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(THUNDER RUMBLING)

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(MEN SHOUTING IN PORTUGUESE)

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(SHIP HORN BLOWING)

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MALE REPORTER 1:
Unprecedented scenes here,

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as photographers
from all over the world...

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MALE REPORTER 2:
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

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hide from the world's eyes...

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MALE REPORTER 3:
...rumors of a crisis in the marriage.

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Now the eyes of the world
turn towards the Royal Yacht...

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MALE REPORTER 4:
...intense speculation about relations

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between Her Majesty the Queen
and the Duke of Edinburgh.

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(OBJECTS CLATTERING)

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ELIZABETH: Right.

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No, no, no. I see.

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Yes. Thank you.

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(SIGHS)

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(THUD)

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That was the palace press secretary.

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In his view, the steps that we've taken
haven't quite done the trick.

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The rumors still haven't gone away.

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(THUNDER RUMBLING)

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I think we both agree,
it can't go on like this.

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So I thought
we might take this opportunity,

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without children, without distraction,

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to lay our cards on the table

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and talk frankly, for once,

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about what needs to change
to make this marriage work.

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All right. Who goes first?

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Stupid question. If I've learned
one thing by now, it's that I go second.

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If I am to go first,
that's where I'd start.

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Your complaining.

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- My complaining?
- It's incessant.

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Whining and whingeing like a child...

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Are you surprised?

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The way those god-awful mustaches

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that run the palace continue
to infantilize me.

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Perhaps if you weren't behaving
like an infant...

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Giving me lists,
sending me instructions.

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Can you imagine
anything more humiliating?

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Yes. As a matter of fact, I can.

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I've learnt more about humiliation
in the last few weeks

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than I hoped I would in a lifetime.

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I've never felt more alone
than I have in the past five months.

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And why do you think that was?

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- Because of your behavior.
- Because you sent me away.

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- Yes, and why do you think that was?
- I don't know, Elizabeth. You tell me.

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- Because you're lost.
- (HEAVY THUD)

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You're lost in your role,
and you're lost in yourself.

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Look...

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I realize this marriage has turned out
to be something quite different

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- to what we both imagined.
- Understatement.

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And that we find ourselves in a...

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Prison?

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A situation which is unique.

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The exit route
which is open to everyone else...

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Divorce.

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Yes, divorce.

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It's not an option for us.

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Ever.

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(THUNDER RUMBLING)

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No.

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So, what would make it easier on you?

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To be in not out?

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What will it take?

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You're asking my price?

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I'm asking what it will take.

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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

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Remind me. You fly first to?

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- PHILIP: Gibraltar.
- Ah.

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- And from there?
- Entebbe. Then Mombasa.

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- Ah, yes. To meet the Royal Yacht.
- (CHUCKLES) Yes.

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- I've told you this already.
- Maybe I've forgotten.

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Maybe you should listen
a little more carefully next time.

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From there we sail to Port Victoria.
Then on to Colombo, New Guinea.

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Then Australia.

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- Yes. To open the Olympics.
- As instructed.

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Then Gambia,

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Gibraltar again,
and finally, uh, Lisbon.

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Goodness me.

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Five months.

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(GROANS)

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- Thank you.
- What for?

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For doing the tour,

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stepping into my shoes.

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It is important.

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Actually, now I've made the decision,
I'm rather looking forward to it.

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And, we've managed to add
another leg to the journey.

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The South Pacific. And the Antarctic.

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Boys will be boys.

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Excuse me. Sub-zero temperatures.
Men will be men.

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(ELIZABETH CHUCKLES)

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MAN: His Excellency <i>Monsieur</i> Sali...

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PHILIP: <i>The annual presentation party
for members of the diplomatic corps.</i>

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- Do you remember last year?
- Yes, I do, unfortunately.

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- It did go on rather.
- Five hours.

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- MAN: One moment, Your Majesty.
- Oh, dear. (CLEARS THROAT)

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The last guests are just arriving.

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You look nice.

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Do I?

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Even in full battle dress?

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That stuff used to wear you.
Now you wear it.

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Oh, dear. It's all right,
it's all right. I'll do it.

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- What is it?
- Zip.

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Everybody turn around, please.

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Stop it!

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MAN: They're ready for you now, ma'am.

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(MAN SPEAKING IN ARABIC)

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My fellow Egyptians

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the Suez Canal, flowing through
our country like a major artery

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was built
by our fathers and grandfathers

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and belongs to us!

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But the company
that purportedly owns this canal

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is British and French.

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Well, I say they do not own it.

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They stole it.

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I imagined I had seen
Ferdinand de Lesseps

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<i>'That's the codeword. '</i>

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Ferdinand de Lesseps.

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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(SPEAKING ARABIC)

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Ferdinand de Lesseps

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the engineer
who built the canal in 1869...

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We have fought for years

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to eliminate the odious effects
of the past

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of the colonialism and despotism

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Excuse me. What the devil
do you think you're doing?

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which have ruled us for centuries!

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Take your hands...

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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Tonight fellow countrymen,
I am proud to inform you

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Gentlemen.
Your hands above your heads, please!

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we have taken back the Suez Canal!

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It is now in Egyptian hands.

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And it will be run

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by Egyptians!

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Because today our time has come

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for freedom from colonial oppressors!

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Freedom from colonial thieves!

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Freedom!

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- (FLOOR CREAKING)
- (MOANS SOFTLY)

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(PHILIP EXHALES AND GRUNTS)

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Oh.

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PHILIP: Oh, what?

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- I've woken up in this bed.
- (CHUCKLES) Yes, you have.

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(BOTH CHUCKLE)

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- Where do you get your energy from?
- I don't know.

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(PHILIP EXHALES AND GRUNTS)

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I am going to miss you.

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Come back to bed.

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No, I can't, darling.
I've got 20 star jumps to do.

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You can do them here.

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- Can I?
- Mmm-hmm.

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Well, why not?

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- (ELIZABETH CHUCKLES)
- (DOORS OPENING)

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- No! No!
- No, no!

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- PHILIP: Out! Out!
- Sorry, sir.

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- ELIZABETH: Thank you.
- Out, everyone.

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(BOTH LAUGHING)

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(DOOR CLOSES)

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Right. My car or yours?
Or is that a stupid question?

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- It's a stupid question.
- (CHUCKLES) All right.

