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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.
03:00Out.
03:10Out.
03:12Out.
03:16Out.
03:16Out.
03:17Out.
05:08You're kicking me out?
05:12Well, no, sir.
05:13I'm thanking you on behalf of the government, on behalf of the armed forces, on behalf of the whole country
05:18for your many years of remarkable service.
05:23You are.
05:24You're kicking me out.
05:28Well, there we are.
05:35There we are.
05:37There we are.
06:29It's absurd.
06:33But where one door closes, another opens.
06:41There is special providence in such a fall.
06:45If it be now, it is not to come.
06:46If it be not to come, it will be now.
06:48If it be not now, yet it will come.
06:51The readiness is all.
07:09What am I going to do, Barrett?
07:12You'll bounce back, sir.
07:14Before long, you'll have a hundred projects.
07:20Cake, sir.
07:31Hit, hit, hooray!
07:34Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind.
07:45Should old acquaintance be forgot and days of old lang syne.
07:55For old lang syne, my dear.
08:01For old lang syne.
08:04We'll take a cup of kindness yet for old lang syne.
08:15We, too, have brought up out the hills and pulled the daisies by.
08:25We, too, have brought up out the hills and pulled the daisies by.
09:05I'll go home, sir.
09:25I'll go home, sir.
09:49I'll go home, sir.
10:1310 minutes from Newmarket
10:3910 minutes from Newmarket
10:50as good as Newmarket
10:55and you really think he's recovered from his injury
10:58oh I do ma'am
11:00gelded 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
11:10it'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
11:19about the weather
11:23now we come to the most anticipated
11:25race of this year's Royal Ascot meeting
11:27the Queen Alexandra Stakes
11:30this is Britain's longest
11:31flat race where stamina is of the essence
11:33and the favorite is of course
11:35number nine
11:36her majesty's own horse
11:38apprentice
11:39and they're off
11:40with number six
11:41followed by number one
11:43valentine's day with number two
11:45Olympic boy
11:45cleaning right down their necks
11:47they're off the pace now as they make their start
11:58a disappointing start for last year's Yorkshire club champion
12:01and he's still ahead
12:03but behind him apprentice is gaining crowns
12:06he got the challenge from number seven
12:07five even and pulling into four
12:10majesty
12:11majesty darling
12:13chin up
12:15apprentice really has the look of eagles
12:17as they make the turn
12:18and yes apprentice turns up the threshold
12:20Olympic boys
12:21he moves into third place
12:22and in what is a fantastic recovery
12:24from a slow start
12:25apprentice is now level
12:26with number two Olympic boy
12:27as they race uphill
12:28and as they come out of the final turn
12:30panic leads my leg to the half
12:32but apprentice is coming through with a challenge
12:33and now it's the home street
12:35and apprentice is charging down the near side
12:37picking me
12:37nearly
12:38nearly
12:39nearly
12:41no
12:41he hasn't got
12:42no
12:42apprentice is starting to struggle
12:44Paddock is holding on
12:45he's holding his lead
12:46and apprentice is falling behind
12:47as Valentine's Day
12:48falls back in second
12:49Olympic boy
12:50coming up from the rear
12:51and it's a busy finish
12:52but number six
12:53panic
12:54finishes first
12:55and they're close for you
12:56by number two
12:57Olympic boy
12:58and
12:58what are you doing wrong in Portugal?
