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00:13I'm not sure what you're doing.
00:16I'm not sure what you're doing.
00:23I'm not sure what you're doing.
00:24Fuel on.
00:26Fuel on.
00:27Docks are in position.
00:29Switches are off.
00:29You sure about this, sir?
00:32When I got married, my in-laws made me Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
00:35As a result, I'm the most senior airman in the country,
00:39and I can't bloody well fly.
00:41Yes, I'm sure.
00:42Right-o, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:14Bravo!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ho!
01:29Perfect!
01:32Woo-hoo!
01:39Slow air!
01:50Right.
01:52All right there, sir?
01:54Yes, yes, fine.
01:55Now, it's your turn.
01:57You have control.
01:58I have control?
01:59Well, I remember what I told you.
02:00Keep your eye on the altimeter and the compass heading.
02:03And keep the stick level.
02:06That's very good.
02:08That's balanced.
02:12Stick to the left, then to the right.
02:20And level.
02:22Good.
02:24Noisy, isn't it?
02:29How's this, sir?
02:40My God.
02:42Oh.
02:43Oh.
02:44Oh.
02:47Oh.
02:47Isn't it wonderful?
02:49Heaven.
02:55You fought in the Battle of Britain, didn't you?
02:58I did, sir.
02:59257 Squadron.
03:00Flying what?
03:01Spitfires?
03:02Hunnicans, mostly, sir.
03:04Any kills?
03:06One or two.
03:08Shouldn't we get us started now?
03:09The ground seems terribly close.
03:12It's too low to restart, so we'll do a dead stick landing.
03:16OK. I have control. You have control.
03:37That was wonderful. Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
04:11How about tomorrow?
04:14How about tomorrow?
04:17How about tomorrow?
04:31How about tomorrow?
04:35Good morning.
05:53I'm afraid you'll see us at this point.
05:55Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this.
06:03I see.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:23I thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33We must send a warning to cover our backs.
06:37Thanks.
06:40Kenneth, it should probably come from you as chief scientist.
06:44Address it to the PM.
06:46You'll never read it, of course.
06:48But the important thing is, we've sent it.
06:52I'll get you to Dally Street right away.
06:56I'll get you to the end.
06:57So long.
07:13Right there, please.
07:16Here we come.
07:23If her matter, she could lean forward.
07:30Deep breath in.
07:35And out.
07:38Yes, a little stuffy, ma'am.
07:40It might help to open the window a crack.
07:42Not while they're rehearsing.
07:45What are they rehearsing?
07:47Oh, my funeral.
08:08What are they rehearsing?
08:13What are they rehearsing?
08:25What are they rehearsing?
08:36What are they rehearsing?
08:37What are they rehearsing?
08:42Oh, there you are.
08:43Mr. Cox?
08:49Oh, really?
08:50Oh, you!
08:52Oh, God!
08:53Oh, it's all been done, so...
09:00Mr. Thurman.
09:01Mr. Cox.
09:04Nice for you.
09:15I'm not a scientist.
09:18I can't say I understand it, but...
09:21What I can tell you is we don't get a weather warning like this every day.
09:25We don't get one every month, either.
09:27In fact, I've never heard of us getting one at all.
09:32Does the name Donora mean anything to you?
09:39Donora?
09:43Oh, of course I remember Donora, who was a scandal.
09:47A small mill town in America, outside Philadelphia.
09:51Pittsburgh.
09:51They had a smog brought on by a freak anticyclone, which trapped the emissions from the local...
09:59Copperworks?
10:01Hmm.
10:01In the fog.
10:02In a few days, a number of people died.
10:0520.
10:06And several thousand became seriously ill from the poisonous fog.
10:12After the incident, a cross-party delegation was sent to Donora on an urgent fact-finding mission.
10:18They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary measure.
10:24Hmm.
10:25I never saw the report.
10:27With good reason.
10:29Our Prime Minister threw it away, claiming it wasn't a priority.
10:34Can you prove that?
10:36I can, Mr. Utley.
10:45The Cabinet minutes where it was discussed.
10:54He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter to give the illusion of a solid economy.
11:05This is great, Clem.
11:07It's interesting, for sure.
