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00:19Friends, friends, we meet here today, not as Ghanaians,
00:30Guineans, Moroccans, Aegeans, Senegalese, or Malians, but as Africans, tired of being disrespected
00:42and abused by the corrupt and imperial powers of the past, the time has come to forge new
00:51alliances, those who understand the strategic importance of Africa and are willing to treat
00:59us as equals, not as subordinates, and not as slaves.
01:07This is our time.
01:11We must choose our own destiny, a socialist Africa for Africans.
01:44We've definitely seen better days, ma'am.
01:46We'll send in the foresters to the end of the season and fill it back.
01:49Yes.
01:50The old oak, she's still hanging on, just about.
01:53Oh, but she looks so old, ancient.
01:56Well, she will have to be felled in New Cross.
01:58What is she?
01:59Looks like it's set in for the day.
02:00Do you remember my grandson Daniel, ma'am?
02:03Yes, of course.
02:05Oh, is that his christening?
02:06That's right.
02:08We ought to head back, ma'am.
02:10Get rid of his brain.
02:11Right.
02:12Or go get a job lead.
02:14Change his package.
02:15What again?
02:18Can I help, ma'am?
02:19Oh.
02:24Oh.
02:25Oh.
02:26Oh.
02:27Oh.
02:27Oh.
02:28Oh.
02:29Oh.
02:29Oh.
02:31Oh.
02:47Oh...
02:49At the Elisee Palace, the ceremonial guard awaited Mr. Kennedy's arrival.
02:53It has pleased the French that he came to Paris before going to Vienna to meet Mr. Kershaw.
02:58When is it, do you think, if one's committed to a life of honesty,
03:02that one must start calling oneself middle-aged?
03:06Oh, stop it. You're still a young girl.
03:10I caught sight of myself in a mirror today.
03:12I looked like an old woman.
03:14You haven't even finished having children yet.
03:18True.
03:19So, finish your family, let the first one go to school,
03:23and then let's talk about being middle-aged.
03:25Well, that won't be middle-aged. That'll be ancient.
03:28Here he is, arriving in Paris with...
03:30Oh, no, no. Not again?
03:37Mummy, be careful.
03:38No, stop it. It's rented.
03:41No.
03:46Oh, no, yes, you've got it. Well done.
03:49It's macaroni and cheese, isn't it?
03:54It's all weekend, it's been heavenly.
03:57Sadly, sadly, I have to leave in the morning.
03:59What about the floor?
04:02They're coming to dinner.
04:04In Kennedy's.
04:05After Vienna with Kruistroff, then Paris, they're coming to London.
04:08So we're having an informal dinner at Buckingham Palace.
04:12She's so young, I always thought she was the same age as you.
04:15She is.
04:16She flew to the banquet at the Alizé Palace.
04:19Oh, no.
04:25Oh, no, no, look.
04:26There she is.
04:27She was talking about the charm and elegance of Mr. Kennedy's wife, Jackie.
04:30Jackie, in fact, often stole the picture.
04:39Oh, she is pretty, isn't she?
04:44Yes.
04:45Oh, she is.
07:15Brezhnev.
07:16The chairman of the Soviet Presidium, who flew to Ghana for talks about Nkrumah's precious dam project?
07:22The Volta Dam?
07:23Yes, ma'am.
07:24But I thought Nkrumah had been talking to the Americans about that.
07:27He had been.
07:28But Russia sees this as an opportunity to outbid the Americans, get a foothold in Africa, in an attempt to
07:34turn the whole continent red.
07:36Well, shouldn't we ask the Americans to improve their offer?
07:40I will certainly speak to President Kennedy as soon as he arrives in London.
07:43Oh, good.
07:45Following his great triumph in Paris.
07:48Indeed.
07:49I thought De Gaulle didn't care for Mr. Kennedy.
07:52No, he doesn't.
07:52Personally or politically.
07:54So what turned it all around?
07:56The First Lady, ma'am.
08:00Why?
