1 00:00:17,101 --> 00:00:19,141 [birds chirping] 2 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:23,021 [clock ticking] 3 00:00:26,301 --> 00:00:27,461 [man grunts softly] 4 00:00:32,381 --> 00:00:34,021 [bottles rattling] 5 00:00:45,341 --> 00:00:46,461 [door shuts] 6 00:00:48,461 --> 00:00:49,941 [dog barks, whimpers] 7 00:00:55,541 --> 00:00:56,741 [man on radio] …of his party. 8 00:00:56,821 --> 00:00:59,941 Mr. Heseltine says Britain should reach for the levers of power 9 00:01:00,021 --> 00:01:02,301 if only to prevent others pulling them first. 10 00:01:02,861 --> 00:01:06,701 One dead in an Ulster gun battle between soldiers and terrorists. 11 00:01:07,261 --> 00:01:10,501 Police make arrests over ballot rigging in the transport union. 12 00:01:11,021 --> 00:01:13,181 Confusion over plastic clingfilm… 13 00:01:13,261 --> 00:01:14,141 Thank you, dear. 14 00:01:14,221 --> 00:01:16,981 …government's cancer warning. And animals to the slaughter. 15 00:01:17,061 --> 00:01:20,781 How the RSPCA hopes to stop live animal exports. 16 00:01:21,621 --> 00:01:24,901 Michael Heseltine was speaking to a conference in Hamburg. 17 00:01:25,581 --> 00:01:27,701 Mr. Heseltine is now on his way back to London 18 00:01:27,781 --> 00:01:29,501 to be in the Commons this afternoon. 19 00:01:29,581 --> 00:01:32,661 There, Sir Geoffrey Howe is expected to spell out in detail 20 00:01:32,741 --> 00:01:34,621 the reasons for his resignation. 21 00:01:34,701 --> 00:01:37,141 Is there anything Sir Geoffrey is likely to say 22 00:01:37,221 --> 00:01:40,661 that could influence Mr. Heseltine on whether to throw his hat in the ring? 23 00:01:40,741 --> 00:01:43,341 [man 2] Well, Sir Geoffrey is an extremely cautious man. 24 00:01:43,421 --> 00:01:46,781 I suspect that his speech will be carefully written, 25 00:01:46,861 --> 00:01:50,101 and I just wonder whether it will be sufficiently in code 26 00:01:50,181 --> 00:01:52,341 not really to damage the prime minister. 27 00:01:52,421 --> 00:01:56,581 Sir Geoffrey has very deep personal and ideological differences 28 00:01:56,661 --> 00:01:59,181 with the prime minister. I think he will spell them out, 29 00:01:59,261 --> 00:02:02,381 but whether he will spell them out in clear, set terms 30 00:02:02,461 --> 00:02:04,541 that amount to an assault on her leadership, 31 00:02:04,621 --> 00:02:06,501 I think we have to wait and see for that. 32 00:02:06,581 --> 00:02:10,221 [Speaker] I remind the House that a resignation statement 33 00:02:10,301 --> 00:02:13,701 is heard in silence and without interruption. 34 00:02:14,261 --> 00:02:15,661 Sir Geoffrey Howe. 35 00:02:16,461 --> 00:02:19,061 [MPs] Hear, hear. 36 00:02:21,181 --> 00:02:22,221 Mr. Speaker, sir, 37 00:02:22,901 --> 00:02:27,061 "I find, to my astonishment, that a quarter of a century has passed 38 00:02:27,141 --> 00:02:29,981 since I last spoke from one of these backbenches." 39 00:02:30,061 --> 00:02:30,981 [murmuring] 40 00:02:31,061 --> 00:02:34,261 "Mr. Speaker, I believe that both the chancellor and the governor 41 00:02:34,341 --> 00:02:36,221 are cricketing enthusiasts." 42 00:02:36,781 --> 00:02:39,701 "So I hope that there is no monopoly of cricketing metaphors." 43 00:02:40,181 --> 00:02:42,821 "Increasingly, those of us close to the prime minister 44 00:02:42,901 --> 00:02:45,421 feel like opening batsmen being sent to the crease, 45 00:02:45,501 --> 00:02:48,141 only to find the moment the first balls are bowled 46 00:02:48,661 --> 00:02:52,621 that our bats have been broken before the game by the team captain." 47 00:02:52,701 --> 00:02:54,661 [laughter] 48 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:55,701 [tapping] 49 00:02:55,781 --> 00:02:56,901 [Speaker] Order! 50 00:02:57,861 --> 00:02:58,701 Order. 51 00:02:59,861 --> 00:03:01,981 "The point… The point, Mr. Speaker, 52 00:03:02,061 --> 00:03:05,141 was perhaps more sharply put by a British businessman, 53 00:03:05,221 --> 00:03:08,781 trading in Brussels and elsewhere, who wrote to me last week." 54 00:03:09,861 --> 00:03:12,141 'People throughout Europe,' he said, 55 00:03:12,221 --> 00:03:15,061 'see our prime minister's finger-wagging 56 00:03:15,141 --> 00:03:20,341 and hear her passionate 'No, no, no' 57 00:03:21,141 --> 00:03:25,581 much more clearly than the content of the carefully worded formal texts.'" 58 00:03:26,181 --> 00:03:27,861 "'It is too easy,' he went on, 59 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:30,941 'for them to believe that we all share her attitudes.'" 60 00:03:31,021 --> 00:03:32,781 "'For why else,' he asked, 61 00:03:32,861 --> 00:03:36,101 'has she been our prime minister for so long?'" 62 00:03:36,181 --> 00:03:37,901 [murmuring] 63 00:03:37,981 --> 00:03:40,181 [Howe] "'This is,' my correspondent concluded, 64 00:03:40,261 --> 00:03:43,381 'a desperately serious situation for our country.'" 65 00:03:44,221 --> 00:03:47,221 And sadly, Mr. Speaker, I have to agree. 66 00:03:48,301 --> 00:03:50,021 "The conflict of loyalty, 67 00:03:50,861 --> 00:03:53,981 of loyalty to my right honorable friend the prime minister, 68 00:03:54,581 --> 00:03:57,501 and, after all, in two decades together, 69 00:03:58,101 --> 00:04:01,621 that instinct of loyalty is still very real… 70 00:04:02,581 --> 00:04:06,381 and of loyalty to what I perceive to be the true interests of the nation, 71 00:04:06,901 --> 00:04:10,701 that conflict of loyalty has become all too great." 72 00:04:11,821 --> 00:04:13,381 "I no longer believe it possible 73 00:04:13,461 --> 00:04:16,501 to resolve that conflict from within this government." 74 00:04:16,581 --> 00:04:18,341 "That is why I have resigned." 75 00:04:18,981 --> 00:04:21,581 "In doing so, I have done what I believe to be right 76 00:04:21,661 --> 00:04:23,861 for my party and my country." 77 00:04:24,901 --> 00:04:28,341 "The time has come for others to consider their own response 78 00:04:28,421 --> 00:04:30,581 to the tragic conflict of loyalties 79 00:04:31,141 --> 00:04:34,981 with which I have myself wrestled… for perhaps too long." 80 00:04:35,621 --> 00:04:37,901 [MPs, scattered] Hear, hear. 81 00:04:38,781 --> 00:04:39,621 Lilibet? 82 00:04:43,581 --> 00:04:45,581 [vacuum whirring] 83 00:04:49,541 --> 00:04:52,541 -Uh, the Queen? -In the drawing room, Your Royal Highness. 84 00:04:52,621 --> 00:04:53,461 Right. 85 00:04:54,461 --> 00:04:57,661 She has resumed her affair with Major Hewitt 86 00:04:57,741 --> 00:05:02,181 with flagrant disregard for the agreement we made in our meeting with you. 87 00:05:02,821 --> 00:05:05,821 A meeting in which it is now clear she brazenly lied to your face. 88 00:05:08,381 --> 00:05:09,501 So I hope you agree 89 00:05:09,581 --> 00:05:12,141 it leaves me no option but to start a formal separation. 90 00:05:12,221 --> 00:05:13,221 Oh, Charles! 