1 00:00:32,283 --> 00:00:33,367 Unprecedented scenes here, 2 00:00:33,451 --> 00:00:36,037 as photographers from all over the world... 3 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,040 The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh hide from the world's eyes... 4 00:00:39,123 --> 00:00:41,292 ...rumors of a crisis in the marriage. 5 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:44,045 Now the eyes of the world turn towards the Royal Yacht... 6 00:00:44,128 --> 00:00:45,880 ...intense speculation about relations 7 00:00:45,963 --> 00:00:48,341 between Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. 8 00:00:51,344 --> 00:00:52,386 Right. 9 00:00:56,766 --> 00:00:58,267 No, no, no. I see. 10 00:01:03,272 --> 00:01:05,691 Yes. Thank you. 11 00:01:24,669 --> 00:01:26,963 That was the palace press secretary. 12 00:01:28,005 --> 00:01:32,385 In his view, the steps that we've taken haven't quite done the trick. 13 00:01:35,137 --> 00:01:37,431 The rumors still haven't gone away. 14 00:01:43,980 --> 00:01:46,691 I think we both agree, it can't go on like this. 15 00:02:01,956 --> 00:02:05,293 So I thought we might take this opportunity, 16 00:02:05,710 --> 00:02:08,421 without children, without distraction, 17 00:02:09,255 --> 00:02:11,090 to lay our cards on the table 18 00:02:13,718 --> 00:02:15,886 and talk frankly, for once, 19 00:02:16,971 --> 00:02:20,891 about what needs to change to make this marriage work. 20 00:02:23,394 --> 00:02:25,688 All right. Who goes first? 21 00:02:26,188 --> 00:02:29,817 Stupid question. If I've learned one thing by now, it's that I go second. 22 00:02:31,610 --> 00:02:34,739 If I am to go first, that's where I'd start. 23 00:02:37,867 --> 00:02:38,868 Your complaining. 24 00:02:39,368 --> 00:02:41,245 - My complaining? - It's incessant. 25 00:02:41,454 --> 00:02:43,372 Whining and whingeing like a child... 26 00:02:43,456 --> 00:02:44,457 Are you surprised? 27 00:02:45,041 --> 00:02:46,792 The way those god-awful mustaches 28 00:02:46,876 --> 00:02:48,836 that run the palace continue to infantilize me. 29 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:50,463 Perhaps if you weren't behaving like an infant... 30 00:02:50,546 --> 00:02:51,964 Giving me lists, sending me instructions. 31 00:02:52,089 --> 00:02:53,591 Can you imagine anything more humiliating? 32 00:02:53,716 --> 00:02:57,053 Yes. As a matter of fact, I can. 33 00:02:58,971 --> 00:03:01,766 I've learnt more about humiliation in the last few weeks 34 00:03:01,849 --> 00:03:03,601 than I hoped I would in a lifetime. 35 00:03:05,561 --> 00:03:08,522 I've never felt more alone than I have in the past five months. 36 00:03:09,231 --> 00:03:10,649 And why do you think that was? 37 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,779 - Because of your behavior. - Because you sent me away. 38 00:03:14,987 --> 00:03:17,990 - Yes, and why do you think that was? - I don't know, Elizabeth. You tell me. 39 00:03:19,283 --> 00:03:20,993 Because you're lost. 40 00:03:21,744 --> 00:03:24,413 You're lost in your role, and you're lost in yourself. 41 00:03:30,211 --> 00:03:31,462 Look... 42 00:03:33,381 --> 00:03:36,342 I realize this marriage has turned out to be something quite different 43 00:03:36,425 --> 00:03:38,761 - to what we both imagined. - Understatement. 44 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,349 And that we find ourselves in a... 45 00:03:44,392 --> 00:03:45,434 Prison? 46 00:03:47,770 --> 00:03:51,107 A situation which is unique. 47 00:03:52,024 --> 00:03:54,527 The exit route which is open to everyone else... 48 00:03:54,610 --> 00:03:55,778 Divorce. 49 00:03:55,945 --> 00:03:58,364 Yes, divorce. 50 00:03:58,823 --> 00:04:00,616 It's not an option for us. 51 00:04:03,494 --> 00:04:04,537 Ever. 52 00:04:11,544 --> 00:04:12,753 No. 53 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:24,765 So, what would make it easier on you? 54 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,395 To be in not out? 55 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:34,150 What will it take? 56 00:04:38,070 --> 00:04:39,697 You're asking my price? 57 00:04:43,325 --> 00:04:47,455 I'm asking what it will take. 58 00:06:08,118 --> 00:06:10,371 Remind me. You fly first to? 59 00:06:10,454 --> 00:06:11,497 Gibraltar. 60 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:15,501 - And from there? - Entebbe. Then Mombasa. 61 00:06:15,709 --> 00:06:19,255 - Yes. To meet the Royal Yacht. - Yes. 62 00:06:19,338 --> 00:06:21,924 - I've told you this already. - Maybe I've forgotten. 63 00:06:22,007 --> 00:06:25,511 Maybe you should listen a little more carefully next time. 64 00:06:26,971 --> 00:06:30,975 From there we sail to Port Victoria. Then on to Colombo, New Guinea. 65 00:06:31,642 --> 00:06:32,685 Then Australia. 66 00:06:33,143 --> 00:06:36,730 - Yes. To open the Olympics. - As instructed. 67 00:06:38,148 --> 00:06:40,484 Then Gambia, 68 00:06:40,568 --> 00:06:44,280 Gibraltar again, and finally Lisbon. 69 00:06:44,613 --> 00:06:45,739 Goodness me. 70 00:06:46,865 --> 00:06:48,701 Five months. 71 00:06:51,579 --> 00:06:54,415 - Thank you. - What for? 72 00:06:54,498 --> 00:06:55,791 For doing the tour, 73 00:06:57,167 --> 00:06:58,752 stepping into my shoes. 74 00:07:00,045 --> 00:07:01,130 It is important. 75 00:07:02,381 --> 00:07:05,509 Actually, now I've made the decision, I'm rather looking forward to it. 76 00:07:06,093 --> 00:07:09,847 And, we've managed to add another leg to the journey. 77 00:07:10,014 --> 00:07:12,891 The South Pacific. And the Antarctic. 