11:12What I don't understand is this.
11:16Why a Downing Street employee working for the government should come to me with this information.
11:24I've read the Aeneid, Mr. Thurman.
11:27Do not trust the horse, Trojans.
11:30I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
11:35Mr. Utley, I entered the civil service to serve the public and to serve government.
11:41Any government.
11:43But I am also a responsible citizen and I cannot stand by while chaos reigns around me.
11:51This is not a government.
11:52Mr. Utley, this is a collection of hesitant, frightened, old men unable to unseat a tyrannical, delusional, even older one.
12:05Yours was the most radical, forward-thinking government this country has ever seen.
12:14How you lost the election escapes me.
12:20Escapes us all.
12:24I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service if I helped to usher him
12:31out of the door and you back in.
12:35And to that end, you come to me with a master plan that involves me crucifying the Tories for their
12:42failure to deal with a fog which has yet shows no sign of appearing.
12:49At present, I can see stars.
13:07At present, I can see stars.
13:09I can see stars.
13:22I can see stars.
13:25I can see stars.
13:44CHOIR SINGS
14:08Miss Scott, thank you for your conscientiousness, but it's late.
14:13You're home.
14:13I am, sir.
14:14You're no good to be tired.
14:16Good evening to you.
14:19What?
14:20Still here?
14:21Good night, sir.
14:26Good night.
14:34Good evening, Pat.
14:57You haven't moved.
15:01I suppose it's still a no.
15:04To what?
15:05Coming out.
15:07You mean going to the Lamb of Flag with you, sitting at the bar, twinkling our ankles at
15:12every unremarkable young man in the room, then letting those men buy us enough drinks
15:17for us to bring them home, only to have their unremarkability confirmed to us again.
15:23No.
15:25Thanks.
15:26Goodness.
15:28And what will you be doing in the meantime?
15:30Spend time in the company of someone remarkable.
15:35Ta-ra.
15:43Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
15:49The earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.
15:54Be kind, but be fierce.
15:56You are needed now more than ever before.
15:59Take up the mantle of change, for this is your time.
16:35Good morning.
16:37Time is 8 o'clock on the 6th of December, and here is the news.
16:41London has been brought to a halt by dense fog, which has descended overnight.
16:47Long queues are formed on main roads, and there are reports of motorists abandoning their
16:51vehicles and continuing on foot.
16:53London Airport is expected to be closed.
16:58Good God.
17:00The meteorological office has issued a statement saying that a persistent anti-cyclone over
17:04London is to blame.
17:06Smoke from the capital's chimneys is being trapped at street level, which is aggravating
17:10the fog.
17:15Windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time.
17:19Be careful out there.
17:20It's a real pea super.
17:32Ah, is the car ready?
17:34I'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive, ma'am.
17:38It's what?
17:38200 yards?
17:41It's been judged too hazardous, ma'am.
17:47I have an appointment to see my grandmother.
17:51I intend to keep that appointment.
17:54If it's too hazardous to drive, then there's only one thing to be done.
17:59Hmm.
18:00Hmm.
18:10Hmm.
18:11Hmm.
18:12Hmm.
18:16Hmm.
18:17Hmm.
18:18Hmm.
18:20Hmm.
18:21Hmm.
18:21Hmm.
18:22Hmm.
18:24Hmm.
18:24Hmm.
18:38I saw that.
18:41Might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't?
18:45And the Queen is here, Your Majesty.
18:48Could you be more specific?
18:50Ma'am.
18:52Which Queen?
18:53Queen Elizabeth, ma'am.
18:55Which one? There are two.
18:57The young one.
18:59Oh, the Queen.
19:01I thought you was all Queens. They gave me a sheet.
19:04We are.
19:05I was the Queen so long as my husband the King was alive.
19:09But since he died, I'm no longer the Queen. I'm simply Queen Mary.
19:13My late son's widow was also the Queen.
19:17But upon the death of her husband, she became Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
19:22Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, is now Queen.
19:25So she is...
19:27The Queen.
19:28The Queen.
19:28Brother.
19:31Nurses and nuns have the same problem.
19:34We're all called Sister.
19:36So you are.
19:38Well, she's outside.
