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[brass band plays in distance]
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[door opens]
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- [knocking at door]
- Yes.
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Ah, there you are. Come in.
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I'm practicing for the big day tomorrow
and I need an Archbishop.
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Will you do me the honour? From here.
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"Is Your Majesty willing
to take the oath?"
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I am...
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willing.
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"Will you maintain and preserve in...
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invi..."
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Ah. Inviolably.
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It means... to make a promise
you can... you can never break.
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A very sacred promise indeed.
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- [knocking at door]
- Yes!
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- We're ready for you, sir.
- Oh, not yet, Tommy.
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We haven't even reached the anointing.
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You have to anoint me,
otherwise, I can't...
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be King.
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Do you understand?
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When the holy oil touches me,
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I am tr... I am transformed.
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Brought into direct contact
with the divine.
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For... forever changed.
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Bound to God.
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It is the most important part
of the entire ceremony.
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So we had better practice,
hadn't we, archbishop?
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"Be thy hands, anointed, with holy oil.
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Be thy breast, anointed, with holy oil.
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Be thy head, anointed, with holy oil.
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As kings, priests and prophets
were anointed."
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- Goodness. That's very heavy indeed.
- Five pounds, sir.
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Not to mention the, uh,
symbolic weight, hm?
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There's a sight I hoped I'd never see.
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It's not as easy as it looks.
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That's exactly what the King said.
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I remember.
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Do you suppose I could borrow it
for a couple of days?
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Just to practice.
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Borrow it, ma'am? From whom?
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If it's not yours, whose is it?
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[Charles] Be quiet, Anne.
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[whispers] Ready?
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Close your eyes,
and don't open them until I say so.
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- Oh, any idea where the Duke is?
- His Royal Highness went flying, ma'am.
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[Anne] Daddy?
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Again?
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So when's the big day?
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Pilot's exam? Two weeks.
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- Are you still on track for the record?
- I am. Just.
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- If I do nothing else.
- Oh, then you'll hate me.
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Why?
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There was something
I wanted you to help me with.
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It would've to be jolly important
to distract me
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from getting my wings faster than anyone
in British aviation history.
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It is. I'd like you to come aboard
my Coronation Committee.
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- In which capacity?
- As Chairman.
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But you already have one. Bernard.
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I'd ask the Duke of Norfolk
to make room for you.
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I want to make a public declaration
of my trust in you.
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- There's no need to matronize me.
- I'm not matronizing you.
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Yes, you are. You're taking pity on me
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and giving me a job,
for appearance's sake.
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No, it's not that.
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I was just thinking how I'd like us
to spend more time together.
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What are you talking about?
We spend all our time together.
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No, we don't. You're always off flying,
or lunching with strange men.
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A few hours a week, darling.
Anyway, what else am I supposed to do?
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Sit around and wait for you
while you're Queening?
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- Queening?
- Yes. Queening.
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Maybe I'd like your help
with the Queening.
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Oh, in the same flattering way
you asked me to redecorate Clarence House?
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- Well, you did that jolly well.
- I felt like a sissy.
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Fussing about curtain fabrics
and paint charts.
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Honestly,
it's just queening of another sort.
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[chuckling]
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What would it entail?
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Well,
the Duke of Norfolk will run the show
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from an organizational perspective,
look after the seating,
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the root of the procession,
but as Chairman of the Committee,
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you would have an input on ideas,
inspire everyone, lead them.
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They won't listen to me.
The grey, old men?
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The men with moustaches? They hate me.
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[cheering]
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- They do not hate you.
- They do.
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They treat me as an outsider.
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An irrelevance. Everyone does.
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["Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" plays]
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[laughter]
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[man sings to himself]
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Total control or nothing at all.
Those are my terms.
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All right.
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- [laughs]
- But don't go mad.
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- What does that mean?
- It means just don't go mad.
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It's the Coronation.
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A service which goes back
a thousand years.
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- Some things can't be changed.
- Yes, yes, yes, alright.
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[journalist] When did you move in?
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[David] The City of Paris
owns the property, you know,
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and happily the city
very kindly let us take the house
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for a small amount of rent.
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So we moved in by summer's end.
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Miss...?
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[journalist] You must have been thrilled,
Your Highness.
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- Not Your Highness.
- Oh.
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- Sore point.
- Just a Duchess.
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Not H.R.H. So, "Ma'am."
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- Ma'am?
- Or, "Your Grace".
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What made you choose
this particular house?
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It has a two-acre park,
which gives us privacy.
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And its size means the Duke and I
can finally entertain properly
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and we very much enjoy entertaining.
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The Duchess is so very good at it.
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I believe our editor agreed
as part of the deal
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that you would give our readers
some tips for entertaining?
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- Did we agree that?
- We did, darling, yes. They paid extra.
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Hmm.
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Okay. Big smiles.
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Perfect.