91 00:05:13,301 --> 00:05:15,541 I'm wretchedly unhappy, yet there is someone else out there 92 00:05:15,621 --> 00:05:17,301 who would make me perfectly happy. 93 00:05:17,381 --> 00:05:19,181 -Quick, switch on the television. -Why? 94 00:05:19,781 --> 00:05:21,261 It's the Ides of March. 95 00:05:21,341 --> 00:05:25,101 It's Julius Caesar, or should I say Julia Caesar? 96 00:05:25,181 --> 00:05:27,381 We're in the middle of an important conversation. 97 00:05:27,461 --> 00:05:29,061 -Shh. -[man] …her style of government. 98 00:05:29,141 --> 00:05:33,861 He says her nightmare image of Europe risks the future of the nation. 99 00:05:33,941 --> 00:05:35,741 Can Sir Geoffrey's peroration, 100 00:05:35,821 --> 00:05:39,181 where he said the time has come for others to consider their response, 101 00:05:39,261 --> 00:05:43,181 be read in any other way than a clear invitation to open a contest 102 00:05:43,261 --> 00:05:44,141 for the leadership? 103 00:05:44,221 --> 00:05:47,461 [man 2] That is one of the implications. Some people would go further than that. 104 00:05:47,541 --> 00:05:50,501 They would say he is urging people to vote against Mrs. Thatcher… 105 00:05:50,581 --> 00:05:52,621 [woman] …Thatcher is facing the most serious threat 106 00:05:52,701 --> 00:05:53,821 to her 11 years in power… 107 00:05:53,901 --> 00:05:55,181 [man 3] …first time in 15 years… 108 00:05:55,261 --> 00:05:57,901 [man 4] Geoffrey Howe, Mrs. Thatcher's longest-serving colleague 109 00:05:57,981 --> 00:06:01,541 throughout her years in power, turned on her in the Commons today 110 00:06:01,621 --> 00:06:04,461 and accused her of risking the nation's future. 111 00:06:04,541 --> 00:06:06,781 -[phone ringing] -He was explaining for the first time 112 00:06:06,861 --> 00:06:09,861 why he resigned as deputy prime minister 12 days ago. 113 00:06:09,941 --> 00:06:12,301 [man 5] …refusal to keep in step with the European community. 114 00:06:12,381 --> 00:06:14,141 [man 4] …a coded diplomatic speech. 115 00:06:14,221 --> 00:06:16,741 Instead, years of resentment and frustration 116 00:06:16,821 --> 00:06:19,661 were compressed into a bitter attack on Mrs. Thatcher 117 00:06:19,741 --> 00:06:21,421 and her attitude to Europe. 118 00:06:21,501 --> 00:06:23,141 He called on Conservative MPs 119 00:06:23,221 --> 00:06:26,381 to consider what he described as their conflict of loyalties… 120 00:06:26,461 --> 00:06:28,421 [man 6] Howe delivered a stinging indictment… 121 00:06:28,501 --> 00:06:31,221 [man 2] There is great bitterness on the prime minister's side, 122 00:06:31,301 --> 00:06:35,101 and they hope there will be some reaction in her favor. It's down to Conservative… 123 00:06:35,181 --> 00:06:37,501 [man 7] Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher faces a challenge 124 00:06:37,581 --> 00:06:39,061 that could cost her her job. 125 00:06:39,141 --> 00:06:42,341 [man 8] …MPs, ministers, and peers are still trying to assess 126 00:06:42,421 --> 00:06:45,301 what one described as an incitement to mutiny 127 00:06:45,381 --> 00:06:48,021 and another said was an act of treachery. 128 00:06:48,101 --> 00:06:50,101 [stifling sobs] 129 00:06:56,221 --> 00:06:58,221 [theme music plays] 130 00:08:07,021 --> 00:08:09,061 [somber music playing] 131 00:08:12,021 --> 00:08:14,021 [turn signal blinking] 132 00:08:50,501 --> 00:08:51,661 [car door shuts] 133 00:08:52,221 --> 00:08:53,701 [engine turns over] 134 00:09:13,021 --> 00:09:14,461 [whistle blows] 135 00:09:14,541 --> 00:09:15,701 [overlapping grunts] 136 00:09:16,781 --> 00:09:17,741 [boy] William! 137 00:09:18,941 --> 00:09:19,781 Run! 138 00:09:19,861 --> 00:09:21,821 Oh, Ivo's got it! Ivo's got it! 139 00:09:21,901 --> 00:09:23,581 Go, Ivo! Go, Ivo! 140 00:09:23,661 --> 00:09:24,541 -Ivo! -Move it! 141 00:09:26,581 --> 00:09:27,981 -Yes, well done! -[whistle blows] 142 00:09:28,061 --> 00:09:29,021 Yes, well done! 143 00:09:30,781 --> 00:09:31,901 Well done, Ivo! 144 00:09:31,981 --> 00:09:34,261 Oh, he's brilliant, isn't he? Yes! 145 00:09:34,341 --> 00:09:35,861 [cheering] 146 00:09:36,461 --> 00:09:38,141 Did you see that? Yes! 147 00:09:38,221 --> 00:09:39,621 Well done, boys! 148 00:09:39,701 --> 00:09:42,821 Bye, my darling. Not long until the holidays. 149 00:09:42,901 --> 00:09:43,861 Hmm? 150 00:09:44,861 --> 00:09:46,781 -Love you. -[camera shutters clicking] 151 00:09:49,501 --> 00:09:50,981 -Well done today. -Thank you. 152 00:09:51,061 --> 00:09:52,501 And we'll see you at Christmas. 153 00:09:53,501 --> 00:09:54,341 Goodbye. 154 00:09:56,941 --> 00:09:57,781 Take care. 155 00:10:01,861 --> 00:10:02,781 [car doors shut] 156 00:10:15,141 --> 00:10:16,141 Is that it? 157 00:10:16,701 --> 00:10:18,781 We're not going to talk again, ever? 158 00:10:18,861 --> 00:10:21,461 Since every time we do talk, it ends in an argument, 159 00:10:21,541 --> 00:10:23,541 I'd say silence was preferable. 160 00:10:28,781 --> 00:10:31,021 What's this I hear about a trip to New York? 161 00:10:31,101 --> 00:10:32,981 Oh, don't look so surprised. 162 00:10:33,061 --> 00:10:35,501 The government requested it. Everyone knows I'm going. 163 00:10:35,581 --> 00:10:37,461 No one knew you were going on your own. 164 00:10:38,021 --> 00:10:41,301 What an ugly, avaricious piece of self-advancement that is. 165 00:10:41,381 --> 00:10:44,261 [Diana] I'd sooner be doing it with my husband by my side. 166 00:10:44,341 --> 00:10:45,981 [scoffs] Doing what? 167 00:10:46,821 --> 00:10:49,821 The past few months, you've barely been in a fit state psychologically 168 00:10:49,901 --> 00:10:52,461 to go to the hairdresser, much less represent the Crown. 169 00:10:52,541 --> 00:10:56,741 Although I gather you still found time to see… certain other people. 170 00:11:00,141 --> 00:11:02,741 I think this conversation's gone as far as it can. 171 00:11:02,821 --> 00:11:05,261 You were the one who insisted on talking. 172 00:11:06,181 --> 00:11:08,461 I always said silence was preferable. 173 00:11:12,581 --> 00:11:14,661 -[man] Mrs. Thatcher? -[woman] Prime Minister? 174 00:11:15,181 --> 00:11:18,981 [Thatcher] One crisis rising above all the others today, Your Majesty. 175 00:11:19,061 --> 00:11:19,901 Yes. 176 00:11:19,981 --> 00:11:23,261 An inconvenience one would dearly like to avoid, 177 00:11:23,341 --> 00:11:27,101 given the significant challenges this country already faces. 178 00:11:27,941 --> 00:11:30,061 The crisis in the Gulf. 179 00:11:31,181 --> 00:11:32,381 Oh, that crisis? 180 00:11:32,461 --> 00:11:35,301 Well, that is the predominant challenge facing us. 181 00:11:35,381 --> 00:11:38,381 I thought you might be referring to matters closer to home. 182 00:11:38,461 --> 00:11:41,101 There are one or two minor domestic matters, 183 00:11:41,181 --> 00:11:44,541 some changes to the fishing license conditions, 184 00:11:44,621 --> 00:11:48,421 but nothing I would want to waste your valuable time with. 185 00:11:48,501 --> 00:11:51,981 You don't think we should briefly discuss… that speech? 