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00:01:02Half a million people
00:01:06At a racecourse
00:01:11Next to the coronation, your sister
00:01:14Is now the most famous woman in the world
00:01:18Yes
00:01:23I'm the luckiest
00:01:27Not on our romantic trip to Reducia
00:01:30Official duty to Reducia
00:01:32With the man I love
00:01:34Secretly love
00:01:36I will be the happiest
00:01:52I've got a story, Chief
00:01:54It's important
00:01:55As long as it's not about the royal family
00:01:57Bill, I'm all ears
00:01:58It is about the royal family, Chief
00:01:59Oh, let me guess
00:02:01Our thanks to one beautiful young woman
00:02:03One short televised ceremony
00:02:06Oh, thank you, Bob
00:02:07A tired, anachronistic institution
00:02:10Is rejuvenated
00:02:11A nation is liberated
00:02:13From the austerity of rationing and war
00:02:15Our place as a leading power in the world
00:02:18Is re-established just when it seemed to be slipping
00:02:20What a load of bollocks
00:02:21Snifter?
00:02:23I shouldn't
00:02:23Oh, go on
00:02:24It's nearly lunchtime
00:02:25Papers, sir
00:02:26Thanks, Mary
00:02:27My job
00:02:28It's Princess Margaret
00:02:29What about her?
00:02:31Leaving the abbey on the day of the coronation
00:02:33I saw her picking a piece of fluff off a man's uniform
00:02:36Fluff?
00:02:38Yes, fluff
00:02:39Jesus, Bill
00:02:39I thought we did serious reporting here
00:02:41This is serious
00:02:42Because the man in question
00:02:44Her father's former query group captain Peter Townsend
00:02:48Is a commoner
00:02:49And, wait for it
00:02:51A divorced commoner
00:02:54Historically
00:02:55When this lot brush up against divorce
00:02:57You end up with either reformation or abdication
00:02:59Will church and state clash again?
00:03:02It's a big story
00:03:03So are comet jet planes dropping out of the sky
00:03:06Stalin's death ushering in a power reshuffle in the Soviet Union
00:03:10Then write it up, Chief
00:03:12I've got a feeling about this one
00:03:13Based on what?
00:03:19What are you doing, man?
00:03:20Picking fluff off a man's jacket
00:03:23That's a gesture as intimate as a kiss
00:03:26More intimate
00:03:26Since it suggests the kiss has already happened
00:03:31No, I'm sorry, Bill
00:03:32I can't hold the front page for a bit of fluff
00:03:34Let me write it, Chief
00:03:36Then you decide
00:03:44Make sure it's peppery
00:03:46Make sure it pops
00:03:47Yes, sir
00:04:06No, I can't hold the front page for a bit of fluff
00:04:06Then you decide
00:04:06I can't hold it
00:04:06But you might need to hold the mat
00:04:06Yes, sir
00:04:08But then you decide
00:04:08To bring it in
00:04:08You know what?
00:04:09I can hold it
00:05:17Switchboard. Good morning, Your Royal Highness.
00:05:20Good morning. I would like to speak to my sister, please.
00:05:22One moment, please.
00:05:29London.
00:05:31Buckingham Palace, please.
00:05:33Victoria, 4832.
00:05:35Hold the line.
00:05:37Buckingham Palace. Good morning.
00:05:39Go ahead, please.
00:05:41I have the Royal Highness the Princess Margaret for Her Majesty.
00:05:45Certainly, sir.
00:05:48Sir.
00:05:49Princess Margaret for Her Majesty.
00:06:17Hello.
00:06:18I have Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret for Her Majesty.
00:06:21Yes, sir. Breakfast room.
00:06:24Breakfast room.
00:06:25Yes, sir.
00:06:31Telephone call for you, ma'am.
00:06:34Yes?
00:06:36Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret, Your Majesty.
00:06:43Hello, you.
00:06:44Hello, you.
00:06:47Sir, I was wondering if you had a free evening soon where we all might have dinner together before I
00:06:51go to Rhodesia.
00:06:52I'm sure I do.
00:06:54Thursday?
00:06:55Mummy's out.
00:06:56I'd have to check.
00:06:58Lovely.
00:06:59And who's us all?
00:07:02Well, you and me and Philip and, um, and I would like to bring Peter, if I may.
