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00:01You
00:16Everybody set
00:19Yes, hurry up, hurry up
00:22Right
00:24Absolute silence
00:25everywhere
00:30Cue this
00:30Right recording
00:31Ready, Your Royal Highness
00:35Five
00:36Four
00:37Three
00:38Two
00:39One
00:41And
00:46On this
00:48the occasion of my 21st birthday
00:51I welcome the opportunity
00:53to speak to all the peoples
00:55of the British Commonwealth and Empire
00:57wherever they live
00:59whatever race they come from
01:02and whatever language
01:03they speak
01:07As I speak to you today
01:09from Cape Town
01:10I am 6,000 miles
01:12from the country
01:14where I was born
01:17But I am certainly not
01:196,000 miles from home
01:23That is the great privilege
01:24of belonging to our place
01:27in the worldwide Commonwealth
01:30There are homes
01:31ready to welcome us
01:33in every continent
01:34in every continent of the earth
01:36Before I am much elder
01:38I hope I shall come to know
01:39many of them
01:41Although there is none of my father's subjects
01:44from the eldest to the youngest
01:46I do not wish to greet
01:48I am thinking especially today
01:51of all the young men and women
01:52who were born about the same time
01:55as myself
01:55and have grown up like me
01:59in the terrible and glorious years
02:01of the Second World War
02:03Will you
02:04the youth of the British family of nations
02:07let me speak on my birthday
02:09as your representative
02:12Now that we are coming to manhood
02:14and womanhood
02:15it is surely a great joy to us all
02:18to think that we shall be able
02:20to take some of the burden
02:21off the shoulders of our elders
02:24who have fought and worked
02:26and suffered to protect our childhood
02:29To that generation I say
02:31we must not be daunted
02:33by the anxieties and hardships
02:34that the war has left behind
02:36for every nation of our Commonwealth
02:39We know these things are the price
02:42we are cheerfully undertook to pay
02:44for the high honour
02:46of standing alone
02:47seven years ago
02:50in defence of the liberty of the world
02:52If we all go forward together
02:55with an unwavering faith
02:57a high courage
02:58and a quiet heart
03:00we shall be able to make
03:02of this ancient Commonwealth
03:03which we all love so dearly
03:05an even grander thing
03:09more free
03:10more prosperous
03:12more happy
03:14and a more powerful influence
03:16for good
03:17in the world
03:18than it has been
03:19in the greatest days
03:20of our forefathers
03:22Please welcome
03:23Margaret Roberts
03:29To accomplish that
03:31we must give nothing less
03:33than what my father
03:34King George
03:35the first head of the Commonwealth
03:37calls
03:38the whole of ourselves
03:40good evening
03:44there is a motto
03:46which has been born
03:48by many of my ancestors
03:50a noble motto
03:51I serve
03:54I should like to make
03:56that dedication now
03:58it's very simple
04:00I declare before you all
04:02that my whole life
04:05whether it be long
04:06or short
04:08shall be devoted
04:09to your service
04:12and the service
04:13of our great imperial family
04:15to which we all belong
04:18God help me
04:19to make good my vow
04:21and God bless all of you
04:23who are willing to share in it
04:34thank you
04:35thank you
04:36thank you
05:08for the next time
05:10thank you
05:10thank you
05:24for the life
06:05It was the Vulvas of Eurydice, except I was Aristeas, driving her on towards the servant.
06:14Malachi, Malachi.
06:17Twice she called me by the name, and twice she beckoned me with her outstretched back.
06:23I stood in darkness, she in light, and yet here I was, the diurnal, and she the crepuscular,
06:31if such a migratory distinction can pretend.
06:38The aurora was breaking.
06:40The island Seagird was fast stirring.
06:44I looked at her again.
06:46Her fullness pellucid in the lambent sunshine, seemed as if a fish skin pulled taut.
06:52She gave me one last glancing look, and then stepped off, and plunged down into the waxing
06:59viridescence of the Ionian waters below.
07:04Mors tour, Mita Mayer.
07:10The end.
07:23Golly, your very own war and peace.
