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00:01:02Half a million people
00:01:06At a racecourse
00:01:11Next to the coronation, your sister
00:01:14Is now the most famous woman in the world
00:01:18Yes
00:01:23I'm the luckiest
00:01:27Not on our romantic trip to Reducia
00:01:30Official duty to Reducia
00:01:32With the man I love
00:01:34Secretly love
00:01:36I will be the happiest
00:01:52I've got a story, Chief
00:01:54It's important
00:01:55As long as it's not about the royal family
00:01:57Bill, I'm all ears
00:01:58It is about the royal family, Chief
00:01:59Oh, let me guess
00:02:01Our thanks to one beautiful young woman
00:02:03One short televised ceremony
00:02:06Oh, thank you, Bob
00:02:07A tired, anachronistic institution
00:02:10Is rejuvenated
00:02:11A nation is liberated
00:02:13From the austerity of rationing and war
00:02:15Our place as a leading power in the world
00:02:18Is re-established just when it seemed to be slipping
00:02:20What a load of bollocks
00:02:21Snifter?
00:02:23I shouldn't
00:02:23Oh, go on
00:02:24It's nearly lunchtime
00:02:25Papers, sir
00:02:26Thanks, Mary
00:02:27My job
00:02:28It's Princess Margaret
00:02:29What about her?
00:02:31Leaving the abbey on the day of the coronation
00:02:33I saw her picking a piece of fluff off a man's uniform
00:02:36Fluff?
00:02:38Yes, fluff
00:02:39Jesus, Bill
00:02:39I thought we did serious reporting here
00:02:41This is serious
00:02:42Because the man in question
00:02:44Her father's former query group captain Peter Townsend
00:02:48Is a commoner
00:02:49And, wait for it
00:02:51A divorced commoner
00:02:54Historically
00:02:55When this lot brush up against divorce
00:02:57You end up with either reformation or abdication
00:02:59Will church and state clash again?
00:03:02It's a big story
00:03:03So are comet jet planes dropping out of the sky
00:03:06Stalin's death ushering in a power reshuffle in the Soviet Union
00:03:10Then write it up, Chief
00:03:12I've got a feeling about this one
00:03:13Based on what?
00:03:19What are you doing, man?
00:03:20Picking fluff off a man's jacket
00:03:23That's a gesture as intimate as a kiss
00:03:26More intimate
00:03:26Since it suggests the kiss has already happened
00:03:31No, I'm sorry, Bill
00:03:32I can't hold the front page for a bit of fluff
00:03:34Let me write it, Chief
00:03:36Then you decide
00:03:44Make sure it's peppery
00:03:46Make sure it pops
00:03:47Yes, sir
00:03:48Yes, sir
00:03:48Yeah, sir
00:04:34Transcription by CastingWords
00:04:48CastingWords
00:05:17Switchboard, good morning, Your Royal Highness
00:05:20Good morning, I would like to speak to my sister, please
00:05:22One moment, please
00:05:29London
00:05:31Buckingham Palace, please
00:05:32Victoria, 4832
00:05:34Hold the line
00:05:37Buckingham Palace, good morning
00:05:39Go ahead, please
00:05:40I have the Royal Highness, the Princess Margaret, for Her Majesty
00:05:45Certainly, sir
00:05:45Thank you
00:05:48Sir
00:05:49Princess Margaret, for Her Majesty
00:05:52Thank you
00:06:17I have the Royal Highness, the Princess Margaret, for Her Majesty
00:06:21Yes, sir
00:06:22Breakfast room
00:06:24Breakfast room
00:06:25Yes, sir
00:06:31Telephone call for you, ma'am
00:06:34Yes?
00:06:36Her Royal Highness, the Princess Margaret, Your Majesty
00:06:40Thank you
00:06:43Hello, you
00:06:44Hello, you
00:06:47Sir, I was wondering if you had a free evening soon where we all might have dinner together
00:06:50Before I go to Rhodesia
00:06:52I'm sure I do
00:06:54Thursday?
00:06:55Mummy's out
00:06:55I'd have to check
00:06:58Lovely
00:06:59And who's us all?
