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Peer attacks the queen! 11 00:00:50,635 --> 00:00:52,678 No, I shan't have anything. 12 00:00:53,721 --> 00:00:54,847 Sorry, dear. 13 00:01:22,375 --> 00:01:24,669 - I think he's right. - Do you? 14 00:01:25,002 --> 00:01:27,880 Yeah. Now I think about it, she is a bit priggish. 15 00:01:55,116 --> 00:01:56,659 Here he comes, here he comes. 16 00:01:57,451 --> 00:01:58,619 There he is. 17 00:01:58,869 --> 00:02:01,497 - Don't... please, gentlemen. - That's it. Don't push, please. 18 00:02:01,747 --> 00:02:04,125 - Lord altrincham? - Yes. 19 00:02:07,878 --> 00:02:09,213 You traitor! 20 00:02:45,624 --> 00:02:46,709 Really? 21 00:02:49,170 --> 00:02:50,212 Really? 22 00:02:53,632 --> 00:02:54,759 Really? 23 00:02:56,052 --> 00:03:00,931 Well, I shall certainly let her majesty know. Thank you. 24 00:03:05,019 --> 00:03:06,812 Time and tide, Mr. Conservator. 25 00:03:07,188 --> 00:03:09,607 Wait for no man, private secretary. 26 00:03:09,690 --> 00:03:12,568 - Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon, sir. 27 00:03:24,663 --> 00:03:26,082 What is it now? 28 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:30,711 Lord altrincham has been struck. 29 00:03:33,547 --> 00:03:34,673 Dumb, I hope. 30 00:03:35,257 --> 00:03:36,675 Better than that, ma'am. 31 00:03:37,385 --> 00:03:38,552 In the face. 32 00:03:39,428 --> 00:03:41,222 Quite forcefully, I'm told. 33 00:03:43,265 --> 00:03:46,644 By whom? Which gallant and chivalrous individual? 34 00:03:46,727 --> 00:03:49,688 Afraid we don't have those details yet, ma'am. 35 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:54,193 The incident occurred outside the television studios, 36 00:03:54,610 --> 00:03:58,781 and the perpetrator is now on his way to the bow street police station, 37 00:03:59,198 --> 00:04:02,410 where we expect him to be released without charge. 38 00:04:03,494 --> 00:04:04,995 How very gratifying. 39 00:04:05,788 --> 00:04:08,124 Yes. Very. 40 00:04:08,207 --> 00:04:09,917 Which television studios? 41 00:04:10,376 --> 00:04:13,337 The independent television network studios, ma'am, 42 00:04:13,421 --> 00:04:17,007 where altrincham had just recorded an interview. 43 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,135 For what? 44 00:04:19,552 --> 00:04:23,431 A program appropriately called impact. 45 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:24,640 When will it air? 46 00:04:25,599 --> 00:04:28,602 Tonight, ma'am. 9:00. 47 00:04:47,413 --> 00:04:50,749 Tell the people. Tell them on television. 48 00:04:50,875 --> 00:04:55,713 Questions in the public mind, answered by people in the public eye. 49 00:04:56,255 --> 00:04:59,675 This is impact, the program that examines 50 00:04:59,758 --> 00:05:02,303 the most important matters of the moment 51 00:05:02,428 --> 00:05:05,556 - and brings the debate to you at home. - Sorry I'm late. 52 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:07,516 Robin day puts the questions. 53 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:08,893 It's just starting. 54 00:05:10,186 --> 00:05:11,604 Tonight, we have a man who, 55 00:05:11,687 --> 00:05:13,689 because of press activity in recent days, 56 00:05:13,772 --> 00:05:16,942 probably needs no introduction, lord altrincham. 57 00:05:17,026 --> 00:05:18,402 In the space of just a few days, 58 00:05:18,486 --> 00:05:21,363 his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the queen, 59 00:05:21,447 --> 00:05:24,158 in a periodical of which he is also publisher, 60 00:05:24,241 --> 00:05:26,410 have become the most pressing issue of the day 61 00:05:26,494 --> 00:05:29,413 and caused something of a constitutional crisis. 62 00:05:29,497 --> 00:05:33,918 So, I'd like to begin by asking lord altrincham a simple question. 63 00:05:34,168 --> 00:05:36,003 She's our head of state, 64 00:05:36,086 --> 00:05:38,797 loved, respected and admired throughout the world, 65 00:05:38,881 --> 00:05:41,884 so why did do you hate her so very much? 66 00:07:03,299 --> 00:07:06,302 National and English review, two shillings! 67 00:07:06,385 --> 00:07:08,679 Your national and English review! 68 00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:10,306 - Morning, Fred! - Good morning, sir. 69 00:07:11,140 --> 00:07:13,934 National and English review, two shillings! 70 00:07:14,310 --> 00:07:15,686 Far too long. 71 00:07:15,811 --> 00:07:18,647 People are beginning to notice, and that is why the... 72 00:07:22,484 --> 00:07:24,820 And that is why the ending of doctrinal tests 73 00:07:24,903 --> 00:07:28,324 and the introduction of women priests is the only viable solution 74 00:07:28,407 --> 00:07:29,950 for saving the church of england, 75 00:07:30,492 --> 00:07:31,869 an institution that is becoming 76 00:07:31,952 --> 00:07:35,331 increasingly outdated and irrelevant hour by hour. 77 00:07:36,081 --> 00:07:37,750 Who's got a thousand words for me on that? 78 00:07:37,833 --> 00:07:41,211 - Hello, Patricia. - Would anyone like some toffee? 79 00:07:42,004 --> 00:07:44,006 Bring it over here, Patricia, darling. 80 00:07:49,678 --> 00:07:53,015 - Divine. - Much like Patricia herself. 81 00:07:53,557 --> 00:07:55,559 Come, come, my dear. Be seated. 82 00:07:58,103 --> 00:07:59,104 Right. 83 00:07:59,855 --> 00:08:03,359 If no one's keen on the church story, I can knock something up. 84 00:08:03,609 --> 00:08:06,320 Now, a piece on reforming the house of lords. 85 00:08:06,403 --> 00:08:08,173 Dermot, you were going to look at that for me, weren't you? 86 00:08:08,197 --> 00:08:12,117 - Something nutty about it? - Molasses. 87 00:08:12,242 --> 00:08:15,412 And Europe, we need to work out our official stance. 88 00:08:15,704 --> 00:08:19,249 Are we for or against a single European market? 89 00:08:22,086 --> 00:08:23,212 Are we in or out? 90 00:08:25,839 --> 00:08:28,884 - Toffee, John? - You must try some, John. 91 00:08:29,051 --> 00:08:31,595 I'm afraid I have a thing against toffee. 92 00:08:34,556 --> 00:08:36,058 Why didn't I know that? 93 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,269 You can't know everything about me. 94 00:08:42,106 --> 00:08:44,858 It's not the taste I object to so much. 95 00:08:44,942 --> 00:08:47,903 I just have painful memories. 96 00:08:49,571 --> 00:08:53,909 As a child, I was sitting in a dentist's chair 97 00:08:53,992 --> 00:08:55,577 because of a piece of toffee I ate. 98 00:09:01,333 --> 00:09:02,418 Oh, lord. 99 00:09:03,752 --> 00:09:04,920 Not again. 100 00:09:05,754 --> 00:09:06,839 Sorry. 