00:07Yesterday morning at 2.41 a.m. at General Eisenhower's headquarters, General Jodl,
00:17the representative of the German High Command, signed the act of unconditional surrender of all
00:26German land, sea, and airports in Europe, hostilities will end officially at one minute after midnight
00:38tonight, Tuesday the 8th of May.
00:54We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, today is victory in Europe's day, long live
01:05the cause of freedom. God save the King.
01:14Ready? Margaret, I'm not sure this is a good idea.
01:17Come on, the war is over. We have to celebrate. What if something goes wrong?
01:21We'll have Porchy and Peter Townsend with us. What could possibly go wrong?
01:30We're escaping from the palace. Quick, out the servants' door before anyone sees us.
01:39We can't just break out like this. Oh shush, hurry up.
01:46Come on, girls. Hold your noses. Why?
01:54It stinks of alcohol. And sweat. It smells of life.
02:22No. Green Park or Trafalgar Square? I say the Ritz. It's where all the most elegant people go,
02:28and some G's in Worcester. Good plan. The Ritz it is.
02:31Shall we be inside the palace? Why? So we can wave to Mummy and Papa?
02:35Honestly, what's the matter with you? Can't you be irresponsible just once?
02:51Margaret? Margaret? Oh.
02:59Next week is May the 8th. Do you know, it's been over 50 years, and we've never done anything to
03:07commemorate it.
03:08What are you talking about? The Sovereign? I attend VE Day celebrations every year.
03:15No. I mean, our VE Day. It was quite a night. Do you remember?
03:25Of course I remember. We almost lost you. And then we very much found you. The real you. The you
03:39that you gave up in order to be the other you.
03:43Yes, all right. Don't you miss her? She was so much fun.
03:48Oh, it ain't my fault. Oh, it ain't my fault.
03:56And as I recall, we swore to keep the events of that evening secret.
04:05Gin.
04:07Well done.
04:09Revenge?
04:10I can't, I'm afraid. Early start. I'm expected in Clapham Junction, first thing.
04:17Whatever for?
04:18Something to do with the local council's closed circuit television system.
04:25Oh. Do you not have anything tomorrow? No. But, must eat soon. At the weekend. Good.
04:40Why? I always think that's where you're happiest. Come on, dogs. Come on.
04:48Come on.
05:07Green with lust. And sick with shyness. Let me lick your lacquer, Jones.
05:17God, oh, gosh, your royal highness. Put your finger up my nose.
05:29John Betjeman was so mad for me that his friend Morris Bower wrote this filthy bone about it.
05:39Pin your teeth upon my dress. Plant my head with watercress. Only you can make me happy. Wrap me in
05:51a woolen nap.
06:01Oh.
06:04Oh.
06:06Oh, ma'am.
06:11It...
06:13In a plush and a plated pram.
06:20Wheel me round St. James's, ma'am.
06:25Let your...
06:29Ma'am?
06:34Let your...
06:40Ma'am.
06:42Is she off?
06:42He is.
06:43Smart book a lot.
06:45Why?
06:46Oh my God.
06:49Oh my God.
06:49Oh my God.
06:51Ah!
07:13Ruivo 21
07:14Oh my God.
07:15Oh my God.
08:26I had a teeny tiny stroke.
08:31Oh, a bit of a shock.
08:33One minute I'm in full flow at the Lawrences,
08:37and the next minute I'm in an air ambulance,
08:41unable to feel my arms and legs.
08:45Where are you now?
08:47In hospital.
08:49In Barbados.
08:51Right.
08:53Poor thing.
08:55The doctors assure me I'm going to be fine.
09:01What? I can't hear you properly.
09:02That's because my mouth is still numb.
09:06I could bite off my own tongue,
09:10and I wouldn't feel a thing.
09:12Are we bringing you home?
09:14Yes, tomorrow, apparently,
09:16for further tests
09:18and edible food.
09:20With any luck,
09:22I'm smiling
09:24as I say that.
09:27Not that you'd notice.
09:32But goodbye,
09:34little bit.
09:35See you tomorrow.
09:38Oh.
09:40Oh.
11:07So, no more Chesterfields, no more whiskey, no more sweet treats, just lemon barley water, nicotine
11:23gum, and lots of rehabilitation exercises.
11:33Get out of here and get me some money too.
11:42A flea and a fly in a food were in prison, so what could they do?
12:13I'm still alive.
12:17Like some other men do.
12:22Get out of here and get me some money too.
12:30Why don't you do right?
12:33Like some other men do.
12:37Like some other men do.
12:41Like some other men do.
12:51Oh.
12:53Oh.
