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00:16As His Majesty the King has not yet produced a male successor, nor do we at this stage expect one,
00:23the decision has been taken to start preparing you in earnest for the crown.
00:27From this moment on, you will no longer be the heir presumptive, but the heir apparent, and your life will
00:33be quite different.
00:35You will not be able to travel unaccompanied, nor to socialize as freely.
00:41Your father, the king, had little or no time to prepare for the throne, which was thrust upon him.
00:48We will not be caught out again.
00:51The crown is not just an ornament to be worn.
00:55It is a privilege.
00:57And a burden, which comes with formidable expectations and responsibilities.
01:26I don't think I can do it.
01:29I could.
01:31I know you could.
01:33I'd love every minute to be on every coin, on every banknote, to be the most famous woman in the
01:41world.
01:42I'd be so very good at it.
01:45Wearing a big crown, giving everyone orders.
01:50Yes.
01:55Then tell them.
01:57Margaret Rose can do it.
01:59Margaret Rose wants to do it.
02:02Margaret Rose was born to do it.
02:05You were.
02:08Then let me speak to them tomorrow.
02:10It would be the best thing for both of us.
02:14All right.
02:19Good.
02:20Come on.
02:52Come on!
02:55Come on!
02:57Come on!
02:58The Queen!
03:07Hello.
03:12Your Majesty.
03:18Just come to wish you a bon voyage.
03:20And to thank you.
03:21What for?
03:22For agreeing to squeeze in so many public engagements
03:25on what is essentially a private trip.
03:27And for flying this way commercially.
03:30Well, it's not so bad.
03:31They've cleared out the first-class cabin just for us.
03:35What's the first stop? New York.
03:37Uh, San Francisco.
03:38Then Los Angeles.
03:39Then five days with the Douglases in Arizona.
03:42How lovely.
03:43Then on to New York, where Tony
03:45is promoting his book.
03:47You've written a book?
03:49A book of my photographs.
03:50You are clever.
03:52You must make time to really relax too.
03:55We will.
03:56Be good to one another.
03:58Kind to one another.
04:01Eight of you.
04:06Said she felt the need to say that.
04:08What?
04:09Be good to one another.
04:11Kind to one another.
04:12Eight of you.
04:13I was a little clumsy.
04:17But she means well.
04:19Two of us.
04:21Are complicated.
04:24She and I are complicated.
04:27It's true.
04:30Elder sister, younger sister.
04:32Number one and number two.
04:34Who's number one?
04:36You.
04:37Of course.
04:39A natural number one.
04:41Whose tragedy it is to have been born number two.
04:45That is my button.
04:48She knows it too.
04:52Yes, I think she does.
04:54That's her button.
04:55Welcome aboard this BAC flight to San Francisco.
05:00Please take your seats and relax.
05:02We're now ready for departure.
05:04And we'll be taxiing shortly.
05:06We'd like to take this opportunity to wish you a very pleasant flight.
05:26We'll be right back to uh...
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06:50Good morning, Mr. Ambassador.
06:53Economically, as you know, Marvin, the United Kingdom is right up against it.
06:57You're seeing a terrifying run on sterling, and our credit from the IMF is about to expire.
07:03Now, the Prime Minister has made several attempts to speak to the President about another bailout.
07:08Rescue package.
07:10But the President refuses to take his call.
07:13President Johnson is a busy man.
07:16Too busy to talk to his oldest ally.
07:19Historically, the holder of this office has the warmest relationship with Downing Street.
07:24Think of Churchill and Roosevelt, or Truman and Adley, McMillan and JFK.
07:29No need to keep mentioning Jack Kennedy like that.
07:33Keep mentioning?
07:34It's just provocative.
07:37Unhelpful.
07:38President Johnson is his own man.
07:41Of course.
07:43I mentioned it only in the context of our leader standing shoulder to shoulder in times of difficulty.
07:48Morning, Prime Minister.
07:49The United Kingdom and the United States.
07:54Historically, it's like a marriage.
07:58Will you talk to him?
08:01No.
08:02Screw the Brits.
08:03I don't like them.
08:03I never liked them.
08:05They're not looking down at you through their noses.
08:06They're holding their hands out like beggars.
