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00:01:02Half a million people
00:01:06At a racecourse
00:01:11Next to the coronation, your sister
00:01:14Is now the most famous woman in the world
00:01:18Yes
00:01:23I'm the luckiest
00:01:27Not on our romantic trip to Reducia
00:01:30Official duty to Reducia
00:01:32With the man I love
00:01:34Secretly love
00:01:36I will be the happiest
00:01:52I've got a story, Chief
00:01:54It's important
00:01:55As long as it's not about the royal family
00:01:57Bill, I'm all ears
00:01:58It is about the royal family, Chief
00:01:59Oh, let me guess
00:02:01Our thanks to one beautiful young woman
00:02:03One short televised ceremony
00:02:06Oh, thank you, Bob
00:02:07A tired, anachronistic institution
00:02:10Is rejuvenated
00:02:11A nation is liberated
00:02:13From the austerity of rationing and war
00:02:15Our place as a leading power in the world
00:02:18Is re-established just when it seemed to be slipping
00:02:20What a load of bollocks
00:02:21Snifter?
00:02:23I shouldn't
00:02:23Oh, go on
00:02:24It's nearly lunchtime
00:02:25Papers, sir
00:02:26Thanks, Mary
00:02:27My job
00:02:28It's Princess Margaret
00:02:29What about her?
00:02:31Leaving the abbey on the day of the coronation
00:02:33I saw her picking a piece of fluff off a man's uniform
00:02:36Fluff?
00:02:38Yes, fluff
00:02:39Jesus, Bill
00:02:39I thought we did serious reporting here
00:02:41This is serious
00:02:42Because the man in question
00:02:44Her father's former query group captain Peter Townsend
00:02:48Is a commoner
00:02:49And, wait for it
00:02:51A divorced commoner
00:02:54Historically
00:02:55When this lot brush up against divorce
00:02:57You end up with either reformation or abdication
00:02:59Will church and state clash again?
00:03:02It's a big story
00:03:03So are comet jet planes dropping out of the sky
00:03:06Stalin's death ushering in a power reshuffle in the Soviet Union
00:03:10Then write it up, Chief
00:03:12I've got a feeling about this one
00:03:13Based on what?
00:03:19What are you doing, man?
00:03:20Picking fluff off a man's jacket
00:03:23That's a gesture as intimate as a kiss
00:03:26More intimate
00:03:26Since it suggests the kiss has already happened
00:03:31No, I'm sorry, Bill
00:03:32I can't hold the front page for a bit of fluff
00:03:34Let me write it, Chief
00:03:36Then you decide
00:03:44Make sure it's peppery
00:03:46Make sure it pops
00:03:47Yes, sir
00:04:16That's a
00:05:18Good morning, Your Royal Highness.
00:05:19Good morning.
00:05:20I would like to speak to my sister, please.
00:05:22One moment, please.
00:05:29London.
00:05:31Buckingham Palace, please.
00:05:33Victoria 4832.
00:05:35Hold the line.
00:05:37Buckingham Palace, morning.
00:05:39Go ahead, please.
00:05:41I have the Royal Highness the Princess Margaret for Her Majesty.
00:05:45Certainly, sir.
00:05:46You hold the line.
00:05:48Sir.
00:05:49Morning.
00:05:49Princess Margaret for Her Majesty.
00:06:17Hello.
00:06:18I have the Royal Highness the Princess Margaret for Her Majesty.
00:06:22Yes, sir.
00:06:23Breakfast room.
00:06:24Breakfast room.
00:06:25Yes, sir.
00:06:31Telephone call for you, ma'am.
00:06:34Yes?
00:06:43Hello, you.
00:06:44Hello, you.
00:06:47Sir, I was wondering if you had a free evening soon where we all might have dinner together.
00:06:50Before I go to Rhodesia.
00:06:52I'm sure I do.
00:06:54Thursday?
00:06:55Mummy's out.
00:06:56I'd have to check.
00:06:58Lovely.
00:06:59And who's us all?
00:07:02Well, you and me and Philip and, um, and I would like to bring Peter, if I may.
00:07:09What, Peter, Peter?
00:07:11Yes, Peter.
