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02:50By the end of this tour, I think we'll be able to make a qualitative assessment about where the finest
02:56women in the world come from.
02:58For now, however, I can tell you the women of New Guinea are sweeter than those of Ceylon and right
03:04up there with those of Malaya!
03:09I have shared these secrets with you in good faith.
03:12The contents must, like all disclosures of the officers on board are married and would kill me if they knew
03:21what I was writing!
03:24Strict, strict non-disclosure policies apply. What happens on tour stays on tour!
03:31But rest assured, I will keep you updated on our forthcoming adventures.
03:38I sense this will be a momentous, ever, ever your fellow member, Mike!
03:45Thank you!
03:46And
04:08You
05:39Under false pretences, a shameful, dishonest, misadventure.
05:55The invasion has been a disaster.
05:59The UN General Assembly is up in arms, as are the Americans.
06:04As a result, our Prime Minister has had no option but to declare an immediate ceasefire and retreat.
06:12Without taking back the Suez Canal?
06:15Quite.
06:16So it's all been for nothing?
06:18No, rather worse than nothing.
06:21Economically, the drain on our currency reserves has been so ruinous that we now face a run on sterling.
06:28The energy situation is just as bad.
06:31Panic buying has been reported at petrol stations, and we expect fuel rationing to become necessary as we move into
06:38winter.
06:41This is no exaggeration to say that this has been the worst week for the country since 1939.
06:47The peace and consensus left by your dear father is gone, and our reputation for decency and integrity in matters
06:56of foreign policy has been shattered.
06:58What is it?
07:01The Duke of Edinburgh is on the telephone, Your Majesty.
07:05Wouldn't that's a first?
07:07From New Guinea, no.
07:11Sorry, do excuse me.
07:12Of course.
07:13Give him my best.
07:21Hello?
07:22Hello?
07:24Hello?
07:25Hello, Philip.
07:27Hello, can you hear me?
07:28Yes, yes, I can hear you.
07:33I can't hear you.
07:35Can you hear me?
07:37Yes.
07:38I can hear you.
07:39Um, um, hello?
07:42Elizabeth?
07:44Can you hear me?
07:51Philip?
07:55Oh.
08:02Ready for it, sir.
08:09Damn telephones.
08:12Bloody things.
08:13This is why they're bothering some.
08:26At ease, gentlemen.
08:34Well, our adventure is only two weeks old, and it's already taken us nearly 20,000 miles as we travel
08:41to far corners of the world in an attempt to repair the reputation of our country currently being ruined by
08:50our politicians.
08:54I would like to thank each and every one of you for your professionalism and discipline, you have all been
09:00brilliant, all that is, except for the football team.
09:04The shoddy, the shoddy, the shoddy, the shoddy, the shoddy, the shoddy, the shoddy, leaky defence and absence of a
09:08natural left-sided player led to that rather humiliating defeat by the seamen's club of all bloody people at Port
09:14Sweternan.
09:18I should also like to say, if I may, Admiral.
09:22Yes, sir.
09:27It's been wonderful for me, on a personal level, to be back at sea.
09:32The Royal Navy has always occupied a very special place in my life and, indeed, in my heart.
09:41There are few greater pleasures in life than serving on a ship such as this.
09:46That's why it's all so very difficult to leave.
09:49But leave I must, and fly to Melbourne to open the Olympics there, where I must generally behave myself.
09:57Shake a few hands, cut a few ribbons.
09:59It will be hell, I can assure you.
10:03And I will be counting the minutes until you come and pick me up again, and we can continue our
10:07great adventure.
10:08Now, in the meantime, behave yourselves.
10:11Keep fit.
10:13And don't drink all the bloody beer.
10:20Thank you, sir.
10:22Well done, boys. Well done, sir.
10:24Good stuff.
10:25Thank you, sir.
10:26Well done. Well done.
10:28Well done.
10:30Very good.
10:31Yeah.
10:37So depressing, this sewers business.
10:39Well, you can't read about it, then.
10:41I can't help myself.
10:43What were they thinking?
10:44Should we take a look at the schedule?
10:46Would you like to tune me up?
10:47Eh, probably not, no.
10:49I've been stripping things out wherever I can, but I'm afraid it's still pretty hectic.
10:53We start with a uranium mine visit in the Northern Territory.
10:56We repeat agricultural parades in Sydney, then overdo a British Empire service league conference in Canberra.