78 00:07:13,601 --> 00:07:14,893 Boys will be boys. 79 00:07:14,977 --> 00:07:18,272 Excuse me. Sub-zero temperatures. Men will be men. 80 00:07:20,232 --> 00:07:23,152 His Excellency Monsieur Sali... 81 00:07:23,861 --> 00:07:28,115 The annual presentation party for members of the diplomatic corps. 82 00:07:28,657 --> 00:07:31,660 - Do you remember last year? - Yes, I do, unfortunately. 83 00:07:31,744 --> 00:07:33,621 - It did go on rather. - Five hours. 84 00:07:34,079 --> 00:07:35,789 - One moment, Your Majesty. - Oh, dear. 85 00:07:35,873 --> 00:07:37,916 The last guests are just arriving. 86 00:07:42,713 --> 00:07:43,756 You look nice. 87 00:07:44,882 --> 00:07:45,883 Do I? 88 00:07:46,550 --> 00:07:48,302 Even in full battle dress? 89 00:07:49,845 --> 00:07:52,181 That stuff used to wear you. Now you wear it. 90 00:07:52,306 --> 00:07:54,767 Oh, dear. It's all right, it's all right. I'll do it. 91 00:07:55,434 --> 00:07:57,227 - What is it? - Zip. 92 00:08:01,273 --> 00:08:03,067 Everybody turn around, please. 93 00:08:11,450 --> 00:08:12,576 Stop it! 94 00:08:14,370 --> 00:08:15,954 They're ready for you now, ma'am. 95 00:08:30,636 --> 00:08:34,056 My fellow Egyptians 96 00:08:35,391 --> 00:08:39,895 the Suez Canal, flowing through our country like a major artery 97 00:08:41,271 --> 00:08:44,775 was built by our fathers and grandfathers 98 00:08:45,442 --> 00:08:47,361 and belongs to us! 99 00:08:54,785 --> 00:08:56,578 But the company that purportedly owns this canal 100 00:08:56,662 --> 00:08:59,540 is British and French. 101 00:09:00,791 --> 00:09:04,294 Well, I say they do not own it. 102 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,089 They stole it. 103 00:09:09,717 --> 00:09:14,012 I imagined I had seen Ferdinand de Lesseps 104 00:09:14,847 --> 00:09:16,140 'That's the codeword. ' 105 00:09:16,932 --> 00:09:18,350 Ferdinand de Lesseps. 106 00:09:22,312 --> 00:09:25,315 Ferdinand de Lesseps 107 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:31,864 the engineer who built the canal in 1869... 108 00:09:35,826 --> 00:09:37,703 We have fought for years 109 00:09:38,370 --> 00:09:41,415 to eliminate the odious effects of the past 110 00:09:41,498 --> 00:09:43,542 of the colonialism and despotism 111 00:09:43,625 --> 00:09:45,627 Excuse me. What the devil do you think you're doing? 112 00:09:45,711 --> 00:09:46,795 Which have ruled us for centuries! 113 00:09:46,879 --> 00:09:48,088 Take your hands... 114 00:09:53,051 --> 00:09:57,097 Tonight fellow countrymen, I am proud to inform you 115 00:09:59,183 --> 00:10:02,811 Gentlemen. Your hands above your heads, please! 116 00:10:04,354 --> 00:10:07,149 We have taken back the Suez Canal! 117 00:10:09,902 --> 00:10:13,363 It is now in Egyptian hands. 118 00:10:13,947 --> 00:10:17,284 And it will be run 119 00:10:17,743 --> 00:10:18,952 by Egyptians! 120 00:10:20,996 --> 00:10:23,248 Because today our time has come 121 00:10:24,500 --> 00:10:28,420 for freedom from colonial oppressors! 122 00:10:30,255 --> 00:10:31,673 Freedom from colonial thieves! 123 00:10:32,341 --> 00:10:33,509 Freedom! 124 00:10:51,735 --> 00:10:53,070 What? 125 00:10:57,199 --> 00:11:00,202 - I've woken up in this bed. - Yes, you have. 126 00:11:07,584 --> 00:11:10,712 - Where do you get your energy from? - I don't know. 127 00:11:17,469 --> 00:11:18,637 I am going to miss you. 128 00:11:25,227 --> 00:11:26,270 Come back to bed. 129 00:11:26,353 --> 00:11:29,398 No, I can't, darling. I've got 20 star jumps to do. 130 00:11:31,108 --> 00:11:32,484 You can do them here. 131 00:11:34,695 --> 00:11:35,863 Can I? 132 00:11:37,614 --> 00:11:39,116 Well, why not? 133 00:11:42,619 --> 00:11:43,954 - No! No! - No, no! 134 00:11:44,037 --> 00:11:45,747 - Out! Out! - Sorry, sir. 135 00:11:45,831 --> 00:11:47,416 - Thank you. - Out, everyone. 136 00:12:22,534 --> 00:12:25,996 Right. My car or yours? Or is that a stupid question? 137 00:12:26,079 --> 00:12:28,790 - It's a stupid question. - All right. 138 00:12:30,125 --> 00:12:32,085 Heads or tails to see who drives back. 139 00:12:32,711 --> 00:12:35,589 - Tails. - Heads. Your wife. You lose. 140 00:12:36,214 --> 00:12:37,341 Now, now. 141 00:12:41,678 --> 00:12:44,264 She and I are getting on rather well at the moment. 142 00:12:44,389 --> 00:12:46,016 - Oh, really? - Yes, really. 143 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,060 Wish I could say the same. 144 00:12:49,311 --> 00:12:52,522 We're very fortunate to have a former pupil, 145 00:12:52,606 --> 00:12:54,441 and now Prime Minister, 146 00:12:54,524 --> 00:12:57,361 come to say a few words to us this morning. 147 00:12:57,861 --> 00:12:59,196 Sir Anthony. 148 00:13:06,870 --> 00:13:08,163 Thank you, Sir Claude. 149 00:13:11,541 --> 00:13:13,293 Now there's been a lot of talk recently 150 00:13:13,377 --> 00:13:17,089 about how much the world has changed since the war 151 00:13:18,548 --> 00:13:22,302 and how much society in Britain has changed 152 00:13:24,054 --> 00:13:26,223 or how much it jolly well ought to change. 153 00:13:27,933 --> 00:13:30,477 And that places like Eton 154 00:13:30,769 --> 00:13:35,565 should no longer be seen as the birthplace of Britain's leaders. 155 00:13:37,359 --> 00:13:41,321 To which I, as a fully paid-up egalitarian 156 00:13:41,530 --> 00:13:44,825 and progressive member of the Conservative Party say, 157 00:13:45,784 --> 00:13:48,036 what a lot of absolute nonsense. 158 00:13:53,291 --> 00:13:56,378 If Britain's leaders aren't coming from Eton, 159 00:13:57,004 --> 00:13:58,880 then where should they be coming from? 160 00:13:59,381 --> 00:14:04,761 You see before you the 16th Etonian Prime Minister. 161 00:14:05,012 --> 00:14:08,390 Sixteen out of 40. 162 00:14:10,225 --> 00:14:11,810 Not a bad percentage. 163 00:14:12,019 --> 00:14:14,604 Harrow, incidentally, only accounts for seven. 