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Heads or tails to see
who drives back. Ooh.

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- Tails.
- Heads. Your wife. You lose.

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(CHUCKLES) Now, now.

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She and I are getting on rather well
at the moment.

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- Oh, really?
- Yes, really.

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PARKER: Wish I could say the same.

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SIR CLAUDE: <i>We're very fortunate to have
a former pupil,</i>

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and now Prime Minister,

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come to say a few words
to us this morning.

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Sir Anthony.

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Thank you, Sir Claude.

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Now there's been a lot of talk recently

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about how much the world has changed
since the war

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and how much society in Britain
has changed

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or how much
it jolly well ought to change.

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(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

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And that places like Eton

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should no longer be seen
as the birthplace of Britain's leaders.

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To which I,
as a fully paid-up egalitarian

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and progressive member
of the Conservative Party say,

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what a lot of absolute nonsense.

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(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

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<i>If Britain's leaders aren't coming
from Eton,</i>

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then where should they be coming from?

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You see before you
the 16th Etonian Prime Minister.

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Sixteen out of 40.

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Not a bad percentage.

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Harrow, incidentally,
only accounts for seven.

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(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

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<i>Well, yes, you might
well argue that as a social pool,</i>

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<i>it is a bit narrow.</i>

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But narrowness at the top is
not necessarily a bad thing.

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<i>For as any serviceman will tell you,</i>

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in battle,

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<i>when the heat is on,
one needs a shorthand,</i>

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a shared language and understanding.

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A clarity.

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Eton has, for generations now,
provided Britain with that clarity.

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That code.

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That shared language.

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(WHISPERING) Sir, Nasser has seized
control of the Suez Canal

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and taken command
of the company's offices.

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I'm afraid we shall have
to leave it there, gentlemen.

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Provost.

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(AUDIENCE MURMURING)

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(INDISTINCT SHOUTING IN DISTANCE)

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(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

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(KNOCK ON DOOR)

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- You asked to see me, ma'am?
- Ah!

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Yes, I wanted to leave this letter
and this gift

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somewhere that the Duke of Edinburgh
might find it.

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Preferably on the airplane.
And I thought perhaps in his luggage?

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That travels separately.

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I would suggest placing it
inside his briefcase.

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Yes. Of course. Well, just let me know
when the coast is clear.

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Actually, now, ma'am.

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He has an appointment with his tailor,

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followed by the lunch club
with Commander Parker.

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Yes.

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It's Thursday. Of course.

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- Ma'am.
- Mmm.

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MAN: Boot polish, binoculars,
rifle and ammunition as well.

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Ma'am.

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Ma'am.

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Ha.

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(MAN CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

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Your Majesty.

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We've just had a call
from Downing Street.

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The Prime Minister has asked
to see you urgently.

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So sorry to have kept you waiting,
Prime Minister.

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Your Majesty.

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(CLEARS THROAT) Late last night,

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uh, President Nasser's men

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stormed the offices
of the Suez Canal Company

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and have now seized control
of the canal.

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He claims to be doing this
on behalf of the Egyptian people.

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In reality, it is the act of a thief.

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A petty hoodlum, showing off
for the benefit of the Soviets.

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But we've dealt with worse.

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Appropriate measures are
being put in place.

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We will simply pay the pilots
to leave their posts.

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- Pilots?
- Suez Canal pilots, ma'am.

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Highly-skilled mariners,
British and French,

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who take the helm of any ship entering
the canal to ensure its safe passage

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through extremely challenging
and narrow waterways.

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Ah, I see.

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The Egyptians are not
a seafaring people.

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They don't have the skills,
and they don't have the men.

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Taking the pilots away will simply
paralyze the canal.

251
00:19:24,498 --> 00:19:26,208
And it won't be long before

252
00:19:27,043 --> 00:19:32,465
President Nasser will come back
repentant and humiliated.

253
00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:36,802
If you say so.

254
00:19:40,514 --> 00:19:42,558
I do, ma'am. (CHUCKLES)

255
00:19:45,102 --> 00:19:48,189
- (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
- (BELL DINGS)

256
00:19:52,234 --> 00:19:53,778
(DOOR CLOSES)

257
00:19:57,948 --> 00:20:01,744
It's a hell of a gamble.
I hope you told him so.

258
00:20:02,203 --> 00:20:04,163
- What?
- The Prime Minister.

259
00:20:04,997 --> 00:20:06,165
Yes.

260
00:20:06,999 --> 00:20:09,001
Pulling the pilots
out of the Suez Canal.

261
00:20:10,127 --> 00:20:12,171
How do you know he even intends to?

262
00:20:13,089 --> 00:20:14,090
A-ha.

263
00:20:14,173 --> 00:20:17,718
Oh, no, don't tell me.
Contacts from your lunch club.

264
00:20:17,843 --> 00:20:18,969
No need to say it like that.

265
00:20:19,095 --> 00:20:20,262
Well, information like that

266
00:20:20,346 --> 00:20:21,972
could only have come
from inside Cabinet.

267
00:20:22,056 --> 00:20:25,142
Or high up in the Foreign Office.
Or the intelligence services.

268
00:20:25,226 --> 00:20:27,603
Our members come
from all corners, darling.

269
00:20:28,938 --> 00:20:32,274
Well, I'm not entirely persuaded
that this club is a good thing.

270
00:20:32,358 --> 00:20:34,443
It keeps me busy. Keeps me informed.

271
00:20:35,403 --> 00:20:36,779
It keeps me sane.

272
00:20:38,531 --> 00:20:40,634
I'd say it's a very good thing.
Would you like to know exactly

273
00:20:40,658 --> 00:20:42,451
why navigating the canal
is so difficult?

274
00:20:42,535 --> 00:20:43,536
Perhaps another time.

275
00:20:43,619 --> 00:20:45,413
People think it's just
the water pressure,

276
00:20:45,496 --> 00:20:47,998
but hydraulics are only the half of it.

277
00:20:48,082 --> 00:20:50,668
The canal is narrow.
The ships are vast, great big things.

278
00:20:52,294 --> 00:20:55,840
Uh, the tide is diurnal one end,
seasonal at the other.

279
00:20:55,965 --> 00:20:59,552
So the wind whips in off the desert,
your bow's always to the weather bank.

280
00:21:00,052 --> 00:21:04,890
The pilots have to track a steady course
for the best part of 100 miles.

