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00:24You
00:25Fuel on
00:26Fuel on.
00:27Docks are in position.
00:29Switches are on.
00:29You sure about this, sir?
00:32When I got married, my in-laws made me Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
00:35As a result, I'm the most senior airman in the country, and I can't bloody well fly.
00:41Yes, I'm sure.
00:42Righto, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:14Ready!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ha!
01:30Perfect!
01:31Woo-ha!
01:39Whoa, there we are!
01:50Right.
01:52All right there, sir?
01:54Yes, yes, fine.
01:55Now it's your turn. You have control.
01:58I have control.
01:59Now remember what I told you.
02:00Keep your eye on the altimeter and the compass heading, and keep the stick level.
02:06That's very good. That's balanced.
02:12Stick to the left, then to the right.
02:20And level.
02:22Good.
02:24Noisy, isn't it?
02:29How's this, sir?
02:55You fought in the Battle of Britain, didn't you?
02:58I did, sir.
02:59257 Squadron.
03:00Flying what?
03:01Spitfires.
03:02Hunnicans mostly, sir.
03:04Any kills?
03:06One or two.
03:08Should we get us started now? The ground seems terribly close.
03:12It's too low to restart, so we'll do a dead stick landing.
03:16Okay.
03:16Okay.
03:16I have control.
03:17You have control.
03:37That was wonderful.
03:39Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
04:11I'm ready.
04:11TALES
04:11DREAM
05:53I'm afraid you'll see us at this point.
05:55Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this.
06:03I see.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:23I thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33We must send a warning to cover our backs.
06:37Thanks.
06:40Kenneth, it should probably come from you as chief scientist.
06:44Address it to the PM.
06:46You'll never read it, of course.
06:48But the important thing is, we've sent it.
06:52I'll get you to Dally Street right away.
06:56I'll get you to the police.
06:59I'm sorry.
07:05I'll get you to the police.
07:09Have you?
07:20Come on.
07:20Come on.
07:20Come on.
07:20Come on.
07:21Come on.
07:23If her matter, she could lean forward.
07:29Deep breath in.
07:35And out.
07:38Yes, a little stuffy, ma'am.
07:40It might help to open the window a crack.
07:42Not while they're rehearsing.
07:45What are they rehearsing?
07:51My funeral.
07:58My funeral.
08:23My funeral.
08:42Oh, there you are.
08:44Mr. Scott?
09:00Mr. Thurman.
09:01Mr. Collins.
09:04Nice for you.
09:16I'm not a scientist, I can't say I understand it, but what I can tell you is we don't get
09:23a weather warning like this every day.
09:25We don't get one every month either.
09:28In fact, I've never heard of us getting one at all.
09:32Does the name Donora mean anything to you?
09:39Donora.
09:43Of course I remember Donora, who was a scandal.
09:47A small mill town in America outside Philadelphia.
09:51Pittsburgh.
09:52They had a smog brought on by a freak anti-cyclone which trapped the emissions from the local
09:59copper world.
10:00I think.
10:01In the fog.
10:02In a few days a number of people died.
10:05Twenty.
10:06And several thousand became seriously ill from the poisonous fog.
10:12After the incident, a cross-party delegation was sent to Donora on an urgent fact-finding
10:17mission.
10:18They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary
10:22measure.
10:24Hmm.
10:25I never saw the report.
10:27With good reason.
10:29Our Prime Minister threw it away, claiming it wasn't a priority.
10:34Can you prove that?
10:35I can, Mr. Hartley.
10:46The cabinet minutes where it was discussed.
10:55He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter.
11:00To give the illusion of a solid economy.
11:05This is great, Clem.
11:07Mr. Hartley.
11:08It's interesting.
11:09For sure.
11:12What I don't understand is this, why a Downing Street employee working for the government
11:21should come to me with this information.
11:24I've read the Aeneid, Mr. Thurman.
11:27Do not trust the horse, Trojans.
11:30I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
11:35Mr. Hartley, I entered the civil service to serve the public and to serve government.
11:41Any government.
11:43But I am also a responsible citizen, and I cannot stand by while chaos reigns around me.
11:51This is not a government.
11:52Mr. Hartley, this is a collection of hesitant, frightened old men unable to unseat a tyrannical,
12:02delusional even older one.
12:05Yours was the most radical, forward-thinking government this country has ever seen.
12:15How you lost the election escapes me.
12:20Mr. Hartley, I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service
12:28if I helped to usher him out of the door and you back in.
