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[birds singing]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[flashbulbs pop]
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-[director] Everybody set?
-[man] Ready, sir.
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[woman calling]
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Yes. Yes, hurry up. Hurry up.
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Operator ready.
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Right.
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Absolute silence, everywhere.
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[switch clicks]
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[mechanism whirring]
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Cue disc.
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[man] Live recording.
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[director] Ready, Your Royal Highness?
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Five,
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four,
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three,
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two,
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one,
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and…
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"On this…
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the occasion of my 21st birthday…
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I welcome the opportunity
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to speak to all the peoples
of the British Commonwealth and Empire…
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wherever they live,
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whatever race they come from,
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and whatever language they speak.
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As I speak to you today from Cape Town,
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I am 6,000 miles from the country
where I was born.
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But I am certainly not
6,000 miles from home.
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That is the great privilege
of belonging to our place
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in the worldwide Commonwealth.
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There are homes ready to welcome us
in every continent of the earth.
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Before I am much elder,
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I hope I shall come to know many of them.
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Although there is none
of my father's subjects,
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from the eldest to the youngest,
whom I do not wish to greet,
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I am thinking especially today
of all the young men and women
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who were born
about the same time as myself
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and have grown up like me
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in the terrible and glorious years
of the Second World War.
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Will you, the youth
of the British family of nations,
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let me speak on my birthday
as your representative?
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Now that we are coming to manhood
and womanhood,
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it is surely a great joy to us all
to think that we shall be able
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to take some of the burden
off the shoulders of our elders,
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who have fought and worked
and suffered to protect our childhood.
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To that generation,
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I say we must not be daunted
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by the anxieties and hardships
the war has left behind
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for every nation of our Commonwealth.
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We know these things are the price
we cheerfully undertook to pay
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for the high honor of standing alone
seven years ago
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in defense of the liberty of the world.
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If we all go forward together
with an unwavering faith,
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-a high courage, and a quiet heart…"
-[shushes]
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"…we shall be able
to make of this ancient Commonwealth,
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which we all love so dearly,
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an even grander thing.
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More free, more prosperous,
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more happy,
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and a more powerful influence
for good in the world
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than it has been
in the greatest days of our forefathers."
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-[clinking glass]
-[man] Please welcome Margaret Roberts.
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[overlapping chatter]
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[young Elizabeth] "To accomplish that…
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we must give nothing less
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than what my father, King George,
the first head of the Commonwealth,
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calls 'the whole of ourselves.'"
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Good evening.
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[flashbulbs pop]
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[young Elizabeth] "There is a motto which
has been borne by many of my ancestors.
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A noble motto.
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'I serve.'
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I should like to make that dedication now.
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-It's very simple."
-[photographer] And smile!
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"I declare before you all
that my whole life…
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whether it be long or short…
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shall be devoted to your service…
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and the service
of our great imperial family
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to which we all belong.
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God help me to make good my vow…
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and God bless all of you
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who are willing to share in it."
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-Thank you, ma'am.
-Thank you.
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[theme music plays]
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[man] It was the volte-face of Eurydice,
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except I was Aristaeus,
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driving her on towards the serpent…
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Malachi, Maaalachi…
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Twice, she called me by the name,
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and twice she beckoned me
with her outstretched dactyl…
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I stood in darkness. She in light.
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And yet here I was the diurnal,
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and she the crepuscular,
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-if such a…
-[typing]
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-…nugatory distinction can pertain.
-[typewriter bell dings]
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The aurora was breaking.
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The island, sea-girt, was fast stirring.
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I looked at her again.
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Her dermis,
pellucid in the lambent sunshine,
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seemed as if a fish-skin pulled taut.
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She gave me one last glancing look,
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and then stepped off
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and plunged down
into the waxing viridescence
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of the Ionian waters below…
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Mors tua, vita mea.
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The End.
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Golly! Your very own War and Peace.
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Ulysses, please.
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[woman chuckles]
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[clicks tongue] Uh…
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I shall… set aside a year of my life.
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-[mutters] What?
-Just kidding.
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I'll have it read by the end of next week.
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-You're very kind.
-And, Michael, bravo!
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Ah-ah!
No congratulations till you've read it.
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You deserve congratulations
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for being able to carry it up the stairs.
Kidding again.
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Oh. [chuckles]
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Well…
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I look forward…
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to hearing from you.
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Uh, taxi!
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-Buckingham Palace, please.
-[driver] Right you are, sir.
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[man] Good work. Leave it on my desk.
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-Morning, James.
-Morning, sir.
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-Morning, Michael.
-Sarah.
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Sorry to ambush you,
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but I've got the Today newspaper
asking for confirmation
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of an apparently open secret
in Commonwealth government circles,
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that the Queen is deeply frustrated
by Thatcher's refusal
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to back sanctions against
the apartheid regime in South Africa.
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A frustration which threatens to strain
her relationship with the prime minister,
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who the Queen holds
personally responsible,
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and they'd like you,
as palace press secretary, to comment.
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You should know better than to come to me
with nonsense like that, Sarah.
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In the 33 years she's been on the throne,
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the Queen has never once expressed
a point of view about her prime ministers,
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positive or negative,
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and never will.
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Political impartiality
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and support of her prime minister
is an article of faith to her.
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And we all know how the Queen is…
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about her faith.
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[news anchor] …the now
all too familiar use of violence.
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Tear gas, followed by rubber bullets,
and then bird shot.
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It's been nearly four decades
since the system of racial segregation,
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termed apartheid, became
the official policy of South Africa.
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The current violent oppression
of Black protesters by government forces
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is creating
increased international outrage.
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[Sonny] The situation is
getting worse and worse, ma'am.
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Countless instances of brutality
by the South African police
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against members of the public.
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As you know, we believe the only way
to stop these atrocities
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is through sustained economic pressure.
Forty-eight of the Commonwealth countries
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are committed to imposing
a policy of sanctions on Pretoria
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to try and bring down
the apartheid regime.
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But, as Her Majesty knows,
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in order to implement those sanctions,
total unanimity is required,
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and one country remains against.
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The United Kingdom.
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Mrs. Thatcher remains opposed.
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I will have an opportunity to speak
to Mrs. Thatcher about all this in private
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at the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads
of Government Meeting in the Bahamas.
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[Thatcher] The Commonwealth.
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Ridiculous waste of time.
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Ridiculous organization.
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Worse. Morally offensive.
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Why we allow our Queen
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to fraternize with countries like Uganda,
Malawi, Nigeria, Swaziland…
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Unstable countries.
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Unstable despotisms
with appalling human rights records.
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And calling them "family"!
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[Howe chuckling] Yes!
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Anyway, she's requested a private audience
on board the royal yacht
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for what the palace is calling
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"a frank conversation
about the way forward in South Africa."
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Spare me!
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I'll give her a frank conversation
about not wasting my time.
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Oh, excuse the eggs, boys.
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Right. Who wants kedgeree?
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It's not my best, I'm afraid.
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[man] For the dinner,
this sunshine chiffon…
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There you go.
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…to pick out the yellow
in the flag of the Commonwealth.
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Yummy!
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Oh, and a brooch given to you
by King Otumfuo Opoku Ware.
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Is that a porcupine?
