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(RECORD NEEDLE SCRATCHING)

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(TANGO PLAYING)

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DAVID:...<i>and then, I swing you around there.</i>

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(BOTH LAUGHING)

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Darling!

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DAVID: A bit smoother,
and then very, very close together.

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(KNOCKING, DOOR OPENS)

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The Duke and Duchess of York, Your Majesty.

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I... I... I won't see her. Just my brother.

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(MUSIC STOPS)

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(SIGHS)

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I gather you've made your decision.

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DAVID: I have.

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I'm afraid you won't thank me for it.

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Is she really worth it?

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I love her with all my heart.

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Of course, but more than your own country?

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Hmm?

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More than your own family?
More than your own brother?

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Yes.

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You'll be fine.

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You have a wife by your side
and heirs to spare.

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(SIGHS)

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My daughters.

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This will crush them.

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If you stand down, I shall want you
and that woman gone for good.

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Brother has indeed turned against brother.

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Pay me to, brother,

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and I'll be gone forever.

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CHILDREN: (SINGING)
<i>A sailor went to sea, sea, sea</i>

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<i>To see what he could see, see, see</i>

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<i>But all that he could see, see, see</i>

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<i>Was the bottom
Of the deep blue sea, sea, sea</i>

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<i>A sailor went to knee, knee, knee
To see what he could knee, knee, knee</i>

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Ms MacDonald. His Majesty has asked
to see the two princesses.

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MACDONALD: Right. Come along, girls.

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Lilibet.

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Margaret.

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KING GEORGE VI:
<i>Your uncle has let us all down.</i>

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<i>He put love before family.</i>

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Now, I want you to promise me one thing,

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that you will never put anyone or anything
before one another.

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You are sisters above all else.

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And must never let one another down.

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Understood?

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Never.

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Never.

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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

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ELIZABETH: Happy birthday, Margaret.
MARGARET: Thank you.

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So, I've done what you all asked
and waited two years,

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but now that I am 25,

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and free to decide for myself
whom I will marry,

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it is with great pleasure...

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Thank you.

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Great pleasure and pride,
that I say I am still committed to Peter.

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I've kept my side of the bargain.

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Now, I'm hoping you'll keep yours.

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Of course.

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- (CHUCKLES)
- ELIZABETH: Happy birthday!

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- Happy birthday, darling.
- PHILIP: Happy birthday!

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Thank you!

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- (BELL RINGING)
- (SIGHS)

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- Afternoon, ma'am.
- Yes, thank you, Michael.

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One or two bits and pieces.

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A request from our neighbour,
Captain Farquharson,

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wanting to lease a few acres
of Balmoral grouse land

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in exchange for the acres
which we leased from him last year.

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Now, I spoke to the head keeper

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and he advised checking nest stocks
before responding.

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Yes, that seems very sensible.

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A card for the Mayor of Easter Ross,
whose 70th it is this year.

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Ah, yes, he's not been well, has he?

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A stroke, earlier in the year,
but he'll mend now, I'm happy to say.

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Good.

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That's everything from me, ma'am.
Anything from you?

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Uh, yes. Uh, an instruction
to put things in motion,

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as regards Group Captain Townsend's
return to the country.

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Ma'am?

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As you know, my sister is now free of
the constraints of the Royal Marriages Act

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and no longer requires my consent to marry.

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Yes.

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What is it that you're not saying, Michael?

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Well, there is still the other hurdle.

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The second part of the Royal Marriages Act.

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The fact that Her Royal Highness
has turned 25

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merely means that she has reached an age

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where she can give notice
of her intention to marry.

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Not that she is free to marry.

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What?

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If both Houses of Parliament approve,

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only then, after 12 months have expired,
can the marriage take place,

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and any marriage
contracted in defiance of these rules

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would be void.

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Why did no one tell me this at the time?

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To which I hope you replied...

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"It's always been there, ma'am,
in black and white."

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Yes, but no one drew my attention to it
or said anything.

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(SIGHS)

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It's going to be very difficult.

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I'm sorry.

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I do feel that we've left her in a difficult spot.

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TOMMY: <i>Well, the Queen Mother
always believed that two years'</i>

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separation would be long enough
for Princess Margaret

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to lose interest in the Group Captain

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<i>and the whole thing to go away,
but she hasn't and it hasn't.</i>

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<i>And if anything, the Queen's dilemma
at the heart of it all is only more acute.</i>

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<i>Either she puts her foot down
and forbids the marriage</i>

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that turns sister against sister and
splits the royal house down the middle,

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or she permits the marriage,
setting a collision course

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with the Church
of which she herself is the Head.

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<i>Well, let me give it some more thought.</i>

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<i>We'll speak in the morning.</i>

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<i>- Good night, Michael.</i>
- Thank you, sir.

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(WIND WHOOSHING)

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PHILIP: Take a worm.

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CHARLES: What?
PHILIP: A worm.

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PHILIP: With your fingers, go on.

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They won't bite, they're worms, boy.

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That's it.

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Good boy.

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- It's wriggling.
- Of course it's wriggling. It's a worm.

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It'll stop wriggling
once you put it on the hook.

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So, I was thinking about a week on Monday.

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What for?

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To make the announcement.

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The engagement.

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Would you mind holding off?

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Just a moment longer?

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Everything's fine, don't worry.

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There's just been a slight wrinkle.

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What's a "wrinkle"?

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Oh, no, a formality,
which no one told me about,

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which means it's just going to take
a little bit longer than expected.

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Well, how much longer?
We've waited two years already.

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- I understand.
- And Peter's been through hell.

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- I know.
- Waiting like a martyr.

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- Locking himself away...
- I know.

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...seeing no one. Speaking to no one.

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I've been crying into my pillow at night,
counting the days.

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Why? Why?
Because we were doing you a favour.

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- I'm aware of that!
- To spare you your blushes.

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To make your life easier.

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I know, and I'm going to take care of it.

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Look, I...
I probably shouldn't have said a thing.

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We're going to go up in three, okay?
One, two, three, cast!

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(CHARLES EXCLAIMS)

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PHILIP: Come on. Let's try again.
Hold this, please.

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CHARLES: I'm trying!
PHILIP: Yeah, well, try harder. (LAUGHS)

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CHARLES: It's difficult, Daddy.

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PHILIP: No, it's not difficult.

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Come on. If you don't try again,
you'll never catch a fish.

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He dominates that poor boy.

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PHILIP: Okay. Try again.

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- (CHARLES EXCLAIMS)
- PHILIP: Christ. Quit, quit, quit. Watch.

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ELIZABETH: He can be very kind, too.

