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...to Prime Minister
Harold Wilson and his government today,
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as pressure on the pound...
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Good afternoon, Mr King.
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- The damage had been done...
- Good afternoon, Mr King.
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Britain's trade gap
is a staggering £107 million.
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It's the worst figure on record.
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The government said that these figures
were distorted and meaningless.
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Good afternoon, Mr King.
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Good afternoon, Mr King.
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Good afternoon, Mr King.
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- Where is it?
- Uh...
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Here. Tomorrow's front page, sir.
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- Not strong enough.
- It's the strongest headline
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the Daily Mirror's ever written
about a Labour leader.
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"Bowed head, guilty conscience"?
I don't know what it's saying.
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Now I know what it's saying.
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It's a sad day when the Daily Mirror,
a Labour-supporting newspaper,
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turns against a Labour leader like this.
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We've done some thinking
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and come up with an idea
for how to deflect any further criticism.
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Yeah, go on.
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Lord Mountbatten.
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What's he got to do with anything?
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I'm sure we all agree
that he's a symbol of a bygone era,
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of privilege and inequality,
empire and extravagance.
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- Not to mention a pompous bloody arse.
- Go on.
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As Chief of the Defence Staff,
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he's refusing to make
the defence cuts we need,
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cuts which you promised
in your election manifesto.
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One might even tolerate it
if he weren't so...
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- Vain or crooked or power-mad.
- Quite.
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What are you proposing?
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That we kick him out.
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But at least he's busy, and inside the tent.
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You know, people like Mountbatten,
meddlers, for want of a kinder word,
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energetic, well-connected meddlers,
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it's better that they're inside the tent,
pissing out,
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than outside the tent, pissing in.
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But he belongs to another time, Harold.
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Kicking him out makes economic sense
and shows we're tough.
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And who knows?
It might just buy us some good headlines.
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Yes, I could do with some good headlines.
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General salute!
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Present arms!
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As Chief of the Defence Staff,
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you will be aware
that the Treasury has been conducting
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a wide-ranging review of defence spending...
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And before you go any further,
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the cuts you propose would leave us
hopelessly vulnerable and weak,
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especially east of Suez.
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Now, are our enemies cutting back
on military spending?
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No, they're increasing fivefold, tenfold.
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And the conclusion of the review
is that we'd like to make a few changes.
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One of which is to your post
of Chief of the Defence Staff.
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What?
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Are you kicking me out?
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Well, no, sir, I'm thanking you
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on behalf of the government,
on behalf of the armed forces,
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on behalf of the whole country,
for your many years of remarkable service.
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You are.
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You're kicking me out.
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Well, there we are! Ha-ha.
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Well... Ha-ha-ha.
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There we are.
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It's absurd.
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That a man
of Lord Mountbatten's achievements,
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Supreme Allied Commander
for South East Asia,
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one of the chief architects
of the invasion of occupied Europe,
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which, incidentally, won us the war,
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should be told by a man
who's achieved what?
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Nothing.
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Broken his promises, crippled the economy,
run this great country into the ground,
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that he, Mountbatten,
is surplus to requirements?
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It's not absurd.
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It's obscene.
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But where one door closes...
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another opens.
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There is special providence in such a fall.
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If it be now, 'tis not to come;
if it be not to come, it will be now;
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if it be not now, yet it will come:
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The readiness is all.
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What am I going to do, Barratt?
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You'll bounce back, sir.
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Before long, you'll have a hundred projects.
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Cake, sir.
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- Hip-hip!
- Hooray!
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♪ Should auld acquaintance be forgot ♪
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♪ And never brought to mind ♪
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♪ Should auld acquaintance be forgot ♪
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♪ And days of auld lang syne ♪
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♪ For auld lang syne, my dear ♪
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♪ For auld lang syne ♪
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♪ We'll take a cup of kindness yet ♪
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♪ For auld lang syne ♪
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♪ We two have run about the hills ♪
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♪ And pulled the daisies fine ♪
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♪ But we've wandered many a weary foot ♪
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♪ Since auld lang syne ♪♪
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Thank you.
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Welcome home, sir.
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Yes, of course.
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I think that should be fine.
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I don't think we need to worry
about the stairs.
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Pens down, Your Majesty.
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Ten minutes to Newmarket.
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Thank you, Cecil. How is he?
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As good as new again.
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And do you really think
he's recovered from his injury?
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I do, ma'am.
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Gelded, fired, well rested.
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We won't have him
breaking down on us again.
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Any chance of seeing him
on the gallops today?
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Oh, no, ma'am.
It's too wet and muddy out there.
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It's been a lot like this.
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Hardly been able to train him at all.
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Well, we can't do anything
about the weather.
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Now we come to the most anticipated race
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of this year's Royal Ascot meeting,
the Queen Alexandra Stakes.
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This is Britain's longest flat race,
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where stamina is of the essence,
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and the favourite is,
of course, number nine,
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Her Majesty's own horse, Apprentice.
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And they're off with number six, Panic,
taking an early lead,
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followed by number one, Valentine's Day,
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with number two, Olympic Boy,
breathing down their necks.
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They're on the pace now
as they make their start.
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Behind them at number 10,
Omphialus, is far off the leaders,
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but number nine, Apprentice,
tails behind in fifth place.
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A disappointing start for last year's
Yorkshire Cup champion.
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And Panic is still ahead, but behind him,
Apprentice is gaining ground,
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seeing off a challenge from number seven,
Philemon, and pulling into fourth.
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Your Majesty.
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- Your Majesty.
- Dickie, darling. Chin up, buttercup.
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Apprentice really has the look of eagles.
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- Apprentice turns up the pressure
- Come on!
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on Olympic Boy
as he moves into third place.
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And in what is a fantastic recovery
from a slow start,
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Apprentice is now level with number two,
Olympic Boy, as they race uphill.
