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00:00I'm going to get you.
00:02I'm going to get you.
00:03I'm going to get you.
00:24Fuel on.
00:26Fuel on.
00:27Docks are in position.
00:29Switches are off.
00:29You sure about this, sir?
00:32When I got married, my in-laws made me marshal of the Royal Air Force.
00:35As a result, I'm the most senior airman in the country,
00:39and I can't bloody well fly.
00:41Yes, I'm sure.
00:42Righto, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:14Bravo!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ho!
01:24There we go!
01:30Perfect!
01:32Woo-hoo!
01:39Slow there.
01:50Right.
01:52All right there, sir?
01:54Yes, yes, fine.
01:55Now it's your turn.
01:57You have control.
01:58I have control.
01:59Now remember what I told you.
02:00Keep your eye on the altimeter and the compass heading.
02:03And keep the stick level.
02:07That's very good.
02:08That's balanced.
02:12Stick to the left, then to the right.
02:20And level.
02:22Good.
02:24Noisy, isn't it?
02:29How's this, sir?
02:30Come on.
02:41My God.
02:47Isn't it wonderful?
02:49Heaven!
02:55You fought in the Battle of Britain, didn't you?
02:58I did, sir.
02:59257 Squadron.
03:00Flying what?
03:01Spitfires.
03:03Hunnicans, mostly, sir.
03:04Any kills?
03:06One or two.
03:08Shouldn't we get us started now?
03:09The ground seems terribly close.
03:12It's too low to restart, so we'll do a dead stick landing.
03:16Okay.
03:16I have control.
03:17You have control.
03:37That was wonderful.
03:39Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
03:41You have to go on tomorrow.
03:42How about tomorrow?
03:44I will go on tomorrow.
03:46How about tomorrow?
04:00Come on tonight.
04:02Good morning, sir.
04:09Hello.
04:11I'll go out for tomorrow.
05:54Interesting.
05:56Sir.
06:01I think you should see this, sir.
06:05Let's see.
06:08Sir.
06:12Goodness me.
06:13May I still call back?
06:16Excuse me.
06:17You can't go in there.
06:19Excuse me, sir.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:23Thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33And we must send a warning
06:35to cover our backs.
06:40Kenneth, it should probably come from you
06:42as chief scientist.
06:44Address it to the PM.
06:46You'll never read it, of course.
06:48But the important thing is, we sent it.
06:51Well, get it to Downey Street right away.
07:12Right there, please.
07:15Ah!
07:16Ah!
07:19Ah!
07:20Ah!
07:23Ah!
07:24If I'm at it, she could lean forward.
07:29Deep breath in.
07:35And out.
07:38Yes, a little stuffy, ma'am.
07:40It might help to open the window a crack.
07:42Not while they're rehearsing.
07:45What are they rehearsing?
07:50My funeral.
07:54My funeral.
09:00Mr. Thurman.
09:01Mr. Collins.
09:04Thanks for you.
09:15I'm not a scientist.
09:17I can't say I understand it.
09:20Look, what I can tell you is we don't get a weather warning like this every day.
09:25We don't get one every month either.
09:28In fact, I've never heard of us getting one at all.
09:32Does the name Donora mean anything to you?
09:38Donora.
09:43Oh, of course I remember Donora.
09:46It was a scandal.
09:47A small mill town in America outside Philadelphia.
09:51Pittsburgh.
09:52They had a smog brought on by a freak anticyclone which trapped the emissions from the local...
10:00Copperworks?
10:01Hmm.
10:01In the fog.
10:02In a few days a number of people died.
10:0420.
10:06And several thousand became seriously ill from the poisonous fog.
10:12After the incident, a cross-party delegation was sent to Donora on an urgent fact-finding mission.
10:18They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary measure.
10:24Hmm.
10:25I never saw the report.
10:27With good reason.
10:29Our Prime Minister threw it away.
10:32Claiming it wasn't a priority.
