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00:11I'm not sure if you're in charge.
00:18I'm not sure if you're in charge.
00:24Fuel on.
00:26Fuel on.
00:27Docks are in position.
00:29Switches are off.
00:29You sure about this, sir?
00:32When I got married, my in-laws made me Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
00:35As a result, I'm the most senior airman in the country,
00:39and I can't bloody well fly.
00:41Yes, I'm sure.
00:42Righto, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:15Here we go.
01:17Whoa-ha!
01:29Oh, okay.
01:32Whoa-ha!
01:39Whoa, there we are.
01:50Right.
01:52All right there, sir?
01:54Yes, yes, fine.
01:55Now it's your turn.
01:57You have control.
01:58I have control.
01:59Now remember what I told you.
02:01Keep your eye on the altimeter and the compass heading,
02:03and keep the stick level.
02:06That's very good.
02:08That's balanced.
02:12Stick to the left, then to the right.
02:20And level.
02:22Good.
02:23Noisy, isn't it?
02:29How's this, sir?
02:40My God.
02:47Isn't it wonderful?
02:49Heaven.
02:55You fought in the Battle of Britain, didn't you?
02:58I did, sir.
02:59257 Squadron.
03:00Flying what?
03:01Spitfires?
03:02Hunnicans, mostly, sir.
03:04Any kills?
03:06One or two.
03:08Shouldn't we get us started now?
03:09The ground seems terribly close.
03:12It's too low to restart, sir.
03:14We'll do a dead stick landing.
03:16I have control.
03:17You have control.
03:19I have control.
03:20I have control.
03:47I have control.
03:48I have control?
03:52You have control.
04:01Oh, yeah.
04:15Absolutely.
04:15You have control.
05:47Johnson, what do you make of this?
05:55Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this, sir.
06:05Let's see.
06:08Sir.
06:10That's me.
06:12May I suggest you call back?
06:16Excuse me.
06:17You can't go in there.
06:19Excuse me, son.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:23Thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33We must send a warning to cover our backs.
06:39Kenneth, it should probably come from you as chief scientist.
06:44Address it to the PM.
06:46No, I'll never read it, of course.
06:48But the important thing is, we've sent it.
06:52I'll get you to Downing Street right away.
07:12Right there, please.
07:16You're the best.
07:17You're the best.
07:18You're the best.
07:19All right!
07:19Quick!
07:20Quick!
07:21Quick!
07:23If her matter, she could lean forward.
07:29Deep breath in.
07:35And out
07:38Yes, a little stuffy, ma'am
07:40It might help to open the window a crack
07:42Not while they're rehearsing
07:45What are they rehearsing?
07:51My funeral
08:16My funeral
08:42Oh, there you are
08:43Oh, really?
08:49Oh, there you are
08:55Mr. Thurman
09:01Mr. Collins
09:13I'm not a scientist
09:18I can't say I understand it
09:20But what I can tell you is we don't get a weather warning like this every day
09:25We don't get one every month either
09:27In fact, I've never heard of us getting one at all
09:31Oh, does the name Donora mean anything to you?
09:39Donora
09:43Of course I remember Donora, who was a scandal
09:46A small mill town in America outside Philadelphia
09:51Pittsburgh
09:52They had a smog brought on by a freak anti-cyclone which trapped the emissions from the local copper world
10:00In the fog?
10:03In the fog
10:03In a few days, a number of people died
10:05At 20
10:06And several thousand became seriously ill from the poisonous fog
10:12After the incident, a cross-party delegation was sent to Donora on an urgent fact-finding mission
10:18They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary measure
10:25I never saw the ripple
10:27With good reason
10:29Our Prime Minister threw it away
10:31Claiming it wasn't a priority
10:34Can you prove that?