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As they come up to the final turn,
Panic leads by a length and a half,
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but Apprentice is coming through
with a challenge.
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Now it's the home straight.
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Apprentice is charging down
the near side, digging deep.
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Nearly, nearly, nearly...
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- No, he hasn't got it.
- No, Apprentice is starting to struggle.
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Panic is holding on,
he's holding his lead,
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and Apprentice is falling behind
as Valentine's Day pulls back into second.
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Olympic Boy coming up from the rear,
and it's a busy finish,
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but number six, Panic, finishes first,
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and closely followed
by number two Olympic Boy, and...
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What are we doing wrong, Porchey?
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We used to be at the top.
Now we barely compete.
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It's possible that the system
set up by your late father
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is now a little...
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Obsolete?
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And might need, uh...
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Kicking out? Throwing on the dust heap?
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If you want to keep up
with the Aga Khans of this world,
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I would suggest you follow their lead.
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And do what?
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Travel round the world and catch up
with all the latest developments.
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I can't just do that.
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In case you hadn't noticed,
I have a job to do.
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It would only be France, not Timbuktu.
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There are experienced people who are able
to deputize for you in your absence.
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As you know,
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this government is committed
to maintaining sterling
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at $2.80 to the pound.
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But with every economic blow,
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the oil embargo,
the balance of payments deficit,
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and the Dockers' Union strike,
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it's proving harder and harder to maintain.
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And I'm afraid that now we have
no alternative but to devalue the pound.
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Oh.
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And I need hardly say
it is a matter of overwhelming regret...
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for me personally.
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And a humiliation for the government.
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It feels like a bad time to say that
I won't be here for our meeting next week.
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Perhaps the next two weeks.
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But Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother,
will step in as counsellor of state.
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Uh... Oh.
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A role she's executed many times.
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Your Majesty.
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Good evening.
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A few days ago, the Cabinet took its
unanimous decision to devalue the pound.
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I can now tell you
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why we have taken this action,
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and, more importantly,
what it will mean for you.
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From now on, the pound abroad
will be worth 14 percent or so less,
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in terms of other currencies.
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Now, this doesn't mean, of course,
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that the pound here in Britain,
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in your pocket or your purse
or your bank, has been devalued.
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What it does mean is that the goods
we buy from abroad will be dearer.
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So for many goods,
it will be cheaper to buy British.
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Now, this devaluation
has been a hard decision,
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and some of its consequences
will be hard for a time.
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For three years,
this government has fought,
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as it was our duty to fight,
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the burden of the deficit
that the previous government left us with.
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But now is not the time
to attribute blame.
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Now is our chance to break free
from that straitjacket...
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seize this opportunity with both hands.
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This is a proud nation.
We're out on our own now.
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Now we must choose to put Britain first.
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Tonight,
we veterans of the Burma campaign
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are gathered here
to renew old comradeships...
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and to remember fallen brothers
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at Yenangyaung and Rangoon.
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We remember how it was fought.
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The old way, the honourable way.
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Body to body, bayonet to bayonet.
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And that swift,
exhilarating sweep of victory
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that carried us over the Irrawaddy
and into Mandalay.
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And there we met the Japanese army...
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and we tore it apart.
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Yes, gentlemen,
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we military men will always have
our past glories to look back on.
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But what of this new generation?
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These young men and women for whom
some of the best of us gave our lives.
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Hear, hear.
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Decline,
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irrelevance
and the devaluation of pound sterling.
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That is the sunless future that faces them.
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For them, the white heat of revolution
is not a forging heat.
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It is a melting heat.
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It melts the silver of our battle honours...
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and reduces to cinders the very foundation
of our economy, our currency.
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- Yes.
- Hear, hear.
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So...
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if the only glories available
to this nation are its past glories...
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then let us cherish them now.
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Hear, hear.
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"Come you back, you British soldier,
come you back..."
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Who will join me?
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Ship me somewhere east of Suez
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Where the best is like the worst
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Where there are no Ten Commandments
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And a man can raise a thirst
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For the temple bells are calling
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And it's there that I would be
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By the old Moulmein Pagoda
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Looking lazy at the sea
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On the road to Mandalay
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Where the old flotilla lay
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With our sick beneath the awnings
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When we went to Mandalay
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O' the road to Mandalay
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Where the flying-fishes play
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And the dawn comes up like thunder
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Out of China 'crost the Bay
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What do you think?
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Very good.
253
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- Lord Mountbatten?
- Excuse me.
254
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Cecil King.
255
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I hoped to talk to you, sir,
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to express my sympathy at the way
you've been treated by the government.
257
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A shameful piece of
political grandstanding and opportunism.
258
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You're very kind.
259
00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,791
Well, this country
needs great men more than ever
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to restore confidence, inspire us,
261
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and perhaps even lead us out of the mire.
262
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Well, it's been made very clear to me
that my leadership days are over.
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Oh, well, my colleagues and I
don't believe that, sir.
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Not for a minute.
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As a matter of fact,
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we'd be delighted if you would have lunch
with us at Threadneedle Street one day.
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Bank of England?
268
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We've been working on a proposal,
which we'd very much like to put to you.
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Hmm.
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Sir.
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Hello.
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Your Majesty.
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Welcome to Haras du Quesnay.
274
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Thank you, Mr Head.
275
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But there is no need for such formality.
276
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In the world of breeding,
it is you who are king.
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Ha-ha. You are very kind, ma'am,
and very indulgent.
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I suspect you are flattering me.
279
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- Hello, Alec.
- Henry.
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Shall we? Good morning.
281
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And, of course,
it was Malin Comme un Singe
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who came out of Lady Danjar,
a magnificent stayer.
283
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Oh! And his grandsire, White Settler.
284
00:23:03,384 --> 00:23:06,303
Oh, that's right.
We had tremendous success with him.
285
00:23:06,387 --> 00:23:08,681
Yes, I remember him. A wonderful sprinter.
