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00:16As His Majesty the King has not yet produced a male successor, nor do we at this stage expect one,
00:23the decision has been taken to start preparing you in earnest for the crown.
00:27From this moment on, you will no longer be the heir presumptive, but the heir apparent, and your life will
00:33be quite different.
00:35You will not be able to travel unaccompanied, nor to socialize as freely.
00:41Your father, the king, had little or no time to prepare for the throne, which was thrust upon him.
00:48We will not be caught out again.
00:51The crown is not just an ornament to be worn.
00:55It is a privilege.
00:57And a burden, which comes with formidable expectations and responsibilities.
01:26I don't think I can do it.
01:29I could.
01:31I know you could.
01:33I'd love every minute to be on every coin, on every banknote, to be the most famous woman in the
01:41world.
01:42I'd be so very good at it.
01:45Wearing a big crown, giving everyone orders.
01:50Yes.
01:55Then tell them.
01:57Margaret Rose can do it.
01:59Margaret Rose wants to do it.
02:02Margaret Rose was born to do it.
02:05You were.
02:08Then let me speak to them tomorrow.
02:10It would be the best thing for both of us.
02:14All right.
02:19Good.
02:22Good.
02:29Oh, my God.
02:54Oh, my God!
02:56Oh, my God!
02:57Oh, my God!
02:59Oh, my God!
03:07Hello.
03:12Your Majesty.
03:18Just come to wish you a bon voyage.
03:20And thank you.
03:22What for?
03:22Oh, for agreeing to squeeze in so many public engagements
03:25on what is essentially a private trip.
03:27And for flying this way, commercially.
03:30Oh, it's not so bad.
03:31They've cleared out the first-class cabin just for us.
03:35What's the first stop?
03:36New York.
03:37Uh, San Francisco.
03:38Then Los Angeles.
03:39Then five days with the Douglases in Arizona.
03:42How lovely.
03:43Then on to New York,
03:44where Tony is promoting his book.
03:47You've written a book?
03:48Uh, book of my photographs.
03:50Oh, you are clever.
03:52You must make time to really relax, too.
03:55We will.
03:56Be good to one another.
03:58Kind to one another.
04:01Basically.
04:07I was a little clumsy.
04:16But she means well.
04:19Two of us
04:20are complicated.
04:24She and I are complicated.
04:27It's true.
04:30Elder sister,
04:31younger sister.
04:32Number one and number two.
04:34Who's number one?
04:37You, of course.
04:39A natural number one
04:41whose tragedy it is
04:42to have been born number two.
04:45That is my button.
04:48She knows it, too.
04:51Yes, I think she does.
04:54That's her button.
04:55Welcome aboard this BAC flight
04:59to San Francisco.
05:00Please take your seats and relax.
05:02We're now ready for departure
05:04and we'll be taxiing shortly.
05:06We'd like to take this opportunity
05:07to wish you a very pleasant flight.
06:50Good morning, Mr. Ambassador.
06:53Economically, as you know, Marvin,
06:55the United Kingdom
06:55is right up against it.
06:57We're seeing a terrifying run
06:58on sterling
06:59and our credit from the IMF
07:00is about to expire.
07:03Now, the Prime Minister
07:04has made several attempts
07:05to speak to the President
07:06about another bailout.
07:08Rescue package.
07:10But the President refuses
07:11to take his call.
07:13President Johnson
07:14is a busy man.
07:16Too busy to talk
07:17to his oldest ally.
07:19Historically,
07:20the holder of this office
07:21has the warmest relationship
07:22with Downing Street.
07:23Think of Churchill and Roosevelt
07:26or Truman and Antley,
07:28Macmillan and JFK.
07:29No need to keep mentioning
07:31Jack Kennedy like that.
07:33Keep mentioning?
07:34It's just provocative.
07:37Unhelpful.
07:38President Johnson
07:39is his own man.
07:41Of course.
07:43I mentioned it only
07:44in the context
07:45of our leader
07:46standing shoulder to shoulder
07:47in times of difficulty.
07:48Morning, Prime Minister.
07:49The United Kingdom
07:51and the United States.
07:54Historically,
07:54it's like a marriage.
07:57Will you talk to him?
08:01No.
08:02Screw the Brits.
08:03I don't like them.
