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00:01You
00:16Everybody set
00:19Yes, hurry up, hurry up
00:22Right
00:24Absolute silence
00:25everywhere
00:30Cue this
00:30Right recording
00:31Ready, Your Royal Highness
00:35Five
00:36Four
00:37Three
00:38Two
00:39One
00:41And
00:46On this
00:48the occasion of my 21st birthday
00:51I welcome the opportunity
00:53to speak to all the peoples
00:55of the British Commonwealth and Empire
00:57wherever they live
00:59whatever race they come from
01:02and whatever language
01:03they speak
01:07As I speak to you today
01:09from Cape Town
01:10I am 6,000 miles
01:12from the country
01:14where I was born
01:17But I am certainly not
01:196,000 miles from home
01:23That is the great privilege
01:24of belonging to our place
01:27in the worldwide Commonwealth
01:30There are homes
01:31ready to welcome us
01:33in every continent
01:34in every continent of the earth
01:36Before I am much elder
01:38I hope I shall come to know
01:39many of them
01:41Although there is none of my father's subjects
01:44from the eldest to the youngest
01:46I do not wish to greet
01:48I am thinking especially today
01:51of all the young men and women
01:52who were born about the same time
01:55as myself
01:55and have grown up like me
01:59in the terrible and glorious years
02:01of the Second World War
02:03Will you
02:04the youth of the British family of nations
02:07let me speak on my birthday
02:09as your representative
02:12Now that we are coming to manhood
02:14and womanhood
02:15it is surely a great joy to us all
02:18to think that we shall be able
02:20to take some of the burden
02:21off the shoulders of our elders
02:24who have fought and worked
02:26and suffered to protect our childhood
02:29To that generation I say
02:31we must not be daunted
02:33by the anxieties and hardships
02:34that the war has left behind
02:36for every nation of our Commonwealth
02:39We know these things are the price
02:42we are cheerfully undertook to pay
02:44for the high honour
02:46of standing alone
02:47seven years ago
02:50in defence of the liberty of the world
02:52If we all go forward together
02:55with an unwavering faith
02:57a high courage
02:58and a quiet heart
03:00we shall be able to make
03:02of this ancient Commonwealth
03:03which we all love so dearly
03:05an even grander thing
03:09more free
03:10more prosperous
03:12more happy
03:14and a more powerful influence
03:16for good
03:17in the world
03:18than it has been
03:19in the greatest days
03:20of our forefathers
03:22Please welcome
03:23Margaret Roberts
03:29To accomplish that
03:31we must give nothing less
03:33than what my father
03:34King George
03:35the first head of the Commonwealth
03:37calls
03:38the whole of ourselves
03:40good evening
03:44there is a motto
03:46which has been born
03:48by many of my ancestors
03:50a noble motto
03:51I serve
03:54I should like to make
03:56that dedication now
03:58it's very simple
04:00I declare before you all
04:02that my whole life
04:05whether it be long
04:06or short
04:08shall be devoted
04:09to your service
04:12and the service
04:13of our great imperial family
04:15to which we all belong
04:18God help me
04:19to make good my vow
04:21and God bless all of you
04:23who are willing to share in it
04:34thank you
04:35thank you
04:36thank you
05:09for coming
05:10for the peace
05:10of the land
05:11to rise
05:23as the peace
06:05It was the Vultvass of Eurydice, except I was Aristeas, driving her on towards the sand.
06:15Malachi, Malachi.
06:18Twice she called me by the name, and twice she beckoned me with her outstretched act.
06:23I stood in darkness, she in light, and yet here I was, the diurnal, and she the crepuscular,
06:31if such a migratory distinction can pretend.
06:38The aurora was breaking, the island Seagird was fast stirring.
06:44I looked at her again, her fullness pellucid in that lambent sunshine, seemed as if a fishskin pulled taut.
06:52She gave me one last glancing look, and then stepped off, and plunged down into the waxing viridescence of the
07:00Ionian waters below.
07:02So, Morstua, Mita, Mayer.
07:09The end.
