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00:10To Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his government today is fresh on the pound.
00:20Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:23Damage had been done by the...
00:24Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:25Britain's trade gap is a staggering 107 million pounds.
00:30It's the worst figure on record.
00:31The government said that these figures were distorted and meaningless.
00:39Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:42Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:45Where is it?
00:47About you.
00:48Tomorrow's front page, sir.
00:50Not strong enough.
00:53It's the strongest headline the Daily Mail has ever written about a Labour leader.
00:56About had guilty conscience. I don't know what it's saying.
01:25It's a sad day when the Daily Mirror, a Labour-supporting newspaper, turns against a Labour leader,
01:29like this.
01:34We've done some thinking and come up with an idea for how to deflect any further criticism.
01:39Yeah, go on.
01:41Lord Mountbatten.
01:45What's he got to do with anything?
01:46I'm sure we all agree that he's a symbol of a bygone era, of privilege and inequality, empire and extravagance.
01:53Not to mention a pompous, bloody arse.
01:55Go on.
01:56As Chief of the Defence Staff, he's refusing to make the defence cuts we need.
02:01Cuts which you promised in your election manifesto.
02:05One might even tolerate it if he weren't so...
02:08vain or crooked or power-mad.
02:12Quite.
02:14What are you proposing?
02:16That we kick him out.
02:20But at least he's busy.
02:22And inside the tent...
02:24You know, people like Mountbatten.
02:26Medallists, for want of a kind of word.
02:28Energetic, well-connected medallists.
02:29It's better that they're inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in.
02:33But he belongs to another time, Harold.
02:37Kicking him out makes economic sense and shows we're tough.
02:41And who knows?
02:42It might just buy us some good headlines.
02:47Yes, I could do with some good headlines.
02:52General salute.
02:55Pre-set.
02:58Out.
02:59Out.
03:02Out.
03:10Out.
03:12Out.
03:16Out.
03:17Out.
04:48No, they're increasing fivefold, tenfold.
04:52And the conclusion of the review is that we'd like to make a few changes, one of which is to
04:58your post of Chief of the Defense Staff.
05:08You're kicking me out?
05:12Well, no, sir. I'm thanking you on behalf of the government, on behalf of the armed forces, on behalf of
05:17the whole country for your many years of remarkable service.
05:23You are. You're kicking me out.
05:28Well, there we are.
05:35There we are.
05:37There we are.
06:29It's absurd.
06:33But where one door closes, another opens.
06:41There is special providence in such a fall.
06:45If it be now, it is not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now.
06:48If it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all.
07:09What am I going to do, Barrett?
07:12You'll bounce back, sir. Before long, you'll have a hundred projects.
07:21Cake, sir.
07:31Hit, hit, hooray!
07:34Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
07:45Should old acquaintance be forgot and days of old lang syne.
07:55For old lang syne, my dear, for old lang syne.
08:05We'll take a cup of kindness yet for old lang syne.
08:16We, too, have brought up out the hills and pulled the daisies by.
08:25For old lang syne, my dear, for old lang syne.
08:55Oh, my God.
09:05I'll go home, sir.
09:34Take a look.
09:53I'll go home.
09:56I can have a cut.
09:57I can have a cut.
09:57No.
09:58I think you need to worry about the stairs.
10:09Pens down, you must see.
10:14Ten minutes from Newmarket.
10:48Thank you, Cecil. How is he?
10:50As good as new again.
10:55And do you really think he's recovered from his injury?
10:58Oh, I do, ma'am. Gelded, fired, well-rusted.
11:02We won't have him breaking down on us again.
11:06Any chance of seeing him on the gallops today?
11:09Oh, no, ma'am. It's too wet and muddy out there.
11:13It's been a lot like this. Hardly been able to train him at all.
11:18Well, we can't do anything about the weather.
11:23Now we come to the most anticipated race of this year's Royal Ascot meeting.
11:27The Queen Alexandra Stakes.
11:30This is Britain's longest flat race, where stamina is of the essence.
11:33And the favourite is, of course, number nine. Her Majesty's own horse, Apprentice.
11:39And they're off.
11:40With number six, Panic's in the early lead.