00:07:09What, Peter, Peter?
00:07:11Yes, Peter.
00:07:13Oh.
00:07:14What does that mean, O?
00:07:16Nothing.
00:07:17O, how nice.
00:07:20Is there something we'd like to discuss with you?
00:07:22Oh?
00:07:23There you go again.
00:07:24Sorry.
00:07:26Are you going to be given a clue?
00:07:29No.
00:07:31No.
00:07:32Stop it.
00:07:33Sorry.
00:07:35So, Thursday evening, then, you'll check.
00:07:37Fine.
00:07:43It'll be such fun.
00:07:46Lovely.
00:07:51Lovely.
00:08:31What's your name?
00:08:32Thank you, gentlemen.
00:08:35Thank you very much, gentlemen.
00:08:41A special guest joins us this afternoon, who's just returned from a year in post-revolutionary
00:08:46Cairo, working as a photojournalist.
00:08:49Our fellow lunch club member, Tony Long.
00:08:51Oh, my God.
00:08:53Oh, my God.
00:08:54Oh, my God.
00:08:55Oh, my God.
00:08:56Thank you, chaps.
00:08:57It's very nice to be back, I must say.
00:08:59Ladies, might we close the shutters?
00:09:01Oh, my God.
00:09:04Oh, my God.
00:09:05Oh, my God.
00:09:05Oh, my God.
00:09:20Oh, my God.
00:09:33Oh, my God.
00:09:39Oh, my God.
00:09:41Oh, my God.
00:09:42Oh, my God.
00:09:43Probably why he was forced to abdicate last year.
00:09:47And now this man, Nasser, is the name on everyone's lips.
00:09:53He has the charisma to unite not just his own country, but the entire Arab world, stirring
00:09:59up anti-Western, anti-monarchical sentiments.
00:10:07This is Shepard's, a famous British hotel, a symbol of colonial rule, before riots, and
00:10:20after.
00:10:22That writing, what does it say?
00:10:29Death to the imperialists.
00:10:35However, it's not all doom and gloom.
00:10:38Mike, I've got something a little special for you here.
00:10:41That's exactly what I'm talking about.
00:11:06Give me a sip.
00:11:07Don't tell my wife.
00:11:17Where were you today?
00:11:20Nowhere. Well, clearly somewhere, but nowhere that would interest you.
00:11:23It's a lunch club.
00:11:25Where?
00:11:27Soho.
00:11:30Oh.
00:11:33With just men.
00:11:34So, talking about women?
00:11:38No.
00:11:40Talking about Egypt, if you must know, and the revolution that's just taken place there.
00:11:45Along with the unrest in Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Italy.
00:11:51Please take note.
00:11:55Yes, a little bit about the fairer sex over coffee and the odd brandy.
00:12:00What do you expect? It's your gentleman's lunch club.
00:12:12So, what's the guest list for tonight?
00:12:14No one. Just you, me, Margaret, and Peter.
00:12:17What? Townsend Peter?
00:12:20Oh.
00:12:22Then why on earth did we have to dress up?
00:12:23She insisted. She wanted to make it a special occasion.
00:12:27With him? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?
00:12:31He's not going to naughty boy, is he?
00:12:35I know as much as you do.
00:12:52It'll be fine.
00:13:04Come on.
00:13:10We'd like to be left alone now.
00:13:12Yes, ma'am.
00:13:16Can you just leave it?
00:13:44I asked you here tonight because there is something I wanted to discuss with you.
00:13:50I think you already know that over the years, with Peter being so much part of our family
00:13:54and away from his own so much, friendship has developed between us.
00:14:04And then, ever since Papa's death hitting me so hard, and with your accession and coronation
00:14:10and you being more and more occupied, Peter's become almost my sole companion.
00:14:17And I his.
00:14:21And so when his divorce came through in December last year, I suppose it was only natural that
00:14:26we both started thinking about what kind of future we might have together.
00:14:35And we reached a decision in April, wasn't it, just before the coronation, that one day
00:14:47we wanted to, um...
00:14:55Well, you know.
00:14:57Mary?
00:14:59Yes.
00:15:01Yes.
00:15:01Goodness.
00:15:05Well, of course, we're aware of the complications and issues at stake, and...
00:15:17What little bit you've known for a while about Peter and I?
