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00:10To Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his government today is fresh on the pound.
00:20Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:23Damage had been done by the...
00:24Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:25Britain's trade gap is a staggering 107 million pounds.
00:30It's the worst figure on record.
00:31The government said that these figures were distorted and meaningless.
00:39Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:42Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:45Where is it?
00:47About you.
00:48Tomorrow's front page, sir.
00:50Not strong enough.
00:53It's the strongest headline the Daily Mail has ever written about a Labour leader.
00:56About had guilty conscience. I don't know what it's saying.
01:25It's a sad day when the Daily Mirror, a Labour-supporting newspaper, turns against a Labour leader,
01:29like this.
01:34We've done some thinking and come up with an idea for how to deflect any further criticism.
01:39Yeah, go on.
01:41Lord Mountbatten.
01:45What's he got to do with anything?
01:46I'm sure we all agree that he's a symbol of a bygone era, of privilege and inequality, empire and extravagance.
01:53Not to mention a pompous, bloody arse.
01:55Go on.
01:56As Chief of the Defence Staff, he's refusing to make the defence cuts we need.
02:01Cuts which you promised in your election manifesto.
02:05One might even tolerate it if he weren't so...
02:08vain or crooked or power-mad.
02:12Quite.
02:14What are you proposing?
02:16That we kick him out.
02:20But at least he's busy.
02:22And inside the tent...
02:24You know, people like Mountbatten.
02:26Medallists, for want of a kind of word.
02:28Energetic, well-connected medallists.
02:29It's better that they're inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in.
02:33But he belongs to another time, Harold.
02:37Kicking him out makes economic sense and shows we're tough.
02:41And who knows?
02:42It might just buy us some good headlines.
02:47Yes, I could do with some good headlines.
02:52General salute.
02:55Pre-set.
02:58Out.
02:59Out.
03:02Out.
03:10Out.
03:12Out.
03:16Out.
03:17Out.
04:48No, they're increasing fivefold, tenfold.
04:52And the conclusion of the review is that we'd like to make a few changes, one of which is to
04:58your post of Chief of the Defense Staff.
05:08You're kicking me out?
05:12Well, no, sir. I'm thanking you on behalf of the government, on behalf of the armed forces, on behalf of
05:17the whole country for your many years of remarkable service.
05:23You are. You're kicking me out.
05:28Well, there we are.
05:35There we are.
05:37There we are.
06:29It's absurd.
06:33But where one door closes, another opens.
06:41There is special providence in such a fall.
06:45If it be now, it is not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now.
06:48If it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all.
07:09What am I going to do, Barrett?
07:12You'll bounce back, sir. Before long, you'll have a hundred projects.
07:21Cake, sir.
07:31Hit, hit, hooray!
07:34Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
07:45Should old acquaintance be forgot and days of old lang syne.
07:55For old lang syne, my dear, for old lang syne.
08:05We'll take a cup of kindness yet for old lang syne.
08:16We, too, have brought up out the hills and pulled the daisies by.
08:25For old lang syne, my dear, for old lang syne.
08:36Come on.
09:05I'll go home, sir.
09:49I'll go home, sir.
09:53I'll go home, sir.
09:55I'll go home, sir.
09:56Yes, of course.
10:09Pen's down, you must see.
10:15Ten minutes from Newmarket.
10:26Oh.
10:48Thank you, Cecil. How is he?
10:50As good as new again.
10:56And do you really think he's recovered from his injury?
10:58Oh, I do, ma'am.
11:00Gilded, fired, well-rusted.
11:02We won't have him breaking down on us again.
11:06Any chance of seeing him on the gallops today?
11:09Oh, no, ma'am. It's too wet and muddy out there.
11:13It's been a lot like this.
11:15Hardly been able to train him at all.
11:18Well, we can't do anything about the weather.
11:19Yeah.
11:23Now we come to the most anticipated race
11:25of this year's Royal Ascot meeting,
11:27the Queen Alexandra Stakes.
11:30This is Britain's longest flat race,
11:32where stamina is of the essence.
11:33And the favourite is, of course, number nine,
11:36Her Majesty's own horse, Apprentice.
11:39And they're off.
11:40With number six, Panic's in the early lead,
11:43followed by number one, Valentine's Day,
11:44with number two Olympic boy
11:45cleaning right down their necks.
11:47They're off the pace now
11:48as they make their start.
