisenhower especially. 639 00:55:34,834 --> 00:55:36,714 - Have you really? - No. 640 00:55:39,034 --> 00:55:40,234 You look nice. 641 00:55:41,114 --> 00:55:43,754 - Do I? - Something's different. 642 00:55:43,834 --> 00:55:46,874 - What? - I don't know. You seem... 643 00:55:46,954 --> 00:55:49,634 I advise you to choose your next words very carefully. 644 00:55:49,714 --> 00:55:53,794 Taller, somehow. Or is it just that I've shrunk? 645 00:55:54,514 --> 00:55:56,394 There's nothing shrunken about you, dearest. 646 00:55:56,474 --> 00:55:57,394 Where are you going? 647 00:55:57,954 --> 00:56:00,154 I've got an appointment with my new Private Secretary. 648 00:56:00,234 --> 00:56:03,994 - Oh, God. Tell him to bugger off. - I can't do that. 649 00:56:06,674 --> 00:56:07,834 And do what instead? 650 00:56:11,194 --> 00:56:12,874 Two options: 651 00:56:12,954 --> 00:56:17,554 either I get some stilts so I can reach the heights of my new, tall woman... 652 00:56:18,994 --> 00:56:19,994 Or? 653 00:56:25,434 --> 00:56:26,674 Or... 654 00:56:29,034 --> 00:56:30,514 she could get on her knees. 655 00:56:46,714 --> 00:56:51,754 Major Adeane, Her Majesty requests that your appointment might wait. 656 00:56:51,834 --> 00:56:54,194 - I see. - Until tomorrow. 657 00:56:55,354 --> 00:56:56,754 Right. 658 00:57:13,823 --> 00:57:15,823 Synced & corrected by -robtor- www.MY-SUBS.com