11:43Followed by number one, Valentine's Day.
11:44With number two, Olympic boy, cleaning right down their necks.
11:47They're off the pace now as they make their start.
11:51Behind the number ten, Ovi Anders, far off the leaders.
11:54But number nine, Apprentice, tails behind in fifth place.
11:58A disappointing start for last year's Yorkshire Club champion.
12:02And, and he's still ahead, but behind him, Apprentice is gaining crowns.
12:06He got the challenge from number seven by even and pulling it to four.
12:09Oh, majesty, majesty.
12:12Dirty darling.
12:13Chin up, vodka.
12:16Apprentice really has the look of eagles as they make the turn.
12:18And yes, Apprentice turns up the pressure on Olympic boys.
12:21He moves into third place.
12:22And in what is a fantastic recovery from a slow start,
12:25Apprentice is now level with number two Olympic boys as they raise uphill.
12:28And as they come out of the final turn, panically it's my length of the half.
12:32But Apprentice is coming through with a challenge.
12:33And now it's the home straight.
12:35And Apprentice is charging down the near side.
12:37Higging deep.
12:37Nearly.
12:38Nearly.
12:39Nearly.
12:41No, he hasn't got it.
12:42No.
12:43Apprentice is starting to struggle.
12:44Panic is holding on.
12:45He's holding his lead.
12:46And Apprentice is falling behind as Valentine's Day falls back in second.
12:49Olympic boy coming up from the rear.
12:51And it's a busy finish.
12:53But number six, Panic finishes first.
12:55And there goes Paul in line number two, Olympic boy.
12:58What are you doing wrong with George?
13:00He used to be at the top.
13:02Now he barely competes.
13:04It's possible that the system set up by your late father is now a little...
13:10Obsolete.
13:12And might need...
13:14Kicking up, throwing on the dust heap.
13:19If you want to keep up with the Aga Khan of this world, I would suggest you follow their lead.
13:26And do what?
13:28Travel around the world and catch up with all the latest developments.
13:31I can't just do that.
13:32In case you haven't noticed, I have a job to do with you.
13:36It would only be France.
13:37Well, Timbuktu.
13:39There are experienced people who are able to deputise for you in your absence.
13:53As you know, this government is committed to maintaining sterling at $2.80 to the pound.
13:58But with every economic blow, the oil embargo, the balance of payments deficit, and the Dockers Union strike, it's proving
14:07harder and harder to maintain.
14:23And I'm afraid that now we have no alternative but to devalue the pound.
14:29Oh.
14:31And I need hardly say it is a matter of overwhelming regret for me personally, and a humiliation for the
14:41government.
14:44It feels like a bad time to say that I won't be here for our meeting next week.
14:49Perhaps the next two weeks.
14:51But Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, will step in as Councillor of State.
14:55Oh.
14:56A role she's executed many times.
15:07Your Majesty.
15:25Good evening.
15:27A few days ago, the Cabinet took its unanimous decision to devalue the pound.
15:33I can now tell you why we have taken this action, and more importantly, what it will mean for you.
15:40From now on, the pound abroad will be worth 14% or so less in terms of other currencies.
15:47Now, this does not mean, of course, that the pound here in Britain, in your pocket or your purse or
15:52your bank, has been devalue.
15:54What it does mean is that the goods we buy from abroad will be dearer.
15:58So, for many goods, it will be cheaper to buy British.
16:04For this devaluation has been a hard decision, and some of its consequences will be hard for a time.
16:14For three years, this government has fought, as it was our duty to fight the burden of the deficit that
16:21the previous government left us with.
16:23But now is not the time to triple blame.
16:27Now is our chance to break free from that straitjacket.
16:30To seize this opportunity with both hands.
16:34This is a proud nation.
16:37We're out on our own now.
16:39Now, we must choose to put Britain first.
17:07Tonight, we veterans of the Burma campaign are gathered here to renew old comradeships.
17:14And to remember fallen brothers at Yang Gang Yong and Ryan Gooden.
17:21We remember how it was fought.
17:23The old way.
17:25The honorable way.
17:28Body to body, bayonet to bayonet.