186 00:11:52,061 --> 00:11:53,461 Which speech? 187 00:11:54,461 --> 00:11:56,901 The resignation speech made by Sir Geoffrey Howe 188 00:11:56,981 --> 00:11:58,301 that's caused such a stir. 189 00:11:58,381 --> 00:12:00,381 Why would we want to discuss that? 190 00:12:00,461 --> 00:12:02,981 Because a great deal of fuss is being made of it. 191 00:12:03,061 --> 00:12:04,341 [Thatcher] Oh, poor Geoffrey. 192 00:12:04,421 --> 00:12:07,421 I'd offered him the position of deputy prime minister, 193 00:12:07,501 --> 00:12:10,741 and he seems to have taken it rather the wrong way. 194 00:12:10,821 --> 00:12:14,581 In the newspapers, his speech is seen as a direct challenge to your authority. 195 00:12:14,661 --> 00:12:18,581 I think that all depends on which newspapers you're reading. 196 00:12:18,661 --> 00:12:20,901 Not just newspapers. Television too. 197 00:12:20,981 --> 00:12:21,981 Or watching. 198 00:12:23,021 --> 00:12:25,621 And as sovereign, I must ask you… 199 00:12:26,341 --> 00:12:28,421 do you expect a leadership challenge? 200 00:12:29,461 --> 00:12:32,181 -The prime minister came to see me today. -[Philip] Ah, yes. 201 00:12:32,701 --> 00:12:34,581 [Elizabeth]To discuss the crisis in the Gulf. 202 00:12:34,661 --> 00:12:35,501 What? 203 00:12:36,621 --> 00:12:38,941 Not the fact that she'd just been knifed in the back 204 00:12:39,021 --> 00:12:40,861 by one of her longest-standing allies? 205 00:12:40,941 --> 00:12:42,381 No, I asked her about that. 206 00:12:42,941 --> 00:12:44,501 -Did you really? -Yes. 207 00:12:45,501 --> 00:12:46,381 You're brave. 208 00:12:46,461 --> 00:12:48,741 -[chuckles softly] -[Philip] What did she say? 209 00:12:48,821 --> 00:12:50,781 She said the situation was unfortunate… 210 00:12:51,301 --> 00:12:56,261 …but it amounts to little more than petty rivalries and resentments… 211 00:12:56,341 --> 00:12:57,901 …played out at the level of the schoolyard. 212 00:12:57,981 --> 00:13:00,861 I shall see them off in no time. 213 00:13:01,461 --> 00:13:06,701 And, really, we should not dignify an insignificant… 214 00:13:06,781 --> 00:13:10,021 [mockingly] …internal party squabble with any more of our precious time. 215 00:13:11,621 --> 00:13:13,301 [silverware clattering] 216 00:13:15,301 --> 00:13:16,901 Well… [scoffs] 217 00:13:18,461 --> 00:13:20,461 [clock ticking] 218 00:13:25,941 --> 00:13:29,621 [man] Sir Geoffrey's attack makes this, the criticism of Mrs. Thatcher, 219 00:13:29,701 --> 00:13:31,221 much more lethal. 220 00:13:31,301 --> 00:13:33,141 I think she's in deep trouble, 221 00:13:33,221 --> 00:13:37,301 not that she will be beaten in the first ballot by Michael Heseltine, 222 00:13:37,381 --> 00:13:40,501 but more probably that there will be enough votes against her 223 00:13:40,581 --> 00:13:44,101 and enough abstentions to damage her seriously. 224 00:13:44,181 --> 00:13:47,061 One person said to me that he thought it possible, 225 00:13:47,141 --> 00:13:48,661 if she were badly enough damaged, 226 00:13:48,741 --> 00:13:51,461 that members of the Cabinet would go to the chief whip 227 00:13:51,541 --> 00:13:53,861 and say that she ought to consider her future. 228 00:13:53,941 --> 00:13:55,941 It's premature to say that yet, 229 00:13:56,021 --> 00:13:58,941 but undoubtedly there's a rather stronger tide 230 00:13:59,021 --> 00:14:02,621 running against Mrs. Thatcher tonight than there has ever been before. 231 00:14:02,701 --> 00:14:03,701 [phone rings] 232 00:14:05,101 --> 00:14:05,941 Powell. 233 00:14:06,861 --> 00:14:07,701 Yes. 234 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:09,421 Yeah. 235 00:14:11,261 --> 00:14:12,101 I see. 236 00:14:14,101 --> 00:14:15,101 Thank you. 237 00:14:15,701 --> 00:14:16,701 [hangs up receiver] 238 00:14:17,901 --> 00:14:18,781 How many? 239 00:14:19,461 --> 00:14:21,021 -We're four short. -[Thatcher] Oh. 240 00:14:21,101 --> 00:14:23,421 Not enough to stop it going to a second ballot. 241 00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:27,981 Oh, it's betrayal of the very worst kind. 242 00:14:29,821 --> 00:14:30,821 [sighs] 243 00:14:30,901 --> 00:14:33,501 They owe their political lives to me. 244 00:14:33,581 --> 00:14:36,141 -It's despicable. -Oh, those little men! 245 00:14:38,381 --> 00:14:40,981 And you want me to get on my knees to them? 246 00:14:42,621 --> 00:14:43,461 Never. 247 00:14:47,221 --> 00:14:49,221 Have them brought in to me. 248 00:14:50,781 --> 00:14:52,501 One by one. 249 00:14:53,181 --> 00:14:55,181 [overlapping chatter] 250 00:15:12,341 --> 00:15:16,261 First item on the agenda is Her Royal Highness's forthcoming… 251 00:15:17,061 --> 00:15:19,221 solo visit to New York. 252 00:15:19,741 --> 00:15:21,461 Looking at the itinerary, 253 00:15:22,021 --> 00:15:25,581 our concern would be that it seems to be challenging. 254 00:15:26,901 --> 00:15:28,781 Several appointments each day. 255 00:15:28,861 --> 00:15:31,541 -It's just four days, Edward. -In multiple locations. 256 00:15:32,941 --> 00:15:36,221 We all know the toll a schedule of engagements can take, 257 00:15:36,301 --> 00:15:41,181 and I'm sure no one here would wish to see the Princess of Wales overstretched. 258 00:15:41,981 --> 00:15:43,941 Certainly not at a risk to her own health. 259 00:15:44,021 --> 00:15:46,541 The Princess of Wales's health is exemplary. 260 00:15:46,621 --> 00:15:47,981 Mental health. 261 00:15:50,021 --> 00:15:53,621 Not to mention the amount of time she'd be separated from her children 262 00:15:54,141 --> 00:15:56,181 and the distress that might cause her. 263 00:15:56,261 --> 00:15:59,821 The Princess of Wales is well aware of what's required of her 264 00:15:59,901 --> 00:16:02,381 and is very much looking forward to the trip. 265 00:16:08,341 --> 00:16:10,581 [reporters chattering] 266 00:16:20,421 --> 00:16:23,581 I have only one question. 267 00:16:26,301 --> 00:16:27,781 Will you support me? 268 00:16:29,661 --> 00:16:30,781 Of course. 269 00:16:30,861 --> 00:16:34,141 You will always have my unconditional support. 270 00:16:34,221 --> 00:16:35,461 I am with you. 271 00:16:35,541 --> 00:16:36,781 You can always count on me. 272 00:16:39,381 --> 00:16:40,301 The problem is… 273 00:16:40,381 --> 00:16:42,621 …the numbers are against you… 274 00:16:42,701 --> 00:16:45,941 [man 4] …and your inability to unite the party behind you… 275 00:16:46,021 --> 00:16:46,901 …over Europe… 276 00:16:46,981 --> 00:16:48,061 …over the economy… 277 00:16:48,141 --> 00:16:49,021 …over taxation… 278 00:16:49,101 --> 00:16:52,141 [man 3] Perhaps if your methods were less confrontational… 279 00:16:52,221 --> 00:16:55,821 …and if you'd consulted with Cabinet rather than ruling by decree… 280 00:16:55,901 --> 00:16:59,301 …your rejection of core Conservative values, 281 00:16:59,381 --> 00:17:00,501 of moderation… 282 00:17:00,581 --> 00:17:01,661 …compassion… 283 00:17:01,741 --> 00:17:04,061 …and your total disregard for the center ground… 284 00:17:04,141 --> 00:17:05,621 [man 6] …leaves you vulnerable. 