00:07:02Well, you and me and Philip and, um, and I would like to bring Peter, if I may
00:07:09What, Peter, Peter?
00:07:11Yes, Peter
00:07:13Oh
00:07:14What does that mean, O?
00:07:16Nothing
00:07:17Oh, how nice
00:07:19Is there something we'd like to discuss with you?
00:07:22Oh?
00:07:23There you go again
00:07:25Sorry, I'm going to be given a clue
00:07:29No
00:07:31No
00:07:31Stop it
00:07:33Sorry
00:07:35So, Thursday evening then, you'll check
00:07:37Fine
00:07:43It'll be such fun
00:07:46Lovely
00:07:51Lovely
00:07:52Thank you
00:08:04Here we are
00:08:11Lovely, thank you
00:08:13Lovely, thank you
00:08:31What's your name there?
00:08:33Thank you, gentlemen
00:08:33Thank you
00:08:34Thank you very much, gentlemen
00:08:36Thank you
00:08:40A special guest joins us this afternoon
00:08:43Who's just returned from a year in post-revolutionary Cairo
00:08:47Working as a photojournalist
00:08:49Our fellow lunch club member
00:08:50Tony Long
00:08:51Oh, my God
00:08:55Thank you, chaps
00:08:57It's very nice to be back
00:08:58I must say
00:08:59Ladies, might we close the shutters?
00:09:01Ooh
00:09:06Lovely
00:09:07Lovely
00:09:07I am, as Baron says
00:09:10Fresh from the streets of Cairo
00:09:12And I'm still trying to digest the hurricane of popular uprising, violent military coup and revolution that I've just witnessed
00:09:21Bloody native
00:09:22You all know King Farouk
00:09:25Colourful character
00:09:26He owned more than a hundred cars
00:09:28Almost as much as me
00:09:31Had them all painted red
00:09:33Splendid
00:09:34He used to race them through the streets of Cairo, shooting at any pedestrians who happened to get in his
00:09:38way
00:09:38Yeah
00:09:40Present suit
00:09:43Probably why he was forced to abdicate last year
00:09:47And now this man
00:09:49Nasser
00:09:50Is the name on everyone's lips
00:09:53He has the charisma to unite not just his own country, but the entire Arab world
00:09:58Stirring up anti-Western, anti-monarchical sentiments
00:10:07This is Shepherds
00:10:10A famous British hotel
00:10:12A symbol of colonial rule
00:10:16Before riots
00:10:19And after
00:10:23That writing, what does it say?
00:10:29Death to the imperialists
00:10:35However, it's not all doom and gloom
00:10:37Mike, I've got something a little special for you here
00:10:40Oh, yeah, that's exactly what I'm talking about
00:10:43Oh my God.
00:11:01Thanks, sir.
00:11:06Thank you, sir.
00:11:08Turn to my wife.
00:11:11Good tip.