12:35And to that end, you come to me with a master plan that involves me crucifying the Tories for
12:42their failure to deal with a fog, which as yet shows no sign of appearing.
12:50At present, I can see stars.
12:53The British public and this.
12:54The British public and this.
13:04.
13:04The British public and this.
13:18And I can see stars.
13:44CHOIR SINGS
13:54CHOIR SINGS
13:55Good night.
14:08Miss Scott.
14:10Thank you for your conscientiousness.
14:12It's late. Go home.
14:13I am, sir.
14:14You're no good to be tired.
14:16Good evening to you.
14:19What? Still here?
14:20Good night, sir.
14:26Good night.
14:34Evening, Pat.
14:57You haven't moved.
15:01I suppose it's still a no.
15:04To what?
15:05Coming out.
15:07You mean going to the Lamb of Flag with you, sitting at the bar, twinkling our ankles at every unremarkable
15:13young man in the room,
15:14they're letting those men buy us enough drinks for us to bring them home, only to have their unremarkability confirmed
15:21to us again.
15:23No.
15:25Thanks.
15:26Goodness.
15:28And what will you be doing in the meantime?
15:30Spend time in the company of someone remarkable.
15:43Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
15:48The earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.
15:53Be kind, but be fierce.
15:56You are needed now more than ever before.
15:59Take up the mantle of change, for this is your time.
16:03ropriate!
16:21I say, long for life.
16:21You are electric!
16:21You are electric!
16:23You are electric!
16:35Good morning.
16:37The time is 8 o'clock on the 6th of December, and here is the news.
16:41London has been brought to a halt by dense fog, which has descended overnight.
16:47Long queues are formed on main roads, and there are reports of motorists abandoning their vehicles and continuing on foot.
16:53London Airport is expected to be closed.
16:58Good God.
17:00The Meteorological Office has issued a statement saying that a persistent anti-cyclone over London is to blame.
17:06Smoke from the capital's chimneys is being trapped at street level, which is aggravating the fog.
17:15Windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time.
17:19Be careful out there. It's a real pea super.
17:31Oh, is the car ready?
17:34I'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive, ma'am.
17:38It's what? 200 yards?
17:41It's been judged too hazardous, ma'am.
17:47I have an appointment to see my grandmother.
17:51I intend to keep that appointment.
17:54If it's too hazardous to drive, then there's only one thing to be done.
17:59Hmm.
18:09Hmm.
18:38I saw that.
18:41Might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't?
18:45And the Queen is here, Your Majesty.
18:48Could you be more specific?
18:50Ma'am?
18:52Which Queen?
18:53Queen Elizabeth, ma'am.
18:55Which one? There are two.
18:57The young one.
18:59Oh, the Queen.
19:01I thought you was all Queens. They gave me a sheet.
19:04We are.
19:05I was the Queen so long as my husband the King was alive.
19:09But since he died, I'm no longer the Queen.
19:12I'm simply Queen Mary.
19:13My late son's widow was also the Queen.
19:17But upon the death of her husband, she became Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
19:22Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, is now Queen.
19:25So she is...
19:27The Queen.
19:29Bravo.
19:29Well, nurses and nuns have the same problem.
19:34We're all called Sister.
19:36So you are.
19:38Well, she's outside.
19:40The Queen.
19:42Then let her in, Sister.
19:57Bad time?
19:58Not at all.
20:02How are you?
20:03I'm always happy to see you.
20:06And my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing.
20:10Name it.
20:10Not to ask me how I am.
20:12It's all anyone ever does.
20:14Forget death by lung disease.
20:16It's death by bad conversation.
20:19All right, I promise.
20:21But if you are feeling up to it, there was something I wanted to talk to you about.
20:26Fire away.
20:28Fire away.
20:38I was listening to the wireless this morning, where they described this fog as an act of God.
20:46Now, in your letter that you sent me, you said,
20:55Loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty above everything else.
21:01Because the calling comes from the highest source.
21:05From God himself.
21:07Yes.
21:10Do you really believe that?
21:14Monarchy is God's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth.
21:19To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards.
21:23An example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives.
21:28Monarchy is a calling from God.
21:32That is why you're crowned in an abbey, not a government building.
21:36Why you're anointed, not appointed.
21:38It's an archbishop that puts the crown on your head.
21:41Not a minister or public servant.
21:43Which means that you are answerable to God in your duty, not the public.
21:51I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that.
21:54He would argue that in any equitable modern society, that church and state should be separated.
