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00:13I'm not sure what you're doing.
00:16I'm not sure what you're doing.
00:23I'm not sure what you're doing.
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.
00:42Right-o, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:14Bravo!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ho!
01:29Perfect!
01:32Woo-hoo!
01:39Slow air!
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?
01:59Well, I remember what I told you.
02:00Keep your eye on the altimeter and the compass heading.
02:03And keep the stick level.
02:06That'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?
02:40My God.
02:42Oh.
02:43Oh.
02:44Oh.
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.
03:02Hunnicans mostly, sir.
03:04Any kills?
03:06One or two.
03:08Should we get her started now?
03:09The ground seems terribly close.
03:12It's too low to restart, so we'll do a dead stick landing.
03:16OK.
03:16I have control.
03:17You have control.
03:37That was wonderful.
03:39Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
04:14No idea.
04:34No idea.
04:34Don't worry.
04:35I can hit a button for ten?
04:35When oh god guard on our Alden.
04:35I watched ainhardpt.
04:35When I saw another card...
04:35Oh.
04:41I saw it.
05:47Johnson, what do you make of this?
05:54Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this.
06:03I see.
06:09Sir.
06:11God bless me.
06:13May I suggest you call that?
06:16Excuse me.
06:17You can't go in there.
06:19Excuse me, sir.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:23I thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33We must send a warning to cover our backs.
06:37Thanks.
06:40Kenneth, it should probably come from you as 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.
06:52I'll get you to Downing Street right away.
06:54Come on, boys.
06:58Come on.
07:11Come on.
07:13Come on.
07:13There, please.
07:16Here we go.
07:19Quick, quick!
07:23If her majesty 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.
07:44What are they rehearsing?
07:50My funeral.
08:14Uh, I'll have to see you.
08:42Oh, there you are.
09:00Mr. Thurman.
09:01Mr. Corks.
09:04Nice view.
09:16I'm not a scientist, I can't say I understand it, but what I can tell you is we don't get
09:23a 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?
09:39Donora?
09:43Oh, of course I remember Donora, who was a scandal.
09:47A small mill town in America outside Philadelphia.
09:51Pittsburgh.
09:52They had a smog brought on by a freak anti-cyclone, which trapped the emissions from the local
09:59copper world.
10:01Hmm.
10:01In the fog.
10:02In a few days, a number of people died.
10:05Twenty.
10:06Twenty.
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
10:17mission.
10:18They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary
10:22measure.
10:24Hmm.
10:25I never saw the ripple.
10:27With good reason.
10:29Our Prime Minister threw it away, claiming it wasn't a priority.
10:34Can you prove that?
10:36I can, Mr. Utley.
10:46The Cabinet minutes while it was discussed.
10:55He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter.
11:00To give the illusion of a solid economy.
11:04This 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.
12:21Escapes 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.
13:18the seas...
13:23theads and ship...
13:25the uppercase they act...
13:40the sky...
13:42the sky...
13:44the sky...
13:44the sky...
13:55Good night.
14:08Miss Scott.
14:10Thank you for your conscientiousness.
14:12It's late.
14:13You're home.
14:13I am, sir.
14:14You're no good to be tired.
14:16Good evening to you.
14:32Good evening, Pat.
14:35Good evening, Pat.
15:04Good evening, Pat.
15:05Good evening, Pat.
15:08I'm a flag with you, sitting at the bar, twinkling our ankles at every unremarkable young man
15:14in the room, then letting those men buy us enough drinks for us to bring them home, only
15:19to have their unremarkability confirmed to us again.
15:22No.
15:25Thanks.
15:26Goodness.
15:28And what will you be doing in the meantime?
15:29Spend time.
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.
16:03Time.
16:04Time.
16:17Time.
16:19Time.
16:35Good morning.
16:37Time.
16:37The time is eight o'clock on the 6th of December and here is the news.
16:41London has been brought to a halt by dense fog, which has descended overnight.
16:46Long 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.
17:00The 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. Be careful out there, it's a real pea super.
17:31Ah, is the car ready?
17:34I'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive, ma'am.
17:38It's what, 200 yards?
17:41It's been judged 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.
18:38I saw that.
18:41Might 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.
18:58Oh, 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. I'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.
19:21Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, is now Queen. So she is...
