- 20 hours ago
The Crown S02E05 [Full Movie] [Hot 2026]Full EP - Full
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00:08The Queen's Critic is headed again!
00:00:11Here, attach the Queen!
00:00:14Queen's Critic!
00:00:17Queen's Critic is headed again!
00:00:19Come on, Jack.
00:00:21I'll take one of each this morning, please.
00:00:24And a sundae as well.
00:00:27That's right.
00:00:30Queen's Critic is headed again!
00:00:32Here, attach the Queen!
00:00:50No, I shan't have anything.
00:00:53Sorry, dear.
00:01:21I think it's right.
00:01:23Do you?
00:01:24Yeah.
00:01:25Now I think about it, she is a bit priggish.
00:01:33I think so.
00:01:36I think so.
00:01:52Good Lord.
00:01:54Average.
00:01:54Good Lord.
00:01:58Come on, Axe.
00:02:00That's it.
00:02:00Don't push.
00:02:01You're not altering him.
00:02:03Yes.
00:02:07Get straight up!
00:02:45Ready?
00:02:49Ready.
00:02:53Ready.
00:02:54Ready.
00:02:55Ready.
00:02:55Well, I shall certainly let Her Majesty know.
00:03:04Time and tide, Mr. Conservator.
00:03:07Wit for no man, Private Secretary.
00:03:09Good afternoon to you.
00:03:11Good afternoon, sir.
00:03:24What is it now?
00:03:27Lord Altrincham has been struck.
00:03:33Dumb, I hope.
00:03:35Better than that, ma'am.
00:03:37In the face.
00:03:39Quite forcefully, I'm told.
00:03:42By whom?
00:03:44Which gallant and chivalrous individual?
00:03:46I'm afraid we don't have those details yet, ma'am.
00:03:50The incident occurred outside the television studios
00:03:53and the perpetrator is now on his way
00:03:57to the Bow Street police station
00:03:58where we expect him to be released without charge.
00:04:03Well, how very gratifying.
00:04:05Yes.
00:04:07Very.
00:04:08Which television studios?
00:04:09The independent television network studios, ma'am,
00:04:13where Altrincham had just recorded an interview.
00:04:17For what?
00:04:19A programme appropriately called Impact.
00:04:23When will it air?
00:04:25Tonight, ma'am.
00:04:27Nine o'clock.
00:04:47Tell the people.
00:04:48Tell them on television.
00:04:51Questions in the public mind.
00:04:53Answered by people in the public eye.
00:04:55This is Impact.
00:04:58A programme that examines the most important matters of the moment.
00:05:02And which will debate to you at home.
00:05:05Sorry I'm late.
00:05:05Robin Day puts the question...
00:05:07It's just starting.
00:05:10Tonight we have a man who, because of press activity in recent days,
00:05:14probably needs no introduction.
00:05:15Lord Altrincham.
00:05:16In the space of just a few days,
00:05:18his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the Queen,
00:05:21in a periodical of which he is also publisher,
00:05:24have become the most pressing issue of the day
00:05:26and caused something of a constitutional crisis.
00:05:29So, I'd like to begin by asking Lord Altrincham a simple question.
00:05:34She's our Head of State,
00:05:36loved, respected and admired throughout the world.
00:05:39So, why do you hate her so very much?
00:06:08To be continued.