164 00:14:16,898 --> 00:14:20,235 Well, yes, you might well argue that as a social pool, 165 00:14:20,318 --> 00:14:21,945 it is a bit narrow. 166 00:14:22,571 --> 00:14:26,491 But narrowness at the top is not necessarily a bad thing. 167 00:14:27,826 --> 00:14:30,370 For as any serviceman will tell you, 168 00:14:30,746 --> 00:14:32,247 in battle, 169 00:14:32,748 --> 00:14:36,835 when the heat is on, one needs a shorthand, 170 00:14:37,461 --> 00:14:40,464 a shared language and understanding. 171 00:14:40,881 --> 00:14:42,049 A clarity. 172 00:14:42,966 --> 00:14:48,513 Eton has, for generations now, provided Britain with that clarity. 173 00:14:50,974 --> 00:14:51,975 That code. 174 00:14:52,893 --> 00:14:57,272 That shared language. 175 00:14:57,814 --> 00:15:01,109 Sir, Nasser has seized control of the Suez Canal 176 00:15:01,193 --> 00:15:03,570 and taken command of the company's offices. 177 00:15:06,698 --> 00:15:08,992 I'm afraid we shall have to leave it there, gentlemen. 178 00:15:11,286 --> 00:15:12,329 Provost. 179 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:36,728 You asked to see me, ma'am? 180 00:15:37,562 --> 00:15:40,732 Yes, I wanted to leave this letter and this gift 181 00:15:40,816 --> 00:15:43,360 somewhere that the Duke of Edinburgh might find it. 182 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:46,321 Preferably on the airplane. And I thought perhaps in his luggage? 183 00:15:46,738 --> 00:15:48,573 That travels separately. 184 00:15:49,032 --> 00:15:51,159 I would suggest placing it inside his briefcase. 185 00:15:51,368 --> 00:15:54,538 Yes. Of course. Well, just let me know when the coast is clear. 186 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:56,456 Actually, now, ma'am. 187 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,583 He has an appointment with his tailor, 188 00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:01,044 followed by the lunch club with Commander Parker. 189 00:16:03,380 --> 00:16:04,381 Yes. 190 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:06,383 It's Thursday. Of course. 191 00:16:06,925 --> 00:16:08,135 Ma'am. 192 00:16:14,808 --> 00:16:17,978 Boot polish, binoculars, rifle and ammunition as well. 193 00:16:18,770 --> 00:16:19,855 Ma'am. 194 00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:24,693 Ma'am. 195 00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:39,601 Your Majesty. 196 00:17:39,684 --> 00:17:41,645 We've just had a call from Downing Street. 197 00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:44,272 The Prime Minister has asked to see you urgently. 198 00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:11,800 So sorry to have kept you waiting, Prime Minister. 199 00:18:11,883 --> 00:18:13,134 Your Majesty. 200 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:16,137 Late last night, 201 00:18:16,513 --> 00:18:18,765 President Nasser's men 202 00:18:18,974 --> 00:18:21,893 stormed the offices of the Suez Canal Company 203 00:18:21,977 --> 00:18:25,897 and have now seized control of the canal. 204 00:18:27,983 --> 00:18:32,404 He claims to be doing this on behalf of the Egyptian people. 205 00:18:32,487 --> 00:18:34,698 In reality, it is the act of a thief. 206 00:18:35,824 --> 00:18:39,995 A petty hoodlum, showing off for the benefit of the Soviets. 207 00:18:42,414 --> 00:18:44,124 But we've dealt with worse. 208 00:18:45,125 --> 00:18:47,836 Appropriate measures are being put in place. 209 00:18:48,211 --> 00:18:52,966 We will simply pay the pilots to leave their posts. 210 00:18:56,011 --> 00:18:59,055 - Pilots? - Suez Canal pilots, ma'am. 211 00:19:00,307 --> 00:19:03,184 Highly-skilled mariners, British and French, 212 00:19:03,310 --> 00:19:07,689 who take the helm of any ship entering the canal to ensure its safe passage 213 00:19:07,772 --> 00:19:11,359 through extremely challenging and narrow waterways. 214 00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:13,820 I see. 215 00:19:13,903 --> 00:19:16,281 The Egyptians are not a seafaring people. 216 00:19:17,115 --> 00:19:20,076 They don't have the skills, and they don't have the men. 217 00:19:20,744 --> 00:19:24,414 Taking the pilots away will simply paralyze the canal. 218 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:26,207 And it won't be long before 219 00:19:27,042 --> 00:19:32,464 President Nasser will come back repentant and humiliated. 220 00:19:35,759 --> 00:19:36,801 If you say so. 221 00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:41,806 I do, ma'am. 222 00:19:57,947 --> 00:20:01,743 It's a hell of a gamble. I hope you told him so. 223 00:20:02,202 --> 00:20:04,162 - What? - The Prime Minister. 224 00:20:04,996 --> 00:20:06,164 Yes. 225 00:20:06,998 --> 00:20:09,000 Pulling the pilots out of the Suez Canal. 226 00:20:10,126 --> 00:20:12,170 How do you know he even intends to? 227 00:20:14,172 --> 00:20:17,717 No, don't tell me. Contacts from your lunch club. 228 00:20:17,842 --> 00:20:18,968 No need to say it like that. 229 00:20:19,094 --> 00:20:20,261 Well, information like that 230 00:20:20,345 --> 00:20:21,971 could only have come from inside Cabinet. 231 00:20:22,055 --> 00:20:25,141 Or high up in the Foreign Office. Or the intelligence services. 232 00:20:25,225 --> 00:20:27,602 Our members come from all corners, darling. 233 00:20:28,937 --> 00:20:32,273 Well, I'm not entirely persuaded that this club is a good thing. 234 00:20:32,357 --> 00:20:34,442 It keeps me busy. Keeps me informed. 235 00:20:35,402 --> 00:20:36,778 It keeps me sane. 236 00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:40,573 I'd say it's a very good thing. Would you like to know exactly 237 00:20:40,657 --> 00:20:42,450 why navigating the canal is so difficult? 