00:11:17where were you today nowhere well clearly somewhere but nowhere that would interest you
00:11:23it's a lunch club where soho
00:11:30oh
00:11:33with just men
00:11:36talking about women
00:11:39no talking about egypt if you must know and the revolution that's just taken place there
00:11:44along with the unrest in croatia umbania montenegro yugoslavia hungary italy please take note
00:11:55yes a little bit about the fairer sex over coffee and your brandy what do you expect it's a gentleman's
00:12:02lunch club
00:12:12so what's the guest list for tonight
00:12:14no one just you me margaret and peter
00:12:18what
00:12:19townsend peter
00:12:20and why on earth did we have to dress up
00:12:23she insisted
00:12:25she wanted to make it a special occasion
00:12:27with him isn't that a contradiction in terms
00:12:31he's not going to naughty boy is he
00:12:35i know as much as you do
00:12:52it'll be fine
00:13:04come on
00:13:10we'd like to be left alone now
00:13:11yes ma'am
00:13:16can you just leave it
00:13:19thank you
00:13:44i asked you here tonight because
00:13:47there is something i wanted to discuss with you
00:13:50i think you already know that over the years with peter being so much part of our family
00:13:54and away from his own so much
00:13:58friendship has developed between us
00:14:04and then ever since papa's death hitting me so hard and with your accession and coronation and you being more
00:14:11and more occupied
00:14:14peter's become almost my sole companion
00:14:17and i his
00:14:21and um so when his divorce came through in uh december last year i suppose it was only natural that
00:14:26we both
00:14:27started thinking about what kind of
00:14:30um
00:14:31future
00:14:33we might have together
00:14:35and we reached a decision in april wasn't it uh just before the coronation
00:14:41um that uh one day
00:14:47uh we wanted to um
00:14:55well you know
00:14:57mary
00:14:59yes
00:15:00oh goodness
00:15:05well of course we're aware of the complications and issues at stake
00:15:17what did it be you've known for a while about peter and i
00:15:21this can't really be a terrible shock to you
00:15:26no not at all
00:15:29it's wonderful
00:15:31is there anything you'd like to ask us
00:15:33does your wife know
00:15:34your ex-wife
00:15:37she does we had a frank conversation there is no animosity
00:15:40oh good
00:15:41and the boys
00:15:43they know and seem very happy
00:15:50so
00:15:53do i have your permission
00:15:57where's solfrey
00:16:03oh
00:16:08well uh
00:16:11of course i have to take advice
00:16:15and the hows and where's and
00:16:18all official matters
00:16:20but
00:16:23if it's what you desire
00:16:26more than anything in the world
00:16:31then here's your sister i'm never going to oppose it
00:16:34thank you
00:16:36thank you
00:16:38thank you
00:16:39thank you
00:16:40thank you
00:16:42oh well
00:16:44congratulations
00:16:45it's a birth
00:16:48thanks
00:16:49i suppose it better be philip from now on
00:16:52thank you sir
00:16:52oh philip
00:17:01you knew
00:17:05not the extent of it
00:17:09but you didn't think to mention it
00:17:15i don't like it
00:17:17any of it
00:17:18for one thing
00:17:18it will create the most enormous scandal
00:17:20nor do i believe in them as a couple
00:17:22he's too old for her
00:17:24and he had some sort of breakdown during the war
00:17:27now that's all in the past
00:17:29besides that's why he got on with my father so well
00:17:31not to mention the fact he's dull
00:17:34he's not dull
00:17:35desperately dull
00:17:36i'm confident i've met more interesting plants
00:17:40not to mention it's a terrible thing to do to you
00:17:43why
00:17:44because of the position it puts you in as a
00:17:47as a sister
00:17:47and as a queen
00:17:49has everyone forgotten the catastrophe that was your uncle already
00:17:52oh
00:17:53the situation's different
00:17:55one party divorced
00:17:57the other royal
00:18:00sounds pretty similar to me
00:18:01that was 17 years ago
00:18:03the world has changed
00:18:05the rest of the world has
00:18:07nothing changes in the court of st james
00:18:10besides
00:18:11we have a son and heir
00:18:13there's no realistic prospect of margaret becoming queen
00:18:19one can see the attraction
00:18:24in peter
00:18:26yes
00:18:28he's a handsome war hero
00:18:31divorced war hero
00:18:32and blameless in that divorce
00:18:35no no no there's no such thing as the blameless party in a divorce
00:18:39his wife had an affair with another man
00:18:42because he was always around here sniffing around your sister
00:18:45he was looking after my father
00:18:47and sniffing around your sister
00:18:53I thought you liked him
00:18:55oh
00:18:56liked him
00:18:57I mean
00:18:57I respect him for what he did in the war certainly
00:19:01plays bridge well
00:19:02and he's a good pilot
00:19:05and he's a good influence on margaret
00:19:07is he
00:19:08if he were really a good influence
00:19:09he'd patch things up with his wife
00:19:11and leave margaret well alone
00:19:28good night bill
00:19:31good night
00:19:57nice man
00:19:58yeah
00:19:59this had better be good
00:20:02It is.
00:20:07Bloody hell.
00:20:08You did say pepper, E.
00:20:10Pepper's one thing.