00:07:13Oh.
00:07:14Well, does that mean, oh?
00:07:16Nothing.
00:07:17Oh, how nice.
00:07:19Is there something we'd like to discuss with you?
00:07:22Eh?
00:07:24There you go again.
00:07:25Sorry.
00:07:26Am I going to be given a clue?
00:07:29No.
00:07:31Oh.
00:07:32Stop it.
00:07:33Sorry.
00:07:35So, Thursday evening then, you'll check.
00:07:37Fine.
00:07:43It'll be such fun.
00:07:46Lovely.
00:07:51Lovely.
00:08:03There.
00:08:06Here we are.
00:08:09Sir.
00:08:11Lovely.
00:08:40A special guest joins us this afternoon.
00:08:43Who's just returned from a year in post-revolutionary Cairo, working as a photojournalist.
00:08:49Our fellow Lunch Club member, Tony Long.
00:08:51Oh, my God!
00:08:56Thank you, chaps. It's very nice to be back, I must say.
00:08:59Ladies, might we close the shutters for soon?
00:09:04Lovely.
00:09:08I am, as Baron says, fresh from the streets of Cairo.
00:09:12And I'm still trying to digest the hurricane of popular uprising, violent military coup and revolution that I've just witnessed.
00:09:21Bloody native.
00:09:22You all know King Farouk. Colourful character.
00:09:26He owned more than a hundred cars.
00:09:29Almost as much as me.
00:09:31Had them all painted red.
00:09:33Splendid.
00:09:33He used to race them through the streets of Cairo, shooting at any pedestrians who happened to get in his
00:09:38way.
00:09:43Probably why he was forced to abdicate last year.
00:09:47And now this man, Nasser, is the name on everyone's lips.
00:09:53He has the charisma to unite not just his own country, but the entire Arab world.
00:09:58Stirring up anti-Western, anti-monarchical sentiments.
00:10:07This is Shepherds.
00:10:10A famous British hotel.
00:10:12A symbol of colonial rule.
00:10:15Before riots.
00:10:19And after.
00:10:23That writing, what does it say?
00:10:29Death to the imperialists.
00:10:35However, it's not all doom and gloom.
00:10:38Mike, I've got something a little special for you here.
00:10:40Oh, yeah. That's exactly what I'm talking about.
00:11:07Give me a second.
00:11:08Turn to my wife.
00:11:11Oh, dear.
00:11:17where were you today nowhere well clearly somewhere but nowhere that would interest you
00:11:23it's a lunch club where soho
00:11:30oh
00:11:33with just men talking about women no talking about egypt you must know and the revolution that's
00:11:43just taking place there along with the unrest in croatia umbania montenegro yugoslavia hungary
00:11:50italy please take note yes a little bit about the fairer sex over coffee and the odd brandy
00:12:00what do you expect it's a gentleman's lunch club
00:12:12so what's the guest list for tonight no one just you me margaret and oh peter what
00:12:19townsend peter and why on earth did we have to dress up she insisted she wanted to make it a
00:12:26special occasion with him isn't that a contradiction in terms he's not going to naughty boy is he
00:12:35i know as much as you do
00:12:52it'll be fine
00:13:04come on
00:13:10we'd like to be left alone now yes ma'am
00:13:16can you just leave it thank you
00:13:20thank you
00:13:44i asked you here tonight because there is something i wanted to discuss with you
00:13:50i think you already know that over the years with peter being so much part of our family and
00:13:55away from his own so much friendship has developed between us
00:14:04and then ever since papa's death hitting me so hard and with your accession and coronation and you
00:14:10being more and more occupied peter's become almost my sole companion and i his
00:14:21um
00:14:21and um so when his divorce came through in uh december last year i suppose it was only natural that
00:14:26we both
00:14:27started thinking about what kind of
00:14:30um
00:14:31future
00:14:33we might have together
00:14:35and we reached a decision in april wasn't it just before the coronation um that uh one day
00:14:47uh we wanted to um
00:14:55well you know
00:14:57mary