285 00:17:06,181 --> 00:17:08,261 [man 3] Exposed. Isolated. 286 00:17:09,541 --> 00:17:11,701 I shall always defend you, Margaret. 287 00:17:11,781 --> 00:17:13,341 Always. 288 00:17:14,181 --> 00:17:15,021 But… 289 00:17:15,101 --> 00:17:16,341 …as your friend… 290 00:17:17,141 --> 00:17:18,421 …as an ally… 291 00:17:18,501 --> 00:17:20,781 …I think I speak for the majority when I say… 292 00:17:20,861 --> 00:17:24,501 [man 1] …the time might have come for some new blood. 293 00:17:26,461 --> 00:17:29,341 [man 2] …and that it would be in everyone's best interests 294 00:17:29,421 --> 00:17:32,381 if you were to… stand down. 295 00:17:38,461 --> 00:17:39,621 [door shuts] 296 00:17:48,181 --> 00:17:49,021 Bastards. 297 00:17:51,981 --> 00:17:53,141 The bloody lot of them. 298 00:17:54,381 --> 00:17:55,221 Murderers. 299 00:17:55,981 --> 00:17:57,141 [inhales deeply] 300 00:17:58,781 --> 00:17:59,981 [Denis scoffs] 301 00:18:02,061 --> 00:18:03,021 [Denis sniffles] 302 00:18:03,741 --> 00:18:05,141 So… [clears throat] 303 00:18:05,221 --> 00:18:06,261 …is that it? 304 00:18:07,661 --> 00:18:08,621 Is that the end? 305 00:18:10,061 --> 00:18:10,901 No. 306 00:18:12,741 --> 00:18:14,781 I still have one card to play. 307 00:18:15,861 --> 00:18:18,341 [man on radio] Britain will send more troops to the Gulf. 308 00:18:18,421 --> 00:18:20,781 The defence secretary Tom King has said Britain… 309 00:18:20,861 --> 00:18:24,501 [Thatcher] President Bush called to tell me he thought it barbaric. 310 00:18:25,021 --> 00:18:28,301 Chancellor Kohl said it was inhumane. 311 00:18:28,861 --> 00:18:32,261 Mikhail Gorbachev reminded me that ten years ago, 312 00:18:32,341 --> 00:18:35,941 it was Britain holding democratic elections 313 00:18:36,021 --> 00:18:39,301 whilst Russia staged cabinet coups. 314 00:18:39,381 --> 00:18:41,061 Now it's the other way round. 315 00:18:41,141 --> 00:18:43,621 What they all agree on 316 00:18:43,701 --> 00:18:48,981 is that getting rid of me is an act of national self-harm, 317 00:18:49,061 --> 00:18:51,141 which is why I've come to you, ma'am, 318 00:18:51,221 --> 00:18:55,901 that together we may act in the national self-interest. 319 00:18:55,981 --> 00:18:57,021 How might I help? 320 00:18:57,781 --> 00:18:59,981 [Thatcher] By dissolving Parliament. 321 00:19:01,821 --> 00:19:02,661 What? 322 00:19:03,221 --> 00:19:05,981 We are on the brink of war. 323 00:19:07,141 --> 00:19:10,301 What kind of signal does that give to our enemies, 324 00:19:10,381 --> 00:19:11,621 to Saddam, 325 00:19:11,701 --> 00:19:14,741 if we were to change leadership now? 326 00:19:14,821 --> 00:19:18,141 It would make us look hopelessly weak and divided. 327 00:19:18,221 --> 00:19:19,821 I agree it's not ideal. 328 00:19:20,501 --> 00:19:22,621 Have you consulted Cabinet on this matter? 329 00:19:22,701 --> 00:19:24,581 I have not, ma'am. 330 00:19:24,661 --> 00:19:27,181 Surely that would be the normal course of action? 331 00:19:27,261 --> 00:19:29,221 With all due respect, 332 00:19:29,301 --> 00:19:32,221 the decision to dissolve Parliament 333 00:19:32,301 --> 00:19:35,621 is in the gift of the prime minister alone. 334 00:19:36,221 --> 00:19:40,341 It is entirely within my power to do this if I see fit. 335 00:19:40,421 --> 00:19:41,501 You are correct. 336 00:19:42,421 --> 00:19:45,541 Technically, it is within your power to request this. 337 00:19:46,501 --> 00:19:48,261 But we must all ask ourselves 338 00:19:48,781 --> 00:19:52,101 when to exercise those things that are within our power and when not to. 339 00:19:53,341 --> 00:19:56,701 Your first instinct as a person, I think, is often to act. 340 00:19:57,301 --> 00:19:58,901 To exercise power. 341 00:19:58,981 --> 00:20:01,261 Well, that is what people want in a leader. 342 00:20:01,821 --> 00:20:05,261 To show conviction and strength. 343 00:20:05,341 --> 00:20:06,621 To lead. 344 00:20:08,941 --> 00:20:10,661 I'm merely asking the question. 345 00:20:11,261 --> 00:20:15,741 Whether it is correct to exercise a power simply because it is yours to use. 346 00:20:17,221 --> 00:20:19,981 Power is nothing without authority. 347 00:20:20,861 --> 00:20:22,221 And at this moment, 348 00:20:23,341 --> 00:20:24,981 your Cabinet is against you. 349 00:20:25,501 --> 00:20:27,501 Your party is against you. 350 00:20:28,021 --> 00:20:29,661 And if the polls are to be believed, 351 00:20:29,741 --> 00:20:31,821 if you were to call a general election today, 352 00:20:31,901 --> 00:20:33,021 you would not win. 353 00:20:33,541 --> 00:20:36,341 Which suggests the country is against you. 354 00:20:37,941 --> 00:20:40,021 Perhaps the time has come 355 00:20:40,661 --> 00:20:42,981 for you to try doing nothing for once. 356 00:20:44,901 --> 00:20:46,301 The difference is… 357 00:20:47,901 --> 00:20:49,341 you have power… 358 00:20:50,261 --> 00:20:51,541 in doing nothing. 359 00:20:53,101 --> 00:20:53,941 I… 360 00:20:54,941 --> 00:20:56,341 will have nothing. 361 00:20:58,221 --> 00:20:59,741 You will have your dignity. 362 00:21:00,341 --> 00:21:03,421 There is no dignity in the wilderness. 363 00:21:03,501 --> 00:21:05,741 Then might I suggest you don't think of it as that. 364 00:21:06,981 --> 00:21:10,181 Think of it as an opportunity to pursue other passions. 365 00:21:11,581 --> 00:21:13,261 I have other loves. 366 00:21:14,941 --> 00:21:17,461 My husband, my children… 367 00:21:18,741 --> 00:21:23,661 But this job is my only true passion. 368 00:21:25,541 --> 00:21:27,741 And to have it taken from me… 369 00:21:29,141 --> 00:21:32,021 stolen from me so cruelly… 370 00:21:34,541 --> 00:21:36,501 What hurts the most 371 00:21:36,981 --> 00:21:40,341 is that we had come so far. 372 00:21:41,901 --> 00:21:46,261 And now to have the opportunity to finish the job 373 00:21:46,341 --> 00:21:49,541 snatched away at the very last… 374 00:21:59,261 --> 00:22:01,261 [indistinct announcement] 375 00:22:09,781 --> 00:22:11,261 [Diana yells] I'm in hell! 376 00:22:11,341 --> 00:22:13,181 And he just hates me. 377 00:22:14,061 --> 00:22:15,741 And wants me to fail. 378 00:22:16,901 --> 00:22:18,581 He tells everyone I'm mad. 379 00:22:21,261 --> 00:22:23,101 They treat me like I'm mad. 380 00:22:23,621 --> 00:22:25,741 And I'm starting to feel mad. 381 00:22:26,501 --> 00:22:28,501 Why did I agree to this trip? 382 00:22:29,061 --> 00:22:31,301 I'm going to fall flat on my face. 383 00:22:36,621 --> 00:22:38,621 [engines roaring] 384 00:22:44,141 --> 00:22:46,141 [crowd cheering, chattering] 385 00:22:50,141 --> 00:22:50,981 All right? 