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00:21And so, Coronation Day is upon us for the first time since 1953.
00:31A three-day people's festival has been declared with concerts and street parties up and down
00:37the country.
00:43The former queen is understood to be devastated and is unlikely to attend the service.
00:53Many had been unable to imagine life without Elizabeth II.
00:58But after almost 50 years on the throne, it's out with Queen Elizabeth and in with King Tony.
01:10New Britain has a new royal family.
01:13The Labour Party.
01:21The King leaves the Abbey to the strains of the new national anthem.
01:26You can walk my path, you can wear my shoes, not to talk like me, and be an angel too.
01:42I'm singing it now, please.
02:04The Prime Minister's personal satisfaction ratings rose by one point to an extraordinary 66 percent.
02:14moment we'll join our colleagues at the world service but in the meantime on behalf of everybody
02:19at broadcasting house good night
03:01thank you
03:04i'd like to talk briefly about the prime minister if i may
03:08no historically i've not worried too much about prime minister's popularity it tends to come
03:15and go very quickly but i've a feeling that could be different with mr blair people really do seem
03:21to love him and see him as a true son of england and a unifying national symbol in a way
03:27they used
03:28to see well me and with mr blair scoring higher than me in every survey one can find perhaps
03:37now is the time ma'am to find out what seems to have gone wrong and how we could
03:44i could do better i understand the impulse but i'm not sure it's a good idea
03:54the crown doesn't ask existential questions of itself perhaps it should it suggests a loss of
04:01confidence it's putting blood in the water it's just information robert i agree
04:31the focus groups you asked for ma'am have now been conducted in edinburgh
04:37leeds leeds london birmingham bristol cardiff manchester the subject is and liverpool
04:47the british royal family the first no lie about more than 2 000 subjects over the age of 18 were
04:55asked a series of yes or no questions about the monarchy i consider the royal family to be
05:01an important part of british society i'll go along with that i think you're being quite disrespectful
05:07followed by some at times spirited debates keep it civil please having reviewed the data the
05:14pollsters have now presented their findings asked if the royal family were out of touch with ordinary
05:21people 69 percent said yes badly advised 62 percent said yes
05:31asked if they were wasteful of public money 54 percent said yes
05:37asked if they lacked compassion 53 percent said yes
05:44asked if they had failed the princess of wales as badly and death as in life
05:49a sobering 66 percent said yes
05:54asked if britain should have a smaller more informal monarchy like the netherlands or scandinavia 54
06:01percent said yes
06:04and when asked if the monarchy should continue in its present form the proportion that agreed was just 10
06:13i'd like to propose my own survey how many of us think that polls are a daft idea in the
06:20first place
06:21i don't see why we should have to listen to these people because we might actually learn something
06:26in the sample as i understand it is selected to represent society as a whole isn't it it's still
06:30a folly to subject something as enduring as the monarchy to the whims of marketing men i do think it's
06:38significant that our low numbers come at the same time that we have a prime minister of conspicuous
06:44popularity yes only winston at his height had this kind of support have you learned nothing in the time
06:52you've been on the throne prime ministers come in on a blaze of popularity and goodwill and leave on
06:58a stretcher a few years later with their reputations and usually their health in tatters yes that is
07:04exactly well i think this one might be different
07:23so
07:35so
07:36so
08:35Okay.
08:36Good evening.
08:38We hoped never to see war in Central Eastern Europe again in our lifetimes.
08:46Sadly, it has come, and it has consequences for the whole world.
08:52Tonight, NATO allies launched an offensive against Serb military targets.
09:04Slobodan Milozovic is a monstrous dictator carrying out the systematic and violent persecution of innocent civilians.
09:14He has to be stopped.
09:16We have a moral duty to ensure he does not succeed.
09:25To all of us in free countries who think this is a remote conflict and someone else's problem, I say
09:33this.
09:34If you value your freedom, you cannot remain neutral.
09:40This is your war, too.
09:52It's encouraging that our NATO partners have come together like this against the Serbs, but...
09:57Well, moral purpose is one thing. Military success is quite another.
10:02Every bombing target has to be approved by committee, which makes decisions agonizingly slow.
10:08We thought this aerial campaign would be over in days.
10:11Instead, two weeks and little or no progress has been made.
10:15The Serbs are laughing at us.
10:17I read that the problem was cloud cover.
10:21American stealth bombers need good conditions to see their targets.
10:25The most sophisticated weaponry in the world, and it can't handle the weather.
10:29Which is why we ultimately need ground troops.