07:26Ulysses, please.
07:29Uh, I shall set aside a year of my life.
07:36What?
07:36Just kidding.
07:37I'll have it read by the end of next week.
07:39You're very kind.
07:40And Michael, bravo.
07:42Uh-uh.
07:42No congratulations till you've read it.
07:44You deserve congratulations for being able to carry it up the stairs.
07:48Kidding again.
07:52Well, I look forward to hearing from you.
08:02Taxi?
08:09Buckingham Palace, please.
08:11Let it was.
08:32Morning, James.
08:33Morning, sir.
08:35Good morning, Michael.
08:37Sarah.
08:37Sorry to ambush you, but I've got the Today newspaper asking for confirmation of an apparently
08:42open secret in Commonwealth government circles.
08:44That the Queen is deeply frustrated by Thatcher's refusal to back sanctions against the apartheid
08:50regime in South Africa.
08:52A frustration which threatens to strain her relationship with the Prime Minister, who
08:57the Queen holds personally responsible, and they'd like you, as Palace Press Secretary,
09:01to comment.
09:03You should know better than to come to me with nonsense like that, Sam.
09:07In the 33 years she's been on the throne, the Queen has never once expressed a point of
09:11view about her Prime Ministers.
09:13Positive or negative?
09:14And never will.
09:15Political impartiality and support of her Prime Minister is an article of faith to her.
09:21And we all know how the Queen is about her faith.
09:26And now, 40 million points of violence, tear gas, followed by Robert Bullets, and then
09:32Flerchoff.
09:33It's been nearly four decades since the system of racial segregation termed apartheid became
09:39the official policy of South Africa.
09:41The current violent oppression of black protesters by government forces is creating increased
09:46international outrage.
09:58The situation is getting worse and worse, ma'am.
10:01Countless instances of brutality by the South African police against members of the public.
10:06As you know, we believe the only way to stop these atrocities is through sustained economic
10:10pressure.
10:11Forty-eight of the Commonwealth countries are committed to imposing a policy of sanctions
10:15on Pretoria to try and bring down the apartheid regime.
10:19But, as Her Majesty knows, in order to implement those sanctions, total unanimity is required and
10:27one country remains against.
10:28United Kingdom.
10:30United Kingdom.
10:31Mrs. Thatcher remains opposed.
10:34I will have an opportunity to speak to Mrs. Thatcher about all this in private, at the forthcoming
10:39Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in the Bahamas.
10:43The Commonwealth, ridiculous waste of time, ridiculous organization, worse, morally offensive.
10:54Why we allow our Queen to fraternize with countries like Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria, Swaziland.
11:07Unstable countries, unstable despotisms with appalling human rights records and calling them family.
11:16Yes.
11:17Anyway, she's requested a private audience on board the Royal Yacht for what the palace is
11:23calling a frank conversation about the way forward in South Africa.
11:26Spare me.
11:28I'll give her a frank conversation about not wasting my time.
11:33Oh, excuse the ex-boys.
11:37Right.
11:38Who wants Kedgeri?
11:41It's not my best, I'm afraid.
11:44For the dinner, this sunshine chiffon.
11:48To pick out the yellow in the flag of the Commonwealth.
11:51Mm, yummy.
11:52Oh, and a brooch given to you by King Otumfuo Apokawari.
11:57Is that a porcupine?
11:58A symbol of courage and strength in Ashanti culture.
12:02Well, you might need some of that.
12:06What's all this?
12:07Choggle.
12:08Oh, of course.
12:09To what do I owe the honor?
12:14I came to tell you that I've decided to ask Edward to be my best man.
12:18Not Charles?
12:20No.
12:21Oh, that will raise some eyebrows.
12:22Good.
12:23Let him see what it feels like to be sidelined in a slimmed down row.
12:29Since I gather that's what he now thinks the future of the monarchy should be.
12:34You, him in his own precious bloodline to hell with the rest of us.
12:39Insecure, jealous fool.
12:41What's he jealous of?
12:43Me.
12:44Always has been.
12:45Oh, Andrew.