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PHILIP: Watch what I do.

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And he's wonderful with Anne.

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PHILIP: And here, then back to here,
and then we cast...

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I still think he's too hard on him.

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Taking out his own frustrations
on an innocent child.

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I had lunch with Tommy Lascelles last week
and we both agreed

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that Philip still hasn't settled
and struggles with life in your shadow.

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CHARLES: Please.
PHILIP: Come on, Charles.

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Let's just... Let's have another go.

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Tommy came up with an interesting notion.

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PHILIP: Hey, there you go! Bravo!

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- CHARLES: Mummy, I caught one!
- Well done!

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(PHILIP LAUGHING)

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PHILIP: <i>Have you noticed something
about our children?</i>

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- They're the wrong way round.
- ELIZABETH: What?

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PHILIP: Well, our daughter's a boy
and our son is, God bless him, a girl.

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Don't be silly. He's just sensitive.

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Have you seen him fish?

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A girl.

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What's the matter? You seem preoccupied.

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I am. I've got problems with Margaret,
and Mummy's been interfering.

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- Surprise, surprise.
- Yes. Along with everything else.

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Oh.

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Would you hate the idea
of going to Australia?

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- What for?
- To open the Olympic Games.

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Well, the Olympics, they're in November,
aren't they?

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You can't go in November.

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Oh, no, I didn't mean with me,
I meant alone. In my name.

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Right. Whose idea was that?

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Does it matter?

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- Would you agree to it?
- No, I'd be gone months.

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Weeks.

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Away from you. Away from the children.

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- Yes, but would you do it?
- No.

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Oh, please, Philip.
Everyone just wants you to be happy.

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Nobody gives a fig about my happiness.

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Yes, they do.
They want you to be stable and fulfilled.

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Everybody wants you happy, stable
and fulfilled. They wish I'd just disappear.

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No, they just think you'd benefit
from the attention.

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- And preferably never come back.
- No, just come back...

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What?

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What? Say it.

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Say it. A different man?

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No, not that.

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What, then?

201
00:13:14,545 --> 00:13:16,005
Say it, pick the adjective.

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00:13:17,089 --> 00:13:18,674
All right, yes.

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Changed.

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MAN: (ON TV) <i>Princess Margaret,
third in line for the throne of Britain,</i>

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<i>now 25 and legally in control
of her own destiny.</i>

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<i>Pressmen and sightseers throng the lanes,
undeterred by the official statement...</i>

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(SIGHS)

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<i>...that no announcement is contemplated
at present about the Princess' future.</i>

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<i>Meanwhile, the new Prime Minister,
fresh off the plane from Cairo,</i>

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<i>travels to Scotland to brief the Queen</i>

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<i>on the latest development
with Colonel Nasser.</i>

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REPORTER: Mr Eden! Have you come to
discuss Princess Margaret's marriage?

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00:14:02,927 --> 00:14:04,428
(CLOCK TICKING)

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00:14:06,347 --> 00:14:08,224
(CAR PULLS UP OUTSIDE)

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- PHILIP: Margaret?
- Hello.

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PHILIP: Where are you going?
Prime Minister's just arrived.

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MARGARET: I'm taking to my bed.

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I intend to remain in sulk for at least a week.

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00:14:22,279 --> 00:14:23,864
Oh, dear.

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00:14:23,948 --> 00:14:25,991
Don't tell me, my wife?

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Yes.

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Tie.

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00:14:29,370 --> 00:14:30,996
Ah. Thank you.

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00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:32,831
It's not easy.

225
00:14:32,915 --> 00:14:35,292
I'm a little fed up with her myself,
truth be told.

226
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Why? What's she done to you?

227
00:14:37,503 --> 00:14:39,046
Don't get me started.

228
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Is she making life difficult for you and Peter?

229
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Ugh. Yes, she wants
to delay the engagement.

230
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Well, it serves you right, quite frankly.

231
00:14:45,135 --> 00:14:47,555
You both seem far too happy
and far too in love.

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- Do we?
- Yes.

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It's easy to be in love with someone
who's not here, isn't it?

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00:14:54,103 --> 00:14:58,566
Yes. Perhaps that's why
she's sending me away. Chin up.

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- Thank you.
- Thank you.

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00:15:13,372 --> 00:15:15,165
Would you excuse me?

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(PANTING)

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(GASPING)

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The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.

240
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Yes.

241
00:15:46,405 --> 00:15:49,450
I've just been reading about
your difficulty with Colonel Nasser.

242
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Have the newspapers exaggerated it terribly?

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To a very significant degree, yes.

244
00:15:54,913 --> 00:15:57,666
Oh, well, you can tell me
all about it in the car.

245
00:15:57,750 --> 00:15:59,960
I thought rather than
have our audience in the study,

246
00:16:00,044 --> 00:16:01,295
we could get some fresh air.

247
00:16:01,378 --> 00:16:04,089
You must be longing for a walk
after your journey.

248
00:16:04,173 --> 00:16:05,966
Do you have any outdoor shoes?

249
00:16:06,050 --> 00:16:08,177
Um, galoshes, ma'am.

250
00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:11,055
Well, you might need something
sturdier than that. Come on!

251
00:16:12,389 --> 00:16:14,725
She's a bit throaty, I'm afraid.

252
00:16:16,060 --> 00:16:19,063
We've been having trouble
with the fuel pump.

253
00:16:25,402 --> 00:16:26,570
(ENGINE STARTS)

254
00:16:36,497 --> 00:16:38,749
ELIZABETH: Tell me about Colonel Nasser.

255
00:16:39,583 --> 00:16:44,004
ANTHONY: Well, the trouble started
the minute we landed in Cairo.

256
00:16:44,088 --> 00:16:46,256
- (CAMERAS CLICKING)
- (REPORTERS CLAMOURING)

257
00:16:47,383 --> 00:16:52,721
<i>I got off the plane and made a statement
to local reporters, in Arabic.</i>

258
00:16:52,805 --> 00:16:54,139
ELIZABETH: <i>You speak Arabic?</i>

259
00:16:54,264 --> 00:16:57,726
Very badly. I studied it at Oxford.

260
00:16:59,019 --> 00:17:00,437
(ANTHONY SPEAKING ARABIC)

261
00:17:00,521 --> 00:17:06,568
I am delighted to be here in Cairo
to meet with Colonel Nasser

262
00:17:06,860 --> 00:17:12,491
to continue discussions about the funding
for his grand Aswan Dam project.

263
00:17:12,950 --> 00:17:15,369
His Arabic is good.

