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00:21And so, Coronation Day is upon us for the first time since 1953.
00:31A three-day people's festival has been declared with concerts and street parties up and down
00:37the country.
00:43The former queen is understood to be devastated and is unlikely to attend the service.
00:53Many had been unable to imagine life without Elizabeth II.
00:58But after almost 50 years on the throne, it's out with Queen Elizabeth and in with King Tony.
01:10New Britain has a new royal family.
01:13The Labour Party.
01:21The King leaves the Abbey to the strains of the new national anthem.
01:26You can walk my path, you can wear my shoes, not to talk like me, and be an angel too.
01:42I'm singing it now, please.
02:04The Prime Minister's personal satisfaction ratings rose by one point to an extraordinary 66 percent.
02:14moment we'll join our colleagues at the world service but in the meantime on behalf of everybody
02:19at broadcasting house good night
03:01thank you
03:04i'd like to talk briefly about the prime minister if i may
03:08no historically i've not worried too much about prime minister's popularity it tends to come
03:15and go very quickly but i've a feeling that could be different with mr blair people really do seem
03:21to love him and see him as a true son of england and a unifying national symbol in a way
03:27they used
03:28to see well me and with mr blair scoring higher than me in every survey one can find perhaps
03:37now is the time ma'am to find out what seems to have gone wrong and how we could
03:44i could do better i understand the impulse but i'm not sure it's a good idea
03:54the crown doesn't ask existential questions of itself perhaps it should it suggests a loss of
04:01confidence it's putting blood in the water it's just information robert i agree
04:31the focus groups you asked for ma'am have now been conducted in edinburgh
04:37leeds leeds london birmingham bristol cardiff manchester the subject is and liverpool
04:47the british royal family the first no lie about more than 2 000 subjects over the age of 18 were
04:55asked a series of yes or no questions about the monarchy i consider the royal family to be
05:01an important part of british society i'll go along with that i think you're being quite disrespectful
05:07followed by some at times spirited debates keep it civil please having reviewed the data the
05:14pollsters have now presented their findings asked if the royal family were out of touch with ordinary
05:21people 69 percent said yes badly advised 62 percent said yes
05:31asked if they were wasteful of public money 54 percent said yes
05:37asked if they lacked compassion 53 percent said yes
05:44asked if they had failed the princess of wales as badly and death as in life
05:49a sobering 66 percent said yes
05:54asked if britain should have a smaller more informal monarchy like the netherlands or scandinavia 54
06:01percent said yes
06:04and when asked if the monarchy should continue in its present form the proportion that agreed was just 10
06:13i'd like to propose my own survey how many of us think that polls are a daft idea in the
06:20first place
06:21i don't see why we should have to listen to these people because we might actually learn something
06:26in the sample as i understand it is selected to represent society as a whole isn't it it's still
06:30a folly to subject something as enduring as the monarchy to the whims of marketing men i do think it's
06:38significant that our low numbers come at the same time that we have a prime minister of conspicuous
06:44popularity yes only winston at his height had this kind of support have you learned nothing in the time
06:52you've been on the throne prime ministers come in on a blaze of popularity and goodwill and leave on
06:58a stretcher a few years later with their reputations and usually their health in tatters yes that is
07:04exactly well i think this one might be different
07:23so
07:35so
07:36so
08:35Okay.
08:36Good evening.
08:38We hoped never to see war in Central Eastern Europe again in our lifetimes.
08:46Sadly, it has come, and it has consequences for the whole world.
08:52Tonight, NATO allies launched an offensive against Serb military targets.
09:04Slobodan Milozovic is a monstrous dictator carrying out the systematic and violent persecution of innocent civilians.
09:14He has to be stopped.
09:16We have a moral duty to ensure he does not succeed.
09:25To all of us in free countries who think this is a remote conflict and someone else's problem, I say
09:33this.
09:34If you value your freedom, you cannot remain neutral.
09:40This is your war, too.
09:52It's encouraging that our NATO partners have come together like this against the Serbs, but...
09:57Well, moral purpose is one thing. Military success is quite another.
