1 00:00:24,693 --> 00:00:27,029 - Fuel on. - Fuel on. 2 00:00:27,112 --> 00:00:29,698 Chocks are in position. Switches are off. 3 00:00:29,781 --> 00:00:31,783 You sure about this, sir? 4 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:35,454 When I got married, my in-laws made me Marshal of the Royal Air Force. 5 00:00:35,537 --> 00:00:41,460 As a result, I'm the most senior airman in the country and I can't bloody well fly. 6 00:00:41,543 --> 00:00:43,420 - Yes, I'm sure. - Right-o, sir. 7 00:01:12,991 --> 00:01:15,160 - Ready, sir? - Ready! 8 00:01:15,702 --> 00:01:17,037 Here we go. Whoa! 9 00:01:29,925 --> 00:01:31,885 Okay. 10 00:01:40,102 --> 00:01:41,311 Blimey! 11 00:01:50,696 --> 00:01:52,114 Christ. 12 00:01:52,906 --> 00:01:55,784 - All right there, sir? - Yes, yes, fine. 13 00:01:55,867 --> 00:01:59,037 - Now it's your turn. You have control. - I have control. 14 00:01:59,121 --> 00:02:02,291 Now remember what I told you, keep your eyes on the altimeter 15 00:02:02,374 --> 00:02:05,043 and the compass heading and keep the stick level. 16 00:02:07,045 --> 00:02:09,006 That's very good. That's balanced. 17 00:02:12,217 --> 00:02:14,803 Stick to the left, then to the right. 18 00:02:20,350 --> 00:02:22,227 And level. 19 00:02:22,519 --> 00:02:23,854 Good. 20 00:02:24,021 --> 00:02:25,731 Noisy, isn't it? 21 00:02:29,609 --> 00:02:31,153 How's this, sir? 22 00:02:41,079 --> 00:02:42,414 My God. 23 00:02:47,544 --> 00:02:49,880 - Isn't it wonderful? - Heaven. 24 00:02:55,927 --> 00:02:58,221 You fought in the Battle of Britain, didn't you? 25 00:02:58,305 --> 00:03:00,140 I did, sir. 257 Squadron. 26 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:03,894 - Flying what? Spitfires? - Hurricanes, mostly, sir. 27 00:03:03,977 --> 00:03:05,479 Any kills? 28 00:03:06,396 --> 00:03:07,731 One or two. 29 00:03:07,814 --> 00:03:11,443 Shouldn't we get her started now? The ground seems terribly close. 30 00:03:12,444 --> 00:03:16,114 No, it's too low to restart, sir. We'll do a dead-stick landing. 31 00:03:16,281 --> 00:03:18,401 - Okay. I have control. - You have control. 32 00:03:38,011 --> 00:03:39,388 That was wonderful. 33 00:03:39,471 --> 00:03:42,432 - Same time next week, sir? - How about tomorrow? 34 00:05:36,922 --> 00:05:38,798 - Latest charts. - Ah, thank you. 35 00:05:39,799 --> 00:05:41,009 Sir. 36 00:05:47,224 --> 00:05:48,808 Johnson, what do you think of this? 37 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:56,858 Interesting. 38 00:05:57,442 --> 00:05:58,610 Sir? 39 00:06:01,780 --> 00:06:03,490 I think you should see these. 40 00:06:05,951 --> 00:06:07,160 I see. 41 00:06:08,995 --> 00:06:10,163 Sir. 42 00:06:11,998 --> 00:06:13,291 Goodness me. 43 00:06:16,419 --> 00:06:20,382 Excuse me, you can't go in there. Excuse me, sir. 44 00:06:22,634 --> 00:06:25,136 Sorry, sir. Thought you should see these. 45 00:06:29,891 --> 00:06:31,142 Good God. 46 00:06:33,270 --> 00:06:34,646 We must send a warning. 47 00:06:36,106 --> 00:06:37,357 To cover our backs. 48 00:06:40,068 --> 00:06:44,197 Kenneth, it should probably come from you, as chief scientist. 49 00:06:44,281 --> 00:06:47,659 Address it to the PM. He'll never read it, of course. 50 00:06:48,285 --> 00:06:50,370 But the important thing is we sent it. 51 00:06:51,454 --> 00:06:54,291 I'll get it to Downing Street right away. 52 00:07:12,934 --> 00:07:14,394 Wait there, please. 53 00:07:23,862 --> 00:07:26,323 If Her Majesty could lean forward. 54 00:07:29,868 --> 00:07:31,286 And deep breath in... 55 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,416 And out. 56 00:07:38,627 --> 00:07:42,213 The air's a little stuffy, ma'am. It might help to open the window a crack. 57 00:07:42,339 --> 00:07:44,424 Not while they're rehearsing. 58 00:07:45,550 --> 00:07:47,344 What are they rehearsing? 59 00:07:51,473 --> 00:07:52,891 My funeral. 60 00:08:42,607 --> 00:08:44,609 Oh, there you are. Miss Scott. 61 00:09:00,291 --> 00:09:02,502 - Mr. Thurman. - Mr. Collins. 62 00:09:04,796 --> 00:09:06,464 - This is for you. - Thank you. 63 00:09:16,141 --> 00:09:17,642 I'm not a scientist. 64 00:09:18,435 --> 00:09:19,936 I can't say I understand it. 65 00:09:20,019 --> 00:09:25,483 But what I can tell you is we don't get a weather warning like this every day. 66 00:09:25,650 --> 00:09:27,777 We don't get one every month, either. 67 00:09:27,861 --> 00:09:31,364 In fact, I've never heard of us getting one at all. 68 00:09:32,949 --> 00:09:37,370 Does the name Donora mean anything to you? 69 00:09:39,372 --> 00:09:40,665 Donora? 70 00:09:44,335 --> 00:09:47,088 Oh, of course I remember Donora. It was a scandal. 71 00:09:47,839 --> 00:09:51,217 A small mill town in America, outside Philadelphia? 72 00:09:51,301 --> 00:09:52,510 Pittsburgh. 73 00:09:52,594 --> 00:09:56,806 They had a smog brought on by a freak anticyclone 74 00:09:56,890 --> 00:10:00,143 which trapped the emissions from the local copper work... 75 00:10:00,226 --> 00:10:02,645 - Zinc. - Hmm... In the fog. 76 00:10:02,729 --> 00:10:06,357 - In a few days, a number of people died. - Twenty. 77 00:10:06,733 --> 00:10:11,488 And several thousand became seriously ill from the poisonous fog. 78 00:10:12,363 --> 00:10:16,117 After the incident, a cross-party delegation was sent to Donora 79 00:10:16,201 --> 00:10:18,453 on an urgent fact-finding mission. 80 00:10:18,536 --> 00:10:21,456 They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London 81 00:10:21,539 --> 00:10:23,208 as a precautionary measure. 82 00:10:24,167 --> 00:10:25,460 Mmm... 83 00:10:25,835 --> 00:10:28,379 - I never saw the report. - With good reason. 84 00:10:29,339 --> 00:10:33,676 Our Prime Minister threw it away, claiming it wasn't a priority. 85 00:10:34,844 --> 00:10:36,638 Can you prove that? 86 00:10:36,721 --> 00:10:38,723 I can, Mr. Attlee. 87 00:10:46,356 --> 00:10:48,858 The Cabinet minutes where it was discussed. 88 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,619 He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter, 89 00:11:00,245 --> 00:11:03,540 to give the illusion of a solid economy. 