00:06:57Transcription by CastingWords
00:07:25Transcription by CastingWords
00:07:57Transcription by CastingWords
00:08:27Transcription by CastingWords
00:08:29Transcription by CastingWords
00:08:46Transcription by CastingWords
00:08:47memories as a child or sitting in a dentist chair because a piece of toffee
00:08:55I ate
00:09:03not again hi I have sir perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness
00:09:14and ability to withstand the fatigue of dull repetitive work and your great
00:09:21courage in meeting constant small adversities depend in great measure the
00:09:28happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole
00:09:38the upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of
00:09:45heart of its average men and women working men and women it has a touch more dignity
00:10:06no I think average is fine
00:10:22which you might be interested to see this it's a draft of a speech the Queen's going to give in
00:10:28a
00:10:28week's time I don't mind telling you I felt a bit uneasy about it
00:10:50yes sir forgive me if I'm interfering beyond my station
00:11:01Tommy
00:11:02you were about to interfere beyond your station
00:11:09it's concerning the speech the Queen is due to give next week
00:11:13at the Jagger car factory
00:11:15what about it
00:11:16I was just wondering if you were happy with it
00:11:24well obviously I'm happy with it
00:11:26or I wouldn't have shown it to her majesty for the approval which she immediately gave
00:11:32did the Queen read it
00:11:34she didn't need to
00:11:36she merely asked if I was happy I replied in the affirmative
00:11:41and that was good enough
00:11:43for her majesty but I can see that the very important question is
00:11:50is it good enough for Colonel Charteris
00:11:55you don't think it strikes the wrong tone
00:11:59in which sense
00:12:02in its paternalism
00:12:07may I
00:12:11you
00:12:12you
00:12:13I
00:12:14I
00:12:14I suppose if I
00:12:15had a concern
00:12:18it would be that post-Suez
00:12:20in this new climate
00:12:23in this new Britain
00:12:26the tone of the speech is
00:12:30somewhat
00:12:30somewhat what
00:12:36old-fashioned
00:12:39then would leave her open to attack from whom the newspapers
00:12:46people if i had a shilling for every time someone of a progressive or liberal disposition
00:12:52had warned needlessly of a popular attack against the crown i'd be a rich man
00:12:57the british people adore their sovereign it is what constitutes indeed defines being british
00:13:04now the worst i've ever encountered is apathy where people simply accept the king or queen
00:13:10as they accept the sky above their heads but it's a long way from apathy to insurrection
00:13:16now as regards the newspapers the crown can count on their support for two reasons first there is
00:13:22nothing to attack that's the advantage of a constitutional monarchy they have no power
00:13:28so there's nothing to complain about and even if they wanted to they'd always let us know first
00:13:33the palace would then threaten them the boycott on the next major royal event causing the newspapers
00:13:39immediately to back down because the very people you fear will hate the queen the same ones who buy
00:13:47copies in their millions why because they love her
00:13:55so so i'm worrying unnecessarily martin i shall leave the drawing of that inescapable conclusion to you
00:14:22i'm going to take it in a little shorter man and rounder it back
00:14:25lovely
00:14:27so
00:14:56CHOIR SINGS
00:15:24CHOIR SINGS
00:15:33CHOIR SINGS
00:15:55CHOIR SINGS
00:16:00CHOIR SINGS
00:16:01CHOIR SINGS
00:16:25CHOIR SINGS
00:16:30CHOIR SINGS
00:16:32CHOIR SINGS
00:16:55CHOIR SINGS
00:17:24CHOIR SINGS
00:17:25CHOIR SINGS
00:17:39CHOIR SINGS
00:17:40CHOIR SINGS
00:17:40CHOIR SINGS
00:17:41CHOIR SINGS
00:17:43CHOIR SINGS
00:17:43CHOIR SINGS
00:17:56CHOIR SINGS
00:18:01CHOIR SINGS
00:18:02CHOIR SINGS
00:18:05CHOIR SINGS
00:18:26CHOIR SINGS
00:18:37CHOIR SINGS
00:18:38CHOIR SINGS
00:18:39CHOIR SINGS
00:18:39CHOIR SINGS
00:18:44CHOIR SINGS
00:18:50CHOIR SINGS
00:18:53CHOIR SINGS
00:18:59depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole.
00:19:08The upward course of a nation's history is due, in the long run, to the soundness of
00:19:14heart of its average men and women.
00:19:18May you be proud to remember how much depends on you, and that even when your life seems
00:19:25most monotonous. What you do is always of real value and importance to your fellow.
00:19:34Well, let's have a wonderful time. Well, let's have a wonderful time. Come on, everybody,
00:19:40let's have a wonderful time.
00:19:42Lord Orchner?
00:19:44Evening at the Shard. News Corical. Evening at the Shard.