12:46Of me and you.
12:48Of our...
12:51Of our closeness.
12:54Of the fact that I fought in a real war.
12:56Won real medals.
12:58Of the fact that I'm happier in love.
13:00More popular.
13:02And, you know, like other second sons I could mention.
13:05So obviously be better at it than him.
13:08At what?
13:10Being the heir.
13:13I just want to see you all happy.
13:15There are two families I care about.
13:17My own family and the Commonwealth family of nations.
13:20Keeping them all together is my life's work.
13:22Now I must get on.
13:24Mummy.
13:29For the state breakfast, a dress of the painless blue and gold brocade.
13:34Sarah!
13:34You do very well with the diamond necklace given to you by the people of South Africa on your 21st
13:40birthday.
13:40Yes we do.
13:42And what?
13:43Is it going to be an infant?
13:44You're not even a human disease.
13:45I don't want you doing it.
13:46No.
13:46Yes.
13:47Now let's go.
13:52The last time.
13:54Is it going to be an infant?
13:56Yes.
14:00I'm just waiting.
14:02I'm just waiting.
14:04Yes.
14:05Three months, there's going to be an infant.
14:30Those of you who know me will be aware that the Commonwealth of Nations
14:35is a second family to me, as it was to my late father, King George VI.
14:43There are always tensions between nations.
14:46Global peace is fragile.
14:49But I believe this union offers us all something rare and valuable.
14:57The capacity to celebrate difference.
15:01To value compromise over conflict.
15:05And to find a way to heal divisions in the interests of peace and goodwill.
15:46The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
15:52Your Majesty.
15:54It was kind of you to come.
15:55I won't keep you long.
15:57I was hoping we could briefly discuss South Africa.
16:00Ma'am.
16:02It is my fervent hope that Britain will join the other countries of the Commonwealth and impose sanctions
16:07on an apartheid regime that has no place in the modern world.
16:10Let us be quite clear about this.
16:13Nothing useful can be achieved by sanctions.
16:17Really?
16:18It was my understanding they would devastate the South African government.
16:21Well, they would devastate us too.
16:23Trade between our two countries is worth three billion pounds a year.
16:27I thought we might look at it from the South African point of view.
16:30I am, Ma'am.
16:31South Africa is already a disinvestment economy.
16:35But black South Africans want sanctions.
16:38So shouldn't we listen to them?
16:39Black South Africans don't want to inherit a wasteland.
16:42They will if they feel it is their wasteland.
16:45President Kaunda of Zambia would confirm as much.
16:47It is not the business of a British Prime Minister to consult with unelected dictators.
16:53But it is a sovereign's duty when they are part of the Commonwealth.
16:58Yes.
16:59The Commonwealth.
17:02Yes, the Commonwealth.
17:06I recognise that for your family,
17:10the transition of this nation from empire to comparative supplicancy on the world stage
17:15must have come as a greater shock than to the rest of us.
17:19But I would argue that the Commonwealth is not the way to fill that gap.
17:26There are ways of Britain being great again.
17:28And that is through a revitalised economy.
17:31Not through association with unreliable tribal leaders in eccentric costumes.
17:38But isn't that all I am, Prime Minister?
17:40A tribal leader in eccentric costumes.
17:43Certainly not.
17:45You are head of an evolved constitutional monarchy
17:49that stretches back to William the Conquerites.
17:51Not comparing like with like.
17:54Ah, now that's where we differ.
17:55You see, I consider myself to be exactly like them.
17:58To me, Ghana, Zambia, Malawi are all great sovereign nations with great histories.
18:04I am aware you probably don't share that view.
18:07To you, the Commonwealth is something of a distraction.
18:11A waste of time.
18:13But in many ways, I have given my life to it.
18:16It was the pledge I made 40 years ago.
18:19On the wireless, to our great imperial family, I remember listening to it as a student at Oxford.
18:27But we cannot let the values of the past distract us from the realities of the present,
18:35particularly where Britain's economic interests are concerned.
