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00:24You
00:25Fuel on
00:26Fuel on.
00:27Docks are in position.
00:29Switches are on.
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, and I can't bloody well fly.
00:41Yes, I'm sure.
00:42Righto, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:14Ready!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ha!
01:30Perfect!
01:31Woo-ha!
01:39Whoa, there we are!
01:50Right.
01:52All right there, sir?
01:54Yes, yes, fine.
01:55Now it's your turn. You have control.
01:58I have control.
01:59Now remember what I told you.
02:00Keep your eye on the altimeter and the compass heading, and keep the stick level.
02:06That's very good. That's balanced.
02:12Stick to the left, then to the right.
02:20And level.
02:22Good.
02:24Noisy, isn't it?
02:29How's this, sir?
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.
03:08Should we get us started now? The ground seems terribly close.
03:12It's too low to restart, so we'll do a dead stick landing.
03:16Okay.
03:16Okay.
03:16I have control.
03:17You have control.
03:37That was wonderful.
03:39Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
03:41How about tomorrow?
05:53I'm afraid you'll see us at this point.
05:55Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this.
06:03I see.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:23I thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33We must send a warning to cover our backs.
06:37Thanks.
06:40Kenneth, it should probably come from you as chief scientist.
06:44Address it to the PM.
06:46You'll never read it, of course.
06:48But the important thing is, we've sent it.
06:52I'll get you to Dally Street right away.
07:08Come on, guys.
07:11Come on.
07:13Come back.
07:13There, please.
07:16Here we go.
07:19Quick, quick!
07:23If her majesty 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.
07:44What are they rehearsing?
07:50My funeral.
08:14Uh, I'll have to see you.
08:42Oh, there you are.
09:00Mr. Thurman.
09:01Mr. Corks.
09:04Nice view.
09:16I'm not a scientist, I can't say I understand it, but what I can tell you is we don't get
09:23a weather warning like this every day.
09:25We don't get one every month either.
09:28In fact, I've never heard of us getting one at all.
09:32Does the name Donora mean anything to you?
09:39Donora?
09:43Oh, of course I remember Donora, who was a scandal.
09:47A 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
09:59copper world.
10:01Hmm.
10:01In the fog.
10:02In a few days, a number of people died.
10:05Twenty.
10:06Twenty.
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
10:17mission.
10:18They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary
10:22measure.
10:24Hmm.
10:25I never saw the ripple.
10:27With good reason.
10:29Our Prime Minister threw it away, claiming 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.
11:00To 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 should 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, I entered the civil service to serve the public and to serve government.
11:41Any government.
11:43But I am also a responsible citizen, and I cannot stand by while chaos reigns around me.
11:50This is not a government.
11:53Mr. Utley, this is a collection of hesitant, frightened old men unable to unseat a tyrannical, delusional even older one.
12:04Yours was the most radical, forward-thinking government this country has ever seen.
12:14How you lost the election escapes me.
12:21Escapes us all.
12:24I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service if I helped to usher him
12:31out of the door, and you back in.
12:35And to that end, you've come to me with a master plan that involves me crucifying the Tories for their
12:42failure to deal with a fog which has yet shows no sign of appearing.
12:49At present, I can see stars.
13:33Laodiceä½›
13:41Laodice
13:42Laodice
13:42Laodice
13:55Good night.
14:08Miss Scott, thank you for your conscientiousness, but it's late.
14:13You're home.
14:13I am, sir.
14:14You're no good to be tired.
14:16Good evening to you.
14:19What?
14:20Still here?
14:21Good night, sir.
14:26Good night.
14:33Good evening, Pat.
14:57You haven't moved.
15:01I suppose it's still a no.
15:04To what?
15:05Coming out.
15:07You mean going to the Lamb of Flag with you, sitting at the bar, twinkling our ankles at
15:12every unremarkable young man in the room, then letting those men buy us enough drinks
15:17for us to bring them home, only to have their unremarkability confirmed to us again.
