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02:50By the end of this tour, I think we'll be able to make a qualitative assessment about where the finest
02:56women in the world come from.
02:58For now, however, I can tell you the women of New Guinea are sweeter than those of Ceylon and right
03:04up there with those of Malaya!
03:09I have shared these secrets with you in good faith.
03:12The contents must, like all disclosures of the officers on board are married and would kill me if they knew
03:21what I was writing!
03:24Strict, strict non-disclosure policies apply. What happens on tour stays on tour!
03:31But rest assured, I will keep you updated on our forthcoming adventures.
03:38I sense this will be a momentous, ever, ever your fellow member, Mike!
03:45Thank you !
03:46Thank you!
03:48Thank you!
03:49Thank you!
03:53Thank you!
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05:39Under false pretences, a shameful, dishonest, misadventure!
05:56The invasion has been a disaster.
05:59The UN General Assembly is up in arms, as are the Americans.
06:04As a result, our Prime Minister has had no option but to declare an immediate ceasefire and retreat.
06:13Without taking back the Suez Canal?
06:15Quite.
06:16So it's all been for nothing?
06:18No, rather worse than nothing.
06:21Economically, the drain on our currency reserves has been so ruinous that we now face a run on sterling.
06:28The energy situation is just as bad.
06:31Panic buying has been reported at petrol stations and we expect fuel rationing to become necessary as we move into
06:38winter.
06:40This is no exaggeration to say that this has been the worst week for the country since 1939.
06:47The peace and consensus left by your dear father is gone.
06:52And our reputation for decency and integrity in matters of foreign policy has been shattered.
06:58What is it?
07:01The Duke of Edinburgh is on the telephone, Your Majesty.
07:05Hm?
07:05Wouldn't that have a first?
07:07From New Guinea now.
07:09Oh.
07:11Sorry, do excuse me.
07:12And of course.
07:13Give him my best.
07:21Hello?
07:22Hello?
07:24Hello?
07:25Hello?
07:28Hello?
07:29Can you hear me?
07:37Yes, yes, I can hear you.
07:39I can't hear you.
07:41Elizabeth?
07:45Can you hear me?
07:51Philip?
07:55Oh.
08:02Ready for it, sir.
08:09I'll be right after you.
08:10Damn telephones.
08:12Bloody things.
08:13This is why they're bothering ourselves.
08:26At ease, gentlemen.
08:34Well, our adventure is only two weeks old,
08:37and it's already taken us nearly 20,000 miles
08:40as we travel the far corners of the world
08:45in an attempt to repair the reputation of our country
08:49currently being ruined by our politicians.
08:54I would like to thank each and every one of you
08:57for your professionalism and discipline.
09:00You have all been brilliant, all that is,
09:02except for the football team.
09:04Your shoddy, leaky defence and absence
09:08of a natural left-sided player
09:09led to that rather humiliating defeat
09:11by the seamen's club of all bloody people at Port Sweternand.
09:18I should also like to say, if I may, Admiral.
09:22Yes, sir.
09:27It's been wonderful for me, on a personal level,
09:30to be back at sea.
09:32The Royal Navy has always occupied a very special place
09:35in my life and, indeed, in my heart.
09:41There are few greater pleasures in life
09:43than serving on a ship such as this.
09:46That's why it's all so very difficult to leave.
09:49But, leave, I must, and fly to Melbourne
09:53to open the Olympics there,
09:54where I must generally behave myself.
09:57Shake a few hands, cut a few ribbons.
09:59It will be hell, I can assure you.
10:03And I will be counting the minutes
10:05until you come and pick me up again
10:06and we can continue our great adventure.
10:08Now, in the meantime, behave yourselves.
10:12Keep fit.
10:13And don't drink all the bloody beer.
10:20Thank you so much.
10:22Well done, boys.
10:23Well done, Peter.
10:24Good stuff.
10:25Thank you, sir.
10:26Well done.
10:27Well done.
10:28Well done.
10:29You're a...
10:30There you go.
10:30Yeah.
10:36So depressing, this sewer's business.
10:39Well, can't read about it, then.
10:41I can't help myself.
10:43What were they thinking?
10:44Should we take a look at the schedule?
10:46Will I tune you up?
10:47Probably not, no.