18:40Forty-eight countries of the Commonwealth are now preparing a statement condemning the South African regime
18:45and recommending tougher sanctions.
18:47What they...
18:49What I would like you to do is sign that statement.
18:54If I didn't know better, that sounded very much like a directive.
19:02Think of it as a question.
19:08The jolly atmosphere at the opening of the Commonwealth Conference in Nassau, nicknamed the Chogham, fooled nobody.
19:14Within an hour, South Africa came up with the Indian Prime Minister making his position crystal clear.
19:20How was it?
19:21A meeting with the Queen, who was a little testy.
19:26Although I must say, I do like the boat.
19:29What? Yacht.
19:30It isn't a yacht.
19:32It's a great big ship.
19:34And when the Sovereign sails in it, historically, it's called a yacht.
19:37Don't be a know-all. It's unbecoming.
19:41And why was it frosty?
19:43I didn't say frosty. I said testy.
19:45Although I wish it had been frosty. It's far too hot here.
19:50Because my fellow heads of government are now coming up with a statement condemning the South African government
19:57they want me to sign.
19:58I've told them they won't accept anything with the word sanctioned.
20:01And they've started...
20:03Getting their niggers in a twist.
20:07Insisting they won't accept anything less.
20:11So now we need to come up with a word that works for everyone.
20:16Well, good luck with that.
20:18Thank you, DT.
20:30No, no, no, no.
20:39She rejected any mention of proposals.
20:46I'm determined to win this battle, Sonny.
20:48I don't often get into a fight.
20:50But when I do, I want to win.
20:52You will, ma'am.
20:53Remember, you are not alone.
20:55It is 48 against 1.
20:57We are going back with another word.
21:01Merit.
21:03No, no, no.
21:06No.
21:10I'm sorry.
21:13A no to measures.
21:15Yes.
21:16So we are going back with actions.
21:19And should that fail?
21:20We still have controls.
21:22Yes, I'm beginning to see this is all about control.
21:27No.
21:28No.
21:31No.
21:33No.
21:46No.
21:49No.
21:51I must be out of the mind.
21:54No.
21:55No.
21:55No.
21:57Definitely.
22:00No!
22:04Ridiculous.
22:14What we need here is not useless politicians, sorry Sonny, but a writer.
22:19Where might we find one?
22:29The future, cultural, measurements, poses, curves, gestures, experiences, thoughts.
23:04Yes, I think we can work with that.
23:09Signals!
23:10Yes.
23:11She agreed to signals.
23:13And among the signals she agreed to are actually several of the sanctions she would never have contemplated had they
23:18been called sanctions.
23:20Oh, thank you, Michael. And congratulations.
23:23Have we won?
23:24Oh, yes. It is a victory for the Commonwealth, a victory for humanity, and most of all a victory for
23:30you.
23:30When put in the ring with her queen, the Iron Lady melted.
23:55Well played, Margaret. A victory for common sense.
23:58Whatever are you talking about?
24:00I'm sure the other heads of government will appreciate your willingness to seek compromise.
24:06There's a reason the top job has always alluded to, Geoffrey.
24:11The absence of the killer instinct.
24:16That our families are once more united along the common consensus.
24:22Uh, but ladies and gentlemen, first, Prime Minister Margaret Hatcher.
24:27Prime Minister.
24:28Yes.
24:28You have been forced to make significant concessions.
24:31Not that I noticed.
24:33You signed a document prepared by 48 countries who were in conflict with you.
24:38I did.
24:40But the question is, did one person move to the 48, or did 48 move to one?
24:49Yes, I agreed to signals.
24:53But as you know, with one simple turn, a signal can soon point in an entirely different direction.
25:10Are you getting out of the street right now?
25:14That's what she said.
25:16Yes, ma'am.
25:17But we're walking off.
25:19Really?
25:30Ready?
25:31Here we go.
25:32Please.
25:33We're ready.
25:34Position.
25:36Perfect.
25:38Look at me.
25:40Three, two, one.
25:50Choose your hands.
25:54Pulls the hands.
26:00Reverse German T pelo tch.
26:02Yes!