00:14:59yes
00:15:01goodness
00:15:05well of course we're aware of the complications and issues at stake and
00:15:17what a little bit you've known for a while about peter and i
00:15:21this can't really be a terrible shock to you
00:15:26no not at all
00:15:29it's wonderful
00:15:31is there anything you'd like to ask us
00:15:33does your wife know
00:15:34your ex-wife
00:15:36she does we had a frank conversation there is no animosity
00:15:40good
00:15:41and the boys
00:15:43they know and seem very happy
00:15:50so
00:15:52do i have your permission
00:15:57a sovereign
00:16:03oh
00:16:08well
00:16:09uh
00:16:11of course i have to take advice
00:16:15and the hows and where's and
00:16:18all official matters but
00:16:22if it's what you desire
00:16:27more than anything in the world
00:16:31then as your sister i'm never going to oppose it
00:16:34oh
00:16:34thank you
00:16:36thank you
00:16:39thank you
00:16:39thank you
00:16:40thank you
00:16:42thank you
00:16:42thank you
00:16:43very well
00:16:44congratulations
00:16:45to the birth of
00:16:46uh
00:16:48thank you sir
00:16:49i suppose it'd better be philip from now on
00:16:52thank you sir
00:16:52philip
00:17:01you knew
00:17:05not the extent of it
00:17:09but you didn't think to mention it
00:17:15i don't like it
00:17:17any of it
00:17:18for one thing it will create the most enormous scandal
00:17:20no
00:17:21nor do i believe in them as a couple
00:17:22he's too old for her
00:17:23and he had some sort of breakdown during the war
00:17:27now that's all in the past
00:17:28besides
00:17:29that's why he got on with my father so well
00:17:31ugh
00:17:32not to mention the fact he's dull
00:17:34he's not dull
00:17:36desperately dull
00:17:36i'm confident i've met more interesting plants
00:17:40not to mention it's a terrible thing to do to you
00:17:43why
00:17:44because of the position it puts you in as a sister
00:17:48and as a queen
00:17:49has everyone forgotten the catastrophe that was your uncle already
00:17:52oh
00:17:54the situation's different
00:17:55one party divorced
00:17:57the other royal
00:18:00sounds pretty similar to me
00:18:01that was 17 years ago
00:18:03the world has changed
00:18:05well the rest of the world has nothing changes in the court of st james
00:18:10besides
00:18:11we have a son and heir
00:18:14there's no realistic prospect of margaret becoming queen
00:18:19one can see the attraction
00:18:24in peter
00:18:26yes
00:18:28he's a handsome war hero
00:18:31divorced
00:18:31war hero
00:18:32and blameless
00:18:34in that divorce
00:18:35no no no there's no such thing as the blameless party in a divorce
00:18:39his
00:18:40wife
00:18:40had an affair with another man
00:18:42because he was always around here sniffing around your sister
00:18:45he was looking after my father
00:18:47and sniffing around your sister
00:18:50sorry
00:18:52anyway
00:18:53i thought you liked him
00:18:55oh
00:18:55liked him
00:18:57i mean
00:18:57i respect him for what he did in the war certainly
00:19:01plays bridgewell
00:19:02and he's a good pilot
00:19:05and he's a good influence on margaret
00:19:07is he
00:19:08if he were really a good influence he'd patch things up with his wife and leave margaret well alone
00:19:30i hate him
00:19:31good night bill
00:19:31good night
00:19:38shitty
00:19:38oh
00:19:40oh
00:19:40oh
00:19:43oh
00:19:44oh
00:19:54oh
00:19:56oh
00:19:57It's nice, Tom.
00:19:58Yeah.
00:19:59This had better be good.
00:20:02It is.
00:20:06Bloody hell.
00:20:08You did say pepper, E.
00:20:10Pepper's one thing.
00:20:11This is jelly night.
00:20:13I know.
00:20:22What are you doing?
00:20:23I can't run this without going upstairs.
00:20:25What?
00:20:26Don't look at me like that.
00:20:27Live in the real bloody world for a moment, will you?
00:20:32Marjorie, hello.
00:20:33Yes.
00:20:34Is he there?
00:20:35Yeah, just for a few minutes.
00:20:40This is not just inflammatory.