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A symbol of courage and strength
in Ashanti culture.
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-Oh, we might need some of that.
-[knock at door]
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-What's all this?
-CHOGM.
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-[Andrew] Oh, of course.
-To what do I owe the honor?
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I came to tell you that I've decided
to ask Edward to be my best man.
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Not Charles?
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No.
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-Oh, that will raise some eyebrows.
-Good!
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Let him see what it feels like
to be sidelined in a…
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slimmed-down role,
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since I gather that's what he now thinks
the future of the monarchy should be.
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You, him, and his own precious bloodline.
To hell with the rest of us.
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Insecure, jealous fool.
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What's he jealous of?
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Me! Always has been.
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Oh, Andrew.
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Of me and you,
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of our…
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of our closeness.
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The fact that I've fought in a real war,
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won real medals.
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Or the fact that I'm happier in love,
more popular.
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And…
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like other second sons I could mention,
I'd so obviously be better at it than him.
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At what?
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Being the heir.
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I just want to see you all happy.
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There are two families I care about.
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My own family
and the Commonwealth family of nations.
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Keeping them all together
is my life's work. Now I must get on.
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Mummy.
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For the state breakfast,
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a dress of the palest blue
and gold brocade…
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Sarah!
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…will go very well
with the diamond necklace given to you
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by the people of South Africa
on your 21st birthday.
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Lovely.
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I told her.
She was fine with it. Edward it is.
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Aren't you, now.
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Right, let's go.
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Your Majesty.
I just included that sentence there.
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I don't think that's necessary.
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-No, I liked it before.
-We'll change it back.
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[marching band playing]
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[overlapping cheers and applause]
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Your Majesty. Thank you for coming.
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Oh, thank you.
They're lovely. Thank you very much.
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[Elizabeth] Those of you who know me
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will be aware
that the Commonwealth of Nations
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is a second family to me,
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as it was to my late father,
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King George VI.
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There are always tensions between nations.
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Global peace is fragile.
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But I believe this union offers us all
something rare and valuable.
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The capacity to celebrate difference.
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To value compromise over conflict.
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And to find a way to heal divisions
in the interests of peace and goodwill.
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Thank you.
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[indistinct conversation]
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[soldier] Attention!
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[man] Prime Minister.
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The prime minister, Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty.
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It was kind of you to come.
I won't keep you long.
255
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Um, I was hoping
we could briefly discuss South Africa.
256
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[Thatcher] Ma'am.
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It is my fervent hope
that Britain will join
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the other countries of the Commonwealth
and impose sanctions
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on an apartheid regime
that has no place in the modern world.
260
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Let us be quite clear about this.
261
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Nothing useful
can be achieved by sanctions.
262
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Really? It was my understanding they would
devastate the South African government.
263
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They would devastate us too.
264
00:16:23,621 --> 00:16:27,621
Trade between our two countries
is worth three billion pounds a year.
265
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Might we look at it
from the South African point of view?
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[Thatcher] I am, ma'am.
267
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South Africa is already
a disinvestment economy.
268
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But Black South Africans want sanctions,
so shouldn't we listen to them?
269
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Black South Africans
don't want to inherit a wasteland.
270
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They will if they feel
it is their wasteland.
271
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President Kaunda of Zambia
would confirm as much.
272
00:16:47,741 --> 00:16:50,781
It is not the business
of a British prime minister
273
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to consult with unelected dictators.
274
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But it is a sovereign's duty
when they are part of the Commonwealth.
275
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Yes.
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The Commonwealth.
277
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Yes, the Commonwealth.
278
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I recognize that for your family,
279
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the transition of this nation
280
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from empire to comparative supplicancy
on the world stage
281
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must have come as a greater shock
than to the rest of us.
282
00:17:19,501 --> 00:17:25,581
But I would argue that the Commonwealth
is not the way to fill that gap.
283
00:17:25,661 --> 00:17:28,741
There are ways
of Britain being great again,
284
00:17:28,821 --> 00:17:31,821
and that is through a revitalized economy,
285
00:17:31,901 --> 00:17:36,661
not through association
with unreliable tribal leaders
286
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in eccentric costumes.
287
00:17:38,341 --> 00:17:40,261
But isn't that all I am, Prime Minister?
288
00:17:40,821 --> 00:17:43,301
A tribal leader in eccentric costume?
289
00:17:43,381 --> 00:17:44,701
Certainly not.
290
00:17:45,581 --> 00:17:48,981
You're head of an evolved
constitutional monarchy
291
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that stretches back
to William the Conqueror.
292
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It's not comparing like with like.
293
00:17:53,981 --> 00:17:55,861
Ah, now that's where we differ.
294
00:17:55,941 --> 00:17:58,461
You see,
I consider myself to be exactly like them.
295
00:17:58,941 --> 00:18:01,021
To me, Ghana, Zambia, Malawi
296
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are all great sovereign nations
with great histories.
297
00:18:04,821 --> 00:18:07,101
I am aware
you probably don't share that view.
298
00:18:07,621 --> 00:18:11,301
To you, the Commonwealth
is something of a distraction,
299
00:18:11,381 --> 00:18:12,461
a waste of time.
300
00:18:13,461 --> 00:18:15,861
But in many ways,
I have given my life to it.
301
00:18:17,061 --> 00:18:19,581
It was the pledge I made 40 years ago.
302
00:18:19,661 --> 00:18:20,701
On the wireless?
303
00:18:20,781 --> 00:18:23,741
"To our great imperial family…"
304
00:18:23,821 --> 00:18:25,501
I remember listening to it
305
00:18:25,581 --> 00:18:27,581
as a student at Oxford.
306
00:18:28,181 --> 00:18:32,021
But we cannot let the values of the past
307
00:18:32,101 --> 00:18:35,581
distract us
from the realities of the present,
308
00:18:35,661 --> 00:18:40,101
particularly where Britain's
economic interests are concerned.
309
00:18:40,181 --> 00:18:43,941
Forty-eight countries of the Commonwealth
are now preparing a statement
310
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condemning the South African regime
and recommending tougher sanctions.
311
00:18:47,621 --> 00:18:48,621
What they…
312
00:18:49,901 --> 00:18:53,421
What I would like you to do
is sign that statement.
313
00:18:54,981 --> 00:18:56,781
If I didn't know better,
314
00:18:57,741 --> 00:19:00,981
that sounded very much like a directive.
315
00:19:03,181 --> 00:19:04,781
Think of it as a question.
316
00:19:06,861 --> 00:19:08,381
[marching band music playing]
317
00:19:08,461 --> 00:19:12,141
[man] The jolly atmosphere at the opening
of the Commonwealth conference in Nassau,
318
00:19:12,221 --> 00:19:14,381
nicknamed the CHOGM, fooled nobody.
319
00:19:14,461 --> 00:19:16,701
Within an hour, South Africa came up
320
00:19:16,781 --> 00:19:20,021
with the Indian prime minister
making his position crystal clear.
321
00:19:20,741 --> 00:19:21,741
How was it?
322
00:19:21,821 --> 00:19:25,501
My meeting with the Queen?
It was a little testy.
323
00:19:26,301 --> 00:19:29,181
Although I must say, I do like the boat.