238 00:20:42,534 --> 00:20:43,535 Perhaps another time. 239 00:20:43,618 --> 00:20:45,412 People think it's just the water pressure, 240 00:20:45,495 --> 00:20:47,997 but hydraulics are only the half of it. 241 00:20:48,081 --> 00:20:50,667 The canal is narrow. The ships are vast, great big things. 242 00:20:52,293 --> 00:20:55,839 The tide is diurnal one end, seasonal at the other. 243 00:20:55,964 --> 00:20:59,551 So the wind whips in off the desert, your bow's always to the weather bank. 244 00:21:00,051 --> 00:21:04,889 The pilots have to track a steady course for the best part of 100 miles. 245 00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:07,851 Excuse me. What are you doing? Put them back. 246 00:21:08,435 --> 00:21:09,477 Sir. 247 00:21:11,146 --> 00:21:12,147 They're my tankers. 248 00:21:13,731 --> 00:21:17,527 I mean, it takes them seven years to learn how to do it. 249 00:21:18,403 --> 00:21:20,905 - Where are you going? - I'm tired. 250 00:21:22,615 --> 00:21:24,742 It's our last night in five months. 251 00:21:29,539 --> 00:21:33,168 A bit more. A bit more. All right. 252 00:21:33,918 --> 00:21:34,919 Michael, what's that? 253 00:21:35,753 --> 00:21:38,131 - DC-4. - Good man. 254 00:21:40,175 --> 00:21:42,552 You know we will be separated for Christmas again. 255 00:21:43,470 --> 00:21:45,346 I know. Not ideal. 256 00:21:45,430 --> 00:21:47,515 And your daughter's birthday. Again. 257 00:21:47,849 --> 00:21:49,934 I'll call this time. I won't forget. 258 00:21:51,186 --> 00:21:53,771 And our anniversary. Again. 259 00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:58,610 What do you want me to say, Eileen? 260 00:21:59,152 --> 00:22:01,237 You were as excited as I was when Philip offered me this job. 261 00:22:01,321 --> 00:22:03,114 You thought it would be good for me, good for all of us. 262 00:22:03,865 --> 00:22:06,284 I didn't expect the job to become your life. 263 00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:09,746 When I get back, I will make it up to you. I promise. 264 00:22:28,389 --> 00:22:29,641 Bye, Dad! 265 00:22:30,225 --> 00:22:32,644 Goodbye, Daddy! Bye! 266 00:22:33,811 --> 00:22:34,812 Bye! 267 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:18,690 - Hello. - Your Majesty. 268 00:23:20,191 --> 00:23:21,776 - Welcome aboard, sir. - Hello. 269 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:23,653 Good to see you. 270 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,657 Right, well. I suppose we'd better say goodbye properly. 271 00:23:28,283 --> 00:23:29,492 Charles. 272 00:23:40,712 --> 00:23:43,214 We're not in front of the cameras now, are we, Charles? 273 00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:45,633 No. 274 00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:47,802 Come here. 275 00:23:51,055 --> 00:23:52,348 Be a good boy. 276 00:23:52,432 --> 00:23:54,851 - Look after your sister. - Yes, I will. 277 00:24:08,281 --> 00:24:09,407 Kiss. 278 00:24:11,326 --> 00:24:12,535 Come on, darling. 279 00:24:14,954 --> 00:24:17,415 - When you're ready, sir. - Thank you. 280 00:24:20,627 --> 00:24:22,086 Right, well... 281 00:24:28,092 --> 00:24:29,594 We won't keep you. 282 00:24:30,428 --> 00:24:31,679 Have a safe journey. 283 00:24:39,020 --> 00:24:41,064 - Are you all right? - Splendid. 284 00:24:44,942 --> 00:24:47,779 I tell you, the idiot that came up with the idea of marriage 285 00:24:47,862 --> 00:24:49,864 has a lot to answer for. 286 00:24:58,915 --> 00:25:01,000 Well, you know what they say, 287 00:25:01,584 --> 00:25:04,212 marriage is a wonderful institution, but let's face it, 288 00:25:05,213 --> 00:25:06,631 who wants to live in an institution? 289 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:01,602 Assalam-alaikum. 290 00:26:01,686 --> 00:26:04,272 President Nasser. A pleasure to meet you. 291 00:26:05,523 --> 00:26:06,774 Thank you Lieutenant. 292 00:26:07,483 --> 00:26:08,943 The pleasure is all mine. 293 00:26:09,819 --> 00:26:13,448 In the wake of President Nasser's seizure of the Suez Canal, 294 00:26:13,531 --> 00:26:16,784 Russian mariners have been pouring into Egypt. 295 00:26:16,868 --> 00:26:20,872 These Soviet master seamen are now training Egyptian pilots, 296 00:26:20,955 --> 00:26:24,459 who are proving to be more adept sailors than many predicted. 297 00:26:24,542 --> 00:26:27,170 Hopes that the loss of British and French trained pilots 298 00:26:27,295 --> 00:26:29,422 would close the waterways have been dashed. 299 00:26:30,173 --> 00:26:32,049 Britain now finds herself at the center 300 00:26:32,133 --> 00:26:34,427 of rising tensions between East and West, 301 00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:36,763 and with only six weeks ofoil reserves, 302 00:26:36,846 --> 00:26:39,724 in an increasingly desperate situation at home. 303 00:26:39,807 --> 00:26:42,310 The United States is refusing to be drawn 304 00:26:42,393 --> 00:26:44,645 on its position in the escalating crisis. 305 00:26:44,937 --> 00:26:47,732 But with the Soviet Union backing President Nasser, 306 00:26:47,815 --> 00:26:51,152 commentators are calling this the most serious international crisis 307 00:26:51,235 --> 00:26:54,197 the world has faced since the Second World War. 308 00:26:58,034 --> 00:27:00,495 Yes, yes. The results are quite disturbing. 309 00:27:03,498 --> 00:27:05,374 - Yes. - The Chancellor, sir. 310 00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:08,294 Harold. 311 00:27:09,545 --> 00:27:14,634 I'm afraid that, "When sorrows come, they come not single spies..." 312 00:27:14,717 --> 00:27:17,762 - "But in battalions." - Indeed. 