11:02And finally, garden parties in the government house.
11:05Joy.
11:06But I've come up with a nice little stock speech which you can memorize like a minor bird and deliver
11:10each step of the way.
11:15Australia, in the name itself, conjures up such romantic images of progress, ambition, possibility.
11:28It is said that the mark of any great nation is the journey it has endured on its path to
11:33glory.
11:37What a journey Australia must take.
11:46From those early European explorers who landed at your shores, we've endured great hardship and crisis.
11:52Less independently minded nations would have faltered, sought support from the parent nation.
11:57Once so integral to their governance, but Australia forged onwards.
12:04Like it's rugged and at times unforgiving land state, Australia showed true strength, true metal.
12:18You have admirably developed every branch of your life and culture.
12:26And just 200 years have grown into a unique and individual civilization, which I'm sure will rank among the greatest
12:35that the world has seen.
12:48Name's Helen King.
12:5029 years old, writes for The Age, one of the most prominent newspapers here.
12:54She's asked to meet you.
12:57That's me, sir.
12:59What for?
13:00An interview.
13:02I thought we'd decided no interviews.
13:04We did, but in her case I'd find myself moved to make an exception.
13:08You saw the way she was looking at me.
13:09Yes.
13:10You don't think I'm being delusional.
13:13Gentleman's radar on all night.
13:15No.
13:16Not to mention the way she's followed us every step of the tour.
13:18No, I think we can safely assume this one's a friend, not an enemy.
13:32The car, carrying His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh,
13:36makes his way out onto the splendid red track here
13:39on the pleasant afternoon in Melbourne.
13:43The crowds are ecstatic as they get their first glimpse of the Duke,
13:47who is reported to be greatly enjoying his time here in Australia.
13:51And now, we're nearly there as the Duke takes his place in the world.
14:00I declare open the Olympic Games of Melbourne,
14:05celebrating the 16th Olympiad of the modern era.
14:15He looks happy. Once.
14:19The Duke smiles with thunderous applause and thousands of cheers
14:25Yes. Very happy.
14:29You can thank me for that. It's my idea.
14:31I always knew it was a good idea to let him shine, alone.
14:36What a magnificent moment.
14:39Yes, thank you, Marie.
14:47In ancient Greece, the beginning of the games was heralded by the homing of the pigeons.
14:53And so too today.
15:07Ready?
15:08Yes.
15:09Yes.
15:13Mrs. Parker, this way, please.
15:16Mrs. Parker, how can I help?
15:20I'd like to separate from my husband.
15:23Better still, divorce.
15:26Do you mind me asking on what grounds?
15:28The fact I never see him.
15:31Absence isn't a legal ground for divorce.
15:37Neglect?
15:38Nor that, I'm afraid.
15:40We're going to need one of the big three.
15:41Adultery, unreasonable behaviour or insanity.
15:44I'm quite sure there has been adultery.
15:47We will need evidence.
15:50That won't be easy.
15:52Because of his job.
15:55Mike works for the Duke of Edinburgh.
15:56In what capacity?
15:59His private secretary.
16:01Oh, I see.
16:03He's also his closest friend.
16:05They're virtually inseparable.
16:08Are you really sure about this?
16:11A divorce can leave a woman quite isolated.
16:15Maybe things will get better if you stick it out.
16:20I tend to think that's always the best way for everyone.
16:25Grass is rarely greener.
16:29I will come back when I have evidence.
16:45You're taking the pethidine?
16:46Yes.
16:47And the pentobarbitone?
16:48Yes, I'm taking the pentobarbitone, but it doesn't work.
16:53I need something stronger.
16:55There is nothing stronger.
16:59The fact is, in terms of pharmacology, we've gone as far as we can.
17:10I have the greatest sympathy for your condition, Prime Minister.
17:15And I fully understand the need for rest.
17:19But given the challenges that are now facing this country, you don't feel that you have a responsibility to execute
17:27your duties just a little longer.
17:28I asked the physician the same question, ma'am.
17:31But he insisted.
17:35He felt that I was at the very limit of human endurance.
17:42But the country will be in safe hands.
17:45Mr. Butler will take charge in my absence.
17:50Mr. Head will oversee the withdrawal of our troops from Egypt.
17:54Mr. McMillan will oversee the economic situation.
18:01Economic crisis?
18:05How long do you imagine you'll be away?
18:07Not long, ma'am.