101 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:09,049 I've... 102 00:09:10,384 --> 00:09:15,639 "Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability 103 00:09:15,723 --> 00:09:20,185 "to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work, 104 00:09:20,394 --> 00:09:25,816 "and your great courage in meeting constant small adversities, 105 00:09:26,734 --> 00:09:30,154 "depend, in great measure, the happiness and prosperity 106 00:09:30,696 --> 00:09:34,199 "of the community as a whole. 107 00:09:38,787 --> 00:09:41,957 "The upward course of a nation's history 108 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,501 "is due, in the long run, 109 00:09:44,626 --> 00:09:48,881 "to the soundness of heart of its average men and women." 110 00:09:53,427 --> 00:09:55,220 Working men and women? 111 00:09:57,931 --> 00:09:59,850 It has a touch more dignity. 112 00:10:06,732 --> 00:10:08,442 No, I think "average" is fine. 113 00:10:22,831 --> 00:10:25,209 Thought you might be interested to see this. 114 00:10:25,292 --> 00:10:29,588 It's a draft of the speech the queen's going to give in a week's time. 115 00:10:30,172 --> 00:10:33,634 I don't mind telling you I felt a bit uneasy about it. 116 00:10:37,846 --> 00:10:38,931 Sir. 117 00:10:49,191 --> 00:10:50,234 Yes? 118 00:10:51,443 --> 00:10:54,071 Sir, forgive me if I'm interfering beyond my station... 119 00:11:01,495 --> 00:11:03,163 - Tommy. - Martin. 120 00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:07,292 You were about to interfere beyond your station. 121 00:11:09,795 --> 00:11:13,715 It's concerning the speech the queen is due to give next week 122 00:11:14,174 --> 00:11:15,968 at the Jaguar car factory. 123 00:11:16,051 --> 00:11:19,638 - What about it? - I was just wondering 124 00:11:19,763 --> 00:11:21,223 if you were happy with it. 125 00:11:24,476 --> 00:11:26,520 Well, obviously I'm happy with it, 126 00:11:26,645 --> 00:11:29,064 or I wouldn't have shown it to her majesty 127 00:11:29,147 --> 00:11:32,651 for the approval which she immediately gave. 128 00:11:33,402 --> 00:11:36,405 - Did the queen read it? - She didn't need to. 129 00:11:36,697 --> 00:11:40,701 She merely asked if I was happy. I replied in the affirmative. 130 00:11:41,743 --> 00:11:46,206 And that was good enough for her majesty. 131 00:11:46,290 --> 00:11:50,919 But I can see that the really important question is, 132 00:11:51,128 --> 00:11:54,673 is it good enough for colonel charteris? 133 00:11:56,466 --> 00:11:59,970 You don't think it strikes the wrong tone? 134 00:12:00,554 --> 00:12:02,055 In which sense? 135 00:12:03,515 --> 00:12:06,101 In its paternalism. 136 00:12:08,353 --> 00:12:09,646 May I? 137 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:13,358 Thank you. 138 00:12:13,609 --> 00:12:17,321 I suppose if I had a concern 139 00:12:18,864 --> 00:12:22,868 it would be that, post-Suez, in this new climate, 140 00:12:23,827 --> 00:12:25,162 in this new britain, 141 00:12:27,122 --> 00:12:30,834 the tone of the speech is somewhat... 142 00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:32,794 Somewhat what? 143 00:12:36,465 --> 00:12:37,633 Old-fashioned. 144 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,970 And would leave her open to attack. 145 00:12:42,054 --> 00:12:44,222 - From whom? - The newspapers. 146 00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:47,267 People. 147 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,812 If I had a shilling for every time someone of a progressive 148 00:12:50,896 --> 00:12:54,775 or liberal disposition had warned needlessly of a popular attack 149 00:12:54,858 --> 00:12:57,235 against the crown, I'd be a rich man. 150 00:12:57,569 --> 00:12:59,863 The British people adore their sovereign. 151 00:12:59,947 --> 00:13:03,867 It is what constitutes, indeed defines, being British. 152 00:13:04,576 --> 00:13:07,204 No, the worst I've ever encountered is apathy, 153 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:09,748 where people simply accept the king or queen 154 00:13:09,831 --> 00:13:12,084 as they accept the sky above their heads. 155 00:13:12,834 --> 00:13:15,837 But it's a long way from apathy to insurrection. 156 00:13:16,672 --> 00:13:19,967 Now, as regards the newspapers, the crown can count on their support 157 00:13:20,050 --> 00:13:23,762 for two reasons: First, there is nothing to attack. 158 00:13:23,845 --> 00:13:26,473 That's the advantage of a constitutional monarchy. 159 00:13:26,974 --> 00:13:29,935 They have no power so there's nothing to complain about. 160 00:13:30,018 --> 00:13:33,397 And even if they wanted to, they'd always let us know first. 161 00:13:33,772 --> 00:13:35,774 The palace would then threaten them with a boycott 162 00:13:35,899 --> 00:13:37,776 on the next major royal event, 163 00:13:37,943 --> 00:13:41,071 causing the newspapers immediately to back down. 164 00:13:41,655 --> 00:13:44,992 Because the very people you fear will hate the queen 165 00:13:45,742 --> 00:13:49,287 are the same ones who buy copies in their millions. 166 00:13:51,081 --> 00:13:52,791 Because they love her. 167 00:13:56,003 --> 00:13:58,463 So I'm worrying unnecessarily? 168 00:13:58,547 --> 00:14:05,178 Martin, I shall leave the drawing of that inescapable conclusion to you. 169 00:14:21,987 --> 00:14:24,656 I'm going to take it in a little shorter, ma'am, 170 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:26,491 and rounder at the back. 171 00:14:26,575 --> 00:14:27,576 Lovely. 172 00:15:16,374 --> 00:15:17,584 Thank you. 173 00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:20,504 I like it very much. 174 00:15:33,850 --> 00:15:35,018 Thank you. 175 00:15:44,236 --> 00:15:47,823 I thought you were hoping for more children from me. 176 00:15:49,950 --> 00:15:51,034 I am. 177 00:15:52,119 --> 00:15:55,413 Then why on earth would you do something like that to your hair? 178 00:15:55,997 --> 00:15:57,290 What's wrong with it? 179 00:15:59,334 --> 00:16:02,129 I thought it was tidy and sensible. 180 00:16:02,212 --> 00:16:04,381 Adjectives to stir the loins. 181 00:16:05,298 --> 00:16:06,967 Apparently it's very a la mode. 182 00:16:07,717 --> 00:16:10,387 All the regimental wives are wearing their hair like this now. 183 00:16:10,512 --> 00:16:11,638 - Really? - Yes. 184 00:16:11,721 --> 00:16:13,557 Well, it's certainly very practical. 185 00:16:14,057 --> 00:16:16,560 And should you ever feel compelled to ride a motorcycle, 186 00:16:16,643 --> 00:16:18,937 it could always double as a helmet. 187 00:16:20,647 --> 00:16:21,815 Well, I like it. 188 00:16:25,152 --> 00:16:27,320 No, I have nothing against it personally. 189 00:16:27,404 --> 00:16:28,488 Stop it. 190 00:16:28,572 --> 00:16:32,701 I'm sure it will provide ample protection against any falling masonry. 