281
00:21:05,933 --> 00:21:07,852
Excuse me. What are you doing?
Put them back.

282
00:21:08,436 --> 00:21:09,478
Sir.

283
00:21:11,147 --> 00:21:12,148
They're my tankers.

284
00:21:13,732 --> 00:21:17,528
I mean, it takes them seven years
to learn how to do it.

285
00:21:18,404 --> 00:21:20,906
- Where are you going?
- (SIGHS) I'm tired.

286
00:21:22,616 --> 00:21:24,743
It's our last night in five months.

287
00:21:27,413 --> 00:21:29,457
(OBJECTS CLATTERING)

288
00:21:29,540 --> 00:21:33,169
MAN: A bit more. A bit more. All right.

289
00:21:33,919 --> 00:21:34,920
Michael, what's that?

290
00:21:35,754 --> 00:21:38,132
- DC-4.
- Good man.

291
00:21:40,176 --> 00:21:42,553
EILEEN: You know we will be separated
for Christmas again.

292
00:21:43,471 --> 00:21:45,347
I know. Not ideal.

293
00:21:45,431 --> 00:21:47,516
And your daughter's birthday. Again.

294
00:21:47,850 --> 00:21:51,020
I'll call this time.
I won't forget. (CHUCKLES)

295
00:21:51,187 --> 00:21:53,772
And our anniversary. Again.

296
00:21:55,524 --> 00:21:56,525
(PARKER SIGHS)

297
00:21:56,984 --> 00:21:58,611
What do you want me to say, Eileen?

298
00:21:59,153 --> 00:22:01,298
You were as excited as I was
when Philip offered me this job.

299
00:22:01,322 --> 00:22:03,522
You thought it would be good for me,
good for all of us.

300
00:22:03,866 --> 00:22:06,285
I didn't expect the job
to become your life.

301
00:22:06,660 --> 00:22:09,747
When I get back,
I will make it up to you. I promise.

302
00:22:16,629 --> 00:22:17,838
(CLICKS TONGUE)

303
00:22:28,390 --> 00:22:29,642
BOY: Bye, Dad!

304
00:22:30,226 --> 00:22:32,645
GIRL: Goodbye, Daddy! Bye!

305
00:22:33,812 --> 00:22:34,813
BOY: Bye!

306
00:22:40,361 --> 00:22:42,863
(CROWD CHEERING)

307
00:22:47,076 --> 00:22:48,118
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

308
00:23:07,096 --> 00:23:10,099
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING ON RADIO)

309
00:23:16,522 --> 00:23:18,691
- Oh, hello.
- Your Majesty.

310
00:23:20,192 --> 00:23:21,777
- Welcome aboard, sir.
- Hello.

311
00:23:22,361 --> 00:23:23,654
Good to see you.

312
00:23:25,281 --> 00:23:27,658
Right, well. I suppose we'd better
say goodbye properly.

313
00:23:28,284 --> 00:23:29,493
Charles.

314
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,081
(CHUCKLES)

315
00:23:40,713 --> 00:23:43,215
We're not in front of the cameras now,
are we, Charles?

316
00:23:44,592 --> 00:23:45,634
No.

317
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:47,803
Come here.

318
00:23:51,056 --> 00:23:52,349
Be a good boy.

319
00:23:52,433 --> 00:23:54,852
- Look after your sister.
- CHARLES: Yes, I will.

320
00:24:08,282 --> 00:24:09,408
Kiss.

321
00:24:11,327 --> 00:24:12,536
Come on, darling.

322
00:24:14,955 --> 00:24:17,416
- When you're ready, sir.
- Thank you.

323
00:24:20,628 --> 00:24:22,087
Right, well...

324
00:24:28,093 --> 00:24:29,595
Uh... We won't keep you.

325
00:24:30,429 --> 00:24:31,680
Have a safe journey.

326
00:24:39,021 --> 00:24:41,065
- PARKER: Are you all right?
- Splendid.

327
00:24:44,943 --> 00:24:47,780
PARKER: I tell you, the idiot
that came up with the idea of marriage

328
00:24:47,863 --> 00:24:49,865
has a lot to answer for.

329
00:24:58,916 --> 00:25:01,001
Well, you know what they say,

330
00:25:01,585 --> 00:25:04,213
marriage is a wonderful institution,
but let's face it,

331
00:25:05,214 --> 00:25:06,654
who wants to live in an institution?

332
00:25:42,918 --> 00:25:45,921
(MAN TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

333
00:25:49,967 --> 00:25:51,844
(MAN SHOUTING ORDERS)

334
00:26:00,561 --> 00:26:01,603
<i>Assalam-alaikum.</i>

335
00:26:01,687 --> 00:26:03,105
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

336
00:26:09,820 --> 00:26:12,114
NEWSCASTER: <i>In the wake
of President Nasser's seizure</i>

337
00:26:12,197 --> 00:26:13,449
<i>of the Suez Canal,</i>

338
00:26:13,532 --> 00:26:16,785
<i>Russian mariners have been
pouring into Egypt.</i>

339
00:26:16,869 --> 00:26:20,873
<i>These Soviet master seamen are now
training Egyptian pilots,</i>

340
00:26:20,956 --> 00:26:24,460
<i>who are proving to be more adept sailors
than many predicted.</i>

341
00:26:24,543 --> 00:26:27,171
<i>Hopes that the loss of British
and French trained pilots</i>

342
00:26:27,296 --> 00:26:29,423
<i>would close the waterways
have been dashed.</i>

343
00:26:30,174 --> 00:26:32,050
<i>Britain now finds herself at the center</i>

344
00:26:32,134 --> 00:26:34,428
<i>of rising tensions
between East and West,</i>

345
00:26:34,511 --> 00:26:36,764
<i>and with only six weeks of oil reserves,</i>

346
00:26:36,847 --> 00:26:39,725
<i>in an increasingly desperate situation
at home.</i>

347
00:26:39,808 --> 00:26:42,311
<i>The United States is refusing
to be drawn</i>

348
00:26:42,394 --> 00:26:44,646
<i>on its position
in the escalating crisis.</i>

349
00:26:44,938 --> 00:26:47,733
<i>But with the Soviet Union
backing President Nasser,</i>

350
00:26:47,816 --> 00:26:51,153
<i>commentators are calling this
the most serious international crisis</i>

351
00:26:51,236 --> 00:26:54,198
<i>the world has faced
since the Second World War.</i>

352
00:26:58,035 --> 00:27:00,496
MAN 1: Yes, yes.
The results are quite disturbing.