10:36I can, Mr. Utley
10:46The Cabinet minutes while it was discussed
10:55He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter
10:59To give the illusion of a solid economy
11:04This is great, Clem
11:07It's interesting, for sure
11:12What I don't understand is this
11:16Why a Downing Street employee working for the government
11:20Should come to me with this information
11:24I've read the Aeneid, Mr. Thurman
11:27Do not trust the horse, Trojans
11:30I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts
11:35Mr. Utley
11:36I entered the civil service to serve the public
11:39And to serve government
11:41Any government
11:42But I am also a responsible citizen
11:46And I cannot stand by
11:47While chaos reigns around me
11:50This is not a government
11:52Mr. Utley
11:54This is a collection of hesitant
11:57Frightened
11:58Old men
11:59Unable to unseat a tyrannical
12:02Delusional
12:03Even older one
12:04Yours was
12:06The most
12:07Radical
12:08Forward-thinking government
12:10This country has ever seen
12:15How you lost the election
12:17Escapes me
12:20Escapes us all
12:24I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service
12:28If I helped to usher him out of the door
12:32And you back in
12:35And to that end
12:36You come to me with a master plan
12:39That involves me crucifying the Tories
12:41For their failure to deal with a fog
12:44Which has yet shows no sign of appearing
12:50At present
12:51As we looked I can see stars
12:54In the sky
12:54In the sky
13:08In the sky
13:12In the sky
13:42CHOIR SINGS
14:00CHOIR SINGS
14:14CHOIR SINGS
14:15CHOIR SINGS
14:15CHOIR SINGS
14:16CHOIR SINGS
14:16CHOIR SINGS
14:17CHOIR SINGS
14:19CHOIR SINGS
14:41CHOIR SINGS
14:57you haven't moved I suppose it's still a no to what coming out you mean going to
15:08the lamb flag with you sitting at the bar twinkling our ankles at every
15:12unremarkable young man in the room they're letting those men buy us enough
15:16drinks for us to bring them home only to have their unremarkability confirmed to
15:22us again no thanks goodness and what will you be doing in the meantime spend
15:31time in the company of someone remarkable
15:43hear this young men and women everywhere and proclaim it far and wide the earth
15:49is yours and the fullness thereof be kind but be fierce you are needed now more
15:57than ever before take up the mantle of change for this is your time
16:35good morning time is eight o'clock on the sixth december and here is the news
16:40london has been brought to a halt by dense fog which has descended overnight long queues are
16:48formed on main roads and the reports of motorists abandoning their vehicles and continuing on foot
16:53london airport is expected to be closed
16:58good god the meteorological office has issued a statement saying that a persistent anti-cyclone
17:04over london is to blame smoke from the capitol's chimneys is being trapped at street level
17:09which is aggravating the fog
17:15windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time
17:18be careful out there it's a real pea super
17:31ah is the car ready i'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive man
17:38it's what 200 yards it's been judged too hazardous man
17:47i have an appointment to see my grandmother
17:51i intend to keep that appointment
17:54if it's too hazardous to drive
17:57then there's only one thing to be done
18:38i saw that
18:40might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't
18:45and the queen is here your majesty
18:47could you be more specific
18:49ma'am
18:51which queen
18:52queen elizabeth ma'am
18:54which one there are two
18:56the young one
18:58oh the queen
19:00i thought you was all queens they gave me a sheet
19:04we are
19:05i was the queen so long as my husband the king was alive
19:09but since he died i'm no longer the queen
19:11i'm simply queen mary
19:13my late son's widow
19:15was also the queen
19:17but upon the death of her husband
19:19she became queen elizabeth the queen mother
19:21her daughter queen elizabeth is now queen
19:24so she is
19:27the queen
19:28bravo
19:31nurses and nuns have the same problem
19:33we're all called sister
19:35so you are
19:37well she's outside
19:40the queen
19:41then let her in
19:44sister
19:57bad time
19:58not at all
20:02how are you
20:03i'm always happy to see you
20:05and my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing
20:09name it
20:10not to ask me how i am
20:12it's all anyone ever does
20:14forget death by lung disease
20:16it's death by bad conversation
20:18all right i promise
20:21but if you are feeling up to it
20:22there was something i wanted to talk to you about
20:26fire away
20:37i was listening to the wireless this morning
20:40where they described this fog as
20:42an act of god
20:45now
20:46in your letter that you sent me
20:50you said
20:55loyalty to the ideal you have inherited
20:58is your duty
20:59above everything else
21:01because the calling comes
21:03from the highest source
21:04from god himself
21:06yes
21:10do you really believe that
21:14monarchy
21:15is god's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth
21:19to give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards
21:22an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives
21:28monarchy
21:29is a calling
21:30from god
21:32that is why you're crowned in an abbey not a government building
21:36why you're anointed not appointed
21:38it's an archbishop that puts the crown on your head
21:41not a minister or public servant
21:43which means that you're answerable to god in your duty
21:48not the public