10:49I've been stripping things out wherever I can,
10:51but I'm afraid it's still pretty hectic.
10:53We start with a uranium mine visit
10:55in the Northern Territory.
10:56You see.
10:57Agricultural parades in Sydney,
10:59then overdo a British Empire
11:00service league conference in Canberra,
11:02and finally garden parties in the government house.
11:05Joy.
11:06But I've come up with a nice little stock speech
11:08which you can memorize like a minor bird
11:10and deliver each step of the way.
11:15Australia.
11:16In the name itself,
11:18conjures up such romantic images
11:19of progress, ambition, possibility.
11:28It is said that the mark of any great nation
11:30is the journey it has endured
11:32on its path to glory.
11:37What a journey Australia must take.
11:46from those early European explorers
11:48who landed at your shores
11:49who have endured great hardship and crisis.
11:52Less independently minded nations
11:54would have faltered,
11:55sought support from the parent nation.
11:57once so integral to their governance,
12:00but Australia forged onwards.
12:04Like it's rugged and at times
12:08unforgiving land state,
12:10Australia showed true strength,
12:13true metal.
12:18You have admirably developed
12:21every branch of your life
12:22and culture.
12:26and just 200 years have grown into a unique,
12:30an individual civilization
12:32which I'm sure will rank among the greatest
12:35that the world has seen.
12:47the name's Helen King.
12:5029 years old,
12:51writes for The Age,
12:52one of the most prominent newspapers here.
12:54She's asked to meet you.
12:57That's me, sir.
12:59What for?
13:00An interview.
13:02I only thought we decided
13:03no interviews.
13:04We did, but in her case
13:05I find myself moved
13:06to make an exception.
13:08You saw the way she was looking at me?
13:09Yes.
13:10You don't think I'm being delusional.
13:13Gentleman's radar on all that.
13:15No.
13:16Not to mention the way
13:17she's followed us
13:17every step of the tour.
13:18No, I think we can safely assume
13:21this one's a friend,
13:22not an enemy.
13:25Ha ha ha ha ha.
13:32The car,
13:33carrying His Royal Highness,
13:35the Duke of Edinburgh,
13:37makes his way out
13:38onto the splendid red track here
13:39on the pleasant afternoon in Melbourne.
13:43The crowds have escaped
13:44as they get their first glimpse of the Duke,
13:47who is reported to be
13:48greatly enjoying his time here in Australia.
13:51And now,
13:52we're nearly there,
13:53as the Duke takes his place
13:56in the world.
13:59I declare open
14:01the Olympic Games of Melbourne,
14:05celebrating
14:06the 16th Olympiad
14:08of the modern era.
14:15He looks happy.
14:18Once.
14:19The Duke smiles
14:21with thunderous applause
14:23and thousands of cheers
14:25from his fighting spectators
14:27to reverberate around the crowded space.
14:29You can thank me for that.
14:30It's my idea.
14:32I always knew it was a good idea
14:33to let him shine,
14:35alone.
14:36What a magnificent moment.
14:38Yes, thank you, Marie.
14:47In ancient Greece,
14:49the beginning of the Games
14:50was heralded by the homing
14:51of the pigeons.
14:52And so, too, today.
15:07Ready?
15:08Yes.
15:09Yes.
15:13Mrs. Parker,
15:14this way, please.
15:15Oh, dear.
15:18Mrs. Parker,
15:19how can I help?
15:20I'd like to separate
15:21from my husband.
15:23Better still,
15:24divorce.
15:26Do you mind me asking
15:27on what grounds?
15:28The fact I never see him.
15:31Absence isn't a legal
15:33ground for divorce.
15:37Neglect?
15:38Nor that, I'm afraid.
15:40We're going to need
15:40one of the big three.
15:41Adultery,
15:42unreasonable behavior,
15:43or insanity.
15:44I'm quite sure
15:45there has been adultery.
15:47We will need evidence.
15:50That won't be easy
15:52because of his job.
15:55Mike works
15:56for the Duke of Edinburgh.
15:56In what capacity?
15:59His private secretary.
16:01Oh, I see.
16:03He's also his closest friend.
16:05They're virtually inseparable.
16:08Are you really sure
16:10about this?
16:11A divorce
16:12can leave a woman
16:13quite isolated.
