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02:50By the end of this tour, I think we'll be able to make a qualitative assessment about where the finest
02:56women in the world come from.
02:58For now, however, I can tell you the women of New Guinea are sweeter than those of Ceylon and right
03:04up there with those of Malaya!
03:09I have shared these secrets with you in good faith.
03:12The contents must, like all disclosures of the officers on board are married and would kill me if they knew
03:21what I was writing!
03:24Strict, strict non-disclosure policies apply. What happens on tour stays on tour!
03:31But rest assured, I will keep you updated on our forthcoming adventures.
03:38I sense this will be a momentous, ever, ever your fellow member, Mike!
03:45Thank you!
03:47Как and out of this story theyisis!
03:53It's good to hear!
03:53The U.S.
03:55viewing with ratings today is a CAF website.
04:07I've been trying to get a look called a Communisti-Golden 150-271- та-lipped-ruz studios, who is
04:13a productive, but I mean-
04:14healthier data!
06:15Quite.
06:16So it's all been for nothing.
06:18No, rather worse than nothing.
06:21Economically, the drain on our currency reserves has been so ruinous that we now face a run on sterling.
06:28The energy situation is just as bad.
06:31Panic buying has been reported at petrol stations, and we expect fuel rationing to become necessary as we move into
06:38winter.
06:41No, this is no exaggeration to say that this has been the worst week for the country since 1939.
06:47The peace and consensus left by your dear father is gone, and our reputation for decency and integrity in matters
06:56of foreign policy has been shattered.
06:58What is it?
07:01The Duke of Edinburgh is on the telephone, Your Majesty.
07:05Hmm?
07:05Wouldn't that's a first?
07:07From New Guinea, no?
07:09Oh, sorry, do excuse me.
07:12And of course.
07:13Give her my best.
07:21Hello?
07:22Hello?
07:24Hello.
07:25Hello, Philip.
07:27Hello, can you hear me?
07:28Yes, yes, I can hear you.
07:33I can't hear you.
07:35Can you hear me?
07:37Yes.
07:38I can hear you.
07:40Um, um, hello?
07:42Elizabeth?
07:45Can you hear me?
07:51Philip.
08:02Ready for it, sir?
08:10Damn telephones.
08:12Bloody things.
08:13This is why they're bothering us.
08:15Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
08:26At ease, gentlemen.
08:34Well, our adventure is only two weeks old.
08:37And it's already taken us nearly 20,000 miles as we travel the far corners of the world.
08:45In an attempt to repair the reputation of our country currently being ruined by our politicians.
08:54I would like to thank each and every one of you for your professionalism and discipline.
09:00You have all been brilliant.
09:01All that is, except for the football team.
09:04The shoddy, leaky defence and absence of a natural left-sided player led to that rather humiliating defeat by the
09:12seamen's club of all bloody people at Port Swetterny.
09:18I should also like to say, if I may, Admiral.
09:22Yes, sir.
09:27It's been wonderful for me, on a personal level, to be back at sea.
09:32The Royal Navy has always occupied a very special place in my life and, indeed, in my heart.
09:41There are few greater pleasures in life than serving on a ship such as this.
09:46That's why it's all so very difficult to leave.
09:49But, leave I must, and fly to Melbourne to open the Olympics there, where I must generally behave myself, shake
09:57a few hands, cut a few ribbons.
09:59It will be hell.
10:01I can assure you.
10:03And I will be counting the minutes until you come and pick me up again and we can continue our
10:07great adventure.
10:08Now, in the meantime, behave yourselves, keep fit, and don't drink all the bloody beer.
10:22Well done, well done, well done, well done, well done, you're, uh, very good.
10:36So depressing, the sewers business.
10:39Well, can't read about it, then.
10:42I can't help myself.
10:43What were they thinking?
10:44Should we take a look at the schedule?
10:46What's your meal?
10:47Ah, probably not, no.
10:49I've been stripping things out wherever I can, but I'm afraid it's still pretty hectic.
10:53We start with a uranium mine visit in the Northern Territory.
10:57Agricultural parades in Sydney, then overdo a British Empire service league conference in Canberra,
11:02and finally garden parties at the government house.