10:02Every bombing target has to be approved by committee, which makes decisions agonizingly slow.
10:08We thought this aerial campaign would be over in days.
10:11Instead, two weeks and little or no progress has been made.
10:15The Serbs are laughing at us.
10:17I read that the problem was cloud cover.
10:21American stealth bombers need good conditions to see their targets.
10:25The most sophisticated weaponry in the world, and it can't handle the weather.
10:29Which is why we ultimately need ground troops.
10:31I proposed to President Clinton a limited invasion of 80,000 troops,
10:36which would drive Serb forces out of Kosovo and create safe havens for refugees to return.
10:41But he said most Americans can't point to Yugoslavia on a map, so why put US servicemen's lives at risk?
10:47Yes.
10:48It's most frustrating.
10:50But I won't give up, morally.
10:53This is the right thing.
10:58Mr. Blair was unusually resolute today.
11:02In my experience, Prime Ministers tend to be either domestic or foreign policy focused.
11:09At this early stage, I'd say Mr. Blair falls very firmly into the latter camp.
11:14Yes.
11:15Statesman syndrome.
11:18Which am I, do you think?
11:20The domestic or foreign policy queen?
11:22Ha!
11:24Good question, ma'am.
11:26And it's not immediately obvious.
11:28The Commonwealth of Nations is such an article of faith to you, so everyone would be inclined to say a
11:32foreign.
11:32For you, sir.
11:34Who else off the top of their heads, for example, would be able to reel off the name of the
11:38President of Malawi?
11:41Makili Malutzi.
11:42And the next member state to have general elections?
11:45Fiji.
11:46Their first since readmission.
11:48But despite all that, it's your interest in every part of the British Isles that I think ultimately makes you
11:53a domestic queen.
11:54Take today's engagement at the Women's Institute.
11:57Composing the speech yourself.
11:59With, if I may say, evident enthusiasm.
12:01Of course.
12:03The uncomplaining, hard-working country women of Middle England.
12:08You underestimate them at your peril.
12:10And if the sea in ancient times
12:17Walked upon England's mountains sweet
12:23And was the holy land of God
12:29For England's land of the sea
12:50The women's institute movement came to Britain in 1915.
12:56Since its humble beginnings in a Welsh garden shed
13:01Our membership and our goals have reached new and remarkable heights.
13:07I've been a member of the WI for longer than I've been queen.
13:13Many of you will remember how vital we were to the war effort.
13:18From growing produce to hosting evacuees.
13:22I have fond memories of collecting rose hips for rose hip syrup.
13:26Yes.
13:27Do you remember the rose hips?
13:29Yes.
13:30For vitamin C deficiency.
13:31That's good.
13:35There are approximately 250,000 members of the Women's Institute in the United Kingdom.
13:43Roughly, the population of Hull.
13:47Can you imagine a city run and populated entirely by the WI?
13:53It would have the tidiest streets in Britain.
13:56Yes.
13:57Everything would run on time.
13:59Yes.
13:59And we would take all the men's jobs.
14:12No, I'm not trying to patronize you.
14:14I'm not trying to make you look...
14:15Yeah.
14:17Yeah.
14:18Yeah.
14:18I understand.
14:19Alright.
14:20Okay.
14:20Bye-bye.
14:24And then he said, answer me this, Tony.
14:27Please don't do the accent.
14:29How many ground troops are you all prepared to come in?
14:33So I say, look, Bill...
14:35We can talk about numbers all day.
14:38This is about the bigger picture.
14:39What if Milosevic wins?
14:41NATO's credibility is at stake.
14:43To which he said...
14:44NATO's credibility is already a busted flush.
14:47So you're allowed to do the accent?
14:49I do it better.
14:50He knows the fact you're coming to him like this
14:53means that NATO's air campaign has failed.
14:56But he still won't do what it takes,
14:57commit American ground troops.
15:00He's worried about it looking like another Vietnam
15:02with no political upside for him domestically.
15:05Well, you're never going to persuade the White House
15:07by appealing to their interests.
15:10So do what you do best.
15:14Appeal to their consciences.
15:26While we meet here in Chicago this evening,
15:30terrible things are happening in Europe.