12:55Bad time?
12:58Good time?
12:58Mm.
13:28Honestly.
13:28All of them.
13:30All of them.
13:31You know how I hate an empty diary.
13:34See?
13:35There's that look again.
13:37I'm fine.
13:38I'm fine, Lilibet.
13:40Bouncing back on the way up.
13:43Not on the way out.
13:45I'm fine.
13:47I'm fine.
14:27I thought perhaps a gentle stroll, nice siesta, and then dinner on the terrace.
14:36It's just the two of us.
14:37Stroll?
14:38Yes.
14:39But then, I'd like a picnic on the beach with the whole gang, cocktails at the Cotton Club,
14:46and dinner, followed by General Bacchanalia at Basil's.
14:50I'm only here for two weeks.
14:53I intend to make the most of it.
14:55All right.
14:57You're the boss.
14:59I most...
15:00Certainly am.
15:06I'm not sure what you're doing.
15:09I'm not sure what you're doing.
15:12I'm not sure what you're doing.
15:48I'm not sure what you're doing.
15:51Let's go, let's go, let's go.
16:19Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
16:49Oh, oh.
17:21Oh, oh, oh.
17:22Oh, oh, oh.
18:21Oh.
18:30Oh, oh.
18:56Oh, oh, oh.
19:29Oh, oh, oh.
19:39Oh, oh, oh.
19:41Oh, oh.
19:42Oh, oh, oh.
19:43Oh, oh, oh.
19:45Oh.
19:55Look at how I'm dressed.
19:57Do you think they all have seen?
19:59Of course.
20:00Just tell them who you are.
20:02That is the one thing I'm not going to do.
20:04Then you're going to have to bite your eyelids a little.
20:08Go on.
20:18Evening, miss.
20:19Here you go.
20:25How are you pulling your lips up?
20:28Here you go.
20:30Will you look at that?
20:32What do we do now?
20:35Dive in, I suppose.
20:47Where's this, please?
20:50Cheers for the gears.
20:59I said so.
21:01Come on.
21:22I'm going to put this in the cloak.
21:23Oh, let me escort you.
21:25No need.
21:31Hello, miss.
21:39I'll show you that.
21:40Thanks.
21:44Excuse me, Claire.
21:45Sorry.
21:47Have a nice evening.
21:49Wait.
21:51Don't go up there.
21:53Come with us.
21:54It's way more fun.
21:59I mean, there's a lot of pressure.
22:19I wouldn't go down there if I were you.
22:22Americans.
22:24Have you heard of the Jitterbug?
22:26Well, I know about the Doodlebug.
22:28It's a dance.
22:29Band here, and with good reason.
22:32Comes from Harlem.
22:33Where?
22:34A ghetto in New York.
22:38Wait.
22:40Don't I recognize you?
22:42I don't think so.
22:54I'll be off.
22:55Will you make my apologies?
22:57I will.
22:58And wish the birthday girl a very happy birthday.
23:02I will.
23:03I will.
23:04You're taking anyone?
23:05Anne.
23:06And Porchy will be there.
23:08Ah.
23:08Good old Porchy.
23:10Yes, good old Porchy.
23:11Always good company.
23:13Never lets one down.
23:19Is everything all right?
23:23Sorry.
23:25I just find myself worrying about Margaret all the time.
23:28Ah.
23:29Well, hasn't it always been like that?
23:32Yes.
23:33I suppose it has.
24:04I suppose it has.
24:05Sorry ma'am. Go on.
24:33Do you need a hand ma'am?
24:34No, I'm alright.
24:35How are you feeling now ma'am?
24:38Are you still smoking cigarettes ma'am?
24:43How are you feeling?
24:44How are you?
24:44How are you feeling now ma'am?
24:55How are you feeling now ma'am?
25:07How are you feeling now ma'am?
25:14How are you feeling now ma'am?
25:16How are you feeling now ma'am?
25:18How are you feeling now ma'am?
25:20How are you feeling now ma'am?
25:21How are you feeling now ma'am?
25:23How are you feeling that ma'am?
25:25How are you feeling now ma'am?
25:28How's the mosquitoes look they look together ma'am?
25:35What are you feeling now ma'am?
25:48How are you feeling tomorrow ma'am?
25:53quite a few evenings at the Ritz
25:57that I'd like to share with you.
26:00One in particular
26:03comes to mind
26:04when a very different side
26:08of the young Princess Elizabeth
26:11was revealed.
26:16And I'm sure everyone would love to hear about that.
26:19Yes, they would, Lilibet,
26:22which is why I'm telling it.