17:32And that swift, exhilarating sweep of victory that carried us over the Irrawaddy and into Mandalay.
17:39And there we met the Japanese army.
17:43And we tore it apart.
17:49Yes, gentlemen.
17:50We military men will always have our past glories to look back on.
17:56But what of this new generation?
17:59These young men and women for whom some of the best of us gave our lives.
18:04Decline.
18:07Irrelevance.
18:07And the devaluation of pounds sterling.
18:11That is the sunless future that faces them.
18:15For them, the white heat of revolution is not a forging heat.
18:20It is a melting heat.
18:23It melts the silver of our battle on us.
18:26And reduces to cinders the very foundation of our economy.
18:30Our currency.
18:31Yeah.
18:33Yeah.
18:34Yeah.
18:34Yeah.
18:35Yeah.
18:36Yeah.
18:36So, if the only glories available to this nation are its past glories, then let us cherish them now.
18:46Yeah.
18:47Yeah.
18:50Come you back, you British soldier.
18:53Come you back.
18:57Who will join me?
18:59Yes, sir.
19:01Ship me somewhere east of Suez, where the best is like the worst.
19:08Where there are no ten commandments, and a man can raise a thirst.
19:13For the temple bells are calling, and it's there that I would be, by the old Moomine Pagoda, looking lazy
19:24at the sea.
19:26On the road to Manderley.
19:29On the road to Manderley.
19:30Very old for today.
19:32With our sick beneath the orange.
19:36When we went to Manderley.
19:40On the road to Manderley.
19:44Where the flying faces play.
19:47And the dawn comes up like thunder.
19:51Out of China.
19:53Of course today.
19:54New England.
19:59Re wie Disability Southampton.
20:00Ho probably müssen wegf Federn.
20:08What will you have, not for I
20:10to do so much as you?
20:18We're going to get our bodies together.
20:24Lord Mountbatten.
20:25Excuse me.
20:26Cecil King.
20:28I hope to talk to you, sir, to express my sympathy
20:31at the way you've been treated by the government.
20:33A shameful piece of political grandstanding and opportunism.
20:37You're very kind.
20:39Well, this country needs great men more than ever
20:42to restore confidence, inspire us,
20:44and perhaps even lead us out of the mire.
20:48It must have been made very clear to me
20:50that my leadership days are over.
20:51So, my colleagues and I don't believe that, sir,
20:55not for a minute.
20:57As a matter of fact, we'd be delighted
20:59if you'd agree to have lunch with us
21:01at Threadneedle Street one day.
21:03Bank of England?
21:04We've been working on a proposal
21:06which we'd very much like to put to you.
21:13Sir.
21:21Come on, Nina!
21:36Votre Majesté, bienvenue au Harat du Quenet.
21:39Merci, monsieur Ed.
21:41Mais il n'y a aucun besoin de telle formalité.
21:44Dans le monde de l'élevage, c'est vous qui êtes le roi.
21:47Vous êtes très gentille, madame,
21:48et bien indulgente.
21:50Je soupçonne que vous me flattez.
21:53Par là , voilà .
21:54Allons-y.
21:57Bonjour.
22:01And, of course, it was Manin Commissage
22:03who came out of the Bidangard,
22:05a magnificent spayer.
22:07Oh!
22:08And his grandchild, white settler.
22:10Oh, that's right.
22:11You had a tremendous success with it.
22:13Yes, I'm a big wonderful sprinter.
22:16These are all stud books?
22:17Indeed, ma'am.
22:18And I think you will find some very familiar names in there.
22:22Yes, I guess I will.
22:24If I'm not mistaken, this one.
22:27Oh, gosh, yes.
22:28My grandfather's one of his favourites.
22:32What would you say, six months?
22:33Yes, I'd say so.
22:35Nice temperament.
22:36Warm-blooded.
22:37Not too skittish.
22:38Indeed.
22:39Look at her hocks.
22:41Oh, yes.
22:42Very well proportioned.
22:43Excellent line to the back.
22:44Yes.
22:46Come here.
22:55Which is extraordinary.