15:36No one who has seen what has happened in Kosovo
15:40to those refugees can be in any doubt
15:43that NATO's military action is justified.
15:51But we must do more than simply make our case.
15:56We must also succeed.
16:00For that, we depend on you.
16:03The United States.
16:06You are the most powerful country in the world
16:11and the richest.
16:14You are a great nation.
16:18And it must be difficult and sometimes irritating
16:24to find yourself the recipient of every demand.
16:27To be called upon in every crisis.
16:30To be expected always and everywhere
16:33to do what needs to be done.
16:36The cry,
16:37what's it got to do with us
16:39must be heard fairly regularly.
16:44Yet those nations which have the power
16:47have the responsibility to use it wisely.
16:51We need you.
16:54We need America engaged.
17:00And so I say to you,
17:02never fall again
17:04for the doctrine of isolationism
17:06because the world truly cannot afford it.
17:10Stay, please,
17:13a country outward looking
17:14with the vision
17:16and the imagination
17:17which is the very best of your nature.
17:19and realize too
17:21that in doing so
17:23you will find in Britain
17:24a friend
17:25and an ally
17:27that will stand with you.
17:30Work with you.
17:33Fashion with you
17:34the design
17:35of a future
17:36built on peace
17:37and prosperity
17:38for all.
17:40Which is the only dream
17:42that makes humanity
17:44worth preserving.
18:04A resounding success
18:05for the Prime Minister in America.
18:08The New York Times
18:10says the Prime Minister
18:11has a new nickname
18:13King Tony.
18:15The Wall Street Journal
18:16has come out
18:17in emphatic support
18:18of his attempts
18:18to persuade a reluctant White House
18:20but I think the best summary
18:22is from the Chicago Sun-Times.
18:24It claims Mr. Blair
18:25has beguiled the city
18:27with his charms
18:28leaving Americans
18:29pining to have him
18:30as their president instead.
18:33Goodness.
18:34I gather President Clinton
18:35is now considering ground war
18:37which would leave Milosevic
18:38and his Serb forces
18:40with the option
18:41to either fight
18:41and face
18:42total annihilation
18:44or else withdraw
18:46and I suspect
18:47even they are sensible
18:48enough to choose
18:49the latter.
18:50So?
18:52The Prime Minister
18:53pulled it off.
18:54So it seems
18:56this is an extraordinary
18:58political feat.
19:21The Prime Minister
19:22Your Majesty
19:23Your Majesty
19:28I hope you didn't slip
19:29on the way here.
19:31Ma'am?
19:32It can't be easy
19:34walking on water.
19:37Please
19:37do sit down.
19:40So
19:40you insisted
19:42the West
19:43no longer stand by
19:45while genocide
19:45and slaughter
19:46take place
19:48and pulled it off
19:49without a single
19:50NATO casualty
19:51in combat.
19:52Great credit
19:53must go to the Americans
19:54when they signaled
19:55their openness
19:56to a ground invasion.
19:57Milosevic realized
19:58the game was up.
19:59But Clinton's
20:00change of heart
20:00is in great part
20:01thanks to you.
20:03It's one thing
20:04to have popularity
20:06it's quite another
20:07to have influence.
20:09So I offer you
20:10my congratulations.
20:12You are
20:13at this moment
20:14by some margin
20:15the most celebrated
20:16leader on the world stage.
20:17with remarkable instincts.
20:20And so
20:23in the light of that
20:26it's no secret
20:27that the crown
20:28has not had the best time
20:29of it in recent years.
20:32Often our values
20:33and those of the country
20:34have not been
20:34perfectly aligned.
20:36You
20:36on the other hand
20:38since you entered
20:39number 10
20:40you've shown
20:41an uncanny ability
20:42to read the mood
20:42of the country
20:43better than anyone.
20:47and so I can't help
20:49but ask
20:54what would you do
20:57to turn things round
20:58for us
21:00if you were in charge?
21:04If I were in charge
21:06of the monarchy?
21:08If you were in my shoes.
21:12If I were king?
21:15Yes.
21:20Goodness.