08:01What did she do?
08:02Dazzled Le Tou Paris.
08:03Had President De Gaulle eating out of her hand.
08:07How on earth did she do that?
08:09By speaking French fluently.
08:11Yes, we can all do that.
08:12And by debating with local philosophers and intellectuals until all anti-American sentiments simply evaporated.
08:19I suppose she is prissy.
08:23And they are French.
08:25She's so formidably bright woman in her own right, having studied at the Sorbonne and the prestigious École Libre des
08:32Sciences Politiques.
08:34The most glamorous and intelligent woman on earth.
08:39So they say.
08:42And now she's coming to London.
08:45So we better put our best foot forward, anyway.
08:48Prime Minister.
08:49Your Majesty.
08:55Always important, I think, when choosing a gown is to ask oneself what precisely one wants to feel when wearing
09:02it.
09:04Hmm.
09:05I just think that one doesn't want to feel second best.
09:10Quite.
09:11Especially if one is very much the senior of the two individuals.
09:14No, no.
09:15In terms of rank, not age.
09:19To that end, I have something quite specific in mind.
09:23Mrs. Kennedy may have dazzled in Paris.
09:25But let's not forget France is a republic.
09:30This is a monarchy.
09:32And if you've got it, flaunt it, I say.
09:52I had a look at the season plan for dinner, and I couldn't help noticing.
09:55Breathe in, Mum.
09:57I'm going to make you run.
09:58Just a bit more.
09:59You gave Mrs. Kennedy to Uncle Dickie.
10:02There.
10:02Yes, I did.
10:03At his request, he's been badgering me for weeks.
10:06As, incidentally, as your brother-in-law.
10:09Bertolt?
10:10Yes.
10:10The rascal.
10:11Not to mention our own Prime Minister and the American Ambassador.
10:14Well, well, well.
10:16All desperate to sit next to the First Lady.
10:20I could let her out a bit, Mum.
10:24No.
10:25What if I'm requesting her, too?
10:27I'll put you next to Theodora.
10:29She's my sister.
10:30Yes, whom we haven't seen in years.
10:32No, she's still my sister.
10:34And this is...
10:34You know.
10:36No, I don't know.
10:38Her?
10:40Anyway, in terms of protocol, isn't it my right, as your husband,
10:43to sit next to the most senior female there?
10:46It's true.
10:46At a state dinner, you could have expected to sit next to the most senior female guests.
10:50But on this occasion, Downing Street of Arse has begged us not to make it a state dinner.
10:56Why?
10:57So as not to put French noses out of joint.
10:59What's it got to do with the bloody French?
11:01Well, apparently de Gaulle will resist us joining the EEC if he thinks we're too close to the Americans.
11:07So it's a small, informal dinner.
11:10Oh, fine.
11:10Then it's a free-for-all, seating-wise.
11:12Yes, I suppose it is.
11:14In which case, I could put Dickey next to my sister and put myself next to the First Lady.
11:19If you must.
11:21Where?
11:24I must.
11:45Thank you, gentlemen.
11:47Sorry, sir.
11:50And you.
12:00The President and First Lady are arriving, ma'am.
12:03Oh.
12:05There you are.
12:17Is it possible to think you could be marginally less excited?
12:21No.
12:27What on earth is going on?
12:31They've all gone mad.
12:34Here they come.
12:45Madam First Lady, welcome to Buckingham Palace.
12:49Mr. President.
12:50Hello.
12:51Her Majesty is waiting for you in the blue toilet.
12:58There will be a brief reception before dinner, sir.
13:01Is Matt hysteria?
13:03Extraordinary behaviour.
13:09Done.
13:11For goodness sake.
13:13Come on, it's like royalty.
13:14Well, very funny.
13:27Oh, shit.
13:30President first.
13:31President first.
13:33Your Majesty.
13:35No curtsy.
13:36No curtsy.
13:37Mrs. Kennedy.
13:39Your Grace.