13:01he used to be at the top
13:02now he barely competes
13:04it's
13:05it's
13:05possible that the system
13:07set up by your late father
13:08is
13:09now
13:09a little
13:10obsolete
13:12and
13:12might need
13:14kicking out
13:15throwing on the dust heap
13:19if you want to
13:20keep up with the Aga Khan
13:21of this world
13:22I would suggest
13:23you
13:24follow 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
13:35would only be France
13:37not
13:38Timbuktu
13:38there are experienced people
13:41who are able to
13:41deputise for you
13:42in your absence
13:52as you know
13:53this government is committed
13:55to maintaining
13:56sterling at $2.80 to the pound
13:58but with every economic blow
14:00the oil embargo
14:02the balance of payments deficit
14:03and the Dockers Union strike
14:06it's proving harder and harder to maintain
14:23and I'm afraid that 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 for 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
15:07your majesty
15:25good evening
15:26a few days ago
15:28the cabinet took its unanimous decision
15:31to devalue the pound
15:33I can now tell you
15:34why we have taken this action
15:36and more importantly
15:37what it will mean for you
15:40from now on
15:41the pound abroad
15:42will be worth 14% or so less
15:44in terms of other currencies
15:47now this does not mean of course
15:49that the pound here in Britain
15:50in your pocket or your purse
15:52or your bank has been devalued
15:54what it does mean
15:55is that the goods we buy from abroad
15:57will be dearer
15:59so for many goods
16:00it will be cheaper
16:01to buy British
16:05this devaluation has been a hard decision
16:08and some of its consequences
16:11will be hard for a time
16:14for three years this government has fought
16:17as it was our duty to fight
16:19the burden of the deficit that 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
16:30seize this opportunity with both hands
16:34this is a proud nation
16:36we are out on our own
16:38now
16:40we must choose
16:42to put Britain first
17:06tonight
17:07we 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.
17:21We remember how it was fought,
17:23the old way, the honorable way,
17:27body to body, bayonet to bayonet.
17:32And that swift, exhilarating sweep of victory
17:35that carried us over the Irrawaddy and into Mandalay.
17:40And there we met the Japanese army.
17:44And we tore it apart.
17:49Yes, gentlemen, we military men
17:51will always have our past glories to 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.
18:06Decline, irrelevance,
18:07and the devaluation of pound sterling.
18:11That is the sunless future that faces them.
18:15For them, the white heat of revolution
18:18is not a forging heat.
18:20It is a melting heat.
18:23It melts the silver of our battle on us
18:26and reduces to cinders the very foundation
18:29of our economy, our currency.
18:36So, if the only glories available to this nation
18:40are its past glories,
18:44then let us cherish them now.
18:50Come you back, you British soldier.
18:53Come you back.
18:58Who will join me?
19:01Ship me somewhere east of Suez,
19:05where the best is like the worst,
19:08where there are no ten commandments,
19:10and a man can raise at first.
19:14For the temple bells are calling,
19:17and it's there that I would be
19:19by the old Moomine Pagoda,
19:23looking lazy at the sea.
19:26On the road to Mandalay,
19:30where the old Fertile,
19:32with our sick beneath the orange,
19:36when we went Mandalay,
19:41on the road to Mandalay,
19:44where the flying face is red,
19:47and the dawn comes up like thunder,
19:51out of China,
19:52across the bay.
20:24What's my matter?
20:25Excuse me.
20:26Cecil King.
20:28I hope to talk to you, sir,
20:29to express my sympathy
20:31at the way you've been treated
20:32by the government.
20:33A shameful piece of political grandstanding
20:36and opportunism.
20:37You're very kind.
20:39Well, this country needs great men
20:41more than ever
20:42to restore confidence,
20:43inspire us,
20:44and perhaps even lead us
20:46out of the mire.
20:48It must have been made very clear to me
20:50that my leadership days are over.
20:52My colleagues and I
20:54don't believe that, sir,
20:55not for a minute.
20:57As a matter of fact,
20:58we'd be delighted
20:59if you'd agree to have lunch
21:00with us at Threadneedle Street
21:02one day.
21:03Bank of England?
21:04We've been working on a proposal
21:06which we'd very much like
21:08to put to you.
21:13Sir.
21:36Votre Majesté,
21:37bienvenue au Harat du Quenet.
21:39Merci, monsieur Ed.
21:41Mais il n'y a aucun besoin
21:42de telle formalité.
21:44Dans le monde de l'élevage,
21:45c'est vous qui êtes le roi.
21:47Vous êtes très gentille, madame,
21:48et bien indulgente.
21:50Je soupçonne que vous me flattez.