19:41The Queen.
19:41Then let her in, Sister.
19:57Bedtime.
19:58Not at all.
19:59The Queen.
19:59The Queen.
20:02The Queen.
20:02How are you?
20:03I'm always happy to see you.
20:06And my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing.
20:10Name it.
20:10Not to ask me how I am.
20:12It's all anyone ever does.
20:14Forget death by lung disease.
20:16It's death by bad conversation.
20:18All right.
20:19All right, I promise.
20:21But if you are feeling up to it, there was something I wanted to talk to you about.
20:26Fire away.
20:38I was listening to the wireless this morning where they described this fog as an act of God.
20:45Now, in your letter that you sent me, you said loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty
20:59above everything else.
21:01Because the calling comes from the highest source, from God himself.
21:07Yes.
21:10Do you really believe that?
21:14Monarchy is God's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth, to give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards,
21:22an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives.
21:28Monarchy is a calling from God.
21:32That is why you're crowned in an abbey, not a government building.
21:36Why you're anointed, not appointed.
21:38It's an archbishop that puts the crown on your head, not a minister or public servant.
21:43Which means that you are answerable to God in your duty, not the public.
21:52I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that.
21:54But he would argue that in any equitable modern society, that church and state should be separated.
22:03That if God has servants, they're priests, not kings.
22:07That he would also say that he watched his own family destroyed because they were seen by the people to
22:13embody indefensible and unreasonable ideas.
22:15Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenues that goes back, what, 90 years?
22:24What would he know of Alfred the Great, the rod of equity and mercy, Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror,
22:31Henry VIII?
22:33It's the Church of England, dear, not the Church of Denmark or Greece.
22:40Next question?
22:44It's chaos out there.
22:46Trains disrupted, air services cancelled.
22:50At Richmond Bridge this morning, visibility was officially measured at one yard.
22:55That's a record low, incidentally.
22:58Our Trojan friend in Downing Street has been speaking to his friends at the Met Office.
23:03They say this is just the beginning.
23:06They expect it to get worse.
23:08I know you would have me call a vote of no confidence.
23:11And will doubtless call me overcautious for not doing so.
23:15But the Prime Minister needs to be given a chance.
23:21Even if it's only to hang himself.
23:23Let's see how the old fool responds.
23:25Let's see how the old fool goes.
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in.
24:16No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No.
24:26Prime Minister?
24:30Sir?
24:50Ah, you made it!
24:51Oh, I'm sorry, sorry, sir.
24:53I was just...
24:54No, no, you did well to get here.
24:56I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't.
24:59It wasn't easy.
25:01Just crossing the road, you take your life in your hands.
25:03Oh, then don't.
25:04You're too important to all of us.
25:06Hardly.
25:07All I do is bring you things to sign and take them away again.
25:11And so the wheels keep turning, and the business gets done, and the country is governed.
25:20But what's my personal contribution?
25:26You improve the quality of life for all that deal with you.
25:32An ornament.
25:35A flower.
25:37By comparison, at my age, you were a published writer.
25:41And a cavalry officer, and a cavalry officer posted to India, fighting local tribesmen on the northwest frontier.
25:48Who told you that?
25:49You asked me to engage in a relationship with a young man my own age.
25:54So I've been reading your autobiography.
25:57That's not quite what I had in mind.
25:59Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
26:05The earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.
26:11Be kind, but be fierce.
26:14You are needed now more than ever before.
26:19Take up the mantle of change.
26:21Stop.
26:22For this is your time.
26:29You were twenty-four.
26:34All energy, and hope, and passion, and fire.
26:40It's remarkable.
26:45You found something you liked in that young male?
26:51I did.
27:21Good morning.
27:24The time is eight o'clock on the 7th of December, and here is the news.
27:28The serious fog, which brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday, continues this morning,
27:34with emergency services struggling to cope, and widespread disruption reported across the nation.
27:41Flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital.
27:45Trains are stopped while running hours behind schedule from major London railway stations.
27:52The Prime Minister is facing criticism of failure to deal with the mounting crisis.
27:58London airport is closed again today, with all flights crowded.
28:02Yes.