13:41Your Royal Highness.
13:42Mrs. Kennedy.
13:45Good evening, Your Royal Majesty.
13:48Oh, dear.
13:50Oh, for goodness sake.
13:51Mr. President.
13:54Mr. President.
13:56Your Grace.
13:57Did they not get the protocol sheet?
13:59Yes.
14:00You obviously didn't read it.
14:02Yes, well.
14:03Shall we?
14:05Ah.
14:06Jackie.
14:08Where do you think she's going?
14:10Lord knows.
14:16I feel like that went wrong in about 10,000 different ways.
14:20I've seen worse.
14:21But I'm not sure when.
14:25Let's drink.
14:27Please.
14:28Sorry, sir.
14:30Bloody shabbles.
14:44My heart goes out to him.
14:47Where does the behind closed doors over here?
14:49Khrushchev humiliate.
14:51Ran ring through.
14:53Treated him like a little boy.
14:55No wonder the Cold War.
14:55It's a great tale.
14:57It's two nations too.
14:57Very good.
14:58It's a great.
14:59Comes out.
15:00To my first.
15:03It's a great.
15:07It's a great.
15:09So really.
15:10We won't vote.
15:11Yeah.
15:12You got a good one.
15:17It's a great work.
15:19I'm sorry.
15:20You're good, sir.
15:21I'm sorry.
15:22I'm sorry.
15:23I'm sorry.
15:23I'm sorry.
15:23I'm sorry.
15:24I'm sorry.
15:24I'm sorry.
15:24I'm sorry.
15:25I'm sorry.
15:29Ah, so, how was she?
15:32Oh, terrific. She's divine.
15:36Is she?
15:37I'm frightfully clever.
15:39Yes.
15:41What are you doing?
15:42She wants a tour of the place.
15:44Does she? Well, then I'll do it.
15:46No, no, it's all right. She asks me.
15:47No, it's my house, so I'll do it.
15:56Mrs. Kennedy, you're mine.
15:59You okay there?
16:01I hope my wife isn't causing too much trouble.
16:06Do you know you're the luckiest man?
16:08What now?
16:12Yes.
16:17Although, people keep telling me the same thing.
16:23Sure.
16:25Where are they going?
16:27I have absolutely no idea.
16:32Now, this is the throne room.
16:34In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign,
16:37various balls and concerts were held here.
16:40Now, it's principally used for receptions and vestiges
16:43and taking over all wedding photographs.
16:52Shall we?
16:53Now, this is the picture gallery.
16:56This is my great-great-great-great-grandfather,
17:00George III,
17:01and he bought Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife,
17:05Queen Charlotte.
17:07Who's this?
17:09Ah, that's one of the pits.
17:11The younger.
17:13Known for something that's always rather endeared me to him.
17:17Crippling shyness.
17:19Apparently, he could barely look people in the eye.
17:23And yet, he became our prime minister.
17:26I quite understand.
17:29I'm also a shy person by nature.
17:39This leads to our private apartments.
17:44It's a short cut.
17:50This is about as private as it gets in this place.
17:54It's where one feels most comfortable.
17:56Oh, I quite understand.
17:59You have to have somewhere to escape, too.
18:03I've often wondered how someone who hates attention as much as I do
18:07ended up in a goldfish bowl like the White House.
18:12But I realize there's actually a perverse logic
18:14to a cripplingly shy person ending up in this position.
18:17Well, you have to explain that one to me.
18:21Well, a shy person will seek out someone strong to protect them.
18:25Yes, I'm with you so far.
18:27And a strong character is often one who enjoys public life.
18:32Thrives on it.
18:34And then before you know it,
18:36the very person you have turned to in order to protect you
18:39is the very reason you are exposed.
18:44Jack's idea of heaven is a crowd.
18:48Campaigning, fundraising, speech-making.
18:50That's when he comes alive.
18:52He'd far sooner speak to 10,000 people
18:55under the glare of spotlights
18:57than be alone with me.
