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(CHILDREN CHEERING)
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(WOMAN SPEAKS FRENCH)
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Your Majesty.
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(PLANES HEARD OVERHEAD)
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(CONTINUES SPEAKING FRENCH)
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So, it is always the Sovereign
who begins the meal.
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It is absolutely forbidden to begin
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before he, or she, takes their first bite.
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Oui, Mademoiselle.
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During the meal,
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when it is the first course, you must only
speak to the person seated on your right
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until the end.
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Time for the Vice-Provost, Lilibet.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
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(BELL RINGS)
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(PEOPLE GREETING INDISCERNIBLY)
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WOMAN: Your Royal Highness. Come on.
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MAN: "There are two elements
of the constitution,"
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wrote Walter Bagehot in 1867.
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"The efficient and the dignified."
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Which is the Monarch?
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(CROW CAWS)
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Your Royal Highness?
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- The dignified?
- Very good.
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The efficient has the power
to make and execute policy,
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and is answerable to the electorate.
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What touches all should be approved by all.
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The dignified gives significance
and legitimacy to the efficient,
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and is answerable only...
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- To God.
- Precisely.
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Two institutions, Crown and government,
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dignified and the efficient,
only work when they support each other,
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when they trust one another.
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You can underline that.
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- Do you teach this to your other pupils?
- No, just you.
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This is what I teach them.
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These are exam papers.
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- Shouldn't I know all of this, too?
- No, ma'am.
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All very undignified.
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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
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(STALIN GIVING SPEECH IN RUSSIAN)
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(APPLAUSE)
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(CLOCK TICKING)
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(CLOCK CHIMES)
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Mr Einstein has changed his mind again?
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Oh?
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The scientist.
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No, I know who he is.
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What exactly
has he changed his mind about?
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That's rather less clear to me,
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but everyone's making
a tremendous fuss about it.
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At the time of my education,
I asked the Vice-Provost
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if we shouldn't spend a bit of time
on literature, philosophy, science.
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He felt I had enough on my plate as it was.
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But don't you think
I should have learned about it?
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Why?
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Well, doesn't one have a duty
to know certain things?
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You have a great many other virtues.
You can't be expected to know everything.
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Well, no, that's the point, Mummy.
I know almost nothing.
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You know when to keep your mouth shut.
That's more important than anything.
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And that would've been fine
if I'd gone on to live a normal life.
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But now, I spend so much time
with politicians and statesmen.
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You know, I live in dread
of being left alone with them.
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Your dear papa, just the same.
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Be nice to think that one could,
if not hold one's own,
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then at least not have to steer
the conversation
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away to dogs and horses every time.
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(CLEARS THROAT)
The Prime Minister's on his way, ma'am.
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Well, one good thing about this one
is you never have to open your mouth at all.
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(CHUCKLES) That's true.
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Just smile politely
while he drones on and on.
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Your Majesty may or may not be aware,
but this is my retirement year.
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Is it really? How long has it been?
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Thirty-three years, ma'am,
serving four sovereigns.
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One can hardly imagine
the place without you.
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Well, it's kind of you to say so, ma'am,
but we're well prepared for the transition.
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A deputy's long been groomed
and made ready.
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- Two deputies, am I right?
- Yes, ma'am.
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- A senior and a junior.
- An heir and a spare.
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Quite.
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Well, before we discuss any of that,
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I'd like you to know how grateful
we all are to you.
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- For your years of service.
- Thank you, ma'am.
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My father was quite dependent on you.
You know that.
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And in our short time together,
I could see how I could be, too.
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But you deserve to put your feet up.
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And I think I could work quite well
with Martin Charteris.
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- Martin Charteris?
- Yes.
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I assume you'll give that your blessing.
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Martin is the junior deputy private secretary,
ma'am, the spare.
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Michael Adeane is the senior.
The rightful heir.
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Martin and I have worked together before.
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I'm aware of that.
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I'm sure that Michael would understand
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that I had a pre-existing relationship
with Martin, and not take it personally.
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Martin is a younger man.
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It's the more natural fit.
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If that is Your Majesty's wish.
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(SNORING)
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Prime Minister,
I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting.
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- Not at all.
- But I see you've found company.
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Yes.
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Honey, Sugar, Pippin, say goodbye.
Thank you, Tommy.
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- (DOGS BARK)
- (LAUGHS)
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Shall we make a start?
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One item overshadows every other
on the agenda this week, ma'am.
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The Soviets and their H-bomb.
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We now have confirmation
that they have been testing
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in the Kazakh Desert.
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It is vital that we act swiftly to secure peace,
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and vital that we British spearhead the effort.
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I have always been the person
everyone wants in a room with the Russians
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because Stalin would only talk to me.
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With him gone, there is a great danger
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that Eisenhower will take it upon himself
to run the show.
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And that would be bad?
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Oh, a disaster, ma'am.
For all the obvious reasons.
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(COUGHS)
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Of course.
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Remind me of the obvious reasons.
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Russia
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is a great old empire
which demands and deserves respect.
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Americans like to wave the big stick,
and speak with a loud voice.
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In the matter of world governance,
they are not yet ready.
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They need an experienced and elder power
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to guide them, school them.
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Yes, we could all do with some school.
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To that end, I've asked the Foreign Secretary
to go to Washington
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to lay plans for a summit meeting
between myself and Eisenhower,
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to start discussing a unified approach
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for how to bring the Russians
back into the family.
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- Do you think he's up to it?
- Eisenhower?
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No, the Foreign Secretary.
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Anthony is the finest Foreign Secretary
this country has had for generations.
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Yes, but I've heard he's also a very sick man.
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I would hate to think
that the country wasn't in safe hands,
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being led by healthy men.
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We are both fine, ma'am. I assure you.
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MAN: Early indications are
that the bomb they tested
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was a fission and fusion-fuelled
Sloika design,
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based on lithium-6 deuteride
and uranium-235
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with a yield of 400 kilotons.
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Khrushchev claims the weapon is ready
for immediate use,
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capable of deployment
from a bomber aircraft.
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He was bragging about it
to the Presidium last week.
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Do we believe that?
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Latest CIA intelligence seems to support it,
with the Soviets known to be
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ramping up their production
of long-range bomber aircraft...
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- (PANTING)
- Are you all right, sir?
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My bag, please. Give me my bag.
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Can you do this?
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MAN: Sir, this really
should be done by a doctor.
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Just find a vein. Come on!
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(GROANS)
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(SIGHS)
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MAN: Well, we can say with confidence
that Joe-4's total yield,
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why, was in the range of 400-500 kilotons.