28:03The unmoving fog, which has spread to over 30 miles wide,
28:07is likely to cause complete darkness by two o'clock this afternoon.
28:18No.
28:24No.
28:25You all right?
28:28You're not?
28:31Go on, let's get you up.
28:33No.
28:34No, I'm fine.
28:35I promise.
28:38It's just because the window is open.
28:41Now go to work.
28:42You've got a job to do.
28:52Let us start with the unrest in Egypt, where anti-colonial passions continue to run high,
29:00and where our soldiers continue to come under fire from nationalist insurgents.
29:05It is vital that we remain and successfully defend the Suez Canal,
29:12a point that I will be making in person to the Commonwealth heads when I host them for the weekend
29:19at Chequers.
29:20Weather permitting?
29:23Indeed.
29:24What is the latest information that you have?
29:27About the weather?
29:30It's fog, ma'am.
29:32It will lift eventually.
29:33I was hoping for something more scientific.
29:37Then I will ensure that a barometric report is included in your box tomorrow,
29:43complete with isobars and isohumes.
29:48It has been an unusually cold winter,
29:52and there are only so many things that I, as Prime Minister,
29:55am prepared to inflict on your subjects as a reward for winning a world war
29:59and prevailing over fascism, evil, and tyranny.
30:04Letting them freeze is not one of them.
30:08You do not seem unduly concerned.
30:10I'm not.
30:11You do know that my late father wrote many years ago
30:15to your predecessors
30:17to express his deep concern about the inner city power stations that your party was building.
30:25Indeed.
30:27And I was sympathetic with your father's concerns at the time.
30:33I also have sympathy with the leader articles in the newspapers today,
30:38begging for blood, wanting my head.
30:42People have to be angry at someone,
30:46but as leader, one cannot simply react to everything.
30:51We need the power stations.
30:53We need the coal.
30:54People need to burn coal to warm their homes.
30:58It is weather.
30:59It will pass.
31:01Well, I do hope so.
31:03Not least because my husband's mood is intolerable.
31:07Why?
31:09Well, being caged in like this,
31:11he can't fly.
31:14Fly where?
31:16Well, nowhere.
31:18He's learning to fly.
31:21Whatever for?
31:23Have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go?
31:27No, he wants to fly himself.
31:30It's a boyhood dream.
31:31It's what he's always wanted.
31:33Why was government not consulted?
31:34Because it's a private matter.
31:36And I am in favor.
31:38Nothing you or his royal highness do is a private matter.
31:42And the father of the future king of England risking his life needlessly is quite unacceptable.
31:48Please do not curtail my husband's personal freedoms any further.
31:53You've taken away his home.
31:55You've taken away his name.
31:57There comes a time where one must draw a line in the sand.
32:00And the job of drawing that line falls to cabinet, ma'am.
32:03Not to you.
32:04Something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you
32:08had he been granted more time to complete your education.
32:13And now our time is up.
32:20Until next week.
32:22Don't worry.
32:25Don't take this easy, Mike.
32:27Sir.
32:29Yeah.
32:30Perfect.
32:32Oh, my God.
32:33Meteor.
32:37Good morning.
32:39The time is 8 o'clock on the 8th of December.
32:41And here is the news.
32:42The choking, eye-watering fog, which has already caused two days of chaos across the capital,
32:48has worsened overnight.
32:50The great coal-burning electricity stations in Battersea and Fulham
32:53have attempted to reduce emissions of poisonous sulfur dioxide from their chimneys.
32:58But we've been told that it is unlikely they will be able to make any significant change to the air
33:03quality.
33:03The government is expected to make a statement later today.
33:17Come on.
33:18Let's get you to a hospital.
33:20I'm fine.
33:21You're not.
33:22Come on.
33:23Let's get you up.
33:25Shoes.
33:33Here we go.
33:36I'm in.
33:53I can't breathe.
33:55Do as I say and hold on to me.
34:07Come on.
34:09Come on.
34:10Come on.
34:16Watch down, ladies.
34:18Watch down.
34:23Go, go!
34:25Quick, hold my hand.
34:37Take away.
34:41You're all right, ladies.
34:47Take away.