00:20:43It breaks all the rules.
00:20:44What rules, sir?
00:20:45The unspoken rules of deference and respect
00:20:49shown by the media to the royal family.
00:20:51But surely those rules changed the moment they invited television
00:20:54into the coronation.
00:20:55That was their right.
00:20:57And a huge concession.
00:20:58To what?
00:20:59Popular interests.
00:21:01Their interest also.
00:21:03Look at their standing now.
00:21:04It's never been higher.
00:21:05The question we in the fourth estate need to be asking ourselves is,
00:21:09do we let ourselves be used,
00:21:11or do we have our own independent voice?
00:21:13Don't get moralistic with me.
00:21:15If we don't break this story, do you think nobody else will?
00:21:19I know there's plenty of others sniffing around it, sir.
00:21:29Well, thank you for letting me know.
00:21:31Of course, Tommy.
00:21:33Thank you for understanding.
00:21:35I'm sorry.
00:21:36No, I'm sorry.
00:21:38I imagine it must be difficult being dictated to like that by an employee.
00:21:42I wasn't dictated to.
00:21:44Am I missing something?
00:21:45You said this editor was telling you what he was going to print in your newspaper.
00:21:49He is?
00:21:50But I can't keep telling him what to write.
00:21:53I thought that was the point of owning a newspaper.
00:21:56Look, I'm just trying to help you, Tommy.
00:21:59I suggest you see this for the kind gesture that it is.
00:22:02What, that you're about to print an article that will cause deep distress to senior,
00:22:07let's be quite clear, the most senior members of the royal family?
00:22:11That I'm warning you.
00:22:12That I'm giving you the heads up.
00:22:15I'm on my knees with gratitude.
00:22:42I'm on my knees with gratitude.
00:22:50I'm on my knees with gratitude.
00:23:38your majesty a story is about to break in the press identifying peter townsend not just as the
00:23:48companion of princess margaret but as her likely future husband we understand that the paper is
00:24:01to feature a profile of group captain townsend details of his marriage and subsequent divorce
00:24:08along with an editorial about other notable divorcees to have been associated with members
00:24:16of the royal family should we deny it all
00:24:31with respect ma'am it's a little late for that this horse has already bolted
00:25:00her majesty the queen for you your royal highness on the telephone
00:25:11hello hello you bad time good time good time always look i've been racking my brain about how
00:25:21i can best help you now you know that the church of england doesn't permit the remarriage of divorced
00:25:26persons if the husband or wife of the former marriage is still alive yes well i was just wondering if
00:25:32you
00:25:32and peter had considered scotland not to live no for the wedding why because it would be more low
00:25:40profile well actually i was thinking of legal reasons marriage isn't regarded as a sacrament
00:25:46in the church of scotland it's not as binding in the same way as here
00:25:52meaning meaning meaning meaning we could even get married in a church well i'd have to check but i think
00:25:57so that would be so lovely lilibet thank you so much made my life a lot easier too
00:26:12sorry lilibet what for
00:26:16i think you're going to get a visit from mommy about all this
00:26:19oh
00:26:21i realize i'm not making anyone's life easy yours especially
00:26:28but i'm determined to do this for you to give you what you want thank you
00:26:37i can't wait to tell peter where to go
00:26:55help me come on step
00:27:19mommy this is a surprise
00:27:25i am a mother of two daughters whom i love equally
00:27:29it seems that they each have problems of equal size
00:27:35obviously we want margaret to be happy and have the man she wants yes but we must do everything in
00:27:45our power to protect you as queen and as a sister protect me from what i've given margaret my word
00:27:53and i'm
00:27:53determined to support her they can marry in scotland where i'm not head of the church your majesty i fear
00:28:00the matter
00:28:01is more intricate let's be quite clear if margaret were to marry peter it would be a scandal
00:28:09you don't mistake you don't mistake your current popularity of a long-term security
00:28:15your uncle's affair and abdication almost destroyed the monarch this could too
00:28:21give me
00:28:50tommy
00:28:51which caused an outrage in Parliament and the church.
