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00:00:08The Queen's Critic is headed again!
00:00:11Here, attach the Queen!
00:00:14Queen's Critic!
00:00:17Queen's Critic is headed again!
00:00:19Come on, Jack.
00:00:21I'll take one of each this morning, please.
00:00:24And a sundae as well.
00:00:27That's right.
00:00:30Queen's Critic is headed again!
00:00:32Here, attach the Queen!
00:00:50No, I shan't have anything.
00:00:53Sorry, dear.
00:01:21I think it's right.
00:01:23Do you?
00:01:24Yeah.
00:01:25Now I think about it, she is a bit priggish.
00:01:28Excuse me.
00:01:33All right, man.
00:01:35There's not too rough, man.
00:01:38That's not too rough, man.
00:01:40There's not too rough, man.
00:01:58Come on, that. That's it.
00:02:01You're not holding him.
00:02:03Yes.
00:02:07Get straight up!
00:02:44Really?
00:02:48Really.
00:02:53Really.
00:02:55Well, I shall certainly...
00:02:58...let Her Majesty know.
00:03:04Time and tide, Mr. Conservator.
00:03:07Which I know, my own private secretary.
00:03:09Good afternoon to you.
00:03:11Good afternoon, sir.
00:03:24What is it now?
00:03:27Lord Altrincham has been struck.
00:03:33Dumb, I hope.
00:03:35Better than that, ma'am. In the face.
00:03:39Quite forcefully, I'm told.
00:03:42By whom?
00:03:44Which gallant and chivalrous individual?
00:03:46I'm afraid we don't have those details yet.
00:03:50The incident occurred outside the television studios.
00:03:54And the perpetrator is now on his way to the Bow Street police station, where we expect him to be
00:04:00released without charge.
00:04:03Well, how very gratifying.
00:04:05Yes.
00:04:06Very.
00:04:08Which television studios?
00:04:10The independent television network studios, ma'am, where Altrincham had just recorded an interview.
00:04:17For what?
00:04:18A programme appropriately called Impact.
00:04:23When will it air?
00:04:25Tonight, ma'am.
00:04:27Nine o'clock.
00:04:40Nine o'clock.
00:04:47Tell the people, tell them on television, questions in the public mind, answered by people in the public eye.
00:04:55This is Impact.
00:04:58A programme that examines the most important matters of the moment.
00:05:02And which will debate to you at home.
00:05:05Sorry I'm late.
00:05:05Robin Day puts the question.
00:05:07It's just starting.
00:05:10Tonight, we have a man who, because of press activity in recent days, probably needs no introduction.
00:05:15Lord Altrincham.
00:05:16In the space of just a few days, his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the Queen, in a periodical
00:05:22of which he is also publisher, have become the most pressing issue of the day and caused something of a
00:05:27constitutional crisis.
00:05:29So, I'd like to begin by asking Lord Altrincham a simple question.
00:05:33But, she's our head of state, loved, respected and admired throughout the world. So, why do you hate her so
00:05:41very much?
00:06:13To be continued...
00:06:16To be continued...
00:06:20To be continued...
00:06:45To be continued...
00:06:59To be continued...
00:07:03A national and English review...
00:07:05A national and English review...
00:07:09A national and English review...
00:07:09A national and English review...
00:07:09A national...
00:07:10A national and English review two shillings.
00:07:14That's far too long.
00:07:15People are beginning to notice, and that is why the end...
00:07:22And that is why the ending of doctrinal tests and the introduction of women priests is the only viable solution
00:07:28for saving the Church of England.
00:07:29An institution that is becoming increasingly outdated and irrelevant, hour by hour.
00:07:35Who's got a thousand words for me on that?
00:07:38Hello, Patricia.
00:07:39Would anyone like some toffee?
00:07:41Bring it over here, Patricia darling.
00:07:49Oh, divine.
00:07:51Much like Patricia herself.
00:07:53Come, come, my dear. Be seated.
00:07:58Right.
00:07:59If no one's keen on the church story, I can knock something up.
00:08:03Now, a piece on reforming the House of Laws. Dermot.
00:08:07You were going to look at that for me, weren't you?
00:08:08Something nutty about it?
00:08:10Mmm. Molasses.
00:08:12And Europe.
00:08:13We need to work out our official stance.
00:08:15Are we for or against a single European market?
00:08:21Are we in or out?
00:08:25Toffee, John.
00:08:27Oh, you must try some, John.