90 00:11:05,166 --> 00:11:06,668 This is great, Clem. 91 00:11:07,669 --> 00:11:09,754 It's interesting, for sure. 92 00:11:13,216 --> 00:11:15,552 What I don't understand is this. 93 00:11:16,261 --> 00:11:21,015 Why a Downing Street employee, working for the government, 94 00:11:21,099 --> 00:11:23,685 should come to me with this information? 95 00:11:24,561 --> 00:11:26,980 I've read the Aeneid, Mr. Thurman. 96 00:11:27,605 --> 00:11:30,358 "Do not trust the horse, Trojans. 97 00:11:30,441 --> 00:11:33,820 "I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts." 98 00:11:35,196 --> 00:11:39,033 Mr. Attlee, I entered the civil service to serve the public 99 00:11:39,117 --> 00:11:42,662 and to serve government, any government. 100 00:11:43,371 --> 00:11:46,040 But I am also a responsible citizen, 101 00:11:46,124 --> 00:11:49,627 and I cannot stand by while chaos reigns around me. 102 00:11:51,045 --> 00:11:53,423 This is not a government. 103 00:11:53,798 --> 00:11:59,220 Mr. Attlee, this is a collection of hesitant, frightened, old men 104 00:11:59,304 --> 00:12:04,225 unable to unseat a tyrannical, delusional even older one. 105 00:12:05,101 --> 00:12:08,730 Yours was the most radical, 106 00:12:08,813 --> 00:12:12,483 forward-thinking government this country has ever seen. 107 00:12:15,069 --> 00:12:18,448 How you lost the election escapes me. 108 00:12:20,742 --> 00:12:22,285 Escapes us all. 109 00:12:24,495 --> 00:12:28,625 I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service 110 00:12:28,708 --> 00:12:34,172 if I helped to usher him out of the door, and you back in. 111 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,594 And to that end, you come to me with a master plan 112 00:12:39,677 --> 00:12:44,974 that involves me crucifying the Tories for their failure to deal with a fog, 113 00:12:45,058 --> 00:12:47,435 which, as yet, shows no sign of appearing. 114 00:12:50,188 --> 00:12:52,857 At present, I can see stars. 115 00:13:54,585 --> 00:13:56,254 - Good night. - Good night. 116 00:14:08,099 --> 00:14:09,434 Miss Scott. 117 00:14:10,101 --> 00:14:12,854 Thank you for your conscientiousness, but it's late. 118 00:14:12,937 --> 00:14:14,105 - Go home. - I am, sir. 119 00:14:14,188 --> 00:14:16,983 You're no good to me tired. Good evening to you. 120 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,280 - Scott, still here? - Good night, sir. 121 00:14:26,451 --> 00:14:27,785 Good night. 122 00:14:34,208 --> 00:14:35,668 Evening, Pat. 123 00:14:58,024 --> 00:14:59,650 You haven't moved. 124 00:15:01,527 --> 00:15:03,321 I suppose it's still a "no"? 125 00:15:04,572 --> 00:15:07,241 - To what? - Coming out. 126 00:15:07,325 --> 00:15:10,828 You mean going to the Lamb and Flag with you, sitting at the bar, 127 00:15:10,912 --> 00:15:14,540 twinkling our ankles at every unremarkable young man in the room. 128 00:15:15,208 --> 00:15:18,669 Then letting those men buy us enough drinks for us to bring them home, 129 00:15:18,753 --> 00:15:23,007 only to have their unremarkability confirmed to us again? 130 00:15:23,758 --> 00:15:25,885 No. Thanks. 131 00:15:26,594 --> 00:15:27,929 Goodness. 132 00:15:28,012 --> 00:15:30,223 And what will you be doing in the meantime? 133 00:15:30,973 --> 00:15:33,643 Spend time in the company of someone remarkable. 134 00:15:33,726 --> 00:15:35,144 Mmm! 135 00:15:35,228 --> 00:15:36,604 Ta-ra. 136 00:15:43,319 --> 00:15:48,407 "Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide. 137 00:15:49,158 --> 00:15:52,662 "The earth is yours and the fullness thereof. 138 00:15:53,871 --> 00:15:55,832 "Be kind, but be fierce. 139 00:15:56,541 --> 00:15:59,127 "You are needed now more than ever before. 140 00:15:59,710 --> 00:16:03,881 "Take up the mantle of change, for this is your time." 141 00:16:35,913 --> 00:16:37,057 Good morning. 142 00:16:37,081 --> 00:16:40,710 The time is 8:00 on the 6th of December and here is the news. 143 00:16:40,793 --> 00:16:43,462 London has been brought to a halt by dense fog, 144 00:16:43,546 --> 00:16:45,548 which has descended overnight. 145 00:16:47,049 --> 00:16:49,135 Long queues have formed on main roads. 146 00:16:49,218 --> 00:16:50,571 And there are reports of motorists 147 00:16:50,595 --> 00:16:53,347 abandoning their vehicles and continuing on foot. 148 00:16:53,431 --> 00:16:56,392 London Airport is expected to be closed. 149 00:16:58,394 --> 00:17:00,021 Good God. 150 00:17:00,104 --> 00:17:02,023 The Meteorological Office has issued a statement 151 00:17:02,106 --> 00:17:05,610 saying that a persistent anticyclone over London is to blame. 152 00:17:05,776 --> 00:17:09,071 Smoke from the capital's chimneys is being trapped at street level, 153 00:17:09,322 --> 00:17:10,907 which is aggravating the fog. 154 00:17:15,286 --> 00:17:18,873 The windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time. 155 00:17:19,123 --> 00:17:22,418 Be careful out there, it's a real pea-souper. 156 00:17:32,470 --> 00:17:33,763 Ah. Is the car ready? 157 00:17:34,096 --> 00:17:36,724 I'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive, ma'am. 158 00:17:37,934 --> 00:17:39,393 It's what, 200 yards? 159 00:17:41,270 --> 00:17:43,272 It's been judged too hazardous, ma'am. 160 00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:50,071 I have an appointment to see my grandmother. 161 00:17:51,322 --> 00:17:53,324 I intend to keep that appointment. 162 00:17:54,283 --> 00:17:56,494 If it's too hazardous to drive, 163 00:17:57,662 --> 00:17:59,914 then there's only one thing to be done. 164 00:18:38,911 --> 00:18:40,871 I saw that. 165 00:18:40,997 --> 00:18:43,916 Might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't? 166 00:18:45,876 --> 00:18:48,129 And the Queen is here, Your Majesty. 167 00:18:48,212 --> 00:18:50,965 - Could you be more specific? - Ma'am? 168 00:18:51,841 --> 00:18:55,219 - Which queen? - Queen Elizabeth, ma'am. 169 00:18:55,303 --> 00:18:58,389 - Which one? There are two. - The young one. 170 00:18:58,556 --> 00:19:01,058 Oh, The Queen. 171 00:19:01,142 --> 00:19:04,270 I thought you was all queens. They gave me a sheet. 