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[David] But having had a naval background,
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I don't much care
for fussy things or smells,
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but I do like a good, well-milled soap.
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What sartorial tips
would you give the young men of today?
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No matter what the fashion,
a well-cut suit in a beautiful fabric
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will take you anywhere.
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Is that the sort of thing
you're looking for?
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You're very fortunate.
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He lets no one in here,
it's his private room. Full of secrets.
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Not secrets, darling.
Memories, precious memories.
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I come in here
for a few moments every day
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to meditate and remember.
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- Goodness. Bagpipes, too?
- Yes, I play.
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When he gets homesick.
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My favourite armchair.
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- And the briefcase?
- Box.
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As Monarch, one receives a daily red box
from the government.
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State papers, business of the day.
Matters requiring royal assent.
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That was the final box I received as King.
It contained my abdication papers.
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And all these photographs of you as King,
there are none with the crown.
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- Why is that?
- Well, I never made it that far.
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I never had a coronation.
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I forgot to mention,
I had a call today from Sir John Weir.
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- [Wallis] Who?
- My mother's doctor.
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Telling me that, in his opinion,
she was in her final days now,
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and my sister and I
should make our way over.
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With me?
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Probably best without.
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Even if she dies?
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Let's hope she does.
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Couldn't bear to go over twice.
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I shall have to be brave.
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My darling one.
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And go without you.
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To cold London.
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Brutal London.
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Hellish London.
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Shall we fuck?
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[both laugh softly]
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[Equerry] The Lord Great Chamberlain,
the Lord Chamberlain,
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the Marshall of the Diplomatic Corp
and the Comptroller, Your Majesty.
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I have asked you to join me
because I have made a decision
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regarding the Coronation Committee,
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which is that I would like my husband
to be the Chairman of that Committee.
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That's impossible, ma'am.
There can only be one Chairman.
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As far as I'm aware,
I only have one husband.
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And the Duke of Norfolk
will be expecting it to be him.
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- He is the Earl Marshall.
- That may be.
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And the Chief Butler of England,
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he would be the 16th Duke of Norfolk
to do it.
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He ran your father's coronation,
his father ran your grandfather's.
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And running the coronation,
it's what the Norfolks do.
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- Couldn't you give Philip some other job?
- Like what?
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Arrange the photographer?
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The chairmanship is what he wants.
With full autonomy.
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Therefore, it is what I want.
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- Norfolk can be vice-chair.
- Why don't you think about it?
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I have, and my decision stands.
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Thank you.
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[Lascelles] Of course,
the Duke of Norfolk will be furious.
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[Queen Mother] Yes,
and Bernard does fury so well.
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What would Your Majesty suggest?
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I will throw my hat in with Bernard
and sanity will prevail.
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The Queen is young.
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And has to learn
what any young general has to learn.
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Namely?
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Which battles to fight and which to leave.
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- Let me know what you want me to do.
- The same as always, Tommy.
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Exactly as I tell you.
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Now, I've spoken
to the Archbishop of Canterbury
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who's agreed to help us
with our other delicate matter.
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The Duke of Windsor.
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- When does he arrive?
- This afternoon, I believe.
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God help us.
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- And when will you meet him?
- We thought tomorrow, ma'am.
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Good. Sooner the better.
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- Be sure to be firm, Tommy.
- Yes, ma'am.
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That one's like mercury.
He'll slip through the tiniest crack.
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[reporters clamour]
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[David] Good afternoon.
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I have returned to London
to visit my mother, Queen Mary,
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who I'm delighted to say has made
such good improvement in recent days.
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Thank you very much.
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[David] My dearest, darling one...
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London is as awful and hellish
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and as full of my smug,
stinking relations as ever.
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Each day I call on Mama in the afternoon,
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and although she doesn't look quite
as bad as the doctors warned me,
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she'll never again
be able to leave her rooms,
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far less go out in public.
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[Queen Mary muttering]
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What?
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Don't go.
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Not going anywhere, Mummy.
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Good.
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[David] It's one of the hardest things
I've ever had to endure.
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Spending so much time with a woman
who has been so vicious
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and inhumane to you, my beloved,
is wearing me down.
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- [knocking on door]
- Come in.
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- Sorry to disturb, Your Royal Highness.
- What is it?
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The Archbishop of Canterbury's
private secretary called, sir.
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Requesting a meeting
between you and His Grace.
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Oh? What about?
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Didn't say, sir.
He hoped you could make tomorrow.
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Fine, I have a few errands planned,
but the Archbishop can come to lunch.
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As a matter of fact,
they suggested 4 p.m.
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- Well, alright. We'll give him tea.
- At Lambeth Palace.
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Of course.
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Now I'm no longer King, I go to them.
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- Thank you.
- Good night, Your Royal Highness.
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[choirboys shout playfully]
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His Royal Highness,
the Duke of Windsor, Your Grace.
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[David] Goodness. What is this?