07:23Golly, your very own war and peace.
07:26Ulysses, please.
07:29Uh, I shall set aside a year of my life.
07:35Ulysses.
07:36What?
07:36Just kidding.
07:37I'll have it read by the end of next week.
07:39You're very kind.
07:40And Michael.
07:41Bravo.
07:42Uh-uh.
07:42No congratulations till you've read it.
07:44You deserve congratulations for being able to carry it up the stairs.
07:48Kidding again.
07:51Well.
07:53I look forward to hearing from you.
08:02Taxi!
08:09Buckingham Palace, please.
08:11What it was?
08:13Oh.
08:15Oh.
08:17Oh.
08:30Good work.
08:31Keep it on that desk.
08:32Good work.
08:33Good work.
08:33Morning, James.
08:33Morning, sir.
08:35Good work.
08:35Good work.
08:36Morning, Michael.
08:37Narith.
08:37Sorry to ambush you, but I've got the Today newspaper asking for confirmation of an apparently
08:42open secret in commonwealth government circles that the queen is deeply frustrated by thatcher's
08:48refusal to back sanctions against the apartheid regime in south africa a frustration which
08:53threatens to strain her relationship with the prime minister who the queen holds personally
08:58responsible and they'd like you as palace press secretary to comment you should know better than
09:04to come to me with nonsense like that sir in the 33 years she's been on the throne the queen
09:09has
09:09never once expressed a point of view about her prime ministers positive or negative and never
09:15will political impartiality and support of her prime minister is an article of faith to her
09:21and we all know how the queen is about her faith
09:33it's been nearly four decades since the system of racial segregation termed apartheid became the
09:39official policy of south africa the current violent oppression of black protesters by government
09:44forces is creating increased international outrage
09:58the situation is getting worse and worse more countless instances of brutality by the south african
10:04police against members of the public as you know we believe the only way to stop these atrocities
10:09is through sustained economic pressure 48 of the commonwealth countries are committed to imposing a
10:14policy of sanctions on pretoria to try and bring down the apartheid regime but as her majesty knows
10:21in order to implement those sanctions total unanimity is required and one country remains against
10:28united kingdom mrs thatcher remains opposed
10:34i will have an opportunity to speak to mrs thatcher about all this in private
10:38at the fourth coming commonwealth heads of government meeting in the bahamas
10:43the commonwealth ridiculous waste of time ridiculous organization worse morally offensive
10:53why we allow our queen to fraternize with countries like uganda malawi nigeria swaziland
11:06unstable countries unstable despotisms with appalling human rights records and calling them family yes
11:16anyway she's requested a private audience on board the royal yacht what the palace is calling a frank
11:24conversation about the way forward in south africa spare me i'll give her a frank conversation about
11:30not wasting my time oh excuse the eggs boys
11:35oh right who wants kedgering it's not my best i'm afraid
11:44for the dinner this sunshine chiffon to pick out the yellow in the flag of the commonwealth
11:51yummy oh and a brooch given to you by king autumn fuo or pokawari
11:57is that a porcupine a symbol of courage and strength in a shanty culture oh he might need
12:16to ask edward to be my best man not charles no that will raise some eyebrows good and him see
12:24what
12:24it feels like to be sidelined in a slimmed down row since i gather that's what he now thinks the
12:31future
12:31of the monarchy should be you him in his own precious bloodline to hell with the rest of us
12:39insecure jealous fool what's he jealous of me always has been oh andrew me and you
12:48of our closeness the fact that i fought in a real war on real medals the fact that i'm happier
13:00in
13:00love more popular and you know like other second sons i could mention so obviously be better at it
13:07than him at what being the heir i just want to see you all happy there are two families i
13:16care about
13:16my own family and the commonwealth family of nations keeping them all together is my life's work
13:22i must get on mommy for the state breakfast address of the painless blue and gold brocade
13:34sarah you do very well with the diamond necklace given to you by the people of south africa on your
13:3921st birthday
13:43and it's easy
13:44you know
13:45let's go
13:49let's go
13:52let's go
13:55let's go
14:08let's go
14:30those of you who know me will be aware
14:33that the commonwealth of nations is a second family to me as it was to my late father king
14:41george the sixth there are always tensions between nations global peace is fragile
14:49but i believe this union offers us all something rare and valuable
14:56the capacity to celebrate difference to value compromise over conflict
15:06and to find a way to heal divisions in the interests of peace and goodwill
15:40and to find a way to learn the world
15:42thank you
15:46The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
15:53Your Majesty.