21:23For someone who so rarely
21:24puts a foot wrong
21:25this seems to be
21:26a dangerous loss of judgment.
21:28She's asking for advice
21:29Robert.
21:29She doesn't need to take it.
21:31But who is she asking?
21:32The prime minister.
21:33An avowed reformer
21:34and moderniser.
21:35Her chief advisor.
21:37I'm her chief advisor.
21:39Actually
21:41constitutionally Robert
21:42I think you'll find
21:43he is.
21:48Can we walk through
21:49the five big changes
21:51that we want to make?
21:52Modernisation.
21:52We reduce expenditure.
21:54Everyone's doing it.
21:55It's only fair
21:56that the queen
21:56is doing it as well.
21:57Right?
21:58Some examples.
21:59Listen to this.
21:59Royal train.
22:01£1,500
22:01for catering per journey.
22:03This is the time
22:04to get them in line
22:05with new labour.
22:06Honestly
22:07it's an anachronistic
22:09unrepresentative feudal system
22:10based on a thousand years
22:12of hereditary privilege.
22:13You'd be better off
22:14trying to modernise
22:15Stonehenge.
22:16Let's do the monarchy first
22:17and then we can get round
22:18to prehistoric monuments.
22:20Aren't those two things
22:21the same?
22:23Okay
22:23I know
22:24it's unexciting
22:25but administrative reform.
22:26We run the royals
22:27like we run the civil service.
22:29Yes.
22:30Accountability.
22:31There's nothing else
22:32that matters.
22:33It's just that.
22:34I mean
22:34not being allowed
22:35to marry a Catholic.
22:37Pretty sure
22:37Article 12
22:38of the Human Rights Act
22:39states that people
22:39have the right
22:40to marry
22:40whoever they want.
22:41Says the Queen's Council.
22:42Well that's wrong too
22:43I should be called
22:44Senior Council.
22:45I think we can spin it
22:47like this
22:47it would look really good
22:49if it came from the palace
22:50that they're prepared
22:51to tighten the purses.
22:52She knows that
22:53there has to be a change.
22:55Yes
22:55yes
22:55the voters don't want
22:57to take down the monarchy.
22:58A version of that
22:59in the dossier.
23:01It's all wrong Tony.
23:04Seriously
23:05wrong.
23:08Needs changing.
23:19I'd like to start
23:20by thanking you
23:21for giving me
23:21the opportunity
23:22to do this.
23:24I'm ashamed to say
23:25most of the time
23:25we don't think seriously
23:26about the monarchy
23:27in this country.
23:28We just
23:29subject you all
23:29to a lot of
23:31hurtful and frivolous
23:32gossip.
23:33Really?
23:33I hadn't noticed.
23:36But having consulted
23:38with my closest advisers
23:41we do all agree
23:43that the institution
23:45is in need
23:45of some reform.
23:46That much was clear
23:48after the death
23:48of Diana
23:49Princess of Wales
23:50when we saw
23:51an outpouring of grief
23:53turn into a mass
23:54movement for change.
23:56So I thought
23:58we might start
23:59with something
24:00I know you're
24:01already considering.
24:02Primogeniture.
24:04Yes.
24:06Demoting eldest daughters
24:07in the line
24:07of succession
24:08I think we can all
24:09agree makes little
24:10sense in a modern
24:11society.
24:12As an eldest daughter
24:13myself I don't
24:14object to that
24:15in principle.
24:16But to turn over
24:17centuries of royal
24:19legislation is no
24:20small task.
24:21You'd have to consult
24:22with the 15 other
24:23countries where I'm
24:24head of state.
24:26Where the will is
24:28there these things
24:28can usually change
24:29quickly.
24:31Another area
24:32is transparency.
24:33My government
24:34will soon be
24:35introducing a
24:35Freedom of Information
24:36Act.
24:37I believe the
24:38monarchy might
24:38benefit from
24:39something similar.
24:40An annual report
24:41setting out
24:42performance,
24:43assets,
24:43salaries,
24:44total accountability.
24:46Think of the
24:46Crown as a
24:47public limited
24:48company and the
24:49people of Britain
24:49as shareholders
24:50not subjects.