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- An ambush?
- [Archbishop] Not at all, sir.
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No, just a gathering of old friends
who have come together
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to appeal to you in person,
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in the hope that you will do
what we all think... would be...
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The right thing.
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- Regarding what?
- The coronation.
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What about the coronation?
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We acknowledge...
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as a...
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as a member of the Queen's close family,
you are entitled to attend,
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but also feel that the attendance
at this sacred ceremony
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by one who, however good his reasons,
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did not feel... capable of undertaking
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the obligations himself...
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It could strike a wrong note
and would be deeply upsetting.
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To whom?
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- [Lascelles] To everyone concerned.
- I didn't ask you, Tommy.
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This is Cookie's work, isn't it?
The Queen Mother's?
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It's got her pudgy little fingers
all over it.
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She asked you to do her dirty work for her
and you agreed, Archbishop, shame on you.
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I will attend if I want.
And I do want and so does my wife.
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Alas, no, sir.
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Of course the Royal Family is obliged
to extend an invitation to you,
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as a Royal Duke.
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But that obligation does not extend
to the Duchess of Windsor.
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And it is my duty to inform you
on behalf of the Royal Family
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and the government, with whom
we have worked in close consultation,
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that she will not be offered
an invitation.
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Oh, that's madness.
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The pusillanimity and vindictiveness
knows no limits.
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Seventeen years have elapsed
since the abdication.
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Shouldn't bygones be bygones?
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[Lascelles]
Some things can never be forgotten.
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Which of us, for example,
has forgotten the Somme?
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You would compare the love
and public commitment I made to my wife
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to slaughter in a world war?
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Why not use a celebration such as this,
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the investiture of a new sovereign,
a beautiful young child,
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symbol of modernity, change and progress,
to turn a page?
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Surely the sophistication of a society
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can be measured by its tolerance
and ability to forgive.
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Its weakness, too.
Sometimes lines just need to be drawn.
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You know, Tommy, you're an embarrassment
to the institution you serve,
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and to the country
that institution serves in turn.
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And I will take a lecture on national
embarrassment from many people, sir,
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but not from you.
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Let's face it,
this whole thing is a charade.
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You knew already the answer to the choice
you have given me.
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It is simply the same as the choice
that caused all this offense
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in the first place.
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Namely, would I do anything that excludes
or disrespects the woman I love?
285
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No, never. I will therefore
not be attending the coronation
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of my own niece.
287
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Whose favourite uncle I have always been.
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Hers, you should know,
was one of the strongest voices involved.
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Oh, was it indeed?
290
00:24:35,645 --> 00:24:38,365
Well, we know from where
she gets that ice in her veins.
291
00:24:38,445 --> 00:24:40,925
And it wasn't from my own dear,
weak brother.
292
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[Lascelles] Nothing weak
about the late King, sir.
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I'm sure I speak for everyone present
when I call him a hero.
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Hear, hear.
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"My Lord, Archbishop,
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what a scold you are.
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And when your man is down,
how very bold you are.
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00:25:00,805 --> 00:25:07,805
Of Christian charity, how very scant
you are, you Auld Lang Swine,
299
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- how full of cant you are."
- [protests]
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A rhyme composed for your perfidious
predecessor at the time of my abdication.
301
00:25:18,005 --> 00:25:21,805
I find the sentiment
oddly applicable to you, too.
302
00:25:36,565 --> 00:25:42,125
If I were to release a statement,
could you have a look over it?
303
00:25:42,205 --> 00:25:43,245
Of course, sir.
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I'm aware that it's normal
for no reigning monarchs
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to be present at a coronation.
306
00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:58,405
Perhaps we could extend that
to include former kings too.
307
00:25:58,485 --> 00:26:00,285
To spare my blushes.
308
00:26:00,365 --> 00:26:03,485
Might just throw
some of the vultures off the scent.
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00:26:07,765 --> 00:26:09,965
It's an elegant solution, sir.
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And I'm quite sure Cabinet
will support it. Tommy?
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00:26:15,405 --> 00:26:17,365
I'll speak to Their Majesties
and get back to you.
312
00:26:26,725 --> 00:26:28,845
We've just had a call
from Marlborough House.
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Regarding her Majesty, Queen Mary.
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[David] My own darling sweetheart.
315
00:26:42,485 --> 00:26:44,245
Well, at last it's all over.
316
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Mama took ill in the afternoon,
317
00:26:47,845 --> 00:26:50,285
then began haemorrhaging
in the early hours.
318
00:26:51,285 --> 00:26:54,445
Doctors plied her
with tranquilizers and morphine
319
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to ensure there was no suffering.
320
00:26:57,245 --> 00:26:59,485
In the end, she passed in her sleep.
321
00:27:00,925 --> 00:27:02,085
I was sad, of course,
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00:27:02,165 --> 00:27:06,565
but let's not forget
how she clung to such hatred for me,
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00:27:06,645 --> 00:27:09,045
her eldest, till the last.
