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{\an7}Narrator: WINDSOR--
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE OLDEST AND LARGEST
CONTINUALLY INHABITED CASTLE
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{\an7}IN THE WORLD.
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{\an7}FOR 1,000 YEARS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT’S BEEN THE SYMBOL
OF BRITAIN’S ROYAL DYNASTIES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE QUEEN,
THIS IS A PALACE LIKE NO OTHER.
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{\an7}Man: THE WINDSOR CASTLE
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS HER HOME.
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{\an7}IT IS A FAMILY HOME AS WELL,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND SHE FEELS
VERY COMFORTABLE THERE.
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{\an7}Narrator: 1,000 ROOMS,
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{\an7}HUNDREDS OF STAFF,
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{\an7}\hBILLIONS OF DOLLARS’ WORTH OF
PAINTINGS AND FINE FURNISHINGS,
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{\an7}5,000 ACRES OF PARKLAND.
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{\an7}Man: IT’S A GREAT STAGE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON WHICH THE WHOLE
ROYAL BUSINESS CAN BE ACTED OUT.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: IT’S ALSO
WHERE THE ROYAL FAMILY
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{\an7}HIDE THEIR SECRETS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWoman: THERE ARE
DOCUMENTS AND LETTERS THERE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT I THINK
PROBABLY EVERY HISTORIAN
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{\an7}WOULD GIVE THEIR EYETEETH FOR.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: IT’S BEEN
THE QUEEN’S HOME FOR 80 YEARS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWE’LL REVEAL
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
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{\an7}BEHIND THE CASTLE’S
\h\hIMPOSING WALLS.
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{\an7}WE GO BACK TO THE QUEEN’S
CHILDHOOD YEARS AT WINDSOR
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{\an7}\h\hTO SEE HOW THE CASTLE
PROTECTED THE ROYAL FAMILY
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{\an7}DURING THE DARKEST HOURS
OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hMan: WINDSOR BECAME
A SORT OF CENTER FOR RESISTANCE.
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{\an7}I MEAN, THEY USED WINDSOR
\h\h\h\h\hVERY, VERY WELL.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
WE REVEAL A COVERT MISSION
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{\an7}TO BRING SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS
\h\h\h\hBACK TO THE CASTLE.
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{\an7}Woman: UNDOUBTEDLY
THERE’S ALL KINDS
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{\an7}OF SENSATIONAL AND CONTROVERSIAL
PAPERS AND JOTTINGS.
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: AND LOOK AT
HOW IT BECAME THE SETTING
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{\an7}\hFOR ELIZABETH’S
WHIRLWIND ROMANCE
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{\an7}WITH A HANDSOME FOREIGN PRINCE.
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{\an7}Woman: THE KING REALIZES
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{\an7}THAT IF HE DENIES ELIZABETH
\h\hHER CHANCE TO MARRY HIM,
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{\an7}SHE WILL NEVER FORGIVE HIM.
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{\an7}Narrator: WINDSOR CASTLE
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{\an7}IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE
BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD.
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{\an7}\hMILLIONS OF TOURISTS
FLOCK THERE EACH YEAR.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT WINDSOR IS LOVED AND
CHERISHED MOST BY ONE PERSON,
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{\an7}HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAnna Whitelock:
\h\h\hBUCKINGHAM PALACE
IS VERY MUCH THE OFFICE,
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{\an7}\h\h\hWINDSOR CASTLE
IS THE KIND OF HOME.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT’S THE PLACE
THAT SHE KIND OF GOES TO
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{\an7}IN A VERY UNCELEBRATED WAY
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND A BIT KIND OF
ON THE QUIET, TO ESCAPE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: ELIZABETH’S
LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE CASTLE
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{\an7}BEGAN OVER 80 YEARS AGO.
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{\an7}SHE NEVER EXPECTED
\h\hTO LIVE THERE,
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{\an7}\hBUT WHEN SHE WAS
JUST 10 YEARS OLD,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hHER UNCLE EDWARD MADE
AN EXTRAORDINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
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{\an7}THAT STUNNED THE WORLD.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1936,
EDWARD VIII BECAME KING.
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{\an7}\h\hHE FELL IN LOVE
WITH WALLIS SIMPSON,
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{\an7}BUT SHE WAS DIVORCED.
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{\an7}HE WANTED TO MARRY HER,
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT ACCORDING TO
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND,
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{\an7}IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
FOR HIM TO BE KING
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{\an7}AND HAVE A DIVORCEE AS HIS WIFE.
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{\an7}SO HE WAS FORCED TO CHOOSE
\h\h\h\hBETWEEN THE CROWN
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{\an7}AND THE WOMAN HE LOVED.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAndrew Morton:
THE DARK DAYS IN DECEMBER 1936,
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{\an7}WHERE EDWARD VIII HAD OPPOSITION
TO HIM MARRYING WALLACE SIMPSON,
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{\an7}BASICALLY PLAYED OUT
\hAT WINDSOR CASTLE.
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{\an7}\hIT’S WHERE HE HAD HIS TORTUOUS
CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS BROTHERS.
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{\an7}IT’S WHERE ONE OF HIS BROTHERS,
THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER,
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{\an7}SLAPPED HIM IN THE FACE.
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{\an7}IT’S ALSO WHERE HE MADE
\h\h\h\hTHE VERY FAMOUS,
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{\an7}\h\hPROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS
ROYAL BROADCAST OF ALL TIME.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hRadio announcer:
THIS IS WINDSOR CASTLE.
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{\an7}HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
\h\hPRINCE EDWARD.
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{\an7}Edward VIII: BUT YOU MUST
BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU
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{\an7}THAT I HAVE FOUND IT IMPOSSIBLE
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{\an7}TO CARRY THE HEAVY BURDEN
\h\h\h\hOF RESPONSIBILITY
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{\an7}\hAND TO DISCHARGE
MY DUTIES AS KING
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{\an7}AS I WOULD WISH TO DO
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{\an7}WITHOUT THE HELP AND SUPPORT
\h\h\h\hOF THE WOMAN I LOVE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
EDWARD VIII GAVE UP THE THRONE
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{\an7}AND LEFT WINDSOR CASTLE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT NIGHT
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{\an7}FOR A LIFE IN EXILE.
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{\an7}\h\hHE HAD BEEN KING
FOR JUST 10 MONTHS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hPiers Brendon:
HIS LEAVING THE CASTLE
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{\an7}WAS DEEPLY SYMBOLIC,
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{\an7}BECAUSE HE WAS ABANDONING SHIP,
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{\an7}HE WAS ABANDONING THE COUNTRY,
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{\an7}HE WAS ABANDONING HIS DUTY,
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{\an7}HE WAS SACRIFICING, IN FACT--
\h\h\hWHAT MANY PEOPLE FELT--
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{\an7}HE WAS SACRIFICING
DUTY TO PLEASURE.
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{\an7}Narrator: AT THE TIME,
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{\an7}\h\hPRINCESS ELIZABETH
LIVED WITH HER FAMILY
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{\an7}A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD
\h\h\hAT THE ROYAL LODGE.
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{\an7}\h\hHER FATHER, BERTIE, WAS NOW
THE NEXT IN THE LINE TO THRONE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTOGETHER,
WITH HER MOTHER AND SISTER,
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{\an7}THE LIVES OF THIS YOUNG FAMILY
WERE ABOUT TO CHANGE FOREVER.
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{\an7}RENAMED GEORGE VI,
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{\an7}\h\hBERTIE HAD TO MOVE
INTO BUCKINGHAM PALACE
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{\an7}AND TAKE ON THE SMALL TASK
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{\an7}OF RULING THE LARGEST EMPIRE
\h\h\h\h\hIN WORLD HISTORY.
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{\an7}Whitelock: GEORGE WAS NATURALLY
A SHY, AWKWARD MAN
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{\an7}WHO WANTED TO LIVE
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{\an7}\h\h\hA RELATIVELY NORMAL
FAMILY, DOMESTICATED LIFE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND SO IT WAS
VERY MUCH A SHOCK TO HIM
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND REALLY MEANT
THAT HE HAD TO SUMMON UP
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{\an7}ALL HIS KIND OF COURAGE
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{\an7}AND VERY MUCH GO AGAINST
\h\hHIS NATURAL INSTINCT
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{\an7}TO TAKE THE POSITION OF KING.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
BUT THE STRESS OF THE ABDICATION
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{\an7}WAS NOTHING COMPARED
TO WHAT WAS COMING.
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{\an7}\hIN 1939, JUST THREE YEARS
AFTER GEORGE VI BECAME KING,
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{\an7}BRITAIN DECLARED WAR
\h\hON NAZI GERMANY.
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{\an7}WHERE THE ROYAL FAMILY LIVED,
ESPECIALLY THE ROYAL CHILDREN,
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{\an7}BECAME A NATIONAL CONCERN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hKate Williams:
WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT,
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{\an7}\h\hTHE PUBLIC HAD NO IDEA
WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
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{\an7}THEY WERE COMPLETELY TERRIFIED.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY FEARED
AN ALL-OUT BOMBING RAID
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH PERHAPS
WOULD FLATTEN THE COUNTRY,
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{\an7}\hAND THE IDEA THAT
THESE TWO PRINCESSES
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{\an7}AND THE FUTURE HEIR
\h\h\hTO THE THRONE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hCOULD BE INJURED
OR TOUCHED BY THIS BOMB
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{\an7}WAS REALLY TERRIFYING.
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: IT WAS DECIDED
THAT THE HEIRS TO THE THRONE
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{\an7}SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM LONDON.
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{\an7}ON THE 12th OF MAY 1940,
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{\an7}WINDSOR CASTLE WAS CHOSEN
AS THE PERFECT SAFE HOUSE
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{\an7}FOR 14-YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH
\hAND 9-YEAR-OLD MARGARET.
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{\an7}\h\h\hWITH ITS MAGNIFICENT VIEWS
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CASTLE,
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{\an7}THE ROYAL SISTERS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hMOVED INTO ROOMS
IN THE LANCASTER TOWER.
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{\an7}Williams: THESE TWO PRINCESSES
\h\h\hHAD THIS GIGANTIC CASTLE
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{\an7}TO EXPLORE JUST FOR THEMSELVES.
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{\an7}FOR SOMEONE LIKE ELIZABETH,
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{\an7}WHO WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED
IN HERITAGE AND HISTORY
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{\an7}AND IN HER FAMILY’S BELONGINGS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS SOMEWHERE
THAT SHE REALLY LOVED TO TOUR
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{\an7}\h\hAND LOOK AT AND EXPLORE
WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hFOR MARGARET,
IT WAS A PLACE OF FUN.
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{\an7}YOU COULD RUN AROUND
\h\h\hTHE CORRIDORS,
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{\an7}YOU COULD GIGGLE,
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{\an7}\h\h\hYOU COULD DASH
ALL OVER THE PLACE,
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{\an7}YOU COULD PLAY HIDE AND SEEK.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hFOR HER, IT WAS
ONE BIG THEME PARK OF FUN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ENTRUSTED WITH PROTECTING
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{\an7}\hTHE TWO PRINCESSES
INSIDE THEIR CASTLE
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{\an7}WAS A SCOTTISH GOVERNESS
CALLED MARION CRAWFORD.