15:23No.
15:25Thanks.
15:26Goodness.
15:28And what will you be doing in the meantime?
15:30Spend time in the company of someone remarkable.
15:33Mm-hmm.
15:35Ta-ra.
15:43Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
15:48The Earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.
15:53Be kind, but be fierce.
15:56You are needed now more than ever before.
15:59Take up the mantle of change, for this is your time.
16:03You are the one.
16:16Get ready.
16:23Get ready.
16:25Marie.
16:25All right.
16:25Love.
16:33Lust.
16:33Mate.iend.
16:35Good morning.
16:36The time is 8 o'clock on the 6th of December, and here is the news.
16:40London has been brought to a halt by dense fog, which has descended overnight.
16:47Long queues are formed on main roads, and there are reports of motorists abandoning their vehicles and continuing on foot.
16:53London Airport is expected to be closed.
16:58Good God.
16:59The Meteorological Office has issued a statement saying that a persistent anti-cyclone over London is to blame.
17:06Smoke from the capital's chimneys is being trapped at street level, which is aggravating the fog.
17:15Windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time.
17:19Be careful out there. It's a real pea super.
17:31Ah, is the car ready?
17:34I'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive, ma'am.
17:38It's what? 200 yards?
17:41It's been judged too hazardous, ma'am.
17:47I have an appointment to see my grandmother.
17:51I intend to keep that appointment.
17:54If it's too hazardous to drive, then there's only one thing to be done.
17:59I'll see you again.
18:19I'll see you again.
18:38I saw that.
18:41Might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't?
18:45And the Queen is here, Your Majesty.
18:48Could you be more specific?
18:50Ma'am.
18:52Which Queen?
18:53Queen Elizabeth, ma'am.
18:55Which one? There are two.
18:57The young one.
18:58Oh, the Queen.
19:01I 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. I'm simply Queen Mary.
19:13My late son's widow was also the Queen.
19:17But upon the death of her husband, she became Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
19:22Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, is now Queen.
19:25So she is...
19:27The Queen.
19:29Brother.
19:31Nurses and nuns have the same problem.
19:33We're all called Sister.
19:36So you are.
19:38Well, she's outside.
19:41The Queen.
19:42Then let her in.
19:44Sister.
19:57Bad time?
19:58Not at all.
20:02How are you?
20:03I'm always happy to see you.
20:06And my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing.
20:10Name 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.
20:19All right, I promise.
20:21But if you are feeling up to it, there was something I wanted to talk to you about.
20:26Fire away.
20:38I was listening to the wireless this morning, where they described this fog as an act of God.
20:45Now, in your letter that you sent me, you said loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty
20:59above everything else.
21:01Because the calling comes from the highest source, from God himself.
21:07Yes.
21:10Do you really believe that?
21:14Monarchy is God's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth.
21:19To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards.
21:23An example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives.
21:28Monarchy is a calling from 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 are answerable to God in your duty.
21:49Not the public.
21:52I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that.
21:54But he would argue that in any equitable modern society, that church and state should be separated.
22:03That if God has servants, they're priests, not kings.
22:07That he would also say that he watched his own family destroyed because they were seen by the people to
22:13embody indefensible and unreasonable ideas.
22:15Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenues that goes back what?
22:22Ninety years.
22:24What would he know of Alfred the Great, the rod of equity and mercy?
22:28Edward the Confessor?
22:30William the Conqueror?
22:31Henry VIII?
22:33It's the Church of England, dear.
22:35Not the Church of Denmark or Greece.
22:40Next question.
22:44It's chaos out there.
22:46Trains disrupted.
22:48Air services cancelled.
22:50A 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 has 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.
23:27Let's see how the old fool goes.
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in.
24:16No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No.
24:26Prime Minister?
24:29Sir?
24:31Sir?
24:51You did well to get here.
24:56Yeah, I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't.
24:59It wasn't easy.
25:01Just crossing the road, you take your life in your hands.