324
00:19:29,261 --> 00:19:30,101
Yacht.
325
00:19:30,781 --> 00:19:32,181
It isn't a yacht.
326
00:19:32,261 --> 00:19:33,981
It's a great big ship.
327
00:19:34,061 --> 00:19:37,661
And when the sovereign sails in it,
historically it's called a yacht.
328
00:19:37,741 --> 00:19:39,741
Oh, don't be a know-all. It's unbecoming.
329
00:19:39,821 --> 00:19:40,941
[sighs]
330
00:19:41,981 --> 00:19:43,461
Why was it frosty?
331
00:19:43,541 --> 00:19:45,741
I didn't say "frosty." I said "testy."
332
00:19:45,821 --> 00:19:49,301
Although I wish it had been frosty.
It's far too hot here.
333
00:19:50,181 --> 00:19:54,941
Because my fellow heads of government
are now coming up with a statement
334
00:19:55,021 --> 00:19:58,261
condemning the South African government
they want me to sign.
335
00:19:58,341 --> 00:20:01,221
I've told them I won't accept anything
with the word "sanction,"
336
00:20:01,301 --> 00:20:03,741
and… they've started--
337
00:20:03,821 --> 00:20:05,661
Getting their knickers in a twist?
[chuckles]
338
00:20:07,021 --> 00:20:10,301
Insisting they won't accept anything less.
339
00:20:11,141 --> 00:20:16,301
So now we need to come up with a word
that… works for everyone.
340
00:20:16,861 --> 00:20:18,661
Well, good luck with that.
341
00:20:18,741 --> 00:20:20,101
Thank you, DT.
342
00:20:29,781 --> 00:20:30,621
[sighs]
343
00:20:30,701 --> 00:20:32,861
No, no, no, no.
344
00:20:40,501 --> 00:20:43,061
She rejected any mention of "proposals."
345
00:20:46,261 --> 00:20:48,501
[Elizabeth] I'm determined
to win this battle, Sonny.
346
00:20:49,181 --> 00:20:51,981
I don't often get into a fight,
but when I do, I want to win.
347
00:20:52,061 --> 00:20:53,221
You will, ma'am.
348
00:20:53,741 --> 00:20:55,381
Remember, you are not alone.
349
00:20:55,461 --> 00:20:56,981
It is 48 against one.
350
00:20:57,581 --> 00:20:59,701
We are going back with another word.
351
00:21:01,581 --> 00:21:02,701
[Thatcher] "Measures…"
352
00:21:03,621 --> 00:21:05,941
No, no, no.
353
00:21:06,941 --> 00:21:07,901
No.
354
00:21:08,621 --> 00:21:09,461
[sighs]
355
00:21:10,901 --> 00:21:11,901
I'm sorry.
356
00:21:14,181 --> 00:21:15,141
A no to "measures."
357
00:21:15,221 --> 00:21:19,301
Yes, so we are going back with "actions."
358
00:21:19,381 --> 00:21:20,661
And should that fail?
359
00:21:20,741 --> 00:21:22,221
We still have "controls."
360
00:21:22,301 --> 00:21:25,021
Yes, I'm beginning to see
this is all about control.
361
00:21:27,981 --> 00:21:29,221
No. No.
362
00:21:31,181 --> 00:21:32,101
[man sighs]
363
00:21:32,501 --> 00:21:34,501
No. No, no, no.
364
00:21:38,141 --> 00:21:39,141
[sighs]
365
00:21:46,661 --> 00:21:47,941
No.
366
00:21:48,621 --> 00:21:49,781
[sighing]
367
00:21:50,341 --> 00:21:51,461
Thank you.
368
00:21:51,541 --> 00:21:54,061
They must be out of their minds.
369
00:21:54,341 --> 00:21:55,861
No. No! No…
370
00:21:58,461 --> 00:21:59,661
Definitely not.
371
00:22:00,581 --> 00:22:01,741
No!
372
00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,221
[sighing]
373
00:22:04,261 --> 00:22:05,261
Ridiculous.
374
00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:09,901
[exhales]
375
00:22:14,461 --> 00:22:17,581
What we need here
is not useless politicians… Sorry, Sonny.
376
00:22:17,661 --> 00:22:18,581
…but a writer.
377
00:22:19,101 --> 00:22:20,541
Where might we find one?
378
00:22:25,341 --> 00:22:27,181
[Shea, contemplatively] …sanctions…
379
00:22:28,181 --> 00:22:29,701
…restrictions…
380
00:22:29,781 --> 00:22:31,221
…protocols…
381
00:22:31,301 --> 00:22:32,141
…measures…
382
00:22:33,141 --> 00:22:35,261
…proposals…
383
00:22:35,341 --> 00:22:36,381
…curbs…
384
00:22:36,941 --> 00:22:38,101
…gestures…
385
00:22:38,181 --> 00:22:39,061
…expediences…
386
00:22:39,141 --> 00:22:40,581
…signals…
387
00:22:57,461 --> 00:22:58,301
Hmm.
388
00:23:03,861 --> 00:23:06,301
Yes, I think we can work with that.
389
00:23:06,981 --> 00:23:08,221
[sighing in relief]
390
00:23:08,301 --> 00:23:09,461
[chuckling lightly]
391
00:23:09,541 --> 00:23:10,381
"Signals"!
392
00:23:10,461 --> 00:23:12,941
Yes, she agreed to "signals."
393
00:23:13,021 --> 00:23:15,021
And among the signals she agreed to
394
00:23:15,101 --> 00:23:18,421
are actually several of the sanctions
she would never have contemplated
395
00:23:18,501 --> 00:23:19,941
had they been called sanctions.
396
00:23:20,021 --> 00:23:22,421
Oh, thank you, Michael.
And congratulations.
397
00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:23,941
[chuckles]
398
00:23:24,021 --> 00:23:25,781
-Have we won?
-[Sonny] Oh yes.
399
00:23:26,341 --> 00:23:30,181
It's a victory for the Commonwealth,
for humanity, a victory for you.
400
00:23:30,741 --> 00:23:34,861
When put in the ring with her Queen,
the Iron Lady melted.
401
00:23:35,501 --> 00:23:36,381
Oh.
402
00:23:55,981 --> 00:23:58,661
Well played, Margaret.
A victory for common sense.
403
00:23:58,741 --> 00:24:00,461
Whatever are you talking about?
404
00:24:00,541 --> 00:24:02,501
The other heads of government
will appreciate
405
00:24:02,581 --> 00:24:04,421
your willingness to seek a compromise.
406
00:24:06,741 --> 00:24:11,221
There's a reason the top job
has always eluded you, Geoffrey.
407
00:24:12,181 --> 00:24:15,141
The absence of the killer instinct.
408
00:24:16,701 --> 00:24:21,701
[Sonny] …that our family is once more
united around a common consensus.
409
00:24:22,661 --> 00:24:26,101
But, ladies and gentlemen,
first, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
410
00:24:27,381 --> 00:24:28,821
-Prime Minister.
-Yes?
411
00:24:28,901 --> 00:24:31,141
You have been forced
to make significant concessions.
412
00:24:31,221 --> 00:24:33,501
Not that I noticed.