191 00:16:36,913 --> 00:16:40,333 But if enlarging the family 192 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:43,170 and enticing your husband to procreate is the goal... 193 00:16:43,253 --> 00:16:44,588 It is. 194 00:16:44,713 --> 00:16:47,257 Then you might take a look at jayne Mansfield... 195 00:16:49,092 --> 00:16:50,343 Or Rita Hayworth. 196 00:16:52,053 --> 00:16:53,513 Rita Hayworth. 197 00:17:18,121 --> 00:17:19,623 Sir William lyons, your majesty. 198 00:17:19,706 --> 00:17:22,250 - Welcome, your majesty. - Thank you, sir. Hello. 199 00:17:23,126 --> 00:17:24,544 How do you do? 200 00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:26,963 It's very spacious, isn't it. 201 00:17:27,047 --> 00:17:29,257 This is our research and development area. 202 00:17:29,341 --> 00:17:30,800 Splendid. Now we're talking. 203 00:17:30,926 --> 00:17:34,054 May I introduce you, ma'am, to Nigel Willoughby? 204 00:17:34,137 --> 00:17:35,555 He sketches all of our prototypes. 205 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,226 You studied drawing, did you? Lovely. You're very good at it. 206 00:17:40,352 --> 00:17:42,145 - And that's the chassis. - It is, indeed. 207 00:17:42,979 --> 00:17:45,190 A finished mk-1, your majesty. 208 00:17:45,815 --> 00:17:47,234 It's lovely. 209 00:17:47,317 --> 00:17:50,487 With top speeds of over 100 miles per hour. 210 00:17:51,821 --> 00:17:52,864 Quite the thing. 211 00:17:52,948 --> 00:17:55,116 I've always been interested in the red leather. 212 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:56,701 Is it horse or cow? 213 00:17:58,203 --> 00:17:59,246 Hello. 214 00:18:10,715 --> 00:18:13,510 I wish first to express to you 215 00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:17,097 my very great pleasure at being here today. 216 00:18:18,265 --> 00:18:21,643 My husband and I have been most profoundly moved 217 00:18:21,935 --> 00:18:25,814 by your hospitable welcome and would like you to know 218 00:18:25,939 --> 00:18:28,400 how very grateful we are to you all... 219 00:18:28,483 --> 00:18:31,236 - Thank you. - For the work that you do. 220 00:18:32,862 --> 00:18:35,657 We understand that in the turbulence 221 00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:38,493 of this anxious and active world, 222 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:43,331 many of you are leading uneventful, lonely lives, 223 00:18:44,666 --> 00:18:47,168 where dreariness is the enemy. 224 00:18:47,585 --> 00:18:48,586 What? 225 00:18:48,670 --> 00:18:53,925 Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability 226 00:18:54,009 --> 00:18:57,721 to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work 227 00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:01,850 depend, in great measure, the happiness 228 00:19:02,350 --> 00:19:06,438 and prosperity of the community as a whole. 229 00:19:08,023 --> 00:19:10,275 The upward course of a nation's history 230 00:19:10,358 --> 00:19:12,569 is due, in the long run, 231 00:19:13,403 --> 00:19:17,365 to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. 232 00:19:18,366 --> 00:19:20,118 May you be proud to remember 233 00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:22,787 how much depends on you, 234 00:19:23,538 --> 00:19:26,708 and that even when your life seems most monotonous, 235 00:19:27,792 --> 00:19:33,923 what you do is always of real value and importance to your fellow... 236 00:19:41,723 --> 00:19:42,724 Lord altrincham? 237 00:19:44,726 --> 00:19:48,104 Evening edition! News chronicle! 238 00:19:48,605 --> 00:19:50,106 Evening edition! 239 00:19:55,737 --> 00:19:57,655 I need a favor, some typing. 240 00:19:57,739 --> 00:19:59,240 You're going home. 241 00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:01,201 I don't need to be. 242 00:20:05,246 --> 00:20:08,083 I've just heard a ridiculous speech by the queen, 243 00:20:08,208 --> 00:20:10,585 and I want to write an immediate response. 244 00:20:11,378 --> 00:20:13,254 No, I'll... I'll find someone else. 245 00:20:13,338 --> 00:20:15,256 No, no, it's no trouble. 246 00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:16,925 I had nothing else planned. 247 00:20:19,594 --> 00:20:20,637 Thank you. 248 00:20:46,287 --> 00:20:48,790 - I've had another thought. - Super. 249 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:51,292 A rather heretical thought. 250 00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:53,920 I got the idea from something Walter bagehot said 251 00:20:54,003 --> 00:20:57,507 about the first duty of royalty being to inspire. 252 00:22:22,217 --> 00:22:23,343 Hello. 253 00:22:23,426 --> 00:22:24,862 I trust you had a safe journey, your majesty. 254 00:22:24,886 --> 00:22:27,263 - Yes, very lovely. - Good to be back. 255 00:22:27,347 --> 00:22:29,641 Well, let's hope it brightens up later. 256 00:24:35,892 --> 00:24:37,060 Good shot, ma'am. 257 00:24:47,445 --> 00:24:50,990 National and English review! National and English review! 258 00:24:51,074 --> 00:24:53,510 Thank you, madam. Two shillings for national and English review. 259 00:24:53,534 --> 00:24:55,453 Thank you, sir. Morning. 260 00:24:55,953 --> 00:24:57,330 Thank you very much, madam. 261 00:24:57,747 --> 00:25:00,541 National and English review. Two shillings, thank you very much. 262 00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:04,587 There we go, sir. Two shillings. Thank you very much. Two shillings. 263 00:25:27,985 --> 00:25:29,153 I see. 264 00:25:31,948 --> 00:25:32,990 Right. 265 00:25:35,618 --> 00:25:36,703 Well, thank you. 266 00:26:08,109 --> 00:26:11,738 Sorry to disturb, your majesty, your royal highness. 267 00:26:12,613 --> 00:26:14,198 Just to say 268 00:26:14,282 --> 00:26:17,994 it might be worth avoiding certain newspapers this morning. 269 00:26:18,578 --> 00:26:21,456 Why? What's your sister done now? 270 00:26:23,458 --> 00:26:26,002 Nothing to do with Princess Margaret, sir. 271 00:26:27,295 --> 00:26:30,923 It's an article written by lord altrincham. 272 00:26:31,174 --> 00:26:33,092 Never heard of him. You? 273 00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:36,596 Taken originally from his own publication, 274 00:26:37,430 --> 00:26:39,891 the national and English review. 275 00:26:40,475 --> 00:26:42,018 Never heard of that, either. 276 00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:47,190 Which several newspapers have chosen to run, partially or in full. 277 00:26:47,899 --> 00:26:49,484 What kind of article? 278 00:26:51,444 --> 00:26:55,490 It's quite a critical article, ma'am. 279 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:02,747 What gives him the right? 