08:03I never liked them.
08:04They're not looking down
08:05at you through their noses.
08:06They're holding their hands
08:07out like beggars.
08:08And I don't give a crap
08:08about any special relationship.
08:11Harold Wilson wants my help.
08:12He should have thought about that
08:13when he refused to support me
08:14over Vietnam.
08:14You can't screw a man in the ass
08:16and then expect him
08:17to buy you flowers.
08:24The Prime Minister,
08:25Your Majesty.
08:26Your Majesty.
08:28Prime Minister.
08:41I'm sure that it did not
08:43escape your attention
08:44that President Johnson
08:45failed to attend
08:46at Soincidence's funeral.
08:48Yes, on account of a cold.
08:50Well, that was the explanation
08:51the White House gave
08:52but it persuaded no one.
08:54Now, I fear
08:55that the President
08:57may have taken against me
08:59for what he sees
09:00as my failure
09:01to support him
09:02over Vietnam.
09:04and I wondered
09:09in the past
09:11the royal family
09:13has been extremely helpful
09:14in keeping
09:16this special relationship afloat.
09:19And given the predicament
09:22the country finds itself
09:24in economically...
09:25You'd like us to roll out
09:26the red carpet?
09:27Make a bit of a fuss?
09:31Please.
09:34All right.
09:35I shall consult
09:36the three wise men
09:37and see what they have to say.
09:40Thank you, ma'am.
09:44Welcome to San Francisco!
09:45Margaret!
09:46Margaret!
09:47Over here!
09:48Over here!
09:48Picture right this way!
09:50Thank you, Margaret!
09:51What we have witnessed
09:53in Princess Margaret
09:54is a more vibrant,
09:56modern,
09:56and engaging version
09:58of her oldest sister.
10:00Quite right.
10:02To those accustomed
10:04to the formality
10:05of traditional royal visits,
10:06meeting Princess Margaret
10:08has been like going
10:09from a black and white film
10:10to one in colour.
10:12What about a state dinner?
10:14Like the one held
10:15for Woodrow Wilson
10:16in 1918?
10:17Or a weekend
10:18at Windsor Castle?
10:19The important thing here,
10:20I'm told,
10:21is that whatever we offer
10:22President Johnson,
10:23it must exceed
10:24whatever we gave
10:25the Kennedys.
10:26When you're smiling
10:28Hey, we wanted
10:29to see the Queen!
10:31You're seeing something
10:32better than the Queen.
10:33What do you think
10:33is the main difference
10:35between Britain and America?
10:36Well, my sister
10:37isn't all the backwards here.
10:39What are you most
10:40looking forward to
10:41in America?
10:44Liberty.
10:46But when you're crying,
10:48you get all the way
10:51Don't stop your silence
10:53Be happy again
10:56Keep on smiling
10:58Cause when you're smiling
11:01The whole world
11:04starts with you
11:06You smiley, darling.
11:09What news of Princess Margaret?
11:11After three days
11:12in San Francisco,
11:13Her Royal Highness
11:14has safely arrived
11:15in Los Angeles.
11:16Any disasters
11:17I should be aware of?
11:18No, on the contrary,
11:19the trip seems to have been
11:20a great success.
11:21Really?
11:22Yes, rave reviews
11:24of all the newspapers
11:26with even a name
11:27having been coined
11:28for the multitude of fans
11:29and well-wishers
11:30who have followed her
11:31every step of the way.
11:33Which is?
11:34Margaretologists.
11:36Margaretologists?
11:38Yes, ma'am.
11:39Fans who have delighted
11:40in Her Royal Highness'
11:42intelligence and articulacy,
11:43her beauty and charm
11:44with one newspaper,
11:45the San Francisco Chronicle,
11:47even going so far as to...
11:48Yes, all right.
11:48Thank you, Martin.
11:49Yes, ma'am.
11:50I'm a queen, not a saint.
11:51That's it.
11:52Try not to smile.
12:10I gave it.
12:11Not once, not twice,
12:13but three times
12:14and you ignored it.
12:15What?
12:16A signal.
12:17Our signal
12:18that I wanted to leave.
12:19I didn't see it.
12:21You know, as well as I,
12:22that if you are
12:23the guest of honour,
12:25you cannot just leave.
