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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
00:03:48No, I'll do it
00:03:49No, no, no
00:03:50No, no
00:04:05No
00:04:05I'll do it
00:04:05No
00:04:07No
00:04:08No
00:04:17So
00:05:18Good morning, Your Royal Highness.
00:05:19Good morning.
00:05:20I 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, 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.
00:06:17I have the Royal Highness, the Princess Margaret, for her majesty.
00:06:21Yes, sir.
00:06:23Breakfast 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.
00:06:51Before I go to Rhodesia.
00:06:52I'm sure I do.
00:06:53Thursday?
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...
00:07:06And 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, oh?
00:07:16Nothing.
00:07:17Oh, how nice.
00:07:20Is there something we'd like to discuss with you?
00:07:22Eh?
00:07:24There you go again.
00:07:25Sorry.
00:07:26Am I going to be given a clue?
00:07:29No.
00:07:31Oh.
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.
00:08:03There you are.
00:08:07Here we are.
00:08:09Sir?
00:08:11Lovely.
00:08:32Thank you, gentlemen.
00:08:35Thank you very much, gentlemen.
00:08:40A special guest joins us this afternoon
00:08:43who's just returned from a year in post-revolutionary Cairo,
00:08:47working as a photojournalist.
00:08:49Our fellow Lunch Club member, Tony Long.
00:08:52Oh, 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?
00:09:04Lovely.
00:09:06Lovely.
00:09:08I am, as Baron says, fresh from the streets of Cairo.
00:09:12And I'm still trying to digest the hurricane of popular uprising,
00:09:17violent military coup and revolution that I've just witnessed.
00:09:21Bloody native.
00:09:22You all know King Farouk.
00:09:25Colourful character.
00:09:26He owned more than 100 cars.
00:09:29Almost as much as me.
00:09:31Had them all painted red.
00:09:33Splendid.
00:09:34He used to race them through the streets of Cairo,
00:09:36shooting at any pedestrians who happened to get in his way.
00:09:39Yeah.
00:09:43Probably why he was forced to abdicate last year.
00:09:47And now this man, Nasser,
00:09:51is the name on everyone's lips.
00:09:53He has the charisma to unite not just his own country,
00:09:56but the entire Arab world,
00:09:58stirring up anti-Western, anti-monarchical sentiments.
00:10:07This is Shepard's.
00:10:10A famous British hotel.
00:10:12A symbol of colonial rule.
00:10:15Before riots.
00:10:19And after.
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.
00:10:40Oh, yeah.
00:10:42That's exactly what I'm talking about.
00:11:06Give me a second.
00:11:08Two to 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.
00:11:36Talking 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.
00:12:17Peter.
00:12:17What? Townsend, Peter?
00:12:20No.
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.
00:13:03Come on.
00:13:05Come on.
00:13:10We'd like to be left alone now.
00:13:12Yes, ma'am.
00:13:16Can you just leave it?
00:13:19There.
00:13:44I asked you here tonight because...
00:13:47there is something I wanted to discuss with you.
00:13:50I think you already know that over the years,
00:13:53with Peter being so much part of our family
00:13:54and away from his own so much,
00:13:58friendship has developed between us.
00:14:04And then ever since Papa's death hitting me so hard
00:14:07and with your accession and coronation
00:14:10and you being more and more occupied,
00:14:14Peter's become almost my sole companion.
00:14:17Oh, and I his.
00:14:21And, um, so when his divorce came through
00:14:23in, uh, December last year,
00:14:25I suppose it was only natural
00:14:26that we both started thinking about
00:14:28what kind of, um, future
00:14:33we might have together.
00:14:35And we reached a decision in April, wasn't it?
00:14:38uh, just before the coronation.
00:14:41Um, um, that, uh, one day...
00:14:47uh, we wanted to, um...
00:14:54what were you now?
00:14:57Mary?
00:14:58Yes.
00:15:00Oh, my goodness.
00:15:05Well, of course, we're aware of the complications
00:15:07and issues at stake, and...
00:15:17what a little bit you've known for a while about Peter and I.
00:15:21This can't really be a terrible shock to you.
00:15:25No, 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.
00:15:40Oh, good.
00:15:41And the boys?
00:15:43Uh, they know and seem very happy.
00:15:50So?
00:15:52Do I have your permission?
00:15:57A sovereign?
00:15:58A sovereign?
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...
00:16:27more than anything in the world.
00:16:31Well, then as your sister, I'm never going to oppose it.
00:16:36Thank you!
00:16:38I think you're so happy.
00:16:41So happy.
00:16:42Very well.
00:16:44Congratulations.
00:16:45It's the birth of me.
00:16:48Thank you, sir.
