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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.
03:16Out.
04:48Oh, 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.
05:02What?
05:08You kicking me out?
05:12Well, no, sir.
05:13I'm thanking you on behalf of the government, on behalf of the armed forces, on behalf of the whole country
05:18for your many years of remarkable service.
05:23You are.
05:24You're kicking me out.
05:28Well, there we are.
05:35There we are.
05:37There we are.
06:29It's absurd.
06:34But 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.
06:46If it be not to come, it will be now.
06:49If it be not now, yet it will come.
06:52The readiness is all.
07:09What am I going to do, Barrett?
07:12You'll bounce back, sir.
07:14Before long, you'll have a hundred projects.
07:20Cake, 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 auld lang syne.
07:55For old lang syne, my dear, for old lang syne.
08:05We'll take a cup of kindness yet for auld 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, my dear, for old lang syne.
09:05I'll go home, sir.
09:49I'll go home, sir.
09:56Yes, of course.
09:58I think there's a picture.
10:00You don't need to worry about the stairs.
10:09Pen's down, you must see.
10:15Ten minutes from Newmarket.
10:48Thank you, Cecil.
10:49How 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.
11:00Gilded, 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.
11:10It's too wet and muddy out there.
11:13It's been a lot like this.
11:15Hardly 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, the Queen
11:28Alexandra Stakes.
11:30This is Britain's longest flat race, where stamina is of the essence.
11:33And the favourite is, of course, number nine.
11:36Her Majesty's own horse, Apprentice.
11:39And they're off.
11:40With number six, Panic's in the early lead, followed by number one, Valentine's Day, with
11:44number two, Olympic boy, leaning 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, but number nine, Apprentice,
11:55tails behind in fifth place.
11:58A disappointing start for last year's Yorkshire Club champion.
12:02And Panic's still ahead, but behind him, Apprentice is gaining crowns.
12:06You've got the challenge from number seven, five even, and pulling it to four.
12:10Majesty.
12:11Majesty.
12:12Dickey, darling.
12:14Chin up vodka.
12:16Apprentice really has the look of eagles as they make the turn, and yes,
12:19Apprentice turns up the pressure on the Olympic boys.
12:21He moves into third place.
12:22And in what is a fantastic recovery from a slow start, Apprentice is now level with number
12:26two Olympic boys as they race 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 the challenge.
12:33And now it's the home straight.
12:35And Apprentice is charging down the near side.
12:37Nicking deep.
12:38Nearly.
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 Paul?
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 obsolete.
13:12And might need kicking 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.
13:37Not 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 Stirling 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.
14:36For me personally.
14:39And a humiliation for the government.
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.
14:54Oh.
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.
15:36And 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 devalued.
15:54What it does mean is that the goods we buy from abroad will be dearer.
15:59So, for many goods, it will be cheaper to buy British.
16:04Well, this devaluation has been a hard decision.
16:09And 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,
16:19the burden of the deficit that the 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.
16:40Now, we must choose to put Britain first.
17:06Tonight, we veterans of the Burma campaign are gathered here to renew old comradeships
17:14and to remember fallen brothers at Yang Gang Yong and Rangoon.
17:21We remember how it was fought.
17:23The old way.
17:25The honorable way.
17:27Body to body, bayonet to bayonet.
17:32And that swift, exhilarating sweep of victory
17:35that carried us over the Irrawaddy and into Mandalay.
17:40And there we met the Japanese army.
17:43And we tore it apart.
17:49Yes, gentlemen, we 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.
18:05Decline.
18:07Irrelevance.
18:07Yeah.
18:08And the devaluation of pound 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.
18:22Yeah.
18:23It melts the silver of our battle honors
18:26and reduces to cinders the very foundation of our economy, our currency.
18:32Yeah.
18:33Yeah.
18:34Yeah.
18:35Yeah.
18:35Yeah.
18:36So, if the only glories available to this nation are its past glories,
18:44then let us cherish them now.
18:46Yeah.
18:47Yeah.
18:47Yeah.
18:48Yeah.