12:28In the course of our marriage,
12:29I have lost count
12:30of the number of times
12:31you've walked out
12:31as guest of honour.
12:33Once or twice.
12:34All the bloody time.
12:36When it's dreary.
12:37When it suits you.
12:39Well, the people
12:41are ugly and dull.
12:43These people
12:44were musing
12:46and attractive
12:48and made me feel good.
12:51No, no, no, no.
12:51The alcohol
12:52made you feel good
12:55and blunted your judgment
12:57to the sycophancy
12:58of the people surrounding you.
13:00Is that right?
13:01Yes.
13:02Keys.
13:02Well, sadly,
13:04it's not blunted
13:05my judgment
13:06to your mean-spiritedness
13:10and jealousy
13:11and general
13:13pusanalaminity.
13:15Pusanalamin...
13:17Small-mindedness.
13:20I don't recognise this.
13:23Hmm.
13:25Come to think of it.
13:26I don't recognise you.
13:29Actually,
13:32nor did anyone else.
13:34I mean,
13:35if we're honest.
13:39Isn't that
13:40the real problem here?
13:41Hmm?
13:44Oh,
13:45I'm sorry.
13:46And you are...
13:49Tony who?
13:50Oh, yeah.
13:52The husband guy.
13:54It's not easy.
13:55It's not easy sometimes.
13:57What is not easy?
14:00Being second fiddle
14:01to a pygmy princess.
14:04Don't talk to me
14:06about being a second fiddle.
14:08I get so little,
14:09I'm like...
14:12No, it's the price I pay
14:14for the sister I have.
14:16But if the opportunity
14:18should once arise
14:19for me to shine,
14:21I'd appreciate
14:22you putting aside
14:24the competitive
14:25little narcissist
14:26that rages within you.
14:30And letting me
14:32savour it.
14:41I promise
14:43that once we get
14:44to New York,
14:47the spotlight
14:48will be entirely
14:49on you
14:50and your book.
14:52I'll take a back seat
14:54and be the adoring
14:55and supportive
14:56number two
14:57you want me to be.
15:01And nothing
15:01will make me happier.
15:15Now, you can tell me
15:16all you want
15:1650,000.
15:18Hell, 100,000 more
15:19boots on the ground
15:19are gonna resolve this.
15:21But I put 100,000
15:22more men in there.
15:23Who's to say
15:24that Ho Chi Minh
15:24isn't gonna put
15:25100,000 more?
15:26A man can't fight.
15:28If he can't see
15:29daylight at the
15:30end of the road.
15:31I want to see
15:32solutions, gentlemen.
15:33Solutions.
15:34Not more numbers.
15:37By God,
15:38I will not be
15:39the first American
15:39president to lose
15:40a goddamn war.
15:44That'll be all
15:45for your service, man.
15:58What is this?
16:00A peace offering
16:01from the Brits.
16:03Open to secure
16:03the bailout.
16:07Weekend shooting
16:08at Balmoral?
16:09Yes, sir.
16:11That's as good
16:11as it gets.
16:13Even Kennedy
16:13never got that.
16:15Really?
16:16He got a banquet,
16:18Naval Guard of Honor,
16:19but never a weekend
16:19shooting in Scotland.
16:20No one has
16:23gotten that.
16:27Hmm.
16:32Still,
16:34that's a long
16:35flight.
16:37Followed by
16:38a long drive.
16:40Stay in some
16:41creepy haunted
16:42castle.
16:43The weather's
16:44terrible.
16:47And it would
16:48involve making
16:49small talk
16:50to fancy people.
16:52Then when you
16:53go shooting,
16:54there's rules,
16:55things you do
16:56and don't do,
16:58which would
16:59involve researching,
17:00learning,
17:02cutting my nails.
17:04And I'd still
17:05get it all wrong.
17:07And then everybody
17:08would laugh at me
17:09and they'd say
17:09how I wouldn't
17:10know Jack Kennedy
17:11who would know
17:11exactly which
17:12knife and fork
17:13to use
17:14and which
17:14bird to shoot.
17:17So my position
17:18has not changed.
17:20It is still
17:21no thank you,
17:23your majesty.
