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00:10I'm going to go.
00:14I'm going to go.
00:15I'm going to go.
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, and I can't bloody well fly.
00:41Yes, I'm sure.
00:42Right-o, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:14Go!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ho!
01:24There we go!
01:29Perfect!
01:32Woo-hoo!
01:39Slow there.
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.
01:59Now, remember what I told you.
02:00Keep your eye on the altimeter and the compass heading, and keep the stick level.
02:06That's very good.
02:08That's balanced.
02:11Stick to the left, then to the right.
02:20And level.
02:22Good.
02:24Noisy, isn't it?
02:29How's this, sir?
02:41My God.
02:47Isn't it wonderful?
02:48Heaven!
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, sir.
03:14We'll do a dead stick landing.
03:16Okay.
03:16I have control.
03:17You have control.
03:37That was wonderful.
03:39Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
04:02Day 3
04:03It was photographed on Morgenstern.
04:04That was amazing.
04:04The time of the safety and氣 fight them.
04:04Or am I?
04:10After all?
04:17Say no.
04:21I can hold my list.istoatment
04:23Here it
04:24is! It
05:38Hello.
05:46Johnson, what do you make of this?
05:54Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this.
06:03I see.
06:05I see.
06:08Sir.
06:09Oh, goodness me.
06:13Excuse me.
06:17You can't go in there.
06:19Excuse me, sir.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:24Thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33And we must send a warning
06:35to cover our backs.
06:40Kenneth, it should probably come from you as chief scientist.
06:44Address it to the PM.
06:46No, I'll never read it, of course.
06:48But the important thing is, we've sent it.
06:51No.
06:52I'll get you to Downing Street right away.
06:53No.
06:58No.
07:12No.
07:15No.
07:17No.
07:18No.
07:19No.
07:21No.
07:23No.
07:24In theomanches, you could lean forward.
07:29Deep breath in.
07:35And out.
07:38Yes, a little stuff here, ma'am.
07:40It might help to open the window a crack.
07:42Not while they're rehearsing.
07:45What are they rehearsing?
07:50my funeral
08:25oh
08:25oh there you are
08:46oh
09:00mr thurman mr
09:01nice for you
09:16i'm not a scientist
09:18i can't say i understand it but what i can tell you is we don't get a weather warning like
09:24this every day
09:25we don't get one every month either in fact i've never heard of us getting one at all
09:31i don't know
09:33does the name donora mean anything to you
09:37donora
09:59donora
10:01hmm in the fog in a few days a number of people died
10:04and 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
10:25i never saw the ripple with good reason
10:29our prime minister threw it away claiming it wasn't a priority
10:34can you prove that i can miss roeckley
10:46the cabinet minutes where it was discussed
10:55he's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter
11:00to give the illusion of a solid economy
11:05this is great clem it's interesting for sure
11:12what i don't understand is this why a downing street employee working for the government
11:21should come to me with this information i've read the aeneid mr thurman
11:26do not trust the horse trojans i fear the greeks even when they bring gifts
11:35mr atlee i entered the civil service to serve the public and to serve government
11:41any government but i am also a responsible citizen and i cannot stand by while chaos reigns around me
11:50this is not a government mr atlee this is a collection of
11:56hesitant 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
12:15how you lost the election escapes me escapes us all
12:24i believe i would be doing the british public and this country a service if i
12:30helped to usher him out 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
12:42for their failure to deal with a fog which has yet shows no sign of appearing
12:50at present i can see stars
13:04i
13:11i
13:12i
13:13i
13:13i
13:13i
13:32i
13:33i
14:02CHOIR SINGS
14:08Miss Scott
14:09Thank you for your conscientiousness
14:12But it's late
14:12You're home
14:13I am, sir
14:14You're no good to be tired
14:15Good evening to you
14:19What? Still here?
14:20Good night, sir
14:26Night
14:33Evening, Pat
14:55You haven't moved
15:01I suppose it's still a no
15:04To what?
