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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?
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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?
05:42If it's not yours, whose is it?
06:12If it's not yours, whose is it?
06:19If it's not yours, whose is it?
06:46If it's not yours, whose is it?
06:54Close your eyes, and don't open them until I say so.
07:06Oh, any idea where the Duke is?
07:08His Royal Highness went flying, ma'am.
07:10Howdy?
07:11Again.
07:18So when's the big day?
07:21Yes, sir.
07:22Pilot's exam.
07:23Two 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 in British aviation
07:40history.
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 charts.
08:40Honestly, 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'd have name-button 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.
09:23They treat me as an outsider.
09:25They do not temprime.
09:27They do not hate you.
09:27They do not hate you.
09:29You do not hate you.
09:45They do not hate you.
09:56All right, but don't go mad.
10:03What does that mean?
10:04It means just don't go mad.
10:09Coronation, a service which goes back a thousand years.
10:14Some 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.
10:52Oh.
10:53Sawpoint.
10:54Just 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 that?
11:28We did, darling, yes.
11:30We paid extra.
11:33Good.
11:34Oh, sure.
11:36Perfect.
11:38Good.
11:38Well, 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
15:01you
15:05you
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, which is that I would
15:32like my husband to be the chairman of that committee.
15:41That's impossible, ma'am. 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.
16:06And 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?
16:26The chairmanship is what he wants. With full autonomy. Therefore, it is what I want.
16:35Norfolk can be vice-chair.
16:37Why don't you think about it?
16:39I have. And my decision stands.
16:50Of 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. The 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, Berta.
19:23What?
19:27Don't go.
19:32I'm not going anywhere, mommy.
19:39It's one of the hardest things I've ever had to endure.
19:43And spending so much time with a woman who has been so vicious and inhumane to you, my beloved, is
19:50wearing me down.
19:52Amen.
19:59Sorry to disturb you, Your Royal Highness.
20:02What is it?
20:03The Archbishop of Canterbury's private secretary called, sir, requesting a meeting between you and His Grace.
20:09Oh, what about?
20:10It didn't say, sir. He hoped you could make tomorrow.
20:15Fine, I have a few errands planned, but the Archbishop can come to lunch.
20:21As a matter of fact, they suggested 4 p.m.
20:25All right, we'll give him tea.
20:27At Lambeth Palace.
20:32Of course.
20:35Now I'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?
21:30Not at all, sir.
21:32No, no, it's a gathering of old friends who come together to appeal to you in person in the hope
21:40that you will do what we all think would be...
21:47The right thing.
21:51Regarding what?
21:53The coronation.
21:57What about the coronation?
22:03We acknowledge, sir, 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 reasons, did not
22:26feel 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.
22:45I didn't ask you, Tommy.
22:48This is Cookies' work, isn't it?
22:50The Queen Mother's.
22:52It's got her pudgy little fingers all over it.
22:56She asked you to do her dirty work for her.
22:59And you agreed, Archbishop.
23:00Shame on you.
23:01I will attend if I want.
23:03And I do want.
23:04And so does my wife.
23:05Alas, no, sir.
23:08Of course, the royal family is obliged to extend an invitation to you as a royal duke.
23:14But that obligation 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 whom we
23:23have worked in close consultation,
23:26that she will not be offered an invitation.
23:30Oh, it's mad.
23:35The 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?
24:27The investiture of a new sovereign, a beautiful young 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 offense in the first place.
25:15Namely, would I do anything that excludes or disrespects the woman I love?
25:21No, never.
25:21I will therefore not be attending the coronation of my own niece, whose favorite uncle I have always been.
25:29Hers, you should know, was one of the strongest voices involved.
25:33Oh, was it? Indeed.
25:34Well, we know from where she gets that ice in her veins.
25:37And it wasn't from my own dear weak brother.
25:40Nothing weak about the late king, sir.
25:43I'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.
25:56And when your man is down, how very bold you are.
26:00Of Christian charity, how very scant you are, you old, lang swine.
26:08How 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.
26:37If 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.
27:02Might just throw some of the vultures off the scent.
27:10It's an elegant solution, sir.
27:12And 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 Molbrachers regarding 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 will 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, more 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 monarchy.
29:45However, wherever she went, she was assured of an applause which sprang from some deep-seated affection.
29:56You noticed, identical to the funeral of your father, nothing different, not one detail, but one guest.
30:07And she always regarded herself as a servant of our country, which she served, to the end.
30:17No sooner does someone in the family pop their clogs, they ask themselves,
30:21Right, how's it done last time, and it's done exactly the same way again?
30:28Well, the people who have come to shame in it are locked outside.
30:33Well, I'm not going to let your coronation be like this.
30:36You're a young woman, simply of a new era.
30:39In a fast-changing, modern world.
30:46And I think your coronation should reflect that.
30:50For as much as it have pleased almighty God of his great mercy.
31:05Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to earth.
31:13Make sure that certain hope will be the resurrection of the eternal life.
31:19Through our Lord Jesus Christ, the chain of each other, fire of the body,
31:24a secret in life, and the forces, and the forces.
31:29Good morning, all morning, all morning.
31:34That's what's the name?
31:36Ladies and gentlemen.
31:38What's the minister?
31:40Ladies and gentlemen.
31:41My Lord's the minister, ladies and gentlemen.
32:02We should go.
32:25What is the collective noun for a group of stuffy old atonians?
32:33A herd pack.
32:37A school.
33:06Gentlemen.
33:08I'd like to start by saying how very honored I feel to be working with all the great minds
33:14and talents here in this room today as we come together to organize the very best coronation
33:19for my wife, Queen.
33:24We all know the scale of the challenge that faces us.
33:28The eyes of the world will be on us, Britain will be on show,
33:31and we must put our best foot forward.