15:54It was kind of you to come. I won't keep you long.
15:57I was hoping we could briefly discuss South Africa.
16:00Ma'am.
16:02It is my fervent hope that Britain will join the other countries of the Commonwealth
16:06and impose sanctions on an apartheid regime that has no place in the modern world.
16:10Let us be quite clear about this.
16:14Nothing useful can be achieved by sanctions.
16:17Really?
16:18It was my understanding they would devastate the South African government.
16:21Well, they would devastate us too.
16:23Trade between our two countries is worth three billion pounds a year.
16:27I thought we might look at it from the South African point of view.
16:30I am, Ma'am.
16:31South Africa is already a disinvestment economy.
16:35But black South Africans want sanctions, so shouldn't we listen to them?
16:39Well, black South Africans don't want to inherit a wasteland.
16:42They will if they feel it is their wasteland.
16:45President Kaunda of Zambia would confirm as much.
16:47It is not the business of a British Prime Minister to consult with unelected dictators.
16:53But it is a sovereign's duty when they are part of the Commonwealth.
16:58Yes.
16:59The Commonwealth.
17:02Yes.
17:03The Commonwealth.
17:04Yes.
17:06I recognize that for your family, the transition of this nation from Empire to comparative supplicancy on the world stage
17:15must have come as a greater shock than to the rest of us.
17:19But I would argue that the Commonwealth is not the way to fill that gap.
17:26There are ways of Britain being great again.
17:28And that is through a revitalized economy.
17:31Not through association with unreliable tribal leaders in eccentric costumes.
17:37But isn't that all I am, Prime Minister?
17:40A tribal leader in eccentric costumes.
17:43Certainly not.
17:45You are head of an evolved constitutional monarchy that stretches back to William the Conquerites.
17:51Not comparing like with like.
17:54Ah, now that's where we differ.
17:56You see, I consider myself to be exactly like them.
17:58To me, Ghana, Zambia, Malawi are all great sovereign nations with great histories.
18:04I am aware you probably don't share that view.
18:07To you, the Commonwealth is something of a distraction.
18:11A waste of time.
18:13But in many ways, I have given my life to it.
18:16It was the pledge I made 40 years ago.
18:19On the wireless.
18:20To our great imperial family.
18:23I remember listening to it.
18:25As a student at Oxford.
18:27But we cannot let the values of the past distract us from the realities of the present.
18:35Particularly where Britain's economic interests are concerned.
18:4048 countries of the Commonwealth are now preparing a statement condemning the South African regime
18:45and recommending tougher sanctions.
18:47What they...
18:49What I would like you to do is sign that statement.
18:54If I didn't know better, that sounded very much like a directive.
19:02Think of it as a question.
19:08The jolly atmosphere at the opening of the Commonwealth Conference in Nassau, nicknamed the Chogam, fooled nobody.
19:14Within an hour, South Africa came up with the Indian Prime Minister making his position crystal clear.
19:20How was it?
19:21I'm meeting with the Queen.
19:23It was a little testy.
19:26Although I must say, I do like the boat.
19:29Yacht.
19:30It isn't a yacht.
19:32It's a great big ship.
19:33And when the Sovereign sails in it, historically, it's called a yacht.
19:37Oh, don't be a know-all. It's unbecoming.
19:41And why was it frosty?
19:43I didn't say frosty. I said testy.
19:45Although I wish it had been frosty. It's far too hot here.
19:50Because my fellow heads of government are now coming up with a statement condemning the South African government they want
19:57me to sign.
19:58I've told them they won't accept anything with the word sanction.