172 00:19:04,353 --> 00:19:05,896 We are. 173 00:19:05,980 --> 00:19:09,066 I was the Queen so long as my husband, the King, was alive, 174 00:19:09,150 --> 00:19:13,279 but since he died, I am no longer the Queen, I am simply Queen Mary. 175 00:19:13,904 --> 00:19:17,491 My late son's widow was also the Queen, 176 00:19:17,575 --> 00:19:18,927 but upon the death of her husband, 177 00:19:18,951 --> 00:19:22,038 she became Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. 178 00:19:22,121 --> 00:19:26,459 Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, is now Queen, so she is... 179 00:19:27,752 --> 00:19:29,795 - The Queen. - Bravo. 180 00:19:31,297 --> 00:19:33,341 Nurses and nuns have the same problem. 181 00:19:34,258 --> 00:19:36,010 We're all called "Sister." 182 00:19:36,594 --> 00:19:37,803 So you are. 183 00:19:38,846 --> 00:19:42,099 Well, she's outside. The Queen. 184 00:19:42,850 --> 00:19:45,936 Then let her in. Sister. 185 00:19:57,740 --> 00:19:59,575 - Bad time? - Not at all. 186 00:20:02,286 --> 00:20:03,704 How are you? 187 00:20:03,788 --> 00:20:05,623 I'm always happy to see you. 188 00:20:06,290 --> 00:20:09,585 And my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing. 189 00:20:09,668 --> 00:20:12,213 - Name it. - Not to ask me how I am. 190 00:20:12,296 --> 00:20:14,048 It's all anyone ever does. 191 00:20:14,131 --> 00:20:18,427 Forget death by lung disease, it's death by bad conversation. 192 00:20:18,928 --> 00:20:20,554 All right. I promise. 193 00:20:21,138 --> 00:20:22,890 But if you are feeling up to it, 194 00:20:22,973 --> 00:20:25,559 there was something I wanted to talk to you about. 195 00:20:25,893 --> 00:20:26,977 Fire away. 196 00:20:38,155 --> 00:20:41,075 I was listening to the wireless this morning, 197 00:20:41,158 --> 00:20:44,370 where they described this fog as an act of God. 198 00:20:45,830 --> 00:20:48,999 Now, in your letter that you sent me, 199 00:20:50,543 --> 00:20:52,002 you said... 200 00:20:55,631 --> 00:21:00,761 "Loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty above everything else, 201 00:21:01,679 --> 00:21:04,974 "because the calling comes from the highest source. 202 00:21:05,683 --> 00:21:07,017 "From God himself." 203 00:21:07,184 --> 00:21:08,519 Yes. 204 00:21:10,521 --> 00:21:12,106 Do you really believe that? 205 00:21:14,733 --> 00:21:19,238 Monarchy is God's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth. 206 00:21:19,697 --> 00:21:22,950 To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards, 207 00:21:23,033 --> 00:21:27,037 an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives. 208 00:21:28,247 --> 00:21:32,084 Monarchy is a calling from God. 209 00:21:33,043 --> 00:21:36,255 That is why you are crowned in an abbey, not a government building. 210 00:21:36,338 --> 00:21:38,299 Why you are anointed, not appointed. 211 00:21:38,382 --> 00:21:41,260 It's an archbishop that puts the crown on your head, 212 00:21:41,343 --> 00:21:43,345 not a minister or public servant. 213 00:21:44,013 --> 00:21:49,935 Which means that you are answerable to God in your duty, not the public. 214 00:21:52,062 --> 00:21:54,815 I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that. 215 00:21:54,982 --> 00:21:58,986 He would argue that in any equitable modern society, 216 00:21:59,069 --> 00:22:02,364 that church and state should be separated. 217 00:22:03,199 --> 00:22:06,494 That if God has servants, they're priests, not kings. 218 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:11,207 He would also say that he watched his own family destroyed, 219 00:22:11,290 --> 00:22:13,876 because they were seen by the people to embody indefensible 220 00:22:13,959 --> 00:22:16,170 and unreasonable ideas. 221 00:22:16,253 --> 00:22:20,174 Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenus, 222 00:22:20,257 --> 00:22:23,135 that goes back what? Ninety years? 223 00:22:24,220 --> 00:22:28,516 What would he know of Alfred the Great, the Rod of Equity and Mercy, 224 00:22:28,599 --> 00:22:30,142 Edward the Confessor, 225 00:22:30,226 --> 00:22:32,811 William the Conqueror or Henry VIII? 226 00:22:32,895 --> 00:22:37,691 It's the Church of England, dear, not the Church of Denmark or Greece. 227 00:22:41,153 --> 00:22:42,655 Next question. 228 00:22:44,865 --> 00:22:46,742 It's chaos out there. 229 00:22:46,825 --> 00:22:49,703 Trains disrupted, air services canceled. 230 00:22:50,371 --> 00:22:55,376 At Richmond Bridge this morning, visibility was officially measured at one yard. 231 00:22:55,459 --> 00:22:57,461 That's a record low, incidentally. 232 00:22:58,671 --> 00:23:03,759 Our Trojan friend in Downing Street has been speaking to his friends at the Met Office. 233 00:23:03,842 --> 00:23:06,220 They say this is just the beginning. 234 00:23:06,303 --> 00:23:08,389 They expect it to get worse. 235 00:23:08,472 --> 00:23:11,725 I know you would have me call a vote of no confidence, 236 00:23:11,809 --> 00:23:15,312 and will doubtless call me over-cautious for not doing so. 237 00:23:16,063 --> 00:23:19,358 But the Prime Minister needs to be given a chance. 238 00:23:21,110 --> 00:23:23,153 Even if it's only to hang himself. 239 00:23:23,821 --> 00:23:25,906 Let's see how the old fool responds. 240 00:23:40,170 --> 00:23:42,381 There you go. There you go. 241 00:23:42,464 --> 00:23:44,550 Hey! Get out the way! 242 00:24:04,695 --> 00:24:05,738 Morning. 243 00:24:12,536 --> 00:24:13,537 Oh. 244 00:24:13,621 --> 00:24:15,956 I'm glad to see someone else made it in. 245 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,292 No one saw this coming, did they? 246 00:24:19,668 --> 00:24:20,669 No. 247 00:24:27,551 --> 00:24:28,886 Prime Minister? 248 00:24:30,387 --> 00:24:31,597 Sir? 249 00:24:50,699 --> 00:24:53,327 - Ah! You made it? Bravo! - Oh, I'm so sorry, sir. 250 00:24:53,410 --> 00:24:55,537 - I was just... - No, no. You did well to get here. 251 00:24:55,621 --> 00:24:59,083 I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't? 252 00:24:59,667 --> 00:25:01,251 It wasn't easy. 253 00:25:01,335 --> 00:25:03,535 Just crossing the road you take your life in your hands. 254 00:25:03,587 --> 00:25:06,006 Well, then don't. You are too important to all of us. 255 00:25:06,090 --> 00:25:07,257 Hardly. 