19:07And what's your idea of heaven?
19:11I like my own company.
19:13And to be alone in the countryside.
19:16And where do you go?
19:17A farm.
19:19Glenora.
19:19About an hour from Washington.
19:21Maryland.
19:23Virginia.
19:24Oh, yes.
19:28Ah.
19:31Hello, Stuart.
19:33They're eating.
19:34Yes, ma'am.
19:35Oh, goodness.
19:38Hey, little puppies.
19:40What's your name?
19:41Well, that's sugar.
19:43And these are puppies.
19:45Come here.
19:46Come here.
19:47Whiskey and sherry.
19:49Hello.
19:50What?
19:51Oh, you're very clever to be cautious.
19:54Oh, it's really one of the great paradoxes
19:57of being in a position where I have to talk
19:59to a great many people.
20:01But deep down, I'm happiest with animals.
20:04That makes two of us.
20:08I always think my sister would have made,
20:11if not the better, the more natural first lady.
20:14Oh, mine too.
20:16A born queen.
20:18And the greatest of British queens,
20:21in her own mind, anyway.
20:30You know, I liked her very much.
20:32And I've been all set to loathe her.
20:34But in the end, I was utterly charmed.
20:38It's a timely reminder.
20:39Of what?
20:40Oh.
20:41That people are so rarely what they seem.
20:43Well, then I don't know what Patrick was talking about.
20:45Patrick?
20:46Plunkett.
20:47I saw him last night at Tartuffe.
20:48No, is that a restaurant?
20:49It's a play, dear.
20:50A very famous French play.
20:53Oh, I knew that.
20:54Did you?
20:54Yes, it's a classic tragedy.
20:56Farce.
20:57By Passant.
20:58Moliere.
20:59Oh.
20:59Pierre Sereau was a painter.
21:04When was the last time you even went to the theatre?
21:06Or gallery?
21:08Or even read a book?
21:10Oh, you're a savage.
21:11Oh, thank you.
21:13What about Patrick?
21:15Well, Patrick had dinner at the Radsevilles last week.
21:19Well, your new best friend, Mrs. Kennedy, was also a guest.
21:23He called me this morning to tell me some of the things you'd overheard her say at dinner.
21:28Oh, what did she say?
21:29You'd have to ask Patrick.
21:32Must say, it did seem a little unkind.
21:35You know how reported speech has twisted in the retailing.
21:39I'm quite sure it was nothing.
21:40Don't worry.
21:50General Solomon, reach it!
21:55Up!
21:58Shoulder up!
22:02Order up!
22:11Patrick.
22:13Your Majesty.
22:15It's so kind of you to come.
22:20It's really not far.
22:21Are you still just round the corner at Wellington Barracks?
22:23I am.
22:24Are you still travelling up and down the country,
22:26recruiting for all the regiments from all the top schools?
22:29That's me.
22:33I gather you saw the First Lady at dinner recently.
22:39Who?
22:41Mrs. Kennedy.
22:43Margaret mentioned it.
22:44Did she?
22:45Yes.
22:48Yes.
22:48So how was that?
22:51Pleasant enough.
22:53Uneventful.
22:54You know how it is at the Ranservilles.
22:56No, I don't.
22:57Well, the food's always good.
22:59Yes, but I wasn't asking about the food.
23:02What?
23:04I'd like to know what was said.
23:08Patrick, we grew up together, and we've always had a very frank and a very open relationship.
23:15Yes, ma'am.
23:16Yes.
23:16So, let's not break the habit of a lifetime.
23:22All right.
23:26What I ever heard the First Lady say, and I should mention I was several places along the table, it's
23:33possible that I misheard.
23:36It was that she found Buckingham Palace second-rate, dilapidated and sad, like a neglected provincial hotel, and that one
23:49came away with a sense of a tired institution without a place in the modern world.
24:00I see.
24:10And did she have anything to say about me?
24:14Patrick.
24:14I was at the other end of the table.