353
00:27:02,414 --> 00:27:03,415
(KNOCK ON DOOR)

354
00:27:03,499 --> 00:27:05,375
- Yes.
- MAN 2: The Chancellor, sir.

355
00:27:07,294 --> 00:27:08,295
Harold.

356
00:27:09,546 --> 00:27:14,635
I'm afraid that, "When sorrows come,
they come not single spies..."

357
00:27:14,718 --> 00:27:17,763
- "But in battalions."
- Indeed.

358
00:27:18,472 --> 00:27:20,182
As the world now knows,

359
00:27:20,933 --> 00:27:24,520
Nasser's ragtag collection
of part-time pilots

360
00:27:24,603 --> 00:27:29,691
have somehow managed
to retain control of the canal.

361
00:27:29,775 --> 00:27:31,401
And to make matters worse,

362
00:27:31,485 --> 00:27:35,572
it seems they've been helped
by the Russians.

363
00:27:36,532 --> 00:27:39,660
If they get away with this,
we will be a complete laughingstock.

364
00:27:39,868 --> 00:27:44,414
Nasser will be able
to close the canal at any time

365
00:27:44,540 --> 00:27:49,086
and cut us off from the oil
on which we absolutely depend.

366
00:27:49,419 --> 00:27:50,587
We must, um...

367
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,966
(EXHALES) We must attack.

368
00:27:54,299 --> 00:27:58,846
We have no alternative.
We must attack. Swiftly and decisively.

369
00:27:58,929 --> 00:28:02,349
We must restore the status quo.

370
00:28:05,686 --> 00:28:06,687
What do you say?

371
00:28:13,277 --> 00:28:15,028
I say it's the right thing

372
00:28:17,823 --> 00:28:19,116
for the country

373
00:28:20,993 --> 00:28:23,203
and for you, personally,

374
00:28:24,788 --> 00:28:27,291
to finally step out
from Winston's long shadow.

375
00:28:31,962 --> 00:28:34,673
"Take but degree away

376
00:28:36,675 --> 00:28:38,844
"untune that string..."

377
00:28:39,636 --> 00:28:42,389
"And, hark, what discord follows."

378
00:28:45,225 --> 00:28:46,585
LORD MOUNTBATTEN: <i>Military action!</i>

379
00:28:47,436 --> 00:28:48,687
Military action!

380
00:28:48,770 --> 00:28:54,318
There is only one proven way
to deal with fascists.

381
00:28:54,443 --> 00:28:56,236
ALL: Hear, hear!

382
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:57,463
NUTTING: And while I'm sure...

383
00:28:57,487 --> 00:29:00,824
While I'm sure we all commend
our Prime Minister's confidence,

384
00:29:01,575 --> 00:29:06,079
he seems to forget
that there can be no military action

385
00:29:06,163 --> 00:29:08,415
without support from the UN.

386
00:29:08,540 --> 00:29:11,126
Support we do not have.

387
00:29:12,294 --> 00:29:14,796
We cannot go to war alone.

388
00:29:15,589 --> 00:29:17,090
(MEN MURMURING)

389
00:29:35,275 --> 00:29:37,861
Ah! Don't you look smart?

390
00:29:38,987 --> 00:29:40,906
- You've got your presents?
- Yes.

391
00:29:41,448 --> 00:29:45,202
Mommy was hoping to come with you,
but I've got very behind.

392
00:29:45,369 --> 00:29:46,703
So, could you send my apologies

393
00:29:46,787 --> 00:29:48,372
- to Mrs. Parker?
- Of course, ma'am.

394
00:29:49,706 --> 00:29:51,792
Enjoy yourselves. Hmm?

395
00:29:55,504 --> 00:29:56,546
And be good!

396
00:29:59,049 --> 00:30:00,777
- WOMAN: Right, then. Attention.
- (ANNE CHUCKLES)

397
00:30:00,801 --> 00:30:03,053
Who wants to play I Spy in the car?

398
00:30:03,762 --> 00:30:05,305
Come along, children. Come along.

399
00:30:05,389 --> 00:30:06,598
Come now, it's time.

400
00:30:10,352 --> 00:30:11,395
(CHILDREN SHOUTING)

401
00:30:11,478 --> 00:30:12,854
Come here, you.

402
00:30:14,064 --> 00:30:15,357
There you are!

403
00:30:16,942 --> 00:30:19,152
(CHILDREN SHOUTING)

404
00:30:21,905 --> 00:30:24,157
(TELEPHONE RINGING)

405
00:30:24,241 --> 00:30:25,617
Daddy!

406
00:30:25,701 --> 00:30:28,954
- Is that Daddy? Shall we speak to him?
- Yes!

407
00:30:32,499 --> 00:30:33,583
Hello?

408
00:30:40,632 --> 00:30:42,843
Uh, no, 7:00 will be fine.

409
00:30:44,261 --> 00:30:45,429
Thank you.

410
00:30:48,265 --> 00:30:49,599
It wasn't Daddy.

411
00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:53,186
I'm sure he'll call later, all right?

412
00:30:53,270 --> 00:30:58,442
(ALL SINGING) <i>Happy birthday to you</i>

413
00:30:58,525 --> 00:31:00,360
EILEEN: Hip, hip!
CHILDREN: Hooray!

414
00:31:00,444 --> 00:31:01,945
EILEEN: Hip, hip!
CHILDREN: Hooray!

415
00:31:02,029 --> 00:31:03,530
EILEEN: Hip, hip!
CHILDREN: Hooray!

416
00:31:03,613 --> 00:31:05,008
EILEEN: All right, who wants
a slice of cake?

417
00:31:05,032 --> 00:31:06,324
CHILDREN: Me!

418
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,453
Why didn't Daddy telephone?

419
00:31:10,328 --> 00:31:11,663
I don't know.

420
00:31:12,748 --> 00:31:13,874
He must be very busy.

421
00:31:15,751 --> 00:31:16,960
He loves you very much.

422
00:31:19,004 --> 00:31:20,172
Right?

423
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,050
Go to sleep now.

424
00:31:25,635 --> 00:31:26,845
Good girl.