10:31I proposed to President Clinton a limited invasion of 80,000 troops,
10:36which would drive Serb forces out of Kosovo and create safe havens for refugees to return.
10:41But he said most Americans can't point to Yugoslavia on a map, so why put US servicemen's lives at risk?
10:47Yes.
10:48It's most frustrating.
10:50But I won't give up, morally.
10:53This is the right thing.
10:58Mr. Blair was unusually resolute today.
11:02In my experience, Prime Ministers tend to be either domestic or foreign policy focused.
11:09At this early stage, I'd say Mr. Blair falls very firmly into the latter camp.
11:14Yes.
11:15Statesman syndrome.
11:18Which am I, do you think?
11:20The domestic or foreign policy queen?
11:22Ha!
11:24Good question, ma'am.
11:26And it's not immediately obvious.
11:28The Commonwealth of Nations is such an article of faith to you, so everyone would be inclined to say a
11:32foreign.
11:32For you, sir.
11:34Who else off the top of their heads, for example, would be able to reel off the name of the
11:38President of Malawi?
11:41Makili Malutzi.
11:42And the next member state to have general elections?
11:45Fiji.
11:46Their first since readmission.
11:48But despite all that, it's your interest in every part of the British Isles that I think ultimately makes you
11:53a domestic queen.
11:54Take today's engagement at the Women's Institute.
11:57Composing the speech yourself.
11:59With, if I may say, evident enthusiasm.
12:01Of course.
12:03The uncomplaining, hard-working country women of Middle England.
12:08You underestimate them at your peril.
12:10And if the sea in ancient times
12:17Walked upon England's mountains sweet
12:23And was the holy land of God
12:29For England's land of the sea
12:50The women's institute movement came to Britain in 1915.
12:56Since its humble beginnings in a Welsh garden shed
13:01Our membership and our goals have reached new and remarkable heights.
13:07I've been a member of the WI for longer than I've been queen.
13:13Many of you will remember how vital we were to the war effort.
13:18From growing produce to hosting evacuees.
13:22I have fond memories of collecting rose hips for rose hip syrup.
13:26Yes.
13:27Do you remember the rose hips?
13:29Yes.
13:30For vitamin C deficiency.
13:31That's good.
13:35There are approximately 250,000 members of the Women's Institute in the United Kingdom.
13:43Roughly, the population of Hull.
13:47Can you imagine a city run and populated entirely by the WI?
13:53It would have the tidiest streets in Britain.
13:56Yes.
13:57Everything would run on time.
13:59Yes.
13:59And we would take all the men's jobs.
14:12No, I'm not trying to patronize you.
14:14I'm not trying to make you look...
14:15Yeah.
14:17Yeah.
14:18Yeah.
14:18I understand.
14:19All right.
14:20Okay.
14:20Bye-bye.
14:24And then he said, answer me this, Tony.
14:27No, please don't do the accent.
14:29How many ground troops are you all prepared to come in?
14:32Okay.
14:33So I say, look, Bill, we can talk about numbers all day.
14:38This is about the bigger picture.
14:39What if Milosevic wins?
14:41NATO's credibility is at stake.
14:43To which he said...
14:44NATO's credibility is already a busted flush.
14:47So you're allowed to do the accent?
14:49I do it better.
14:50He knows the fact you're coming to him like this
14:53means that NATO's air campaign has failed.
14:56But he still won't do what it takes,
14:57commit American ground troops.
15:00He's worried about it looking like another Vietnam
15:02with no political upside for him domestically.
15:05Well, you're never going to persuade the White House
15:07by appealing to their interests.
15:10So do what you do best.
15:14Appeal to their consciences.
15:26While we meet here in Chicago this evening,
15:30terrible things are happening in Europe.
15:36No one who has seen what has happened in Kosovo
15:40to those refugees can be in any doubt
15:43that NATO's military action is justified.
15:51But we must do more than simply make our case.
15:56We must also succeed.
16:00For that, we depend on you.
16:03The United States.
16:06You are the most powerful country in the world
16:11and the richest.
16:14You are a great nation.
16:18And it must be difficult and sometimes irritating
16:24to find yourself the recipient of every demand.
16:27To be called upon in every crisis.
16:30To be expected always and everywhere
16:33to do what needs to be done.
16:36The cry,
16:37what's it got to do with us
16:39must be heard fairly regularly.
16:44Yet those nations which have the power
16:47have the responsibility to use it wisely.
16:51We need you.
16:54We need America engaged.