22:57Not just their facilities,
22:59their entire attitude of breeding,
23:01but the fact they keep their fells and their yearlings so close.
23:04Merci.
23:05While we send ours off to graze in Ireland.
23:09Tell me, honestly,
23:11is it over?
23:12Have we slipped too far behind?
23:14Not yet, ma'am.
23:15But if you want to keep up,
23:18you do need to act decisively now.
23:20It'd mean rethinking the operation from top to toe.
23:24Changing the personnel.
23:25Changing the approach.
23:26Yes.
23:27And currently there is a drain
23:29of the best British racehorses to America.
23:31You have to ask yourself, why?
23:35You don't think I should go there, too?
23:37Well, obviously, from a racing perspective,
23:38it would be ideal.
23:40Just for a day or two.
23:42But, er,
23:44won't you be needed at home?
23:46Well, they've always got mummy.
23:48Me being away is good for her.
23:50She hates feeling old
23:51and superannuated
23:52and surplus to requirements.
23:54I'm sure she's relishing
23:55being the big chief again.
24:12Thank you, sir.
24:16Mr. King?
24:20The Great Britain of our childhood
24:22is dying before us.
24:25The country is bankrupt,
24:27our national security is in tatters,
24:28our allies are in despair.
24:30And on our current trajectory,
24:33by 1970,
24:34we will be a vassal state,
24:37a pariah.
24:39I don't know about you, sir,
24:41but I'd sooner die than stand idly by
24:43and watch this happen.
24:45And to that end,
24:46my associates and I
24:48have come up with a plan
24:49to put the country back on track.
24:52which is?
24:55Replacing the prime minister
24:57and installing a new emergency government.
25:01What?
25:02And in his place,
25:03we would need to install
25:05an inspirational figurehead.
25:07Someone who could unite the nation,
25:09command its respect.
25:11Someone who had stepped into
25:12a national leadership role before.
25:15Now, there are some obvious candidates,
25:17but frankly,
25:18none would be as good as you, sir.
25:19No, no, no.
25:20This is quite unthinkable.
25:22At this point,
25:24I should close my ears.
25:28Despite my own very profound reservations
25:30regarding our prime minister,
25:32what you're talking about
25:33is effectively a coup.
25:35And I can have nothing whatsoever
25:37to do with it.
25:38In peacetime, it's true.
25:40An intervention like this
25:42would be unconstitutional.
25:44But we believe
25:46this is no longer peacetime.
25:48And the circumstances
25:50are unprecedented
25:51and quite exceptional.
25:55Gerald.
25:58In order to hijack control of the economy,
26:01Wilson and his socialist colleagues
26:03have devised a plan.
26:04Plan Brutus.
26:07Which would strip the Bank of England
26:09of all its powers,
26:11freeze the sterling balances
26:12of foreign governments,
26:14and enforce crash cuts
26:16in defence spending?
26:18Bankers cannot be allowed
26:19to run the show.
26:21The Bank of England
26:21has known about gold
26:23pouring out of the country
26:24since Monday
26:25and has done nothing to stop it.
26:27What is our response?
26:28The imposition of exchange controls,
26:31the crash cuts
26:32in defence expenditure,
26:33and the compulsory acquisition
26:34of all privately held
26:36overseas securities.
26:37Cure of hands.
26:43It is an effective declaration of war.
26:47On freedom, democracy, and capitalism.
26:51We must act now.
26:54Not just to save Britain,
26:56but the world.
26:57We are proposing
26:58a radical revolution
27:00led by bankers,
27:01businessmen,
27:01and the armed forces.
27:03Professionals
27:04who can save us
27:04from amateurism,
27:05incompetence,
27:06and Russian infiltration.
27:09And as our interim leader,
27:12we can think of no one
27:13better than you, sir.
27:27This is all very interesting.
27:33May I suggest
27:35that we meet again
27:38in 48 hours?
27:42Sorry.
27:51With the pound down
27:53and the rest later,
27:53I suppose that sums it up.
27:55Evaluation of a gigantic loan
27:57that we all have to pay back.
27:59Britain now finds itself
28:00looking at a complete reversal
28:01of government policy
28:02after three years
28:03of devaluation and denials.