16:15Maybe things will get better
16:17if you
16:18stick it out.
16:20I tend to think
16:21that's always the best way
16:22for everyone.
16:25Grass is rarely
16:26a greener.
16:30I will come back
16:30when I have evidence.
16:45You're taking
16:46the Pethidin?
16:46Yes.
16:47And the Penta-Barbitone?
16:48Yes, I'm taking
16:49the Penta-Barbitone,
16:51but it doesn't work.
16:53I need something stronger.
16:55There is nothing stronger.
16:59The fact is,
17:00in terms of pharmacology,
17:02we've gone as far as we can.
17:11I have the greatest sympathy
17:12for your condition,
17:14Prime Minister,
17:14and I fully understand
17:16the need for rest.
17:19but given the challenges
17:21that are now facing
17:21this country,
17:23you don't feel
17:24that you have
17:24a responsibility
17:25to execute your duties
17:27just a little longer.
17:28I asked the physician
17:29the same question, ma'am,
17:31but he insisted.
17:35He felt that I was
17:36at the very limit
17:37of human endurance.
17:42But the country
17:44will be in safe hands.
17:45Mr. Butler
17:47will take charge
17:48in my absence.
17:50Mr. Head
17:51will oversee
17:52the withdrawal
17:53of our troops
17:53from Egypt.
17:55And Mr. Macmillan
17:56will oversee
17:57the economic situation.
18:01Economic crisis.
18:05How long do you imagine
18:06you'll be away?
18:07Not long, ma'am.
18:10A few weeks.
18:12Well,
18:13I suppose one can always
18:15reach you
18:15at short notice.
18:17It's a point I always
18:18make to my private secretaries.
18:20Yes, I'm away.
18:22But Windsor
18:23radios just round the corner.
18:25And Norfolk, too.
18:27County Durham,
18:28isn't it?
18:30Your family home.
18:34Jamaica, ma'am.
18:36Your family home?
18:38Where the doctor
18:40felt I should be going.
18:41He specified Jamaica.
18:43He specified sunshine,
18:45tropical sunshine.
18:46He said
18:47he felt my life
18:48might depend on it.
18:53What would he prescribe
18:54for the rest of us?
18:56Do you imagine?
19:01Prime Minister.
19:03Your Majesty.
19:04best of all.
19:08Princess beaute.
19:10Oh, my God.
19:28Go.
19:29Come.
19:30Come.
19:32Go.
19:32Come.
19:38excuse me excuse me you work in there don't you at the Thursday club as a waitress who's asking
19:48my name is Eileen do you have a minute what can I do for you I'd like you to tell
19:55me what goes on
19:58inside a year a reporter or something no no nothing like that just a wife
20:03of one of the members and mother to his children you may know him his name is Mike there are
20:09so
20:09many gentlemen Mike Parker you do know him don't you Mike would have made sure of that
20:21you're just his type look one day you will be married too and I sincerely hope that you make
20:28a good choice but if you don't and you meet a man who makes you unhappy then as a woman
20:34I would
20:34wish for you to be able to leave that man easily painlessly so if there is anything you can tell
20:42me
20:42that might make my leaving easier I'm sorry Mrs. Parker but I know nothing of your husband
20:50here is my address and um and my number just if anything should occur to you
21:00and um
21:18you
21:21and
21:35Michael.
21:36Do you have a minute, Michael?
21:38I think it's important.
21:40Coming.
21:44I'm going to ask you to go through it again.
21:47Yes.
21:47The provenance of this room is quite arcane.
21:51Your sister?
21:52Sister-in-law.
21:53Had lunch with her aunt, who had just spent the weekend at...
21:58Chumley Castle.
21:59At which one of the other guests was the bridge partner...
22:03Tennis.
22:05Of the solicitor, visited by Eileen Parker.
22:11I think that's it.
22:12That's half Britain already.
22:15And all of these people now know Mrs. Parker is seeking a divorce.
22:23Yes.
22:25It's unfortunate.
22:27It'll be hard to contain.
22:31What are Mrs. Parker's grievances?
22:39And neglect, unreasonable behavior, and infidelity.
22:46Just a wife's suspicions, nothing concrete.
22:49But I believe specific mention was made of a lunch club...
22:52...where Lieutenant Commander Parker and the Duke of Edinburgh are...