26:03Finding yourself a gift.
26:05Yeah, before you have to go, what do you call them for?
26:11Sometimes you'll be unlikely,
26:13they're probably going, they're privileged to help them.
26:14Things aren't played...
26:14It's been united and they got Україline.
26:15It's been a hard time andone to both.
26:19everyone's reading some early reactions have come in and so far very encouraging
26:26right but no offers yet oh not yet but regardless of whether we get this one published
26:36what is undeniable is that you write vividly catchily dare i say it even commercially
26:45well it's not a dirty word michael you could really tell a story i am wondering have you ever
26:52considered a political thriller what the inner workings of whitehall westminster the palace
26:57no one could write it better than you no no if this magnum opus doesn't work i'll call it a
27:04day
27:05you could expose it all under an assumed name i could but sadly i'm old-fashioned and would never
27:13betray those confidences or the people i'm proud to serve had to try was that very grubby of me
27:23not grubby
27:28just quietly heartbreaking
27:34with violence escalating in south africa tensions between the united kingdom and other nations of the
27:41commonwealth correct breaking point this is thatcher's refusal to act on sanctions
27:47good meeting great thank you hate to dampen the mood but the today newspaper has let us know they
27:54are now running a front page story about the increasingly sour relations between buckingham
27:58palace and downing street following the recent crisis at the commonwealth heads of government
28:03government meeting what is it with these people and that relations between the two women are in
28:10danger of completely breaking down
28:14well the good news is it's today as so can expect it to have little impact
28:20the bad news is it won't be long before bigger more influential newspapers realize this warrants
28:27further scrutiny so i think the time might have come for your majesty to make some kind of
28:33preemptive statement uh what what kind of statement one of support even dare i say
28:41personal affection for the prime minister
28:45about the job she's doing something that would kill gossip stone dead but what if i'm not happy with
28:52the job she's been doing what if on this occasion i'd be happy for people to know the displeasure was
28:57actually real that i am personally concerned about her lack of compassion you know how seriously i take
29:03my constitutional responsibility to remain silent but each of us has our line in the sand and if it
29:09were to become public knowledge that there had been an unprecedented rift between sovereign and
29:14the prime minister would that really be so bad
29:23well
29:26uh if if that really were your intention
29:32and for the record ma'am i must say i think that would be a misjudgment
29:38and risk doing serious and irreparable harm to the relationship between buckingham palace and
29:49downing street
29:50then today would not be the newspaper i i would go to
29:56i'd go somewhere with more heft
29:59somewhere that also had a clear sense of the unprecedented nature of this
30:06where they understood the rules of the game
30:08right well can i leave that with you then michael you are the expert
30:12ma'am ma'am
30:23it's reckless
30:25it's reckless martin and irresponsible i'm as surprised as you are
30:29it goes against my professional advice and i want my objection noted noted noted noted martin
30:40it's noted
30:44it's noted
30:59simon freeman at the sunday times is on the line he's run three times following up on rumors about a
31:07deep and irreconcilable rift between the queen and mrs thatcher
31:14all right put him through
31:43with the
32:03Evening, Prime Minister.
32:04Evening, Bernard.
32:05I've just had a phone call from the Sunday Times
32:07letting us know that there will be a difficult piece in the paper tomorrow.
32:11About what?
32:12The fault lines that have developed in the relationship between Sovereign and Prime Minister.
32:16Oh, my God.
32:28Sunday Times First Edition.
32:36Sunday Times First Edition.
32:43Sunday Times First Edition.
32:46Sunday Times First Edition.
32:51Sunday Times First Edition.
32:53Sunday Times First Edition.
33:05Sunday Times First Edition.
33:07Sunday Times First Edition.
33:08Sunday Times First Edition.
33:08Sunday Times First Edition.
33:08Sunday Times First Edition.
33:12Sunday Times First Edition.
33:31A constitutional crisis was on the verge of erupting this morning
33:35as the Sunday Times published details of a sensational rift
33:39between Buckingham Palace and Downing Street.