386 00:22:51,501 --> 00:22:52,341 I think so. 387 00:22:58,141 --> 00:23:00,381 -[speaks indistinctly] -Lovely to meet you. Hello. 388 00:23:01,661 --> 00:23:02,701 Lovely to meet you. 389 00:23:03,621 --> 00:23:05,861 [reporter 1] Princess Diana, one quick… 390 00:23:05,941 --> 00:23:07,501 [overlapping chatter] 391 00:23:07,581 --> 00:23:09,581 [reporter 2] Over here, please, Lady Di! 392 00:23:19,981 --> 00:23:23,181 [theme from New York, New York playing] 393 00:23:32,861 --> 00:23:34,861 [chattering] 394 00:24:12,621 --> 00:24:14,021 [music ends] 395 00:24:14,101 --> 00:24:16,541 -[water running] -[retching, coughing] 396 00:24:18,461 --> 00:24:19,781 [retching continues] 397 00:24:26,221 --> 00:24:28,221 [toilet flushes] 398 00:24:50,581 --> 00:24:52,581 [light traffic noises outside] 399 00:25:07,821 --> 00:25:09,821 -[sirens whooping] -[horns honking] 400 00:25:14,021 --> 00:25:15,781 [man] I love you, Diana! 401 00:25:15,861 --> 00:25:17,381 [woman] Diana! Diana! 402 00:25:27,541 --> 00:25:30,141 -[hip-hop music playing] -[cheering] 403 00:25:47,621 --> 00:25:49,621 [crowd cheering] 404 00:26:01,661 --> 00:26:04,381 Thank you so much. That's so kind. Thank you. 405 00:26:04,461 --> 00:26:05,741 -Your Royal Highness. -Hello. 406 00:26:07,341 --> 00:26:09,061 We're so thrilled to have you with us. 407 00:26:10,341 --> 00:26:12,181 This is Linda Correa. 408 00:26:12,261 --> 00:26:13,461 Lovely to meet you, miss. 409 00:26:14,141 --> 00:26:16,981 They told us there was a waiting list for public housing… 410 00:26:17,061 --> 00:26:19,581 [reporter] A modest hospital on the wrong side of Harlem 411 00:26:19,661 --> 00:26:22,741 very few American politicians have ever even thought to visit, 412 00:26:22,821 --> 00:26:24,581 but today this is the final stop 413 00:26:24,661 --> 00:26:27,541 on Princess Diana's whirlwind tour of New York. 414 00:26:32,861 --> 00:26:34,021 Your Royal Highness. 415 00:26:40,741 --> 00:26:44,861 [doctor] We established the pediatric AIDS unit two years ago 416 00:26:44,941 --> 00:26:48,901 to deal with the rising problem of infants suffering with the disease. 417 00:26:48,981 --> 00:26:50,981 [babies crying] 418 00:26:58,581 --> 00:26:59,421 Hello. 419 00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:04,741 Many of the children had been abandoned 420 00:27:05,261 --> 00:27:08,021 or have parents who are addicts or sick with the virus. 421 00:27:08,101 --> 00:27:12,141 They desperately need foster parents, but people are too afraid to take them. 422 00:27:12,221 --> 00:27:13,181 Why? 423 00:27:14,421 --> 00:27:17,541 Because of the stigma. The fear of the disease. 424 00:27:26,381 --> 00:27:28,861 [people gasping softly, murmuring] 425 00:27:35,061 --> 00:27:37,381 [reporter] Chants of "We want the princess" were heard 426 00:27:37,461 --> 00:27:39,421 in New York's Harlem neighborhood today. 427 00:27:39,501 --> 00:27:40,821 A triumphant end to a trip 428 00:27:40,901 --> 00:27:43,461 which has seen the princess fly solo for the first time, 429 00:27:43,541 --> 00:27:47,221 hitting new heights without her husband, Prince Charles. 430 00:27:47,301 --> 00:27:50,821 We love her. She's beautiful. She's warm. 431 00:27:50,901 --> 00:27:53,981 She's perfect. They don't want her there, we would love to have her here. 432 00:27:54,701 --> 00:27:58,381 [woman] The way she hugged that boy in the hospital nearly broke my heart. 433 00:27:58,461 --> 00:28:00,661 [man 1] Prince Charles is a lucky man. 434 00:28:00,741 --> 00:28:04,101 [man 2] Princess Di, thank you for bringing love and vitality 435 00:28:04,181 --> 00:28:05,901 -to the Lower East Side! -[cheering] 436 00:28:05,981 --> 00:28:08,421 She knows how to make people feel good, 437 00:28:08,501 --> 00:28:11,021 and that is a God-given talent. Am I right? 438 00:28:11,101 --> 00:28:12,141 [woman] Yeah! 439 00:28:12,221 --> 00:28:14,221 [cheers fading out] 440 00:28:14,301 --> 00:28:16,301 [clock ticking] 441 00:28:22,901 --> 00:28:24,901 [thunder rumbling] 442 00:28:26,261 --> 00:28:29,941 [Camilla] If you care about me as much as you say you do, sir, you will let go 443 00:28:30,021 --> 00:28:32,021 of these ideas of breaking it off with Diana. 444 00:28:32,901 --> 00:28:33,741 Why? 445 00:28:34,981 --> 00:28:36,741 Don't you want us to be free, to… 446 00:28:37,581 --> 00:28:39,021 live our life in the open? 447 00:28:40,421 --> 00:28:41,301 I do. 448 00:28:41,381 --> 00:28:43,301 [sighs deeply] 449 00:28:45,061 --> 00:28:48,141 But I want to be humiliated and attacked even less. 450 00:28:49,501 --> 00:28:52,661 That's what'll happen if you put me in a popularity contest against her. 451 00:28:53,381 --> 00:28:54,261 I will lose. 452 00:28:54,341 --> 00:28:56,101 -Oh… -[Camilla] I'm an old woman. 453 00:28:56,701 --> 00:28:58,341 I'm a married woman. 454 00:28:58,421 --> 00:29:01,101 Nowhere near as pretty, nowhere near as radiant. 455 00:29:02,661 --> 00:29:05,141 Someone who looks like me has no place in a fairy tale. 456 00:29:06,261 --> 00:29:08,381 That's all people want, is a fairy tale. 457 00:29:08,461 --> 00:29:11,101 If they knew the truth about our feelings for one another, 458 00:29:11,181 --> 00:29:12,461 they'd have their fairy tale. 459 00:29:12,541 --> 00:29:13,381 [Camilla] No! 460 00:29:14,021 --> 00:29:17,461 To be the protagonist of a fairy tale, you must first be wronged. 461 00:29:18,061 --> 00:29:18,981 A victim. 462 00:29:20,941 --> 00:29:23,341 Which, if we were to become public, we would make her. 463 00:29:25,181 --> 00:29:27,941 In the narrative laws of fairy tales versus reality… 464 00:29:28,981 --> 00:29:30,861 the fairy tale always prevails. 465 00:29:32,141 --> 00:29:35,861 She will… always defeat me in the court of public opinion. 466 00:29:35,941 --> 00:29:37,581 What is all this, my darling? 467 00:29:39,101 --> 00:29:40,661 What's got into you today? 468 00:29:44,821 --> 00:29:46,021 [Camilla] It's reality, sir. 469 00:29:48,461 --> 00:29:50,141 She's the Princess of Wales. 470 00:29:51,381 --> 00:29:54,301 She's a future queen, the mother to a future king. 471 00:29:56,461 --> 00:29:59,221 -And I'm just-- -My one… true love. 472 00:30:03,981 --> 00:30:04,981 A mistress. 473 00:30:06,261 --> 00:30:10,541 Mistress to the Prince of Wales, just like my great-grandmother Alice Keppel 474 00:30:10,621 --> 00:30:14,701 was the mistress to the Prince of Wales, your great-great-grandfather. 475 00:30:14,781 --> 00:30:16,581 And he loved her till the end. 476 00:30:26,421 --> 00:30:27,581 Leave this with me. 477 00:30:34,381 --> 00:30:37,181 [newsman] Number 10 is a house and a home as well as an office, 478 00:30:37,261 --> 00:30:39,421 and as Margaret Thatcher left it after so long, 479 00:30:39,501 --> 00:30:40,981 there was applause to be heard, 480 00:30:41,061 --> 00:30:44,181 and, I'm told, a tear or two shed among the unseen staff. 