17:00And so I say to you,
17:02never fall again for the doctrine of isolationism
17:06because the world truly cannot afford it.
17:10Stay, please, a country outward-looking
17:14with the vision and the imagination
17:17which is the very best of your nature.
17:19And realize too that in doing so,
17:23you will find in Britain
17:24a friend and an ally
17:28that will stand with you.
17:30Work with you.
17:33Fashion with you.
17:34The design of a future built on peace
17:37and prosperity for all.
17:40Which is the only dream
17:42that makes humanity worth preserving.
18:04A resounding success
18:05for the Prime Minister in America.
18:08The New York Times
18:10says the Prime Minister has a new nickname.
18:13King Tony.
18:15The Wall Street Journal
18:16has come out in emphatic support
18:18of his attempts to persuade a reluctant White House.
18:21But I think the best summary
18:22is from the Chicago Sun-Times.
18:24It claims Mr. Blair
18:25has beguiled the city with his charms,
18:28leaving Americans pining to have him
18:30as their president instead.
18:33Goodness.
18:34I gather President Clinton
18:35is now considering ground war,
18:37which would leave Milosevic
18:38and his Serb forces
18:40with the option to either fight
18:42and face total annihilation
18:44or else withdraw.
18:46And I suspect even they
18:48are sensible enough
18:48to choose the latter.
18:50So?
18:52The Prime Minister pulled it off.
18:54So it seems.
18:56This is an extraordinary
18:58political feat.
19:21The Prime Minister,
19:23Your Majesty.
19:24Your Majesty.
19:28I hope you didn't slip
19:29on the way here.
19:31Ma'am?
19:32It can't be easy
19:34walking on water.
19:37Please,
19:38do sit down.
19:40So,
19:40you insisted the West
19:43no longer stand by
19:45while genocide and slaughter
19:46take place
19:48and pulled it off
19:49without a single NATO casualty
19:51in combat.
19:52Great credit must go
19:53to the Americans
19:54when they signaled
19:55their openness
19:56to a ground invasion.
19:57Milosevic realized
19:58the game was up.
19:59But Clinton's change of heart
20:00is in great part
20:01thanks to you.
20:03It's one thing
20:04to have popularity.
20:06It's quite another
20:07to have influence.
20:09So I offer you
20:10my congratulations.
20:12You are,
20:13at this moment,
20:14by some margin,
20:15the most celebrated leader
20:16on the world stage
20:17with remarkable instincts.
20:20and so,
20:23in the light of that,
20:26it's no secret
20:27that the Crown
20:28has not had the best time
20:30of it in recent years.
20:32Often our values
20:33and those of the country
20:34have not been perfectly aligned.
20:36You,
20:37on the other hand,
20:38since you entered
20:39number 10,
20:40you've shown an uncanny ability
20:42to read the mood
20:42of the country
20:43better than anyone.
20:47and so I can't help
20:49but ask,
20:54what would you do
20:57to turn things around
20:58for us
21:00if you were in charge?
21:04If I were in charge
21:06of the monarchy?
21:08If you were in my shoes?
21:12If I were king?
21:15Yes.
21:20Goodness.
21:23For someone who so rarely
21:24puts a foot wrong,
21:25this seems to be
21:26a dangerous loss of judgment.
21:28She's asking for advice, Robert.
21:29She doesn't need to take it.
21:31But who is she asking?
21:32The Prime Minister.
21:33An avowed reformer
21:34and moderniser.
21:35Her chief advisor.
21:37I'm her chief advisor.
21:39Actually,
21:42constitutionally, Robert,
21:42I think you'll find he is.
21:48Can we walk through
21:49the five big changes
21:51that we want to make?
21:52Modernisation.
21:52We reduce expenditure.
21:54Everyone's doing it.
21:55It's only fair
21:56that the Queen
21:56is doing it as well.
21:57Right?
21:58Some examples.
21:59Listen to this.
21:59Royal train.
22:01£1,500 for catering
22:02per journey.
22:03This is the time
22:04to get them in line
22:05with new labour.
22:06Honestly,
22:06it's an anachronistic,
22:08unrepresentative feudal system
22:10based on a thousand years
22:12of hereditary privilege.
22:13You'd be better off
22:14trying to modernise Stonehenge.
22:16Let's do the monarchy first
22:17and then we can get round
22:18to prehistoric monuments.
22:20Aren't those two things
22:21the same?
22:23OK, I know it's unexciting
22:25but administrative reform.
22:26We run the royals
22:27like we run the civil service.
22:28Yes.
22:30Accountability.