00:20:12This is jelly night.
00:20:13I know.
00:20:22What are you doing?
00:20:23I can't run this without going upstairs.
00:20:25What?
00:20:26Don't look at me like that.
00:20:27Live in the real bloody world for a moment, will you?
00:20:32Marjorie, hello.
00:20:33Yes.
00:20:34Is he there?
00:20:35Yeah, just for a few minutes.
00:20:40This is not just inflammatory.
00:20:43It breaks all the rules.
00:20:44What rules, sir?
00:20:45The unspoken rules of deference and respect
00:20:49shown by the media to the royal family.
00:20:51But surely those rules changed
00:20:53the moment they invited television into the coronation.
00:20:56That was their right.
00:20:57And a huge concession.
00:20:58To what?
00:20:59Popular interests.
00:21:01Their interests also.
00:21:03Look at their standing now.
00:21:04It's never been higher.
00:21:05The question we in the fourth estate
00:21:07need to be asking ourselves is,
00:21:09do we let ourselves be used
00:21:11or do we have our own independent voice?
00:21:13Don't get moralistic with me.
00:21:15If we don't break this story,
00:21:17do you think nobody else will?
00:21:19I know there's plenty of others sniffing around it, sir.
00:21:29Well, thank you for letting me know.
00:21:31Of course, Tommy.
00:21:33Thank you for understanding.
00:21:35I'm sorry.
00:21:36No, I'm sorry.
00:21:38I imagine it must be difficult being dictated to like that by an employee.
00:21:42I wasn't dictated to.
00:21:44Am I missing something?
00:21:45You said this editor was telling you
00:21:47what he was going to print in your newspaper.
00:21:49He is?
00:21:50But I can't keep telling him what to write.
00:21:53I thought that was the point of owning a newspaper.
00:21:56Look, I'm just trying to help you, Tommy.
00:21:58I suggest you see this for the kind gesture that it is.
00:22:02What, that you're about to print an article
00:22:04that will cause deep distress to senior,
00:22:07let's be quite clear,
00:22:08the most senior members of the royal family?
00:22:11That I'm warning you,
00:22:12that I'm giving you the heads up?
00:22:15I'm on my knees with gratitude.
00:22:42I'm on my knees with gratitude.
00:22:58I'm on my knees with gratitude.
00:23:06Let's go on.
00:23:13You suck that.
00:23:26Ah!
00:23:38Your Majesty, a story is about to break in the press,
00:23:44identifying Peter Townsend not just as the companion of Princess Margaret,
00:23:52but as her likely future husband.
00:23:57We understand that the paper is to feature a profile of Group Captain Townsend,
00:24:04details of his marriage and subsequent divorce,
00:24:09along with an editorial about other notable divorcees
00:24:14to have been associated with members of the royal family.
00:24:26Should we deny it all?
00:24:31With respect, ma'am, it's a little late for that.
00:24:34This horse has already bolted.
00:24:45Your Royal Highness.
00:24:58Your Royal Highness.
00:25:03It's on the telephone.
00:25:11Hello.
00:25:12Hello, you.
00:25:13Bad time, good time?
00:25:14Mm-hmm.
00:25:15Good time.
00:25:17Always.
00:25:18Look, I've been racking my brain about how I can best help you.
00:25:22Now, you know that the Church of England doesn't permit the remarriage of divorced persons
00:25:26if the husband or wife of the former marriage is still alive.
00:25:30Yes.
00:25:31Well, I was just wondering if you and Peter had considered Scotland.
00:25:34To live?
00:25:36No, for the wedding.
00:25:38Why?
00:25:39Because it would be more laid profile.
00:25:41Well, actually, I was thinking of legal reasons.
00:25:44Marriage isn't regarded as a sacrament in the Church of Scotland.
00:25:47It's not as binding in the same way as here.
00:25:52Meaning?
00:25:53Meaning we could even get married in a church?
00:25:55Well, I'd have to check, but I think so.
00:25:59That would be so lovely.
00:26:02Lilibet, thank you so much.
00:26:06Made my life a lot easier, too.