425
00:32:03,590 --> 00:32:06,134
(TELEPHONE RINGING)

426
00:32:11,473 --> 00:32:12,974
(EILEEN SIGHS)

427
00:32:22,943 --> 00:32:24,111
Hello?

428
00:32:25,862 --> 00:32:27,006
ELIZABETH: <i>Would you like
to know the principal,</i>

429
00:32:27,030 --> 00:32:28,657
<i>perhaps only, advantage</i>

430
00:32:28,740 --> 00:32:31,660
<i>of being the Chief Patron
of the English Bowling Association?</i>

431
00:32:33,745 --> 00:32:34,746
(OBJECTS CLATTER)

432
00:32:36,373 --> 00:32:37,457
Go on.

433
00:32:38,875 --> 00:32:43,463
<i>My fellow patrons are frequently too old
or too ill to meet.</i>

434
00:32:43,672 --> 00:32:47,300
Which means I find myself
unexpectedly free for lunch.

435
00:32:47,676 --> 00:32:50,303
<i>Well, I've just woken up.</i>

436
00:32:51,012 --> 00:32:52,973
- It's 11:30.
<i>- Yes.</i>

437
00:32:53,223 --> 00:32:54,724
And I got in at 4:00.

438
00:32:56,726 --> 00:32:59,938
I left strict instructions
not to be disturbed by anyone.

439
00:33:00,188 --> 00:33:01,648
For any reason.

440
00:33:04,067 --> 00:33:08,029
I can see the conspiracy
to drive me insane is well underway.

441
00:33:09,281 --> 00:33:10,699
<i>We started at Mirabelle,</i>

442
00:33:10,824 --> 00:33:14,327
and then went to The 400,
and then ended up at Les Ambassadeurs.

443
00:33:16,121 --> 00:33:17,247
Who's "we"?

444
00:33:17,914 --> 00:33:20,041
Just Colin, Johnny, Judy Montagu.

445
00:33:21,168 --> 00:33:22,252
- Margot?
- Mmm-hmm.

446
00:33:23,795 --> 00:33:25,714
Is it possible that you're still drunk?

447
00:33:27,132 --> 00:33:30,218
Do you know,
I think I might be, slightly.

448
00:33:33,597 --> 00:33:36,433
- You need to be more careful.
- Yes, quite right.

449
00:33:36,808 --> 00:33:38,185
Grain and grape don't mix.

450
00:33:38,518 --> 00:33:39,603
No.

451
00:33:40,228 --> 00:33:43,607
I meant about where you're seen.
And with whom.

452
00:33:46,568 --> 00:33:48,737
You're drinking far more
than you used to.

453
00:33:49,654 --> 00:33:51,239
Why do you think that is?

454
00:33:53,241 --> 00:33:55,327
Because I'm unhappier than I used to be.

455
00:33:55,911 --> 00:33:58,622
And why is that?
Because I am still unmarried.

456
00:33:58,705 --> 00:34:01,708
And why is that? Oh, because
you denied me my perfect match.

457
00:34:02,334 --> 00:34:03,335
(CLICKS TONGUE)

458
00:34:04,669 --> 00:34:05,754
That's not fair.

459
00:34:06,296 --> 00:34:09,507
As your sister, I would have been
perfectly happy for you to marry Peter.

460
00:34:09,591 --> 00:34:12,594
- What? (SCOFFS)
- It was the Crown that forbade it.

461
00:34:14,054 --> 00:34:16,473
Not to mention the fact
that he was a little old.

462
00:34:18,183 --> 00:34:19,243
Not really from the right...

463
00:34:19,267 --> 00:34:20,987
No, no, no.
Don't you dare say "background."

464
00:34:21,603 --> 00:34:24,814
Well, I just think it might have all
come back to haunt you.

465
00:34:25,899 --> 00:34:28,735
What, did Philip's Nazi sisters
come back to haunt him?

466
00:34:28,818 --> 00:34:31,988
Or his lunatic mother?
Or his womanizing, bankrupt father?

467
00:34:38,578 --> 00:34:39,621
(SIGHS) How is he?

468
00:34:41,957 --> 00:34:43,083
Philip?

469
00:34:43,250 --> 00:34:44,251
Yes.

470
00:34:45,961 --> 00:34:47,796
He's fine. I think.

471
00:34:49,339 --> 00:34:50,715
What, you don't know?

472
00:34:56,096 --> 00:34:57,430
Where is he now?

473
00:34:57,973 --> 00:34:59,057
Ceylon.

474
00:35:02,811 --> 00:35:05,855
- No, Malaya.
- You don't know that either.

475
00:35:06,064 --> 00:35:07,065
No.

476
00:35:11,695 --> 00:35:14,030
- Is that bad?
- It's just a little odd.

477
00:35:15,198 --> 00:35:17,075
A little remote. A little chilly.

478
00:35:18,618 --> 00:35:20,161
- Doesn't he write to you?
- Oh.

479
00:35:20,829 --> 00:35:22,539
He's not much of a writer.

480
00:35:23,623 --> 00:35:25,542
- Neither of us is.
- (CHUCKLES)

481
00:35:28,336 --> 00:35:30,731
Mike telephoned from Mombasa
to say that they'd arrived safely.

482
00:35:30,755 --> 00:35:32,132
Who's Mike?

483
00:35:32,549 --> 00:35:33,967
His private secretary.

484
00:35:34,718 --> 00:35:36,886
- Oh, yes. That little Australian.
- Yes.

485
00:35:37,095 --> 00:35:40,223
- What do you make of him?
- I'm not sure I make anything of him.

486
00:35:41,182 --> 00:35:42,267
He's Mike.

487
00:35:46,980 --> 00:35:49,024
We were all very close in Malta.

488
00:35:49,691 --> 00:35:51,860
The children sometimes
play together now.

489
00:35:52,694 --> 00:35:54,487
Philip says he'd be lost without him.

490
00:35:54,571 --> 00:35:56,823
Oh. Just as long as he isn't lost
because of him.

491
00:35:57,824 --> 00:35:58,908
What does that mean?

492
00:35:59,326 --> 00:36:01,703
It means he's got
something of a reputation.

493
00:36:01,828 --> 00:36:03,580
- Who, Mike?
- Yes, Mike.

494
00:36:04,205 --> 00:36:07,167
Isn't he thick as thieves
with that sinister osteopath?