00:08:29Afraid I have a thing against toffee.
00:08:34Why didn't I know that?
00:08:37Right.
00:08:37You can't know everything about me.
00:08:42It's not the taste I object to so much.
00:08:44I just have painful memories.
00:08:49As a child.
00:08:51Or as sitting in a dentist's chair because of a piece of toffee I ate.
00:09:03Not again.
00:09:05Hi.
00:09:06Sir.
00:09:07Uh, sir?
00:09:10Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work,
00:09:20and your great courage in meeting constant small adversities depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community
00:09:31as a whole.
00:09:38The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its
00:09:47average men and women.
00:09:50Um...
00:09:53Working men and women?
00:09:57Has a touch more dignity?
00:10:04Uh...
00:10:06No, I think average is fine.
00:10:22I thought you might be interested to see this.
00:10:25It's a draft of a speech the Queen's going to give in a week's time.
00:10:30I don't mind telling you I felt a bit uneasy about it.
00:10:38I don't mind telling you, sir.
00:10:48Uh...
00:10:49Yes?
00:10:51Sir, forgive me if I'm interfering beyond my station.
00:11:01Tommy.
00:11:02Pardon.
00:11:03You were about to interfere beyond your station.
00:11:07I don't mind telling you what I'm hearing about.
00:11:08Tommy.
00:11:09It's concerning the speech the Queen is due to give next week at the Jaguar car factory.
00:11:15What about it?
00:11:17I was just wondering if you were happy with it.
00:11:24Well obviously I'm happy with it.
00:11:26Or I wouldn't have shown it to Her Majesty for the approval which she immediately gave.
00:11:33Did the Queen read it?
00:11:35She didn't need to.
00:11:36She immediately asked if I was happy.
00:11:39I replied in the affirmative.
00:11:41And that was good enough for Her Majesty.
00:11:46But I can see that the really important question is,
00:11:51is it good enough for Colonel Charteris?
00:11:56You don't think it strikes the wrong tone?
00:12:00In which sense?
00:12:01In its paternalism.
00:12:07May I?
00:12:09I am.
00:12:11You?
00:12:13I suppose if I had a concern, it would be that post-Suez, in this new climate, in this new
00:12:24Britain, the tone of the speech is somewhat...
00:12:31somewhat what?
00:12:36Old fashioned.
00:12:39Then would leave her open to attack.
00:12:42From whom?
00:12:43The newspapers.
00:12:46People.
00:12:47People.
00:12:47If I had a shilling for every time someone of a progressive or liberal disposition had warned needlessly of a
00:12:53popular attack against the crown, I'd be a rich man.
00:12:57The British people adore their sovereign.
00:13:00It is what constitutes, indeed defines, being British.
00:13:04Now the worst I've ever encountered is apathy, where people simply accept the king or queen as they accept the
00:13:10sky above their heads.
00:13:12But it's a long way from apathy to insurrection.
00:13:16Now, as regards the newspapers, the crown can count on their support for two reasons.
00:13:21First, there is nothing to attack.
00:13:23That's the advantage of a constitutional monarchy.
00:13:26They have no power, so there's nothing to complain about.
00:13:29And even if they wanted to, they'd always let us know first.
00:13:33The palace would then threaten them with a boycott on the next major royal event, causing the newspapers immediately to
00:13:40back down.
00:13:41Because the very people you fear will hate the queen and the same ones who buy copies in their millions.
00:13:49Why?
00:13:50Because they love her.
00:13:55So I'm worrying unnecessarily.
00:13:58Martin, I shall leave the drawing of that inescapable conclusion to you.
00:14:21I'm going to take it in a little shorter, man, and rounder it back.
00:14:25Lovely.
00:15:17I like it very much.
00:15:43I thought you were hoping for more children from me.
00:15:49I am.
00:15:52Why on earth would you do something like that to your hair?
00:15:55What's wrong with it?
00:15:59I thought it was tidy and sensible.
00:16:02Adjectives to stir the loins?
00:16:05Apparently it's very out of mode.
00:16:07All the regimental wives are wearing their hair like this now.
00:16:10Really?
00:16:11Yes.
00:16:11It's certainly very practical.
00:16:14And should you ever feel compelled to ride a motorcycle, it could almost double as a helmet.
00:16:20Well, I like it.
00:16:24I have nothing against it, Pastor.
00:16:27Stop it.