280 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:07,460 Tell me honestly, mommy, 281 00:27:08,795 --> 00:27:11,255 is there any part of you that agrees with him? 282 00:27:13,174 --> 00:27:14,884 Certainly not. 283 00:27:17,011 --> 00:27:19,555 And that's not just your mother saying that. 284 00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:22,725 The palace press secretary called me an hour ago to say 285 00:27:22,809 --> 00:27:26,145 the vast majority of the country not only disagrees with altrincham 286 00:27:26,229 --> 00:27:28,231 but is disgusted by him. 287 00:27:28,898 --> 00:27:30,525 It's an irrelevant article 288 00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:33,820 written by an irrelevant man for an irrelevant publication. 289 00:27:34,445 --> 00:27:37,949 Only picked up because it's August, people are on holiday, 290 00:27:38,032 --> 00:27:40,993 government is in recess, and there's nothing to write about. 291 00:27:42,537 --> 00:27:45,248 Today, 85% of the country is against him. 292 00:27:45,373 --> 00:27:47,750 By tomorrow, it will be 95%. 293 00:27:48,501 --> 00:27:50,711 That man's going to wish he'd never been born. 294 00:27:53,047 --> 00:27:55,007 - Traitor! - Coward! 295 00:28:06,477 --> 00:28:07,770 Excuse me! 296 00:28:08,312 --> 00:28:09,856 Excuse me. Thank you. 297 00:28:09,939 --> 00:28:12,358 Excuse me. Excuse me. Thank you. 298 00:28:16,946 --> 00:28:20,074 I asked you to come because I had a phone call an hour ago 299 00:28:20,157 --> 00:28:21,826 from a television producer, 300 00:28:21,951 --> 00:28:25,037 inviting me to record an interview this afternoon. 301 00:28:25,121 --> 00:28:26,455 Which program? 302 00:28:26,664 --> 00:28:29,333 Impact. With Robin day. 303 00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:33,379 I wish it weren't day. 304 00:28:33,546 --> 00:28:36,215 We all wish it weren't day, he's terrifying. 305 00:28:36,299 --> 00:28:37,925 Don't be silly. 306 00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:40,970 The fact that it's day is what makes it valuable. 307 00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:43,222 You don't think I'm walking into a trap? 308 00:28:43,389 --> 00:28:45,975 You walked into the trap when you wrote the article. 309 00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:49,770 Now you're the most unloved individual in britain. 310 00:28:50,730 --> 00:28:54,150 Ironically, day is the one person who could help you. 311 00:28:56,319 --> 00:28:58,487 You've seen how he interviews people. 312 00:28:58,988 --> 00:29:01,866 He dismembers them. Tears them to shreds. 313 00:29:01,949 --> 00:29:04,744 Yes, but keep your cool under his scrutiny. 314 00:29:05,453 --> 00:29:09,290 Make your case politely, respectfully, intelligently. 315 00:29:10,458 --> 00:29:12,126 It could turn people around. 316 00:29:23,346 --> 00:29:24,805 Thank you very much. 317 00:29:31,354 --> 00:29:33,606 - Lord altrincham. How do you do? - How do you do? 318 00:29:33,689 --> 00:29:34,815 - Shall we? - Yes. 319 00:29:34,899 --> 00:29:36,484 This way. Thank you for coming. 320 00:29:36,567 --> 00:29:39,070 Not at all. How long do we have until we start? 321 00:29:39,153 --> 00:29:42,323 We'll pop into makeup quickly. We should make a start in 10 minutes. 322 00:29:43,699 --> 00:29:46,327 - Just here, if you will. - Right. 323 00:29:48,454 --> 00:29:50,331 - Help yourself to water. - Thank you. 324 00:29:50,414 --> 00:29:51,999 Shouldn't be too long. 325 00:29:53,793 --> 00:29:55,169 - All good? - All good. 326 00:29:59,090 --> 00:30:00,091 He's standing by, sir. 327 00:30:00,174 --> 00:30:01,926 - And he's prepared? - Ready as he can be. 328 00:30:05,096 --> 00:30:06,430 Let's make a start. 329 00:30:13,479 --> 00:30:15,314 You've been told how all this works? 330 00:30:15,398 --> 00:30:17,525 Recording now, transmission tonight? 331 00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:19,527 - Stand by, studio. - Yes. Thank you. 332 00:30:20,611 --> 00:30:23,239 Five, four, three... 333 00:30:25,783 --> 00:30:27,034 Tonight, we have a man who, 334 00:30:27,118 --> 00:30:29,078 because of press activity in recent days, 335 00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:31,831 probably needs no introduction, lord altrincham. 336 00:30:32,206 --> 00:30:33,541 In the space of just a few days, 337 00:30:33,624 --> 00:30:37,378 his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the queen, 338 00:30:37,586 --> 00:30:40,047 in a periodical of which he is also publisher, 339 00:30:40,131 --> 00:30:42,383 have become the most pressing issue of the day 340 00:30:42,466 --> 00:30:45,344 and caused something of a constitutional crisis. 341 00:30:45,428 --> 00:30:49,432 So, I'd like to begin by asking lord altrincham a simple question. 342 00:30:50,307 --> 00:30:51,726 She's our head of state, 343 00:30:51,809 --> 00:30:54,270 loved, respected and admired around the world, 344 00:30:54,353 --> 00:30:57,314 so why do you hate her so very much? 345 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,150 I... I don't. 346 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:00,985 Then why criticize her like this? 347 00:31:02,236 --> 00:31:05,865 That's like asking an art critic why he criticizes art. 348 00:31:06,282 --> 00:31:08,034 I'm a passionate monarchist 349 00:31:08,117 --> 00:31:11,245 who believes constitutional monarchy is britain's greatest invention. 350 00:31:12,038 --> 00:31:13,080 Do you, indeed? 351 00:31:13,164 --> 00:31:16,042 Yes, ldo. I believe that monarchy provides clarity. 352 00:31:17,001 --> 00:31:21,630 A symbolic head of state, transcending the self-serving interests 353 00:31:21,756 --> 00:31:24,925 of the egocentric and self-motivated politicians 354 00:31:25,009 --> 00:31:27,178 who go in and out of office, 355 00:31:27,470 --> 00:31:32,141 who, as king lear wonderfully says, "ebb and flow by the moon." 356 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,060 But when working at its best, 357 00:31:34,143 --> 00:31:37,688 monarchy can rise above such matters and unity a society. 358 00:31:37,813 --> 00:31:40,524 It can set the tone and become the embodiment of the nation, 359 00:31:40,608 --> 00:31:42,318 of national character. 360 00:31:42,443 --> 00:31:45,446 But the problem is, at the moment, it's... it's not doing that. 361 00:31:45,946 --> 00:31:48,491 It's doing very little right, as far as you're concerned. 362 00:31:48,574 --> 00:31:49,950 No, that's not true. 363 00:31:50,034 --> 00:31:53,412 You would like to see her majesty endowed with superhuman powers. 364 00:31:53,621 --> 00:31:55,664 It's not superhuman to be a little spontaneous. 