21:52i'm not sure that my husband would agree with that
21:55he would argue that in any
21:57equitable modern society
21:59that church and state should be separated
22:03that if god has servants they're priests
22:05not kings
22:07that he would also say that he
22:09watched his own family destroyed
22:11because they were seen by the people
22:12to embody indefensible and unreasonable ideas
22:15yes but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenues
22:20that goes back what
22:2190 years
22:24what would he know of alfred the great
22:26the rod of equity and mercy
22:28edward the confessor
22:30william the conqueror
22:31henry the eighth
22:32it's the church of england dear
22:34not the church of denmark or greece
22:41next question
22:44it's chaos out there
22:46trains disrupted
22:48air services cancelled
22:49a richmond bridge this morning
22:52visibility was officially measured at one yard
22:55that's a record low incidentally
22:58our trojan friend in downing street
23:00has been speaking to his friends at the met office
23:03they say this is just the beginning
23:06they expect it to get worse
23:08i know you would have me call a vote of no confidence
23:11and will doubtless call me overcautious for not doing so
23:15but the prime minister needs to be given a chance
23:21even if it's only to hang himself
23:23let's see how the old fool responds
23:40there you go
24:03good morning
24:13i'm glad to see someone else made it in
24:15no one saw this coming did they
24:19no
24:27prime minister
24:30sir
24:53you did well to get here
24:56i gather half the downing street staff didn't
24:59oh it wasn't easy
25:00just crossing the road you take your life in your hands
25:03oh then don't
25:04you're too important to all of us
25:06hardly
25:07all i do is bring you things to sign and take them away again
25:11and so the wheels keep turning
25:13and the business gets done
25:15and the country is governed
25:20but what's my personal contribution
25:26you improve the quality of life for all that deal with you
25:32an ornament
25:34a flower
25:37by comparison at my age you were a published writer
25:41and a cavalry officer posted to india
25:45fighting local tribesmen on the northwest frontier
25:48who told you that
25:49you asked me to engage in a relationship with a young man my own age
25:53so i've been reading your autobiography
25:56that's not quite what i had in mind
25:59hear this young men and women everywhere
26:03and proclaim it far and wide
26:05the earth is yours and the fullness thereof
26:11be kind but be fierce
26:13you are needed now more than ever before
26:19take up the mantle of change
26:21stop
26:22for this is your time
26:29you were 24
26:33all energy and hope
26:36and passion and fire
26:39it's remarkable
26:45you found something you like
26:48in that young man
26:51i did
27:21good morning
27:23the time is eight o'clock on the 7th of december
27:26and here is the news
27:28the serious fog
27:30that brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday
27:32continues this morning
27:34with emergency services struggling to cope
27:36and widespread disruption reported across the nation
27:41flares are being used to guide motorists
27:43in parts of the capital
27:45trains are stopped
27:46while running hours behind schedule
27:48from major london railway stations
27:52the prime minister is facing criticism
27:54of failure to deal with the mountain crisis
27:58london airport is closed again today
28:00with all flights crowded
28:02the unmoving fog which has spread to over 30 miles wide
28:06is likely to cause complete darkness by two o'clock this afternoon
28:25you all right
28:28you're not
28:31go on let's get you up
28:32no
28:33no
28:34no
28:34i'm fine
28:35i promise
28:38it's just cause the window is open
28:40now go to work
28:42you've got a job to do
28:52let us start with the unrest
28:55in egypt
28:56where anti-colonial passions continue to run high
29:00and where our soldiers continue to come under fire from nationalist insurgents
29:05it is vital that we remain
29:07and successfully defend the suez canal
29:11in a point that i will be making in person to the commonwealth heads
29:16when i host them for the weekend at checkers
29:20weather permitting
29:23indeed
29:23what is the latest information that you have
29:26about the weather
29:29it's fog ma'am
29:31it will lift eventually
29:33i was hoping for something more scientific
29:37then i will ensure that a barometric report
29:40is included in your box tomorrow
29:42complete with
29:45isobars and isohumes
29:48it has been an unusually cold winter
29:51and there are only so many things that i as prime minister
29:55am prepared to inflict on your subject
29:57as a reward for winning a world war
29:59and prevailing over fascism
30:02evil and tyranny
30:04letting them freeze is not one of them
30:07you do not seem unduly concerned
30:10i'm not
30:11you do know that my late father wrote
30:13many years ago
30:15to your predecessors
30:17to express his deep concern about the inner city power stations that your party was building
30:25indeed
30:27and i was sympathetic with your father's concerns at the time
30:32i also have sympathy with the leader articles in the newspapers today
30:38begging for blood
30:39wanting my head
30:43people have to be angry at someone
30:45but as leader
30:47one cannot simply react
30:50to everything
30:51we need the power stations
30:53we need the coal
30:54people need to burn coal to warm their homes
30:58it is weather
30:59it will pass
31:01well
31:02i do hope so
31:03not least because my husband's mood is intolerable
31:06why?