00:15:21This can't really be a terrible shock to you.
00:15:26No, not at all.
00:15:29It's wonderful.
00:15:31Is there anything you'd like to ask us?
00:15:33Does your wife know?
00:15:35Your ex-wife?
00:15:36She does.
00:15:37We had a frank conversation.
00:15:39There is no animosity.
00:15:40Good.
00:15:41And the boys?
00:15:43They know and seem very happy.
00:15:50So?
00:15:52Do I have your permission?
00:15:57Where's Sulfur?
00:16:03Oh.
00:16:09Well, uh...
00:16:11Of course I'll have to take advice.
00:16:15And the hows and where's and...
00:16:19All official matters.
00:16:21But...
00:16:23If it's what you desire...
00:16:26More than anything in the world.
00:16:31Well, then as your sister, I'm never going to oppose it.
00:16:36Thank you!
00:16:39I think you're going to be so happy.
00:16:41So happy.
00:16:42Very well.
00:16:44Congratulations.
00:16:45It's a birthday.
00:16:48Thank you, sir.
00:16:50I suppose it'd better be Philip from now on.
00:16:52Thank you, sir.
00:16:52Oh, Philip.
00:17:01You knew.
00:17:05Not the extent of it.
00:17:09But you didn't think to mention it.
00:17:15I don't like it.
00:17:17Any of it.
00:17:18For one thing, it will create the most enormous scandal.
00:17:21Nor do I believe in them as a couple.
00:17:22He's too old.
00:17:23For her.
00:17:24And he had some sort of breakdown during the war.
00:17:27Now, that's all in the past.
00:17:29Besides, that's why he got on with my father so well.
00:17:32Not to mention the fact he's dull.
00:17:34He's not dull.
00:17:36Desperately dull.
00:17:37I'm confident I've met more interesting plants.
00:17:40Not to mention it's a terrible thing to do to you.
00:17:43Why?
00:17:45Because of the position it puts you in as a sister.
00:17:48And as a queen.
00:17:50Has everyone forgotten the catastrophe that was your uncle already?
00:17:52Oh, the situation's different.
00:17:55One party divorced.
00:17:57The other royal.
00:18:00Sounds pretty similar to me.
00:18:01That was 17 years ago.
00:18:04The world has changed.
00:18:06Well, the rest of the world has.
00:18:07Nothing changes in the court of St. James.
00:18:11Besides, we have a son and heir.
00:18:14There's no realistic prospect of Margaret becoming queen.
00:18:17Well, one can see the attraction.
00:18:24In Peter?
00:18:26Yes.
00:18:28He's a handsome war hero.
00:18:30Divorced war hero.
00:18:32And blameless in that divorce.
00:18:35There's no such thing as the blameless party in a divorce.
00:18:39His wife had an affair with another man.
00:18:42Because he was always around here sniffing around your sister.
00:18:46He was looking after my father.
00:18:48And sniffing around your sister.
00:18:49He was looking after my father.
00:18:50He was looking after my father.
00:18:52He was looking after my father.
00:18:52He was looking after my father.
00:18:53He was looking after my father.
00:18:54I thought you liked him.
00:18:55Oh, liked him.
00:18:57I mean, I respect him for what he did in the war, certainly.
00:19:01He plays Bridgewell and he's a good pilot.
00:19:05And he's a good influence on Margaret.
00:19:07Is he?
00:19:08Is he?
00:19:08If he were really a good influence,
00:19:10he'd patch things up with his wife and leave Margaret well alone.
00:19:31Night, Bill.
00:19:32Night.
00:19:38Night, Bill.
00:19:46Night, Tom?
00:19:58Yeah.
00:19:59This had better be good.
00:20:02It is.
00:20:07Bloody hell.
00:20:08You did say pepper, eh?
00:20:10Pepper's one thing.
00:20:11This is jelly night.
00:20:13I know.
00:20:22What are you doing?
00:20:23I can't run this without going upstairs.
00:20:25What?
00:20:26Don't look at me like that.
00:20:27Live in the real bloody world for a moment, will you?
00:20:32Marjorie, hello.
00:20:33Yes.
00:20:34Is he there?
00:20:35Yeah, just for a few minutes.
00:20:40This is not just inflammatory.
00:20:43It breaks all the rules.
00:20:44What rules, sir?
