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00:10I'm going to go.
00:14I'm going to go.
00:15I'm going to go.
00:24Fuel on.
00:26Fuel on.
00:27Docks are in position.
00:29Switches are off.
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.
00:42Right-o, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:14Go!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ho!
01:24There we go!
01:29Perfect!
01:32Woo-hoo!
01:39Slow there.
01:50Right.
01:52All right there, sir?
01:54Yes, yes, fine.
01:55Now, it's your turn.
01:57You 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.
02:08That's balanced.
02:11Stick to the left, then to the right.
02:20And level.
02:22Good.
02:24Noisy, isn't it?
02:29How's this, sir?
02:41My God.
02:47Isn't it wonderful?
02:48Heaven!
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.
03:08Shouldn't we get us started now?
03:09The ground seems terribly close.
03:12It's too low to restart, sir.
03:14We'll do a dead stick landing.
03:16Okay.
03:16I have control.
03:17You have control.
03:37That was wonderful.
03:39Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
04:01The IoT flag.
04:02We'd recall all over.
04:04OK.
04:10Happy city.
04:11Excuse me?
04:11Yeah, just one macam.
05:52I'm afraid this seems like this is interesting.
05:56Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this.
06:06Let's see.
06:08Sir.
06:11Goodness me.
06:16Excuse me! You can't go in there!
06:19Excuse me, sir!
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:23Thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33We must send a warning
06:35to cover our backs.
06:40Kenneth, it should probably come from you,
06:42as chief scientist.
06:44Address it to the PM.
06:46You'll never read it, of course.
06:48But the important thing is, we sent it.
06:52I'll get you to Downing Street right away.
07:12Right there, please.
07:16There it is.
07:18There it is.
07:19There it is.
07:20There it is.
07:23If her majesty could lean forward.
07:30Deep breath in.
07:35And out.
07:35What?
07:38He has a little stuff here, ma'am.
07:40It might help to open the window a crack.
07:42Not while they're rehearsing.
07:45What are they rehearsing?
07:46There it is.
07:48I am.
07:50All right.
07:51My funeral.
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12:43to deal with a fog which as yet shows no sign of appearing at present I can see
12:52stars
13:15Oh
13:26Oh
13:27Oh
13:29Oh
13:29Oh
13:30Oh
13:33Oh
13:43Oh
14:08Miss Cox
14:10Thank you for your conscientiousness, but it's late. Go home. I am sir. You're no good to be tired. Good
14:16evening to you
14:19What? Still here? Good night, sir
14:34Evening Pat
14:39Thank you
14:57You haven't moved
15:01I suppose it's still a no
15:31To what?
15:33Talkable
15:35Tura
15:42Hear this young men and women everywhere and proclaim it far and wide
15:48The earth is yours and the fullness thereof
15:54Be kind, but be fierce
15:56You are needed now more than ever before
15:59Take up the mantle of change
16:01For this is your time
16:13To be continued
16:13To be continued
16:15To be continued
16:33To be continued
16:35Good morning
16:36Good morning
16:37Time 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
16:47Long queues are formed on main roads and there are reports of motorists abandoning their vehicles and continuing on foot
16:53London airport
16:54London airport is expected to be closed
16:58Good
16:59God
16:59The meteorological office has issued a statement saying that a persistent anti-cyclone over London is to blame
17:06Smoke from the capital's chimneys is being trapped at street level which is aggravating the fog
17:15Windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time
17:18Windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time
17:19Be careful out there
17:20It's a real pea super
17:31Ah, is the car ready?
17:34I'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive ma'am
17:38It's what? 200 jahards?
17:41It's been judged too hazardous ma'am
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
18:11I have to look for theisha
18:11I don't see her
18:12I have to look for theisha
18:12I have to look for theisha
18:14You should be able to look for theisha
18:14If you're aisha
18:30You should look for theisha
18:30We used to situation a stranger
18:31You should have to go this as well
18:32It's too dangerous
18:33You should be like
18:38I have to look for theisha
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.
18:48Could you be more specific?
18:50Ma'am.
18:52Which Queen?
18:53Queen Elizabeth, ma'am.
18:55Which one? There are two.
18:57The young one.
