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00:00You
00:34Ah, there you are. Come in. I'm practicing for the big day tomorrow and, um, I need an archbishop.
00:51Will you do me the honor from here?
01:00Is your majesty willing to take the oath?
01:05I am... willing.
01:11Will you maintain and preserve in... invi...
01:22Ah, inviolably. It means to make a promise you can... you can never break. A very sacred promise indeed.
01:37Yes!
01:40We're ready for you, sir.
01:42Oh, not yet, Tommy.
01:45We haven't even reached the anointing.
01:49You have to anoint me.
01:51Otherwise, I can't...
01:56Be king.
01:59Do you understand?
02:03When the holy oil touches me,
02:07I am...
02:09I am transformed.
02:13Brought into direct contact with the divine.
02:22Forever changed.
02:27Bound to God.
02:30It is the most important part of the entire ceremony.
02:36So we had better practice, hadn't we, Archbishop?
02:45Be thy hands anointed with holy oil.
02:55Be thy breast anointed with holy oil.
03:11As kings, priests, and prophets were anointed.
03:12Be thy head anointed with holy oil.
03:17As kings, priests, and prophets were anointed.
03:26Oh, goodness.
03:35That's very heavy indeed.
03:37Five pounds, sir.
03:39Not to mention the, uh, symbolic weight.
03:43Hmm?
03:45Mm-hm.
03:47Mm-hm.
03:48Mm-hm.
03:51Mm-hm.
03:52Mm-hm.
03:52Mm-hm.
03:52Mm-hm.
03:57And the sight I heard, I'd never see.
04:03Mm-hm.
04:09Mm-hm.
04:11Mm-hm.
04:11Mm-hm.
04:12Mm-hm.
04:15Mm-hm.
04:19Mm-hm.
04:43It's not as easy as it looks.
04:47It's exactly what the king said.
04:51I remember.
04:56Do you suppose I could borrow it for a couple of days?
05:00Just to practice?
05:03Borrow it, ma'am?
05:05From whom?
05:07If it's not yours, whose is it?
05:22No.
05:25No.
05:36No.
05:38No.
07:06Oh.
07:06Any idea where the Duke is?
07:08His Royal Highness went flying, ma'am.
07:10Howdy!
07:11Again?
07:18So when's the big day?
07:21Pilot's exam, two weeks.
07:25Are you still on track for the record?
07:26I am.
07:27Just.
07:28If I do nothing else.
07:30Oh.
07:31Then you'll hate me.
07:33Why?
07:34There is something I wanted you to help me with.
07:36It would have to be jolly important to distract me from getting my wings faster than anyone
07:40in British aviation history.
07:41It is.
07:43I'd like you to come aboard my coronation committee.
07:48In which capacity?
07:50As chairman.
07:52You already have one.
07:54Bernard.
07:56I'd ask the Duke of Norfolk to make room for you.
07:59I want to make a public declaration of my trust in you.
08:02There's no need to matronize me.
08:04I'm not matronizing you.
08:06Yes, you are.
08:06You're taking pity on me and giving me a job for appearance's sake.
08:10No, it's not that.
08:11I was just thinking how I'd like us to spend more time together.
08:14What are you talking about?
08:15We spend all our time together.
08:17No, we don't.
08:18You're always off flying or lunching with strange men.
08:21A few hours a week, darling.
08:23Anyway, what else am I supposed to do?
08:24Sit around and wait for you while you're queening?
08:27Queening?
08:27Yes, queening.
08:29Maybe I'd like your help with the queening.
08:31Oh, in the same flattering way you asked me to redecorate Clarence's house.
08:35Well, you did that jolly well.
08:36I felt like a sissy.
08:38Fussing about curtain fabrics and paint, Charles.
08:41Honestly, it's just queening of another sort.
08:53What would it entail?
08:56Well, the Duke of Norfolk will run the show from an organizational perspective.
09:02Look after the seating, the route of the procession.
09:04But as chairman of the committee, you would have name but on ideas.
09:08Inspire everyone.
09:09Lead them.
09:10They won't listen to me.
09:12The grey old men, the men with moustaches.
09:14They hate me.