21:53Par là , voilà .
21:54Allons-y.
21:55Allons-y.
21:57Bonjour.
22:01And, of course,
22:02it was Manin Commissage
22:03who came out of the Bidangard,
22:05a magnificent display.
22:07Oh,
22:08it was Grand Sire,
22:09White Settler.
22:10Oh, that's right.
22:11You had a tremendous success with it.
22:13Yes,
22:14I'm a big,
22:15wonderful sprinter.
22:16These are all stud books?
22:17Indeed, ma'am.
22:18And I think you will find
22:19some very familiar names
22:22in there.
22:22Yes, I will.
22:24If I'm not mistaken,
22:26this one.
22:27Oh, gosh, yes.
22:28My grandfather's
22:29one of his favorites.
22:32What would you say,
22:33six months?
22:33Yes, I said so.
22:35Nice temperament.
22:36Warm-blooded.
22:37Not too skittish.
22:38Indeed.
22:39Look at her hocks.
22:41Oh, yes.
22:42Very well,
22:43proportionate.
22:43Excellent line to the bed.
22:45Yes.
22:46Me.
22:55It was extraordinary.
22:57Not just their facilities,
22:59their entire attitude to breeding,
23:01but the fact they keep
23:02their fells and their yearlings
23:03so close.
23:04Merci.
23:05While we send ours off
23:06to 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,
23:16if you want to keep up,
23:17you do need to act
23:19decisively now.
23:20It would mean
23:21rethinking the operation
23:22from top to toe,
23:23changing the personnel,
23:25changing the approach.
23:26Yes.
23:27And,
23:27currently,
23:28there is a drain
23:29of the best British racehorses
23:30to America.
23:31You have to ask yourself,
23:33why?
23:35You don't think
23:36I should go there, too?
23:37Well, obviously,
23:37from a racing perspective,
23:38it would be ideal,
23:40just for a day or two.
23:42But, er,
23:44won't you be needed at home?
23:46Well, they've always got mummy.
23:48Me being away
23:49is good for her.
23:50She hates feeling old
23:51and superannuated
23:52and surplus to requirements.
23:54I'm sure she's relishing
23:55being the big chief again.
24:12Thank you, sir.
24:16Mr. King?
24:20The Great Britain
24:21of our childhood
24:22is dying before us.
24:25The country is bankrupt,
24:27our national security
24:28is in tatters,
24:28our allies are in despair.
24:31And on our current trajectory
24:33by 1970,
24:34we will be a vassal state,
24:37a pariah.
24:39I don't know about you, sir,
24:41but I'd sooner die
24:42than stand idly by
24:43and watch this happen.
24:45And to that end,
24:46my associates and I
24:48have come up with a plan
24:49to put the country
24:50back on track.
24:52Which is?
24:55Replacing the prime minister
24:57and installing
24:59a new emergency government.
25:01What?
25:02And in his place,
25:03we would need to install
25:04an inspirational figurehead.
25:07Someone who could
25:08unite the nation,
25:09command its respect.
25:11Someone who had stepped
25:12into a national leadership role before.
25:15Now, there are some
25:16obvious candidates,
25:17but frankly,
25:18none would be as good as you, sir.
25:19No, no, no.
25:20This is quite unthinkable.
25:22At this point,
25:24I should close my ears.
25:28Despite my own
25:29very profound reservations
25:30regarding our prime minister,
25:32what you're talking about
25:33is effectively a coup.
25:35And I can have
25:36nothing whatsoever
25:37to do with it.
25:38In peacetime,
25:40it's true
25:40an intervention like this
25:42would be unconstitutional.
25:44But we believe
25:46this is no longer peacetime.
25:48And the circumstances
25:50are unprecedented
25:51and quite exceptional.
25:55Gerald.
25:58In order to hijack
25:59control of the economy,
26:01Wilson and his socialist colleagues
26:03have devised a plan.
26:05Plan Brutus,
26:07which would strip
26:08the Bank of England
26:09of all its powers,
26:10freeze the sterling balances
26:12of foreign governments,
26:14and enforce
26:15crash cuts
26:16in defence spending.