00:19:55Ah, I need a favour, some typing. Oh, you're going home?
00:19:59I don't need to be.
00:20:05I've just heard a ridiculous speech by the Queen, and I want to write an immediate response.
00:20:11Well, I'll find someone else.
00:20:13No, no, it's no trouble. I had nothing else planned.
00:20:26You're welcome.
00:20:29You're welcome.
00:20:30You're welcome.
00:20:46I've had another thought.
00:20:47Super.
00:20:49A rather heretical thought. I got the idea from something Walter Badgett said about the
00:20:54first duty of royalty being to inspire.
00:21:10Wolverine is sliding a googление.
00:21:11The Sheriff's Republic said that you will be to rise.
00:21:11Price at Boise's Definitely Versadences.
00:21:11Not at all.
00:21:15I'm not going to decide whether it's a friend or not.
00:21:16The mayor is going to be a friend or地.
00:21:22They have a girl liked the traumable.
00:21:22How do you love them for лай episodes?
00:21:23You are not going to keep them down.
00:21:23I'm not going to audible and pat card.
00:21:24However, you are not going to let them marry you.
00:21:24Nobody is alive during this time.
00:21:24And you are asking them,
00:22:25Yes, very lovely.
00:22:26Good to be back.
00:22:27Well, let's see if it rises up, please.
00:24:35The shop, ma'am.
00:24:47National and English with you.
00:24:49National and English with you.
00:24:51Thank you, Madam.
00:24:52National and English.
00:24:53Thank you, Captain.
00:24:54National and English with you.
00:24:56Thank you so much, Madam.
00:24:58National and English with you.
00:24:59Thank you very much.
00:25:00There we go, sir.
00:25:01Thank you very much.
00:25:03Goodbye, sir.
00:25:04Thank you, sir.
00:25:14I see.
00:25:27I see
00:25:31Right
00:25:35Well, thank you
00:26:08Sorry to disturb, Your Majesty, Your Highness
00:26:11Just to say, it might be worth avoiding certain newspapers this morning
00:26:17Why?
00:26:20What's your sister done now?
00:26:23Nothing to do with Princess Margaret, sir
00:26:26It's an article written by Lord Altringham
00:26:30Never heard of him
00:26:32You?
00:26:33Taken originally from his own publication
00:26:36The National and English Review
00:26:40Never heard of that, either
00:26:42Which several newspapers have chosen to run
00:26:45Partially or in full
00:26:47What kind of article?
00:26:51It's quite a critical article, ma'am
00:27:00What gives him the right?
00:27:05Tell me, honestly, mummy
00:27:08Is there any part of you that agrees with him?
00:27:13Certainly not
00:27:17That's not just your mother saying that
00:27:20The Palace Press Secretary called me an hour ago
00:27:22To say the vast majority of the country
00:27:24Not only disagrees with Altringham
00:27:26But is disgusted by him
00:27:28It's an irrelevant article
00:27:31Written by an irrelevant man
00:27:32For an irrelevant publication
00:27:34Only picked up because it's August
00:27:36People are on holiday
00:27:37Government is in recess
00:27:39There's nothing to write about
00:27:42Today, 85% of the country is against him
00:27:45By tomorrow, it will be 95%
00:27:48That man's going to wish he'd never been born
00:28:16I asked you to come because I had a phone call an hour ago
00:28:20From a television producer
00:28:21Inviting me to record an interview this afternoon
00:28:25Which programme?
00:28:27Impact
00:28:27With Robin Day
00:28:31I wish it weren't day
00:28:32We all wish it weren't day
00:28:35He's terrifying
00:28:36Don't be silly
00:28:37The fact that it's day is what makes it valuable
00:28:40You don't think I'm walking into a trap?
00:28:43You walked into the trap when you wrote the article
00:28:46Now you're the most unloved individual in Britain
00:28:50Ironically, Day is the one person who could help you
00:28:53Why?
