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00:24You
00:25Fuel on
00:26Fuel on.
00:27Docks are in position.
00:29Switches are on.
00:29You sure about this, sir?
00:32When I got married, my in-laws made me Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
00:35As a result, I'm the most senior airman in the country, and I can't bloody well fly.
00:41Yes, I'm sure.
00:42Righto, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:14Ready!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ha!
01:30Perfect!
01:31Woo-ha!
01:39Whoa, there we are!
01:50Right.
01:52All right there, sir?
01:54Yes, yes, fine.
01:55Now it's your turn. You have control.
01:58I have control.
01:59Now remember what I told you.
02:00Keep your eye on the altimeter and the compass heading, and keep the stick level.
02:06That's very good. That's balanced.
02:12Stick to the left, then to the right.
02:20And level.
02:22Good.
02:24Noisy, isn't it?
02:29How's this, sir?
02:55You fought in the Battle of Britain, didn't you?
02:58I did, sir.
02:59257 Squadron.
03:00Flying what?
03:01Spitfires.
03:02Hunnicans mostly, sir.
03:04Any kills?
03:06One or two.
03:08Should we get us started now? The ground seems terribly close.
03:12It's too low to restart, so we'll do a dead stick landing.
03:16Okay.
03:16Okay.
03:16I have control.
03:17You have control.
03:37That was wonderful.
03:39Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
03:41Let's talk tomorrow.
03:44Oh, man.
04:04I should take advantage.
04:04I can't confident it.
04:04What does it count?
04:04Yes, Maite.
04:05Do a bit of insight into this.
04:11What was the holy stone rather than Sunday?
05:53I'm afraid you'll see us at this point.
05:55Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this.
06:03I see.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:23I thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33We must send a warning to cover our backs.
06:37Thanks.
06:40Kenneth, it should probably come from you as chief scientist.
06:44Address it to the PM.
06:46You'll never read it, of course.
06:48But the important thing is, we've sent it.
06:52I'll get you to Dally Street right away.
06:57And there was a gun.
07:09There's a gun.
07:12Right there, please.
07:23If her majesty could lean forward
07:29Deep breath in
07:35And out
07:38Yes, little stuffy, ma'am
07:40It might help to open the window a crack
07:42Not while they're rehearsing
07:43Hmm
07:44What are they rehearsing?
07:50My funeral
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12:09forward-thinking government this country has ever seen.
12:15How you lost the election escapes me.
12:21Escapes us all.
12:24I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service
12:28if I helped to usher him out of the door and you back in.
12:35And to that end, you come to me with a master plan
12:39that involves me crucifying the Tories
12:41for their failure to deal with a fog
12:44which has yet shows no sign of appearing.
12:50At present, I can see stars.
13:32CHOIR SINGS
13:53Good night.
14:08Miss Scott thank you for your conscientiousness but it's late you're
14:13home you're no good to be tired good evening to you
14:19but you're here good night sir
14:33evening Pat
14:57you haven't moved I suppose it's still a no to what coming out you mean going to
15:08the lamb flag with you sitting at the bar twinkling our ankles at every
15:12unremarkable young man in the room then letting those men buy us enough drinks
15:17for us to bring them home only to have their unremarkability confirmed to us
15:22again no thanks goodness and what will you be doing in the meantime spend time in
15:31the company of someone remarkable
15:42hear this young men and women everywhere and proclaim it far and wide the earth is yours and
15:51the fullness thereof be kind but be fierce you are needed now more than ever before
15:59take up the mantle of change for this is your time
16:05so
16:18so
16:35good morning time is 8 o'clock on the 6th december and here is the news
16:40london has been brought to a halt by dense fog which has descended overnight
16:46long queues are formed on main roads and the reports of motorists abandoning their
16:51vehicles and continuing on foot london airport is expected to be closed
16:58good god the meteorological office has issued a statement saying that a persistent anti-cyclone
17:04over london is to blame smoke from the capital's chimneys is being trapped at street level which
17:09is aggravating the fog windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time
17:18be careful out there it's a real pea super
17:31ah is the car ready i'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive man
17:38it's what 200 yards
17:41it's been judged too hazardous man
17:47i have an appointment to see my grandmother
17:51i intend to keep that appointment
17:54if it's too hazardous to drive
17:57then there's only one thing to be done
18:38i saw that
18:40might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't