495
00:36:07,250 --> 00:36:09,586
- What osteopath?
- You know, the one who knows everyone.

496
00:36:10,253 --> 00:36:13,006
Always arranging gentlemen's weekends
here and there

497
00:36:13,631 --> 00:36:14,632
(SIGHS)

498
00:36:14,716 --> 00:36:16,676
- with actresses and...
- Ballerinas.

499
00:36:17,761 --> 00:36:18,762
Yes.

500
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:21,973
How did you know that?

501
00:36:32,692 --> 00:36:35,320
LORD MOUNTBATTEN: <i>I don't mind
telling you, everything else</i>

502
00:36:35,445 --> 00:36:37,072
I've achieved in life,

503
00:36:37,155 --> 00:36:38,948
Viceroy of India,

504
00:36:39,282 --> 00:36:42,410
Supreme Allied Commander
in Southeast Asia,

505
00:36:42,494 --> 00:36:44,871
even First Sea Lord,

506
00:36:45,497 --> 00:36:48,541
all pale by comparison to this.

507
00:36:49,918 --> 00:36:56,466
<i>To match my father and be Admiral
of the Fleet really is most satisfying.</i>

508
00:36:56,758 --> 00:36:59,636
- Sir.
- I said we were not to be disturbed.

509
00:37:00,470 --> 00:37:03,181
It's the Minister of State
for Foreign Affairs, sir.

510
00:37:04,349 --> 00:37:05,725
He said it was urgent.

511
00:37:09,687 --> 00:37:12,107
I'm afraid I didn't know
who else to come and see.

512
00:37:12,232 --> 00:37:13,608
LORD MOUNTBATTEN: Not at all.

513
00:37:15,985 --> 00:37:17,070
Come on up.

514
00:37:17,904 --> 00:37:19,239
- Hello, darling.
- Don't stay up.

515
00:37:19,322 --> 00:37:20,323
Won't be back until late.

516
00:37:20,448 --> 00:37:21,950
Have fun. Where are you off to?

517
00:37:22,075 --> 00:37:23,993
I thought we agreed,
mysteries on both sides.

518
00:37:24,702 --> 00:37:26,496
- We did.
- Then don't ask.

519
00:37:26,663 --> 00:37:28,957
May I present Anthony Nutting?

520
00:37:29,165 --> 00:37:30,792
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

521
00:37:30,875 --> 00:37:32,544
- How do you do?
- Lady Mountbatten.

522
00:37:32,919 --> 00:37:35,713
- I entirely approve of foreign affairs.
- Now, now, darling.

523
00:37:36,005 --> 00:37:37,924
Oh, this one's even
more handsome than Eden.

524
00:37:38,007 --> 00:37:39,509
A cabinet of dishes.

525
00:37:39,592 --> 00:37:42,929
- (CHUCKLES) You're very kind.
- How was the fitting, dear?

526
00:37:43,555 --> 00:37:45,640
I'll let you into a secret, Mr. Nutting.

527
00:37:45,723 --> 00:37:47,892
My husband cares for nothing and no one

528
00:37:47,976 --> 00:37:50,103
in quite the same way he cares
for his uniforms.

529
00:37:51,187 --> 00:37:53,690
We're fortunate enough to have
a ballroom in this house.

530
00:37:53,940 --> 00:37:56,359
But is it the largest room here? No.

531
00:37:56,818 --> 00:37:58,611
That's reserved
for my husband's uniforms.

532
00:37:58,987 --> 00:38:02,991
(CHUCKLES) One can only ask oneself
what it all compensates for.

533
00:38:03,241 --> 00:38:04,801
I should have thought that was obvious.

534
00:38:06,661 --> 00:38:10,165
The gaping wounds left by the simplest
encounter with you, my dear.

535
00:38:10,248 --> 00:38:11,249
Hmm.

536
00:38:12,584 --> 00:38:13,668
Shall we?

537
00:38:14,002 --> 00:38:17,297
NUTTING: I'm not saying I condone
how Nasser is behaving, not at all.

538
00:38:17,380 --> 00:38:19,966
The man clearly needs to be
put back in his place.

539
00:38:20,049 --> 00:38:23,553
But my greater concern is
that our Prime Minister's response

540
00:38:23,636 --> 00:38:27,265
to the whole situation is personal.

541
00:38:27,599 --> 00:38:28,892
Deeply personal, and...

542
00:38:28,975 --> 00:38:32,729
And that he will reach for
the ultimate solution, armed conflict,

543
00:38:32,812 --> 00:38:35,482
without waiting for
an international coalition to join him.

544
00:38:35,940 --> 00:38:36,941
Today,

545
00:38:37,525 --> 00:38:40,445
<i>a delegation of French government
and intelligence officials</i>

546
00:38:40,528 --> 00:38:43,656
<i>came to Downing Street for secret talks.</i>

547
00:38:45,033 --> 00:38:48,995
Further secret talks are planned
with Israeli officials next week.

548
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:52,640
MAN 1: So, what have we got today then?

549
00:38:52,707 --> 00:38:56,127
MAN 2: Potted shrimp
or deviled crabmeat imperial.

550
00:38:56,211 --> 00:38:58,838
Followed by cassoulets <i>à la</i> jockey club.

551
00:38:59,214 --> 00:39:01,633
Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty.

552
00:39:02,759 --> 00:39:04,719
Thank you for seeing me.

553
00:39:04,802 --> 00:39:09,307
Well, I've got a long-standing
commitment at the theater, I'm afraid.

554
00:39:09,599 --> 00:39:12,060
But I thought we'd have
an early supper before I go.

555
00:39:12,185 --> 00:39:15,104
Mummy's most put out
she hasn't been invited.

556
00:39:15,188 --> 00:39:16,189
(CHUCKLES)

557
00:39:18,983 --> 00:39:22,487
Under normal circumstances, uh,

558
00:39:22,570 --> 00:39:25,240
a mad rush to war

559
00:39:25,740 --> 00:39:28,785
might be explained as a play for legacy.

560
00:39:29,369 --> 00:39:31,746
He was in Winston's shadow for so long,

561
00:39:31,829 --> 00:39:36,251
a quick and successful war
might look good on his record.

562
00:39:36,668 --> 00:39:37,961
But in this case,

563
00:39:38,044 --> 00:39:42,173
I think it boils down
to an irrational personal dislike.