413
00:24:33,581 --> 00:24:37,101
You signed a document
prepared by 48 countries
414
00:24:37,181 --> 00:24:38,861
who were in conflict with you.
415
00:24:38,941 --> 00:24:40,221
I did.
416
00:24:40,301 --> 00:24:42,261
But the question is,
417
00:24:42,341 --> 00:24:46,221
did one person move to the 48,
418
00:24:46,301 --> 00:24:49,461
or did 48 move to one?
419
00:24:50,701 --> 00:24:53,541
Yes, I agreed to "signals."
420
00:24:54,061 --> 00:24:55,661
But as you know,
421
00:24:56,301 --> 00:24:58,821
with one simple turn,
422
00:24:58,901 --> 00:25:01,501
a signal can soon point
423
00:25:01,581 --> 00:25:06,181
in an entirely different direction.
Thank you.
424
00:25:06,261 --> 00:25:07,101
[murmuring]
425
00:25:07,181 --> 00:25:09,341
-Prime Minister!
-Prime Minister!
426
00:25:09,421 --> 00:25:10,261
[clamoring]
427
00:25:10,341 --> 00:25:13,541
[man] Secretary-General,
are you giving out a statement now?
428
00:25:13,621 --> 00:25:15,221
Where does that leave the Commonwealth?
429
00:25:15,301 --> 00:25:17,461
-That's what she said?
-Yes, ma'am.
430
00:25:17,541 --> 00:25:20,301
-Before walking off.
-Really?
431
00:25:20,381 --> 00:25:21,821
[indistinct murmuring]
432
00:25:30,901 --> 00:25:32,621
[photographer] Ready? Here we go.
433
00:25:32,701 --> 00:25:33,981
Please. We're ready.
434
00:25:34,741 --> 00:25:35,581
In position.
435
00:25:36,541 --> 00:25:37,381
Perfect.
436
00:25:39,261 --> 00:25:40,101
Look at me.
437
00:25:40,621 --> 00:25:42,701
Three, two, one…
438
00:25:42,781 --> 00:25:43,821
[camera clicks]
439
00:25:46,181 --> 00:25:48,621
[dub-reggae music plays]
440
00:25:48,701 --> 00:25:49,781
[camera clicks]
441
00:25:50,981 --> 00:25:53,541
♪ …smash their brains in ♪
442
00:25:54,621 --> 00:25:58,261
♪ 'Cause they ain't got no fink in 'em ♪
443
00:25:59,221 --> 00:26:03,221
♪ Some a dem say dem a nigga haytah ♪
444
00:26:03,301 --> 00:26:04,821
♪ An' some a dem say… ♪
445
00:26:04,901 --> 00:26:06,541
[horn honking]
446
00:26:07,341 --> 00:26:11,301
♪ Some a dem say dem a Black stabbah ♪
447
00:26:11,381 --> 00:26:15,581
♪ An' some a dem say dem a Paki bash ah ♪
448
00:26:15,661 --> 00:26:19,301
♪ Fashist an di attack
Noh baddah worry 'bout dat… ♪
449
00:26:19,861 --> 00:26:21,381
[agent] Everyone's reading it.
450
00:26:21,461 --> 00:26:24,421
Some early reactions have come in,
and so far, very encouraging.
451
00:26:26,541 --> 00:26:27,501
Right.
452
00:26:27,581 --> 00:26:28,461
But, uh…
453
00:26:29,261 --> 00:26:30,421
no offers yet?
454
00:26:30,501 --> 00:26:31,741
Oh, uh…
455
00:26:31,821 --> 00:26:36,701
Not yet. But, regardless
of whether we get this one published,
456
00:26:36,781 --> 00:26:41,421
what is undeniable
is that you write vividly, catchily…
457
00:26:41,501 --> 00:26:42,781
Dare I say it?
458
00:26:43,261 --> 00:26:44,621
…even commercially.
459
00:26:44,701 --> 00:26:45,741
[inhales sharply]
460
00:26:45,821 --> 00:26:49,861
Well, it's not a dirty word, Michael.
You can really tell a story.
461
00:26:49,941 --> 00:26:51,181
I am wondering,
462
00:26:51,261 --> 00:26:53,501
have you ever considered
a political thriller?
463
00:26:53,581 --> 00:26:54,421
What?
464
00:26:54,501 --> 00:26:57,621
The inner workings of Whitehall,
Westminster, the palace.
465
00:26:57,701 --> 00:27:00,141
No one could write it better than you.
466
00:27:00,221 --> 00:27:01,061
No.
467
00:27:01,701 --> 00:27:04,941
No. If this magnum opus doesn't work,
I'll call it a day.
468
00:27:05,021 --> 00:27:07,901
You could expose it all
under an assumed name.
469
00:27:07,981 --> 00:27:09,501
Mmm. I could.
470
00:27:10,901 --> 00:27:15,221
But, sadly, I'm old-fashioned
and would never betray those confidences
471
00:27:15,301 --> 00:27:17,301
or the people I'm proud to serve.
472
00:27:19,261 --> 00:27:20,621
-I had to try.
-Hmm.
473
00:27:20,701 --> 00:27:22,621
Was that very grubby of me?
474
00:27:22,701 --> 00:27:24,181
Mmm. [inhales]
475
00:27:24,261 --> 00:27:25,661
Not grubby.
476
00:27:27,221 --> 00:27:28,101
[chuckles softly]
477
00:27:28,981 --> 00:27:30,621
Just quietly heartbreaking.
478
00:27:34,941 --> 00:27:37,461
[anchor] With violence
escalating in South Africa,
479
00:27:37,541 --> 00:27:41,461
tensions between the United Kingdom
and other nations of the Commonwealth
480
00:27:41,541 --> 00:27:43,101
are at breaking point.
481
00:27:43,181 --> 00:27:45,381
Mrs. Thatcher's refusal
to act on sanctions
482
00:27:45,461 --> 00:27:48,021
being blamed for the collapse
of the Commonwealth Games…
483
00:27:48,101 --> 00:27:49,101
Good meeting?
484
00:27:49,181 --> 00:27:50,701
Great, thank you.
485
00:27:50,781 --> 00:27:54,101
Hate to dampen the mood,
but the Today newspaper has let us know
486
00:27:54,181 --> 00:27:58,021
they are now running a front-page story
about the increasingly sour relations
487
00:27:58,101 --> 00:28:00,701
between Buckingham Palace
and Downing Street
488
00:28:00,781 --> 00:28:02,141
following the recent crisis
489
00:28:02,221 --> 00:28:04,621
at the Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting.
490
00:28:05,901 --> 00:28:07,621
-What is it with these people?
-Tea, sir.
491
00:28:07,701 --> 00:28:12,501
And that relations between the two women
are in danger of completely breaking down.
492
00:28:14,661 --> 00:28:17,101
The good news is, it's Today,
493
00:28:17,181 --> 00:28:19,821
so we can expect it to have little impact.
494
00:28:20,781 --> 00:28:22,181
The bad news is,
495
00:28:22,261 --> 00:28:25,661
it won't be long before bigger,
more influential newspapers
496
00:28:25,741 --> 00:28:28,981
realize this warrants further scrutiny.
