00:07Yesterday morning at 2.41 a.m. at General Eisenhower's headquarters, General Jodl,
00:17the representative of the German High Command, signed the act of unconditional surrender of all
00:26German land, sea, and airports in Europe, hostilities will end officially at one minute after midnight
00:38tonight, Tuesday the 8th of May.
00:54We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, today is victory in Europe's day, long live
01:05the cause of freedom. God save the King.
01:14Ready? Margaret, I'm not sure this is a good idea.
01:17Come on, the war is over. We have to celebrate. What if something goes wrong?
01:21We'll have Porchy and Peter Townsend with us. What could possibly go wrong?
01:30We're escaping from the palace. Quick, out the servants' door before anyone sees us.
01:39We can't just break out like this. Oh shush, hurry up.
01:46Come on, girls. Hold your noses. Why?
01:54It stinks of alcohol. And sweat. It smells of life.
02:22No. Green Park or Trafalgar Square? I say the Ritz. It's where all the most elegant people go,
02:28and some G's in Worcester. Good plan. The Ritz it is.
02:31Shall we be inside the palace? Why? So we can wave to Mummy and Papa?
02:35Honestly, what's the matter with you? Can't you be irresponsible just once?
02:51Margaret? Margaret? Oh.
02:59Next week is May the 8th. Do you know, it's been over 50 years, and we've never done anything to
03:07commemorate it.
03:08What are you talking about? The Sovereign? I attend VE Day celebrations every year.
03:15No. I mean, our VE Day. It was quite a night. Do you remember?
03:25Of course I remember. We almost lost you. And then we very much found you. The real you. The you
03:39that you gave up in order to be the other you.
03:43Yes, all right. Don't you miss her? She was so much fun.
03:48Oh, it ain't my fault. Oh, it ain't my fault.
03:56And as I recall, we swore to keep the events of that evening secret.
04:05Gin.
04:07Well done.
04:09Revenge?
04:10I can't, I'm afraid. Early start. I'm expected in Clapham Junction, first thing.
04:17Whatever for?
04:18Something to do with the local council's closed circuit television system.
04:25Oh. Do you not have anything tomorrow? No. But, must eat soon. At the weekend. Good.
04:40Why? I always think that's where you're happiest. Come on, dogs. Come on.
04:48Come on.
05:07Green with lust. And sick with shyness. Let me lick your lacquer, Jones.
05:17God, oh, gosh, your royal highness. Put your finger up my nose.
05:29John Betjeman was so mad for me that his friend Morris Bower wrote this filthy bone about it.
05:39Pin your teeth upon my dress. Plant my head with watercress. Only you can make me happy. Wrap me in
05:51a woolen nap.
06:01Oh.
06:04Oh.
06:06Oh.
06:07Ma'am.
06:11It...
06:12...in...
06:15...in a plush and...
06:16...plated wrap...
06:19...wheel me round...
06:22St. James's, ma'am, let your, ma'am, let your, ma'am, let your, ma'am, let your, ma'am,
06:42is she on?
06:42Is she on?
06:43Oh, good luck.
06:44Oh, good luck.
07:41Oh, good luck.
07:44Oh, good luck.
08:17Princess Margaret, your majesty.
08:20Hello?
08:22Margaret, what on earth happened?
08:25I'm afraid I had a teeny tiny stroke.
08:31Oh, a bit of a shock.
08:33One minute I'm in full flow at the Lawrences, and the next minute I'm in an air ambulance, unable to
08:42feel my arms and legs.
08:44Where are you now?
08:47In hospital.
08:49In Barbados.
08:51Right.
08:53Poor thing.
08:55Well, the doctors assure me I'm going to be fine.
09:01What?
09:01I can't hear you properly.
09:02That's because my mouth is still numb.
09:06I could bite off my own tongue, and I wouldn't feel a thing.
09:11Are we bringing you home?
09:13Yes, tomorrow, apparently, for further tests and edible food.
09:20With any luck, I'm smiling, as I say that, not that you'd notice, but goodbye, Lilibus.
09:35I'll see you tomorrow.
09:38Oh.
09:42Oh.
09:43Oh.
09:45Oh.
09:55Oh.
09:57Oh.
10:01Oh.
10:05Oh.
10:07Oh.
10:08Oh.
10:08Oh.
10:09Oh.
10:09Oh.
10:10Oh.
10:11Oh.
10:11Oh.
10:12Oh.
10:12Oh.
10:13Oh.