10:34Can you prove that?
10:36I can, Mr. Utley.
10:46The Cabinet minutes where it was discussed.
10:55He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter.
11:00To give the illusion of a solid economy.
11:05This is great, Clem.
11:07It's interesting, for sure.
11:12What I don't understand is this.
11:16Why a Downing Street employee working for the government should come to me with this information.
11:24I've read the Aeneid, Mr. Thurman.
11:27Do not trust the horse, Trojans.
11:30I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
11:35Mr. Utley, I entered the civil service to serve the public and to serve government.
11:41Any government.
11:43But I am also a responsible citizen and I cannot stand by while chaos reigns around me.
11:50This is not a government.
11:53Mr. Utley, this is a collection of hesitant, frightened old men unable to unseat a tyrannical, delusional even older one.
12:04Yours was the most radical, forward-thinking government this country has ever seen.
12:14How you lost the election escapes me.
12:20Escapes us all.
12:24I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service if I helped to usher him
12:31out of the door and you back in.
12:35And to that end, you've come to me with a master plan that involves me crucifying the Tories for their
12:42failure to deal with a fog which has yet shows no sign of appearing.
12:49At present, I can see stars.
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13:55Good night.
14:08Miss Scott, thank you for your conscientiousness, but it's late.
14:13You're home.
14:13I am, sir.
14:14You're no good to be tired.
14:16Good evening to you.
14:19What?
14:20Still here?
14:21Good night, sir.
14:26Good night.
14:33Good evening, Pat.
14:35Good evening, Pat.
14:57You haven't moved.
15:01I suppose it's still a no.
15:04To what?
15:05Coming out.
15:07You mean going to the Lamb of Flag with you, sitting at the bar, twinkling our ankles at
15:12every unremarkable young man in the room, then letting those men buy us enough drinks
15:17for us to bring them home, only to have their unremarkability confirmed to us again.
15:23No.
15:25Thanks.
15:26Goodness.
15:28And what will you be doing in the meantime?
15:30Spend time in the company of someone remarkable.
15:35Ta-ra.
15:43Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
15:48The earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.
15:53Be kind, but be fierce.
15:56You are needed now more than ever before.
15:59Take up the mantle of change, for this is your time.
16:03None.
16:04None.
16:17Yes.
16:21Won't be this to you.
16:23No.
16:23Yes.
16:24No.
16:29No.
16:35Good morning.
16:37The time is 8 o'clock on the 6th of December, and here is the news.
16:40London has been brought to a halt by dense fog, which has descended overnight.
16:47Long queues are formed on main roads, and there are reports of motorists abandoning their vehicles and continuing on foot.
16:53London Airport is expected to be closed.
16:58Good God.
16:59The Meteorological Office has issued a statement saying that a persistent anti-cyclone over London is to blame.
17:06Smoke from the capital's chimneys is being trapped at street level, which is aggravating the fog.
17:15Windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time.
17:19Be careful out there. It's a real pea super.
17:32Ah, is the car ready?
17:34I'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive, ma'am.
17:38It's what? Two hundred yards?
17:41It's being charged too hazardous, ma'am.
17:47I have an appointment to see my grandmother.
17:51I intend to keep that appointment.
17:54If it's too hazardous to drive, then there's only one thing to be done.
18:28But there's also one thing to be done.
18:28There's only one thing to be done.
18:29Theåž‚ Fear
18:38I saw that.
18:40Might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't?
18:45And the Queen is here, Your Majesty.
18:48Could you be more specific?
18:50Ma'am.
18:52Which Queen?
18:53Queen Elizabeth, ma'am.
18:55Which one? There are two.
18:57The young one.
18:59Oh, the Queen.
19:01I thought you was all Queens. They gave me a sheet.
19:04We are.
19:05I was the Queen so long as my husband the King was alive.
19:09But since he died, I'm no longer the Queen.
19:12I'm simply Queen Mary.