264
00:17:16,245 --> 00:17:18,372
- ANTHONY: (IN ENGLISH) <i>Thank you.</i>
- (SPEAKS ARABIC)

265
00:17:18,455 --> 00:17:19,998
Very good.

266
00:17:20,124 --> 00:17:22,167
(REPORTERS CLAMOURING ON RADIO)

267
00:17:23,961 --> 00:17:26,171
Too good.

268
00:17:26,255 --> 00:17:29,049
(IN ENGLISH) I'm sure the Colonel
would have been charmed by that.

269
00:17:29,133 --> 00:17:30,259
On the contrary.

270
00:17:31,176 --> 00:17:34,304
That night,
there was a dinner at our embassy.

271
00:17:35,973 --> 00:17:38,559
<i>- He came in uniform.</i>
- ELIZABETH: <i>Military uniform?</i>

272
00:17:38,642 --> 00:17:39,643
ANTHONY: <i>Yes.</i>

273
00:17:41,186 --> 00:17:42,354
ELIZABETH: <i>Well, whatever for?</i>

274
00:17:42,438 --> 00:17:45,566
ANTHONY: <i>One would think the clue
would be in the invitation to dinner</i>

275
00:17:45,649 --> 00:17:47,568
<i>that one would wear a dinner jacket.</i>

276
00:17:47,651 --> 00:17:50,028
<i>He came as if we'd invited him to battle</i>

277
00:17:50,112 --> 00:17:52,197
<i>- and promptly behaved like that.</i>
- (SPEAKING ARABIC)

278
00:17:52,281 --> 00:17:54,992
Your Excellency, Prime Minister Eden.

279
00:17:56,368 --> 00:17:58,787
Is anything the matter?

280
00:17:59,329 --> 00:18:02,249
No one told me it was formal dress tonight.

281
00:18:03,292 --> 00:18:07,796
No matter, sir, it's just a suit.

282
00:18:08,464 --> 00:18:10,257
But the wrong suit.

283
00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:15,095
(IN ENGLISH) Sensing his embarrassment
and wishing to spare him further blushes,

284
00:18:15,179 --> 00:18:17,723
I tried to make the situation better.

285
00:18:18,182 --> 00:18:19,224
(SPEAKING ARABIC)

286
00:18:19,308 --> 00:18:22,352
If I was as decorated as you sir

287
00:18:23,145 --> 00:18:26,732
I would wear my uniform all the time.

288
00:18:27,274 --> 00:18:30,652
Wouldn't take it off.

289
00:18:32,070 --> 00:18:33,947
You think I don't know?

290
00:18:34,948 --> 00:18:37,785
That you received
the Military Cross for bravery

291
00:18:38,368 --> 00:18:40,996
in the First World War

292
00:18:41,371 --> 00:18:45,834
and you were the youngest Brigade Major
in the British army, at twenty-one.

293
00:18:48,045 --> 00:18:52,466
You are more decorated than me...

294
00:18:52,549 --> 00:18:54,718
Captain Eden.

295
00:18:56,512 --> 00:19:02,476
ANTHONY: (IN ENGLISH) That night,
the Voice of Egypt radio station in Cairo

296
00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:07,648
claimed that Nasser had been deliberately
humiliated by the imperious British.

297
00:19:07,731 --> 00:19:09,066
Oh, dear.

298
00:19:09,233 --> 00:19:12,236
It might be worth
extending the hand of goodwill.

299
00:19:12,319 --> 00:19:13,821
Indeed, we are, ma'am.

300
00:19:13,904 --> 00:19:18,325
We're bending over backwards
to help him fund this dam project.

301
00:19:18,408 --> 00:19:21,578
Things here could do with
a little settling, too.

302
00:19:23,372 --> 00:19:25,207
My sister's engagement.

303
00:19:30,587 --> 00:19:32,881
This was their favourite place.

304
00:19:34,591 --> 00:19:37,761
They would ride out here together.

305
00:19:40,681 --> 00:19:43,976
And put a single stone down
for each time they met.

306
00:19:47,855 --> 00:19:51,859
I thought this would be the perfect spot
for us to discuss the matter.

307
00:19:53,735 --> 00:19:54,862
You see,

308
00:19:55,362 --> 00:19:59,116
I gave my sister my assurance

309
00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:03,036
that if she waited until the age of 25,
she could do as she likes.

310
00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:06,373
Now, I discover that's not true,

311
00:20:06,456 --> 00:20:09,793
and that she still needs to wait a year
to get permission from Parliament,

312
00:20:09,877 --> 00:20:13,297
which is not the advice
that I originally received.

313
00:20:13,922 --> 00:20:14,965
Yes.

314
00:20:16,592 --> 00:20:21,638
And I'm afraid to say that,
even if she were to ask that permission,

315
00:20:22,472 --> 00:20:24,975
I cannot guarantee that she would get it.

316
00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:26,351
Why?

317
00:20:27,311 --> 00:20:30,355
Because a good many
remain opposed to the idea

318
00:20:30,439 --> 00:20:32,232
on religious grounds.

319
00:20:39,656 --> 00:20:41,408
Then advise me.

320
00:20:41,491 --> 00:20:45,913
Group Captain Townsend will be leaving
Brussels and returning home shortly,

321
00:20:45,996 --> 00:20:49,041
having done exactly
what we asked him to do.

322
00:20:50,125 --> 00:20:54,838
How can I keep my word after I gave it
knowing only half the facts?

323
00:20:57,341 --> 00:21:00,844
Let me take the temperature of the Cabinet.

324
00:21:03,805 --> 00:21:06,683
We must not forget that times are changing.

325
00:21:08,518 --> 00:21:10,270
Morality is changing.

326
00:21:11,438 --> 00:21:13,523
Country is changing.

327
00:21:21,990 --> 00:21:24,034
(TRADITIONAL MUSIC PLAYING)

328
00:21:36,672 --> 00:21:38,340
So, it was your idea, was it?

329
00:21:38,423 --> 00:21:40,801
Dispatching me to the penal colonies?

330
00:21:40,884 --> 00:21:42,761
If you mean entrusting you
to go to Melbourne

331
00:21:42,844 --> 00:21:46,139
to open the Olympic Games alone,
actually it was Tommy Lascelles.

332
00:21:46,223 --> 00:21:48,558
Oh, your puppet. I might have guessed.

333
00:21:51,937 --> 00:21:53,730
And you ought to be flattered.

334
00:21:53,814 --> 00:21:55,273
To be trusted to cut a ribbon?

335
00:21:55,357 --> 00:21:58,777
- To be given that level of freedom.
- What freedom? I have no freedom.