00:16:28She won't provide ample protection against any falling masonry.
00:16:37But if enlarging the family and enticing your husband to procreate is the goal...
00:16:43It is.
00:16:44Then you might take a look at Jane Mansfield.
00:16:48Or Rita Hayworth.
00:16:51Or Rita Hayworth.
00:17:18Sir, will you be fine?
00:17:19Welcome, Your Majesty.
00:17:20Thank you, sir.
00:17:21Elliot.
00:17:22How do you do?
00:17:24It's very, very spacious.
00:17:27This is our research and development area.
00:17:29No, no at all.
00:17:30May I introduce you, ma'am, to Nigel Willoughby, who sketches all of our prototypes.
00:17:36You started drawing, did you?
00:17:38Very good, sir.
00:17:40And that's a chassis?
00:17:41Yes, indeed.
00:17:42A finished MK1, Your Majesty.
00:17:45Ah, no, it's lovely.
00:17:47With top speeds of over 100 miles per hour.
00:17:51Quite the thing, I've always been interested in the red leather.
00:17:54Yes.
00:17:55Is it horse or cow?
00:17:57Thank you, ma'am.
00:17:58Hello.
00:18:01Hello.
00:18:10I wish first to express to you my very great pleasure at being here today.
00:18:18My husband and I have been most profoundly moved by your hospitable welcome and would like you to know how
00:18:26very grateful we are to you all for the work that you do.
00:18:32We understand that in the turbulence of this anxious and active world, many of you are leading uneventful, lonely lives.
00:18:48Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work depend in
00:19:00great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole.
00:19:07The upward course of a nation's history is due, in the long run, to the soundness of heart of its
00:19:15average men and women.
00:19:18May you be proud to remember how much depends on you, and that even when your life seems most monotonous,
00:19:27what you do is always of real value and importance to your fellow.
00:19:34Well, let's have a wonderful time.
00:19:36Well, let's have a wonderful time.
00:19:39Come on, everybody, let's have a wonderful time.
00:19:42Lord Orchner.
00:19:44Evening, Richard.
00:19:46News Corical.
00:19:48Evening, Richard.
00:19:55Ah, I need a favour, some typing.
00:19:57Oh, you're going home.
00:19:59I don't need to be.
00:20:05I've just heard a ridiculous speech by the Queen, and I want to write an immediate response.
00:20:12I'll find someone else.
00:20:13No, no, it's no trouble.
00:20:15I had nothing else planned.
00:20:45I've had another thought.
00:20:47Super.
00:20:48A rather heretical thought.
00:20:51I got the idea from something Walter Badgett said about the first duty of royalty being to inspire.
00:21:19and O'Reilly.
00:21:26I've been philosophy, but I had to leave it for later, and I've been looking around.
00:28:06Excuse me.
00:28:08Excuse me.
00:28:09Excuse me.
00:28:11Excuse me.
00:28:17I asked you to come because I had a phone call an hour ago from a television producer inviting me
00:28:22to record an interview this afternoon.
00:28:25Which program?
00:28:29Which program?
00:28:31I wish it weren't day.
00:28:33I wish it weren't day.
00:28:34We all wish it weren't day.
00:28:35It's terrifying.
00:28:36Don't be silly.
00:28:37The fact that it's day.
00:28:39The fact that it's day is what makes it valuable.
00:28:41The fact that it's day is what makes it valuable.
00:28:41You don't think I'm walking into a trap?
00:28:43You walked into the trap when you wrote the article.
00:28:46Now you're the most unloved individual in Britain.
00:28:50Ironically, day is the one person who could help you.
00:28:54Why?
00:28:56You've seen how he interviews people.
00:28:58He dismembers them, tears them to shreds.
00:29:02Yes.
00:29:02But keep your cool under his scrutiny.
00:29:05Make your case politely, respectfully, intelligently.
00:29:10It could turn people around.
00:29:23Thank you very much.
00:29:31Lord Altrium.
00:29:32How do you do?
00:29:33How do you do?
00:29:33Shall we?
00:29:34Yes.
00:29:34This way.
00:29:35Thank you for coming.
00:29:36Not at all.
00:29:37How long do we have until we start?
00:29:39Well, we'll put them to make up quickly and then we should make stuff.
00:29:43Just here, if you will.
00:29:45Right.
00:29:48Let myself to water.
00:29:50Shouldn't be too long.
00:29:59He's standing by, sir.
00:30:00He's prepared.
