All language subtitles for The.Windsors Dynasty.S01E02_English

[drums beat]

- Spring 1937.

Albert Windsor,
known as Bertie,

is woken by the sound
of a military band,

practicing for his coronation.

He is about to be crowned
King George VI,

a role he never wanted.

[dramatic music]

His elder brother chose
to give up the throne

to marry
a twice-divorced American.

- I have found it impossible

to discharge
my duties as king,

without the help
of the woman I love.

- Can King George,
the shy man with a stutter,

mend a broken monarchy?

His brother, Edward, has not
gone quietly into exile.

[soldiers chanting]

And a looming war
threatens global chaos.

- The glory of
a British coronation.

Nowhere in the world is there
anything half so wonderful.

It'll be one of the dates
in English history

that the school children
will learn about.

- Immediately before
the coronation,

it must've been momentous
for George.

This was a huge ceremony
that had been prepared

for his older brother,
but it was he

who was taking it all on.

- George's coronation occurred
on the same day

that it would've occurred
for his brother, Edward.

Nothing was changed,
except the person doing it.

Here's somebody with a
complete sense of inadequacy.

He'd always been the moon
to his brother's sun.

- Before he was king,

George was living a relatively
normal, free,

under the radar life.
Happily married.

And, as a younger member
of the royal family,

he does a few public duties,

and is contented
with that life.

- He was always known
as Bertie in the family,

but when he becomes king,

his whole life is
completely changed.

He is intensely aware
that he has been, sort of,

tasked with this
incredibly difficult job.

So one of the first things
he does

is change his name to George,

stressing the continuity
between his reign

and that of his father,
George V.

- The new King George VI
is extremely worried

on taking over the throne,

because the abdication
looms large.

His brother, Edward,
was the most popular man

in the English-speaking world,

and now George has got to
stand up to the plate.

- George is a believer
in the principle of monarchy.

He feels that the British
monarchy is really important

to Britain's
national identity,

and it holds
the nation together.

- Edward's abdication

suggests that kingship
isn't quite as stable

as it
has always appeared,

that it can be given up
easily.

- So George's challenge
is basically

to restore the monarchy
to something like the stability

that it had before his brother
sat on the throne.

- So it's absolutely crucial
for George

that the coronation
is a success,

and that he is launched
successfully as a monarch.

- But insecurities plague
the new king.

- One of George's biggest
worries is he suffers

from a stutter.

For him, talking in public
is torture.

- In the modern news reel age,

the British public expects
both to see

and hear their monarch.

- Now, the British monarchy
is under a lot of scrutiny.

So, the monarch
has to be comfortable

in the role of communicator.

- I think he felt the pressure
of what was expected of him.

His brother was fluent
at making speeches,

which made him
feel inadequate.

- Ladies and Gentlemen,

I'm sure...

that we are all...

happy to feel...

- The stutter sometimes
prevents him

from talking at all.

- That the generosity
of his majesty...

has set an example to all.

- A decade earlier, in 1925,

George's wife, Elizabeth,
had sought the help

of various specialists to try
and cure his stutter.

They tried all sorts of methods
but none worked.

Essentially, he was told
he had a mental defect.

- Elizabeth is his greatest
supporter and champion,

and she seeks out help,

and identifies Lionel Logue
as a therapist,

who can help him overcome
that difficult stammer.

- My grandfather realizes
that confidence is key.

- They went
through speeches together,

replacing certain words
until he felt confident.

And in the run-up
to the coronation,

my grandfather, Lionel Logue,

makes frequent trips
to Buckingham Palace

to help the king prepare
for reciting the oath.

- King George
and Queen Elizabeth

are beginning their triumphal
progress, in the state coach.

- This is the most stressful,
terrifying event of his life.

There's no going back now.

[horn fanfare]

- And the historic
coronation ceremony is begun.

- The abbey
is absolutely full,

including his two daughters,

Princess Elizabeth, who is 11,

and Princess Margaret,
who is six.

George and his family
were very close.