18:50Come you back, you British soldier.
18:53Come you back.
18:57Who will join me?
18:59Yeah, 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 it first.
19:13For the temple bells are calling, and it's there that I would be, by the old Moemine Pagoda, looking lazy
19:24at the sea.
19:26On the road to Mandalay, where old Fertile, where thou sick beneath the orange, when we went Mandalay.
19:40On the road to Mandalay, where the flying faces play, and the dawn comes up like thunder, out of China,
19:53across the bay.
20:27Cecil King.
20:28I hope to talk to you, sir, to express my sympathy at the way you've been treated by the government.
20:33A shameful piece of political grandstanding and opportunism.
20:37To your very kind.
20:39Well, this country needs great men more than ever to restore confidence, inspire us, and perhaps even lead us out
20:46of the mire.
20:48It must be made very clear to me that my leadership days are over.
20:52My colleagues and I don't believe that, sir, not for a minute.
20:57As a matter of fact, we'd be delighted if you'd agree to have lunch with us at Threadneedle Street one
21:02day.
21:03Bank of England?
21:04We've been working on a proposal which we'd very much like to put to you.
21:13Sir.
21:18Hey!
21:21Come here, Mr. Ed.
21:39Thank you, Mr. Ed, but there is no need for these formalities.
21:44In the world of conservation, it's you who are the roo.
21:47You are very gentle, Madam, and indulgent.
21:50I assume that you are flat.
21:53Here, here.
21:54All right.
21:55All right.
21:56Hello.
21:57Hello.
21:59Hello.
22:01Hello.
22:02It was Malin Commissage who came out of Bidangar, the magnificent Speyer.
22:07Oh.
22:08It was Grand Sire, White Settler.
22:10Oh, that's right.
22:11We had a tremendous success with it.
22:13Yes.
22:14I'm a big, wonderful sprinter.
22:16Are these your stud books?
22:17Indeed, ma'am.
22:18And I think you will find some very familiar names in this.
22:22Yes, I will.
22:24If I'm not mistaken, this one.
22:27Oh, gosh, yes.
22:28My grandfather's one of his favorites.
22:32What would you say, six months?
22:33Hmm.
22:34Yes, 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.
22:43Fortunately.
22:43Excellent line to the back.
22:44Yes.
22:46Come here.
22:55It was extraordinary.
22:57Not just their facilities.
22:58Their 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, is it over?
23:12Have we slipped too far behind?
23:14Not yet, ma'am.
23:16Not yet, ma'am.
23:16But if you want to keep up, you do need to act decisively now.
23:20It'd mean rethinking the operation from top to toe, changing the personnel, changing the approach.
23:26Yes.
23:26And, currently, there is a drain of 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, it would be ideal.
23:40Just for a day or two.
23:42But, er, won'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 and superannuated and surplus to requirements.
23:54I'm sure she's relishing being the big chief again.
24:12Thank you, sir.
24:16Mr. King.
24:20The Great Britain of our childhood is dying before us.
24:25The country is bankrupt, our national security is in tatters, our allies are in despair.
24:31And on our current trajectory, by 1970, we will be a vassal state.
24:37A pariah.
24:39I don't know about you, sir, but I'd sooner die than stand idly by and watch this happen.
24:45And to that end, my associates and I have come up with a plan to put the country back on
24:51track.
24:52Which is?
24:55Replacing the Prime Minister and installing a new emergency government.
25:01What?
25:02And in his place, we would need to install an inspirational figurehead.
25:07Someone who could unite the nation, command its respect.
25:11Someone who had stepped into a national leadership role before.
25:15Now, there are some obvious candidates, but frankly, none would be as good as you, sir.
25:19No, no, no. This is quite unthinkable.
25:22At this point, I should close my ears.
25:28Despite my own very profound reservations regarding our Prime Minister,
25:32what you're talking about is effectively a coup.
25:34And I can have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
25:38In peacetime, it's true, an intervention like this would be unconstitutional.
25:44But we believe this is no longer peacetime.
25:48And the circumstances are unprecedented and quite exceptional.