19:27THE Queen.
19:29Bravo.
19:31Nurses and nuns have the same problem.
19:34We're all called Sister.
19:36So you are.
19:38Well, she's outside. THE Queen.
19:42Then let her in.
19:45Sister.
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.
20:19Alright, I promise.
20:21But if you are feeling up to it, there was something I wanted to talk to you about.
20:26Fire away.
20:38I 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.
21:06Yes.
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.
21:48Not the public.
21:51I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that.
21:54He would argue that in any equitable modern society that church and state should be separated.
22:02That 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.
22:16Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenues that goes back what?
22:22Ninety years.
22:24What would he know of Alfred the Great, the Rod of Equity and Mercy, Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror,
22:31Henry VIII?
22:32It's the Church of England, dear. Not the Church of Denmark or Greece.
22:40Next question.
22:45It's chaos out there.
22:46Trains disrupted. Air services cancelled.
22:50At Richmond Bridge this morning, visibility 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.
23:11And will doubtless call me over-cautious for not 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.
23:25One more time.
23:29One more time.
23:32One worse time than one else.
23:39One more time.
23:49Two more weapons.ờiuri
23:55hours families.
24:05Good morning.
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in.
24:16No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No.
24:27Prime Minister?
24:30Sir?
24:50Ah, you made it!
24:51Oh, I'm sorry, sorry, sir.
24:53I was just... No, no, you did well to get here.
24:56I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't.
24:59It wasn't easy.
25:01Just crossing the road, you take your life in your hands.
25:03Then 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 is governed.
25:20But what's my personal contribution?
25:24Oh, you improve the quality of life for all that deal with you.
25:32An ornament.
25:35A flower.
25:37By comparison, at my age, you were a published writer and a cavalry officer posted to India fighting local tribesmen
25:47on the northwest frontier.
25:48Who told you that?
25:50You asked me to engage in a relationship with a young man my own age.
25:54So I've been reading your autobiography.
25:57That's not quite what I had in mind.
26:00Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
26:06The 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 and passion and fire.
26:40It's remarkable.
26:45You found something you liked in that young man?
26:51I did.
27:21Good morning.
27:24The time is 8 o'clock on the 7th of December, and here is the news.
27:28The serious fog, which brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday, continues this morning, with emergency services struggling
27:36to cope, and widespread disruption reported across the nation.
27:55Yes.
28:06Flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital.
28:09This afternoon.
28:24You all right?
28:28You're not.
28:29You're not.
28:31Come on, let's get you up.
28:33No.
28:34No, I'm fine.
28:35I promise.
28:36Please.
28:38It's just because the window is open.
28:41Now go to work.
28:42You've got a job to do.
28:52Let us start with the unrest in Egypt, where anti-colonial passions continue to run high, and where our soldiers
29:01continue to come under fire from nationalist insurgents.
29:05It is vital that we remain and successfully defend the Suez Canal, a point that I will be making in
29:14person to the Commonwealth heads when I host them for the weekend at Chequers.
29:20Weather permitting?
29:23Indeed.
29:24What is the latest information that you have?
29:27About 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, complete with isobars and isohumes.
29:48It has been an unusually cold winter, and there are only so many things that I, as Prime Minister, am
29:56prepared 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 to your predecessors to express his deep concern about
30:19the inner city power stations that 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, begging for blood, wanting my head.
30:43People have to be angry at someone.
30:46But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything.
30:52We 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, he can't fly.
31:15Fly where?
31:16Well, nowhere.
31:18He's learning to fly.
31:21Whatever 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 had he been granted more time to complete your education.
32:13And now our time is up.
32:20Until next week.
32:21Don't worry.
32:25Don't worry.
32:26Don't worry.
32:26Don't take this away.
32:27Sir.
32:37Good morning.
32:39The time is eight o'clock on the 8th of December and here is the news.
32:42The choking, eye-watering fog which has already caused two days of chaos across the capital has worsened overnight.
32:50The great coal burning electricity stations in Battersea and Fulham have attempted to reduce emissions of poisonous sulphur dioxide from
32:57their chimneys.
32:57But we've been told that it is unlikely they will be able to make any significant change to the air
33:03quality.
33:03The government is expected to make a statement later today.
33:17Come on.
33:18Let's get you to a hospital.