09:20They do not hate you.
09:21They do.
09:22They treat me as an outsider.
09:26In irrelevance.
09:28Everyone does.
09:38That's no way.
09:41No, that is no way.
09:45No.
09:46Totally nothing.
09:47Totally nothing.
09:48Nothing at all. Those are my turns.
09:56All right.
10:00But don't go mad.
10:03What does that mean?
10:04It means just don't go mad.
10:09Coronation.
10:10A service which goes back a thousand years.
10:15Some things can't be changed.
10:16Yes, yes, yes, all right.
10:33When did you move in?
10:35The city of Paris owns the property, you know.
10:39And, happily, the city very kindly let us take the house for a small amount of rent.
10:45So we moved in by summer's end.
10:48You must have been thrilled, Your Highness.
10:51Not Your Highness.
10:53Sawpoint.
10:55Just a Duchess.
10:56Not age or age.
10:59So, ma'am.
11:01Ma'am?
11:02Or, Your Grace.
11:07What made you choose this particular house?
11:09It has a two-acre park, which gives us privacy.
11:12And its size means the Duke and I can finally entertain properly, and we very much enjoy entertaining.
11:17The Duchess is so very good at it.
11:20I believe our editor agreed, as part of the deal, that you would give our readers some tips for entertaining.
11:27Did we agree there?
11:28Did we agree there?
11:29We did, darling, yes.
11:30We paid extra.
11:38But, having had a naval background, I don't much care for fussy things or smells, but I do like a
11:47good, well-milled soap.
11:53what sartorial tips would you give the young men of today no matter what the fashion a well-cut
11:59suit in a in a beautiful fabric will take you anywhere is that the sort of thing you're looking
12:07for you're very fortunate he lets no one in here it's his private room
12:18full of secrets so not secrets darling memories precious memories
12:26I come in here for a few moments every day to meditate and remember goodness bagpipes too
12:37yes I play when he gets homesick
12:43my favorite armchair and the briefcase box as monarch one receives a daily red box from the
12:56government state papers business of the day matters requiring royal assent that was the
13:05final box I received as king it contained my education papers and all these photographs
13:14of you as king there are no with the crown why is that well I never made it that far
13:27I never had a coronation
13:35oh I forgot to mention I had a call today from sir john weir who my mother's doctor
13:47telling me that in his opinion she was in her final days now that my sister and I should make
13:55our
13:55way over with me probably best without
14:09even if she dies
14:13let's hope she does
14:17bear to go over twice I shall have to be brave
14:25my darling one
14:32go without you to cold London brutal London hellish London
14:58shall we fuck
15:00shall we fuck
15:17The Lord Greater Chamberlain, the Lord Chamberlain, the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, and the Comptroller, Your Majesty.
15:25I've asked you to join me, because I've made a decision regarding the Coronation Committee.
15:31Which is that I would like my husband to be the chairman of that committee.
15:41That's impossible, ma'am.
15:42Well, there can only be one chairman.
15:45As far as I'm aware, I only have one husband.
15:49And the Duke of Norfolk will be expecting it to be him. He is the Earl Marshal.
15:54That may be.
15:55And the Chief Butler of England. He would be the 16th Duke of Norfolk to do it.
16:01He ran your father's coronation. His father ran your grandfather's.
16:07And running the coronation, that's what the Norfolks do.
16:13Couldn't you give Philip some other job?
16:16Like what?
16:20Arrange the photographer?
16:27The chairmanship is what he wants. With full autonomy.
16:32Therefore, it is what I want.
16:35Norfolk can be vice-chair.
16:36Why don't you think about it?
16:39I have.
16:40And my decision stands.
16:50Well, of course, the Duke of Norfolk will be furious.
16:53Yes.
16:55And Bernard does fury so well.
16:57What would your majesty suggest?
17:01I will throw my hat in that Bernard and sanity will prevail.
17:06The Queen is young.
17:08And has to learn what any young general has to learn.
17:12Namely?
17:14Which battles to fight and which to leave.
17:19Well, let me know what you want me to do.
17:22Same as always, Tommy.
17:25Exactly as I tell you.