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Now, intelligence sources indicate
the Soviets used the layered design
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similar to our own
Ivy Mike detonation in '52,
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which is consistent with the blast radius.
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The British Foreign Secretary.
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(SNORING)
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That, gentlemen, is not just a sleeping man,
it's a sad metaphor.
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The second most powerful man
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in what was once
the most powerful country on Earth.
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What's that on his arm?
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MAN: Looks like blood, sir.
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EISENHOWER: Good God.
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- Colonel Charteris, ma'am.
- Your Majesty.
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- You asked to see me?
- I did. Do sit down.
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(DOOR CLOSES)
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Now, as I'm sure you're aware,
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Tommy Lascelles will be leaving us shortly
to begin his well-deserved retirement.
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(CHUCKLES)
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And his departure will leave
something of a gap.
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Yes.
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And I was wondering whether
you might be interested in filling that gap?
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- As what, ma'am?
- My private secretary.
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- I'd be delighted, but...
- But what?
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What about Michael Adeane?
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- What about him?
- He is the natural successor.
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I was hoping it might be possible for me
to make my own decision just once.
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There are two private secretaries
to choose from.
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And I happen to prefer the junior.
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(CHUCKLES) Hmm.
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So, shall we say that's that?
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Yes. I suppose we shall.
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- Good.
- Thank you.
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Is there anything I can do? In the meantime?
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No, no, no. Thank you, Martin.
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- Actually, Martin...
- (DOOR OPENS)
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A tutor.
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- Ma'am?
- I'd like to engage one.
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- Any particular field?
- General education.
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- I'll come up with some names.
- Thank you.
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And, Martin, preferably one, you know,
not too stuffy.
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Sense of humour.
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Understood.
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- (CHUCKLES)
- (DOOR CLOSES)
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I'm no stranger to pain, Winston,
but this has become intolerable.
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ANTHONY: I must have corrective surgery.
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And this corrective surgery,
must it really be Boston?
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That's where the best man is. The only man.
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They're better-equipped to deal
with gall bladder problems in America,
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due to the high-fat diets they have here.
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Leaving me without you
for the summit with Ike.
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- Can't you delay it?
- No, I can't.
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Besides, you have already stated your ability
to run the ship without me for some time.
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In jest, my dear boy,
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when you become mutinous
and presumptuous.
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You know how much I depend on you.
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- I do.
- Well?
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But I'd still like to hear you say it again.
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What?
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I'd like you to say it again, so that
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all the people listening in can hear.
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You were saying?
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(SIGHS) That...
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I depend on you, Anthony.
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ANTHONY: What for?
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WINSTON: For your judgement.
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ANTHONY: What else?
WINSTON: Your integrity and loyalty.
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Louder, please.
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Yes, all right! Yes, I need you there, Anthony!
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I think we've all agreed, I need you!
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And I need the surgery, Winston.
It's my life that's at stake now.
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- I'm sorry.
- (LINE DISCONNECTS)
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WOMAN: Prime Minister. Prime Minister?
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Hello?
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(MUSIC PLAYING FROM CAR RADIO)
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CHARLES: What's that?
WOMAN: Here, Charles. That one.
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CHARLES: Look. Look at this.
Do you like my picture?
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WOMAN: It's a rocket.
One day it'll take you into space.
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(DOOR OPENS)
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- MAN: Professor Hogg, Your Majesty.
- Who?
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Colonel Charteris said
you were expecting him.
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Oh.
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Yes.
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CHARLES: Where's Mercury?
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WOMAN: High up in the sky, Charles.
It's where all the other planets are.
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- Your Majesty.
- Professor Hogg.
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ELIZABETH: During the course
of my new daily life,
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I have to spend a great deal of time alone
with statesmen.
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Men, like yourself, of exceptional intellect,
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who've risen to the very top
of their profession
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by virtue of their intelligence
and their ability.
247
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There are frequently times
248
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when I am discussing agendas of the day
with these people
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that I find myself, uh,
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on the back foot.
251
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At something of a disadvantage.
Because I, um...
252
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I can't keep up.
253
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Or I don't know what lies behind something.
254
00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,215
And that's no way to live.
255
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To be uninformed
and entirely at someone else's mercy.
256
00:20:20,012 --> 00:20:21,889
Quite. Which is why I was hoping
257
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that you might help me hold my own,
some more,
258
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feel at less of a disadvantage, fill in...
259
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Uh...
260
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Fill in some of the gaps.
261
00:20:32,983 --> 00:20:37,946
Perhaps Her Majesty would give me an idea
of roughly how far she got?
262
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- When?
- With her education.
263
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In what sense?
264
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Which exams she might have taken
and passed,
265
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that I might better know
at what level to pitch our tutorials.
266
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Um, the Higher School Certificate,
for example.
267
00:21:03,513 --> 00:21:06,433
All right. The School Certificate, then.
268
00:21:10,312 --> 00:21:11,688
No.
269
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Any privately-tutored equivalents
thereof, perhaps?
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00:21:20,197 --> 00:21:21,448
I see.
271
00:21:24,701 --> 00:21:26,411
(MUSIC PLAYING FROM TV)
272
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(DOOR OPENS)
273
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Her Majesty the Queen, ma'am.
274
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This is a surprise.
275
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To what do I owe the pleasure?
276
00:21:42,344 --> 00:21:45,889
I came because I wanted to ask you
a question about my education.
277
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What about it?
278
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The fact that I didn't receive one.
279
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(CHUCKLES) You did.
280
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Sewing, needlework,
and saying poems with Crawfie.
281
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That is not an education.
282
00:22:01,029 --> 00:22:04,491
Darling, you also spent years one-on-one
283
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with the Vice-Provost of Eton College.
284
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Being drilled in matters of the constitution.
285
00:22:08,745 --> 00:22:11,373
Which is far more than your sister ever got.
286
00:22:12,124 --> 00:22:16,753
Mummy, I'm talking about
a normal education, in normal subjects.
287
00:22:16,878 --> 00:22:19,089
You received
an entirely appropriate education
288
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for a woman of your background.
289
00:22:20,757 --> 00:22:23,385
Which has entirely failed to prepare me
for the life I lead now.
290
00:22:23,552 --> 00:22:28,098
We taught you how to be a lady, a princess.
What do you want? A degree?
291
00:22:28,598 --> 00:22:32,185
No one wants a bluestocking
or a college lecturer as Sovereign.
292
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They want a queen.
293
00:22:33,895 --> 00:22:39,151
Yes, a queen who is hopelessly ill-equipped
to deal with the people that she has to meet.
294
00:22:45,949 --> 00:22:47,617
What has this to do with me?