25:55Gerald.
25:58In order to hijack control of the economy,
26:01Wilson and his socialist colleagues have devised a plan.
26:05Plan Brutus.
26:07Which would strip the Bank of England of all its powers,
26:11freeze the sterling balances of foreign governments,
26:13and enforce crash cuts in defence spending.
26:17Bankers cannot be allowed to run the show.
26:20The Bank of England has known about gold pouring out of the country since Monday,
26:25and has done nothing to stop it.
26:27What is our response?
26:28The imposition of exchange controls,
26:31the crash cuts in defence expenditure,
26:33and the compulsory acquisition of all privately held overseas securities.
26:38Show 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, but the world.
26:57We are proposing a radical revolution led by bankers, businessmen and the armed forces.
27:03Professionals who can save us from amateurism, incompetence and Russian infiltration.
27:09And as our interim leader,
27:11we can think of no one better than you, sir.
27:14The lead was out of vonä».
27:27This is all very interesting.
27:33May I suggest that we meet again?
27:38In 48 hours?
27:51with the pound down and the rest later I suppose that sums it up
27:55evaluation of a gigantic loan that we all have to pay back
27:58Britain now finds itself looking at a complete reversal of government policy
28:02after three years of devaluation and denial
28:08outside 10 downing feet protesters gathered as a reality of one of devalued
28:12powers
28:30welcome to the Commonwealth of Kentucky you imagine
28:33thank you Mr. Hancock please call me Paul sorry we don't have better weather for you
28:37it's quite all right we like a good watery
28:39Paul Hancock
28:40pleasure to be here
28:41your shopping basket will hold less for the same money
28:44a lot of imported foodstaffs will cast more
28:47around several to find for off the feet
28:52on Monday after the announcement the stock exchange was empty
28:55there was no training
28:57outside in Tron Morton Street
28:58brokers and jobbers crowned together
29:00to try and sort out one of the drunken
29:05morning boy
29:06morning sir
29:07morning Mr. Hancock
29:08they're testing for minerals
29:10sulfur
29:11calcium
29:11correct nutrition is vital now
29:14when it comes to the bone strength and bone formation
29:17and the foes were raised
29:18yes sir
29:19Tommy's one of the best
29:20thank you sir
29:21does Tommy ever come to England
29:22oh no no no
29:25Paris worked up to find that France was on the brink of civil war
29:28with the rebel generals in Algeria sent paratroopers
29:31defense measures were quickly put into operation
29:38all the airports were closed to flights in and out
29:41nobody in the capital knew the rebels' intentions
29:43but plastic bomb outranges here and elsewhere showed that pro-ribble sympathizers were on the power
29:50they struck in the garden of the old way of the terminus and at the Osterman station
29:54not with any serious debate
29:55these are veterinary students we've invited to spend time here at the farm
30:00they learn reproductive management, neonatal and foal management, herd health management
30:06what we're aiming for is better integration between our practices here at the stud
30:10and the clinical research being conducted in the wider world
30:16remind me of the year, Porche
30:181967
30:19why?
30:21because having seen what I've just seen
30:22one might think it 2067
30:24in terms of technology
30:26and their management of the pasture
30:28and their willingness to embrace new ideas
30:30the Americans aren't just 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 Cecil by comparison
30:38yes
30:39he is getting on
30:40hmm
30:41150
30:41well not quite that
30:43but certainly 80
30:4420 year old Cecil
30:46the Van Hur of Newmarket
30:49but he had such success with your father
30:51and grandfather
30:52you know he was wounded at the Somme
30:54yes
30:55so probably time for someone a little bit younger
30:58the question is
30:59who is there?
31:00no
31:00what about
31:02Gordon Richards
31:03he's with the wine stocks
31:04they've never let him go
31:05hmm
31:06or
31:08with David McCall
31:09hmm
31:11he's good
31:13can you honestly see him fitting in?
31:15no
31:16try that
31:17oh
31:29would you ever consider it?
31:33me?
31:34why not?