324
00:27:10,485 --> 00:27:14,525
I'm afraid her blood ran as icy cold
when she was alive
325
00:27:14,605 --> 00:27:16,725
as it does now she's dead.
326
00:27:18,925 --> 00:27:21,965
Later in the day,
all the members of the family assembled
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00:27:22,045 --> 00:27:25,565
to identify which of her personal
possessions they would most like.
328
00:27:25,645 --> 00:27:26,965
Not entirely.
329
00:27:27,045 --> 00:27:30,805
I told Shirley Temple
what I had my eye on.
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00:27:30,885 --> 00:27:33,405
Because I shan't be there
when the jackals descend
331
00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:35,485
I don't suppose it will do much good.
332
00:27:36,725 --> 00:27:41,045
What a vile, tawdry rabble
my relatives are
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00:27:41,125 --> 00:27:45,805
and what a sad, desiccated bunch of
hyenas most of them have become.
334
00:27:48,925 --> 00:27:51,045
But I'm tired of talking about it.
335
00:27:52,165 --> 00:27:55,525
I yearn for our perfect life together,
336
00:27:55,605 --> 00:27:58,645
away from the snarling
and the sniping of the Court.
337
00:27:59,885 --> 00:28:02,445
I adore you, my sweetheart,
338
00:28:02,525 --> 00:28:05,765
more deeply than you will ever realize,
339
00:28:05,845 --> 00:28:08,445
and I am furiously mad
that you aren't here with me
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00:28:08,525 --> 00:28:10,845
as you ought by right to be.
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00:28:15,845 --> 00:28:17,565
[Archbishop] While Queen Mary lived,
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something of the great reigns
of Queen Victoria and George V
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seemed to live on with her.
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00:28:26,965 --> 00:28:32,885
Proving that character is,
as it will remain,
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00:28:32,965 --> 00:28:35,645
the essential strength
of British Monarchy.
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00:28:37,125 --> 00:28:41,205
Wherever she went,
she was assured of an applause
347
00:28:41,285 --> 00:28:47,205
which sprang from some
deep-seated affection and respect.
348
00:28:47,285 --> 00:28:51,125
Have you noticed?
Identical to the funeral of your father.
349
00:28:51,205 --> 00:28:53,685
Nothing different. Not one detail.
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00:28:53,765 --> 00:28:54,965
Not one guest.
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00:28:57,365 --> 00:29:00,485
And she always regarded herself
352
00:29:00,565 --> 00:29:06,565
as a servant of our country,
which she served to the end.
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00:29:07,285 --> 00:29:10,485
No sooner does someone in the family
pop their clogs, they ask themselves:
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00:29:10,565 --> 00:29:11,885
"Right. How was it done last time?
355
00:29:11,965 --> 00:29:14,405
Then let's do it
exactly the same way again." I mean...
356
00:29:16,285 --> 00:29:21,365
Meanwhile, the people who have come
to share in it are locked outside.
357
00:29:22,645 --> 00:29:24,605
I'm not going to let your coronation
be like this.
358
00:29:24,685 --> 00:29:27,565
You're a young woman. Symbol of a new era.
359
00:29:27,645 --> 00:29:32,125
In a fast-changing, modern world.
360
00:29:35,285 --> 00:29:37,885
And I think your coronation
should reflect that.
361
00:29:39,685 --> 00:29:42,085
- [whispers] Sorry.
- ...Almighty God of his great mercy.
362
00:29:42,165 --> 00:29:43,245
Sorry, darling.
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00:29:53,725 --> 00:30:00,045
[Archbishop] Earth to earth,
ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
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00:30:00,805 --> 00:30:06,165
In sure and certain hope
of the resurrection to eternal life
365
00:30:06,245 --> 00:30:11,325
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who changed our vile body
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00:30:11,405 --> 00:30:14,605
that it may be like
unto his glorious body...
367
00:30:22,525 --> 00:30:23,805
Ladies and gentlemen...
368
00:30:24,965 --> 00:30:26,965
[muttering]
369
00:30:42,245 --> 00:30:43,285
[knocking on door]
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00:30:47,525 --> 00:30:48,565
We should go.
371
00:31:03,965 --> 00:31:05,045
Good morning.
372
00:31:08,325 --> 00:31:09,325
Head's up.
373
00:31:10,845 --> 00:31:15,365
What is the collective noun
for a group of stuffy old Etonians?
374
00:31:17,725 --> 00:31:20,165
A herd? A pack?
375
00:31:21,685 --> 00:31:22,725
A school? [chuckles]
376
00:31:42,685 --> 00:31:43,685
Thank you.