19:13My late son's widow was also the Queen.
19:17But upon the death of her husband, she became Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
19:22Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, is now Queen.
19:25So she is...
19:27The Queen.
19:28Brother.
19:31Nurses and nuns have the same problem.
19:33We're all called Sister.
19:36So you are.
19:38Well, she's outside.
19:41The Queen.
19:41Then let her in, Sister.
19:57Bedtime?
19:58Not at all.
20:02How are you?
20:03I'm always happy to see you.
20:06And my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing.
20:10Name it.
20:10Not to ask me how I am.
20:12It's all anyone ever does.
20:14Forget death by lung disease.
20:16It's death by bad conversation.
20:18All right, I promise.
20:21But if you are feeling up to it, there was something I wanted to talk to you about.
20:26Fire away.
20:37I was listening to the wireless this morning, where they described this fog as an act of God.
20:45Now, in your letter that you sent me, you said...
20:55Loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty above everything else.
21:01Because the calling comes from the highest source.
21:05From God himself.
21:07Yes.
21:10Do you really believe that?
21:14Monarchy is God's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth.
21:19To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards.
21:23An example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives.
21:28Monarchy is a calling from God.
21:32That is why you're crowned in an abbey, not a government building.
21:36Why you're anointed, not appointed.
21:38It's an archbishop that puts the crown on your head.
21:41Not a minister or public servant.
21:43Which means that you are answerable to God in your duty.
21:49Not the public.
21:52I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that.
21:54But he would argue that in any equitable modern society that church and state should be separated.
22:03That if God has servants, they're priests, not kings.
22:07That he would also say that he watched his own family destroyed because they were seen by the people to
22:13embody indefensible and unreasonable ideas.
22:15Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenues that goes back what?
22:2290 years.
22:24What would he know of Alfred the Great, the rod of equity and mercy, Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror,
22:31Henry the Eighth?
22:33It's the Church of England, dear.
22:35Not the Church of Denmark or Greece.
22:41Next question.
22:44It's chaos out there.
22:46Trains disrupted.
22:48Air services cancelled.
22:50A Richmond bridge this morning.
22:52Visibility was officially measured at one yard.
22:55That's a record low, incidentally.
22:58Our Trojan friend in Downing Street has been speaking to his friends at the Met Office.
23:03They say this is just the beginning.
23:06They expect it to get worse.
23:08I know you would have me call a vote of no confidence and will doubtless call me over-cautious for
23:14not doing so.
23:15But the Prime Minister needs to be given a chance.
23:21Even if it's only to hang himself.
23:23Let's see how the old fool responds.
23:25Let's see how the old fool goes.
24:03Good morning.
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in
24:15No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No
24:27Prime Minister?
24:30Sir?
24:52I'm sorry sir, I was just...
24:54No, no, you did well to get here, I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't
24:59It wasn't easy, just crossing the road you take your life in your hands
25:03Oh then don't, you're too important to all of us
25:06Hardly
25:07All I do is bring you things to sign and take them away again
25:11And so the wheels keep turning and the business gets done and the country's governed
25:21But what's my personal contribution?
25:25Ah, you improve the quality of life for all that deal with you
25:32An ornament
25:34A flower
25:37By comparison at my age you were a published writer
25:41And a cavalry officer posted to India fighting local tribesmen on the northwest frontier
25:48Who told you that?
25:49You asked me to engage in a relationship with a young man my own age
25:53So I've been reading your autobiography
25:56That's not quite what I had in mind
25:59Hear this young men and women everywhere and proclaim it far and wide
26:05The earth is yours and the fullness thereof
26:11Be kind but be fierce
26:14You are needed now more than ever before
26:19Take up the mantle of change
26:21Stop
26:22For this is your time
26:29You were 24
26:33All energy and hope
26:36And passion and fire
26:40It's remarkable
26:45You found something you liked in that young male
26:49I did
27:20Good morning.