336
00:21:58,860 --> 00:22:00,988
You have more freedom
than any consort in history.

337
00:22:01,071 --> 00:22:04,074
And you repay it by scowling and skulking
like an adolescent.

338
00:22:08,745 --> 00:22:10,038
So, go.

339
00:22:10,872 --> 00:22:15,794
Have some time in the spotlight, be the
main attraction, and enjoy the attention.

340
00:22:17,087 --> 00:22:20,382
Hopefully it will do you some good.
You might finally be less resentful

341
00:22:20,465 --> 00:22:23,510
and more supportive
of my daughter in her duty.

342
00:22:30,517 --> 00:22:32,394
MARGARET: That's it, Charles.

343
00:22:46,450 --> 00:22:48,618
(REPORTERS CLAMOURING)

344
00:22:49,369 --> 00:22:50,537
When's the wedding day, sir?

345
00:22:50,620 --> 00:22:51,997
Are you going to make an announcement?

346
00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,498
Anything you want to share with us?

347
00:22:53,582 --> 00:22:56,543
- Townsend.
- No, thank you.

348
00:22:56,626 --> 00:22:58,628
- (CAMERAS CLICKING)
- (CHATTERING CONTINUES)

349
00:23:12,726 --> 00:23:14,770
(CHATTERING CONTINUES)

350
00:23:26,448 --> 00:23:29,993
REPORTER: <i>There's no formal confirmation
of this from the Palace.</i>

351
00:23:50,555 --> 00:23:51,723
(SIGHS)

352
00:23:52,933 --> 00:23:54,059
(GASPS)

353
00:23:59,064 --> 00:24:00,774
(HEAVY BREATHING)

354
00:24:24,131 --> 00:24:25,340
Prime Minister.

355
00:24:25,423 --> 00:24:26,716
Michael.

356
00:24:27,425 --> 00:24:28,468
Sir.

357
00:24:28,552 --> 00:24:33,265
ANTHONY: <i>I discussed the matter
this morning with the Attorney General</i>

358
00:24:34,766 --> 00:24:38,478
and, uh, he advised
that there was no easy way

359
00:24:38,562 --> 00:24:42,732
around the governing rules
of the Royal Marriages Act.

360
00:24:44,985 --> 00:24:46,403
Furthermore,

361
00:24:47,237 --> 00:24:51,491
several senior members of Cabinet
remain violently opposed.

362
00:24:52,868 --> 00:24:57,747
Indeed, Lord Salisbury has made it clear
that he would resign from government,

363
00:24:57,831 --> 00:25:02,836
rather than submit to what he considers
a subversion of the Church's teachings,

364
00:25:04,379 --> 00:25:10,260
the holy sacrament of marriage
and the decay of moral standards.

365
00:25:13,263 --> 00:25:17,184
But I realise this doesn't help you.

366
00:25:17,267 --> 00:25:18,435
No.

367
00:25:19,853 --> 00:25:21,438
So, if it is

368
00:25:22,063 --> 00:25:26,610
Your Majesty's intention
to support your sister,

369
00:25:26,693 --> 00:25:28,195
come what may...

370
00:25:29,446 --> 00:25:30,488
It is.

371
00:25:31,948 --> 00:25:34,409
Then the best I can offer is to

372
00:25:35,285 --> 00:25:38,496
place a Bill of Renunciation
before Parliament.

373
00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:45,378
It would deprive her of all her rights,
privileges and income.

374
00:25:47,130 --> 00:25:51,134
She would have to be married
in a civil ceremony abroad.

375
00:25:52,677 --> 00:25:57,307
And be obliged to live out of the country
for several years.

376
00:25:59,809 --> 00:26:02,187
But you will have kept your word.

377
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:10,111
And she will have prevailed
and will be Mrs Peter Townsend.

378
00:26:14,032 --> 00:26:15,492
Of course.

379
00:26:16,952 --> 00:26:18,620
That's the strategy.

380
00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:21,998
What strategy?

381
00:26:22,082 --> 00:26:26,711
Force me into that choice,
bank on the fact that I would never do it.

382
00:26:26,795 --> 00:26:28,630
"Oh, smart set Margaret. Good time Margaret.

383
00:26:28,713 --> 00:26:31,341
"She could never survive
without the trimmings." Well, I could.

384
00:26:31,424 --> 00:26:35,804
I could live perfectly happily
without the staff, without the car,

385
00:26:35,887 --> 00:26:38,431
without the parties, without the attention.

386
00:26:38,515 --> 00:26:40,725
Without the money. Effortlessly.

387
00:26:40,809 --> 00:26:44,521
I am more than my title,
than these privileges.

388
00:26:45,605 --> 00:26:47,315
Peter wouldn't want it anyway.

389
00:26:47,399 --> 00:26:51,528
So, if that's what's on offer, I'll give up
my title and we'll leave the country.

390
00:26:51,611 --> 00:26:53,822
It's not what I want for you.

391
00:26:53,905 --> 00:26:56,116
So, please, think about it.

392
00:26:56,199 --> 00:26:58,493
I mean really, really think about it.

393
00:27:01,788 --> 00:27:03,039
Fine.

394
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,211
And while I'm thinking about it,
perhaps you could think about this.

395
00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:13,216
I have a country that is for me.

396
00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:16,469
Newspapers that sympathise with me.

397
00:27:16,553 --> 00:27:20,724
I represent what a growing majority want.
The future, not the past.

398
00:27:20,890 --> 00:27:25,145
A kinder, more tolerant attitude
to marriage and divorce.

399
00:27:25,770 --> 00:27:27,272
That's not me.

400
00:27:28,648 --> 00:27:29,774
Fine.

401
00:27:32,319 --> 00:27:34,321
Then a government in your name.

402
00:27:45,332 --> 00:27:46,666
REPORTER: There they are!

403
00:27:55,216 --> 00:27:57,177
(TYRES SCREECHING)

404
00:28:09,356 --> 00:28:11,441
(CAR HORNS BLARING)

405
00:28:13,568 --> 00:28:15,445
(REPORTERS CLAMOURING)

406
00:28:17,072 --> 00:28:19,282
(CAMERAS CLICKING)

407
00:28:19,532 --> 00:28:21,701
- (TYRES SCREECHING)
- (MARGARET GASPS)

408
00:28:25,163 --> 00:28:26,664
Slow down here.

409
00:28:29,459 --> 00:28:31,669
(TYRES SCREECHING)

410
00:28:34,255 --> 00:28:35,465
(CAMERA CLICKS)

411
00:28:40,053 --> 00:28:41,721
They tried to bribe my butler.

412
00:28:41,805 --> 00:28:43,807
£100! Can you imagine?

