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00:10To Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his government today is fresh on the pound.
00:20Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:23Damage had been done by the...
00:24Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:25Britain's trade gap is a staggering 107 million pounds.
00:30It's the worst figure on record.
00:31The government said that these figures were distorted and meaningless.
00:39Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:42Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:45Where is it?
00:47About you.
00:48Tomorrow's front page, sir.
00:50Not strong enough.
00:53It's the strongest headline the Daily Mail has ever written about a Labour leader.
00:56About had guilty conscience. I don't know what it's saying.
01:25It's a sad day when the Daily Mirror, a Labour-supporting newspaper, turns against a Labour leader,
01:29like this.
01:34We've done some thinking and come up with an idea for how to deflect any further criticism.
01:39Yeah, go on.
01:41Lord Mountbatten.
01:45What's he got to do with anything?
01:46I'm sure we all agree that he's a symbol of a bygone era, of privilege and inequality, empire and extravagance.
01:53Not to mention a pompous, bloody arse.
01:55Go on.
01:56As Chief of the Defence Staff, he's refusing to make the defence cuts we need.
02:01Cuts which you promised in your election manifesto.
02:05One might even tolerate it if he weren't so...
02:08vain or crooked or power-mad.
02:12Quite.
02:14What are you proposing?
02:16That we kick him out.
02:20But at least he's busy.
02:22And inside the tent...
02:24You know, people like Mountbatten.
02:26Medallists, for want of a kind of word.
02:28Energetic, well-connected medallists.
02:29It's better that they're inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in.
02:33But he belongs to another time, Harold.
02:37Kicking him out makes economic sense and shows we're tough.
02:41And who knows?
02:42It might just buy us some good headlines.
02:47Yes, I could do with some good headlines.
02:52General salute.
02:55Pre-set.
02:58Out.
02:59Out.
03:02Out.
09:04Thank him.
09:06Let's go home, son.
09:36Let's go home.
10:09Pens down, you may have to see.
10:15Ten minutes from Newmarket.
10:48Thank you, Cecil. How is he?
10:50As good as new again.
10:55And do you really think he's recovered from his injury?
10:58Oh, I do, ma'am.
11:00Gilded, fired, well-rusted.
11:02We won't have him breaking down on us again.
11:06Any chance of seeing him on the gallops today?
11:09Oh, no, ma'am. It's too wet and muddy out there.
11:13It's been a lot like this.
11:15Hardly been able to train him at all.
11:18Well, we can't do anything about the weather.
11:23Now we come to the most anticipated race
11:25of this year's Royal Ascot meeting,
11:27the Queen Alexandra Stakes.
11:30This is Britain's longest flat race,
11:32where stamina is of the essence.
11:33And the favourite is, of course, number nine,
11:36Her Majesty's own horse, Apprentice.
11:39And they're off.
11:40With number six, Panic's in the early lead,
11:43followed by number one, Valentine's Day,
11:44with number two, Olympic boy,
11:46leaning right down their necks.
11:47They're off the pace now as they make their start.
11:51Behind the number ten, Ovi Anders,
11:53far off the leaders,
11:54but number nine, Apprentice,
11:55tails behind in fifth place.
11:58A disappointing start
12:00for last year's Yorkshire Club champion.
12:02And Panic's still ahead,
12:04but behind him, Apprentice is gaining crowns,
12:06seeing off the challenge from number seven,
12:07five even, and pulling into four.
12:10Majesty.
12:11Majesty.
12:12Dickey, darling.
12:14Chin up, vodka.
12:16Apprentice really has the look of eagles
12:17as they make the turn,
12:18and yes, Apprentice turns up the pressure on Olympic boys.
12:21He moves into third place.
12:22And in what is a fantastic recovery from a slow start,
12:25Apprentice is now level
12:26with number two Olympic boys as they race uphill.
12:28And as they come out of the final turn,
12:30Panic leads by 11 to half,
12:32but Apprentice is coming through with a challenge.