256 00:25:07,966 --> 00:25:11,387 All I do is bring you things to sign. Then take them away again. 257 00:25:11,470 --> 00:25:16,058 And so the wheels keep turning, and the business gets done, 258 00:25:16,308 --> 00:25:18,268 and the country is governed. 259 00:25:20,729 --> 00:25:25,109 But what's my personal contribution? 260 00:25:25,317 --> 00:25:26,610 Uh... 261 00:25:26,944 --> 00:25:31,782 You improve the quality of life for all that deal with you. 262 00:25:33,033 --> 00:25:36,203 An ornament. A flower. 263 00:25:37,955 --> 00:25:42,209 By comparison at my age, you were a published writer, 264 00:25:42,292 --> 00:25:45,504 and a cavalry officer, posted to India, 265 00:25:45,587 --> 00:25:48,340 fighting local tribesmen on the North West Frontier. 266 00:25:48,424 --> 00:25:49,591 Who told you that? 267 00:25:49,967 --> 00:25:53,721 You asked me to engage in a relationship with a young man my own age. 268 00:25:54,471 --> 00:25:56,724 So, I have been reading your autobiography. 269 00:25:57,266 --> 00:26:00,436 That's not quite what I had in mind. 270 00:26:00,519 --> 00:26:05,399 "Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide. 271 00:26:06,233 --> 00:26:10,154 "The earth is yours and the fullness thereof. 272 00:26:11,739 --> 00:26:13,991 "Be kind, but be fierce. 273 00:26:15,159 --> 00:26:18,120 "You are needed now more than ever before. 274 00:26:19,663 --> 00:26:22,166 - "Take up the mantle of change..." - Stop. 275 00:26:22,291 --> 00:26:24,501 "...for this is your time." 276 00:26:29,590 --> 00:26:31,842 You were 24. 277 00:26:34,011 --> 00:26:38,307 All energy and hope and passion and fire. 278 00:26:40,267 --> 00:26:41,852 It's remarkable. 279 00:26:46,064 --> 00:26:49,651 You found something you like in that young man? 280 00:26:51,820 --> 00:26:53,113 I did. 281 00:27:21,809 --> 00:27:23,268 Good morning. 282 00:27:24,102 --> 00:27:28,273 The time is 8:00 on the 7th of December, and here is the news. 283 00:27:29,149 --> 00:27:32,986 The serious fog that brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday 284 00:27:33,070 --> 00:27:36,990 continues this morning, with emergency services struggling to cope 285 00:27:37,074 --> 00:27:39,910 and widespread disruption reported across the nation. 286 00:27:41,578 --> 00:27:45,374 Flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital. 287 00:27:45,457 --> 00:27:47,835 Trains are stopped or running hours behind schedule 288 00:27:47,918 --> 00:27:50,003 from major London railway stations. 289 00:27:52,756 --> 00:27:56,760 The Prime Minister is facing criticism for failure to deal with the mounting crisis. 290 00:27:58,512 --> 00:28:02,224 London Airport is closed again today, with all flights grounded. 291 00:28:02,432 --> 00:28:04,017 - Piss. - The unmoving fog, 292 00:28:04,393 --> 00:28:08,313 which has spread to over 30 miles wide, is likely to cause complete darkness 293 00:28:08,397 --> 00:28:10,107 by 2:00 this afternoon. 294 00:28:24,955 --> 00:28:26,206 Are you all right? 295 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:29,877 You're not. 296 00:28:31,461 --> 00:28:35,966 - Come on, let's get you up. - No, no. I'm fine. I promise. 297 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,846 It's just 'cause the window was open. 298 00:28:41,179 --> 00:28:44,141 Now, go to work. You've got a job to do. 299 00:28:53,150 --> 00:28:56,904 Let us start with the unrest in Egypt, 300 00:28:57,237 --> 00:29:00,365 where anti-colonial passions continue to run high, 301 00:29:00,490 --> 00:29:05,579 and where our soldiers continue to come under fire from nationalist insurgents. 302 00:29:05,662 --> 00:29:11,752 It is vital that we remain and successfully defend the Suez Canal. 303 00:29:12,127 --> 00:29:16,423 A point that I will be making in person to the Commonwealth heads, 304 00:29:16,506 --> 00:29:20,344 when I host them for the weekend at Chequers. 305 00:29:20,719 --> 00:29:22,471 Weather permitting. 306 00:29:23,180 --> 00:29:24,181 Indeed. 307 00:29:24,514 --> 00:29:26,808 What is the latest information that you have? 308 00:29:27,601 --> 00:29:28,852 About the weather? 309 00:29:29,853 --> 00:29:32,898 It's fog, ma'am. It will lift eventually. 310 00:29:33,690 --> 00:29:36,151 I was hoping for something more scientific. 311 00:29:37,653 --> 00:29:40,614 Then I will ensure that a barometric report 312 00:29:40,697 --> 00:29:43,116 is included in your box tomorrow, 313 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:47,371 complete with isobars and isohumes. 314 00:29:48,664 --> 00:29:51,249 It has been an unusually cold winter, 315 00:29:51,875 --> 00:29:55,587 and there are only so many things that I, as Prime Minister, 316 00:29:55,671 --> 00:30:00,050 am prepared to inflict on your subjects as a reward for winning a World War 317 00:30:00,133 --> 00:30:03,887 and prevailing over fascism, evil and tyranny. 318 00:30:04,638 --> 00:30:07,641 Letting them freeze is not one of them. 319 00:30:08,225 --> 00:30:11,269 - You do not seem unduly concerned. - I'm not. 320 00:30:11,353 --> 00:30:14,898 You do know that my late father wrote, many years ago, 321 00:30:15,816 --> 00:30:17,818 to your predecessors, 322 00:30:17,901 --> 00:30:20,654 to express his deep concern about the inner city power stations 323 00:30:20,737 --> 00:30:22,197 that your party was building. 324 00:30:25,575 --> 00:30:26,785 Indeed. 325 00:30:28,036 --> 00:30:32,833 And I was sympathetic with your father's concerns at the time. 326 00:30:33,750 --> 00:30:38,338 I also have sympathy with the leader articles in the newspapers today, 327 00:30:38,422 --> 00:30:40,090 baying for blood. 328 00:30:40,173 --> 00:30:42,217 Wanting my head. 329 00:30:43,093 --> 00:30:46,471 People have to be angry at someone. 330 00:30:46,555 --> 00:30:51,727 But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything. 331 00:30:51,810 --> 00:30:55,063 We need the power stations, we need the coal. 332 00:30:55,147 --> 00:30:58,191 The people need to burn coal to warm their homes. 333 00:30:58,275 --> 00:31:01,028 It is weather. It will pass. 334 00:31:01,820 --> 00:31:03,697 Well, I do hope so. 335 00:31:03,780 --> 00:31:06,700 Not least because my husband's mood is intolerable. 