17:28Now, I've spoken to the Archbishop of Canterbury,
17:32who's agreed to help us with our other delicate matter,
17:36the Duke of Windsor.
17:39When does he arrive?
17:41It's afternoon, I believe.
17:42God helps.
17:44And when will you meet him?
17:46We thought tomorrow.
17:49Good.
17:51Sooner the better.
17:53Be sure to be firm, Tommy.
17:55Yes, ma'am.
17:56That one's like mercury.
17:58He'll slip through the tiniest crack.
18:06Good afternoon.
18:08Uh, I've returned to London
18:10to visit my mother, Queen Mary,
18:14who I'm delighted to say
18:16has made such good improvement
18:18in recent days.
18:21Thank you very much.
18:41My dearest darling one,
18:44London is as awful and hellish
18:47and as full of my smug,
18:49stinking relations as ever.
18:52Each day, I call on Mama in the afternoon.
18:55And although she doesn't look quite as bad
18:58as the doctors warn me,
19:00she'll never again be able to leave her rooms,
19:03far less go out in public.
19:07Oh, that's all.
19:32I'm going anywhere, Mommy.
19:34I'm going anywhere, Mommy.
19:39It's one of the hardest things
19:41I've ever had to endure.
19:43And spending so much time
19:44with a woman who has been so vicious
19:46and inhumane to you,
19:49my beloved,
19:50is wearing me down.
19:52Amen.
19:59Sorry to disturb you,
20:00Your Royal Highness.
20:02What is it?
20:03The Archbishop of Canterbury's
20:04private secretary called, sir,
20:06requesting a meeting
20:07between you and His Grace.
20:09Oh, what about?
20:10It didn't say, sir.
20:13He hoped you could make tomorrow.
20:15Fine, I have a few errands, Pram,
20:18but the Archbishop can come to lunch.
20:21As a matter of fact,
20:22they suggested 4 p.m.
20:25All right.
20:26We'll give him tea.
20:28At Lambeth Palace.
20:32Of course.
20:35I'm no longer king.
20:37I go to them.
20:44Good night, Your Royal Highness.
21:22Is Royal Highness the Duke of Windsor, Your Grace?
21:27Goodness, what is this?
21:29An ambush.
21:31Not at all, sir.
21:32They're not just a gathering of old friends who come together to appeal to you in person
21:39in the hope that you will do what we all think would be the right thing.
21:51Regarding what?
21:53The coronation.
21:57What a bad coronation.
22:03We acknowledge, as a member of the Queen's close family, you are entitled to attend.
22:14But I also feel that the attendance at this sacred ceremony, by one who, however good his
22:24reasons, did not feel capable of undertaking the obligations himself.
22:34Well, it could strike a wrong note and would be deeply upsetting.
22:42To whom?
22:44To everyone concerned.
23:13I didn't ask you, Tommy.
23:15It does not extend to the Duchess of Windsor.
23:18And it is my duty to inform you, on behalf of the royal family and the government, with
23:23whom we have worked in close consultation, that she will not be offered an invitation.
23:29Oh, it's madness.
23:34The pusillanimity and vindictiveness knows no limits.
23:40Seventeen years have elapsed since the abdication.
23:47Shouldn't bygones be bygones?
23:49Some things can never be forgotten.
23:51Which of us, for example, has forgotten the song?
23:54You would compare the love and public commitment I made to my wife to slaughter in a world war?
24:20Why not use a celebration such as this, the investiture of a new sovereign, a beautiful
24:30young child, symbol of maternity, change and progress, to turn a page?
24:38Surely the sophistication of a society can be measured by its tolerance and ability to forgive.
24:44Its weakness, too.
24:46Sometimes lines just need to be drawn.
24:50You know, Tommy, you're an embarrassment to the institution you serve and to the country that institution serves in turn.
24:57And I will take a lecture on national embarrassment from many people, sir, but not from you.
25:04Let's face it.
25:06This whole thing is a charade.
25:08You knew already the answer to the choice you have given me.
25:11It is simply the same as the choice that caused all this offence in the first place.
25:15Namely, would I do anything that excludes or disrespects the woman I love?