It was one of the great assets
that George had

that Edward
did not have.

- The former king,
George's brother, Edward,

is in exile in France...

- The King moves
from his chair, towards...

- Listening to the ceremony
over the radio.

- Edward, who is now called
the Duke of Windsor,

is sitting with Wallis.

He's actually
knitting her a sweater.

Edward absolutely hates
pomp and pageantry.

If Edward had gone
through that same ceremony,

inside his head,
he would be thinking,

"This is a bunch of balls."

[horn fanfare]

In comparison, George realizes

the significance
of the coronation.

- The coronation ceremony

is a code
of time-honored ritual,

handed down
through the ages.

- For George, the coronation
is a massive issue.

He wasn't an actual performer,
unlike his brother.

And the prospect of the whole
world listening to his words--

you know--he's really anxious

that he will stammer
over the oath,

and that this will make
the monarchy look ridiculous.

- The coronation oath.

- I, George VI,

do solemnly and sincerely
in the presence of God,

declare...

that I will uphold

and maintain
the said powers,

according to law.

- In practice, the King
manages the coronation day,

and the oath and all the
ceremonial perfectly well.

He did, in fact,
rise to the occasion.

[crowd chanting]
God save the King.

God save the King.

[cheering]

[triumphant music]

- The coronation
is a public triumph,

but George has got
big fights ahead,

and that is to show the world

he is the rightful king,
not his brother.

- The newly appointed
Duke of Windsor

and Mrs. Wallis Simpson

were married
in a simple ceremony,

in a lavish, French château.

[somber music]

- A month after the coronation
of King George,

Edward and Wallis
are finally married,

and this is a rather
sad occasion in many ways.

- My grandfather,
Fruity Metcalfe,

was asked to be the best man
at the wedding,

because none of the Duke's
brothers were willing to do it.

- Edward's marriage does not
have the King's blessing.

No one from the royal family
attends.

- Edward never realized
just what a distance

the abdication would put him

from the King, from all his
old friends, from his country.

- Newsreel films are made,

but they're not shown
in Britain.

The newsreel filmmakers
did not release them,

as it would direct
too much attention on Edward.

But Queen Elizabeth wants
to draw the public attention

back towards her and the King.

- Queen Elizabeth was rather
scared that the monarchy

was not necessarily secure.

That perhaps there might be

an element
of the British public

that saw Wallis and Edward

as the charming couple,
and that they could be rivals

in the British public's
affections.

- So the new Queen Elizabeth
is determined to put herself

and her family center stage.

[crowd cheering]

- Queen Elizabeth is the
brains of the outfit, really.

She's shrewd,

and she understands
the creation of an image.

[camera shutters clicking]

- She takes part in this
incredible photo shoot

in 1939,
with Cecil Beaton on camera.

- Cecil Beaton at the time
was not your traditional

royal photographer.

He was a very successful
fashion photographer.

- Queen Elizabeth was wearing
these amazing white dresses,

and these huge, sort of,
crinoline skirts.

Her look is completely
the opposite

of Wallis's look, you know.

Wallis is sharp,
angular, tailored.

- Elizabeth dislikes Wallis.

She blames Wallis
for undermining

and almost fatally

destroying
the British monarchy.

[camera shutter clicks]

- And so Queen Elizabeth's
look is modeled

on a 19th-century portrait

of Queen Victoria,
who, at that time,

was Britain's
longest serving monarch.

So, she is aligning herself
with world tradition and duty.

And every photograph
is a success.

- The monarchy was still
reeling from a crisis

and the image that
Cecil Beaton projected

was of a sort of
glamorous queen

who brought some of that
glamour into the royal family.

- She was a strong character.

You know,
she appeared to be jokey

and a light-hearted person,

but she had a sort of rod
of steel in there, actually.

- Queen Elizabeth projects
this public image

which is warm,
comforting, lovely,

George VI was shy.

He didn't like
public attention.

Not like her.

And at the same time,
she is intent on projecting

a public image
of the ideal family group.

As opposed to Edward
and Wallis Simpson,

who are childless.