10:32Well, I'm happy to say the stroke was relatively mild, ma'am, and we ought to be able to treat
10:37the condition effectively with just an aspirin a day to thin the blood, along with statins
10:43to reduce your cholesterol and atenolol to lower your blood pressure.
10:46I do.
10:49But these alone will not be enough, ma'am, to prevent the risk of a second more serious stroke.
10:58You will need to look more closely at your lifestyle and make one or two modifications.
11:06So, no more Chesterfields, no more whiskey, no more sweet treats.
11:18Just lemon barley water, nicotine gum, and lots of rehabilitation exercises.
11:33Get out of here, man.
11:35I'm not willing to...
11:41A flea and a fly and a fool were in prison, so what could they do?
12:13I'm still alive!
12:17Like some other men do...
12:23Get out of here, and get me some money too...
12:29Why don't you do right?
12:33Like some other men do...
12:37Like some other men do...
12:41Like some other men do...
12:49Like some other men do...
12:52Oh...?
12:56Do,
12:57no, I have never ever seen it again.
13:19but i do hope you're taking it easy and cancelling official engagements
13:25some of them yes no need to cancel all of them you know how i hate an empty diary
13:35see there's that look again i'm fine lilibet bouncing back on the way up not on the way out
13:49so
14:09mom thank you
14:24thank you
14:28i thought perhaps a gentle stroll nice siesta and then dinner on the terrace just the two of us
14:37stroll yes but then i'd like a picnic on the beach with the whole gang cocktails at the cotton club
14:45and dinner followed by general bacchanalia at basil's i'm only here for two weeks
14:52i intend to make the most of it all right you're the boss i most certainly am
15:09so
15:30I'll see you next time.
15:51I'll continue.
15:51Oh, my God, what a minute.
16:13I'm sorry.
16:15No, no.
16:33No.
16:34Oh, no.
16:35Mom.
16:36Mom.
16:36Mom.
16:38Mom.
16:49Oh, my God.
17:08Oh, my God.
17:19Oh, my God.
17:47Oh, my God.
18:19Oh, my God.
18:33Her voice is a little odd, but what did she say?
18:35I think it was anticoagulant.
18:37You've given me the Velcro slippers instead of shoes.
18:43Gone are the days of heels.
18:45Gone are the days of feet, for that matter.
18:49Why not try some gentle exercise?
18:53You could use the palace pool.
18:55Exercise can help with moods, too.
18:58I'd rather die than do exercise.
19:02And seeing as I'm going to be dead soon, anyway,
19:06I thought I might as well go out with a bang.
19:10It's my 70th birthday this year,
19:14and I've decided I want to celebrate it with a nice big party.
19:18What efforts?
19:22Because we love the wretch, don't we, Lilibet?
19:27Do we?
19:28We do.
19:30We have such special memories.
19:35Oh, you will end my voice.
19:40Oh, you will end my voice.
19:44Have I missed something?
19:46Oh, you will end my voice.
19:59Of course.
20:00Just tell them who you are.
20:02That is the one thing I'm not going to do.
20:04Then you're going to have to bet your eyelids a little.
20:08Go on.
20:18Evening, miss.
20:19Here you go.
20:25Howdy, Polly, Alexa.
20:27Here you go.
20:30Will you look at that?
20:32What do we do now?
20:35Dive in, I suppose.
20:48Where's this class?
20:50Cheers on the gears.
20:55Cheers!
21:22I'm going to put this in the cloak.
21:23Oh, let me escort you.
21:24No need.
21:31Hello, miss.
21:39I asked you that?
21:40Thanks.
21:44Excuse me, ma'am.
21:46Sorry.
21:47Have a nice evening.
21:49Wait.
21:51Don't go up there.
21:53Come with us.
21:54Way more fun.
22:19I wouldn't go down there if I were you.
22:22Americans.
22:24Americans.
22:24Have you heard of the jitterbug?
22:26Well, I know about the doodlebug.
22:28It's a dance.
22:29Band here, and with good reason.
22:31Comes from Harlem.
22:33Where?
22:34A ghetto in New York.
22:38Wait.
22:40Don't I recognize you?
22:42I don't think so.
22:52All right.
22:54I'll be off.
22:55Will you make my apologies?
22:57I will.
22:58And wish the birthday girl a very happy birthday.
23:02I will.
23:03You taking anyone?
23:05Anne.
23:06And Porchy will be there.
23:08Ah.
23:08Good old Porchy.
23:10Yes, good old Porchy.
23:11Always good company.
23:13Never lets one down.