00:26:12Sorry, Lilibet.
00:26:14What for?
00:26:16I think you're going to get a visit from Mummy about all this.
00:26:19Oh.
00:26:21I realise I'm not making anyone's life easy.
00:26:25Yours especially.
00:26:28But I'm determined to do this for you.
00:26:31To give you what you want.
00:26:37Can't wait to tell Peter.
00:26:39Better go.
00:26:55Help me.
00:26:56You understood?
00:26:57I understood.
00:27:18Mummy, this is a surprise.
00:27:25I am a mother of two daughters whom I love equally.
00:27:29It seems that they each have problems of equal size.
00:27:36Obviously, we want Margaret to be happy and have the man she wants.
00:27:40Yes.
00:27:41But we must do everything in our power to protect you as queen and as a sister.
00:27:49Who protect me from what?
00:27:51I've given Margaret my word and I'm determined to support her.
00:27:55They can marry in Scotland, where I'm not head of the church.
00:27:59Your Majesty, I fear the matter is more intricate.
00:28:04Let's be quite clear.
00:28:05If Margaret were to marry Peter, it would be a scandal.
00:28:10Don't mistake your current popularity for long-term security.
00:28:16Your uncle's affair and abdication almost destroyed the monarch.
00:28:20This good too.
00:28:25Tommy.
00:28:33Ma'am, what do you know about the Royal Marriages Act of 1772?
00:28:38George II.
00:28:39The third man, he had two younger brothers, William and Henry.
00:28:44Both of whom I'm assuming made undesirable marriages.
00:28:47One to an illegitimate shrew, the other to a disreputable jade, which caused an outrage
00:28:53in Parliament and the church.
00:28:55Now, in response, George III asked his Prime Minister, Lord North, to rush through a Royal
00:29:01Marriages Act to prevent any future willful young prince or princess from making an ill-advised
00:29:08or disadvantageous match, which might threaten the integrity of the Royal House.
00:29:13It decrees that until the age of 25, any member of the Royal Family must secure the Sovereign's
00:29:19permission to marry.
00:29:25But?
00:29:26But not thereafter.
00:29:30I see.
00:29:31So, if Margaret would wait until after her 25th birthday, she would be free to make any
00:29:38decision she likes without your consent.
00:29:42The important thing is it protects your relationship with both church and government.
00:29:51Well, I can see the advantages of that, but what's in it for her?
00:29:56Mummy, she's only 23.
00:29:58What does she do in the meantime?
00:30:01In the meantime, she and Peter wait.
00:30:10It's the only way to contain the story, ma'am.
00:30:21It's the only way to contain the story, ma'am.
00:30:45The only way to contain the story, ma'am.
00:30:51The only way to contain the story, ma'am.
00:30:57No.
00:31:19Margaret! No!
00:31:20No!
00:31:26Margaret!
00:31:30Just until your 25th birthday.
00:31:32Then you'd be free to do as you wish.
00:31:35Look with the eye and tell me.
00:31:37Is it a posting or is it a banishment?
00:31:39It's a posting.
00:31:41I promise.
00:31:44It's just a way of managing the story.
00:31:46Keeping it off the front pages.
00:31:48The hardest attempt to split us up.
00:31:50No, of course not.
00:31:52Papa did the same for Philip and me.
00:31:54He made us wait.
00:31:55This is for two years.
00:31:58Two years!
00:32:07Why did you even dangle Scotland under my nose?
00:32:15Sorry.
00:32:17No.
00:32:28No.
00:32:30No.
00:32:40All right.