11:05But I've come up with a nice little stock speech which you can memorize like a minor bird and deliver
11:10each step of the way.
11:14Australia.
11:16And the name itself conjures up such romantic images of progress, ambition, possibility.
11:28It is said that the mark of any great nation is the journey it has endured on its path to
11:33glory.
11:37What a journey Australia must take.
11:46From those early European explorers who landed at your shores, we've endured great hardship and crisis.
11:52Less independently minded nations who would have faulted and sought support from the parent nation.
11:58Once so integral to their governance, but Australia forged onwards.
12:04Like it's rugged and at times unforgiving land state, Australia showed true strength, true metal.
12:18You have admirably developed every branch of your life and culture.
12:26And just 200 years have grown into a unique and individual civilization,
12:32which I'm sure will rank among the greatest of the world to see.
12:43Australia.
12:48Name's Helen King.
12:5029 years old, writes for The Age, one of the most prominent newspapers here.
12:54She's asked to meet you.
12:57That's me, sir.
12:59What for?
13:00An interview.
13:02I only thought we decided no interviews.
13:04We did, but in her case, I find myself moved to make an exception.
13:08You saw the way she was looking at me?
13:09Yes.
13:10You don't think I'm being delusional.
13:13Gentlemen's radar aren't all that.
13:15No.
13:16Not to mention the way she's followed us every step of the tour.
13:18No, no, I think we can safely assume this one's a friend of an enemy.
13:32The car carrying His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh,
13:36makes its way out onto the splendid red track here on the pleasant afternoon in Melbourne.
13:43The crowds have escaped as they get their first glimpse of the Duke,
13:46who is reported to be greatly enjoying his time here in Australia.
13:51And now, we're nearly there as the Duke takes his place in the world.
14:00I declare open the Olympic Games of Melbourne,
14:05celebrating the 16th Olympiad of the modern era.
14:15He looks happy.
14:18Once.
14:20The Duke smiles with thunderous applause and thousands of cheers.
14:25Yes, very happy.
14:29You can thank me for that.
14:31It's my idea.
14:32I always knew it was a good idea to let him shine alone.
14:36What a magnificent moment.
14:39Yes, thank you, Laurie.
14:47In ancient Greece, the beginning of the games was heralded by the homing of the pigeons.
14:53And so too today.
15:07Ready?
15:08Ready?
15:09Yes.
15:13Mrs. Parker, this way, please.
15:16Mrs. Parker, how can I help?
15:21I'd like to separate from my husband.
15:23Better still, divorce.
15:26Do you mind me asking on what grounds?
15:28The fact I never see him.
15:31Absence isn't a legal ground for divorce.
15:37Neglect?
15:38Nor that, I'm afraid.
15:40We're going to need one of the big three.
15:41Adultery, unreasonable behavior, or insanity.
15:44I'm quite sure there has been adultery.
15:47We will need evidence.
15:50That won't be easy.
15:52Because of his job.
15:55Mike works for the Duke of Edinburgh.
15:57In what capacity?
15:59His private secretary.
16:01Oh, I see.
16:03He's also his closest friend.
16:05They're virtually inseparable.
16:08Are you really sure about this?
16:11A divorce can leave a woman quite isolated.
16:15Maybe things will get better.
16:17If you stick it out.
16:20I tend to think that's always the best way for everyone.
16:25Grass is rarely greener.
16:29I will come back when I have evidence.
16:45You're taking the pethidine?
16:46Yes.
16:47And the pentabarbitone?
16:48Yes, I'm taking the pentabarbitone, but it doesn't work.
16:53I need something stronger.
16:55There is nothing stronger.
16:59The fact is, in terms of pharmacology, we've gone as far as we can.
17:10I have the greatest sympathy for your condition, Prime Minister.
17:15And I fully understand the need for rest.
17:19But given the challenges that are now facing this country, you don't feel that you have a responsibility to execute
17:27your duties just a little longer.
17:28I asked the physician the same question, ma'am, but he insisted.
17:35He felt that I was at the very limit of human endurance.
17:42But the country will be in safe hands.