00:28:56You've seen how he interviews people
00:28:58He dismembers them
00:29:00Tears them to shreds
00:29:01Yes
00:29:02But keep your cool under his scrutiny
00:29:05Make your case politely
00:29:07Respectfully
00:29:08Intelligently
00:29:10It could turn people around
00:29:22Thank you very much
00:29:31Lord Alderman
00:29:32How do you do?
00:29:33How do you do?
00:29:33Shall we?
00:29:34Yes
00:29:34This way
00:29:35Thank you for coming
00:29:36Not at all
00:29:37How long do we have until we start
00:29:38Well, we'll put them to make up quickly
00:29:40And we should make start
00:29:41Just here
00:29:44Shall we roll?
00:29:45All right
00:29:48Let myself to water
00:29:49Thank you
00:29:50Shouldn't be too long
00:29:53All good
00:29:54All good
00:29:59He's standing by, sir
00:30:00He's prepared
00:30:13We've been told how all this works
00:30:14Recording now
00:30:16Transmission tonight
00:30:18Yes
00:30:20Five
00:30:21Four
00:30:22Three
00:30:25Tonight we have a man who
00:30:27Because of press activity in recent days
00:30:29Probably needs no introduction
00:30:30Lord Altrincham
00:30:31In the space of just a few days
00:30:33His inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the Queen
00:30:37In a periodical of which he is also publisher
00:30:39Have become the most pressing issue of the day
00:30:42And caused something of a constitutional crisis
00:30:45So I'd like to begin by asking Lord Altrincham a simple question
00:30:50She's our head of state
00:30:51Loved, respected and admired around the world
00:30:54So why do you hate her so very much?
00:30:57I... I don't
00:30:58Then why criticise her like this?
00:31:02That's like asking an art critic why he criticises art
00:31:05I'm a passionate monarchist who believes constitutional monarchy
00:31:10Is Britain's greatest invention
00:31:11Do you indeed?
00:31:12Yes I do
00:31:13I believe that monarchy provides clarity
00:31:16A symbolic head of state
00:31:18Transcending the self-serving interests of the egocentric and self-motivated politicians
00:31:24Who go in and out of office
00:31:27Who, as King Lear wonderfully says
00:31:29Ebb and flow by the moon
00:31:32But when working at its best monarchy can rise above such matters
00:31:35And unify a society
00:31:37It can set the tone and become the embodiment of the nation
00:31:40Of national character
00:31:41But the problem is at the moment
00:31:44It's... it's not doing that
00:31:45It's doing very little right as far as you're concerned
00:31:48No, that's not true
00:31:49You would like to see her majesty endowed with superhuman powers
00:31:53It's not superhuman to be a little spontaneous
00:31:55Judging from your article you'd like the queen to have the qualities of a... of a wit
00:31:59You'd like her to be a... a better orator
00:32:02A TV personality in addition to being a diligent, dutiful and devoted monarch and a mother
00:32:08All I'm suggesting is that in her public speeches and in her appearances
00:32:12She should be more, uh, natural
00:32:14Her style of speaking is, quite frankly, a pain in the neck
00:32:20She sounds strangled
00:32:23I had the misfortune of hearing one of the queen's speeches in a dental waiting room recently
00:32:28I was horrified by the indifference and inertia with which the speech was greeted
00:32:34But you'd accept that being queen and head of the Church of England is not an easy job
00:32:39Or a simple one, if you'll forgive me
00:32:41It's, uh, it's arguably a harder job than editing a... a small periodical
00:32:46No, no, I quite agree
00:32:47Her majesty is a... a seemingly impossible task
00:32:50She has to be ordinary and extraordinary
00:32:53Touched by divinity and yet one of us
00:32:55But being ordinary doesn't have to mean bland
00:32:59Or ineffectual
00:33:01Or forgettable
00:33:02And against whom do you lay the main charge?
00:33:05Her courtiers?
00:33:06Well, in the end, if the court is wrong
00:33:08If the set-up is wrong
00:33:10You have no choice but to criticise the boss
00:33:12The queen?