22:31There's nothing else
22:32that matters.
22:33It's just that.
22:34I mean, not being allowed
22:35to marry a Catholic.
22:37Pretty sure Article 12
22:38of the Human Rights Act
22:39states that people
22:39have the right to marry
22:40whoever they want.
22:41Says the Queen's Council.
22:42Well, that's wrong too.
22:43I should be called
22:44Senior Council.
22:45I think we can spin it
22:47like this.
22:47It would look really good
22:49if it came from the palace
22:50that they're prepared
22:51to tighten the purses.
22:52She knows that
22:53there has to be a change.
22:54Yes, yes.
22:56The voters don't want
22:57to take down the monarchy.
22:58You've put a version
22:58of that in the dossier.
23:01It's all wrong, Tony.
23:04Seriously, wrong.
23:08Needs changing.
23:19I'd like to start
23:20by thanking you
23:21for giving me
23:21the opportunity
23:22to do this.
23:24I'm ashamed to say
23:25most of the time
23:25we don't think seriously
23:26about the monarchy
23:27in this country.
23:28We just subject you all
23:29to a lot of hurtful
23:31and frivolous gossip.
23:33Really?
23:33I hadn't noticed.
23:37But having consulted
23:38with my closest advisors,
23:41we do all agree
23:43that the institution
23:45is in need of some reform.
23:46That much was clear
23:48after the death
23:48of Diana,
23:49Princess of Wales,
23:50when we saw
23:51an outpouring of grief
23:53turn into a mass movement
23:54for change.
23:56So I thought we might
23:58start with something
23:59I know you're already
24:01considering.
24:02Primogeniture.
24:04Yes.
24:06Demoting eldest daughters
24:07in the line of succession,
24:09I think we can all agree
24:10makes little sense
24:11in a modern society.
24:12As an eldest daughter
24:13and myself,
24:14I don't object to that
24:15in principle.
24:16But to turn over centuries
24:18of royal legislation
24:19is no small task.
24:21You'd have to consult
24:22with the 15 other countries
24:24where I'm head of state.
24:27Where the will is there,
24:28these things can usually
24:29change quickly.
24:31Another area is transparency.
24:34My government will soon
24:35be introducing
24:35a Freedom of Information Act.
24:37I believe the monarchy
24:38might benefit from
24:39something similar.
24:40An annual report
24:41setting out performance,
24:43assets, salaries,
24:44total accountability.
24:45Think of the Crown
24:46as a public limited company
24:48and the people of Britain
24:49as shareholders,
24:50not subjects.
24:52I see.
24:54Look, um,
24:56it's now nearly 300 years
24:58since William III
24:58signed the Act of Settlement
25:00to secure a Protestant monarchy
25:01and
25:03there have been growing calls
25:04for a review
25:06of some of the more
25:08anti-Catholic provisions
25:09which surely have no place
25:11in a plural society
25:12like ours.
25:14I can understand
25:16permitting members
25:17of the royal family
25:18to marry Catholics
25:20but for Catholics
25:21to be in the direct
25:22line of succession
25:23would open the way
25:24to a Catholic monarch.
25:26Well, of course
25:27there'll be technical issues.
25:28Slightly more than
25:29technical issues.
25:30It would be the disestablishment
25:32of the Church of England.
25:35But we have to be willing
25:36to look at the big questions.
25:37There's no use
25:38nibbling around the periphery.
25:40Should it be the monarch's role
25:41to appoint the Prime Minister?
25:43Of course.
25:44It's a government
25:45in the sovereign's name.
25:47But to be able
25:48to dissolve Parliament
25:49to give laws royal assent
25:51they don't in Sweden.
25:52These functions can be carried out
25:54by the Speaker
25:54of the House of Commons.
25:56Should the monarch
25:56be Commander-in-Chief
25:57of the Armed Forces?
25:58Again, they aren't in Sweden.
26:00They aren't in the Netherlands.
26:01Which brings me
26:02to the matter of pomp
26:03and splendor.
26:05I've been looking
26:06at some of the ceremonial offices
26:08in the royal household
26:09and they include
26:11a hereditary grand falconer.
26:14Dear Murray,
26:15what about him?
26:17Does the job really
26:18need to depend on birth,
26:20not merit?
26:24The Queen's herb strewer,
26:26the washer
26:26of the sovereign's hands?
26:28That is only once per reign
26:30and only when I'm in residence
26:32at Holyrood House.
26:34Still, a royal barge master
26:36and twenty-four watermen,
26:37even though there hasn't been
26:38a royal barge since 1849.