12:34And now it's the home street,
12:35and Apprentice is charging down the rear side,
12:37and it's making me nearly, nearly, nearly.
12:41No, he hasn't got it.
12:42No.
12:43Apprentice is starting to struggle.
12:44Panic is holding on,
12:45he's holding his lead,
12:46and Apprentice is falling behind
12:47as Valentine's Day falls back in second.
12:49Olympic boy coming up from the rear,
12:51and it's a busy finish,
12:53but number six, Panic finishes first.
12:55And there goes Paul in line number two,
12:57for the Olympic boy.
12:58What are you doing wrong with Paul?
13:00He used to be at the top.
13:02Now he barely competes.
13:04It's possible that the system set up by your late father
13:08is now a little...
13:10Obsolete.
13:12And might need, uh...
13:14Kicking up, throwing on the dust heap.
13:19If you want to keep up with the Aga Khan's
13:22of this world,
13:22I would suggest you follow their lead.
13:26And do what?
13:28Travel around the world,
13:29and catch up with all the latest developments.
13:31I can't just do that.
13:32In case you haven't noticed,
13:34I have a job to do with you.
13:36It would only be France,
13:38not Timbuktu.
13:39There are experienced people
13:41who are able to deputise for you in your absence.
13:53As you know,
13:54this government is committed to maintaining
13:56sterling at $2.80 to the pound.
13:58But with every economic blow,
14:01the oil embargo,
14:02the balance of payments deficit,
14:04and the Dockers Union strike,
14:06it's proving harder and harder
14:08to maintain.
14:23And I'm afraid
14:24that now we have no alternative
14:26but to devalue the pound.
14:29Oh.
14:31And I need hardly say
14:32it is a matter of overwhelming regret
14:36for me personally.
14:39and a humiliation for the government.
14:44It feels like a bad time to say
14:46that I won't be here
14:47for our meeting next week.
14:49Perhaps the next two weeks.
14:51But Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother,
14:53will step in as Councillor of State.
14:55Oh.
14:56A role she's executed many times.
15:06There's no choice.
15:07By the way.
15:25Thank you, dear.
15:28the cabinet took its unanimous decision to devalue the pound.
15:33I can now tell you why we have taken this action
15:36and, more importantly, what it will mean for you.
15:40From now on, the pound abroad will be worth 14% or so less
15:44in terms of other currencies.
15:47Now, this does not mean, of course, that the pound here in Britain,
15:51in your pocket or your purse or your bank, has been devalued.
15:54What it does mean is that the goods we buy from abroad will be dearer
15:59so, for many goods, it will be cheaper to buy British.
16:04For this devaluation has been a hard decision
16:09and some of its consequences will be hard for a time.
16:14For three years, this government has fought,
16:17as it was our duty to fight the burden of the deficit
16:20that the previous government left us with.
16:23But now is not the time to triple blame.
16:26Now is our chance to break free from that straitjacket,
16:30to seize this opportunity with both hands.
16:34This is a proud nation.
16:36We're out on our own now.
16:39Now, we must choose to put Britain first.
17:06Tonight, we veterans of the Burma campaign
17:10are gathered here to renew old comradeships
17:14and to remember fallen brothers
17:16at Yang Gang Yong and Rangoon.
17:21Do you remember how it was fought?
17:23The old way?
17:25The honourable way?
17:28Body to body, bayonet to bayonet.
17:32And that swift, exhilarating sweep of victory
17:35that carried us over the Irrawaddy
17:37and in Mandalay.
17:40And there we met the Japanese army.
17:44And we tore it apart.
17:49Yes, gentlemen.
17:50We military men will always have our past glories
17:53to look back on.
17:56But what of this new generation?
17:59These young men and women
18:00for whom some of the best of us gave our lives.
18:04Decline.
18:07Irrelevance.
18:08And the devaluation of pounds sterling.
18:11That is the sunless future that faces them.
18:15For them,
18:16the white heat of revolution
18:18is not a forging heat.
18:21It is a melting heat.