25:20No, never. I will therefore not be attending the coronation of my own niece, whose favourite uncle I have always
25:29been.
25:29Hers, you should know, was one of the strongest voices involved.
25:33Oh, was it indeed? Well, we know from where she gets that ice in her veins. And it wasn't from
25:38my own dear weak brother.
25:40Nothing weak about the late king, sir. I'm sure I speak for everyone present when I call him a hero.
25:47Hear, hear.
25:51My lord archbishop, what a scold you are. And when your man is down, how very bold you are.
26:00Of Christian charity, how very scant you are, you old lang swine. How full of cant you are.
26:11A rhyme composed for your perfidious predecessor at the time of my abdication.
26:18I find the sentiment oddly applicable to you, too.
26:38If I were to release a statement, could you have a look over it?
26:43Of course, sir.
26:48I'm aware that it's normal for no reigning monarchs to be present.
26:53But a coronation, perhaps we could extend that to include former kings, too.
27:00To spare my blushes. Might just throw some of the vultures off the scent.
27:10It's an elegant solution, sir. And I'm quite sure cabinet will support it.
27:16Tommy?
27:18I'll speak to their magisters and get back to you.
27:29We've just had a call from Molgrath.
27:33Regarding Her Majesty Queen Mary.
27:42My own darling sweetheart.
27:46Well, at last it's all over.
27:50Mama took ill in the afternoon, then began hemorrhaging in the early hours.
27:56Doctors plied her with tranquilizers and morphine to ensure there was no suffering.
28:01In the end, she passed in her sleep.
28:05I was sad, of course, but let's not forget how she clung to such hatred for me.
28:12Her eldest till the last.
28:15I'm afraid her blood ran as icy cold when she was alive, as it does now she's dead.
28:24Later in the day, all the members of the family assembled to identify which of her personal possessions they were
28:31most liked.
28:32I told Shirley Temple what I had my eye on.
28:37But as I shan't be there when the jackals descend, I don't suppose it would do much good.
28:42What a vile, tawdry rabble my relatives are.
28:47And what a sad, desiccated bunch of hyenas most of them have become.
28:55But I'm tired of talking about it.
28:59I yearn for our perfect life together.
29:02Away from the snarling and the sniping of the court.
29:07I adore you, my sweetheart.
29:10More deeply than you will ever realize.
29:13And I am furiously mad that you aren't here with me as you ought by right to be.
29:23While Queen Mary lived something of the great reigns of Queen Victoria and George V seemed to live on with
29:34her.
29:35Proving that character is, as it will remain, the essential strength of British philosophy.
29:45Wherever she went, she was assured of an applause which sprang from some deep-seated affection.
29:56you notice
29:58identical to the funeral of your father
30:01nothing different, not on detail
30:03but one guest
30:04and she always regarded
30:09herself
30:10as a servant of our country
30:13which she served
30:15to the end
30:17no sooner does someone
30:18in the family pop their clogs
30:20they ask themselves, right, how's it done last time
30:22and it's done exactly the same way again
30:28the people who have come to shame in it
30:30are locked outside
30:33well I'm not going to let
30:34your coronation be like this
30:36you're a young woman, simply of a new era
30:39in a fast changing
30:42modern
30:42world
30:46and I think your coronation
30:48should reflect that
30:50well as much as it have pleased
30:52almighty god of his great
31:05mercy
31:06birth to earth
31:07birth to earth
31:08ashes to ashes
31:10dust
31:11dust
31:13be sure that certain
31:15current with the resurrection
31:16will be done
31:17through our lord
31:20jesus christ
31:22change number five
31:24and the body
31:24is made in light
31:25and all of his
31:26and all of his
31:28warning
31:29and all of his
31:30and all of his
31:35and all of his
31:42and all of his
31:42and all of his
31:43and all of his
31:44and all of his
32:25What is the collective noun for a group of stuffy old Tony's?
32:33A herd pack.
32:37A school.