20:01And they've started...
20:03Getting their niggers in a twist.
20:07Insisting they won't accept anything less.
20:11So now we need to come up with a word that works for everyone.
20:16Well, good luck with that.
20:18Thank you, DT.
20:30No, no, no, no.
20:40She rejected any mention of proposals.
20:46I'm determined to win this battle, Sunny.
20:48Anyway, I don't often get into a fight.
20:50But when I do, I want to win.
20:52You will, ma'am.
20:53Remember, you are not alone.
20:55It is 48 against one.
20:57We are going back with another word.
21:02Measures.
21:03No, no, no.
21:06No.
21:10I'm sorry.
21:13A no to measures.
21:15Yes. So we are going back with actions.
21:19And should that fail?
21:20We still have controls.
21:22Yes, I'm beginning to see this is all about control.
21:27No, no.
21:31No.
21:33No.
21:47No.
21:51I must be out of the mind.
21:54No.
21:55No.
21:55No.
21:58Definitely not.
22:00No.
22:04Ridiculous.
22:14What we need here is not useless politicians.
22:16Sorry, Sunny.
22:17But a writer.
22:19Where might we find one?
22:25Blessings.
22:26If you make a change.
22:28Transportation.
22:29Cultural.
22:31Measurements.
22:33Poses.
22:35Curves.
22:36Gestures.
22:38Experience.
22:39Signals.
23:04Yeah, so I think we can work with that.
23:10Signals?
23:10Yes, she agreed to signals.
23:13And among the signals she agreed to are actually several of the sanctions she would never have contemplated had they
23:18been called sanctions.
23:20Oh, thank you, Michael.
23:21And congratulations.
23:23Have we won?
23:25Oh, yes.
23:26It is a victory for the Commonwealth, a victory for humanity, and most of all, a victory for you.
23:30When put in the ring with her queen, the Iron Lady melted.
23:55Well played, Margaret.
23:56It's a victory for common sense.
23:58Whatever are you talking about?
24:00I'm sure the other heads of government will appreciate your willingness to seek compromise.
24:06There's a reason the top job is always alluded to, Geoffrey.
24:11The absence of the killer instinct.
24:16That our families are once more united around the common consensus.
24:22But, ladies and gentlemen, first, Prime Minister Margaret Hatcher.
24:27Prime Minister.
24:28Yes.
24:28You have been forced to make significant concessions.
24:31Not that I noticed.
24:33You signed a document prepared by 48 countries who were in conflict with you.
24:38I did.
24:40But the question is, did one person move to the 48, or did 48 move to one?
24:50Yes, I agreed to signals.
24:53But as you know, with one simple turn, a signal can soon point in an entirely different direction.
25:14That's what she said?
25:16Yes, ma'am.
25:17Before walking off.
25:19Really?
25:30Ready?
25:31Here we go.
25:32Please?
25:33We're ready.
25:34Position.
25:36Perfect.
25:38Look at me.
25:40Three, two, one.
26:20Everyone's reading.
26:21Everyone's reading.
26:21Some early reactions have come in so far.
26:23Very encouraging.
26:26Right, but, uh, no offers yet.
26:30Oh, well, not yet.
26:32But, regardless of whether we get this one published, what is undeniable is that you write vividly,
26:40catchily, catchily, catchily, dare I say it, even commercially?
26:45Well, it's not a dirty word, Michael.
26:47You could really tell a story.
26:49I am wondering, have you ever considered a political thriller?
26:53What?
26:54What?
26:54The inner workings of Whitehall Westminster, the palace.
26:58No one could write it better than you.
27:00No.
27:01No, if this magnum opus doesn't work, I'll call it a day.
27:05You could expose it all under an assumed name.
27:07I could, but, sadly, I'm old-fashioned and would never betray those confidences or the people I'm proud to serve.
27:18Had to try.
27:20Was that very grubby of me?
27:24Not grubby.
27:28Just quietly heartbreaking.
27:34With violence escalating in South Africa, tensions between the United Kingdom and other nations of the Commonwealth are at breaking
27:42point.