336 00:31:07,325 --> 00:31:08,410 Why? 337 00:31:09,286 --> 00:31:11,580 Well, being caged in like this. 338 00:31:11,747 --> 00:31:13,081 He can't fly. 339 00:31:14,624 --> 00:31:15,792 Fly where? 340 00:31:16,793 --> 00:31:19,963 Well, nowhere. He's learning to fly. 341 00:31:21,631 --> 00:31:23,091 Whatever for? 342 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,512 Have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go? 343 00:31:27,596 --> 00:31:29,848 No, he wants to fly himself. 344 00:31:30,265 --> 00:31:32,893 It's a boyhood dream. It's what he's always wanted. 345 00:31:33,018 --> 00:31:34,895 Why was government not consulted? 346 00:31:34,978 --> 00:31:38,315 Because it's a private matter. And I am in favor. 347 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:42,027 Nothing you or His Royal Highness do is a private matter. 348 00:31:42,652 --> 00:31:46,948 And the father of the future King of England risking his life needlessly is 349 00:31:47,491 --> 00:31:49,576 - quite unacceptable! - Please. 350 00:31:49,826 --> 00:31:53,330 Do not curtail my husband's personal freedoms any further. 351 00:31:54,039 --> 00:31:57,417 You've taken away his home. You've taken away his name. 352 00:31:57,501 --> 00:32:00,420 There comes a time where one must draw a line in the sand. 353 00:32:00,504 --> 00:32:04,925 And the job of drawing that line falls to Cabinet, ma'am, not to you. 354 00:32:05,008 --> 00:32:08,095 Something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you 355 00:32:08,178 --> 00:32:11,515 had he been granted more time to complete your education. 356 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,018 And now our time is up. 357 00:32:20,023 --> 00:32:21,316 Until next week. 358 00:32:27,489 --> 00:32:28,490 Sir. 359 00:32:33,036 --> 00:32:35,038 Meteorological report. 360 00:32:37,999 --> 00:32:39,018 Good morning. 361 00:32:39,042 --> 00:32:42,546 The time is 8:00 on the 8th of December and here is the news. 362 00:32:42,796 --> 00:32:47,050 The choking, eye-watering fog which has already caused two days of chaos 363 00:32:47,217 --> 00:32:49,970 across the capital has worsened overnight. 364 00:32:50,053 --> 00:32:53,515 The great coal-burning electricity stations in Battersea and Fulham 365 00:32:53,598 --> 00:32:55,016 have attempted to reduce emissions 366 00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:57,853 of poisonous sulfur dioxide from their chimneys. 367 00:32:57,936 --> 00:32:59,980 But we've been told that it is unlikely 368 00:33:00,105 --> 00:33:03,358 they'll be able to make any significant change to the air quality. 369 00:33:04,401 --> 00:33:07,571 The government is expected to make a statement later today. 370 00:33:17,372 --> 00:33:20,959 - Come on, let's get you to hospital. - I'm fine. 371 00:33:21,042 --> 00:33:24,296 You're not. Come on. Let's get you up. 372 00:33:25,463 --> 00:33:26,631 Shoes. 373 00:33:35,015 --> 00:33:37,434 Off we go. Arm in. 374 00:33:39,102 --> 00:33:40,604 And the other. 375 00:33:53,283 --> 00:33:54,868 I can't breathe. 376 00:33:55,452 --> 00:33:57,495 Do as I say and hold on to me. 377 00:34:07,422 --> 00:34:08,423 Come along. 378 00:34:25,690 --> 00:34:27,192 Quick, hold my hand. 379 00:34:32,948 --> 00:34:34,199 Make way. 380 00:34:39,287 --> 00:34:40,622 Make way. 381 00:34:41,581 --> 00:34:42,916 You all right, lady? 382 00:34:51,508 --> 00:34:54,302 Control of this story is getting away from us. 383 00:34:55,178 --> 00:34:57,597 The opposition's blood is up. 384 00:34:57,681 --> 00:35:00,600 - We have to respond. - Respond how? 385 00:35:00,684 --> 00:35:03,436 I would suggest by commissioning a public inquiry. 386 00:35:04,145 --> 00:35:05,981 An inquiry would be expensive. 387 00:35:09,192 --> 00:35:10,944 Winston, people are angry. 388 00:35:11,987 --> 00:35:13,405 They see us as the culprits. 389 00:35:13,488 --> 00:35:17,117 Culpable for what? It's fog. Fog is fog. 390 00:35:17,242 --> 00:35:19,869 It comes and it goes away. 391 00:35:19,995 --> 00:35:23,832 Well, I'm glad that the Prime Minister finds time for levity. 392 00:35:24,708 --> 00:35:28,878 Perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has now become. 393 00:35:28,962 --> 00:35:32,966 This morning, a suburban train collided with a gang of railway workmen, 394 00:35:33,049 --> 00:35:36,011 killing several and injuring a great many more. 395 00:35:36,678 --> 00:35:40,640 In parts of the capital, there is now a total breakdown in law and order. 396 00:35:40,724 --> 00:35:41,933 Hospitals are filling up, 397 00:35:42,017 --> 00:35:46,146 as our citizens are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide. 398 00:35:54,487 --> 00:35:57,032 Sometimes we have sunshine. 399 00:35:58,575 --> 00:36:01,077 Too much sunshine and they call it a drought. 400 00:36:01,661 --> 00:36:03,538 Then we have rain. 401 00:36:03,621 --> 00:36:08,418 Too much rain, and they call it a deluge and find a way to blame us for that, too. 402 00:36:08,501 --> 00:36:11,880 It's an act of God, Bobbety. It's weather. 403 00:36:12,714 --> 00:36:16,259 And for better or for worse, we get a great deal of it on this island. 404 00:36:16,343 --> 00:36:19,763 Frankly, there are more pressing matters to deal with. 405 00:36:19,888 --> 00:36:20,930 Like what? 406 00:36:21,723 --> 00:36:23,475 The Duke of Edinburgh. 407 00:36:38,782 --> 00:36:42,202 - Telephone, sir. The Marquis of Salisbury. - Oh, not now. 408 00:36:42,285 --> 00:36:45,955 He asked me to stress the importance of the matter. 409 00:36:50,668 --> 00:36:53,922 - Bobbety. - Thanks for taking my call, Dickie. 410 00:36:54,923 --> 00:36:57,092 - Are you alone? - Yes. 411 00:36:57,634 --> 00:37:00,011 Can anyone overhear what you're saying? 412 00:37:03,431 --> 00:37:05,517 - No. - Good. 413 00:37:09,312 --> 00:37:11,398 - It's chaos. - I know. 414 00:37:11,481 --> 00:37:13,691 Every ward is full. Every corridor, too. 415 00:37:13,775 --> 00:37:17,362 Most of the doctors are sick now, and those that are well can't get in. 416 00:37:17,487 --> 00:37:19,239 It was better than this in the war. 417 00:37:19,322 --> 00:37:21,991 What do you need? More equipment? Or masks? 