11:51Behind the number ten,
11:52Obi-Anderson, far off the leaders,
11:54but number nine, Apprentice,
11:55tails behind in fitting place.
11:58A disappointing start
12:00for last year's Yorkshire Club champion.
12:02And Panic's still ahead,
12:04but behind him, Apprentice is gaining crowns.
12:06You've got the challenge from number seven,
12:07five even, and pulling it to four.
12:10Majesty.
12:11Majesty.
12:12Dickey, darling.
12:14Chin up vodka.
12:16Apprentice really has the look of eagles
12:17as they make the turn,
12:18and yes, Apprentice turns up the pressure
12:20on the Olympic boys,
12:21he moves into third place.
12:22And in what is a fantastic recovery
12:24from a slow start,
12:25Apprentice is now level
12:26with number two Olympic boys
12:27as they race uphill.
12:28And as they come out of the final turn,
12:30panically it's my length of the half,
12:32but Apprentice is coming through
12:33with the challenge,
12:34and now it's the home street,
12:35and Apprentice is charging down
12:36the near side,
12:37thinking he...
12:37Nearly!
12:38Nearly!
12:39Nearly!
12:41No!
12:41He hasn't got it!
12:42No!
12:42Apprentice is starting to struggle.
12:44Panic is holding on,
12:45he's holding his lead,
12:46and Apprentice is falling behind
12:47as Valentine's Day
12:48falls back in second.
12:49Olympic boy coming up from the rear,
12:51and it's a busy finish,
12:53but number six,
12:54Panic finishes first,
12:55and they're close to all
12:56in line number two,
12:57Olympic boy,
12:58What are you doing wrong in Portugal?
13:00He used to be at the top,
13:02now he barely competes.
13:03It's possible that the system
13:07set up by your late father
13:08is now a little...
13:10Obsolete?
13:12And might need...
13:14Kicking up,
13:15throwing on the dust heap.
13:19If you want to keep up
13:20with the Aga Khan's
13:22of this world,
13:22I would suggest you
13:25follow their lead.
13:26And do what?
13:28Travel around the world,
13:29and catch up with all
13:30the latest developments.
13:31I can't just do that.
13:32In case you haven't noticed,
13:34I have a job to do with you.
13:36It would only be France,
13:38not Timbuktu.
13:39There are experienced people
13:41who are able to deputise
13:42for you in your absence.
13:53As you know,
13:54this government is committed
13:55to maintaining sterling
13:56at $2.80 to the pound.
13:58But with every economic blow,
14:01the oil embargo,
14:02the balance of payments deficit,
14:03and the Dockers Union strike,
14:06it's proving harder and harder
14:08to maintain.
14:23And I'm afraid that now
14:24we have no alternative
14:26but to devalue the pound.
14:29Oh.
14:31And I need hardly say
14:32it is a matter
14:33of overwhelming regret.
14:36for me personally.
14:39And a humiliation
14:40for the government.
14:44It feels like a bad time
14:45to say that I won't be here
14:47for our meeting next week.
14:49Perhaps the next two weeks.
14:51But Queen Elizabeth,
14:52the Queen Mother,
14:53will step in as
14:53Councillor of State.
14:55Oh.
14:56A role she's executed
14:58many times.
15:06Your Majesty.
15:25Good evening.
15:27A few days ago,
15:29the Cabinet
15:29took its unanimous decision
15:31to devalue the pound.
15:33I can now tell you
15:34why we have taken this action.
15:36And more importantly,
15:38what it will mean for you.
15:40From now on,
15:41the pound abroad
15:42will be worth 14% or so less
15:45in terms of other currencies.
15:47Now, this does not mean,
15:48of course,
15:49that the pound here in Britain,
15:51in your pocket
15:51or your purse
15:52or your bank,
15:53has been devalued.
15:54What it does mean
15:55is that the goods we buy
15:56from abroad
15:57will be dearer.
15:59So for many goods,
16:00it will be cheaper
16:01to buy British.
16:04Well, this devaluation
16:06has been a hard decision.
16:09And some of its consequences
16:11will be hard for a time.
16:14For three years,
16:15this government has fought,
16:17as it was our duty
16:18to fight the burden
16:20of the deficit
16:20that the previous government
16:22left us with.
16:24But now is not the time
16:25to triple blame.
16:26Now is our chance
16:27to break free
16:28from that straitjacket,
16:30to seize this opportunity
16:32with both hands.
16:34This is a proud nation.
16:36We're out on our own now.