286
00:23:09,265 --> 00:23:11,475
- Are these your stud books?
- Indeed, ma'am.
287
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And I think you will find
some very familiar names in there.
288
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Yes, I bet I will.
289
00:23:17,815 --> 00:23:19,275
If I'm not mistaken...
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- this one.
- Oh, gosh, yes.
291
00:23:22,236 --> 00:23:24,446
My grandfather's, one of his favourites.
292
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- What would you say? Six months?
- Mm, yes, I'd say so.
293
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Nice temperament,
warm-blooded, not too skittish.
294
00:23:32,288 --> 00:23:36,208
- Indeed. Look at her hocks.
- Oh, yes.
295
00:23:36,292 --> 00:23:38,794
Very well proportioned,
excellent line to the back.
296
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Yes.
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May I?
298
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It was extraordinary.
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Notjust their facilities,
their entire attitude to breeding,
300
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but the fact they keep their foals
and their yearlings so close...
301
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Merci.
302
00:24:00,441 --> 00:24:02,776
...while we send ours off
to graze in Ireland.
303
00:24:04,945 --> 00:24:07,573
Tell me honestly. Is it over?
304
00:24:07,990 --> 00:24:09,617
Have we slipped too far behind?
305
00:24:10,034 --> 00:24:11,285
Not yet, ma'am.
306
00:24:11,368 --> 00:24:13,370
But if you want to keep up,
307
00:24:13,454 --> 00:24:15,914
you, uh, do need to act decisively now.
308
00:24:16,540 --> 00:24:21,462
It'd mean rethinking the operation
from top to toe, changing the personnel,
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00:24:21,545 --> 00:24:22,838
- changing the approach.
- Yes.
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00:24:22,921 --> 00:24:27,801
And currently there is a drain of the best
British racehorses to America.
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00:24:27,885 --> 00:24:30,387
But you have to ask yourself, why?
312
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You don't think I should go there too?
313
00:24:33,724 --> 00:24:36,560
Obviously from a racing perspective,
it will be ideal.
314
00:24:37,353 --> 00:24:42,775
Just for a day or two, but, uh,
won't you be needed at home?
315
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:44,860
Well, they've always got Mummy.
316
00:24:45,611 --> 00:24:47,196
Me being away is good for her.
317
00:24:47,279 --> 00:24:51,158
She hates feeling old and superannuated
and surplus to requirements.
318
00:24:51,950 --> 00:24:54,453
I'm sure she's relishing
being the big chief again.
319
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- Thank you.
- Sir.
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- Mr King.
- Lord Mountbatten.
321
00:25:18,686 --> 00:25:22,481
The Great Britain of our childhood
is dying before us.
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The country is bankrupt,
our national security is in tatters,
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our allies are in despair.
324
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And on our current trajectory, by 1970,
325
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we will be a vassal state.
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A pariah.
327
00:25:38,497 --> 00:25:40,249
I don't know about you, sir,
328
00:25:40,332 --> 00:25:44,086
but I'd sooner die than stand idly by
and watch this happen.
329
00:25:44,837 --> 00:25:45,879
And to that end,
330
00:25:45,963 --> 00:25:49,007
my associates and I
have come up with a plan
331
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to put the country back on track.
332
00:25:52,594 --> 00:25:53,679
Which is?
333
00:25:55,180 --> 00:25:57,474
Replacing the prime minister
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and installing a new emergency government.
335
00:26:01,854 --> 00:26:03,731
- What?
- And in his place,
336
00:26:03,814 --> 00:26:07,568
we would need to instal
an inspirational figurehead.
337
00:26:07,651 --> 00:26:11,405
Someone who could unite the nation,
command its respect.
338
00:26:11,488 --> 00:26:15,659
Someone who had stepped
into a national leadership role before.
339
00:26:15,743 --> 00:26:18,120
Now, there are some obvious candidates,
340
00:26:18,203 --> 00:26:20,414
but, frankly,
none would be as good as you, sir.
341
00:26:20,497 --> 00:26:22,583
No, no, no, this is quite unthinkable.
342
00:26:23,834 --> 00:26:26,712
At this point, I should close my ears.
343
00:26:29,381 --> 00:26:33,385
Despite my own very profound reservations
regarding our prime minister,
344
00:26:33,469 --> 00:26:36,555
what you're talking about
is effectively a coup.
345
00:26:37,347 --> 00:26:40,142
And I can have nothing whatsoever
to do with it.
346
00:26:40,225 --> 00:26:42,144
In peacetime, it's true,
347
00:26:42,227 --> 00:26:45,981
an intervention like this
would be unconstitutional.
348
00:26:46,815 --> 00:26:50,527
But we believe this is no longer peacetime.
349
00:26:51,236 --> 00:26:56,074
And the circumstances
are unprecedented and quite exceptional.
350
00:26:58,285 --> 00:26:59,453
Gerald.
351
00:27:00,954 --> 00:27:03,290
In order to hijack control of the economy,
352
00:27:03,373 --> 00:27:07,252
Wilson and his socialist colleagues
have devised a plan,
353
00:27:07,961 --> 00:27:09,379
Plan Brutus...
354
00:27:10,297 --> 00:27:13,425
which would strip the Bank of England
of all its powers,
355
00:27:13,884 --> 00:27:16,804
freeze the sterling balances
of foreign governments,
356
00:27:17,346 --> 00:27:21,016
and enforce crash cuts
in defence spending.
357
00:27:21,099 --> 00:27:24,186
The bankers
cannot be allowed to run the show.
358
00:27:24,269 --> 00:27:25,938
The Bank of England has known
359
00:27:26,021 --> 00:27:28,857
about gold pouring out of the country
since Monday
360
00:27:28,941 --> 00:27:32,152
- and has done nothing to stop it.
- What is our response?