24:52I see.
24:56it's now nearly
24:57300 years since
24:58William III signed
24:59the Act of
24:59Settlement to
25:00secure a
25:00Protestant monarchy
25:01and there have
25:03been growing calls
25:04for a review of
25:07some of the more
25:08anti-Catholic
25:09provisions which
25:10surely have no
25:11place in a plural
25:12society like ours.
25:14I can understand
25:16permitting members
25:17of the royal
25:18family to marry
25:19Catholics but for
25:21Catholics to be in
25:22the direct line of
25:23succession would
25:23open the way to a
25:24Catholic monarch.
25:26Well, of course
25:27there'll be technical
25:28issues.
25:28Slightly more than
25:29technical issues.
25:30It would be the
25:31disestablishment of the
25:32Church of England.
25:35But we have to be
25:36willing to look at
25:37the big questions.
25:37There's no use
25:38nibbling around the
25:39periphery.
25:40Should it be the
25:41monarch's role to
25:42appoint the
25:42Prime Minister?
25:43Of course.
25:44It's a government
25:45in the sovereign's
25:46name.
25:47But to be able to
25:48dissolve Parliament,
25:49to give laws royal
25:50assent, they don't
25:51in Sweden.
25:52These functions can
25:53be carried out by the
25:54Speaker of the
25:54House of Commons.
25:56Should the monarch be
25:57commander-in-chief of
25:58the armed forces?
25:58Again, they aren't in
25:59Sweden, they aren't in
26:00the Netherlands.
26:01Which brings me to
26:02the matter of pomp and
26:03splendor.
26:05I've been looking at
26:06some of the ceremonial
26:08offices in the royal
26:09household and they
26:10include a hereditary
26:13grand falconer.
26:14Dear Murray, what about
26:15him?
26:17Does the job really need
26:19to depend on birth, not
26:20merit?
26:24The Queen's herb strewer,
26:26the washer of the
26:27sovereign's hands?
26:28That is only once per
26:30reign and only when I'm in
26:31residence at Holyrood House.
26:33Still, a royal barge
26:36master and 24 watermen,
26:37even though there hasn't
26:38been a royal barge since
26:401849.
26:41A warden of the swans?
26:43Someone has to oversee the
26:44swans in England's inland
26:46waterways, over which the
26:47crown has an ancient
26:48prerogative right.
26:49But is that prerogative
26:51right?
26:52I understand that the role
26:54dates from the 12th century
26:55as a way to claim swans as
26:57delicacies for royal banquets.
26:58Now that the swan has, one
27:00imagines, fallen out of the
27:01culinary repertoire, how does one
27:02justify the role today?
27:04Kings and queens might not be
27:06eating them anymore.
27:07Someone has to care for them.
27:09We check them for injuries,
27:12maintain their habitat, ring them
27:15with tags from the British
27:16Trust for Ornithology,
27:18conservation.
27:20And that's before we get to
27:21the most anachronistic of all
27:23ceremonies, the state opening of
27:25Parliament.
27:25Do we really need ten heralds,
27:27including the Rouge Dragon
27:28Percevant and the Maltravers
27:31Herald Extraordinary, the Gold
27:33Stick in Waiting, the Silver
27:35Stick in Waiting, the Gentleman
27:37Usher of the Sword of State?
27:40I think what we're suggesting is
27:44a purge of honorifics, a bonfire of
27:47sinecures might be a useful
27:49concession.
27:52And PR victory.
28:01I obviously need to give all this
28:03careful thought.
28:05Your Majesty.
28:14So, how was it?
28:18A little frosty.
28:20I bet.
28:22Well, she promised to give our
28:23proposals some further thought.
28:25No.
28:26Well, if she doesn't, and the people
28:28get fed up with them, she'll only
28:29have herself to blame.
28:32Britain isn't mature enough as a
28:34country and a democracy now to live
28:35without this nonsense.
28:39The preservation of the monarch is
28:40her life's work.
28:42She must know that they have to change in
28:46order to survive.
28:48They don't want to change, Tony.