377
00:31:48,685 --> 00:31:50,205
Gentlemen,
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00:31:51,245 --> 00:31:53,765
I'd like to start by saying
how very honoured I feel
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00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:58,285
to be working with all the great minds
and talents here in this room today
380
00:31:58,365 --> 00:32:03,285
as we come together to organize
the very best coronation for my wife,
381
00:32:03,365 --> 00:32:04,365
the Queen.
382
00:32:06,565 --> 00:32:09,285
We all know the scale of the challenge
that faces us.
383
00:32:10,085 --> 00:32:13,085
The eyes of the world will be on us,
Britain will be on show
384
00:32:13,165 --> 00:32:16,765
and we must put our best foot forward.
385
00:32:18,645 --> 00:32:21,965
In such circumstances, the temptation
386
00:32:22,045 --> 00:32:24,725
is to roll out the red carpet
and follow the precedents
387
00:32:24,805 --> 00:32:29,885
set by the grand
and successful coronations of the past.
388
00:32:29,965 --> 00:32:33,525
But looking to the past
for our inspiration
389
00:32:33,605 --> 00:32:35,525
would be a mistake in my view.
390
00:32:37,005 --> 00:32:39,925
Britain today
is not the Britain of past coronations.
391
00:32:40,005 --> 00:32:43,045
Assumptions made at the time
of my father-in-law's coronation
392
00:32:43,125 --> 00:32:46,365
17 years ago cannot be made anymore.
393
00:32:47,925 --> 00:32:51,325
That is why I think
we should adapt this ceremony.
394
00:32:53,485 --> 00:32:57,125
Make it less ostentatious.
More egalitarian.
395
00:32:57,205 --> 00:33:00,325
Show more respect
and sensitivity to the real world.
396
00:33:00,405 --> 00:33:03,845
We have a new sovereign,
young and a woman.
397
00:33:03,925 --> 00:33:08,485
Let us give her
a coronation that is befitting
398
00:33:08,565 --> 00:33:11,045
of the wind of change that she represents,
399
00:33:11,125 --> 00:33:14,805
modern and forward-looking
at a moment in time
400
00:33:14,885 --> 00:33:16,965
where exciting technological developments
401
00:33:17,045 --> 00:33:19,805
are making things possible
we never dreamt of.
402
00:33:19,885 --> 00:33:21,925
Which brings me to my next point...
403
00:33:34,445 --> 00:33:38,045
It's an unconscionable vulgarization.
404
00:33:42,725 --> 00:33:46,325
How close are you proposing
that these cameras get?
405
00:33:46,405 --> 00:33:48,925
They will be kept
at a very discreet distance.
406
00:33:49,005 --> 00:33:50,965
No, no close-ups, sir?
407
00:33:53,605 --> 00:33:55,165
Zoom lenses.
408
00:33:55,245 --> 00:33:58,445
Oh, no, it will all be done
with the greatest sensitivity
409
00:33:58,525 --> 00:34:01,445
and respect for the occasion.
410
00:34:10,005 --> 00:34:15,285
But I have had one or two broader thoughts
about the service itself.
411
00:34:19,805 --> 00:34:20,645
What?
412
00:34:35,445 --> 00:34:37,245
We can both see what's going on here.
413
00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:39,245
A young couple are playing marital games
414
00:34:39,325 --> 00:34:42,685
with the most cherished parts
of our history and pageantry.
415
00:34:44,085 --> 00:34:48,125
Our Queen wouldn't agree with a single one
of these radical proposals,
416
00:34:48,205 --> 00:34:50,485
television being just the tip
of the iceberg.
417
00:34:54,085 --> 00:34:57,325
She's simply trying to keep peace
in her own bed chamber
418
00:34:57,405 --> 00:35:00,445
by promoting her husband
and keeping him happy and occupied
419
00:35:00,525 --> 00:35:02,005
and virile.
420
00:35:04,805 --> 00:35:09,885
- That's what's going on here, Winston.
- Why? What else has he proposed?
421
00:35:14,685 --> 00:35:16,725
- Prime Minister.
- Your Majesty.
422
00:35:35,165 --> 00:35:37,365
Please tell me this has nothing to do
with my husband.
423
00:35:39,205 --> 00:35:40,725
I told him not to go mad.
424
00:35:43,325 --> 00:35:46,885
No one is questioning
the Duke of Edinburgh's motives
425
00:35:46,965 --> 00:35:49,485
or the sincerity of his beliefs.
426
00:35:49,565 --> 00:35:52,005
I see. He went mad.
427
00:35:53,245 --> 00:35:58,405
The changes he is proposing
to an ancient, sacred,
428
00:35:58,485 --> 00:36:02,005
never previously changed
liturgy and text...
429
00:36:04,725 --> 00:36:06,965
It went from top to toe.
430
00:36:08,125 --> 00:36:11,405
And if it were just a business,
it would be applauded.
431
00:36:11,485 --> 00:36:14,285
But this isn't a business. It's the Crown.
432
00:36:17,165 --> 00:36:18,965
And one has to ask oneself...