17:45Mr. Butler will take charge in my absence.
17:50Mr. Head will oversee the withdrawal of our troops from Egypt.
17:55And Mr. Macmillan will oversee the economic situation.
18:01Economic crisis.
18:05How long do you imagine you'll be away?
18:07Mr. Not long, ma'am.
18:10A few weeks.
18:13Well, I suppose one can always reach you at short notice.
18:17It's a point I always make to my private secretaries.
18:20Yes, I'm away.
18:22But Windsor really is just around the corner.
18:25And Norfolk, too.
18:27County Durham, isn't it?
18:30Your family home.
18:34Jamaica, ma'am.
18:37Your family home.
18:38Where the doctor felt I should be going.
18:41He specified Jamaica.
18:43He specified sunshine, tropical sunshine.
18:46He said he felt my life might depend on it.
18:53What would he prescribe for the rest of us, do you imagine?
19:01Prime Minister.
19:03Your Majesty.
19:12I...
19:19How many years are잉?
19:21The family home is still there.
19:23I have nobody.
19:23I can't see you.
19:23Why are you denying that the land.
19:23I can't see you.
19:24Where are you, Mr. Time for the rest of us, do you?
19:26I can see you before the rest of us.
19:26I have.
19:28I can't see you.
19:29I can see you.
19:31I can see you.
19:32I can see you.
19:38excuse me excuse me you work in there don't you at the Thursday club as a waitress who's asking
19:48my name is Eileen do you have a minute what can I do for you I'd like you to tell
19:55me what goes on
19:58inside you're a reporter or something no no nothing like that just a wife of one of the members
20:05and mother to his children you may know him his name is Mike there are so many gentlemen Mike
20:11Parker you do know him don't you Mike would have made sure of that you're just his type
20:24look one day you will be married too and I sincerely hope that you make a good choice
20:28but if you don't and you meet a man who makes you unhappy then as a woman I would wish
20:35for you to
20:35be able to leave that man easily painlessly so if there is anything you can tell me that might make
20:43my leaving easier I'm sorry Mrs. Parker but I know nothing of your husband here is my address and
20:57if anything should occur to you
21:16it's all right
21:39I'm going to ask you to go through it again
21:46yes the provenance of this rumor is quite arcane your sister sister-in-law had lunch with her aunt
21:55who had just spent the weekend at Chumley Castle at which one of the other guests was the bridge
22:03partner tennis of the solicitor visited by Eileen Parker I think that's it that's half Britain already
22:16and all of these people now know Mrs. Parker is seeking a divorce
22:23yes
22:24it's unfortunate it'll be hard to contain
22:30what are Mrs. Parker's grievances
22:38neglect and reasonable behavior and infidelity
22:45just a wife's suspicions nothing concrete but I believe specific mention was made of a lunch club
22:52where Lieutenant Commander Parker and the Duke of Edinburgh
22:54don't tell me
22:56frequent guests
22:57actually
22:59founder members
23:03keep an eye on this for me would you Martin
23:06a close eye
23:16thank you
23:19thank you
23:21thank you
23:22thank you
23:42Ready, sir?
23:43Certainly.
23:45His Royal Highness is the Duke of Edinburgh.
23:47Thank you for seeing me, sir.
23:49Not at all.
23:52Well, um, just bear with me when I put my things down and set up.
23:57Please.
24:09I'm just going to put a microphone right here.
24:11Can I help?
24:13No, it's fine.
24:18Right.
24:19I think that's it.
24:21Right.
24:22Well, I'll, uh, I'll leave you two to it then.
24:24Thank you, Michael.
24:25Please.
24:32Where do you want?
24:34Well, we can't really start without passing comment on the situation in Egypt and the international response.
24:40Why?
24:42Huge demonstrations on the streets of London.
24:45Eden caving in to international pressure and calling a ceasefire.
24:49You don't think it's a pretty significant moment for your country?
24:52Perhaps, but I'm not going to pass comment on that.
24:55Why not?
24:56It's not my job.
24:57It's not what members of the royal family do.
25:00But you must have thoughts about it.
25:02Of course.
25:03Not a vegetable.