08:08And I don't give a crap about any special relationship.
08:11Harold Wilson wants my help.
08:12He should have thought about that when he refused to support me over Vietnam.
08:14You can't screw a man in the ass and then expect him to buy you flowers.
08:24The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
08:26Your Majesty.
08:28Prime Minister.
08:41I'm sure that it did not escape your attention that President Johnson failed to attend at Sue Instance's funeral.
08:48Yes, on account of a cold.
08:50Well, that was the explanation the White House gave, but it persuaded no one.
08:53Now, I fear that the President may have taken against me for what he sees as my failure to support
09:02him over Vietnam.
09:03And I wondered, in the past, the royal family has been extremely helpful in keeping this special relationship afloat.
09:20And given the predicament the country finds itself in economically...
09:25You'd like us to roll out the red carpet?
09:27Make a bit of a fuss?
09:32Please.
09:34All right.
09:35I shall consult the three wise men.
09:37See what they have to say.
09:41Thank you, ma'am.
09:42Thank you, ma'am.
09:44Welcome to San Francisco!
09:45Margaret!
09:46Margaret!
09:47Over here!
09:48Over here!
09:48Picture right this way!
09:50Thank you, Margaret!
09:50What we have witnessed in Princess Margaret is a more vibrant, modern, and engaging version of her older sister.
10:00Quite right.
10:02To those accustomed, the formality of traditional royal visits meeting Princess Margaret has been like going from a black and
10:10white film to one in colour.
10:12What about a state dinner?
10:14Like the one held for Woodrow Wilson in 1918?
10:17Or a weekend at Windsor Castle?
10:19The important thing here, I'm told, is that whatever we offer President Johnson, it must exceed whatever we gave the
10:25Kennedys.
10:26When you're snuffling!
10:28Hey, we wanted to see the Queen!
10:31You're seeing something better than the Queen.
10:33What do you think is the main difference between Britain and America?
10:36Well, my sister isn't on the backboards here.
10:39What are you most looking forward to in America?
10:42Oh, my sister!
10:43Liberty!
10:45But when you're crying, you'll take all the rain, so stop your silence.
10:54Be happy again, keep on smiling.
10:59Cause when you're smiling, the whole world starts with you.
11:07You're smiling, darling.
11:09What news of Princess Margaret?
11:11Well, after three days in San Francisco, Her Royal Highness has safely arrived in Los Angeles.
11:16Any disasters I should be aware of?
11:18No, on the contrary, the trip seems to have been a great success.
11:22Really?
11:23Yes, rave reviews, all the newspapers.
11:26With even a name having been coined for the multitude of fans and well-wishers who have followed her every
11:31step of the way.
11:33Which is?
11:34Margaretologists.
11:36Margaretologists?
11:38Yes, ma'am.
11:39Fans who have delighted in Her Royal Highness' intelligence and articulacy, her beauty and charm.
11:44With one newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, even going so far as to say...
11:48Yes, all right. Thank you, Martin.
11:49Yes, ma'am.
11:50I'm a queen, not a saint.
11:52That's it. Try not to smile.
12:10I gave it. Not once, not twice, but three times and you ignored it.
12:15What?
12:16A signal. Our signal that I wanted to leave.
12:19I didn't see it.
12:21You know, as well as I, that if you are the guest of honour, you cannot just leave.
12:28In the course of our marriage, I have lost count of the number of times you've walked out as guest
12:32of honour.
12:33Once or twice.
12:34All the bloody time.
12:36When it's dreary.
12:37When it suits you.
12:39When the people are ugly and dull.
12:43These people were musing, attractive, and made me feel good.
12:51No, no, no, no. The alcohol made you feel good.
12:55And blunted your judgment to the sycophancy of the people surrounding you.
13:00Is that right?
13:01Yes, keys.
13:02Well, sadly, it's not blunted my judgment to your mean-spiritedness and jealousy and general pusin-alaminity.
13:14Pusin-alamin...
13:17Small-mindedness.
13:20I don't recognise this.
13:24Hmm.
13:25Come to think of it.
13:26I don't recognise you.
13:31Actually, nor did anyone else.
13:34I mean, if we're honest.
13:39Isn't that the real problem here?
13:44Oh, I'm sorry.