34:51Control of this story is getting away from us.
34:55The opposition's blood is up.
34:57We have to respond.
34:59Respond how?
35:00I would suggest by commissioning a public inquiry.
35:03An inquiry would be expensive.
35:09Winston people are angry.
35:11They see us as the culprits.
35:13Culpable for what?
35:14It's fog.
35:16Fog is fog.
35:17It comes and it goes away.
35:20Well, I'm glad that the prime minister finds time for levity.
35:24Perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has now become.
35:28This morning, a suburban twain collided with a gang of well-wing workmen, killing several and injuring a great many
35:35more.
35:36In part of the capital, there is now a total breakdown in law and order.
35:40Hospitals are filling up as our citizens are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide.
35:55Sometimes we have sunshine.
35:58Too much sunshine, and they call it a drought.
36:01Then we have rain.
36:03Too much rain, and they call it a deluge, and find a way to blame us for that, too.
36:08It's an act of God, Bobbity.
36:11It's weather.
36:12And for better or for worse, we get a great deal of it on this island.
36:16Frankly, there are more pressing matters to deal with.
36:20Like what?
36:20The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:24The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:38Telephone, sir.
36:40The Marcus of Salisbury.
36:41Not now.
36:42He asked me to stress the importance of the matter.
36:50Bobbity.
36:51Thanks for taking my call, Diggie.
36:54Are you there?
36:56Yes.
36:57Can anyone overhear what you're saying?
37:03No.
37:05Good.
37:09It's chaos.
37:10I know.
37:11The ward is full every corridor, too.
37:13Most of the doctors are sick now.
37:15Those that are well can't get in.
37:17It was better than this in the ward.
37:19What do you need?
37:20More equipment?
37:21Or masks?
37:22Masks are bloody useless.
37:23They're just for show.
37:24To make it look like the government's doing something.
37:26Then what is needed?
37:27Money.
37:28People.
37:29Trained staff.
37:30Help is what is needed urgently.
37:33Better rest for now.
37:38Maybe I could put a word in with the people who make a difference.
37:42Such as?
37:43The Prime Minister, for example.
37:46Oh, I see you're just going to walk into Downing Street and whisper in his ear.
37:49Yes.
37:50Something like that.
37:51You know, my day's bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes.
37:55Now, excuse me.
38:00I'll show you.
38:00I'm coming here.
38:01Let the way!
38:10Oh...
38:11Jim, where are you?
38:13Oh, here.
38:14Oh, there.
38:23Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
38:38How much longer you're gonna give the old man the majority is tiny a vote of no confidence and he'll
38:43be toppled
38:46You know what he calls you yes, I know sheep in sheep's clothing
38:55Perhaps it's time to approve you're not
39:03Very well, let's put a motion down on paper and brief the whips
39:20Thank you sir
39:24Oh
39:37Anything interesting?
39:39Yes
39:41Care to share it?
39:43No
39:46I'd be happy to share glide ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with you as part of a quid pro quo
39:51arrangement
39:52One glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes for example
39:57No
39:59A dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling. These are very interesting concepts, Elizabeth
40:04You might learn something in exchange for a foreign office briefing
40:09Am I going to have to explain my position again?
40:11No
40:13Good
40:17Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward
40:22For there you have been and there you will always long to return
40:27You know what's remarkable about those words?
40:32Go on
40:33They were written 300 years before man first got in a plane
40:37Leonardo da Vinci
40:42Look, Philip, I know
40:47Lord Manbaton, your majesty
40:48Uncle Dickie, what's he doing here?
40:51I know as much as you do
40:52He said it was important, man
40:53Thank you
41:00Aunt Elizabeth
41:05Hello
41:06Came as soon as I could
41:09So
41:12Joe, is
41:13Is this a meeting with Elizabeth, your niece?
41:16My wife
41:17Or the queen
41:18The latter, I'm afraid
41:20Right
41:20I don't know my place
41:24Oh God
41:31What's the matter with him?