31:09well being caged in like this
31:11he can't fly
31:14fly where?
31:16well nowhere
31:18he's learning to fly
31:21whatever for?
31:24have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go?
31:27no he wants to fly himself
31:30it's a boyhood dream
31:31it's what he's always wanted
31:33why was government not consulted?
31:35because it's a private matter
31:36and i am in favour
31:38nothing you or his royal highness do
31:40is a private matter
31:42and the father of the future king of england
31:44risking his life needlessly
31:46is quite unacceptable
31:48please do not curtail my husband's personal freedoms any further
31:53you've taken away his home
31:55you've taken away his name
31:57there comes a time where
31:58one must draw a line in the sand
32:00and the job of drawing that line falls to cabinet ma'am
32:03not to you
32:04something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you
32:08had he been granted more time to complete your education
32:13and now our time is up
32:20until next week
32:37good morning the time is 8 o'clock on the 8th of december and here is the news
32:42the choking eye-watering fog
32:45which has already caused two days of chaos across the capital
32:48has worsened overnight
32:49the great coal-burning electricity stations in Battersea and Fulham
32:53have attempted to reduce emissions of poisonous sulphur dioxide from their chimneys
32:57but we've been told that it is unlikely they will be able to make any significant change to the air
33:03quality
33:03the government is expected to make a statement later today
33:16come on
33:18let's get you to a hospital
33:20I'm fine
33:21you're not
33:21come on
33:23come on
33:25shoes
33:34shoes
33:35for you
33:35I'm in
33:38and the other
33:51I can't breathe
33:55do as I say
33:56and hold on to me
34:07come along
34:25quick hold my hand
34:26I'm sorry!
34:32Take it there!
34:39Right away!
34:50The control of this story is getting away from us.
34:54the opposition's blood is up we have to respond respond how I would suggest by
35:01commissioning a public inquiry an inquiry will be expensive
35:09Winston people are angry they see us as the culprits culpable for what it's fog
35:15fog is fog it comes and it goes away but I'm glad that the Prime Minister finds
35:23time for liberty perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has
35:28now become this morning a suburban twain collided with a gang of well-wing workmen
35:33killing several and injuring a great many more in part of the capital there is now
35:38a total breakdown in law and order hospitals are filling up and as our
35:42citizens are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide
35:55sometimes we have sunshine too much sunshine and they call it a drought then we have rain
36:03too much rain and they call it a deluge and find a way to blame us for that too
36:08it's an act of God Bobbottie it's weather and for better or for worse we get a great deal of
36:15it
36:15on this island frankly there are more pressing matters to deal with like what the Duke of Edinburgh
36:38telephones are the markets of Salisbury not now he asked me to stress the importance of the matter
36:50Bobbottie thanks for taking my call Diggie are you alone yes can anyone over hear what you're saying
37:04no good
37:09it's chaos
37:10I know the reward is full every corridor too most of the doctors are sick now those that are well
37:16can't get in
37:17it was better than this in the war what do you need more equipment or masks masks are bloody useless
37:23they're just for show to make it look like the government's doing something
37:26then what is needed money people train staff help is what is needed urgently
37:33better rest for now
37:38maybe I could put a word in with the people who make a difference
37:42such as the prime minister for example
37:46oh I see you're just going to walk into Downing Street and whisper in his ear
37:49yes something like that
37:51you know my day is bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes
37:55now excuse me
37:59I'll show you
38:38how much longer you're going to give the old man the majority is tiny a vote of no confidence and
38:43he'll be toppled you know what he calls you yes I know sheep in sheep's clothing
38:55perhaps it's time to approve you're not
39:03very well
39:05let's put a motion down on paper
39:07and brief the whips
39:20thank you sir
39:37anything interesting yes
39:42care to share it no I'd be happy to share glide ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with you as part
39:50of a
39:51quid pro quo arrangement one glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes for example
39:57no
39:59a dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling these are very interesting concepts Elizabeth you might learn something in exchange for
40:06a foreign office briefing
40:09am I going to have to explain my position again
40:12no
40:13good