15:05Coming out
15:06You mean going to the Lamb of Flag with you
15:09Sitting at the bar
15:11Twinkling our ankles at every unremarkable young man in the room
15:15Then letting those men buy us enough drinks for us to bring them home
15:18Only to have their unremarkability confirmed to us again
15:23No
15:25Thanks
15:26Goodness
15:27And 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
15:45And proclaim it far and wide
15:48The earth is yours
15:50And the fullness thereof
15:53Be kind, but be fierce
15:56You are needed now more than ever before
15:59Take up the mantle of change
16:01For this is your time
16:31To be continued
16:35Good morning
16:36Time is 8 o'clock on the 6th of December
16:39And here is the news
16:40London has been brought to a halt by dense fog
16:43Which has descended overnight
16:47Long queues are formed on main roads
16:49And there are reports of motorists abandoning their vehicles
16:52And continuing on foot
16:53London airport is expected to be closed
16:58Good God
16:59The meteorological office has issued a statement
17:02Saying that a persistent anti-cyclone over London is to blame
17:06Smoke from the capital's chimneys is being trapped at street level
17:09Which is aggravating the fog
17:15Windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time
17:18Be careful out there
17:20It's a real pea super
17:31Ah, is the car ready?
17:34I'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive, ma'am
17:38It's what, 200 yards?
17:41It's been charged too hazardous, ma'am
17:47I have an appointment
17:48To see my grandmother
17:51I intend to keep that appointment
17:54If it's too hazardous to drive
17:57Then there's only one thing to be done
18:27Hmm
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.
18:56Who? The young one.
18:58Oh, 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.
19:12I'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.
19:24So she is...
19:27The Queen.
19:29Brother.
19:31Nurses and nuns have the same problem.
19:33We're all called Sister.
19:36So you are.
19:38Well, she's outside.
19:40The Queen.
19:42Then let her in.
19:45Sister.
19:46Sister.
19:57Bad time.
19:58Not at all.
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.
20:19All 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.
20:28Okay.
20:29Okay.
20:30Okay.
20:31Okay.
20:32Okay.
20:38I was listening to the wireless this morning, where they described this fog as an act of God.
20:46Now, in your letter that you sent me, you said,
20:55Loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty above 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.
21:19To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards.
21:23An 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.
21:41Not a minister or public servant.
21:43Which means that you are answerable to God in your duty, not the public.
21:51I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that.
21:54He would argue that in any equitable modern society, that church and state should be separated.
22:02That 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.
22:16Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenues that goes back what?
22:22Ninety years.
22:24What would he know of Alfred the Great, the rod of equity and mercy, Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror,
22:31Henry the Eighth?
22:33It's the Church of England, dear, not the Church of Denmark or Greece.
22:41Next question.
22:44It's chaos out there.
22:46Trains disrupted.
22:48Air services cancelled.
22:50A Richmond bridge this morning.
22:52Visibility 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, Nicole, a vote of no confidence.
23:11And will doubtless call me over-cautious 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.
23:40There you go.
23:41There you go.
23:41Run! Run!
24:04Morning.
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in.
24:16No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No.
24:27Prime Minister?
24:30Sir?
24:52I'm sorry, sir. I 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.
25:03Then don't. You'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.
25:14And the business gets done.
25:16And the country's governed.
25:20But what's my personal contribution?
25:24Ah.
25:26You improve the quality of life for all that deal with you.
25:32An ornament.
25:34A flower.
25:37By comparison, at my age, you were a published writer.
25:42And 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.
26:00Hear this, young men and women everywhere.
26:03And proclaim it far and wide.
26:06The 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 24.
26:34All energy and hope.
26:36And passion and fire.
26:40It's remarkable.
26:45You found something you liked in that young man?
26:51I did.
27:21Good morning.
27:24The time is 8 o'clock on the 7th of December, and here is the news.
27:28The serious fog that brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday continues this morning, with emergency services struggling
27:36to cope, and widespread disruption reported across the nation.
27:41The flares 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 and failure to deal with the mountain 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, is likely to cause complete darkness by 2 o
28:09'clock this afternoon.
28:20On course.
28:24You alright?
28:28You're not.
28:31Go on. Let's get you out.
28:33No.
28:34No. I'm fine. I promise.