433
00:36:19,045 --> 00:36:25,125
What is the purpose of the Crown?
What is the purpose of the monarchy?
434
00:36:25,205 --> 00:36:27,005
Does the Crown bend
to the will of the people
435
00:36:27,085 --> 00:36:30,045
to be audited and accountable?
436
00:36:30,125 --> 00:36:34,645
Or should it remain
above temporal matters?
437
00:36:39,045 --> 00:36:40,525
What say you?
438
00:36:44,205 --> 00:36:49,285
No, ma'am. What say you?
439
00:36:49,365 --> 00:36:51,765
The decision is yours to make.
440
00:36:52,965 --> 00:36:56,525
We will take our lead from you.
441
00:37:37,365 --> 00:37:40,965
We just wondered if you might be available
for a brief moment in the vestry.
442
00:37:43,645 --> 00:37:44,645
Alright.
443
00:37:54,805 --> 00:37:57,765
- What is this? Hide and seek?
- I told you not to overstep the mark.
444
00:37:57,845 --> 00:37:59,845
I made it clear,
carte blanche or nothing at all.
445
00:37:59,925 --> 00:38:02,765
Trade Unionists and businessmen?
In the Abbey?
446
00:38:02,845 --> 00:38:06,725
- If you want to stay on the throne, yes.
- In a trimmed-down televised coronation?
447
00:38:06,805 --> 00:38:09,605
If you want to avoid a revolution, yes.
You forget.
448
00:38:09,685 --> 00:38:12,965
I have seen first-hand what it is like
for a royal family to be overthrown
449
00:38:13,045 --> 00:38:14,845
because they were out of step
with the people.
450
00:38:14,925 --> 00:38:18,085
I left Greece in an orange crate.
My father would have been killed.
451
00:38:18,165 --> 00:38:21,165
My grandfather was.
I'm just trying to protect you.
452
00:38:21,245 --> 00:38:23,325
From whom? The British people?
453
00:38:23,405 --> 00:38:25,525
You have no idea who they are
or what they want.
454
00:38:25,605 --> 00:38:30,125
Oh, oh, I'm just Johnny Foreigner, again,
who doesn't understand. Fine, fine.
455
00:38:30,205 --> 00:38:32,445
You want a big overblown ceremony
costing a fortune
456
00:38:32,525 --> 00:38:35,325
while the rest of the country
is on rations, have it.
457
00:38:35,405 --> 00:38:37,285
But don't come bleating to me
458
00:38:37,365 --> 00:38:40,445
when your head and the heads
of our children are on spikes.
459
00:38:40,525 --> 00:38:43,565
If the people are hungry,
they want something that lifts them up.
460
00:38:43,645 --> 00:38:47,885
And how do you propose lifting them
if they cannot see it?
461
00:38:47,965 --> 00:38:50,765
The people look to a monarchy
for something bigger than themselves.
462
00:38:50,845 --> 00:38:52,805
An inspiration. A higher ideal.
463
00:38:52,885 --> 00:38:54,605
If you put it in their homes,
464
00:38:54,685 --> 00:38:56,885
allow them to watch it
with their dinner on their laps.
465
00:38:56,965 --> 00:39:00,525
It will democratize it, make them feel
that they share in it. Understand it.
466
00:39:00,605 --> 00:39:01,805
Alright!
467
00:39:03,485 --> 00:39:06,125
Alright.
I'll support you in the televising.
468
00:39:10,045 --> 00:39:11,405
You won't regret it.
469
00:39:12,645 --> 00:39:13,685
On one condition.
470
00:39:16,925 --> 00:39:18,605
That you kneel.
471
00:39:30,525 --> 00:39:33,965
- Who told you?
- My Prime Minister.
472
00:39:35,445 --> 00:39:37,925
- He said you intended to refuse.
- I merely asked the question.
473
00:39:38,005 --> 00:39:40,725
Whether it was right in this day and age
that the Queen's consort,
474
00:39:40,805 --> 00:39:45,365
her husband, should kneel to her
rather than stand beside her.
475
00:39:45,445 --> 00:39:47,605
You won't be kneeling to me.
476
00:39:47,685 --> 00:39:49,885
That's not how it will look.
That's not how it will feel.
477
00:39:49,965 --> 00:39:52,765
It will feel like a eunuch,
an amoeba, is kneeling before his wife.
478
00:39:52,845 --> 00:39:55,685
You'll be kneeling before God
and the Crown as we all do.
479
00:39:55,765 --> 00:39:57,325
I don't see you kneeling before anyone.
480
00:39:57,405 --> 00:39:59,885
Because I'm already flattened
under the weight of this thing.
481
00:39:59,965 --> 00:40:02,645
Oh, spare me the false humility.
Doesn't look like that to me.
482
00:40:02,725 --> 00:40:05,205
- How does it look to you?
- Looks to me like you're enjoying it.