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{\an7}NICKNAMED "CRAWFIE,"
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{\an7}SHE WAS AN INSEPARABLE
\h\h\hAND DEVOTED PART
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{\an7}OF THE YOUNG PRINCESSES’ LIVES.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNigel Astell:
SHE WAS INDOMITABLE.
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{\an7}SHE HAD VERY HIGH STANDARDS.
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{\an7}SHE DEMANDED LOYALTY,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE SAME WAY
THAT SHE GAVE LOYALTY.
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{\an7}\hSHE SORT OF PUT HER WHOLE LIFE
INTO LOOKING AFTER THESE GIRLS.
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{\an7}\hAND ALL SHE THOUGHT ABOUT
WAS THE LIFE THEY HAD THERE.
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{\an7}SHE USED TO TALK ABOUT THE FUN
\h\hTHEY USED TO HAVE PLAYING
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{\an7}\h\hAND THE HUGE SPACE
THERE WAS AT WINDSOR.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR
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{\an7}HAD LITTLE IMPACT ON THE LIVES
\hOF THE PRINCESSES AT WINDSOR
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{\an7}OR THEIR PARENTS IN LONDON.
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{\an7}\hBUT IN SEPTEMBER 1940,
WAVES OF GERMAN BOMBERS
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{\an7}BEGAN TO DESTROY LONDON
\h\h\hSTREET BY STREET.
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{\an7}THE OFFICIAL LINE WAS
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT THE KING AND QUEEN
REMAINED AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
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{\an7}THROUGHOUT THE BLITZ
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{\an7}\h\hIN SOLIDARITY
WITH THEIR PEOPLE.
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{\an7}♪ THE KING IS STILL IN LONDON ♪
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{\an7}♪ IN LONDON, IN LONDON ♪
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{\an7}♪ LIKE MR. JONES AND MR. BROWN ♪
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{\an7}♪ THE KING IS STILL
\h\hIN LONDON TOWN ♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Narrator: IN FACT,
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{\an7}THEY SPENT THEIR WEEKDAYS
\h\h\hAT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
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{\an7}AND NIGHTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.
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{\an7}\hBrendon: THE THEORY IS
THAT THE KING AND QUEEN
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{\an7}DID WONDERS FOR THE MORALE
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE PEOPLE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hIN FACT, THE KING
WASN’T STILL IN LONDON.
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE KING, EVERY EVENING
DURING THE WORST OF THE BLITZ,
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{\an7}THEY TRAVELED DOWN TO WINDSOR
\h\h\h\h\hTO SPEND THE NIGHT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
IT WASN’T JUST THE ROYALS
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{\an7}WHO WERE SHELTERED
AT WINDSOR CASTLE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSO, TOO, WERE SOME OF
THE NATION’S GREATEST TREASURES.
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{\an7}Morton: BECAUSE THERE’D BEEN
\h\h\h\h\hSOME BOMBING THERE
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{\an7}AROUND THE TOWER OF LONDON,
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{\an7}THEY SECRETLY TOOK OUT
ALL THE CROWN JEWELS,
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{\an7}THESE FABLED GEMS,
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{\an7}THESE SAPPHIRES, THESE EMERALDS,
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{\an7}TOOK THEM TO WINDSOR CASTLE
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{\an7}AND VERY SECRETLY THEY USED
\hPLIERS, THEY USED HAMMERS,
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{\an7}TO PRIZE THESE GEMS
\hOUT OF THE CROWNS
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{\an7}AND PUT THEM INTO VELVET BAGS,
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{\an7}THEN PUT THEM INTO HAT BOXES,
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{\an7}AND HID THEM IN THE BASEMENT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHOUGHT THE FAMILY
AND THEIR JEWELS WOULD BE SAFE
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{\an7}INSIDE THEIR ANCIENT FORTRESS.
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{\an7}BUT THE NAZIS HAD OTHER IDEAS.
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{\an7}BOMBS WOULD BE DROPPED
\h\hALL OVER BRITAIN,
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{\an7}AND WINDSOR WOULD NOT BE SPARED
FROM HITLER’S EVIL PLANS.
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{\an7}IN LATE 1940, TOWNS AND CITIES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hACROSS BRITAIN,
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{\an7}INCLUDING WINDSOR,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWERE NOW IN
THE GERMAN BOMBERS’ SIGHTS.
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{\an7}THE CASTLE BECAME
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{\an7}THE ROYAL FAMILY’S
AIR RAID SHELTER.
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{\an7}\hChristopher Warwick:
PRINCESS MARGARET SAID
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{\an7}THAT IT ALWAYS SEEMED AS THOUGH
THEY’D JUST GOT TO SLEEP
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{\an7}WHEN THE ENEMY AIRCRAFT
\h\hSTARTED GOING OVER.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}THEY HAD TO BE ROUSED,
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{\an7}\h\hDRESSED IN THEIR
LITTLE BOILER SUITS.
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{\an7}THEY’D GOT THEIR LITTLE CASES
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{\an7}WITH THEIR BITS AND PIECES IN
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THEY WANTED.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THEN THEY WOULD
MAKE THE TREK WAY, WAY DOWN
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hINTO THE CELLARS,
THE BASEMENTS OF THE TOWER
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{\an7}IN WHICH THEY LIVED.
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{\an7}\h\h\hWilliams: THE BEST PLACE
TO SHELTER FOR WINDSOR CASTLE
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{\an7}WAS RIGHT IN THE DEPTHS
\h\h\h\hIN THE DUNGEONS,
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{\an7}AND HISTORICALLY
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{\an7}\h\hTHAT’S WHERE THEIR ANCESTORS
HAD IMPRISONED ALL THE BADDIES,
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{\an7}ALL THE TRAITORS,
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{\an7}EVERYONE THEY WANTED
\h\hOUT OF THE WAY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hSO THEY’D BEEN
A VERY UNHAPPY PLACE.
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{\an7}[AIRCRAFT ROARING]
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{\an7}Narrator: DEEP IN THE DUNGEONS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE YOUNG GIRLS
WERE SURROUNDED BY THE GHOSTS
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{\an7}OF WINDSOR CASTLE’S GRIM PAST.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hSOME OF THESE
WERE THE INNOCENT VICTIMS
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{\an7}OF THE VICIOUS KING JOHN,
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{\an7}THE GREAT, GREAT GRANDSON
OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.
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{\an7}HE INHERITED THE CASTLE IN 1199,
AND FROM THERE,
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{\an7}HE SET ABOUT IMPRISONING
AND KILLING HIS ENEMIES.
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{\an7}Marc Morris: KING JOHN
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{\an7}WAS A VERY, VERY NASTY
\h\h\h\hPIECE OF WORK.
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{\an7}HE REALLY WAS A GENUINE ROTTER.
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{\an7}HE FALLS OUT
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{\an7}\hWITH ONE OF HIS GREAT MEN,
WILLIAM DE BRAOSE, IN 1208,
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND HE CATCHES UP
WITH THE BRAOSE FAMILY.
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{\an7}JOHN GETS HOLD OF HIS WIFE
\h\h\hAND HIS ELDEST SON.
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{\an7}AND THOSE TWO PRISONERS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHE LOCKS UP
AND STARVES TO DEATH.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE MOTHER
WAS IN HER SON’S ARMS,
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{\an7}AND SHE, IN DESPERATION,
HAD GNAWED AT HIS CHEEKS
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{\an7}\hBECAUSE SHE WAS
STARVING TO DEATH.
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{\an7}Narrator: IF STARVING PEOPLE
TO DEATH WASN’T BAD ENOUGH,
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{\an7}\hKING JOHN NEARLY MANAGED
TO DESTROY HIS OWN CASTLE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMorris:
JOHN WAS SUCH A DISASTROUS KING,
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{\an7}VERY SOON INTO HIS REIGN,
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{\an7}PEOPLE ARE REBELLING
\h\h\h\hAGAINST HIM.
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{\an7}IT COMES TO A HEAD IN 1215,
\h\h\hWHEN A GROUP OF BARONS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hGET JOHN TO PROMISE
TO BEHAVE BETTER IN FUTURE.
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{\an7}AND THAT PROMISE, FAMOUSLY,
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS MAGNA CARTA.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ON THE 15th OF JUNE 1215,
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{\an7}JOHN RODE OUT FROM WINDSOR
\h\h\hTO NEARBY RUNNYMEDE
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{\an7}TO PLACE HIS ROYAL SEAL
\h\hON THE MAGNA CARTA.
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{\an7}\hIT’S SEEN AS THE MOST
IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT
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{\an7}IN ENGLISH HISTORY.
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{\an7}BUT JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAR BROKE OUT,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND IN 1216,
WINDSOR CASTLE WAS UNDER SIEGE.
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{\an7}Morris: JOHN’S REIGN ENDS
WITH NOT JUST A CIVIL WAR,
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{\an7}BUT A FOREIGN INVASION
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND HALF THE COUNTRY
OCCUPIED BY FRENCH FORCES.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE FRENCH BATTER AWAY AT
WINDSOR FOR TWO WHOLE MONTHS,
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{\an7}THROWING EVERYTHING
THEY’VE GOT AT IT--
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{\an7}CATAPULTS, TRYING TO TUNNEL
\h\h\hUNDERNEATH THE WALLS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTRYING TO THROW
INCENDIARY BOMBS AT IT.
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{\an7}\h\hALL OF THESE ATTEMPTS
AT TAKING THE CASTLE FAIL.
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{\an7}[AIRPLANE ROARING]
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{\an7}Narrator: OVER 700 YEARS LATER,
WINDSOR WAS AGAIN UNDER ATTACK.
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{\an7}BUT THE BLITZ WAS JUST ONE PART
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{\an7}OF HITLER’S EVIL MASTER PLAN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR BRITAIN.
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{\an7}AFTER THE BOMBING,
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{\an7}HE PLANNED TO INVADE THE COUNTRY
AND TAKE IT BY FORCE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWINDSOR CASTLE
HAD A TOP-SECRET ESCAPE ROUTE
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{\an7}FOR ELIZABETH AND MARGARET.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBrian Hoey:
IF THE GERMANS, FOR EXAMPLE,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIF THE ENEMY
HAD MANAGED TO GET IN
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{\an7}OR THERE WAS A DANGER
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{\an7}THAT THEY WERE APPROACHING
\h\hTHE CASTLE IN THAT WAY
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{\an7}AND THE NORMAL AVENUES OF ESCAPE
HAD BEEN SEALED OFF,
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{\an7}THERE IS A SECRET EXIT
\h\hFROM THE DUNGEONS,
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{\an7}WHICH IS STILL THERE,
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{\an7}\hWHICH TAKES YOU OUT
NEAR THE RIVER THAMES,
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{\an7}AND THEY COULD HAVE BEEN
SPIRITED AWAY THAT WAY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BLITZ,
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{\an7}IN OCTOBER 1940,
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{\an7}\hBRITAIN WAS TEETERING
ON THE BRINK OF DEFEAT.
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{\an7}PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL
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{\an7}\h\h\hASKED THE KING
TO LET HIS DAUGHTER
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{\an7}MAKE A CRUCIAL CONTRIBUTION
\h\h\h\h\hTO THE WAR EFFORT.
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{\an7}HE WANTED THE 14-YEAR-OLD
\h\h\h\hPRINCESS ELIZABETH
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{\an7}TO MAKE HER VERY FIRST
\h\h\hRADIO BROADCAST
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{\an7}TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
\h\hAROUND THE WORLD.
