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Your majesty.
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So, it is always the sovereign
who begins the meal.
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It is absolutely forbidden to begin
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before he, or she, takes their first bite.
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During the meal,
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when it is the first course, you must only
speak to the person seated on your right
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until the end.
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Time for the vice-provost, lilibet.
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Your royal highness. Come on.
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"There are two elements
of the constitution,"
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wrote Walter bagehot in 1867.
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"The efficient and the dignified."
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Which is the monarch?
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Your royal highness?
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- The dignified?
- Very good.
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The efficient has the power
to make and execute policy,
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and is answerable to the electorate.
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What touches all should be approved by all.
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The dignified gives significance
and legitimacy to the efficient,
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and is answerable only...
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- To god.
- Precisely.
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Two institutions, crown and government,
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dignified and the efficient,
only work when they support each other,
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when they trust one another.
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You can underline that.
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- Do you teach this to your other pupils?
- No, just you.
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This is what I teach them.
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These are exam papers.
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- Shouldn't I know all of this, too?
- No, ma'am.
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All very undignified.
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Mr. Einstein has changed his mind again?
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The scientist.
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No, I know who he is.
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What exactly
has he changed his mind about?
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That's rather less clear to me,
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but everyone's making
a tremendous fuss about it.
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At the time of my education,
I asked the vice-provost
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if we shouldn't spend a bit of time
on literature, philosophy, science.
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He felt I had enough on my plate as it was.
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But don't you think
I should have learned about it?
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Well, doesn't one have a duty
to know certain things?
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You have a great many other virtues.
You can't be expected to know everything.
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Well, no, that's the point, mummy.
I know almost nothing.
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You know when to keep your mouth shut.
That's more important than anything.
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And that would've been fine
if I'd gone on to live a normal life.
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But now, I spend so much time
with politicians and statesmen.
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You know, I live in dread
of being left alone with them.
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Your dear papa, just the same.
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Be nice to think that one could,
if not hold one's own,
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then at least not have to steer
the conversation
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away to dogs and horses every time.
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The prime minister's on his way, ma'am.
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Well, one good thing about this one is
you never have to open your mouth at all.
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That's true.
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Just smile politely
while he drones on and on.
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Your majesty may or may not be aware,
but this is my retirement year.
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Is it really? How long has it been?
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Thirty-three years, ma'am,
serving four sovereigns.
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One can hardly imagine
the place without you.
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Well, it's kind of you to say so, ma'am,
but we're well prepared for the transition.
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A deputy's long been groomed
and made ready.
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- Two deputies, am I right?
- Yes, ma'am.
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- A senior and a junior.
- An heir and a spare.
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Quite.
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Well, before we discuss any of that,
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I'd like you to know how grateful
we all are to you.
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- For your years of service.
- Thank you, ma'am.
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My father was quite dependent on you.
You know that.
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And in our short time together,
I could see how I could be, too.
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But you deserve to put your feet up.
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And I think I could work quite well
with Martin charteris.
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- Martin charteris?
- Yes.
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I assume you'll give that your blessing.
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Martin is the junior deputy
private secretary, ma'am, the spare.
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Michael adeane is the senior.
The rightful heir.
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Martin and I have worked together before.
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I'm aware of that.
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I'm sure that Michael would understand
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that I had a pre-existing relationship
with Martin, and not take it personally.
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Martin is a younger man.
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It's the more natural fit.
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If that is your majesty's wish.
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Prime minister,
I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting.
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- Not at all.
- But I see you've found company.
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Yes.
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Honey, sugar, pippin, say goodbye.
Thank you, Tommy.
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Shall we make a start?
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One item overshadows every other
on the agenda this week, ma'am.
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The Soviets and their h-bomb.
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We now have confirmation
that they have been testing
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in the Kazakh desert.
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It is vital that we act
swiftly to secure peace,
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and vital that we British
spearhead the effort.
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I have always been the person
everyone wants in a room with the Russians
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because Stalin would only talk to me.
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With him gone, there is a great danger
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that eisenhower will take it upon himself
to run the show.
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And that would be bad?
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A disaster, ma'am.
For all the obvious reasons.
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Of course.
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Remind me of the obvious reasons.
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Russia
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is a great old empire
which demands and deserves respect.
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Americans like to wave the big stick,
and speak with a loud voice.
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In the matter of world governance,
they are not yet ready.
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They need an experienced and elder power
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to guide them, school them.
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Yes, we could all do with some school.
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To that end, I've asked the foreign
secretary to go to Washington
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to lay plans for a summit meeting
between myself and eisenhower,
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to start discussing a unified approach
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for how to bring the Russians
back into the family.
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- Do you think he's up to it?
- Eisenhower?
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No, the foreign secretary.
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Anthony is the finest foreign secretary
this country has had for generations.
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Yes, but I've heard he's
also a very sick man.
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I would hate to think
that the country wasn't in safe hands,
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being led by healthy men.
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We are both fine, ma'am. I assure you.
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Early indications are
that the bomb they tested
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was a fission and fusion-fueled
sloika design,
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based on lithium-6 deuteride
and uranium-235
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with a yield of 400 kilotons.
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Khrushchev claims the weapon is ready
for immediate use,
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capable of deployment
from a bomber aircraft.
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He was bragging about it
to the presidium last week.
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Do we believe that?
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Latest CIA intelligence seems to
support it, with the Soviets known to be
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ramping up their production
of long-range bomber aircraft...
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Are you all right, sir?
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My bag, please. Give me my bag.
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Can you do this?
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Sir, this really should
be done by a doctor.
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Just find a vein. Come on!
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Well, we can say with confidence
that Joe-4's total yield,
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why, was in the range of 400-500 kilotons.
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Now, intelligence sources indicate
the Soviets used the layered design
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similar to our own
Ivy Mike detonation in '52,
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which is consistent with the blast radius.
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The British foreign secretary.
