00:07Now, Anne, what's this?
00:09A penguin.
00:10Very good.
00:11And Charles, who do you suppose is surrounded by penguins at the moment?
00:15Daddy.
00:15Yes, that's right.
00:17That's because he's in the Antarctic.
00:18And from there, he goes to the South Shetland Islands,
00:21and then he goes on to the Falkland Islands,
00:24and then goes all the way up here to Ascension Island.
00:28Now, all these are British overseas territories,
00:30and they have to be visited every once in a while,
00:32so they don't feel neglected or forgotten.
00:34They don't get any silly ideas like becoming independent.
00:37Right, you brush your teeth?
00:38Yes.
00:39Good.
00:39Have you said your prayers?
00:40Yes.
00:40Dolly good.
00:41Right.
00:41Night-night.
00:42Night-night, Mummy.
00:45Oh, we might put a picture of the Duke of Edinburgh by the children's bed,
00:49so they recognise him when he gets back.
00:51Five months is a long time at that age.
00:58Oh, what's that?
01:00From his Royal Highness, ma'am.
01:02Footage from the Royal Tour.
01:04How nice.
01:07We might watch that instead of our next film.
01:36We might watch that instead of our next film.
01:50Hansington, 3742.
01:53Tommy.
01:54We might watch that instead of our next film.
01:56We might watch that instead of our next film.
02:01We might watch that instead of our next film.
02:04We might watch that instead of our next film.
02:09We might watch that instead of our next film.
02:12We might watch that instead of our next film.
02:12We might watch that instead of our next film.
02:13We might watch that instead of our next film.
02:14We might watch that instead of our next film.
02:14We might watch that instead of our next film.
02:15We might watch that instead of our next film.
02:17We might watch that instead of our next film.
02:19We might watch that instead of our next film.
03:41It's wonderful to be back amongst you.
03:45As you know, I went away to concentrate on my health.
03:51I'm now fully fit to resume my duties.
03:56Thanks.
04:02Quiet, everyone.
04:02Sit down.
04:03Come on.
04:04Now, he's sent some notes to accompany the footage, so I'll read aloud.
04:15Hello, all of you.
04:16Hello.
04:18Hello, Daddy.
04:19Hello, Daddy.
04:20I can picture you all perfectly sitting there wishing it was Creature from the Black Lagoon.
04:27But instead, this is just boring old me arriving at King George Island.
04:35Look!
04:37A hundred miles off the coast of Antarctica.
04:40There's your Daddy.
04:41Is that Daddy?
04:43And nestled between the white bones of ancient Wales.
04:47Here we've made some new friends and Mike was rather smitten.
04:51Look how tall they are.
04:52He's got a beard.
04:53Yes, yes, they're all grown beards.
04:55It makes them look a bit shifty.
04:57Oh, no, don't say that.
04:58It makes them look like an explorer.
05:05What's that?
05:06Oh, yes, this is very funny, Molly.
05:07We've even installed some signage so we can find our way home.
05:12Oh, Buckingham Palace.
05:14Oh, that's good.
05:15I like that.
05:16It's a bit of a commute to the office, though.
05:31Luckily, we found some friends for company.
05:33The British Hunting Aerosurvey teams
05:36who make excellent tennis companions.
05:39Oh, look, they're all plain tennis.
05:42It's so silly.
05:43What does that mean?
05:44Some things about huskies that you never knew.
05:47They have eyes of different colours.
05:49Oh, like the Kaiser.
05:51Mummy.
05:53But most of all, they really, really like tennis balls.
05:58Yes, we can see that.
05:59And they have claws to ensure they don't slip on the ice.
06:02Oh, look, now Philip's on one.
06:11Joining our family of animals are the penguins and seals
06:16who send their love to you all, as do I.
06:21Your loving papa and husband, Philip.
06:49Good morning.
06:53Tommy!