18:45and the queen is here your majesty
18:47could you be more specific
18:49ma'am
18:51which queen
18:52queen elizabeth ma'am
18:54which one there are two
18:56the young one
18:58oh the queen
19:00i thought you was all queens they gave me a sheet
19:04we are
19:05i was the queen so long as my husband the king was alive but since he died i'm no longer
19:11the queen i'm simply queen mary
19:13my late son's widow was also the queen but upon the death of her husband she became queen elizabeth the
19:21queen mother
19:21her daughter queen elizabeth is now queen so she is
19:27the queen
19:28the queen
19:29the queen
19:31nurses and nuns have the same problem
19:34we're all called sister
19:36so you are
19:38well she's outside
19:40the queen
19:42then let her in
19:44sister
19:57bad time
19:58not at all
20:01how are you
20:03i'm always happy to see you
20:05and my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing name it
20:10not to ask me how i am
20:12it's all anyone ever does forget death by lung disease it's death by bad conversation
20:18all right i promise
20:21but if you are feeling up to it
20:22there was something i wanted to talk to you about
20:26fire away
20:37i was listening to the wireless this morning
20:41where they described this fog as an act of god
20:46now in your letter that you sent me
20:50you said
20:55loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty above everything else
21:01because the calling comes from the highest source from god himself
21:07yes
21:10do you really believe that
21:14monarchy is god's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth
21:19to give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards
21:22an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives
21:28monarchy
21:29is a calling
21:30from god
21:32that is why you're crowned in an abbey not a government building
21:36why you're anointed not appointed
21:38it's an archbishop that puts the crown on your head
21:41not a minister or public servant
21:43which means
21:45which means
21:45that you are answerable to god in your duty
21:49not the public
21:52i'm not sure that my husband would agree with that
21:55he would argue that in any
21:57equitable modern society
21:59that
22:00church and state should be separated
22:03that if god has servants they're priests not kings
22:07that he would also say that he
22:09watched his own family destroyed
22:11because they were seen by the people
22:12to embody
22:13indefensible and unreasonable ideas
22:15yes
22:16but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenues
22:20that goes back what
22:2290 years
22:24what would he know of
22:25alfred the great
22:26the rod of equity and mercy
22:28edward the confessor
22:30william the conqueror
22:31henry the eighth
22:33it's the church of england dear
22:34not the church of denmark or greece
22:41next question
22:44it's chaos out there
22:47trains disrupted
22:48air services cancelled
22:49a richmond bridge this morning
22:52visibility was officially measured at one yard
22:54that's a record low incidentally
22:58our trojan friend in downing street has been speaking to his friends at the met office
23:03they say this is just the beginning
23:06they expect it to get worse
23:08i know you would have me call a vote of no confidence
23:12and will doubtless call me over cautious for not doing so
23:15but the prime minister needs to be given a chance
23:21even if it's only to hang himself
23:23let's see how the old fool responds
23:30about a joke
23:37in the early years
23:39there you go
23:41there you go
23:42there you go
23:43hide
23:44stay
23:50stay
23:51stay
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in.
24:15No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No.
24:26Prime Minister?
24:29Sir?
24:50Ah!
24:51You made it!
24:51Oh!
24:52I'm sorry, sorry, sir.
24:53I was just...
24:54No, no.
24:54You did well to get here.
24:56I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't.
24:58Oh, it wasn't easy.
25:01Just crossing the road, you take your life in your hands.
25:04Oh, then don't.
25:04You're too important to all of us.
25:06Well, hardly.
25:07All I do is bring you things to sign and take them away again.
25:11And so the wheels keep turning and the business gets done and the country is governed.
25:17Why?
25:19But what's my personal contribution?
25:24Ah.
25:26You improve the quality of life for all that deal with you.
25:31What?
25:32An ornament.
25:34A flower.
25:37By comparison, at my age, you were a published writer and a cavalry officer posted to India
25:45fighting local tribesmen on the northwest frontier.
25:48Who told you that?
25:50You asked me to engage in a relationship with a young man my own age.
25:54So I've been reading your autobiography.
25:57That's not quite what I had in mind.
26:00Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
26:06The earth is yours and the fullness thereof.
26:11Be kind, but be fierce.
26:13You are needed now more than ever before.