00:30:12Can you tell them how all this works?
00:30:14Yes.
00:30:15Recording now.
00:30:16Transmission tonight.
00:30:17Stand by, sir.
00:30:20Five, four, three...
00:30:25Tonight, we have a man who, because of press activity in recent days,
00:30:29probably needs no introduction, Lord Altrium.
00:30:31In the space of just a few days, his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the Queen, in a periodical
00:30:38of which he is also publisher, have become the most pressing issue of the day and caused something of a
00:30:43constitutional crisis.
00:30:45So, I'd like to begin by asking Lord Altrium a simple question.
00:30:50She's our head of state, loved, respected and admired around the world.
00:30:54So, why do you hate her so very much?
00:30:57I...
00:30:58I don't.
00:30:59Then why criticize her like this?
00:31:02That's like asking an art critic why he criticizes art.
00:31:05I'm a passionate monarchist who believes constitutional monarchy is Britain's greatest invention.
00:31:11Do you, indeed?
00:31:12Yes, I do.
00:31:14I believe that monarchy provides clarity.
00:31:16A symbolic head of state, transcending the self-serving interests of the egocentric and self-motivated politicians who go in
00:31:26and out of office, who, as King Lear wonderfully says, ebb and flow by the moon.
00:31:32But, when working at its best, monarchy can rise above such matters and unify a society.
00:31:37It can set the tone and become the embodiment of the nation, of national character.
00:31:41But the problem is, at the moment, it's not doing that.
00:31:45It's doing very little right, as far as you're concerned.
00:31:48No, that's not true.
00:31:50You would like to see Her Majesty endowed with superhuman powers.
00:31:53It's not superhuman to be a little spontaneous.
00:31:55Judging from your article, you'd like the Queen to have the qualities of a wit.
00:32:00You'd like her to be a better orator, a TV personality, in addition to being a diligent, dutiful and devoted
00:32:07monarch and a mother.
00:32:08All I'm suggesting is that in her public speeches and in her appearances, she should be more, uh, natural.
00:32:15Her style of speaking is, quite frankly, a pain in the neck.
00:32:20She sounds strangled.
00:32:23I had the misfortune of hearing one of the Queen's speeches in a dental waiting room recently.
00:32:29I was horrified by the indifference and inertia with which the speech was greeted.
00:32:35But you'd accept that being Queen and head of the Church of England is not an easy job, or a
00:32:40simple one, if you'll forgive me.
00:32:41It's, uh, it's arguably a harder job than editing a small periodical.
00:32:46No, I quite agree. Her Majesty is a seemingly impossible task.
00:32:50She has to be ordinary and extraordinary. Touched by divinity and yet one of us.
00:32:55But being ordinary doesn't have to mean bland, or ineffectual, or forgettable.
00:33:03And against whom do you lay the main charge? Her courtiers?
00:33:06Well, in the end, if the court is wrong, if the set-up is wrong, you have no choice but
00:33:11to criticise the boss.
00:33:12The Queen?
00:33:13Yes. Because only the boss can get rid of the bad servants.
00:33:18She hires them. She alone can fire them.
00:33:22Now, they may be bad. I believe some of them at the moment are. They're quite dreadful.
00:33:26But it is her responsibility. It's not theirs. In the sense that they're just hired hands.
00:33:32And so the personal attack on the monarch continues.
00:33:36Let me just say this. To criticise the monarchy, to criticise Her Majesty, personally, gives me no satisfaction.
00:33:44But we have to remember that since the Second World War, since Suez, Britain has changed beyond recognition.
00:33:51And yet the monarchy continues its pre-war routines as though nothing has happened.
00:33:56Now, I believe it would serve the Queen and her courtiers well to remember that until recently, monarchies were the
00:34:02rule.
00:34:03And republics the exception. But today, republics are the rule. And monarchies, very much the exception.
00:34:14Lord Altringham, I have to terminate the interview. I'm obliged to you for answering my questions.
00:34:18Next week, at the same time, there will be another edition of Impact. Good night.
00:34:25That went very well.
00:34:34Thank you again, Lord Altringham. Good afternoon, thank you. Good day.
00:34:37Good day.
00:34:45I was using the stereo in real life, and I...
00:34:48Lord Altringham?
00:34:50Yes?
00:34:50Oh!
00:34:51Oh, you!
00:34:52You traitor!
00:35:00Congratulations.
00:35:01Well done.