295
00:22:49,161 --> 00:22:51,830
How could you have let me down like this?
296
00:22:53,206 --> 00:22:55,625
Is this a criticism of my motherhood?
297
00:22:58,795 --> 00:23:03,341
Because I would've thought you'd think twice
before throwing stones on that score.
298
00:23:04,968 --> 00:23:06,386
What's that supposed to mean?
299
00:23:06,470 --> 00:23:09,389
I hardly see you blazing a trail
in that department.
300
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:11,683
That's not fair.
301
00:23:11,767 --> 00:23:15,979
Besides, I thought we were past the age now
where we take cheap shots at our parents.
302
00:23:16,605 --> 00:23:19,357
I educated you as your father and I saw fit.
303
00:23:19,441 --> 00:23:21,401
Why didn't we push harder?
304
00:23:21,485 --> 00:23:24,988
No one advised that we should.
That includes the Vice-Provost.
305
00:23:28,241 --> 00:23:32,704
Oh, don't force something
that doesn't come naturally, dear.
306
00:23:32,788 --> 00:23:34,247
That's what I've learned.
307
00:23:38,794 --> 00:23:41,755
We all have to accept our limitations in life.
308
00:23:43,090 --> 00:23:46,259
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
309
00:24:00,690 --> 00:24:02,692
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
310
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:10,033
That's it, there. The grace-and-favour flat
belonging to the Queen's private secretary.
311
00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:13,453
- Our new home.
- How much of the ground floor is it?
312
00:24:14,204 --> 00:24:17,791
MARTIN: All of it.
Including the rooms stretching to the back.
313
00:24:21,545 --> 00:24:23,171
The girls will be happy here.
314
00:24:24,756 --> 00:24:26,383
Now, we must go.
315
00:24:26,758 --> 00:24:28,969
- I don't want anyone to see us.
- Why?
316
00:24:29,052 --> 00:24:30,971
Well, it's just indiscreet.
317
00:24:31,304 --> 00:24:34,766
- But I haven't got the job yet.
- What about that tree?
318
00:24:35,892 --> 00:24:37,561
It's blocking all the light.
319
00:24:37,644 --> 00:24:40,021
Well, I daresay one could ask
to have it trimmed back.
320
00:24:40,105 --> 00:24:41,815
Will you ask?
321
00:24:41,898 --> 00:24:46,528
I don't see the rush,
but, yes, I can ask. Discreetly.
322
00:24:54,578 --> 00:24:55,620
WINSTON: Good God.
323
00:24:55,704 --> 00:24:59,499
A stroke, Bobbety, that's all, a minor stroke.
324
00:24:59,583 --> 00:25:02,169
But I'm on the mend, bouncing back.
325
00:25:02,252 --> 00:25:04,337
Well, you don't look very bouncy to me.
326
00:25:04,421 --> 00:25:06,047
- Who knows?
- No one.
327
00:25:06,131 --> 00:25:08,884
And no one can know, especially the Queen.
328
00:25:08,967 --> 00:25:10,010
What?
329
00:25:10,093 --> 00:25:15,307
I have promised her that the country
will always have a healthy man in charge.
330
00:25:15,390 --> 00:25:19,144
You know me, Bobbety,
I am a man of my word.
331
00:25:19,936 --> 00:25:21,688
But you can't just hide it from her.
332
00:25:22,731 --> 00:25:25,942
I mean, you're head of the government
which runs the country in her name.
333
00:25:27,194 --> 00:25:28,987
Besides, don't you think she'll smell a rat
334
00:25:29,070 --> 00:25:31,072
when no one turns up
at her private audience?
335
00:25:31,323 --> 00:25:34,910
The Palace has been told that I have a cold.
336
00:25:34,993 --> 00:25:36,203
A cold?
337
00:25:37,621 --> 00:25:42,125
Jock, you have my permission
to extend that to the flu.
338
00:25:42,626 --> 00:25:44,753
- Sir.
- But no more.
339
00:25:44,836 --> 00:25:46,963
And what about the meeting
with Eisenhower in Washington?
340
00:25:47,130 --> 00:25:52,427
(SIGHS) Alas, as I have been refused
permission to fly,
341
00:25:52,510 --> 00:25:54,679
I am left with no option.
342
00:25:54,763 --> 00:25:57,766
- To postpone it?
- Are you mad?
343
00:25:57,849 --> 00:26:02,729
The Russian situation
could not be more delicately poised,
344
00:26:03,271 --> 00:26:06,983
nor more needing of my influence. No.
345
00:26:08,860 --> 00:26:11,196
We have to get Eisenhower here.
346
00:26:12,530 --> 00:26:15,033
LORD SALISBURY: So, you see, Tommy,
there's no other way.
347
00:26:15,116 --> 00:26:17,285
(CLEARS THROAT)
Well, how about the 12th of July?
348
00:26:17,369 --> 00:26:20,580
- I doubt it.
- All right, the 13th?
349
00:26:21,456 --> 00:26:24,376
- I doubt that as well.
- The 14th, then.
350
00:26:24,459 --> 00:26:27,170
I can put it to her, Bobbety,
but I wouldn't hold your breath.
351
00:26:27,295 --> 00:26:29,089
Well, I'll leave it
to your powers of persuasion.
352
00:26:29,381 --> 00:26:30,382
Mm.
353
00:26:30,590 --> 00:26:31,675
Bye.
354
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:05,917
Sorry to disturb you, ma'am,
355
00:27:06,001 --> 00:27:11,840
but I just had Lord Salisbury on the phone
with an unusual request.
356
00:27:12,966 --> 00:27:16,636
President Eisenhower is due
to meet the Prime Minister in Washington
357
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,763
for summit next week,
358
00:27:18,847 --> 00:27:22,017
but Mr Churchill's developed a cold,
a nasty cold,
359
00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:24,227
and Lord Moran, his doctor,
has forbidden him to fly.
360
00:27:24,311 --> 00:27:27,105
Now, the feeling is the meeting
is of the utmost importance,
361
00:27:27,188 --> 00:27:30,358
so Downing Street was wondering
whether we might be able to help.
362
00:27:31,026 --> 00:27:32,110
Help how?
363
00:27:32,402 --> 00:27:34,195
By inviting the President here.
364
00:27:35,780 --> 00:27:36,823
Where?
365
00:27:37,073 --> 00:27:40,452
Here, ma'am, to Buckingham Palace,
to a state banquet next week.
366
00:27:40,577 --> 00:27:43,496
The feeling is that, by that time,
367
00:27:43,580 --> 00:27:45,915
Winston should have made
a sufficient recovery.