06:56your majesty
06:57i thought you were supposed to be in happy retirement
07:00i am now
07:01well then what on earth are you doing here
07:03oh dear
07:04either you miss the place more than you could bear
07:06which would be
07:07tragic
07:08yes
07:09well there's a serious problem and you've been called in to help
07:12just a routine matter with colonel the dean
07:15it's hardly routine if you sent one of the royal cars
07:19well in actual fact that's my car
07:21we gave you a car
07:22you did ma'am
07:24as part of the farewell package
07:25well not the driver too surely
07:27driver too
07:30was that me
07:31i believe so
07:32well you've always held a very special place in all of our hearts
07:35tommy
07:37anyway i must go
07:39windsor ma'am
07:39in osandrium
07:42michael's rearranged a few things to me a couple of days off
07:44quite right
07:57you did well to bring this to me michael
08:01i've served three generations of the royal family
08:05four monarchs
08:07and then a good many things to protect them
08:10mostly from themselves
08:12but this is the first time
08:15iceland-derber
08:16to save someone else's marriage
08:18in order to safeguard the crown
08:21not that we give a fig about parkers or their happiness you understand
08:25not a fig tommy
08:28you'd be like
08:29thank you so much for that
08:40you'd be like
08:40you'd be like
08:46you'd be like
08:47you'd be like
08:56you'd be like
08:56Philip. I cannot tell you how much we enjoyed watching the film you sent. It was lovely to set eyes
09:04on you again. And the children were very impressed by the whales and penguins. You looked very handsome, I thought,
09:14in your wailing outfit. And a suit, too.
09:20And I could never forget what my grandmother said to me about being married to a man with this.
09:29She goes on, but actually, no, I'm not going to repeat that.
09:39I think we can safely say a very, very warm welcome away to his Royal Highness.
10:11Good morning.
10:13Good morning.
10:14Good morning.
10:16Good morning.
10:44But we're not a united government, are we, Anthony? The war you insisted on has left us as divided as
10:52Caesar and Pompey and the country in chaos. There is no petrol in the pumps. There are no tins on
10:57the shelves. Our allies are aligned against us. Our international reputation is in tatters.
11:04How adroitly your weathervane spins, Harold. You were for the war, as I remember.
11:14Only as long as it was legal. You liar.
11:30You wanted it every bit as much as I did. Torn off masses. Scalp with your own fingernails given the
11:41chance. Taking the oil from that canal and set the Middle East ablaze.
11:46You've lost the trust of the people and of the party. It's the end of the road. The road? Would
11:53you willingly let me down? And would you abandon me? Here?
12:22All of you. Come now, Anthony. You know as well as I.
12:35There is no justice in politics.
12:59Captain Laffles.
13:02Mrs. Parker.
13:04What brings you here?
13:06Oh.
13:08A retired man must make friends with all the good reading spots in London.
13:13What are you reading, may I ask? Tell me that it's romantic poetry?
13:17Yeah, military history. The campaigns of Napoleon.
13:23Your son? Yes.
13:25Lieutenant Commander Parker must be very proud.
13:27He might be. If he knew what the children looked like. He's away again, on tour.
13:33I have my sympathy. I know from my own wife how difficult that can be, being left alone with the
13:39children for days, sometimes weeks on end.
13:43Well, I'm sure that strong marriages find a way through it. I'm afraid it's broken arse.
13:50I am sad to hear that.
13:53Might I ask you to hold off on any instruction or public announcement just a little while longer?
13:59Well, as we both know, the Duke of Edinburgh is performing important royal duties on this tour and we wouldn't
14:05want any story breaking in the newspapers that might undermine his efforts.
14:13Or impugn the royal marriage.
14:17That's what you came here for, isn't it?
14:20This wasn't a coincidence at all.
14:22You came here because you knew it's where I'd be.
14:25And you wanted to put in a word on their behalf. It's pathetic.
14:30Still there round the clock, Lackey, even in retirement.
14:55Sorry to disturb you, ma'am. I just had a call from Dining Street.
14:59The Prime Minister has requested an audience as a matter of urgency.
15:03He's on the train. He will be with us by 3pm.
15:10Obviously, I could stop him, my��, for 12am.
15:16I see my shot.
15:17I see my shot, do five questions sleeping,今.
15:17And he traz us for many questions.
15:18He hasえся for myshot wounds.
15:21I see myja, my dad...
15:27I see my dog.
15:37Enough!
15:38Enough!
15:39Enough!
15:58Enough!
16:28Enough!
16:48Of course, I asked for second opinions. I asked for third opinions.
16:53I implored them to let me carry on.