26:41A warden of the swans?
26:43Someone has to oversee the swans
26:45in England's inland waterways,
26:46over which the crown
26:47has an ancient prerogative right.
26:49But is that prerogative right?
26:52I understand that the roll dates
26:54from the 12th century
26:55as a way to claim swans
26:57as delicacies for royal banquets.
26:58Now that the swan
26:59has, one imagines,
27:00fallen out of the culinary repertoire,
27:02how does one justify
27:03the roll today?
27:04Kings and queens
27:05might not be eating them anymore.
27:07Someone has to care for them.
27:09We check them
27:10for injuries,
27:12maintain their habitat,
27:15ring them with tags
27:16from the British Trust
27:16for Ornithology,
27:18conservation.
27:20And that's before we get
27:21to the most anachronistic
27:22of all ceremonies,
27:24the state opening of Parliament.
27:25Do we really need ten heralds,
27:27including the Rouge Dragon Percevant
27:29and the Maltravers Herald Extraordinary,
27:33the gold stick in waiting,
27:35the silver stick in waiting,
27:36the gentleman usher
27:37of the Sword of State?
27:41I think what we're suggesting
27:42is a purge of honorifics,
27:46a bonfire of sinecures
27:48might be a useful concession
27:52and PR victory.
28:01I obviously need to give
28:02all this careful thought.
28:04Your Majesty.
28:14So, how was it?
28:18A little frosty.
28:20I bet.
28:22But she promised to give
28:23our proposals some further thought.
28:25No.
28:26But if she doesn't
28:27and the people get fed up with them,
28:29she'll only have herself to blame.
28:32Britain isn't mature enough
28:33as a country and a democracy
28:35now to live without this nonsense.
28:39Preservation of the monarch
28:40is her life's work.
28:42She must know that
28:44they have to change
28:45in order to survive.
28:48They don't want to change, Tony.
28:50I mean, she probably thinks
28:52the only way to survive
28:54is to double down on the madness.
28:58like the Catholic Church.
29:00Let's not bring the church into this.
29:01Well, they modernized
29:03and the old guard
29:05has never forgiven them for it.
29:07Why?
29:08Because they got rid of the Latin
29:09and the incense
29:10and the miracles
29:11and the mystery
29:12and people stopped coming.
29:17This is different.
29:19Is it?
29:34Mr. Hawkins, next, please.
29:36Yes.
29:40Please, make yourself comfortable.
29:45Swans.
29:46That's it.
29:46I'm the warden of the swans.
29:49It says here your role
29:50is one of the oldest
29:51in the household.
29:53That's right, sir.
29:54We've gone through
29:54several incarnations
29:56over the years.
29:57Keeper of the King of Swans,
29:59the King's Swanmaster,
30:00and now
30:01the warden of the swans.
30:07And what is your precise title?
30:10I am the Queen's Herbstraw.
30:12The Queen's Guide to the Suns.
30:15Yeoman of the Glass and China Pantry.
30:18Could you tell us
30:19what your role involves
30:20day by day?
30:22It's my job
30:23to supervise
30:25the glassware
30:25and earthenware
30:26across all
30:27the royal palaces.
30:29I oversee stocks.
30:31I guard
30:32against any damage
30:34and breakages.
30:35What have you got there?
30:37Laws, orders,
30:38and customs.
30:40Swans.
30:41The authoritative text
30:43of what was then
30:44the keeper of the King's Swans.
30:46He's been guiding us
30:47for centuries,
30:48since 1482,
30:49by my reckoning,
30:50by the reign of Edward IV.
30:52I've seen the bay
30:52change in all manner of ways.
30:54Years of high tides
30:55and heavy rainfall
30:56will change suns
30:58beyond recognition.
30:59Believe me,
31:00I've seen
31:00shallow gullies
31:02turn into deep ravines.
31:04What is your official title?
31:06Astronomer royal.
31:07Piper.
31:07To the sovereign.
31:08Lord High Admiral
31:09of the Wash, ma'am.
31:10My responsibilities
31:11also include
31:13folding all 170
31:15of the embroidered
31:17white linen napkins.
31:19Oh, that's you?
31:20Yes, ma'am.
31:21You are clever.
31:22How on earth
31:23do you do that?
31:24Few have truly mastered
31:25the Dutch bonnet
31:27napkin fold.
31:28The swan
31:30is a pure
31:32and graceful
31:34beast.
31:36How's your 15th century
31:38calligraphy, Robert?