18:23It melts the silver of our battle on us
18:26and reduces to cinders
18:28the very foundation of our economy,
18:30our currency.
18:31Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:35So,
18:37if the only glories available to this nation
18:40are its past glories,
18:44then let us cherish them now.
18:46Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:50Come you back, you British soldier.
18:53Come you back.
18:57Who will join me?
19:01Ship me somewhere east of Suez
19:04where the best is like the worst,
19:08where there are no ten commandments
19:10and a man can raise a thirst.
19:14For the temple bells are calling
19:16and it's there that I would be
19:19by the old Moomine pagoda
19:22looking lazy at the sea.
19:26On the road to Manderley
19:29Where the old Fertile
19:32With us sick beneath the orange
19:36When we went to Manderley
19:40On the road to Manderley
19:43Where the flying faces play
19:47And the dawn comes up like thunder
19:50Out of China
19:52Of course of the night
20:05Of course of the night
20:07Thank you
20:10Thank you
20:10Thank you
20:41More than ever to restore confidence, inspire us, and perhaps even lead us out of the mire.
20:48It must have been made very clear to me that my leadership days are over.
20:52My colleagues and I don't believe that, sir, not for a minute.
20:57As a matter of fact, we'd be delighted if you'd agree to have lunch with us at Threadneedle Street one
21:02day.
21:03Bank of England?
21:04We've been working on a proposal which we'd very much like to put to you.
21:12Like that.
21:19All right, all right, all right!
21:22All right, all right!
21:39Thank you, Mr. Ed.
21:41But there is no need for such formalities.
21:44In the land of the farm, it is you who are the roo.
21:47You are very gentle, Madame, and very indulgent.
21:50I doubt that you will be flat.
21:53Hello, Alec.
21:54And we?
21:55And also?
21:57Bonjour.
22:01And of course, it was Manin Commençage who came out of Guidanjard, a magnificent spayer.
22:07Oh, and his grand style, white settler.
22:10Oh, that's right.
22:11You had a tremendous success with it.
22:13Yes, I'm a big wonderful sprinter.
22:16These are all stud books?
22:17Indeed, ma'am.
22:18And I think you will find some very familiar names in there.
22:22Yes, I guess I will.
22:24If I'm not mistaken, this one.
22:27Oh, gosh, yes.
22:28My grandfather's one of his favorites.
22:32What would you say, six months?
22:33Yes, I'd say so.
22:35Nice temperament.
22:36Warm-blooded.
22:37Not too skittish.
22:38Indeed.
22:39Look at her hocks.
22:41Oh, yes.
22:42Very well.
22:43Fortunately.
22:43Excellent line to the back.
22:44Yes.
22:46Come here.
22:55It was extraordinary.
22:57Not just their facilities.
22:59Their entire attitude of breeding.
23:01But the fact they keep their fells and their yearlings so close.
23:04Merci.
23:05While we send ours off to graze in Ireland.
23:09Tell me honestly.
23:11Is it over?
23:12Have we slipped too far behind?
23:14Not yet, ma'am.
23:16But if you want to keep up, you do need to act decisively now.
23:20It would mean rethinking the operation from top to toe, changing the personnel, changing
23:25the approach.
23:26Yes.
23:27And currently there is a drain of the best British racehorses to America.
23:31You have to ask yourself, why?
23:35You don't think I should go there, too?
23:37Well, obviously, from a racing perspective, it would be ideal.
23:40Just for a day or two.
23:42But, er, won't you be needed at home?
23:46Well, they've always got mummy.
23:48Me being away is good for her.
23:50She hates feeling old and superannuated and surplus to requirements.
23:54I'm sure she's relishing being the big chief again.
23:57Ha!
23:57Ha!
23:58Ha!
23:59Ha!
24:01Ha!
24:03Ha!
24:04Ha!
24:04Ha!
24:06Ha!
24:06Ha!
24:07Ha!
24:07Ha!
24:08Ha!
24:09Ha!
24:09Ha!
24:09Ha!
24:10Ha!