00:20:45The unspoken rules of deference and respect
00:20:49shown by the media to the royal family.
00:20:51But surely those rules changed
00:20:53the moment they invited television into the coronation.
00:20:56That was their right.
00:20:57And a huge concession.
00:20:58To what?
00:20:59Popular interests.
00:21:01Their interests also.
00:21:03Look at their standing now.
00:21:04It's never been higher.
00:21:05The question we in the fourth estate need to be asking ourselves is,
00:21:09do we let ourselves be used,
00:21:11or do we have our own independent voice?
00:21:13Don't get moralistic with me.
00:21:15If we don't break this story,
00:21:17do you think nobody else will?
00:21:18Oh, I know there's plenty of others sniffing around it, sir.
00:21:29Well, thank you for letting me know.
00:21:31Of course, Tommy.
00:21:33Thank you for understanding.
00:21:35I'm sorry.
00:21:36No, I'm sorry.
00:21:38I imagine it must be difficult being dictated to like that by an employee.
00:21:42I wasn't dictated to.
00:21:44Am I missing something?
00:21:45You said this editor was telling you what he was going to print in your newspaper.
00:21:49He is?
00:21:50But I can't keep telling him what to write.
00:21:53I thought that was the point of owning a newspaper.
00:21:56Look, I'm just trying to help you, Tommy.
00:21:59I suggest you see this for the kind gesture that it is.
00:22:02What?
00:22:02That you're about to print an article that will cause deep distress to senior,
00:22:07let's be quite clear, the most senior members of the royal family?
00:22:11That I'm warning you.
00:22:12That I'm giving you the heads up.
00:22:15I'm on my knees with gratitude.
00:22:50I'm on my knees with gratitude.
00:23:06I'm on my knees with gratitude.
00:23:38Your Majesty, a story is about to break in the press, identifying Peter Townsend not
00:23:47just as the companion of Princess Margaret, but as her likely future husband. We understand
00:23:58that the paper is to feature a profile of Group Captain Townsend, details of his marriage
00:24:06and subsequent divorce, along with an editorial about other notable divorcees to have been
00:24:14associated with members of the Royal Family.
00:24:26Should we deny it all?
00:24:31With respect, ma'am, it's a little late for that. This horse has already bolted.
00:24:45Your Royal Highness.
00:25:00Her Majesty the Queen for you, Your Royal Highness. On the telephone.
00:25:11Hello. Hello, you. Bad time, good time?
00:25:14Mm-hm. Good time. Always.
00:25:19Look, I've been racking my brain about how I can best help you. Now, you know that the Church
00:25:24of England doesn't permit the remarriage of divorced persons if the husband or wife of the former
00:25:28marriage is still alive? Yes. Well, I was just wondering if you and Peter had considered Scotland.
00:25:34To live? No, for the wedding. Why? Because it would be more low profile? Well, actually, I was thinking of
00:25:43legal reasons.
00:25:44Marriage isn't regarded as a sacrament in the Church of Scotland. It's not as binding in the same way as
00:25:49here.
00:25:53Meaning... Meaning we could even get married in a church? Well, I'd have to check, but I think so.
00:25:59That would be so lovely. Lilibet, thank you so much.
00:26:05Make my life a lot easier, too. Sorry, Lilibet. What for?
00:26:16I think you're going to get a visit from Mummy about all this. Oh.
00:26:21I realise I'm not making anyone's life easy. Yours especially.
00:26:28But I'm determined to do this for you. To give you what you want.
00:26:34Thank you. Can't wait to tell Peter. Let her go.
00:26:55Help me. Come on, Stu.
00:26:57Come on, Stu.
00:27:18Mummy. This is a surprise.
00:27:25I am a mother of two daughters whom I love equally. It seems that they each have problems of equal
00:27:33size.
00:27:36Obviously, we want Margaret to be happy and have the man she wants.
00:27:40Yes.
00:27:41But we must do everything in our power to protect you as Queen and as a sister.
00:27:49Who protect me from what?
00:27:51I've given Margaret my word and I'm determined to support her.
00:27:55They can marry in Scotland, where I'm not head of the church.
00:27:59Your Majesty, I fear the matter is more intricate.
00:28:04Let's be quite clear. If Margaret were to marry Peter, it would be a scandal.
00:28:10Don't mistake your current popularity for long-term security.