00:28:55Now, in response, George III asked his prime minister, Lord North,
00:28:59to rush through a royal marriages act
00:29:02to prevent any future willful young prince or princess
00:29:06from making an ill-advised or disadvantageous match
00:29:10which might threaten the integrity of the royal house.
00:29:13It decrees that until the age of 25,
00:29:16any member of the royal family
00:29:17must secure the sovereign's permission to marry.
00:29:25But?
00:29:26But not thereafter.
00:29:30I see.
00:29:31So, if Margaret would wait until after her 25th birthday,
00:29:37she would be free to make any decision she likes without your consent.
00:29:42The important thing is it protects your relationship
00:29:45with both church and government.
00:29:51Well, I can see the advantages of that,
00:29:53but what's in it for her?
00:29:56Mummy, she's only 23.
00:29:58What does she do in the meantime?
00:30:01In the meantime, she and Peter wait.
00:30:10It's the only way to contain the story, ma'am.
00:30:27Thank you, sir.
00:30:30Thank you, sir.
00:30:33Thank you, sir.
00:30:36Thank you, sir.
00:30:46Out of my way.
00:30:59Um...
00:31:19Margaret, no!
00:31:25Margaret!
00:31:30Just until your 25th birthday, then you'd be free to do as you wish.
00:31:35Look with the eye and tell me.
00:31:37Is it a posting or is it a banishment?
00:31:39It's a posting.
00:31:42I promise.
00:31:44It's just a way of managing the story, keeping it off the front pages.
00:31:48The heartless attempt to split us up.
00:31:50No, of course not.
00:31:52Papa did the same for Philip and me. He made us wait.
00:31:55This is a few months. This is for two years.
00:31:58Two years!
00:32:07Why did you even dangle Scotland under my nose?
00:32:15Sorry.
00:32:41All right.
00:32:45If I do this for you, will you promise me that this banishment...
00:32:50Postures?
00:32:51This banishment won't start until after our trip to Adesia.
00:32:53You know how much we've been looking forward to it.
00:33:01You're going to deny that as well.
00:33:04It's a sensitivity of you two together.
00:33:07The photographers who would overshadow everything.
00:33:11But...
00:33:12When you get back...
00:33:14You'll have some time together.
00:33:16Alone.
00:33:18I promise you that.
00:33:59They offered me Johannesburg.
00:34:02I refused.
00:34:03Then Singapore.
00:34:07I refused that too.
00:34:11Then they came back with Brussels.
00:34:15It's dreary, but at least it's close.
00:34:17The whole thing feels like a completely unnecessary...
00:34:22Unjustifiable punishment.
00:34:23I know.
00:34:25Perhaps your sister sensed that.
00:34:29That is why she's asked me to go to Normal Island.
00:34:32What for?
00:34:34To a company owner trip to Belfast this week.
00:34:36To put on a show of public approval.
00:34:41That's something, I suppose.
00:34:43Hmm.
00:34:45No substitute for Adesia, though.
00:34:53No one wanted Philip.
00:34:58She dug her heels in.
00:35:00Got the man she wanted, didn't she?
00:35:04She did.
00:35:11We ought to head back.
00:35:14Come on.
00:35:15No wait.
00:35:17Kiss me.
00:35:29We're not going to get back at the house.
00:35:39We're not going to get back at the house.
00:35:46We're not going to get back at the house.
00:35:53We're not going to get back.
00:36:03Your Majesty.
00:36:06Tommy.
00:36:06Just to run through the order of the day.
00:36:09Yes.
00:36:10We'll be met at the airport by the Governor of Northern Ireland or Wakehurst.
00:36:15From there, we'll be going to the Belfast city boundary
00:36:18to be met by the Lieutenant of the City of Belfast.
00:36:21After that, we'll be presented to the Lord Mayor, Alderman Percival Brown,
00:36:27and the town clerk, Mr. John Dunlop.
00:36:30Followed by a city luncheon at a civic hall.
00:36:33The other way around, I think.
00:36:36Ma'am?
00:36:39A civic luncheon at City Hall.
00:36:46Forgive me.
00:36:48Is everything all right?
00:36:52I do hope it wasn't a mistake inviting the group captain to join us.
00:36:59You've never cared for him, Tommy.