497
00:28:29,061 --> 00:28:31,141
So I think the time might have come
498
00:28:31,221 --> 00:28:34,981
for Your Majesty
to make some kind of preemptive statement.
499
00:28:35,061 --> 00:28:36,581
Uh, what kind of statement?
500
00:28:36,661 --> 00:28:38,101
[Shea] One of support,
501
00:28:38,661 --> 00:28:40,701
even, dare I say…
502
00:28:42,101 --> 00:28:44,301
personal affection for the prime minister.
503
00:28:45,421 --> 00:28:47,701
About the job she's doing,
504
00:28:47,781 --> 00:28:50,741
something that would kill the gossip
stone-dead.
505
00:28:50,821 --> 00:28:52,781
What if I'm not happy
with the job she's doing?
506
00:28:54,381 --> 00:28:57,981
What if I'd be happy for people to know
the displeasure was actually real?
507
00:28:58,821 --> 00:29:01,821
That I am personally concerned
about her lack of compassion.
508
00:29:01,901 --> 00:29:05,061
You know how seriously I take
my constitutional responsibility
509
00:29:05,141 --> 00:29:08,181
to remain silent,
but each of us has our line in the sand.
510
00:29:09,301 --> 00:29:11,021
If it were to become public knowledge
511
00:29:11,101 --> 00:29:14,701
that there had been an unprecedented rift
between sovereign and prime minister,
512
00:29:14,781 --> 00:29:16,221
would that really be so bad?
513
00:29:23,341 --> 00:29:24,181
Well…
514
00:29:24,661 --> 00:29:26,501
[chuckles uncomfortably] Um…
515
00:29:27,141 --> 00:29:30,421
If… if that really were your intention…
516
00:29:33,021 --> 00:29:37,541
And for the record, ma'am, I must say
I think that would be a misjudgment.
517
00:29:38,301 --> 00:29:41,061
And risk doing
serious and irreparable harm
518
00:29:41,141 --> 00:29:44,061
to the relationship between
Buckingham Palace and Downing Street.
519
00:29:50,261 --> 00:29:55,301
…then Today would not be
the newspaper I would go to.
520
00:29:56,941 --> 00:29:58,861
I'd go somewhere with more heft,
521
00:29:59,461 --> 00:30:02,781
somewhere that also had a clear sense
522
00:30:02,861 --> 00:30:08,741
of the unprecedented nature of this, where
they understood the rules of the game.
523
00:30:08,821 --> 00:30:11,661
Can I leave that with you, Michael?
You are the expert.
524
00:30:12,861 --> 00:30:13,981
-Ma'am.
-Ma'am.
525
00:30:19,101 --> 00:30:19,941
[scoffs]
526
00:30:21,421 --> 00:30:22,341
[scoffs]
527
00:30:23,341 --> 00:30:24,341
It's reckless.
528
00:30:25,781 --> 00:30:29,581
-It's reckless, Martin, and irresponsible.
-I'm as surprised as you are.
529
00:30:30,341 --> 00:30:32,541
It goes against my professional advice,
530
00:30:33,541 --> 00:30:36,341
and I want my objection noted.
531
00:30:37,141 --> 00:30:37,981
Noted?
532
00:30:38,621 --> 00:30:39,941
Noted, Martin.
533
00:30:41,181 --> 00:30:42,021
It's noted.
534
00:30:44,501 --> 00:30:45,741
-It--
-It's noted.
535
00:30:59,381 --> 00:31:02,181
Simon Freeman of the Sunday Times
is on the line.
536
00:31:02,261 --> 00:31:03,861
He's rung three times.
537
00:31:05,461 --> 00:31:06,981
Following up on rumors about
538
00:31:07,061 --> 00:31:11,381
"a deep and irreconcilable rift
between the Queen and Mrs. Thatcher."
539
00:31:14,541 --> 00:31:15,381
All right.
540
00:31:16,061 --> 00:31:17,061
Put him through.
541
00:31:25,181 --> 00:31:27,181
[brakes squeaking]
542
00:31:28,781 --> 00:31:31,741
-[driver] Six quid fifty-four, sir.
-Yeah. Keep the change.
543
00:31:40,461 --> 00:31:42,461
[no audible dialogue]
544
00:32:00,821 --> 00:32:02,221
-Thank you.
-Prime Minister.
545
00:32:03,181 --> 00:32:05,581
-Evening, Prime Minister.
-Evening, Bernard.
546
00:32:05,661 --> 00:32:07,741
I've just had a call from the Sunday Times
547
00:32:07,821 --> 00:32:11,221
letting us know that there will be
a difficult piece in the paper tomorrow.
548
00:32:11,301 --> 00:32:12,141
About what?
549
00:32:12,221 --> 00:32:13,661
The fault lines that have developed
550
00:32:13,741 --> 00:32:16,181
in the relationship
between sovereign and prime minister.
551
00:32:16,701 --> 00:32:17,541
What?
552
00:32:18,061 --> 00:32:20,061
[cart wheels rattling]
553
00:32:28,981 --> 00:32:31,101
Sunday Times, first edition!
554
00:32:36,781 --> 00:32:39,101
Sunday Times, first edition!
555
00:32:41,621 --> 00:32:42,581
There we go.
556
00:32:44,221 --> 00:32:46,741
Sunday Times, first edition!
557
00:32:50,901 --> 00:32:52,261
-Bernard.
-Michael.
558
00:32:55,461 --> 00:32:56,301
Here.
559
00:33:18,901 --> 00:33:20,021
[sighs]
560
00:33:31,501 --> 00:33:34,861
[anchor] A constitutional crisis
was on the verge of erupting this morning
561
00:33:34,941 --> 00:33:39,021
as the Sunday Times published details
of a sensational rift
562
00:33:39,101 --> 00:33:41,541
between Buckingham Palace
and Downing Street.
563
00:33:42,181 --> 00:33:44,861
This story,
which is likely to have a serious impact
564
00:33:44,941 --> 00:33:47,541
on what had
traditionally been cordial relations
565
00:33:47,621 --> 00:33:49,981
between the sovereign
and her prime ministers,
566
00:33:50,061 --> 00:33:53,141
cites the cause of the rift
as an alleged dispute
567
00:33:53,221 --> 00:33:56,781
over Mrs. Thatcher's failure
to commit to a policy of sanctions
568
00:33:56,861 --> 00:33:59,141
against apartheid in South Africa…
569
00:33:59,221 --> 00:34:00,101
Christ!
570
00:34:00,181 --> 00:34:04,341
…a position regarding which the Queen
has apparently expressed her disapproval,
571
00:34:04,421 --> 00:34:07,541
marking a distinct break
with the monarch's long-held practice
572
00:34:07,621 --> 00:34:10,221
of never passing comment
on political affairs.
573
00:34:10,981 --> 00:34:15,261
So far, Buckingham Palace has refused
to be drawn on the veracity of the report
574
00:34:15,341 --> 00:34:17,621
with the palace spokesman
declining to comment
575
00:34:17,701 --> 00:34:19,021
on an article entitled…
576
00:34:19,101 --> 00:34:22,181
"The African Queen.
At odds with Number 10."
577
00:34:23,181 --> 00:34:25,861
"It has been an eventful week
for Buckingham Palace."