365 00:31:55,790 --> 00:31:57,958 Judging from your article, you'd like the queen to have 366 00:31:58,042 --> 00:32:03,798 the qualities of a wit, you'd like her to be a better orator, a TV personality, 367 00:32:03,923 --> 00:32:08,427 in addition to being a diligent, dutiful and devoted monarch and a mother. 368 00:32:08,511 --> 00:32:11,055 All I'm suggesting is that, in her public speeches 369 00:32:11,138 --> 00:32:14,934 and in her appearances, she should be more natural. 370 00:32:15,726 --> 00:32:20,147 Her style of speaking is, quite frankly, a pain in the neck. 371 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:22,483 She sounds strangled. 372 00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:25,486 I had the misfortune of hearing 373 00:32:25,569 --> 00:32:28,823 one of the queen's speeches in a dental waiting room recently. 374 00:32:29,323 --> 00:32:30,699 I was horrified 375 00:32:30,783 --> 00:32:34,620 by the indifference and inertia with which the speech was greeted. 376 00:32:35,079 --> 00:32:38,415 But you'd accept that being queen and head of the church of england 377 00:32:38,499 --> 00:32:41,460 is not an easy job or a simple one? If you'll forgive me, 378 00:32:41,544 --> 00:32:46,048 it's arguably a harder job than editing a small periodical. 379 00:32:46,340 --> 00:32:50,636 No, I quite agree. Her majesty has a seemingly impossible task. 380 00:32:50,719 --> 00:32:53,180 She has to be ordinary and extraordinary, 381 00:32:53,264 --> 00:32:55,432 touched by divinity and yet one of us, 382 00:32:55,516 --> 00:33:00,855 but being ordinary doesn't have to mean bland or ineffectual. 383 00:33:01,438 --> 00:33:02,731 Or forgettable. 384 00:33:03,107 --> 00:33:06,443 And against whom do you lay the main charge? Her courtiers? 385 00:33:06,569 --> 00:33:10,406 Well, in the end, if the court is wrong, if the setup is wrong, 386 00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:12,366 you have no choice but to criticize the boss. 387 00:33:12,533 --> 00:33:13,784 The queen? 388 00:33:13,868 --> 00:33:17,705 Yes, because only the boss can get rid of the bad servants. 389 00:33:18,581 --> 00:33:19,665 She hires them. 390 00:33:19,748 --> 00:33:21,750 She alone can fire them. 391 00:33:21,834 --> 00:33:25,546 Now, they may be bad, I believe some of them at the moment are. 392 00:33:25,629 --> 00:33:30,509 They're quite dreadful, but it is her responsibility, it's not theirs, 393 00:33:30,593 --> 00:33:32,720 in the sense that they are just hired hands. 394 00:33:32,887 --> 00:33:35,764 And so the personal attack on the monarch continues. 395 00:33:35,890 --> 00:33:38,100 Let me just say this. 396 00:33:38,184 --> 00:33:42,688 To criticize the monarchy, to criticize her majesty, personally, 397 00:33:42,771 --> 00:33:44,773 gives me no satisfaction. 398 00:33:44,982 --> 00:33:47,484 But we have to remember that, since the second world war, 399 00:33:47,568 --> 00:33:51,363 since Suez, britain has changed beyond recognition. 400 00:33:51,864 --> 00:33:54,658 And yet the monarchy continues its pre-war routines 401 00:33:54,742 --> 00:33:56,911 as though nothing has happened. 402 00:33:57,077 --> 00:33:59,997 I believe it would serve the queen and her courtiers well to remember 403 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:04,627 that until recently, monarchies were the rule and republics the exception, 404 00:34:04,710 --> 00:34:08,672 but today, republics are the rule 405 00:34:09,256 --> 00:34:12,593 and monarchies very much the exception. 406 00:34:14,011 --> 00:34:16,388 Lord altrincham, I have to terminate the interview. 407 00:34:16,472 --> 00:34:19,016 I'm obliged to you for answering my questions. 408 00:34:19,141 --> 00:34:22,937 Next week at the same time, there will be another edition of impact. 409 00:34:23,395 --> 00:34:24,647 Good night. 410 00:34:25,481 --> 00:34:27,066 That went very well. 411 00:34:34,114 --> 00:34:37,451 - Thank you again, lord altrincham. - Thank you. Good day. 412 00:34:42,248 --> 00:34:43,374 Thank you. 413 00:34:45,876 --> 00:34:48,545 I thought he was even scarier in real life than I... 414 00:34:48,879 --> 00:34:50,381 - Lord altrincham? - Yes. 415 00:34:52,883 --> 00:34:53,884 You traitor! 416 00:34:56,011 --> 00:34:58,806 - Is that him? It is, isn't it? - Well done. 417 00:35:00,266 --> 00:35:03,352 - Congratulations. - Well done. Well done, sir. 418 00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:05,271 - A glass of white? - Well done. 419 00:35:05,521 --> 00:35:07,856 Or something stronger? What about a Brandy? 420 00:35:07,940 --> 00:35:09,149 Why not? 421 00:35:09,483 --> 00:35:10,859 Well done. 422 00:35:12,653 --> 00:35:13,779 Humphrey. 423 00:35:14,738 --> 00:35:17,032 Well done. You looked incredibly calm. 424 00:35:17,116 --> 00:35:20,369 - Really? - Man of the hour. Really. 425 00:35:31,672 --> 00:35:34,216 - Your majesty. - Yes, what is it, Michael? 426 00:35:35,175 --> 00:35:38,470 There have been some reactions in the newspapers 427 00:35:38,637 --> 00:35:42,933 to last night's television interview, and to the assault upon lord altrincham. 428 00:35:43,017 --> 00:35:46,478 I'm afraid it's not quite as we'd hoped. 429 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:50,482 Why not? 430 00:35:52,192 --> 00:35:55,237 Well, the man that struck altrincham, it turns out, 431 00:35:55,321 --> 00:36:00,576 is a member of the extreme right league of empire loyalists, 432 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:06,248 which is a pressure group that campaigns against the dissolution of the empire 433 00:36:06,749 --> 00:36:10,085 and has a clear doctrine of English racial supremacy. 434 00:36:11,128 --> 00:36:12,296 Oh, dear. 435 00:36:12,796 --> 00:36:16,300 And it seems that most people have decided, 436 00:36:16,592 --> 00:36:19,345 having watched altrincham on the television, 437 00:36:19,762 --> 00:36:23,807 that he is eminently reasonable. 438 00:36:25,142 --> 00:36:30,731 Now, almost half the country appears to agree with his sentiments, 439 00:36:30,814 --> 00:36:33,275 and there are new polls to support this. 440 00:36:34,026 --> 00:36:36,862 Letters to the daily mirror are running at four to one 441 00:36:36,987 --> 00:36:38,530 in altrincham's favor, 442 00:36:39,865 --> 00:36:43,827 and even the normally conservative daily mail 443 00:36:45,371 --> 00:36:46,789 changed its tune this morning. 444 00:36:49,458 --> 00:36:54,380 In addition, and this, I believe, reflects on his growing concern 445 00:36:54,505 --> 00:36:57,466 at some of the telephone calls he has been receiving, 446 00:36:58,467 --> 00:37:03,722 the prime minister has suggested that he come up a week earlier than planned, 447 00:37:03,972 --> 00:37:07,559 in order to discuss it all with you in person. 