16:39Now,
16:40we must choose
16:42to put Britain first.
17:08the Burma campaign
17:10are gathered here
17:12to renew old comradeships
17:14and to remember
17:15fallen brothers
17:16at Yang Gang Yong
17:18and Rangoon.
17:21Do you remember
17:22how it was fought?
17:23The old way?
17:25The honorable way?
17:27Body to body,
17:29bayonet to bayonet.
17:32And that swift,
17:33exhilarating sweep of victory
17:35that carried us
17:36over the Irrawaddy
17:37and into Mandalay.
17:40And there we met
17:41the Japanese army.
17:43And we tore it apart.
17:49Yes, gentlemen,
17:50we military men
17:51will always have
17:52our past glories
17:53to look back on.
17:56But what of this
17:57new generation?
17:59These young men
18:00and women
18:00for whom some
18:01of the best of us
18:02gave our lives.
18:04decline,
18:06irrelevance,
18:08and the devaluation
18:09of pound sterling.
18:11That is the sunless future
18:13that faces them.
18:15For them,
18:16the white heat of revolution
18:18is not a forging heat.
18:20It is a melting heat.
18:23It melts the silver
18:24of our battle honors
18:26and reduces to cinders
18:28the very foundation
18:29of our economy,
18:30our currency.
18:35So,
18:37if the only glories
18:39available to this nation
18:40are its past glories,
18:44then let us cherish them now.
18:50Come you back,
18:51you British soldier.
18:53Come you back.
18:58Who will join me?
19:01Ship me somewhere
19:03east of Suez,
19:05where the best
19:06is like the worst,
19:07where there are no
19:09Ten Commandments,
19:11and a man can raise a thirst.
19:14For the temple bells
19:16are calling,
19:17and it's there
19:18that I would be,
19:20by the old
19:21Mo Mine Pagoda,
19:22looking lazy at the sea.
19:26On the road to Manderley,
19:29where the old
19:30for today,
19:32where thou sick beneath
19:34the orange,
19:36when we went to Manderley.
19:40On the road to Manderley,
19:44where the flying faces lay,
19:46and the door comes up like thunder,
19:51out of China,
19:53across the bay.
19:54and the way,
20:08and theé˘ the sky.
20:08Are you in the dark?
20:10No, no, no.
20:18I'm not getting a big day.
20:19What are you in the dark?
20:21What do I do?
20:21What do I do?
20:24Lord Manbattern.
20:25Excuse me.
20:26Cecil King.
20:28I hope to talk to you, sir, to express my sympathy
20:31at the way you've been treated by the government.
20:33A shameful piece of political grandstanding and opportunism.
20:37To your very kind.
20:39Well, this country needs great men more than ever
20:42to restore confidence, inspire us,
20:44and perhaps even lead us out of the mire.
20:48It must have been made very clear to me
20:50that my leadership days are over.
20:52My colleagues and I don't believe that, sir,
20:55not for a minute.
20:57As a matter of fact, we'd be delighted
20:59if you'd agree to have lunch with us
21:01at Threadneedle Street one day.
21:03Bank of England?
21:04We've been working on a proposal
21:06which we'd very much like to put to you.
21:13Sir.
21:35Votre MajestĂŠ, bienvenue au Harat du Quenet.
21:39Merci, monsieur Ed.
21:41Mais il n'y a aucun besoin de telle formalitĂŠ.
21:44Dans le monde de l'ĂŠlevage, c'est vous qui ĂŞtes le roi.
21:47Vous êtes très gentil, madame, et bien indulgente.
21:50Je soupçonne que vous me flattez.
21:53Parle, parle.
21:54Annoyed.
21:55Annoyed.
21:57Bonjour.
22:01And, of course, it was Manin Commissage
22:03who came out of the Bidangard,
22:05a magnificent display.
22:07Oh, and his grandchild, a white settler.
22:10Oh, that's right.
22:11We had a tremendous success with it.
22:13Yes, I'm a wonderful sprinter.
22:16These are your stud books?
22:17Indeed, ma'am.
22:18And I think you will find some very familiar names in there.
22:22Yes, I will.
22:24If I'm not mistaken, this one.
22:27Oh, gosh, yes.
22:28My grandfather's one of his favourites.
22:32What would you say, six months?
22:33Yes, I'd say so.
22:35Nice temperament.
22:36Warm-blooded.
22:37Not too skittish.
22:38Indeed.