18:10A few weeks.
18:13Well, I suppose one can always reach you at short notice.
18:17It's a point I always make to my private secretaries.
18:20Yes, I'm away.
18:22But Windsor radios just round the corner.
18:25And Norfolk, too.
18:27County Durham, isn't it?
18:30Your family home?
18:38Where the doctor felt I should be going.
18:42He specified Jamaica.
18:43He specified sunshine.
18:45Tropical sunshine.
18:46He said he felt my life might depend on it.
18:53What would he prescribe for the rest of us?
18:56Do you imagine?
19:02Prime Minister.
19:03Your Majesty.
19:38Excuse me.
19:40Excuse me.
19:41You work in there, don't you?
19:44At the Thursday Club as a waitress.
19:47Who's asking?
19:48My name is Eileen.
19:49Do you have a minute?
19:51What can I do for you?
19:54I'd like you to tell me what goes on inside.
19:59Are you a reporter or something?
20:00No, no. Nothing like that.
20:02Just a wife of one of the members.
20:05And mother to his children.
20:07You may know him. His name is Mike.
20:09There are so many gentlemen.
20:11Mike Parker.
20:15You do know him, don't you?
20:19Mike would have made sure of that.
20:21You're just his type.
20:24Look, one day you will be married too,
20:26and I sincerely hope that you make a good choice.
20:29But if you don't, and you meet a man who makes you unhappy,
20:33then as a woman I would wish for you to be able to leave that man easily, painlessly.
20:40So if there is anything you can tell me that might make my leaving easier.
20:44I'm sorry, Mrs. Parker.
20:46But I know nothing of your husband.
20:50Here is my address and, um, and my number.
20:55Just...
20:57If anything should occur to you.
21:00I think that's what I found a problem.
21:21Check in the video.
21:21I want to do that you've seen the incident by your friend.
21:26I'm not in hiding there.
21:26Hey, hey, hey!
21:28Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
21:29Okay, hey.
21:35Martin, do you have a minute, Michael?
21:38I think it's important.
21:40Coming.
21:44I'm going to ask you to go through it again.
21:47Yes, the provenance of this room is quite arcane.
21:51Your sister?
21:52Sister-in-law.
21:53Had lunch with her aunt who had just spent the weekend at...
21:58Chumley Castle.
21:59At which one of the other guests was the bridge partner...
22:03Tennis.
22:05...of the solicitor visited by Eileen Parker.
22:11I think that's it.
22:13That's half Britain already.
22:15And all of these people now know Mrs. Parker is seeking a divorce.
22:23Yes.
22:25It's unfortunate.
22:27It'll be hard to contain.
22:30What are Mrs. Parker's grievances?
22:39Neglect, unreasonable behavior, and infidelity.
22:46Just a wife's suspicions, nothing concrete, but I believe specific mention was made of a lunch club where Lieutenant Commander
22:53Parker and the Duke of Edinburgh...
22:55Oh, don't tell me.
22:56Don't tell me.
22:57Frequent guests.
22:59Actually, founder members.
23:03Keep an eye on this for me, would you, Martin?
23:06A close eye.
23:07You're on this for me, Martin.
23:08You're having problems with your wife.
23:09Here it is.
23:21Thank you, Madam.
23:42Ready, sir?
23:43Certainly.
23:45His Royal Highness is the Duke of Edinburgh.
23:48Thank you for seeing me, sir.
23:49Not at all.
23:52Well, um, just bear with me
23:55while I put my things down and set up.
23:57Please.
24:08I'm just going to put a microphone right here.
24:11Can I help?
24:13No, it's fine. Thank you.
24:19Right. I think that's it.
24:21Right. Well, I'll, uh...
24:23I'll leave you two to it, then.
24:24Thank you, Michael. Please.
24:32Where do you want?
24:34Well, we can't really start without passing comment on the situation in Egypt and the international response.
24:40Why?
24:42Huge demonstrations on the streets of London.
24:45Eden caving in to international pressure and calling a ceasefire.
24:49You don't think it's a pretty significant moment for your country?
24:52Perhaps.
24:53But I'm not going to pass comment on that.
24:55Why not?
24:56It's not my job.
24:57It's not what members of the royal family do.
25:00But you must have thoughts about it.
25:02Of course.
25:03Not a vegetable.
25:04But my thoughts on issues like that remain a private matter.
25:11One can't help wondering where it leaves Britain's place in the world.