40:17once you have tasted flight
40:19you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward for there you have been and there you will
40:24always long to return
40:27you know what's remarkable about those words
40:32go on
40:33they were written 300 years before man first got in a plane
40:37Leonardo da Vinci
40:41look
40:42look
40:42I know
40:47lord ma'am batten your majesty
40:48uncle dicky what's he doing here
40:50I know as much as you do
40:52he said it was important that
40:54thank you
41:00and Elizabeth
41:05hello
41:06came as soon as I cried
41:09so
41:12go is
41:13is this a meeting with Elizabeth your niece
41:15my wife
41:17or the queen
41:18latter
41:19I'm afraid
41:20right
41:20I don't know my place
41:31what's the matter with him
41:34nothing
41:36he's just feeling a little
41:38grounded
41:39ignore it
41:41right
41:42all ears
41:42I
41:44received
41:44a
41:45telephone call today from
41:47Robert E. Salisbury
41:49it seems that even among his own people
41:51the feeling is that our prime minister is not able to deal with a national crisis
41:57indeed he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis
42:02hospitals overflowing
42:03people dying
42:04as sovereign
42:06you have the right to demand that a government in your name shows effective leadership
42:13the opposition are now calling for a motion of no confidence
42:17so
42:19I would say
42:21the time has come
42:22for you to
42:25summon
42:25Churchill
42:26and
42:28and what
42:32insist that he go
42:36I
42:37I
42:37can't do that
42:38you can
42:39and should
42:41but
42:42wouldn't that violate the constitution
42:45as
42:46queen
42:50you
42:51have the right
42:52to be consulted
42:54the right
42:55the right to
42:56encourage
42:57the right to warn
42:59also
43:00to appoint a new prime minister in the event of incapacity
43:04and many would say that Churchill's behavior now
43:07constitutes
43:09incapacity
43:10then a revolution must come from within
43:12they are trying
43:14well then they must try harder
43:16they will
43:17but
43:18would prefer it
43:20to be bloodless
43:21so have asked for your help
43:24and influence
43:28I cannot do it
43:30I will not do it
43:32let's
43:32not forget
43:33it was Churchill
43:34who denied Philip's children his own surname
43:37Dickie
43:38and insisted that you live in Buckingham Palace
43:40as alas did everyone else
43:41and now with looters on the street
43:44and hospital corridors stacked with the dead
43:46he is interested in only one thing
43:50stopping Philip flying
43:55what?
43:56at a crisis cabinet meeting this morning
43:58when there should have only been one thing on the agenda
44:00the unfolding national emergency
44:04all our prime minister wanted to discuss
44:08was your husband's new hobby
44:15I'm so sorry sir
44:16who
44:17who are her parents?
44:18her father is a clergyman from Suffolk
44:21I've been noticed
44:22I want to go to the hospital
44:23there is an emergency meeting at the house
44:25the meeting you must attend
44:27the house can wait
44:39you wish to see me your majesty
44:40yes Tommy
44:45I know
44:46how much my father
44:47depended on you
44:49and how closely you work together
44:52which is why I wanted to ask your advice
44:54now
44:56it seems our prime minister
44:58a man who's led the country through many crises
45:02is no longer leading us at all
45:06representations have been made to me
45:09through an intermediary
45:11from the heart of the government
45:13to intercede
45:15and bid and stand down
45:18make way for a younger man
45:21which
45:22brings me to my question
45:26what are my responsibilities
45:29as head of state
45:33what should I do
45:35when it's in the national interest
45:37how far dare I go
45:42I'm not sure if her majesty is aware
45:45but shortly before your father died
45:48the foreign secretary
45:49Mr. Eaton
45:50came
45:51begging his late majesty
45:53to intervene
45:54if not on an official level
45:56then on a personal one
45:58as a friend
46:00to bid the prime minister to resign
46:03what did my father say?
46:06well
46:07his majesty was like his father before him
46:09a stickler for convention and tradition
46:11and would never have done anything
46:13that violated the constitution
46:15or
46:16overstepped the mark
46:20then I have my answer
46:21but
46:23that was his majesty
46:24not your majesty
46:26and I do read the newspapers
46:28and I do listen to the wireless
46:30and the situation we're in today
46:31is quite different
46:33than the one we were in
46:34when Mr. Eaton
46:35came to see your father
46:39different situation
46:41different sovereign
46:54wait for me
46:55wait for me here
47:11what's that one?
47:13what's that one?
47:16what's that one?
47:18most of
47:19most of
47:206%
47:56Sir?
47:59Just a child.
48:04A beautiful child.
48:08I just received word from Buckingham Palace.
48:12The Queen has requested an audience.
48:14When?
48:15At your earliest convenience.