32:38It's because the
33:08gentlemen I'd like to start by saying how very honored I feel to be working with all the great
33:14minds and talents here in this room today as we come together to organize the very best
33:19coronation for my wife queen we all know the scale of the challenge that faces us
33:27the eyes of the world will be on us Britain will be on show and we must put our best
33:34foot forward
33:37in such circumstances the temptation is to roll out the red carpet and follow the precedent set
33:44by the grand and successful coronations of the past but looking to the past for our inspiration
33:53would be a mistake in my view Britain today is not the Britain of past coronations assumptions made
34:00at the time of my father-in-law's coronation 17 years ago cannot be made anymore that is why I
34:08think we should adapt this ceremony make it less ostentatious more egalitarian show more respect and
34:18sensitivity to the real world we have a new sovereign young and a woman let us give her a coronation
34:27that
34:28is befitting of the wind of change that she represents modern and forward-looking at a moment
34:35in time where exciting technological developments are making things possible we never dreamt of
34:41which brings me to my next point
34:56it's a unconscionable vulgarization
35:05how close are you proposing that these cameras get they will be kept at a very discreet distance
35:11no no no close-up sir
35:16zoom lenses oh no it will all be done with the greatest sensitivity and respect for the occasion
35:34but I have had one or two broader thoughts about the service itself
35:59we can both see what's going on here the young couple are playing marital games with the most
36:04cherished parts of our history and pageantry our queen wouldn't agree with a single one of these
36:11radical proposals television being just the tip of the iceberg
36:19she's simply trying to keep peace in her own bedchamber by promoting her husband keeping him happy and
36:25occupied and occupied and virile that's what's going on here winston why what else has he proposed
36:50please tell me this has nothing to do with my husband
36:51please tell me this has nothing to do with my husband
37:06i told him not to go mad
37:10no one is questioning the duke of edinburgh's motives or the sincerity of his beliefs
37:17i see he went mad
37:20the changes he is proposing to an ancient sacred never previously changed liturgy and text
37:32if it went from top to toe and if it were just a business it would be applauded but this
37:40isn't a
37:41business it's the crown
37:45and one has to ask oneself what is the purpose of the crown what is the purpose of the monarchy
37:54does the crown bend to the will of the people to be audited and accountable
37:58or should it remain above temporal matters
38:08what say you
38:13no ma'am
38:15what say you
38:19the decision is yours to make we will take our lead from you
38:45the decision is yours to make we will take our lead from you
38:48the decision is yours to make we will take your lead from you
38:59the decision is yours to come in
39:10the decision is yours to make your lead from you
39:27What is this? Hide and seek.
39:29I told you not to overstep the mark.
39:31And I made it clear, can't blanch or nothing at all.
39:33Trade unionists and businessmen in the Abbey.
39:36If you want to stay on the throne, yes.
39:38In a trimdown televised coronation.
39:40If you want to avoid a revolution, yes, you forget.
39:43I have seen firsthand what it is like for a royal family to be overthrown
39:47because they're out of step with the people.
39:49I left Greece in an orange crate.
39:51My father would have been killed.
39:52My grandfather was.
39:53I'm just trying to protect you.
39:55From whom? The British people?
39:57You have no idea who they are or what they want.
40:00Oh, oh, I'm just Johnny Foreigner again, who doesn't understand.
40:03Fine, fine.
40:04You want a big overblown ceremony costing a fortune
40:07while the rest of the country is on rations?
40:09Have it.
40:10But don't come bleating to me
40:12when your head and the heads of our children are on spikes.
40:15If the people are hungry, they want something that lifts them up.
40:18And how do you propose lifting them if they cannot see it?
40:23The people look to the monarchy for something bigger than themselves.
40:26An inspiration, a higher ideal.
40:28If you put it in their homes,
40:30allow them to watch it with their dinner on their lips.
40:33Democratize it.
40:34Make them feel that they share in it.
40:36Understand it.
40:37All right.
40:39All right.
40:40I'll support you in the televised.
40:45You won't regret it.
40:48On one condition.
40:53That you kneel.
41:07Who told you?
41:09My prime minister.
41:12He said you intended to refuse.
41:14No, I merely asked the question.
41:15Whether it was right, in this day and age,
41:17that the queen's consort, her husband,
41:19should kneel to her rather than stand beside her.
41:23He won't be kneeling to me.