41:34Nothing
41:36He's just feeling a little grounded
41:39Ignore it
41:41Right, all ears
41:43I received a telephone call today from Robert E. Salisbury
41:49It seems that even among his own people
41:51The feeling is that our prime minister is not able to deal with a national crisis
41:57Indeed, he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis
42:02Hospitals overflowing, people dying
42:05As sovereign, you have the right to demand that a government in your name shows effective leadership
42:13The opposition are now calling for a motion of no confidence
42:18So
42:20I would say
42:21The time has come for you to
42:25Summon Churchill
42:27And
42:29And what?
42:33Insist that he go
42:36No
42:37I can't do that
42:38You can
42:38And should
42:41But
42:42Wouldn't that violate the constitution?
42:45As
42:47Queen
42:50You have the right to be consulted
42:54The right to encourage
42:57The right to warn
42:59Also
43:00To appoint a new prime minister in the event of incapacity
43:04And many would say that Churchill's behaviour now
43:08Constitutes incapacity
43:10Then a revolution must come from within
43:12They are trying
43:15Well then they must try harder
43:16They will
43:17But
43:18Would prefer it to be bloodless
43:22So I've asked for your help
43:25And influence
43:28I
43:29Can not do it
43:30I will not do it
43:32Let's
43:32Not forget
43:33It was Churchill
43:34Who denied Philip's children his own surname
43:37Dickie
43:38And insisted that you live in Buckingham Palace
43:40As alas did everyone else
43:41And now with looters on the street
43:44And hospital corridors stacked with the dead
43:46He is interested in only one thing
43:51Stopping Philip flying
43:55What?
43:56At a crisis cabinet meeting this morning
43:58When there should have only been one thing on the agenda
44:00The unfolding national emergency
44:04All our prime minister wanted to discuss
44:08Was your husband's new hobby
44:15I'm so sorry sir
44:16Who are her parents?
44:19Her father is a clergyman from Suffolk
44:21I've been noticed
44:22I want to go to the hospital
44:23There is an emergency meeting at the house
44:25The meeting you must attend
44:27The house can wait
44:39You wish to see me your majesty?
44:41Yes Tommy
44:45I know how much my father depended on you
44:49And how closely you work together
44:52Which is why I wanted to ask your advice
44:54Now
44:56It seems our prime minister
44:58A man who's led the country through many crises
45:02Is no longer leading us at all
45:07Representations have been made to me
45:09Through an intermediary from the heart of the government
45:13To intercede
45:15And bid and stand down
45:18Make way for a younger man
45:21Which
45:22Brings me to my question
45:26What are my responsibilities
45:29As head of state?
45:33What should I do?
45:35When it's in the national interest
45:37How far dare I go?
45:42I'm not sure if her majesty is aware
45:45But shortly before your father died
45:48The foreign secretary, Mr. Eaton
45:50Came
45:51Begging his late majesty to intervene
45:54If not on an official level
45:56Then on a personal one
45:58As a friend
46:00To bid the prime minister to resign
46:03What did my father say?
46:06Well, his majesty was like his father before him
46:09A stickler for convention and tradition
46:12And would never have done anything that violated the constitution
46:15Or overstepped the mark
46:20Then I have my answer
46:21But
46:22That was his majesty, not your majesty
46:26And I do read the newspapers and I do listen to the wireless
46:30And the situation we're in today
46:31Is quite different
46:33Than the one we were in when Mr. Eaton came to see your father
46:39Different situation
46:41Different sovereign
46:54Wait for me here
47:00No
47:01Ha ha ha he
47:11I'm not smart
47:13Who says that!
47:22We'll get your routine as soon as we get him
47:24It's funny than you've got.
47:56Sir?
47:59Just a child.
48:04A beautiful child.
48:08I just received word from Buckingham Palace.
48:11Oh.
48:12The Queen has requested an audience.
48:14When?
48:15At your earliest convenience.
48:21All energy, and hope, and passion, and fire.
48:31Sir?
48:34Damn it, he is.
48:36Oh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
48:44Did the newspapers know I'm here?
48:46No.
48:49But it could easily be arranged.
48:52Then do it.
48:54And tell the Queen I'll be their first thing in the morning.
49:00After the papers.
49:04The British.
49:05The British.
49:08Yeah.
49:21I'm sorry.
49:23I'm sorry.
49:54Minister, we'll be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:13Yeah, yeah.