25:03Then 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 and the business gets done and the country is governed.
25:26You improve the quality of life for all that deal with you.
25:32an ornament a flower by comparison at my age you were a published writer and a cavalry officer
25:44posted to india fighting local tribesmen on the northwest frontier who told you that you asked
25:50me to engage in a relationship with a young man my own age so i've been reading your autobiography
25:56it's not quite what i had in mind hear this young men and women everywhere and proclaim it far and
26:05wide
26:05the earth is yours and the fullness thereof be kind but be fierce you are needed now more than ever
26:17before take up the mantle of change for this is your time
26:28you were 24
26:33all energy and hope and passion and fire
26:39it's remarkable
26:45you found something you liked in that young male
26:49i did
27:20good morning
27:23the time is eight o'clock on the seventh of december and here is the news
27:28the serious fog that brought much the capital to a standstill yesterday continues this morning
27:34with emergency services struggling to cope and widespread disruption reported across the nation
27:41flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital
27:44trains are being used to guide motorists in parts of the nation flares are being used to guide motorists in
27:53parts of the nation
27:53the prime minister is facing criticism for failure to deal with the mountain crisis
27:58london airport is closed again today with all flights grounded
28:02the unmoving fog which is spread to over 30 miles wide is likely to cause complete darkness by two o
28:09'clock this afternoon
28:24you all right
28:28you're not
28:29you're not
28:31come on let's get you up
28:32no no i'm fine i promise
28:38it's just because the window is open now go to work you've got a job to do
28:52let us start with the unrest in egypt where 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 and successfully defend the suez canal
29:11in a point that i will be making in person to the commonwealth heads when i host them
29:18for the weekend at checkers weather permitting indeed what is the latest information that you have
29:27about the weather it's fog ma'am it will lift eventually i was hoping for something more scientific
29:37then i will ensure that a barometric report is included in your box tomorrow
29:42complete with isobars and isohumes
29:48it has been an unusually cold winter and there are only so many things that i as prime minister
29:55am prepared to inflict on your subject as a reward for winning a world war
29:59and prevailing over fascism evil and tyranny
30:04letting them freeze is not one of them
30:07you do not seem unduly concerned i'm not you do know that my late father wrote
30:13many years ago to your predecessors to express his deep concern about the inner city power stations
30:20that 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
30:42people 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 i do hope so
31:03not least because my husband's mood is intolerable
31:07why
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
31:23have 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
31:32why was government not consulted
31:34because it's a private matter
31:36and i am in favor
31:38nothing you or his royal highness do is a private matter
31:42and the father of the future king of england risking his life needlessly is
31:47quite 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 eight o'clock on the eighth of december and here is the news
32:42the choking eye-watering fog which has already caused two days of chaos across the capital
32:48has worsened overnight the great coal-burning electricity stations in battersea and fulham
32:53have attempted to reduce emissions of poisonous sulfur 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
33:17come on
33:18let's get you to hospital
33:20i'm fine
33:21you're not
33:21come on
33:25shoes
33:34if we go
33:53i can't breathe
33:55do as i say and hold on to me
34:06come on
34:08come on
34:09come on
34:18All right, cross now.
34:25Quick, hold my hand.
34:38My wife.
34:41You're all right, lady.
34:51Control of this story is getting away from us.
34:55The opposition's blood is up.
34:57We have to respond.
34:59Respond how?
35:00I would suggest by commissioning a public inquiry.
35:03An inquiry would be expensive.
35:09Winston people are angry.
35:11They see us as the culprits.
35:13Culprits for what? It's fog.
35:15Fog is fog. It comes and it goes away.
35:20Well, I'm glad that the Prime Minister finds time for levity.
35:24Perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has now become.
35:29This morning, a suburban twain collided with a gang of well-wing workmen,
35:33killing several and injuring a great many more.
35:35In parts of the capital, there is now a total breakdown in law and order.
35:41Hospitals are filling up as our citizens are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide.