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That, gentlemen, is not just a
sleeping man, it's a sad metaphor.
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The second most powerful man
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in what was once
the most powerful country on earth.
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What's that on his arm?
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Looks like blood, sir.
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Good god.
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- Colonel charteris, ma'am.
- Your majesty.
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- You asked to see me?
- I did. Do sit down.
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Now, as I'm sure you're aware,
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Tommy lascelles will be leaving us shortly
to begin his well-deserved retirement.
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And his departure will leave
something of a gap.
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Yes.
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And I was wondering whether you
might be interested in filling that gap?
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- As what, ma'am?
- My private secretary.
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- I'd be delighted, but...
- But what?
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What about Michael adeane?
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- What about him?
- He is the natural successor.
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I was hoping it might be possible for me
to make my own decision just once.
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There are two private secretaries
to choose from.
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And I happen to prefer thejunior.
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So, shall we say that's that?
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Yes. I suppose we shall.
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- Good.
- Thank you.
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Is there anything I can
do? In the meantime?
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No, no, no. Thank you, Martin.
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Actually, Martin...
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A tutor.
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- Ma'am?
- I'd like to engage one.
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- Any particular field?
- General education.
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- I'll come up with some names.
- Thank you.
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And, Martin, preferably one, you know,
not too stuffy.
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Sense of humor.
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Understood.
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I'm no stranger to pain, Winston,
but this has become intolerable.
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I must have corrective surgery.
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And this corrective surgery,
must it really be Boston?
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That's where the best man is. The only man.
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They're better-equipped to deal
with gall bladder problems in america,
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due to the high-fat diets they have here.
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Leaving me without you
for the summit with ike.
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- Can't you delay it?
- No, I can't.
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Besides, you have already stated your ability
to run the ship without me for some time.
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In jest, my dear boy,
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when you become mutinous
and presumptuous.
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You know how much I depend on you.
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- I do.
- Well?
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But I'd still like to
hear you say it again.
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What?
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I'd like you to say it again, so that
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all the people listening in can hear.
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You were saying?
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That...
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I depend on you, Anthony.
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What for?
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For your judgment.
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- What else?
- Your integrity and loyalty.
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Louder, please.
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Yes, all right! Yes, I
need you there, Anthony!
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I think we've all agreed, I need you!
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And I need the surgery, Winston.
It's my life that's at stake now.
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I'm sorry.
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Prime minister. Prime minister?
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Hello?
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- What's that?
- Here, Charles. That one.
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Look. Look at this. Do you like my picture?
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It's a rocket. One day
it'll take you into space.
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- Professor hogg, your majesty.
- Who?
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Colonel charteris said
you were expecting him.
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Yes.
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Where's Mercury?
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High up in the sky, Charles.
It's where all the other planets are.
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- Your majesty.
- Professor hogg.
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During the course of my new daily life,
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I have to spend a great deal of time alone
with statesmen.
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Men, like yourself, of
exceptional intellect,
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who've risen to the very top
of their profession
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by virtue of their intelligence
and their ability.
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There are frequently times
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when I am discussing agendas of the day
with these people
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that I find myself
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on the back foot.
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At something of a
disadvantage. Because I...
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I can't keep up.
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Or I don't know what lies behind something.
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And that's no way to live.
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To be uninformed
and entirely at someone else's mercy.
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Quite. Which is why I was hoping
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that you might help me hold my own,
some more,
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feel at less of a disadvantage, fill in...
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Fill in some of the gaps.
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Perhaps her majesty would give me an idea
of roughly how far she got?
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- When?
- With her education.
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In what sense?
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Which exams she might have taken
and passed,
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that I might better know
at what level to pitch our tutorials.
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The higher school certificate, for example.
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All right. The school certificate, then.
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Any privately-tutored equivalents
thereof, perhaps?
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I see.
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Her majesty the queen, ma'am.
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This is a surprise.
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To what do I owe the pleasure?
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I came because I wanted to ask you
a question about my education.
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What about it?
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The fact that I didn't receive one.
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You did.
247
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Sewing, needlework,
and saying poems with crawfie.
248
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That is not an education.
249
00:22:01,029 --> 00:22:04,491
Darling, you also spent years one-on-one
250
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with the vice-provost of eton college.
251
00:22:07,076 --> 00:22:08,721
Being drilled in matters
of the constitution.
252
00:22:08,745 --> 00:22:11,372
Which is far more than
your sister ever got.
253
00:22:12,123 --> 00:22:16,753
Mummy, I'm talking about
a normal education, in normal subjects.
254
00:22:16,878 --> 00:22:19,088
You received
an entirely appropriate education
255
00:22:19,214 --> 00:22:20,590
for a woman of your background.
256
00:22:20,757 --> 00:22:23,384
Which has entirely failed to prepare me
for the life I lead now.
257
00:22:23,551 --> 00:22:28,097
We taught you how to be a lady, a Princess.
What do you want? A degree?
258
00:22:28,598 --> 00:22:32,185
No one wants a bluestocking
or a college lecturer as sovereign.
259
00:22:32,602 --> 00:22:33,728
They want a queen.
260
00:22:33,895 --> 00:22:39,150
Yes, a queen who is hopelessly ill-equipped
to deal with the people that she has to meet.
261
00:22:45,949 --> 00:22:47,617
What has this to do with me?
262
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,829
How could you have let me down like this?
263
00:22:53,206 --> 00:22:55,625
Is this a criticism of my motherhood?
264
00:22:58,795 --> 00:23:03,341
Because I would've thought you'd think
twice before throwing stones on that score.
265
00:23:04,968 --> 00:23:06,386
What's that supposed to mean?
266
00:23:06,469 --> 00:23:09,389
I hardly see you blazing a trail
in that department.
267
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:11,683
That's not fair.
268
00:23:11,766 --> 00:23:15,979
Besides, I thought we were past the age now
where we take cheap shots at our parents.