22:55Don't tell me.
22:56Frequent guests.
22:58Actually, founder members.
23:03Keep an eye on this for me, would you, Martin?
23:06How close are they?
23:08I'll call this to us, Jane.
23:09Sure it is.
23:22Madam, I'd like to see you very much.
23:42Ready, sir?
23:43Certainly, I'm.
23:45Is Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh?
23:47Thank you for seeing me, sir.
23:49Not at all.
23:52Well, um, just bear with me when I put my things down and set up.
23:57Please.
24:08I'm just going to put a microphone right here.
24:11Can I help?
24:13No, it's fine. Thank you.
24:18Right. I think that's it.
24:21Right. Well, I'll, uh, I'll leave you two to it then.
24:24Thank you, Michael. Please.
24:32Where are you when you are?
24:34Well, we can't really start without passing comment on the situation in Egypt and the international response.
24:40Why?
24:40Why?
24:43Huge demonstrations on the streets of London.
24:46Eden caving in to international pressure and calling a ceasefire.
24:49You don't think it's a pretty significant moment for your country?
24:52Perhaps, but I'm not going to pass comment on that.
24:55Why not?
24:56It's not my job. It's not what members of the royal family do.
25:00But you must have thoughts about it.
25:02Of course, not a vegetable.
25:04But my thoughts on issues like that remain a private matter.
25:11One can't help wondering where it leaves Britain's place in the world.
25:15Oh, I'm sure Britain will be fine.
25:17No, the view from over here is that Britain has been publicly humiliated.
25:21Oh.
25:22As someone with surprisingly progressive views, that must concern you.
25:27I have progressive views.
25:29You don't think that you do?
25:31Televising the coronation?
25:33Advocating modernization?
25:35That's just common sense.
25:36If you're a progressive, one prepared to make changes.
25:40Well, let's just say that I learned very early on that it's wise not to take things for granted.
25:44You're referring to your family.
25:47How they had to leave Greece in the revolution.
25:50Your grandfather was shot.
25:51Your father fled to avoid being shot.
25:54Yes, correct.
25:58Well, you see, there's so much that people don't really know about you.
26:05I can assure you it's all been rather embellished.
26:08The truth is really quite dull.
26:11Dull?
26:12How you personally fled Corfu in an orange crate.
26:15And then in childhood, in exile, always on the move.
26:18Exile is too strong a word.
26:20Too emotional.
26:21Just how it was for everyone.
26:22Just got on with it.
26:26But it can't have been easy.
26:30What's the trauma of being in exile what brought on your mother's illness, do you think?
26:40What illness?
26:42Well, the information I have is that she suffered a breakdown.
26:53Things weren't easy for her.
26:57But she got on with it.
26:58She was taken away, wasn't she?
27:00To an institution.
27:02And then your father promptly abandoned the family, ran off with his mistress?
27:06I don't know what you've been reading or who you've been speaking to,
27:09but both my mother and my father played very active roles in all their children's lives.
27:13So it isn't true that you didn't see your father for the last six years of his life?
27:16I think if we're to remain friends, we really should move on.
27:20All right.
27:23May I ask you about your education?
27:26Sir.
27:33Sir.
27:36What about it?
27:37That was pretty unusual, too.
27:39I went to boarding school in Britain.
27:40I knew what's unusual about that.
27:42For a while, but then you were taken out of there and sent to school in Germany.
27:46Because my sisters live there.
27:47Your Nazi sisters, one of whom was married to a close personal friend of Hitler's.
27:52I was at school in Germany for less than a year before I returned to the United Kingdom.
27:57What point are you trying to make here?
27:59I think it's pretty clear which side I was on.
28:01My record in the war speaks for itself.
28:02I'm simply saying that your background is so much more interesting and complex than people might imagine.
28:07Do they imagine anything?
28:08I think people are curious.
28:12There is this striking, handsome man.
28:15Walking beside the most famous woman in the world.
28:19Who is he?
28:22Well, I hate to disappoint.
28:27But he really is just a normal man.
28:30In what, from the outside, probably looks like rather a strange life.
28:34But from the inside, really is no different to anyone else's.
28:41I don't think there's anything about you that's like anyone else.
28:46From a young age, you were effectively orphaned.