24:11Ha!
24:12Thank you, sir.
24:16Mr. King?
24:17Welcome back.
24:20The Great Britain of our childhood is dying before us.
24:25The country is bankrupt.
24:27Our national security is in tatters.
24:29Our allies are in despair.
24:30and on our current trajectory by 1970,
24:34we will be a vassal state, a pariah.
24:39I don't know about you, sir, but I'd sooner die
24:42than stand idly by and watch this happen.
24:45And to that end, my associates and I have come up with a plan
24:49to put the country back on track.
24:52Which is?
24:55Replacing the Prime Minister
24:58and installing a new emergency government.
25:01What?
25:02And in his place, we would need to install an inspirational figurehead.
25:07Someone who could unite the nation, command its respect.
25:11Someone who had stepped into a national leadership role before.
25:15Now, there are some obvious candidates,
25:17but frankly, none would be as good as you, sir.
25:19No, no, no, this is quite unthinkable.
25:22At this point, I should close my ears.
25:28Despite my own very profound reservations
25:30regarding our Prime Minister,
25:32what you're talking about is effectively a coup.
25:35And I can have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
25:38In peacetime, it's true,
25:40an intervention like this would be unconstitutional.
25:44But we believe this is no longer peacetime.
25:48And the circumstances are unprecedented and quite exceptional.
25:55Gerald.
25:58In order to hijack control of the economy,
26:01Wilson and his socialist colleagues have devised a plan.
26:04Plan Brutus.
26:07Which would strip the Bank of England of all its powers,
26:10freeze the sterling balances of foreign governments,
26:14and enforce crash cuts in defence spending?
26:17The bankers cannot be allowed to run the show.
26:20The Bank of England has known about gold pouring out of the country since Monday
26:25and has done nothing to stop it.
26:27What is our response?
26:28The imposition of exchange controls,
26:31the crash cuts in defence expenditure,
26:33and the compulsory acquisition of all privately held overseas securities.
26:38Sure of hands.
26:43It is an effective declaration of war.
26:47Freedom, democracy, and capitalism.
26:51We must act now.
26:54Not just to save Britain, but the world.
26:57We are proposing a radical revolution
27:00led by bankers, businessmen, and the armed forces.
27:03Professionals who can save us from amateurism,
27:05incompetence, and Russian infiltration.
27:09And as our interim leader,
27:12we can think of no one better than you, sir.
27:27This is all very interesting.
27:33May I suggest that we meet again?
27:37In 48 hours.
27:41Sorry.
27:51With the pound down and the rest later, I suppose that sums it up.
27:55Evaluation of a gigantic loan that we all have to pay back.
27:59Britain now finds itself looking at a complete reversal of government policy
28:02after three years of devaluation and denial.
28:08Outside ten downing feet for testers gallant.
28:11There's a reality of one of devalued pounds.
28:30Welcome to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, you imagine.
28:33Thank you, Mr. Hancock.
28:34Please, call me, Paul.
28:36Sorry we don't have better weather for you.
28:37It's quite all right.
28:38We like a good water.
28:39Full hand, guys.
28:40Pleasure to be here.
28:41Your shopping basket will hold less for the same money.
28:44A lot of imported footsteps will cost more.
28:47There are troubles of fire for off the feet.
28:52On Monday, after the announcement,
28:54the stock exchange was empty.
28:55There was no training.
28:57Outside in Tronborton Street,
28:59brokers and jobbers crowned together
29:00to try and sort out what the drop is...
29:05Morning, boys.
29:06Morning, sir.
29:07Morning, Mr. Hancock.
29:08They're testing for minerals.
29:10Sulfur, calcium.
29:12Correct nutrition is vital, ma'am.
29:14When it comes to the bone strength,
29:16the bone formation in the folds were raised.
29:18Yes, sir.
29:19Tommy's one of the best.
29:21Thanks, sir.
29:21Does Tommy ever come to England?
29:22Oh, no, no, no.
29:24Oh.