22:02That if God has servants, they're priests, not kings.
22:07That he would also say that he watched his own family destroyed because they were seen by the people to
22:13embody indefensible and unreasonable ideas.
22:16Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenues that goes back what?
22:22Ninety years.
22:24What would he know of Alfred the Great, the rod of equity and mercy, Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror,
22:31Henry VIII.
22:33It's the Church of England, dear, not the Church of Denmark or Greece.
22:41Next question.
22:44It's chaos out there.
22:46Trains disrupted.
22:48Air services cancelled.
22:50A Richmond bridge this morning.
22:52Visibility was officially measured at one yard.
22:55That's a record low, incidentally.
22:58Our Trojan friend in Downing Street has been speaking to his friends at the Met office.
23:03They say this is just the beginning.
23:06They expect it to get worse.
23:08I know you would have, Nicole, a vote of no confidence.
23:11And will doubtless call me over-cautious for not doing so.
23:15But the Prime Minister needs to be given a chance.
23:21Even if it's only to hang himself.
23:23Let's see how the old fool responds.
23:40There you go.
23:41Hey!
23:43Hey!
24:05Morning.
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in.
24:15No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No.
24:27Prime Minister?
24:30Sir?
24:52I'm sorry, sir.
24:53I was just...
24:54No, no.
24:54You did well to get here.
24:56I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't.
24:59It wasn't easy.
25:01Just crossing the road, you take your life in your hands.
25:03Then don't. You're too important to all of us.
25:06Hardly.
25:07All I do is bring you things to sign and take them away again.
25:11And so the wheels keep turning.
25:14And the business gets done.
25:16And the country's governed.
25:21But...
25:21What's my personal contribution?
25:24Ah.
25:26You improve the quality of life for all that deal with you.
25:32An ornament.
25:34A flower.
25:37By comparison, at my age, you were a published writer.
25:41And a cavalry officer posted to India, fighting local tribesmen on the northwest frontier.
25:48Who told you that?
25:49You asked me to engage in a relationship with a young man my own age.
25:54So I've been reading your autobiography.
25:57That's not quite what I had in mind.
26:00Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
26:06The earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.
26:11Be kind, but be fierce.
26:14You are needed now more than ever before.
26:19Take up the mantle of change.
26:21No.
26:22For this is your time.
26:29You were 24.
26:33All energy and hope.
26:36And passion and fire.
26:39It's remarkable.
26:45You found something you liked in that young man?
26:51I did.
26:52I did.
26:56I did.
26:59I did.
27:14I did.
27:21Good morning.
27:23The time is 8 o'clock on the 7th of December, and here is the news.
27:29A serious fog that brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday continues this morning,
27:34with emergency services struggling to cope and widespread disruption reported across the nation.
27:41Flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital.
27:45Trains are stopped while running hours behind schedule from major London railway stations.
27:52The Prime Minister is facing criticism for failure to deal with the mounting crisis.
27:58London airport is closed again today with all flights crowded.
28:02The unmoving fog, which has spread to over 30 miles wide,
28:07is likely to cause complete darkness by 2 o'clock this afternoon.
28:22are you all right?
28:28Are you all right?
28:31Come on, let's get you up
28:32No, no, I'm fine, I promise
28:38It's just because the window was open
28:40Now go to work, you've got a job to do
28:52Let us start with the unrest in Egypt
28:56Where anti-colonial passions continue to run high
29:00And where our soldiers continue to come under fire
29:03From nationalist insurgents
29:05It is vital that we remain
29:07And successfully defend the Suez Canal
29:11A point that I will be making in person
29:14To the Commonwealth heads
29:16When I host them for the weekend at Chequers
29:20Weather permitting?
29:23Indeed
29:23What is the latest information that you have?
29:27About the weather?
29:29It's fog, ma'am
29:31It will lift eventually
29:33I was hoping for something more scientific
29:37Then I will ensure that a barometric report
29:40Is included in your box tomorrow
29:42Complete with isobars and isohumes
29:48It has been an unusually cold winter
29:51And there are only so many things that I, as Prime Minister, am prepared to inflict on your subjects
29:57As a reward for winning a world war
29:59And prevailing over fascism, evil and tyranny
30:04Letting them freeze is not one of them
30:07You do not seem unduly concerned
30:10I'm not
30:11You do know that my late father wrote many years ago
30:15To your predecessors
30:17To express his deep concern about the inner city power stations that your party was building
30:25Indeed
30:27And I was sympathetic with your father's concerns at the time
30:32I also have sympathy with the leader articles in the newspapers today
30:38Baying for blood
30:39Wanting my head
30:42People have to be angry at someone
30:45But as leader
30:47One cannot simply react to everything
30:51We need the power stations
30:53We need the coal
30:54People need to burn coal to warm their homes
30:58It is weather
30:59It will pass
31:01Well, I do hope so
31:03Not least because my husband's mood is intolerable
31:06Why?