578
00:34:26,381 --> 00:34:29,781
"Queen Elizabeth II,
a well-intentioned, apolitical figurehead,
579
00:34:30,341 --> 00:34:33,741
has been dragged into a messy row
over South Africa
580
00:34:34,381 --> 00:34:37,221
because of the stubbornness
and insensitivity…"
581
00:34:37,301 --> 00:34:38,701
"…of her prime minister.
582
00:34:40,141 --> 00:34:43,661
Far from being a straightforward,
uncomplicated countrywoman…"
583
00:34:44,181 --> 00:34:46,261
[Philip] "…a late-middle-aged grandmother,
584
00:34:46,341 --> 00:34:49,101
who is most at ease
when talking about dogs and horses…"
585
00:34:49,781 --> 00:34:53,701
"…she has shown that
she is also an astute political infighter
586
00:34:53,781 --> 00:34:56,261
who is quite prepared
to take on Downing Street…"
587
00:34:56,341 --> 00:34:57,701
"…when provoked."
588
00:35:02,581 --> 00:35:03,581
Really?
589
00:35:04,261 --> 00:35:05,541
Well, that's what it says.
590
00:35:08,341 --> 00:35:11,261
I'm feeling something
for the very first time.
591
00:35:12,701 --> 00:35:16,221
-Something which I never imagined feeling.
-What is that?
592
00:35:18,501 --> 00:35:21,381
Impatience for our next audience.
593
00:35:22,581 --> 00:35:24,741
-There she is!
-Mrs. Thatcher!
594
00:35:25,421 --> 00:35:26,301
Over here!
595
00:35:28,861 --> 00:35:31,821
[anchor] Buckingham Palace
has continued to deny accusations
596
00:35:31,901 --> 00:35:33,341
published in the Sunday Times
597
00:35:33,421 --> 00:35:36,101
regarding the rift
between the Queen and Downing Street.
598
00:35:37,141 --> 00:35:39,821
Government sources claim
that the sacrosanct relationship
599
00:35:39,901 --> 00:35:44,781
between sovereign and first minister
was in danger of being blown apart.
600
00:35:45,341 --> 00:35:46,741
The prime minister's here.
601
00:35:46,821 --> 00:35:48,821
[brakes squeaking]
602
00:36:55,101 --> 00:36:56,061
[bell rings]
603
00:37:11,621 --> 00:37:12,861
Your Majesty.
604
00:37:12,941 --> 00:37:13,821
Prime Minister.
605
00:37:21,061 --> 00:37:22,661
Before coming today,
606
00:37:23,221 --> 00:37:25,661
I checked with the cabinet secretary,
607
00:37:25,741 --> 00:37:29,341
and it turns out that in the seven years
I have been prime minister,
608
00:37:29,421 --> 00:37:32,701
we have had 164 audiences,
609
00:37:32,781 --> 00:37:37,941
always the model of cordiality,
productivity, and mutual respect.
610
00:37:38,021 --> 00:37:40,541
So it is perhaps not unreasonable
611
00:37:40,621 --> 00:37:43,741
to expect an isolated hiccup.
612
00:37:43,821 --> 00:37:44,701
What hiccup?
613
00:37:44,781 --> 00:37:46,021
I was under the impression
614
00:37:46,101 --> 00:37:51,221
that Her Majesty never expressed
her political views in public.
615
00:37:52,701 --> 00:37:53,541
I don't.
616
00:37:53,621 --> 00:37:56,341
That there was
an unbreakable code of silence
617
00:37:56,421 --> 00:37:58,341
between sovereign and first minister.
618
00:37:58,421 --> 00:38:00,261
If you're referring to the Sunday Times,
619
00:38:00,341 --> 00:38:03,421
I've always advised my prime ministers
against reading the newspapers.
620
00:38:03,501 --> 00:38:04,741
[Thatcher] I don't, ma'am.
621
00:38:04,821 --> 00:38:06,741
They misunderstand, misquote,
622
00:38:06,821 --> 00:38:09,301
and misrepresent.
Then everybody gets into a fluster.
623
00:38:09,381 --> 00:38:11,381
But my press secretary does,
624
00:38:11,901 --> 00:38:14,741
and he has working relationships
with all of the editors,
625
00:38:14,821 --> 00:38:19,261
and the editor in this case assured him
that the sources were unimpeachable.
626
00:38:19,901 --> 00:38:21,221
Close to the Queen.
627
00:38:21,301 --> 00:38:23,621
Unprecedentedly close.
628
00:38:28,141 --> 00:38:30,941
Well, I'm sure a clarification
will soon be forthcoming.
629
00:38:32,301 --> 00:38:35,301
In the meantime, should we make a start
on the business of the week?
630
00:38:35,381 --> 00:38:37,021
Only I am mindful of the time.
631
00:38:38,581 --> 00:38:40,741
This is the business, ma'am.
632
00:38:41,661 --> 00:38:43,541
The only business.
633
00:38:44,221 --> 00:38:47,461
I think we have enough respect
for one another personally
634
00:38:47,541 --> 00:38:51,101
to ask ourselves
some of the bigger questions,
635
00:38:51,621 --> 00:38:53,461
woman to woman.
636
00:38:53,541 --> 00:38:55,781
We are the same age, after all.
637
00:38:56,301 --> 00:38:57,181
Really?
638
00:38:57,261 --> 00:38:59,021
Just six months between us.
639
00:38:59,101 --> 00:39:01,061
Oh? And who is the senior?
640
00:39:02,781 --> 00:39:04,861
I am… ma'am.
641
00:39:11,181 --> 00:39:12,501
"Uncaring,
642
00:39:13,261 --> 00:39:16,621
confrontational, and socially divisive."
643
00:39:16,701 --> 00:39:20,221
That's how these sources
so close to the Queen describe me.
644
00:39:20,301 --> 00:39:22,781
-Prime Minister--
-That I lack compassion.
645
00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:26,941
And that my government
has done irretrievable damage
646
00:39:27,021 --> 00:39:29,581
to the country's social fabric.
647
00:39:35,981 --> 00:39:40,581
My responsibility,
for the time I have in office,
648
00:39:40,661 --> 00:39:44,181
is to put sentimentality to one side
649
00:39:44,261 --> 00:39:46,981
and look after this country's interests
650
00:39:47,061 --> 00:39:50,261
with the perspective
of a cold balance sheet.
651
00:39:50,341 --> 00:39:53,541
And while I greatly admire
your sense of fairness
652
00:39:53,621 --> 00:39:56,221
and compassion
for those less fortunate than us…
653
00:39:56,301 --> 00:39:57,501
Do you? Really?
654
00:39:57,581 --> 00:39:59,821
…let us not forget
655
00:40:00,581 --> 00:40:02,381
that of the two of us,
656
00:40:02,461 --> 00:40:08,541
I am the one from a small street
in an irrelevant town
657
00:40:08,621 --> 00:40:11,381
with a father
who could not bequeath me a title
658
00:40:11,981 --> 00:40:14,621
or a Commonwealth, but only grit,
659
00:40:14,701 --> 00:40:17,381
good sense, and determination.
660
00:40:17,461 --> 00:40:22,301
And I don't want people's pity
or charity or compassion.
661
00:40:22,381 --> 00:40:24,261
Nothing would insult me more.