00:33:14Yes
00:33:14Because only the boss can get rid of the bad servants
00:33:18She hires them
00:33:19She alone can fire them
00:33:21Now, they may be bad
00:33:23I believe some of them at the moment are
00:33:25They're quite dreadful
00:33:26But it is her responsibility
00:33:29It's not theirs
00:33:30In the sense that they're just hired hands
00:33:32And so the personal attack on the monarch continues
00:33:35Let me just say this
00:33:37To criticise the monarchy
00:33:39To criticise her majesty personally
00:33:42Gives me no satisfaction
00:33:44But we have to remember that since the Second World War
00:33:47Since Suez
00:33:48Britain has changed beyond recognition
00:33:51And yet the monarchy continues its pre-war routines
00:33:54As though nothing has happened
00:33:56I believe it would serve the queen and her courtiers well
00:33:59To remember that until recently
00:34:01Monarchies were the rule
00:34:02And republics the exception
00:34:04But today
00:34:06Republics are the rule
00:34:08And monarchies
00:34:10Very much the exception
00:34:13Lord Altringham
00:34:14I have to terminate the interview
00:34:16I'm obliged to
00:34:17For answering my questions
00:34:18Next week at the same time
00:34:20There will be another edition of Impact
00:34:22Good night
00:34:25That went very well
00:34:33Thank you again Lord Altringham
00:34:35Thank you
00:34:36Good day
00:34:36Good day
00:34:41Thank you
00:34:42Thank you
00:34:45All things are scarier in real life
00:34:47I, uh...
00:34:48Well done
00:34:49Altringham
00:34:49Yes
00:34:52You traitor
00:35:00Congratulations
00:35:00Well done
00:35:01Well done
00:35:02Well done
00:35:03Glass of white
00:35:04Something stronger
00:35:06What about a brandy
00:35:07Why not
00:35:08Well done
00:35:12Well done
00:35:13Well done
00:35:15Don't be calm
00:35:18Manly are red
00:35:31Your Majesty
00:35:32Yes
00:35:33What is it Michael
00:35:34There have been some reactions in the newspapers to last night's television interview
00:35:40And to the assault upon Lord Altringham
00:35:43And I'm afraid it's not quite as we'd hoped
00:35:49Why not?
00:35:51Well the man that struck Altringham it turns out is a member of the extreme right League of Empire loyalists
00:36:00which is a pressure group that campaigns against the dissolution of the empire and has a clear doctrine of English
00:36:09racial supremacy
00:36:10Oh dear
00:36:11Oh dear
00:36:13And it seems that most people have decided having watched Altringham on television that he is eminently reasonable
00:36:25Now almost half the country appears to agree with his sentiments and there are new polls to support this
00:36:33Letters of the Daily Mirror are running at four to one in Altringham's favour
00:36:39And even the normally conservative Daily Mail changed its tune this morning
00:36:49In addition and this I believe reflects on his growing concern at some of the telephone calls he has been
00:36:56receiving
00:36:58The Prime Minister suggested that he'd come up a week earlier than planned in order to discuss it all with
00:37:06you in person
00:37:12Well I hope you're going to apologize to Mr. Macmillan too
00:37:16No
00:37:17You're not going to deny this hell mess springs from a badly written speech which I gave unquestioningly because I
00:37:23trusted you
00:37:25Perhaps Lord Altringham is right
00:37:27Perhaps I should surround myself with younger more dynamic people with one foot in the real world
00:37:49Achilles
00:38:01and you believe it's now a government measure I do ambassadors from all around
00:38:08the world have been calling me concerned her majesty will hardly need reminding
00:38:14a great many other countries have overthrown their monarchies and become
00:38:18republics in recent years Egypt Bulgaria Italy Tunisia only last month of course
00:38:27we're not at that point not at a red light we're not even at an amber but we'd
00:38:34hate it to become amber and so it is my view the government's view that it would
00:38:42be wise to contain this as soon as possible and do what the obvious thing
00:38:49altering them is a fire which needs to be put out
00:38:54got you
00:39:02got you
00:39:29palace has offered up a chap called charteris
00:39:32to meet I looked him up he used to be her principal private secretary
00:39:40oh there you are before the king died when she was princess and now he's assistant private secretary
00:39:54so not quite a pawn but certainly not a bishop or knight either go
00:40:01go in order to be fobbed off go in the spirit of openness and wanting to work together
00:40:06to work together they would have sent someone higher up
00:40:09go
00:40:13go in and take a list of suggestions recommendations don't go empty handed
00:40:26Not yet. John! Your tooth! John!