269
00:23:16,604 --> 00:23:19,357
I educated you as
your father and I saw fit.
270
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,401
Why didn't we push harder?
271
00:23:21,484 --> 00:23:24,988
No one advised that we should.
That includes the vice-provost.
272
00:23:28,241 --> 00:23:32,704
Don't force something
that doesn't come naturally, dear.
273
00:23:32,787 --> 00:23:34,247
That's what I've learned.
274
00:23:38,793 --> 00:23:41,754
We all have to accept
our limitations in life.
275
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:10,033
That's it, there. The grace-and-favor flat
belonging to the queen's private secretary.
276
00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:13,453
- Our new home.
- How much of the ground floor is it?
277
00:24:14,203 --> 00:24:17,790
All of it.
Including the rooms stretching to the back.
278
00:24:21,544 --> 00:24:23,171
The girls will be happy here.
279
00:24:24,756 --> 00:24:26,382
Now, we must go.
280
00:24:26,758 --> 00:24:28,968
- I don't want anyone to see us.
- Why?
281
00:24:29,052 --> 00:24:30,970
Well, it's just indiscreet.
282
00:24:31,304 --> 00:24:34,766
- But I haven't got the job yet.
- What about that tree?
283
00:24:35,892 --> 00:24:37,560
It's blocking all the light.
284
00:24:37,644 --> 00:24:40,021
Well, I daresay one could ask
to have it trimmed back.
285
00:24:40,104 --> 00:24:41,814
Will you ask?
286
00:24:41,898 --> 00:24:46,527
I don't see the rush,
but, yes, I can ask. Discreetly.
287
00:24:54,577 --> 00:24:55,620
Good god.
288
00:24:55,703 --> 00:24:59,499
A stroke, bobbety,
that's all, a minor stroke.
289
00:24:59,582 --> 00:25:02,168
But I'm on the mend, bouncing back.
290
00:25:02,251 --> 00:25:04,337
Well, you don't look very bouncy to me.
291
00:25:04,420 --> 00:25:06,047
- Who knows?
- No one.
292
00:25:06,130 --> 00:25:08,883
And no one can know, especially the queen.
293
00:25:08,966 --> 00:25:10,009
What?
294
00:25:10,093 --> 00:25:15,306
I have promised her that the country
will always have a healthy man in charge.
295
00:25:15,390 --> 00:25:19,143
You know me, bobbety,
I am a man of my word.
296
00:25:19,936 --> 00:25:21,688
But you can't just hide it from her.
297
00:25:22,730 --> 00:25:25,942
I mean, you're head of the government
which runs the country in her name.
298
00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:28,986
Besides, don't you think she'll smell a rat
299
00:25:29,070 --> 00:25:31,072
when no one turns up
at her private audience?
300
00:25:31,322 --> 00:25:34,909
The palace has been
told that I have a cold.
301
00:25:34,992 --> 00:25:36,202
A cold?
302
00:25:37,620 --> 00:25:42,125
Jock, you have my permission
to extend that to the flu.
303
00:25:42,625 --> 00:25:44,752
- Sir.
- But no more.
304
00:25:44,836 --> 00:25:47,076
And what about the meeting
with eisenhower in Washington?
305
00:25:47,797 --> 00:25:52,427
Alas, as I have been refused
permission to fly,
306
00:25:52,510 --> 00:25:54,679
I am left with no option.
307
00:25:54,762 --> 00:25:57,765
- To postpone it?
- Are you mad?
308
00:25:57,849 --> 00:26:02,729
The Russian situation
could not be more delicately poised,
309
00:26:03,271 --> 00:26:06,983
nor more needing of my influence. No.
310
00:26:08,860 --> 00:26:11,195
We have to get eisenhower here.
311
00:26:12,530 --> 00:26:17,285
So, you see, Tommy, there's no other way.
Well, how about the 12th of July?
312
00:26:17,368 --> 00:26:20,580
- I doubt it.
- All right, the 13th?
313
00:26:21,456 --> 00:26:24,375
- I doubt that as well.
- The 14th, then.
314
00:26:24,459 --> 00:26:27,170
I can put it to her, bobbety,
but I wouldn't hold your breath.
315
00:26:27,295 --> 00:26:29,215
Well, I'll leave it
to your powers of persuasion.
316
00:26:30,590 --> 00:26:31,674
Bye.
317
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:05,917
Sorry to disturb you, ma'am,
318
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:11,839
but I just had lord Salisbury on the phone
with an unusual request.
319
00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:16,636
President eisenhower is due
to meet the prime minister in Washington
320
00:27:16,719 --> 00:27:18,763
for summit next week,
321
00:27:18,846 --> 00:27:22,016
but Mr. Churchill's developed a cold,
a nasty cold,
322
00:27:22,099 --> 00:27:24,227
and lord moran, his doctor,
has forbidden him to fly.
323
00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:27,104
Now, the feeling is the meeting
is of the utmost importance,
324
00:27:27,188 --> 00:27:30,358
so downing street was wondering
whether we might be able to help.
325
00:27:31,025 --> 00:27:32,109
Help how?
326
00:27:32,401 --> 00:27:34,195
By inviting the president here.
327
00:27:35,780 --> 00:27:36,823
Where?
328
00:27:37,073 --> 00:27:40,451
Here, ma'am, to Buckingham Palace,
to a state banquet next week.
329
00:27:40,576 --> 00:27:43,496
The feeling is that, by that time,
330
00:27:43,579 --> 00:27:45,915
Winston should have made
a sufficient recovery.
331
00:27:46,666 --> 00:27:48,876
Well, I was planning on
going to sandringham.
332
00:27:51,587 --> 00:27:54,924
I'm afraid it would mean
postponing that by a few days.
333
00:28:01,931 --> 00:28:05,351
We can extend an invitation
through our ambassador in Washington.
334
00:28:05,434 --> 00:28:08,187
- Is that a green light, ma'am?