- In private, Queen Elizabeth

is preparing
her eldest daughter,

also named Elizabeth,

for her future role.

Overnight, the abdication made
the ten-year-old princess

heir to the British throne.

- Her mother sees the royal job
as a practical job.

She teaches Elizabeth how
to converse with dignitaries,

and conduct royal duties.

- Princess Elizabeth
was quite a shy child,

like her father,

and she followed her mother's
example very much.

[triumphant music]

- England launches
an historic campaign,

to increase and solidify
friendship in North America.

[violin music]

- In 1939, the Second
World War's on the horizon,

and George VI
and his wife, Elizabeth,

embarked for America

to meet President Roosevelt

because Britain
was going to need

all the allies
it could get.

- The American alliance
had been crucial

to Britain's success
in the First World War,

so the sort
of diplomatic purpose

of the visit
is to make a bond

with President Roosevelt
and his wife.

- The King's brother
had visited the United States

some ten years earlier
and had become beloved

by the people
of the United States.

George did not have
that confidence.

- So a lot is riding
on this visit.

This really is George's moment
to prove

not just to America
and to Britain,

but also to himself,

that he can be every bit
as wonderful as Edward.

- The President
and Mrs. Roosevelt

found the King and Queen
warm and, if anything,

regular people
almost immediately.

- Elizabeth is central
to the success of this tour.

She makes people
feel comfortable,

and everyone falls in love
with her.

- These have been
tremendously strenuous days

for the King and Queen.

But there's a short rest
from their public engagements

when they get to stay
at Hyde Park,

the country home of
President Roosevelt's mother.

- On the King and Queen's
last day,

they have a picnic luncheon
with the Roosevelts

that features hot dogs,

this symbolic food
of the common man.

- The President's mother said,

"You cannot offer

the King and Queen of England
a hot dog."

The President said,
"Yes, that's exactly

what we're gonna do."

The King asked
for a second one,

so they clearly enjoyed them.

[indistinct chatter]

- The royal visit to America

is a resounding success
for the King.

[serious music]

But there's danger,
and the danger lies

within George's own family.

- It's 1937,
and Edward and Wallis

are now in France.

Edward is a king
who's lost his throne

and his purpose in life.

He's bored.

- He's constantly ringing up
King George

with advice.
[phone rings]

And treating him still
as the younger brother.

He hasn't yet adjusted to the
fact that he is not the King.

- Edward is used to
having a sense of entitlement.

Now George holds
all the power.

- George VI complains
and says, "Most people

"become king when
their predecessor has died,

"and my predecessor
is alive and well

in France
and causing trouble."

[phone rings]

- George expects, at any time,

to be stabbed in the back
by his brother.

[dramatic string music]

- And after a bit, George
stops answering the phone

because these
telephone conversations

get too difficult.

- Tension between
the brothers deepens

when King George
denies Edward

the one thing he desires most
for his wife.

- When Edward and Wallis
married, George VI wrote

to Edward informing him
that he will not be giving

Wallis the title,
Her Royal Highness, HRH.

- Her Royal Highness--

you're treated
at a certain level.

People courtesy to you
at court.

What George and Elizabeth
are clearly indicating

is that Wallis is not part
of the royal family.

- Edward's whole life
is completely changed.

He can no longer dazzle Wallis

with his royal palaces
and his status.

- But there is one man
who will exploit

Edward's desire
for deference and status.

[cheering]

- Hitler is saying,
"Come to Berlin.

"We'll treat you like royalty.

We'll treat Wallis
like royalty."

And it's too good
an opportunity to pass up.

- Berlin.
A huge crowd greeted

the Duke and Duchess
of Windsor.

The purpose of the visit
was to study

social institutions
and welfare.

- The Nazi Party

lay out the red carpet

for Edward and Wallis.

They curtsied to her,

and they treated her royally.

[cheering]

- By 1937,

Hitler has
an appalling reputation

for political persecution,

the violence
of the Nazi party,

and anti-Semitism is rife
in that country.