368
00:27:46,666 --> 00:27:48,877
Well, I was planning on
going to Sandringham.
369
00:27:51,129 --> 00:27:54,924
Hmm. I'm afraid it would mean
postponing that by a few days.
370
00:28:01,931 --> 00:28:05,352
We can extend an invitation
through our ambassador in Washington.
371
00:28:05,435 --> 00:28:08,188
- Is that a green light, ma'am?
- Yes.
372
00:28:08,772 --> 00:28:11,358
Then, if you'll excuse me,
I better get cracking.
373
00:28:14,903 --> 00:28:17,530
Do you have a moment, Tommy?
I need to speak to you on an urgent matter.
374
00:28:17,614 --> 00:28:20,158
I don't, I'm afraid,
I have a state banquet to arrange,
375
00:28:20,241 --> 00:28:22,035
so if it possibly wait until later...
376
00:28:22,118 --> 00:28:24,704
I think when you hear it,
you'll share my sense of alarm.
377
00:28:24,788 --> 00:28:26,581
It seems that Martin Charteris
378
00:28:26,664 --> 00:28:30,752
is to replace you
as Her Majesty's private secretary, not me.
379
00:28:30,835 --> 00:28:32,545
What? Says who?
380
00:28:32,629 --> 00:28:35,173
Says Margaret Colville, Jock Colville's wife,
381
00:28:35,256 --> 00:28:38,218
who plays bridge with Alice Jameson,
lady-in-waiting,
382
00:28:38,301 --> 00:28:42,472
who, as you may know,
plays tennis with Mary Charteris.
383
00:28:42,806 --> 00:28:44,182
Why on earth would I know that?
384
00:28:44,265 --> 00:28:46,893
Anyway, so confident are they
of the appointment,
385
00:28:46,976 --> 00:28:50,063
- that Mary has even gone so...
- Don't tell me.
386
00:28:50,146 --> 00:28:51,898
So far as to speak
to the Palace head gardener
387
00:28:51,981 --> 00:28:54,150
about trimming the tree outside my window.
388
00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:56,277
Yes.
389
00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,531
Ask Martin to come and see me, would you?
390
00:28:59,614 --> 00:29:01,866
That is, if he and his lady wife
are not too busy
391
00:29:01,950 --> 00:29:05,161
measuring carpets and curtains
for what is still my home.
392
00:29:11,835 --> 00:29:14,712
- Right, it's a green light. Jump to it.
- Sir.
393
00:29:15,338 --> 00:29:17,215
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
394
00:29:19,676 --> 00:29:21,344
(TYPEWRITER CLACKING)
395
00:29:21,428 --> 00:29:23,012
(VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRING)
396
00:29:25,014 --> 00:29:26,015
(SQUEAKING)
397
00:29:37,068 --> 00:29:38,862
(GLASS HUMS)
398
00:30:16,232 --> 00:30:19,569
- You asked to see me, Tommy.
- I did. Do sit down.
399
00:30:30,121 --> 00:30:33,374
Martin, you've worked at the Palace now,
for what, three years?
400
00:30:34,042 --> 00:30:36,586
I'd have thought that long enough
for you to know the ropes,
401
00:30:37,045 --> 00:30:41,132
understand the rules,
the way things are done.
402
00:30:41,257 --> 00:30:42,717
I think I do.
403
00:30:45,220 --> 00:30:46,763
Manifestly not.
404
00:31:08,409 --> 00:31:09,827
(DOGS BARK)
405
00:31:10,453 --> 00:31:12,789
Professor Hogg, Your Majesty.
406
00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:17,210
- Your Majesty.
- Professor.
407
00:31:21,631 --> 00:31:22,632
Ah.
408
00:31:23,299 --> 00:31:25,677
I know you were going to prepare
some tutorials
409
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,345
of a more general nature,
410
00:31:27,637 --> 00:31:31,975
but it seems I'm going to need
some more specific knowledge first.
411
00:31:32,433 --> 00:31:34,602
On which subject?
412
00:31:34,686 --> 00:31:36,521
President Eisenhower.
413
00:31:37,230 --> 00:31:40,733
He'll be coming here in a matter of days,
and I'll be expected
414
00:31:41,818 --> 00:31:44,612
to sit next to him
and make conversation with him.
415
00:31:45,154 --> 00:31:48,658
So, I need to know all about him,
and what interests him.
416
00:31:48,908 --> 00:31:51,661
The military-industrial complex, ma'am.
417
00:31:53,037 --> 00:31:54,247
What?
418
00:31:54,330 --> 00:31:58,585
And its threat to democratic government,
it's what most concerns him.
419
00:32:02,005 --> 00:32:03,506
Something lighter, perhaps?
420
00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:05,258
Golf?
421
00:32:05,425 --> 00:32:06,426
Oh.
422
00:32:07,176 --> 00:32:10,013
- Anything else?
- Oil painting.
423
00:32:10,138 --> 00:32:14,559
- I'm told he paints landscapes.
- (SIGHS) Don't they all?
424
00:32:14,726 --> 00:32:16,311
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
425
00:32:18,187 --> 00:32:22,984
Would Your Majesty give me 24 hours
to do some research and come back to you?
426
00:32:23,067 --> 00:32:24,110
Yes. Of course.
427
00:32:28,489 --> 00:32:32,785
He was baptised, wasn't he?
Just six months ago.
428
00:32:34,621 --> 00:32:37,624
Yes, I think read about that. A Presbyterian.
429
00:32:38,124 --> 00:32:39,125
Mm.
430
00:32:40,376 --> 00:32:42,962
Did they dunk him, do you think?
431
00:32:43,046 --> 00:32:44,255
Dunk?
432
00:32:45,089 --> 00:32:48,134
A full immersion. In some river.
433
00:32:48,885 --> 00:32:51,387
If I were a gambling man, I'd say yes.
434
00:32:52,347 --> 00:32:54,599
- Are you?
- (PROFESSOR HOGG CHUCKLES)
435
00:32:54,891 --> 00:32:58,353
Occasionally. The Derby, ma'am,
and the Grand National.
436
00:32:58,561 --> 00:33:00,730
Oh, how did you get on this year?
437
00:33:01,230 --> 00:33:03,316
At the National, rather well.
438
00:33:03,399 --> 00:33:07,320
- I had Early Mist on an each-way bet.
- Oh, well done, you.
439
00:33:07,445 --> 00:33:10,907
You won by 20 lengths.
I share your admiration for Mr O'Brien,
440
00:33:10,990 --> 00:33:13,493
and everything he's doing
at Ballydoyle Stables.