- Yes.
335
00:28:08,771 --> 00:28:11,357
Then, if you'll excuse me,
I better get cracking.
336
00:28:14,902 --> 00:28:17,589
Do you have a moment, Tommy?
I need to speak to you on an urgent matter.
337
00:28:17,613 --> 00:28:20,157
I don't, I'm afraid,
I have a state banquet to arrange,
338
00:28:20,241 --> 00:28:22,034
so if it possibly wait until later...
339
00:28:22,118 --> 00:28:24,704
I think when you hear it,
you'll share my sense of alarm.
340
00:28:24,787 --> 00:28:26,581
It seems that Martin charteris
341
00:28:26,664 --> 00:28:30,751
is to replace you
as her majesty's private secretary, not me.
342
00:28:30,835 --> 00:28:32,545
What? Says who?
343
00:28:32,628 --> 00:28:35,172
Says Margaret colville,
jock colville's wife,
344
00:28:35,256 --> 00:28:38,217
who plays bridge with Alice Jameson,
lady-in-waiting,
345
00:28:38,301 --> 00:28:42,471
who, as you may know,
plays tennis with Mary charteris.
346
00:28:42,805 --> 00:28:44,181
Why on earth would I know that?
347
00:28:44,265 --> 00:28:46,893
Anyway, so confident are they
of the appointment,
348
00:28:46,976 --> 00:28:50,062
- that Mary has even gone so...
- Don't tell me.
349
00:28:50,146 --> 00:28:51,946
So far as to speak
to the palace head gardener
350
00:28:51,981 --> 00:28:54,150
about trimming the tree outside my window.
351
00:28:55,109 --> 00:28:56,277
Yes.
352
00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,530
Ask Martin to come and see me, would you?
353
00:28:59,614 --> 00:29:01,866
That is, if he and his lady wife
are not too busy
354
00:29:01,949 --> 00:29:05,161
measuring carpets and curtains
for what is still my home.
355
00:29:11,834 --> 00:29:14,712
- Right, it's a green light. Jump to it.
- Sir.
356
00:30:16,232 --> 00:30:19,568
- You asked to see me, Tommy.
- I did. Do sit down.
357
00:30:30,121 --> 00:30:33,374
Martin, you've worked at the palace now,
for what, three years?
358
00:30:34,041 --> 00:30:36,585
I'd have thought that long enough
for you to know the ropes,
359
00:30:37,044 --> 00:30:41,132
understand the rules,
the way things are done.
360
00:30:41,257 --> 00:30:42,717
I think I do.
361
00:30:45,219 --> 00:30:46,762
Manifestly not.
362
00:31:10,453 --> 00:31:12,788
Professor hogg, your majesty.
363
00:31:15,499 --> 00:31:17,209
- Your majesty.
- Professor.
364
00:31:23,299 --> 00:31:25,676
I know you were going to prepare
some tutorials
365
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,344
of a more general nature,
366
00:31:27,636 --> 00:31:31,974
but it seems I'm going to need
some more specific knowledge first.
367
00:31:32,433 --> 00:31:34,602
On which subject?
368
00:31:34,685 --> 00:31:36,520
President eisenhower.
369
00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:40,733
He'll be coming here in a matter of days,
and I'll be expected
370
00:31:41,817 --> 00:31:44,612
to sit next to him
and make conversation with him.
371
00:31:45,154 --> 00:31:48,657
So, I need to know all about him,
and what interests him.
372
00:31:48,908 --> 00:31:51,660
The military-industrial complex, ma'am.
373
00:31:53,037 --> 00:31:54,246
What?
374
00:31:54,330 --> 00:31:58,584
And its threat to Democratic government,
it's what most concerns him.
375
00:32:02,004 --> 00:32:03,506
Something lighter, perhaps?
376
00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:05,257
Golf?
377
00:32:07,176 --> 00:32:10,012
- Anything else?
- Oil painting.
378
00:32:10,679 --> 00:32:14,558
- I'm told he paints landscapes.
- Don't they all?
379
00:32:18,187 --> 00:32:22,983
Would your majesty give me 24 hours
to do some research and come back to you?
380
00:32:23,067 --> 00:32:24,110
Yes. Of course.
381
00:32:28,489 --> 00:32:32,785
He was baptized, wasn't he?
Just six months ago.
382
00:32:34,620 --> 00:32:37,623
Yes, I think read about
that. A presbyterian.
383
00:32:40,376 --> 00:32:42,962
Did they dunk him, do you think?
384
00:32:43,045 --> 00:32:44,255
Dunk?
385
00:32:45,089 --> 00:32:48,134
A full immersion. In some river.
386
00:32:48,884 --> 00:32:51,387
If I were a gambling man, I'd say yes.
387
00:32:52,346 --> 00:32:53,556
Are you?
388
00:32:54,890 --> 00:32:58,352
Occasionally. The derby, ma'am,
and the grand national.
389
00:32:59,145 --> 00:33:00,729
How did you get on this year?
390
00:33:01,230 --> 00:33:03,315
At the national, rather well.
391
00:33:03,399 --> 00:33:07,319
- I had early mist on an each-way bet.
- Well done, you.
392
00:33:07,444 --> 00:33:10,906
You won by 20 lengths.
I share your admiration for Mr. O'brien,
393
00:33:10,990 --> 00:33:13,492
and everything he's doing
at ballydoyle stables.
394
00:33:14,410 --> 00:33:16,620
- Who?
- The trainer.
395
00:33:18,247 --> 00:33:19,790
That's not why you backed him?
396
00:33:20,082 --> 00:33:22,501
No. I just liked the name.
397
00:33:25,629 --> 00:33:26,797
I see.
398
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,676
- Back in 24 hours.
- Thank you.
399
00:33:45,608 --> 00:33:48,027
"I'm so sorry to hear
that in these past days
400
00:33:48,110 --> 00:33:50,321
"you've not been
in your usual good health..."