313 00:27:18,471 --> 00:27:20,181 As the world now knows, 314 00:27:20,932 --> 00:27:24,519 Nasser's ragtag collection of part-time pilots 315 00:27:24,602 --> 00:27:29,690 have somehow managed to retain control of the canal. 316 00:27:29,774 --> 00:27:31,400 And to make matters worse, 317 00:27:31,484 --> 00:27:35,571 it seems they've been helped by the Russians. 318 00:27:36,531 --> 00:27:39,659 If they get away with this, we will be a complete laughingstock. 319 00:27:39,867 --> 00:27:44,413 Nasser will be able to close the canal at any time 320 00:27:44,539 --> 00:27:49,085 and cut us off from the oil on which we absolutely depend. 321 00:27:49,418 --> 00:27:50,586 We must... 322 00:27:52,463 --> 00:27:53,965 We must attack. 323 00:27:54,298 --> 00:27:58,845 We have no alternative. We must attack. Swiftly and decisively. 324 00:27:58,928 --> 00:28:02,348 We must restore the status quo. 325 00:28:05,685 --> 00:28:06,686 What do you say? 326 00:28:13,276 --> 00:28:15,027 I say it's the right thing 327 00:28:17,822 --> 00:28:19,115 for the country 328 00:28:20,992 --> 00:28:23,202 and for you, personally, 329 00:28:24,787 --> 00:28:27,290 to finally step out from Winston's long shadow. 330 00:28:31,961 --> 00:28:34,672 "Take but degree away 331 00:28:36,674 --> 00:28:38,843 "untune that string..." 332 00:28:39,635 --> 00:28:42,388 "And, hark, what discord follows." 333 00:28:45,224 --> 00:28:46,475 Military action! 334 00:28:47,435 --> 00:28:48,686 Military action! 335 00:28:48,769 --> 00:28:54,317 There is only one proven way to deal with fascists. 336 00:28:54,442 --> 00:28:56,235 Hear, hear! 337 00:28:56,319 --> 00:28:57,403 And while I'm sure... 338 00:28:57,486 --> 00:29:00,823 While I'm sure we all commend our Prime Minister's confidence, 339 00:29:01,574 --> 00:29:06,078 he seems to forget that there can be no military action 340 00:29:06,162 --> 00:29:08,414 without support from the UN. 341 00:29:08,539 --> 00:29:11,125 Support we do not have. 342 00:29:12,293 --> 00:29:14,795 We cannot go to war alone. 343 00:29:36,233 --> 00:29:37,860 Don't you look smart? 344 00:29:38,986 --> 00:29:40,905 - You've got your presents? - Yes. 345 00:29:41,447 --> 00:29:45,201 Mommy was hoping to come with you, but I've got very behind. 346 00:29:45,368 --> 00:29:46,702 So, could you send my apologies 347 00:29:46,786 --> 00:29:48,371 - to Mrs. Parker? - Of course, ma'am. 348 00:29:49,705 --> 00:29:51,123 Enjoy yourselves. 349 00:29:55,503 --> 00:29:56,545 And be good! 350 00:29:59,048 --> 00:30:00,716 Right, then. Attention. 351 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,052 Who wants to play I Spy in the car? 352 00:30:03,761 --> 00:30:05,304 Come along, children. Come along. 353 00:30:05,388 --> 00:30:06,597 Come now, it's time. 354 00:30:11,477 --> 00:30:12,853 Come here, you. 355 00:30:14,063 --> 00:30:15,356 There you are! 356 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,616 Daddy! 357 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:28,953 - Is that Daddy? Shall we speak to him? - Yes! 358 00:30:32,498 --> 00:30:33,582 Hello? 359 00:30:40,631 --> 00:30:42,842 No, 7:00 will be fine. 360 00:30:44,260 --> 00:30:45,428 Thank you. 361 00:30:48,264 --> 00:30:49,598 It wasn't Daddy. 362 00:30:50,766 --> 00:30:53,185 I'm sure he'll call later, all right? 363 00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:58,441 Happy birthday to you 364 00:30:58,524 --> 00:31:00,359 - Hip, hip! - Hooray! 365 00:31:00,443 --> 00:31:01,944 - Hip, hip! - Hooray! 366 00:31:02,028 --> 00:31:03,529 - Hip, hip! - Hooray! 367 00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:06,323 - All right, who wants a slice of cake? - Me! 368 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:09,452 Why didn't Daddy telephone? 369 00:31:10,327 --> 00:31:11,662 I don't know. 370 00:31:12,747 --> 00:31:13,873 He must be very busy. 371 00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:16,959 He loves you very much. 372 00:31:19,003 --> 00:31:20,171 Right? 373 00:31:21,839 --> 00:31:23,049 Go to sleep now. 374 00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:26,844 Good girl. 375 00:32:22,942 --> 00:32:24,110 Hello? 376 00:32:25,861 --> 00:32:28,656 Would you like to know the principal, perhaps only, advantage 377 00:32:28,739 --> 00:32:31,659 of being the Chief Patron of the English Bowling Association? 378 00:32:36,372 --> 00:32:37,456 Go on. 379 00:32:38,874 --> 00:32:43,462 My fellow patrons are frequently too old or too ill to meet. 380 00:32:43,671 --> 00:32:47,299 Which means I find myself unexpectedly free for lunch. 381 00:32:47,675 --> 00:32:50,302 Well, I've just woken up. 382 00:32:51,011 --> 00:32:52,972 - It's 11:30. - Yes. 383 00:32:53,222 --> 00:32:54,723 And I got in at 4:00. 384 00:32:56,725 --> 00:32:59,937 I left strict instructions not to be disturbed by anyone. 385 00:33:00,187 --> 00:33:01,647 For any reason. 386 00:33:04,066 --> 00:33:08,028 I can see the conspiracy to drive me insane is well underway. 387 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:10,698 We started at Mirabelle, 388 00:33:10,823 --> 00:33:14,326 and then went to The 400, and then ended up at Les Ambassadeurs. 389 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:17,246 Who's "we"? 390 00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:20,040 Just Colin, Johnny, Judy Montagu. 391 00:33:21,167 --> 00:33:22,251 Margot? 392 00:33:23,794 --> 00:33:25,713 Is it possible that you're still drunk? 393 00:33:27,131 --> 00:33:30,217 Do you know, I think I might be, slightly. 394 00:33:33,596 --> 00:33:36,432 - You need to be more careful. - Yes, quite right. 