The fact that Edward is,
if you like, cavorting

with the Nazis.

That suggests that he endorses
Hitler's regime.

- The visuals are
very damaging indeed.

It's a massive propaganda coup
for the Nazi regime.

- This causes a lot of panic
back in London.

You've got the loose cannon,
Duke of Windsor,

meeting with Hitler, himself.

♪ ♪

- There is a great deal
of outrage

at Edward's trip to Germany.

"The New York Times"
chastens Edward

for allowing himself
to be used as a pawn.

- Edward didn't really
sympathize with the Nazis,

but he wanted to upstage
his brother,

and be a figure
of international importance.

So George was
really very angry.

- Less than two years
after Edward's visit,

Hitler's army invades Poland.

[explosions]

- Poland, September 1939.

[horses neighing]
The German foe begins

its ruthless march
of conquests,

and sets the stage
for World War II.

[explosions]

[somber, dramatic music]

- Britain and Germany
are now at war.

The King addresses
an apprehensive nation.

- There may be
dark days ahead,

but with God's help,

we shall prevail.

- Shortly after the outbreak
of the Second World War,

Winton Churchill becomes
George's prime minister.

- The relationship is quite
frosty in the beginning.

Churchill turns up
to his weekly audience

with the king late.

He dominates the conversation,

and George finds it
disrespectful.

As the war progressed,
they held over 200 meetings

just between the two of them,

where they could talk freely.

- The role of the monarch
was to be consulted,

not to make the decisions.

But during
the Second World War,

he is able to backup
Churchill and support him.

They become mutually
very, very close.

- I think they talked
about absolutely everything.

There came to be built up
between the King

and my grandfather
the most profound trust.

- Now, King George VI

is facing, really,
the darkest hours

as they prepare for

the possibility
of a German invasion.

[airplanes whirring]

- By September 1940,

London is being subjected

to a relentless
bombing campaign,

known as The Blitz.

- During the war,
the royal family

want to present themselves

as a unifying force,

as suffering
alongside their people,

as the symbol that holds
the nation together.

[explosions]

- As the bombing intensifies,
the royal family

visits areas hit
by The Blitz.

- When they go and visit
these bombed out places,

they are really resented.

People actually
don't want them there.

- People end up
booing and jeering

at the royal family.

People who have
lost everything

don't take kindly
to the royal family

trotting out
of their car.

They see it as patronizing,
as being utterly disconnected

from the real world.

- This reaction suggests
that the monarchy does not

have the support
of the British people,

and at a time of war,

where unity
is absolutely essential,

this is really worrying.

- For the monarchy to survive,
it has to be useful.

If they don't succeed
to be of service,

it may lead
to conversation about,

"Maybe we don't need a king,
after all."

- On the 13th
of September, 1940,

the King and Queen are at home
in Buckingham Palace,

in the drawing room.

[sirens wailing]

- All of a sudden,
the King and Queen

hear the sound
that all Londoners

have come to dread--

the air raid siren.

- They hear
the whir, whir, whir

of the German plane,
and it's coming for them.

[explosions]

- A bomb fell only a few feet
from the palace building,

close to the King's
sitting room.

- A member of staff
was killed.

It was a very, very
severe bombing.

They realized that they
were being targeted.

- And so it is,
that Their Majesties

are walking among the debris
in the garden,

just like other families
in 100 homes today.

- The air raid
on Buckingham Palace

is absolutely terrifying

for the King
and for the Queen.

But it has a great impact
on their public image.

It bolsters
their symbolic appeal

as Londoners who are resolute.

- Buckingham Palace
is bombed several times

and the safety
of the King and Queen

is a real issue,

and there is quite a lot
of pressure

for them to leave London.

And they absolutely refuse.

- Truly, this is a war
of all the people.

We're all in it.

- The next time
the King and Queen

go and visit The Blitz damage,

far from being
booed and jeered.

This time, they get applauded.

[cheers and applause]

They have become the symbol
of Keep Calm and Carry On.