26:17The bankers
26:18cannot be allowed
26:19to run the show.
26:20The Bank of England
26:21has known about
26:22gold pouring out
26:24of the country
26:24since Monday
26:25and has done
26:26nothing to stop it.
26:27What is our response?
26:28The imposition
26:29of exchange controls,
26:31the crash cuts
26:32in defence expenditure,
26:33and the compulsory acquisition
26:34of all privately held
26:36overseas securities.
26:38Sure of hands.
26:43It is
26:44an effective
26:45declaration of war.
26:47On freedom,
26:48democracy
26:49and capitalism.
26:51We must act
26:53now.
26:54Not just to save Britain,
26:56but the world.
26:57We are proposing
26:58a radical revolution
27:00led by bankers,
27:01businessmen
27:01and the armed forces.
27:03professionals
27:03who can save us
27:04from amateurism,
27:05incompetence
27:06and Russian infiltration.
27:09And there's
27:10our interim leader.
27:12We can think
27:13of no one
27:13better than you, sir.
27:27This is all very interesting.
27:33May I suggest
27:35that we meet again
27:38in 48 hours?
27:51with the pound down
27:53and the rest later,
27:54I suppose that sums it up.
27:55Evaluation of a gigantic loan
27:57that we all have to pay back.
27:59Britain now finds itself
28:00looking at a complete reversal
28:01of government policy
28:02after three years
28:03of devaluation
28:04and denials.
28:05House of government policy
28:08outside 10 downing feet
28:09for testers gathered.
28:11Is the reality
28:11of one of a devalued power?
28:30Welcome to the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
28:32you madam.
28:33Thank you, Mr. Hancock.
28:34Please, call me Paul.
28:35Yeah.
28:36Sorry we don't have
28:36better weather for you.
28:37It's quite all right.
28:38We like a good water.
28:39Full hand.
28:40Pleasure to be here.
28:41Your shopping basket
28:42will hold less
28:43for the same money.
28:44Our lot of imported
28:46footstaffs
28:46will cast more
28:47around
28:48and settles are found
28:49for off the feet.
28:52On Monday,
28:53after the announcement,
28:54the stock exchange
28:55was empty.
28:55There was no training.
28:57Outside,
28:58in Tron Morton Street,
28:59brokers and jobbers
29:00crowned together
29:00to try and sort out
29:02one of the documents.
29:05Morning, boys.
29:06Morning, sir.
29:07Morning, Miss Hancock.
29:09They're testing for minerals,
29:10sulfur, calcium.
29:12Correct nutrition
29:13is vital, ma'am.
29:14When it comes to
29:15the bone strength
29:16and bone formation
29:17in the folds were raised.
29:18Yes, sir.
29:19Tommy's one of the best.
29:21Thank you, sir.
29:21Does Tommy ever come to England?
29:22Oh, no, no, no.
29:24Oh.
29:25Harris worked up
29:26to find the transfers
29:27on the brink of civil war.
29:28Would the rebel generals
29:29in Algeria
29:30sent paratroopers?
29:31Defense measures
29:32were quickly put into operation.
29:38All the airports
29:39were closed
29:39to flights in and out.
29:41Nobody in the capital
29:42knew the rebels' intentions,
29:43but plastic bomb outrangers
29:45here and elsewhere
29:46showed
29:46that pro-rebel sympathizers
29:48were on the power.
29:50They struck
29:51in the Gardnerly
29:51or their winds over
29:52and at the Osterman station.
29:54Not with any serious debate.
29:56These are veterinary students
29:58we've invited
29:58to spend time
29:59here at the farm.
30:00They learn
30:01reproductive management,
30:02neonatal and foal management,
30:04herd health management.
30:06What we're aiming for
30:07is better integration
30:08between our practices
30:09here at the stud
30:10and the clinical research
30:11being conducted
30:12in the wider world.
30:16remind me of the year,
30:18Portchey.