33:20I'm fine.
33:21You're not.
33:22Come on.
33:23Come on.
33:25Shoes.
33:34Here we go.
33:36Arm in.
33:38And the other.
33:53I can't breathe.
33:55Do as I say and hold on to me.
34:07Come along.
34:08Come along.
34:25Quick, hold my hand.
34:38Come along.
34:40Come along.
34:42Come along.
34:45Come along.
34:51Control of this story is getting away from us.
34:55The opposition's blood is up.
34:57We have to respond.
34:59Respond how?
35:00I would suggest by commissioning a public inquiry.
35:04An inquiry would be expensive.
35:09Winston people are angry.
35:11They see us as the culprits.
35:13Culpable for what?
35:14It's fog.
35:16Fog is fog.
35:17It comes and it goes away.
35:20Well, I'm glad that the prime minister finds time for levity.
35:24Perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has now become.
35:28This morning a suburban twain collided with a gang of well-wing workmen, killing several and injuring a great many
35:35more.
35:35In parts of the capital there is now a total breakdown in law and order.
35:41Hospitals are filling up as our citizens are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide.
35:55Sometimes we have sunshine.
35:58Too much sunshine and they call it a drought.
36:01Then we have rain.
36:03Too much rain and they call it a deluge and find a way to blame us for that, too.
36:08It's an act of God, Bobbity.
36:11It's weather.
36:12And for better or for worse, we get a great deal of it on this island.
36:16Frankly, there are more pressing matters to deal with.
36:20Like what?
36:21The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:23Here are those emails.
36:41Here are those texts.
36:41Now this house was prescribed for a man.
36:46It was better than having a great time to experience message.
36:49This house just was self- trained.
36:50D know what about, I was just anxious about pandemics.
36:52my call diggy are you there 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
37:22masks are 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 such as the prime minister for
37:44example oh i see you're just going to walk into downing street and whisper in his ear yes something
37:50like that you know my day is bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes now excuse me
37:59i'll show you
38:12where are you
38:38how much longer you're going to give the old man the majority is tiny a vote of no confidence and
38:43he'll be
38:43toppled you know what he calls you yes i know sheep in sheep's clothing
38:55perhaps it's time to approve you're not
39:03very well let's put a motion down on paper and brief the whips
39:19thank you sir
39:21thank you sir
39:37anything interesting yes could share it no I'd be happy to share glide ratios and
39:48adiabatic lapse rates with you as part of a quid pro quo arrangement one glide ratio in return
39:54for some cabinet minutes for example no a dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling these are very
40:02interesting concepts Elizabeth you might learn something in exchange for a foreign office
40:07briefing am I going to have to explain my position again no good once you have tasted flight you will
40:19forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward for there you have been and there you will always
40:24long to return you know what's remarkable about those words go on they were written 300 years
40:34before man first got in a plane Leonardo da Vinci look I know Lord Manbaton your majesty Uncle Dickie
40:50what's he doing here I know as much as you do he said it was important that thank you Elizabeth
41:05hello came as soon as I cried so go is is this a meeting with Elizabeth your niece my wife
41:16or the
41:18queen latter I'm afraid right I don't know my place
41:31what's the matter with him nothing he's just feeling a little grounded ignore it right all ears I
41:43received a telephone call today from Robert Salisbury it seems that even among his own people the
41:51feeling is that our prime minister is not able to deal with a national crisis indeed he could be seen
41:58to
41:59be responsible for that crisis hospitals overflowing people dying as sovereign you have the right to
42:08demand that a government in your name shows effective leadership the opposition are now calling for a motion of no
42:17confidence so I would say the time has come for you to summon Churchill and and what
42:32insist that he go I can't do that you can and should but wouldn't that violate the Constitution as Queen
42:50you have the right to be consulted the right to encourage the right to warn also to appoint a new
43:02prime minister in the event of incapacity and many would say that Churchill's behavior now constitutes
43:10incapacity then a revolution must come from within they are trying well then they must try harder
43:16they will but would prefer it to be bloodless so I've asked for your help and influence
43:28I cannot do it I will not do it let's not forget it was Churchill who denied Philip's children his
43:36own
43:37surname Dickie and insisted that you live in Buckingham Palace as alas did everyone else and now with
43:42looters on the street and hospital corridors stacked with the dead he is interested in only one thing
43:50stopping Philip flying
43:55what a crisis cabinet meeting this morning when there should have only been one thing on the agenda the
44:00unfolding national emergency all our prime minister wanted to discuss was your husband's new hobby
44:15I'm so sorry sir who are her parents her father is a clergyman from Suffolk I've been noticed
44:22I want to go to the hospital there is an emergency meeting at the house the meeting you must attend
44:27and the house can wait
44:39you wish to see me your majesty yes Tommy
44:45I know how much my father depended on you and how closely you work together
44:52which is why I wanted to ask your advice now it seems our prime minister a man who's led the
45:00country through many crises
45:02is no longer leading us at all
45:06representations have been made to me through an intermediary from the heart of the government
45:13to intercede and bid and stand down make way for a younger man
45:22which brings me to my question
45:26what are my responsibilities as head of state
45:33what should I do when it's in the national interest how far dare I go
45:42I'm not sure if her majesty is aware but shortly before your father died the foreign secretary mr.