27:43Mrs. Thatcher's refusal to act on sanctions is being blamed for the latter of the Commonwealth.
27:47Good meeting?
27:49Great.
27:50Hate to dampen the mood, but the Today newspaper has let us know they are now running a front-page
27:55story
27:56about the increasingly sour relations between Buckingham Palace and Downing Street
28:00following the recent crisis at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.
28:05What is it with these people?
28:07And that relations between the two women are in danger of completely breaking down.
28:14Well, the good news is it's today, as so can expect it, to have little impact.
28:20The bad news is it won't be long before bigger, more influential newspapers realize this warrants further scrutiny.
28:28So I think the time might have come for Your Majesty to make some kind of preemptive statement.
28:35Uh, what kind of statement?
28:37One of support.
28:38Even, dare I say, personal affection for the Prime Minister.
28:45About the job she's doing.
28:47Something that would kill gossip stone dead.
28:50But what if I'm not happy with the job she's been doing?
28:54What if on this occasion I'd be happy for people to know the displeasure was actually real?
28:58That I am personally concerned about her lack of compassion.
29:01You know how seriously I take my constitutional responsibility to remain silent.
29:06But each of us has our line in the sand.
29:09And if it were to become public knowledge that there had been an unprecedented rift between Sovereign and Prime Minister,
29:14would that really be so bad?
29:26Well, if that really were your intention.
29:32And for the record, ma'am, I must say, I think that would be a misjudgment.
29:38And risk doing serious and irreparable harm to the relationship between Buckingham Palace and Downing Street.
29:50Then, today would not be the newspaper I would go to.
29:56I'd go somewhere with more heft.
29:59Somewhere that also had a clear sense of the unprecedented nature of this.
30:07Where they understood the rules of the game.
30:09Right. Well, can I leave that with you then, Michael?
30:10You are the expert.
30:12Ma'am.
30:13Ma'am.
30:23It's reckless.
30:25It's reckless, Martin.
30:26And irresponsible.
30:28I'm as surprised as you are.
30:30It goes against my professional advice.
30:33And I want my objection noted.
30:37Noted?
30:38Noted, Martin.
30:40It's noted.
30:44It's noted.
30:45It's noted.
30:59Simon Freeman at the Sunday Times is on the line.
31:02He's run three times.
31:05Following up on rumours about a deep and irreconcilable rift between the Queen and Mrs. Thatcher.
31:14All right.
31:15Put him through.
31:18All right.
31:20All right.
31:30Okay.
31:30Yep, change.
32:03Evening, Prime Minister.
32:04Evening, Bernard.
32:05I've just had a phone call from the Sunday Times
32:07letting us know that there will be a difficult piece
32:09in the paper tomorrow.
32:11About what?
32:12The fault lines that have developed in the relationship
32:14between Sovereign and Prime Minister.
32:16What?
32:28Sunday Times first edition!
32:36Sunday Times first edition!
32:43Sunday Times first edition!
32:47young boys team
32:50Perlin, Michael.
32:52I don't know.
33:36I don't know.
33:52An alleged dispute over Mrs. Thatcher's failure to commit to a policy of sanctions against apartheid in South Africa.
33:59Nice.
33:59A position regarding which the Queen has apparently expressed her disapproval, marking a distinct break with the monarch's long-held
34:07practice of never passing comment on political affairs.
34:10So far, Buckingham Palace has refused to be drawn on the veracity of the report.
34:15The palace spokesman declining to comment on an article entitled...
34:19The African Queen, at odds with number 10.
34:22It has been an eventful week for Buckingham Palace.
34:26Queen Elizabeth II, a well-intentioned apolitical figurehead, has been dragged into a messy row over South Africa because of
34:34the stubbornness and insensitivity...
34:37Of her Prime Minister.
34:39Far from being a straightforward, uncomplicated countrywoman...
34:43A late middle-aged grandmother who is most at ease when talking about dogs and horses...
34:49She's shown that she's also an astute political infighter who is quite prepared to take on Downing Street...