17:25Tomorrow,
17:26there's a reception
17:26given by the
17:27Council of Engineering
17:28Institutions
17:28at the Science Museum,
17:30followed by an audience
17:31with His Excellency
17:33Gudmundur Gudmundsson,
17:35the new ambassador
17:36from the Republic
17:37of Iceland.
17:37Thank you, Michael.
17:38And where are we
17:39with President Johnson?
17:41Ah,
17:41we went back
17:43offering weekend
17:44shooting in Bon Morrow.
17:45Did we?
17:47Lucky LBJ.
17:48We don't get enough
17:49of those ourselves.
17:50And?
17:50No response, ma'am.
17:52What?
17:53Nothing.
17:54Complete silence.
17:55That's a first?
17:56Yes.
17:58Probably not what
17:59Downing Street
17:59was hoping for.
18:00Is everyone panicking?
18:01Slightly.
18:03What about
18:03Princess Margaret?
18:04I was safely
18:05arrived in Arizona, ma'am.
18:06Oh, well,
18:06that's something.
18:07At the Douglas family ranch?
18:09Yes.
18:10I've never been.
18:11What do we know about it?
18:12They say it's quite something.
18:13A beautiful 19th century
18:15country house
18:15set under the
18:16Santa Rita mountains
18:17in miles and miles
18:18of wide open desert.
18:31music plays
19:00Tony!
19:02Brace yourselves.
19:05Come along, darling.
19:11Your Royal Highness.
19:13Your Royal Highness.
19:14No blinking, no kissing.
19:15Jabs!
19:18This is exhausting.
19:22I look hideous.
19:25Mmm.
19:29Ghastly.
19:30You look a bit tired.
19:32A bit coldy.
19:35It's only to be expected after your...
19:39heroics.
19:41You hated every minute, didn't you?
19:44Maybe.
19:46That's irrelevant.
19:48The newspapers didn't.
19:52Page after page about how extraordinary you were.
19:57What an asset to the Crown.
19:58How underused you are.
20:00What a secret weapon.
20:01How deserving you are of the spotlight.
20:03Your elder sister eclipsed and outshone.
20:06Darling.
20:07And now, you must sleep.
20:10What will you do?
20:12Be a good guest and sing for our supper.
20:16So rest.
20:17I will.
20:18And get well for New York.
20:34Uh...
20:35Mr. President, I just got off the phone with our ambassador in London.
20:38We just got off the phone with the Prime Minister.
20:40We just got off the phone with the Queen.
20:42Don't tell me everybody's pissed.
20:44The general view seems to be that if you have a quarrel with the Prime Minister, that's one thing.
20:50But no one gets to insult the Crown, sir.
20:52It's like a treason or something.
20:55How have I insulted the Crown?
20:57By not accepting the Queen's invitation, sir.
21:00Well...
21:01I didn't refuse.
21:03Just have him reply.
21:06Well, now, don't you do this, Marvin.
21:09You're my chief of staff.
21:10You're supposed to have my back.
21:12Don't you get suckered into this.
21:13You know, they got this whole thing going on over there.
21:16It's head of state, Prime Minister, Buckingham Palace, Downing Street.
21:20It's like a double act.
21:21Like tag team wrestling.
21:22One of them gets in trouble.
21:24The other jumps in to bail them out.
21:26Wilson screws me over Vietnam.
21:28She jumps in to make it all good with some bursts.
21:31You bullshit.
21:32We don't have that here.
21:35Oh, sir.
21:38Buck stops with me.
21:41Who the hell am I supposed to call?
21:42If I want to issue an invitation to get me out of trouble.
21:45Well, you call me, sir, your oldest friend.
21:48I come up with a sensible plan to get us all out of trouble.
21:52All right.
21:53Come up with a plan.
21:54Well, sir, I just did.
21:57This is the plan.
21:58Right here.
22:00Who in God's name is that?
22:05They came to land at Oakland Airport.
22:07And here, as in San Francisco, crowds met and cheered them everywhere they went.
22:11The princess was radiant, obviously enjoying herself.
22:15It wasn't long before her sparkle cast an informal atmosphere over the occasion.
22:20The American people and their press have warmed to the couple.
22:24Enchanted by the natural display of charm and friendliness.
22:27Prime Minister for you, ma'am.
22:30I said it was urgent.
22:33Excellent ambassador.
22:36Prime Minister.