28:08Outside 10 Downing Street,
28:10protesters gathered.
28:11Is the reality
28:11of what a devalued pound
28:13is?
28:30Welcome to the Commonwealth
28:31of Kentucky,
28:32you madam.
28:33Thank you, Mr. Hancock.
28:34Please, call me Paul.
28:36Sorry we don't have
28:36better weather for you.
28:37It's quite all right.
28:38We like a good watery.
28:39Paul Hancock.
28:40Pleasure to be here.
28:41Your shopping basket
28:42will hold less
28:43for the same money.
28:45A lot of imported
28:46footsteps will cast pause.
28:47Iran,
28:48settles are found
28:49for off the feet.
28:52On Monday,
28:53after the announcement,
28:54the stock exchange
28:55was empty.
28:55There was no training.
28:57Outside in
28:58Tron Morton Street,
28:59brokers and jobbers
29:00crowded together
29:00to try and sort out
29:02what the drop is...
29:05Good morning,
29:06morning, boy.
29:06Good morning, sir.
29:07Good morning, Mr. Hancock.
29:09They're testing for minerals,
29:10sulfur, calcium.
29:12Correct nutrition
29:13is vital, ma'am.
29:14When it comes to
29:15the bone strength
29:16and bone formation
29:17in the folds were raised.
29:18Yes, sir.
29:19Tommy's one of the best.
29:21Thank you, sir.
29:21Does Tommy ever come to England?
29:22Oh, no, no, no.
29:25Paris worked up
29:26to find that France
29:27was on the brink
29:27of civil war.
29:29With the rebel generals
29:29in Algeria
29:30sent paratroopers,
29:32defense measures
29:32were quickly
29:33put into operation.
29:38All the airports
29:39were closed
29:39to flights in and out.
29:41Nobody in the capital
29:42knew the rebels' intentions,
29:43but frantic bomb outrages
29:45here and elsewhere
29:46showed that
29:47pro-rebel sympathizers
29:48were on the power.
29:50They struck in the garden
29:51of the old way
29:51with openness
29:52and at the
29:53instrument station.
29:54Not with any serious debate.
29:56These are veterinary students
29:58we've invited
29:58to spend time
29:59here at the farm.
30:00They learned
30:01reproductive management,
30:02neonatal and foal management,
30:04herd health management.
30:06What we're aiming for
30:07is better integration
30:08between our practices
30:09here at the stud
30:10and the clinical research
30:11being conducted
30:12in the wider world.
30:16Remind me of the year,
30:18Porche.
30:18What, 1967?
30:19Why?
30:20Because having seen
30:21what I've just seen,
30:22one might think
30:23at 20, 67.
30:24In terms of technology
30:26and their management
30:27of the pasture
30:27and their willingness
30:29to embrace new ideas,
30:31the Americans aren't
30:31just on a different level,
30:32they're on a different planet.
30:34And their racing manager,
30:35wasn't he impressive?
30:37When you think about
30:37Cecil by comparison.
30:39Yes, he is getting on.
30:40150?
30:42Well, not quite that,
30:43but certainly 80.
30:4440-year-old Cecil,
30:46the Van Hur of Newmarket.
30:49But he had such success
30:50with your father.
30:51And grandfather.
30:52You know he was wounded
30:53at the Somme.
30:54Yes.
30:55So, probably time
30:56for someone a little bit younger.
30:58The question is,
30:59who is there?
31:01What about
31:02Gordon Richards?
31:03He's with the wine stocks.
31:05They've never let him go.
31:07Or
31:08with David McCall.
31:09Hmm.
31:11He's good.
31:13Can you honestly
31:14see him fitting in?
31:16No.
31:16Try that.
31:17Oh.
31:29Would you ever consider it?
31:32Me?
31:33Why not?
31:35You're brilliant.
31:36And you know the family
31:37inside out.
31:39I'm honoured.
31:41But I'm also very ambitious.
31:45I could never accept
31:46unless I felt sure
31:47we had every chance
31:49of success
31:49at the highest level.
31:51And in terms of
31:52our research,
31:53there's still one thing
31:55that we really need to see.