418 00:37:22,075 --> 00:37:24,035 Masks are bloody useless. They're just for show, 419 00:37:24,119 --> 00:37:26,138 to make it look like the government is doing something. 420 00:37:26,162 --> 00:37:29,999 - Then what is needed? - Money. People. Trained staff. 421 00:37:30,125 --> 00:37:32,293 Help is what is needed. Urgently. 422 00:37:33,670 --> 00:37:35,171 Let her rest for now. 423 00:37:38,174 --> 00:37:41,386 Maybe I can put a word in with the people who make a difference. 424 00:37:42,220 --> 00:37:45,306 - Such as? - The Prime Minister, for example. 425 00:37:45,849 --> 00:37:49,227 I see. You're just going to walk into Downing Street and whisper in his ear. 426 00:37:49,310 --> 00:37:51,312 Yes, something like that. 427 00:37:51,396 --> 00:37:55,316 You know, my day is bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes. 428 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,528 Now, excuse me. Nurse? Nurse. 429 00:37:59,988 --> 00:38:01,197 I'll show you. 430 00:38:02,115 --> 00:38:03,324 Get out of the way. 431 00:38:11,916 --> 00:38:13,710 - Jim, where are you? - Over here. 432 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:34,439 Someone phone for an ambulance. 433 00:38:38,318 --> 00:38:40,361 How much longer are you going to give the old man? 434 00:38:40,445 --> 00:38:42,155 Their majority is tiny. 435 00:38:42,238 --> 00:38:44,991 A vote of no confidence and he'll be toppled. 436 00:38:46,576 --> 00:38:48,244 You know what he calls you? 437 00:38:49,078 --> 00:38:52,123 Yes, I know. A sheep in sheep's clothing. 438 00:38:55,251 --> 00:38:57,754 Perhaps it's time to prove you're not. 439 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:05,178 Very well. 440 00:39:05,261 --> 00:39:08,389 Let's put a motion down on paper and brief the whips. 441 00:39:19,359 --> 00:39:20,485 Afternoon. 442 00:39:20,652 --> 00:39:21,778 Thank you, sir. 443 00:39:37,210 --> 00:39:40,338 - Anything interesting? - Yes. 444 00:39:42,257 --> 00:39:44,717 - Care to share it? - No. 445 00:39:46,511 --> 00:39:49,722 Well, I'd be happy to share glide ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with you. 446 00:39:49,806 --> 00:39:52,308 As part of a quid pro quo arrangement. 447 00:39:52,392 --> 00:39:56,312 One glide ratio in return for some Cabinet minutes, for example. 448 00:39:57,981 --> 00:39:59,649 No? 449 00:39:59,732 --> 00:40:01,734 A dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling. 450 00:40:01,818 --> 00:40:04,237 These are very interesting concepts, Elizabeth. 451 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,991 You might learn something, in exchange for a Foreign Office briefing? 452 00:40:09,325 --> 00:40:11,744 Am I going to have to explain my position again? 453 00:40:11,828 --> 00:40:13,705 - No. - Good. 454 00:40:17,292 --> 00:40:18,876 "Once you have tasted flight, 455 00:40:19,085 --> 00:40:21,565 "you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, 456 00:40:21,713 --> 00:40:25,508 "for there you have been and there you will always long to return." 457 00:40:28,052 --> 00:40:30,263 You know what's remarkable about those words? 458 00:40:32,515 --> 00:40:33,683 Go on. 459 00:40:33,766 --> 00:40:36,311 They were written 300 years before man first got in a plane. 460 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:39,188 Leonardo da Vinci. 461 00:40:41,858 --> 00:40:43,658 Look, Philip, I know... 462 00:40:47,322 --> 00:40:48,698 Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty. 463 00:40:49,198 --> 00:40:52,160 - Uncle Dickie. What's he doing here? - I know as much as you do. 464 00:40:52,243 --> 00:40:54,454 - He said it was important, ma'am. - Thank you. 465 00:41:00,251 --> 00:41:01,586 Elizabeth. 466 00:41:05,590 --> 00:41:07,884 - Hello. - I came as soon as I could. 467 00:41:09,510 --> 00:41:10,595 So... 468 00:41:12,388 --> 00:41:13,389 Oh... 469 00:41:13,723 --> 00:41:16,726 Is this a meeting with Elizabeth, your niece, my wife? 470 00:41:17,769 --> 00:41:20,229 - Or the Queen? - The latter, I'm afraid. 471 00:41:20,355 --> 00:41:22,190 Right, then I know my place. 472 00:41:31,574 --> 00:41:33,076 What's the matter with him? 473 00:41:33,993 --> 00:41:35,286 Nothing. 474 00:41:36,704 --> 00:41:40,208 He's just feeling a little grounded. Ignore it. 475 00:41:41,084 --> 00:41:42,835 Right, all ears. 476 00:41:43,169 --> 00:41:48,341 I received a telephone call today from Bobbety Salisbury. 477 00:41:49,425 --> 00:41:51,302 It seems that even among his own people, 478 00:41:51,386 --> 00:41:56,099 the feeling is that our Prime Minister is not able to deal with a national crisis. 479 00:41:57,517 --> 00:42:01,270 Indeed, he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis. 480 00:42:02,647 --> 00:42:05,274 Hospitals are overflowing. People dying. 481 00:42:05,358 --> 00:42:06,693 As Sovereign, 482 00:42:06,776 --> 00:42:08,403 you have the right to demand 483 00:42:08,486 --> 00:42:12,490 that a government in your name shows effective leadership. 484 00:42:13,783 --> 00:42:18,162 The opposition are now calling for a motion of no confidence. 485 00:42:18,663 --> 00:42:22,875 So, I would say the time has come 486 00:42:22,959 --> 00:42:27,422 for you to summon Churchill and... 487 00:42:29,340 --> 00:42:30,466 And what? 488 00:42:32,468 --> 00:42:34,303 Insist that he go. 489 00:42:37,306 --> 00:42:38,933 - I can't do that. - You can. 490 00:42:39,726 --> 00:42:40,935 And should. 491 00:42:41,769 --> 00:42:44,605 But wouldn't that violate the constitution? 492 00:42:45,648 --> 00:42:47,608 As Queen, 493 00:42:50,570 --> 00:42:53,656 you have the right to be consulted, 494 00:42:54,866 --> 00:42:58,369 the right to encourage, the right to warn. 495 00:42:59,370 --> 00:43:04,250 Also, to appoint a new Prime Minister in the event of incapacity 496 00:43:04,333 --> 00:43:10,131 and many would say that Churchill's behavior now constitutes incapacity. 497 00:43:11,007 --> 00:43:14,343 - Then a revolution must come from within. - They are trying. 