28:51I mean, she probably thinks the only way to
28:53survive is to double down on the madness.
28:58Like the Catholic Church.
29:00Let's not bring the church into this.
29:01Well, they modernized, and the old guard's
29:05never forgiven them for it.
29:07Why?
29:08Because they got rid of the Latin, and the
29:10incense, and the miracles, and the mystery,
29:12and people stopped coming.
29:17This is different.
29:18Is it?
29:34Mr. Hawkins, next, please.
29:36Yes.
29:40Please, make yourself comfortable.
29:45Swans.
29:46That's it.
29:46I'm the warden of the swans.
29:49It says here your role is one of the oldest
29:51in the household.
29:53That's right, sir.
29:54We've gone through several incarnations
29:56over the years.
29:57Keeper of the King of Swans,
29:58the King's Swanmaster,
30:00and now the warden of the swans.
30:07And what is your precise title?
30:10I am the Queen's Herbstraw.
30:12The Queen's Guide to the Sons.
30:15Yeoman of the Glass and China Pantry.
30:18Could you tell us what your role involves, day by day?
30:22It's my job to supervise the glassware and earthenware across all the royal palaces.
30:29I oversee stocks.
30:30I guard against any damage and breakages.
30:35What have you got there?
30:38Laws, orders, and customs, swans.
30:41The authoritative text of what was then the keeper of the King's Swans.
30:46It's been guiding us for centuries, since 1482, by my reckoning,
30:50by the reign of Edward IV.
30:52I've seen the bay change in all manner of ways.
30:54News of high tides and heavy rainfall will change suns beyond recognition.
30:58Believe me, I've seen shallow gullies turn into deep ravines.
31:04What is your official title?
31:06Astronomer royal.
31:07Piper, the sovereign.
31:08Lord High Admiral of the Wash, ma'am.
31:10My responsibilities also include folding all 170 of the embroidered white linen napkins.
31:19Oh, that's you.
31:20Yes, ma'am.
31:21You are clever.
31:22How on earth do you do that?
31:24Few have truly mastered the Dutch bonnet napkin fold.
31:29The swan is a pure and graceful beast.
31:37How's your 15th century calligraphy, Robert?
31:40A little rusty.
31:45Her feathers are white as snow.
31:49And as brief in duration.
31:53For she signifieth the past in nature of fair things.
32:00For though we wish our splendor to be everlasting,
32:05no thing must remain of what is past.
32:17The longer it went on, the heavier my heart became.
32:20I agree.
32:22A sense of pride in the tradition.
32:27I think my favourite was the Yeoman bedhanger.
32:32Yes.
32:34Or the Lord High Admiral of the Wash.
32:45So they don't want Blackrod knocking on the door.
32:48Or the Lord Great Chamberlain walking backwards.
32:51They've also suggested getting rid of the cap of maintenance.
32:55Presumably on the grounds that it can only be worn by a peer of the realm.
32:59But it's so full of colour and character and a glorious sea of vermilion.
33:05I think from a PR standpoint, it might be sensible to make one or two concessions.
33:10Really?
33:11Leave us less open to charges of elitism and grandiosity.
33:14Well, that's missing the point.
33:16The whole purpose of the state opening is to humble the monarch.
33:21The Crown's representative, Blackrod, knocks on the door of the House of Commons
33:26and is rebuffed three times.
33:28Why?
33:30Because the last time a king overstepped the mark and entered the Commons,
33:36Charles I, it led to civil war and his execution.
33:43Parliament is warning the monarch.
33:46Never forget, we are in charge.
33:50She still arrives in the Irish state coach with an escort of household cavalry
33:54and hundreds of guardsmen lining the route.
33:57It doesn't immediately feel like a lesson in humility.
34:00Are we really being lectured on humility by the Prince of Wales?
34:03We are.
34:04Well, I just don't feel there's anything wrong with running the monarchy
34:07on more rational and democratic lines.
34:11But monarchy isn't rational or democratic or logical or fair.
34:18Haven't we all learned that by now?
34:22People don't want to come to a royal palace and get what they could have at home.