401
00:33:50,404 --> 00:33:51,739
Isn't that nice?
402
00:33:52,448 --> 00:33:55,868
"And that your tireless exertions
on behalf of this country
403
00:33:55,951 --> 00:33:59,622
"have resulted
in this temporary inconvenience."
404
00:34:01,081 --> 00:34:02,791
"Temporary inconvenience."
405
00:34:04,585 --> 00:34:06,629
How much does she know exactly?
406
00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:09,465
Because from the tone of this...
407
00:34:10,925 --> 00:34:12,301
Winston.
408
00:34:14,136 --> 00:34:17,056
- She thinks it's a cold.
- A cold?
409
00:34:17,139 --> 00:34:20,976
Yes, a cold. If she knew the truth,
she would bid me stand down.
410
00:34:21,060 --> 00:34:23,187
- Good.
- A replacement would have to be found.
411
00:34:23,270 --> 00:34:26,190
The wrong replacement.
Because the right man...
412
00:34:26,273 --> 00:34:29,735
- Anthony.
- Is himself incapacitated.
413
00:34:29,818 --> 00:34:32,738
Too much knowledge
can be a dangerous thing.
414
00:34:33,447 --> 00:34:35,199
Do you mean to tell me that, at the moment,
415
00:34:35,282 --> 00:34:38,953
this country's without a fit leader
or a deputy leader?
416
00:34:39,703 --> 00:34:41,413
- Notsoloud.
- But_
417
00:34:41,789 --> 00:34:43,040
Come.
418
00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:47,503
Good news, sir. It's a yes from eisenhower.
419
00:34:48,671 --> 00:34:50,756
You were right, an
invitation from the palace
420
00:34:50,839 --> 00:34:53,342
has proved impossible
for the Americans to refuse.
421
00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:55,820
They've changed his schedule,
and we're going to make it work.
422
00:34:55,844 --> 00:34:59,181
- That's wonderful news!
- Don't get out of bed, Winston.
423
00:34:59,265 --> 00:35:01,767
- That's wonderful!
- No, don't get out of bed, darling.
424
00:35:01,850 --> 00:35:03,352
Don't get out of bed.
425
00:35:03,644 --> 00:35:06,021
If ike comes here, I can be leader again.
426
00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:07,982
- Winston...
- That's what really matters.
427
00:35:08,065 --> 00:35:10,651
Getting me and ike in the same room,
so that he and I can...
428
00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:11,819
Do go back to bed.
429
00:35:11,902 --> 00:35:15,614
Get on with building a real
and lasting peace with the Russians!
430
00:35:15,698 --> 00:35:19,743
Darling, look, why don't you admit the truth,
that you have been fighting for your life
431
00:35:19,827 --> 00:35:21,495
and tell the queen?
432
00:35:23,539 --> 00:35:24,999
Winston?
433
00:36:02,411 --> 00:36:05,664
- How serious is it this time?
- It's impossible to know.
434
00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:11,879
I fear we do now
have to put off the Americans.
435
00:36:11,962 --> 00:36:13,172
Yes, of course.
436
00:36:13,255 --> 00:36:15,007
And tell the queen.
437
00:36:15,424 --> 00:36:18,510
No. No, we're in too deep now for that.
438
00:36:20,012 --> 00:36:23,766
If eisenhower isn't coming,
blame it on him, not on Winston.
439
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,436
The queen must never know
how much we've kept from her.
440
00:37:00,344 --> 00:37:01,804
Prepare for inspection!
441
00:37:07,101 --> 00:37:08,811
Sorry to disturb you, ma'am.
442
00:37:11,146 --> 00:37:14,358
I've been asked by downing street
to inform you first
443
00:37:14,441 --> 00:37:18,570
that president eisenhower is no
longer able to leave the United States
444
00:37:18,654 --> 00:37:21,115
owing to a political crisis at home.
445
00:37:25,828 --> 00:37:27,371
Well, that's a relief.
446
00:37:27,830 --> 00:37:30,332
And that the prime minister
still hasn't shaken off his cold,
447
00:37:31,166 --> 00:37:33,669
and will not be attending
today's private audience.
448
00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:36,213
Really? Goodness.
449
00:37:36,797 --> 00:37:40,092
That's the second consecutive
private audience that he's missed.
450
00:37:40,175 --> 00:37:43,345
- It's most unlike him.
- Yes, isn't it?
451
00:37:44,847 --> 00:37:46,014
Are you all right, Martin?
452
00:37:48,892 --> 00:37:51,562
Your majesty, I've had the opportunity
453
00:37:51,645 --> 00:37:55,399
to think about your very kind offer
to become your private secretary.
454
00:37:57,192 --> 00:37:58,819
And I'm afraid I must decline.
455
00:38:06,952 --> 00:38:11,415
In this instance, I really do believe
you'll be better served by Michael.
456
00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:14,835
No, you don't.
457
00:38:15,752 --> 00:38:16,795
Ma'am?
458
00:38:18,005 --> 00:38:19,840
You don't think that.
459
00:38:19,923 --> 00:38:22,176
Nor could you ever think that.
460
00:38:22,259 --> 00:38:24,803
For the very good
reason that it's not true.
461
00:38:25,721 --> 00:38:28,390
Have you been spoken to
by Tommy lascelles?
462
00:38:28,765 --> 00:38:30,517
- Ma'am...
- You have.
463
00:38:31,435 --> 00:38:33,145
And what did he have to say?
464
00:38:36,482 --> 00:38:38,322
That I should've refused the offer
in the room.
465
00:38:40,235 --> 00:38:42,905
That I obviously have no respect
or understanding
466
00:38:42,988 --> 00:38:48,076
for palace tradition and protocol,
and that it must be Michael adeane.
467
00:38:52,748 --> 00:38:53,957
Did he now?