361
00:27:32,236 --> 00:27:34,613
The imposition of exchange controls,
362
00:27:35,072 --> 00:27:37,157
crash cuts in defence expenditure,
363
00:27:37,241 --> 00:27:42,371
and the compulsory acquisition
of all privately held overseas securities.
364
00:27:42,454 --> 00:27:43,747
Show of hands.
365
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:50,629
It is an effective declaration of war...
366
00:27:52,130 --> 00:27:54,800
on freedom, democracy and capitalism.
367
00:27:56,677 --> 00:27:58,762
We must act now.
368
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,015
Not just to save Britain, but the world.
369
00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:05,018
We are proposing a radical revolution
370
00:28:05,102 --> 00:28:08,272
led by bankers, businessmen
and the armed forces.
371
00:28:08,355 --> 00:28:10,649
Professionals who can save us
from amateurism,
372
00:28:10,732 --> 00:28:13,485
incompetence and Russian infiltration.
373
00:28:14,903 --> 00:28:16,864
And as our interim leader...
374
00:28:17,781 --> 00:28:20,701
we can think of
no one better than you, sir.
375
00:28:34,172 --> 00:28:35,841
This is all very interesting.
376
00:28:40,762 --> 00:28:43,056
May I suggest that we meet again...
377
00:28:45,183 --> 00:28:46,476
in 48 hours?
378
00:28:49,146 --> 00:28:50,230
Sir.
379
00:28:59,072 --> 00:29:02,910
With the pound down and
the rest later, I suppose that sums it up.
380
00:29:02,993 --> 00:29:06,455
Devaluation and a gigantic loan
that we'll all have to pay back.
381
00:29:06,538 --> 00:29:07,748
Britain now finds itself
382
00:29:07,831 --> 00:29:10,500
looking at a complete reversal
of government policy
383
00:29:10,584 --> 00:29:13,420
after three years
of devaluation and denial.
384
00:29:13,503 --> 00:29:16,173
Wilson must go! Wilson must go!
385
00:29:16,256 --> 00:29:19,134
Outside 10 Downing Street,
protesters gathered
386
00:29:19,217 --> 00:29:21,386
as the reality
of what a devalued pound...
387
00:29:39,655 --> 00:29:42,032
Welcome to the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
Your Majesty.
388
00:29:42,115 --> 00:29:44,743
- Thank you, Mr Hancock.
- Please, call me Bull.
389
00:29:45,077 --> 00:29:47,037
Sorry we don't have
better weather for you.
390
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,164
It's quite all right.
We like a good watering.
391
00:29:49,247 --> 00:29:50,999
- Bull Hancock.
- Pleasure to meet you.
392
00:29:51,083 --> 00:29:54,252
Your shopping basket
will hold less for the same money.
393
00:29:54,336 --> 00:29:57,047
A whole lot of imported foodstuffs
will cost more,
394
00:29:57,130 --> 00:29:59,675
around threepence a pound more for beef.
395
00:30:00,676 --> 00:30:02,010
- This the one?
- Excellent.
396
00:30:02,094 --> 00:30:04,304
On Monday, after the announcement,
397
00:30:04,388 --> 00:30:05,722
the Stock Exchange was empty.
398
00:30:05,806 --> 00:30:07,015
There was no trading.
399
00:30:07,099 --> 00:30:11,186
But outside in Throgmorton Street,
brokers and jobbers crowded together
400
00:30:11,269 --> 00:30:13,355
to try and sort out
what the drop in the pound...
401
00:30:15,899 --> 00:30:17,150
Morning, boys.
402
00:30:17,234 --> 00:30:19,695
- Morning, sir.
- Morning, Mr Hancock.
403
00:30:19,778 --> 00:30:23,115
They're testing for minerals.
Sulphur, calcium.
404
00:30:23,198 --> 00:30:25,200
Correct nutrition is vital, ma'am,
405
00:30:25,283 --> 00:30:27,953
when it comes to the bone strength
and bone formation
406
00:30:28,036 --> 00:30:30,247
- in the foals we're raising.
- Yes, sir.
407
00:30:30,330 --> 00:30:32,517
- Tommy's one of the best.
- Thank you, sir.
408
00:30:32,541 --> 00:30:34,876
- Does Tommy ever come to England?
- Oh, no, no, no.
409
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:35,960
Oh. Ha.
410
00:30:36,628 --> 00:30:40,048
Paris woke up to find
that France was on the brink of civil war.
411
00:30:40,132 --> 00:30:43,093
Would the rebel generals in Algeria
send paratroopers?
412
00:30:43,427 --> 00:30:46,179
Defence measures
were quickly put into operation.
413
00:30:50,058 --> 00:30:53,103
Orly Airport was closed
to flights in and out.
414
00:30:53,186 --> 00:30:55,772
Nobody in the capital
knew the rebels' intentions,
415
00:30:55,856 --> 00:30:58,400
but plastic bomb outrages
here and elsewhere
416
00:30:58,483 --> 00:31:01,570
showed that pro-rebel sympathizers
were on the prowl.
417
00:31:02,696 --> 00:31:04,948
They struck
at the Gare de Lyon railway terminus
418
00:31:05,032 --> 00:31:06,700
and at the Austerlitz station,
419
00:31:06,783 --> 00:31:09,077
not with any serious effect, but it was...
420
00:31:09,161 --> 00:31:12,831
These are veterinary students
we've invited to spend time at the farm.
421
00:31:13,457 --> 00:31:16,835
They learn reproductive management,
neonatal and foal management,
422
00:31:16,918 --> 00:31:18,503
herd health management.
423
00:31:19,337 --> 00:31:21,423
What we're aiming for is better integration
424
00:31:21,506 --> 00:31:23,383
between our practises here at the stud,
425
00:31:23,467 --> 00:31:27,012
and the clinical research
being conducted in the wider world.
426
00:31:30,348 --> 00:31:34,019
- Remind me of the year.