31:35you're brilliant
31:35and you know the family inside out
31:39well I'm honored
31:41but I'm also very ambitious
31:45I could never accept
31:46unless I felt sure
31:47we had every chance of success at the highest level
31:51and in terms of our research
31:53there's still one thing that we really need to see
31:56what?
31:57their training facilities
31:59if we're going to gain the edge
32:00there's still a lot to learn from the Americans
32:03what?
32:04how much longer is that going to take?
32:06well
32:07thank you
32:11well
32:11you are trying
32:12yes please
32:13if I first thought
32:15to keep the beginning of the earth
32:16at that time
32:17oh
32:19oh
32:19oh
32:20oh
32:20oh
32:24oh
32:24oh
32:25oh
32:26oh
32:32oh
32:33oh
32:41Gentlemen, in the past decade alone, there have, by my reckoning, been 73 coups in 46
32:50different countries around the world.
32:53And the success of some of these might encourage us.
32:57In Ghana, two years ago, President Nkrumah was ousted with just 500 men.
33:04And in 1961, in South Korea, Major General Park Chung-hee seized power with 3,500 men.
33:13And in 1964, in Gabon, just 150 men were able to arrest President Nkrumah and thus gain control over the
33:23leavers of state power.
33:25And of course, it was with just one legion that Caesar crossed the Rubicon.
33:31And perhaps we would not seek to follow his fate, a six-semper tyrannis gentleman.
33:38And what all successful insurgencies have in common are five key elements.
33:45Control of the media, control of the economy, and the capture of administrative targets, for which you need the fourth
33:53element, the loyalty of the military.
33:56Now, in Ghana and Gabon, this can be achieved with a handful of battalions.
34:01But here, in the United Kingdom, we would need to secure Parliament, Whitehall, Ministry of Defence, and the Cabinet Office.
34:13The Prime Minister will be arrested, of course, along with other politicians still loyal.
34:18We would have to shut down the airports, air traffic control, same with the train stations.
34:24Curfews will be put in place, martial law declared.
34:28And I haven't even mentioned the police.
34:32It would take tens of thousands of unquestioningly loyal servicemen.
34:37And even in my heyday, I could never command that.
34:41But, which brings me to the fifth element, legitimacy.
34:47Now, our government draws its strength from long-established institutions that support it.
34:53The courts, body of common law, the Constitution.
34:59For any action against the state to succeed, you'd have to overthrow these as well.
35:04But in a highly evolved democracy such as ours, their authority is sacrosanct.
35:12Which is why, gentlemen, a coup d'etat in the United Kingdom doesn't stand a chance.
35:30Unless...
35:33Unless...
35:33Unless we have the support of the one person not yet mentioned.
35:39Do you see the temperament?
35:41Yeah, we like that.
35:42The Crown has at its disposal unique constitutional powers, which could still make something like this possible.
35:52In 1834, William IV used them to dismiss his government in the face of opposition from the House.
35:58And in 1920, the Emergency Powers Act was passed, which gives the sovereign power, in certain circumstances, to declare a
36:07state of emergency by proclamation.
36:09Meaning, our queen could dissolve parliament, and appoint a new government, and a prime minister as well.
36:18She's also a commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
36:21They swear allegiance to her, and not to parliament.
36:25So, could count on their support to see it through.
36:31She is our Caesar.
36:39And you think she might entertain this idea?
36:42The circumstances are certainly compelling.
36:45I've made a list here of exactly how compelling.
36:49And as her second cousin, I am in an ideal position to ask.
37:04I'm not hungry.
37:05No.
37:10Somehow, today has managed to be one of the most enjoyable days of my life.
37:15And at the same time, one of the most depressing.
37:22Telephone call for you, ma'am?
37:23Lord Manbatten.
37:24I'll call him back.
37:33If I tell you something, do you promise it will stay between us?
37:36Of course.
37:40This is how I'd like to spend all my time.
37:45Owning horses, breeding horses, racing horses.
37:48It's what makes me truly happy.
37:53And I actually think it's what I was born to do.