- The royal family do not have
any political power,

but Churchill realizes
they can play

a really important part
in boosting morale.

- So, it's not just
the King and Queen

who are involved
in the war effort.

Princess Elizabeth
is enlisted as well,

and she makes broadcast.

She speaks on behalf
of herself,

and her sister, Margaret Rose.

- Princess Elizabeth
is not a natural speaker.

And age 14,

she has to address
the world, really.

So it's a big pressure
on her shoulders.

- And when peace comes,
remember

it will be for us,
the children of today,

to make the world of tomorrow

a better and happier place.

- It was an absolutely,
sort of, magical moment.

Everybody was moved to tears
by these two children

assisting their parents,
really, in the war effort.

- We are both going
to say goodnight to you.

Come on, Margaret.

- Goodnight, children.

- Goodnight,
and good luck to you all.

- The war was very terrifying,
and the idea of having

Princess Elizabeth and
Princess Margaret Rose there

was really, really comforting.

- But King George still has
a problem to contend with...

His exiled brother, Edward.

- At this point,
Edward is still a liability,

and the government
is increasingly concerned

about some of the company
he's been keeping,

including people
with pro-Nazi sympathies.

And all of this
was undermining George.

- Churchill exercises his
authority as prime minister,

effectively to shuffle him off

to the Bahamas as governor,

where it's hope that
the Duke of Windsor

can do very little harm.

- Churchill thought in sending
him a long, long way

from Western Europe,
he can stay out of trouble.

- With Edward and Wallis
over 4,000 miles away,

King George
and Queen Elizabeth

can focus on boosting
national confidence,

and driving the war effort.

- They traveled something like
50,000 miles in the course

of the war,
around the United Kingdom,

visiting troops,

visiting hospitals,
visiting factories.

They are everywhere.

- She is this effective,
wartime queen.

She is sympathetic.

She is there
meeting the people.

It is said that Hitler calls
Queen Elizabeth

the most dangerous woman
in Europe,

because he fears her massive
effect on public morale.

[bell rings]

- Advance, Britannia.

Long live
the cause of freedom.

God save the King.

[cheers and applause]

[triumphant music]

- After six long years of war,

Hitler is defeated.

When victory in Europe
is declared,

the royal family
and Winston Churchill

appear on the palace balcony

to celebrate with the crowds.

- My grandfather's
admiration and respect

for the crown doing its duty

in a country
under great pressure

was probably the most important
thing in his entire life.

[cheers and applause]

- It was just completely mad.
It was joyous.

And everybody
was singing and dancing.

♪ ♪

- George broadcasts
a victory speech

to the nation
that evening,

that my grandfather
listened to.

- At this hour,

when the dreadful shadow of war

has passed far from our...

hearths and homes...

- My grandfather made some
observations in his diary that

the King sounded weary
and tired.

- We may at last make
one pause,

for thanksgiving.

- The war comes at a huge,
personal cost for George VI.

And, to an extent,
he's a broken man

who's not
in the best of health.

- The shadow of war
may have lifted,

but within
George's own family,

peace will soon be disrupted

by a new man in the life
of his eldest daughter.

- The Second World War
has been over for a year,

and at Balmoral Castle
in Scotland,

the 20-year-old
Princess Elizabeth

is deep in conversation
with Prince Philip of Greece.

- Well, of course,
he was so good looking.

I mean, we were all
in love with him.

- Prince Philip of Greece
is a direct descendant

of Queen Victoria,

just as Princess Elizabeth
of Great Britain

is also a direct descendant
of Queen Victoria.

And this makes them
third cousins.

- Prince Philip
was the fifth child

of Prince Andrew of Greece.

He had four
much older sisters.

And within a year and a bit

of his life starting,

the royal family

was overthrown in Greece.

There was a military coup,

and the family had to flee.

- He comes
from a very broken home.

His father has a mistress
in Monte Carlo.

His mother's been shut up

for her
mental health problems.

He never sees her.

And so he's very rootless.

- Somebody described Philip

as a very large dog
without a basket.