26:24It would miss the point entirely
26:25of why we're all here tonight
26:27to celebrate you.
26:34As a child, I always felt sorry for children
26:36who didn't have a brother or a sister.
26:39From the day she was born,
26:41Margaret Rose has been my constant companion.
26:46Rarely able to see other children,
26:48we relied on one another,
26:49and like Juno's swans,
26:52we were inseparable.
26:55We shared a room,
26:58wore the same clothes,
27:00enjoyed the same activities.
27:02In particular,
27:04managing our collection of wooden horses
27:07on wheels
27:07that we would groom
27:10and water and race.
27:13And whenever we got into trouble,
27:16Margaret would blame everything
27:19on her imaginary friend,
27:20Cousin Halifax.
27:21Yes, yes.
27:22I would.
27:23There really wasn't anything
27:25Cousin Halifax wouldn't do.
27:28Sounding the air raid bell
27:30to wake the guards,
27:31hiding the gardener's tools,
27:33he really was very mischievous.
27:38It's not always easy
27:40growing up in a family
27:41where one person has to wear the crown,
27:44being the number two.
27:47But Margaret has been my ally
27:49day in, day out.
27:52And that's the person
27:53I wanted to tell you about tonight.
27:55Not the dazzling,
27:56you all know that already,
27:57but the dutiful.
28:02Never wavering.
28:04My lifelong companion
28:06and support.
28:09Without whom?
28:15Well.
28:20It would be unimaginable.
28:24Dearest Margaret,
28:28many happy returns.
28:39I don't know
28:41whether to be touched or cross.
28:43Why?
28:45I've always wanted to sing
28:46your praises in public.
28:48Well,
28:49it was both
28:50uncalled for
28:52and rather thrilling.
28:54Everyone is being so nice.
28:57One should be
28:58seriously ill
29:00more often.
29:03Now listen to that cough.
29:05You haven't started smoking again.
29:07No,
29:08of course not.
29:10That was
29:12cousin Halifax.
29:18Good night,
29:19Lilibet.
29:20Good night.
29:21Good night.
29:37Good night.
29:44No.
30:11No.
30:15No.
30:16Oh.
30:21Oh.
30:22Oh.
30:23No.
30:48PHONE RINGS
31:11PHONE RINGS
31:18Hello, you.
31:28Well, goodbye, you.
31:30Stop it.
31:33We'll have you up and out of here in no time.
31:35No.
31:37I'm afraid it's serious this time.
31:42I can feel it.
31:46Or can't feel it.
31:48Or like.
31:51I can't feel anything.
31:53Or see anything.
31:58My body's...
32:03Deserting me one limb at a time.
32:08The doctors tell me you aren't eating.
32:12I'm really not hungry.
32:17Well, I brought you these.
32:20Your favourite.
32:23Jam tarts.
32:26Now you're talking.
32:31And...
32:34A very pretty...
32:36Walking stick.
32:38For when you're back on your feet.
32:41Mhm.
32:44It's kinda dark.
32:47Put it.
32:51It's not dark.
32:55It's so dark.
32:57You just don't feel it.
32:58You just don't feel like you're eating.
32:59It's cool that you're eating.
33:07All right.
33:09You just don't feel like you're eating.
34:39The terrorist weapons, four hijacked passenger planes, two crashed with awful effects into
34:45the World Trade Center in New York, the third into the Pentagon in Washington, the fourth
34:50in Pennsylvania.
34:51America spends billions of dollars every year gathering and assessing intelligence
34:55reports to prevent attacks like these.
35:01A San Francisco husband slept through his wife's call from the World Trade Center.
35:09She left her last message to him on the answering machine.
35:14There was really only one thing left for her to say.
35:17I love you.
35:18She said it over and over before the line went dead.
35:23And then, oblivion.
35:29So sad.
35:32And such terrible news about Lord Carnarvon, too.
35:38Bored you.
35:40Why?
35:41What's happened?
35:42He collapsed while he was watching the news.
35:46Heart attack.
35:50Poor Jean.
35:52Poor you, too.
35:55He was such a special friend.
36:03He would bring horse news, which is the only news I ever really want to hear.
36:09He used to hold up his mobile phone when horse bidding was underway so I could hear the action.
36:15He was devoted to you.
36:20Now, all those closest to you are abandoning you one by one.
36:27What are you talking about?
36:29Portie.
36:30Yes.
36:32Mummy.
36:33Soon.
36:35Yes.
36:37Me?
36:38Don't you dare.
36:39It's the truth.
36:42I'm not thrilled about it.
36:44In fact, I'm furious about it.
36:47I'm not ready to leave this particular party.