28:49Your favorite sister, Cecile, also a Nazi, died in a plane crash.
28:53Yeah, I really think we should move on now.
28:54What kind of impact does that have on a man?
28:57That's the kind of trauma that will doubtless have a bearing on how your own children and the future king
29:02of England abroad are.
29:04It's enough.
29:08I think people have a right to know about their leaders, don't you?
29:12Especially ones that can't be thrown out with free and fair elections.
29:20Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:46Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:47Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:48Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:49Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:49Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:49Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:52Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:52Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:53Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:54Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:57Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me.
30:03Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me.
30:28Kensington 8953, hello?
30:35We met. A few times. In various locations. Afterwards, he'd tell me about his job. The company he keeps. He
31:00didn't mention a wife.
31:03Or children.
31:08I'm so sorry.
31:13If you are really sorry, I want to make my life easier.
31:21Of course.
31:24We will need you to make an official statement and give evidence in court.
31:29I can't do that. I would lose my job, my reputation.
31:31I'm afraid that's what the law requires.
31:33No.
31:37No.
31:39So you telephoned me and agreed to come here today for what, precisely?
31:44To put colour into my nightmares?
31:47I'm sorry.
31:55My sources now tell me that Mrs. Parker has gone as far as bringing a waitress from a Thursday lunch
32:00club to see her divorce line.
32:02I gather the waitress has not provided hard evidence on this occasion, just hearsay.
32:08They were obviously getting close.
32:09This cannot be allowed to go one single step further, Martin.
32:14No.
32:14If Mrs. Parker succeeds in getting her divorce, the newspapers would make the not unreasonable assumption that anything that Lieutenant
32:24Commander Parker has done, the Duke of Edinburgh has done too.
32:28We do not want words like infidelity and divorce swirling around.
32:34No.
32:35Whether there is any truth in the allegations or not, it would shatter up the interoperable marriage and jeopardize the
32:43entire monarchy.
32:47Any ideas?
32:50Stand easy, stand easy.
32:52Right, our grown-up duties are done.
32:54The Olympics are officially up and running, which means, gentlemen, we can now get on with the important business at
33:00hand, our tour!
33:05We have nine weeks between now and our arrival home.
33:09In that time, we will be visiting the remotest parts of the Commonwealth.
33:12But I'm delighted to say that during that time, we will be without reporters.
33:18We will be without photographers.
33:22We will be out of the world's eye!
33:26And with that in mind, I think Michael's got a suggestion.
33:30Right, gentlemen, yes, I'd like to propose something a little unusual, something I'm fairly sure none of us has ever
33:36participated in before, a beard-growing competition!
33:40Right!
33:42Now, special dispensation has been given to the dozen or so.
33:46Men already have been. It's a shave of the moth!
33:49And they're lacked as judges for the rest of our efforts, all right?
33:53Yeah!
33:54Hey, Chris!
33:56Hey, Pat!
33:57Hey, Pat!
33:58Hey, Pat!
33:59Hey, Pat!
34:00Hey!
34:13There's something you've not seen before.
34:15You can't see it now, Bill.
34:43Right, in their infinite wisdom, the powers that be have decided they would like you to make a Christmas speech.
34:49What? To who? The men on board?
34:52Uh, no. To the half a billion people that make up the Commonwealth of Nations.
34:57In the Lord Chamberlain's office, they'd like you to make a companion Christmas speech to the Queen's.
35:01A thousand words, preferably uplifting in tone and Christian in sentiment,
35:06with as many references as possible to the importance of family and the sanctity of marriage.
35:12What if I don't want to?
35:14Well, I'm afraid no provisions appear to have been made for your having an opinion about that, or indeed anything
35:19else.
35:21Because of seniority, your speech will come second.
35:25The usual time, 3pm.
35:29However, on Christmas morning, the Duke of Edinburgh is expected to be in Graham Land,
35:34which is in the Antarctic Peninsula, which is ten hours behind us.
35:37So he'll have to get up at the crack of dawn to make his speech.
35:40May I ask why he's making a speech?
35:44Um?
35:44Well, it's not usual, is it?
35:48No.
35:49It...
35:49It...
35:49It is extraordinary.
35:51Um, I think the feeling was that with Your Majesty and His Royal Highness having not been seen in public
35:59together so long,
36:01being at least heard together...