34:27When they come for an investiture or a state visit, when they brush up against us,
34:33they want the magic and the mystery and the arcane and the eccentric and the symbolic
34:38and the transcendent.
34:43They want to feel like they've entered another world.
34:46That is our duty.
34:49To lift people up and transport them into another realm.
34:52Not bring them down to earth and remind them of what they already have.
34:58Hear, hear.
34:59The world has been gripped as the race for the White House has boiled down to a recount
35:04in the battleground state of Florida.
35:07Many in the Labour Party had hoped for a victory for Vice President Al Gore.
35:11But in a dramatic late-night ruling,
35:15the US Supreme Court voted 5-4 to stop the recount,
35:19effectively handing the presidency to Texas Governor George W. Bush.
35:24Mr. Blair's closest international ally will be a man he has never spoken to or met.
35:28It couldn't have been more awkward.
35:30As you know, the Clintons were making their farewell visit to the UK
35:33and staying with us at Chequers while the ruling was being made.
35:37So there we all were, watching CNN in the middle of the night
35:42as the election was being decided.
35:44Oh, dear.
35:44The following day, President Clinton had to deliver a speech
35:47at the University of Warwick with me giving the opening remarks.
35:50Well, I had no choice but to offer warm congratulations
35:54to President-elect Bush in front of my good friend.
35:58Will it be challenging for you to have a Republican White House?
36:03I see no reason not to be optimistic.
36:07Let's not forget, I'll be the senior partner now,
36:10so I hope to be able to influence President Bush.
36:15Hmm.
36:20Your Majesty.
36:21Prime Minister.
36:28Uh, my office sent some suggestions ahead of the state opening a parliament.
36:33I was wondering if you had a chance to look at them.
36:35Rather more than that.
36:37I discussed them with my family.
36:40Believe it or not, for my first child,
36:43it was still custom to summon the Home Secretary to witness a royal birth.
36:49My father put a stop to it with my consent,
36:52so I'm not against reform.
36:55The question is what is worth preserving and where to draw the line.
36:59We have now conducted a thorough review of all the offices in my household,
37:03and what we discovered was not indefensible extravagance or luxury,
37:07or a collection of empty Ruritanian titles,
37:10but an extraordinary array of precious expertise,
37:14skills that have been passed down for generations,
37:17often within the same families.
37:19And the vehicle for that continuity is the crown.
37:24The spell that we cast and have cast for centuries is our immutability.
37:30Tradition is our strength.
37:33Respect for our forebears.
37:35And the preservation of generations of their wisdom and learned experience.
37:42Modernity is not always the answer.
37:46Sometimes antiquity is, too.
37:54Wait, wait, are you ready?
37:57Are you ready?
38:02Am I just serving, ma'am?
38:04Oh, Robert.
38:05No, not at all.
38:08I just wanted to express my relief, ma'am.
38:12That I came to my senses.
38:14For a moment, I think we risk compromising the very things that make us distinctive.
38:20Please.
38:24Which leads me to think
38:28that it might be best if I personally were to move on.
38:33Robert.
38:34It's true, ma'am.
38:35At crucial moments, the palace has failed to read the public mood.
38:40And much of the blame rests with me.
38:43Surely not.
38:44It's a question of temperament.
38:46It's a question of temperament, knowing where to be flexible.
38:49My problem is I'm an old stick.
38:50I'd rather not change anything at all.
38:53I tend to see things as binary.
38:56Either you keep things as they are, or it's closing time in the gardens of the west.
39:03But you can make alterations without tearing down the building.
39:08My deputy, Robin.
39:10My deputy, Robin Janvin, is far better place to do that.
39:13He's much more attuned and deserving of a step up.
39:17Well, of course, Robin will make an excellent private secretary, but he's still a young man.
39:23Is there nothing I can do to persuade you to stay?
39:26Sometimes it's helpful to offer a scalp.
39:31This way, everyone benefits.
39:34The public gets sent a signal.
39:37You get better advice than I could ever possibly give.
39:42I get to play more cricket.
39:46I don't know how I'll manage.
39:48I shall be utterly lost.
39:49No, ma'am.