00:28:15Your uncle's affair and abdication almost destroyed the monarch.
00:28:20This good too.
00:28:24Tommy.
00:28:33Ma'am, what do you know about the Royal Marriages Act of 1772?
00:28:38George II.
00:28:39Third, ma'am.
00:28:41He had two younger brothers, William and Henry.
00:28:44Both of whom, I'm assuming, made undesirable marriages.
00:28:47One to an illegitimate shrew, the other to a disreputable jade, which caused an outrage in Parliament and the Church.
00:28:55Now, in response, George III asked his Prime Minister, Lord North, to rush through a Royal Marriages Act to prevent
00:29:02any future willful young prince or princess from making an ill-advised or disadvantageous match, which might threaten the integrity
00:29:11of the Royal House.
00:29:12It decrees that until the age of 25, any member of the Royal Family must secure the Sovereign's permission to
00:29:20marry.
00:29:25But?
00:29:26But not thereafter.
00:29:30I see.
00:29:31So, if Margaret would wait until after her 25th birthday, she would be free to make any decision she likes
00:29:39without your consent.
00:29:42The important thing is, it protects your relationship with both Church and Government.
00:29:51Well, I can see the advantages of that, but what's in it for her?
00:29:56Mummy, she's only 23.
00:29:58What does she do in the meantime?
00:30:01In the meantime, she and Peter wait.
00:30:06Preferably in separate countries.
00:30:09What?
00:30:10It's the only way to contain the story, ma'am.
00:30:27Thank you, sir.
00:30:46Out of my way.
00:30:58No.
00:31:18Margaret! No!
00:31:25Margaret!
00:31:30Just until your 25th birthday.
00:31:32Then you'd be free to do as you wish.
00:31:35Look with the eye and tell me.
00:31:37Is it a posting or is it a banishment?
00:31:39It's a posting.
00:31:42I promise.
00:31:44It's just a way of managing the story,
00:31:46keeping it off the front pages.
00:31:48The heartless attempt to split us up.
00:31:50No, of course not.
00:31:52Papa did the same for Philip and me.
00:31:54He made us wait.
00:31:55It's a few months. This is for two years.
00:31:58It took me years.
00:32:07Why did you even dangle Scotland under my nose?
00:32:10It took me years.
00:32:14Sorry.
00:32:15I'm sorry.
00:32:16I'm sorry.
00:32:40All right.
00:32:45If I do this for you, will you promise me that this banishment, this banishment won't
00:32:52start until after our trip to Adesia?
00:32:53You know how much we've been looking forward to it.
00:33:01You're going to deny that as well.
00:33:04It's the sensitivity of you two together.
00:33:07The photographers who would overshadow everything.
00:33:11But when you get back, you'll have some time together, alone.
00:33:18I promise you that.
00:34:00They offered me Johannesburg.
00:34:01I refused.
00:34:03Then Singapore.
00:34:07I refused that, too.
00:34:10Then they came back with Brussels.
00:34:15It's dreary, but at least it's close.
00:34:17The whole thing feels like a completely unnecessary, unjustifiable punishment.
00:34:23I know.
00:34:25Perhaps your sister sensed that.
00:34:29That is why she's asked me to go to Normal Island.
00:34:32What for?
00:34:34To a company owner trip to Belfast this week to put on a show of public approval.
00:34:40That's something, I suppose.
00:34:42That's something, I suppose.
00:34:43Hmm.
00:34:45No substitute for Adesia, though.
00:34:53No one wanted Philip.
00:34:58She dug her heels in, got the man she wanted, didn't she?
00:35:04She did.
00:35:11We ought to head back.
00:35:15Come on.
00:35:15No, wait.
00:35:17Kiss me.
00:35:29You know we'll be able to get back at the house.
00:36:03You're married to stay.
00:36:06Tommy.
00:36:06Just to run through the airport of the day.
00:36:09Yes.
00:36:10We'll be met at the airport by the Governor of Northern Ireland or Wakehurst.
00:36:15From there, we'll be going to the Belfast city boundary to be met by the Lieutenant of the City of
00:36:20Belfast.
00:36:21After that, we'll be presented to the Lord Mayor, Alderman Percival Brown, and the town clerk, Mr. John Dunlap,
00:36:30followed by a city luncheon at a civic hall.