13:46And you are...
13:49Tony who?
13:50Oh, yeah.
13:52The husband guy.
13:54It's not easy, sometimes.
13:57What is not easy?
14:00Being second fiddle to a pygmy princess.
14:05Don't talk to me about being a second fiddle.
14:08I get so little, I'm like...
14:12No, it's the price I pay for the sister I have.
14:16But if the opportunity should once arise for me to shine,
14:21I'd appreciate you putting aside the competitive little narcissist that rages within you.
14:30And letting me savour it.
14:40I promise...
14:43That once we get to New York...
14:46The spotlight will be entirely on you.
14:50And your book.
14:53I'll take a back seat and be the adoring and supportive, number two, you want me to be.
15:00And nothing will make me happier.
15:15Now, you can tell me all you want.
15:1750,000, 100,000 more boots on the ground are going to resolve this.
15:21But I put 100,000 more men in there.
15:23Who's to say that Ho Chi Minh isn't going to put 100,000 more?
15:26A man can't fight if he can't see daylight at the end of the road.
15:31I want to see solutions, gentlemen.
15:33Solutions.
15:34Not more numbers.
15:37By God, I will not be the first American president to lose a goddamn war.
15:44That'll be all.
15:45Yes, sir, it's very good.
15:58What is this?
16:00A peace offering from the Brits.
16:03Open to secure the bailout.
16:07Weekend shooting at Balmoral?
16:09Yes, sir.
16:11That's as good as it gets.
16:12Even Kennedy never got that.
16:15Really?
16:16He got a banquet.
16:18Naval Guard of Honor, but never a weekend shooting in Scotland.
16:22No one has gotten that.
16:27Hmm.
16:33Still, that's a long flight, followed by a long drive.
16:40Stay in some creepy haunted castle.
16:43The weather's terrible.
16:47And it would involve making small talk to fancy people.
16:52And then when you go shooting, there's rules, things you do and don't do.
16:58Which would involve researching, learning, cutting my nails.
17:04And I'd still get it all wrong.
17:07And then everybody'd laugh at me and they'd say how I wouldn't know Jack Kennedy
17:11who would know exactly which knife and fork to use and which bird to shoot.
17:17So my position has not changed.
17:19Hmm.
17:21It is still no thank you, Your Majesty.
17:25Tomorrow, there's a reception given by the Council of Engineering Institutions
17:28at the Science Museum,
17:30followed by an audience with His Excellency Gudmundur Gudmundsson,
17:35the new ambassador from the Republic of Iceland.
17:37Thank you, Michael.
17:38And where are we with President Johnson?
17:41Ah, we went back offering weekend shooting at Balmoral.
17:46Did we?
17:47Lucky LBJ.
17:48We don't get enough of those ourselves.
17:50And?
17:50No response, ma'am.
17:52What?
17:53Nothing.
17:54Complete silence.
17:55That's a first.
17:56Yes.
17:58And probably not what Downing Street was hoping for.
18:00Is everyone panicking?
18:01Slightly.
18:03What about Princess Margaret?
18:04I was safely arrived in Arizona, ma'am.
18:06Oh, well, that's something.
18:07At the Douglas Family Ranch.
18:09Yes.
18:10I've never been.
18:11What do we know about it?
18:12They say it's quite something.
18:13A beautiful 19th century country house set under the Santa Rita Mountains
18:17in miles and miles of wide open desert.
18:21Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
18:22Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
18:37Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
18:38Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
18:38Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
18:38Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
18:38Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
18:39Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
18:39Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
18:40Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
18:42Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
18:43Oh, well, that's what I was going to say.
19:01Tony!
19:02Brace yourselves.
19:05Come along, darling.
19:11Your royal... Your royal heinous.
19:13No blinking, no kissing.
19:15Jabs!
19:22Oh, I look hideous.
19:25No.
19:29Ghastly.
19:30You look a bit tired.
19:33A bit coldy.
19:35It's only to be expected after your...
19:39heroics.
19:41You hated every minute, didn't you?
19:44Maybe.
19:46That's irrelevant.
19:49The newspapers didn't.
19:52Page after page about how extraordinary you are.
19:57What an asset to the crown.
19:59How underused you are.
20:00What a secret weapon.