- When in England,
Philip stays with his uncle,

the King's cousin,
Lord Louie Mountbatten.

- Prince Philip had
a very difficult childhood,

absent parents.

And so I think
my grandfather Mountbatten

really took on that role.

I think he became more
than even an uncle.

- He's sort of impressed
by what he sees

in the young Prince Philip,
and he starts to have

these, sort of,
ambitions for him.

- Princess Elizabeth
first noticed Philip

seven years earlier,

at the Royal Naval college
in Dartmouth.

- In 1939,
when Princess Elizabeth

was a little girl of 13,

and Prince Philip was 18

and a naval cadet.

[marching band music]

The King and the Queen,
with their two daughters,

came to the college.

They played croquet.

Prince Philip,
concentrating on his shot,

and there is little
Princess Elizabeth

gazing up at him.

[bright, charming music]

- She was smitten, I'm sure,
very, very quickly,

because they did start there,

and never looked back frankly.

It was a big love story.

- The feeling was that it
had been Mountbatten

who engineered this.

- Elizabeth and Philip
wrote letters to each other

throughout the war,

and Elizabeth had a photograph
of Philip beside her bed.

And when the war was over,
they began to see each other

really rather frequently.

- And when he asked her
to marry him in 1946,

Elizabeth says yes to Philip,

but, of course, she has
to ask her father's permission.

- Philip's proposal
came as a nasty shock

to the King and the Queen.

- Prince Philip would not
have been their first choice.

I mean, he was a sort of
foreign prince

and had a lot
of German connections.

- After the war,
there is a great deal

of anti-German sentiment

in the royal household.

The problem for Philip is that
three of his sisters

were married to Nazis,

and therefore, there's
a great deal of suspicion

around Philip.

- The King's private secretary

thought that Philip
was a rough, crude,

coarse sailor who would
probably be unfaithful,

and he didn't trust him
an inch.

- The King does consent
to the marriage,

but on the condition

that they postpone the
announcement of the engagement

until after the royal visit
to South Africa.

- The King hopes that
a little bit of separation

between Elizabeth and Philip
will mean that perhaps

the love will cool a little.

- They go on this tour in 1947

to thank
the South African people

for the support given
to Britain

during the Second World War.

Princess Elizabeth
has never been out

of the country before,

so this is the first
opportunity for her

to unfurl her wings,

and she gets
a great deal of enjoyment

out of the experience.

- While they're on
this trip in South Africa,

on her 21st birthday,

Princess Elizabeth gives
a radio broadcast,

and this is a key moment
in her life.

- I declare before you all
that my whole life,

whether it be long or short,

shall be devoted
to your service.

- Princess Elizabeth,

unlike her Uncle Edward,

vows to devote herself

to a lifetime of public duty

when she is crowned queen.

- Now that is a deliberately

anti-abdication speech.

This is for life.
"I will not abdicate."

- When she made that vow,

felt it deeply,
and meant it,

every word of it,

and has stuck to it
throughout her life.

[crowd cheering]

- After Elizabeth returns
from South Africa,

she is still adamant

she wants to marry
Prince Philip.

[cheering]

- Londoners, who had
been waiting

outside the palace for hours,

made their feelings
perfectly clear

when the Princess
and her fiancé

came out onto the balcony.

[cheering]

- Philip is going to marry
into the royal family.

You can't really do that
without a handle to your name,

without a title,

and he becomes
Duke of Edinburgh.

- She just looked so radiant.
Always calm.

And also, so glamorous,
you know.

Everybody suddenly,
after the war, looked

rather wonderful.

- The royal wedding
is a national success--

a day of celebration
that brightens hard times.

[cheering]

And yet, the king's health
is failing.

That ill health

is gonna have
dramatic consequences

for the young Elizabeth.

- It has just been announced
from Buckingham Palace

that Her Royal Highness,
the Princess Elizabeth,

Duchess of Edinburgh,

was safely delivered
of a prince at 9:14 p.m.

- Buckingham Palace,
in November 1948--

Prince Charles is born.