00:36:33The other way around, I think.
00:36:36Ma'am?
00:36:39A civic luncheon at City Hall.
00:36:42Oh.
00:36:46Forgive me.
00:36:48Is everything all right?
00:36:52I do hope it wasn't a mistake inviting the group captain to join us.
00:36:59You've never cared for him, Tommy.
00:37:01No, I cared for him as long as he did his job and knew his place.
00:37:06Thank you very much.
00:37:07My father held him in high regard.
00:37:09He was a member of staff, not as a member of the family.
00:37:14He's been a good friend to us all.
00:37:17Too good, I would argue.
00:37:18And he let his wife go in the process.
00:37:22He was innocent in that regard.
00:37:25She left of her own accord, and he's a wonderful father to those boys.
00:37:29I'm just trying to manage a difficult situation now.
00:37:33As am I.
00:37:35Sending Kim away will break my sister's heart.
00:37:38Hearts mend.
00:37:43Was there anything else?
00:37:47No.
00:37:48Don't, She's telling me.
00:37:52I'm just doing it.
00:38:01I'm just doing it.
00:38:05I'm just doing it.
00:38:11I'm just doing it.
00:38:44Group Shantum with a matching hat finds ourselves sharing the limelight with Group Captain Townsend, who accompanies her on the
00:38:51tour.
00:38:52The crowd get a last glimpse of the Queen and her husband before they begin the drive to City Hall.
00:38:57En route, thousands pack the streets to bid them welcome.
00:39:05The Royal Couple are welcomed onto Palmorel's showground, where 4,000 ex-servicemen and women are gathered to pay tribute
00:39:12to their soccer.
00:39:13Many Ulster schools and youth organizations are represented, and they all have a smile and a wave for the Queen.
00:39:22As London papers called once more today for a statement from Buckingham Palace to clarify the rumors of a romance
00:39:28between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Townsend,
00:39:30newspaper editors from all over the world sent their photographers to scrutinize Townsend's face, hoping for a clue.
00:39:44The Queen can't be used to sharing the limelight with a member of her household, but the gathered crowds certainly
00:39:49seem as interested in Group Captain Townsend, as in Her Majesty.
00:39:58Sir, they're both of them now.
00:40:03who are following the royal parties every move.
00:40:09I brought him along to show my gratitude for his years of service
00:40:12and to support my sister.
00:40:14And I had hoped the detention of Margaret and Peter would fade away.
00:40:19But I could barely hear myself speak today.
00:40:22The solution is an obvious one.
00:40:25Which is?
00:40:26Bring forward the group captain's relocation with immediate effect.
00:40:30But that would mean him missing his reunion with my sister in London.
00:40:35And I gave her my word.
00:40:37Well, sometimes best intentions need to be reconsidered, Your Majesty.
00:40:42You can always blame it on me.
00:40:46No.
00:40:48Let's do it ten to four hours.
00:40:50Things might calm down tomorrow.
00:40:53The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
00:40:56A special orangeman's welcome.
00:40:57Next door?
00:40:58Ma'am.
00:40:59Ma'am.
00:41:00Steve?
00:41:30Steve?
00:41:48May God give you wisdom, loyalty, and faithfulness.
00:41:55And may the future bring peace, contentment, and true happiness to the people of Northern Ireland.
00:42:54And may the future bring peace, contentment, and true happiness to the people of Northern Ireland.
00:42:56Do you have a moment, Lillivet?
00:43:02Yes, of course.
00:43:08I just wanted to apologize for all the press' attention.
00:43:13And to thank you for inviting me along in the first place.
00:43:17I do appreciate the gesture.
00:43:20That's the least I could do.
00:43:22I regret it having to take you off the Redisic trip.
00:43:25Yes, Margaret and I were so looking forward to it.
00:43:27We have so many shared interests, as you know.
00:43:29We enjoy doing everything together.
00:43:36We had hoped to find some time together during our days off.
00:43:41Walking, swimming, riding.
00:43:47But not to be.
00:43:58Anyway, nice chatting.
00:44:08Ma'am, if you wouldn't mind.
00:44:15Just wondering if Her Majesty has had a time to think about the matter.
00:44:22She has had a time to think about the matter.
00:44:26Take care of it, Tommy.
00:44:28From whatever manner you see fit.