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{\an7}IT WOULD BE RECORDED
FROM WINDSOR CASTLE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIngrid Seward:
THERE WERE WEEKS AND WEEKS
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{\an7}\h\hOF PREPARATIONS
WITH HER GOVERNESS.
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{\an7}I MEAN, SHE PRACTICED BREATHING.
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{\an7}\h\hIT WASN’T JUST DONE
LIKE SHE READ A SCRIPT.
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{\an7}\hIT WAS VERY, VERY
CAREFULLY REHEARSED.
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{\an7}AND SHE WAS VERY NERVOUS.
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{\an7}SHE READ IT SEVERAL TIMES
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO HER PARENTS
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{\an7}\h\hBEFORE SHE ACTUALLY
COMPLETED THE BROADCAST.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE SPEECH WAS WRITTEN
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{\an7}\hTO OFFER COMFORT TO HOMESICK
YOUNG EVACUEES SENT OVERSEAS.
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00:15:03,277 --> 00:15:06,572
{\an7}BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER
MORE IMPORTANT MOTIVE.
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{\an7}BRITAIN WAS DESPERATE
\h\h\h\h\hFOR AN ALLY,
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{\an7}\hAND CHURCHILL BELIEVED
THAT THE YOUNG ELIZABETH
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{\an7}\h\hCOULD CHARM AMERICA INTO
DECLARING WAR ON THE NAZIS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSeward:
THE SPEECH WAS RECORDED
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{\an7}IN ONE OF THE ROOMS
\hIN WINDSOR CASTLE,
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{\an7}\h\hBECAUSE I THINK
THEY WANTED IT TO BE
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{\an7}AS SORT OF HOMELY AS POSSIBLE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE PUBLIC HAD HEARD
THE YOUNG PRINCESS’S VOICE.
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{\an7}ELIZABETH NEEDED TO SUMMON
ALL HER WEEKS OF PRACTICE
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{\an7}TO REMAIN CALM AND COMPOSED.
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{\an7}Princess Elizabeth: ALL OF US
CHILDREN WHO ARE STILL AT HOME
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHINK CONTINUALLY
OF OUR FRIENDS AND RELATIONS
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{\an7}WHO HAVE GONE OVERSEAS,
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{\an7}WHO HAVE TRAVELED
THOUSANDS OF MILES
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{\an7}TO FIND A WARTIME HOME
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{\an7}\hAND A KINDLY WELCOME
IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA,
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{\an7}NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA,
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{\an7}AND THE UNITED STATES
\h\h\h\h\hOF AMERICA.
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{\an7}Brendon: IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO
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{\an7}\h\h\hWHAT CHURCHILL
WAS DESPERATE TO DO,
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{\an7}WHICH WAS TO GAIN THE SYMPATHY
\h\h\h\h\hAND, WITH ANY LUCK,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE ALLIANCE
OF THE UNITED STATES.
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{\an7}BUT IT WAS ALSO DESIGNED TO SHOW
THAT THEY WERE GOOD FOR MORALE.
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{\an7}\h\hPrincess Elizabeth:
MY SISTER IS BY MY SIDE,
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{\an7}AND WE ARE BOTH GOING TO SAY
\h\h\h\h\hGOOD NIGHT TO YOU.
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{\an7}COME ON, MARGARET.
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{\an7}\h\hPrincess Margaret:
GOOD NIGHT, CHILDREN.
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{\an7}Princess Elizabeth: GOOD NIGHT,
AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSeward:
YOU CAN TELL IN THAT SPEECH,
336
00:16:37,205 --> 00:16:39,082
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSOME OF THE WAYS
SHE PRONOUNCES HER WORDS,
337
00:16:39,165 --> 00:16:41,376
{\an7}THAT THAT’S ACTUALLY HOW
\h\h\hSHE ALWAYS SPOKE.
338
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{\an7}AND I LOVE THE FACT
339
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{\an7}\h\hTHAT THE AMERICANS PICKED UP
THE PHRASE, "COME ON, MARGARET,"
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00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:48,591
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND USED IT
AS A SORT OF SLANG PHRASE.
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00:16:48,633 --> 00:16:50,343
{\an7}"HEY, COME ON, MARGARET."
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{\an7}Narrator: THE WINDSOR SPEECH
\h\h\hWAS A MASSIVE SUCCESS.
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{\an7}IT WAS FRONT-PAGE NEWS.
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{\an7}AND A SKEPTICAL AMERICAN PUBLIC
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00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:03,147
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWAS WON OVER
BY THE YOUNG PRINCESS.
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{\an7}WINDSOR CASTLE ITSELF BECAME
\hBOTH A SYMBOL OF DEFIANCE
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00:17:09,987 --> 00:17:14,617
{\an7}\h\h\hAND A BEACON OF HOPE
AGAINST A SUPERIOR ENEMY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBrendon: WINDSOR BECAME
A SORT OF CENTER FOR RESISTANCE.
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{\an7}I MEAN, THEY USED WINDSOR
\h\h\h\h\hVERY, VERY WELL.
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{\an7}THEY PLOWED UP WINDSOR PARK
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{\an7}AND TURNED IT OVER
\h\hTO VEGETABLES.
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{\an7}THE QUEEN DISTRIBUTED
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{\an7}A LOT OF THE FURNITURE
\hFROM WINDSOR CASTLE
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{\an7}TO PEOPLE WHO’D BEEN BOMBED OUT.
355
00:17:29,757 --> 00:17:35,179
{\an7}THERE WAS A HUGE EFFORT TO SHOW
THAT ROYALTY WAS DOING ITS BIT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
IN THE CHAOS OF WORLD WAR II,
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{\an7}THE PRINCESSES TRIED TO LEAD
\hA NORMAL LIFE AT WINDSOR.
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{\an7}MIXING WITH LOCAL CHILDREN
359
00:17:45,773 --> 00:17:48,442
{\an7}HELPED KEEP THEIR FEET
\h\h\h\hON THE GROUND.
360
00:17:48,484 --> 00:17:50,945
{\an7}THEY WERE BOTH ACTIVE MEMBERS
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE SEA CADETS
361
00:17:50,987 --> 00:17:54,407
{\an7}AND THE GIRL GUIDES.
362
00:17:54,448 --> 00:17:56,575
{\an7}Williams: EVERY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FROM 2 TILL 4
363
00:17:56,617 --> 00:17:59,161
{\an7}THEY WORKED FOR THEIR GUIDES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOOKING BADGE,
364
00:17:59,203 --> 00:18:02,123
{\an7}MAKING CAKES, MAKING STEWS,
365
00:18:02,164 --> 00:18:04,750
{\an7}\h\h\hLEARNING HOW TO COOK IN
THE KITCHENS OF WINDSOR CASTLE
366
00:18:04,792 --> 00:18:08,504
{\an7}WHERE THEIR ANCESTORS
WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE.
367
00:18:08,546 --> 00:18:11,632
{\an7}\h\h\hNO ROYAL WOULD EVER GO
ANYWHERE NEAR THE KITCHENS.
368
00:18:11,674 --> 00:18:13,843
{\an7}\hTHAT WAS THE SERVANTS.
YOU WOULDN’T TOUCH THEM.
369
00:18:13,884 --> 00:18:15,511
{\an7}AND YET HERE’S ELIZABETH,
\h\h\h\hTHE FUTURE QUEEN,
370
00:18:15,553 --> 00:18:18,514
{\an7}IN THE ROYAL KITCHENS.
371
00:18:18,556 --> 00:18:20,224
{\an7}Narrator: SURPRISINGLY,
372
00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:22,643
{\an7}ELIZABETH’S WARTIME EXPERIENCES
AT WINDSOR CASTLE
373
00:18:22,685 --> 00:18:27,481
{\an7}ARE SOME OF THE HAPPIEST
\h\hIN HER LONG LIFE...
374
00:18:27,523 --> 00:18:31,110
{\an7}THANKS IN PART TO THE ARRIVAL OF
A TALL AND HANDSOME YOUNG MAN
375
00:18:31,152 --> 00:18:34,072
{\an7}AS A GUEST AT CHRISTMAS, 1943.
376
00:18:38,576 --> 00:18:41,621
{\an7}\h\hPRINCE PHILIP WAS
A 22-YEAR-OLD WAR HERO
377
00:18:41,662 --> 00:18:44,123
{\an7}WHO CHANGED THE DESTINIES
\h\h\hOF BOTH THE COUNTRY
378
00:18:44,165 --> 00:18:49,212
{\an7}AND THE 17-YEAR-OLD PRINCESS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOREVER.
379
00:18:49,253 --> 00:18:51,505
{\an7}A ROYAL WITH GERMAN ANCESTRY,
380
00:18:51,547 --> 00:18:55,176
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPHILIP HAD BEEN
PRINCE OF DENMARK AND GREECE.
381
00:18:55,217 --> 00:18:56,760
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWilliams:
THE CASTLE IS FANTASTIC.
382
00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:58,762
{\an7}IT’S HUGE, IT’S HISTORIC.
383
00:18:58,804 --> 00:19:01,098
{\an7}\hHE NEVER REALLY
HAD A FAMILY HOME.
384
00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:03,100
{\an7}\h\h\hAND PHILIP IS A PERSON
WHO DOESN’T HAVE MUCH MONEY,
385
00:19:03,142 --> 00:19:05,603
{\an7}\hAND THERE’S SOME RATHER
UNKIND MOCKERY MADE OF HIM
386
00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:07,564
{\an7}\h\h\hWHEN HE COMES
TO VISIT THE CASTLE,
387
00:19:07,605 --> 00:19:09,941
{\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE WHEN HIS BAG
IS UNPACKED BY THE VALETS,
388
00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:12,193
{\an7}THEY REALIZE HE’S ONLY GOT
\h\h\hONE PAIR OF PAJAMAS.
389
00:19:12,234 --> 00:19:14,027
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHE JUST REALLY
HASN’T GOT VERY MUCH MONEY.
390
00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:19,200
{\an7}\h\h\h\hPhilip Eade:
HIS OWN FAMILY LIFE
391
00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:22,619
{\an7}HAD BEEN COMPLETELY
SORT OF BLOWN APART.
392
00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:25,707
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHIS MOTHER HAD
A VERY BAD NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
393
00:19:25,748 --> 00:19:30,127
{\an7}AND WAS FORCIBLY TAKEN OFF
\h\h\h\h\hTO A SANATORIUM.
394
00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:35,591
{\an7}\hHIS FATHER ALSO MORE OR LESS
ABANDONED THE FAMILY AS WELL.
395
00:19:35,633 --> 00:19:37,051
{\an7}Narrator: DESPITE THIS,
396
00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,136
{\an7}ELIZABETH HAD HER EYE
\h\hON THE YOUNG MAN.
397
00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:41,847
{\an7}\h\hAND SHE HAD THE PERFECT
OPPORTUNITY TO IMPRESS HIM.
398
00:19:45,267 --> 00:19:48,061
{\an7}THE HIGHLIGHT OF WINDSOR’S
\h\h\hWARTIME CHRISTMASES
399
00:19:48,229 --> 00:19:49,939
{\an7}WAS THE ANNUAL PANTOMIME,
400
00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:54,693
{\an7}PERFORMED IN ONE OF THE CASTLE’S
GRANDEST SPACES.