33:37In such circumstances, the temptation is to roll out the red carpet
33:42and follow the precedent set by the grand and successful coronations of the past.
33:48But looking to the past for our inspiration would be a mistake in my view.
33:56Britain today is not the Britain of past coronations.
33:59Assumptions made at the time of my father-in-law's coronation 17 years ago cannot be made anymore.
34:07That is why I think we should adapt this ceremony.
34:13Make it less ostentatious, more egalitarian.
34:17Show more respect and sensitivity to the real world.
34:21We have a new sovereign, young, and a woman.
34:24Let us give her a coronation that is befitting of the wind of change
34:30that she represents, modern and forward-looking,
34:34at a moment in time where exciting technological developments are making things possible
34:39we never dreamt of.
34:41Which brings me to my next point.
34:55It's an unconscionable vulgarization.
35:04How close are you proposing?
35:07Is it something that these cameras get?
35:08They will be kept at a very discreet distance.
35:11No, no. Close up, sir.
35:17Zoom. Lenses.
35:18Oh, 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.
36:02A young couple are playing marital games
36:04with the most cherished parts of our history and pageantry.
36:08Our queen wouldn't agree with a single one of these radical proposals.
36:13Television being just the tip of the iceberg.
36:19She's simply trying to keep peace in her own bedchamber
36:22by promoting her husband, keeping him happy and occupied and virile.
36:27Well, that's what's going on here, Winston.
36:32Why? What else has he proposed?
36:40Prime Minister?
36:41Your Majesty.
37:02Please 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.
37:40But this isn't a business. It's the crown.
37:45And one has to ask oneself, what is the purpose of the crown?
37:50What is the purpose of the monarchy?
37:54Does the crown bend to the will of the people to be audited and accountable?
37:59Or should it remain above temporal matters?
38:08What say you?
38:14No, ma'am.
38:16What say you?
38:19The decision is yours to make.
38:23We will take our lead from you.
38:40The captain of Y
38:41The captain of Levi
38:42The captain of June
38:50The captain of Y
39:01Student of David
39:02The captain of Y
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, you're nothing at all.
39:33Trade unionists and businessmen in the Abbey.
39:36If you want to stay on the throne, yes.
39:38In a trim-down 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 because they're out of step
39:48with the people.
39:48I 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?
39:56The 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 while the rest of the country is on rations?
40:09Have it.
40:10But don't come bleating to me when 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, allow 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.
40:52That 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 that the Queen's consort, her husband, should kneel to her rather
41:21than stand beside her.
41:23You 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.
41:40It doesn't look like that to me.
41:41How does it look to you?
41:42It looks to me like you're enjoying it.
41:43It's released an unattractive sense of authority and entitlement that 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.
42:11No.
42:50I don't think I'm going to be married to my wife.
43:01Come on, they'll be here soon.
43:08David, you're our host, darling.
43:15You're right there.
43:37All right, everyone, she's arriving, the dreaded gold stake coach, made in the 1760s, and the
43:47most uncomfortable ride known to man.
43:56Final checks, please, gentlemen.
43:59West door.
44:00West door, sir.
44:02Triforium.
44:03Triforium, standing by, sir.
44:05South transept.
44:07Triforium, standing by, sir.
44:08Orban screen.
44:09Orban screen, standing by, sir.
44:10Triforium two.
44:12Triforium two, standing 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
44:57own wife, cuddled by Nehru, if you please.
45:02Oh, it's Lord Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke
45:31of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke
45:36of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke
45:39of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke
45:42of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, the Duke
45:49of Edinburgh's uncle.
45:54Moving forwards now, four knights of the garden, the Dukes of Wellington and Portland, the Earl Fortescue and the Bicount
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.
46:12In three, two, one.
46:23Where'd she go?
46:26And now we come to the anointing, the single most holy, most solemn, most sacred moment, the entire service.
46:43So how come we don't get to see it?
46:47Because we are mortals.
47:19Is your Majesty willing to take the oath?
47:22Is your Majesty willing to take the oath?
47:23I am willing.
47:28Will you maintain and preserve this?
47:41Invariably.
47:46I will.
47:47Yes, I.
47:48No.
47:49No.
47:50No.
48:05Yes.
48:15No.
48:15I anoint it with holy oil.
48:36With thy breast,
48:38I anoint it with holy oil.
48:48With thy head 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,
49:31blessed,
49:32and consecrated queen over the peoples whom the Lord thy God
49:39hath given thee to rule and govern
49:47in the name of the Father,
49:49and of the Son,
49:51and of the Holy Ghost.
49:57Amen.
50:00Amen.
50:13Oils and oaths,
50:16orbs and scepters,
50:19symbol upon symbol,
50:22an unfathomable web of arcane mystery and liturgy,
50:28blurring so many lines,
50:30no clergyman or historian or lawyer
50:36could ever untangle any of it.
50:39It's crazy.
50:40On the contrary, it's perfectly sane.
50:43Who wants transparency
50:46when you can have magic?
50:49Who wants prose when you can have poetry?
50:54Pull away the veil,
50:56and what are you left with?
50:59An ordinary young woman
51:01of modest ability
51:03and little imagination.
51:08Wrap her up like this,
51:09anoint her with oil,
51:12and hey presto,
51:14what do you have?
51:18A goddess.
51:35Don particularly
51:38sing
51:39with the archти
51:42as Titaniro.
51:45And also sing
51:47a romance
51:48In verse
51:53God save the wheat, God save the wheat, God save the wheat.
52:03God save the wheat, God save the wheat, God save the wheat.
52:13And do you 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.
52:42For love.
53:44I will bear unto you to live and die against all manner of folks, so help me God.
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