35:55Sometimes we have sunshine.
35:58Too much sunshine, and they call it a drought.
36:01Then 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, Bobbity. It's weather.
36:12And for better or for worse, we get a great deal of it on this island.
36:16Frankly, there are more pressing matters to deal with.
36:20Like what?
36:21The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:36Robert!
36:40Not now.
36:42He asked me to stress the importance of the matter.
36:50Bobbity.
36:51Thanks for taking my call, Diggie.
36:54Are you there?
36:56Yes.
36:57Can anyone overhear what you're saying?
37:03No.
37:05Good.
37:09It's chaos!
37:10I know. The ward is full, every corridor too.
37:13Most of the doctors are sick now.
37:15Most that are well can't get in.
37:17It was better than this in the ward.
37:19What do you need? More equipment? Or masks?
37:22Masks are bloody useless. They're just for show.
37:24To make it look like the government's doing something.
37:26Then what is needed?
37:27Money. People. Trained staff.
37:30Help 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?
37:43The 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's bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes.
37:55Now, excuse me.
37:57Dut! Dut!
38:00I'll show you.
38:00Oh, no, no, no!
38:02¡Es fin interpreting!
38:03No, no, no!
38:04Here you go!
38:10Oh, I'll be around town!
38:12Where are you?
38:13Oh, yes!
38:13Where are you?
38:14Oh, yes!
38:19Fl salty!
38:38How much longer you're gonna give the old man the majority is tiny a vote of no confidence and he'll
38:43be toppled
38:46You know what he calls you
38:49Yes, I know sheep in sheep's clothing
38:55Perhaps it's time to approve you're not
39:03Very well, let's put a motion down on paper and brief the whips
39:20Thank you, sir
39:36Anything interesting?
39:38Yes?
39:41Care to share it?
39:44No
39:46I'd be happy to share glide ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with you as part of a quid pro quo
39:51arrangement
39:52One 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
40:04You might learn something in exchange for a foreign office briefing
40:09Am I going to have to explain my position again?
40:11No
40:13Good
40:17Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward
40:22For there you have been and there you will always 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, Philip, I know
40:47Lord Manbatten, Your Majesty
40:48Uncle Dickie, what's he doing here?
40:50I know as much as you do
40:52He said it was important, man
40:53Thank you
41:00Elizabeth
41:05Hello
41:06Came as soon as I cried
41:09So
41:12Go is
41:13Is this a meeting with Elizabeth, your niece?
41:16My wife
41:17Or the Queen?
41:18The latter, I'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 grounded
41:39Ignore it
41:41Right
41:42All ears
41:42I
41:43I
41:44Received
41:45A telephone call today from Robert E. Salisbury
41:49Seems that even among his own people the feeling is that our Prime Minister is not able to deal with
41:54a national crisis
41:57Indeed he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis
42:02Hospitals overflowing, people dying
42:05As 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
42:18So
42:19I would say
42:21The time has come for you to
42:25Summon Churchill and
42:28And
42:29And what?
42:32Insist that he go
42:36I can't do that
42:38You can
42:39And should
42:41But
42:42Wouldn't that violate the constitution?
42:45As
42:47Queen
42:50You
42:51You
42:51Have the right
42:52To be consulted
42:54The right
42:55To
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 behaviour now
43:08Constitutes
43:09Incapacity
43:10Then a revolution must come from within
43:13They are trying
43:15Well then they must try harder
43:16They will
43:18But
43:19Would prefer it
43:20To be bloodless
43:22So have asked for your help
43:25And influence
43:29I 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 am so sorry sir
44:16Who
44:17Who are her parents?
44:19Her father is a clergyman from Suffolk
44:21I have 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?
44:41Yes Tommy
44:45I know how much my father depended on you
44:49And how closely you worked together
44:52Which is why I wanted to ask your advice
44:54Now
44:56It seems our Prime Minister
44:59A man who has led the country through many crises
45:02Is no longer leading us at all
45:07Representations have been made to me
45:09Through an intermediary from the heart of the government
45:13To intercede
45:15And bid him 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 net of interest
45:37How far do I go?