00:44:32Yes, ma'am.
00:44:49I hope you will be doing things.
00:44:50You are dancing, yes.
00:44:50You are dancing, yes.
00:44:51You are dancing, yes.
00:44:52You are dancing.
00:44:53But, you are dancing, yes.
00:44:54You are dancing, yes.
00:44:54You are dancing exactly right now.
00:45:08Thank you so much, Peter.
00:45:51Group Captain Townsend, the man of the moment, do come up.
00:46:12Would you sit?
00:46:25Following consultation with the government, the foreign office, and Her Majesty's press secretary,
00:46:30the decision's been taken to move forward your posting to Brussels with immediate effect.
00:46:35A car is waiting to take you first to your apartment, where you will pack, and then directly to the
00:46:40airfield.
00:46:41The plane for Brussels leaves in just under three hours.
00:46:45There was some concern that that might not give you enough time,
00:46:48but I felt sure that as a military man, packing quickly and unsentimentally would come a second nature to you.
00:46:59But that isn't what was agreed.
00:47:03The agreement between Margaret and Her Majesty the Queen, with the certain knowledge of Her Majesty the Queen Mother,
00:47:09was that Margaret and I would spend some time together upon her return from Moudizia,
00:47:14before I traveled to Brussels.
00:47:16Forty-eight hours, at least.
00:47:18Your proposal is a direct contravention of that agreement.
00:47:23Well, I cannot, nor ever presume, to know the intimate details of whatever agreements have or have not been made
00:47:32within the family.
00:47:33What I can tell you is that the position of Air Attaché at the Embassy fell vacant unexpectedly early and
00:47:39needs filling right away.
00:47:41Of course, a crucial position like the Air Attaché to the Embassy at Brussels cannot be left vacant for very
00:47:49long.
00:47:50I ask, only that it remains so until after the Princess returns, as I was promised.
00:48:00I'm afraid that will not be possible.
00:48:15Tommy.
00:48:19I understand you are only trying to do your job.
00:48:23But one thing the trip to Northern Ireland has made very clear to me is that the romance between Margaret
00:48:29and myself has caught the public eye.
00:48:33There is a momentum for us.
00:48:37A sense of joy, a celebration, which you would be wise to acknowledge.
00:48:41The people can clearly see the sincerity of the love between Margaret and me,
00:48:46and I would advise you not to reprehend us for that. Such an act could backfire.
00:48:52And now, if I may give you some advice in turn, Peter,
00:48:58that when referring to a member of the royal family, you use the appropriate title, in this case, Her Royal
00:49:04Highness.
00:49:05When referring to the woman I love, and who loves me, and who is soon to be my wife, I'll
00:49:10call her what I damn well like.
00:49:12Her name is Margaret.
00:49:13Margaret.
00:49:18Margaret.
00:49:19Margaret.
00:49:21Margaret.
00:49:24Margaret.
00:49:25Margaret.
00:49:26Margaret.
00:49:26Margaret.
00:49:27Margaret.
00:49:27Margaret.
00:49:27Margaret.
00:49:28Margaret.
00:49:28Margaret.
00:49:29Margaret.
00:49:30Margaret.
00:49:31Margaret.
00:49:32Margaret.
00:49:33Margaret.
00:49:35Margaret.
00:49:46A tiny white community, surrounded by primitive Africans, grew into a young and flourishing nation, with the ever-brightening promise
00:50:00of more prosperity before it.
00:50:39I'm sorry.
00:50:41Hurry up.
00:50:42Yes, sir.
00:50:44We honor a man of remarkable vision, who saw how great this land could become once civilized.
00:50:57I wish continued prosperity and success to all those who inhabit it.
00:51:11Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the loyal church.
00:51:16Telegram for Princess Margaret.
00:51:18The Queen.
00:51:19To the Queen.
00:51:27To the Queen.
00:51:29The Queen.
00:51:32The Queen.
00:51:37The Queen.
00:51:37God save the free, send her victorious, happy and glorious, long to reign over us, God save
00:51:57the free.
00:52:00I need to speak to my sister.
00:52:04No!
00:52:17Switchboard.
00:52:18Her Royal Highness needs to make an urgent call to Her Majesty the Queen.
00:52:21A secure line will be required.
00:52:23Putting you through.