448 00:37:08,143 --> 00:37:11,772 Goodness! A constitutional crisis. 449 00:37:13,107 --> 00:37:16,151 Well, I hope you're going to apologize to Mr. MacMillan, too. 450 00:37:16,235 --> 00:37:17,236 Ma'am? 451 00:37:17,611 --> 00:37:20,697 You're not going to deny this whole mess Springs from a badly written speech 452 00:37:20,781 --> 00:37:23,492 which I gave, unquestioningly, because I trusted you. 453 00:37:25,786 --> 00:37:26,912 Perhaps altrincham's right. 454 00:37:26,995 --> 00:37:29,998 Perhaps I should surround myself with younger, more dynamic people 455 00:37:30,082 --> 00:37:31,750 with one foot in the real world! 456 00:37:34,211 --> 00:37:35,546 Thank you, ma'am. 457 00:38:01,321 --> 00:38:03,699 And you believe it's now a government matter? 458 00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:05,325 I do, ma'am. 459 00:38:06,452 --> 00:38:11,248 Ambassadors from all around the world have been calling me, concerned. 460 00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:16,295 Her majesty will hardly need reminding a great many other countries 461 00:38:16,712 --> 00:38:20,382 have overthrown their monarchies and become republics in recent years. 462 00:38:21,175 --> 00:38:26,180 Egypt, Bulgaria, Italy, Tunisia only last month. 463 00:38:27,014 --> 00:38:28,515 Of course, we're not at that point. 464 00:38:29,475 --> 00:38:30,893 Not at a red light. 465 00:38:31,852 --> 00:38:33,729 We're not even at an Amber. 466 00:38:34,396 --> 00:38:36,732 But we'd hate it to become Amber. 467 00:38:38,734 --> 00:38:41,570 And so, it is my view, the government's view, 468 00:38:41,737 --> 00:38:44,823 that it would be wise to contain this as soon as possible. 469 00:38:44,907 --> 00:38:47,326 - And do what? - The obvious thing. 470 00:38:48,744 --> 00:38:53,165 Altrincham is a fire which needs to be put out. 471 00:38:55,751 --> 00:38:57,085 Got you! 472 00:39:02,508 --> 00:39:03,550 Got you! 473 00:39:19,399 --> 00:39:20,484 Got you! 474 00:39:29,117 --> 00:39:31,954 The palace has offered up a chap called charteris. 475 00:39:33,163 --> 00:39:34,164 To meet. 476 00:39:35,332 --> 00:39:36,500 I looked him up. 477 00:39:36,792 --> 00:39:39,545 He used to be her principal private secretary. 478 00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:44,633 - Well, there you are. - Before the king died. 479 00:39:46,134 --> 00:39:49,680 - When she was Princess. - And now? 480 00:39:50,305 --> 00:39:56,520 He's assistant private secretary, so not quite a pawn, 481 00:39:56,645 --> 00:39:59,064 but certainly not a bishop or knight, either. 482 00:40:01,567 --> 00:40:03,151 Go, in order to be fobbed off? 483 00:40:03,235 --> 00:40:06,196 Go in the spirit of openness and wanting to work together. 484 00:40:06,321 --> 00:40:07,465 If they wanted to work together, 485 00:40:07,489 --> 00:40:10,158 - they would have sent someone higher up. - Go. 486 00:40:11,702 --> 00:40:12,744 All right. 487 00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:15,956 And take a list of suggestions. 488 00:40:16,290 --> 00:40:17,666 Recommendations. 489 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:20,043 Don't go empty-handed. 490 00:40:26,967 --> 00:40:28,302 Not yet! John! 491 00:40:28,844 --> 00:40:30,429 Your tooth! John! 492 00:40:31,471 --> 00:40:32,556 Sorry. 493 00:41:01,877 --> 00:41:03,670 - Do you have a comment, sir? - Sorry. 494 00:41:03,754 --> 00:41:05,005 Lord altrincham! 495 00:41:33,784 --> 00:41:34,785 Lord altrincham? 496 00:41:35,452 --> 00:41:37,579 - Yes. - This way, please. 497 00:42:05,649 --> 00:42:07,609 Good to know I'm seeing the top man. 498 00:42:12,114 --> 00:42:13,365 In one sense. 499 00:42:20,580 --> 00:42:21,957 Here we are, lord altrincham. 500 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,668 Colonel charteris will be with you shortly. 501 00:42:27,254 --> 00:42:28,797 - Thank you. - Sir. 502 00:42:53,739 --> 00:42:56,491 I see we have something in common. 503 00:42:58,243 --> 00:42:59,786 And what would that be? 504 00:43:05,709 --> 00:43:06,835 Your majesty. 505 00:43:10,255 --> 00:43:15,260 I was referring to the photos of eton and sandhurst. 506 00:43:16,386 --> 00:43:18,555 Which you attended too, I gather. 507 00:43:18,972 --> 00:43:19,973 Yes. 508 00:43:20,515 --> 00:43:22,309 Going on to become an officer of the guards 509 00:43:22,392 --> 00:43:26,229 at both St. James's palace and windsor castle. 510 00:43:27,189 --> 00:43:30,400 It doesn't quite fit the profile of a revolutionary. 511 00:43:31,777 --> 00:43:33,862 It's the assumption everyone has made. 512 00:43:33,945 --> 00:43:35,405 Because I dare offer an opinion, 513 00:43:35,489 --> 00:43:37,824 I must be trying to burn the temple down. 514 00:43:38,867 --> 00:43:41,953 On the contrary, I'm trying to make sure it survives. 515 00:43:42,829 --> 00:43:45,624 Well, those of us in the temple are very much looking fonrvard 516 00:43:45,707 --> 00:43:49,586 to hearing what it is we must do in order to survive. 517 00:43:50,462 --> 00:43:51,713 Shall we begin? 518 00:43:55,175 --> 00:43:56,968 Is my voice all right? 519 00:43:58,303 --> 00:43:59,888 You can understand me? 520 00:44:00,931 --> 00:44:03,141 - Yes. - Not too strangled? 521 00:44:03,683 --> 00:44:05,644 Not too much a pain in the neck? 522 00:44:06,228 --> 00:44:08,063 - No. - Good. 523 00:44:09,981 --> 00:44:13,527 So, what is it that you'd have me change? 524 00:44:14,152 --> 00:44:16,363 It's not so much what I'd have you change, 525 00:44:16,863 --> 00:44:19,616 just an acknowledgment that it has changed. 526 00:44:20,325 --> 00:44:21,409 What? 527 00:44:22,327 --> 00:44:23,620 Everything. 528 00:44:24,538 --> 00:44:29,417 And to prepare yourself for the fact we now live in a time 529 00:44:31,044 --> 00:44:32,045 where people like me... 530 00:44:32,170 --> 00:44:35,298 - Can say exactly what they think. - Yes. 531 00:44:35,382 --> 00:44:38,301 - In any way they want. - Yes. 532 00:44:38,385 --> 00:44:42,597 And, remind me, why is that, exactly? 533 00:44:44,140 --> 00:44:46,810 Because the age of deference is over. 534 00:44:48,562 --> 00:44:51,147 And what is left without deference? 535 00:44:52,232 --> 00:44:53,525 Anarchy? 536 00:44:54,025 --> 00:44:55,110 Equality. 537 00:44:55,861 --> 00:44:58,613 How can it be equality when I cannot return the fire? 538 00:44:58,738 --> 00:44:59,865 You can. 539 00:45:00,156 --> 00:45:03,118 But I struggle to think of a moment in history where it has worked 540 00:45:03,243 --> 00:45:07,122 to a monarch's advantage to return fire on their own people. 541 00:45:07,455 --> 00:45:11,042 But you have managed to think of how this monarch 542 00:45:11,126 --> 00:45:13,628 might do something to her advantage. 