22:37Just to say, we've finally had a response from the Americans, ma'am.
22:43They've come back with an invitation of their own to dinner at the White House.
22:50For me?
22:51No, for Princess Margaret.
22:54Oh, that's cunning.
22:56Yes.
22:57That way, President Johnson can't be accused of snubbing my offer.
23:00No.
23:02It also sidesteps the all-important issue of the bailout.
23:06Indeed.
23:07But we think not all is lost that Princess Margaret should accept the invitation, go to the White House,
23:14and use the occasion to win over hearts and minds to the British cause.
23:21It would be a political engagement of the utmost delicacy.
23:26For which you want to send Princess Margaret?
23:29Yes, well, that had been my reaction.
23:32But her trip to America has been a terrific success.
23:36So I gather.
23:39So will you ask her.
23:44If those are my instructions.
23:48Please.
23:54Well, well.
23:55I suppose the situation is so dire there's really nothing to lose.
24:00He doesn't know my sister.
24:01He's eager to meet the British British.
24:03In the United States.
24:04Ma'am.
24:10Hello.
24:15The Royal Highness?
24:17No.
24:18Telephone for you?
24:19No.
24:20It's the Queen.
24:36Hello, you.
24:38Hello, you.
24:40Sorry to disturb.
24:41I know you're on holiday, so you don't want to hear this.
24:44What?
24:45We've had an invitation from the White House for you to go to Washington and have dinner with the President
24:51and the First Lady.
24:52And we'd like you to attend.
24:54When?
24:55This Wednesday.
24:57I can't.
25:00I can't.
25:00Why not?
25:02I'm going to be in New York.
25:05And Tony's book launch.
25:08Perhaps I should make it clear.
25:10There is rather a lot riding on it.
25:12And everyone is keen, very keen, for you to go.
25:15Perhaps I should make it clear that nothing is going to stop me from supporting my husband.
25:21Just like you asked me to.
25:23Margaret!
26:04Dear Margaret, as a wife, I understand your desire to support Tony.
26:09You know that it was my honest hope that on this trip you would both find the opportunity to be
26:15more courteous, more encouraging to each other.
26:18But for now, such considerations must be put aside.
26:23I have asked you this once as a sister.
26:26And now I must command it as your Queen.
26:31Your Royal Highness.
26:33Sir, thank you so much for agreeing to this.
26:37The most recent list of people attending the dinner with some brief biographies of those expected to sit close to
26:43you.
26:43What I'm asking you to do amounts to much more than simply attending a dinner.
26:53Currently, there are matters pertaining to this country's future prosperity that require a concerted effort on our part.
27:01We must heal the divisions that are emerging between Britain and its American cousins.
27:08You've often lamented that you have nothing to do.
27:11But you are a wasted resource.
27:14Well, the task you are embarking on today could not be more crucial.
27:19Britain currently has a deficit of 800 million pounds.
27:23What we need is a bailout of at least 1,000 million.
27:32Only the Americans can give it to us.
27:38I know you like to do things your own way.
27:41But this is a diplomatic mission of the highest sensitivity.
27:46And I would urge you, for once, to play things by the book.
27:52Ready?
27:54What happens if I fail?
27:56We don't get the bailout.
27:59Then we break our promises to the IMF.
28:03Exhaust the credit facilities available to us.
28:06Face a run on sterling.
28:08And the government would be left with no option but to devalue the pound.
28:12And that's bad.
28:14Devaluation.
28:15It's worse than bad.
28:17It would relegate sterling to the second division of the world's currencies
28:20and Britain to the third division of the world's economies.
28:24It would mean international humiliation, political ignominy, and...
28:31Financial ruin.
28:39You're a minus.
28:41President Johnson.
28:59You're a minus.
29:21Good morning, Prime Minister.
29:22Yeah, good morning.
29:25I've had an opportunity now to speak to our ambassador in Washington
29:30about the White House dinner last night.