31:56What?
31:57They're training facilities.
31:59If we're going to gain the edge,
32:01there's still a lot to learn
32:02from the Americans.
32:04Unfortunately,
32:04how much longer
32:04is that going to take?
32:07Well.
32:12Yes, please.
32:13If I first call
32:15we've seen him
32:16at that height.
32:41gentlemen,
32:43in the past decade alone,
32:45there have,
32:46by my record,
32:47been 73 coups
32:50in 46 different countries
32:51around the world.
32:53And the success
32:54of some of these
32:54might encourage us.
32:58In Ghana,
32:59two years ago,
32:59President Nkrumah
33:00was ousted
33:01with just 500 men.
33:04And in 1961,
33:05in South Korea,
33:06Major General Park Chung-hee
33:08seized power
33:09with 3,500 men.
33:13And in 1964,
33:15in Gabon,
33:16just 150 men
33:18were able to arrest
33:20President Nkrumah
33:21and thus gain control
33:23over the levers
33:24of state power.
33:25And of course,
33:26it was with just one legion
33:28that Caesar crossed
33:29the Rubicon.
33:31And perhaps we would not
33:33seek to follow his fate,
33:35a six-semper-tyranis gentleman.
33:38And what all successful
33:40insurgencies have in common
33:42are five key elements.
33:45Control of the media,
33:47control of the economy,
33:49and the capture
33:49of administrative targets
33:51for which you need
33:52the fourth element,
33:54the loyalty of the military.
33:56Now, in Ghana and Gabon,
33:58this can be achieved
33:59with a handful of battalions.
34:01But here,
34:02in the United Kingdom,
34:05we would need
34:06to secure parliament
34:09Whitehall,
34:11the Ministry of Defence,
34:12and the Cabinet Office.
34:13The Prime Minister
34:14will be arrested,
34:15of course,
34:16along with other politicians
34:17still loyal.
34:19We would have to
34:19shut down the airports,
34:21air traffic control.
34:22Same with the train stations.
34:24Curfews will be put in place,
34:26martial law declared.
34:28And I haven't even mentioned
34:29the police.
34:32It would take
34:33tens of thousands
34:34of unquestioningly
34:35loyal servicemen
34:36and even in my heyday,
34:39I could never command that.
34:41Which brings me
34:42to the fifth element,
34:45legitimacy.
34:47Now, our government
34:48draws its strength
34:49from long-established institutions
34:52that support it.
34:53The courts,
34:55body of common law,
34:56war, the Constitution.
34:59For any action
35:00against the state
35:01to succeed,
35:01you'd have to overthrow
35:02these as well.
35:04But in a highly evolved
35:05democracy,
35:06such as ours,
35:08their authority
35:09is sacrosanct.
35:12Which is why,
35:13gentlemen,
35:15a coup d'etat
35:16in the United Kingdom
35:18doesn't stand a chance.
35:27Unless,
35:31unless,
35:33unless,
35:33unless we have the support
35:35of the one person
35:36not yet mentioned.
35:39Do you see the temper?
35:41Yeah.
35:42The crown has
35:44at its disposal
35:45unique constitutional powers
35:48which could still
35:49make something
35:49like this possible.
35:52In 1834,
35:53William IV
35:54used them
35:54to dismiss
35:55his government
35:55in the face
35:56of opposition
35:56from the House.
35:58And in 1920,
36:00the Emergency Powers Act
36:02was passed
36:02which gives
36:03the Sovereign
36:04power in certain
36:05circumstances
36:06to declare
36:07a state of emergency
36:08by proclamation.
36:10Meaning,
36:11our Queen
36:11could dissolve
36:13Parliament
36:13and appoint
36:14a new government
36:15and a Prime Minister
36:17as well.
36:18She's also
36:19Commander-in-Chief
36:20of the Armed Forces.
36:21They swear allegiance
36:23to her
36:23and not to Parliament.
36:25So,
36:25could count on
36:26their support
36:27to see it through.
36:31She is
36:32our Caesar.
36:39And you think
36:40she might
36:41entertain this idea?
36:42The circumstances
36:43are certainly compelling.