543 00:45:13,712 --> 00:45:14,754 I have. 544 00:45:14,838 --> 00:45:18,300 And that same monarch is sitting before, forgive me, 545 00:45:19,926 --> 00:45:24,639 a failed politician and an unrecognized journalist, 546 00:45:25,682 --> 00:45:28,643 and taking his advice on how to do herjob. 547 00:45:30,437 --> 00:45:33,815 The situation is as baffling to me as it is to you, your majesty. 548 00:45:49,539 --> 00:45:50,957 You've got a list. 549 00:45:51,625 --> 00:45:52,751 I do. 550 00:45:52,834 --> 00:45:57,589 As you might know from my article, I made a series of observations, 551 00:45:57,881 --> 00:46:02,052 recommendations of things to change, but for the purposes of this meeting, 552 00:46:02,135 --> 00:46:06,348 I chose to limit those recommendations to six. 553 00:46:07,641 --> 00:46:08,683 Six? 554 00:46:09,517 --> 00:46:13,063 Three things to start and three things to stop. 555 00:46:13,563 --> 00:46:15,857 Well, let's start with the "stops." 556 00:46:17,025 --> 00:46:18,026 Very well. 557 00:46:18,944 --> 00:46:23,365 Yes. Putting an end to the debutantes' ball. 558 00:46:24,950 --> 00:46:29,329 The idea that young women of a certain class are presented to the sovereign, 559 00:46:29,412 --> 00:46:32,332 and women who are not of that class are not presented to the sovereign 560 00:46:32,415 --> 00:46:34,125 and somehow not acceptable, 561 00:46:35,126 --> 00:46:37,545 this is the sort of inequity that should have died out 562 00:46:37,629 --> 00:46:41,466 with our grandparents' generation, certainly after the war. 563 00:46:46,221 --> 00:46:47,263 Next. 564 00:46:52,686 --> 00:46:57,357 Allow divorced people to move more freely in royal circles. 565 00:47:00,902 --> 00:47:02,946 The sovereign is head of the church of england, 566 00:47:03,029 --> 00:47:05,782 and the church does not recognize divorced persons. 567 00:47:05,907 --> 00:47:07,409 It's unkind. 568 00:47:08,159 --> 00:47:09,285 Discriminatory. 569 00:47:09,411 --> 00:47:11,413 Quite possibly unlawful. 570 00:47:14,332 --> 00:47:15,417 Next. 571 00:47:18,670 --> 00:47:22,549 I would recommend getting rid of an entire generation of courtier. 572 00:47:23,091 --> 00:47:25,593 The old school, stuck in the past. 573 00:47:26,511 --> 00:47:30,056 Ostriches with their heads buried in the sand. 574 00:47:30,181 --> 00:47:33,852 They're stopping the palace evolve in keeping with the rest of the world. 575 00:47:33,977 --> 00:47:39,065 Those "ostriches" provide an indispensable function of monarchy. 576 00:47:39,399 --> 00:47:41,443 The preservation of tradition. 577 00:47:44,571 --> 00:47:47,407 You asked for my recommendations, ma'am. 578 00:47:48,450 --> 00:47:50,285 I'm respectfully passing them on. 579 00:47:54,956 --> 00:47:56,416 What would you have me start? 580 00:47:58,001 --> 00:47:59,919 Open up, ma'am. 581 00:48:01,087 --> 00:48:02,380 Lower the drawbridge. 582 00:48:03,673 --> 00:48:04,924 Let people get to know you. 583 00:48:05,050 --> 00:48:06,801 I don't wish to be known. 584 00:48:08,845 --> 00:48:11,473 Televise the Christmas speech. 585 00:48:12,307 --> 00:48:15,685 Become more transparent, accessible. 586 00:48:18,730 --> 00:48:20,607 - And finally... - Finally. 587 00:48:20,690 --> 00:48:22,817 Spend time with normal people. 588 00:48:23,943 --> 00:48:25,862 Not just courtiers or the great and the good, 589 00:48:25,945 --> 00:48:28,615 but real people, average people. 590 00:48:29,866 --> 00:48:31,201 Working people. 591 00:48:32,494 --> 00:48:33,870 Open the doors. 592 00:48:34,954 --> 00:48:38,166 Make it more inclusive and egalitarian. 593 00:48:40,126 --> 00:48:43,379 Let normal people get to know you, too. 594 00:48:56,476 --> 00:48:58,895 Would you mind stepping out into the corridor for a moment? 595 00:49:00,021 --> 00:49:01,314 Not at all. 596 00:49:08,905 --> 00:49:11,616 And would you ask my private secretary to come in? 597 00:49:12,492 --> 00:49:13,576 Of course. 598 00:49:20,500 --> 00:49:21,793 Your majesty. 599 00:49:35,306 --> 00:49:36,850 Colonel charteris? 600 00:49:45,525 --> 00:49:46,776 Your majesty. 601 00:50:02,709 --> 00:50:05,044 Lord altrincham. Please. 602 00:50:18,391 --> 00:50:22,020 When I went back into the room, she was gone. 603 00:50:23,688 --> 00:50:25,857 Vanished into thin air. 604 00:50:25,940 --> 00:50:27,233 Do sit down. 605 00:50:28,484 --> 00:50:30,320 Charteris then went on to tell me 606 00:50:30,403 --> 00:50:33,323 that no one can ever know that I met the queen, 607 00:50:33,406 --> 00:50:37,368 and that should I ever claim that I did, the palace would robustly deny it. 608 00:50:38,870 --> 00:50:41,497 They will, however, concede that I had an appointment 609 00:50:41,581 --> 00:50:44,083 with her majesty's assistant private secretary, 610 00:50:44,876 --> 00:50:50,048 and that concessions might be made to one or two of my recommendations. 611 00:50:51,466 --> 00:50:53,009 May I ask which ones? 612 00:51:00,350 --> 00:51:03,686 Let's get these lights in. Quickly. Easy with that camera. 613 00:51:03,770 --> 00:51:04,812 Right-o. 614 00:51:05,313 --> 00:51:09,692 This one next. Well done. Now, let's have the rest of the cables. 615 00:51:21,204 --> 00:51:22,497 I feel like an actress. 616 00:51:23,706 --> 00:51:25,208 A common little showgirl. 617 00:51:25,291 --> 00:51:26,376 Don't be silly. 618 00:51:28,503 --> 00:51:29,921 In what way am I different? 619 00:51:31,005 --> 00:51:35,760 Memorizing lines and remembering angles, wearing makeup? 620 00:51:36,552 --> 00:51:39,222 Well, you're the queen of the United Kingdom for one thing. 621 00:51:39,305 --> 00:51:41,140 Yes, who's memorizing lines 622 00:51:41,224 --> 00:51:43,351 and remembering angles and wearing makeup. 623 00:51:54,404 --> 00:51:55,697 Your majesty. 624 00:51:56,781 --> 00:51:57,865 Right. 625 00:51:59,575 --> 00:52:02,412 - Where do you want me? - This way, please, ma'am. 626 00:52:13,589 --> 00:52:15,341 - Thank you. - Do a level check, please. 627 00:52:15,466 --> 00:52:16,718 Everyone stand by. 628 00:52:37,822 --> 00:52:38,906 Ma'am. 629 00:53:21,532 --> 00:53:24,660 Five, four, three... 630 00:53:28,581 --> 00:53:29,791 Happy Christmas. 631 00:53:33,336 --> 00:53:36,631 Twenty-five years ago, my grandfather broadcast 632 00:53:36,714 --> 00:53:38,883 the first of these Christmas messages. 633 00:53:41,135 --> 00:53:43,513 Today is another landmark, 634 00:53:43,638 --> 00:53:48,601 because television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes 635 00:53:48,684 --> 00:53:50,478 on Christmas day. 636 00:53:51,729 --> 00:53:55,608 My own family often gather round to watch the television, 637 00:53:55,691 --> 00:54:00,113 as they are at this moment, and that is howl think of you all now. 638 00:54:00,947 --> 00:54:05,576 I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message 639 00:54:05,660 --> 00:54:07,787 more personal and direct. 