31:09Well, being caged in like this
31:11He can't fly
31:14Fly where?
31:16Well, nowhere
31:18He's learning to fly
31:21Whatever for?
31:24Have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go?
31:27No, he wants to fly himself
31:30It's a boyhood dream
31:31It's what he's always wanted
31:33Why was government not consulted?
31:35Because it's a private matter
31:36And I am in favour
31:38Nothing you or his royal highness do is a private matter
31:42And the father of the future king of England
31:44Risking his life needlessly
31:46Is quite unacceptable
31:49Please do not curtail my husband's personal freedoms any further
31:53You've taken away his home
31:55You've taken away his name
31:57There comes a time where one must draw a line in the sand
32:00And the job of drawing that line falls to cabinet, ma'am
32:03Not to you
32:04Something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you
32:08Had he been granted more time to complete your education
32:13And now our time is up
32:20Until next week
32:37Good morning
32:38The time is 8 o'clock on the 8th of December
32:41And here is the news
32:42The choking eye-watering fog
32:45Which has already caused two days of chaos across the capital
32:48Has worsened overnight
32:49The great coal-burning electricity stations in Battersea and Fulham
32:53Have attempted to reduce emissions of poisonous sulfur dioxide from their chimneys
32:57But we've been told
32:59That it is unlikely they will be able to make any significant change to the air quality
33:03The government is expected to make a statement later today
33:17Come on
33:18Let's get you to a hospital
33:20I'm fine
33:21You're not
33:21Come on
33:25Shoes
33:26Here we go
33:53I can't breathe
33:55Do as I say and hold on to me
34:06Come along
34:14No snails
34:17No snails
34:24Quick hold my hand
34:26Go away
34:50Control of this story is getting away from us
34:54the opposition's blood is up we have to respond respond how I would suggest by
35:01commissioning a public inquiry an inquiry will be expensive
35:09Winston people are angry they see us as the culprits culpable for what it's fog
35:15fog is fog it comes and it goes away but I'm glad that the Prime Minister finds
35:23time for liberty perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has
35:28now become this morning a suburban twain collided with a gang of well-wing workmen
35:33killing several and injuring a great many more in part of the capital there is now
35:38a total breakdown in law and order hospitals are filling up and as our
35:42citizens are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide
35:55sometimes we have sunshine too much sunshine and they call it a drought then we have rain
36:03too much rain and they call it a deluge and find a way to blame us for that too
36:08it's an act of God Bobbottie it's weather and for better or for worse we get a great deal of
36:15it
36:15on this island frankly there are more pressing matters to deal with like what the Duke of Edinburgh
36:38telephones are the markets of Salisbury not now he asked me to stress the importance of the matter
36:50Bobbottie thanks for taking my call Diggie are you alone yes can anyone over hear what you're saying
37:04no good
37:09it's chaos
37:10I know the reward is full every corridor too most of the doctors are sick now those that are well
37:16can't get in
37:17it was better than this in the war what do you need more equipment or masks masks are bloody useless
37:23they're just for show to make it look like the government's doing something
37:26then what is needed money people train staff help is what is needed urgently
37:33better rest for now
37:38maybe I could put a word in with the people who make a difference
37:42such as the prime minister for example
37:46oh I see you're just going to walk into Downing Street and whisper in his ear
37:49yes something like that
37:51you know my day is bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes
37:55now excuse me
37:59I'll show you
38:38how much longer you're going to give the old man the majority is tiny a vote of no confidence and
38:43he'll be toppled you know what he calls you yes I know sheep in sheep's clothing
38:55perhaps it's time to approve you're not
39:03very well
39:05let's put a motion down on paper
39:07and brief the whips
39:20thank you sir
39:37anything interesting yes
39:42care to share it no I'd be happy to show glide ratios and idiomatic lapse rates with you as part
39:50of a
39:51quid pro quo arrangement one glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes for
39:55example no a dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling these very interesting
40:03concepts Elizabeth you might learn something in exchange for a foreign
40:07office briefing am I going to have to explain my position again no good