00:16:50I suppose it'd better be Philip from now on.
00:16:52Thank you, sir.
00:16:52Uh, 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.
00:17:20Nor do I believe in them as a couple.
00:17:22He's too old for 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 clans.
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 and 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.
00:18:02That was 17 years ago.
00:18:03The world has changed.
00:18:05Well, 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.
00:18:19One can see the attraction.
00:18:24In Peter?
00:18:26Yes.
00:18:28He's a handsome war hero.
00:18:31Divorced war hero.
00:18:33And blameless in that divorce.
00:18:35There's no such thing as the blameless party in a divorce.
00:18:40His 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.
00:18:52Anyway, I 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?
00:19:08If he were really a good influence,
00:19:10he'd patch things up with his wife and leave Margaret well alone.
00:19:30Good night, Bill.
00:19:32Good night.
00:19:35Good night.
00:19:37What's the matter?
00:20:04Good night, Harry.
00:20:07Bloody hell.
00:20:08You did say pepper, eh?
00:20:10Pepper's one thing. This 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. Live in the real bloody world for a moment, will you?
00:20:32Marjorie, hello. Yes. Is he there?
00:20:35Yeah, just for a few minutes.
00:20:40This is not just inflammatory. It breaks all the rules.
00:20:44What rules, sir?
00:20:45The unspoken rules of deference and respect shown by the media to the royal family.
00:20:51But surely those rules changed the moment they invited television into the coronation.
00:20:56That was their right. And a huge concession.
00:20:58To what?
00:20:59Popular interests.
00:21:01Their interests also. Look 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, do we let ourselves
00:21:10be used or do we have our own independent voice?
00:21:13Don't get moralistic with me.
00:21:15If we don't break this story, do you think nobody else will?
00:21:18No. 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. Thank you for understanding. I'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, that 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. That I'm giving you the heads up.
00:22:15I'm on my knees with gratitude.
00:23:13You suck, rat.
00:23:38Your Majesty, a story is about to break in the press.
00:23:44Identifying Peter Townsend, not just as the companion of Princess Margaret,
00:23:52but as her likely future husband.
00:23:57We understand that the paper is to feature a profile of Group Captain Townsend,
00:24:04details of his marriage and subsequent divorce,
00:24:08along with an editorial about other notable divorcees
00:24:14to have been associated 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.
00:24:34This horse has already bolted.
00:24:45Royal Highness.
00:25:00Her Majesty the Queen for you, your Royal Highness.
00:25:03On the telephone.
00:25:11Hello.
00:25:12Hello, you. Bad time, good time?
00:25:14Mm-hmm. Good time. Always.
00:25:19Look, I've been racking my brain about how I can best help you.
00:25:22Now, you know that the Church of England doesn't permit the remarriage of divorced persons
00:25:26if the husband or wife of the former marriage is still alive.
00:25:29Yes?
00:25:30Well, I was just wondering if you and Peter had considered Scotland.
00:25:34To live?
00:25:36No, for the wedding.
00:25:38Why?
00:25:39Because it would be more low profile.
00:25:41Well, actually, I was thinking of legal reasons.
00:25:44Marriage isn't regarded as a sacrament in the Church of Scotland.
00:25:47It's not as binding in the same way as here.
00:25:52Meaning?
00:25:53Meaning we could even get married in the Church?
00:25:55Well, I'd have to check, but I think so.
00:25:59That would be so lovely.
00:26:02Lilibet, thank you so much.
00:26:06Made my life a lot easier, too.
00:26:12Sorry, Lilibet.
00:26:14What for?
00:26:16I think you're going to get a visit from Mummy about all this.
00:26:19Oh.
00:26:21I realise I'm not making anyone's life easy.
00:26:25Yours especially.
00:26:28But I'm determined to do this for you.
00:26:31To give you what you want.
00:26:37Can't wait to tell Peter.
00:26:39Let her go.
00:26:55Help me.
00:26:56Come on, you steve.
00:26:58Come on, you steve.
00:27:00Come on, you steve.
00:27:18Mummy, this is a surprise.
00:27:24I am a mother of two daughters whom I love equally.
00:27:29It seems that they each have problems of equal size.
00:27:36Obviously, we want Margaret to be happy and have the man she wants.
00:27:40Yes.
00:27:40But we must do everything in our power to protect you as queen and as a sister.
00:27:49Protect 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.
00:28:05If Margaret were to marry Peter, it would be a scandal.
00:28:09You don't mistake your current popularity for long-term security.
00:28:16Your uncle's affair and abdication almost destroyed the monarch.
00:28:20This good too.
00:28:25Tell me.
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.
00:29:50Well, 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.
00:30:28Thank you, sir.