29:25Harris worked up to find the transfers
29:27on the brink of civil war.
29:29With the rebel generals in Algeria
29:30sent paratroopers,
29:32defense measures were quickly put into operation.
29:38All the airports were closed to flights in and out.
29:41Nobody in the capital knew the rebel's intentions,
29:43but plastic bomb outrages here and elsewhere
29:46showed that pro-rebel sympathizers were on the power.
29:56These are veterinary students we've invited
29:58to spend time here at the farm.
30:00They learned reproductive management,
30:02neonatal and foal management,
30:04herd health management.
30:06What we're aiming for is better integration
30:08between our practices here at the stud
30:10and the clinical research being conducted
30:12in the wider world.
30:17Remind me of the year, Porche.
30:18What, 1967?
30:19Why?
30:20Because having seen what I've just seen,
30:22one might think it 2067.
30:25In terms of technology
30:26and their management of the pasture
30:28and their willingness to embrace new ideas,
30:30the Americans aren't just on a different level,
30:32they're on a different planet.
30:34And their racing manager, wasn't he impressive?
30:37When you think about Cecil, by comparison.
30:38Yes, he is getting on there.
30:41150?
30:42Well, not quite that, but certainly 80.
30:4540-year-old Cecil.
30:46The Van Hur of Newmarket.
30:49But he had such success with your father.
30:51And grandfather.
30:52You know he was wounded at the Somme.
30:54Yes.
30:55So, probably time for someone a little bit younger.
30:58The question is, who is there?
31:01What about Gordon Richards?
31:03He's with the wine stocks.
31:05They've never let him go.
31:06Or, with David McCall.
31:09Hmm.
31:11He's good.
31:13Can you honestly see him fitting in?
31:16No.
31:16Buy that.
31:17Oh.
31:29Would you ever consider it?
31:32Me?
31:33Why not?
31:35You're brilliant.
31:36And you know the family inside out.
31:39I'm honored.
31:41But I'm also very ambitious.
31:45I could never accept unless I felt sure we had every chance of success at the highest level.
31:51And in terms of our research, there's still one thing that we really need to see.
31:56What?
31:57They're training facilities.
31:59If we're going to gain the edge, there's still a lot to learn from the Americans.
32:03Fortunately, how much longer is that going to take?
32:07Well.
32:12Yes, please.
32:13Since we're going to be at that height, you have to be at.
32:41Gentlemen, in the past decade alone, there have, by my reckoning, been 73 coups in 46
32:50different countries around the world, and the success of some of these might encourage
32:56us. In Ghana, two years ago, President Nkrumah was ousted with just 500 men. And in 1961,
33:05in South Korea, Major General Park Chung-hee seized power with 3,500 men. And in 1964,
33:14in Gabon, just 150 men were able to arrest President Nkrumah and thus gain control over
33:23the levers of state power. And of course, it was with just one legion that Caesar crossed
33:29the Rubicon. And perhaps we would not seek to follow his fate, a sic semper tyrannis gentleman.
33:38Now, what all successful insurgencies have in common are five key elements. Control of
33:46the media, control of the economy, and the capture of administrative targets, for which
33:52you need the fourth element, the loyalty of the military. Now, in Ghana and Gabon, this
33:58can be achieved with a handful of battalions. But here, in the United Kingdom, we would need
34:06to secure Parliament, Whitehall, the Ministry of Defence, and the Cabinet Office. The Prime
34:14Minister would be arrested, of course, along with other politicians still loyal. We would
34:19have to shut down the airports, air traffic control. Same with the train stations. Curfews
34:25will be put in place, martial law declared. And I haven't even mentioned the police. It would
34:32take tens of thousands of unquestioningly loyal servicemen. And even in my heyday, I could never
34:40command that. Which brings me to the fifth element. Legitimacy. Now, our government draws
34:49its strength from long-established institutions that support it. The courts, body of common law,
34:56the Constitution. For any action against the state to succeed, you'd have to overthrow these
35:03as well. But in a highly evolved democracy such as ours, their authority is sacrosanct. Which
35:13is why, gentlemen, a coup d'etat in the United Kingdom doesn't stand a chance.