401
00:19:54,735 --> 00:19:57,905
{\an7}Paul Burrell: WATERLOO CHAMBER
\h\hAT WINDSOR CASTLE IS HUGE.
402
00:19:57,947 --> 00:20:01,075
{\an7}IT HAS A MASSIVE CEILING
403
00:20:01,117 --> 00:20:04,454
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWHICH IS OVER-LIT
BY A DOME WITH WINDOWS IN IT
404
00:20:04,495 --> 00:20:06,914
{\an7}TO LET THE LIGHT IN.
405
00:20:06,956 --> 00:20:09,667
{\an7}THE ROOM IS JUST SURROUNDED
406
00:20:09,709 --> 00:20:13,087
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY PORTRAITS
OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
407
00:20:13,129 --> 00:20:16,215
{\an7}AND THE GENERALS WHO FOUGHT
\hAT THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
408
00:20:16,257 --> 00:20:18,342
{\an7}SO THAT’S A VERY FAMOUS ROOM.
409
00:20:20,636 --> 00:20:23,639
{\an7}Narrator: THE WATERLOO CHAMBER
\hWAS CONVERTED INTO A THEATER
410
00:20:23,681 --> 00:20:28,561
{\an7}FIT FOR ROYALTY EVERY CHRISTMAS.
411
00:20:28,602 --> 00:20:30,813
{\an7}AND IN THE 1943 PANTOMIME,
412
00:20:30,855 --> 00:20:33,608
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hELIZABETH DEMANDED
THE STARRING ROLE IN ALADDIN,
413
00:20:33,649 --> 00:20:38,362
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH MARGARET
SUPPORTING HER BIG SISTER.
414
00:20:38,404 --> 00:20:40,489
{\an7}PHILIP WAS GOING TO BE
\h\h\hIN THE AUDIENCE.
415
00:20:40,531 --> 00:20:44,493
{\an7}\h\h\hELIZABETH WAS HOPING
TO SWEEP HIM OFF HIS FEET.
416
00:20:44,535 --> 00:20:47,621
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWilliams:
HERE’S ELIZABETH ON STAGE,
417
00:20:47,663 --> 00:20:49,748
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSHE’S THE LEAD ROLE,
SHE’S GIVING ALL THE LINES,
418
00:20:49,790 --> 00:20:52,960
{\an7}SHE’S GIVING THEM
\h\h\hMARVELOUSLY.
419
00:20:53,002 --> 00:20:56,881
{\an7}IT’S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VIEW
OF ELIZABETH AND OF HER FIGURE.
420
00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:58,507
{\an7}SHE’S 17,
421
00:20:58,549 --> 00:21:01,802
{\an7}\hAND SHE LOOKS ABSOLUTELY
FANTASTIC IN THESE TIGHTS
422
00:21:01,844 --> 00:21:03,971
{\an7}AND IN THESE SORT OF
\h\h\hSHORT SHORTS.
423
00:21:07,516 --> 00:21:08,934
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ACCORDING TO THE STORY,
424
00:21:08,976 --> 00:21:11,061
{\an7}ALADDIN IS GIVEN THREE WISHES.
425
00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:15,190
{\an7}PRINCESS ELIZABETH
\hWAS GRANTED ONE.
426
00:21:15,232 --> 00:21:16,775
{\an7}SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW,
427
00:21:16,817 --> 00:21:20,571
{\an7}THE PRINCE WAS CHARMED
\hBY HER PERFORMANCE.
428
00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:22,573
{\an7}\hEade: HE WAS SEEN
TO LAUGH VERY LOUDLY
429
00:21:22,615 --> 00:21:25,618
{\an7}AT ALL THE BAD JOKES,
430
00:21:25,659 --> 00:21:27,578
{\an7}AND PRINCESS ELIZABETH,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMEANWHILE,
431
00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:32,667
{\an7}WAS MORE ANIMATED THAN ANYONE
\h\h\h\h\h\hHAD EVER SEEN HER.
432
00:21:32,708 --> 00:21:35,502
{\an7}THE EVIDENT FRISSON BETWEEN THEM
433
00:21:35,544 --> 00:21:37,963
{\an7}SEEMED TO CONTINUE
AT WINDSOR CASTLE.
434
00:21:38,005 --> 00:21:41,175
{\an7}♪
435
00:21:41,217 --> 00:21:42,802
{\an7}Williams: FOR PRINCE PHILIP,
436
00:21:42,843 --> 00:21:45,220
{\an7}\hSEEING THE ROYAL FAMILY
AND ELIZABETH AT CHRISTMAS
437
00:21:45,262 --> 00:21:47,097
{\an7}REALLY TRANSFORMED
HIS VIEW OF THEM.
438
00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:50,059
{\an7}THAT WAS EVERYTHING
\hHE’D EVER WANTED--
439
00:21:50,184 --> 00:21:51,852
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hA CLOSE FAMILY
WHO TALKED TO EACH OTHER,
440
00:21:51,894 --> 00:21:54,146
{\an7}PLAYED CARDS, PLAYED CHARADES.
441
00:21:54,188 --> 00:21:56,065
{\an7}THESE SIMPLE PLEASURES
\h\hTHAT HE HADN’T HAD
442
00:21:56,106 --> 00:22:00,193
{\an7}\hBECAUSE HIS FAMILY LIFE
HAD BEEN SO VERY UNHAPPY.
443
00:22:00,236 --> 00:22:02,238
{\an7}SO GOING TO WINDSOR
444
00:22:02,279 --> 00:22:04,907
{\an7}WAS HIS CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE
\h\h\h\h\hTHAT FAMILY LIFE.
445
00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:08,202
{\an7}Narrator: OVER CHRISTMAS,
446
00:22:08,244 --> 00:22:10,455
{\an7}PHILIP AND ELIZABETH’S
\h\h\h\h\hRELATIONSHIP
447
00:22:10,496 --> 00:22:14,542
{\an7}WENT INTO OVERDRIVE.
448
00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:16,126
{\an7}WHEN THE KING AND QUEEN REALIZED
449
00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:18,045
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJUST HOW CLOSE
THE YOUNG COUPLE HAD BECOME,
450
00:22:18,087 --> 00:22:21,465
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEY WERE BOTH
SHOCKED AND APPALLED.
451
00:22:21,507 --> 00:22:24,176
{\an7}Whitelock: WHEN ELIZABETH
FELL IN LOVE WITH PHILIP--
452
00:22:24,218 --> 00:22:25,261
{\an7}AND SHE REALLY DID.
453
00:22:25,302 --> 00:22:27,179
{\an7}\h\h\h\hI MEAN, SHE FELL
HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE
454
00:22:27,221 --> 00:22:29,557
{\an7}WITH THIS VERY HANDSOME MAN.
455
00:22:29,598 --> 00:22:30,933
{\an7}BUT IT WAS SORT OF IRONIC
456
00:22:30,975 --> 00:22:33,060
{\an7}THAT PHILIP WOULD HAVE BEEN
\h\h\h\h\h\hSORT OF PERFECT
457
00:22:33,102 --> 00:22:35,146
{\an7}BY THE STANDARDS OF THE 1930s,
458
00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:37,064
{\an7}BUT NOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
459
00:22:37,106 --> 00:22:38,816
{\an7}\hTHE FACT THAT HE CAME
FROM A GERMAN BACKGROUND
460
00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:42,028
{\an7}\hMEANT THAT HE WAS
FAR LESS DESIRABLE.
461
00:22:44,864 --> 00:22:47,116
{\an7}Narrator: ANY CONNECTION
\hWITH HITLER’S GERMANY
462
00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:51,203
{\an7}WAS A PUBLIC RELATIONS DISASTER.
463
00:22:51,245 --> 00:22:54,957
{\an7}THREE OF PHILIP’S FOUR SISTERS
\hHAD MARRIED PROMINENT NAZIS.
464
00:22:54,999 --> 00:22:57,793
{\an7}\h\h\h\hONE OF HIS NEPHEWS
WAS EVEN NAMED KARL ADOLF
465
00:22:57,835 --> 00:23:01,547
{\an7}IN HONOR OF THE FUHRER.
466
00:23:01,589 --> 00:23:07,512
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT PRINCESS ELIZABETH
WAS MADLY AND BLINDLY IN LOVE.
467
00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:09,096
{\an7}Williams: THE KING REALIZES
468
00:23:09,138 --> 00:23:11,057
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT NO MATTER
HOW MUCH HE DISTRUSTS PHILIP,
469
00:23:11,098 --> 00:23:13,058
{\an7}\hNO MATTER HOW MUCH
HE DOESN’T LIKE HIM,
470
00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:15,477
{\an7}\hIF HE DENIES ELIZABETH
HER CHANCE TO MARRY HIM,
471
00:23:15,519 --> 00:23:17,187
{\an7}SHE WILL NEVER FORGIVE HIM.
472
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:20,649
{\an7}\h\hAND SO HE HAS TO DO IT,
HE HAS TO LET HER MARRY HIM.
473
00:23:20,691 --> 00:23:22,568
{\an7}Narrator: KING GEORGE VI
474
00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:25,071
{\an7}\hDIDN’T HAVE THE HEART
TO END THE RELATIONSHIP.
475
00:23:25,112 --> 00:23:28,490
{\an7}INSTEAD HE TOLD THE YOUNG COUPLE
THEY HAD TO KEEP IT SECRET
476
00:23:28,532 --> 00:23:30,534
{\an7}UNTIL AFTER THE WAR.
477
00:23:33,203 --> 00:23:36,623
{\an7}BUT WHEN THE WAR IN EUROPE
\h\h\h\hENDED IN MAY 1945,
478
00:23:36,665 --> 00:23:40,169
{\an7}\hWINDSOR CASTLE HAD A MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH.
479
00:23:43,589 --> 00:23:45,800
{\an7}GEORGE HAD BEEN TIPPED OFF
\h\h\h\hTHAT HIS BROTHER,
480
00:23:45,841 --> 00:23:47,509
{\an7}THE EXILED KING EDWARD VIII,
481
00:23:47,551 --> 00:23:49,386
{\an7}MAY HAVE COMMITTED TREASON
482
00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:54,141
{\an7}BY MAKING SHADY DEALS
\h\h\hWITH THE NAZIS.
483
00:23:54,183 --> 00:23:59,021
{\an7}IF SO, IT WAS A DARK SECRET THAT
MUST BE HIDDEN AT ALL COSTS.
484
00:24:01,732 --> 00:24:04,902
{\an7}Morton: WHAT GEORGE VI
\hWAS TERRIFIED ABOUT
485
00:24:04,944 --> 00:24:07,488
{\an7}WAS THE PUBLIC FINDING OUT
486
00:24:07,529 --> 00:24:11,867
{\an7}ABOUT HIS OLDER BROTHER BEING
\h\h\h\hBASICALLY A NEO-NAZI.
487
00:24:11,909 --> 00:24:15,621
{\an7}HERE’S A MAN WHO CONTACTED
THE NAZIS DURING THE WAR,
488
00:24:15,663 --> 00:24:20,084
{\an7}\hHAS LITTLE INTEREST
IN BRITAIN’S SURVIVAL.
489
00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:22,628
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSO IN A WAY IT WOULD BE
VERY EMBARRASSING FOR THE DUKE,
490
00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:26,048
{\an7}\hBUT ALSO CRIPPLING
FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY
491
00:24:26,090 --> 00:24:28,467
{\an7}AND FOR THE MONARCHY.