33:41This story, which is likely to have a serious impact on what have traditionally been cordial
33:47relations between the sovereign and her prime ministers, cites the cause of the rift as
33:52an alleged dispute over Mrs. Thatcher's failure to commit to a policy of sanctions against
33:57apartheid in South Africa.
33:59Nice.
33:59A position regarding which the Queen has apparently expressed her disapproval, marking a distinct
34:05break with the monarch's long-held practice of never-passing comment on political affairs.
34:10So far, Buckingham Palace has refused to be drawn on the veracity of the report.
34:14The palace spokesman declining to comment on an article entitled...
34:19The African Queen, at odds with number 10.
34:22It has been an eventful week for Buckingham Palace.
34:25Queen Elizabeth II, a well-intentioned apolitical figurehead, has been dragged into a messy row
34:32over South Africa because of the stubbornness and insensitivity...
34:37of her prime minister.
34:39Far from being a straightforward, uncomplicated countrywoman...
34:43A late middle-aged grandmother who is most at ease when talking about dogs and horses...
34:49She's shown that she's also an astute political infighter who is quite prepared to take on Downing Street...
34:56when provoked.
35:02Really?
35:03That's what it says.
35:07I'm feeling something for the very first time.
35:12Something which I never imagined feeling.
35:15What is that?
35:18Impatience for our next audience.
35:29Buckingham Palace has continued to deny accusations published in the Sunday Times regarding the
35:34rift between the Queen and Downing Street.
35:36Government sources claim that the sacrosanct relationship between sovereign and first minister
35:42was in danger of being blown apart.
35:44The Prime Minister's here.
35:46The Prime Minister's here.
36:18President November 1, 2018.
36:20Meeting House of Congress.
36:42The Prime Minister's it seems
36:44Sh testimony.
36:44The Prime Minister's has continued to danke-
37:10your majesty
37:12Prime Minister
37:20Before coming today
37:22I checked with a cabinet secretary
37:25and it turns out
37:26that in the seven years I have been
37:28Prime Minister we have had
37:31164 audiences
37:32always the model of
37:34cordiality, productivity and mutual
37:36respect. So it is perhaps
37:38not unreasonable
37:40to expect an isolated
37:42hiccup. What hiccup?
37:44I was under the impression that Her Majesty
37:46never expressed
37:48her political views in public
37:52I don't
37:53that there was an unbreakable
37:55code of silence between
37:56Sovereign and First Minister
37:58If you're referring to the Sunday Times I've always
38:00advised my Prime Ministers against reading
38:02the newspapers. I don't
38:04You misunderstand, misquote and
38:07misrepresent. Then everybody gets into a
38:09fluster. But my press secretary does
38:11and he has working
38:13relationships with all of the editors
38:14and the editor in this case assured
38:17him that the sources were unimpeachable
38:19close to the Queen
38:22unprecedentedly close
38:27Well I'm sure a clarification will
38:29soon be forthcoming
38:32In the meantime should we not
38:33make a start from the business of the week
38:35only I am mindful of the time
38:38This is the business
38:40ma'am
38:41The only business
38:44I think we have enough respect for
38:45one another personally
38:47to ask ourselves some of the
38:49bigger questions
38:50woman to woman
38:53We are the same age
38:55after all
38:55Really?
38:57Just six months between us
38:59Oh?
38:59And who is the senior?
39:02I am
39:03ma'am
39:11Uncaring
39:13Confrontational
39:14and socially divisive
39:16That's how these sources
39:18so close to the Queen
39:19describe me
39:20Prime Minister
39:20That I lack compassion
39:22and that
39:23my government has done
39:25irretrievable damage
39:26to the country's
39:28social fabric
39:35My responsibility
39:37for the time
39:38I have in office
39:40is to put sentimentality
39:42to one side
39:43and look after
39:45these countries' interest
39:46with the perspective
39:48with the perspective
39:48of a cold balance sheet
39:50and while I greatly admire
39:52your sense of fairness
39:53and compassion
39:54for those less fortunate
39:55than us
39:56Do you?
39:56Really?
