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Queen's critic is at it again!
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-Peer attacks the queen
-thank you.
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Queen's critic!
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Queen's critic is at it again!
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- Good morning, Jack.
- Good morning, sir.
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- What am I doing?
- I'll take one of each
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- this morning, please.
- One of each.
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- And the Sunday as well.
- A bit of light reading, eh?
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That's right.
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Queen's critic is at it again!
Peer attacks the queen!
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No, I shan't have anything.
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Sorry, dear.
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- I think he's right.
- Do you?
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Yeah. Now I think about it,
she is a bit priggish.
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Here he comes, here he comes.
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There he is.
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- Don't... please, gentlemen.
- That's it. Don't push, please.
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- Lord altrincham?
- Yes.
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You traitor!
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Really?
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Really?
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Really?
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Well, I shall certainly let
her majesty know. Thank you.
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Time and tide, Mr. Conservator.
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Wait for no man, private secretary.
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- Good afternoon to you.
- Good afternoon, sir.
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What is it now?
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Lord altrincham has been struck.
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Dumb, I hope.
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Better than that, ma'am.
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In the face.
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Quite forcefully, I'm told.
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By whom?
Which gallant and chivalrous individual?
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Afraid we don't have
those details yet, ma'am.
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The incident occurred
outside the television studios,
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and the perpetrator is now on his way
to the bow street police station,
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where we expect him to be released
without charge.
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How very gratifying.
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Yes. Very.
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Which television studios?
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The independent television
network studios, ma'am,
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where altrincham had just recorded
an interview.
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For what?
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A program appropriately called impact.
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When will it air?
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Tonight, ma'am. 9:00.
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Tell the people.
Tell them on television.
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Questions in the public mind,
answered by people in the public eye.
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This is impact,
the program that examines
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the most important matters of the moment
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- and brings the debate to you at home.
- Sorry I'm late.
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Robin day puts the questions.
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It's just starting.
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Tonight, we have a man who,
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because of press activity
in recent days,
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probably needs no introduction,
lord altrincham.
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In the space of just a few days,
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his inflammatory and deeply
personal attacks on the queen,
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in a periodical of which
he is also publisher,
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have become the most pressing issue
of the day
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and caused something
of a constitutional crisis.
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So, I'd like to begin by asking
lord altrincham a simple question.
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She's our head of state,
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loved, respected and admired
throughout the world,
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so why did do you hate her so very much?
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National and English review,
two shillings!
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Your national and English review!
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- Morning, Fred!
- Good morning, sir.
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National and English review,
two shillings!
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Far too long.
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People are beginning to notice,
and that is why the...
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And that is why the ending
of doctrinal tests
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and the introduction of women priests
is the only viable solution
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for saving the church of england,
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an institution that is becoming
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increasingly outdated and irrelevant
hour by hour.
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Who's got a thousand words
for me on that?
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- Hello, Patricia.
- Would anyone like some toffee?
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Bring it over here, Patricia, darling.
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- Divine.
- Much like Patricia herself.
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Come, come, my dear. Be seated.
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Right.
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If no one's keen on the church story,
I can knock something up.
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Now, a piece on reforming
the house of lords.
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Dermot, you were going to look at that
for me, weren't you?
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- Something nutty about it?
- Molasses.
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And Europe,
we need to work out our official stance.
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Are we for or against
a single European market?
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Are we in or out?
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- Toffee, John?
- You must try some, John.
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I'm afraid I have
a thing against toffee.
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Why didn't I know that?
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You can't know everything about me.
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It's not the taste I object to so much.
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I just have painful memories.
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As a child, I was sitting
in a dentist's chair
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because of a piece of toffee I ate.
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Oh, lord.
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Not again.
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Sorry.
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I've...
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"Perhaps you don't understand
that on your steadfastness and ability
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"to withstand the fatigue of dull,
repetitive work,
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"and your great courage in meeting
constant small adversities,
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"depend, in great measure,
the happiness and prosperity
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"of the community as a whole.
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"The upward course of a nation's history
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"is due, in the long run,
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"to the soundness of heart
of its average men and women."
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Working men and women?
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It has a touch more dignity.
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No, I think "average" is fine.
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Thought you might be interested
to see this.
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It's a draft of the speech the queen's
going to give in a week's time.
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I don't mind telling you
I felt a bit uneasy about it.
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Sir.
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Yes?
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Sir, forgive me if I'm interfering
beyond my station...
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- Tommy.
- Martin.
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You were about to interfere
beyond your station.
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It's concerning the speech
the queen is due to give next week
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at the Jaguar car factory.
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- What about it?
- I was just wondering
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if you were happy with it.
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Well, obviously I'm happy with it,
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or I wouldn't have shown it
to her majesty
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for the approval
which she immediately gave.
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- Did the queen read it?
- She didn't need to.
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She merely asked if I was happy.
I replied in the affirmative.
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And that was good enough
for her majesty.
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But I can see that
the really important question is,
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is it good enough for colonel charteris?
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You don't think it strikes
the wrong tone?
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In which sense?
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In its paternalism.
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May I?
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Thank you.
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I suppose if I had a concern
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it would be that, post-Suez,
in this new climate,
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in this new britain,
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the tone of the speech is somewhat...