441
00:33:14,410 --> 00:33:16,621
- Who?
- The trainer.
442
00:33:18,247 --> 00:33:19,791
That's not why you backed him?
443
00:33:20,083 --> 00:33:22,502
No. I just liked the name.
444
00:33:25,630 --> 00:33:26,798
I see.
445
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,677
- Back in 24 hours.
- Thank you.
446
00:33:35,056 --> 00:33:36,057
(DOOR OPENS)
447
00:33:39,977 --> 00:33:40,978
(DOOR CLOSES)
448
00:33:45,608 --> 00:33:48,027
CLEMMIE: "I'm so sorry
to hear that in these past days
449
00:33:48,111 --> 00:33:50,321
"you've not been
in your usual good health..."
450
00:33:50,405 --> 00:33:51,739
Isn't that nice?
451
00:33:52,448 --> 00:33:55,868
"...and that your tireless exertions
on behalf of this country
452
00:33:55,952 --> 00:33:59,622
"have resulted
in this temporary inconvenience."
453
00:34:01,082 --> 00:34:02,792
"Temporary inconvenience."
454
00:34:04,585 --> 00:34:06,629
How much does she know exactly?
455
00:34:07,714 --> 00:34:09,465
Because from the tone of this...
456
00:34:10,925 --> 00:34:12,301
Winston.
457
00:34:14,137 --> 00:34:17,056
- She thinks it's a cold.
- A cold?
458
00:34:17,140 --> 00:34:20,977
Yes, a cold. If she knew the truth,
she would bid me stand down.
459
00:34:21,060 --> 00:34:23,187
- Good.
- A replacement would have to be found.
460
00:34:23,271 --> 00:34:26,190
The wrong replacement.
Because the right man...
461
00:34:26,274 --> 00:34:29,736
- Anthony.
- ...is himself incapacitated.
462
00:34:29,819 --> 00:34:32,739
Too much knowledge
can be a dangerous thing.
463
00:34:33,448 --> 00:34:35,199
Do you mean to tell me that, at the moment,
464
00:34:35,283 --> 00:34:38,911
this country's without a fit leader
or a deputy leader?
465
00:34:38,995 --> 00:34:41,414
- (HUSHING) Not so loud.
- But...
466
00:34:41,789 --> 00:34:43,040
Come.
467
00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:47,503
Good news, sir. It's a yes from Eisenhower.
468
00:34:48,671 --> 00:34:50,757
You were right, an invitation from the Palace
469
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,342
has proved impossible
for the Americans to refuse.
470
00:34:53,593 --> 00:34:55,762
They've changed his schedule,
and we're going to make it work.
471
00:34:55,845 --> 00:34:59,182
- That's wonderful news!
- Don't get out of bed, Winston.
472
00:34:59,265 --> 00:35:01,768
- That's wonderful!
- No, don't get out of bed, darling.
473
00:35:01,851 --> 00:35:03,352
Don't get out of bed.
474
00:35:03,644 --> 00:35:06,022
If Ike comes here, I can be leader again.
475
00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:07,982
- Winston...
- That's what really matters.
476
00:35:08,065 --> 00:35:10,651
Getting me and Ike in the same room,
so that he and I can...
477
00:35:10,735 --> 00:35:11,819
Do go back to bed.
478
00:35:11,903 --> 00:35:15,615
...get on with building a real
and lasting peace with the Russians!
479
00:35:15,698 --> 00:35:19,744
Darling, look, why don't you admit the truth,
that you have been fighting for your life
480
00:35:19,827 --> 00:35:21,496
and tell the Queen?
481
00:35:21,746 --> 00:35:23,456
(GASPING)
482
00:35:23,539 --> 00:35:24,999
Winston?
483
00:36:02,411 --> 00:36:05,665
- How serious is it this time?
- It's impossible to know.
484
00:36:08,835 --> 00:36:11,879
I fear we do now
have to put off the Americans.
485
00:36:11,963 --> 00:36:13,172
Yes, of course.
486
00:36:13,256 --> 00:36:15,007
And tell the Queen.
487
00:36:15,424 --> 00:36:18,511
No. No, we're in too deep now for that.
488
00:36:20,012 --> 00:36:23,766
If Eisenhower isn't coming,
blame it on him, not on Winston.
489
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,436
The Queen must never know
how much we've kept from her.
490
00:36:42,743 --> 00:36:44,579
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
491
00:36:48,416 --> 00:36:50,209
(DISHES CLATTERING)
492
00:37:00,344 --> 00:37:01,804
MAN: Prepare for inspection!
493
00:37:07,101 --> 00:37:09,312
- Sorry to disturb you, ma'am.
- Mm?
494
00:37:11,147 --> 00:37:14,358
I've been asked by Downing Street
to inform you first
495
00:37:14,442 --> 00:37:18,571
that President Eisenhower
is no longer able to leave the United States
496
00:37:18,654 --> 00:37:21,115
owing to a political crisis at home.
497
00:37:23,326 --> 00:37:24,327
Oh.
498
00:37:25,828 --> 00:37:27,371
Well, that's a relief.
499
00:37:27,830 --> 00:37:30,333
And that the Prime Minister
still hasn't shaken off his cold,
500
00:37:31,167 --> 00:37:33,669
and will not be attending
today's private audience.
501
00:37:33,753 --> 00:37:36,213
Really? Goodness.
502
00:37:36,797 --> 00:37:40,092
That's the second consecutive
private audience that he's missed.
503
00:37:40,176 --> 00:37:43,346
- It's most unlike him.
- Yes, isn't it?
504
00:37:44,847 --> 00:37:46,015
Are you all right, Martin?
505
00:37:48,893 --> 00:37:51,562
Your Majesty, I've had the opportunity
506
00:37:51,646 --> 00:37:55,399
to think about your very kind offer
to become your private secretary.
507
00:37:57,193 --> 00:37:58,819
And I'm afraid I must decline.
508
00:38:02,448 --> 00:38:03,574
Why?
509
00:38:06,953 --> 00:38:11,415
In this instance, I really do believe
you'll be better served by Michael.
510
00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:14,835
No, you don't.
511
00:38:15,753 --> 00:38:16,796
Ma'am?
512
00:38:18,005 --> 00:38:19,840
You don't think that.
513
00:38:19,924 --> 00:38:22,176
Nor could you ever think that.
514
00:38:22,259 --> 00:38:24,804
For the very good reason that it's not true.
515
00:38:25,721 --> 00:38:28,391
Have you been spoken to
by Tommy Lascelles?
516
00:38:28,766 --> 00:38:30,518
- Ma'am...