30:18What, 1967?
30:19Why?
30:21Because having seen
30:21what I've just seen,
30:22one might think
30:23it 2067.
30:25In terms of technology
30:26and their management
30:27of the pasture
30:28and their willingness
30:29to embrace new ideas,
30:31the Americans
30:31aren't just on a different level,
30:32they're on a different planet.
30:34and their racing manager,
30:35wasn't he impressive?
30:37When you think about Cecil
30:38by comparison.
30:39Yes, he is getting on.
30:41150?
30:42Well, not quite that,
30:43but certainly 80.
30:4520-year-old Cecil.
30:46The Van Hur of Newmarket.
30:49But he had such success
30:50with your father.
30:51And grandfather.
30:52You know he was wounded
30:53at the Somme.
30:54Yes.
30:55So, probably time
30:56for someone a little bit younger.
30:58The question is,
30:59who is there?
31:01What about
31:02Gordon Richards?
31:04He's with the wine stocks.
31:05They've never let him go.
31:07Or
31:08David McCall.
31:09Mm.
31:11He's good.
31:13Can you honestly
31:14see him fitting in?
31:16No.
31:16Try that.
31:17Oh.
31:29Would you ever consider it?
31:33Me?
31:33Why not?
31:34You're brilliant.
31:36And you know the family
31:37inside out.
31:39Well, I'm honoured.
31:41But I'm also very ambitious.
31:45I could never accept
31:46unless I felt sure
31:47we had every chance
31:49of success at the highest level.
31:51And in terms of our research,
31:53there's still one thing
31:55that we really need to see.
31:56What?
31:56They're training facilities.
31:58But if we're going
32:00to gain the edge,
32:01there's still a lot
32:01to learn from the Americans.
32:04Unfortunately,
32:04how much longer
32:04is that going to take?
32:07Well.
32:12Yes, please.
32:13If I first thought
32:15that we could be
32:15in the United States
32:16about that time.
32:41Gentlemen,
32:43in the past decade alone,
32:45there have,
32:46by my reckoning,
32:47been 73 coups
32:50in 46 different countries
32:51around the world.
32:52and the success
32:54of some of these
32:54might encourage us.
32:57In Ghana,
32:59two years ago,
32:59President Nkrumah
33:00was ousted
33:01with just 500 men.
33:04And in 1961,
33:05in South Korea,
33:06Major General Park Chung-hee
33:08seized power
33:09with 3,500 men.
33:13And in 1964,
33:15in Gabon,
33:16just 150 men
33:18were able to arrest
33:20President Nkrumah
33:21and thus gain control
33:23over the levers
33:24of state power.
33:25And, of course,
33:26it was with just one legion
33:28that Caesar crossed
33:29the Rubicon.
33:31And perhaps we would not
33:33seek to follow his fate,
33:35a six-semper,
33:36tyrannis gentleman.
33:38And what all successful
33:40insurgencies have in common
33:42are five key elements.
33:45Control of the media,
33:47control of the economy,
33:49and the capture
33:49of administrative targets,
33:51for which you need
33:52the fourth element,
33:54the loyalty of the military.
33:56Now, in Ghana and Gabon,
33:58this can be achieved
33:59with a handful of battalions.
34:01But here,
34:02in the United Kingdom,
34:05we would need
34:06to secure parliament
34:09Whitehall,
34:11the Ministry of Defence,
34:12and the Cabinet Office.
34:13The Prime Minister
34:14will be arrested,
34:15of course,
34:16along with other politicians
34:17still loyal.
34:19We would have to
34:19shut down the airports,
34:21air traffic control.
34:22Same with the train stations.
34:24Curfews will be put in place,
34:26martial law declared.
34:28And I haven't even mentioned
34:29the police.
34:32It would take
34:33tens of thousands
34:34of unquestioningly
34:35loyal servicemen
34:36and even in my heyday,
34:39I could never command that.
34:41Which brings me
34:42to the fifth element,
34:45legitimacy.