25:04But my thoughts on issues like that remain a private matter.
25:11One can't help wondering where it leaves Britain's place in the world.
25:15Oh, I'm sure Britain will be fine.
25:17No.
25:17The view from over here is that Britain has been publicly humiliated.
25:21Oh.
25:22As someone with surprisingly progressive views, that must concern you.
25:27I have progressive views.
25:29You don't think that you do?
25:31Televising the coronation?
25:34Advocating modernisation?
25:35That's just common sense.
25:36If you're a progressive, one prepared to make changes.
25:40Well, let's just say that I learnt very early on that it's wise not to take things for granted.
25:44You're referring to your family.
25:47How they had to leave Greece in the revolution.
25:50Your grandfather was shot.
25:51Your father fled to avoid being shot.
25:54Yes, correct.
25:58Well, you see, there's so much that people don't really know about you.
26:05I can assure you it's all been rather embellished.
26:08The truth is really quite dull.
26:11Dull?
26:12How you personally fled Corfu in an orange crate.
26:15And then in childhood, in exile, always on the move.
26:18Exile is too strong a word.
26:20Too emotional.
26:21Just how it was for everyone.
26:22Just got on with it.
26:26But it can't have been easy.
26:30Was the trauma of being in exile what brought on your mother's illness, do you think?
26:40More illness.
26:42Well, the information I have is that she suffered a breakdown.
26:53Things weren't easy for her.
26:57But she got on with it.
26:58But she was taken away, wasn't she?
27:00To an institution.
27:02And then your father promptly abandoned the family, ran off with his mistress?
27:06I don't know what you've been reading or who you've been speaking to, but both my mother and my father
27:10played very active roles in all their children's lives.
27:13So it isn't true that you didn't see your father for the last six years of his life?
27:16I think if we're to remain friends, we really should move on.
27:20All right.
27:23May I ask you about your education?
27:26Sir.
27:33Sir.
27:36What about it?
27:37That was pretty unusual, too.
27:39I went to boarding school in Britain.
27:40I knew what's unusual about that.
27:42For a while, but then you were taken out of there and sent to school in Germany.
27:46Because my sisters lived there.
27:48Your Nazi sisters.
27:49Oh, Christ.
27:50One of whom was married to a close personal friend of Hitler's.
27:52I was at school in Germany for less than a year before I returned to the United Kingdom.
27:57What point are you trying to make here?
27:59I think it's pretty clear which side I was on.
28:01My record in the war speaks for itself.
28:02I'm simply saying that your background is so much more interesting and complex than people might imagine.
28:07Do they imagine anything?
28:08I think people are curious.
28:12There is this striking, handsome man.
28:15Walking beside the most famous woman in the world.
28:19Who is he?
28:22Well, I hate to disappoint.
28:27But he really is just a normal man.
28:30In what from the outside probably looks like rather a strange life.
28:34But from the inside, really is no different to anyone else's.
28:41I don't think there's anything about you that's like anyone else.
28:46From a young age, you were effectively orphaned.
28:49Your favorite sister, Cecile, also a Nazi, died in a plane crash.
28:53Yeah, I really think we should move on now.
28:54What kind of impact does that have on a man?
28:57That's the kind of trauma that will doubtless have a bearing on how your own children and the future king
29:02of England abroad are.
29:03It's enough.
29:08I think people have a right to know about their leaders, don't you?
29:12Especially ones that can't be thrown out with free and fair elections.
29:20Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:44Christ.
29:47Christ.
29:48I don't know.
30:27Kensington 8953, hello.
30:35We met a few times in various locations.
30:49Afterwards, he'd tell me about his job, the company he keeps.
30:59You didn't mention a wife.
31:03Or children.
31:08I'm so sorry.
31:14If you are really sorry, I want to make my life easier.
31:21Of course.
31:24We will need you to make an official statement and give evidence in court.
31:29I can't do that. I would lose my job, my reputation.
31:31I'm afraid that's what the law requires.
31:33No.
31:37No.
31:39So you telephoned me and agreed to come here today for what, precisely?
31:44To put colour into my nightmares?
31:47I'm sorry.