22:39Look at her hocks.
22:41Oh, yes.
22:42Very well.
22:42Portion.
22:43Excellent line to the back.
22:45Yes.
22:46Come here.
22:55It was extraordinary.
22:57Not just their facilities,
22:59their entire attitude of breeding,
23:01but the fact they keep their foels and their yearlings so close.
23:04Merci.
23:05While we send ours off to graze in Ireland.
23:09Tell me, honestly, is it over?
23:12Have we slipped too far behind?
23:14Not yet, ma'am.
23:16But if you want to keep up, you do need to act decisively now.
23:20It'd mean rethinking the operation from top to toe,
23:23changing the personnel, changing the approach.
23:26Yes.
23:26And, currently, there is a drain of the best British racehorses to America.
23:31You have to ask yourself, why?
23:35You don't think I should go there, too?
23:37Well, obviously, from a racing perspective, it would be ideal.
23:40Just for a day or two.
23:42But, er, won't you be needed at home?
23:46Well, they've always got mummy.
23:48Me being away is good for her.
23:50She hates feeling old and superannuated and surplus to requirements.
23:54I'm sure she's relishing being the big chief again.
24:12Thank you, sir.
24:16Mr. King?
24:17Hold on, I'm back.
24:20The Great Britain of our childhood is dying before us.
24:25The country is bankrupt, our national security is in tatters,
24:28our allies are in despair.
24:31And on our current trajectory, by 1970,
24:34we will be a vassal state, a pariah.
24:39I don't know about you, sir, but I'd sooner die
24:42than stand idly by and watch this happen.
24:44And to that end, my associates and I have come up with a plan
24:49to put the country back on track.
24:52Which is?
24:55Replacing the prime minister
24:57and installing a new emergency government.
25:01What?
25:02And in his place, we would need to install an inspirational figurehead.
25:07Someone who could unite the nation, command its respect.
25:11Someone who had stepped into a national leadership role before.
25:15Now, there are some obvious candidates,
25:17but frankly, none would be as good as you, sir.
25:19No, no, no, this is quite unthinkable.
25:22At this point, I should close my ears.
25:28Despite my own very profound reservations
25:30regarding our prime minister,
25:32what you're talking about is effectively a coup.
25:35And I can have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
25:38In peacetime, it's true.
25:40An intervention like this would be unconstitutional.
25:44But we believe this is no longer peacetime.
25:48And the circumstances are unprecedented and quite exceptional.
25:55Gerald.
25:58In order to hijack control of the economy,
26:01Wilson and his socialist colleagues have devised a plan.
26:05Plan Brutus.
26:07Which would strip the Bank of England of all its powers,
26:10freeze the sterling balances of foreign governments,
26:14and enforce crash cuts in defence spending?
26:18Bankers cannot be allowed to run the show.
26:21The Bank of England has known about gold pouring out of the country since Monday
26:25and has done nothing to stop it.
26:27What is our response?
26:28The imposition of exchange controls,
26:31the crash cuts in defence expenditure,
26:33and the compulsory acquisition of all privately held overseas securities.
26:43It is an effective declaration of war on freedom, democracy, and capitalism.
26:51We must act now.
26:54Not just to save Britain, but the world.
26:57We are proposing a radical revolution led by bankers, businessmen, and the armed forces.
27:03Professionals who can save us from amateurism, incompetence, and Russian infiltration.
27:09And as our interim leader,
27:12we can think of no one better than you, sir.
27:27This is all very interesting.
27:34May I suggest that we meet again?
27:38In forty-eight hours.
27:42Sorry.
27:51With the pound down and the rest later,
27:54I suppose that sums it up.
27:55Evaluation of a gigantic loan that we all have to pay back.
27:59Britain now finds itself looking at a complete reversal of government policy
28:02after three years of devaluation and denial.
28:05Move! Move! Move! Move!
28:07Outside ten downing feet for testers gallant.
28:11Is the reality of one of devalued pounds...
28:30Welcome to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, you madam.
28:33Thank you, Mr. Hancock.
28:34Please, call me Paul.
28:36Sorry we don't have better weather for you.
28:37Yeah, it's quite all right. We like a good watery.
28:39Pull handcuff.
28:40Pleasure to be here.
29:09Your shopping basket will hold less for the same money.
29:11Calcium.
29:12Correct nutrition is vital, ma'am.
29:14When it comes to the bone strength, the bone formation in the folds were raised.