29:32and I I don't know where to begin it seemed that the first course had barely
29:43been served before Princess Margaret made remarks about the late president
29:46Kennedy that were less than discreet I met him once Kennedy I was left
29:55distinctly underwhelmed Margaret I'm sorry did I say something wrong I do know these days one's not
30:07allowed to think anything other than what a great statesman Kennedy was say nothing Lyndon of course
30:15he'll say nothing he was his loyal deputy so I think I can understand better than most the
30:21frustrations and resentments that can build up from a life as a number two a support act
30:31even of someone you adore
30:36you spent three years as vice president I've spent my whole life as vice queen
30:43except that came out wrong I didn't mean I'm a vice queen is there a strategy in place to
30:50deal with the fallout oh no there's no fallout what president Johnson agreed thoroughly
30:56enthusiastically unreservedly he said um if I remember rightly Jack Kennedy
31:05would have killed his own mother just to take the skin off her ass to make a drum to beat
31:09his own
31:10praises right I see this then led to a drinking contest what last man standing is the winner
31:29challenge accepted which in turn led to a limerick contest limericks yes ma'am some of them I'm afraid to
31:36say a little off color hmm well go on then
31:43oh right um well the first one went a little there was a young woman from Delaware who liked to
31:56make
31:56laugh like to make love Delaware Delaware in her underwear a terrible prude she would never go nude and her
32:06bum
32:06hips and tits she would never bear
32:13what else the president countered with there was a young man from Wisconsin who was blessed with an
32:20enormously large Johnson where's the rest of it I believe everyone thought that was a long enough
32:30as it were anymore princess Margaret won the evening with this one there was a young lady from Dallas who
32:40used a dynamite stick as a phallus they found her you've made it this far they found her vagina in
32:54North Carolina and her
32:55arsehole in Buckingham Palace
33:01bravo
33:08then apparently there was dancing
33:34followed by singing
33:36anything anything you can be I can be greater sooner or later I'm greater than you
33:42yes I am no you're not yes I am no you're not yes I am yes I am yes I
33:48am
33:50she finally snag at home at four in the morning newly anglophile president Johnson having agreed to the bailout
33:56the special relationship more special than ever without being caught yeah that's what I thought you crook
34:04and all because Margaret was all the things I'd specifically begged her not to be
34:08all the things I could never be
34:12instinctive spontaneous dazzling
34:16yes I am
34:19you're all those things too
34:20no I'm not
34:22I'm predictable dependable reliable
34:26well of those two I would pick dependability every day of the week
34:31thank you
34:32thank you
34:33it would be nice to be dazzling on occasion too
34:36you are dazzling
34:39you're a dazzling cabbage
34:41anything you can say I can say
34:44faster
34:45I can say anything
34:46faster than you
34:48no you can't
34:49yes I can
34:49no you can't
34:50yes I can
34:51thank it
34:52thank it
34:52thank it
34:53thank it
35:15prime minister
35:17well played your royal highness
35:19very well played
35:21thank you sir
35:23shall we
35:24well played
35:25well played
35:27well played
35:29well played
35:41well played
35:49well played
35:54well played
35:54well played
35:54well played
36:11Hail the conquering heroine.
36:13Ah, yes.
36:15Let the abuse begin.
36:17Now, you must know by now,
36:19any triumph from this family is met with a healthy dose of...
36:21Envy?
36:22Spite?
36:22Good-natured teasing.
36:23To keep one's feet on the ground.
36:26Everyone's very grateful.
36:27The Prime Minister said he was going to write to you personally.
36:30Oh, better than that.
36:31He met me at the airport.
36:34Ah.
36:35And now we're all racking our brains as to what to give you
36:38to show our appreciation.
36:41How would you feel about the Order of Merit?
36:44Or the Victorian chain?
36:47You can keep your gongs and your bongs
36:49for all the men to whom it matters so much.
36:52But I'd be lying if I didn't admit to having done a little thinking
36:56in view of how well it all went.
36:59About us doing it more often.
37:03Doing what?
37:05Sharing duties.
37:08But we didn't share duties.
37:09You just went to a dinner party.
37:12In your place.
37:14And represented crown and country with,
37:17I think we can agree,
37:20favorable results.
37:24Isn't it possible
37:25that we've stumbled upon something here?
37:27You have far too much to do.
37:30Far too much pressure.
37:32Far too much responsibility.
37:34And I, too little.
37:36Having no role.
37:38Having nothing to do.
37:40Is...
37:41soul-destroying.
37:45All I'm asking
37:46is if you were prepared
37:48to share a little more.
37:52for Bazaar sakes.