492
00:24:29,969 --> 00:24:31,929
{\an7}Narrator: THE ROYAL FAMILY
\h\h\h\hWAS LED TO BELIEVE
493
00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:36,058
{\an7}THAT INCRIMINATING DOCUMENTS
EXISTED IN POST-WAR GERMANY
494
00:24:36,225 --> 00:24:37,226
{\an7}AND THAT THE DOCUMENTS STATED
495
00:24:37,267 --> 00:24:39,227
{\an7}\h\hTHAT IF HITLER
CONQUERED BRITAIN,
496
00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:44,524
{\an7}EDWARD WOULD RETAKE THE THRONE
WITH HIS WIFE, WALLIS SIMPSON.
497
00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:47,152
{\an7}A DARING PLAN WAS HATCHED
\hTO RECOVER THE EVIDENCE
498
00:24:47,194 --> 00:24:48,862
{\an7}BEFORE THE PRESS DISCOVERED IT
499
00:24:48,904 --> 00:24:51,740
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND STASH IT
INSIDE WINDSOR CASTLE.
500
00:24:54,576 --> 00:24:58,747
{\an7}Brendon: THE ROYAL FAMILY
WERE ANXIOUS TO MAKE SURE
501
00:24:58,789 --> 00:25:02,042
{\an7}THAT ANY CORRESPONDENCE
\h\hTHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE
502
00:25:02,209 --> 00:25:04,670
{\an7}\h\hBETWEEN THE DUKE
AND THE NAZI REGIME
503
00:25:04,712 --> 00:25:06,464
{\an7}SHOULD BE UNDER WRAPS.
504
00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:10,217
{\an7}AND SO, IT APPEARS COURTIERS
\h\h\h\hFROM WINDSOR CASTLE
505
00:25:10,259 --> 00:25:11,510
{\an7}WERE SENT ACROSS TO GERMANY
506
00:25:11,552 --> 00:25:13,220
{\an7}\h\h\hTO BRING BACK
VARIOUS MANUSCRIPTS
507
00:25:13,262 --> 00:25:15,097
{\an7}WHICH HAVE DISAPPEARED.
508
00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:20,227
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
IN THE MONTHS AFTER THE WAR,
509
00:25:20,269 --> 00:25:22,521
{\an7}THE ROYAL COURTIERS MADE
SEVERAL TRIPS TO GERMANY
510
00:25:22,563 --> 00:25:27,068
{\an7}AND BROUGHT A TROVE OF MATERIALS
BACK TO WINDSOR CASTLE.
511
00:25:27,234 --> 00:25:29,737
{\an7}IT’S UNKNOWN IF THE COURTIERS
\h\h\hFOUND WHAT THEY WANTED,
512
00:25:29,778 --> 00:25:33,323
{\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE EVERYTHING THEY
BROUGHT BACK WAS LOCKED AWAY.
513
00:25:34,783 --> 00:25:37,119
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBrendon:
WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED,
514
00:25:37,161 --> 00:25:39,664
{\an7}AND WE PROBABLY WON’T KNOW
\h\h\h\h\h\hWHAT HAPPENED
515
00:25:39,705 --> 00:25:40,706
{\an7}FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
516
00:25:40,748 --> 00:25:44,168
{\an7}OR A HUNDRED YEARS AT ANY RATE.
517
00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:46,128
{\an7}Narrator: THE DOCUMENTS
ARE PART OF A VAST CACHE
518
00:25:46,170 --> 00:25:48,589
{\an7}\hTHAT THE ROYAL FAMILY
KEEP UNDER LOCK AND KEY
519
00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:52,092
{\an7}IN THE ROUND TOWER.
520
00:25:52,134 --> 00:25:54,094
{\an7}IT’S CALLED THE ROYAL ARCHIVES.
521
00:25:54,136 --> 00:25:55,846
{\an7}IT’S WHERE THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR
522
00:25:55,888 --> 00:25:59,225
{\an7}\h\h\h\hKEEPS ALL ITS
MOST INTIMATE SECRETS.
523
00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:00,642
{\an7}\h\hAnne de Courcy:
WINDSOR, OF COURSE,
524
00:26:00,684 --> 00:26:02,519
{\an7}IS A REPOSITORY FOR SECRETS.
525
00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,772
{\an7}THERE ARE DOCUMENTS
\hAND LETTERS THERE
526
00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:06,732
{\an7}THAT I THINK PROBABLY
\h\h\hEVERY HISTORIAN
527
00:26:06,774 --> 00:26:10,069
{\an7}WOULD GIVE THEIR EYETEETH FOR.
528
00:26:10,110 --> 00:26:11,862
{\an7}Narrator: THE ROYAL FAMILY
\h\h\h\hRUTHLESSLY CONTROL
529
00:26:11,904 --> 00:26:13,364
{\an7}WHO CAN ACCESS THE ARCHIVES
530
00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:16,575
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND WHAT EXACTLY
THEY’RE ALLOWED TO SEE,
531
00:26:16,617 --> 00:26:21,080
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hINCLUDING
EDWARD VIII’S LETTERS.
532
00:26:21,205 --> 00:26:23,124
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE SECRET HOARD
OF PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
533
00:26:23,165 --> 00:26:27,044
{\an7}STRETCHES BACK 250 YEARS.
534
00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:31,048
{\an7}FOR ROYAL BIOGRAPHERS,
\h\hIT’S A GOLD MINE.
535
00:26:31,173 --> 00:26:33,759
{\an7}\h\hDe Courcy: THE FIRST TIME
I WENT TO THE ROYAL ARCHIVES,
536
00:26:33,801 --> 00:26:35,469
{\an7}I FOUND IT FRIGHTFULLY
DIFFICULT TO GET INTO
537
00:26:35,511 --> 00:26:38,055
{\an7}BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE
TO GO TO THE ROUND TOWER,
538
00:26:38,180 --> 00:26:40,099
{\an7}AND YOU GO UP A LOT OF STEPS,
539
00:26:40,140 --> 00:26:42,809
{\an7}AND THE SECURITY IS INTENSE.
540
00:26:42,851 --> 00:26:45,687
{\an7}\h\h\hYOU AREN’T EVEN ALLOWED
TO GO TO THE LOO BY YOURSELF.
541
00:26:45,729 --> 00:26:48,232
{\an7}\h\hSOMEBODY ACCOMPANIES YOU
AND STANDS OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
542
00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:50,150
{\an7}\h\hIT IS, AFTER ALL,
THEIR PRIVATE LETTERS.
543
00:26:50,192 --> 00:26:52,194
{\an7}ONE MUSTN’T FORGET THAT.
544
00:26:52,236 --> 00:26:54,739
{\an7}ANY FAMILY HAS RESERVATIONS
545
00:26:54,780 --> 00:27:01,161
{\an7}\hABOUT WHO SEES ALL THE MOST
INTIMATE DIARIES AND LETTERS.
546
00:27:01,203 --> 00:27:02,955
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBrendon:
THE ROYAL ARCHIVES CONTAIN
547
00:27:02,996 --> 00:27:05,165
{\an7}LOTS OF PRIVATE ROYAL THINGS,
548
00:27:05,207 --> 00:27:07,793
{\an7}BUT THEY ALSO CONTAIN
\h\h\hLOTS OF MATERIAL
549
00:27:07,835 --> 00:27:11,547
{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT OUGHT TO BE
IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
550
00:27:11,588 --> 00:27:14,216
{\an7}ROYALTY IS CONTROLLING THE PAST.
551
00:27:14,258 --> 00:27:17,678
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND AS WE KNOW,
THOSE WHO CONTROL THE PAST
552
00:27:17,719 --> 00:27:20,931
{\an7}\h\hHAVE A GREAT INTEREST
IN CONTROLLING THE FUTURE.
553
00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:25,186
{\an7}\hNarrator: BUT THEY’RE NOT THE
ONLY SECRETS HIDDEN AT WINDSOR.
554
00:27:25,227 --> 00:27:28,897
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE CASTLE IS ONE OF
THE ROYAL FAMILY’S GIANT SAFES,
555
00:27:28,939 --> 00:27:32,651
{\an7}HOME TO A VAST AND PRIVATE
\h\hCOLLECTION OF ARTWORK.
556
00:27:32,693 --> 00:27:35,154
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT’S CALLED
THE ROYAL COLLECTION--
557
00:27:35,195 --> 00:27:38,532
{\an7}ONE OF THE FINEST, LARGEST,
\h\hAND MOST VALUABLE TROVES
558
00:27:38,574 --> 00:27:43,162
{\an7}OF ART AND JEWELRY
\h\hIN THE WORLD.
559
00:27:43,203 --> 00:27:47,499
{\an7}\hBrendon: WINDSOR CASTLE
IS A HUGE TREASURE CHEST,
560
00:27:47,541 --> 00:27:52,671
{\an7}IT’S A VAST CORNUCOPIA
\h\h\hOF ART OBJECTS.
561
00:27:52,713 --> 00:27:54,089
{\an7}MUCH OF IT IS IMPERIAL LOOT.
562
00:27:54,131 --> 00:27:55,799
{\an7}EVERY TIME A VICTORIOUS GENERAL
563
00:27:55,841 --> 00:27:58,635
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCONQUERED
SOME OUTPOST OF EMPIRE,
564
00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:01,513
{\an7}HE WOULD SEND BACK
THE PRIZE JEWELS.
565
00:28:01,555 --> 00:28:04,183
{\an7}\hNarrator: ALMOST EVERY ONE
OF THE CASTLE’S 1,000 ROOMS
566
00:28:04,224 --> 00:28:07,561
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS CRAMMED
WITH PRICELESS OBJECTS,
567
00:28:07,603 --> 00:28:10,189
{\an7}WHILE ITS SHELVES ARE STUFFED
\hFULL OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS
568
00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:12,941
{\an7}AND FIRST EDITIONS.
569
00:28:12,983 --> 00:28:17,196
{\an7}Brian Hoey: YOU’VE GOT RENOIRS
\h\h\h\hAND MANETS AND MONETS.
570
00:28:17,237 --> 00:28:20,574
{\an7}\h\h\hIT’S EXTRAORDINARY,
IT’S QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.
571
00:28:20,616 --> 00:28:23,160
{\an7}\h\h\hI SAW A COUPLE
OF CANALETTOS THERE.
572
00:28:23,202 --> 00:28:25,204
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND I THOUGHT,
I WONDER IF THEY’RE REAL?
573
00:28:25,245 --> 00:28:26,955
{\an7}AND I THOUGHT, SILLY ME,
OF COURSE THEY’RE REAL.
574
00:28:26,997 --> 00:28:29,166
{\an7}THERE’S NOTHING FAKE HERE.
575
00:28:29,208 --> 00:28:30,960
{\an7}Brendon: EVERY ARTIST
\hYOU’VE EVER HEARD OF
576
00:28:31,001 --> 00:28:35,047
{\an7}\h\hIS REPRESENTED
IN WINDSOR CASTLE.
577
00:28:35,088 --> 00:28:40,176
{\an7}\hTHERE MUST BE SOMETHING LIKE
TWO MILLION SEPARATE OBJECTS,
578
00:28:40,219 --> 00:28:46,726
{\an7}OF WHICH THE PUBLIC HAVE SEEN
\h\h\h\hA TINY, TINY FRACTION.