00:37:01No, I cared for him as long as he did his job and knew his place.
00:37:06Thank you very much.
00:37:07My father held him in high regard.
00:37:09He was a member of staff.
00:37:10Not as a member of the family.
00:37:14He's been a good friend to us all.
00:37:17Too good, I would argue.
00:37:18And he let his wife go in the process.
00:37:22He was innocent in that regard.
00:37:24She left of her own accord, and he's a wonderful father to those boys.
00:37:29I'm just trying to manage a difficult situation now.
00:37:33As am I.
00:37:35Sending him away will break my sister's heart.
00:37:38Hearts mend.
00:37:43Or is there anything else?
00:37:46No.
00:37:48I understand.
00:38:11A huge part.
00:38:12But if I can find it
00:38:14for you.
00:38:21The ultimate enemy.
00:38:26Sending him.
00:38:26The star of the KJF station, All the Group.
00:38:29Queen, Her Majesty the Queen on a visit to Northern Ireland.
00:38:36Her Majesty now walks towards three-year-old Eileen Hall, who presents her with a bouquet.
00:38:42The Queen, who wears a coat of vivid blue shantam with a matching hat,
00:38:46finds herself sharing the limelight with Group Captain Townsend, who accompanies her on the tour.
00:38:52The crowd get a last glimpse of the Queen and her husband before they begin the drive to City Hall.
00:38:57En route, thousands pack the streets to put them welcome.
00:39:05The royal couple are welcomed onto Balmoral's showground,
00:39:08where 4,000 ex-servicemen and women are gathered to pay tribute to their sovereign.
00:39:13Many Ulster schools and youth organisations are represented, and they all have a smile and a wave for the Queen.
00:39:22As London papers called once more today for a statement from Buckingham Palace
00:39:26as to clarify the rumours of a romance between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Townsend,
00:39:30newspaper editors from all over the world sent their photographers to scrutinise Townsend's face,
00:39:35hoping for a clue.
00:39:44The Queen can't be used to sharing the limelight with a member of her household,
00:39:47but the gathered crowds certainly seem as interested in Group Captain Townsend,
00:39:51as in Her Majesty.
00:39:57Turn it off.
00:39:59Certainly.
00:40:00The crowds have to jostle with members of the press and television,
00:40:03who are following the royal parties every move.
00:40:09I brought him along to show my gratitude for his years of service,
00:40:12and to support my sister.
00:40:14And I had hoped that the detention of Margaret and Peter would fade away.
00:40:19But I could barely hear myself speak today.
00:40:22The solution is an obvious one.
00:40:25Which is?
00:40:26Bring forward the Group Captain's relocation with immediate effect.
00:40:31But that would mean him missing his reunion with my sister in London.
00:40:35And I gave her my word.
00:40:37Well, sometimes best intentions need to be reconsidered, Your Majesty.
00:40:42You can always blame it on me.
00:40:46No.
00:40:48Let's do it ten to four hours.
00:40:50Things might calm down tomorrow.
00:40:53The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
00:40:56A special Orangeman's welcome.
00:40:58The Majesty.
00:40:59The Majesty.
00:41:01The Majesty.
00:41:17The Majesty.
00:41:18The Majesty!
00:41:19The Majesty!
00:41:49May God give you wisdom.
00:41:51Loyalty.
00:41:54And faithfulness.
00:41:56And may the future bring peace, contentment, and true happiness to the people of Northern Ireland.
00:42:15Let's go!
00:42:56Do you have a moment, Lillibut?
00:43:02Yes, of course.
00:43:08I just wanted to apologize for all the press' attention.
00:43:13And to thank you for inviting me along in the first place.
00:43:17I do appreciate the gesture.
00:43:20That's the least I could do.
00:43:22I regretted having to take you off the Radita trip.
00:43:25Yes, Margaret and I were so looking forward to it.
00:43:27We have so many shared interests, as you know.
00:43:29We enjoy doing everything together.
00:43:36We had hoped to find some time together during our days off.
00:43:40Walking, swimming, riding.
00:43:46But not to be.
00:43:52No.
00:43:59Anyway, nice chatting.