34:47Now, our government
34:48draws its strength
34:49from long-established institutions
34:52that support it.
34:53The courts,
34:55body of common law,
34:56law, the Constitution.
34:59For any action
35:00against the state
35:01to succeed,
35:01you'd have to overthrow
35:02these as well.
35:04But in a highly evolved
35:05democracy,
35:06such as ours,
35:08their authority
35:09is sacrosanct.
35:12Which is why,
35:13gentlemen,
35:15a coup d'etat
35:16in the United Kingdom
35:18doesn't stand a chance.
35:28Unless,
35:31unless,
35:34unless we have
35:35the support
35:35of the one person
35:36not yet mentioned.
35:39Do you see the temper?
35:41Yeah.
35:42The crown has
35:44at its disposal
35:45unique constitutional powers
35:48which could still
35:49make something
35:49like this possible.
35:52In 1834,
35:53William IV
35:54used them
35:54to dismiss
35:55his government
35:55in the face
35:56of opposition
35:56from the House.
35:58and in 1920,
36:00the Emergency Powers Act
36:02was passed
36:02which gives
36:03the sovereign power
36:04in certain circumstances
36:06to declare
36:07a state of emergency
36:08by proclamation,
36:10meaning
36:10our queen
36:11could dissolve
36:13parliament
36:13and appoint
36:14a new government
36:15and a prime minister
36:17as well.
36:18She's also
36:19commander-in-chief
36:20of the armed forces.
36:22They swear allegiance
36:23to her
36:23and not to parliament
36:24so could count
36:26on their support
36:27to see it through.
36:31She is
36:32our Caesar.
36:39And you think
36:40she might entertain
36:41this idea?
36:42The circumstances
36:43are certainly compelling.
36:45I've made a list here
36:46of exactly
36:47how compelling.
36:49And as her second cousin,
36:51I am in an ideal position
36:53to ask.
37:04I'm not hungry.
37:05I'm not hungry.
37:10Somehow,
37:11today has managed
37:11to be one of the most
37:12enjoyable days
37:13of my life.
37:15And at the same time,
37:16one of the most depressing.
37:21telephone call for you, ma'am?
37:23Lord Manbatten?
37:24I'll call him back.
37:33If I tell you something,
37:35do you promise
37:35it will stay between us?
37:36Of course.
37:39This is how I'd like
37:41to spend all my time.
37:45Owning horses,
37:46breeding horses,
37:47racing horses.
37:48It's what makes me
37:49truly happy.
37:53And I actually think
37:54it's what I was born to do
37:55until the other thing
37:57came along
37:58that someone else
37:59was born to do,
38:00that they elected
38:01not to do,
38:02which meant that
38:03first my father
38:03and then I
38:04had to do a job
38:05we were never meant to do.
38:08Well,
38:08you've managed
38:09to make it look like
38:10the other thing
38:11is the only thing
38:12you were ever meant to do.
38:16You're kind,
38:18but it isn't.
38:34And on days like today,
38:37in places like this,
38:40in company like this,
38:43you get a glimpse
38:43of what it all
38:44might have been like.
38:48the unlived life.
38:52And how much happier
38:53it might have made me.
39:02Not now!
39:07Who did?
39:07I just snapped.
39:08Slightly.
39:09I shall have to grovel now.
39:10No, it's all right.
39:11He'll understand.
39:13I'm so sorry,
39:14Your Majesty.
39:14Yes, all right.
39:16I'm coming.
39:16Honestly,
39:17only Dickie.
39:25Yes, thank you,
39:26I'll talk to you.
39:54You are persistent.
39:55Is it really so important?
39:59Yes, Your Majesty.
40:01Prime Minister.
40:05Ma'am,
40:06I have reason to believe
40:08there is currently
40:09a full-blown plot
40:10developing against me
40:11and the democratically-elected
40:14Labour government
40:15that governs in your name
40:16being led by a senior member
40:19of your family.
40:21Who?
40:25Lord Mountbatten.