26:19Take up the mantle of change.
26:21Stop.
26:22For this is your time.
26:29You were 24.
26:33All energy and hope and passion and fire.
26:39It's remarkable.
26:45You found something you liked in that young man?
26:51I did.
27:10Hang on.
27:20For this is your side, show us at perfectly.
27:23The time is 8 o'clock on the 7th of December, and here is the news.
27:28A serious fog that brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday continues this morning,
27:34with emergency services struggling to cope and widespread disruption reported across the nation.
27:41Flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital.
27:45Trains are stopped or running hours behind schedule from major London railway stations.
27:52The Prime Minister is facing criticism for failure to deal with the mounting crisis.
27:58London Airport is closed again today, with all flights crowded.
28:02The unmoving fog, which has spread to over 30 miles wide, is likely to cause complete darkness by 2 o
28:09'clock this afternoon.
28:24You alright?
28:28You're not.
28:31Go on, let's get you up.
28:33No. No, I'm fine, I promise.
28:38It's just because the window is open.
28:41Now go to work, you've got a job to do.
28:52Let us start with the unrest in Egypt, where anti-colonial passions continue to run high and where our soldiers
29:01continue to come under fire from nationalist insurgents.
29:05It is vital that we remain and successfully defend the Suez Canal,
29:12a point that I will be making in person to the Commonwealth heads when I host them for the weekend
29:19at Chequers.
29:20Weather permitting?
29:23Indeed.
29:24What is the latest information that you have?
29:27About the weather?
29:29It's fog, ma'am. It will lift eventually.
29:33I was hoping for something more scientific.
29:37Then I will ensure that a barometric report is included in your box tomorrow, complete with isobars and isohumes.
29:48It has been an unusually cold winter.
29:51And there are only so many things that I, as Prime Minister, am prepared to inflict on your subjects as
29:58a reward for winning a world war and prevailing over fascism, evil and tyranny.
30:04Letting them freeze is not one of them.
30:08You do not seem unduly concerned.
30:10I'm not.
30:11You do know that my late father wrote many years ago to your predecessors to express his deep concern about
30:19the inner city power stations that your party was building.
30:25Indeed.
30:27And I was sympathetic with your father's concerns at the time.
30:32I also have sympathy with the leader articles in the newspapers today.
30:38Begging for blood.
30:40Wanting my head.
30:43People have to be angry at someone.
30:46But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything.
30:52We need the power stations.
30:53We need the coal.
30:55People need to burn coal to warm their homes.
30:58It is weather.
30:59It will pass.
31:01Well, I do hope so.
31:03Not least because my husband's mood is intolerable.
31:07Why?
31:09Well, being caged in like this.
31:11He can't fly.
31:15Fly where?
31:16Well, nowhere.
31:18He's learning to fly.
31:21Whatever for?
31:23Have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go?
31:27No, he wants to fly himself.
31:30It's a boyhood dream.
31:32It's what he's always wanted.
31:33Why was government not consulted?
31:35Because it's a private matter.
31:36And I am in favor.
31:38Nothing you or his royal highness do is a private matter.
31:42And the father of the future king of England risking his life needlessly is quite unacceptable.
31:48Please do not curtail my husband's personal freedoms any further.
31:53You've taken away his home.
31:55You've taken away his name.
31:57There comes a time where one must draw a line in the sand.
32:00And the job of drawing that line falls to cabinet, ma'am, not to you.
32:05Something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you had he been granted more time to complete your education.
32:13And now our time is up.
32:20Until next week.
32:38Good morning. The time is eight o'clock on the 8th of December, and here is the news.
32:42The choking, eye-watering fog, which has already caused two days of chaos across the capital, has worsened overnight.
32:50The great coal-burning electricity stations in Battersea and Fulham have attempted to reduce emissions of poisonous sulfur dioxide from
32:57their chimneys,
32:58but we've been told that it is unlikely they will be able to make any significant change to the air
33:03quality.
33:04The government is expected to make a statement later today.
33:17Come on. Let's get you to a hospital.
33:20I'm fine.
33:21You're not. Come on.
33:23Let's get you up.
33:25Shoes.
33:34Off we go.
33:36Arm in.
33:39Hand the other.
33:53I can't breathe.
33:55Do as I say and hold on to me.