24:23But the words I think I ever heard were that in our head of state we had a middle-aged
24:34woman, so incurious, unintelligent, and unremarkable.
24:44That Britain's new, reduced place in the world was not a surprise, but an inevitability.
25:04Well.
25:09We must have her again soon.
25:35Well.
25:52The Earth.
25:53Bad news, I'm afraid.
25:54Worse than bad.
25:55Regarding Nkrumah's Volta Dab project, President Kennedy is pulled out.
26:02Why?
26:02American involvement was conditional upon Ghana having severed all ties with
26:07the Russians. Turns out Nkrumah was in Moscow yesterday to receive the order of
26:11Lenin, highest military honor, from Khrushchev himself.
26:16And what's the next step? I wish I knew. Wish I had an ace up my sleeve.
26:22The way President Kennedy had his First Lady in Paris.
26:39Why don't you send me?
26:46Where? To Ghana. On what would be seen as a personal trip.
26:50Absolutely not. That would be out of the question, ma'am.
26:53Why? A visit from the Crown to Ghana would be seen as a huge compliment.
26:57Too great a compliment. It would be singing out Ghana as a preferred nation.
27:01In doing so, we risk alienating Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tengenica.
27:05But surely by singling out Ghana, that might be just the thing to keep Nkrumah away from
27:08the Russians and in the Commonwealth.
27:10Perhaps, but as Queen, you cannot be seen to be engaging in the dirty business of politics.
27:14Yes, but as head of the Commonwealth, can I not be permitted just once to defend it?
27:17Your Majesty, it would be unsafe. It would be provocative. It would be, in my view, a profound
27:29misjudgment to get on that plane.
27:47The trip is impossible to justify it from any angle. It is unethical, unconstitutional and
27:54indefensible that the Queen should be going at all.
27:57What would you have me do? Nothing?
28:00I certainly wouldn't have you get into a chess match with a wily operator like Nkrumah.
28:05You're just being cynical.
28:06And you're being naive.
28:09When you last met him, Nkrumah was just Nkrumah. Now he's the Lion of Africa, playing the
28:14Soviets off against the Americans. And you're a lamb the lion will have for lunch.
28:20The best thing you can do is stay at home and be what you're supposed to be.
28:24A puppet.
28:25A constitutional monarch.
28:27A puppet.
28:28If you like.
28:29Well, that's the whole point. I don't like.
28:50Sir. She's here.
28:53On her dog's back.
28:57Come on.
28:58Can you walk?
28:58Come get in here.
29:00Come get in.
29:00Get in here.
29:05Come get in here.
29:06Come get in here.
29:14Come it 맞.
29:15Come get in there.
29:19Come get in there.
29:21You're still here.
29:51Shall we move?
29:55Stop.
29:56Stop.
29:57One moment.
29:58Yes.
30:01Reporters.
30:05Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
30:07Hey, hey, hey.
30:09My name is Gana, my name is Gana, my name is Gana, my name is Gana.
30:19Your majesty, Gana welcomes you, humbly.
30:24Yes.
30:27We're very happy to be here.
30:29Of course.
30:31Back, back, back, back, back, back, back.
30:37Ready.
30:40Thank you, your majesty.
30:47Well, you've given him the photo he wanted.
30:51That'll be on the front page of every African newspaper making every other African leader choke with genocide.
30:56Yes, well, it always does the trick.
31:08Are Dean here?
31:11Put him through.
31:12I have a secure line to Gana.
31:14Yes, sir.
31:16But I thought he had agreed to suspend all contact with the Soviets.
31:20Apparently not.
31:21Ready, sir.
31:22Gentlemen, thank you.
31:34Out.
31:36Hello.
31:40Your majesty.
31:41Prime Minister.
31:43I've just received confirmation that a team of international engineers has arrived in Gana to begin work on Nkrumah's Dam.
31:49Well, I see that's good news, isn't it?
31:54We encourage the Americans to go back to Nkrumah.