29:19Yes, sir.
29:19Tommy's one of the best.
29:21Thanks, sir.
29:21Does Tommy ever come to England?
29:22Oh, no, no, no.
29:24Oh.
29:25Paris worked up to find that France was on the brink of civil war.
29:29Would the rebel generals in Algeria send paratroopers?
29:32Defense measures were quickly put into operation.
29:38All the airports were closed to flights in and out.
29:41Nobody in the capital knew the rebels' intentions, but frantic bomb outranges here and elsewhere
29:46showed that pro-rebel sympathizers were on the power.
29:50They struck in the garden in the old way of Wittonus and at the Osterman station.
29:56These are veterinary students we've invited to spend time here at the farm.
30:00They learned reproductive management, neonatal and foal management, herd health management.
30:06What we're aiming for is better integration between our practices here at the stud and the
30:10clinical research being conducted in the wider world.
30:17Remind me of the year, Porche.
30:18What?
30:181967.
30:19Why?
30:20Because having seen what I've just seen, one might think it 2067, in terms of technology
30:26and their management of the pasture, and their willingness to embrace new ideas.
30:30The Americans aren't just on a different level, they're on a different planet.
30:34And their racing manager, wasn't he impressive?
30:37When you think about Cecil, by comparison.
30:38Yes.
30:40He is getting on now.
30:41150?
30:42Well, not quite that, but certainly 80.
30:4540-year-old Cecil.
30:46The Van Hur of Newmarket.
30:49But he had such success with your father.
30:51And grandfather.
30:52You know he was wounded at the Somme.
30:54Yes.
30:55So, probably time for someone a little bit younger.
30:58The question is, who is there?
31:01What about Gordon Richards?
31:04He's with the wine stocks.
31:05They've never let him go.
31:07Or David McCall.
31:09Hmm.
31:11He's good.
31:13But can you honestly see him fitting in?
31:16No.
31:16Try that.
31:17Oh.
31:18Oh.
31:30Would you ever consider it?
31:32Me?
31:33Why not?
31:34You're brilliant.
31:36You're brilliant.
31:36And you know the family inside out.
31:39Well, I'm honored.
31:41But I'm also very ambitious.
31:45I could never accept unless I felt sure we had every chance of success at the highest level.
31:51And in terms of our research, there's still one thing that we really need to see.
31:56What?
31:57They're training facilities.
31:59If we're going to gain the edge, there's still a lot to learn from the Americans.
32:04What?
32:04How much longer is that going to take?
32:07Well.
32:12Yes, please.
32:41Jasper.
32:42Jasper.
32:43In the past decade alone, there have, by my reckoning, been 73 coups in 46 different
32:51countries around the world.
32:52And the success of some of these might encourage us.
32:58In Ghana, two years ago, President Nkrumah was ousted with just 500 men.
33:04And in 1961, in South Korea, Major General Park Chung-hee seized power with 3,500 men.
33:13And in 1964, in Gabon, just 150 men were able to arrest President Nkrumah and thus gain control over the
33:23levers of state power.
33:25And, of course, it was with just one legion that Caesar crossed the Rubicon.
33:31And perhaps we would not seek to follow his fate.
33:37And what all successful insurgencies have in common are five key elements.
33:45control of the media, control of the economy, and the capture of administrative targets, for which you need the fourth
33:53element, the loyalty of the military.
33:56Now, in Ghana and Gabon, this can be achieved with a handful of battalions.
34:01But here, in the United Kingdom, we would need to secure Parliament, Whitehall, the Ministry of Defence, and the Cabinet
34:12Office.
34:13The Prime Minister will be arrested, of course, along with other politicians still loyal.
34:18We would have to shut down the airports, air traffic control.
34:22Same with the train stations.
34:24Curfews will be put in place.
34:26Martial law declared.
34:28And I haven't even mentioned the police.
34:32It would take tens of thousands of unquestioningly loyal servicemen.
34:36And even in my heyday, I could never command that.
34:41Which brings me to the fifth element.
34:45Legitimacy.
34:47Now, our government draws its strength from long-established institutions that support it.
34:53The courts.
34:55Body of common law.
34:56The Constitution.
34:59For any action against the state to succeed, you'd have to overthrow these as well.
35:03But in a highly evolved democracy such as ours, their authority is sacrosanct.
35:12Which is why, gentlemen, a coup d'etat in the United Kingdom doesn't stand a chance.