31:40A little rusty.
31:45Her feathers
31:46are white as snow
31:48and as brief
31:50in duration.
31:53For she signifieth
31:55the passing nature
31:56of fair things.
32:00For though
32:01we wish
32:02our splendor
32:03to be everlasting,
32:05no thing
32:07must remain
32:08of what is past.
32:16The longer it went on,
32:18the heavier my heart
32:19became.
32:20I agree.
32:22The sense of pride
32:24in the tradition.
32:28I think my favourite
32:30was the
32:31Yeoman bedhanger.
32:32Yes.
32:34Or the
32:35Lord High Admiral
32:35of the Wash.
32:45So they don't want
32:46Blackrod knocking
32:47on the door
32:47or the Lord
32:49Great Chamberlain
32:50walking backwards.
32:51They've also suggested
32:52getting rid of
32:53the cap of maintenance.
32:55Presumably
32:56on the grounds
32:56that it can only
32:57be worn
32:57by a peer
32:58of the realm.
32:59But it's so full
33:00of colour
33:00and character
33:02and a glorious
33:03sea of the millions.
33:05I think from a
33:06PR standpoint
33:07it might be sensible
33:08to make one
33:09or two concessions.
33:10Really?
33:11Leave us less open
33:12to charges
33:12of elitism
33:13and grandiosity.
33:14But that's missing
33:15the point.
33:16The whole purpose
33:18of the state opening
33:19is to humble
33:20the monarch.
33:22The Crown's
33:22representative
33:23Blackrod
33:24knocks on the door
33:25of the House
33:25of Commons
33:26and is rebuffed
33:27three times.
33:28Why?
33:30Because the last time
33:31a king
33:33overstepped the mark
33:34and entered
33:35the Commons
33:36Charles I
33:37it led to
33:39civil war
33:39and his execution.
33:42Parliament
33:43is warning
33:44the monarch.
33:46Never forget
33:48we are in charge.
33:50She still arrives
33:51in the Irish
33:51state coach
33:52with an escort
33:53of household
33:53cavalry
33:54and hundreds
33:55of guardsmen
33:56lining the route.
33:57It doesn't
33:57immediately feel
33:58like a lesson
33:59in humility.
34:00Are we really
34:01being lectured
34:01on humility
34:02by the Prince
34:03of Wales?
34:03We are.
34:04Well I just
34:04don't feel
34:05there's anything
34:06wrong with running
34:07the monarchy
34:07on more rational
34:08and democratic
34:09lines.
34:11But monarchy
34:12isn't rational
34:13or democratic
34:14or logical
34:15or fair.
34:18Haven't we all
34:19learned that
34:19by now?
34:22People don't want
34:23to come to a royal
34:24palace and get
34:24what they could
34:25have at home.
34:27When they come
34:28for an investiture
34:29or a state visit
34:31when they brush up
34:32against us
34:33they want the magic
34:34and the mystery
34:35and the arcane
34:36and the eccentric
34:37and the symbolic
34:38and the transcendent.
34:43they want to feel
34:44like they've entered
34:45another world.
34:46That is our duty
34:49to lift people up
34:50and transport them
34:51into another realm
34:52not bring them
34:53down to earth
34:54and remind them
34:54of what they
34:55already have.
34:58Hear, hear.
34:59The world has been
35:01gripped as the
35:01race for the White
35:02House has boiled
35:03down to a recount
35:04in the battleground
35:05state of Florida.
35:07Many in the Labour
35:08Party had hoped
35:08for a victory
35:09for Vice President
35:10Al Gore.
35:11But in a dramatic
35:13late night ruling
35:15the US Supreme Court
35:16voted 5-4
35:17to stop the recount
35:19effectively handing
35:20the presidency
35:21to Texas Governor
35:22George W. Bush.
35:24Mr Blair's closest
35:25international ally
35:26will be a man
35:26he has never spoken
35:27to all night.
35:28It couldn't have
35:29been more awkward.
35:30As you know
35:30the Clintons were
35:31making their farewell
35:32visit to the UK
35:33and staying with us
35:34at Chequers
35:35while the ruling
35:36was being made.
35:37So there we all
35:39were watching CNN
35:41in the middle of the
35:41night as the election
35:42is being decided.
35:44Oh dear.
35:44The following day
35:45President Clinton
35:46had to deliver a speech
35:47at the University of
35:48Warwick with me
35:48giving the opening
35:50remarks.
35:50Well I had no choice
35:52but to offer warm
35:53congratulations to
35:54President-elect Bush
35:55in front of my
35:56good friend.