36:03No, I see.
36:04It might reassure people that all is still well.
36:07I wouldn't go that far, ma'am.
36:09Well, I would.
36:11And I think it's a good idea.
36:13Thank you, Michael.
36:20May I just ask, just out of curiosity, what's the longest amount of time that you and Lady Adeen have
36:29been separated?
36:32Uh...
36:32Three weeks, I think.
36:35I see.
36:36And would you say that you thrive or suffer from a separation?
36:41We...
36:42We don't much care for it, ma'am.
36:44Helen, in particular, believes that little good comes from a couple being apart, but a husband and wife belong together.
36:57Of course.
37:00Ma'am.
37:48Yes, sir?
37:51What's up?
37:52Australian naval patrol boat.
37:54It's your mayor's Warren has put out a distress call.
37:56They picked up a fishing boat out of power and it's drifted for days.
38:00Only one man left alive and he nearly drowned trying to fix the hull.
38:02He suffered a broken rib cage and his lung may be punctured.
38:05And the war really doesn't have a doctor on board.
38:07The man is dying.
38:08Are we the nearest ship?
38:09There's a French freighter three miles further out.
38:11We are the nearest ship.
38:14Set your course.
38:15Bring her about.
38:18Coming about.
38:19Nine to three.
38:38Oh, my...
38:40Up, up, he's coming out.
38:43Get in here.
38:44Back in the front, please lean down on 11.8.
38:47Forward, mark.
38:49Let me have no papers from the ship.
38:51You're on the side of the ship.
38:56Tracks.
39:03Howdy.
39:05We fished him out of the water, floating near his boat.
39:08Bruce Lee's crew must have drowned.
39:10There's no log on board,
39:11so we don't know who he is or where he's from.
39:13It doesn't matter who he is or where he's from.
39:15He was the captain of the ship.
39:18That's where it counts.
39:20He's one of us.
39:24You know, it's out of the question, sir.
39:26Why?
39:27We have a strict schedule,
39:29in spite of an official term.
39:31And to take the man back to wherever he came from
39:33would be to turn back in entirely the wrong direction.
39:37It'll take days, maybe a whole week,
39:38off our important schedule.
39:40We can make that time up.
39:41The man's fortunate enough, we saved his life.
39:44We'll simply drop him off at the next destination,
39:47and that'll be there.
39:47He will be needlessly separated from his home,
39:50find himself in a strange country with a foreign language,
39:54away from his family.
39:55Not my concern.
39:57Another vessel with less important duties
39:59might find time for such sentimental charity.
40:02We've done our important duties,
40:04and we're on the way home.
40:06We're effectively a glorified pleasure cruiser
40:08with an abundance of fuel and time to spare.
40:12Sir, my decision as flag officer
40:14is no.
40:15And my decision as admiral of the fleet
40:18is that we do.
40:26There is only one person
40:29in command of the vessel.
40:34It's the flag officer.
40:37If you'd recall your naval training,
40:40you'd remember.
40:41I do recall my naval training as it happens.
40:44Manning command posts on destroyers
40:46during the war, the same war,
40:48which I believe you spent on shore duty.
40:51I have never abused my privileges,
40:53and I don't intend to start now,
40:55but this is the Royal Yacht.
40:56I am on it, representing the Crown,
40:58and I say turn it around
41:00and take this man home.
41:25My dear friends,
41:27after 20 eventful weeks at sea
41:29visiting five continents
41:30and covering many thousands of miles,
41:34I'm happy to report
41:35that we saved our greatest adventure
41:37for last.
41:39As the Royal Yacht Britannia
41:41turned naval rescue
41:42and we fished a shipwrecked mariner
41:45out of the water.
41:47Our brilliant surgeons operated on him.
41:49Then we went out of our way
41:50to return him to his home,
41:52his family, and his people.
42:02We'll be right after that.
42:13See you next time.
42:22See you next time.
42:33And what people, what family, what home.
43:10Should you Thursday Club members ever grow tired of your colourless and empty lives in London,
43:17I suggest immediate relocation to the discrete island nations nestled around Tonga.
43:24Surely the closest one can come to heaven on earth.
43:30Never have we received such a welcome or eaten so well.
43:37Never have I experienced such a willingness to set oneself free and enjoy.