35:28Unless.
35:31Unless.
35:32Unless.
35:34Unless we have the support of the one person not yet mentioned.
35:39Do you see the temper?
35:42The crown has at its disposal unique constitutional powers, which could still make something like this possible.
35:52In 1834, William IV used them to dismiss his government in the face of opposition from the House.
35:58And in 1920, the Emergency Powers Act was passed.
36:03Which gives the sovereign power, in certain circumstances, to declare a state of emergency by proclamation.
36:09Meaning, our queen could dissolve parliament.
36:14And appoint a new government.
36:16And a prime minister as well.
36:18She's also a commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
36:21They swear allegiance to her, and not to parliament.
36:25So, could count on their support to see it through.
36:31She is our Caesar.
36:39And you think she might entertain this idea?
36:42The circumstances are certainly compelling.
36:45I've made a list here of exactly how compelling.
36:49And as her second cousin, I am in an ideal position to ask.
37:04I'm not hungry.
37:05Not hungry?
37:06No.
37:10Somehow, today has managed to be one of the most enjoyable days of my life.
37:15And at the same time, one of the most depressing.
37:22Telephone call for you, ma'am?
37:23Lord Manbatten?
37:24I'll call him back.
37:33If I tell you something, do you promise it will stay between us?
37:36Of course.
37:39This is how I'd like to spend all my time.
37:45Owning horses, breeding horses, racing horses.
37:48It's what makes me truly happy.
37:53And I actually think it's what I was born to do.
37:56Until the other thing came along.
37:58That someone else was born to do.
38:00That they elected not to do.
38:02Which meant that first my father, and then I, had to do a job we were never meant to do.
38:08Well, you've managed to make it look like the other thing is the only thing you were ever meant to
38:13do.
38:16You're kind.
38:18But it isn't.
38:34And on days like today.
38:37In places like this.
38:39In company like this.
38:43You get a glimpse of what it all might have been like.
38:48The unlived life.
38:52And how much happier it might have made me.
39:02Hi.
39:02Not now!
39:07Who did? I just sniffed.
39:08Slightly.
39:09I shall have to grovel now.
39:10No, it's all right. He'll understand.
39:13I'm so sorry, Your Majesty.
39:15Yes, all right. I'm coming.
39:16Honestly, only Dickie.
39:25It's...
39:26Yes, thank you, Master. I'll talk to you.
39:47Majesty.
39:54You are persistent. Is it really so important?
39:59Yes, Your Majesty.
40:01Prime Minister.
40:05Ma'am.
40:06I have reason to believe there is currently a full-blown plot developing against me
40:12and the democratically elected Labour government that governs in your name
40:17being led by a senior member of your family.
40:21Who?
40:25Lord Mountbatten.
40:26And that he, in cahoots with Cecil King, the chairman of the Mirror Group newspapers,
40:32has been attempting to overthrow this government.
40:38Now, I feel compelled to remind, Your Majesty,
40:41that tolerance of the royal family is hanging by a thread as it is.
40:47Now, throughout my time in office,
40:50I have done my level best to protect you.
40:54But if members of the royal family were to interfere with the political business of the day,
41:00I would be left with no option but to side with the Republican elements of my cabinet,
41:06which I have successfully controlled until now,
41:11and take steps.
41:13And take steps.
41:16Leave it with me,
41:18Prime Minister.
41:20Your Majesty.
41:21The Last March Rewards
41:25The last question.
41:27The last question.
41:32What is your answer?
41:38Is it not?
41:39The last question?
41:46The last question.
41:47Is there a question?
41:49Is there a question?
41:50What is your question?
42:15Drink up, Portie.
42:17We're getting home.
42:21We're getting home.
42:57Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty.
43:09Your Majesty.
43:17You asked to see me.
43:19I did.
43:21Well, great minds think alike.
43:23As it happens, I was planning to drop by myself.
43:28On a matter of great importance.
43:41I'm getting a feeling that I've not had since Dieppe.
43:46I said that I'm walking into a trap.
43:51I'd like to think you had that sinking feeling on another occasion recently, when going to
43:56see your friends at the Bank of England.
43:59Is it even true?
44:02Yes, I did go to lunch at the Bank of England to meet and listen to people who are horrified
44:07by what's happening to the country.
44:10A horror I hope you share.
44:13Perhaps.
44:14But conspiring with them is not the solution.
44:17It is the beginning of a solution.