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Somewhat what?
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Old-fashioned.
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And would leave her open to attack.
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- From whom?
- The newspapers.
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People.
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If I had a shilling for every time
someone of a progressive
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or liberal disposition had warned
needlessly of a popular attack
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against the crown, I'd be a rich man.
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The British people adore
their sovereign.
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It is what constitutes, indeed defines,
being British.
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No, the worst
I've ever encountered is apathy,
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where people simply accept
the king or queen
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as they accept
the sky above their heads.
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But it's a long way
from apathy to insurrection.
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Now, as regards the newspapers,
the crown can count on their support
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for two reasons:
First, there is nothing to attack.
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That's the advantage
of a constitutional monarchy.
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They have no power
so there's nothing to complain about.
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And even if they wanted to,
they'd always let us know first.
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The palace would then threaten them
with a boycott
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on the next major royal event,
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causing the newspapers immediately
to back down.
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Because the very people
you fear will hate the queen
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are the same ones who buy copies
in their millions.
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Because they love her.
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So I'm worrying unnecessarily?
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Martin, I shall leave the drawing
of that inescapable conclusion to you.
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I'm going to take it in
a little shorter, ma'am,
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and rounder at the back.
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Lovely.
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Thank you.
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I like it very much.
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Thank you.
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I thought you were hoping
for more children from me.
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I am.
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Then why on earth would you do
something like that to your hair?
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What's wrong with it?
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I thought it was tidy and sensible.
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Adjectives to stir the loins.
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Apparently it's very a la mode.
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All the regimental wives are wearing
their hair like this now.
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- Really?
- Yes.
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Well, it's certainly very practical.
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And should you ever feel compelled
to ride a motorcycle,
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it could always double as a helmet.
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Well, I like it.
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No, I have nothing
against it personally.
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Stop it.
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I'm sure it will provide ample
protection against any falling masonry.
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But if enlarging the family
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and enticing your husband
to procreate is the goal...
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It is.
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Then you might take a look
at jayne Mansfield...
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Or Rita Hayworth.
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Rita Hayworth.
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Sir William lyons, your majesty.
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- Welcome, your majesty.
- Thank you, sir. Hello.
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How do you do?
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It's very spacious, isn't it.
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This is our research
and development area.
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Splendid. Now we're talking.
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May I introduce you, ma'am,
to Nigel Willoughby?
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He sketches all of our prototypes.
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You studied drawing, did you?
Lovely. You're very good at it.
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- And that's the chassis.
- It is, indeed.
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A finished mk-1, your majesty.
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It's lovely.
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With top speeds
of over 100 miles per hour.
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Quite the thing.
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I've always been interested
in the red leather.
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Is it horse or cow?
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Hello.
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I wish first to express to you
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my very great pleasure
at being here today.
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My husband and I have been
most profoundly moved
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by your hospitable welcome
and would like you to know
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how very grateful we are to you all...
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- Thank you.
- For the work that you do.
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We understand that in the turbulence
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of this anxious and active world,
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many of you are leading
uneventful, lonely lives,
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where dreariness is the enemy.
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What?
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Perhaps you don't understand
that on your steadfastness and ability
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to withstand the fatigue of dull,
repetitive work
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depend, in great measure, the happiness
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and prosperity of the community
as a whole.
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The upward course of a nation's history
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is due, in the long run,
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to the soundness of heart
of its average men and women.
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May you be proud to remember
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how much depends on you,
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and that even when your life
seems most monotonous,
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what you do is always of real value
and importance to your fellow...
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Lord altrincham?
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Evening edition! News chronicle!
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Evening edition!
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I need a favor, some typing.
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You're going home.
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I don't need to be.
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I've just heard a ridiculous speech
by the queen,
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and I want to write
an immediate response.
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No, I'll... I'll find someone else.
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No, no, it's no trouble.
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I had nothing else planned.
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Thank you.
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- I've had another thought.
- Super.
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A rather heretical thought.
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I got the idea
from something Walter bagehot said
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about the first duty of royalty
being to inspire.
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Hello.
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I trust you had a safe journey,
your majesty.
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- Yes, very lovely.
- Good to be back.
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Well, let's hope it brightens up later.
256
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Good shot, ma'am.
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National and English review!
National and English review!
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Thank you, madam. Two shillings
for national and English review.
259
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Thank you, sir. Morning.
260
00:24:55,953 --> 00:24:57,330
Thank you very much, madam.
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National and English review.
Two shillings, thank you very much.
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There we go, sir. Two shillings.
Thank you very much. Two shillings.
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I see.
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Right.
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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
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Just to say
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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
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Nothing to do
with Princess Margaret, sir.
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It's an article written
by lord altrincham.
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00:26:31,174 --> 00:26:33,092
Never heard of him. You?
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Taken originally
from his own publication,
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the national and English review.
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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.
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00:26:47,899 --> 00:26:49,484
What kind of article?
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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
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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
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00:27:22,809 --> 00:27:26,145
the vast majority of the country
not only disagrees with altrincham
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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
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00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:33,820
written by an irrelevant man
for an irrelevant publication.
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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
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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.
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