662
00:40:25,501 --> 00:40:26,821
My goal…
663
00:40:27,381 --> 00:40:33,341
is to change this country
from being dependent to self-reliant,
664
00:40:33,421 --> 00:40:36,021
and I think in that, I am succeeding.
665
00:40:36,101 --> 00:40:38,701
I have had to learn
many difficult lessons as sovereign--
666
00:40:38,781 --> 00:40:41,941
Britons are learning
to look after number one,
667
00:40:42,021 --> 00:40:43,181
to get ahead,
668
00:40:43,261 --> 00:40:44,821
and only then,
669
00:40:45,461 --> 00:40:47,941
if they choose,
670
00:40:48,021 --> 00:40:49,661
to look after their neighbor.
671
00:40:50,381 --> 00:40:51,581
Of those--
672
00:40:51,661 --> 00:40:54,461
No one would remember the Good Samaritan
673
00:40:54,541 --> 00:40:58,381
if he only had good intentions.
674
00:40:58,461 --> 00:40:59,301
You see,
675
00:41:00,221 --> 00:41:03,221
he had money as well.
676
00:41:03,301 --> 00:41:04,501
…perhaps the hardest
677
00:41:05,221 --> 00:41:07,901
is that I am obliged
to support my prime ministers
678
00:41:07,981 --> 00:41:09,581
on any position they take,
679
00:41:09,661 --> 00:41:13,541
even yours,
regarding sanctions against South Africa.
680
00:41:16,901 --> 00:41:18,061
My question is,
681
00:41:18,141 --> 00:41:21,821
given the lack of impact it has
on your day-to-day political fortunes,
682
00:41:21,901 --> 00:41:24,021
yet how important it is to me…
683
00:41:25,221 --> 00:41:27,741
…could you not have
supported me just once?
684
00:41:28,661 --> 00:41:30,501
My fellow Commonwealth leaders,
685
00:41:30,581 --> 00:41:32,861
many of whom I consider to be friends,
686
00:41:33,821 --> 00:41:38,301
now feel that I have betrayed them
on an issue most important to them.
687
00:41:38,381 --> 00:41:41,501
Well, they need only
read the Sunday Times.
688
00:41:42,181 --> 00:41:45,501
It will give them no doubt
as to your position.
689
00:41:53,661 --> 00:41:54,981
Oh look, our time is up.
690
00:41:55,061 --> 00:41:56,701
How it flies.
691
00:41:59,781 --> 00:42:02,901
You must be very much
looking forward to the wedding tomorrow
692
00:42:02,981 --> 00:42:05,261
of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
693
00:42:05,341 --> 00:42:06,661
-[door opens]
-Yes, we are.
694
00:42:07,461 --> 00:42:09,421
[Thatcher] They seem like a good match.
695
00:42:09,501 --> 00:42:10,501
Yes, we think so.
696
00:42:10,581 --> 00:42:15,501
My own son, Mark, recently announced
that he would be getting married.
697
00:42:15,581 --> 00:42:17,181
Your favorite? The explorer?
698
00:42:18,061 --> 00:42:19,741
Not an explorer, ma'am.
699
00:42:19,821 --> 00:42:21,461
That was just the once.
700
00:42:21,541 --> 00:42:23,101
He's a businessman now.
701
00:42:23,181 --> 00:42:24,701
In the Middle East, mostly.
702
00:42:25,701 --> 00:42:26,981
And South Africa.
703
00:42:29,181 --> 00:42:30,021
Of course.
704
00:42:31,861 --> 00:42:32,901
Your Majesty.
705
00:42:42,221 --> 00:42:43,301
[door shuts]
706
00:42:45,101 --> 00:42:47,901
[Shea] Listen to me carefully.
There is no story here.
707
00:42:47,981 --> 00:42:49,941
There's not a shred of truth
to these rumors.
708
00:42:50,021 --> 00:42:52,381
The Queen continues
to have an extremely cordial
709
00:42:52,461 --> 00:42:55,061
and productive working relationship
with the prime minister.
710
00:42:55,141 --> 00:42:56,381
[man] The Sunday Times maintains
711
00:42:56,461 --> 00:42:59,461
that the story came from
a highly placed source within the palace.
712
00:42:59,541 --> 00:43:00,981
That's the line we're running with.
713
00:43:01,061 --> 00:43:03,061
We will deny it,
and you will look like fools.
714
00:43:03,141 --> 00:43:04,661
Spare me the indignation.
715
00:43:04,741 --> 00:43:07,941
I understand you have to say it,
but we both know that it's true,
716
00:43:08,021 --> 00:43:10,781
and your continual denial
is making you lot look like fools.
717
00:43:10,861 --> 00:43:12,061
[phone ringing]
718
00:43:15,061 --> 00:43:17,541
[secretary] Hello?
Can I take your details?
719
00:43:20,341 --> 00:43:24,141
What's all this? Don't tell me
the groom's having last-minute doubts.
720
00:43:24,221 --> 00:43:28,501
No. Andrew's asked us all to come together
because he wants someone to explain why--
721
00:43:28,581 --> 00:43:30,661
What in God's name
is going on with our mother?
722
00:43:32,181 --> 00:43:35,101
The wedding of the Duke of York
should be a landmark event,
723
00:43:35,181 --> 00:43:36,701
at home and abroad.
724
00:43:36,781 --> 00:43:37,701
Instead,
725
00:43:38,301 --> 00:43:41,941
thanks to the Queen's
inexplicable lapse of judgment,
726
00:43:42,021 --> 00:43:45,741
the newspapers are full
not of Sarah and me,
727
00:43:45,821 --> 00:43:48,421
but of Mummy's rift
with the prime minister!
728
00:43:50,341 --> 00:43:52,501
Ah, yes. The Sunday Times.
729
00:43:52,581 --> 00:43:55,621
-She has made a godawful mess of it.
-What was she thinking?
730
00:43:55,701 --> 00:43:58,861
She did what she's spent her life
telling me I cannot do.
731
00:43:59,381 --> 00:44:01,781
She opened her mouth
and expressed an opinion.
732
00:44:02,981 --> 00:44:05,341
[tsks] And is being slaughtered for it.
733
00:44:06,021 --> 00:44:08,141
Bloody thoughtless of her if you ask me.
734
00:44:08,221 --> 00:44:11,101
You can hardly blame the newspapers
for wanting to write about something
735
00:44:11,181 --> 00:44:14,501
other than the wedding of a fringe member
of the family who'll never be king.
736
00:44:15,021 --> 00:44:16,021
Ouch!
737
00:44:16,581 --> 00:44:17,981
Well, it's true, isn't it?
738
00:44:19,181 --> 00:44:20,341
Fourth in line now,
739
00:44:20,421 --> 00:44:23,741
and by the time William's had children,
and his children have had children…
740
00:44:25,501 --> 00:44:26,501
Fringe.
741
00:44:29,821 --> 00:44:30,661
Shall we?
742
00:44:38,261 --> 00:44:39,661
Did he really just say that?
743
00:44:40,781 --> 00:44:41,861
On my wedding day?
744
00:44:42,781 --> 00:44:44,501
That was impressively cunty.