- 1967. Why?
427
00:31:34,436 --> 00:31:38,065
Because having seen what I've just seen,
one might think it 2067.
428
00:31:38,815 --> 00:31:41,943
In terms of technology,
and their management of the pasture,
429
00:31:42,235 --> 00:31:44,696
and their willingness to embrace new ideas,
430
00:31:44,780 --> 00:31:48,408
the Americans aren't just on a different
level, they're on a different planet.
431
00:31:48,492 --> 00:31:51,453
And their racing manager,
wasn't he impressive?
432
00:31:51,536 --> 00:31:53,580
When you think about Cecil by comparison...
433
00:31:53,663 --> 00:31:56,416
- Yes, he is getting on now.
- Hmm, 150.
434
00:31:56,500 --> 00:32:01,171
Well, not quite that, but certainly 80. Ha.
Dear old Cecil.
435
00:32:01,254 --> 00:32:02,506
The Ben-Hur of Newmarket.
436
00:32:04,341 --> 00:32:06,426
He had such success with your father.
437
00:32:06,510 --> 00:32:09,262
And grandfather.
You know he was wounded at the Somme?
438
00:32:09,346 --> 00:32:13,517
Yes. So it's probably time
for someone a little bit younger.
439
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,685
The question is, who is there?
440
00:32:16,728 --> 00:32:18,855
What about Gordon Richards?
441
00:32:19,272 --> 00:32:21,775
He's with the Weinstocks.
They'd never let him go.
442
00:32:22,567 --> 00:32:26,363
- Or David McCall?
- Mm.
443
00:32:27,489 --> 00:32:28,532
He's good.
444
00:32:29,616 --> 00:32:31,618
But can you honestly see him fitting in?
445
00:32:31,993 --> 00:32:33,787
- No.
- Try that.
446
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:36,289
Oh.
447
00:32:40,168 --> 00:32:41,294
Mm.
448
00:32:46,591 --> 00:32:48,468
Would you ever consider it?
449
00:32:49,886 --> 00:32:51,721
- Me?
- Why not?
450
00:32:51,805 --> 00:32:54,474
You're brilliant,
and you know the family inside out.
451
00:32:56,143 --> 00:32:57,185
Well, I'm honoured.
452
00:32:58,979 --> 00:33:01,606
- But I'm also very ambitious, so...
- Hm.
453
00:33:02,566 --> 00:33:04,901
I could never accept unless I felt sure
454
00:33:04,985 --> 00:33:08,196
we had every chance of success
at the highest level.
455
00:33:08,697 --> 00:33:10,949
And in terms of our research,
456
00:33:11,032 --> 00:33:13,910
there's still one thing
that we really need to see.
457
00:33:14,161 --> 00:33:16,413
- What?
- Their training facilities.
458
00:33:17,205 --> 00:33:18,915
If we're going to gain the edge,
459
00:33:18,999 --> 00:33:21,209
there's still a lot to learn
from the Americans.
460
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,879
Porchey, how much longer
is that going to take?
461
00:33:25,213 --> 00:33:26,214
Well...
462
00:33:30,552 --> 00:33:32,804
- Do you want to try this?
- Yes, please.
463
00:34:01,208 --> 00:34:02,459
Gentlemen.
464
00:34:03,335 --> 00:34:07,464
In the past decade alone,
there have, by my reckoning,
465
00:34:07,547 --> 00:34:13,178
been 73 coups in 46 different countries
around the world,
466
00:34:13,261 --> 00:34:17,015
and the success of some of these
might encourage us.
467
00:34:18,475 --> 00:34:19,935
In Ghana two years ago,
468
00:34:20,018 --> 00:34:23,688
President Nkrumah
was ousted with just 500 men.
469
00:34:24,814 --> 00:34:27,067
And in 1961 in South Korea,
470
00:34:27,150 --> 00:34:33,198
Major General Park Chung-hee
seized power with 3500 men.
471
00:34:34,616 --> 00:34:37,535
And in 1964 in Gabon,
472
00:34:38,161 --> 00:34:42,832
just 150 men were able
to arrest President M'ba,
473
00:34:42,916 --> 00:34:46,878
and thus gain control
over the levers of state power.
474
00:34:47,545 --> 00:34:49,965
And, of course,
it was with just one legion
475
00:34:50,048 --> 00:34:52,133
that Caesar crossed the Rubicon.
476
00:34:53,551 --> 00:34:56,721
And perhaps we would not seek
to follow his fate.
477
00:34:57,472 --> 00:34:59,933
Sic semper tyrannis, gentlemen.
478
00:35:01,351 --> 00:35:04,729
And what all successful insurgencies
have in common...
479
00:35:05,438 --> 00:35:08,024
are five key elements.
480
00:35:08,108 --> 00:35:11,611
Control of the media,
control of the economy,
481
00:35:11,695 --> 00:35:14,364
the capture of administrative targets,
482
00:35:14,447 --> 00:35:18,910
for which you need the fourth element,
the loyalty of the military.
483
00:35:19,494 --> 00:35:21,329
Now, in Ghana and Gabon,
484
00:35:21,413 --> 00:35:24,291
this can be achieved
with a handful of battalions,
485
00:35:24,374 --> 00:35:26,918
but here in the United Kingdom...
486
00:35:29,045 --> 00:35:31,339
we would need to secure Parliament...
487
00:35:32,340 --> 00:35:33,425
Whitehall...
488
00:35:34,175 --> 00:35:36,720
the Ministry of Defence
and the Cabinet Office.
489
00:35:37,637 --> 00:35:39,973
The prime minister
will be arrested, of course,
490
00:35:40,056 --> 00:35:42,517
along with other politicians still loyal.
491
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:46,396
We would have to shut down
the airports, air traffic control.
492
00:35:46,479 --> 00:35:48,481
Same with the train stations.