41:25That's not how it will look.
41:26That's not how it will feel.
41:27It will feel like a eunuch.
41:29An amoeba is kneeling before his wife.
41:31You'll be kneeling before God and the crown, as we all do.
41:34I don't see you kneeling before anyone.
41:35I'm not kneeling because I'm already flattened under the weight of this thing.
41:38Oh, spare me the false humility.
41:40Doesn't look like that to me.
41:41How does it look to you?
41:42Looks to me like you're enjoying it.
41:43It's released an unattractive sense of authority and entitlement
41:47that I have never seen before.
41:48And in you, it's released a weakness, an insecurity I've never seen before.
41:51Are you my wife or my queen?
41:53I'm both.
41:54I want to be married to my wife.
41:56I am both, and a strong man will be able to kneel to both.
41:59I will not kneel before my wife.
42:00But your wife is not asking you to.
42:02But my queen commands me.
42:03Yes.
42:03I beg you, make an exception for me.
42:10No.
42:12No.
42:15No.
43:02Come on.
43:03They'll be here soon.
43:09David, you're our host, darling.
43:15You're right there.
43:37All right, everyone.
44:06She's arriving.
44:08Screen.
44:09Screen.
44:09Standing by, sir.
44:10Triforium 2.
44:12Triforium 2.
44:13Standing by, sir.
44:14Gentlemen.
44:16Three, two, one.
44:42Who's that?
44:48Oh, it's Lord Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the man that gave away India, and his
44:57his own wife, and his own wife.
45:34Praise foretell, come ye before him and rejoice.
45:54Moving forwards now, four knights of the Garter, the Dukes of Wellington and Portland, the Earl Fortescue and the Micount
46:02Allendale, bringing with them a golden canopy to shield Her Majesty from view during the most sacred of the coronation
46:09rituals, the anointing.
46:11In three, two, one.
46:23Where'd she go?
46:26And now we come to the anointing.
46:31The single most holy, most solemn, most sacred moment.
46:38The entire service.
46:43So how come we don't get to see it?
46:47Because we are mortals.
46:48So how come we don't get to see it?
47:19Is your Majesty willing to take the oath?
47:23I am willing.
47:28Will you maintain and preserve this?
47:42Invariably.
47:46I will.
48:13I believe.
48:16I anointed with holy oil.
48:36With thy breast, I anointed with holy oil.
48:48With thy head, I anointed with holy oil.
49:01As kings, priests, and prophets were anointed,
49:09and as Solomon was anointed king by Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet,
49:25so be thou anointed, blessed, and consecrated queen over the peoples whom the Lord thy God
49:40hath given thee to rule and govern in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
49:53Holy Ghost.
49:57Amen.
49:59Amen.
50:02Amen.
50:02Amen.
50:13Amen.
50:14Oils and oaths,
50:16orbs and scepters,
50:18symbol upon symbol,
50:22an unfathomable web of arcane mystery and liturgy.
50:28Blurring so many lines, no clergyman or historian or lawyer could ever untangle any of it.
50:39It's crazy.
50:40On the contrary, it's perfectly sane.
50:43Who wants transparency when you can have magic?
50:49Who wants prose when you can have poetry?
50:54Pull away the veil, and what are you left with?
50:59An ordinary young woman of modest stability and little imagination.
51:07Wrap her up like this, anoint her with oil, and hey presto, what do you have?
51:18A goddess.
51:23Say, look at this.
51:29And listen to the mountains, the mountains, the mountains, the mountains.
51:47Say, look at this.
52:16And to think you turned all that down.
52:19That chance to be a god.
52:26I turned it down for something greater still.
52:39For love.
52:40For love.
52:43For love.
52:44For love.
52:53For love.
52:54For love.
52:55For love.
52:58For love.
53:02For love.
53:03For love.
53:03For love.
53:04For love.
53:05For love.
53:05For love.
53:07For love.
53:08For love.
53:09For love.
53:09For love.
53:10For love.
53:34I have Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,
53:38to become your liege man of life and live, and of earthly worship.
53:43Faith and truth I will bear unto you,
53:46to live and die against all manner of folks.
53:49So help me God.
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