37:56Until the other thing came along.
37:58That someone else was born to do.
38:00That they elected not to do.
38:02Which meant that first my father, and then I, had to do a job we were never meant to do.
38:08Well, you've managed to make it look like the other thing is the only thing you were ever meant to
38:13do.
38:16You're kind.
38:18But it isn't.
38:34And on days like today, in places like this, in company like this,
38:43you get a glimpse of what it all might have been like.
38:48The unlived life.
38:52And how much happier it might have made me.
39:02Not now.
39:07Who did? I just sniffed.
39:08Slightly.
39:09I should have to grovel now.
39:10No, it's alright. He'll understand.
39:13I'm so sorry, Your Majesty.
39:15Yes, alright. I'm coming.
39:16Honestly, only Dickie.
39:25Yes, thank you, Master. I'll talk to you.
39:27Yes, thank you, Master.
39:41Yes, thank you, Master.
39:46Thank you, Master.
39:47Majesty.
39:54You are persistent. Is it really so important?
39:59Yes, Your Majesty.
40:01Prime Minister.
40:05Ma'am, I have reason to believe there is currently a full-blown plot developing against me
40:11and the democratically elected Labour government that governs in your name,
40:17being led by a senior member of your family.
40:21Who?
40:24Lord 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.
40:35Thank you, sir.
40:38Now, I feel compelled to remind, Your Majesty,
40:41that 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
40:56were to interfere with the political business of the day,
41:00I would be left with no option but to side
41:03with 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.
41:21You know.
41:22I have to...
41:31I have to...
41:47This looks like you have been nimble.
41:48Daddy?
41:49I have to wait and see you last a while.
42:15Drink up, Portie.
42:17We're getting home.
42:21We're getting home.
42:57Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty.
43:10Your Majesty.
43:17You asked to see me.
43:19I did.
43:21Well, great minds think alike.
43:23As it happens, I was planning to drop by myself.
43:28On 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.
44:05To 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.
44:44But if the man of the heart of that democracy threatens to destroy it,
44:48are we supposed to just stand by and do nothing?
44:50Yes.
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.
46:09Cheered her up.
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.
47:42You're left.
47:44Not me.
47:45I'm on the way out.
47:47Nonsense.
47:49There came a moment around the time I turned 70
47:53when 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
48:07and not getting in the way.
48:20Now, I hear you have been getting in the way.
48:24I told you that.
48:25There are no secrets in this place.
48:29Did you get a dressing down from our doughty queen?
48:34Yes, I did.
48:38Oh, what's so funny?
48:40Well, that's funny.
48:42The little girl
48:44admonishing the grand old
48:46admiral of the fleet.
48:47Well, I'm glad it amuses you.
48:49Because the situation this country is facing
48:52is anything but amusing.
48:57Oh, who cares?
49:01Honestly.
49:04One of the few joys of being as old as we both are
49:08is that it's not our problem.
49:12Not really our country, either.
49:15What 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,
49:28but 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.
49:47And in return, I've given it my life.
49:56And to see it like this breaks my heart.
49:58I got a link in this break.
50:12Let's see.
50:25Well, come.
50:34You must sleep, sister.
50:49Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
50:59That looks like a death, are Iļæ½ļæ½ coming.
51:13I think it's a very good state.
51:13Yes, I think it's a very good state
51:21this place might be a good state.
52:20You don't sound so surprised.
52:21I am. It's been so long.
52:27So how was France, America?
52:32Educational.
52:35The trip was supposed to be a week.
52:37You were gone almost a month.
52:38Yes.
52:41With Portchey?
52:43Yes.
52:46Was that fun?
52:49We went on racing business.
52:51It was a fact-finding expedition.
52:54Right.
52:56If you have something to say, say it now.
52:58Otherwise, if you don't mind, I'm busy.
53:00I've heard you've appointed him as your racing manager.
53:03I have.
53:03Which means he'll be around all the time.
53:05Yes, with any luck.
53:07Good for you.
53:08Good for all of us.
53:10Good for all of us.
53:21I don't know.
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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