20:01How deserving you are of the spotlight.
20:03Your elder sister eclipsed and outshone.
20:06Darling.
20:07And now, you must sleep.
20:10What will you do?
20:12Be a good guest and sing for our supper.
20:16So rest.
20:17I will.
20:18And get well for New York.
20:35Mr. President, I just got off the phone with our ambassador in London.
20:38We just got off the phone with the prime minister.
20:40Just got off the phone with the queen.
20:41Don't tell me everybody's pissed.
20:44The general view seems to be that if you have a quarrel with the prime minister, that's one thing.
20:50But no one gets to insult the crown, sir.
20:52It's like treason or something.
20:55How have I insulted the crown?
20:57By not accepting the queen's invitation, sir.
20:59Well, I didn't refuse.
21:03Just have him reply.
21:06Well, now, don't you do this, Marvin.
21:09You're my chief of staff.
21:10You're supposed to have my back.
21:12Don't you get suckered into this.
21:13You know, they got this whole thing going on over there.
21:16Head of state, prime minister, Buckingham Palace, Downing Street is like a double act, like tag team wrestling.
21:22One of them gets in trouble.
21:24The other jumps in to bail them out.
21:26Wilson screws me over Vietnam, and she jumps in to make it all good with some bursts, you bullshit.
21:32We don't have that here.
21:35Oh, sir.
21:38Buck stops with me.
21:40Who the hell am I supposed to call if I want to issue an invitation to get me out of
21:45trouble?
21:45Well, you call me, sir, your oldest friend.
21:48I come up with a sensible plan to get us all out of trouble.
21:51All right.
21:52Come up with a plan.
21:54Well, sir, I just did.
21:57This is the plan, right here.
22:00Who in God's name is that?
22:04They came to land at Oakland Airport, and here, as in San Francisco, crowds met and cheered them everywhere they
22:11went.
22:12The princess was radiant, obviously enjoying herself.
22:15It wasn't long before her sparkle cast an informal atmosphere over the occasion.
22:20The American people, and their press, have warmed to the couple, enchanted by the natural display of charm and friendliness.
22:27Prime Minister for you, ma'am.
22:31The princess and my heart said it was urgent.
22:32The princess and my heart said it was urgent.
22:34The princess and my heart said it was urgent.
22:36Prime Minister?
22:37Just to say, we've finally had a response from the Americans, ma'am.
22:43They've come back with an invitation of their own to dinner at the White House.
22:50For me?
22:51No, for Princess Margaret.
22:54Oh, that's cunning.
22:56Yes.
22:56That way, President Johnson can't be accused of snubbing my offer.
23:00No.
23:02It also sidesteps the all-important issue of the bailout.
23:06Indeed.
23:07But we think not all is lost, that Princess Margaret should accept the invitation, go to the White House,
23:14and use the occasion to win over hearts and minds to the British cause.
23:21It would be a political engagement of the utmost delicacy.
23:26For which you want to send Princess Margaret?
23:29Yes, well, that had been my reaction.
23:32But her trip to America has been a terrific success.
23:36So I gather.
23:39So will you ask her.
23:44If those are my instructions.
23:48Please.
23:54Well, well.
23:55I suppose the situation is so dire, there's really nothing to lose.
24:00He doesn't know my sister.
24:04Ma'am.
24:10Mo.
24:15Your Royal Highness.
24:17Mo.
24:18Telephone for you.
24:19No.
24:20It's the Queen.
24:35Hello, you.
24:37Hello, you.
24:39Sorry to disturb.
24:41I know you're on holiday, so you don't want to hear this.
24:44What?
24:45We've had an invitation from the White House for you to go to Washington and have dinner with
24:50the President and the First Lady.
24:52And we'd like you to attend.
24:54When?
24:54This Wednesday.
24:57Oh, can't.
24:59Why not?
25:02I'm going to be in New York.
25:05And Tony's book launch.
25:08Perhaps I should make it clear there is rather a lot riding on it, and everyone is keen, very
25:14keen, for you to go.
25:16Perhaps I should make it clear that nothing is going to stop me from supporting my husband.
25:21Just like you asked me to.
25:23Margaret!
25:25Margaret!
26:27Now I must command it as your queen.