31:55My sources now tell me that Mrs. Parker has gone as far as bringing a waitress from a Thursday lunch
32:00club to see her divorce line.
32:02I gather the waitress has not provided hard evidence on this occasion, just hearsay.
32:08They were obviously getting close.
32:09This cannot be allowed to go one single step further, Martin.
32:14No.
32:14If Mrs. Parker succeeds in getting her divorce, the newspapers would take the not unreasonable assumption that anything that Lieutenant
32:24Commander Parker has done, the Duke of Edinburgh has done too.
32:28We do not want words like infidelity and divorce swirling around.
32:34No.
32:34Whether there is any truth in the allegations or not, it would shatter up the interoperable marriage and jeopardize the
32:43entire monarchy.
32:47Any ideas?
32:50Stand easy. Stand easy.
32:52Right. Our grown-up duties are done.
32:54The Olympics are officially up and running, which means, gentlemen, we can now get on with the important business at
33:00hand.
33:00Our tour!
33:02Hooray!
33:05We have nine weeks between now and our arrival home.
33:09In that time, we will be visiting the remotest parts of the Commonwealth.
33:12But I'm delighted to say that during that time, we will be without reporters.
33:18We will be without photographers.
33:22We will be out of the world's eye.
33:26And with that in mind, I think Michael's got a suggestion.
33:31Right, gentlemen.
33:31Yes, I'd like to propose something a little unusual.
33:34Something I'm fairly sure none of us has ever participated in before.
33:38A beard-growing competition.
33:42Now, special dispensation has been given to the dozen or so.
33:46Men already have beards.
33:48Shave them off.
33:49Now, like to judge it for the rest of our efforts.
33:52All right?
33:53All right.
34:13We can't see it now, Bill.
34:17All right, in their infinite wisdom, the powers that be have decided they would like you to do it.
34:47They would like you to make a Christmas speech.
34:49What?
34:50To who?
34:51The men on board?
34:52Uh, no.
34:53To the half a billion people that make up the Commonwealth of Nations.
34:57In the Lord Chamberlain's office, they'd like you to make a companion Christmas speech to the Queens.
35:01A thousand words, preferably uplifting in tone and Christian in sentiment, with as many references as possible to the importance
35:08of family and the sanctity of marriage.
35:12What if I don't want to?
35:14Well, I'm afraid no provisions appear to have been made for your having an opinion about that, or indeed anything
35:19else.
35:21Because of seniority, your speech will come second, at the usual time, 3 p.m.
35:29However, on Christmas morning, the Duke of Edinburgh is expected to be in Graham Land, which is in the Antarctic
35:34Peninsula, which is ten hours behind us.
35:37So he'll have to get up at the crack of dawn to make his speech.
35:40May I ask why he's making a speech?
35:44Um?
35:45Well, it's not usual, is it?
35:48No, it is extraordinary.
35:51Um, I think the feeling was that with Your Majesty and His Royal Highness having not been seen in public
35:59together so long, being at least heard together...
36:04No, I see. It might reassure people that all is still well.
36:07I wouldn't go that far, ma'am.
36:09Well, I would.
36:10And I think it's a good idea.
36:13Thank you, Michael.
36:20May I just ask, just out of curiosity, what's the longest amount of time that you and Lady Adeen have
36:29been separated?
36:31Uh, three weeks, I think.
36:35See, and would you say that you thrive or suffer from the separation?
36:42We don't much care for it, ma'am.
36:44Helen, in particular, believes that little good comes from a couple being apart, but a husband and wife belong together.
36:52Well, of course.
37:01Ma'am.
37:02Why?
37:02Mm-hmm.
37:07Come on.
37:31Ah, I'm gonna make you a little bit.
37:48Yes, sir.
37:51What's up?
37:52Australian Naval Patrol boat.
37:54It's Yamea's Warren has put out a distress call.
37:56They picked up a fishing boat out of power and it's drifted for days.
37:59Only one man left alive and he nearly drowned trying to fix the hull.
38:02He suffered a broken rib cage and his lung made me punctured.
38:05And the warreen doesn't have a doctor on board.
38:07The man is dying.
38:08Are we the nearest ship?