579
00:28:46,767 --> 00:28:49,770
{\an7}THIS VAST COLLECTION
\h\h\hOF GOODIES...
580
00:28:49,811 --> 00:28:51,062
{\an7}IT’S WORTH...
581
00:28:51,104 --> 00:28:52,772
{\an7}ESTIMATES VARY,
582
00:28:52,814 --> 00:28:58,236
{\an7}BUT, I MEAN, IT’S WORTH PERHAPS
10 BILLION, PERHAPS 50 BILLION.
583
00:28:58,278 --> 00:29:00,906
{\an7}Narrator: THE COLLECTION
\h\hIS TRULY PRICELESS.
584
00:29:00,948 --> 00:29:05,744
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND IN 1947,
IT GREW A BIT BIGGER.
585
00:29:05,786 --> 00:29:08,497
{\an7}THAT YEAR, DESPITE RESISTANCE
\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM HER PARENTS,
586
00:29:08,538 --> 00:29:14,044
{\an7}ELIZABETH MARRIED PHILIP
ON THE 20th OF NOVEMBER.
587
00:29:14,169 --> 00:29:17,547
{\an7}THE PUBLIC WAS OVERJOYED.
588
00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:19,049
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWilliams:
WEDDING GIFTS WERE SENT
589
00:29:19,174 --> 00:29:21,051
{\an7}TO PHILIP AND ELIZABETH
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD,
590
00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:23,053
{\an7}AND THEY WERE DISPLAYED ON SHOW,
591
00:29:23,220 --> 00:29:26,557
{\an7}AND THERE WERE QUEUES OF PEOPLE
TRYING TO SEE THEM.
592
00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:28,225
{\an7}THEY WEREN’T RESENTFUL
\hOF THIS BIG WEDDING.
593
00:29:28,267 --> 00:29:31,729
{\an7}THEY WERE ACTUALLY
\hEXCITED ABOUT IT
594
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:35,148
{\an7}AND VERY HOPEFUL THAT THIS MEANT
THE END OF THE DARK DAYS
595
00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:40,404
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THE BEGINNING OF
A MARVELOUS FUTURE FOR BRITAIN.
596
00:29:40,445 --> 00:29:43,531
{\an7}Narrator: THAT FUTURE SOON BEGAN
TO TAKE SHAPE IN 1948,
597
00:29:43,573 --> 00:29:46,618
{\an7}WHEN PRINCESS ELIZABETH
\hGAVE BIRTH TO CHARLES.
598
00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:50,581
{\an7}ANNE FOLLOWED TWO YEARS LATER.
599
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:53,542
{\an7}APART FROM RARE APPEARANCES
\h\hIN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS,
600
00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:57,504
{\an7}RAISING CHILDREN AT WINDSOR HAS
ALWAYS BEEN A PRIVATE AFFAIR.
601
00:30:00,257 --> 00:30:03,093
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT IN 1950,
THE WORLD GOT A UNIQUE LOOK
602
00:30:03,135 --> 00:30:08,599
{\an7}AT BEHIND-THE-SCENES LIFE
\h\h\h\hINSIDE THE CASTLE.
603
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,225
{\an7}DEVOTED TO THE ROYAL FAMILY,
604
00:30:10,267 --> 00:30:12,186
{\an7}THE SCOTTISH GOVERNESS
\h\h\hMARION CRAWFORD
605
00:30:12,227 --> 00:30:16,773
{\an7}HAD LOOKED AFTER ELIZABETH
AND MARGARET FOR 17 YEARS.
606
00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:18,692
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNOW SHE WOULD
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS
607
00:30:18,734 --> 00:30:22,488
{\an7}IF YOU REVEAL WINDSOR SECRETS.
608
00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:24,197
{\an7}Williams: NORMALLY A GOVERNESS
609
00:30:24,239 --> 00:30:26,491
{\an7}WOULD EXPECT TO BE THE GOVERNESS
TO THE NEXT SET OF CHILDREN,
610
00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:28,118
{\an7}BUT THAT DOESN’T REALLY HAPPEN,
611
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,163
{\an7}\hAND INSTEAD SHE’S GIVEN
A GRACE AND FAVOR COTTAGE.
612
00:30:31,204 --> 00:30:33,665
{\an7}SHE’S GIVEN HER OWN COTTAGE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO LIVE IN,
613
00:30:33,707 --> 00:30:36,126
{\an7}AND INSTEAD WHAT SHE DOES
\h\hIS SHE’S RATHER NAIVE.
614
00:30:36,168 --> 00:30:40,047
{\an7}SHE THINKS, I KNOW,
\hI’LL WRITE A BOOK.
615
00:30:40,088 --> 00:30:41,673
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
CRAWFIE WROTE AN ACCOUNT
616
00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:43,508
{\an7}ABOUT HER LIFE WITH THE ROYALS
617
00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:47,888
{\an7}AND SEEMED TO HAVE NO IDEA
\hSHE WAS CROSSING A LINE.
618
00:30:47,929 --> 00:30:49,722
{\an7}CALLED "THE LITTLE PRINCESSES,"
619
00:30:49,765 --> 00:30:51,642
{\an7}ITS PAGES ARE FULL OF MEMORIES,
620
00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:54,477
{\an7}LIKE TEA PARTIES WITH THE GIRLS
INSIDE THE CASTLE,
621
00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:58,648
{\an7}\hHIDING IN THE DUNGEONS,
AND THE ROYAL PANTOMIMES.
622
00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:03,486
{\an7}HOWEVER, SHE WROTE THE BOOK
\hWITHOUT ROYAL PERMISSION.
623
00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:06,531
{\an7}\hAstell: IT’S SOMETHING
THAT PEOPLE CAN PICK UP,
624
00:31:06,573 --> 00:31:07,949
{\an7}THEY CAN READ,
625
00:31:07,991 --> 00:31:12,204
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THEY CAN GET
AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENS
626
00:31:12,245 --> 00:31:16,583
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN THE ORDINARY PARTS OF
THE DAYS WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY.
627
00:31:16,625 --> 00:31:20,546
{\an7}\hYOU KNOW, WHEN THEY’RE
NOT OUT ON STATE VISITS,
628
00:31:20,587 --> 00:31:26,134
{\an7}\h\hWHAT THEY DO AT HOME,
HOW THEY ARE AS A FAMILY.
629
00:31:26,176 --> 00:31:27,678
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE EXTREMELY PRIVATE LIVES
630
00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:29,179
{\an7}OF ELIZABETH AND MARGARET,
631
00:31:29,221 --> 00:31:31,390
{\an7}\hAS WELL AS THE KING
AND QUEEN THEMSELVES,
632
00:31:31,431 --> 00:31:37,228
{\an7}WERE NOW ON FULL PUBLIC DISPLAY
IN CRAWFIE’S BOOK.
633
00:31:37,270 --> 00:31:40,899
{\an7}IN ROYALTY-OBSESSED AMERICA,
\h\hIT BECAME A BEST-SELLER,
634
00:31:40,941 --> 00:31:44,194
{\an7}AND CRAWFORD BECAME
\hA VERY RICH WOMAN.
635
00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:49,116
{\an7}\hWilliams: THERE IS THIS
AMAZING ADVERT AT THE TIME
636
00:31:49,157 --> 00:31:51,785
{\an7}FOR "THE LITTLE PRINCESSES"
\hIN AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER,
637
00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:53,704
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND IT SAYS,
"COME INTO OUR CASTLE!"
638
00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:55,080
{\an7}COME INTO OUR CASTLE?
639
00:31:55,122 --> 00:31:56,832
{\an7}\h\hAND THEY’VE GOT THIS
REALLY BRILLIANT PICTURE
640
00:31:56,873 --> 00:31:58,208
{\an7}OF WINDSOR CASTLE.
641
00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:00,586
{\an7}\h\hSO THEY’RE SAYING,
IF YOU READ THIS BOOK,
642
00:32:00,627 --> 00:32:05,257
{\an7}YOU WILL GET PRIVILEGED ACCESS
\h\h\h\h\hINTO WINDSOR CASTLE.
643
00:32:05,298 --> 00:32:06,925
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
BUT "THE LITTLE PRINCESSES"
644
00:32:06,967 --> 00:32:09,887
{\an7}ALSO REVEALED THAT THE KING
AND QUEEN WERE OLD-FASHIONED
645
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:13,223
{\an7}AND OFTEN ABSENT PARENTS.
646
00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:14,641
{\an7}IT WAS AN EMBARRASSING
647
00:32:14,683 --> 00:32:17,144
{\an7}AND DEEPLY PERSONAL LEAK
\h\h\h\hOF ROYAL SECRETS
648
00:32:17,185 --> 00:32:21,731
{\an7}THAT COULD NOT GO UNPUNISHED.
649
00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:24,442
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMARION CRAWFORD
WAS SHUT OUT OF ROYAL CIRCLES
650
00:32:24,484 --> 00:32:28,154
{\an7}AND EXPELLED FROM WINDSOR.
651
00:32:28,196 --> 00:32:31,741
{\an7}Astell: IT BECAME A TRAGEDY...
652
00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:35,161
{\an7}JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS A LADY
\h\h\hWHO HAD DONE EVERYTHING
653
00:32:35,203 --> 00:32:38,164
{\an7}WITH THE FINEST INTENTIONS.
654
00:32:38,206 --> 00:32:42,085
{\an7}THERE IS NO SALACIOUS GOSSIP.
655
00:32:42,127 --> 00:32:45,047
{\an7}\h\hIT IS ALL JUST
STRAIGHT REPORTING
656
00:32:45,088 --> 00:32:48,133
{\an7}AND REPORTING WITH LOVE.
657
00:32:48,175 --> 00:32:56,350
{\an7}BUT SHE THEN HAD TO LIVE
HER LIFE AS THE OUTCAST.
658
00:32:56,391 --> 00:33:00,061
{\an7}Narrator: CRAWFIE NEVER SAW
\h\h\hTHE PRINCESSES AGAIN.
659
00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:01,897
{\an7}BANISHED FROM CASTLE LIFE,
660
00:33:01,938 --> 00:33:04,524
{\an7}HER TREATMENT WAS INTENDED
\h\hTO PREVENT ANYONE ELSE
661
00:33:04,566 --> 00:33:08,236
{\an7}\hFROM SELLING OUT
THE ROYAL FAMILY.
662
00:33:08,278 --> 00:33:10,655
{\an7}Astell: SHE HELD THEM
\hIN VERY HIGH ESTEEM.
663
00:33:10,697 --> 00:33:13,491
{\an7}I FOUND IT ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
664
00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:17,078
{\an7}\hTHAT SHE NEVER SAID
A BAD WORD ABOUT THEM.
665
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:21,082
{\an7}AND I WAS NEVER ALLOWED
\h\h\hTO SAY A BAD WORD.
666
00:33:21,124 --> 00:33:22,667
{\an7}I’VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO MEET THE QUEEN
667
00:33:22,709 --> 00:33:26,046
{\an7}AND EXPLAIN TO HER
HOW CRAWFIE FELT.
668
00:33:30,133 --> 00:33:31,843
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
CRAWFIE’S TELL-ALL BOOK
669
00:33:31,885 --> 00:33:33,303
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWASN’T THE END
OF THE FAMILY’S TROUBLE
670
00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:37,099
{\an7}\h\hWITH SERVANTS
AT WINDSOR CASTLE.