36:45I've made a list here
36:46of exactly
36:47how compelling.
36:49And as her second cousin,
36:51I am in an ideal
36:52position to ask.
37:04I'm not hungry.
37:05No.
37:10Somehow,
37:11today has managed
37:11to be one of the most
37:12enjoyable days
37:13of my life.
37:15And at the same time,
37:16one of the most
37:16depressing.
37:21telephone call for you,
37:23ma'am?
37:23Lord Manbatten?
37:24I'll call him back.
37:33If I tell you something,
37:35do you promise
37:35it will stay between us?
37:36Of course.
37:39This
37:40is how I'd like
37:41to spend
37:41all my time.
37:45Owning horses,
37:46breeding horses,
37:47racing horses.
37:48It's what makes me
37:49truly happy.
37:53And I actually think
37:54it's what I was born to do
37:55until the other thing
37:57came along.
37:58that someone else
37:59was born to do,
38:00that they elected
38:01not to do,
38:02which meant that
38:03first my father
38:03and then I
38:04had to do a job
38:05you were never
38:05meant to do.
38:08Well,
38:08you've managed
38:09to make it look
38:10like the other thing
38:11is the only thing
38:12you were ever
38:13meant to do.
38:16You're kind,
38:18but it isn't.
38:34And on days
38:35like today,
38:37in places like this,
38:39in company like this,
38:43you get a glimpse
38:43of what it all
38:44might have been like.
38:48The unlived life.
38:52And how much happier
38:53it might have made me.
39:02not now.
39:07Who did?
39:07I just snapped.
39:08Slightly.
39:09I shall have to grovel now.
39:10No, it's all right.
39:11He'll understand.
39:13I'm so sorry,
39:14Your Majesty.
39:15Yes, all right.
39:15I'm coming.
39:16Honestly,
39:17only Dickie.
39:25Yes, thank you,
39:26master.
39:26I'll talk to you.
39:27Yes, thank you.
39:47Majesty.
39:54You are persistent.
39:55Is it really so important?
39:59Yes, Your Majesty.
40:01Prime Minister.
40:05Ma'am,
40:06I have reason to believe
40:08there is currently
40:09a full-blown plot
40:10developing against me
40:11and the democratically
40:13elected Labour government
40:15that governs in your name
40:16being led by a senior member
40:19of your family.
40:21Who?
40:25Lord Mountbatten.
40:27Lord Mountbatten.
40:27And that he,
40:28in cahoots with Cecil King,
40:30the chairman of the Mirror Group newspapers,
40:32has been attempting to overthrow this government.
40:38Now, I feel compelled to remind you that tolerance of the royal family
40:43is hanging by a thread as it is.
40:47Now, throughout my time in office,
40:50I have done my level best to protect you.
40:54but if members of the royal family were to interfere with the political business of the day,
41:00I would be left with no option but to side
41:02with the Republican elements of my cabinet,
41:06which I have successfully controlled until now
41:11and take steps.
41:16Leave it with me,
41:18Prime Minister.
41:20Your Majesty.
41:22Your Majesty.
41:56Your Majesty.
41:58Your Majesty.
41:58Your Majesty.
41:58Your Majesty.
41:58Your Majesty.
42:06Your Majesty.
42:15Drink up, Portie.
42:17We're going home.
42:57Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty.
43:10Your Majesty, you asked to see me.
43:19I did.
43:21Well, great minds think alike.
43:23As it happens, I was planning to drop by myself on a matter of great importance.
43:41I'm getting a feeling that I've not had since Dieppe.
43:46That I'm walking into a trap.
43:51I'd like to think you had that sinking feeling on another occasion recently.
43:55When going to see your friends at the Bank of England.
43:59Is it even true?
44:02Yes, I did go to lunch at the Bank of England.
44:04To meet and listen to people who are horrified by what's happening to the country.
44:10A horror I hope you share.
44:13Perhaps.
44:14But conspiring with them is not the solution.
44:17It is the beginning of a solution.
44:21Why are you doing this?
44:22Why would you protect a man like Wilson?
44:33I am protecting the Prime Minister.