- You have.
517
00:38:31,435 --> 00:38:33,145
And what did he have to say?
518
00:38:36,482 --> 00:38:38,275
That I should've refused the offer
in the room.
519
00:38:40,236 --> 00:38:42,905
That I obviously have no respect
or understanding
520
00:38:42,989 --> 00:38:48,077
for Palace tradition and protocol,
and that it must be Michael Adeane.
521
00:38:52,748 --> 00:38:53,958
Did he now?
522
00:38:56,419 --> 00:38:58,379
Would you excuse me for a moment, Martin?
523
00:39:05,428 --> 00:39:07,388
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
524
00:39:29,827 --> 00:39:30,870
TOMMY: Come.
525
00:39:33,414 --> 00:39:34,415
Oh.
526
00:39:34,707 --> 00:39:36,792
- Your Majesty.
- Look, Tommy.
527
00:39:38,711 --> 00:39:41,505
There's no pretty way of saying this.
I would prefer Martin.
528
00:39:41,589 --> 00:39:43,716
And that is your right, ma'am.
529
00:39:43,799 --> 00:39:46,427
Yes. And I rather thought so, too.
530
00:39:47,178 --> 00:39:49,221
But it would be a mistake.
531
00:39:50,097 --> 00:39:51,640
And why is that?
532
00:39:51,932 --> 00:39:52,975
Please.
533
00:40:03,819 --> 00:40:05,071
(CLEARS THROAT)
534
00:40:05,154 --> 00:40:06,947
There's a way of doing things here.
535
00:40:08,365 --> 00:40:11,702
An order developed over time, generations.
536
00:40:13,746 --> 00:40:17,792
And individuality in the House of Windsor,
537
00:40:18,667 --> 00:40:22,213
any departure from that way of doing things,
is not to be encouraged.
538
00:40:22,755 --> 00:40:25,716
It results in catastrophes like the abdication.
539
00:40:26,675 --> 00:40:29,136
Abdicating the throne
and choosing my private secretary
540
00:40:29,220 --> 00:40:30,888
is hardly comparing like with like.
541
00:40:30,971 --> 00:40:32,348
I disagree.
542
00:40:33,641 --> 00:40:35,142
I served your uncle, as you know.
543
00:40:36,352 --> 00:40:40,106
And it's in the small things that the rot starts.
544
00:40:40,898 --> 00:40:43,609
Do the wrong thing once,
it's easier to do it again.
545
00:40:43,692 --> 00:40:48,989
Do the individualistic thing once,
it is easy to do it again.
546
00:40:49,073 --> 00:40:52,910
Now, in the case of your uncle,
it started with wanting to use
547
00:40:52,993 --> 00:40:56,539
Buckingham Palace simply as the office,
and York House as his home.
548
00:40:57,373 --> 00:41:02,628
Then he stopped attending church,
decided he wanted to sell Sandringham.
549
00:41:02,711 --> 00:41:05,047
He dismissed courtiers
who'd served under his father
550
00:41:05,131 --> 00:41:08,384
in favour of younger,
sycophantic supplicants.
551
00:41:09,176 --> 00:41:12,680
Of course,
no one saw the abdication coming then,
552
00:41:12,763 --> 00:41:17,434
but the ego, the wilfulness,
the individualism,
553
00:41:17,518 --> 00:41:19,645
the rot had set in.
554
00:41:19,728 --> 00:41:22,857
Martin and I have an understanding.
555
00:41:23,315 --> 00:41:24,817
I don't deny it.
556
00:41:26,110 --> 00:41:29,905
It would make me feel as if I had an ally,
557
00:41:30,823 --> 00:41:32,908
friend almost,
558
00:41:33,576 --> 00:41:35,911
in what can sometimes feel like a very...
559
00:41:40,666 --> 00:41:41,917
(INHALES)
560
00:41:50,801 --> 00:41:52,011
Well...
561
00:41:53,804 --> 00:41:57,850
The next in line,
and the senior of my two deputies,
562
00:41:57,933 --> 00:42:02,021
and the natural heir is Michael.
563
00:42:03,564 --> 00:42:05,900
- Your man.
- The right man.
564
00:42:10,696 --> 00:42:15,075
But, as always,
the final say is with you, ma'am.
565
00:42:25,836 --> 00:42:28,130
- (PHONE RINGING)
- Thank you.
566
00:42:30,966 --> 00:42:32,968
(RINGING CONTINUES)
567
00:43:08,837 --> 00:43:12,216
Just had the Palace on the phone,
requesting a private audience this afternoon.
568
00:43:12,675 --> 00:43:14,843
It seems the Queen wants to see you, sir.
569
00:43:16,178 --> 00:43:17,179
Me?
570
00:43:34,947 --> 00:43:36,240
So, what's all this about, Patrick?
571
00:43:36,323 --> 00:43:38,284
- I don't know, sir.
- Can't you give me a clue?
572
00:43:41,203 --> 00:43:42,496
(DOOR OPENS)
573
00:43:43,789 --> 00:43:46,083
Mr Colville, Your Majesty.
574
00:43:51,672 --> 00:43:53,841
- You asked to see me, Your Majesty?
- Yes, Jock.
575
00:43:54,425 --> 00:43:59,346
You were my private secretary for two years
before Martin Charteris.
576
00:43:59,430 --> 00:44:00,764
I was.
577
00:44:00,848 --> 00:44:04,643
And it was my impression
that we always had a good understanding,
578
00:44:05,060 --> 00:44:08,480
and were able to speak openly
with one another.
579
00:44:08,564 --> 00:44:11,984
- Yes, of course.
- And trust one another.
580
00:44:12,609 --> 00:44:15,946
Speak plainly when matters
of real importance came up.
581
00:44:16,030 --> 00:44:20,409
And before Her Majesty says anything else,
let me just say how sorry I am.
582
00:44:21,702 --> 00:44:23,412
It's been agony.
583
00:44:23,495 --> 00:44:27,666
I tried to stop them, I told them my opinion,
584
00:44:27,750 --> 00:44:30,085
but they were so insistent
we keep it from you.
585
00:44:30,586 --> 00:44:34,006
After the second one, I really was
of a mind to let you know the truth.
586
00:44:35,090 --> 00:44:37,468
- Second what?
- Stroke, ma'am.
587
00:44:38,510 --> 00:44:42,681
But they insisted again,
everyone keep it quiet, say nothing.
588
00:44:46,268 --> 00:44:47,269
I see.
589
00:44:51,315 --> 00:44:54,610
And who was it that was doing the insisting?
590
00:44:55,361 --> 00:44:56,737
Lord Salisbury, ma'am.