493
00:35:48,565 --> 00:35:52,610
Curfews will be put in place.
Martial law declared.
494
00:35:52,861 --> 00:35:55,155
And I haven't even mentioned the police.
495
00:35:56,781 --> 00:36:01,328
It would take tens of thousands
of unquestioningly loyal servicemen,
496
00:36:01,828 --> 00:36:05,206
and even in my heyday,
I could never command that.
497
00:36:06,875 --> 00:36:08,960
Which brings me to the fifth element.
498
00:36:09,836 --> 00:36:11,379
Legitimacy.
499
00:36:12,672 --> 00:36:15,008
Now, our government draws its strength
500
00:36:15,091 --> 00:36:18,428
from long-established institutions
that support it.
501
00:36:18,928 --> 00:36:24,059
The courts, body of common law,
the constitution.
502
00:36:25,018 --> 00:36:27,270
For any action against the state
to succeed,
503
00:36:27,354 --> 00:36:29,147
you'd have to overthrow these as well.
504
00:36:30,190 --> 00:36:33,860
But in a highly evolved democracy
such as ours,
505
00:36:33,943 --> 00:36:36,404
their authority is sacrosanct.
506
00:36:38,782 --> 00:36:44,204
Which is why, gentlemen,
a coup d'état in the United Kingdom...
507
00:36:45,413 --> 00:36:47,707
doesn't stand a chance.
508
00:36:54,798 --> 00:36:56,341
Unless...
509
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:00,470
Unless...?
510
00:37:01,513 --> 00:37:05,266
Unless we had the support
of the one person not yet mentioned.
511
00:37:06,976 --> 00:37:08,353
Do you see the temperament?
512
00:37:10,230 --> 00:37:15,985
The crown has at
its disposal unique constitutional powers
513
00:37:16,069 --> 00:37:19,322
which could still make
something like this possible.
514
00:37:20,031 --> 00:37:22,450
In 1834, William IV used them
515
00:37:22,534 --> 00:37:25,995
to dismiss his government
in the face of opposition from the House.
516
00:37:27,163 --> 00:37:30,750
And in 1920,
the Emergency Powers Act was passed,
517
00:37:31,626 --> 00:37:35,213
which gave the sovereign power
in certain circumstances
518
00:37:35,296 --> 00:37:38,716
to declare
a state of emergency by proclamation.
519
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,095
Meaning our queen
could dissolve Parliament,
520
00:37:42,887 --> 00:37:46,850
and appoint a new government
and a prime minister as well.
521
00:37:47,350 --> 00:37:50,520
She's also commander-in-chief
of the armed forces.
522
00:37:51,104 --> 00:37:54,274
They swear allegiance to her
and not to Parliament,
523
00:37:54,357 --> 00:37:57,527
so could count on their support
to see it through.
524
00:38:01,281 --> 00:38:03,491
She is our Caesar.
525
00:38:09,164 --> 00:38:12,584
And you think
she might entertain this idea?
526
00:38:12,667 --> 00:38:15,336
The circumstances
are certainly compelling.
527
00:38:15,420 --> 00:38:19,007
Now, I've made a list here
of exactly how compelling.
528
00:38:20,133 --> 00:38:24,429
And as her second cousin,
I am in an ideal position to ask.
529
00:38:34,772 --> 00:38:37,358
- Not hungry?
- No.
530
00:38:41,654 --> 00:38:45,366
Somehow today has managed to be
one of the most enjoyable days of my life.
531
00:38:46,576 --> 00:38:49,078
And at the same time,
one of the most depressing.
532
00:38:53,374 --> 00:38:55,418
Telephone call for you, ma'am.
Lord Mountbatten.
533
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,003
I'll call him back.
534
00:39:05,929 --> 00:39:08,598
If I tell you something,
do you promise it will stay between us?
535
00:39:08,681 --> 00:39:10,016
Of course.
536
00:39:12,185 --> 00:39:15,355
This is how I'd like to spend all my time.
537
00:39:18,024 --> 00:39:21,402
Owning horses,
breeding horses, racing horses.
538
00:39:21,486 --> 00:39:23,738
It's what makes me truly happy.
539
00:39:26,366 --> 00:39:28,660
And I actually think
it's what I was born to do,
540
00:39:28,952 --> 00:39:30,912
until the other thing came along...
541
00:39:31,996 --> 00:39:35,667
that someone else was born to do,
that they elected not to do,
542
00:39:35,750 --> 00:39:38,086
which meant that first my father,
and then I,
543
00:39:38,169 --> 00:39:40,129
had to do a job we were never meant to do.
544
00:39:41,839 --> 00:39:44,634
Well, you've managed to make it look like
545
00:39:44,717 --> 00:39:47,762
the other thing is the only thing
you were ever meant to do.
546
00:39:49,305 --> 00:39:51,849
Hmm. You're kind.
547
00:39:52,392 --> 00:39:53,518
But it isn't.
548
00:40:09,534 --> 00:40:10,952
And on days like today...
549
00:40:12,787 --> 00:40:16,457
in places like this,
in company like this...
550
00:40:18,084 --> 00:40:20,878
you get a glimpse
of what it all might have been like.
551
00:40:23,464 --> 00:40:24,882
The unlived life...
552
00:40:28,303 --> 00:40:30,597
and how much happier
it might have made me.
553
00:40:38,606 --> 00:40:39,772
Not now!
554
00:40:43,276 --> 00:40:44,569
Oh, dear. Did I just snap?
555
00:40:44,652 --> 00:40:46,571
- Slightly.
- I shall have to grovel now.
556
00:40:46,654 --> 00:40:48,134
No, it's all right. He'll understand.
557
00:40:49,699 --> 00:40:53,077
- I'm so sorry, Your Majesty.
- Yes, all right, I'm coming.
558
00:40:53,161 --> 00:40:54,621
Honestly, only Dickie.