48:21All energy, and hope, and passion, and fire.
48:31Sir?
48:35Damn it, he is.
48:36Oh, shh, shh, shh.
48:44Did the newspapers know I'm here?
48:46No.
48:49But it could easily be arranged.
48:52Then do it.
48:55And tell the Queen I'll be their first thing in the morning.
49:00After the papers.
49:16The Queen of the World
49:17The Queen of the World
49:52Just come on, the Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:12No, no. Not, man.
50:22Quiet! Quiet! Quiet, please. Set them down.
50:26Mr. Churchill.
50:28I have witnessed scenes here today, the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest days of the
50:37Blitz.
50:39But alongside the suffering, I've also seen heroism.
50:44And where there is heroism, there will always be hope.
50:51Only God can lift the fog.
50:54But I, as Prime Minister, am in a position to ease the suffering.
51:02To that end, I pledge to make available with immediate effect more money for hospital staff, more money for equipment,
51:13and a full and independent public inquiry into the causes of air pollution.
51:19To ensure that such a calamity may never befall us again.
51:36The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person.
51:43And was rewarded by cheers and applause by those suffering through the worst smog this city has ever witnessed.
51:51The headline reads,
51:52The Prime Minister is a true leader in a crisis.
52:00Ma'am, the Prime Minister's here.
52:04The parallels between his appearance yesterday and the wartime years were striking.
52:10And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed.
52:14minute.
52:17Hello?
52:19Clem, you're still there?
52:21Hello?
52:22Clem, Clem, can you hear me?
52:28No, I can't.
52:53No, I can't.
53:33The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
53:43Your Majesty.
53:48You asked to see me now.
53:52I did.
54:03There's a delicate matter, which I felt I needed to discuss with you in person.
54:10Concerning what?
54:14Your position.
54:17My position?
54:20Yes, your position...
54:26...as Prime Minister.
54:33Go on.
54:38At that point, she hesitated.
54:41And then she asked me to pick either Khwajgi Nazimuddin of Pakistan or Sydney Holland of New Zealand.
54:50Whatever for?
54:51To sit next to at dinner.
54:56She summoned you for that.
54:58Oh, no, I think she summoned me to haul me over the coals for my handling of the fog.
55:03But then the fog lifted and she had to make a decision right then and there in the room.
55:09You could see the wheels turning behind her eyes.
55:12And then she switched a tack without so much as a flicker.
55:17Clever.
55:19No, no, not clever. Ingenious.
55:21Why?
55:22Because it disarmed me.
55:23And made me switch tack too.
55:26What about?
55:27About allowing Philip to learn to fly.
55:30He can now.
55:32Good.
55:34But he still has to ask cabinet permission to do rolls and spins.
55:48What, dear girl?
55:53Well, what if the fog hadn't lifted?
55:58And the government had continued to flounder.
56:01And people had continued to die.
56:04And Churchill had continued to cling to power and the country had continued to suffer.
56:10It doesn't feel right, as head of state, to do nothing.
56:15It is exactly right.
56:18Is it?
56:19But surely doing nothing is no job at all.
56:22To do nothing is the hardest job of all.
56:26And it will take every ounce of energy that you have.
56:30To be impartial is not natural, not human.
56:34People will always want you to smile or agree or frown.
56:38And the minute you do, you will have declared a position, a point of view.
56:42And that is the one thing, as sovereign, that you are not entitled to do.
56:48The less you do, the less you say or agree or smile.
56:53Or think or feel or breathe or exist.
56:56The better.
57:01Well, that's fine for the sovereign.
57:06But where does that leave me?
57:22Sir, go on.
57:23How long would it take me to get my wings?
57:25Well, normally a trainee would spend anything between 100 and 120 hours on one of these things.
57:30Do you think I could do it in three months?
57:33That would be unusual.
57:34I know.
57:35I'm a false learner.
57:37And believe me when I say I've got nothing else to do.
57:55I couldn't have noticed you've still got a right up.
57:58Starboard and port.
57:5918 gallons.
58:00Yes.
58:01Fancy lunch in Edinburgh.
58:03Edinburgh?
58:04They made me duke there.
58:05So I should probably show up from time to time, unless you have more pressing engagements.
58:09No, sir.
58:10All right.
58:11I'll adjust rpms and cruising speed for range flying.
58:15We'll have to land to refuel, sir.
58:18Oh, really?
58:19Where's that?
58:20Donkester.
58:21Donkester?
58:23Right.
58:31Hold up.
58:59What's going on?
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