39:50You won't.
39:50You'll be just fine.
39:52You've navigated this latest matter perfectly without my help.
40:07Every minute has been an honor, ma'am.
40:29And finally, ma'am, your visit to Brighton and Hove as one of the government's designated Millennium Cities.
40:35Yes.
40:36I have drafted a program of engagements that I hope preserves the traditional but adds a somewhat modern sensibility.
40:45On the one hand, lunch at the pavilion in tribute to your great-great-great-great-uncle George IV.
40:51On the other, a visit to the Sussex Innovation Center to see a demonstration of an insectoid robot called Maggie.
40:59Right.
41:04One last thing you might be interested to know.
41:08The Prime Minister.
41:10Yes?
41:12Has chosen to address the Women's Institute as part of his mission to consolidate support in Middle England.
41:21Really?
41:23I wouldn't have said they were his sort of crowd.
41:26But his unerring judgment is what one has always had to admire him for.
41:31And his ability to win over seemingly anyone.
41:36I'm sure this will be no exception.
41:48Yes.
41:52Yes.
41:57Yes.
41:57Yes.
41:58Yes,
42:06Yes,
42:10A modern voice for women.
42:13It is a clear and admirable statement of ideals.
42:17But what does it mean to be modern in a new Britain driven by change and innovation?
42:26Make no mistake, there are many traditions we can be proud of,
42:29but we must never cling to tradition for its own sake.
42:33In the 21st century, we must ask ourselves what kind of values we want to promote.
42:41We must take what's best from the past, but never be enthralled to it.
42:46Old-fashioned practices can sometimes hold progress back.
42:52I believe, and the Labour Party believes,
42:55that a new, updated concept of community is needed
43:00to keep up with the fast pace of change in the modern world.
43:05I was elected leader of the Labour Party because I understood that we had a radical mission
43:10to change not just the politics of this country,
43:13but the constitution of this country, the soul of this country.
43:20Radical is not a word to be frightened of.
43:23It is a word to embrace.
43:26Because I fear that if we are not radical, we will not succeed in our mission.
43:32Look at what we've done in the House of Lords.
43:35Taking...
43:37Taking drastic action against hereditary privilege.
43:42Thank you very much.
43:45Look, the world is changing fast.
43:49Oh, okay, right.
43:51And change is tough, we know that.
43:58It's no one that people feel worried and wish to hold tight to the old ways.
44:03A run-in with the Women's Institute was surely not what the Prime Minister had in mind
44:06as he made his return to the political fray.
44:09The chairwoman of the WI says that she had urged Mr. Blair
44:12not to make his speech party political.
44:14Take all the forces that are prevailed by the change,
44:16then the very conditions will seem to...
44:23I'm glad they're having a good debate, anyway.
44:34He can charm America, indeed the whole world,
44:38but comes up short with the Women's Institute.
44:41I'm getting terrible stick for it from my aides,
44:43who all advise against doing it.
44:45You were political with the WI,
44:48the one thing we pride ourselves on never being.
44:50As far as criticisms go,
44:52being too political is one I think I can live with.
44:55It'd be like someone describing you as being too royal.
44:59I think I've come to realise there's no such thing as too royal.
45:02If you're doing it, do it properly.
45:07And unapologetically.
45:13I understand.
45:17So.
45:20So.
45:23I'm sure you're aware the EU has just published a draft
45:27of its new Charter for Fundamental Rights
45:30ahead of the forthcoming summit in Portugal.
45:34Our hope is that it will reflect the original meaning
45:37of the EU to summarise existing rights.
45:44You can work my power.
45:49You can wear my shoes.
45:53But you'll talk like me.
45:57I'd be an angel too.
46:01I'm singing it now.
46:13I know that things can only get better.
46:19Things can only get better.
46:32Things can only get better.
46:37Can only get a treasure
46:42Now I found, now I found you
47:24Now I found, now I found you
48:04Now I found you
48:34Now I found you
48:37Now I found you
48:38Now I found you
48:40Now I found you
48:41Now I found you
48:42Now I found you
48:42Now I found you
48:43Now I found you
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