468
00:38:56,418 --> 00:38:58,378
Would you excuse me for a moment, Martin?
469
00:39:29,826 --> 00:39:30,869
Come.
470
00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:36,792
- Your majesty.
- Look, Tommy.
471
00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:41,505
There's no pretty way of saying this.
I would prefer Martin.
472
00:39:41,588 --> 00:39:43,715
And that is your right, ma'am.
473
00:39:43,799 --> 00:39:46,426
Yes. And I rather thought so, too.
474
00:39:47,177 --> 00:39:49,221
But it would be a mistake.
475
00:39:50,097 --> 00:39:51,640
And why is that?
476
00:39:51,932 --> 00:39:52,975
Please.
477
00:40:05,153 --> 00:40:06,947
There's a way of doing things here.
478
00:40:08,365 --> 00:40:11,702
An order developed over time, generations.
479
00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:17,791
And individuality in the house of windsor,
480
00:40:18,667 --> 00:40:22,212
any departure from that way of
doing things, is not to be encouraged.
481
00:40:22,754 --> 00:40:25,716
It results in catastrophes
like the abdication.
482
00:40:26,675 --> 00:40:29,136
Abdicating the throne
and choosing my private secretary
483
00:40:29,219 --> 00:40:30,887
is hardly comparing like with like.
484
00:40:30,971 --> 00:40:32,347
I disagree.
485
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,142
I served your uncle, as you know.
486
00:40:36,351 --> 00:40:40,105
And it's in the small
things that the rot starts.
487
00:40:40,897 --> 00:40:43,609
Do the wrong thing once,
it's easier to do it again.
488
00:40:43,692 --> 00:40:48,989
Do the individualistic thing once,
it is easy to do it again.
489
00:40:49,072 --> 00:40:52,909
Now, in the case of your uncle,
it started with wanting to use
490
00:40:52,993 --> 00:40:56,538
Buckingham Palace simply as the office,
and York house as his home.
491
00:40:57,372 --> 00:41:02,628
Then he stopped attending church,
decided he wanted to sell sandringham.
492
00:41:02,711 --> 00:41:05,047
He dismissed courtiers
who'd served under his father
493
00:41:05,130 --> 00:41:08,383
in favor of younger,
sycophantic supplicants.
494
00:41:09,176 --> 00:41:12,679
Of course,
no one saw the abdication coming then,
495
00:41:12,763 --> 00:41:17,434
but the ego, the willfulness,
the individualism,
496
00:41:17,517 --> 00:41:19,645
the rot had set in.
497
00:41:19,728 --> 00:41:22,856
Martin and I have an understanding.
498
00:41:23,315 --> 00:41:24,816
I don't deny it.
499
00:41:26,109 --> 00:41:29,905
It would make me feel as if I had an ally,
500
00:41:30,822 --> 00:41:32,908
friend almost,
501
00:41:33,575 --> 00:41:35,911
in what can sometimes feel like a very...
502
00:41:50,801 --> 00:41:52,010
Well...
503
00:41:53,804 --> 00:41:57,849
The next in line,
and the senior of my two deputies,
504
00:41:57,933 --> 00:42:02,020
and the natural heir is Michael.
505
00:42:03,563 --> 00:42:05,899
- Your man.
- The right man.
506
00:42:10,696 --> 00:42:15,075
But, as always,
the final say is with you, ma'am.
507
00:42:26,795 --> 00:42:28,130
Thank you.
508
00:43:08,837 --> 00:43:12,215
Just had the palace on the phone, requesting
a private audience this afternoon.
509
00:43:12,674 --> 00:43:14,843
It seems the queen wants to see you, sir.
510
00:43:34,946 --> 00:43:36,299
So, what's all this about, Patrick?
511
00:43:36,323 --> 00:43:38,283
- I don't know, sir.
- Can't you give me a clue?
512
00:43:43,789 --> 00:43:46,082
Mr. Colville, your majesty.
513
00:43:51,671 --> 00:43:53,840
- You asked to see me, your majesty?
- Yes, jock.
514
00:43:54,424 --> 00:43:59,346
You were my private secretary for two years
before Martin charteris.
515
00:43:59,429 --> 00:44:00,764
I was.
516
00:44:00,847 --> 00:44:04,643
And it was my impression
that we always had a good understanding,
517
00:44:05,060 --> 00:44:08,480
and were able to speak openly
with one another.
518
00:44:08,563 --> 00:44:11,983
- Yes, of course.
- And trust one another.
519
00:44:12,609 --> 00:44:15,946
Speak plainly when matters
of real importance came up.
520
00:44:16,029 --> 00:44:20,408
And before her majesty says anything else,
let me just say how sorry I am.
521
00:44:21,701 --> 00:44:23,411
It's been agony.
522
00:44:23,495 --> 00:44:27,666
I tried to stop them, I
told them my opinion,
523
00:44:27,749 --> 00:44:30,085
but they were so insistent
we keep it from you.
524
00:44:30,585 --> 00:44:34,005
After the second one, I really was
of a mind to let you know the truth.
525
00:44:35,090 --> 00:44:37,467
- Second what?
- Stroke, ma'am.
526
00:44:38,510 --> 00:44:42,681
But they insisted again,
everyone keep it quiet, say nothing.
527
00:44:46,268 --> 00:44:47,269
I see.
528
00:44:51,314 --> 00:44:54,609
And who was it that
was doing the insisting?
529
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:56,736
Lord Salisbury, ma'am.
530
00:44:57,946 --> 00:45:02,659
And the prime minister himself,
on the rare occasions he was conscious.
531
00:45:07,163 --> 00:45:08,331
I see.
532
00:45:09,749 --> 00:45:12,544
That is what you asked me here to discuss?
533
00:45:15,922 --> 00:45:19,050
I asked you here to discuss
whether I should take Michael adeane
534
00:45:19,134 --> 00:45:22,637
for my private secretary,
rather than Martin charteris.