00:40:31Sorry.
00:41:01I'm coming, sir.
00:41:03Sorry.
00:41:33Lord Ortingham.
00:41:35Yes.
00:41:36This way, please.
00:42:05Good to know I'm seeing the top man.
00:42:12In one sense.
00:42:20Here we are, Lord Ortingham. Colonel Charteris will be with you shortly.
00:42:28Sir.
00:42:52I see we have something in common.
00:42:58And what would that be?
00:43:05Your Majesty.
00:43:10I was referring to the photos of Eton and Sandhurst.
00:43:16Which you attended to, I gather.
00:43:19Yes.
00:43:20Going on to become an Officer of the Guards at both St James's Palace and Windsor Castle.
00:43:27Doesn't quite fit the profile of a revolutionary.
00:43:31It's the assumption everyone has made.
00:43:33Because I dare offer an opinion, I must be trying to burn the temple down.
00:43:38On the contrary, I'm trying to make sure it survives.
00:43:42Well, those of us in the temple are very much looking forward to hearing what it is we must do
00:43:47in order to survive.
00:43:50Shall we begin?
00:43:55Is my voice all right?
00:43:58You can understand me?
00:44:00Yes.
00:44:02Not too strangled?
00:44:03Not too much a pain in the neck?
00:44:06No.
00:44:07Good.
00:44:10So, what is it that you'd have me change?
00:44:13It's not so much what I'd have you change.
00:44:16Just an acknowledgement that it has changed.
00:44:20What?
00:44:22Everything.
00:44:25And to prepare yourself for the fact we now live in a time where people like me...
00:44:32Can say exactly what they think?
00:44:34Yes.
00:44:35In any way they want?
00:44:37Yes.
00:44:38And remind me, why is that exactly?
00:44:43Because the age of deference is over.
00:44:48And what is left without deference?
00:44:52Anarchy?
00:44:54Equality.
00:44:55How can it be equality when I cannot return the fire?
00:44:58You can.
00:44:59But I struggle to think of a moment in history where it has worked to a monarch's advantage to return
00:45:05fire on their own people.
00:45:07But you have managed to think of how this monarch might do something to her advantage.
00:45:12I have.
00:45:14And that same monarch is sitting before, forgive me, a failed politician and an unrecognized journalist, and taking his advice
00:45:27on how to do her job.
00:45:30The situation is as baffling to me as it is to you, your majesty.
00:45:48Ah, I've got a list.
00:45:51I do.
00:45:53As you might know from my article, I made a series of observations, recommendations of things to change.
00:45:59But for the purposes of this meeting, I chose to limit those recommendations to, um, six.
00:46:07Six.
00:46:09Three things to start, and three things to stop.
00:46:13Well, let's start with the stops.
00:46:17Very well.
00:46:18Ah, yes.
00:46:20Putting an end to the debutante's ball.
00:46:24The idea that only young women of a certain class are presented to the sovereign,
00:46:29and women who are not of that class are not presented to the sovereign, and somehow not acceptable.
00:46:35This is the sort of iniquity that should have died out with our grandparents' generation, certainly after the war.
00:46:46Next.
00:46:49Uh, allow divorced people to move more freely in royal circles.
00:46:58Why?
00:47:00The sovereign is head of the Church of England, and the church does not recognize divorced persons.
00:47:05It's unkind.
00:47:08Discriminatory.
00:47:09Quite possibly unlawful.
00:47:14Next.
00:47:17Uh, I would recommend getting rid of an entire generation of courtier.
00:47:23The old school.
00:47:24Stuck in the past.
00:47:26Ostriches, with their heads buried in the sand.