00:32:45if i do this for you will you promise me that this banishment this banishment won't start
00:32:52until after our trip to adesia you know how much we've been looking forward to it
00:33:01you're going to deny that as well it's the sensitivity of you two together
00:33:06the photographers who would overshadow everything but when you get back
00:33:14you'll have some time together alone i promise you that
00:33:59they offered me johannesburg i refused
00:34:03in singapore i refused that too
00:34:11and they came back with brussels
00:34:15it's dreary but at least it's close the whole thing feels like a completely unnecessary
00:34:21unjustifiable punishment i know
00:34:25perhaps your sister sensed that
00:34:29that is why she's asked me to go to normal ireland
00:34:32what for
00:34:33to accompany her on a trip to belfast this week to
00:34:37put on a show of public approval
00:34:41that's something i suppose
00:34:45no substitute for adesia though
00:34:53no one wanted philip
00:34:58she dug her heels in
00:35:00got the man she wanted didn't she
00:35:04she did
00:35:10we ought to head back
00:35:14come on
00:35:15no wait
00:35:16kiss me
00:35:17kiss me
00:35:19kiss me
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00:36:03Your Majesty, just to run through the order of the day, we'll be met at the airport by the Governor
00:36:13of Northern Ireland or Wakehurst.
00:36:15From there, we'll be going to the Belfast City Boundary to be met by the Lieutenant of the City of
00:36:20Belfast.
00:36:21After that, we'll be presented to the Lord Mayor, Alderman Percival Brown, and the town clerk, Mr John Dunlop, followed
00:36:30by a city luncheon at a civic hall.
00:36:33The other way around, I think.
00:36:36Ma'am?
00:36:39A civic luncheon at City Hall.
00:36:46Forgive me.
00:36:48Is everything all right?
00:36:52I do hope it wasn't a mistake inviting the group captain to join us.
00:36:59You've never cared for him, Tommy.
00:37:01No, I cared for him as long as he did his job and knew his place.
00:37:06My father held him in high regard.
00:37:09He's a member of staff, not as a member of the family.
00:37:14He's been a good friend to us all.
00:37:16Too good, I would argue, and he let his wife go in the process.
00:37:22He was innocent in that regard.
00:37:25She left of her own accord, and he's a wonderful father to those boys.
00:37:29I'm just trying to manage a difficult situation, ma'am.
00:37:33As am I.
00:37:35Sending him away will break my sister's heart.
00:37:38Hearts mend.
00:37:43Was there anything else?
00:37:47No.
00:37:48Interesting.
00:39:49Certainly seem as interested in group Captain Townsend, as in Her Majesty.
00:39:57Turn it off.
00:39:59Certainly.
00:40:09I brought him along to show my gratitude for his years of service, and to support my sister.
00:40:14And I had hoped the detention of Margaret and Peter would fade away.
00:40:19But I could barely hear myself speak today.
00:40:22The solution is an obvious one.
00:40:25Which is?
00:40:26Bring forward the group Captain's relocation with immediate effect.
00:40:31But that would mean him missing his reunion with my sister in London.
00:40:35And I gave her my word.
00:40:37Well, sometimes best intentions need to be reconsidered, Your Majesty.
00:40:42You can always blame it on me.
00:40:46No.
00:40:48Let's do it ten to four hours.
00:40:50Things might calm down tomorrow.
00:40:53The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
00:40:56A special Orangeman's welcome.
00:40:57The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
00:40:59The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
00:41:15The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
00:41:21The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
00:41:24The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
00:41:26The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
00:41:27The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
00:41:27The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
00:41:48May God give you wisdom, loyalty, and faithfulness.
00:41:56May the future bring peace, contentment, and true happiness to the people of Northern Ireland.
00:42:49May the future bring peace, contentment, and true happiness to the people of Northern Ireland.
00:42:56Do you have a moment, Lillivet?
00:43:02Yes, of course.
00:43:08I just wanted to apologize for all the press' attention.
00:43:13And to thank you for inviting me along in the first place.
00:43:17I do appreciate the gesture.
00:43:20It's the least I could do.
00:43:22I regret it having to take you off the Redita trip.
00:43:25Yes, Margaret and I were so looking forward to it.
00:43:27We have so many shared interests, as you know.
00:43:29We enjoy doing everything together.
00:43:36We had hoped to find some time together during our days off.
00:43:41Walking, swimming, riding.
00:43:47But not to be.
00:43:52No.
00:43:59Anyway, nice chatting.
00:44:08Ma'am, if you wouldn't mind.
00:44:15Just wondering if Her Majesty has had a time to think about the matter.