564
00:39:43,424 --> 00:39:45,218
The two men, he and Nasser,

565
00:39:45,552 --> 00:39:47,762
just hate one another.

566
00:39:47,929 --> 00:39:50,473
And the rest of us are just
getting caught up in it.

567
00:39:50,598 --> 00:39:52,600
What are you suggesting
that I do about it?

568
00:39:52,684 --> 00:39:55,853
You have your weekly private audience
in which the two of you are alone.

569
00:39:55,937 --> 00:39:59,357
Observe him carefully.
Listen to him closely.

570
00:39:59,524 --> 00:40:03,278
Read your cabinet minutes minutely.

571
00:40:03,695 --> 00:40:05,530
Speak your mind.

572
00:40:05,655 --> 00:40:07,740
Yes, well, I'm not really
supposed to do that.

573
00:40:07,824 --> 00:40:10,034
Even if it's in the interests
of national security?

574
00:40:13,830 --> 00:40:15,164
All right. Fine.

575
00:40:17,667 --> 00:40:18,835
I'll keep an eye on him.

576
00:40:20,420 --> 00:40:21,588
Carefully.

577
00:40:22,422 --> 00:40:23,631
Closely.

578
00:40:24,340 --> 00:40:25,550
Minutely.

579
00:40:25,967 --> 00:40:27,969
- (ELIZABETH CHUCKLES)
- Thank you for supper.

580
00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:31,931
You... You will let me know, won't you,

581
00:40:32,015 --> 00:40:34,726
when I can take care of all this
and send you someone really good?

582
00:40:34,809 --> 00:40:35,893
What?

583
00:40:36,144 --> 00:40:38,688
- The food.
- What's wrong with it?

584
00:40:38,771 --> 00:40:40,315
It belongs in a nursery.

585
00:40:41,190 --> 00:40:42,876
Everything that should've been hot
was cold.

586
00:40:42,900 --> 00:40:44,944
Everything that should've been soft
was hard.

587
00:40:45,028 --> 00:40:47,238
(SIGHS) I've neither noticed or cared.

588
00:40:47,322 --> 00:40:51,200
And frankly, Dickie,
the older and grander you get,

589
00:40:51,576 --> 00:40:53,995
the more common you become.
(CHUCKLES)

590
00:40:55,455 --> 00:40:57,655
- ELIZABETH: Have you heard from Philip?
- How's Philip?

591
00:40:58,041 --> 00:41:00,168
No, no, not a word.

592
00:41:01,002 --> 00:41:03,671
- They will be keeping him busy.
- Oh, yes, of course.

593
00:41:04,172 --> 00:41:05,173
(CHUCKLES)

594
00:41:06,549 --> 00:41:08,926
You married a wild spirit.

595
00:41:10,553 --> 00:41:11,846
We both did.

596
00:41:12,805 --> 00:41:15,516
Trying to tame them is no use.

597
00:41:17,101 --> 00:41:20,813
There were times in India
it was all right under my nose,

598
00:41:20,897 --> 00:41:24,567
with Nehru of all people,
my opposite number.

599
00:41:25,985 --> 00:41:28,863
The humiliation could not have been
more complete.

600
00:41:30,782 --> 00:41:32,992
Of course, I considered ending it.

601
00:41:33,201 --> 00:41:37,955
And then I imagined how thin
and how poor life would be.

602
00:41:38,790 --> 00:41:43,252
And I realized that
when you really adore someone

603
00:41:44,671 --> 00:41:49,467
as fully and as hopelessly
as I think you and I do,

604
00:41:51,135 --> 00:41:52,470
you put up with anything.

605
00:41:57,350 --> 00:41:58,351
Hmm.

606
00:42:01,813 --> 00:42:02,855
What's the play?

607
00:42:04,232 --> 00:42:05,566
Did I say play?

608
00:42:06,192 --> 00:42:07,193
I meant ballet.

609
00:42:07,735 --> 00:42:10,530
- Ah.
- Well, I... I should say Royal Ballet.

610
00:42:11,072 --> 00:42:14,325
We've just given them a charter,
so I really do have to go.

611
00:42:14,492 --> 00:42:16,577
- It's <i>Giselle.</i>
- Oh, isn't that...

612
00:42:16,661 --> 00:42:18,621
Isn't that Galina Ulanova?

613
00:42:19,288 --> 00:42:21,749
- Yes.
- Lucky you.

614
00:42:21,833 --> 00:42:23,543
They say she's quite the thing.

615
00:42:23,710 --> 00:42:25,586
- Do they? (CHUCKLES)
- That's what they say.

616
00:42:41,060 --> 00:42:44,063
(MUSIC PLAYING)

617
00:44:23,955 --> 00:44:26,123
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

618
00:44:39,846 --> 00:44:44,725
They're, uh, wondering if you'd like now
to meet Miss Ulanova, ma'am.

619
00:44:49,647 --> 00:44:50,773
No, thank you.

620
00:45:01,450 --> 00:45:04,537
I've prepared some tea.
Would Her Majesty like...

621
00:45:31,314 --> 00:45:32,940
(MAN TALKING INDISTINCTLY ON TV)

622
00:45:35,318 --> 00:45:36,652
ANTHONY ON TV: <i>All my life</i>

623
00:45:36,986 --> 00:45:38,696
<i>I've been a man of peace.</i>

624
00:45:40,364 --> 00:45:41,490
<i>Working for peace,</i>

625
00:45:42,158 --> 00:45:45,286
<i>striving for peace,
negotiating for peace.</i>

626
00:45:47,038 --> 00:45:51,334
<i>I could not be other, even if I wished.</i>

627
00:45:51,667 --> 00:45:55,087
<i>And even though we are faced</i>

628
00:45:55,171 --> 00:45:58,382
<i>with an illegal act of plunder</i>

629
00:45:58,883 --> 00:46:02,053
<i>by a dangerous tyrant
in the Middle East,</i>

630
00:46:02,219 --> 00:46:06,933
<i>which threatens our livelihood
and that of many nations,</i>

631
00:46:07,099 --> 00:46:11,896
<i>I am determined to find
a peaceful solution.</i>

632
00:47:21,924 --> 00:47:24,176
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

633
00:47:27,513 --> 00:47:29,598
- Your Majesty.
- Prime Minister.

634
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:36,772
- Events are unfolding at great speed.
- Do sit down, Prime Minister.