31:56Soviet engineers, ma'am.
31:59It appears Nkrumah's been playing us all off against one another.
32:02What?
32:03Leading us a merry dance.
32:04I'm afraid you've been used, ma'am.
32:07Just as we'd feel.
32:15Elizabeth?
32:17What's happened?
32:20In, sir.
32:21Martin.
32:23Ah, ah, ah.
32:24I wouldn't if I were you.
32:27Sir?
32:28She's asked to be alone.
32:32She says she's sinking.
33:00Chapter 2
33:20what's going on what you're doing
33:37yes this is colonel charteris we have martin charteris on the telephone
33:41the situation is developing in gana
33:44hello
34:16i think we both understand the significance of this moment
34:23yes but do we understand the terms
34:30they appear to be in some kind of negotiation what kind of negotiation get her out of there
34:37your majesty
34:43oh lord what's going on
34:52he's taken her hand
35:12they're dancing
35:16our queen is dancing sir
35:19with an african
35:21what was this agreed was disagreed
35:25this was definitely not agreed what are they doing what are they doing
35:31hard to say
35:32i believe it's the foxtrot
35:34the foxtrot sir
35:37the foxtrot sir
35:40the foxtrot sir
35:51the foxtrot sir
35:53the foxtrot sir
35:57the foxtrot sir
36:00the foxtrot sir
36:13the foxtrot sir
36:22ladies and gentlemen
36:23the man i'm proud to call
36:25the 35th president of the united states
36:28but even more proud
36:31to call my brother
36:32john f kennedy
36:35john f kennedy
36:39thank you barbie
36:46what is it to be an american today
36:52prosperous powerful privileged
36:56certainly
36:57certainly
36:59and yet
37:00it is also troubling
37:03i look around me
37:05and find our people divided as never before
37:09indeed is at no time since our civil war
37:13there has been a change
37:15a slippage
37:16in our moral and our intellectual strength
37:20blight has descended on our regulatory agencies
37:24and a dry rot beginning in washington
37:27is seeping into every corner of america
37:29too many of us have lost our way
37:32our will
37:34and our sense of historic purpose
37:37it is time for a renewal
37:40a new generation of leadership
37:42healing leadership
37:44but we cannot do it alone
37:46and so i am asking each of you
37:50to be pioneers in this renewal
37:52in this healing
37:53in the reclaiming of great american values
37:57freedom
37:58tolerance
37:59and equality of opportunity
38:01then we can claim our position
38:04and responsibilities as leaders of a truly free world
38:08god bless you all
38:10and god bless the united states of america
38:33thank you
38:35thank you
38:51fantastic
38:56When the British royal family visits the former colony, it doesn't normally make news of the U.S., but when
39:04Queen Elizabeth dances with a former son, a white monarch, with an African leader, the world pays attention, and so
39:12too the Ghanaian leader, President N'Krumah himself.
39:18I'm going to Glenora with the kids in the morning.
39:22It's not the weekend yet.
39:25It's Wednesday. It's a weekend enough for me.
39:29Don't be like that.
39:32Don't you take away my dignity and then tell me how to be.
39:36I just wanted to thank you, that's all.
39:39For the second time in recent weeks, you've been instrumental in changing a significant matter of foreign policy.
39:48And an African state that was fast running into the arms of the communists has been turned around and kept
39:54in the West.
39:57What does that have to do with me?
40:00Dreary queen, thick ankles.
40:04Her majestic dullness.
40:07The incurious crown.
40:10Apparently just some of the things you said about her at a dinner in London, which then got back to
40:15Queen Elizabeth, and it seems spurred her on.
40:19Without those insults, she wouldn't have defied her cabinet, risked her reputation, and gone to Ghana against all advice to
40:26bring President N'Krumah back on side.
40:28But she did.
40:31Pulled off some incredible stunt with a dance, and it's all thanks to you.
40:36They're ready for you.
40:39Relax.
40:40It's not like you're running to her in Glenora.