671
00:33:37,140 --> 00:33:39,893
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE 1950s,
IT WAS THE KING’S EQUERRY,
672
00:33:39,935 --> 00:33:41,603
{\an7}GROUP CAPTAIN PETER TOWNSEND,
673
00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:46,150
{\an7}WHO BECAME AN EVEN BIGGER
\hPROBLEM FOR THE ROYALS.
674
00:33:46,191 --> 00:33:47,567
{\an7}HIS PRESENCE AT WINDSOR
675
00:33:47,609 --> 00:33:49,945
{\an7}\h\h\hSET OFF A SCANDAL
THAT RUPTURED THE FAMILY
676
00:33:49,986 --> 00:33:53,239
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND PITTED
SISTER AGAINST SISTER.
677
00:33:54,741 --> 00:33:56,409
{\an7}Christopher Warwick:
\h\hPETER TOWNSEND,
678
00:33:56,451 --> 00:34:01,581
{\an7}\h\hHE WAS A VERY DISTINGUISHED
BATTLE OF BRITAIN FIGHTER PILOT.
679
00:34:01,623 --> 00:34:03,917
{\an7}HE WAS HIGHLY DECORATED.
680
00:34:03,959 --> 00:34:06,837
{\an7}HE WAS VERY MUCH
A FIRM FAVORITE
681
00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:09,589
{\an7}\h\h\hAND A FIRM FIXTURE
WITHIN THE ROYAL FAMILY
682
00:34:09,631 --> 00:34:13,051
{\an7}AND WITHIN THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.
683
00:34:13,218 --> 00:34:14,511
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
TOWNSEND AND HIS YOUNG FAMILY
684
00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:17,890
{\an7}HAD BEEN FIXTURES AT WINDSOR
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSINCE 1945,
685
00:34:17,931 --> 00:34:20,183
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWHEN HE WAS GIVEN
AN EXCLUSIVE ROYAL RESIDENCE,
686
00:34:20,225 --> 00:34:21,476
{\an7}ADELAIDE COTTAGE,
687
00:34:21,518 --> 00:34:25,480
{\an7}ON THE GROUNDS OF THE CASTLE.
688
00:34:25,522 --> 00:34:27,607
{\an7}Hoey: ADELAIDE COTTAGE
689
00:34:27,649 --> 00:34:29,860
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIS A BEAUTIFUL
GRACE AND FAVOR HOME.
690
00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:32,487
{\an7}IT’S VERY PRETTY.
691
00:34:32,529 --> 00:34:36,575
{\an7}\hPARTS OF IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT
LIKE A SWISS COTTAGE, I SUPPOSE.
692
00:34:36,616 --> 00:34:39,202
{\an7}A VERY LARGE SWISS COTTAGE
\h\h\hBECAUSE IT’S ABOUT--
693
00:34:39,244 --> 00:34:40,787
{\an7}IT HAS FIVE OR SIX BEDROOMS,
694
00:34:40,829 --> 00:34:42,581
{\an7}SOME VERY, VERY NICE
\h\hRECEPTION ROOMS.
695
00:34:42,622 --> 00:34:45,917
{\an7}BUT INSIDE IT FEELS COZY.
696
00:34:45,959 --> 00:34:48,587
{\an7}Narrator: THIS HANDSOME
\hNEW ARRIVAL AT WINDSOR
697
00:34:48,628 --> 00:34:50,213
{\an7}MADE AN INSTANT IMPACT
698
00:34:50,255 --> 00:34:54,885
{\an7}ON ONE IMPRESSIONABLE MEMBER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE FAMILY.
699
00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:56,719
{\an7}\h\hPRINCESS MARGARET
BEGAN TO MAKE EXCUSES
700
00:34:56,761 --> 00:34:59,222
{\an7}\hTO VISIT TOWNSEND
AT ADELAIDE COTTAGE,
701
00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:02,309
{\an7}JUST A STONE’S THROW
\h\hFROM THE CASTLE.
702
00:35:05,145 --> 00:35:08,482
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWarwick:
HE WAS EXTREMELY GOOD-LOOKING,
703
00:35:08,523 --> 00:35:12,068
{\an7}VERY, VERY CHARMING,
\h\h\hGREAT COMPANY,
704
00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:14,362
{\an7}AND PRINCESS MARGARET,
\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS FELT,
705
00:35:14,404 --> 00:35:15,447
{\an7}LIKE A LOT OF GIRLS,
706
00:35:15,488 --> 00:35:20,076
{\an7}THAT SHE’D GOT A CRUSH ON HIM.
707
00:35:20,201 --> 00:35:23,162
{\an7}Narrator: HE WAS 16 YEARS OLDER
THAN THE YOUNG PRINCESS.
708
00:35:23,204 --> 00:35:26,082
{\an7}BUT MARGARET DIDN’T CARE.
709
00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:28,042
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWINDSOR WAS
HER PRIVATE PLAYGROUND,
710
00:35:28,209 --> 00:35:33,089
{\an7}\h\h\hAND TOWNSEND WAS A WILLING
PARTICIPANT IN THEIR FLIRTATION.
711
00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:35,717
{\an7}\hWilliams: WINDSOR WAS WHERE
HE AND MARGARET COULD BE FREE.
712
00:35:35,759 --> 00:35:37,094
{\an7}NO ONE WAS LOOKING AT THEM,
713
00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:39,054
{\an7}NO ONE WAS WATCHING THEM
\hOR PHOTOGRAPHING THEM.
714
00:35:39,095 --> 00:35:40,513
{\an7}THEY WENT OUT WALKING TOGETHER,
715
00:35:40,555 --> 00:35:42,223
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHEY ENJOYED
THE OUTSIDE TOGETHER,
716
00:35:42,265 --> 00:35:43,641
{\an7}\h\hTHEY DID REALLY
SPEND TIME TOGETHER.
717
00:35:43,683 --> 00:35:46,102
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSO TO HIM,
WINDSOR’S THIS IDYLLIC PLACE
718
00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:51,191
{\an7}\h\hTHAT DEVELOPED THEIR
RELATIONSHIP IN PRIVACY.
719
00:35:51,232 --> 00:35:53,151
{\an7}Narrator: IN THE SECURE
\hSANCTUARY OF WINDSOR,
720
00:35:53,193 --> 00:35:54,486
{\an7}PETER AND MARGARET’S FRIENDSHIP
721
00:35:54,527 --> 00:35:58,823
{\an7}\h\h\hDEVELOPED INTO
A FULL-BLOWN AFFAIR.
722
00:35:58,865 --> 00:36:02,535
{\an7}BUT A DARK CLOUD WOULD THREATEN
THIS CHARMED AND SECRET WORLD.
723
00:36:04,871 --> 00:36:09,793
{\an7}\hKING GEORGE VI’S HEALTH
WAS RAPIDLY DETERIORATING.
724
00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:13,463
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN JUNE 1951,
HE ESCAPED TO WINDSOR,
725
00:36:13,505 --> 00:36:17,384
{\an7}\hHOPING THE COUNTRY AIR
MIGHT HELP HIS RECOVERY.
726
00:36:17,425 --> 00:36:19,052
{\an7}Whitelock: WINDSOR ONCE AGAIN
727
00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:23,098
{\an7}WAS THIS KIND OF PLACE OF REFUGE
WHERE HE RECUPERATED,
728
00:36:23,139 --> 00:36:27,226
{\an7}\h\hAND IT WAS HOPED WOULD
ACTUALLY FULLY GET BETTER.
729
00:36:27,268 --> 00:36:29,604
{\an7}\h\h\hIT DID SEEM LIKE
HE’D TURNED THE CORNER
730
00:36:29,646 --> 00:36:32,899
{\an7}AND WAS ON A ROAD TO RECOVERY.
731
00:36:32,941 --> 00:36:35,235
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
BUT IT WAS ONLY TEMPORARY.
732
00:36:35,276 --> 00:36:36,861
{\an7}A LIFELONG SMOKER,
733
00:36:36,903 --> 00:36:41,783
{\an7}GEORGE WAS TERMINALLY ILL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH CANCER.
734
00:36:41,825 --> 00:36:43,827
{\an7}AN EMERGENCY OPERATION
\h\h\hTO REMOVE A LUNG
735
00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:45,745
{\an7}COULDN’T SAVE HIM.
736
00:36:48,581 --> 00:36:51,793
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHE DIED SUDDENLY
ON THE 6th OF FEBRUARY 1952,
737
00:36:51,835 --> 00:36:54,921
{\an7}AGED JUST 56.
738
00:36:54,963 --> 00:36:56,673
{\an7}\hNews announcer:
TO ROYAL WINDSOR,
739
00:36:56,715 --> 00:37:00,594
{\an7}HOME OF KINGS FOR 900 YEARS,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHE COMES HOME.
740
00:37:00,635 --> 00:37:03,054
{\an7}\h\h\hTHROUGH THE OLD TOWN
AND ON TOWARDS THE CASTLE
741
00:37:03,096 --> 00:37:05,056
{\an7}THE PROCESSION HEADS.
742
00:37:05,098 --> 00:37:06,558
{\an7}JOURNEY’S END IS NEAR.
743
00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:10,520
{\an7}♪
744
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:13,565
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ON THE 15th OF FEBRUARY 1952,
745
00:37:13,606 --> 00:37:17,944
{\an7}THE COFFIN OF KING GEORGE VI WAS
BROUGHT TO ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL
746
00:37:17,986 --> 00:37:21,907
{\an7}IN THE HEART OF WINDSOR CASTLE.
747
00:37:21,948 --> 00:37:27,078
{\an7}HIS DEATH TRIGGERED TURMOIL
\h\h\h\h\hWITHIN HIS FAMILY.
748
00:37:27,162 --> 00:37:29,539
{\an7}NOW, AGED JUST 25,
749
00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:31,166
{\an7}HIS DAUGHTER WAS ON THE THRONE.
750
00:37:31,207 --> 00:37:32,667
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hELIZABETH
WAS THE YOUNGEST MONARCH
751
00:37:32,709 --> 00:37:35,462
{\an7}SINCE QUEEN VICTORIA.
752
00:37:35,503 --> 00:37:38,631
{\an7}\h\h\hSHE NOW HAD TO LEAD
NOT ONLY A SHOCKED NATION,
753
00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:40,717
{\an7}BUT HER GRIEF-STRICKEN FAMILY.
754
00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:41,885
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWarwick:
THE FAMILY WAS FRACTURED.
755
00:37:41,926 --> 00:37:44,512
{\an7}ELIZABETH BECAME QUEEN.
756
00:37:44,554 --> 00:37:47,557
{\an7}\hSHE WAS A WIFE,
SHE WAS A MOTHER.
757
00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:52,062
{\an7}SHE’S GOT ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF SOVEREIGNTY ON HER SHOULDERS.
758
00:37:52,228 --> 00:37:56,524
{\an7}HER MOTHER, WIDOWED,
759
00:37:56,566 --> 00:38:02,113
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWAS TOTALLY IN
A DARK WORLD OF GRIEF.
760
00:38:02,155 --> 00:38:08,453
{\an7}\h\hSO YOU’VE GOT MARGARET,
ON HER OWN, FEELING LOST...
761
00:38:08,495 --> 00:38:13,834
{\an7}AND PRETTY VULNERABLE
\h\h\h\hIN MANY WAYS.