27:23The time is 8 o'clock on the 7th of December, and here is the news.
27:28A serious fog that brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday continues this morning,
27:34with emergency services struggling to cope and widespread disruption reported across the nation.
27:41Flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital.
27:45Trains are stopped or running hours behind schedule from major London railway stations.
27:52The Prime Minister is facing criticism for failure to deal with the mounting crisis.
27:58London airport is closed again today, with all flights crowded.
28:02Yes.
28:03The unmoving fog, which has spread to over 30 miles wide,
28:07is likely to cause complete darkness by 2 o'clock this afternoon.
28:24Are you all right?
28:28You're not.
28:31Come on, let's get you up.
28:33No, no, I'm fine, I promise.
28:38It's just because the window is open.
28:41Now go to work, you've got a job to do.
28:52Let us start with the unrest in Egypt, where anti-colonial passions continue to run high,
29:00and where our soldiers continue to come under fire from nationalist insurgents.
29:05It is vital that we remain and successfully defend the Suez Canal,
29:12a point that I will be making in person to the Commonwealth heads
29:16when I host them for the weekend at Chequers.
29:20Weather permitting?
29:23Indeed.
29:24What is the latest information that you have?
29:26About the weather?
29:29It's fog, ma'am.
29:31It will lift eventually.
29:33I was hoping for something more scientific.
29:37Then I will ensure that a barometric report is included in your box tomorrow,
29:43complete with isobars and isohumes.
29:48It has been an unusually cold winter,
29:51and there are only so many things that I, as Prime Minister,
29:55am prepared to inflict on your subjects as a reward for winning a world war
29:59and prevailing over fascism, evil, and tyranny.
30:04Letting them freeze is not one of them.
30:08You do not seem unduly concerned.
30:10I'm not.
30:11You do know that my late father wrote many years ago
30:15to your predecessors
30:17to express his deep concern about the inner-city power stations
30:20that your party was building.
30:25Indeed.
30:27And I was sympathetic with your father's concerns at the time.
30:33I also have sympathy with the leader articles in the newspapers today,
30:38begging for blood,
30:39wanting my head.
30:43People have to be angry at someone,
30:46but as leader,
30:48one cannot simply react to everything.
30:51We need the power stations.
30:53We need the coal.
30:55People need to burn coal to warm their homes.
30:58It is weather.
30:59It will pass.
31:01Well, I do hope so.
31:03Not least because my husband's mood is intolerable.
31:07Why?
31:09Well, being caged in like this,
31:11he can't fly.
31:14Fly where?
31:16Well, nowhere.
31:18He's learning to fly.
31:21What ever for?
31:23Have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go?
31:27No, he wants to fly himself.
31:30It's a boyhood dream.
31:32It's what he's always wanted.
31:33Why was government not consulted?
31:35Because it's a private matter.
31:36And I am in favor.
31:38Nothing you or his royal highness do is a private matter.
31:42And the father of the future king of England risking his life needlessly is quite unacceptable.
31:49Please do not curtail my husband's personal freedoms any further.
31:53You've taken away his home.
31:55You've taken away his name.
31:57There comes a time where one must draw a line in the sand.
32:00And the job of drawing that line falls to cabinet, ma'am.
32:03Not to you.
32:05Something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you
32:08had he been granted more time to complete your education.
32:13And now our time is up.
32:20Until next week.
32:22Don't worry.
32:25Don't take this easy, Mike.
32:27Sir.
32:30Perfect.
32:31Have you all?
32:33Meteorological report.
32:37Good morning.
32:38The time is 8 o'clock on the 8th of December.
32:41And here is the news.
32:42The choking, eye-watering fog,
32:45which has already caused two days of chaos across the capital,
32:48has worsened overnight.
32:50The great coal-burning electricity stations in Battersea and Fulham
32:53have attempted to reduce emissions of poisonous sulfur dioxide from their chimneys.
32:58But we've been told that it is unlikely they will be able to make any significant change to the air
33:03quality.