40:43Not Glenora, no.
40:45But I am due back in London on my way back from India and Pakistan.
40:49Then my advice would be, don't go to Buckingham Palace.
40:55Sorry.
40:56The provincial hotel.
40:58It's not so easy.
40:59Her sister set up a lunch last time we were in town.
41:02Oh?
41:03Well, that should be fun.
41:06Cat fight.
41:07I look forward to a full report.
41:11Come on, Bobby.
41:12Come on, Bobby.
41:14Come on.
41:35Your Majesty, some more international reactions to the Ghana trip.
41:41Positive or negative?
41:44Overwhelmingly positive, madam.
41:48Well, just a quick look, then.
41:56So, the New York Times calls it shrewd strategic manoeuvring, an example of impeccable political brinkmanship.
42:06The Australian papers are very impressed with your commitment to the Commonwealth.
42:10And the Illustrated London News call it an outstanding personal success.
42:16Voting doesn't suit to you.
42:20The Garnetian Press are calling you a socialist.
42:25Oh, goodness.
42:28One more thing.
42:30First Lady, Mrs. Kennedy.
42:35What about her?
42:37Um, her office is written requesting private audience with Your Majesty prior to lunch on the 28th of March.
42:44What ever for?
42:46They didn't say.
42:48Where's the lunch?
42:50Buckingham Palace, ma'am.
42:55Well, let's make the audience Windsor Castle.
43:01Sometimes only a fortress will do.
43:05Windsor Castle.
43:11One.
43:32At the back of the strike, let's go in the next tier.
43:43I won't underestimate the abuse of their lives.
43:44Headway.
43:44The displacement.
43:45One.
43:46Two.
43:50Tonight.
43:59Good afternoon, Mrs. Kennedy.
44:03This way, please.
44:12This way, Mrs. Kennedy.
44:26Mrs. Kennedy, this way, please.
44:45Mrs. Kennedy, Your Majesty.
44:48Your Majesty.
44:51Thank you for seeing me.
44:55Mrs. Kennedy, do sit down.
45:11Shall we have tea?
45:32I asked to speak to you in private ahead of our lunch on Friday, because I owe you an apology.
45:38Whatever for?
45:40I think we both know the answer to that question.
45:57I had a social occasion.
45:59Shortly after our last visit, I made some comments.
46:04Some foolish comments, which I believe got back to you.
46:09There really is no need for this.
46:13Reports that you'd said certain things did get back to me.
46:19And I'll confess to being momentarily surprised, since they in no way reflected what I understood to be the spirit
46:26of our meeting.
46:27But in this job, I've learned, as I'm sure you have to, not to take things too seriously.
46:33People say things for all sorts of reasons, which get misquoted or misunderstood.
46:38And before you know it, those words have turned into something quite different, and everyone's upset or up in arms.
46:46I'm quite sure that you meant no harm nor disrespect.
46:49After all, why would you?
46:52Still, we barely know one another.
46:55Still, it was inexcusable, so I can't offer an excuse, but if you'll allow me, I'd like to offer an
47:01explanation.
47:05Yes, of course.
47:07Last time we were in London, Jack and I probably seemed, at least from the outside, to be riding on
47:13a high.
47:14Yes, I should say so.
47:16The most celebrated, most famous couple in the world.
47:19Well, the truth is that I was still suffering from postnatal problems after the birth of our son, and Jack
47:27had his own health issues.
47:28To say we were strained would be an understatement.
47:33So, when we got to Paris, I don't mind telling you I took some pleasure in shining there.
47:41And then, at the Elysee Palace.
47:44I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris.
47:51I enjoyed it.
47:53But Jack didn't appreciate being upstaged.
47:56Behind closed doors.
47:59I can imagine.
48:03There are other factors, too.
48:07Our doctor.
48:09Dr. Jacobson routinely administers us his cocktails before major trips.
48:17Vitamins.
48:21But other substances, too.
48:26To help pep us up, or calm us down.