28:38it's just because the window was open now go to work you'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 a point that i will be making in
29:14person to the commonwealth heads when i host them for the weekend at checkers weather permitting
29:23indeed what is the latest information that you have about the weather it's fog ma'am it will
29:32lift eventually i was hoping for something more scientific then i will ensure that a barometric
29:39report is included in your box tomorrow complete with isobars and isohumes it has been an unusually
29:50cold winter and there are only so many things that i as prime minister am prepared to inflict on your
29:57subjects as a reward for winning a world war and prevailing over fascism evil and tyranny
30:04letting them freeze is not one of them you do not seem unduly concerned i'm not you do know that
30:12my
30:12late father wrote many years ago to your predecessors to express his deep concern about the inner city
30:20power stations that your party was building
30:26indeed and i was sympathetic with your father's concerns at the time i also have sympathy with the
30:35leader articles in the newspapers today begging for blood wanting my head people have to be angry at
30:45someone but as leader one cannot simply react to everything we need the power stations we need
30:54the coal people need to burn coal to warm their homes it is weather it will pass well i do
31:03hope so
31:03not least because my husband's mood is intolerable why not being caged in like this he can't fly
31:14fly where well nowhere he's learning to fly
31:21whatever for have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go
31:27no he wants to fly himself it's a boyhood dream it's what he's always wanted why was government not
31:34consulted because it's a private matter and i am in favor nothing you or his royal highness do is a
31:41private matter and the father of the future king of england risking his life needlessly is
31:47quite unacceptable please do not curtail my husband's personal freedoms any further
31:53you've taken away his home you've taken away his name there comes a time where one must
31:59draw a line in the sand and the job of drawing that line falls to cabinet ma'am not to
32:04you
32:04something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you had he been granted more time
32:09to complete your education
32:13and now our time is up
32:20until next week
32:37good morning the time is eight o'clock on the eighth of
32:41december and here is the news the choking eye watering fog which has already caused two days
32:46of chaos across the capital has worsened overnight the great coal burning electricity stations in
32:52battersea and fulham have attempted to reduce emissions of poisonous sulfur dioxide from their
32:57chimneys but we've been told that it is unlikely they will be able to make any significant change to
33:02the air quality the government is expected to make a statement later today
33:17come on let's get you to hospital
33:20and stop
33:20i'm fine you're not come on come on let's get you up and shoes
33:34here we go
33:53I can't breathe.
33:55Do as I say and hold on to me.
34:07Come along.
34:25Quick, hold my hand.
34:26Come on, sir.
34:39My wife.
34:41It's too alright, lady.
34:51The control of this story is getting away from us.
34:54The 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.
35:13Culprits 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,
35:33killing several and injuring a great many more.
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.
35:52I'm sorry.
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?
36:21The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:23And for better.
36:36Bear.
36:38Telephone, sir.
36:40The Marcus of Salisbury?
36:41Not now.
36:42He asked me to stress the importance of the matter.
36:50Bobbizy?
36:51Thanks for taking my call, Diggie.
36:54Are you there?
36:56Yes.
36:57Can anyone overhear what you're saying?
37:03No.
37:04Good.
37:09It's chaos!
37:10I know. The ward is full. I have a 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 war.
37:19What do you need? More equipment?
37:21Or masks?
37:22Masks are bloody useless.
37:23They're just for show to 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, something 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.
38:02Get out of the way!
38:12Jim, where are you?
38:13Oh, here.
38:38How much longer are you going to give the old man?
38:40The majority is tiny.
38:42I'll vote in no confidence and he'll be toppled.
38:46You know what he calls you?
38:49Yes, I know.
38:50Sheep in sheep's clothing.
38:55Perhaps it's time to approve you're not.
39:03Very well.
39:05Let's put a motion down on paper and brief the whips.
39:17Good afternoon.
39:20Thank you, sir.
39:23Thank you, sir.
39:37Anything interesting?
39:39Yes.
39:42Care to share it?
39:44No.
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.
40:02These 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,
40:19you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
40:22for there you have been,
40:23and 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.
40:41Look, Philip, I know...
40:47Lord Manbaton, your majesty.
40:49Uncle Dickie, what's he doing here?
40:51I know as much as you do.
40:52He said it was important, man.
41:00Elizabeth.
41:05Hello.
41:06Came as soon as I could.
41:11So...
41:12Go, is...
41:13Is...
41:14Is this a meeting with Elizabeth, your niece?
41:16My wife?
41:17Or the queen?
41:19The latter, I'm afraid.
41:20Right.
41:21I don't know my place.
41:31What's the matter with him?
41:33Nothing.
41:36He's just feeling a little...
41:38grounded.
41:39Ignore it.
41:41Right.
41:42All ears.
41:42I 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.
42:04People 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, I would say, the time has come for you to summon Churchill and...
42:28And what?
42:32Insist that he go.
42:37I can't do that.
42:38You can.
42:39And should.
42:41But...
42:42Wouldn't that violate the constitution?
42:45As...
42:46Queen.
42:50You have the right to be consulted.
42:54The right to encourage.
42:57The right to warn.
42:59Also, to appoint a new prime minister in the event of incapacity.
43:04And many would say that Churchill's behavior now constitutes incapacity.
43:10Then a revolution must come from within.
43:13They are trying.