395 00:33:36,807 --> 00:33:38,184 Grain and grape don't mix. 396 00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:39,602 No. 397 00:33:40,227 --> 00:33:43,606 I meant about where you're seen. And with whom. 398 00:33:46,567 --> 00:33:48,736 You're drinking far more than you used to. 399 00:33:49,653 --> 00:33:51,238 Why do you think that is? 400 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,326 Because I'm unhappier than I used to be. 401 00:33:55,910 --> 00:33:58,621 And why is that? Because I am still unmarried. 402 00:33:58,704 --> 00:34:01,707 And why is that? Because you denied me my perfect match. 403 00:34:04,668 --> 00:34:05,753 That's not fair. 404 00:34:06,295 --> 00:34:09,506 As your sister, I would have been perfectly happy for you to marry Peter. 405 00:34:09,590 --> 00:34:12,593 - What? - It was the Crown that forbade it. 406 00:34:14,053 --> 00:34:16,472 Not to mention the fact that he was a little old. 407 00:34:18,182 --> 00:34:20,809 - Not really from the right... - No. Don't you dare say "background." 408 00:34:21,602 --> 00:34:24,813 Well, I just think it might have all come back to haunt you. 409 00:34:25,898 --> 00:34:28,734 What, did Philip's Nazi sisters come back to haunt him? 410 00:34:28,817 --> 00:34:31,987 Or his lunatic mother? Or his womanizing, bankrupt father? 411 00:34:38,577 --> 00:34:39,620 How is he? 412 00:34:41,956 --> 00:34:43,082 Philip? 413 00:34:43,249 --> 00:34:44,250 Yes. 414 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:47,795 He's fine. I think. 415 00:34:49,338 --> 00:34:50,714 What, you don't know? 416 00:34:56,095 --> 00:34:57,429 Where is he now? 417 00:34:57,972 --> 00:34:59,056 Ceylon. 418 00:35:02,810 --> 00:35:05,854 - No, Malaya. - You don't know that either. 419 00:35:06,063 --> 00:35:07,064 No. 420 00:35:11,694 --> 00:35:14,029 - Is that bad? - It's just a little odd. 421 00:35:15,197 --> 00:35:17,074 A little remote. A little chilly. 422 00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:20,160 Doesn't he write to you? 423 00:35:20,828 --> 00:35:22,538 He's not much of a writer. 424 00:35:23,622 --> 00:35:24,915 Neither of us is. 425 00:35:28,335 --> 00:35:30,629 Mike telephoned from Mombasa to say that they'd arrived safely. 426 00:35:30,754 --> 00:35:32,131 Who's Mike? 427 00:35:32,548 --> 00:35:33,966 His private secretary. 428 00:35:34,717 --> 00:35:36,885 - Yes. That little Australian. - Yes. 429 00:35:37,094 --> 00:35:40,222 - What do you make of him? - I'm not sure I make anything of him. 430 00:35:41,181 --> 00:35:42,266 He's Mike. 431 00:35:46,979 --> 00:35:49,023 We were all very close in Malta. 432 00:35:49,690 --> 00:35:51,859 The children sometimes play together now. 433 00:35:52,693 --> 00:35:54,486 Philip says he'd be lost without him. 434 00:35:54,570 --> 00:35:56,822 Just as long as he isn't lost because of him. 435 00:35:57,823 --> 00:35:58,907 What does that mean? 436 00:35:59,325 --> 00:36:01,702 It means he's got something of a reputation. 437 00:36:01,827 --> 00:36:03,579 - Who, Mike? - Yes, Mike. 438 00:36:04,204 --> 00:36:07,166 Isn't he thick as thieves with that sinister osteopath? 439 00:36:07,249 --> 00:36:09,585 - What osteopath? - You know, the one who knows everyone. 440 00:36:10,252 --> 00:36:13,005 Always arranging gentlemen's weekends here and there 441 00:36:14,715 --> 00:36:16,675 - with actresses and... - Ballerinas. 442 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:18,761 Yes. 443 00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:21,972 How did you know that? 444 00:36:32,691 --> 00:36:35,319 I don't mind telling you, everything else 445 00:36:35,444 --> 00:36:37,071 I've achieved in life, 446 00:36:37,154 --> 00:36:38,947 Viceroy of India, 447 00:36:39,281 --> 00:36:42,409 Supreme Allied Commander in Southeast Asia, 448 00:36:42,493 --> 00:36:44,870 even First Sea Lord, 449 00:36:45,496 --> 00:36:48,540 all pale by comparison to this. 450 00:36:49,917 --> 00:36:56,465 To match my father and be Admiral of the Fleet really is most satisfying. 451 00:36:56,757 --> 00:36:59,635 - Sir. - I said we were not to be disturbed. 452 00:37:00,469 --> 00:37:03,180 It's the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, sir. 453 00:37:04,348 --> 00:37:05,724 He said it was urgent. 454 00:37:09,686 --> 00:37:12,106 I'm afraid I didn't know who else to come and see. 455 00:37:12,231 --> 00:37:13,607 Not at all. 456 00:37:15,984 --> 00:37:17,069 Come on up. 457 00:37:17,903 --> 00:37:19,238 - Hello, darling. - Don't stay up. 458 00:37:19,321 --> 00:37:20,322 Won't be back until late. 459 00:37:20,447 --> 00:37:21,949 Have fun. Where are you off to? 460 00:37:22,074 --> 00:37:23,992 I thought we agreed, mysteries on both sides. 461 00:37:24,701 --> 00:37:26,495 - We did. - Then don't ask. 462 00:37:26,662 --> 00:37:28,956 May I present Anthony Nutting? 463 00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:30,791 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. 464 00:37:30,874 --> 00:37:32,543 - How do you do? - Lady Mountbatten. 465 00:37:32,918 --> 00:37:35,712 - I entirely approve of foreign affairs. - Now, now, darling. 466 00:37:36,004 --> 00:37:37,923 This one's even more handsome than Eden. 467 00:37:38,006 --> 00:37:39,508 A cabinet of dishes. 468 00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:42,928 - You're very kind. - How was the fitting, dear? 469 00:37:43,554 --> 00:37:45,639 I'll let you into a secret, Mr. Nutting. 470 00:37:45,722 --> 00:37:47,891 My husband cares for nothing and no one 471 00:37:47,975 --> 00:37:50,102 in quite the same way he cares for his uniforms. 472 00:37:51,186 --> 00:37:53,689 We're fortunate enough to have a ballroom in this house. 473 00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:56,358 But is it the largest room here? No. 474 00:37:56,817 --> 00:37:58,610 That's reserved for my husband's uniforms. 