00:47:30They're stopping the palace evolve in keeping with the rest of the world.
00:47:33Those ostriches provide an indispensable function of monarchy.
00:47:39The preservation of tradition.
00:47:44You asked for my recommendations, ma'am.
00:47:48I'm respectfully passing them on.
00:47:54What would you have me start?
00:47:57Open up, ma'am.
00:48:01Know the drawbridge.
00:48:03Let people get to know you.
00:48:05I don't wish to be known.
00:48:09Televise the Christmas speech.
00:48:12Become more transparent.
00:48:14Accessible.
00:48:18And finally.
00:48:19Oh, finally.
00:48:20Spend time with normal people.
00:48:22Not just courtiers or the great and the good.
00:48:26But real people.
00:48:27Average people.
00:48:29Working people.
00:48:32Open the doors.
00:48:34Make it more inclusive and egalitarian.
00:48:39Let normal people get to know you, too.
00:48:56Would you mind stepping out into the corridor for a moment?
00:48:59No.
00:49:00Not at all.
00:49:08And would you ask my private secretary to come in?
00:49:12Of course.
00:49:19Your Majesty.
00:49:35General Chalmers.
00:49:44Who matters?
00:50:02Orange.
00:50:04Leans.
00:50:18When I went back into the room, she was gone.
00:50:23Vanished into thin air.
00:50:26Do sit down.
00:50:28Charteress then went on to tell me that no one can ever know that I met the Queen.
00:50:33And that should I ever claim that I did, the palace would robustly deny it.
00:50:38They will, however, concede that I had an appointment with Her Majesty's assistant private secretary.
00:50:44And that concessions might be made to one or two of my recommendations.
00:50:51May I ask which ones?
00:51:00Let's get these lights in, quickly.
00:51:02Eat with that camera.
00:51:05This one next.
00:51:07Well done.
00:51:08Now let's have the rest of the cake.
00:51:12Well done.
00:51:23Now let's have the rest of the cake.
00:51:25Well done.
00:51:25Don't you be silly.
00:51:28In what way am I different?
00:51:30Memorising lines and remembering angles and wearing makeup.
00:51:36The Queen of the United Kingdom for one thing.
00:51:39Yes.
00:51:40Who's memorising lines and remembering angles and wearing makeup.
00:51:54Your Majesty.
00:51:56Right.
00:51:59Where do you want me?
00:52:00This way, please, ma'am.
00:52:14Check three.
00:52:15Everyone stand by.
00:52:19Matt.
00:52:56Let's get started.
00:53:00Let's get started.
00:53:00Let's get started.
00:53:00Just, let's get started.
00:53:05You're done.
00:53:08Let's get started.
00:53:21Five, four, three.
00:53:28Happy Christmas.
00:53:33Twenty-five years ago, my grandfather broadcasted the first of these Christmas messages.
00:53:40Today is another landmark, because television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes
00:53:48on Christmas Day.
00:53:51My own family often gather round to watch the television, as they are at this moment.
00:53:57And that is how I think of you all now.
00:54:00I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct.
00:54:11It is inevitable that I should seem a rather remote figure to many of you.
00:54:17A successor to the kings and queens of history.
00:54:21Someone whose face may be familiar in newspapers and films, but who never really touches your personal lives.
00:54:30But now at least, for a few minutes, I welcome you into the peace of my own home.
00:54:42That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed at
00:54:50which things are changing all around us.
00:54:57I would like to read a few lines from Pilgrim's Progress.
00:55:09And though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do repent me of all the trouble I
00:55:17have been at to arrive where I am.
00:55:20My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him
00:55:29that can get it.
00:55:32My marks and scars I carry with me to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles,
00:55:41who now will be my rewarder.
00:56:01And so I wish you all, young and old, wherever you may be, all the fun and enjoyment and peace
00:56:10of a very happy Christmas.
00:56:15And we're off air.
00:56:30Congratulations.
00:57:12Oh, hello.
00:57:15You look pretty.
00:57:19Like the dress.
00:57:20Oh, thank you.
00:57:21And the hair, very unregimental.