00:44:22She has.
00:44:26Take care of it, Tommy.
00:44:28Whatever manner you see fit.
00:44:32Yes, ma'am.
00:44:33Yes, ma'am.
00:44:37Yes, ma'am.
00:44:48Hey, here.
00:44:52Yes, ma'am.
00:44:56Yes, ma'am.
00:44:58Yes, ma'am.
00:45:00Good morning, are you?
00:45:01Yes, ma'am.
00:45:01Yes, ma'am.
00:45:02Yes, ma'am.
00:45:03Yes, ma'am.
00:45:08Thank you so much, Peter.
00:45:50Group Captain Townsend, the man of the moment, do come up.
00:46:12Will you sit?
00:46:25Following consultation with the government, the Foreign Office, and Her Majesty's Press
00:46:29Secretary, the decision's been taken to move forward your posting to Brussels with immediate
00:46:34effect.
00:46:35A car is waiting to take you first to your apartment, where you will pack, and then directly
00:46:40to the airfield.
00:46:41The plane from Brussels leaves in just under three hours.
00:46:45There was some concern that that might not give you enough time, but I felt sure that
00:46:49as a military man, packing quickly and unsentimentally would come a second nature to you.
00:46:59But that isn't what was agreed.
00:47:03The agreement between Margaret and Her Majesty the Queen, with the certain knowledge of Her
00:47:08Majesty the Queen Mother, was that Margaret and I would spend some time together upon her
00:47:12return from Modesia, before I traveled to Brussels, forty-eight hours at least.
00:47:18Your proposal is a direct contravention of that agreement.
00:47:23Well, I cannot nor ever presume to know the intimate details of whatever agreements have
00:47:31or have not been made within the family.
00:47:33What I can tell you is that the position of Air Attaché at the Embassy fell vacant unexpectedly
00:47:38early and needs filling right away.
00:47:41Of course, a crucial position like the Air Attaché to the Embassy at Brussels cannot be
00:47:48left vacant for very long.
00:47:50I ask, only that it remains so until after the Princess returns, as I was promised.
00:48:00I'm afraid that will not be possible.
00:48:15Tommy.
00:48:19I understand you are only trying to do your job.
00:48:23But one thing the trip to Northern Ireland has made very clear to me is that the romance
00:48:28between Margaret and myself has caught the public eye.
00:48:33There is a momentum for us, a sense of joy, a celebration which you would be wise to acknowledge.
00:48:41The people can clearly see the sincerity of the love between Margaret and me, and I would advise
00:48:46you not to reprehend us for that. Such an act could backfire.
00:48:52And now, if I may give you some advice in turn, Peter,
00:48:58that when referring to a member of the Royal Family, you use the appropriate title.
00:49:02In this case, Her Royal Highness.
00:49:05When referring to the woman I love, and who loves me, and who is soon to be my wife,
00:49:09I'll call her what I damn well like. Her name is Margaret.
00:49:18Car, Townsend.
00:49:20Waiting.
00:49:24Tick. Tick. Tick.
00:49:27Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.
00:49:48Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.
00:49:49Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.
00:49:51Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick
00:49:57with the ever-brightening promise of more prosperity before it.
00:50:44We honour a man of remarkable vision who saw how great this land could become once civilised.
00:50:57I wish continued prosperity and success to all those who inhabit it.
00:51:11Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the loyal church.
00:51:16Telegram for Princess Margaret.
00:51:18The Queen!
00:51:19To the Queen!
00:51:27God save our gracious Queen!
00:51:32Glory to the Queen!
00:51:37God save the Queen!
00:51:41Send her victorious!
00:51:46Happy and glorious!
00:51:50Long to reign over us!
00:51:55God save the Queen!
00:52:00I need to speak to my sister!
00:52:04Now!
00:52:04No!
00:52:17Switchboard!
00:52:18Her Royal Highness needs to make an urgent call to Her Majesty the Queen.
00:52:21A secure line will be required.
00:52:23Putting you through.
00:52:25Foreign Office, Her Mayor, direct your call.