762
00:38:13,875 --> 00:38:15,502
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
UTTERLY DISTRAUGHT,
763
00:38:15,543 --> 00:38:18,463
{\an7}PRINCESS MARGARET TURNED TO THE
MAN WHO WAS SECRETLY HER LOVER,
764
00:38:18,505 --> 00:38:20,590
{\an7}GROUP CAPTAIN PETER TOWNSEND.
765
00:38:27,597 --> 00:38:30,183
{\an7}Williams: THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN MARGARET AND PETER
766
00:38:30,225 --> 00:38:33,478
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hREALLY ACCELERATES,
IT REALLY HITS A SECOND LEVEL.
767
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,480
{\an7}\h\hAND PETER TOWNSEND
HAS DIVORCED HIS WIFE,
768
00:38:35,522 --> 00:38:39,901
{\an7}\h\hAND HE DECIDES HE WANTS
TO MARRY PRINCESS MARGARET.
769
00:38:39,943 --> 00:38:43,321
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: IN EARLY 1953,
TOWNSEND AND MARGARET MET UP
770
00:38:43,363 --> 00:38:46,408
{\an7}IN ONE OF THE MOST PRIVATE AND
\hOPULENT ROOMS IN THE CASTLE,
771
00:38:46,449 --> 00:38:49,077
{\an7}THE CRIMSON DRAWING ROOM.
772
00:38:49,118 --> 00:38:51,162
{\an7}Burrell: IT’S NAMED AFTER
773
00:38:51,204 --> 00:38:57,043
{\an7}THE CRIMSON SILK DAMASK
\hWALLPAPER AND CURTAINS
774
00:38:57,085 --> 00:38:58,962
{\an7}WHICH HANG IN THAT ROOM,
775
00:38:59,003 --> 00:39:03,132
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND, FAMOUSLY,
TWO VERY IMPORTANT PORTRAITS
776
00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:05,802
{\an7}OF KING GEORGE VI
777
00:39:05,844 --> 00:39:07,095
{\an7}AND QUEEN ELIZABETH
\h\hTHE QUEEN MOTHER
778
00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:08,804
{\an7}IN THEIR CORONATION ROBES
779
00:39:08,847 --> 00:39:10,932
{\an7}ARE EITHER SIDE THE FIREPLACE.
780
00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:17,522
{\an7}Narrator: FREE TO MARRY AGAIN
\h\hAND AWAY FROM PRYING EYES,
781
00:39:17,564 --> 00:39:22,069
{\an7}\h\h\h\hPETER PROPOSED TO
THE 22-YEAR-OLD PRINCESS.
782
00:39:22,110 --> 00:39:25,238
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHEY DECIDED TO KEEP
THEIR ENGAGEMENT UNDER WRAPS.
783
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,783
{\an7}\h\hBUT THIS WAS ONE SECRET
THAT COULDN’T BE HIDDEN AWAY
784
00:39:27,824 --> 00:39:29,659
{\an7}INSIDE WINDSOR CASTLE.
785
00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:34,080
{\an7}♪
786
00:39:34,122 --> 00:39:36,207
{\an7}THE QUEEN’S CORONATION
\hAT WESTMINSTER ABBEY
787
00:39:36,249 --> 00:39:38,543
{\an7}ON THE 2nd OF JUNE 1953
788
00:39:38,585 --> 00:39:41,421
{\an7}WAS THE MOST SPECTACULAR
\hDISPLAY OF ROYAL POWER
789
00:39:41,462 --> 00:39:46,092
{\an7}EVER CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
790
00:39:46,134 --> 00:39:49,220
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE EYES OF THE WORLD
AND THE PRESS WERE WATCHING,
791
00:39:49,262 --> 00:39:52,515
{\an7}HUNGRY FOR ANY ROYAL GOSSIP.
792
00:39:53,850 --> 00:39:55,518
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWilliams:
IT’S ALL GONE BRILLIANTLY.
793
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,520
{\an7}\hELIZABETH’S GOT THE CROWN
ON HER HEAD, IT’S ALL GREAT,
794
00:39:57,562 --> 00:40:00,523
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT THEN MARGARET IS IN
THE PORCH OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY,
795
00:40:00,565 --> 00:40:02,192
{\an7}AND THERE’S PETER TOWNSEND.
796
00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:03,443
{\an7}SHE’S TALKING TO HIM,
HE’S IN FRONT OF HER.
797
00:40:03,484 --> 00:40:07,196
{\an7}NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
798
00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:11,576
{\an7}BUT THEN SHE SORT OF FLICKS
\hSOME DUST OFF HIS COLLAR,
799
00:40:11,618 --> 00:40:14,579
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THAT SEEMS
AN INCREDIBLY INTIMATE MOVE.
800
00:40:14,621 --> 00:40:17,457
{\an7}\hAND UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE
THE WORLD’S PRESS IS THERE,
801
00:40:17,498 --> 00:40:20,543
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY REALIZE
IT’S A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP.
802
00:40:20,585 --> 00:40:22,045
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ONE SHARP-EYED REPORTER
803
00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:24,171
{\an7}BLEW THE AFFAIR WIDE OPEN.
804
00:40:24,213 --> 00:40:27,049
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE HANDSOME DIVORCE
AND THE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS
805
00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:29,176
{\an7}WAS A HUGE STORY.
806
00:40:29,218 --> 00:40:31,595
{\an7}Williams: IT IS AN INCREDIBLE
\hSHOCK TO MARGARET AND PETER
807
00:40:31,638 --> 00:40:33,056
{\an7}THAT WHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP
808
00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,890
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIS NO LONGER THIS
PRIVATE THING AT WINDSOR,
809
00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:38,603
{\an7}BUT THIS HUGE PUBLIC AFFAIR...
810
00:40:38,645 --> 00:40:39,729
{\an7}\h\hEVERYTHING THAT
THEY HAD IN WINDSOR
811
00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:41,147
{\an7}IS PRETTY MUCH SHATTERED,
812
00:40:41,189 --> 00:40:43,692
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE INNOCENCE
THAT THEY HAD IS SHATTERED.
813
00:40:43,733 --> 00:40:45,109
{\an7}THEY SUDDENLY REALIZE
814
00:40:45,151 --> 00:40:47,195
{\an7}THAT THEIR MARRIAGE CANNOT BE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA PRIVATE THING.
815
00:40:47,236 --> 00:40:48,779
{\an7}MARGARET’S A PUBLIC FIGURE,
816
00:40:48,821 --> 00:40:53,576
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND SO IT HAS TO BE
A PUBLIC CAUSE FOR CONCERN.
817
00:40:53,618 --> 00:40:55,245
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
MARGARET’S ENGAGEMENT
818
00:40:55,286 --> 00:40:59,540
{\an7}SUDDENLY BECAME HER SISTER’S
\hMOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGE.
819
00:40:59,582 --> 00:41:01,459
{\an7}IF MARGARET MARRIED A DIVORCE,
820
00:41:01,501 --> 00:41:04,629
{\an7}SHE WOULD HAVE TO LIVE ABROAD,
\h\h\h\hLOSE HER COURT STATUS,
821
00:41:04,671 --> 00:41:08,133
{\an7}AND COME OFF THE ROYAL PAYROLL.
822
00:41:08,174 --> 00:41:11,511
{\an7}WITH ECHOES OF THE ABDICATION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCRISIS IN 1936,
823
00:41:11,552 --> 00:41:15,681
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hQUEEN ELIZABETH
HAD TO MAKE HER SEE THE LIGHT.
824
00:41:15,723 --> 00:41:17,475
{\an7}Warwick: ON A PERSONAL LEVEL,
825
00:41:17,517 --> 00:41:23,857
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE QUEEN WAS DELIGHTED
THAT HER SISTER HAD FOUND LOVE.
826
00:41:26,150 --> 00:41:31,489
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT THE QUEEN ALSO IS
A VERY UNCOMPLICATED WOMAN.
827
00:41:31,531 --> 00:41:33,658
{\an7}\hSHE REALLY COULDN’T
UNDERSTAND HER SISTER.
828
00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:35,202
{\an7}SHE COULDN’T UNDERSTAND
829
00:41:35,243 --> 00:41:38,079
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHY MARGARET
HAD TO COMPLICATE HER LIFE
830
00:41:38,204 --> 00:41:41,666
{\an7}BY BECOMING INVOLVED
WITH A MARRIED MAN.
831
00:41:41,708 --> 00:41:42,876
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ELIZABETH MADE THE FIRST
832
00:41:42,917 --> 00:41:45,128
{\an7}BIG DECISION OF HER REIGN.
833
00:41:45,169 --> 00:41:49,340
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSHE PUT DUTY FIRST
AND SEPARATED THE COUPLE.
834
00:41:49,382 --> 00:41:51,134
{\an7}SIX WEEKS AFTER THE CORONATION,
835
00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:53,469
{\an7}PETER TOWNSEND HAD TO LEAVE
\h\h\h\h\h\hADELAIDE COTTAGE
836
00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:57,932
{\an7}AND WAS SENT TO WORK ABROAD
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR TWO YEARS.
837
00:41:57,974 --> 00:42:03,229
{\an7}WHEN HE RETURNED, THE SEPARATION
FROM WINDSOR HAD DONE ITS JOB.
838
00:42:03,271 --> 00:42:04,522
{\an7}MARGARET ENDED THE ENGAGEMENT,
839
00:42:04,564 --> 00:42:08,902
{\an7}AND THEIR FAMOUS ROMANCE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS OVER.
840
00:42:08,943 --> 00:42:11,070
{\an7}Warwick: SHE DID SAY TO ME
\h\h\h\h\hON ONE OCCASION,
841
00:42:11,112 --> 00:42:15,658
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h"HOW DO YOU KNOW
AFTER TWO YEARS OF BEING APART
842
00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:20,914
{\an7}\hIF YOU STILL WANT
TO MARRY SOMEBODY?"
843
00:42:20,955 --> 00:42:25,960
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMY OWN FEELING IS
THAT WHILST THEY STILL HAD
844
00:42:26,002 --> 00:42:29,214
{\an7}ENORMOUS AFFECTION
\hFOR ONE ANOTHER,
845
00:42:29,255 --> 00:42:31,007
{\an7}\h\hTHEY’D ACTUALLY
FALLEN OUT OF LOVE.
846
00:42:35,928 --> 00:42:37,721
{\an7}Narrator: THROUGH THE BETRAYALS
AND THE SCANDALS
847
00:42:37,764 --> 00:42:39,474
{\an7}OF THOSE CLOSEST TO HER,
848
00:42:39,515 --> 00:42:44,061
{\an7}\h\hQUEEN ELIZABETH LEARNED
HARSH LESSONS THE HARD WAY.
849
00:42:44,103 --> 00:42:47,565
{\an7}DUTY ALWAYS CAME
BEFORE PLEASURE.
850
00:42:47,607 --> 00:42:49,192
{\an7}FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE,
851
00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:52,194
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hSHE WOULD KEEP
HER OWN SECRETS TO HERSELF
852
00:42:52,236 --> 00:42:56,073
{\an7}AND SAFE INSIDE HER FAVORITE
\h\h\h\h\hHOME AND FORTRESS,
853
00:42:56,115 --> 00:42:58,117
{\an7}WINDSOR CASTLE.
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