39:57Let us not forget
39:59that of the two of us
40:02I am the one
40:03from a small street
40:05in an irrelevant town
40:08with a father
40:09who could not bequeath me
40:10a title
40:11or a commonwealth
40:13but only grit
40:14good sense
40:15and determination
40:16and I don't want
40:18people's pity
40:19or charity
40:20or compassion
40:21nothing would insult me more
40:25my goal
40:26is to change
40:28this country
40:29from being
40:30dependent
40:31to self-reliant
40:33and I think
40:34in that
40:34I am succeeding
40:35I have had to learn
40:37many difficult lessons
40:38as sovereigns
40:38Britons are learning
40:39to look after
40:41number one
40:42to get ahead
40:43and only then
40:44if they choose
40:47to look after
40:48their neighbour
40:49Of those?
40:50No one
40:51would remember
40:52the good Samaritan
40:54if he only
40:56had good intentions
40:57You see
40:59he had money
41:01as well
41:03Perhaps the hardest
41:04is that I am obliged
41:06to support
41:07my prime ministers
41:07on any position
41:08they take
41:09even yours
41:10regarding sanctions
41:12against South Africa
41:16My question is
41:17given the lack
41:18of impact
41:19it has
41:19on your day-to-day
41:20political fortunes
41:21yet how important
41:23it is to me
41:24Could you not
41:25have supported me
41:26just once?
41:28My fellow
41:29Commonwealth leaders
41:30many of whom
41:31I consider
41:31to be friends
41:32now feel
41:34that I have
41:34betrayed them
41:35on an issue
41:36most important
41:37to them
41:37Well they need
41:39only read
41:40the Sunday Times
41:41It will give them
41:43no doubt
41:43as to your position
41:53Oh look
41:54our time is up
41:55How it flies
41:59You must be
42:00very much
42:01looking forward
42:01to the wedding
42:02tomorrow
42:02of Prince Andrew
42:03and Sarah Ferguson
42:05Yes we are
42:07They seem like
42:08a good match
42:09Yes we think so
42:10My own son
42:11Mark
42:12recently announced
42:14that he would
42:14be getting married
42:15Your favourite
42:16The explorer
42:17Not an explorer
42:19ma'am
42:19That was
42:20just the once
42:21He's a businessman
42:22now
42:22in the Middle East
42:24mostly
42:24and South Africa
42:28Of course
42:31Your Majesty
42:44Listen to me
42:45carefully
42:46There is no
42:47story here
42:48There's not a
42:48shred of truth
42:49to these rumours
42:49The Queen continues
42:50to have an
42:51extremely cordial
42:52and productive
42:53working relationship
42:54with the Prime Minister
42:55Sunday Times
42:55maintains that
42:56the story came
42:57from a highly
42:57placed source
42:58within the palace
42:59and that's the line
43:00we're running with
43:01And we will deny it
43:02and you will look
43:02like fools
43:03Bear me the indignation
43:04I understand
43:05you have to say it
43:06but we both
43:06know that it's true
43:07and your continual denial
43:09is making you lot
43:09look like fools
43:15Hello
43:16Can I take your details
43:20What's all this
43:22Don't tell me
43:22the groom's
43:23having last minute
43:23doubts
43:24No
43:25Andrew's asked
43:25us all to come together
43:26because he wants
43:27someone to explain
43:28why
43:28God's name is
43:29going on
43:29with our mother
43:31The wedding
43:32of the Duke
43:33of York
43:33should be
43:33a landmark event
43:35at home
43:35and abroad
43:36Instead
43:38thanks to the Queen's
43:40inexplicable
43:40lapse of judgment
43:41the newspapers
43:42are full
43:43not of
43:43Sarah and me
43:45the mummy's
43:46rift with the
43:47Prime Minister
43:50Ah yes
43:50Sunday Times
43:52You have to admit
43:53she has made a
43:53god awful mess of it
43:54What was she thinking?