44:19It is the beginning of a solution.
44:21Why are you doing this?
44:22Why would you protect a man like Wilson?
44:33I am protecting the Prime Minister.
44:37I am protecting the Constitution.
44:40I am protecting democracy.
44:44But if the man of the heart of that democracy threatens to destroy it, are we supposed to
44:49just stand by and do nothing?
44:51Yes.
44:52Doing nothing is exactly what we do.
44:54And bide our time.
44:56And wait for the people that voted him in to vote him out again, if indeed that is what
45:01they decide to do.
45:21I am sure you find it near impossible to do nothing.
45:24And to not have the role and the responsibilities you have always had.
45:29You were born to be busy.
45:30And to lead.
45:32But you still have a huge role to play in this family.
45:37A father figure to my husband, an uncle and a guide to me, a king to make in Charles, not
45:46to mention a brother to your sister.
45:49When was the last time you even visited her?
45:51Cheered her up.
46:00That would be a greater service to the Crown than leading unconstitutional coups.
46:08And for me,
46:08I am so glad to come.
46:14I am so glad to have a man,
46:22and I have to wait until I do not have a man.
46:23He has to give me a little bit.
46:23He has to pay for the vend0.
46:23And I am so glad to make harder.
46:24But I am so glad to have a man.
46:25and I am so glad to have a man behind my head.
46:28And I am so glad to have a man.
46:35I don't know.
47:10Nice of you to find the time.
47:12These days, I've nothing but time.
47:16And too little time.
47:30The four of us.
47:32What?
47:33The four of us.
47:37Look at us now.
47:40Only two left.
47:42You're left.
47:44Not me.
47:45I'm on the way out.
47:47Nonsense.
47:49There came a moment around the time I turned 70, when it dawned on me that I was no longer
47:57a participant, rather a spectator.
48:01I've discovered that for myself.
48:04Then it's just a matter of waiting and not getting in the way.
48:20Now, I hear you have been getting in the way.
48:23I told you that.
48:25I told you that.
48:26There are no secrets in this place.
48:28Did you get a dressing down from our dutty queen?
48:35Yes, I did.
48:38Oh, what's so funny?
48:40Well, that's funny.
48:42The little girl
48:44admonishing the grand old
48:46admiral of the fleet. Well, I'm glad
48:48it amuses you.
48:49Because the situation this country is
48:52facing is anything but amusing.
48:57Oh, who cares?
49:01Honestly.
49:04One of the few
49:05joys of being as old as we
49:07both are is
49:09that it's not our problem.
49:12Not really our
49:13country, either. What are you talking about?
49:16Of course it's our
49:17country. We Battenbergs
49:20have no country.
49:23Our family might have kings
49:25and queens in its ranks,
49:27but we're mongrels, too.
49:32Part
49:32German, part Greek,
49:34part nowhere at all.
49:38Well, this is my
49:40country.
49:43Gave me a home,
49:44gave me a name.
49:47And in return, I've given it my life.
49:56And to see it like this breaks my heart.
50:15It's a very nice
50:15and very nice to see it.
50:15It's nice to see it.
50:16It's a little bit of
50:27but it's a little bit of
50:27it's a little bit of
50:28And then,
50:34You must sleep, sister.
50:49Princess Alice, nowhere at all.
51:06No, no.
51:07You must sleep, sister.
51:15You must sleep, sister.
51:17You must sleep tomorrow.
52:20Don't sound so surprised.
52:21I am. It's been so long.
52:27So how was France, America?
52:32Educational.
52:35The trip was supposed to be a week. You were gone almost a month.
52:38Yes.
52:40With Porchy?
52:42Yes.
52:45Was that fun?
52:49We went on racing business. It was a fact-finding expedition.
52:54Right.
52:56If you have something to say, say it now. Otherwise, if you don't mind, I'm busy.
53:00I've heard you've appointed him as your racing manager.
53:03I have.
53:03Which means he'll be around all the time.
53:05Yes, with any luck.
53:07Good for you.
53:08Good for all of us.
53:19Good for all of us.
53:49I heard about Dickie.
53:52A coup.
53:53Yes, can you believe it?
53:57It must be hard getting old.
54:05Yes.
54:19I'll be up in a minute.
54:22Oh, will you?
54:23Yes, I thought so.
54:26Unless you'd rather I wasn't.
54:29I'll see you in a minute.
54:32I'll see you in a minute.
54:35Come on.
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