591
00:44:57,946 --> 00:45:02,659
And the Prime Minister himself,
on the rare occasions he was conscious.
592
00:45:07,164 --> 00:45:08,332
I see.
593
00:45:09,750 --> 00:45:12,544
That is what you asked me here to discuss?
594
00:45:13,962 --> 00:45:15,047
No.
595
00:45:15,923 --> 00:45:19,051
I asked you here to discuss
whether I should take Michael Adeane
596
00:45:19,134 --> 00:45:22,638
for my private secretary,
rather than Martin Charteris.
597
00:45:26,308 --> 00:45:30,479
But what you've just told me
is far more important.
598
00:45:36,819 --> 00:45:38,320
- No.
- Yes.
599
00:45:38,404 --> 00:45:40,155
The slippery old so-and-sos.
600
00:45:40,781 --> 00:45:43,242
It's rather worse than slippery,
wouldn't you say?
601
00:45:43,325 --> 00:45:45,202
Somewhat unconstitutional.
602
00:45:45,869 --> 00:45:47,371
What are you going to do?
603
00:45:48,163 --> 00:45:51,959
Nothing, of course. That's my job.
604
00:45:52,543 --> 00:45:55,796
- Do nothing, and stay silent at all times.
- Is it?
605
00:45:56,463 --> 00:45:59,883
From memory, and forgive me, ma'am,
it's a while since I read Bagehot,
606
00:46:00,592 --> 00:46:05,389
but in circumstances such as these,
is it not also your duty to act?
607
00:46:07,599 --> 00:46:09,685
I doubt it. I'd have to check.
608
00:46:09,768 --> 00:46:11,979
I think you know precisely.
609
00:46:15,107 --> 00:46:16,483
Yes, it is.
610
00:46:18,152 --> 00:46:22,364
But I can't just summon the brightest,
most formidable men in the country,
611
00:46:22,448 --> 00:46:25,159
and give them a dressing-down,
like children.
612
00:46:25,242 --> 00:46:28,996
Why? You are in the right, they in the wrong.
613
00:46:29,413 --> 00:46:32,666
Yes, but they're far more intelligent
than I am.
614
00:46:32,749 --> 00:46:37,254
Any confrontation, they'd out-debate me,
out-think me and out-manoeuvre me.
615
00:46:37,337 --> 00:46:40,466
But this isn't about education or intelligence.
616
00:46:40,549 --> 00:46:43,719
This is about integrity and principle.
617
00:46:44,511 --> 00:46:48,182
Ma'am, you say you don't have what it takes
to do battle with these people.
618
00:46:48,265 --> 00:46:49,641
You do.
619
00:46:49,725 --> 00:46:53,312
You were drilled for years
in the finer points of our constitution.
620
00:46:53,395 --> 00:46:56,273
You know it better than me,
better than all of us.
621
00:46:56,732 --> 00:46:59,318
You have the only education that matters.
622
00:47:00,777 --> 00:47:02,488
So, what would you have me do?
623
00:47:02,571 --> 00:47:03,655
Summon them,
624
00:47:04,072 --> 00:47:07,534
and give them a good dressing-down,
like children.
625
00:47:08,118 --> 00:47:09,786
Why would they stand for that?
626
00:47:09,870 --> 00:47:13,248
Because they're English, male
and upper class.
627
00:47:13,332 --> 00:47:17,336
A good dressing-down from Nanny
is what they most want in life.
628
00:47:22,299 --> 00:47:25,177
Unconventional to the end, Professor.
629
00:47:30,807 --> 00:47:32,309
Thank you, Professor.
630
00:47:33,977 --> 00:47:36,688
I'm afraid I urgently need something
from Windsor Castle.
631
00:47:37,064 --> 00:47:39,024
At least I think it's at Windsor.
632
00:47:39,274 --> 00:47:42,110
It might be at Sandringham. Or Balmoral.
633
00:47:42,778 --> 00:47:44,947
- Or it might be here.
- Ma'am.
634
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:47,324
(BIRDS CALLING)
635
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:16,413
(RINGS BELL)
636
00:49:17,039 --> 00:49:19,207
Lord Salisbury, please.
637
00:49:20,417 --> 00:49:23,837
If you wouldn't mind, Prime Minister.
638
00:49:29,843 --> 00:49:30,844
(GROANS)
639
00:49:46,902 --> 00:49:47,903
Ma'am.
640
00:50:00,916 --> 00:50:05,962
It has come to my attention
that for a period of time last week,
641
00:50:06,046 --> 00:50:09,591
my Prime Minister was incapacitated.
642
00:50:11,218 --> 00:50:13,345
And the Foreign Secretary, too.
643
00:50:14,513 --> 00:50:18,934
And that you colluded
in keeping that information from me.
644
00:50:20,102 --> 00:50:23,522
- Your...
- No, it is not my job to govern.
645
00:50:23,605 --> 00:50:27,484
But it is my job to ensure proper governance.
646
00:50:29,444 --> 00:50:30,862
But how can I do that
647
00:50:31,071 --> 00:50:35,283
if my ministers lie and plot
and hide the truth from me?
648
00:50:37,119 --> 00:50:40,205
You have prevented me from doing my duty.
649
00:50:40,288 --> 00:50:44,459
You have hampered and bamboozled
the proper functioning of the Crown.
650
00:50:47,963 --> 00:50:49,381
How could you?
651
00:50:51,550 --> 00:50:54,177
My own late father valued you greatly.
652
00:50:54,761 --> 00:50:58,515
He believed the phrase,
"History teaches, never trust a Cecil,"
653
00:50:58,598 --> 00:51:00,600
deeply unfair.
654
00:51:03,812 --> 00:51:05,105
Perhaps not.
655
00:51:16,408 --> 00:51:17,409
(RINGS BELL)
656
00:51:20,328 --> 00:51:21,413
You may go.
657
00:51:43,518 --> 00:51:44,853
Prime Minister.
658
00:51:47,147 --> 00:51:48,356
Please.
659
00:51:50,192 --> 00:51:51,943
The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
660
00:52:06,249 --> 00:52:07,709
Your Majesty.
661
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:10,212
Winston.
662
00:52:13,006 --> 00:52:14,049
(DOOR CLOSES)
663
00:52:21,056 --> 00:52:24,935
I am just a young woman,
starting out in public service.
664
00:52:25,977 --> 00:52:31,149
And I would never presume to give a man
so much my senior,
665
00:52:31,233 --> 00:52:34,069
and who has given this country so much,
666
00:52:34,152 --> 00:52:35,570
a lecture.