35:58Will it be challenging
35:59for you to have
36:01a Republican
36:01White House?
36:03I see no reason
36:04not to be optimistic.
36:07Let's not forget
36:08I'll be the senior
36:09partner now so
36:10I hope to be able
36:11to influence
36:11President Bush.
36:20Your Majesty.
36:21Prime Minister.
36:30My office sent
36:31some suggestions
36:31ahead of the state
36:32opening a parliament
36:33I was wondering
36:33if you had a chance
36:34to look at them.
36:35Rather more than that
36:37I discussed them
36:38with my family.
36:40Believe it or not
36:41for my first child
36:43it was still custom
36:44to summon the
36:44Home Secretary
36:45to witness a royal birth.
36:49my father
36:50put a stop to it
36:51with my consent
36:52so I'm not
36:53against reform.
36:54The question is
36:55what is worth
36:56preserving and where
36:57to draw the line.
36:59We have now
37:00conducted a thorough
37:01review of all the
37:02offices in my
37:02household and what
37:03we discovered was
37:04not indefensible
37:06extravagance or
37:06luxury or a
37:08collection of empty
37:08Ruritanian titles
37:10but an extraordinary
37:11array of precious
37:12expertise.
37:14Skills that have
37:15been passed down
37:16for generations
37:17often within the
37:18same families
37:19and the vehicle
37:20for that continuity
37:22is the crown.
37:24The spell that we
37:26cast and have
37:26cast for centuries
37:27is our
37:28immutability.
37:30Tradition is our
37:31strength.
37:33Respect for our
37:34forebears.
37:35And the preservation
37:36of generations of
37:38their wisdom
37:39and learned
37:39experience.
37:42Modernity is not
37:43always the answer.
37:46Sometimes antiquity
37:47is too.
37:55Well, are you
37:56ready?
37:57Are you ready?
38:02Am I just
38:03serving, ma'am?
38:04Oh, Robert.
38:05No, not at all.
38:09I just wanted to
38:09express my relief,
38:10ma'am.
38:12That I came to my
38:13senses.
38:14For a moment, I think
38:15we risk compromising
38:16the very things that
38:17make us distinctive.
38:20Please.
38:24Which leads me to think
38:28that it might be best
38:29if I personally
38:30were to move on.
38:33Robert.
38:34It's true, ma'am.
38:36At crucial moments,
38:37the palace has failed
38:38to read the public
38:39mood.
38:40And much of the
38:41blame rests with me.
38:43Surely not.
38:44It's a question of
38:45temperament.
38:46Knowing where to be
38:46flexible.
38:48My problem is I'm an
38:50old stick.
38:50I'd rather not change
38:51anything at all.
38:53I tend to see things as
38:55binary.
38:56Either you keep things
38:58as they are, or it's
39:00closing time in the
39:01gardens of the West.
39:03But you can make
39:06alterations without
39:07tearing down the
39:07building.
39:08My deputy, Robin
39:10Janvin, is far better
39:12place to do that.
39:13He's much more
39:15attuned and deserving
39:16of a step up.
39:17Of course, Robin will
39:18make an excellent
39:19private secretary, but
39:20he's still a young man.
39:23Is there nothing I can do
39:24to persuade you to stay?
39:27Sometimes it's helpful
39:28to offer a scalp.
39:31This way, everyone
39:33benefits.
39:34The public gets
39:35sent a signal.
39:37You get better advice
39:38than I could ever
39:39possibly give.
39:41I get to play more
39:43cricket.
39:46I don't know how I'll
39:47manage.
39:47I shall be utterly lost.
39:49No, ma'am, you won't.
39:50It'll be just fine.
39:52You've navigated this
39:54latest matter perfectly
39:55without my help.
40:07Every minute has been
40:08an honour, ma'am.
40:30And finally, ma'am,
40:31your visit to Brighton
40:32and Hove as one of the
40:33government's designated
40:34Millennium Cities.
40:35Yes.
40:36I have drafted a
40:37programme of engagements
40:38that I hope preserves
40:40the traditional, but
40:41adds a somewhat modern
40:42sensibility.
40:45On the one hand, lunch
40:47at the pavilion in tribute
40:48to your great-great-great-
40:49uncle George IV.
40:51On the other, a visit to
40:53the Sussex Innovation
40:53Centre to see a
40:55demonstration of an
40:56insectoid robot called
40:58Maggie.
40:59Right.
41:04One last thing you might
41:06be interested to know.