40:26And that he,
40:28in cahoots with Cecil King,
40:30the chairman of the
40:31Mirror Group newspapers,
40:32has been attempting
40:33to overthrow this government.
40:38Now, I feel compelled
40:39to remind, Your Majesty,
40:41that tolerance of the royal family
40:43is hanging by a thread
40:44as it is.
40:47Now, throughout my time
40:49in office,
40:50I have done my level best
40:51to protect you.
40:54But if members
40:55of the royal family
40:56were to interfere
40:58with the political business
40:59of the day,
41:00I would be left
41:01with no option
41:01but to side
41:03with the Republican elements
41:05of my cabinet,
41:06which I have successfully
41:07controlled until now,
41:11and take steps.
41:16Leave it with me,
41:18Prime Minister.
41:20Your Majesty.
41:22Your Majesty.
41:46The podcast is more
41:48I'm already
42:15Drink up, Portie.
42:17We're going home.
42:57Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty.
43:17You asked to see me.
43:19I did.
43:20Well, great minds think alike.
43:23As it happens, I was planning to drop by myself on a matter of great importance.
43:41I'm getting a feeling that I've not had since Dieppe, that I'm walking into a trap.
43:51I'd like to think you had that sinking feeling on another occasion recently, when going to
43:56see your friends at the Bank of England.
43:59Is it even true?
44:02Yes, I did go to lunch at the Bank of England to meet and listen to people who are horrified
44:07by 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.
44:45But if the man of the heart of that democracy threatens to destroy it, are we supposed to
44:49just 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, if indeed that is what
45:01they decide to do.
45:22I'm sure you find it near impossible to do nothing, and to not have the role and the responsibilities
45:27you've always had.
45:29You were born to be busy and to lead, but you still have a huge role to play in this
45:35family.
45:37A father figure to my husband.
45:40An uncle and a guide to me.
45:43A king to make in Charles, not to mention a brother to your sister.
45:49When was the last time you even visited her, cheered her up?
46:00That would be a greater service to the Crown than leading unconstitutional coups.
46:28That would be a great deal.
46:32I don't know.
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, when it dawned on me that I was no longer
47:57a participant, rather a spectator.
48:01I've discovered that for myself.
48:04Then it's just a matter of waiting and not getting in the way.
48:20I hear you have been getting in the way.
48:23I told you that.
48:25There are no secrets in this place.
48:29Did you get a dressing down from our douty queen?
48:35Yes, I did.
48:38Oh, 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 is anything but amusing.
48:57Oh, who cares?
49:01Honestly.
49:04One of the few joys of being as old as we both are is that it's not our problem.
49:12Not really our country, either.
49:15What are you talking about?
49:16Of course it's our country.
49:18We Battenbergs have no country.
49:23Our family might have kings and queens in its ranks, but 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.
49:47I mean, in return, I've given it my life.
49:56And to see it like this breaks my heart.
49:58I mean, you're not that bad.
50:11I'm not going to be eating.
50:12I'm from one to eight to three, four or a birthday next to three.
50:19Can we see it like this?
50:19Well, we're both going to be eating.
50:19I've given this little iogony.
50:23I've spent a few hours, sometimes with a lot of tea, and then I'll be there to top of the
50:23alcaldosta.
50:23I've helped a lot of tea, but it's a lot of tea.
50:26I'm not going to be eating today enough for everything.
50:34You must sleep, sister.
50:49Princess Alice, nowhere at all.
51:05Don't hang out.
51:19This is the New Yorkshire Dom,
51:19The New York Times has been где-a-lux.
51:27The New York Times is a town without the word out.
52:20Don't sound so surprised.
52:21I am. It's been so long.
52:28So how was France, America?
52:32Educational.
52:35The trip was supposed to be a week. You were gone almost a month.
52:38Yes.
52:41With Portchey?
52:43Yes.
52:46Was 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.
53:19Good for all of us.
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.
54:30No, it turns to him.
54:31No, no, no.
54:47No.
54:51No, no, no!
54:51No, no!
54:51No, no!
54:55No, no, no!
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