667
00:52:38,406 --> 00:52:39,533
However,
668
00:52:41,701 --> 00:52:43,745
you were at my coronation.
669
00:52:44,788 --> 00:52:46,331
I was.
670
00:52:46,414 --> 00:52:50,877
And you therefore heard for yourself
as I took the solemn oath
671
00:52:50,961 --> 00:52:54,923
to govern the people of my realms
672
00:52:55,006 --> 00:52:58,260
according to their respective laws
and customs.
673
00:53:00,345 --> 00:53:02,514
Now, one of those customs
674
00:53:03,348 --> 00:53:09,062
is that their elected Prime Minister should be
of reasonably sound body and mind.
675
00:53:10,021 --> 00:53:13,108
Not an outrageous expectation,
one would've thought.
676
00:53:13,191 --> 00:53:14,234
No.
677
00:53:15,026 --> 00:53:18,238
But it seems that you have not
678
00:53:18,321 --> 00:53:21,741
been of sound body and mind
these past weeks.
679
00:53:22,993 --> 00:53:28,498
And that you chose
to withhold that information from me.
680
00:53:31,459 --> 00:53:36,548
A decision which feels like a betrayal,
not just of the covenant of trust
681
00:53:36,631 --> 00:53:40,135
between us and the institutions
that we both represent,
682
00:53:41,928 --> 00:53:44,514
but of our own personal relationship.
683
00:54:22,344 --> 00:54:26,056
In 1867, Walter Bagehot wrote,
684
00:54:27,015 --> 00:54:30,185
"There are two elements of the constitution,
685
00:54:31,519 --> 00:54:34,689
"the efficient and the dignified.
686
00:54:36,691 --> 00:54:41,529
"The Monarch is the dignified,
and the government, the efficient.
687
00:54:43,073 --> 00:54:49,496
"These two institutions only work
when they support each other,
688
00:54:50,664 --> 00:54:53,375
"when they trust one another."
689
00:54:55,794 --> 00:55:00,382
Your actions, your breaking of that trust
690
00:55:01,383 --> 00:55:03,343
was irresponsible,
691
00:55:04,219 --> 00:55:09,057
and it might have had serious ramifications
for the security of this country.
692
00:55:16,231 --> 00:55:18,024
Is your health better now?
693
00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:19,943
- It is.
- Good.
694
00:55:21,069 --> 00:55:22,988
But is it sufficiently better?
695
00:55:24,614 --> 00:55:26,658
Fit for office better?
696
00:55:27,909 --> 00:55:31,204
I would ask you to consider your response
697
00:55:31,287 --> 00:55:35,625
in light of the respect
that my rank and my office deserve,
698
00:55:36,334 --> 00:55:40,005
not that which my age
and gender might suggest.
699
00:55:42,173 --> 00:55:43,466
Ma'am,
700
00:55:44,801 --> 00:55:48,847
I look at you now, and I realise
701
00:55:50,140 --> 00:55:54,102
that the time is fast approaching
for me to step down.
702
00:55:54,978 --> 00:56:00,525
Not because I am unwell, or unfit for office,
703
00:56:01,609 --> 00:56:04,863
but because you are ready.
704
00:56:06,281 --> 00:56:11,119
And therefore I have discharged my duty
to your father.
705
00:56:13,788 --> 00:56:18,001
With your blessing and your forgiveness,
706
00:56:19,419 --> 00:56:24,424
I shall continue to serve
as the leader of Your Majesty's government.
707
00:56:30,805 --> 00:56:32,307
Your Majesty.
708
00:56:54,496 --> 00:56:55,497
(DOOR OPENS)
709
00:56:58,708 --> 00:56:59,709
(DOOR CLOSES)
710
00:57:05,590 --> 00:57:08,259
(MAN HUMMING)
711
00:57:10,303 --> 00:57:11,596
Hello?
712
00:57:21,523 --> 00:57:22,690
Hello.
713
00:57:24,025 --> 00:57:26,194
- Where have you been?
- Oh.
714
00:57:26,486 --> 00:57:30,406
Charity cricket bash
for the National Playing Fields Association.
715
00:57:30,490 --> 00:57:33,368
Spent some time at the airfield,
doing some rolls.
716
00:57:34,077 --> 00:57:36,204
No Cabinet approval. Don't tell anyone.
717
00:57:37,038 --> 00:57:38,540
What are you dressed for?
718
00:57:39,124 --> 00:57:42,043
Haven't you heard?
We've a state banquet this evening.
719
00:57:42,127 --> 00:57:45,130
Haven't you heard? It's been cancelled.
720
00:57:46,047 --> 00:57:48,925
Christ. Why doesn't anybody
tell me anything?
721
00:57:49,008 --> 00:57:50,677
Well, perhaps if you were here more.
722
00:57:50,885 --> 00:57:52,887
I've read two books
on Eisenhower especially.
723
00:57:52,971 --> 00:57:54,722
- Have you really?
- No.
724
00:57:57,308 --> 00:57:58,685
You look nice.
725
00:57:59,602 --> 00:58:01,604
- Do I?
- Something's different.
726
00:58:02,564 --> 00:58:05,650
- What?
- I don't know. You seem...
727
00:58:05,733 --> 00:58:08,486
I advise you to choose your next words
very carefully.
728
00:58:08,570 --> 00:58:11,322
Taller, somehow.
729
00:58:11,406 --> 00:58:12,866
Or is it just that I've shrunk?
730
00:58:13,533 --> 00:58:15,493
There's nothing shrunken
about you, dearest.
731
00:58:15,577 --> 00:58:16,578
Where are you going?
732
00:58:17,245 --> 00:58:19,622
I've got an appointment
with my new private secretary.
733
00:58:19,706 --> 00:58:21,958
Oh, God. Tell him to bugger off.
734
00:58:22,041 --> 00:58:23,710
I can't do that.
735
00:58:26,171 --> 00:58:27,422
And do what instead?
736
00:58:30,925 --> 00:58:32,677
Two options,
737
00:58:32,760 --> 00:58:37,515
either I get some stilts, so I can reach
the heights of my new, tall woman...
738
00:58:39,100 --> 00:58:40,101
Or?
739
00:58:45,773 --> 00:58:46,816
Or,
740
00:58:49,527 --> 00:58:51,112
she could get on her knees.
741
00:59:07,962 --> 00:59:12,926
Major Adeane, Her Majesty requests
that your appointment might wait.
742
00:59:13,301 --> 00:59:15,678
- I see.
- Until tomorrow.
743
00:59:17,013 --> 00:59:18,181
Right.
744
00:59:36,741 --> 00:59:38,785
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