38:03Let me think about it.
38:05I'll see what I can do.
38:11Don't tell me you've softened.
38:13I did.
38:14And with good reason.
38:17Margaret does suffer
38:18more than anyone else
38:19by not having
38:19a more meaningful role.
38:22Suffers in health
38:22and happiness.
38:24She's overlooked.
38:26And in terms of ability
38:27and character
38:28and intelligence
38:30and flair,
38:31she does not deserve
38:32to be overlooked.
38:32So why shouldn't we consider
38:35expending the role?
38:36Sharing the job a bit more?
38:38There are two answers
38:39to that question.
38:41Neither makes
38:42for pretty listening.
38:46Yes,
38:47the system is unequal.
38:49Unjust and cruel.
38:51And primogeniture
38:52divides and destroys families.
38:54The system stinks.
38:56But
38:56in its cruelty
38:58and injustice
38:59it reflects something else
39:00which is
39:00harsh and brutal.
39:02which
39:03no one is suggesting
39:04we rearrange.
39:06Life.
39:09We all desire equality.
39:11Here's the thing.
39:14We were not born equal.
39:17And what's the second?
39:20Do you remember
39:21I told you once
39:22I got drunk
39:22with that
39:23god-awful monster
39:24Tommy Lassells?
39:26Well, that night
39:27he shared with me
39:29his theory
39:30about the House of Windsor.
39:32I've never repeated
39:33to anyone since.
39:36Go on.
39:40He asked me to imagine
39:41a mythological creature.
39:44A rice addler.
39:47A polycephalus.
39:48A two-headed eagle.
39:50For the purposes
39:51of this conversation
39:52I want you to think of it
39:53as representing us.
39:55this family.
39:58Your family.
40:00And there have always been
40:02the dazzling Windsors
40:03and the dull ones.
40:04Your father.
40:06A saint.
40:07But dull.
40:09Sorry.
40:11Your grandfather too.
40:13George V.
40:14Deadly dull.
40:16At the height
40:17of the Great War
40:18when the Tsar
40:20and the Kaiser
40:20and the Emperor of Austria
40:22were dazzling the world.
40:23Where was he?
40:25He was sticking stamps
40:26in his album.
40:27His wife.
40:28Queen Mary.
40:29Wonderful.
40:29Ditchwater.
40:31And so it goes
40:32through George V
40:33to Queen Victoria
40:34and back.
40:35An uninterrupted line
40:37of stolid, turgid, dreariness.
40:40Culminating in me.
40:41Yes, but
40:44alongside that
40:45dull, dutiful,
40:47reliable, heroic strain
40:48runs another.
40:52The dazzling,
40:53the brilliant,
40:54the individualistic
40:55and
40:56the dangerous.
40:59And so
41:00for every Victoria
41:01you get
41:02an Edward VII.
41:04For every George V
41:05you get a Prince Eddie.
41:07For every George VI
41:08you get
41:09an Edward VIII.
41:12For every Lilibet
41:15you get a Margaret.
41:17And she may have had
41:19a success in Washington
41:20but let's not delude ourselves
41:22that serious diplomacy
41:23can be achieved
41:24through drinking and dancing.
41:26Let Margaret have the glory
41:27but let's not rewrite
41:29the constitutional rule book
41:31because she got lucky once.
41:34And where does that leave
41:34my relationship with her?
41:36Unchanged.
41:37You're the Queen
41:39and she's your dangerous
41:41baby sister.
41:45She's outside.
41:46She knows we're talking about her.
41:48Then let's join her.
41:50That feverish mind of hers
41:52needs no encouragement.
41:53She named her.
41:56She's inside.
42:17She's in a combative
42:32what you are suggesting is unthinkable the order of succession to the throne is determined by the
42:38act of settlement of 1701 not the wild and irresponsible whims of young princesses
42:44the principle of undisturbed hereditary descent is a pillar of stability and perpetuity for the
42:51nation princess elizabeth's destiny is to accede to the throne yours is to serve and support i would
42:59urge you to accept your position in life and to dismiss forthwith any childish notions about
43:06rewriting the rule books that it might better suit your character we all have a role to play
43:14princess elizabeth's will be center stage and yours ma'am will be from the wings
43:43margaret
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46:59you
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47:28that's
47:29so
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