559
00:41:02,670 --> 00:41:04,505
Yes, thank you, Martin. I'll talk to him.
560
00:41:25,485 --> 00:41:26,569
Your Majesty.
561
00:41:32,784 --> 00:41:34,869
You are persistent.
Is it really so important?
562
00:41:37,705 --> 00:41:38,998
Yes, Your Majesty.
563
00:41:40,625 --> 00:41:42,043
Prime minister.
564
00:41:44,087 --> 00:41:46,673
Ma'am, I have reason to believe
565
00:41:46,756 --> 00:41:51,135
there is currently a full-blown plot
developing against me
566
00:41:51,219 --> 00:41:54,013
and the democratically elected
Labour government
567
00:41:54,097 --> 00:41:56,015
that governs in your name...
568
00:41:56,808 --> 00:41:59,936
being led by a senior member of your family.
569
00:42:00,770 --> 00:42:01,771
Who?
570
00:42:04,524 --> 00:42:05,983
Lord Mountbatten.
571
00:42:06,526 --> 00:42:09,862
And that he, in cahoots with Cecil King,
572
00:42:09,946 --> 00:42:12,031
the chairman
of the Mirror Group newspapers,
573
00:42:12,115 --> 00:42:15,368
has been attempting
to overthrow this government.
574
00:42:18,955 --> 00:42:21,332
Now, I feel compelled
to remind Your Majesty
575
00:42:21,416 --> 00:42:25,753
that tolerance of the royal family
is hanging by a thread as it is.
576
00:42:28,131 --> 00:42:30,133
And throughout my time in office...
577
00:42:30,883 --> 00:42:33,302
I have done my level best to protect you.
578
00:42:35,430 --> 00:42:37,515
But if members of the royal family
579
00:42:38,099 --> 00:42:41,018
were to interfere with
the political business of the day,
580
00:42:41,102 --> 00:42:42,854
I would be left with no option
581
00:42:42,937 --> 00:42:47,316
but to side with the republican elements
of my Cabinet,
582
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:51,028
which I have successfully controlled
until now...
583
00:42:53,698 --> 00:42:55,408
and take steps.
584
00:42:58,494 --> 00:43:01,247
Leave it with me, prime minister.
585
00:43:02,707 --> 00:43:03,916
Your Majesty.
586
00:43:59,764 --> 00:44:01,098
Drink up, Porchey.
587
00:44:01,891 --> 00:44:03,142
We're going home.
588
00:44:43,891 --> 00:44:45,560
Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty.
589
00:44:56,988 --> 00:44:58,030
Your Majesty.
590
00:45:04,203 --> 00:45:05,746
You asked to see me.
591
00:45:06,497 --> 00:45:07,832
I did.
592
00:45:07,915 --> 00:45:10,376
Well, great minds think alike.
593
00:45:10,459 --> 00:45:13,004
As it happens,
I was planning to drop by myself...
594
00:45:16,340 --> 00:45:17,925
on a matter of great importance.
595
00:45:29,562 --> 00:45:33,190
I'm getting a feeling
that I've not had since Dieppe...
596
00:45:34,358 --> 00:45:36,193
that I'm walking into a trap.
597
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,324
I'd like to think you had
that sinking feeling
598
00:45:41,407 --> 00:45:43,075
on another occasion recently...
599
00:45:43,951 --> 00:45:46,245
when going to see your friends
at the Bank of England.
600
00:45:48,205 --> 00:45:49,373
Is it even true?
601
00:45:51,083 --> 00:45:54,128
Yes, I did go to lunch
at the Bank of England
602
00:45:54,211 --> 00:45:55,671
to meet and listen to people
603
00:45:55,755 --> 00:45:58,883
who are horrified
by what's happening to the country.
604
00:45:59,926 --> 00:46:01,969
A horror I hope you share.
605
00:46:02,053 --> 00:46:03,095
Perhaps.
606
00:46:03,804 --> 00:46:06,307
But conspiring with them
is not the solution.
607
00:46:06,390 --> 00:46:08,351
It is the beginning of a solution.
608
00:46:11,103 --> 00:46:14,815
Why are you doing this?
Why would you protect a man like Wilson?
609
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,911
I am protecting the prime minister.
610
00:46:28,037 --> 00:46:30,122
I am protecting the constitution.
611
00:46:31,123 --> 00:46:33,960
I am protecting democracy.
612
00:46:35,544 --> 00:46:39,173
But if the man at the heart
of that democracy threatens to destroy it,
613
00:46:39,256 --> 00:46:41,550
are we supposed to just stand by
and do nothing?
614
00:46:41,801 --> 00:46:43,386
Yes.
615
00:46:43,469 --> 00:46:47,473
Doing nothing is exactly what we do,
and bide our time,
616
00:46:47,556 --> 00:46:50,768
and wait for the people that voted him in
to vote him out again,
617
00:46:50,851 --> 00:46:54,021
if indeed that is what they decide to do.
618
00:46:56,232 --> 00:46:57,441
Mm-hm.
619
00:47:14,041 --> 00:47:16,377
I'm sure you find it near impossible
to do nothing...
620
00:47:17,294 --> 00:47:20,798
and to not have the role and
the responsibilities you've always had.
621
00:47:21,799 --> 00:47:24,635
You were born to be busy and to lead.
622
00:47:25,511 --> 00:47:28,764
But you still have
a huge role to play in this family.
623
00:47:30,349 --> 00:47:32,435
A father figure to my husband.
624
00:47:33,394 --> 00:47:35,479
An uncle and a guide to me.
625
00:47:36,439 --> 00:47:41,485
A king to make in Charles,
not to mention a brother to your sister.
626
00:47:43,112 --> 00:47:45,364
When was the last time you even visited her?
627
00:47:45,990 --> 00:47:47,116
Cheered her up?
628
00:47:54,331 --> 00:47:56,500
That would be a greater service to the crown
629
00:47:56,584 --> 00:47:59,754
than leading unconstitutional coups.