498 00:43:15,178 --> 00:43:17,555 - Well, then they must try harder. - They will. 499 00:43:18,222 --> 00:43:21,684 But would prefer it to be bloodless. 500 00:43:22,477 --> 00:43:25,980 So, I've asked for your help and influence. 501 00:43:29,025 --> 00:43:31,778 I cannot do it. I will not do it. 502 00:43:31,861 --> 00:43:34,447 Let's not forget it was Churchill 503 00:43:34,906 --> 00:43:36,199 who denied Philip's children 504 00:43:36,282 --> 00:43:37,950 - his own surname... - Dickie. 505 00:43:38,034 --> 00:43:40,328 And insisted that you live in Buckingham Palace. 506 00:43:40,411 --> 00:43:43,956 - As, alas, did everyone else. - And now with looters on the street, 507 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:48,878 and hospital corridors stacked with the dead, he is interested in only one thing. 508 00:43:50,338 --> 00:43:52,924 Stopping Philip flying. 509 00:43:55,968 --> 00:43:58,304 - What? - At a crisis Cabinet meeting this morning, 510 00:43:58,387 --> 00:44:00,199 when there should've only been one thing on the agenda, 511 00:44:00,223 --> 00:44:03,226 the unfolding national emergency, 512 00:44:04,227 --> 00:44:07,230 all our Prime Minister wanted to discuss 513 00:44:08,231 --> 00:44:10,525 was your husband's new hobby. 514 00:44:14,904 --> 00:44:18,908 - I'm so sorry, sir. - Who are her parents? 515 00:44:18,991 --> 00:44:20,993 Her father is a clergyman. From Suffolk. 516 00:44:21,077 --> 00:44:23,704 - They've been notified. - I want to go to the hospital. 517 00:44:23,788 --> 00:44:26,791 There is an emergency meeting at the House. A meeting you must attend. 518 00:44:26,916 --> 00:44:28,543 The House can wait. 519 00:44:39,262 --> 00:44:41,430 - You wished to see me, Your Majesty? - Yes, Tommy. 520 00:44:45,351 --> 00:44:48,354 I know how much my father depended on you. 521 00:44:49,647 --> 00:44:51,566 And how closely you worked together. 522 00:44:52,817 --> 00:44:55,778 Which is why I wanted to ask your advice now. 523 00:44:56,821 --> 00:44:58,948 It seems our Prime Minister, 524 00:44:59,031 --> 00:45:01,617 a man who's led the country through many crises, 525 00:45:02,952 --> 00:45:04,787 is no longer leading us at all. 526 00:45:06,289 --> 00:45:08,624 Representations have been made to me, 527 00:45:09,709 --> 00:45:12,295 through an intermediary from the heart of the government, 528 00:45:13,754 --> 00:45:17,508 to intercede and bid him stand down. 529 00:45:18,092 --> 00:45:19,802 Make way for a younger man. 530 00:45:21,637 --> 00:45:24,432 Which brings me to my question. 531 00:45:26,851 --> 00:45:30,521 What are my responsibilities, as Head of State? 532 00:45:33,399 --> 00:45:34,650 What should I do? 533 00:45:35,651 --> 00:45:38,654 When it's in the national interest, how far dare I go? 534 00:45:42,658 --> 00:45:45,161 I'm not sure if Her Majesty is aware, 535 00:45:45,870 --> 00:45:47,830 but shortly before your father died, 536 00:45:47,914 --> 00:45:51,292 the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, came, 537 00:45:51,834 --> 00:45:54,503 begging His late Majesty to intervene, 538 00:45:54,587 --> 00:45:58,382 if not on an official level, then on a personal one. 539 00:45:58,841 --> 00:46:00,009 as a friend, 540 00:46:00,551 --> 00:46:02,345 to bid the Prime Minister to resign. 541 00:46:03,846 --> 00:46:06,515 - What did my father say? - Well... 542 00:46:07,099 --> 00:46:11,771 His Majesty was, like his father before him, a stickler for convention and tradition, 543 00:46:12,188 --> 00:46:15,858 and would never have done anything that violated the constitution, 544 00:46:15,942 --> 00:46:17,568 or overstepped the mark. 545 00:46:20,154 --> 00:46:21,447 Then I have my answer. 546 00:46:21,572 --> 00:46:25,618 But that was His Majesty, not Your Majesty. 547 00:46:26,577 --> 00:46:30,122 And I do read the newspapers and I do listen to the wireless. 548 00:46:30,206 --> 00:46:33,584 And the situation we're in today is quite different 549 00:46:33,668 --> 00:46:36,671 than the one we were in when Mr. Eden came to see your father. 550 00:46:38,965 --> 00:46:42,385 Different situation, different Sovereign. 551 00:46:54,230 --> 00:46:55,898 Wait for me here. 552 00:47:56,292 --> 00:47:57,418 Sir. 553 00:48:00,296 --> 00:48:01,797 Just a child. 554 00:48:04,467 --> 00:48:06,135 A beautiful child. 555 00:48:08,637 --> 00:48:11,057 I just received word from Buckingham Palace. 556 00:48:12,183 --> 00:48:14,977 - The Queen has requested an audience. - When? 557 00:48:15,978 --> 00:48:17,813 At your earliest convenience. 558 00:48:22,276 --> 00:48:28,157 "All energy and hope and passion and fire." 559 00:48:31,994 --> 00:48:33,120 Sir? 560 00:48:44,507 --> 00:48:47,176 - Do the newspapers know I'm here? - No. 561 00:48:50,054 --> 00:48:53,140 - But it could easily be arranged. - Then do it. 562 00:48:54,850 --> 00:48:57,770 And tell the Queen I'll be there first thing in the morning. 563 00:49:00,314 --> 00:49:01,941 After the papers. 564 00:49:34,223 --> 00:49:35,599 Good God. 565 00:49:39,854 --> 00:49:41,021 Dear God. 566 00:49:52,908 --> 00:49:56,412 Just come on in, the Prime Minister will be here in a few moments. 567 00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:14,430 - They're ready for you, sir. - Yes, yes. One moment. 568 00:50:23,689 --> 00:50:25,524 Quiet. Please. Settle down. 569 00:50:26,984 --> 00:50:28,861 Mr. Churchill? 570 00:50:28,944 --> 00:50:32,239 I have witnessed scenes here today, 571 00:50:32,656 --> 00:50:37,995 the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest days of the Blitz. 572 00:50:39,788 --> 00:50:44,001 But alongside the suffering, I have also seen heroism. 573 00:50:45,211 --> 00:50:49,298 And where there is heroism, there will always be hope. 574 00:50:51,634 --> 00:50:54,470 Only God can lift the fog, 575 00:50:55,304 --> 00:50:58,307 but I, as Prime Minister, 576 00:50:58,891 --> 00:51:02,937 am in position to ease the suffering. 577 00:51:03,020 --> 00:51:06,982 To that end, I pledge to make available with immediate effect, 578 00:51:07,691 --> 00:51:09,902 more money for hospital staff, 579 00:51:10,736 --> 00:51:12,780 more money for equipment, 580 00:51:13,447 --> 00:51:19,328 and a full and independent public inquiry into the causes of air pollution 581 00:51:20,829 --> 00:51:23,999 to ensure that such a calamity 582 00:51:24,792 --> 00:51:28,212 may never befall us again. 