00:30:34Thank you, sir.
00:30:46Out of my way.
00:30:58Um.
00:31:00Um.
00:31:01Um.
00:31:04Um.
00:31:19Margaret!
00:31:20No!
00:31:21Margaret!
00:31:26Margaret!
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.
00:31:41I 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.
00:31:55This is for two years.
00:31:58Two years!
00:32:07Why did you even dangle Scotland under my nose?
00:32:14Sorry.
00:32:41All right.
00:32:45If I do this for you,
00:32:47will you promise me that this banishment...
00:32:50It's just...
00:32:51This banishment won't start 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.
00:33:03It's a sensitivity of you two together.
00:33:07The photographers who would overshadow everything.
00:33:10But...
00:33:11When you get back...
00:33:13You'll have some time together.
00:33:16Alone.
00:33:18I promise you that.
00:33:59They offered me Johannesburg.
00:34:02I refused.
00:34:03Then Singapore.
00:34:07I refused that too.
00:34:11Then 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...
00:34:22Unjustifiable punishment.
00:34:23I know.
00:34:25Perhaps your sister sensed that.
00:34:29That is why she's asked me to go to Norman Island.
00:34:32What for?
00:34:34To accompany her on a trip to Belfast this week.
00:34:37To...
00:34:37Put on a show of...
00:34:39Public approval.
00:34:40That'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.
00:35:00Got 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 won't be able to get back at the heart.
00:36:03You're mad at the stay.
00:36:06Tommy?
00:36:06Just to run through the important day...
00:36:09Peace.
00:36:10No.
00:36:10We'll be met at the airport...
00:36:12...by the Governor of Northern Ireland, Lord Wakehurst.
00:36:15From there, we'll be going to the Belfast city boundary...
00:36:19...to be met by the Lieutenant of the City of Belfast.
00:36:21After that, we'll be presented to the Lord Mayor...
00:36:25...Alderman Percival Brown...
00:36:27...and the town clerk, Mr. John Dunmore...
00:36:30...followed by a city luncheon at a civic hall.
00:36:33The other way around, I think.
00:36:37Ma'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...
00:36:54...inviting...
00:36:55...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...
00:37:04...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...
00:37:10...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...
00:37:26...and he's a wonderful father to those boys.
00:37:29I'm just trying to manage a difficult situation, ma'am.
00:37:33As am I.
00:37:35Sending him away will break my sister's heart.
00:37:38Hearts mend.
00:37:43Was there anything else?
00:37:46No.
00:37:48I don't understand.
00:38:07Is everything I can tell her, never mind.
00:38:10What a terrible point is...
00:38:11Hooray!
00:38:21It's just a real point.
00:38:23Are you still the speed of Black Panther?
00:38:26Will you turn it off?
00:38:28All right.
00:38:29Are you still the speed of Black Panther?
00:38:29Do you need a magnousie?
00:38:30the Queen on a visit to Northern Ireland.
00:38:36Her Majesty now walks towards
00:38:38three-year-old Eileen Hall,
00:38:39who presents her with a bouquet.
00:38:42The Queen, who wears a coat
00:38:44of vivid group shantan with a matching hat,
00:38:46finds herself sharing the limelight
00:38:48with group captain Townsend,
00:38:49who accompanies her on the tour.
00:38:52The crowd get a last glimpse
00:38:54of the Queen and her husband
00:38:55before they begin the drive to City Hall.
00:38:57En route, thousands pack the streets
00:38:59to bid them welcome.
00:39:05The Royal Council are welcomed
00:39:07onto Palmorell's showground,
00:39:08where 4,000 ex-servicemen and women
00:39:11are gathered to pay tribute to their sovereign.
00:39:13Many Ulster schools and youth organisations
00:39:15are represented,
00:39:17and they all have a smile and a wave
00:39:19for the Queen.
00:39:22As London papers called once more today
00:39:24for a statement from Buckingham Palace
00:39:26to clarify the rumours of a romance
00:39:28between Princess Margaret and group captain Townsend,
00:39:30newspaper editors from all over the world
00:39:32sent their photographers
00:39:33to scrutinise Townsend's face,
00:39:35hoping for a clue.
00:39:44The Queen can't be used to sharing the limelight
00:39:46with a member of her household,
00:39:48but the gathered crowd certainly seem
00:39:49as interested in group captain Townsend
00:39:51as in her majesty.
00:39:57Turn it off.
00:39:59Certainly.
00:40:00The lovely crowds have to jostle
00:40:01with members of the press and television
00:40:03who are following the royal parties every move.
00:40:09I brought him along to show my gratitude
00:40:11for his years of service
00:40:12and to support my sister,
00:40:14and I had hoped the detention of Margaret and Peter
00:40:17would 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
00:40:29with immediate effect.