630
00:49:06,946 --> 00:49:08,906
Nice of you to find the time.
631
00:49:08,989 --> 00:49:12,576
Hmm. These days, I've nothing but time.
632
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:16,038
And too little time.
633
00:49:23,170 --> 00:49:24,421
Hmm.
634
00:49:28,551 --> 00:49:29,885
The four of us.
635
00:49:29,969 --> 00:49:32,555
- What?
- The four of us.
636
00:49:35,933 --> 00:49:37,268
Look at us now.
637
00:49:38,602 --> 00:49:40,104
Only two left.
638
00:49:40,563 --> 00:49:43,816
You're left, not me.
639
00:49:43,899 --> 00:49:45,067
I'm on the way out.
640
00:49:45,401 --> 00:49:46,652
Nonsense.
641
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:52,449
There came a moment
around the time I turned 70...
642
00:49:53,576 --> 00:49:57,913
when it dawned on me
that I was no longer a participant,
643
00:49:57,997 --> 00:50:00,332
rather a spectator.
644
00:50:01,125 --> 00:50:03,294
I've discovered that for myself.
645
00:50:03,377 --> 00:50:06,630
Then it's just a matter of waiting
646
00:50:07,381 --> 00:50:10,551
and not getting in the way.
647
00:50:20,227 --> 00:50:23,189
I hear you have been getting in the way.
648
00:50:24,191 --> 00:50:25,525
Who told you that?
649
00:50:25,608 --> 00:50:29,320
- There are no secrets in this place!
- Mm.
650
00:50:29,862 --> 00:50:34,325
Did you get a dressing down
from our doughty queen?
651
00:50:35,492 --> 00:50:39,163
- Yes, I did.
- Ha-ha-ha.
652
00:50:39,246 --> 00:50:40,414
Oh, what's so funny?
653
00:50:40,998 --> 00:50:42,583
Well, that's funny.
654
00:50:43,667 --> 00:50:48,047
The little girl admonishing
the grand old Admiral of the Fleet.
655
00:50:48,130 --> 00:50:49,965
Well, I'm glad it amuses you.
656
00:50:50,925 --> 00:50:53,344
Because the situation this country is facing
657
00:50:53,427 --> 00:50:55,512
is anything but amusing.
658
00:50:58,432 --> 00:51:00,226
Oh...
659
00:51:00,309 --> 00:51:03,854
Who cares? Honestly.
660
00:51:06,482 --> 00:51:10,736
One of the few joys
of being as old as we both are...
661
00:51:11,403 --> 00:51:13,697
is that it's not our problem.
662
00:51:14,782 --> 00:51:16,909
It's not really our country either.
663
00:51:16,992 --> 00:51:18,786
What are you talking about?
664
00:51:18,869 --> 00:51:20,746
Of course it's our country.
665
00:51:20,829 --> 00:51:24,792
We Battenbergs have no country.
666
00:51:26,168 --> 00:51:30,005
Our family might have
kings and queens in its ranks,
667
00:51:30,673 --> 00:51:33,259
but we're mongrels too.
668
00:51:34,843 --> 00:51:38,973
Part-German, part-Greek,
part-nowhere at all.
669
00:51:40,683 --> 00:51:44,103
Well, this is my country.
670
00:51:46,522 --> 00:51:49,108
It gave me a home, it gave me a name...
671
00:51:51,277 --> 00:51:53,696
and in return, I've given it my life.
672
00:51:59,952 --> 00:52:02,121
And to see it like this breaks my heart.
673
00:52:39,700 --> 00:52:40,743
You must sleep.
674
00:52:44,038 --> 00:52:45,080
Sister.
675
00:52:56,300 --> 00:53:00,637
Princess Alice of nowhere at all.
676
00:54:27,975 --> 00:54:29,017
You.
677
00:54:30,227 --> 00:54:33,856
- Don't sound so surprised.
- I am. It's been so long.
678
00:54:38,152 --> 00:54:41,738
So how was France and America?
679
00:54:42,698 --> 00:54:43,782
Educational.
680
00:54:45,284 --> 00:54:49,079
Oh. The trip was supposed to be a week.
You were gone almost a month.
681
00:54:49,163 --> 00:54:50,456
Yes.
682
00:54:51,957 --> 00:54:52,957
With Porchey?
683
00:54:54,042 --> 00:54:55,085
Yes.
684
00:54:57,421 --> 00:54:58,755
Was that fun?
685
00:55:00,883 --> 00:55:04,845
We went on racing business.
It was a fact-finding expedition.
686
00:55:05,554 --> 00:55:06,554
Right.
687
00:55:07,973 --> 00:55:09,892
If you have something to say, say it now.
688
00:55:09,975 --> 00:55:11,977
Otherwise, if you don't mind, I'm busy.
689
00:55:12,060 --> 00:55:14,605
I've heard you've appointed him
as your racing manager.
690
00:55:14,688 --> 00:55:17,107
- I have.
- Which means he'll be around all the time.
691
00:55:17,191 --> 00:55:18,233
Yes, with any luck.
692
00:55:19,526 --> 00:55:21,945
- Good for you.
- Good for all of us.
693
00:56:03,612 --> 00:56:05,197
I heard about Dickie.
694
00:56:06,657 --> 00:56:08,784
- A coup.
- Yes. Can you believe it?
695
00:56:11,495 --> 00:56:13,455
It must be hard getting old.
696
00:56:20,212 --> 00:56:21,380
Yes.
697
00:56:34,059 --> 00:56:35,102
I'll be up in a minute.
698
00:56:37,187 --> 00:56:38,187
Oh, will you?
699
00:56:38,897 --> 00:56:40,148
Yes, I thought so.
700
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:42,985
Unless you'd rather I wasn't.
701
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:46,905
I'll see you in a minute.
55663
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