640 00:54:11,124 --> 00:54:16,754 It is inevitable that I should seem a rather remote figure to many of you, 641 00:54:17,255 --> 00:54:20,633 a successor to the kings and queens of history, 642 00:54:21,342 --> 00:54:26,013 someone whose face may be familiar in newspapers and films 643 00:54:26,347 --> 00:54:29,559 but who never really touches your personal lives. 644 00:54:31,102 --> 00:54:33,938 But now, at least for a few minutes, 645 00:54:34,522 --> 00:54:38,693 I welcome you into the peace of my own home. 646 00:54:42,822 --> 00:54:46,701 That it is possible for some of you to see me today 647 00:54:47,326 --> 00:54:51,038 is just another example of the speed at which things are changing 648 00:54:51,581 --> 00:54:52,748 all around us. 649 00:54:57,712 --> 00:55:01,841 I would like to read a few lines from pilgrim's progress. 650 00:55:09,932 --> 00:55:13,436 "And though, with great difficulty, I am got hither, 651 00:55:14,145 --> 00:55:17,773 "yet now I do repent me of all the trouble I have been at 652 00:55:17,857 --> 00:55:19,525 "to arrive where I am. 653 00:55:20,693 --> 00:55:25,490 "My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage 654 00:55:26,782 --> 00:55:30,703 "and my courage and skill to him that can get it. 655 00:55:32,455 --> 00:55:36,083 "My marks and scars I carry with me 656 00:55:37,418 --> 00:55:42,215 "to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles 657 00:55:42,298 --> 00:55:44,634 "who now will be my rewarder." 658 00:55:51,641 --> 00:55:56,771 I hope that 1958 may bring you god's blessings 659 00:55:57,063 --> 00:55:58,940 and all the things that you long for. 660 00:56:01,317 --> 00:56:06,656 And so I wish you all, young and old, wherever you may be, 661 00:56:07,240 --> 00:56:10,785 all the fun and enjoyment and peace 662 00:56:11,327 --> 00:56:13,287 of a very happy Christmas. 663 00:56:15,498 --> 00:56:16,832 And we're off air. 664 00:56:31,264 --> 00:56:32,640 Congratulations, ma'am. 665 00:57:14,390 --> 00:57:15,808 - Hello. - My, my. 666 00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:20,021 You look pretty. I like the dress. 667 00:57:20,104 --> 00:57:21,939 - Thank you. - And the hair. 668 00:57:22,023 --> 00:57:23,399 - Very unregimental. - Yes. 669 00:57:23,482 --> 00:57:27,445 Tony knew the top person, of course. The only stylist who could be trusted. 670 00:57:28,279 --> 00:57:30,281 Does he have a name, this stylist? 671 00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:33,576 I want to say Victor Gabon, but that's not quite right. 672 00:57:35,620 --> 00:57:36,621 Vidal baboon? 673 00:57:36,746 --> 00:57:38,372 - Vidal baboon? - Yes, I think. 674 00:57:38,456 --> 00:57:41,626 Well, anyway, he talked endlessly about hair as a geometric art form. 675 00:57:41,709 --> 00:57:43,294 - It looks jolly pretty. - Thank you. 676 00:57:43,377 --> 00:57:47,298 If you happen to have a number for this baboon, I might pass it on to my wife. 677 00:57:48,466 --> 00:57:51,010 Is that appropriate, by the way, that a red-blooded man 678 00:57:51,093 --> 00:57:52,973 should know the correct hairdresser for a woman? 679 00:57:53,012 --> 00:57:55,723 There's almost nothing that's appropriate about Tony, 680 00:57:55,806 --> 00:57:58,684 but he's made it his mission in life to improve me. 681 00:58:00,686 --> 00:58:03,356 - Your very own little altrincham. - Yes. 682 00:58:03,564 --> 00:58:05,524 Just rather better in bed, I suspect. 683 00:58:09,403 --> 00:58:11,906 - Oh, dear god. - Look at them. 684 00:58:16,994 --> 00:58:18,996 - There it is. - Thank you very much. 685 00:58:21,540 --> 00:58:22,833 Who do you suppose that is? 686 00:58:23,542 --> 00:58:26,379 It could be Mr. David Smith, a car dealer. 687 00:58:29,965 --> 00:58:32,009 - And that? - Ibeheve 688 00:58:32,468 --> 00:58:36,681 that is Harry "the hammer" Jones. 689 00:58:37,390 --> 00:58:39,684 A boxer from the old Kent road. 690 00:58:42,645 --> 00:58:46,148 Rounding up the numbers, we have a local restaurateur, 691 00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:47,858 a bus driver, 692 00:58:48,109 --> 00:58:49,652 a bank clerk, 693 00:58:50,736 --> 00:58:52,697 and a woman policeman. 694 00:58:54,990 --> 00:58:57,243 - All to open things up. - Yes. 695 00:58:57,326 --> 00:58:59,453 Bring us more in line with the real world. 696 00:58:59,537 --> 00:59:00,871 Democratize us. 697 00:59:03,124 --> 00:59:04,500 And so it goes. 698 00:59:06,419 --> 00:59:10,339 The stings and bites we suffer as it slips away. 699 00:59:11,465 --> 00:59:14,051 Bit by bit, piece by piece. 700 00:59:15,636 --> 00:59:17,096 Our authority, 701 00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:19,223 our absolutism, 702 00:59:20,015 --> 00:59:21,475 our divine rights. 703 00:59:25,271 --> 00:59:26,397 Ma'am? 704 00:59:29,859 --> 00:59:32,236 The history of the monarchy in this country is 705 00:59:32,361 --> 00:59:35,364 a one-way street of humiliation, sacrifices and concessions 706 00:59:35,448 --> 00:59:36,907 in order to survive. 707 00:59:37,742 --> 00:59:40,995 First, the barons came for us, then the merchants, now the journalists. 708 00:59:41,078 --> 00:59:44,915 Small wonder we make such a fuss about curtsies, protocol and precedent. 709 00:59:44,999 --> 00:59:46,333 It's all we have left. 710 00:59:46,417 --> 00:59:51,422 The last scraps of armor as we go from ruling to reigning to... 711 00:59:53,340 --> 00:59:55,468 - To what? - To being nothing at all. 712 00:59:59,388 --> 01:00:00,765 Marionettes. 713 01:00:07,438 --> 01:00:09,857 Right, gloves on. 714 01:00:13,360 --> 01:00:17,072 I told the master of the household to rotate the guests between courses, 715 01:00:17,156 --> 01:00:20,785 so if you get a dud, don't worry, it'll be 15 minutes at worst. 716 01:00:42,890 --> 01:00:43,974 Mr. and Mrs. David Smith. 717 01:00:44,058 --> 01:00:46,185 - David. Lovely to meet you. - Ma'am. 718 01:00:46,310 --> 01:00:48,062 - Hello. - Very nice to meet you. 719 01:00:48,145 --> 01:00:50,231 - Mr. and Mrs. Patel. - Hello there. 720 01:00:50,314 --> 01:00:51,732 Thank you for coming. 721 01:00:51,816 --> 01:00:54,777 - Mr. Harry "the hammer." - I've heard so much about you. 722 01:00:55,027 --> 01:00:57,363 - Thank you for coming. - You look absolutely beautiful. 723 01:00:57,446 --> 01:00:58,531 Mr. Martin Jones. 724 01:01:02,535 --> 01:01:04,662 - Sergeant Ethel danmyer. - Hello there. 725 01:01:05,287 --> 01:01:06,997 Such a pleasure to have you here. 726 01:01:07,540 --> 01:01:10,376 Here they come, dog-dogs. There they go. 56462

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