23:19Is everything all right?
23:23Sorry.
23:25I just find myself worrying about Margaret all the time.
23:29Well, hasn't it always been like that?
23:32Yes.
23:33I suppose it has.
24:04Sorry, ma'am.
24:08Go on.
24:33Do you need a hand, ma'am?
24:34No, I'm all right.
24:35Are you feeling no, ma'am?
24:37Are you still smoking cigarettes, ma'am?
24:43How are you feeling?
24:44I'll hear that.
25:03Thank you all for coming this evening.
25:08As you know, I've spent much of my time recently lying in hospital beds, sitting in wheelchairs, staring out of
25:23windows at that little patch of blue that prisoners call the sky.
25:33But one thing that throughout it all sustained me, memories.
25:46As it turns out, I have rather fond memories of quite a few evenings at the Ritz, that I'd like
25:59to share with you.
26:00Well, one in particular comes to mind when a very different side of the young princess Elizabeth was revealed.
26:16And I'm sure everyone would love to hear about that.
26:20Yes, they would, Lilibet, which is why I'm telling it.
26:24It would miss the point entirely of why we're all here tonight to celebrate you.
26:34As a child, I always felt sorry for children who didn't have a brother or a sister.
26:39From the day she was born, Margaret Rose has been my constant companion.
26:45We were rarely able to see other children.
26:48We relied on one another and, like Juno's swans, we were inseparable.
26:55We shared a room, wore the same clothes, enjoyed the same activities.
27:02In particular, managing our collection of wooden horses on wheels that we would groom and water and race.
27:13And whenever we got into trouble, Margaret would blame everything on her imaginary friend, Cousin Halifax.
27:21Yes, I would.
27:23There really wasn't anything Cousin Halifax wouldn't do.
27:28Sounding the air raid bell to wake the guards, hiding the gardener's tools, he really was very mischievous.
27:37It's not always easy, growing up in a family where one person has to wear the crown, being the number
27:45two.
27:47But Margaret has been my ally, day in, day out.
27:52And that's the person I wanted to tell you about tonight.
27:55Not the dazzling, you all know that already.
27:59But the dutiful.
28:02Never wavering.
28:04My lifelong companion and support.
28:07Without whom?
28:15Well.
28:20It would be unimaginable.
28:24Dearest Margaret.
28:27Many happy returns.
28:31Thank you very much.
28:39I don't know whether to be touched or cross.
28:43Why?
28:45I've always wanted to sing your praises in public.
28:48Well, it was both uncalled for and rather thrilling.
28:55Everyone is being so nice.
28:58One should be seriously ill more often.
29:03Listen to that cough.
29:05You haven't started smoking again.
29:07No, of course not.
29:11That was...
29:12Cousin Halifax.
29:14That's all.
29:18Good night, Lilibet.
29:20Good night.
29:47Good night.
29:57Good night.
30:28Good night.
31:14Good night.
31:17Good night.
31:19Good night.
31:27Good night.
31:49Good night.
32:08Good night.
32:10Good night.
32:10Good night.
32:14Good night.
32:18Good night.
32:19Good night.
32:19Good night.
32:21Good night.
32:23Good night.
32:24Good night.
32:27Good night.
32:29Good night.
32:31Good night.
32:34Good night.
32:36Good night.
32:38Good night.
32:40Good night.
32:42Good night.
35:30So sad.
35:32And such terrible news about Lord Carnarvon too.
35:37Poor chick.
35:40Why?
35:41What's happened?
35:42He collapsed while he was watching the news.
35:46Heart attack.
35:50Poor Jean.
35:52Poor you too.
35:55He was such a special friend.
36:03He would bring horse news, which is the only news I ever really want to hear.
36:09He used to hold up his mobile phone when horse bidding was underway so I could hear the action.
36:15He was devoted to you.
36:20And now all those closest to you are abandoning you one by one.
36:27What are you talking about?
36:29Portie?
36:30Yes.
36:32Mummy? Soon?
36:35Yes.
36:37Me?
36:38Don't you dare.
36:39It's the truth.
36:41I'm not thrilled about it.
36:44In fact I'm furious about it.
36:47I'm not ready to leave this particular party.
36:52But we need to discuss it.
36:55I've written a very detailed plan for my funeral.
37:00You know what a planner I am.
37:03And I want your reassurance that it will go exactly as I intend.
37:13I want to wear my flower dress.
37:17Not some horrid black thing.
37:20And please don't let them put red lipstick on me.
37:25For the chapel I want roses and tulips.