16:56But I'm afraid the doctors were of one voice, one mind.
17:01The time has come to put my health above the country.
17:08And to...
17:13To offer you my resignation.
17:19I'm sorry...
17:21If I...
17:24Disappointed you.
17:26Did I suggest that you had?
17:28No.
17:30But I...
17:34I think you thought it.
17:39I...
17:44I did think that the decision to go to war was rushed.
17:50And I was sorry to see you lie to the house.
17:53When you told them that you had no prior knowledge of the Israeli's intentions.
17:59We both know that to be untrue.
18:02But, wrong though it was, I did have sympathy for you.
18:10To have waited in the wings for so long.
18:13And to have supported a great man like Winston.
18:17So...
18:18So patiently.
18:20So loyally.
18:22And then to finally have your opportunity to measure yourself against him.
18:29To do nothing is often the best course of action.
18:35But I know from personal experience how frustrating it can be.
18:42History was not made by those who did nothing.
18:49So I suppose it's only natural that...
18:51Ambitious men.
18:53Driven men.
18:56Want to go down in history.
19:00Or...
19:01Make history by...
19:02Going down.
19:29I do think the time has now come where we have no option but to tell Her Majesty about the
19:34Parker Divorce.
19:35And to warn her that regardless of how blameless the Duke of Edinburgh is...
19:39Or isn't...
19:41In the matter that newspapers will be newspapers.
19:44And questions will now inevitably be asked about the state of the Royal Marriage.
19:48Hmm.
19:52I sense trepidation, Michael.
19:55If you'd rather I can always handle it myself.
19:58No, I'll take care of this.
20:00Try to find a moment on the train to mention Her Majesty.
20:04Good luck, Michael.
20:13Sorry to disturb you, ma'am.
20:15The telegram arrived from Salisbury.
20:17The recommendation is that the surrounding successor should be Mr Macbetham.
20:23Of course.
20:31Yes, what is it, Michael?
20:32Ah, it's just to say...
20:35And we could, of course, discuss this on our return to the palace if her man should.
20:39She actually prefers.
20:41No.
20:41Do sit down, Michael.
20:48But it seems that...
20:51Mrs Parker, who is the wife of Lieutenant Commander Parker...
20:56Yes, I know who Eileen is.
21:00She has decided to sue her husband for divorce.
21:07Goodness.
21:09Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?
21:11Yes.
21:13Erm...
21:14And that while, of course, there is no suggestion whatsoever of any impropriety on the part of His Royal Highness
21:21the Duke of Edinburgh,
21:22we should perhaps be bracing ourselves for one or two irritating headlines.
21:27Why?
21:28Whatever for?
21:31What is it that she's alleging?
21:33Cruelty, unlawful desertion, and, er...
21:39It's your adultery, madam.
21:42We're just aware of the fact that Lieutenant Commander Parker is His Royal Highness's private secretary,
21:49a close friend, and there is this letter, I believe.
21:53A letter?
21:56Written by Lieutenant Commander Parker to his fellow members of the lunch club,
22:01bragging about...
22:03exploits.
22:05On the royal tour.
22:06What sort of exploits?
22:15I don't need an answer to that question.
22:18Thank you, Michael.
22:20Thank you, ma'am.
23:00Mr. Macmillan, your majesty.
23:10Your majesty.
23:13I gather soundings have been taken and that you have been chosen by your
23:18colleagues as the man most able to unite the government and lead this country
23:22following Santini's resignation yes ma'am congratulations although I fear you
23:32have inherited something of a poisoned chalice it's true the storm is now
23:38raging against us with Eden's war we've discarded the moral advantage or any
23:46goodwill we once held not to mention the dire economic situations we'd have been
23:53quite ruin it but it wasn't just Eden's war was it it was a war prosecuted by a
24:02government of which you as Chancellor were a major constituent part I also seem
24:10to remember that you were one of the loudest voices in support of the war in
24:14the beginning one always has to accept one's own part I believe in any mess
24:32right minister your majesty
24:54Michael could you ask them to send around one of the cars
25:03I'm out there
25:21I'm out there
25:24Okay.
25:26Okay.
25:28Okay.
25:32Okay.
25:46Okay.
25:53Do you have a moment?