36:52But we need to discuss it.
36:55I've written a very detailed plan for my funeral.
37:00You know what a planner I am.
37:03And I want your reassurance that it will go exactly as I intend.
37:13I want to wear my flower dress, not some horrid black thing.
37:20And please, don't let them put red lipstick on me.
37:25For the chapel, I want roses and tulips.
37:30Yes, and I want the finale, the Swan Lake playing on the organ as people arrive.
37:40And one more thing, very important.
37:46Yes, of course.
37:48Promise me that I will actually be dead when they close the coffin.
37:58Oh, Mum.
38:05Bertie, old egg, said young Eustace.
38:09Fancy meeting you here.
38:10The one man in London who can support us in the style we're accustomed to.
38:16Oh, by the way, you've never met old Dogface, have you?
38:19Oh, Dogface, this is my cousin Bertie.
38:24Is this silly?
38:25No, it's wonderful.
38:28Go on.
38:30What are you doing in London, I asked.
38:32Oh, buzzing round.
38:34We're just up for the day.
38:36Flying visit, strictly unofficial.
38:39We oil back on the 310.
38:42We oil back on the 310.
38:45And now, touching on that lunch you very decently volunteered to stand us,
38:51which shall it be?
38:52Ritz?
38:53Savoy?
38:54Carlton?
38:55Ritz, please.
38:57Because we love the Ritz, don't we?
39:00Honestly.
39:01You and the Ritz.
39:02No.
39:03You and the Ritz.
39:05If people don't know about that night, they'll never fully understand.
39:11How irresponsible I was.
39:14The scale of the sacrifice you've made.
39:19How much of your true self you've locked up.
39:25Hidden away.
39:27You caused havoc that night.
39:32It was the end of the war.
39:44Now.
39:49You rest.
41:19We're actually in with friends upstairs and really should go.
41:21Why?
41:22Down here is the place to be.
41:29And why is that?
41:30Because down here there's no rank or background, just the music.
41:42Well, in that case...
42:00It ain't my fault.
42:02I said, no, it ain't my fault.
42:07Hell no, it ain't my fault.
42:12You blame her, I blame her, it ain't my fault.
42:17Let's go!
42:18Hell no, it ain't my fault.
42:22I said, no, it ain't my fault.
42:27Well, no, it ain't my fault.
42:32You blame her, I blame her, it ain't my fault.
42:36Alright.
42:37No, it ain't my fault.
42:42But no, it ain't my fault.
42:47I said, no, it ain't my fault.
42:51You blame her, I blame her, it ain't my fault.
43:11you two haven't seen elizabeth have you stop worrying about her she never does anything
43:15irresponsible she's been a long time i'm going to look for her i'll come with you porchie
43:27all right tweet for me
44:02come on porchie let's get her out of here no don't
44:08leave her look how happy she is
44:33oh
44:34I hate my own
44:36I hate my own
45:04I hate my own
45:36I hate my own
45:37You dark horse
45:38You'd have known you could jive
45:40There must have been
45:42Fifty men chasing you out
45:44Don't exaggerate
45:45What?
45:47I said don't exaggerate
45:49It's hard to talk
45:50When you're sloshed
45:52When you're chewing gum
45:56When did you get that?
45:58Well, I'm not sure
46:00I think it might have come after a kiss
46:03Ninevites
46:04You didn't intend to kiss him
46:06This is what everyone else was doing
46:07They didn't want to be rude
46:10I think Portie might have seen
46:11Got a bit cross
46:12Oh dear
46:28Look
46:30The blossoms out
46:33Yes
46:34The sun is rising
46:40What will this future hold?
46:43For us all?
46:51Aren't you coming?
46:53We can join mummy and papa for breakfast
46:59I'm afraid not
47:03But I will always
47:04Be by your side
47:09No matter what
47:34Couldn't sleep
47:36And wouldn't sleep
47:39When love came and told me
47:43I shouldn't sleep
47:44Bewitched
47:47Bothered
47:48And bewildered
47:49Am I
47:56Lost my heart
47:58But what a bit
48:01He is cold
48:04I agree
48:06He can laugh
48:09But I love it
48:11Although the laugh's on me
48:16I'll sing to him
48:20Each spring
48:21To him
48:22And long for the day
48:26When I'll cling to him
48:28Bewitched
48:31Bothered
48:32And bewildered
48:36Am I
48:39Am I
48:40Am I
48:40Am I
48:40Am I
49:01Am I
49:07You
49:34.
50:04.
50:34.
50:34.
50:34.
50:34.
50:34.
50:34.
50:35.
50:35.
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