413
00:28:43,890 --> 00:28:45,725
For a photograph of the two of you.

414
00:28:45,809 --> 00:28:48,353
- It's all rather too much, isn't it?
- (CHUCKLES)

415
00:28:52,649 --> 00:28:56,111
The house is under siege.
And you're the cause of it all, old boy.

416
00:28:56,194 --> 00:28:57,278
(LIVELY CHATTER)

417
00:28:57,362 --> 00:29:01,491
Not bad, sweeping up
the most eligible woman in the world.

418
00:29:01,574 --> 00:29:02,784
(MUSIC PLAYING)

419
00:29:02,867 --> 00:29:04,035
Shall we?

420
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:05,453
MARGARET: Yes.

421
00:29:05,537 --> 00:29:09,499
- Peter?
- No, you dance, darling. I'll go to bed.

422
00:29:09,582 --> 00:29:12,669
- You're sure?
- I'm quite sure.

423
00:29:14,546 --> 00:29:16,840
(SINGING) <i>I would sail</i>

424
00:29:16,923 --> 00:29:19,592
<i>The seven seas with you</i>

425
00:29:20,093 --> 00:29:22,720
<i>Even if you told me to go</i>

426
00:29:22,804 --> 00:29:25,265
<i>And paddle my own canoe</i>

427
00:29:25,348 --> 00:29:27,100
<i>Sincerely...</i>

428
00:29:27,892 --> 00:29:29,978
(MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING)

429
00:29:55,462 --> 00:29:56,754
MARGARET: Hello.

430
00:29:56,838 --> 00:29:58,673
- Hello.
- Hmm.

431
00:29:59,757 --> 00:30:01,426
(CHUCKLES)

432
00:30:08,725 --> 00:30:11,019
Everyone is still dancing.

433
00:30:11,561 --> 00:30:13,396
Then why are you here?

434
00:30:13,897 --> 00:30:15,857
To tell you that I love you.

435
00:30:18,735 --> 00:30:20,069
Thank you.

436
00:30:21,237 --> 00:30:24,032
- And that they're just children.
- I know.

437
00:30:24,115 --> 00:30:26,034
And I'm mad for you.

438
00:30:26,117 --> 00:30:27,368
Me, too.

439
00:30:27,452 --> 00:30:29,078
(CHUCKLES)

440
00:30:31,247 --> 00:30:32,665
(BOTH CHUCKLING)

441
00:30:34,375 --> 00:30:35,460
(SIGHS)

442
00:30:54,729 --> 00:30:56,773
(MUSIC PLAYING ON TV)

443
00:30:59,484 --> 00:31:01,194
ANNOUNCER: (ON TV)
<i>Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret</i>

444
00:31:01,277 --> 00:31:04,197
<i>and wartime fighter ace
Group Captain Townsend</i>

445
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:08,201
<i>were important weekend visitors
at Allenby Park, near Windsor.</i>

446
00:31:08,284 --> 00:31:11,204
<i>Pressmen and sightseers
hoping for a glimpse of the couple</i>

447
00:31:11,287 --> 00:31:16,042
<i>were undeterred by the official statements
that no announcement is expected.</i>

448
00:31:16,125 --> 00:31:19,212
<i>But whatever the answer to the question
that millions are asking,</i>

449
00:31:19,295 --> 00:31:23,925
<i>no one can doubt the warmth and sympathy
countless ordinary people have</i>

450
00:31:24,008 --> 00:31:27,971
<i>for the Queen's sister
and the former equerry to Her Majesty.</i>

451
00:31:53,162 --> 00:31:56,082
ELIZABETH: Since our last meeting,
I've been thinking a great deal

452
00:31:56,165 --> 00:31:59,752
about something that my father said
to Princess Margaret and myself

453
00:31:59,836 --> 00:32:02,046
at the time of the abdication.

454
00:32:02,797 --> 00:32:06,009
He made us swear, as sisters,

455
00:32:06,593 --> 00:32:10,179
never to put anything or anyone
before one another,

456
00:32:10,263 --> 00:32:13,308
in the way that he felt his brother had.

457
00:32:14,851 --> 00:32:20,481
It's an oath that we both made
and that we intend to keep.

458
00:32:20,565 --> 00:32:23,943
But I can't see how I'm to honour it.

459
00:32:24,027 --> 00:32:29,073
It is my duty as Queen to refuse
Margaret marriage to a divorced man.

460
00:32:29,157 --> 00:32:31,034
Everyone advises me so.

461
00:32:33,328 --> 00:32:38,583
And yet, I will be breaking a promise,
not only to my sister,

462
00:32:41,377 --> 00:32:43,546
but also to my late father.

463
00:32:46,549 --> 00:32:52,305
And the one body of people who might
make it possible for me to keep my promise

464
00:32:54,349 --> 00:32:55,600
is Cabinet.

465
00:32:58,686 --> 00:33:03,733
A group whom, I've learned, count no fewer
than four divorced men in their number.

466
00:33:07,654 --> 00:33:08,655
Yes.

467
00:33:08,738 --> 00:33:10,531
Yourself included, Prime Minister.

468
00:33:10,615 --> 00:33:11,699
Indeed.

469
00:33:13,785 --> 00:33:15,828
Now, I wonder, in light of this,

470
00:33:15,912 --> 00:33:21,751
whether you might go back
and use your considerable influence

471
00:33:21,834 --> 00:33:26,255
and ask your Cabinet colleagues
if they might reconsider

472
00:33:26,339 --> 00:33:28,966
their decision to oppose the marriage.

473
00:33:30,551 --> 00:33:31,969
Certainly, ma'am.

474
00:33:33,429 --> 00:33:40,103
Though, I feel I should warn you
that there still will be the Church.

475
00:33:40,770 --> 00:33:43,439
Yes, well, I'll see to that.

476
00:33:45,733 --> 00:33:50,113
The Archbishops of Canterbury, and York.

477
00:33:52,281 --> 00:33:54,409
And the Bishop of Durham.

478
00:33:55,952 --> 00:33:58,329
Is that Winchester?

479
00:33:58,413 --> 00:33:59,539
Bath and Wells, ma'am.

480
00:34:00,707 --> 00:34:02,500
The big guns.

481
00:34:02,959 --> 00:34:05,586
The four horsemen of the apocalypse.

482
00:34:09,298 --> 00:34:12,760
ARCHBISHOP:
<i>Marriage is a sacrament of God.</i>

483
00:34:13,386 --> 00:34:17,557
The cornerstone of our Christian family life.

484
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:19,809
Its foundation and its rock.