00:35:01Well done.
00:35:03Well done.
00:35:04Well done.
00:35:04Now some white.
00:35:04Well done.
00:35:05Something stronger.
00:35:06What about a brandy?
00:35:08Why not?
00:35:09Well done.
00:35:10Well done.
00:35:12Well done.
00:35:13Well done.
00:35:14Well done.
00:35:16I hope you can't.
00:35:17Really?
00:35:18Oh, man of the armour of red.
00:35:31your majesty yes what is it Michael there have been some reactions in the newspapers to last
00:35:39night's television and to the assault upon Lord altering them I'm afraid it's not quite as we
00:35:48hoped why not well the man struck altering them it turns out is a member of the extreme right
00:35:57League of Empire loyalists which is a pressure group that campaigns against the dissolution
00:36:05of the Empire and has a clear doctrine of English racial supremacy dear and it seems that most people
00:36:15have decided having watched offering them on television that he is eminently reasonable now
00:36:25almost half the country appears to agree with his sentiments and there are new polls to support
00:36:33this that is the Daily Mirror are running at four to one in ordering the favor and even the normally
00:36:42conservative Daily Mail changed its tune this morning in addition and this I believe reflects
00:36:53on his growing concern at some of the telephone calls he has been receiving the Prime Minister
00:37:00suggested that he come up a week earlier than planned in order to discuss it all with you in person
00:37:09goodness the constitutional crisis well I hope you're going to apologize to mr. Macmillan too
00:37:17no you're not going to deny this hell mess springs from a badly written speech which I gave unquestioningly
00:37:22because I trusted you perhaps Lord altering was right perhaps I should surround myself with younger
00:37:29more dynamic people with one foot in the real world
00:37:34you
00:38:01and you believe it's now a government measure I do
00:38:06ambassadors from all around the world have been calling me concerned her majesty will hardly need
00:38:14reminding a great many other countries have overthrown their monarchies and become republics in recent
00:38:20years Egypt Bulgaria Italy Tunisia only last month of course we're not at that point not at a red light
00:38:31we're not even at an amber but we'd hate it to become amber and so it is my view the
00:38:40government's
00:38:41view that it would be wise to contain this as soon as possible and do what the obvious thing altering
00:38:49them is
00:38:49there's a fire which needs to be put out
00:39:19with high room
00:39:20If God doesn't you do that please give those prayers and can see how much better are you?
00:39:29Palas is offered up a chap called Charteres to meet him I looked him up he
00:39:37used to be her principal private secretary well there you are before the King died when she was Princess
00:39:48and now he's assistant private secretary so not quite a pawn but certainly not a bishop or knight
00:39:58either go go in order to be fobbed off go in the spirit of openness and wanting to work together
00:40:06to work together they would have sent someone higher up go all right and take a list of
00:40:15suggestions recommendations don't go empty-handed
00:40:26not yet john your tooth john sorry
00:41:13i'm coming
00:41:33lord orteringham yes this way please
00:42:05good to know
00:42:06i'm seeing the top man
00:42:11in one sense
00:42:20here we are lord orteringham colonel charteris will be with you shortly
00:42:27thank you sir
00:42:52i see we have something in common
00:42:58and what would that be
00:43:05your majesty
00:43:10i i i i i was referring to the photos of eton and sandhurst
00:43:15oh which you attended to i gather
00:43:18yes going on to become an officer of the guards at both
00:43:23st james's palace and windsor castle
00:43:27doesn't quite fit the profile of a revolutionary
00:43:31it's the assumption everyone has made
00:43:34because i dare offer an opinion i must be trying to burn the temple down
00:43:38on the contrary i'm trying to make sure it survives
00:43:42well those of us in the temple are very much looking forward to hearing what it is we must do
00:43:47in order to survive
00:43:50shall we begin
00:43:55is my voice all right
00:43:58you can understand me
00:44:01yes
00:44:01not too strangled
00:44:03not too much a pain in the neck
00:44:06no
00:44:06good
00:44:09so
00:44:11what is it that you'd have me change
00:44:14it's not so much what i'd have you change
00:44:16just an acknowledgement that it has changed
00:44:20what
00:44:22everything
00:44:24and to prepare yourself for the fact
00:44:27we now live in a time where
00:44:31people like me can say exactly what they think