18:58Oh, the Queen.
19:01I 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.
19:08But since he died, I'm no longer the Queen.
19:12I'm simply Queen Mary.
19:13My late son's widow was also the Queen.
19:17But upon the death of her husband, she became Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
19:22Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, is now Queen.
19:25So she is...
19:27The Queen.
19:29Bravo.
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, sister.
19:57Bedtime?
19:58Not at all.
20:01How are you?
20:03Well, I'm always happy to see you.
20:06And my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing.
20:10Name it.
20:10Not to ask me how I am.
20:12It's all anyone ever does.
20:14Forget death by lung disease.
20:16It's death by bad conversation.
20:19All right, I promise.
20:21But if you are feeling up to it, there was something I wanted to talk to you about.
20:26Fire away.
20:28Okay.
20:29Okay.
20:30Okay.
20:31Okay.
20:32Okay.
20:38I was listening to the wireless this morning, where they described this fog as an act of God.
20:45Now, in your letter that you sent me, you said...
20:55Loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty above everything else.
21:00Because the calling comes from the highest source.
21:05From God himself.
21:06Yes.
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 is a calling from 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 that you're answerable to God in your duty.
21:48Not the public.
21:52I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that.
21:55He would argue that in any equitable modern society,
21:59that church and state should be separated.
22:03That if God has servants, they're priests, not kings.
22:08He would also say that he watched his own family destroyed
22:11because they were seen by the people to embody indefensible and unreasonable ideas.
22:16Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvents.
22:20It goes back what?
22:22Ninety years.
22:24What would he know of Alfred 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.
22:35Not the Church of Denmark or Greece.
22:40Next question.
22:44It's chaos out there.
22:46Trains disrupted.
22:48Air services cancelled.
22:50A Richmond bridge this morning.
22:52Visibility was officially measured at one yard.
22:55That'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
23:11and will doubtless call me overcautious 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.
23:25Let's see how the old fool goes.
24:05Good morning.
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in.
24:16No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No.
24:26Prime Minister?
24:30Sir?
24:50Ah, you made it, Bravo.
24:52Oh, I'm sorry, sorry, sir.
24:53I was just...
24:54No, no, you did well to get here.
24:56Yeah, I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't.
24:59Oh, it wasn't easy.
25:01Just crossing the road, you take your life in your hands.
25:03Oh, then don't.
25:04You're too important to all of us.
25:06Oh, hardly.
25:07All I do is bring you things to sign and take them away again.
25:11Oh, so the wheels keep turning
25:13and the business gets done
25:15and the country is governed.
25:20But what's my personal contribution?
25:25Ah.
25:26You improve the quality of life
25:29for all that deal with you.
25:32An ornament.
25:34A flower.
25:38By comparison, at my age,
25:39you were a published writer
25:41and a cavalry officer posted to India
25:45fighting local tribesmen on the northwest frontier.
25:48Who told you that?
25:49You asked me to engage in a relationship
25:52with 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,
26:03and proclaim it far and wide.
26:06The earth is yours and the fullness thereof.
26:11Be kind, but be fierce.
26:14You are needed now more than ever before.
26:19Take up the mantle of change.
26:21Stop.
26:22For this is your time.
26:28You were 24.
26:33All energy and hope
26:36and passion and fire.
26:39It's remarkable.
26:45You found there something you liked
26:48in that young man?
26:51I did.
27:21Good morning, sir.
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 all right?
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.
33:45Angel.
33:53I can't breathe.
33:55Do as I say and hold onto me.
34:07Come along.
34:08Ahem.
34:25Quick, hold my hand.
34:26All right.
34:51Control of this story is getting away from us.