45:42I'm not sure if her majesty is aware
45:45But shortly before your father died
45:48The foreign secretary, Mr. Eaton
45:50Came
45:51Begging his late majesty to 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?
46:05Well, his majesty was like his father before him
46:09A stickler for convention and tradition
46:11And would never have done anything that violated the constitution
46:15Or overstepped the mark
46:20Then I have my answer
46:21But
46:22That was his majesty, not 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 came to see your father
46:39Different situation
46:41Different sovereign
46:54Wait for me here
46:55Wait for me here
47:10Oh my god, please
47:12Do I have them?
47:18Do I see them?
47:22Do I have them?
47:56Sir?
47:59Just a child.
48:04A beautiful child.
48:08I just received word from Buckingham Palace.
48:11Oh.
48:12The Queen has requested an audience.
48:14When?
48:15At your earliest convenience.
48:21All energy.
48:24And hope.
48:25And passion.
48:27And fire.
48:31Sir?
48:34Damn 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.
48:54And tell the Queen I'll be there first thing in the morning.
49:00After the papers.
49:13I lost the permissions.
49:14Bye.
49:20What are you doing?
49:22I'm going to go.
49:22Oh, no.
49:25Bye.
49:26Bye.
49:28Bye.
49:28Bye.
49:30Bye.
49:30Bye.
49:39Thank God.
49:40Thank God.
49:52The Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:13No, no, no.
50:20Quiet, please!
50:27Mr. 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.
51:29Thank you all.
51:37The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person.
51:44And was rewarded by cheers and applause by those suffering through the worst smog this city has ever witnessed.
51:51And the headline reads,
51:52Is this true leader in a crisis?
52:00Ma'am, the Prime Minister's here.
52:05The parallels between his appearance yesterday and the wartime years were striking.
52:09And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed.
52:17Hello?
52:19Clem, you still there?
52:21Hello?
52:23Clem?
52:26Clem, can you hear me?
52:28No? I...
52:42Well, how the Christ in the midst of this is, no doubt about whom, if and my world's able to
53:00fall?
53:00Oh, if I could do the first thing that we哇, we would love in the past seven days and that
53:05we are not able to?
53:33The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
53:48You asked to see me, ma'am?
53:52I did.
54:03There's a delicate matter which I felt I needed to discuss with you in person.
54:09Concerning what?
54:13Your position.
54:18My position?
54:19Yes, your position...
54:26...as Prime Minister.
54:32Go on.
54:38At that point, she hesitated, and then she asked me to pick either Khwajgi Nazimuddin of Pakistan or Sydney Holland
54:49of New Zealand.
54:50Whatever for?
54:52To sit next to at dinner.
54:56She summoned you for that?
54:58No, 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.
55:20Not clever.
55:20Ingenious.
55:21Why?
55:21Because they disarmed me and 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.
55:49What, dear girl?
55:53Well, what if the fog hadn't lifted?
55:57And 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.
56:33People will always want you to smile or agree or frown.
56:38And the minute you do, you will have declared a position.
56:41A 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?
57:22So, come 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.
57:31Do 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.
57:57You still go right up.
57:58Starboard and port.
57:5918 gallons.
58:00Yes.
58:01Fancy lunch in Edinburgh.
58:03Edinburgh?
58:03All right.
58:03They made me duke there.
58:05So I should probably show up from time to time.
58:07Unless you have more pressing engagements.
58:09No, sir.
58:10All right.
58:11I'll adjust rpms and cruising speed for range flight.
58:15We'll have to land to refuel, sir.
58:18Oh, really?
58:19Where's that?
58:20Donkester.
58:21Donkester?
58:23Right.
58:36That's just a great one.
58:38To die.
59:02Hawaii.
59:02Aren't we crazy?
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