Almost exactly a year
after the birth,

Prince Philip takes up a post
as second-in-command

of destroyer, "Chequers,"
based in Malta,

and the Princess
comes out to join him.

- I think that when they were
in Malta together,

it was the only time, really,
in their married life

when they've lived
like normal people.

[upbeat string music]

- She could go to dances,
chat to the other wives,

go swimming,
go to the hairdressers.

She felt such freedom.
She loved it.

- I think those
must have been

the best two years
of their lives.

And then, of course, she had to
come back to total reality.

Back to England.

- Anxious and sympathetic
crowds were at the palace,

waiting for news.

The announcement,
that the King was to undergo

an immediate major operation
came as a shock to everyone.

- He needed to have
an operation

for the removal
of one of his lungs.

The King had lung cancer.

[somber music]

The operation itself
seems to be successful,

and the King convinces himself
that he's getting better.

- Even though George feels
he is on the mend,

there is a trip that
he has been planning to do.

But he's not up to it,

and he asks Princess Elizabeth
and Prince Philip

to go in his stead.

- But five days after
his daughter arrives in Kenya,

at home in Sandringham,

at the age of just 56,

the King dies.

[somber music]

- Princess Elizabeth is already
the Queen

the moment her father dies

thousands of miles away
at Sandringham.

So they have to get
the message to her

before the news is announced
on the radio.

And communications,
of course, in 1952,

are very, very difficult.

- The palace sends out
a coded message

to be communicated
to Elizabeth,

but there's a problem.

- The code had
to be deciphered,

and nobody had the code book.

- But the palace thinks
Elizabeth will be told,

and so the palace
tells the world,

but Elizabeth doesn't know.

- Elizabeth's private
secretary, Martin Charteris,

was in the local town
when he hears

that the King has died.

But at this point
it's unconfirmed.

- Princess Elizabeth
was in a room

writing to her father
at the time,

and there is the radio.

Philip's private secretary
went in

and took the radio
out of the room.

- The private secretary hears

that the King
is actually dead,

and so Prince Philip is told.

- Then Prince Philip
has to go

to Princess Elizabeth

and say, "I think we better
go take a walk outside."

And in the garden...

he breaks the news that
her father has died.

- Elizabeth is only 25.

She's lost a father
she adored.

He was her mentor.
He was her guide,

and she was
utterly devoted to him.

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- He demonstrated to her
the meaning of duty.

She never expected she would
lose him so soon.

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- One reign had ended.

A reign begins.

With members
of Her Majesty's government

all await the Queen's arrival.

- My grandfather,
Winston Churchill,

was worried that he didn't
know her at all.

There was
a generational difference.

He would've thought,
"Well, my goodness,

What am I going
to talk to her about?"

- And there she was, this
very vulnerable young woman,

having to take on what
she was going to have to do.

I think we were sort of
dumbfounded, really.

I mean, one wasn't
expecting that to happen.

- She took on this huge job

immediately on top of being

very, very sad that
she'd lost her father.

- The opportunity was given
for the people to pay tribute.

Soon, they were passing
into the hall

at over 4,000 every hour--

itself a measure
of public sorrow and sympathy.

- There is an incredibly
striking image

of George's funeral,

of the three queens

with these incredibly,
sort of, dramatic black veils.

And it's an image
of complete desolation, really.

Total grief.

- I remember them with
black veils over their faces.

I know, it's so sad.

And poor Queen Elizabeth--
then the Queen--

very young indeed.

- Goodness knows what was
going through her mind.

A wondrous thought,
how devastated she must be.

- The Queen is now
the head of the royal family.

It is her responsibility.

She has the biggest job
in the world,

and everyone
is watching to see

whether she can succeed.

- Next on "The Windsors"...

- Philip and Elizabeth
are a golden couple,

but behind the scenes,
he's restless.

- There are rumors that
there might be cracks

in the Queen's marriage.

- And her sister
is actually involved

with a divorced man.

- Where there's a conflict
between love and duty,

it is duty that comes first.