00:44:34yes
00:44:35in any way they want
00:44:37yes
00:44:38and remind me
00:44:40why is that exactly
00:44:44because the age of deference is over
00:44:48and what is left without difference
00:44:52anarchy
00:44:54equality
00:44:55how can it be equality when i cannot return the fire
00:44:58you can
00:44:59but i struggle to think of a moment in history where it has worked to a
00:45:03monarch's advantage
00:45:05to return fire on their own people
00:45:07but you have managed to think of
00:45:10how this monarch might do something to her advantage
00:45:13i have
00:45:14and that same monarch is sitting before
00:45:17forgive me
00:45:19a failed politician
00:45:22and an unrecognized journalist
00:45:25and taking his advice on how to do her job
00:45:30the situation is as baffling to me as it is to you your majesty
00:45:49i've got a list
00:45:51i do as you might know from my article i made a series of observations recommendations of
00:45:59things to change but for the purposes of this meeting i chose to limit those recommendations
00:46:04to um six six three things to start and three things to stop well let's start with the stops
00:46:16very well putting an end to the debutante's ball the idea that only young women of a certain class
00:46:27are presented to the sovereign and women who are not of that class are not presented to the
00:46:31sovereign and somehow not acceptable this is the sort of iniquity that should have died out
00:46:37with our grandparents generation certainly after the war
00:46:46next
00:46:52uh allow divorced people to move more freely in royal circles
00:47:00why the sovereign is head of the church of england and the church does not recognize divorced persons
00:47:05it's unkind discriminatory quite possibly unlawful
00:47:13next
00:47:16uh
00:47:18i would recommend getting rid of an entire generation of court here
00:47:22the old school stuck in the past
00:47:26ostriches
00:47:27with their heads buried in the sand
00:47:30they're stopping the palace evolve in keeping with the rest of the world
00:47:34those ostriches
00:47:36provide an indispensable function of monarchy
00:47:39the preservation of tradition
00:47:44you asked for my recommendations ma'am
00:47:47i'm respectfully passing them on
00:47:54what would you have me start
00:47:57open up
00:48:00know the drawbridge
00:48:03let people get to know you
00:48:05i don't wish to be known
00:48:09televise the christmas speech
00:48:12become more transparent
00:48:14accessible
00:48:18and finally
00:48:19oh finally
00:48:20spend time with normal people
00:48:23not just courtiers or the great and the good but real people average people
00:48:29working people
00:48:32open the doors
00:48:34make it more inclusive and egalitarian
00:48:40let normal people get to know you too
00:48:56would you mind stepping out into the corridor for a moment
00:48:59no not at all
00:49:08and would you ask my private secretary to come in
00:49:12of course
00:49:20and would you ask my private secretary to come in
00:49:21your majesty
00:49:21I'm not sure what's happening.
00:49:34General Choppers.
00:49:45Commander.
00:50:02Orange, please.
00:50:18When I went back into the room,
00:50:21she was gone.
00:50:24Vanished into thin air.
00:50:26Do sit down.
00:50:28Charteress then went on to tell me
00:50:30that no one can ever know that I met the Queen,
00:50:33and that should I ever claim that I did,
00:50:35the palace would robustly deny it.
00:50:38They will, however, concede that I had an appointment
00:50:41with Her Majesty's Assistant, Private Secretary,
00:50:44and that concessions might be made to one or two
00:50:48of my recommendations.
00:50:51May I ask which ones?
00:51:00Let's get these lights in, quickly.
00:51:02Leave me with that camera.
00:51:03Right here.
00:51:05This one next.
00:51:07Well done.
00:51:08Now let's have the rest of the cake.
00:51:20I feel like an actress, a common little showgirl.
00:51:25Don't be silly.
00:51:28In what way am I different?
00:51:31Memorizing lines and remembering angles,
00:51:34wearing makeup.
00:51:36The Queen of the United Kingdom, for one thing.
00:51:39Yes.
00:51:40Who's memorizing lines and remembering angles
00:51:42and wearing makeup.
00:51:54Your Majesty.
00:51:56Right.
00:51:59Where do you want me?
00:52:00This way, please, ma'am.
00:52:12I'm going to check, please, everyone, stand by.
00:52:16This is a song from here.
00:52:36Matt.
00:52:48Matt.
00:53:215, 4, 3.
00:53:28Happy Christmas.
00:53:3325 years ago, my grandfather broadcast the first of these Christmas messages.
00:53:40Today is another landmark.
00:53:43Because television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes on Christmas
00:53:49Day.