535
00:45:26,308 --> 00:45:30,478
But what you've just told me
is far more important.
536
00:45:36,818 --> 00:45:38,320
- No.
- Yes.
537
00:45:38,403 --> 00:45:40,155
The slippery old so-and-sos.
538
00:45:40,780 --> 00:45:43,241
It's rather worse than slippery,
wouldn't you say?
539
00:45:43,325 --> 00:45:45,201
Somewhat unconstitutional.
540
00:45:45,869 --> 00:45:47,370
What are you going to do?
541
00:45:48,163 --> 00:45:51,958
Nothing, of course. That's my job.
542
00:45:52,542 --> 00:45:55,795
- Do nothing, and stay silent at all times.
- Is it?
543
00:45:56,463 --> 00:45:59,883
From memory, and forgive me, ma'am,
it's a while since I read bagehot,
544
00:46:00,592 --> 00:46:05,388
but in circumstances such as these,
is it not also your duty to act?
545
00:46:07,599 --> 00:46:09,684
I doubt it. I'd have to check.
546
00:46:09,768 --> 00:46:11,978
I think you know precisely.
547
00:46:15,106 --> 00:46:16,483
Yes, it is.
548
00:46:18,151 --> 00:46:22,364
But I can't just summon the brightest,
most formidable men in the country,
549
00:46:22,447 --> 00:46:25,158
and give them a dressing-down,
like children.
550
00:46:25,241 --> 00:46:28,995
Why? You are in the
right, they in the wrong.
551
00:46:29,412 --> 00:46:32,666
Yes, but they're far more intelligent
than I am.
552
00:46:32,749 --> 00:46:37,253
Any confrontation, they'd out-debate me,
out-think me and out-maneuver me.
553
00:46:37,337 --> 00:46:40,465
But this isn't about
education or intelligence.
554
00:46:40,548 --> 00:46:43,718
This is about integrity and principle.
555
00:46:44,511 --> 00:46:48,181
Ma'am, you say you don't have what it takes
to do battle with these people.
556
00:46:48,264 --> 00:46:49,641
You do.
557
00:46:49,724 --> 00:46:53,311
You were drilled for years
in the finer points of our constitution.
558
00:46:53,395 --> 00:46:56,272
You know it better than me,
better than all of us.
559
00:46:56,731 --> 00:46:59,317
You have the only education that matters.
560
00:47:00,777 --> 00:47:02,487
So, what would you have me do?
561
00:47:02,570 --> 00:47:03,655
Summon them,
562
00:47:04,072 --> 00:47:07,534
and give them a good dressing-down,
like children.
563
00:47:08,118 --> 00:47:09,786
Why would they stand for that?
564
00:47:09,869 --> 00:47:13,248
Because they're English, male
and upper class.
565
00:47:13,331 --> 00:47:17,335
A good dressing-down from nanny
is what they most want in life.
566
00:47:22,298 --> 00:47:25,176
Unconventional to the end, professor.
567
00:47:30,807 --> 00:47:32,308
Thank you, professor.
568
00:47:33,977 --> 00:47:36,688
I'm afraid I urgently need something
from windsor castle.
569
00:47:37,063 --> 00:47:39,024
At least I think it's at windsor.
570
00:47:39,274 --> 00:47:42,110
It might be at sandringham. Or balmoral.
571
00:47:42,777 --> 00:47:44,946
- Or it might be here.
- Ma'am.
572
00:49:17,038 --> 00:49:19,207
Lord Salisbury, please.
573
00:49:20,416 --> 00:49:23,837
If you wouldn't mind, prime minister.
574
00:49:46,901 --> 00:49:47,902
Ma'am.
575
00:50:00,915 --> 00:50:05,962
It has come to my attention
that for a period of time last week,
576
00:50:06,045 --> 00:50:09,591
my prime minister was incapacitated.
577
00:50:11,217 --> 00:50:13,344
And the foreign secretary, too.
578
00:50:14,512 --> 00:50:18,933
And that you colluded
in keeping that information from me.
579
00:50:20,101 --> 00:50:23,521
- Your...
- No, it is not my job to govern.
580
00:50:23,605 --> 00:50:27,483
But it is my job to ensure
proper governance.
581
00:50:29,444 --> 00:50:30,862
But how can I do that
582
00:50:31,070 --> 00:50:35,283
if my ministers lie and plot
and hide the truth from me?
583
00:50:37,118 --> 00:50:40,205
You have prevented me from doing my duty.
584
00:50:40,288 --> 00:50:44,459
You have hampered and bamboozled
the proper functioning of the crown.
585
00:50:47,962 --> 00:50:49,380
How could you?
586
00:50:51,549 --> 00:50:54,177
My own late father valued you greatly.
587
00:50:54,761 --> 00:50:58,514
He believed the phrase,
"history teaches, never trust a Cecil,"
588
00:50:58,598 --> 00:51:00,600
deeply unfair.
589
00:51:03,811 --> 00:51:05,104
Perhaps not.
590
00:51:20,328 --> 00:51:21,412
You may go.
591
00:51:43,518 --> 00:51:44,852
Prime minister.
592
00:51:47,146 --> 00:51:48,356
Please.
593
00:51:50,191 --> 00:51:51,943
The prime minister, your majesty.
594
00:52:06,249 --> 00:52:07,709
Your majesty.
595
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:10,211
Winston.
596
00:52:21,055 --> 00:52:24,934
I am just a young woman,
starting out in public service.
597
00:52:25,977 --> 00:52:31,149
And I would never presume to give a man
so much my senior,
598
00:52:31,232 --> 00:52:34,068
and who has given this country so much,
599
00:52:34,152 --> 00:52:35,570
a lecture.
600
00:52:38,406 --> 00:52:39,532
However,
601
00:52:41,701 --> 00:52:43,745
you were at my coronation.
602
00:52:44,787 --> 00:52:46,331
I was.