26:31Your Royal Highness, sir, thank you so much for agreeing to this.
26:37The most recent list of people attending the dinner, with some brief biographies of those expected to sit close to
26:43you.
26:43What I'm asking you to do amounts to much more than simply attending a dinner.
26:53Currently, there are matters pertaining to this country's future prosperity that require a concerted effort on our part.
27:02We must heal the divisions that are emerging between Britain and its American cousins.
27:08You've often lamented that you have nothing to do.
27:11But you are a wasted resource.
27:14Well, the task you are embarking on today could not be more crucial.
27:19Britain currently has a deficit of 800 million pounds.
27:24What we need is a bailout of at least 1,000 million.
27:32Only the Americans can give it to us.
27:38I know you like to do things your own way.
27:42But this is a diplomatic mission of the highest sensitivity.
27:46And I would urge you, for once, to play things by the book.
27:52Ready?
27:54What happens if I fail?
27:56We don't get the bailout.
27:59Then we break our promises to the IMF.
28:03Exhaust the credit facilities available to us.
28:06Face a run on sterling.
28:08And the government would be left with no option but to devalue the pound.
28:12And that's bad.
28:14Devaluation?
28:15It's worse than bad.
28:17It would relegate sterling to the second division of the world's currencies
28:20and Britain to the third division of the world's economies.
28:24It would mean international humiliation, political ignominy, and...
28:31financial ruin.
28:39You're a minus?
28:42President Johnson.
28:48You're a minus?
29:21Good morning, Prime Minister.
29:22Yeah, good morning.
29:25I've had an opportunity now to speak to our ambassador in Washington
29:30about the White House dinner last night.
29:32And?
29:35I... I don't know where to begin.
29:40It seemed that the first course had barely been served
29:43before Princess Margaret made remarks about the late President Kennedy
29:47that were... less than discreet.
29:50I met him once, Kennedy.
29:54I was left distinctly underwhelmed.
30:01Margaret.
30:02I'm sorry. Did I say something wrong?
30:05I do know these days one's not allowed to think anything other
30:10than what a great statesman Kennedy was.
30:13Say nothing, Lyndon.
30:15Of course he'll say nothing.
30:16He was his loyal deputy.
30:18But I think I can understand better than most
30:21the frustrations and resentments
30:23that can build up from a life that's a number two.
30:28A support act.
30:31Even if someone you adore.
30:36You spent three years as Vice President.
30:39I've spent my whole life as Vice Queen.
30:43Except that came out wrong.
30:45I didn't mean I'm a Vice Queen.
30:48Is there a strategy in place to deal with the fallout?
30:51Oh, no, there's no fallout.
30:53What?
30:54President Johnson agreed.
30:56Thoroughly.
30:57Enthusiastically.
30:58Unreservedly.
30:59He said, um...
31:01If I remember rightly.
31:04Jack Kennedy...
31:05Or to kill his own mother
31:06just to take the skin off her ass
31:08to make a drum to beat his own praises.
31:19Right?
31:20I see.
31:23This then led to a drinking contest.
31:26What?
31:27Last man standing is the winner.
31:29Challenge accepted.
31:30Which in turn led to a limerick contest.
31:33Limericks?
31:33Yes, ma'am.
31:35Some of them, I'm afraid to say,
31:37a little off-colour.
31:39Hmm.
31:40Well, go on then.
31:43Oh, right.
31:44Um...
31:46Well, the first one went a little...
31:51There was a young woman from Delaware...
31:54Who liked to make love.
31:58Liked to make love.
31:59Delaware.
32:00Delaware.
32:01In her underwear.
32:02A terrible prude.
32:03She would never go nude.
32:05And her bum hips and tits
32:07she would never bear.
32:13What else?
32:14The president countered with,
32:16there was a young man from Wisconsin
32:18who was blessed with an enormously large...
32:21Johnson?
32:25Where's the rest of it?
32:26I believe everyone thought that was long enough.
32:30As it were.
32:32Any more?
32:33Princess Margaret won the evening with this one.
32:37There was a young lady from Dallas
32:40who used a dynamite stick as a phallus.
32:44They found her...
32:48You've made it this far.
32:52They found her vagina in North Carolina...