34:07Come along.
34:08Come on.
34:25Quick, hold my hand.
34:38Come on.
34:51Control of this story is getting away from us.
34:55The opposition's blood is up.
34:57We have to respond.
34:59Respond how?
35:00I would suggest by commissioning a public inquiry.
35:03An inquiry would be expensive.
35:09Winston people are angry.
35:11They see us as the culprits.
35:13Culpable for what?
35:14It's fog.
35:16Fog is fog.
35:17It comes, and it goes away.
35:20Well, I'm glad that the...
35:21Prime Minister finds time for levity.
35:24Perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has now become.
35:28This morning, a suburban twain collided with a gang of well-wing workmen,
35:33killing several and injuring a great many more.
35:35In parts of the capital, there is now a total breakdown in law and order.
35:41Hospitals are filling up as our citizens are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide.
35:55Sometimes we have sunshine.
35:58Too much sunshine, and they call it a drought.
36:01Then we have rain.
36:03Too much rain, and they call it a deluge, and find a way to blame us for that, too.
36:08It's an act of God, Bobbity.
36:11It's weather.
36:12And for better or for worse, we get a great deal of it on this island.
36:16Frankly, there are more pressing matters to deal with.
36:20Like what?
36:20What?
36:21The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:25Hello.
36:38Hello.
36:38Now, here are the pockets of Elias.
36:39Matt, telephone, sir.
36:40The Marcus of Salisbury.
36:41Telephone.
36:41Look, now...
36:42Tell him it's not.
36:50Bobbisy?
36:51Thanks for taking my call, Diggie.
36:54Are you there?
36:56Yes.
36:57Can anyone overhear what you're saying?
37:03No.
37:04Good.
37:09It's chaos!
37:10I know. The ward is full, every corridor too.
37:13Most of the doctors are sick now.
37:15Those that are well can't get in.
37:17What's better than this in the ward?
37:19What do you need? More equipment?
37:21Or masks?
37:22Masks are bloody useless. They're just for show.
37:24To make it look like the government's doing something.
37:26Then what is needed?
37:27Money. People.
37:29Trained staff. Help is what is needed urgently.
37:33Better rest for now.
37:38Maybe I could put a word in with the people who make a difference.
37:42Such as?
37:43The Prime Minister, for example.
37:46Oh, I see you're just going to walk into Downing Street and whisper in his ear.
37:49Yes. Something like that.
37:51You know, my day's bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes.
37:55Now, excuse me.
37:57Dad! Dad!
38:00I'll show you.
38:02Get out of the way!
38:03Oh, let's go.
38:12Where are you? Oh, here.
38:14Where are you? Oh, here.
38:38How much long are you going to give the old man?
38:40The majority is tiny.
38:42A vote of no confidence and he'll be toppled.
38:46You know what he calls you?
38:49Yes, I know.
38:50Sheep in sheep's clothing.
38:55Perhaps it's time to approve you're not.
39:03Very well.
39:05Let's put a motion down on paper and brief the whips.
39:20Thank you, sir.
39:37Anything interesting?
39:39Yes.
39:42Care to share it?
39:44No.
39:46I'd be happy to share glide ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with you
39:50as part of a quid pro quo arrangement.
39:52One glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes, for example.
39:57No?
39:59A dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling.
40:02These are very interesting concepts, Elizabeth.
40:04You might learn something in exchange for a foreign office briefing.
40:09Am I going to have to explain my position again?
40:12No.
40:13Good.
40:17Once you have tasted flight,
40:19you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
40:22for there you have been,
40:23and there you will always long to return.
40:28You know what's remarkable about those words?
40:32Go on.
40:33They were written 300 years before man first got in a plane.
40:37Leonardo da Vinci.
40:42Look, Philip, I know...
40:47Lord Manbatten, Your Majesty.
40:49Uncle Dickie, what's he doing here?
40:51I know as much as you do.
40:52He said it was important, that.
41:00Elizabeth.
41:05Hello.
41:06Came as soon as I cried.
41:09So.
41:12Oh, is...
41:13Is this a meeting with Elizabeth, your niece?
41:16My wife?
41:17Or the Queen?
41:19Later, I'm afraid.
41:20Right.
41:21I don't know my place.
41:31What's the matter with him?
41:33Nothing.
41:36He's just feeling a little grounded.