41:08The Prime Minister.
41:10Yes?
41:12Has chosen to address
41:14the Women's Institute
41:17as part of his mission
41:18to consolidate support
41:20in Middle England.
41:21Really?
41:23I wouldn't have said
41:24they were his sort of
41:24crowd.
41:26But his unerring judgment
41:28is what one has always
41:29had to admire him for.
41:31And his ability to win
41:33over seemingly anyone.
41:36I'm sure this will be
41:38no exception.
42:09A modern voice for women.
42:13It is a clear and admirable
42:15statement of ideals.
42:17But what does it mean
42:18to be modern
42:20in a new Britain
42:22driven by change
42:24and innovation?
42:26Make no mistake,
42:27there are many traditions
42:28we can be proud of,
42:29but we must never cling
42:31to tradition
42:31for its own sake.
42:33In the 21st century,
42:35we must ask ourselves
42:37what kind of values
42:39we want to promote.
42:41We must take what's best
42:43from the past,
42:44but never be enthralled
42:45to it.
42:46Old-fashioned practices
42:48can sometimes
42:50hold progress back.
42:52I believe,
42:54and the Labour Party
42:54believes,
42:56that a new,
42:57updated concept
42:59of community
42:59is needed
43:00to keep up
43:01with the fast pace
43:02of change
43:03in the modern world.
43:05I was elected leader
43:06of the Labour Party
43:07because I understood
43:08that we had
43:09a radical mission
43:10to change
43:11not just the politics
43:12of this country,
43:14but the constitution
43:15of this country,
43:16the soul
43:17of this country.
43:20Radical
43:20is not a word
43:22to be frightened of.
43:23It is a word
43:24to embrace.
43:26Because I fear
43:27that if we are not radical,
43:29we will not succeed
43:30in our mission.
43:32Look at what we've done
43:33in the House of Lords,
43:34taking drastic action
43:39against hereditary privilege.
43:42Thank you very much.
43:45Look,
43:45the world is changing fast.
43:48Oh, okay, right.
43:51And change is tough,
43:52we know that.
43:58It's no wonder
43:59people feel worried
44:00and wish to hold tight
44:01to the old ways.
44:02A run-in with
44:03the Women's Institute
44:04was surely not
44:05what the Prime Minister
44:06had in mind
44:06as he made his return
44:07to the political fray.
44:09The chairwoman
44:09of the WI
44:10says that she had urged
44:11Mr. Blair
44:12not to make his speech
44:13party political.
44:14Take all the forces
44:15that prevent Biden change,
44:16then the very
44:18conditions
44:19will succeed.
44:23I'm glad
44:24they're having
44:24a good debate,
44:25England.
44:34He can charm America,
44:36indeed the whole world,
44:38but comes up short
44:39with the Women's Institute.
44:41I'm getting terrible
44:42stick for it
44:42from my aides
44:43who all advise
44:44against doing it.
44:45You were political
44:46with the WI,
44:48the one thing
44:48we pride ourselves
44:49on never being.
44:50As far as criticisms
44:51go,
44:52being too political
44:53is one I think
44:54I can live with.
44:55Be like someone
44:55describing you
44:56as being too royal.
44:59I think I've come
45:00to realize
45:00there's no such thing
45:01as too royal.
45:04If you're doing it,
45:05do it properly.
45:07And unapologetically.
45:13I understand.
45:17So.
45:20So.
45:23I'm sure you're aware
45:24the EU has just
45:25published a draft.
45:27of its new
45:28Charter for Fundamental Rights
45:30ahead of the
45:31forthcoming summit
45:32in Portugal.
45:33Our hope
45:34is that it will
45:35reflect the
45:36original
45:36meaning
45:37of the Women's
45:38Summarized
45:38Existing Rights.
45:44You can work
45:46my palm
45:49You can wear
45:50my shorts
45:52And you'll
45:54talk like me
45:57I'll be
45:58an angel
46:00I'm singing
46:02it now
46:02please
46:03Please
46:05can only get
46:06better
46:07Can only get
46:10Can only get
46:12Can only get
46:13Drink it on
46:13from here
46:14I know
46:15that things
46:17can only get
46:18Better
46:19Things
46:21Can only get
46:22Can only get
46:24Better
46:28Now I've found
46:30Now I've found
46:31Things
46:33can only get
46:34Things
46:35can only get
46:37Better
46:37Can only get
46:41Better
46:42Now I've found
46:45Now I've found
46:47You
47:14Can only get
47:15Can only get
47:17Can only get
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