483
00:40:05,285 --> 00:40:08,205
It's released an unattractive sense
of authority and entitlement
484
00:40:08,285 --> 00:40:09,605
that I have never seen before.
485
00:40:09,685 --> 00:40:12,605
In you, it's released a weakness
and insecurity I've never seen before.
486
00:40:12,685 --> 00:40:15,325
- Are you my wife or my Queen?
- I'm both.
487
00:40:15,405 --> 00:40:17,525
I want to be married to my wife.
488
00:40:17,605 --> 00:40:20,125
I am both and a strong man
would be able to kneel to both.
489
00:40:20,205 --> 00:40:22,725
- I will not kneel before my wife.
- Your wife is not asking you to.
490
00:40:22,805 --> 00:40:24,165
- But my Queen commands me?
- Yes.
491
00:40:24,245 --> 00:40:26,245
I beg you make an exception for me.
492
00:40:31,285 --> 00:40:32,805
No.
493
00:41:20,405 --> 00:41:23,045
Come on, they'll be here soon!
494
00:41:26,725 --> 00:41:30,845
[Wallis] David, you're our host, darling.
495
00:41:32,805 --> 00:41:33,925
Be right there.
496
00:41:36,885 --> 00:41:39,885
[in French] For the sixth time
in the history of England,
497
00:41:39,965 --> 00:41:44,485
a Queen receives the crown.
A big day for the British public
498
00:41:44,565 --> 00:41:47,045
who are living these beautiful hours
after the end of the war.
499
00:41:47,125 --> 00:41:51,365
Leaving Buckingham Palace, the historical
carousel carrying the Queen and the Duke,
500
00:41:51,445 --> 00:41:53,845
is travelling towards
Westminster Abbey...
501
00:41:53,925 --> 00:42:00,925
[David] Alright, everyone. She's arriving.
In the dreaded Gold State Coach.
502
00:42:01,005 --> 00:42:06,485
Made in the 1760s and the most
uncomfortable ride known to man.
503
00:42:06,565 --> 00:42:08,565
[laughter]
504
00:42:12,445 --> 00:42:14,325
[producer] Final checks, please,
gentlemen.
505
00:42:14,405 --> 00:42:17,365
- West door.
- West door, sir.
506
00:42:17,445 --> 00:42:20,125
- Triforium.
- Triforium standing by, sir.
507
00:42:20,205 --> 00:42:23,205
- South transept.
- South transept standing by, sir.
508
00:42:23,285 --> 00:42:25,605
- Organ screen.
- Organ screen standing by, sir.
509
00:42:25,685 --> 00:42:29,525
- Triforium 2.
- Triforium 2 standing by, sir.
510
00:42:29,605 --> 00:42:35,125
Gentleman, three, two, one. Thank you.
511
00:42:38,165 --> 00:42:40,165
[organ plays]
512
00:42:46,045 --> 00:42:49,285
[in French] She is now walking under
the vault of Westminster
513
00:42:49,365 --> 00:42:51,685
in the shadow sleeping Kings,
514
00:42:51,765 --> 00:42:57,405
soldiers and poets who for centuries
saw the grandness of England.
515
00:42:57,485 --> 00:43:00,565
- Who's that?
- What? Oh, uh...
516
00:43:03,525 --> 00:43:07,405
Oh, it's Lord Mountbatten.
The Duke of Edinburgh's uncle.
517
00:43:07,485 --> 00:43:11,765
The man that gave away India,
and his own wife.
518
00:43:11,845 --> 00:43:15,405
- [laughter]
- Cuckolded by Nehru, if you please.
519
00:43:19,685 --> 00:43:24,685
[congregation] ♪ All people
that on earth do dwell ♪
520
00:43:24,765 --> 00:43:27,245
[producer] Triforium 2, turn left please.
521
00:43:28,605 --> 00:43:34,125
- Left. Left.
- [congregation] ♪ Sing to the Lord ♪
522
00:43:34,205 --> 00:43:39,725
♪ With cheerful voice ♪
523
00:43:39,805 --> 00:43:43,925
♪ Him serve with fear ♪
524
00:43:44,005 --> 00:43:49,445
- ♪ His praise forth tell ♪
- ♪ ...praise forth tell ♪
525
00:43:49,525 --> 00:43:55,445
- ♪ Come ye before him and rejoice ♪
- ♪ Come ye before him and rejoice ♪
526
00:44:06,165 --> 00:44:09,245
[commentary] Moving forwards now,
four Knights of the Garter.
527
00:44:09,325 --> 00:44:11,205
The Dukes of Wellington and Portland,
528
00:44:11,285 --> 00:44:13,725
the Earl Fortescue
and the Viscount Allendale.
529
00:44:13,805 --> 00:44:18,245
Bringing with them with golden canopy
to shield Her Majesty from view,
530
00:44:18,325 --> 00:44:22,365
during the most sacred
of the coronation rituals, the anointing.