33:04The government is expected to make a statement later today.
33:17Come on.
33:18Let's get you to hospital.
33:20I'm fine.
33:21You're not.
33:22Come on.
33:23Let's get you up.
33:25Shoes.
33:34Here we go.
33:36I'm in.
33:38And the other.
33:45Watch out.
33:47Watch out.
33:53I can't breathe.
33:55Do as I say and hold on to me.
34:07Come along.
34:25Quick, hold my hand.
34:26Come along.
34:51control of this story is getting away from us the opposition's blood is up we have to respond
34:59respond how i would suggest by commissioning a public inquiry an inquiry would be expensive
35:09winston people are angry they see us as the culprits culpable for what it's fog fog is fog it comes
35:18and it goes away well i'm glad that the prime minister finds time for liberty perhaps i should
35:25remind him exactly how serious the situation has now become this morning a suburban twain collided
35:31with a gang of well-wing workmen killing several and injuring a great many more in part of the
35:37capital there is now a total breakdown in lord and order hospitals are filling up as our citizens
35:43are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide
35:55sometimes we have sunshine too much sunshine and they call it a drought then we have rain
36:03too much rain and they call it a deluge and find a way to blame us for that too it's
36:09an act of god
36:10bobity it's weather and for better or for worse we get a great deal of it on this island frankly
36:17there
36:17are more pressing matters to deal with like what the duke of edinburgh
36:38telephone sir the markets of salisbury not now he asked me to stress the importance of the matter
36:50bob is here thanks for taking my call diggy are you alone yes can anyone over hear what you're saying
37:04no good
37:09it's chaos i know reward is full every corridor too most of the doctors are sick now those that are
37:16well can't get in it was better than this in the war what do you need more more equipment or
37:21masks masks
37:22are bloody useless they're just for show to make it look like the government's doing something
37:26then what is needed money people trained staff help is what is needed urgently better rest for now
37:38maybe i could put a word in with the people who make a difference
37:42such as the prime minister for example oh i see you're just going to walk into downing street and
37:48whisper in his ear yes something like that you know my day is bad enough without some delusional
37:54girl playing jokes now excuse me
37:59i'll show you
38:01that little way
38:11where are you
38:13oh here
38:13oh here
38:14oh here
38:15oh here
38:16oh here
38:16oh here
38:18oh here
38:38how much longer you're going to give the old man the majority is tiny a vote of no
38:43confidence and he'll be toppled
38:46you know what he calls you
38:49yes i know sheep in sheep's clothing
38:55perhaps it's time to approve you're not
39:03very well
39:05let's put a motion down on paper
39:07well and brief the whips
39:20thank you sir
39:36anything interesting
39:38yes
39:40care to share it
39:43no
39:46i'd be happy to share glide ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with you as part of a quid pro quo
39:51arrangement
39:52one glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes for example
39:57no
39:59a dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling these are very interesting concepts you might learn something in exchange for a
40:06foreign office briefing
40:09am i going to have to explain my position again
40:12am i going to have to explain my position again
40:13good
40:17once you have tasted flight
40:19you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward for there you have been
40:23and there you will always long to return
40:27you know what's remarkable about those words
40:32go on
40:33they were written 300 years before man first got in a plane
40:37leonardo da vinci
40:42look philip i know
40:47lord man baton your majesty
40:48uncle dickie what's he doing here
40:50i know as much as you do
40:52he said it was important that
40:53thank you
41:00and elizabeth
41:05hello
41:06came as soon as i cried
41:09so
41:12joe is
41:13is this a meeting with elizabeth for your niece
41:15my wife
41:17or the queen
41:18latter i'm afraid
41:20right
41:20i don't know my place
41:31what's the matter with him
41:34nothing
41:36he's just feeling a little
41:38grounded
41:39ignore it
41:40right