32:55And her arsehole in Buckingham Palace.
33:01Bravo.
33:09Then, apparently, there was dancing.
33:11Then, apparently, there was dancing.
33:34Followed by singing.
33:36Anything you can be, I can be.
33:39Greater, sooner, or later.
33:41I'm greater than you.
33:43Yes, I am.
33:44No, you're not.
33:45Yes, I am.
33:46No, you're not.
33:47Yes, I am.
33:48Yes, I am.
33:49Yes, I am.
33:50She finally snagged at home at four in the morning.
33:53Newly anglophile President Johnson
33:55having agreed to the bailout.
33:56A special relationship, more special than ever.
34:00Without being caught?
34:02Yeah.
34:02That's what I thought, you crook.
34:04And all because Margaret was all the things
34:07I'd specifically begged her not to be.
34:09All the things I could never be.
34:12Instinctive, spontaneous, dazzling.
34:16Yes, I am.
34:19You're all those things, too?
34:20No, I'm not.
34:22I'm predictable, dependable, reliable.
34:26Well, of those two, I would pick dependability
34:29every day of the week.
34:33But it would be nice to be dazzling on occasion, too.
34:37You are dazzling.
34:38Mm.
34:39You're a dazzling cabbage.
34:42Anything you can say, I can say.
34:44Faster.
34:45I can say anything faster than you.
34:48No, you can't.
34:49Yes, I can.
34:49No, you can't.
34:50Yes, I can.
34:50No, you can't.
34:51Yes, I can't.
34:51No, you can't.
34:52No, you can't.
34:52No, you can't.
34:53No, you can't.
34:55No, you can't.
35:21No, you can't.
35:22Thank you, sir.
35:23Tell it.
36:11Hail the conquering heroine.
36:13Ah, yes.
36:15Let the abuse begin.
36:17Now, you must know by now,
36:19any triumph from this family
36:20is met with a healthy dose of...
36:21Envy, spite, good-natured teasing
36:23to keep one's feet on the ground.
36:26Everyone's very grateful.
36:27The Prime Minister said
36:28he was going to write to you personally.
36:30Oh, better than that.
36:31He met me at the airport.
36:34Ah.
36:35And now we're all racking our brains
36:37as to what to give you
36:38to show our appreciation.
36:41How would you feel about the Order of Merit?
36:44Or the Victorian chain?
36:47You can keep your gongs
36:48and your bonds
36:49for all the men
36:50to whom it matters so much.
36:52But I'd be lying
36:53if I didn't admit
36:54to having done a little thinking
36:56in view of how well it all went.
36:59About us
37:00doing it more often.
37:03Doing what?
37:05Sharing duties.
37:08But we didn't share duties.
37:09You just went to a dinner party.
37:12In your place.
37:14And represented crown and country
37:17with, I think we can agree,
37:20favourable results.
37:24Isn't it possible
37:25that we've stumbled upon something here?
37:28You have far too much to do.
37:30Far too much pressure.
37:32Far too much responsibility.
37:34And I, too little.
37:36Having no role.
37:38Having nothing to do.
37:39is
37:41soul-destroying.
37:45All I'm asking
37:46is if you were prepared
37:48to share a little more.
37:52For Bazaar sakes.
38:02Let me think about it.
38:05I'll see what I can do.
38:11Don't tell me you've softened.
38:13I did.
38:14And with good reason.
38:17Margaret does suffer
38:18more than anyone else
38:19by not having
38:19a more meaningful role.
38:22Suffers in health
38:22and happiness.
38:24She's overlooked.
38:26And in terms of ability
38:27and character
38:28and intelligence
38:30and flair
38:31she does not deserve
38:32to be overlooked.
38:33So why shouldn't we consider
38:35expanding the role?
38:36sharing the job a bit more?
38:38There are two answers
38:39to that question.
38:41Neither makes
38:42for pretty listening.
38:46Yes.
38:47The system is unequal.
38:49Unjust and cruel.
38:51And primogeniture
38:52divides and destroys families.
38:54The system stinks.
38:56But
38:56in its cruelty
38:58and injustice
38:59it reflects something else
39:00which is
39:00harsh and brutal.
39:02of which
39:03no one is suggesting
39:04we rearrange.