00:40:31But that would mean him missing his reunion
00:40:34with my sister in London.
00:40:35And I gave her my word.
00:40:37Well, sometimes best intentions
00:40:39need 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 Lambert drummers, ma'am.
00:40:56A special Orangeman's welcome.
00:40:57Your majesty.
00:40:59Your majesty.
00:41:01God bless.
00:41:18God bless.
00:41:19God bless!
00:41:20God bless!
00:41:49May God give you wisdom.
00:41:51loyalty
00:41:54and faithfulness
00:41:55and may the future bring peace
00:41:59contentment
00:41:59and true happiness
00:42:01to the people of Northern Ireland
00:42:09Thank you
00:42:56Do you have a moment, Lilliput?
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 regretted having to take you off the Radita 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.
00:43:44But not to be.
00:43:51No.
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.
00:44:26Take care of it, Tommy.
00:44:28Whatever manner you see fit.
00:44:32Yes, ma'am.
00:44:39More.
00:45:08Thank you so much, Peter.
00:45:48Thank you so much, Peter.
00:45:50Group Captain Townsend, the man of the moment, do come up.
00:46:12Will you sit?
00:46:36The star is waiting to take you first to your apartment, where you will pack, and then
00:46:39directly to the airfield.
00:46:41The plane from Brussels leaves in just under three hours.
00:46:45There was some concern that that might not give you enough time, but I felt sure that
00:46:49as 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
00:47:08Majesty the Queen Mother, was that Margaret and I would spend some time together upon her
00:47:12return from Modesia before I traveled to Brussels.
00:47:1648 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
00:47:31or have not been made within the family.
00:47:33What I can tell you is that the position of Air Attaché at the Embassy fell vacant unexpectedly
00:47:38early and needs filling right away.
00:47:41Of course, a crucial position like the Air Attaché to the Embassy at Brussels cannot be
00:47:48left vacant for very long.
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
00:48:28between Margaret and myself has caught the public eye.
00:48:33There is a momentum for us, a 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, and I would advise you not
00:48:47to reprehend us for that.
00:48:49Such an act could backfire.
00:48:52And now, if I may give you some advice in turn, Peter, that when referring to a member of the
00:49:00Royal Family, you use the appropriate title.
00:49:02In this case, Her Royal Highness.
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.
00:49:17Car, Townsend.
00:49:20Waiting.
00:49:23Tick.
00:49:25Tick.
00:49:26Tick.
00:49:29Tick.
00:49:30Tick.
00:49:34Tick.
00:49:35Tick.
00:49:36Bon voyage.
00:49:36Tick.
00:49:43Tick.
00:49:44Tick.
00:49:45Tick.
00:49:46Tick.
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 for the fort.
00:50:12MUSIC PLAYS
00:50:44We honour a man of remarkable vision
00:50:48who saw how great this land could become once civilised.
00:50:57I wish continued prosperity and success
00:51:02to 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!
00:51:20To the Queen!
00:51:36CHOIR SINGS
00:51:38CHOIR SINGS
00:51:50CHOIR SINGS
00:51:53CHOIR SINGS
00:51:55CHOIR SINGS
00:51:59I need to speak to my sister.
00:52:03Now!
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.
00:52:28Buckingham Palace, Victoria 4832.
00:52:33I have Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret for Her Majesty the Queen.
00:52:36Sir.
00:52:40Sir.
00:52:42Princess Margaret for Her Majesty the Queen on a secure line.
00:52:47Of course.
00:52:48What's taking so long?
00:52:49Well, I gather we have the secure line, ma'am.
00:52:51They're just having trouble locating Her Majesty.
00:52:53It could be so difficult. She's the Queen.
00:52:55She's very conspicuous. She can't disappear.
00:53:07PHONE RINGS
00:53:08PHONE RINGS
00:53:13PHONE RINGS
00:53:14Oh FILM
00:53:28Sandringham House, good evening.
00:53:32Yes, sir, she's here.
00:53:34Arrived about an hour ago.
00:53:38Yes, sir, right away.
00:53:55Ma'am, I've located the Queen.
00:54:08Well, I think he's a little bit 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 your word.
00:54:32You promised 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.
00:54:38Things 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.
00:56:50And seems to have as 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.
00:57:10Her treatment to 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 feel 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 a gentleman only, right?
00:58:01Absolutely.
00:58:05Or perfectly innocent.
00:58:21Shall we, old boy?
00:58:23Sniffed all over it, eh?
00:58:25Good boy.
00:58:30Hello!
00:58:31what?
00:58:31I am.
00:58:33Hello!
00:58:40Hello!
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