475 00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:02,990 One can only ask oneself what it all compensates for. 476 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:04,741 I should have thought that was obvious. 477 00:38:06,660 --> 00:38:10,164 The gaping wounds left by the simplest encounter with you, my dear. 478 00:38:12,583 --> 00:38:13,667 Shall we? 479 00:38:14,001 --> 00:38:17,296 I'm not saying I condone how Nasser is behaving, not at all. 480 00:38:17,379 --> 00:38:19,965 The man clearly needs to be put back in his place. 481 00:38:20,048 --> 00:38:23,552 But my greater concern is that our Prime Minister's response 482 00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:27,264 to the whole situation is personal. 483 00:38:27,598 --> 00:38:28,891 Deeply personal, 484 00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:32,728 and that he will reach for the ultimate solution, armed conflict, 485 00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:35,481 without waiting for an international coalition to join him. 486 00:38:35,939 --> 00:38:36,940 Today, 487 00:38:37,524 --> 00:38:40,444 a delegation of French government and intelligence officials 488 00:38:40,527 --> 00:38:43,655 came to Downing Street for secret talks. 489 00:38:45,032 --> 00:38:48,994 Further secret talks are planned with Israeli officials next week. 490 00:38:51,079 --> 00:38:52,623 So, what have we got today then? 491 00:38:52,706 --> 00:38:56,126 Potted shrimp or deviled crabmeat imperial. 492 00:38:56,210 --> 00:38:58,837 Followed by cassoulets à la jockey club. 493 00:38:59,213 --> 00:39:01,632 Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty. 494 00:39:02,758 --> 00:39:04,718 Thank you for seeing me. 495 00:39:04,801 --> 00:39:09,306 Well, I've got a long-standing commitment at the theater, I'm afraid. 496 00:39:09,598 --> 00:39:12,059 But I thought we'd have an early supper before I go. 497 00:39:12,184 --> 00:39:15,103 Mummy's most put out she hasn't been invited. 498 00:39:18,982 --> 00:39:22,319 Under normal circumstances, 499 00:39:22,569 --> 00:39:25,239 a mad rush to war 500 00:39:25,739 --> 00:39:28,784 might be explained as a play for legacy. 501 00:39:29,368 --> 00:39:31,745 He was in Winston's shadow for so long, 502 00:39:31,828 --> 00:39:36,250 a quick and successful war might look good on his record. 503 00:39:36,667 --> 00:39:37,960 But in this case, 504 00:39:38,043 --> 00:39:42,172 I think it boils down to an irrational personal dislike. 505 00:39:43,423 --> 00:39:45,217 The two men, he and Nasser, 506 00:39:45,551 --> 00:39:47,761 just hate one another. 507 00:39:47,928 --> 00:39:50,472 And the rest of us are just getting caught up in it. 508 00:39:50,597 --> 00:39:52,599 What are you suggesting that I do about it? 509 00:39:52,683 --> 00:39:55,852 You have your weekly private audience in which the two of you are alone. 510 00:39:55,936 --> 00:39:59,356 Observe him carefully. Listen to him closely. 511 00:39:59,523 --> 00:40:03,277 Read your cabinet minutes minutely. 512 00:40:03,694 --> 00:40:05,529 Speak your mind. 513 00:40:05,654 --> 00:40:07,739 Yes, well, I'm not really supposed to do that. 514 00:40:07,823 --> 00:40:10,033 Even if it's in the interests of national security? 515 00:40:13,829 --> 00:40:15,163 All right. Fine. 516 00:40:17,666 --> 00:40:18,834 I'll keep an eye on him. 517 00:40:20,419 --> 00:40:21,587 Carefully. 518 00:40:22,421 --> 00:40:23,630 Closely. 519 00:40:24,339 --> 00:40:25,549 Minutely. 520 00:40:26,341 --> 00:40:27,968 Thank you for supper. 521 00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:31,930 You will let me know, won't you, 522 00:40:32,014 --> 00:40:34,725 when I can take care of all this and send you someone really good? 523 00:40:34,808 --> 00:40:35,892 What? 524 00:40:36,143 --> 00:40:38,687 - The food. - What's wrong with it? 525 00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:40,314 It belongs in a nursery. 526 00:40:41,189 --> 00:40:42,816 Everything that should've been hot was cold. 527 00:40:42,899 --> 00:40:44,943 Everything that should've been soft was hard. 528 00:40:45,277 --> 00:40:47,237 I've neither noticed or cared. 529 00:40:47,321 --> 00:40:51,199 And frankly, Dickie, the older and grander you get, 530 00:40:51,575 --> 00:40:53,493 the more common you become. 531 00:40:55,454 --> 00:40:57,497 - Have you heard from Philip? - How's Philip? 532 00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,167 No, no, not a word. 533 00:41:01,001 --> 00:41:03,670 - They will be keeping him busy. - Yes, of course. 534 00:41:06,548 --> 00:41:08,925 You married a wild spirit. 535 00:41:10,552 --> 00:41:11,845 We both did. 536 00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:15,515 Trying to tame them is no use. 537 00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:20,812 There were times in India it was all right under my nose, 538 00:41:20,896 --> 00:41:24,566 with Nehru of all people, my opposite number. 539 00:41:25,984 --> 00:41:28,862 The humiliation could not have been more complete. 540 00:41:30,781 --> 00:41:32,991 Of course, I considered ending it. 541 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:37,954 And then I imagined how thin and how poor life would be. 542 00:41:38,789 --> 00:41:43,251 And I realized that when you really adore someone 543 00:41:44,670 --> 00:41:49,466 as fully and as hopelessly as I think you and I do, 544 00:41:51,134 --> 00:41:52,469 you put up with anything. 545 00:42:01,812 --> 00:42:02,854 What's the play? 546 00:42:04,231 --> 00:42:05,565 Did I say play? 547 00:42:06,191 --> 00:42:07,192 I meant ballet. 548 00:42:08,318 --> 00:42:10,529 Well, I should say Royal Ballet. 549 00:42:11,071 --> 00:42:14,324 We've just given them a charter, so I really do have to go. 550 00:42:14,491 --> 00:42:18,537 - It's Giselle. - Isn't that Galina Ulanova? 