43:55She did what she
43:56spent her life
43:57telling me
43:57I cannot do
43:59She opened her mouth
44:00and expressed an opinion
44:03and is being slaughtered
44:04for it
44:06Bloody thoughtless of her
44:07if you ask me
44:08Oh come on
44:08you can hardly blame
44:09the newspapers
44:10wanting to write about
44:11something other than
44:11the wedding of a fringe
44:12member of the family
44:13who'll never be king
44:15Ouch
44:16Well it's true
44:17isn't it
44:19Fourth in line now
44:20and by the time
44:21Williams had children
44:22his children have had children
44:25Fringe
44:29Jo
44:37You really just say that
44:40on my wedding day
44:42That was impressively
44:54cuntie
44:54It would be hard to imagine
44:56there being anything
44:57that could knock a royal wedding
44:59into second place
45:00on the news
45:01But the continuing escalation
45:03of the row
45:04between the Queen
45:05and Mrs. Thatcher
45:05threatens to overshadow
45:07the nuptials
45:08The Queen has made
45:09a very serious error
45:10of judgment
45:12And this Sunday Times article
45:13has lit a touch paper
45:14to what could very quickly
45:16become a major
45:17constitutional crisis
45:19What the palace
45:20was hoping to achieve
45:21by this is hard to say
45:22But the fact is
45:24they've stirred up
45:24a hornet's nest
45:25and so far
45:27seem to lack the wind
45:28to avoid getting stung
45:30this story
45:31If I might interrupt
45:32men
45:35One unfortunate consequence
45:37of our denial
45:37of the story
45:38is that the
45:39editor of the Sunday Times
45:41has now come out
45:42all guns blazing
45:42and whilst we could
45:44continue to deny it
45:46my own view
45:47is that it's no longer
45:48to our advantage
45:50and I think we're
45:51now going to have
45:52to give them something
45:54What?
45:55A culprit
45:57to deflect blame
45:59from you
45:59and to put these flames
46:00out ASAP
46:02We need to
46:03let them have a name
46:16Martin
46:17Michael
46:23This escalating
46:24situation
46:25between Buckingham Palace
46:26and Downing Street
46:27You can't say
46:28I didn't warn you
46:30I think you know
46:32how seriously
46:32the Queen takes
46:33her responsibility
46:34and how much
46:34she values
46:35the close relationship
46:36between the two houses
46:37Of course
46:38And
46:40to see it
46:42a compromise
46:43like this
46:45as a consequence
46:47of your actions
46:51What?
46:53Fact is that
46:54the steps you took
46:55were completely
46:56unprofessional
46:58Martin, stop it
46:59Impugning the integrity
47:00of the palace
47:01and of the Queen herself
47:02We know one another
47:03too well
47:04This is madness
47:08I hope we can rely on you
47:11to do the right thing
47:27Of course
47:51Michael
48:21Michael
48:23I don't know.
49:12I don't know.
49:23Whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great
49:30imperial family to which we all belong.
49:35God help me to make good my vow, and God bless all of you who are willing to share in
49:42it.
49:42Amen.
49:44Amen.
49:57Amen.
50:01Amen.
50:01Amen.
50:04Amen.
50:17Amen.
50:20Amen.
50:40England is a bit
50:47England is a bit
50:53When me just come to London town
50:56We used to work on the underground
51:00But working on the underground
51:04You don't get to know your way around
51:07England is a bit
51:11There's no escaping it
51:15England is a bit
51:18There's no running away from it
51:20Me get a little job in a big hotel
51:25And after a while me was doing quite well
51:28Them start me off as a dishwasher
51:32But when me take a stock
51:33Me not turn clock watch
51:35England is a bit
51:38There's no escaping it
51:42England is a bit
51:46Nobody try to hide from it
51:48When them give up
51:50The liquid pocket
51:52First them wrap it
51:53With them big tax rocket
52:23I'll see you next time
52:25I'll see you next time
52:25I'll see you next time
52:35Thank you
52:36I'll see you next time
52:36To be on top
52:362
52:37I'll see you next time
52:37Alright
52:37What happened
52:38I'll see you next time
52:38Bye
52:38Bye
52:39Bye
52:39Bye
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