34:56When provoked.
35:02Really?
35:08I'm feeling something for the very first time.
35:12Something which I never imagined feeling.
35:15What is that?
35:18Impatience for our next audience.
35:28Buckingham Palace has continued to deny accusations published in the Sunday Times regarding the rift between the Queen and Downing
35:36Street.
35:36Government sources claim that the sacrosanct relationship between sovereign and first minister was in danger of being blown apart.
35:45Prime Minister's here.
35:57The momentum for whom the family has been pandemics.
36:01The issue of the day that includes all over 20 playing for the whole, his family has committed to the
36:01job giving the medical razón...
36:07It was również where you were about to기는 to hide their ability to run on fire c regularly.
36:19May it be past many years after you are listening to thealia past one...
36:20The city was very close to the church when leaving the rim of the map...
37:20Before coming today, I checked with the Cabinet Secretary and it turns out that in the seven years I have
37:28been Prime Minister, we have had 164 audiences.
37:32Always the model of cordiality, productivity and mutual respect.
37:37So it is perhaps not unreasonable to expect an isolated hiccup.
37:43What hiccup?
37:44I was under the impression that Her Majesty never expressed her political views in public.
37:52I don't.
37:53That there was an unbreakable code of silence between Sovereign and First Minister.
37:58If you're referring to the Sunday Times, I've always advised my Prime Ministers against reading the newspapers.
38:03I don't, ma'am.
38:05If you misunderstand, misquote and misrepresent, then everybody gets into a fluster.
38:09But my press secretary does.
38:11And he has working relationships with all of the editors.
38:14And the editor in this case assured him that the sources were unimpeachable.
38:19Close to the Queen.
38:22Unprecedentedly close.
38:28Well, I'm sure a clarification will soon be forthcoming.
38:32In the meantime, should we not make a star from the business of the week, only I am mindful of
38:36the time.
38:38This is the business, ma'am.
38:41The only business.
38:43I think we have enough respect for one another personally to ask ourselves some of the bigger questions.
38:51Woman to woman.
38:53We are the same age after all.
38:56Really?
38:56Just six months between us.
38:59Oh?
38:59And who is the senior?
39:02I am, ma'am.
39:13Uncaring, confrontational, and socially divisive.
39:16That's how these sources so close to the Queen describe me.
39:20Prime Minister.
39:20That I lack compassion.
39:22And that my government has done irretrievable damage to the country's social fabric.
39:35My responsibility for the time I have in office is to put sentimentality to one side and look after these
39:45countries' interests with the perspective of a cold balance sheet.
39:50And while I greatly admire your sense of fairness and compassion for those less fortunate than us...
39:56Do you? Really?
39:57Let us not forget that of the two of us, I am the one from a small street in an
40:06irrelevant town with a father who could not bequeath me a title or a commonwealth, but only grit, good sense,
40:15and determination.
40:16And I don't want people's pity, or charity, or compassion.
40:22Nothing would insult me more.
40:25My goal is to change this country from being dependent to self-reliant.
40:33And I think in that I am succeeding.
40:36I have had to learn many difficult lessons as sovereigns.
40:38Britons are learning to look after number one, to get ahead, and only then, if they choose, to look after
40:48their neighbour.
40:50Of those...
40:50No one would remember the good Samaritan if he only had good intentions.
40:58You see, he had money as well.
41:03Perhaps the hardest is that I am obliged to support my prime ministers on any position they take, even yours,
41:11regarding sanctions against South Africa.
41:16My question is, given the lack of impact it has on your day-to-day political fortunes, yet how important
41:23it is to me, could you not have supported me just once?
41:28My fellow commonwealth leaders, many of whom I consider to be friends, now feel that I have betrayed them on
41:36an issue most important to them.
41:38Well, they need only read the Sunday Times.
41:41It will give them no doubt as to your position.
41:53Oh, look, our time is up.
41:55How it flies.
41:59You must be very much looking forward to the wedding tomorrow, of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
42:05Yes, we are.
42:07They seem like a good match.