37:30And I want the finale.
37:33To Swan Lake.
37:35Playing on the organs.
37:37People arrive.
37:40And one more thing.
37:43Very important.
37:46Of course.
37:48Promise me.
37:50That I will actually be dead when they close the coffin.
37:58Oh.
38:01Oh, Mum.
38:05Bertie, old egg, said young Eustace.
38:08Fancy meeting you here.
38:10The one man in London who can support us in the style we're accustomed to.
38:16Oh, by the way, you've never met old Dogface, have you?
38:20Dogface?
38:21This is my cousin Bertie.
38:23Hmm.
38:24Is this silly?
38:25No, it's wonderful.
38:27Go on.
38:30What are you doing in London?
38:31I asked.
38:32Oh, buzzing round.
38:34We're just up for the day.
38:36Flying visit.
38:38Strictly unofficial.
38:39We oil back on the 310.
38:42We oil back on the 310.
38:45And now, touching on that lunch you very decently volunteered to stand us.
38:50Which shall it be?
38:52Ritz?
38:53Savoy?
38:54Carlton?
38:55Ritz, please.
38:57Because we love the Ritz, don't we?
39:00Honestly.
39:01You and the Ritz?
39:05If people don't know about that night, they'll never fully understand.
39:11Hmm.
39:12How irresponsible I was.
39:14The scale of the sacrifice you've made.
39:19How much of your true self you've locked up, hidden away.
39:27You caused havoc that night.
39:32It was the end of the war.
39:44Now.
39:46No.
39:49You rest.
41:18We're actually in with friends upstairs and really should go.
41:21Why?
41:22Down here is the place to be.
41:29And why is that?
41:31Because down here there's no rank or background.
41:34Just music.
41:42Well, in that case...
41:58Well, no, it ain't my fault.
42:02I said, no, it ain't my fault.
42:07Hell no, it ain't my fault.
42:12You blame her, I blame her.
42:15It ain't my fault.
42:17Let's go!
42:18Oh, it ain't my fault.
42:22Said, no, it ain't my fault.
42:27Well, no, it ain't my fault.
42:32You blame her, I blame her.
42:34It ain't my fault.
42:36All right.
42:37No, it ain't my fault.
42:41Oh, no, it ain't my fault.
42:45Oh, I said, no, it ain't my fault.
42:51You blame her, I blame her.
42:54It ain't my fault.
43:11You two haven't seen Elizabeth, have you?
43:13Stop worrying about her.
43:14She never does anything irresponsible.
43:16She's been a long time.
43:18I'm going to look for her.
43:22I'll come with you, Porchy.
43:27All right, it's week for me.
43:39Oh, no, it ain't my fault.
43:43Oh, no, it ain't my fault.
43:49Oh, no, it ain't my fault.
43:49Oh, no, it ain't my fault.
44:03Come on, Porchy.
44:04Let's get her out of here.
44:06No, don't.
44:08Leave her.
44:10Look how happy she is.
44:12Oh, no, it ain't my fault.
44:18Oh, no, it ain't my fault.
45:37You dark horse.
45:39You'd have known you could jive.
45:41There must have been 50 men chasing you out.
45:44Don't exaggerate.
45:46What?
45:47I said, don't exaggerate.
45:49It's hard to talk.
45:51When you're sloshed.
45:52When you're chewing gum.
45:56When did you get that?
45:58Well, I'm not sure.
46:00I think it might have come after a kiss.
46:03Inebert!
46:04I didn't intend to kiss him.
46:06This is what everyone else was doing.
46:07They didn't want to be rude.
46:10I think Portia might have seen and got a bit cross.
46:13Oh, dear.
46:14Here we are.
46:29Look.
46:30It blossoms out.
46:33Yes.
46:34The sun is rising.
46:40What will this future hold?
46:43For us all?
46:51Aren't you coming?
46:53We can join Mummy and Papa for breakfast.
46:59I'm afraid not.
47:03But I will always be by your side.
47:09No matter what.
47:35Couldn't sleep and wouldn't sleep
47:39When love came and told me
47:43I shouldn't sleep
47:44Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
47:49Am I?
47:56Lost my heart, but what of it?
48:01He is cold, I agree
48:05I agree
48:06He can laugh, but I love it
48:11Although the laugh's on me
48:16I'll sing to him
48:20Each spring to him
48:22And long for the day
48:26When I'll cling to him
48:28Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
48:36Am I?
49:02No matter what martyrs
49:11You
50:07You
50:19You
Comments