00:52:25Foreign Office, Her Mayor, direct your call.
00:52:27Buckingham Palace, Victoria 4832.
00:52:32I have Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret for Her Majesty the Queen.
00:52:36Sir.
00:52:39Sir.
00:52:42Princess Margaret for Her Majesty the Queen on a secure line.
00:52:46Of course.
00:52:48What's taking so long?
00:52:49Well, I gather we have the secure line, ma'am. They're just having trouble locating Her Majesty.
00:52:53What can be so difficult?
00:52:54She's the Queen.
00:52:55Very conspicuous.
00:52:57She can't disappear.
00:52:57She's a little girl.
00:53:00Oh my god.
00:53:13Oh my god.
00:53:19Yeah.
00:53:26I got your 향.
00:53:29Sandringham House, good evening.
00:53:32Yes, sir, she's here.
00:53:34Arrived about an hour ago.
00:53:38Yes, sir, right away.
00:53:55May'am, I've located the Queen.
00:54:08Well, I think it's a difficult time.
00:54:10I think it's inexperienced.
00:54:11With the trucking?
00:54:12Yes, I do.
00:54:14Telephone, Your Majesty.
00:54:15Right.
00:54:16Yes, I'd like you to skip recorded for the first quarter mile for a morning.
00:54:19Yes, ma'am.
00:54:22And then we might have to think about pairing him with another rider.
00:54:25Yes, ma'am.
00:54:27Yes?
00:54:28How could you?
00:54:30Margaret.
00:54:30You gave me a word.
00:54:32Promised me he'd still be there when I got back.
00:54:34I did.
00:54:34Why is he been sent away?
00:54:36Banished like some criminal.
00:54:38Well, things got out of hand.
00:54:40I took you at your word.
00:54:42Believed everything you said.
00:54:44How happy you were for me.
00:54:46How you would support us.
00:54:48Margaret.
00:54:49You've been against us from the beginning.
00:54:50Because you can't bear to be eclipsed.
00:54:52What?
00:54:53You can't bear to be outshone by your younger sister.
00:54:56You've never liked it.
00:54:57Admit it.
00:54:59And you've hated our Peter and I've caught the popular imagination.
00:55:01Hated it enough to want to destroy it.
00:55:03This is madness.
00:55:04Well.
00:55:06You fail to protect me.
00:55:08I will fail to protect you in turn.
00:55:11Margaret.
00:55:14You reap what you sow, sister.
00:55:27You reap what you sow, sister.
00:56:03The laws of England say that any man, once divorced, is fully entitled to marry again.
00:56:09If those laws are good enough for England, they are good enough for the royal family.
00:56:14I know.
00:56:15The near holy reverence shown for the crown by the people of Britain is a fact of life, as the
00:56:20recent coronation has shown.
00:56:21Few other countries in the world retain such regard for their monarchies.
00:56:26But are those centuries of awe drawing to an end?
00:56:31Can that veneration be sustained in the light of the royal family's cruelty to its very own members?
00:56:41The royal family of Britain has survived a thousand proofs that it is artificial and superfluous and seems to have
00:56:52as deep a hold as ever on the loyalties of the people.
00:56:57It is not likely, however, to survive the clear proof that it is insensate and cruel.
00:57:10The treatment of her sister has now deputized the future of the monarchy in Britain.
00:57:23In 48 hours it would have passed.
00:57:27If you were lucky.
00:57:28I fear it would take longer than that for Margaret to forgive me.
00:57:31Well, she will in time.
00:57:32She has to.
00:57:35We all have to.
00:57:42Ah!
00:57:43Majesty.
00:57:44Be right with you.
00:57:45Hello, Mike.
00:57:46Where are you going?
00:57:47I told you, I was away for the weekend.
00:57:49Did you?
00:57:50Baron's having a house party.
00:57:52Who's Baron?
00:57:53Baron Nahum.
00:57:54President of our lunch club.
00:57:58They don't look like that.
00:57:59It's gentleman only, right?
00:58:01Absolutely.
00:58:05Or perfectly innocent.
00:58:21Shall we, old boy?
00:58:22Yes, let's.
00:58:24Sniffed on the roof, eh?
00:58:25You got it?
00:58:30Hello.
00:58:31Yeah.
00:58:39Bye-bye.
00:58:40Bye-bye.
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