39:06Life.
39:09We all desire equality
39:11but here's the thing
39:13we were not born equal.
39:18And what's the second?
39:20Do you remember
39:21I told you once
39:22I got drunk
39:22with that
39:23god awful monster
39:24Tommy Lassels?
39:26Well that night
39:27he shared with me
39:29his theory
39:30about the house of Windsor.
39:32I've never repeated
39:33to anyone since.
39:36Go on.
39:40He asked me to imagine
39:41a mythological creature.
39:44A rice saddler.
39:46A polycephalus.
39:48A two-headed eagle.
39:50For the purposes
39:51of this conversation
39:52I want you to think
39:53of it as representing us.
39:55This family.
39:58Your family.
40:00And there have always been
40:02the dazzling Windsors
40:03and the dull ones.
40:04Your father.
40:05A saint.
40:07But dull.
40:09Sorry.
40:11Your grandfather too.
40:13George V?
40:14Deadly dull.
40:16At the height
40:17of the Great War
40:18when the
40:19Tsar and the Kaiser
40:20and the Emperor of Austria
40:22were dazzling the world
40:23where was he?
40:25He was sticking stamps
40:26in his album.
40:27His wife.
40:28Queen Mary.
40:29Wonderful.
40:29Ditchwater.
40:31And so it goes
40:32through George V
40:33to Queen Victoria
40:34and back
40:35an uninterrupted line
40:37of stolid,
40:39turgid, dreariness.
40:40Culminating in me.
40:41Yes, but
40:44alongside that
40:45dull, dutiful,
40:47reliable,
40:47heroic strain
40:48runs another.
40:52The dazzling,
40:53the brilliant,
40:54the individualistic
40:55and dangerous.
40:59And so for every Victoria
41:01you get
41:02an Edward VII.
41:04For every George V
41:05you get
41:06a Prince Eddie.
41:07For every George VI
41:08you get
41:09an Edward VIII.
41:12For every Lilibet
41:15you get
41:16a Margaret.
41:17and she may have
41:19had a success
41:19in Washington
41:20but let's not
41:21delude ourselves
41:22that serious diplomacy
41:23can be achieved
41:24through drinking
41:24and dancing.
41:26Let Margaret
41:26have the glory
41:27but let's not
41:29rewrite the
41:30constitutional rule book
41:31because she got
41:33lucky once.
41:34And where does that
41:34leave my relationship
41:35with her?
41:36Unchanged.
41:37You're the queen
41:39and she's
41:40your dangerous
41:41baby sister.
41:45She's outside.
41:46She knows
41:47we're talking
41:47about her.
41:48Then let's
41:48join her.
41:50That feverish
41:51mind of hers
41:52needs no
41:52encouragement.
42:33What you are
42:33suggesting
42:34is unthinkable.
42:35The order
42:36of succession
42:36to the throne
42:37is determined
42:38by the Act
42:38of Settlement
42:39of 1701
42:40not the wild
42:41and irresponsible
42:42whims
42:43of young princesses.
42:45The principle
42:46of undisturbed
42:47hereditary descent
42:48is a pillar
42:49of stability
42:50and perpetuity
42:51for the nation.
42:53Princess Elizabeth's
42:54destiny
42:54is to accede
42:55to the throne.
42:56Yours is to serve
42:57and support.
42:58I would urge you
42:59to accept
43:00your position
43:01in life
43:02and to dismiss
43:04forthwith
43:05any childish notions
43:06about rewriting
43:07the rule books
43:07that it might
43:08better suit
43:08your character.
43:11We all have
43:12a role to play.
43:14Princess Elizabeth's
43:15will be center stage
43:16and yours, ma'am,
43:18will be from
43:18the wings.
43:20The wings.
43:43Margaret.
43:45Margaret.
43:45...
44:02of a
44:05pit
44:06and
44:10of a
44:12beat
44:12and
44:15I don't know.
44:49I don't know.
45:31I don't know.
45:51I don't know.
45:54I don't know.
46:23But when you're crying, you bring on the rain.
46:29So stop your sighing.
46:32Be happy again.
46:34Keep on smiling.
46:36Cause when you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you.
47:15I don't know.
47:29You
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