48:36On the occasion of that dinner, he had given me something.
48:39A little booster.
48:44I told him I needed cheering up.
48:47But I guess it loosened my tongue.
48:51And then I heard some of these terrible things cut back to you.
48:58I can't tell you how much distress it's caused me.
49:02The idea that I might have upset someone I admire so much.
49:08That's very kind of you to say.
49:10It's true.
49:12The way you do your job.
49:15The way you cope with the pressure.
49:19The personal sacrifices you've made.
49:21Not to mention your composure and dignity.
49:27As a woman, it's so inspiring.
49:31And what you just did in Ghana.
49:34It was just extraordinary.
49:41What I should have said...
49:43...was that I didn't do very much in Ghana.
49:46I got on a plane.
49:48And I went.
49:50The only reason I went was because I felt...
49:52...utterly useless in comparison to you.
49:56And I was trying to compete.
49:59And if anything...
50:00...I owe you a huge debt of gratitude.
50:06But I didn't.
50:09I just sat there.
50:12And I let her say her piece.
50:14And savoured your victory.
50:16Yes.
50:18And what do you want from me now?
50:21Ticking off.
50:22Well, don't you think I'm deserving of one?
50:24No.
50:26But she was so broken.
50:28And fragile.
50:30Lost.
50:33You did exactly the right thing.
50:37She insulted you.
50:39All of us.
50:40And you're not a saint.
50:41No.
50:42We know that already.
50:46There's ice in those veins when there needs to be.
50:49Yes.
50:52Well, if we cheers to that.
51:05I don't know.
51:07Come on, we should be there, everybody.
51:10Bring up the slack.
51:11Yes.
51:14Keep going.
51:16Keep going.
51:17Keep going up the hill.
51:31Man.
51:32What is it?
51:33You're needed back in the house.
51:35Right.
51:41What's going on?
51:42I don't know, lad.
51:45Somebody help.
51:58There was absolute pandemonium around the sea.
52:01People screamed and lay down on the ground as shots were heard.
52:05Reporters saw President Kennedy lying flat on his face on the seat of his car.
52:10Men and women were screaming.
52:12He saw blood on the President's head.
52:14This is all we have here in Washington at this moment, and for the moment I return you to Radio
52:20Newsreel in London.
52:21Hello, London, I just heard from Dallas that the President is still alive, but in critical condition.
52:28He was apparently shot in the head, and the governor of Texas, Governor Connolly was shot in the chest.
52:35Mrs. Kennedy was weeping, trying to hold up her husband's head when the reporters reached the car as it dashed
52:42toward the hospital.
52:43Vice President Lyndon Johnson was in the car behind the president.
52:48Blood transfusions are being given to President Kennedy.
52:51However, one of the two priests called into the room has administered the last sacrament of the church to President
52:59Kennedy.
53:01Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Connolly are stunned, but they are at the bedside of their husband.
53:16He's dead.
54:00Didn't you say how unhappy she was in the marriage?
54:07Yes.
54:11But that's the thing about unhappiness.
54:15All it takes is for something worse to come along.
54:20And you realize it was actually happiness after all.
54:32She's still wearing the same clothes.
54:36Couldn't it have found her something else?
54:38It was covered in our husband's blood.
54:46No, I think it's deliberate.
54:48Before the body was moved to the rotunda of the Capitol.
54:52The last day in the life of the first Capitol, President of the United States.
54:58Where are you going?
54:59Lyndon Johnson, sworn in on Air Force One less than 100 minutes after the official death of President Kennedy.
55:19Majesty.
55:22I'd like everyone in the royal household to observe a full week of court mourning.
55:30and i would like the bell rung at westminster abbey
55:36ma'am custom dictates that the bell only be rung when a member of the royal family dies
55:44i know but i would like it to be rung every minute for an hour from 11 o'clock until
55:55midday
56:00yes ma'am
56:01in his prayer for god's help may we all find some light and hope in the darkness of the days
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