38:09There's a French freighter three miles further out.
38:12We are the nearest ship.
38:14Set your course.
38:16Bring her about.
38:18Coming about, 9 to 3.
38:29We are the only 1 to 3.
38:36We are the only one to 3.
38:38We are the only one to 3.
38:38We are the only one to 3.
38:38Point!
38:40Up ...
38:41He's coming up.
38:43Ready him.
39:03Eton
39:04Eddie
39:05We should have the water flooding nearest boat
39:08My Swiss career must've transpired
39:10He's like mí me
39:11We don't know who he's worried from
39:13It doesn't matter who he is and where he's from.
39:15He's the captain of the ship.
39:18That's where it counts.
39:20He's one of us.
39:24You know, it's out of the question, sir.
39:27Why?
39:27We have a strict schedule, in spite of an official term.
39:31And to take the man back to wherever he came from
39:33would be to turn back in entirely the wrong direction.
39:37It'd take days, maybe a whole week, off our important schedule.
39:40We can make that time up.
39:41The man's fortunate enough, we saved his life.
39:44We'll simply drop him off at the next destination
39:46and then he'll be there.
39:47He will be needlessly separated from his home.
39:50Find himself in a strange country with a foreign language.
39:54Away from his family.
39:55Not my concern.
39:57Another vessel with less important duties
39:59might find time for such sentimental charity.
40:02We've done our important duties and are on the way home.
40:06Effectively a glorified pleasure cruiser
40:08with an abundance of fuel and time to spare.
40:12Sir, my decision as flag officer is no.
40:15And my decision as admiral of the fleet is that we do.
40:26There is only one person in command of the vessel.
40:34It's the flag officer.
40:37If you'd recall your naval training, you'd remember.
40:41I do recall my naval training as it happens.
40:44Manning command posts on destroyers during the war,
40:47the same war which I believe you spent on shore duty.
40:51I have never abused my privileges and I don't intend to start now,
40:55but this is the Royal Yacht.
40:56I am on it representing the Crown
40:58and I say turn it around and take this man home.
41:01I am on it voting my Russian Command on the side of the vessel.
41:04I don't know.
41:05I am on it buying my свои.
41:09I am on it."
41:26Turn it around and take it down and take it down and—
41:27I am on the side of the ship,
41:29I am on it.
41:31I am on it.
41:31Many thousands of miles, I'm happy to report that we saved our greatest adventure for last
41:39As the Royal Yacht Britannia turned naval rescue and we fished a shipwrecked Mariner under the water
41:47Our brilliant surgeons operated on him and we went out of our way to return him to his home his
41:52family and his people
42:16The Royal Yacht Britannia
42:33And what people, what family, what a home.
43:10Should you Thursday club members ever grow tired of your colourless and empty lives in London,
43:17I suggest immediate relocation to the discreet island nations nestled around Tonga.
43:24Surely the closest one can come to heaven on earth.
43:30Never have we received such a welcome, or eaten so well.
43:37Never have I experienced such a willingness to set oneself free and enjoy.
43:45And nowhere on earth, and we have by this point travelled across almost every inch,
43:52have we encountered such beautiful women.
44:13These really have been the most remarkable few days.
44:19And it is with the greatest reluctance that after three days here we tear ourselves away.
44:26Each of us, not a little bit, but a great deal in love.
44:46That is your husband's handwriting, isn't it?
44:53You said you needed evidence.
44:59That's not a royal tour, that one.
45:01It's a five-month stag night.
45:04Whores in every port.
45:06I don't know what she loves.
45:13Good luck.
45:28Ready?
45:30Not to know how anything is.
45:32Yeah.
45:33It's a beautiful.
45:35That's not a shame.
45:35It's a shame.
45:35It's a shame, it's a shame.
46:01Happy Christmas.
46:03Happy Christmas.
46:03Hello.
46:05You're welcome.
46:07Let's go.
46:08It's just a cool one.
46:10That's my Lord's a love, there.
46:17All right?
46:19Good job.
46:19Good job.
46:20I'm not coming over yet.
46:22Don't hold it.
46:23I take you.