45:50Eden came begging his late majesty to intervene if not on an official level then on a personal one as
45:59a
45:59friend to bid the prime minister to resign what did my father say well his majesty was like his
46:08father before him a stickler for convention and tradition and would never have done anything that
46:13violated the Constitution or overstepped the mark
46:20then I have my answer but that was his majesty not your majesty and I do read the newspapers and
46:28I
46:28do listen to the wireless and the situation we're in today is quite different than the one we were in
46:34when mr. Eden came to see your father
46:39different situation different sovereign
46:42and the feeling that
47:10the feeling is that
47:22We'll get you seen as soon as we go.
47:56Sir?
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 and hope and passion and fire.
48:31Sir?
48:34Damn it, he is.
48:36This is a huge child.
48:44Did the newspapers know I'm here?
48:46No.
48:49But it could easily be arranged.
48:52Then do it.
48:54And tell the Queen I'll be their first thing in the morning.
49:00After the papers.
49:07To marriage.
49:18To many people.
49:21I'm here to see.
49:22To many people.
49:27I mean...
49:38Thank God.
49:39Thank God.
49:53The Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:10Thank God.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:20Quiet, 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 to ensure that such a calamity may
51:25never befall us again.
51:30Thank 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,
51:52True leader in a crisis.
51:55True leader in a crisis.
52:00Ma'am, the 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...
52:29Clem, am I till...
52:48Well, I said yes.
53:25CHOIR SINGS
53:42CHOIR SINGS
54:08CHOIR SINGS
54:09CHOIR SINGS
54:09CHOIR SINGS
54:12Your position.
54:18My position?
54:20Yes, your position...
54:26...as Prime Minister.
54:32Go on.
54:37At that point, she hesitated.
54:42And then she asked me to pick either Khwajgi Nazimuddin of Pakistan...
54:48...or Sydney Holland of New Zealand.
54:50Whatever for?
54:52To sit next to at dinner.
54:56She summoned you for that?
54:58No, I think she summoned me to haul me over the coals...
55:01...for my handling of the fog.
55:03But then the fog lifted...
55:05...and she had to make a decision right then and there in the room.
55:09You could see the wheels turning behind her eyes...
55:12...and then she switched a tack without so much as a flicker.
55:17Clever.
55:19No, no, not clever. Ingenious.
55:21Why?
55:22Because it disarmed me and made me switch tack too.
55:25What 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?
55:58And the government had continued to flounder.
56:01The people had continued to die.
56:04And Churchill had continued to cling to power.
56:07And 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.
56:22To 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.
56:33People will always want you to smile or agree or frown.
56:38And the minute you do, you will have declared a position.
56:41A 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?
57:22So, 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.
57:57You've still got a right up.
57:58Starboard and port.
57:5918 gallons.
58:00Yes.
58:01Fancy lunch in Edinburgh.
58:03Edinburgh?
58:03All right.
58:03They made me duke there.
58:05So I should probably show up from time to time.
58:07Unless 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.
58:18Oh, really?
58:19Where's that?
58:20Don't get stuck.
58:21Don't get stuck.
58:23Right.
58:24Yeah.
58:50Well, good.
58:53I'm so sorry.
58:54Good afternoon, everyone.
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