43:45And nowhere on earth, and we have by this point travelled across almost every inch,
43:52how much have we encountered such beautiful women.
44:13These really have been the most remarkable few days.
44:19And it is with the greatest reluctance that after three days here we tear ourselves away.
44:26Each of us, not a little bit, but a great deal in love.
44:46That is your husband's handwriting, isn't it?
44:53You said you needed evidence.
44:59That's not a royal tour, that one.
45:01It's a five month stag night.
45:04Whores in every port.
45:12Good luck.
45:20Good luck.
45:29Good luck.
45:30Good luck.
45:31Good luck.
45:37Good luck.
46:01Happy Christmas.
46:02Happy Christmas.
46:04Happy Christmas.
46:04Hello, thank you.
46:05Oh, God.
46:08It's just a moment.
46:10That's not more than that.
46:11No, thank you.
46:17Good luck.
46:18Good luck.
46:20Good luck.
46:20Good luck.
46:21Good luck.
46:21I love you.
46:22Oh, don't hold me until I take you.
46:26That's one of ours.
46:28Ed won't.
46:30No.
46:32It's not that.
46:35Written it, yes?
46:37No.
46:39I'm waiting for inspiration to strike.
46:44Might I suggest some gung-ho platitudes about Christmas in the Commonwealth?
46:49That's what they want me to say.
46:52I mean what I want to say.
46:56Right.
47:04Have you got it yet?
47:06Here it is.
47:10Graham Land, last I heard.
47:13Where's that?
47:18Dickie, where's Graham Land?
47:20No, Antarctica.
47:21Is it?
47:22Is that north?
47:23Is that south?
47:24It's north.
47:25No, don't be silly, Mum.
47:26It's south.
47:27Does anyone actually know?
47:28Yes, because the Arctic is north.
47:31And so Antarctica is not north, isn't it, Dickie?
47:35What's northern north?
47:37Come.
47:40It's time.
47:41Good.
47:42Your Majesties.
47:43Your Royal Highnesses.
47:44Oh, come on to me, children.
47:45And now the Christmas announce from His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.
47:52Good morning.
47:54This is Britannia.
47:56I'm speaking to you from the edge of the South Pacific.
47:5959 degrees south and 60 degrees west.
48:02You'll have to turn the globe upside down to find this place.
48:06Indeed, a few of us aboard the Royal Yacht feel a little upside down,
48:09having never been this far from home.
48:13The remoteness of the location presents one with a precious opportunity to think.
48:18About one's own life.
48:21One's own way of living.
48:24We've travelled the world now and seen all manner of tribes, societies and cultures.
48:31We've had endless debates about which places have the best systems of government or justice
48:35or the most interesting religions,
48:38and we've been amazed and impressed by so much of what we've seen.
48:44Naturally, it has led us to examine our own lives
48:47and the way we live.
48:49The things we take for granted.
48:52Is that really Philip?
48:53Some sort of Philip impersonator?
48:56Why?
48:57It sounds so odd.
49:00So different.
49:05And here I am almost 10,000 miles from London,
49:09surrounded by empty water.
49:14It's a fine life on board a ship,
49:17but it can be a solitary one.
49:22We are men together.
49:27But we each stand alone.
49:50We can ask to tell you that they're ready for you.
49:55Right.
49:59Last minute changes.
50:02Something like that.
50:03May I help?
50:05No.
50:27We are ready for you, ma'am.
50:31Yes.
50:38Happy Christmas.
50:39Happy Christmas.
50:41Happy Christmas.
50:41Happy Christmas.
50:44The people of Britain and the Commonwealth will now listen to the voice of Her Majesty the Queen.
50:58Once again, messages of Christmas greeting
51:01have been exchanged around the world,
51:05carried upon the invisible wings of 20th century science.
51:11And of all those many messages from all corners of the Commonwealth,
51:17none has given us greater pleasure.
51:20Than hearing those of my husband
51:24from the remote and lonely spaces of Antarctica.
51:31To him I say,
51:33from all the members of your family gathered here today,
51:39our very best wishes go to you on board Britannia.
51:46A very large, united family is waiting for you here.
51:57And will always be waiting for you, wherever you are.
52:17I would like to express my gratitude to those men and women of the Commonwealth,
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