635
00:47:39,608 --> 00:47:40,901
(EXHALES)

636
00:47:40,985 --> 00:47:43,279
In the early hours of this morning,

637
00:47:43,362 --> 00:47:47,992
the Israeli army launched an attack
into Egyptian territory,

638
00:47:48,075 --> 00:47:49,910
the Sinai Peninsula,

639
00:47:50,494 --> 00:47:53,539
and is rapidly approaching
the Suez Canal.

640
00:47:53,998 --> 00:47:58,627
The Egyptian army has mobilized
a retaliatory force

641
00:47:59,128 --> 00:48:01,839
and is about to engage.

642
00:48:04,008 --> 00:48:07,303
Her Majesty's government has now
issued a deadline

643
00:48:07,386 --> 00:48:10,723
to both Israel and Egypt

644
00:48:11,390 --> 00:48:13,684
to halt all acts of war

645
00:48:14,852 --> 00:48:16,312
and to allow

646
00:48:16,437 --> 00:48:19,857
Anglo-French forces into the country
to preserve the peace.

647
00:48:19,940 --> 00:48:23,027
The Israelis have expressed
a willingness to comply

648
00:48:23,110 --> 00:48:25,362
if the Egyptians do, but alas...

649
00:48:27,490 --> 00:48:30,868
President Nasser has thus far refused.

650
00:48:32,119 --> 00:48:33,913
When does the deadline expire?

651
00:48:34,413 --> 00:48:35,664
Tomorrow morning, ma'am.

652
00:48:38,042 --> 00:48:41,295
And the next step,
in your view, would be?

653
00:48:41,545 --> 00:48:43,130
Military intervention, ma'am.

654
00:48:43,380 --> 00:48:45,633
- War?
- Indeed.

655
00:48:46,884 --> 00:48:49,095
But to keep the peace.

656
00:48:51,764 --> 00:48:53,808
It is the correct thing to do, ma'am.

657
00:48:55,267 --> 00:48:59,688
Nasser is playing roulette
with the stability of the whole world.

658
00:49:01,565 --> 00:49:02,650
Well...

659
00:49:03,192 --> 00:49:04,777
Thank you for your explanation.

660
00:49:10,741 --> 00:49:14,328
Before you go,
I do have one or two questions.

661
00:49:16,205 --> 00:49:19,458
When you mentioned that the Israelis
had launched an attack,

662
00:49:20,126 --> 00:49:21,794
you didn't seem surprised.

663
00:49:24,296 --> 00:49:26,549
Why would I seem surprised?

664
00:49:26,715 --> 00:49:31,220
Unless I'm mistaken,
the Israeli position has always been

665
00:49:31,303 --> 00:49:36,058
that they would, under no circumstances,
launch a full-scale attack by themselves

666
00:49:36,225 --> 00:49:38,394
for fear of diplomatic isolation.

667
00:49:39,270 --> 00:49:41,605
And yet they've gone on
to do precisely that,

668
00:49:42,022 --> 00:49:45,943
indicating that either
they changed their mind,

669
00:49:46,485 --> 00:49:47,611
or

670
00:49:48,737 --> 00:49:51,282
there'd been some kind of collusion.

671
00:49:55,619 --> 00:49:56,829
Have we?

672
00:49:57,830 --> 00:49:59,165
"Have we"

673
00:50:00,416 --> 00:50:01,458
what?

674
00:50:04,211 --> 00:50:05,796
Colluded with Israel?

675
00:50:07,131 --> 00:50:08,257
In any way?

676
00:50:30,029 --> 00:50:31,989
Six days ago,

677
00:50:34,700 --> 00:50:38,954
uh, this government
met with representatives

678
00:50:39,121 --> 00:50:43,834
of the French and Israeli governments
in a small village

679
00:50:44,251 --> 00:50:45,961
on the outskirts of Paris,

680
00:50:46,587 --> 00:50:49,590
where a document was signed,

681
00:50:52,426 --> 00:50:53,719
the Sèvres Protocol,

682
00:50:54,887 --> 00:50:59,808
which outlines plans for
a coordinated offensive against Egypt,

683
00:50:59,934 --> 00:51:05,147
whereby the Israeli army would attack
the Egyptian army near the Suez Canal,

684
00:51:05,272 --> 00:51:08,651
<i>thus allowing the intervention
of Anglo-French forces.</i>

685
00:51:16,617 --> 00:51:17,993
Who else knows about this?

686
00:51:18,285 --> 00:51:20,454
Individual members of Cabinet.

687
00:51:21,830 --> 00:51:24,041
- Senior members.
- But not Parliament?

688
00:51:24,583 --> 00:51:26,460
- No.
- Or the United Nations?

689
00:51:29,922 --> 00:51:31,173
When does all this begin?

690
00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:36,637
Airstrikes begin tomorrow.

691
00:51:37,096 --> 00:51:39,223
- You don't want to give it more time?
- No, ma'am.

692
00:51:39,598 --> 00:51:43,644
The right thing to do is to go in now
and to go in hard.

693
00:51:44,103 --> 00:51:46,897
I was right about Mussolini,

694
00:51:47,189 --> 00:51:52,236
I was right about Hitler,
and I am right about this fella.

695
00:51:53,529 --> 00:51:54,905
Do I have your support?

696
00:52:19,638 --> 00:52:22,516
The Prime Minister always has
the sovereign's support.

697
00:52:29,106 --> 00:52:30,149
Majesty.

698
00:52:32,943 --> 00:52:34,153
(BELL DINGS)

699
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:37,281
(DOOR OPENS)

700
00:52:40,868 --> 00:52:41,869
(DOOR CLOSES)

701
00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:54,465
(RUMBLING)

702
00:53:00,387 --> 00:53:02,431
(DISTANT EXPLOSIONS)

703
00:53:06,226 --> 00:53:07,353
(MORTAR WHISTLING)

704
00:53:16,153 --> 00:53:18,197
(CLAMORING)

705
00:53:58,612 --> 00:54:01,073
(MEN SHOUTING IN ARABIC)

706
00:55:06,096 --> 00:55:08,307
(OBJECTS CLINKING)

707
00:55:33,123 --> 00:55:34,124
Amen.

708
00:55:42,007 --> 00:55:43,008
(EXHALES)

709
00:55:51,183 --> 00:55:52,601
(PEN SCRATCHING)