531
00:44:22,445 --> 00:44:25,845
In three, two, one...
532
00:44:33,325 --> 00:44:34,565
Where'd she go?
533
00:44:36,685 --> 00:44:38,485
Now we come to the anointing.
534
00:44:41,165 --> 00:44:45,005
The single most holy, most solemn,
535
00:44:45,085 --> 00:44:50,365
most sacred moment of the entire service.
536
00:44:52,605 --> 00:44:54,565
So how come we don't get to see it?
537
00:44:56,445 --> 00:44:58,325
Because we are mortals.
538
00:45:20,765 --> 00:45:23,365
[footsteps]
539
00:45:27,085 --> 00:45:29,845
[Archbishop] Is Your Majesty
willing to take the oath?
540
00:45:32,085 --> 00:45:33,205
I am willing.
541
00:45:36,445 --> 00:45:41,565
Will you maintain and preserve...
542
00:45:48,645 --> 00:45:49,725
Inviolably?
543
00:45:53,765 --> 00:45:54,885
I will.
544
00:46:18,645 --> 00:46:22,965
Be thy hands, anointed, with holy oil.
545
00:46:41,285 --> 00:46:45,725
Be thy breast, anointed, with holy oil.
546
00:46:52,765 --> 00:46:56,005
Be thy head, anointed, with holy oil.
547
00:47:04,845 --> 00:47:08,405
As Kings,
548
00:47:08,485 --> 00:47:12,445
priests and prophets were anointed.
549
00:47:14,405 --> 00:47:19,205
And as Solomon
550
00:47:19,285 --> 00:47:24,165
was anointed... King
551
00:47:24,245 --> 00:47:28,165
by Zadok the priest
and Nathan the prophet,
552
00:47:29,245 --> 00:47:34,965
so be thou anointed, blessed,
553
00:47:35,045 --> 00:47:39,005
and consecrated Queen over the peoples,
554
00:47:39,085 --> 00:47:42,405
whom the Lord thy God
555
00:47:42,485 --> 00:47:49,045
hath given thee to rule and govern,
556
00:47:49,125 --> 00:47:56,125
in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
557
00:47:59,205 --> 00:48:00,485
Amen.
558
00:48:01,885 --> 00:48:03,085
Amen.
559
00:48:14,405 --> 00:48:19,245
[David] Oils and oaths. Orbs and sceptres.
560
00:48:19,325 --> 00:48:22,925
Symbol upon symbol.
561
00:48:23,005 --> 00:48:28,725
An unfathomable web
of arcane mystery and liturgy.
562
00:48:28,805 --> 00:48:30,565
Blurring so many lines
563
00:48:30,645 --> 00:48:36,205
no clergyman or historian or lawyer
564
00:48:36,285 --> 00:48:38,445
could ever untangle any of it.
565
00:48:38,525 --> 00:48:42,845
- It's crazy.
- On the contrary. It's perfectly sane.
566
00:48:42,925 --> 00:48:47,405
Who wants transparency
when you can have magic?
567
00:48:48,845 --> 00:48:52,365
Who wants prose
when you can have poetry?
568
00:48:53,605 --> 00:48:58,485
Pull away the veil
and what are you left with?
569
00:48:58,565 --> 00:49:05,245
An ordinary young woman
of modest ability and little imagination.
570
00:49:06,485 --> 00:49:09,805
But wrap her up like this,
anoint her with oil,
571
00:49:09,885 --> 00:49:14,005
and hey, presto, what do you have?
572
00:49:16,685 --> 00:49:18,045
A goddess.
573
00:49:20,765 --> 00:49:23,765
[choir sings "Zadok the Priest"]
574
00:49:50,365 --> 00:49:55,085
[congregation] God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
575
00:49:55,165 --> 00:49:57,205
God save the Queen!
576
00:50:00,085 --> 00:50:04,325
[television] God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
577
00:50:04,405 --> 00:50:06,765
God save the Queen!
578
00:50:11,925 --> 00:50:17,885
[man] And to think you turned all that
down. The chance to be a god.
579
00:50:22,205 --> 00:50:25,325
I turned it down
for something greater still.
580
00:50:34,645 --> 00:50:35,925
For love.
581
00:51:27,205 --> 00:51:31,205
I, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,
582
00:51:31,285 --> 00:51:35,045
do become your liege man of life and limb,
and of earthly worship.
583
00:51:35,125 --> 00:51:37,965
And faith and truth I will bear unto you,
584
00:51:38,045 --> 00:51:41,205
to live and die,
against all manner of folks.
585
00:51:41,285 --> 00:51:43,285
So help me God.
586
00:52:18,765 --> 00:52:20,765
[crowd cheering in distance]
587
00:52:50,965 --> 00:52:52,845
[bagpipes play]
588
00:53:46,504 --> 00:53:51,504
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