35:32Unless... Unless... Unless... Unless we have the support of the one person not
35:36yet mentioned. Do you see the temper? The Crown has at its disposal, unique constitutional powers,
35:48which could still make something like this possible. In 1834, William IV used them to dismiss
35:55his government in the face of opposition from the House. And in 1920, the Emergency Powers
36:01Act was passed, which gives the sovereign power in certain circumstances to declare a state
36:07of emergency by proclamation. Meaning, our Queen could dissolve Parliament and appoint a new
36:15government. And a Prime Minister as well. She's also a Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
36:22They swear allegiance to her, and not to Parliament. So could count on their support to see it through.
36:31She is our Caesar. And you think she might entertain this idea? The circumstances are certainly compelling. I've made a
36:46list here of exactly how compelling. And as her second cousin I am in an ideal position to ask.
37:03I'm not hungry? No. Somehow today has managed to be one of the most enjoyable days of my life. And
37:15at the same time, one of the most depressing.
37:21Telephone call for you, ma'am? Lord Mountbatten? I'll call him back.
37:33If I tell you something, do you promise it will stay between us? Of course.
37:39This is how I'd like to spend all my time. Owning horses, breeding horses, racing horses. It's what makes me
37:49truly happy.
37:53And I actually think it's what I was born to do. Until the other thing came along. That someone else
37:59was born to do. That they elected not to do. Which meant that first my father, and then I, had
38:05to do a job we were never meant to do.
38:08Well, you've managed to make it look like the other thing is the only thing you were ever meant to
38:13do.
38:16Well, kind. But it isn't.
38:34And on days like today, in places like this, in company like this, you get a glimpse of what it
38:44all might have been like.
38:48The unlived life.
38:52And how much happier it might have made me.
39:02Not now!
39:07Who did? I just snapped.
39:08Slightly.
39:09I shall have to grovel now.
39:10No, it's all right. He'll understand.
39:13I'm so sorry, Your Majesty.
39:14Yes, all right. I'm coming.
39:16Honestly, only Dickie.
39:18Thanks.
39:25Yes, thank you, Mars. Now I'll talk to you.
39:54You are persistent. Is it really so important?
39:59yes your majesty prime minister
40:05ma'am i have reason to believe there is currently a full-blown plot developing against me
40:11and the democratically elected labor government that governs in your name
40:16being led by a senior member of your family
40:20who
40:25lord mountban and that he in cahoots with cecil king the chairman of the mirror group newspapers
40:32has been attempting to overthrow this government
40:38now i feel compelled to remind your majesty that tolerance of the royal family is hanging by a
40:44thread as it is now throughout my time in office i have done my level best to
40:51protect you
40:54but if members of the royal family were to interfere with the political business of the day i would
41:00be left with no option but to side with the republican elements of my cabinet which i have successfully
41:07controlled until now
41:11and take steps
41:16leave it with me prime minister
41:20my father
41:21your majesty
41:30I don't know.
41:51I don't know.
42:32I don't know.
42:57Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty.
43:09Your Majesty.
43:17You asked to see me.
43:19I did.
43:21Well, great minds think alike.
43:23As it happens, I was planning to drop by myself.
43:41I'm getting a feeling that I've not had since Dieppe.
43:46That I'm walking into a trap.
43:51I'd like to think you had that sinking feeling on another occasion recently.
43:55When going to see your friends at the Bank of England.
43:59Is it even true?
44:02Yes, I did go to lunch at the Bank of England.
44:05To meet and listen to people who are horrified by what's happening to the country.
44:10A horror I hope you share.
44:13Perhaps.
44:14But conspiring with them is not the solution.
44:17It is the beginning of a solution.
44:21Why are you doing this?
44:22Why would you protect a man like Wilson?
44:33I am protecting the Prime Minister.
44:37I am protecting the Constitution.
44:40I am protecting democracy.