00:44:08Ma'am, if you wouldn't mind.
00:44:15Just wondering if Her Majesty has had a time to think about the matter.
00:44:19No.
00:44:22She has.
00:44:26Take care of it, Tommy.
00:44:28Whatever manner you see fit.
00:44:32Yes, ma'am.
00:44:33No.
00:44:37No.
00:44:50I'm not sure.
00:44:50No.
00:44:53I don't know.
00:44:53I don't know.
00:44:53No.
00:45:00No.
00:45:08Thank you so much, Peter.
00:45:50Group Captain Townsend, the man of the moment.
00:46:01Do come up.
00:46:12Will you sit?
00:46:25Following consultation with the government, the Foreign Office and Her Majesty's Press
00:46:29Secretary, the decision's been taken to move forward your posting to Brussels with immediate
00:46:34effect.
00:46:35A car is waiting to take you first to your apartment, where you will pack, and then directly to the
00:46:40airfield.
00:46:41The plane from Brussels leaves in just under three hours.
00:46:45There was some concern that that might not give you enough time, but I felt sure that
00:46:49as a military man, packing quickly and unsentimentally would come a second nature to you.
00:46:59But that isn't what was agreed.
00:47:03The agreement between Margaret and Her Majesty the Queen, with the certain knowledge of Her
00:47:08Majesty the Queen Mother, was that Margaret and I would spend some time together upon her
00:47:12return from Modesia before I traveled to Brussels.
00:47:1648 hours at least.
00:47:19Your proposal is a direct contravention of that agreement.
00:47:23Well, I cannot, nor would I ever presume, to know the intimate details of whatever agreements
00:47:30have or have not been made within the family.
00:47:33What I can tell you is that the position of Air Attaché at the Embassy fell vacant unexpectedly
00:47:38early and needs filling right away.
00:47:41Of course, a crucial position like the Air Attaché to the Embassy at Brussels cannot be left vacant
00:47:49for very long.
00:47:50I ask, only that it remains so, until after the Princess returns, as I was promised.
00:48:00I'm afraid that will not be possible.
00:48:19Tommy, I understand you are only trying to do your job.
00:48:23But one thing the trip to Northern Ireland has made very clear to me is that the romance
00:48:28between Margaret and myself has caught the public eye.
00:48:34There is a momentum for us, a sense of joy, a celebration which you would be wise to acknowledge.
00:48:41The people can clearly see the sincerity of the love between Margaret and me, and I would
00:48:46advise you not to reprehend us for that.
00:48:49Such an act could backfire.
00:48:52And now, if I may give you some advice in turn, Peter, that when referring to a member
00:49:00of the royal family, you use the appropriate title, in this case, Her Royal Highness.
00:49:05When referring to the woman I love, and who loves me, and who is soon to be my wife,
00:49:09I'll call her what I damn well like.
00:49:12Her name is Margaret.
00:49:17Car, Townsend.
00:49:20Waiting.
00:49:23Tick.
00:49:25Tick.
00:49:26Tick.
00:49:29Tick.
00:49:34Tick.
00:49:35Bon voyage.
00:49:43Tick.
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00:50:44We honour a man of remarkable vision, who saw how great this land could become once civilised.
00:50:57I wish continued prosperity and success to all those who inhabit it.
00:51:11Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the loyal church.
00:51:16Telegram for Princess Margaret.
00:51:18The Queen.
00:51:19To the Queen.
00:51:36To the Queen.
00:51:42Don't stand alone.
00:51:59I need to speak to my sister.
00:52:04No!
00:52:17Switchboard.
00:52:18Her Royal Highness needs to make an urgent call to Her Majesty the Queen.
00:52:21A secure line will be required.
00:52:23Putting you through.
00:52:25Foreign Office, Her Mayor, direct your call.
00:52:27Buckingham Palace, Victoria 4832.
00:52:33I have Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret for Her Majesty the Queen.
00:52:36Sir?
00:52:40Sir?
00:52:42Princess Margaret for Her Majesty the Queen on a secure line.
00:52:47Of course.
00:52:48What's taking so long?
00:52:49Well, I gather we have the secure line, ma'am.