41:39Ignore it.
41:41Right.
41:42All ears.
41:42I received a telephone call today from Robert E. Salisbury.
41:49It seems that even among his own people,
41:51the feeling is that our Prime Minister
41:52is not able to deal with a national crisis.
41:57Indeed, he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis.
42:02Hospitals overflowing, people dying.
42:04As sovereign, you have the right to demand that a government in your name shows effective leadership.
42:13The opposition are now calling for a motion of no confidence.
42:18So, I would say, the time has come for you to summon Churchill and...
42:27And what?
42:32Insist that he go.
42:36I can't do that.
42:38You can.
42:39And should.
42:41But...
42:42Wouldn't that violate the Constitution?
42:46As...
42:46Queen.
42:50You have the right to be consulted.
42:54The right to encourage.
42:57The right to warn.
42:59Also, to appoint a new Prime Minister in the event of incapacity.
43:04And many would say that Churchill's behaviour now constitutes incapacity.
43:10Then a revolution must come from within.
43:13They are trying.
43:14Well, then they must try harder.
43:16They will.
43:18But...
43:19Would prefer it to be bloodless.
43:22So I have asked for your help.
43:24And influence.
43:28I cannot do it.
43:30I will not do it.
43:32Let's not forget, it was Churchill who denied Philip's children his own surname.
43:37Dickie.
43:38And insisted that you live in Buckingham Palace.
43:40As, alas, did everyone else.
43:41And now, with looters on the street and hospital corridors stacked with the dead,
43:46he is interested in only one thing.
43:51Stopping Philip flying.
43:55What?
43:56At a crisis cabinet meeting this morning,
43:58when there should have only been one thing on the agenda,
44:00the unfolding national emergency,
44:04all our Prime Minister wanted to discuss
44:08was your husband's new hobby.
44:15I'm so sorry, sir.
44:16Who are her parents?
44:19Her father is a clergyman from Suffolk.
44:21I've been noticed.
44:22They want to go to the hospital.
44:23There is an emergency meeting at the house.
44:26The meeting you must attend.
44:27The house can wait.
44:39You wish to see me, Your Majesty?
44:41Yes, Tommy.
44:45I know how much my father depended on you
44:49and how closely you work together.
44:52Which is why I wanted to ask your advice now.
44:56It seems our Prime Minister,
44:59a man who's led the country through many crises,
45:02is no longer leading us at all.
45:06Representations have been made to me
45:09through an intermediary from the heart of the government
45:13to intercede and bid and stand down,
45:18make way for a younger man.
45:22Which brings me to my question.
45:26What are my responsibilities as Head of State?
45:33What should I do when it's in the national interest?
45:37How far dare I go?
45:42I'm not sure if Her Majesty is aware,
45:45but shortly before your father died,
45:48the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eaton, came,
45:51begging His Late Majesty to intervene,
45:54if not on an official level,
45:56then on a personal one,
45:58as a friend,
46:00to bid the Prime Minister to resign.
46:03What did my father say?
46:05Well, His Majesty was, like his father before him,
46:09a stickler for convention and tradition
46:11and would never have done anything
46:13that violated the Constitution
46:15or overstepped the mark.
46:20Then I have my answer.
46:21But that was His Majesty, not your Majesty.
46:26And I do read the newspapers
46:28and I do listen to the wireless.
46:30And the situation we're in today
46:31is quite different
46:33than the one we were in
46:34when Mr. Eaton came to see your father.
46:39Different situation,
46:41different sovereign.
46:54Wait for me here!
47:04What's the matter?
47:14What's the matter?
47:16I don't know.
47:16Watch out!
47:18I don't know.
47:20I don't know.
47:21I don't know.
47:22We'll get to see it as soon as we come.
47:26Oh, my God.
47:56Sir?
47:59Just a child.
48:04A beautiful child.
48:08I just received word from Buckingham Palace.
48:12The Queen has requested an audience.
48:14When?
48:15At your earliest convenience.
48:21All energy, and hope, and passion, and fire.
48:31Sir?
48:35Damn it, he is.
48:36Oh, shh, shh, shh.
48:44Did the newspapers know I'm here?
48:46No.
48:49But it could easily be arranged.
48:52Then do it.
48:55And tell the Queen I'll be their first thing in the morning.