00:52:28Buckingham Palace, Victoria 4832.
00:52:33I have Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret for Her Majesty the Queen.
00:52:36Sir?
00:52:39Sir?
00:52:42Princess Margaret for Her Majesty the Queen.
00:52:45On a secure line.
00:52:47Of course.
00:52:48What's taking so long?
00:52:49Well, I gather we have the secure line, ma'am.
00:52:51They're just having trouble locating Her Majesty.
00:52:53It could be so difficult. She's the Queen.
00:52:55Very conspicuous. She can't disappear.
00:53:01Ah!
00:53:14Oh!
00:53:15That's what I wish.
00:53:17Ah!
00:53:23Oh!
00:53:23That's right.
00:53:28Sandringham House, good evening.
00:53:32Yes, sir, she's here. Arrived about an hour ago.
00:53:38Yes, sir, right away.
00:53:55Ma'am, I've located the Queen.
00:54:08Well, I think he's a little bit inexperienced.
00:54:11With the trucking?
00:54:12Yes, I do.
00:54:14Telephone, Your Majesty.
00:54:15Right. Yes, I'd like you to skip recorded for the first quarter mile, for a warning.
00:54:19Yes, ma'am.
00:54:22And then we might have to think about pairing him with another rider.
00:54:25Yes, ma'am.
00:54:27Yes?
00:54:28How could you?
00:54:30Margaret.
00:54:30You gave me your word.
00:54:32Promised me he'd still be there when I got back.
00:54:34I did.
00:54:34Why has he been sent away?
00:54:36Banished like some criminal.
00:54:38Things got out of hand.
00:54:40I took you at your word.
00:54:42Believed everything you said.
00:54:44How happy you were for me.
00:54:46How you would support us.
00:54:48Margaret.
00:54:48You've been against this from the beginning.
00:54:50Because you can't bear to be eclipsed.
00:54:52What?
00:54:53You can't bear to be outshone by your younger sister.
00:54:56You've never liked it.
00:54:57Admit it.
00:54:59And you've hated how Peter and I have caught the popular imagination.
00:55:01Hated it enough to want to destroy it.
00:55:03This is madness.
00:55:04Well, you fail to protect me.
00:55:08I will fail to protect you in turn.
00:55:10Margaret.
00:55:14You reap what you sow, sister.
00:55:19Yes, what a problem.
00:55:25Let's go.
00:55:30She wins.
00:55:30And you've made a mistake.
00:55:43Okay, you've done it.
00:55:44Oh, you're doing good.
00:56:03the laws of england say that any man once divorced is fully entitled to marry again
00:56:09if those laws are good enough for england they are good enough for the royal family
00:56:14i know the near holy reverence shown for the crown by the people of britain is a fact of life
00:56:19as the recent coronation is shown few other countries in the world retain such regard for
00:56:25their monarchies but are those centuries of awe drawing to an end can that veneration be sustained
00:56:33in the light of the royal family's cruelty to its very own members
00:56:41the royal family of britain has survived a thousand proofs that it is artificial and superfluous
00:56:49and seems to have as deep a hold as ever on the loyalties of the people
00:56:56it is not likely however to survive the clear proof that it is insensate and cruel
00:57:10the treatment of her sister has now deputized the future of the monarchy in britain
00:57:23in 48 hours it would have passed
00:57:27if you're lucky
00:57:28i fear to take longer than that for margaret to forgive me
00:57:30well she will in time she has to
00:57:35we all have to
00:57:42ah
00:57:43majesty
00:57:43be right with you
00:57:45hello mike
00:57:46where are you going
00:57:47i told you i was away for the weekend
00:57:49did you
00:57:50baron's having a house party
00:57:51who's baron
00:57:53baron naham
00:57:54president of our lunch club
00:57:57i don't look like that it's gentleman only right absolutely
00:58:04all perfectly innocent
00:58:21shall we old boy
00:58:22yes
00:58:23let's
00:58:24sniff's on the roof eh
00:58:30hello
00:58:30hello
00:58:31hello
00:58:31hello
00:58:31hello
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