00:52:51They're just having trouble locating Her Majesty.
00:52:53It could be so difficult. She's the Queen.
00:52:55She's very conspicuous. She can't disappear.
00:53:02A lovely woman...
00:53:04This morning, I'mã‚Š.
00:53:07Smurfing and raies.
00:53:13In the past.
00:53:14No, not half a cent.
00:53:19No, not half a cent.
00:53:23No, not half a cent.
00:53:28In the past.
00:53:30No, not half a cent.
00:53:31I'm giving her a chance of having trouble.
00:53:32Yes, sir. She's here. Arrived about an hour ago.
00:53:38Yes, sir. Right away.
00:53:55Ma'am, I've located the Queen.
00:54:01Sir, the spirit he's made up for is an aster, but we're really trying not to let this happen again.
00:54:09Well, I think he's a little bit inexperienced.
00:54:11With the trucking?
00:54:12Yes, I do.
00:54:14Telephone, Your Majesty.
00:54:15Right. Yes, I'd like you to skip recorded for the first quarter mile for a morning.
00:54:19Yes, ma'am.
00:54:22And then we might have to think about pairing him with another rider.
00:54:25Yes, ma'am.
00:54:27Yes?
00:54:28How could you?
00:54:30Margaret.
00:54:30You gave me a word.
00:54:32You promised me he'd still be there when I got back.
00:54:34I did.
00:54:34Why has he been sent away?
00:54:36Banished like some criminal.
00:54:38Things got out of hand.
00:54:40I took you at your word.
00:54:42Believed everything you said.
00:54:44How happy you were for me.
00:54:46How you would support us.
00:54:48Margaret.
00:54:49You've been against us from the beginning.
00:54:50Because you can't bear to be eclipsed.
00:54:52What?
00:54:53Can't bear to be outshone by your younger sister.
00:54:56You've never liked it.
00:54:57Admit it.
00:54:59And you've hated our Peter and I've caught the popular imagination.
00:55:01Hated it enough to want to destroy it.
00:55:03This is madness.
00:55:04Well.
00:55:06You fail to protect me.
00:55:08I will fail to protect you in turn.
00:55:11Margaret.
00:55:14You reap what you sow, sister.
00:55:43And you've scored two years.
00:55:45You reap what you sow.
00:56:03The laws of England say that any man, once divorced, is fully entitled to marry again.
00:56:09If those laws are good enough for England, they are good enough for the royal family.
00:56:14I know.
00:56:14The near holy reverence shown for the crown by the people of Britain is a fact of life, as the
00:56:20recent coronation is shown.
00:56:21Few other countries in the world retain such regard for their monarchies.
00:56:26But are those centuries of awe drawing to an end?
00:56:31Can that veneration be sustained in the light of the royal family's cruelty to its very own members?
00:56:41The royal family of Britain has survived a thousand proofs that it is artificial and superfluous
00:56:49and seems to have as deep a hold as ever on the loyalties of the people.
00:56:57It is not likely, however, to survive the clear proof that it is insensate and cruel.
00:57:10The treatment of her sister has now deputized the future of the monarchy in Britain.
00:57:23In 48 hours, it would have passed.
00:57:27If you were lucky.
00:57:28I fear it would take longer than that for Margaret to forgive me.
00:57:31Well, she will in time.
00:57:32She has to.
00:57:35We all have to.
00:57:42There.
00:57:43Majesty.
00:57:44Be right with you.
00:57:45Hello, Mike.
00:57:46Where are you going?
00:57:47I told you, I was away for the weekend.
00:57:49Did you?
00:57:50Baron's having a house party.
00:57:52Who's Baron?
00:57:53Baron Nahum.
00:57:54President of our lunch club.
00:57:58Don't look like that.
00:57:59It's gentleman only, right?
00:58:01Absolutely.
00:58:05All perfectly innocent.
00:58:21Shall we, old boy?
00:58:22Let's have a glitz.
00:58:24Sniff's over here, eh?
00:58:25Good shit.
00:58:30Hello.
00:58:31Hello.
00:58:36Hey.
00:58:39Right.
00:58:50Bye.
00:58:56Bye.
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