43:15Well, then they must try harder.
43:16They will.
43:18But...
43:19Would prefer it to be bloodless.
43:22So, I have asked for your help.
43:25And influence.
43:28I cannot do it.
43:30I will not do it.
43:32Let's not forget, it was Churchill who 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 and hospital corridors stacked with the dead, he is interested in only one
43:48thing.
43:50Stopping Philip flying.
43:55What?
43:56At a crisis cabinet meeting this morning, when there should have only been one thing on the agenda, the unfolding
44:01national emergency.
44:04All our prime minister wanted to discuss was 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.
44:26The 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 worked together.
44:52Which is why I wanted to ask your advice.
44:54Now, it seems our prime minister, a man who's led the country through many crises, is no longer leading us
45:04at all.
45:06Representations have been made to me, through an intermediary from the heart of the government,
45:13to intercede, and bid and stand down, make way for a younger man.
45:22Which brings me to my question.
45:26What are my responsibilities as head of state?
45:33What should I do?
45:35When it's in the national interest, how far dare I go?
45:42I'm not sure if Her Majesty is aware, but shortly before your father died, the foreign secretary, Mr. Eaton, came,
45:51begging his late majesty to intervene, if not on an official level, then on a personal one, as a friend,
46:00to bid the prime minister to resign.
46:03What did my father say?
46:05Well, his majesty was, like his father before him, a stickler for convention and tradition, and would never have done
46:13anything that violated the constitution or overstepped the mark.
46:20Then I have my answer.
46:21But, that 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 is quite different than the one we were in when Mr. Eaton came to
46:35see your father.
46:39Different situation, different sovereign.
46:54Wait for me here.
47:00Oh, my God!
47:02Let me...
47:03-
47:22We'll get you seen as soon as we fall.
47:56Sir?
47:59Just a child.
48:04A beautiful child.
48:08I just received word from Buckingham Palace.
48:11The 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.
48:36This is a huge child.
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.
49:01Jesus.
49:21I'll be here.
49:22Come on, see?
49:23This is a huge сотруд, in the middle of the night.
49:28I was Hajime, ALY.
49:39Thank God.
49:52Just come on, the Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:12No, no, no.
50:22Quiet! Quiet, please!
50:26Mr. Churchill.
50:28I have witnessed scenes here today, the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest days of the
50:37Blitz.
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, more money for equipment,
51:13and 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 in person.
51:43And was rewarded by cheers and applause by those suffering through the worst smog this city has ever witnessed.
51:50And the headline reads, True leader in a crisis.
52:00Ma'am, the Prime Minister's here.
52:05The parallels between his appearance yesterday and the wartime years were striking.
52:10And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed.
52:14Thank you, Prime Minister.
52:14I hope you enjoyed this.
52:17Thank you, Prime Minister.
52:17Hello?
52:23Clem?
52:26Clem, can you hear me?
52:28No?
52:29I'm...
53:10CHOIR SINGS
53:33The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
53:48You asked to see me now?
53:52I did.
54:03There's a delicate matter, which I felt I needed to discuss with you in person.
54:10Concerning what?
54:13Your position.
54:17My position?
54:20Yes, your position...
54:26...as Prime Minister.
54:33Go on.
54:38At that point, she hesitated.
54:41And then she asked me to pick either Khwajgi Nazimuddin of Pakistan...
54:47...or Sydney Holland of New Zealand.
54:50Of whatever for?
54:52To sit next to at dinner.
54:56She summoned you for that?
54:58No, I think she summoned me to haul me over the coals for my handling of the fog.
55:03But then the fog lifted...
55:05...and she had to make a decision right then and there in the room.
55:09You could see the wheels turning behind her eyes.
55:12And then she switched a tack without so much as a flicker.
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?
55:58And the government had continued to flounder.
56:01And people had continued to die.
56:04And Churchill had continued to cling to power.
56:07And the country had continued to suffer.
56:11It 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.
56:26And 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.
56:38And the minute you do, you will have declared a position, a point of view.
56:42And that is the one thing, as sovereign, that you are 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?
57:22So, 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 on one of these things.
57:30Do you think I could do it in three months?
57:33That would be unusual.
57:34I know.
57:35I'm a fast learner.
57:37And believe me when I say I've got nothing else to do.
57:55I couldn't have noticed, you've still got a 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 more pressing
58:08engagements.
58:09No, sir.
58:10All right.
58:11I'll adjust rpms and cruising speed for range flying.
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.
58:24Oh, really?
58:53Oh, really?
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