42:09Yes, we think so.
42:10My own son, Mark, recently announced that he would be getting married.
42:15Your favourite, the explorer.
42:17Not an explorer, ma'am.
42:19That was just the once.
42:21He's a businessman now, in the Middle East, mostly, and South Africa.
42:27Of course.
42:31Your Majesty.
42:44Listen to me carefully
42:46There is no story here
42:48There's not a shred of truth to these rumors
42:49The Queen continues to have an extremely cordial
42:52And productive working relationship
42:53With the Prime Minister
42:54Sunday Times maintains that the story came from a highly placed source
42:58Within the palace
42:59And that's the line we're running with
43:01And we will deny it and you will look like fools
43:03Prepare me the indignation
43:04I understand you have to say it
43:06But we both know that it's true
43:07And your continual denial is making you lot look like fools
43:15Hello
43:16Can I take your details?
43:20What's all this?
43:22Don't tell me the groom's having last minute doubts
43:24No
43:25Andrew's asked us all to come together
43:26Because he wants someone to explain why
43:28God's name is going on with our mother
43:31The wedding of the Duke of York should be a landmark event
43:35At home and abroad
43:36Instead
43:38Thanks to the Queen's inexplicable lapse of judgment
43:41The newspapers are full
43:43Not of Sarah and me
43:45The mummy's rift with the Prime Minister
43:50Ah yes
43:50Sunday Times
43:52You have to admit she has made a god awful mess of it
43:54What was she thinking?
43:55She did what she spent her life telling me I cannot do
43:59She opened her mouth and expressed an opinion
44:03And is being slaughtered for it
44:06Bloody thoughtless of her if you ask me
44:08Oh come on
44:08You can hardly blame the newspapers for wanting to write about something other than the wedding of a fringe member
44:12of the family who'll never be king
44:14Ouch
44:16Well it's true isn't it
44:19Fourth in line now
44:20And by the time Williams had children his children have had children
44:25Fringe
44:29Jo
44:38You really just say that
44:40Or my wedding day
44:42That was impressively cunty
44:55It would be hard to imagine there'd be anything that could knock a royal wedding into second place on the
45:00news
45:01But the continuing escalation of the row between the Queen and Mrs Thatcher threatens to overshadow the nuptials
45:08The Queen has made a very serious error of judgment
45:12And this Sunday Times article has lit a touch paper to what could very quickly become a major constitutional crisis
45:19What the palace was hoping to achieve by this is hard to say
45:23But the fact is they've stirred up a hornet's nest
45:25And so far seem to lack the wind to avoid getting stung
45:30This story
45:31If I might interrupt ma'am
45:35One unfortunate consequence of our denial of the story is that the editor of the Sunday Times has now come
45:41out all guns blazing
45:42And whilst we could continue to deny it
45:46My own view is that it's no longer to our advantage
45:50And I think we're now going to have to give them something
45:54What?
45:54A culprit
45:57To deflect blame from you and to put these flames out ASAP
46:02We need to let them have a name
46:16Martin
46:17Michael
46:23This escalating situation between Buckingham Palace and Downing Street
46:27You can't say I didn't warn you
46:30I think you know how seriously the Queen takes her responsibility
46:34And how much she values the close relationship between the two houses
46:37Of course
46:38And to see it compromise like this
46:45As a consequence of your actions
46:51What?
46:53The fact is that the steps you took were completely unprofessional
46:57Martin, stop it
46:59Impugning the integrity of the palace and of the Queen herself
47:02We know one another too well
47:04This is madness
47:08I hope we can rely on you
47:11To do the right thing
47:27Of course
47:51Michael
48:21Michael
48:23I don't know.
49:11I don't know.
49:23Whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family
49:31to which we all belong.
49:35God help me to make good my vow, and God bless all of you who are willing to share in
49:42it.
49:45God bless all of you.
50:19God bless all of you.
50:23God bless all of you.
50:45God bless all of you.
51:07God bless all of you.
51:09God bless all of you.
51:33God bless all of you.
51:34God bless all of you.
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