485
00:34:21,102 --> 00:34:26,190
And according to the canon law
of the Church of England,

486
00:34:27,650 --> 00:34:29,318
indissoluble.

487
00:34:29,944 --> 00:34:33,656
Put simply, there are no circumstances

488
00:34:33,740 --> 00:34:38,870
where the Church might permit
the remarriage of divorced persons

489
00:34:38,953 --> 00:34:42,999
while the husband or wife
of the former marriage is still alive.

490
00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:47,211
Even if he was the innocent party?

491
00:34:47,879 --> 00:34:50,173
No circumstances at all.

492
00:34:50,965 --> 00:34:53,593
That makes my position very difficult.

493
00:34:55,928 --> 00:34:58,431
To forbid the marriage
would risk breaking up my family.

494
00:34:58,514 --> 00:35:00,933
Your Majesty, as Queen,

495
00:35:02,518 --> 00:35:06,689
you are <i>Fidei Defensor,</i>

496
00:35:09,859 --> 00:35:12,111
Defender of the Faith.

497
00:35:13,279 --> 00:35:17,867
That was the oath you made
at the coronation.

498
00:35:19,118 --> 00:35:21,621
WOMAN: (ON TV)
<i>Well, I married the man of my choice</i>

499
00:35:21,704 --> 00:35:23,164
<i>and I'd like to think she could do the same.</i>

500
00:35:23,247 --> 00:35:25,958
MAN: <i>Well, the reality of it is that
she really likes the fella...</i>

501
00:35:26,125 --> 00:35:28,503
PHILIP: Time to concede, it would seem.

502
00:35:30,338 --> 00:35:32,590
Give the people what they want.

503
00:35:32,673 --> 00:35:34,217
Do they really know what they want?

504
00:35:34,300 --> 00:35:39,806
MAN: <i>Quite frankly, the world today,
isn't what it was a few years ago,</i>

505
00:35:39,889 --> 00:35:42,475
<i>and he was not the guilty party...</i>

506
00:35:42,558 --> 00:35:44,977
I think they're making it very clear.

507
00:35:45,061 --> 00:35:48,648
So, well, the Archbishops
just made themselves clear, too.

508
00:35:49,232 --> 00:35:52,026
You don't need to listen to them, surely?

509
00:35:52,568 --> 00:35:55,905
As Head of the Church of England,
I thought I might.

510
00:35:55,988 --> 00:35:57,073
PHILIP: Oh.

511
00:35:57,740 --> 00:36:00,701
Well, in the name of the people
that live with you and love you,

512
00:36:00,785 --> 00:36:03,913
might I suggest
not being Head of the Church for a minute.

513
00:36:03,996 --> 00:36:06,791
Or Head of State,
or Head of the Commonwealth of Nations,

514
00:36:06,874 --> 00:36:09,210
or the army, or the navy, or the government,

515
00:36:09,293 --> 00:36:12,713
or the Fount of Justice,
or the whole damn circus, frankly.

516
00:36:12,839 --> 00:36:14,674
And be what?

517
00:36:14,757 --> 00:36:17,426
A living, breathing thing, a woman.

518
00:36:17,510 --> 00:36:20,054
A sister. A daughter. A wife.

519
00:36:27,687 --> 00:36:29,897
MAN: All ready for you, Your Majesty.

520
00:36:37,488 --> 00:36:38,948
Elizabeth...

521
00:36:46,205 --> 00:36:48,207
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS)

522
00:36:56,007 --> 00:36:58,050
I've been hoping to hear from you.

523
00:36:58,134 --> 00:37:01,012
I've found myself hovering
by the phone for days.

524
00:37:01,095 --> 00:37:04,390
<i>- It's about Margaret?</i>
- Yes.

525
00:37:04,473 --> 00:37:06,225
<i>The French are very much for her, you know.</i>

526
00:37:06,309 --> 00:37:09,228
<i>Well, at least Paris is,
which is the only France that matters.</i>

527
00:37:09,312 --> 00:37:11,314
<i>And are you for her, too?</i>

528
00:37:11,397 --> 00:37:14,901
For Margaret, <i>La Maria?</i> How can I not be?

529
00:37:14,984 --> 00:37:18,779
I share with her
the fate of having a great love

530
00:37:18,863 --> 00:37:23,159
that captured
much of the country's imagination,

531
00:37:23,242 --> 00:37:26,704
only to have it forbidden
by the establishment.

532
00:37:26,787 --> 00:37:29,332
So, naturally, my sympathy is with her.

533
00:37:29,415 --> 00:37:31,042
I see.

534
00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:37,590
<i>But there is also
the other great love of my life,</i>

535
00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:41,177
<i>the Crown,</i>

536
00:37:41,260 --> 00:37:43,679
<i>and protecting that Crown.</i>

537
00:37:44,221 --> 00:37:49,685
<i>And I imagine you find yourself
in a difficult position now.</i>

538
00:37:49,769 --> 00:37:52,146
Split down the middle.

539
00:37:53,814 --> 00:37:57,485
One half is sister, one half is Queen.

540
00:37:58,152 --> 00:37:59,362
<i>Exactly.</i>

541
00:38:00,529 --> 00:38:03,866
A strange, hybrid creature.

542
00:38:05,534 --> 00:38:08,371
Like a sphinx or Gamayun.

543
00:38:09,664 --> 00:38:13,668
As I am Ganesha or Minotaur.

544
00:38:15,544 --> 00:38:17,797
<i>We are half people.</i>

545
00:38:18,923 --> 00:38:23,135
<i>Ripped from the pages
of some bizarre mythology,</i>

546
00:38:23,219 --> 00:38:27,431
<i>the two sides within us, human and crown,</i>

547
00:38:27,515 --> 00:38:32,645
<i>engaged in a fearful civil war,
which never ends.</i>

548
00:38:33,854 --> 00:38:38,567
And which blights
our every human transaction as...

549
00:38:39,485 --> 00:38:42,655
As brother, husband,

550
00:38:43,489 --> 00:38:46,826
<i>sister, wife, mother.</i>

551
00:38:48,119 --> 00:38:53,958
I understand the agony you feel
and I am here to tell you,

552
00:38:54,041 --> 00:38:55,835
it will never leave you.

553
00:38:57,753 --> 00:39:00,715
<i>I will always be half-King.</i>

554
00:39:02,675 --> 00:39:07,805
<i>My tragedy is that I have no kingdom.</i>

555
00:39:09,265 --> 00:39:10,766
You have it.

556
00:39:11,642 --> 00:39:13,769
And you must protect it.

557
00:40:07,490 --> 00:40:10,159
Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret.