41:41right
41:42all ears
41:42i received a telephone call today
41:47from bobert of salisbury
41:49it seems that even among his own people the feeling is that our prime minister is not able to deal
41:54with a national crisis
41:57indeed he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis hospitals overflowing people dying
42:04well as sovereign you have the right to demand that a government in your name shows effective leadership
42:13the opposition are now calling for a motion of no confidence so i would say the time has come for
42:23you to summon churchill and
42:28and what
42:32insist that he go
42:34i can't do that
42:38you can
42:38you can
42:39and should
42:40but
42:42wouldn't that violate the constitution
42:45as
42:46queen
42:50you have the right
42:52to be consulted
42:54the right to
42:56encourage
42:57the right to warn
42:59also
43:00to appoint a new prime minister in the event of incapacity and many would say that churchill's behavior now
43:07constitutes
43:09incapacity
43:10then a revolution must come from within
43:12they are trying
43:14well then they must try harder
43:16they will
43:17but
43:18would prefer it
43:20to be bloodless
43:21so i have asked for your help
43:24and influence
43:28i cannot do it
43:30i will not do it
43:32let's
43:32not forget
43:33it was churchill
43:34who denied philip's children his own surname
43:37dickie
43:38and insisted that you live in buckingham palace
43:40as alas did everyone else
43:41and now with looters on the street and hospital corridors stacked with the dead
43:46he is interested in only one thing
43:51stopping philip flying
43:55what
43:56at a crisis cabinet meeting this morning
43:58when there should have only been one thing on the agenda
44:00the unfolding national emergency
44:04all our prime minister wanted to discuss
44:08was your husband's new hobby
44:15i'm so sorry sir
44:16who are her parents
44:18her father is a clergyman from suffolk
44:21i've been noticed i want to go to the hospital
44:23there is an emergency meeting at the house
44:25the meeting you must attend
44:27and the house can wait
44:39you wish to see me your majesty
44:40i know how much my father depended on you
44:49and how closely you work together
44:52which is why i wanted to ask your advice
44:54now
44:56it seems our prime minister
44:58a man who's led the country through many crises
45:02is no longer leading us at all
45:06representations have been made to me
45:09through an intermediary from the heart of the government
45:13to intercede
45:15and bid and stand down
45:18make way for a younger man
45:22which brings me to my question
45:26what are my responsibilities
45:29as head of state
45:33what should i do
45:35when it's in the national interest
45:37how far dare i go
45:42i'm not sure if her majesty is aware
45:45but shortly before your father died
45:48the foreign secretary mr eden
45:50came
45:51begging his late majesty to intervene
45:54if not on an official level
45:56then on a personal one
45:58as a friend
46:00to bid the prime minister to resign
46:03what did my father say
46:05well
46:06his majesty was like his father before him
46:09a stickler for convention and tradition
46:11and would never have done anything
46:13that violated the constitution
46:15or overstepped the mark
46:20then i have my answer
46:21but that was his majesty
46:24not your majesty
46:26and i do read the newspapers
46:28and i do listen to the wireless
46:30and the situation we're in today
46:31is quite different
46:33than the one we were in
46:34when mr eden came to see your father
46:39different situation
46:41different sovereign
46:54wait for me here
47:00oh my god
47:21we'll get you seen us through
47:23we'll get you seen us through
47:28we'll get you seen us through
47:59just a child
48:04a beautiful child
48:08i just received word from buckingham palace
48:11the queen has requested an audience
48:14when
48:15at your earliest convenience
48:21all energy
48:23and hope
48:24and passion
48:26and fire
48:31sir
48:44did the newspapers know i'm here
48:46no
48:50but it could easily be arranged
48:51then do it
48:54and tell the queen
48:55i'll be their first thing in the morning
48:59after the papers
49:01and
49:20i'll be there
49:21and
49:22i'll be there
49:24and
49:24and
49:25and
49:38Thank God.
49:39Thank God.
49:52Just come on, the Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:15Quiet, please! Set them down!