481 00:30:44,261 --> 00:30:47,221 Mrs. Thatcher's own voice had an emotional edge to it. 482 00:30:47,301 --> 00:30:49,101 Ladies and gentlemen, 483 00:30:49,661 --> 00:30:54,101 we are leaving Downing Street for the last time 484 00:30:54,181 --> 00:30:58,701 after 11 and a half wonderful years. 485 00:30:58,781 --> 00:31:01,901 [newswoman] It was the end of an era dominated by this woman 486 00:31:01,981 --> 00:31:04,621 whose name has become a political byword. 487 00:31:04,701 --> 00:31:06,421 Eleven years of Thatcherism. 488 00:31:06,941 --> 00:31:09,501 [newsman] She recovered quickly for one last wave. 489 00:31:11,301 --> 00:31:13,781 But then the Iron Lady's composure almost broke. 490 00:31:13,861 --> 00:31:16,101 Watch her face as she reaches her car. 491 00:31:23,981 --> 00:31:27,821 Friends say that she is deeply shocked by the seeming injustice of it all. 492 00:31:27,941 --> 00:31:29,181 Three election victories 493 00:31:29,261 --> 00:31:32,381 and a clear, though insufficient, majority in the first ballot 494 00:31:32,461 --> 00:31:34,821 rewarded, as she sees it, with the sack. 495 00:31:34,901 --> 00:31:38,261 Mrs. Thatcher, of course, has a new home now in Dulwich… 496 00:31:38,341 --> 00:31:40,341 Martin? Could you ask the prime-- 497 00:31:40,421 --> 00:31:43,021 Could you ask Mrs. Thatcher to come and see me? 498 00:32:05,021 --> 00:32:06,621 When I ascended the throne… 499 00:32:07,741 --> 00:32:08,821 I was just a girl. 500 00:32:09,501 --> 00:32:10,901 Twenty-five years old. 501 00:32:12,021 --> 00:32:13,181 And I was surrounded 502 00:32:13,261 --> 00:32:16,341 by stuffy, rather patronizing gray-haired men everywhere 503 00:32:16,421 --> 00:32:17,781 telling me what to do. 504 00:32:19,701 --> 00:32:20,981 And I wanted to say… 505 00:32:22,461 --> 00:32:26,901 the way you dealt with all your stuffy, rather patronizing gray-haired men 506 00:32:26,981 --> 00:32:28,701 throughout your time in office 507 00:32:29,221 --> 00:32:30,341 and saw them all off… 508 00:32:30,421 --> 00:32:32,261 Well, they've had their revenge now. 509 00:32:35,141 --> 00:32:38,941 I was shocked by the way in which you were forced to leave office. 510 00:32:40,421 --> 00:32:42,461 And I wanted to offer my sympathy. 511 00:32:43,701 --> 00:32:45,861 Not just as Queen to prime minister… 512 00:32:47,581 --> 00:32:48,701 but woman to woman. 513 00:32:50,621 --> 00:32:52,221 Throughout the time we worked together, 514 00:32:52,301 --> 00:32:55,021 people tended to focus on our many differences. 515 00:32:57,341 --> 00:33:00,221 Which was lazy and misleading, I think. 516 00:33:01,581 --> 00:33:04,221 And overlooked the many things we do have in common. 517 00:33:05,581 --> 00:33:06,581 Our generation. 518 00:33:07,781 --> 00:33:08,861 Our Christianity. 519 00:33:09,381 --> 00:33:10,541 Our work ethic. 520 00:33:11,381 --> 00:33:12,541 Our sense of duty. 521 00:33:14,781 --> 00:33:15,781 But above all… 522 00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:19,421 our devotion to this country that we both love. 523 00:33:21,821 --> 00:33:23,181 So with that in mind… 524 00:33:37,261 --> 00:33:38,781 The Order of Merit… 525 00:33:39,741 --> 00:33:42,221 is not awarded by some faceless committee. 526 00:33:43,621 --> 00:33:46,181 It comes at the personal discretion of the sovereign 527 00:33:46,901 --> 00:33:50,941 and is in recognition of exceptionally meritorious service. 528 00:33:52,461 --> 00:33:54,941 It is limited to just 24 recipients, 529 00:33:55,541 --> 00:33:57,141 no matter their background. 530 00:33:58,341 --> 00:34:00,221 You could be the daughter of a duke. 531 00:34:01,381 --> 00:34:02,461 Or a greengrocer. 532 00:34:05,861 --> 00:34:08,621 What matters… is your accomplishments. 533 00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:11,261 And nobody can deny… 534 00:34:12,341 --> 00:34:15,221 that this is a very different country now 535 00:34:15,301 --> 00:34:18,501 to the one inherited by our first woman prime minister. 536 00:34:23,941 --> 00:34:26,301 Now, it's normally handed over in the box. 537 00:34:29,181 --> 00:34:30,741 But if you would allow me… 538 00:34:46,061 --> 00:34:47,021 Congratulations. 539 00:35:08,541 --> 00:35:09,741 [handbag rattles] 540 00:35:18,621 --> 00:35:19,781 [doors open] 541 00:35:27,861 --> 00:35:29,021 [doors shut] 542 00:35:35,141 --> 00:35:37,461 [classical music plays loudly inside car] 543 00:35:52,581 --> 00:35:53,861 [inhales] 544 00:35:53,941 --> 00:35:55,221 [exhales] 545 00:36:03,661 --> 00:36:05,101 [doors open] 546 00:36:13,181 --> 00:36:14,461 It's kind of you to come. 547 00:36:15,181 --> 00:36:16,621 Why would you say that? 548 00:36:16,701 --> 00:36:18,781 I think even my sternest critics would concede 549 00:36:18,861 --> 00:36:21,501 that my first solo trip has not been a disaster, 550 00:36:21,581 --> 00:36:23,781 that I didn't fall totally flat on my face. 551 00:36:23,861 --> 00:36:28,101 So I can only imagine, hope, that you've come here to apologize, 552 00:36:28,181 --> 00:36:29,621 to eat your words, 553 00:36:30,261 --> 00:36:31,541 and congratulate me. 554 00:36:33,901 --> 00:36:37,101 Your… capacity for self-delusion… 555 00:36:37,901 --> 00:36:39,381 never ceases to amaze me. 556 00:36:41,621 --> 00:36:43,261 We're all glad you're back where you belong 557 00:36:43,341 --> 00:36:46,861 without too much damage done. You have two sons that need you. 558 00:36:46,941 --> 00:36:50,221 Our sons have easily survived me being away four days. 559 00:36:50,301 --> 00:36:52,781 I'm not sure one can say the same for the rest of us. 560 00:36:56,061 --> 00:36:59,661 The exquisite selfishness of your motives 561 00:36:59,741 --> 00:37:00,661 and the… 562 00:37:02,461 --> 00:37:05,501 the calculated vulgarity of the antics… 563 00:37:06,741 --> 00:37:09,461 knowing full well the headlines they would get. 564 00:37:09,541 --> 00:37:10,661 "Antics"? 565 00:37:10,741 --> 00:37:12,381 Grandstanding like that. 566 00:37:14,141 --> 00:37:15,701 You think we couldn't do that too? 567 00:37:15,781 --> 00:37:18,861 Theatrically hug the wretched and the dispossessed 568 00:37:18,941 --> 00:37:21,261 and cover ourselves in glory on the front pages? 569 00:37:21,341 --> 00:37:22,501 [Diana] I doubt it. 570 00:37:22,581 --> 00:37:25,421 You barely find it in yourselves to hug your own. 571 00:37:25,501 --> 00:37:26,701 I hug who I want to. 572 00:37:27,541 --> 00:37:28,781 I hug who I love. 573 00:37:29,781 --> 00:37:32,581 Particularly when they are affected by the selfishness of others 574 00:37:32,661 --> 00:37:33,501 and need cheering up. 575 00:37:33,581 --> 00:37:35,701 -Who are you referring to? -Camilla. 