583 00:51:30,339 --> 00:51:31,799 Thank you, all. 584 00:51:37,554 --> 00:51:39,991 "The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians 585 00:51:40,015 --> 00:51:43,269 "to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person, 586 00:51:44,061 --> 00:51:46,689 "and was rewarded by cheers and applause, 587 00:51:46,772 --> 00:51:50,567 "by those suffering through the worst smog this city has ever witnessed." 588 00:51:51,277 --> 00:51:55,072 The headline reads, "True leader in a crisis." 589 00:52:00,452 --> 00:52:02,121 Ma'am, the Prime Minister's here. 590 00:52:05,207 --> 00:52:07,167 "The parallels between his appearance yesterday 591 00:52:07,251 --> 00:52:09,628 "and the wartime years was striking. 592 00:52:10,170 --> 00:52:14,383 "And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed." 593 00:52:17,469 --> 00:52:18,637 Hello? 594 00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:23,726 Clem, you still there? Hello? Clem? 595 00:52:26,437 --> 00:52:29,773 Clem, can you hear me? No, right... 596 00:53:33,962 --> 00:53:36,048 The Prime Minister, Your Majesty. 597 00:53:44,515 --> 00:53:45,974 Your Majesty. 598 00:53:48,936 --> 00:53:51,021 You asked to see me, ma'am? 599 00:53:51,980 --> 00:53:53,482 I did. 600 00:54:03,325 --> 00:54:07,788 There is a delicate matter which I felt I needed to discuss with you. 601 00:54:08,372 --> 00:54:09,623 In person. 602 00:54:10,332 --> 00:54:11,834 Concerning what? 603 00:54:14,628 --> 00:54:16,255 Your position. 604 00:54:18,841 --> 00:54:20,217 My position? 605 00:54:21,176 --> 00:54:22,636 Yes. Your position 606 00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:28,100 as Prime Minister. 607 00:54:33,272 --> 00:54:34,606 Go on. 608 00:54:38,527 --> 00:54:40,696 At that point she hesitated. 609 00:54:42,197 --> 00:54:48,120 And then she asked me to pick either Khawaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan 610 00:54:48,328 --> 00:54:50,456 or Sidney Holland of New Zealand. 611 00:54:50,539 --> 00:54:53,876 - Whatever for? - To sit next to at dinner! 612 00:54:54,543 --> 00:54:55,669 No. 613 00:54:56,253 --> 00:54:57,796 She summoned you for that? 614 00:54:57,880 --> 00:54:59,673 Oh, no, I think she summoned me 615 00:54:59,756 --> 00:55:03,135 to haul me over the coals for my handling of the fog. 616 00:55:03,218 --> 00:55:05,471 But then the fog lifted... 617 00:55:05,554 --> 00:55:08,849 ...and she had to make a decision right then and there, in the room. 618 00:55:08,932 --> 00:55:12,519 You could see the wheels turning behind her eyes. 619 00:55:12,978 --> 00:55:17,733 And then she switched her tack without so much as a flicker. Clever. 620 00:55:19,234 --> 00:55:21,528 - No, no, not clever. Ingenious. - Why? 621 00:55:21,612 --> 00:55:25,741 Because it disarmed me and made me switch tack, too. 622 00:55:26,408 --> 00:55:27,493 What about? 623 00:55:27,576 --> 00:55:29,661 About allowing Philip to learn to fly. 624 00:55:30,537 --> 00:55:31,663 He can now. 625 00:55:32,164 --> 00:55:33,248 Good. 626 00:55:34,958 --> 00:55:38,420 But he still has to ask Cabinet permission to do rolls and spins. 627 00:55:49,056 --> 00:55:50,641 What, dear girl? 628 00:55:53,894 --> 00:55:55,771 But what if the fog hadn't lifted? 629 00:55:58,232 --> 00:56:00,442 And the government had continued to flounder? 630 00:56:01,443 --> 00:56:03,779 And people had continued to die? 631 00:56:05,030 --> 00:56:07,157 And Churchill had continued to cling to power 632 00:56:07,241 --> 00:56:09,576 and the country had continued to suffer? 633 00:56:11,161 --> 00:56:15,374 It doesn't feel right, as Head of State, to do nothing. 634 00:56:15,999 --> 00:56:19,419 - It is exactly right. - Is it? 635 00:56:19,836 --> 00:56:22,756 But surely, doing nothing is no job at all. 636 00:56:23,131 --> 00:56:26,051 To do nothing is the hardest job of all. 637 00:56:26,134 --> 00:56:29,012 And it will take every ounce of energy that you have. 638 00:56:30,305 --> 00:56:33,267 To be impartial is not natural, not human. 639 00:56:33,976 --> 00:56:37,896 People will always want you to smile or agree or frown. 640 00:56:37,980 --> 00:56:42,276 And the minute you do, you will have declared a position, a point of view. 641 00:56:42,359 --> 00:56:47,155 And that is the one thing as Sovereign that you are not entitled to do. 642 00:56:48,490 --> 00:56:53,287 The less you do, the less you say or agree or smile... 643 00:56:53,370 --> 00:56:56,748 Or think? Or feel? Or breathe? Or exist? 644 00:56:56,832 --> 00:56:58,333 ...the better. 645 00:57:01,878 --> 00:57:04,006 Well, that's fine for the Sovereign. 646 00:57:06,300 --> 00:57:08,010 But where does that leave me? 647 00:57:22,316 --> 00:57:23,317 So, go on. 648 00:57:23,775 --> 00:57:25,652 How long would it take me to get my wings? 649 00:57:25,736 --> 00:57:29,197 Well, normally, a trainee would spend anything between 100 and 120 hours 650 00:57:29,281 --> 00:57:30,782 in one of these things. 651 00:57:30,866 --> 00:57:32,586 Do you think I could do it in three months? 652 00:57:32,993 --> 00:57:34,536 That would be unusual, sir. 653 00:57:35,454 --> 00:57:37,456 I'm a fast learner, 654 00:57:37,539 --> 00:57:40,208 and believe me when I say I've got nothing else to do. 655 00:57:55,891 --> 00:57:57,809 I couldn't help notice you filled her right up. 656 00:57:57,893 --> 00:58:01,146 - Starboard and port. Eighteen gallons? - Yes. 657 00:58:01,229 --> 00:58:03,607 - Fancy lunch in Edinburgh? - Edinburgh? 658 00:58:03,732 --> 00:58:07,444 They made me Duke there, so I should probably show up from time to time. 659 00:58:07,527 --> 00:58:09,488 Unless you have more pressing engagements? 660 00:58:09,571 --> 00:58:11,406 - No, sir. - All right. 661 00:58:11,907 --> 00:58:15,327 All right, I'll adjust RPMs and cruising speed for range flying. 662 00:58:15,410 --> 00:58:18,789 We'll have to land to refuel, sir. RAF Finningley. 663 00:58:18,872 --> 00:58:21,249 - Oh, really? Where's that? - Doncaster. 664 00:58:21,333 --> 00:58:24,419 Doncaster? Right.