50:26Mr. Churchill!
50:28I have witnessed scenes here today, the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest days of the
50:37Blitz.
50:39But alongside the suffering I've also seen heroism. And where there is heroism, there will always be hope.
50:51Only God can lift the fog. But I, as Prime Minister, am in a position to ease the suffering.
51:02To that end, I pledge to make available with immediate effect more money for hospital staff, more money for equipment,
51:13and a full and independent public inquiry into the causes of air pollution.
51:19To ensure that such a calamity may never befall us again. Thank you all.
51:37The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person, and was
51:44rewarded by cheers and applause by those suffering through the worst smog this city has ever witnessed.
51:50And the headline reads, True leader in a crisis.
52:00The Prime Minister's here.
52:04The parallels between his appearance yesterday and the wartime years were striking.
52:09And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed.
52:17Hello?
52:19Clem, you still there?
52:21Hello?
52:23Clem?
52:26Clem, can you hear me?
52:28No? I...
52:39...
52:42...
53:33The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
53:48You asked to see me, ma'am?
53:52I did.
54:03There's a delicate matter which I felt I needed to discuss with you in person.
54:09Concerning what?
54:13Your position.
54:18My position?
54:19Yes, your position...
54:26...as Prime Minister.
54:33Go on.
54:38At that point, she hesitated.
54:41And then she asked me to pick either Khwajgi Nazimuddin of Pakistan or Sydney Holland of New Zealand.
54:50Whatever for?
54:52To sit next to at dinner.
54:55She summoned you for that?
54:58No, I think she summoned me to haul me over the coals for my handling of the fog.
55:03But then the fog lifted and she had to make a decision right then and there in the room.
55:09You could see the wheels turning behind her eyes.
55:12And then she switched a tack without so much as a flicker.
55:17Clever.
55:19No, no.
55:20Not clever.
55:20Ingenious.
55:21Why?
55:21Because they disarmed me and made me switch tack too.
55:26What about?
55:27About allowing Philip to learn to fly.
55:30He can now.
55:32Good.
55:34But he still has to ask cabinet permission to do rolls and spins.
55:49What, dear girl?
55:53Well, what if the fog hadn't lifted?
55:57And the government had continued to flounder.
56:01The people had continued to die.
56:04And Churchill had continued to cling to power and the country had continued to suffer.
56:10It doesn't feel right, as head of state, to do nothing.
56:15It is exactly right.
56:18Is it?
56:19But surely doing nothing is no job at all.
56:23To do nothing is the hardest job of all.
56:26And it will take every ounce of energy that you have.
56:30To be impartial is not natural, not human.
56:34People will always want you to smile or agree or frown.
56:38And the minute you do, you will have declared a position, a point of view.
56:42And that is the one thing, as sovereign, that you are not entitled to do.
56:48The less you do, the less you say, or agree, or smile.
56:53Or think, or feel, or breathe, or exist.
56:56The better.
57:01Well, that's fine for the sovereign.
57:06But where does that leave me?
57:22Sir, go on.
57:23How long would it take me to get my wings?
57:25Well, normally a trainee would spend anything between 100 and 120 hours on one of these things.
57:31Do you think I could do it in three months?
57:33That would be unusual.
57:34I know.
57:35I'm a fast learner.
57:37And believe me when I say I've got nothing else to do.
57:55I couldn't have noticed you've still got a right up.
57:58Starboard and port.
57:5918 gallons.
58:00Yes.
58:01Fancy lunch in Edinburgh.
58:03Edinburgh?
58:04They made me duke there.
58:05So I should probably show up from time to time, unless you have more pressing engagements.
58:09No, sir.
58:10All right.
58:11I'll adjust rpms and cruising speed for range flying.
58:15We'll have to land to refuel, sir.
58:17Are you really?
58:19Where's that?
58:20Donkester.
58:21Donkester?
58:23Right.
58:41We'll see you later.
58:42That's it.
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