34:54the opposition's blood is up we have to respond respond how I would suggest by
35:01commissioning a public inquiry an inquiry will be expensive
35:09Winston people are angry they see us as the culprits culpable for what it's fog
35:15fog is fog it comes and it goes away but I'm glad that the Prime Minister finds
35:23time for liberty perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has
35:28now become this morning a suburban twain collided with a gang of well-wing workmen
35:33killing several and injuring a great many more in part of the capital there is now
35:38a total breakdown in law and order hospitals are filling up and as our
35:42citizens are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide
35:55sometimes we have sunshine too much sunshine and they call it a drought then 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 Bobbottie it's weather and for better or for worse we get a great deal of
36:15it
36:15on this island frankly there are more pressing matters to deal with like what the Duke of Edinburgh
36:38telephones are the markets of Salisbury not now he asked me to stress the importance of the matter
36:50Bobbottie thanks for taking my call Diggie are you alone yes can anyone over hear what you're saying
37:04no good
37:09it's chaos
37:10I know the reward is full every corridor too most of the doctors are sick now those that are well
37:16can't get in
37:17it was better than this in the war what do you need more equipment or masks masks are bloody useless
37:23they're just for show to make it look like the government's doing something
37:26then what is needed money people train 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 the 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 is bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes
37:55now excuse me
37:59I'll show you
38:38how much longer you're going to give the old man the majority is tiny a vote of no confidence and
38:43he'll be toppled you know what he calls you yes I know sheep 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
39:07and brief the whips
39:20thank you sir
39:37anything interesting yes
39:42care to share it no I'd be happy to share Glybe ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with you as as
39:50part of a
39:51quid pro quo arrangement one glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes for
39:55example no a dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling these very interesting
40:03concepts Elizabeth you might learn something in exchange for a foreign
40:07office briefing am I going to have to explain my position again no good
40:17once you have tasted flight you will forever walk the earth with your eyes
40:21turned skyward for there you have been and there you will always long to return
40:27you know what's remarkable about those words
40:32go on they were written 300 years before man first got in a plane Leonardo da Vinci
40:41look I know
40:47Lord man baton your majesty uncle Dickey what's he doing here I know as much as
40:52you do he said it was important that thank you Elizabeth
41:12is this meeting with Elizabeth your niece my wife or the Queen latter I'm afraid
41:20right I don't know my place
41:31what's the matter with him nothing
41:36he's just feeling a little grounded ignore it right all ears I received a telephone call
41:46today from Robert Salisbury it seems that even among his own people the feeling is that our
41:52prime minister is not able to deal with a national crisis indeed he could be seen to be responsible for
42:00that crisis hospitals overflowing people dying as sovereign you have the right to demand that a
42:09government in your name shows effective leadership the opposition are now calling for a motion of no confidence so I
42:20would say the time has come for you to summon Churchill and
42:32insist that he go I can't do that you can and should but wouldn't that violate the Constitution as Queen
42:47you have the right to be consulted the right to encourage the
42:57the right to warn also to appoint a new prime minister in the right to warn also to appoint a
43:03new prime minister in the event of incapacity and many would say that Churchill's behavior now constitutes incapacity
43:08and many would say that Churchill's behavior now constitutes incapacity
43:10then a revolution must come from within
43:12they are trying
43:14well then they must try harder
43:16they will but would prefer it to be bloodless so have asked for your help and 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 he is interested in only one
43:48thing
43:51Stopping Philip flying
43:55What?
43:56At a crisis cabinet meeting this morning when there should have only been one thing on the agenda the unfolding
44:01national emergency
44:04All our prime minister wanted to discuss was 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
44:22I want to go to the hospital
44:23There is an emergency meeting at the house
44:25The 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
44:54Now
44:56It seems our prime minister
44:58A man who's led the country through many crises
45:02Is no longer leading us at all
45:07Representations have been made to me
45:09Through an intermediary from the heart of the government
45:13To intercede
45:15And 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?
45:35When 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
45:47The 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
45:59To bid the prime minister to resign
46:03What did my father say?
46:05Well
46:06His 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
46:22That was his majesty
46:24Not 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
46:53Wait for me here
46:55Wait for me here
47:14Let's talk
47:16Watch out
47:22We'll get you seen us through
47:23We'll get you seen us through
47:28We'll get you seen us through
47:56Sir?
47:59Just a child.
48:04A beautiful child.
48:08I just received word from Buckingham Palace.
48:11The Queen has requested an audience.
48:14When?
48:15At your earliest convenience.
48:21All energy and hope and passion and fire.
48:31Sir?
48:34Damn it, he is.
48:36This is a huge child.
48:44Did the newspapers know I'm here?
48:46No.
48:49But it could easily be arranged.