50:13Not, man.
50:27I have witnessed scenes here today, the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest
50:35days of the Blitz.
50:39But alongside the suffering, I've also seen heroism.
50:44And where there is heroism, there will always be hope.
50:51Only God can lift the fog.
50:54But I, as Prime Minister, am in a position to ease the suffering.
51:02To that end, I pledge to make available with immediate effect more money for hospital staff,
51:10more money for equipment, and a full and independent public inquiry into the causes of air pollution,
51:19to ensure that such a calamity may never befall us again.
51:29Thank you all.
51:37The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis
51:42in person, and was rewarded by cheers and applause by those suffering through the worst smog
51:49this city has ever witnessed.
51:51And the headline reads,
51:52True Leader in a Crisis.
52:04The Parallels between his appearance yesterday and the wartime years were striking.
52:10And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed.
52:17Hello?
52:19Clem, you still there?
52:21Hello?
52:23Clem?
52:26Clem, can you hear me?
52:28No?
52:29I...
52:57The Parallel of the Parallel of the Parallel.
53:07Oh, I...
53:11The Parallel of the Parallel, they give you a must.
53:33The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
53:36Your Majesty.
53:48You asked to see me, ma'am?
53:52I did.
54:03There's a delicate matter, which I felt I needed to discuss with you in person.
54:10Concerning what?
54:14Your position.
54:17My position?
54:20Yes, your position...
54:26as Prime Minister.
54:32Go on.
54:38At that point, she hesitated, and then she asked me to pick either Khwajgi Nazimuddin of Pakistan or Sydney Holland
54:49of New Zealand.
54:50Whatever for?
54:52To sit next to at dinner.
54:56She summoned you for that?
54:58Oh, no, I think she summoned me to haul me over the coals for my handling of the fog.
55:03But then the fog lifted, and she had to make a decision right then and there in the room.
55:09You could see the wheels turning behind her eyes, and then she switched a tack without so much as a
55:16flicker.
55:17Clever.
55:19No, no, not clever.
55:20Ingenious.
55:21Why?
55:21Because it disarmed me, and made me switch tack too.
55:26What about?
55:27About allowing Philip to learn to fly.
55:30He can now.
55:32Good.
55:34But he still has to ask cabinet permission to do rolls and spins.
55:49What, dear girl?
55:53Well, what if the fog hadn't lifted?
55:57And the government had continued to flounder, and people had continued to die, and Churchill
56:05had continued to cling to power, and the country had continued to suffer.
56:10It doesn't feel right, as head of state, to do nothing.
56:15It is exactly right.
56:18Is it?
56:19But surely doing nothing is no job at all.
56:23To do nothing is the hardest job of all, and it will take every ounce of energy that you have.
56:30To be impartial is not natural, not human.
56:34People will always want you to smile, or agree, or frown, and the minute you do, you will have
56:40declared a position, a point of view, and that is the one thing, as sovereign, that you
56:45are not entitled to do.
56:48The less you do, the less you say, or agree, or smile.
56:53Or think, or feel, or breathe, or exist.
56:56The better.
57:01Well, that's fine for the sovereign.
57:06But where does that leave me?
57:22Sir, go on.
57:23How long would it take me to get my wings?
57:25Well, normally a trainee would spend anything between 100 and 120 hours in one of these things.
57:31Do you think I could do it in three months?
57:33That would be unusual.
57:34I know.
57:35I'm a farce learner, and believe me when I say I've got nothing else to do.
57:55I couldn't have noticed.
57:57You still go right up.
57:58Starboard and port.
57:5918 gallons?
58:00Yes.
58:01Fancy lunch in Edinburgh?
58:03Edinburgh?
58:03They made me duke there, so I should probably show up from time to time, unless you have
58:08more pressing engagements.
58:09No, sir.
58:10All right.
58:11I'll adjust rpms and cruising speed for range flight.
58:15We'll have to land to refuel, sir.
58:18Aria fittingly.
58:19Oh, really?
58:19Where's that?
58:20Donkester.
58:21Donkester?
58:23Right.
58:28You're out of here.
58:36You're out of here.
58:41You're out of here.
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