551 00:42:19,287 --> 00:42:21,748 - Yes. - Lucky you. 552 00:42:21,832 --> 00:42:23,542 They say she's quite the thing. 553 00:42:23,709 --> 00:42:25,419 - Do they? - That's what they say. 554 00:44:39,845 --> 00:44:44,724 They're wondering if you'd like now to meet Miss Ulanova, ma'am. 555 00:44:49,646 --> 00:44:50,772 No, thank you. 556 00:45:01,449 --> 00:45:04,536 I've prepared some tea. Would Her Majesty like... 557 00:45:35,317 --> 00:45:36,651 All my life 558 00:45:36,985 --> 00:45:38,695 I've been a man of peace. 559 00:45:40,363 --> 00:45:41,489 Working for peace, 560 00:45:42,157 --> 00:45:45,285 striving for peace, negotiating for peace. 561 00:45:47,037 --> 00:45:51,333 I could not be other, even if I wished. 562 00:45:51,666 --> 00:45:53,960 And even though we are faced 563 00:45:55,170 --> 00:45:58,381 with an illegal act of plunder 564 00:46:00,008 --> 00:46:02,052 by a dangerous tyrant in the Middle East, 565 00:46:02,218 --> 00:46:06,932 which threatens our livelihood and that of many nations, 566 00:46:07,098 --> 00:46:11,895 I am determined to find a peaceful solution. 567 00:47:27,512 --> 00:47:29,597 - Your Majesty. - Prime Minister. 568 00:47:32,559 --> 00:47:36,771 - Events are unfolding at great speed. - Do sit down, Prime Minister. 569 00:47:40,984 --> 00:47:43,278 In the early hours of this morning, 570 00:47:43,361 --> 00:47:47,991 the Israeli army launched an attack into Egyptian territory, 571 00:47:48,074 --> 00:47:49,909 the Sinai Peninsula, 572 00:47:50,493 --> 00:47:53,538 and is rapidly approaching the Suez Canal. 573 00:47:53,997 --> 00:47:58,626 The Egyptian army has mobilized a retaliatory force 574 00:47:59,127 --> 00:48:01,838 and is about to engage. 575 00:48:04,007 --> 00:48:07,302 Her Majesty's government has now issued a deadline 576 00:48:07,385 --> 00:48:10,722 to both Israel and Egypt 577 00:48:11,389 --> 00:48:13,683 to halt all acts of war 578 00:48:14,851 --> 00:48:16,311 and to allow 579 00:48:16,436 --> 00:48:19,856 Anglo-French forces into the country to preserve the peace. 580 00:48:19,939 --> 00:48:23,026 The Israelis have expressed a willingness to comply 581 00:48:23,109 --> 00:48:25,361 if the Egyptians do, but alas... 582 00:48:27,489 --> 00:48:30,867 President Nasser has thus far refused. 583 00:48:32,118 --> 00:48:33,912 When does the deadline expire? 584 00:48:34,412 --> 00:48:35,663 Tomorrow morning, ma'am. 585 00:48:38,041 --> 00:48:41,294 And the next step, in your view, would be? 586 00:48:41,544 --> 00:48:43,129 Military intervention, ma'am. 587 00:48:43,379 --> 00:48:45,632 - War? - Indeed. 588 00:48:46,883 --> 00:48:49,094 But to keep the peace. 589 00:48:51,763 --> 00:48:53,807 It is the correct thing to do, ma'am. 590 00:48:55,266 --> 00:48:59,687 Nasser is playing roulette with the stability of the whole world. 591 00:49:01,564 --> 00:49:02,649 Well... 592 00:49:03,191 --> 00:49:04,776 Thank you for your explanation. 593 00:49:10,740 --> 00:49:14,327 Before you go, I do have one or two questions. 594 00:49:16,204 --> 00:49:19,457 When you mentioned that the Israelis had launched an attack, 595 00:49:20,125 --> 00:49:21,793 you didn't seem surprised. 596 00:49:24,295 --> 00:49:26,548 Why would I seem surprised? 597 00:49:26,714 --> 00:49:31,219 Unless I'm mistaken, the Israeli position has always been 598 00:49:31,302 --> 00:49:36,057 that they would, under no circumstances, launch a full-scale attack by themselves 599 00:49:36,224 --> 00:49:38,393 for fear of diplomatic isolation. 600 00:49:39,269 --> 00:49:41,604 And yet they've gone on to do precisely that, 601 00:49:42,021 --> 00:49:45,942 indicating that either they changed their mind, 602 00:49:46,484 --> 00:49:47,610 or... 603 00:49:48,736 --> 00:49:51,281 there'd been some kind of collusion. 604 00:49:55,618 --> 00:49:56,828 Have we? 605 00:49:57,829 --> 00:49:59,164 "Have we" 606 00:50:00,415 --> 00:50:01,457 what? 607 00:50:04,210 --> 00:50:05,795 Colluded with Israel? 608 00:50:07,130 --> 00:50:08,256 In any way? 609 00:50:30,028 --> 00:50:31,988 Six days ago, 610 00:50:34,908 --> 00:50:38,953 this government met with representatives 611 00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:43,833 of the French and Israeli governments in a small village 612 00:50:44,250 --> 00:50:45,960 on the outskirts of Paris, 613 00:50:46,586 --> 00:50:49,589 where a document was signed, 614 00:50:52,425 --> 00:50:53,718 the Sèvres Protocol, 615 00:50:54,886 --> 00:50:59,807 which outlines plans for a coordinated offensive against Egypt, 616 00:50:59,933 --> 00:51:05,146 whereby the Israeli army would attack the Egyptian army near the Suez Canal, 617 00:51:05,271 --> 00:51:08,650 thus allowing the intervention of Anglo-French forces. 618 00:51:16,616 --> 00:51:17,992 Who else knows about this? 619 00:51:18,284 --> 00:51:20,453 Individual members of Cabinet. 620 00:51:21,829 --> 00:51:24,040 - Senior members. - But not Parliament? 621 00:51:24,582 --> 00:51:26,459 - No. - Or the United Nations? 622 00:51:29,921 --> 00:51:31,172 When does all this begin? 623 00:51:34,759 --> 00:51:36,636 Airstrikes begin tomorrow. 624 00:51:37,095 --> 00:51:39,222 - You don't want to give it more time? - No, ma'am. 625 00:51:39,597 --> 00:51:43,643 The right thing to do is to go in now and to go in hard. 626 00:51:44,102 --> 00:51:46,896 I was right about Mussolini, 627 00:51:47,188 --> 00:51:52,235 I was right about Hitler, and I am right about this fella. 628 00:51:53,528 --> 00:51:54,904 Do I have your support? 629 00:52:19,637 --> 00:52:22,515 The Prime Minister always has the sovereign's support. 630 00:52:29,105 --> 00:52:30,148 Majesty. 631 00:55:33,122 --> 00:55:34,123 Amen.