48:52Then do it.
48:54And tell the Queen I'll be their first thing in the morning.
49:00After the papers.
49:02What?
49:21My son!
49:22I'm not even in the morning.
49:23It could only be a child.
49:24Can I sleep in the morning?
49:24Well, you're in the morning.
49:25I was told.
49:26Let him be, let him be.
49:28I will be waiting for you.
49:29Let him be, let him be, let him be, let him be.
49:39Thank God.
49:40Thank God.
49:52Just come on, the Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:13Yeah, yeah.
50:13Quiet!
50:21Quiet, please, settle 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. And where there is heroism, there will always be hope.
50:51Only God can lift the fog. But 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 to ensure that such a calamity may
51:25never befall us again.
51:36The 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.
51:50The headline reads, true 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?
52:32Clem?
52:34Clem?
52:39Clem?
52:41Clem?
52:42Clem?
52:43Clem?
52:46Clem?
52:47Clem?
52:48Clem?
52:50Clem?
52:51Clem?
52:53Clem?
52:54Clem?
52:55Clem?
52:56Clem?
52:57Clem?
52:57Clem?
53:20CHOIR SINGS
53:42CHOIR SINGS
54:03CHOIR SINGS
54:03There's a delicate matter
54:05which I felt I needed to discuss with you
54:08in person.
54:10Concerning what?
54:13Your position.
54:17My position?
54:20Yes, your position...
54:26as Prime Minister.
54:33Go on.
54:38At that point, she hesitated.
54:41And then she asked me to pick
54:44either Khwajgi Nazimuddin of Pakistan
54:47or Sydney Holland of New Zealand.
54:50Whatever for?
54:52To sit next to at dinner.
54:55She 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.
55:03But 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
55:10turning behind her eyes.
55:12And then she switched attack
55:14without so much as a flicker.
55:17Clever.
55:19No, no.
55:20Not clever.
55:20Ingenious.
55:21Why?
55:21Because it disarmed me
55:23and made me switch tack too.
55:26What about?
55:27About allowing Philip
55:28to learn to fly.
55:30He can now.
55:32Good.
55:34But he still has to ask
55:36Cabinet permission
55:36to do rolls and spins.
55:48What, dear girl?
55:53Well, what if the fog
55:54hadn't lifted?
55:58And the government
55:59had continued to flounder.
56:01And people had continued
56:02to die.
56:04And Churchill
56:05had continued
56:06to cling to power
56:07and the country
56:08had 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
56:21is no job at all.
56:23To do nothing
56:24is the hardest job of all.
56:26And it will take
56:27every ounce of energy
56:28that you have.
56:30To be impartial
56:31is not natural,
56:32not human.
56:33People will always
56:35want you to smile
56:36or agree
56:37or frown
56:38and the minute you do
56:39you will have declared
56:40a position
56:41or point of view
56:42and that is the one thing
56:43as sovereign
56:44that you are not
56:46entitled to do.
56:48The less you do,
56:50the 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
57:02for the sovereign.
57:06But where does that
57:07leave me?
57:22So, come on.
57:23How long would it take me
57:24to get my wings?
57:25Well, normally a trainee
57:27would spend anything
57:27between 100 and 120 hours
57:29in one of these things.
57:31Do you think I could do it
57:31in three months?
57:33That would be unusual.
57:34I know.
57:35I'm a fast learner
57:37and believe me
57:38when I say
57:38I've got nothing else to do.
57:55I couldn't have noticed
57:57you've still got a write-up.
57:58Starboard and port.
57:5918 gallons.
58:00Yes.
58:01Fancy lunch in Edinburgh.
58:03Edinburgh?
58:04They made me duke there
58:05so I should probably
58:06show up from time to time
58:07unless you have
58:08more pressing engagements.
58:09No, sir.
58:10All right.
58:11I'll adjust rpms
58:13and cruising speed
58:14for range flying.
58:15We'll have to land
58:16to refuel, sir.
58:17RE-fittingly.
58:19Oh, really?
58:19Where's that?
58:20Donkester.
58:21Donkester?
58:23Right.
58:41Donkester.
58:42Donkester.
58:47Donkester.
58:49Donkester.
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