40:17once you have tasted flight you will forever walk the earth with your eyes
40:21turned skyward for there you have been and there you will always long to return
40:27you know what's remarkable about those words
40:32go on they were written 300 years before man first got in a plane Leonardo da Vinci
40:41look I know
40:47Lord man baton your majesty uncle Dickey what's he doing here I know as much as
40:52you do he said it was important that thank you Elizabeth
41:12is this meeting with Elizabeth your niece my wife or the Queen latter I'm afraid
41:20right I don't know my place
41:31what's the matter with him nothing
41:36he's just feeling a little grounded ignore it right all ears I received a telephone call
41:46today from Robert Salisbury it seems that even among his own people the feeling is that our
41:52prime minister is not able to deal with a national crisis indeed he could be seen to be responsible for
42:00that crisis hospitals overflowing people dying as sovereign you have the right to demand that a
42:09government in your name shows effective leadership the opposition are now calling for a motion of no confidence so I
42:20would say the time has come for you to summon Churchill and
42:32insist that he go I can't do that you can and should but wouldn't that violate the Constitution as Queen
42:47you have the right to be consulted the right to encourage the
42:57the right to warn also to appoint a new prime minister in the right to warn also to appoint a
43:03new prime minister in the event of incapacity and many would say that Churchill's behavior now constitutes incapacity
43:08and many would say that Churchill's behavior now constitutes incapacity
43:10then a revolution must come from within
43:12they are trying
43:14well then they must try harder
43:16they will but would prefer it to be bloodless so have asked for your help and influence
43:28I cannot do it
43:30I will not do it
43:32let's not forget it was Churchill who denied Philip's children his own surname
43:37Dickie
43:38and insisted that you live in Buckingham Palace
43:40as alas did everyone else
43:41and now with looters on the street and hospital corridors stacked with the dead he is interested in only one
43:48thing
43:51Stopping Philip flying
43:55What?
43:56At a crisis cabinet meeting this morning when there should have only been one thing on the agenda the unfolding
44:01national emergency
44:04All our prime minister wanted to discuss was your husband's new hobby
44:15I'm so sorry sir
44:16Who are her parents?
44:19Her father is a clergyman from Suffolk
44:21I've been noticed
44:22I want to go to the hospital
44:23There is an emergency meeting at the house
44:25The meeting you must attend
44:27The house can wait
44:39You wish to see me your majesty?
44:41Yes Tommy
44:45I know how much my father depended on you
44:49And how closely you work together
44:52Which is why I wanted to ask your advice
44:54Now
44:56It seems our prime minister
44:58A man who's led the country through many crises
45:02Is no longer leading us at all
45:07Representations have been made to me
45:09Through an intermediary from the heart of the government
45:13To intercede
45:15And bid and stand down
45:18Make way for a younger man
45:22Which brings me to my question
45:26What are my responsibilities as head of state?
45:33What should I do?
45:35When it's in the national interest
45:37How far dare I go?
45:42I'm not sure if her majesty is aware
45:45But shortly before your father died
45:47The foreign secretary, Mr. Eaton, came
45:51Begging his late majesty to intervene
45:54If not on an official level
45:56Then on a personal one
45:58As a friend
45:59To bid the prime minister to resign
46:03What did my father say?
46:05Well
46:06His majesty was like his father before him
46:09A stickler for convention and tradition
46:11And would never have done anything
46:13That violated the constitution
46:15Or overstepped the mark
46:20Then I have my answer
46:21But
46:22That was his majesty
46:24Not your majesty
46:26And I do read the newspapers
46:28And I do listen to the wireless
46:30And the situation we're in today
46:31Is quite different
46:33Than the one we were in
46:34When Mr. Eaton came to see your father
46:39Different situation
46:41Different sovereign
46:54Wait for me here
46:59Oh my lord
48:04A beautiful child.
48:08I just received word from Buckingham Palace.
48:11The Queen has requested an audience.
48:14When?
48:16At your earliest convenience.
48:21All energy, and hope, and passion, and fire.
48:31Sir.
48:34Damn it, he is.
48:36Oh, shh, shh.
48:44Did the newspapers know I'm here?
48:46No.
48:49But it could easily be arranged.
48:52Then do it.
48:54And tell the Queen I'll be their first thing in the morning.
49:00After the papers.
49:22The Queen I'll be your first thing in the morning.
49:38Thank God.
49:39Thank God.
49:42Oh, sorry.
49:43Come on, Al, sir.