558
00:40:26,258 --> 00:40:28,052
I've asked you here

559
00:40:30,346 --> 00:40:33,516
to say that I've given the matter thought.

560
00:40:34,850 --> 00:40:36,852
A great deal of thought.

561
00:40:38,020 --> 00:40:42,566
The issue of your marriage has,
for the past weeks, and months,

562
00:40:42,650 --> 00:40:46,237
gone to the very heart of
a great number of things.

563
00:40:47,196 --> 00:40:51,992
The country, morality, divorce.

564
00:40:55,162 --> 00:40:59,250
But also something closer to home.

565
00:41:02,044 --> 00:41:03,212
Who I am.

566
00:41:04,755 --> 00:41:06,090
What I am.

567
00:41:08,509 --> 00:41:10,010
And your marriage to Peter...

568
00:41:10,094 --> 00:41:13,180
- Wait, I...
- No, please, Margaret.

569
00:41:16,058 --> 00:41:19,228
It doesn't come naturally for me to
speak like this, so please let me finish.

570
00:41:24,024 --> 00:41:27,987
It's involved going against
members of our family,

571
00:41:28,070 --> 00:41:31,240
against senior courtiers, against Cabinet.

572
00:41:32,825 --> 00:41:38,080
You know how I hate confrontation,
or mess, or dereliction of duty,

573
00:41:40,416 --> 00:41:45,838
but I was prepared to go through it all
and support you, as a sister

574
00:41:45,921 --> 00:41:48,465
because I'd given you my word.

575
00:41:52,595 --> 00:41:53,762
But...

576
00:42:06,901 --> 00:42:07,943
But?

577
00:42:10,487 --> 00:42:11,780
But what?

578
00:42:18,621 --> 00:42:20,206
But I realised,

579
00:42:21,874 --> 00:42:23,125
as Queen,

580
00:42:27,755 --> 00:42:29,632
that I have no choice.

581
00:42:35,471 --> 00:42:40,434
I cannot allow you to marry Peter
and remain part of this family.

582
00:42:44,230 --> 00:42:46,023
That is my decision.

583
00:43:04,625 --> 00:43:07,962
In defiance of the pledge
you made to our father?

584
00:43:11,507 --> 00:43:14,593
And the pledge you gave to me?

585
00:43:18,931 --> 00:43:20,057
Yes.

586
00:43:44,915 --> 00:43:46,458
Will you forgive me?

587
00:43:48,711 --> 00:43:53,549
- If you deny me the man I love?
- If I put duty before family.

588
00:43:53,632 --> 00:43:56,051
Would you forgive anyone
who denied you Philip?

589
00:43:57,886 --> 00:44:01,056
- It doesn't compare.
- It compares exactly.

590
00:44:01,598 --> 00:44:06,312
In marrying Philip, I wasn't violating
the scriptures or offending the Church.

591
00:44:06,395 --> 00:44:07,771
(SNIFFLING)

592
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:18,782
I'm so sorry.

593
00:44:21,493 --> 00:44:24,079
- You will love others.
- No. Never.

594
00:44:33,255 --> 00:44:35,257
Peter is the only one.

595
00:44:36,342 --> 00:44:39,887
I understand that it feels like that now,
but, Margaret...

596
00:44:39,970 --> 00:44:43,932
I know I appear strong, but I'm not.

597
00:44:48,812 --> 00:44:52,441
Peter is the only one who knows how to

598
00:44:52,524 --> 00:44:55,819
calm me, to reassure me, to protect me.
Don't tell me you understand that.

599
00:44:55,903 --> 00:44:59,448
You don't know for a minute what it is to be

600
00:45:02,201 --> 00:45:03,702
unhinged.

601
00:45:05,788 --> 00:45:07,206
Be flailing about.

602
00:45:09,583 --> 00:45:11,794
Well, Peter is the only one

603
00:45:18,133 --> 00:45:20,135
who could hold me together.

604
00:45:27,017 --> 00:45:28,685
Without him,

605
00:45:30,354 --> 00:45:31,647
(SIGHS)

606
00:45:33,107 --> 00:45:34,566
I'm lost.

607
00:46:20,654 --> 00:46:22,656
(SNIFFLING)

608
00:46:37,087 --> 00:46:39,089
I will never forgive her.

609
00:46:43,886 --> 00:46:46,722
And I will never marry anyone else.

610
00:46:47,598 --> 00:46:49,016
Ever.

611
00:46:50,392 --> 00:46:52,227
You're the only one.

612
00:47:01,904 --> 00:47:02,988
(SIGHS)

613
00:47:05,908 --> 00:47:07,284
(SIGHS)

614
00:47:11,038 --> 00:47:13,040
PETER: <i>"I would like it to be known that</i>

615
00:47:13,123 --> 00:47:15,834
<i>"that Her Royal Highness
the Princess Margaret and I</i>

616
00:47:18,670 --> 00:47:21,548
"have decided not to marry.

617
00:47:21,632 --> 00:47:24,551
- (CAMERAS CLICKING)
- (REPORTERS CHATTERING)

618
00:47:27,012 --> 00:47:32,267
<i>"Mindful of the Church's teaching that
Christian marriage is indissoluble,</i>

619
00:47:35,103 --> 00:47:40,067
<i>"and accepting my position
as a divorced man,</i>

620
00:47:41,902 --> 00:47:45,364
<i>"and knowing how deeply religious faith</i>

621
00:47:45,447 --> 00:47:50,118
"and commitment to the Church runs
within the Princess,

622
00:47:51,912 --> 00:47:53,080
(SIGHS)

623
00:47:53,163 --> 00:47:55,749
<i>"we have resolved
to make the ultimate sacrifice</i>

624
00:47:55,832 --> 00:47:59,211
<i>"and break off our relationship
with immediate effect.</i>

625
00:48:00,170 --> 00:48:02,130
<i>"Her Royal Highness
the Princess Margaret and I</i>

626
00:48:02,214 --> 00:48:06,176
<i>"are strengthened by the unfailing support
of the Royal Family</i>

627
00:48:06,260 --> 00:48:08,178
<i>"whom it has been my honour</i>

628
00:48:08,262 --> 00:48:13,183
"and my privilege to serve
for these last 10 years.

629
00:48:15,644 --> 00:48:21,275
"I will now return to Brussels to continue
my important work as air attaché there."

630
00:48:23,151 --> 00:48:26,196
Mr Townsend,
would you like to make a comment?