745
00:44:45,261 --> 00:44:47,261
[cheering on TV]
746
00:44:55,261 --> 00:44:57,501
[anchor] It would be hard to imagine
there'd be anything
747
00:44:57,581 --> 00:45:01,061
that could knock a royal wedding
into second place on the news.
748
00:45:01,821 --> 00:45:03,541
But the continuing escalation
749
00:45:03,621 --> 00:45:06,021
of the row
between the Queen and Mrs. Thatcher
750
00:45:06,101 --> 00:45:08,301
threatens to overshadow the nuptials.
751
00:45:08,861 --> 00:45:11,661
The Queen has made
a very serious error of judgment,
752
00:45:12,301 --> 00:45:14,901
and this Sunday Times article
has lit a touch paper
753
00:45:14,981 --> 00:45:18,461
to what could very quickly become
a major constitutional crisis.
754
00:45:19,461 --> 00:45:22,701
What the palace was hoping
to achieve by this is hard to say,
755
00:45:23,381 --> 00:45:26,261
but the fact is,
they've stirred up a hornet's nest,
756
00:45:26,341 --> 00:45:31,341
and so far seem to lack the wit
to avoid getting stung. This story…
757
00:45:31,421 --> 00:45:32,981
If I might interrupt, ma'am?
758
00:45:33,061 --> 00:45:34,021
[turns off radio]
759
00:45:35,421 --> 00:45:38,381
One unfortunate consequence
of our denial of the story
760
00:45:38,461 --> 00:45:43,101
is that the editor of the Sunday Times
has now come out all guns blazing,
761
00:45:43,181 --> 00:45:45,421
and whilst we could continue to deny it,
762
00:45:46,381 --> 00:45:49,301
my own view is
that it's no longer to our advantage.
763
00:45:49,821 --> 00:45:53,501
And I think we're now
going to have to give them something.
764
00:45:54,221 --> 00:45:55,101
What?
765
00:45:55,181 --> 00:45:56,141
A culprit.
766
00:45:57,661 --> 00:46:01,621
To deflect blame from you
and to put these flames out ASAP.
767
00:46:03,221 --> 00:46:04,661
We need to let them have a name.
768
00:46:16,301 --> 00:46:17,141
Martin!
769
00:46:17,621 --> 00:46:18,621
[Charteris] Michael.
770
00:46:20,901 --> 00:46:21,741
Uh…
771
00:46:22,261 --> 00:46:25,141
This… escalating situation
772
00:46:25,221 --> 00:46:27,541
between Buckingham Palace
and Downing Street…
773
00:46:28,061 --> 00:46:30,261
-You can't say I didn't warn you.
-Eh.
774
00:46:30,981 --> 00:46:34,221
I think you know how seriously
the Queen takes her responsibility
775
00:46:34,301 --> 00:46:37,781
and how much she values the close
relationship between the two houses.
776
00:46:37,861 --> 00:46:38,701
Of course.
777
00:46:39,301 --> 00:46:41,621
And… to see it…
778
00:46:42,461 --> 00:46:44,981
well, compromised like this
779
00:46:45,821 --> 00:46:47,901
as a consequence of your actions…
780
00:46:47,981 --> 00:46:48,821
Wha--
781
00:46:50,621 --> 00:46:52,461
[scoffing] What?
782
00:46:54,101 --> 00:46:57,261
The fact is that the steps you took
were completely unprofessional.
783
00:46:58,181 --> 00:46:59,261
Martin, stop it.
784
00:46:59,341 --> 00:47:02,341
Impugning the integrity of the palace
and of the Queen herself.
785
00:47:02,421 --> 00:47:04,181
We know one another too well.
786
00:47:05,101 --> 00:47:06,541
This is madness.
787
00:47:09,061 --> 00:47:10,501
I hope we can rely on you…
788
00:47:11,501 --> 00:47:12,741
to do the right thing.
789
00:47:27,421 --> 00:47:28,421
Of course.
790
00:47:52,781 --> 00:47:53,701
Michael.
791
00:49:03,981 --> 00:49:08,541
[young Elizabeth] "There is a motto which
has been borne by many of my ancestors.
792
00:49:09,461 --> 00:49:10,541
A noble motto.
793
00:49:11,861 --> 00:49:12,701
'I serve.'
794
00:49:13,861 --> 00:49:16,021
I should like to make that dedication now.
795
00:49:16,861 --> 00:49:17,861
It's very simple.
796
00:49:18,701 --> 00:49:20,261
I declare before you all
797
00:49:21,221 --> 00:49:22,421
that my whole life…
798
00:49:23,541 --> 00:49:25,541
whether it be long or short,
799
00:49:26,261 --> 00:49:28,261
shall be devoted to your service
800
00:49:29,261 --> 00:49:32,021
and the service
of our great imperial family
801
00:49:32,621 --> 00:49:34,101
to which we all belong.
802
00:49:36,021 --> 00:49:38,261
God help me to make good my vow,
803
00:49:39,221 --> 00:49:42,981
and God bless all of you
who are willing to share in it."
804
00:50:18,101 --> 00:50:20,101
[crowd chanting]
805
00:50:37,061 --> 00:50:39,781
[dub-reggae music plays]
806
00:50:40,941 --> 00:50:43,301
♪ Inglan is a bitch ♪
807
00:50:47,741 --> 00:50:50,221
♪ Inglan is a bitch ♪
808
00:50:54,261 --> 00:50:57,461
♪ W'en mi jus' come to Landan toun ♪
809
00:50:57,541 --> 00:51:00,061
♪ Mi use to work pan di andahgroun ♪
810
00:51:01,301 --> 00:51:03,901
♪ But workin' pan di andahgroun ♪
811
00:51:05,061 --> 00:51:07,821
♪ Y'u don't get fi know your way aroun' ♪
812
00:51:08,341 --> 00:51:09,901
♪ Inglan is a bitch ♪
813
00:51:11,621 --> 00:51:14,061
♪ Dere's no escapin' it ♪
814
00:51:15,381 --> 00:51:17,061
♪ Inglan is a bitch ♪
815
00:51:18,181 --> 00:51:20,781
♪ Dere's no runnin' whey fram it ♪
816
00:51:22,101 --> 00:51:25,421
♪ Mi get a lickle jab in a big 'otell ♪
817
00:51:25,501 --> 00:51:28,901
♪ An' aftah a while
Mi woz doin' quite well ♪
818
00:51:28,981 --> 00:51:32,381
♪ Dem staat mi aaf as a dish-washah ♪
819
00:51:32,461 --> 00:51:36,141
♪ But w'en mi tek a stack
Mi noh tun clackwatchah!
820
00:51:36,221 --> 00:51:37,781
♪ Inglan is a bitch ♪
821
00:51:38,981 --> 00:51:41,621
♪ Dere's no escapin' it ♪
822
00:51:43,141 --> 00:51:44,741
♪ Inglan is a bitch ♪
823
00:51:46,341 --> 00:51:48,501
♪ Noh baddah try fi hide fram it ♪
824
00:51:49,541 --> 00:51:52,181
♪ W'en em gi'you di lickle wage packit ♪
825
00:51:52,981 --> 00:51:55,381
♪ Fus dem rab it wid dem big tax rackit ♪
62803
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