00:53:51My own family often gather round to watch the television, as they are at this moment.
00:53:57And that is how I think of you all now.
00:53:59I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and
00:54:07direct.
00:54:10It is inevitable that I should seem a rather remote figure to many of you, a successor
00:54:18to the kings and queens of history, someone whose face may be familiar in newspapers and
00:54:25films, but who never really touches your personal lives.
00:54:30But now at least, for a few minutes, I welcome you into the peace of my own home.
00:54:42That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed
00:54:49at which things are changing all around us.
00:54:57I would like to read a few lines from Pilgrim's Progress.
00:55:20I would like to read a few lines from Pilgrim's Progress.
00:55:22That shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
00:55:32My marks and scars I carry with me to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles,
00:55:42who now will be my rewarder.
00:55:51I hope that 1958 may bring you God's blessings and all the things that you long for.
00:56:01And so I wish you all, young and old, wherever you may be, all the fun and enjoyment and peace
00:56:10of a very happy Christmas.
00:56:14And we're off air.
00:56:27And we're off air.
00:56:30Congratulations.
00:57:14Oh, hello.
00:57:15Oh, my, my.
00:57:17You look pretty.
00:57:19Like the dress.
00:57:20Oh, thank you.
00:57:21And the hair, very unregimental.
00:57:23Oh, yes, Tony, you're the top person, of course.
00:57:25Only stylist who could be trusted.
00:57:28Does he have a name, this stylist?
00:57:31I want to say Victor Gabon, but no, that's not quite right.
00:57:36Vidal Baboon?
00:57:36Vidal Baboon?
00:57:37Yes, I think.
00:57:38Well, anyway, I talk endlessly about the hair as a geometric art form.
00:57:41It looks jolly pretty.
00:57:43If you happen to have a number for this baboon, I might pass it on to my wife.
00:57:48Is that appropriate, by the way, that a red-blooded man should know the correct hairdresser for a woman?
00:57:53There's almost nothing that's appropriate about Tony, but he's made it his mission in life to improve me.
00:58:00Your very own little altering them?
00:58:02Yes.
00:58:03It's rather better in bed, I suspect.
00:58:09Oh, dear God.
00:58:10Good one.
00:58:16There it is.
00:58:18Thank you very much.
00:58:21Who do you suppose that is?
00:58:22It could be Mr. David Smith, a car dealer.
00:58:29And that?
00:58:31I believe that is Harriet the Hammer Jones, a boxer from the old Kent Road.
00:58:42Rounding up the numbers, we have a local restaurateur, a bus driver, a bank clerk, and a woman policeman.
00:58:54All to open things up.
00:58:56Yes, bring us more in line with the real world.
00:58:59To democratise us.
00:59:02And so it goes.
00:59:06The stings and bites we suffer.
00:59:08As it slips away.
00:59:11Bit by bit.
00:59:12Piece by piece.
00:59:15Our authority.
00:59:17Our absolutism.
00:59:19Our divine rights.
00:59:29The history of the monarchy in this country is a one-way street of humiliation.
00:59:34Sacrifices and concessions in order to survive.
00:59:37First the barons came for us, then the merchants, now the journalists.
00:59:41Small wonder we make such a fuss about curtsies, protocol, and precedent.
00:59:45It's all we have left.
00:59:46The last scraps of armour as we go from ruling to reigning to...
00:59:53To what?
00:59:54To being nothing at all.
00:59:59Mary Annette.
01:00:07Right.
01:00:09Gloves on.
01:00:10Right.
01:00:13I told the master of the household to rotate the guests between courses, so if you get a dud, don't
01:00:18worry.
01:00:19It'll be 15 minutes at work.
01:00:43Mr. and Mrs. David Smith.
01:00:44Oh, give me that much.
01:00:45Oh, hello.
01:00:47Very nice.
01:00:48Mr. and Mrs. Patel.
01:00:49I didn't hear that.
01:00:50What a couple.
01:00:52Mr. Harry the Hatterman.
01:00:53Oh, I play so much around you.
01:00:55Thank you so much around you.
01:00:56You look absolutely...
01:00:57Mr. Martin Jones.
01:00:58Oh, I'm telling you, Patricia.
01:01:00Hello, Mrs. Lewis.
01:01:02Sergeant Ethel Denmark.
01:01:05Such a pleasure to have you with me.
01:01:07Oh, here they come.
01:01:08Dog, dogs.
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