631
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,198
(CLAMOURING CONTINUES)

632
00:48:30,909 --> 00:48:34,079
REPORTER: (ON TV) <i>The 19 days between
Peter Townsend's return to London</i>

633
00:48:34,162 --> 00:48:38,250
<i>and the Princess' decision
were a period of mounting suspense.</i>

634
00:48:38,333 --> 00:48:41,086
<i>Now, she has put her royal duty first.</i>

635
00:48:41,169 --> 00:48:44,590
<i>Outside Clarence House,
the day after the announcement,</i>

636
00:48:44,673 --> 00:48:47,301
<i>people hoped to see and encourage her.</i>

637
00:48:47,384 --> 00:48:51,972
<i>The hearts of all Britain and the
Commonwealth are with the young princess,</i>

638
00:48:52,055 --> 00:48:55,017
<i>who has chosen not self, but country.</i>

639
00:48:57,561 --> 00:49:03,942
<i>The Group Captain flies back to Brussels,
the end of a story of love and duty,</i>

640
00:49:04,109 --> 00:49:06,361
<i>with duty prevailing.</i>

641
00:49:13,285 --> 00:49:16,121
MICHAEL: Apparently,
the Prime Minister called Nasser

642
00:49:16,204 --> 00:49:18,749
in an attempt to defuse the situation,

643
00:49:18,832 --> 00:49:22,628
but it seems the Egyptian leader
took offence again.

644
00:49:22,711 --> 00:49:24,338
ELIZABETH: Why this time?

645
00:49:25,505 --> 00:49:28,300
MICHAEL: Because the PM refused
to speak a word of Arabic,

646
00:49:28,383 --> 00:49:30,510
insisting on speaking English.

647
00:49:31,386 --> 00:49:33,513
ELIZABETH: What's the matter with that?

648
00:49:33,972 --> 00:49:35,140
Ah-ha.

649
00:49:35,390 --> 00:49:38,727
Well, it seems Nasser hadn't arranged
for a translator to be present,

650
00:49:38,810 --> 00:49:42,648
which left him exposed since he
doesn't speak sufficiently good English.

651
00:49:42,731 --> 00:49:44,316
He felt tricked and humiliated

652
00:49:44,399 --> 00:49:48,278
and has taken the whole thing
as a terrible affront.

653
00:49:48,945 --> 00:49:52,115
There is some personal history
between the two men, I believe.

654
00:49:52,199 --> 00:49:55,160
Oh, dear. Well, I do hope it all calms down.

655
00:49:55,243 --> 00:49:56,411
(PHILIP CLEARS THROAT)

656
00:49:58,038 --> 00:50:00,290
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

657
00:50:11,218 --> 00:50:12,511
I'm off.

658
00:50:12,594 --> 00:50:14,471
Where are you going?

659
00:50:14,554 --> 00:50:16,556
MAN: We are ready for Her Majesty.

660
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:20,477
To meet the president
of the Olympic Committee, as instructed.

661
00:50:22,229 --> 00:50:25,816
They now suggest I combine
opening the games with a royal tour,

662
00:50:25,899 --> 00:50:28,443
stay away even longer, five months.

663
00:50:29,069 --> 00:50:30,320
A long way to go.

664
00:50:31,613 --> 00:50:34,449
A long time for a father to be
away from his children.

665
00:50:36,868 --> 00:50:42,833
But, no, if it gives me time
to reflect and to work out my priorities

666
00:50:42,916 --> 00:50:45,001
and to settle, not just in the marriage,

667
00:50:45,085 --> 00:50:48,505
but you know, generally, it'll be worth it.

668
00:50:48,630 --> 00:50:52,342
Don't be like that.
Everyone's just trying to help.

669
00:50:52,426 --> 00:50:54,428
Oh, yes, by putting a problem
on a boat to Australia

670
00:50:54,511 --> 00:50:59,641
and hoping it sorts itself out
or better still, sinks.

671
00:50:59,725 --> 00:51:04,396
You know, it is possible
that you might enjoy it, and thank me.

672
00:51:06,356 --> 00:51:08,984
Don't dress betrayal up as a favour.

673
00:51:11,445 --> 00:51:13,613
(HEAVY BREATHING)

674
00:51:19,411 --> 00:51:22,164
Better go. Can't stand around chatting.

675
00:51:28,211 --> 00:51:29,379
(SIGHS)

676
00:51:30,797 --> 00:51:32,299
Your Majesty.

677
00:51:32,883 --> 00:51:34,926
Oh. Will you be back late?

678
00:51:35,010 --> 00:51:36,845
(DOG WHINING)

679
00:51:40,724 --> 00:51:42,100
What is this?

680
00:51:42,184 --> 00:51:44,269
Can you please move it?

681
00:51:44,352 --> 00:51:45,395
Thank you.

682
00:51:48,023 --> 00:51:50,275
ELIZABETH: I'll be right with you, Cecil.

683
00:52:00,911 --> 00:52:02,329
Good afternoon.

684
00:52:02,412 --> 00:52:04,372
Thank you, Your Majesty.

685
00:52:19,721 --> 00:52:20,764
(CLEARS THROAT)

686
00:52:20,931 --> 00:52:22,641
(CROWD CHEERING)

687
00:52:25,227 --> 00:52:26,478
(SPEAKING ARABIC)

688
00:52:26,561 --> 00:52:31,775
Britain and the West despise Arabs.

689
00:52:32,734 --> 00:52:36,988
Prime Minister Eden thinks he can insult us.

690
00:52:37,447 --> 00:52:40,116
- (IN ENGLISH) You can leave now, thank you.
- (NASSER SPEAKING ARABIC)

691
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:43,495
We will fight to the last drop of our blood...

692
00:52:49,584 --> 00:52:50,752
(SIGHS)

693
00:52:53,755 --> 00:52:55,340
(LIVELY CHATTER)

694
00:53:13,859 --> 00:53:15,318
(SOBS)

695
00:54:17,422 --> 00:54:19,674
Try standing up, ma'am.

696
00:54:26,514 --> 00:54:28,558
(DISTORTED SPEECH)

697
00:54:53,416 --> 00:54:55,043
MAN: That's it, there.

698
00:54:55,794 --> 00:55:00,924
All hail sage Lady,
whom a grateful Isle hath blessed.

699
00:55:02,258 --> 00:55:05,679
Not moving, not breathing.

700
00:55:06,054 --> 00:55:11,017
Our very own goddess. Glorious Gloriana.

701
00:55:12,894 --> 00:55:15,480
Forgetting Elizabeth Windsor now.

702
00:55:15,563 --> 00:55:20,151
Now only Elizabeth Regina. Yes.

703
00:55:21,444 --> 00:55:23,071
(CAMERA CLICKS)