576 00:37:36,821 --> 00:37:38,741 Why would I care about her? 577 00:37:38,821 --> 00:37:40,301 [yells] Because I care about her! 578 00:37:42,021 --> 00:37:45,301 Morning, noon, and night, I care about her! 579 00:37:46,821 --> 00:37:48,021 And you hurt her. 580 00:37:52,381 --> 00:37:53,621 And if you hurt her… 581 00:37:55,541 --> 00:37:56,381 you hurt me. 582 00:38:02,061 --> 00:38:03,381 Camilla is who I want. 583 00:38:04,341 --> 00:38:06,381 That is where my loyalties lie. 584 00:38:06,461 --> 00:38:09,821 -That is who my priority is. -Not the mother of your children? 585 00:38:09,901 --> 00:38:13,301 -Don't bring the boys into this. -All right. Not the woman you married! 586 00:38:13,381 --> 00:38:17,181 [yells] I refuse to be blamed any longer for this grotesque misalliance! 587 00:38:18,581 --> 00:38:20,141 I wash my hands of it! 588 00:38:33,861 --> 00:38:35,421 If you have a complaint… 589 00:38:37,101 --> 00:38:37,941 about… 590 00:38:39,741 --> 00:38:40,981 not being loved… 591 00:38:43,021 --> 00:38:45,021 or appreciated in this marriage… 592 00:38:47,861 --> 00:38:50,861 I suggest you take it up with the people who arranged it. 593 00:39:03,021 --> 00:39:05,341 [doors open and shut] 594 00:39:09,381 --> 00:39:10,981 [water running] 595 00:39:35,541 --> 00:39:38,261 ["Baby, It's Cold Outside" by Ella Fitzgerald playing] 596 00:39:43,821 --> 00:39:47,581 -♪ I really can't stay ♪ -♪ But, baby, it's cold outside ♪ 597 00:39:47,661 --> 00:39:51,301 -♪ I've got to go away ♪ -♪ But, baby, it's cold outside ♪ 598 00:39:51,381 --> 00:39:54,621 -♪ This evening has been ♪ -♪ Been hoping that you'd drop in ♪ 599 00:39:54,701 --> 00:39:56,701 ♪ So very nice ♪ 600 00:39:56,781 --> 00:40:00,341 ♪ I'll hold your hands They're just like ice ♪ 601 00:40:00,421 --> 00:40:04,701 -♪ My mother will start to worry ♪ -♪ Beautiful, what's your hurry? ♪ 602 00:40:04,781 --> 00:40:08,701 -♪ And father will be pacing the floor ♪ -♪ Listen to the fireplace roar ♪ 603 00:40:08,781 --> 00:40:13,061 -♪ So really I'd better scurry ♪ -♪Beautiful, please don't hurry ♪ 604 00:40:13,141 --> 00:40:17,061 -♪ Well, maybe just a half a drink more ♪ -♪ Put some records on while I pour ♪ 605 00:40:17,141 --> 00:40:21,461 -♪ The neighbors might think ♪ -♪ But, baby, it's bad out there ♪ 606 00:40:21,541 --> 00:40:25,461 -♪ Say, what's in this drink? ♪ -♪ No cabs to be had out there ♪ 607 00:40:25,541 --> 00:40:28,341 -♪ I wish I knew how ♪ -♪ Your eyes are like starlight now ♪ 608 00:40:28,421 --> 00:40:30,141 ♪ To break the spell ♪ 609 00:40:30,221 --> 00:40:34,061 ♪ I'll take your hat Your hair looks swell ♪ 610 00:40:34,141 --> 00:40:38,221 -♪ I ought to say no, no, no, sir ♪ -♪ Mind if I move in closer ♪ 611 00:40:38,301 --> 00:40:42,501 -♪ At least I'm gonna say that I tried ♪ -♪ What's the sense of hurting my pride? ♪ 612 00:40:42,581 --> 00:40:45,901 -♪ I really can't stay ♪ -♪ Oh, baby, don't hold out, baby ♪ 613 00:40:45,981 --> 00:40:49,061 ♪ Ah, but it's cold outside… ♪ 614 00:40:49,141 --> 00:40:52,461 -[woman] Sir… -[overlapping chatter] 615 00:40:52,541 --> 00:40:55,301 ♪ But, baby, it's cold outside ♪ 616 00:40:55,381 --> 00:40:59,421 -♪ The answer is no ♪ -♪ But, baby, it's cold outside ♪ 617 00:40:59,501 --> 00:41:02,381 -♪ This welcome has been ♪ -♪ How lucky that you dropped in ♪ 618 00:41:02,461 --> 00:41:04,181 ♪ So nice and warm ♪ 619 00:41:04,261 --> 00:41:07,941 ♪ Look out the window at that storm ♪ 620 00:41:08,021 --> 00:41:12,261 -♪ My sister will be suspicious ♪ -♪ Gosh, your lips look delicious ♪ 621 00:41:12,341 --> 00:41:14,861 -♪ My brother will be there at the door ♪ -[dogs barking] 622 00:41:14,941 --> 00:41:18,781 -♪ Waves upon a tropical shore ♪ -♪ My maiden aunt's mind is vicious ♪ 623 00:41:18,861 --> 00:41:21,821 ♪ Gosh, your lips are delicious… ♪ 624 00:41:21,901 --> 00:41:23,381 [Anne] He is learning. He is. 625 00:41:23,461 --> 00:41:24,741 He's doing much better. 626 00:41:24,821 --> 00:41:26,421 She tells jokes, 627 00:41:26,501 --> 00:41:29,981 but she starts with the punchline, which sounds funnier than the joke. 628 00:41:30,061 --> 00:41:31,181 [Diana] There you are. 629 00:41:32,941 --> 00:41:33,861 Mama. 630 00:41:37,581 --> 00:41:41,701 Well, I'm sure no one told you, but I made a request through my office 631 00:41:42,341 --> 00:41:45,421 for us to find a moment to speak together, in private. 632 00:41:46,621 --> 00:41:48,421 I hope you're not wanting to talk here. 633 00:41:49,181 --> 00:41:50,861 No, not here. 634 00:41:50,941 --> 00:41:52,781 Or now. The dogs need feeding. 635 00:41:52,861 --> 00:41:54,181 -[Diana] The dogs. -Yes, the dogs. 636 00:41:54,261 --> 00:41:55,781 We'll have to find another time. 637 00:42:04,101 --> 00:42:06,301 -[dogs whimpering] -[Elizabeth] Who's hungry? 638 00:42:06,821 --> 00:42:07,941 Are you all hungry? 639 00:42:08,581 --> 00:42:10,661 -[barking] -Who'll tell me about their day? 640 00:42:10,741 --> 00:42:13,141 Hello! Have you had a lovely day? Have you had fun? 641 00:42:20,941 --> 00:42:23,581 -What are you doing here? -I hope you don't mind. 642 00:42:24,301 --> 00:42:28,021 -I thought we might find a moment alone. -Honestly, both of you! 643 00:42:28,541 --> 00:42:29,381 [Charles] Both of us? 644 00:42:29,461 --> 00:42:31,941 You and your wife ambushing me everywhere I go 645 00:42:32,021 --> 00:42:33,941 with anxious looks, wanting to talk. 646 00:42:34,021 --> 00:42:35,541 I do want to talk, Mummy. 647 00:42:36,781 --> 00:42:37,981 We need to talk. 648 00:42:39,421 --> 00:42:40,421 Fine. Let's talk. 649 00:42:41,181 --> 00:42:43,541 Might I request we do it like privy counsellors? 650 00:42:43,621 --> 00:42:45,621 On our feet to keep it brief. 651 00:42:52,781 --> 00:42:54,061 It's the marriage. 652 00:42:54,141 --> 00:42:56,541 I had a horrible idea we were going in this direction. 653 00:42:56,621 --> 00:42:58,141 [Charles] I have done my best. 654 00:42:58,661 --> 00:43:00,861 My very best, and I am suffering! 655 00:43:01,741 --> 00:43:06,021 No, you are not suffering. We're suffering having to put up with this! 656 00:43:06,101 --> 00:43:08,461 -[grunts] -Let me make something clear. 657 00:43:08,541 --> 00:43:11,781 When people look at you and Diana, they see two privileged young people 658 00:43:11,861 --> 00:43:13,061 who, through good fortune, 659 00:43:13,141 --> 00:43:15,501 ended up with everything one could dream of in life. 660 00:43:15,581 --> 00:43:18,021 No one, not a single breathing, living soul anywhere, 661 00:43:18,101 --> 00:43:19,261 sees cause for suffering. 