49:00After the papers.
49:20I'll be there.
49:42glac
49:52Just come on here. The Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:13Yeah, yeah.
50:13Not, but...
50:23Quiet! Please! Set them down!
50:26Mr. Churchill!
50:28I have witnessed scenes here today, the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest days of the
50:37Blitz.
50:39But alongside the suffering, I've also seen heroism.
50:44And where there is heroism, there will always be hope.
50:51Only God can lift the fog.
50:55But I, as Prime Minister, am in a position to ease the suffering.
51:02To that end, I pledge to make available, with immediate effect, more money for hospital staff, more money for equipment,
51:13and a full and independent public inquiry into the causes of air pollution.
51:19To ensure that such a calamity may never befall us again.
51:29Thank you all.
51:37The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person, and was
51:44rewarded by cheers and applause by those suffering through the worst smog this city has ever witnessed.
51:51And the headline reads,
51:52The Prime Minister is a true leader in a crisis.
51:55True leader in a crisis.
52:00Ma'am, the Prime Minister's here.
52:04The parallels between his appearance yesterday and the wartime years were striking.
52:10And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed.
52:17Hello?
52:19Clem, you still there?
52:21Hello?
52:23Clem?
52:26Clem, can you hear me?
52:28No, I can't.
53:10CHOIR SINGS
53:37CHOIR SINGS
53:55CHOIR SINGS
53:56CHOIR SINGS
54:03There's a delicate matter
54:04which I felt I needed to discuss with you
54:08in person.
54:10Concerning what?
54:14your position
54:18my position
54:20yes
54:21your position
54:26as prime minister
54:32go on
54:38at that point
54:39she hesitated
54:42and then she asked me
54:43to pick either
54:45Qajgi Nazimudin of Pakistan
54:47or Sydney Holland of New Zealand
54:50whatever for?
54:52to sit next to at dinner
54:56she summoned you for that?
54:58no, I think she summoned me
55:00to haul me over the coals
55:01for my handling of the fog
55:02but then the fog lifted
55:05and she had to make a decision
55:07right then and there
55:08in the room
55:09you could see the wheels turning
55:11behind her eyes
55:12and then she switched a tack
55:14without so much as a flicker
55:16clever
55:19no, no, not clever
55:20ingenious
55:21why?
55:22because it disarmed me
55:23and made me switch tack too
55:25what about?
55:27about allowing Philip to learn to fly
55:30he can now
55:32good
55:34but he still has to ask cabinet permission
55:36to do rolls and spins
55:48what dear girl?
55:53well what if the fog hadn't lifted
55:57and the government had continued to flounder
56:01and people had continued to die
56:04and Churchill had continued to cling to power
56:07and the country had continued to suffer
56:10it doesn't feel right
56:12as head of state
56:13to do nothing
56:15it is exactly right
56:18is it?
56:19but surely doing nothing is no job at all
56:22to do nothing is the hardest job of all
56:26and it will take every ounce of energy that you have
56:30to be impartial is not natural
56:32not human
56:33people will always want you to smile
56:36or agree
56:37or frown
56:38and the minute you do
56:39you will have declared a position
56:41a point of view
56:42and that is the one thing as sovereign
56:44that you are not entitled to do
56:48the less you do
56:49the less you say
56:51or agree
56:52or smile
56:53or think
56:54or feel
56:54or breathe
56:55or exist
56:56the better
57:01well that's fine for the sovereign
57:06but where does that leave me?
57:22so go on
57:23how long would it take me to get my wings?
57:25well normally a trainee would spend anything between 100 and 120 hours on one of these things
57:30do you think I could do it in three months?
57:33that would be unusual
57:34I know
57:35I'm a fast learner
57:37and believe me when I say I've got nothing else to do
57:55I couldn't have noticed you've still got a write-up
57:58starboard and port
57:5918 gallons
58:00yes
58:01fancy lunch in Edinburgh
58:02Edinburgh?
58:03they made me duke there
58:05so I should probably show up from time to time
58:07unless you have more pressing engagements
58:09no sir
58:10all right
58:11I'll adjust rpms and cruising speed for range flying
58:15we'll have to land to refuel sir
58:17oh really
58:19where's that?
58:20Doncaster
58:20Doncaster?
58:23right
58:25you
58:49last year
58:52we tinc
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