44:37I am protecting the Constitution.
44:40I am protecting democracy.
44:45But if the man of the heart of that democracy threatens to destroy it,
44:48are we supposed to just stand by and do nothing?
44:51Yes.
44:52Doing nothing is exactly what we do.
44:54And bide our time.
44:56And wait for the people that voted him in to vote him out again.
44:59If indeed that is what they decide to do.
45:21I am sure you find it near impossible to do nothing.
45:24And to not have the role and the responsibilities you have always had.
45:29You were born to be busy.
45:30And to lead.
45:32But you still have a huge role to play in this family.
45:37A father figure to my husband.
45:40An uncle and a guide to me.
45:43A king to make in Charles.
45:45Not to mention a brother to your sister.
45:49When was the last time you even visited her?
45:52Cheered her up?
46:00That would be a greater service to the Crown
46:02than leading unconstitutional coups.
46:16Nice to meet you.
46:26To the king.
46:44You are very happy that you are very happy.
46:45You are depressed, you are a great.
47:10Nice of you to find the time.
47:12These days, I've nothing but time.
47:16And too little time.
47:30The four of us.
47:32What?
47:33The four of us.
47:37Look at us now.
47:40Only two left.
47:42Your left?
47:44Not me.
47:45I'm on the way out.
47:47Nonsense.
47:49There came a moment around the time I turned 70,
47:54when it dawned on me that I was no longer a participant,
47:59rather a spectator.
48:01I've discovered that for myself.
48:04Then it's just a matter of waiting and not getting in the way.
48:20Now I hear you have been getting in the way.
48:24Who told you that?
48:25There are no secrets in this place.
48:29Did you get a dressing down from our doubty queen?
48:35Yes, I did.
48:38Oh, what's so funny?
48:40Well, that's funny.
48:42The little girl admonishing the grand old Admiral of the fleet.
48:47Well, I'm glad it amuses you.
48:49Because the situation this country is facing is anything but amusing.
48:56Oh.
48:58Who cares?
49:00Honestly.
49:04One of the few joys of being as old as we both are, is that it's not our problem.
49:12Not really our country either.
49:14What are you talking about?
49:16Of course it's our country.
49:18We Battenbergs have no country.
49:23Our family might have kings and queens in its ranks, but we're mongrels too.
49:31Part German, part Greek, part nowhere at all.
49:38Well, this is my country.
49:43Gave me a home, gave me a name, and in return I've given it my life.
49:55And to see it like this breaks my heart.
49:59Thedestονies.
50:16Thedestroyalist.
50:17Thedestroyalist.
50:18The Chengduko is a little bit, only this can be a highly rotary, but I don't have any more.
50:18And now, it's not really late.
50:18But it's a part of what we were doing to the end of the year.
50:18Let's just behea.
50:19You came home.
50:21Thedestroyalist.
50:22Thedestroyalist.
50:22Thedestroyalist.
50:24Thedestroyalist.
50:27Thedestroyalist.
50:34You must sleep, sister.
50:49Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
50:58Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
51:01Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
51:05Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
51:18Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
51:20Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
51:25Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
51:50Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
51:52Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
52:19you don't sound so surprised I am it's been so long
52:27so how was France America educational the trip was supposed to be a week you were gone almost a month
52:38yes with Porchi yes was that fun
52:49we went on racing business it was a fact-finding expedition right if you have something to say
52:57say it now otherwise if you don't mind I'm busy I've heard you've appointed him as your racing
53:02manager I have which means he'll be around all the time yes with any luck good for you good for
53:09all of
53:37us
53:49I heard about Dickie.
53:52A coup.
53:53Yes, can you believe it?
53:57It must be hard getting old.
54:05Yes.
54:19I'll be up in a minute.
54:22Oh, will you?
54:23Yes, I thought so.
54:26Unless you'd rather I wasn't.
54:29I'll see you in a minute.
54:56I'll see you in a minute.
55:30I'll see you in a minute.
56:00I'll see you in a minute.
56:13I'll see you in a minute.
56:42I'll see you in a minute.
57:18I'll see you in a minute.
57:18I'll see you in a minute.
57:20I'll see you in a minute.
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