49:44Come on, Al, sir.
49:52Just come on.
49:53And the Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:02How are you short?
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:19Quiet, please.
50:21Quiet, please.
50:25Set him down.
50:26Mr. Churchill.
50:28I have witnessed scenes here today, the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest
50:35days of the Blitz.
50:39But alongside the suffering, I've also seen heroism.
50:44And where there is heroism, there will always be hope.
50:51Only God can lift the fog.
50:54But I, as Prime Minister, am in a position to ease the suffering.
51:02To that end, I pledge to make available with immediate effect more money for hospital staff, more
51:11money for equipment, and a full and independent public inquiry into the causes of air pollution
51:20to ensure that such a calamity may never befall us again.
51:30Thank you all.
51:31Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
51:33Come on, come on, come on, come on.
51:34Come on, come on, come on.
51:34Come on, come on, come on.
51:37The Prime Minister was alone amongst senior politicians to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in
51:42person and was rewarded by cheers and applause by those suffering through the
51:48worst smog this city's ever witnessed. the headline reads true leader in a crisis.
52:00ma'am the Prime Minister's here. the parallels between his appearance
52:07yesterday in the wartime years were striking. and his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed.
52:17hello? Clem, you still there? hello? Clem? Clem, can you hear me? no, I...
52:54CHOIR SINGS
52:56CHOIR SINGS
53:25CHOIR SINGS
53:33CHOIR SINGS
53:34The Prime Minister, Her Majesty.
53:44Her Majesty...
53:48You asked to see me now?
53:51I did.
54:03There's a delicate matter, which I felt I needed to discuss with you, in person.
54:10Concerning what?
54:14Your position.
54:18My position?
54:20Yes, your position as Prime Minister.
54:32Go on.
54:38At that point, she hesitated, and then she asked me to pick either Khwajgi Nazimuddin of Pakistan,
54:47or Sydney Holland of New Zealand.
54:50Of whatever for?
54:52To sit next to at dinner.
54:56She summoned you for that?
54:58No, I think she summoned me to haul me over the coals for my handling of the fog.
55:03But then the fog lifted, and she had to make a decision right then and there, in the room.
55:09You could see the wheels turning behind her eyes.
55:12And then she switched a tack without so much as a flicker.
55:16Ah, clever.
55:19No, no, not clever.
55:20Ingenious.
55:21Why?
55:21Because it disarmed me, and made me switch tack too.
55:26What about?
55:27About allowing Philip to learn to fly.
55:30He can now.
55:32Good.
55:34But he still has to ask cabinet permission to do rolls and spins.
55:49What, dear girl?
55:53Well, what if the fog hadn't lifted?
55:58And the government had continued to flounder.
56:01And people had continued to die.
56:04And Churchill had continued to cling to power, and the country had continued to suffer.
56:10It doesn't feel right, as head of state, to do nothing.
56:15It is exactly right.
56:18Is it?
56:19But surely doing nothing is no job at all.
56:22To do nothing is the hardest job of all.
56:26And it will take every ounce of energy that you have.
56:30To be impartial is not natural, not human.
56:34People will always want you to smile, or agree, or frown.
56:38And the minute you do, you will have declared a position, a point of view.
56:42And that is the one thing, as sovereign, that you are not entitled to do.
56:48The less you do, the less you say, or agree, or smile.
56:53Or think, or feel, or breathe, or exist.
56:56The better.
57:01Well, that's fine for the sovereign.
57:06But where does that leave me?
57:22So, come on.
57:23How long would it take me to get my wings?
57:25Well, normally a trainee would spend anything between 100 and 120 hours on one of these things.
57:30Do you think I could do it in three months?
57:33That would be unusual.
57:35I'm a fast learner.
57:37And believe me when I say I've got nothing else to do.
57:56I couldn't have noticed, you've still got a right up.
57:58Starboard and port.
57:5918 gallons.
58:00Yes.
58:01Fancy lunch in Edinburgh.
58:03Edinburgh?
58:04They made me duke there.
58:05So I should probably show up from time to time.
58:07Unless you have more pressing engagements.
58:09No, sir.
58:11All right.
58:12I'll adjust RPM from cruising speed for range flying.
58:15We'll have to land to refuel, sir.
58:18Oh, really?
58:19Where's that?
58:20Doncaster.
58:21Doncaster?
58:23Right.
58:24Right.
58:25Right.
58:28Right.
58:30Right.
58:31Right.
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58:42Right.
58:48Right.
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