603
00:52:46,414 --> 00:52:50,877
And you therefore heard for yourself
as I took the solemn oath
604
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:54,922
to govern the people of my realms
605
00:52:55,006 --> 00:52:58,259
according to their respective laws
and customs.
606
00:53:00,345 --> 00:53:02,513
Now, one of those customs
607
00:53:03,348 --> 00:53:09,062
is that their elected prime minister should
be of reasonably sound body and mind.
608
00:53:10,021 --> 00:53:13,107
Not an outrageous expectation,
one would've thought.
609
00:53:15,026 --> 00:53:18,237
But it seems that you have not
610
00:53:18,321 --> 00:53:21,741
been of sound body and mind
these past weeks.
611
00:53:22,992 --> 00:53:28,498
And that you chose
to withhold that information from me.
612
00:53:31,459 --> 00:53:36,547
A decision which feels like a betrayal,
not just of the covenant of trust
613
00:53:36,631 --> 00:53:40,134
between us and the institutions
that we both represent,
614
00:53:41,928 --> 00:53:44,514
but of our own personal relationship.
615
00:54:22,343 --> 00:54:26,055
In 1867, Walter bagehot wrote,
616
00:54:27,014 --> 00:54:30,184
"there are two elements
of the constitution,
617
00:54:31,519 --> 00:54:34,689
"the efficient and the dignified.
618
00:54:36,691 --> 00:54:41,529
"The monarch is the dignified,
and the government, the efficient.
619
00:54:43,072 --> 00:54:49,495
"These two institutions only work
when they support each other,
620
00:54:50,663 --> 00:54:53,374
"when they trust one another."
621
00:54:55,793 --> 00:55:00,381
Your actions, your breaking of that trust
622
00:55:01,382 --> 00:55:03,342
was irresponsible,
623
00:55:04,218 --> 00:55:09,056
and it might have had serious ramifications
for the security of this country.
624
00:55:16,230 --> 00:55:18,024
Is your health better now?
625
00:55:18,399 --> 00:55:19,942
- It is.
- Good.
626
00:55:21,068 --> 00:55:22,987
But is it sufficiently better?
627
00:55:24,614 --> 00:55:26,657
Fit for office better?
628
00:55:27,909 --> 00:55:31,204
I would ask you to consider your response
629
00:55:31,287 --> 00:55:35,625
in light of the respect
that my rank and my office deserve,
630
00:55:36,334 --> 00:55:40,004
not that which my age
and gender might suggest.
631
00:55:42,173 --> 00:55:43,466
Ma'am,
632
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:48,846
I look at you now, and I realize
633
00:55:50,139 --> 00:55:54,101
that the time is fast approaching
for me to step down.
634
00:55:54,977 --> 00:56:00,525
Not because I am
unwell, or unfit for office,
635
00:56:01,609 --> 00:56:04,862
but because you are ready.
636
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:11,118
And therefore I have discharged my duty
to your father.
637
00:56:13,788 --> 00:56:18,000
With your blessing and your forgiveness,
638
00:56:19,418 --> 00:56:24,423
I shall continue to serve
as the leader of your majesty's government.
639
00:56:30,805 --> 00:56:32,306
Your majesty.
640
00:57:10,303 --> 00:57:11,596
Hello?
641
00:57:21,522 --> 00:57:22,690
Hello.
642
00:57:24,025 --> 00:57:25,484
Where have you been?
643
00:57:26,485 --> 00:57:30,406
Charity cricket bash for the
national playing fields association.
644
00:57:30,489 --> 00:57:33,367
Spent some time at the airfield,
doing some rolls.
645
00:57:34,076 --> 00:57:36,203
No cabinet approval. Don't tell anyone.
646
00:57:37,038 --> 00:57:38,539
What are you dressed for?
647
00:57:39,123 --> 00:57:42,043
Haven't you heard?
We've a state banquet this evening.
648
00:57:42,126 --> 00:57:45,129
Haven't you heard? It's been canceled.
649
00:57:46,047 --> 00:57:48,924
Christ. Why doesn't anybody
tell me anything?
650
00:57:49,008 --> 00:57:50,676
Well, perhaps if you were here more.
651
00:57:50,885 --> 00:57:52,887
I've read two books
on eisenhower especially.
652
00:57:52,970 --> 00:57:54,722
- Have you really?
- No.
653
00:57:57,308 --> 00:57:58,684
You look nice.
654
00:57:59,602 --> 00:58:01,604
- Do I?
- Something's different.
655
00:58:02,563 --> 00:58:05,650
- What?
- I don't know. You seem...
656
00:58:05,733 --> 00:58:08,486
I advise you to choose your next words
very carefully.
657
00:58:08,569 --> 00:58:11,322
Taller, somehow.
658
00:58:11,405 --> 00:58:12,865
Or is it just that I've shrunk?
659
00:58:13,532 --> 00:58:15,493
There's nothing shrunken
about you, dearest.
660
00:58:15,576 --> 00:58:16,577
Where are you going?
661
00:58:17,244 --> 00:58:19,622
I've got an appointment
with my new private secretary.
662
00:58:19,705 --> 00:58:21,957
Oh, god. Tell him to bugger off.
663
00:58:22,041 --> 00:58:23,709
I can't do that.
664
00:58:26,170 --> 00:58:27,421
And do what instead?
665
00:58:30,925 --> 00:58:32,677
Two options,
666
00:58:32,760 --> 00:58:37,515
either I get some stilts, so I can reach
the heights of my new, tall woman...
667
00:58:39,100 --> 00:58:40,101
Or?
668
00:58:49,527 --> 00:58:51,112
She could get on her knees.
669
00:59:07,962 --> 00:59:12,925
Major adeane, her majesty requests
that your appointment might wait.
670
00:59:13,300 --> 00:59:15,678
- I see.
- Until tomorrow.
671
00:59:17,012 --> 00:59:18,180
Right.
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