46:24Just put this one.
46:25You're very brave.
46:28Edward.
46:30You're too special.
46:38No, I'm waiting for inspiration to strike.
46:44Might I suggest some gung-ho platitudes about Christmas in the Commonwealth?
46:49That's what they want me to say.
46:52I mean what I want to say.
46:56Right.
47:04Have you got it yet?
47:05I can't serve this.
47:06Here it is.
47:07Here it is.
47:08Here it is.
47:08Here it is.
47:08Here it is.
47:08Where exactly is Philip?
47:11Graham Land, last I heard.
47:13Where's that?
47:18Dickie, where's Graham Land?
47:20No, Antarctica.
47:21Is it?
47:22Is that north or is it south?
47:24It's north.
47:25No, don't be silly, Mum.
47:26It's south.
47:27Does anyone actually know?
47:28Yes, because the Arctic is north, and so Antarctica is non-north, isn't it, Dickie?
47:35What's non-north?
47:37Come.
47:40It's time.
47:41Good.
47:42Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses.
47:44Good, sir, my children.
47:44And now, the Christmas announce from His Royal Highnesses, the Duke of Edinburgh.
47:52Good morning.
47:54This is Britannia.
47:56I'm speaking to you from the edge of the South Pacific.
47:5959 degrees south and 60 degrees west.
48:02You'll have to turn the globe upside down to find this place.
48:05Indeed, a few of us aboard the Royal Yacht feel a little upside down, having never been this far from
48:11home.
48:13The remoteness of the location presents one with a precious opportunity to think.
48:19About one's own life.
48:21One's own way of living.
48:24We've travelled the world now, and seen all manner of tribes, societies, and cultures.
48:31We've had endless debates about which places have the best systems of government, or justice, or the most interesting religions.
48:38And we've been amazed and impressed by so much of what we've seen.
48:44Naturally, it has led us to examine our own lives, and the way we live, the things we take for
48:51granted.
48:52Is that really Philip?
48:53Some sort of Philip impersonator?
48:56Why?
48:58It sounds so odd.
48:59So different.
49:05And here I am, almost 10,000 miles from London,
49:09surrounded by empty water.
49:14It's a fine life on board, the ship.
49:17But it can be a solitary one.
49:22We are men together.
49:27But we each stand alone.
49:50We can ask to tell you that they're ready for you.
49:55Right.
49:59Last minute changes.
50:02Something like that.
50:03May I help?
50:05No.
50:17Ah, let's see if I can hold it really much.
50:27We are ready for you, ma'am.
50:30Yes.
50:38Happy Christmas.
50:39Happy Christmas.
50:41Happy Christmas.
50:41Happy Christmas.
50:45The people of Britain and the Commonwealth will now listen to the voice of Her Majesty the Queen.
50:51Thank you, ma'am.
50:58Once again, messages of Christmas greeting have been exchanged around the world,
51:05carried upon the invisible wings of 20th century science.
51:11And of all those many messages, from all corners of the Commonwealth,
51:17none has given us greater pleasure than hearing those of my husband,
51:24from the remote and lonely spaces of Antarctica.
51:31To him, I say, from all the members of your family gathered here today,
51:39our very best wishes go to you on board Britannia.
51:46A very large, united family is waiting for you here.
51:57And we'll always be waiting for you, wherever you are.
52:17I would like you to express my gratitude.
52:20I would like you to those men and women of the Commonwealth,
52:23whose efforts in our great cities...
53:17that you are...
53:18looking for us all around the world.
53:26Are you all right?
53:31Fine.
53:40Her speech.
53:44What about it?
53:49Touching, unexpected touching, caught me off guard.
53:58I might even have to confess to feeling a little.
54:04Homesick?
54:09Yes.
54:10Yes.
54:13Nice.
54:14Yes.
54:15Yes.
54:29Yes.
54:42Yes.
54:43Yes.
54:46Yes.
54:58Yes.
55:12Yes.
55:15Yes.
55:16Yes.
55:29Yes.
55:30Yes.
55:31Yes.
55:33Yes.
55:34Yes.
55:34Yes.
55:34Yes.
55:35Yes.
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