662 00:43:19,341 --> 00:43:21,341 -They would if they knew. -Knew what? 663 00:43:22,181 --> 00:43:24,341 They know that you betray your wife 664 00:43:24,421 --> 00:43:26,181 and make no attempt to hide it. 665 00:43:26,261 --> 00:43:28,781 They know that thanks to you, she has psychological problems 666 00:43:28,861 --> 00:43:31,821 and eats or doesn't eat or whatever it is she does or doesn't do. 667 00:43:31,901 --> 00:43:35,981 They know you're a spoiled, immature man, endlessly complaining unnecessarily, 668 00:43:36,061 --> 00:43:39,461 married to a spoiled, immature woman, endlessly complaining unnecessarily. 669 00:43:39,941 --> 00:43:41,701 And we are all heartily sick of it. 670 00:43:42,221 --> 00:43:45,261 All anyone wants is for the pair of you to pull yourselves together, 671 00:43:45,341 --> 00:43:48,301 stop making spectacles of yourselves, and make this marriage 672 00:43:48,381 --> 00:43:51,181 and your enormously privileged positions in life work. 673 00:43:51,261 --> 00:43:52,741 And if I want to separate? 674 00:43:52,821 --> 00:43:56,101 You will not separate or divorce or let the side down in any way. 675 00:43:56,181 --> 00:43:58,461 -And if one day you expect to be king-- -I do. 676 00:43:58,541 --> 00:44:01,141 Then might I suggest you start to behave like one. 677 00:44:06,541 --> 00:44:08,261 [paper rustling] 678 00:44:12,181 --> 00:44:13,021 [clears throat] 679 00:44:17,261 --> 00:44:19,261 [footsteps receding] 680 00:44:30,421 --> 00:44:32,741 [overlapping chatter and laughter] 681 00:44:40,261 --> 00:44:41,781 -Rabbit, right in the head. -No! 682 00:45:02,061 --> 00:45:04,061 [choir singing on record] 683 00:45:04,141 --> 00:45:05,381 Have you seen Diana? 684 00:45:08,941 --> 00:45:10,581 [knocking at door] 685 00:45:14,781 --> 00:45:15,621 Come. 686 00:45:19,221 --> 00:45:20,261 [Philip] Hello? 687 00:45:21,341 --> 00:45:22,181 Ah. 688 00:45:22,261 --> 00:45:23,461 Oh, please, no. 689 00:45:23,541 --> 00:45:24,741 [chuckles softly] 690 00:45:24,821 --> 00:45:27,181 I, uh, I came to see if you're all right. 691 00:45:32,341 --> 00:45:35,781 Do you know, I… I don't think I've ever seen inside this room. 692 00:45:37,101 --> 00:45:38,301 [both chuckle softly] 693 00:45:40,301 --> 00:45:42,221 We can be a rough bunch in this family. 694 00:45:44,901 --> 00:45:46,421 And I'm sure, on occasion, 695 00:45:47,181 --> 00:45:49,141 to a sensitive creature like you, 696 00:45:49,221 --> 00:45:50,301 it must feel like… 697 00:45:51,781 --> 00:45:54,741 Well, let me ask. What does it feel like? 698 00:45:57,541 --> 00:45:59,741 A cold, frozen tundra. 699 00:46:01,261 --> 00:46:02,141 Right. 700 00:46:03,701 --> 00:46:04,661 Like that, then. 701 00:46:05,221 --> 00:46:07,461 An icy, dark, 702 00:46:08,301 --> 00:46:09,901 loveless cave… 703 00:46:13,301 --> 00:46:14,301 with no light… 704 00:46:15,541 --> 00:46:17,821 no hope… anywhere. 705 00:46:18,741 --> 00:46:20,421 Not even the faintest crack. 706 00:46:21,141 --> 00:46:21,981 I see. 707 00:46:25,861 --> 00:46:27,141 He will come around. 708 00:46:28,821 --> 00:46:29,661 He will. 709 00:46:30,461 --> 00:46:31,381 Eventually. 710 00:46:32,661 --> 00:46:33,981 When he realizes that… 711 00:46:35,301 --> 00:46:36,981 he can never have the other one. 712 00:46:43,821 --> 00:46:47,261 Would it help you to realize we all think he's quite mad? 713 00:46:47,861 --> 00:46:50,541 -[chuckles softly] -That might have reassured me once. 714 00:46:50,621 --> 00:46:52,861 But I worry we're past that point now. 715 00:46:53,661 --> 00:46:54,501 Sir. 716 00:46:57,021 --> 00:46:57,901 And if he… 717 00:46:58,901 --> 00:47:03,581 If this family can't give me the love and security that I feel I deserve, 718 00:47:03,661 --> 00:47:05,101 then I believe I have no option 719 00:47:05,181 --> 00:47:08,941 but to break away, officially… and find it myself. 720 00:47:09,021 --> 00:47:11,061 -I wouldn't do that if I were you. -Why not? 721 00:47:11,141 --> 00:47:14,341 Let's just say I can't see it ending well for you. 722 00:47:14,421 --> 00:47:16,541 [footsteps approaching] 723 00:47:16,621 --> 00:47:18,621 I hope that isn't a threat, sir. 724 00:47:18,701 --> 00:47:21,181 -[knocking] -No, not now. Out! 725 00:47:24,101 --> 00:47:25,021 [door shuts] 726 00:47:33,621 --> 00:47:36,621 Although we are both outsiders who married in, 727 00:47:37,461 --> 00:47:39,341 you and I are quite different. 728 00:47:41,021 --> 00:47:41,861 Yes. 729 00:47:43,581 --> 00:47:44,741 I can see that now. 730 00:47:49,621 --> 00:47:51,301 You're right to call me an outsider. 731 00:47:53,341 --> 00:47:55,781 I was an outsider the day that I met the… 732 00:47:57,341 --> 00:48:00,781 the 13-year-old princess who would one day become my wife. 733 00:48:03,981 --> 00:48:05,541 And after all these years… 734 00:48:07,741 --> 00:48:08,741 I still am. 735 00:48:10,541 --> 00:48:11,541 We all are. 736 00:48:13,781 --> 00:48:14,861 Everyone… 737 00:48:14,941 --> 00:48:16,101 in this system… 738 00:48:17,301 --> 00:48:18,141 is a lost… 739 00:48:18,741 --> 00:48:19,581 lonely… 740 00:48:20,581 --> 00:48:22,861 irrelevant outsider… 741 00:48:23,781 --> 00:48:25,981 apart from the one person, 742 00:48:26,861 --> 00:48:28,461 the only person, 743 00:48:29,141 --> 00:48:30,101 that matters. 744 00:48:33,781 --> 00:48:35,941 She is the oxygen we all breathe. 745 00:48:37,101 --> 00:48:39,221 The essence of all our duty. 746 00:48:41,821 --> 00:48:43,461 Your problem, if I may say… 747 00:48:44,461 --> 00:48:47,581 is you seem to be confused about who that person is. 748 00:48:52,181 --> 00:48:53,261 [knocking at door] 749 00:48:54,541 --> 00:48:55,381 Come! 750 00:48:58,181 --> 00:49:02,021 Just to say, Your Royal Highnesses, the photographer is ready. 751 00:49:02,101 --> 00:49:03,101 [Philip] Thank you. 752 00:49:05,581 --> 00:49:06,741 [Philip clears throat] 753 00:50:06,181 --> 00:50:08,661 [children chattering in distance] 754 00:50:14,021 --> 00:50:16,781 Everyone, we're going to do the photograph. 755 00:50:19,941 --> 00:50:22,661 Don't you think the Queen would be best suited in the middle? 756 00:50:22,741 --> 00:50:24,141 [Anne] Charles is pushing in. 757 00:50:25,301 --> 00:50:26,381 You stay outside. 758 00:50:26,461 --> 00:50:27,861 No squabbling, please. 759 00:50:29,941 --> 00:50:32,141 [Charles] Quiet. Quiet. 760 00:50:32,221 --> 00:50:33,901 -Ah, yes. -[Anne laughing] 761 00:50:33,981 --> 00:50:36,221 [photographer] The merriest of Christmas smiles! 762 00:50:36,301 --> 00:50:37,181 [Philip] Yes. 763 00:50:37,261 --> 00:50:38,781 [photographer] Three, two, one… 764 00:50:38,861 --> 00:50:40,061 [camera clicks, whirs] 765 00:50:40,141 --> 00:50:41,621 Done. Did anyone blink? 766 00:50:41,701 --> 00:50:42,581 [chuckling] 767 00:50:42,661 --> 00:50:44,661 [indistinct chatter continues] 768 00:50:47,901 --> 00:50:50,821 [choir singing "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht"] 769 00:50:53,701 --> 00:50:55,701 [camera clicks, whirs] 770 00:51:12,181 --> 00:51:16,261 ["Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" continues]