00:57:23Oh, yes, Tony, the top person, of course.
00:57:25Only stylist could be trusted.
00:57:27Hmm.
00:57:28Does he have a name, the stylist?
00:57:31I want to say Victor Cabomb, no, that's not quite right.
00:57:35Um...
00:57:36Vidal Baboon?
00:57:36Vidal Baboon?
00:57:37Yes, I think.
00:57:38Well, anyway, I talk endlessly about hair as a geometric art form.
00:57:41It looks jolly pretty. Thank you.
00:57:43And if you happen to have a number for this baboon,
00:57:45I might pass it on to my wife.
00:57:48Is that appropriate, by the way, that a red-blooded man
00:57:51should know the correct hairdresser for a woman?
00:57:53There's almost nothing that's appropriate about Tony,
00:57:55but he's made it his mission in life to improve me.
00:58:00Your very own little altering them?
00:58:02Yes.
00:58:03Just rather better in bed, I suspect.
00:58:09Oh, dear God.
00:58:10Good one.
00:58:16There it is.
00:58:18Thank you very much.
00:58:21Who do you suppose that is?
00:58:23It could be Mr. David Smith, a car dealer.
00:58:29And that?
00:58:30I believe that is Harriet the Hammer Jones.
00:58:37A boxer from the old Kent Road.
00:58:42Rounding up the numbers, we have a local restaurateur,
00:58:46a bus driver, a bank clerk,
00:58:50and a woman in peace.
00:58:55All to open things up.
00:58:56Yes.
00:58:57Bring us more in line with the real world.
00:58:59Democratise us.
00:59:02And so it goes.
00:59:05The stings and bites we suffer
00:59:08as it slips away.
00:59:11Bit by bit.
00:59:12Piece by piece.
00:59:15Our authority.
00:59:17Our absolutism.
00:59:19Our divine rights.
00:59:30The history of the monarchy in this country
00:59:32is a one-way street of humiliation.
00:59:34Sacrifices and concessions in order to survive.
00:59:37First the barons came for us,
00:59:39then the merchants,
00:59:40now the journalists.
00:59:41Small wonder we make such a fuss
00:59:42about curtsies, protocol and precedent.
00:59:45It's all we have left.
00:59:46The last scraps of armour
00:59:48as we go from ruling to reigning to...
00:59:53To what?
00:59:54To being nothing at all.
00:59:59Marionettes.
01:00:07Right.
01:00:08Gloves on.
01:00:10I told the master of the household
01:00:15to rotate the guests between courses,
01:00:17so if you get a dud, don't worry.
01:00:19It'll be 15 minutes at worst.
01:00:29I told the master of the household
01:00:31to rotate the guests between courses,
01:00:32so if you get a dud, don't worry.
01:00:43Mr. and Mrs. David Smith.
01:00:46Hello.
01:00:47Very nice.
01:00:48Mr. and Mrs. Patel.
01:00:49Hallelujah.
01:00:50Thank you all for coming.
01:00:52Mr. Harry the Hammer.
01:00:53Thank you all for coming.
01:00:55Thank you all for coming.
01:00:55Thank you all for coming.
01:00:56You look absent.
01:00:57Mr. Martin Jones.
01:00:58What are you telling the truth, huh?
01:01:00Hello, Mrs. Lewis.
01:01:01Mr. Martin Jones.
01:01:02Mr. Martin Jones.
01:01:02I'm such an epicenter.
01:01:04Mr. Martin Jones.
01:01:05It's such a pleasure to have you here.
01:01:07Mr. Martin Jones.
01:01:07Mr. Martin Jones.
01:01:08Here they come.
01:01:08Don't, don't.
01:01:10Mr. Martin Jones.
01:01:41I haven't used the master.
01:01:42Mr. Martin Jones.
01:01:42Oh my God.
01:01:52Mr. Martin Jones.
01:01:55Thank you very much.
01:01:56Mr. Martin Jones.
01:01:57Thank you very much.
01:01:59Mr. Martin Jones.31
01:02:01Score
Comments