26:03What were you thinking?
26:06You know the rules.
26:08No letters to anyone.
26:12I told Baron to be discreet.
26:14Yes.
26:17But...
26:18Somehow they let her go back to Eileen.
26:20And now she has ridden to the palace.
26:26You've noticed her intention to sue me for divorce.
26:33Which means you've got that you know who?
26:38Yes.
26:40Well, I think we have to assume so.
27:03Good morning.
27:04Good morning.
27:33I remember how we used to do this in Molcha.
27:35Go grocery shopping together.
27:38Feels like a long time ago.
27:40Yes.
27:49The reason I came here today is...
27:54because I heard, with great sadness,
27:58that there are difficulties in your marriage.
28:02And I would like to know if there's anything that I
28:04or anyone else can do to help.
28:07My marriage to Mike is beyond help.
28:11I see.
28:12Our separation has been inevitable for some time.
28:15I had intended to divorce Mike years ago,
28:18but because of the attention surrounding group Captain Townsend
28:21and Princess Margaret,
28:23I decided to hold back.
28:27But that was then.
28:28This is now.
28:32What's changed?
28:35Nothing has changed.
28:37That's the problem.
28:39It just got worse.
28:40And while some women may elect to put up with this sort of humiliation,
28:44I simply have too much respect for myself and my children to bear it.
28:52I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about.
29:08I need this.
29:18Huh.
29:36Don't bury it, ma'am.
29:40Or sweep it away.
29:42It's there, in black and white.
29:54Might I ask you a favour?
29:58Would you hold off your announcement
29:59just while we work out what to do in light of this?
30:03I've had enough of favours to you people.
30:07My entire adult life has been favours to you.
30:10You people aren't even remotely aware of the cost of the damage
30:15to families and marriages in your service.
30:18I've instructed a solicitor.
30:20That's my decision.
30:28Gentlemen.
30:30I would like to make a brief statement
30:32on behalf of my client, Mrs. Eileen Parker.
30:39Having endured an unhappy marriage for some years now,
30:43I have come to the sad conclusion
30:45that a formal separation is the best option for us both.
30:50My husband has shown no inclination or enthusiasm
30:53for the responsibilities of parenthood or marriage,
30:58and divorce remains the only solution.
31:01I'm not sure.
31:03I'm not sure.
31:05I'm not sure.
31:06I'm not sure.
31:08You expect friends and wives of the world.
31:11Read all about it.
31:13Read all about it.
31:13Read all about it.
31:17Don't forget.
31:28Whatby is you getting closer toating
31:29Anyhow is no intention,
31:29what happens to you all since they're done.
31:29Let's go.
32:00Let's go.
32:30Let's go.
32:35Let's go.
32:38Let's go.
32:42Let's go.
32:54Let's go.
33:08Let's go.
33:10Let's go.
33:28Let's go.
33:30Let's go.
33:40Let's go.
33:46Let's go.
33:51Let's go.
34:01Let's go.
34:05Let's go.
34:07Let's go.
34:13Let's go.
34:33Let's go.
34:39Let's go.
34:41Let's go.
35:01Let's go.
35:02Let's go.
35:04Let's go.
35:05Let's go.
35:07Let's go.
35:30Let's go.
35:59Let's go.
36:08Let's go.
36:16Let's go.
36:38Let's go.
36:48Let's go.
36:57Let's go.
37:00Let's go.
37:03Let's go.
37:20Let's go.
37:21Let's go.
37:22Let's go.
37:29Let's go.
37:33Let's go.
37:39Let's go.
37:39Let's go.
37:41Let's go.
37:41Let's go.
37:42Let's go.
37:42Let's go.
37:58Let's go.
37:59You go to see him, sir.
38:36You go to see him, sir.
38:39Admiral.
38:41Could you come in? Come on.
38:45Buckingham Palace has been in touch regarding your reunion photo call with Her Majesty the Queen.
38:51With you, not me.
38:53I'm in command of this ship.
38:55I am her husband.
38:58It's been agreed that Her Majesty will fly out to Lisbon a day ahead of schedule.
39:03As I see it, your instructions...
39:05Instructions?
39:06...are to meet her at the airfield.
39:07I've been quite specific for how the reunion is to be managed.
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