44:44But if the man of the heart of that democracy threatens to destroy it,
44:48are we supposed to just stand by and do nothing?
44:51Yes.
44:52Doing nothing is exactly what we do.
44:54And bide our time.
44:56And wait for the people that voted him in to vote him out again.
44:59If indeed that is what they decide to do.
45:21I am sure you find it near impossible to do nothing.
45:24And to not have the role and the responsibilities you have always had.
45:29You were born to be busy.
45:30And to lead.
45:32But you still have a huge role to play in this family.
45:37A father figure to my husband.
45:40An uncle and a guide to me.
45:43A king to make in Charles.
45:45Not to mention a brother to your sister.
45:49When was the last time you even visited her?
45:52Cheered her up?
46:00That would be a greater service to the Crown.
46:02The leading unconstitutional coups.
47:10Nice of you to find the time.
47:12These days, I've nothing but time.
47:16And too little time.
47:30The four of us.
47:32What?
47:33The four of us.
47:37Look at us now.
47:40Only two left.
47:42You're left.
47:44Not me.
47:45I'm on the way out.
47:47Nonsense.
47:49There came a moment around the time I turned 70
47:53when it dawned on me that I was no longer a participant,
47:59rather a spectator.
48:01I've discovered that for myself.
48:04Then it's just a matter of waiting
48:07and not getting in the way.
48:20I hear you have been getting in the way.
48:24I told you that.
48:25There are no secrets in this place.
48:29Did you get a dressing down from our doughty queen?
48:35Yes, I did.
48:38Well, what's so funny?
48:40Well, that's funny.
48:42The little girl admonishing the grand old admiral of the fleet.
48:47Well, I'm glad it amuses you.
48:49Because the situation this country is facing
48:52is anything but amusing.
48:57Oh.
48:58Who cares?
49:00Honestly.
49:04One of the few joys of being as old as we both are
49:08is that it's not our problem.
49:12Not really our country, either.
49:15What are you talking about?
49:16Well, of course it's our country.
49:18We Battenbergs have no country.
49:23Our family might have kings and queens in its ranks,
49:27but we're mongrels too.
49:31Part German, part Greek, part nowhere at all.
49:38Well, this is my country.
49:42Gave me a home, gave me a name.
49:47And in return, I've given it my life.
49:56And to see it like this breaks my heart.
49:59Hm.
50:09So you're...
50:13Listen...
50:19It's like...
50:19Can't you speak?
50:20It looks like inside.
50:20It feels like inside it.
50:21It looks like inside it.
50:21It looks like a man.
50:21It gets nice nice.
50:21Later.
50:25And else, you're like...
50:26You go see it.
50:34You must sleep, sister.
50:49Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
50:59Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
51:06Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
52:18You.
52:20Don't sound so surprised.
52:21I am. It's been so long.
52:27So how was France, America?
52:32Educational.
52:35The trip was supposed to be a week. You were gone almost a month.
52:38Yes.
52:40With Porchy?
52:42Yes.
52:45Was that fun?
52:49We went on racing business. It was a fact-finding expedition.
52:54Right.
52:56If you have something to say, say it now. Otherwise, if you don't mind, I'm busy.
53:00I've heard you've appointed him as your racing manager.
53:03I have.
53:03Which means he'll be around all the time.
53:05Yes, with any luck.
53:07Good for you.
53:08Good for all of us.
53:10I don't know.
53:49I heard about Dickie.
53:52A coup.
53:53Yes, can you believe it?
53:57It must be hard getting old.
54:05Yes.
54:19I'll be up in a minute.
54:22Oh, will you?
54:23Yes, I thought so.
54:26Unless you'd rather I wasn't.
54:29I'll see you in a minute.
54:55I'll see you in a minute.
55:30I'll see you in a minute.
55:59I'll see you in a minute.
56:13I'll see you in a minute.
56:42I'll see you in a minute.
57:17I'll see you in a minute.
57:17I'll see you in a minute.
57:20I'll see you in a minute.
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