25:15Oh, I'm sure Britain will be fine.
25:16No.
25:17The view from over here is that Britain has been publicly humiliated.
25:21Oh.
25:22As someone with surprisingly progressive views, that must concern you.
25:27I have progressive views.
25:29You don't think that you do?
25:31Televising the coronation?
25:34Advocating modernization?
25:35That's just common sense.
25:36If you're a progressive, one prepared to make changes.
25:39Well, let's just say that I learned very early on that it's wise not to take things for granted.
25:45You're referring to your family.
25:47How they had to leave Greece in the revolution.
25:50Your grandfather was shot.
25:51Your father fled to avoid being shot.
25:54Yes.
25:55Correct.
25:58Well, you see, there's so much that people don't really know about you.
26:05I can assure you it's all been rather embellished.
26:08The truth is really quite dull.
26:11Dull?
26:12How you personally fled Corfu in an orange crate.
26:15And then in childhood, in exile, always on the move.
26:18Exile is too strong a word. Too emotional.
26:21Just how it was for everyone.
26:22You just got on with it.
26:26But it can't have been easy.
26:30Was the trauma of being in exile what brought on your mother's illness, do you think?
26:40What illness?
26:42Well, the information I have is that she suffered a breakdown.
26:53Things weren't easy for her.
26:56But she got on with it.
26:58But she was taken away, wasn't she?
27:00To an institution.
27:02And then your father promptly abandoned the family.
27:04Ran off with his mistress.
27:06I don't know what you've been reading.
27:07Or who you've been speaking to.
27:09But both my mother and my father played very active roles in all their children's lives.
27:13So it isn't true that you didn't see your father for the last six years of his life?
27:16I think if we're to remain friends, we really should move on.
27:20All right.
27:23May I ask you about your education?
27:26Sir.
27:33Sir.
27:36What about it?
27:37That was pretty unusual, too.
27:39I went to boarding school in Britain.
27:40I noticed you what's unusual about that.
27:42For a while.
27:43But then you were taken out of there and sent to school in Germany.
27:46Because my sisters lived there.
27:47Your Nazi sisters.
27:49One of whom was married to a close personal friend of Hitler's.
27:52I was at school in Germany for less than a year before I returned to the United Kingdom.
27:57What point are you trying to make here?
27:59I think it's pretty clear which side I was on.
28:01My record in the war speaks for itself.
28:03I'm simply saying that your background is so much more interesting and complex than people might imagine.
28:07Do they imagine anything?
28:08I think people are curious.
28:12There is this striking, handsome man.
28:15Walking beside the most famous woman in the world.
28:20Who is he?
28:23Well, I hate to disappoint.
28:27But he really is just a normal man.
28:30In what from the outside probably looks like rather a strange life.
28:34But from the inside really is no different to anyone else's.
28:41I don't think there's anything about you that's like anyone else.
28:46From a young age you were effectively orphaned.
28:49Your favourite sister Cecile, also a Nazi, died in a plane crash.
28:53Gee, I really think we should move on now.
28:54What kind of impact does that have on a man?
28:57That's the kind of trauma that will doubtless have a bearing on how your own children and the future king
29:02of England abroad are.
29:04It's enough.
29:08I think people have a right to know about their leaders, don't you?
29:12Especially ones that can't be thrown out with free and fair elections.
29:20Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:44Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
29:45Christ.
29:47Christ.
29:49Christ.
29:49I don't know.
30:27Kensington 8953, hello.
30:35We met a few times in various locations.
30:49Afterwards, he'd tell me about his job, the company he keeps.
30:59You didn't mention a wife.
31:03Or children.
31:08I'm so sorry.
31:14If you are really sorry, I want to make my life easier.
31:21Of course.
31:24We will need you to make an official statement and give evidence in court.
31:29I can't do that. I would lose my job, my reputation.
31:31I'm afraid that's what the law requires.
31:33No.
31:37No.
31:39So you telephoned me and agreed to come here today for what, precisely?
31:44To put colour into my nightmares?
31:47I'm sorry.
31:55My sources now tell me that Mrs. Parker has gone as far as bringing a waitress from a Thursday lunch
32:00club to see her divorce line.
32:02I gather the waitress has not provided hard evidence on this occasion, just hearsay.
32:08They were obviously getting close.
32:09This cannot be allowed to go one single step further, Martin.
32:14No.
32:14If Mrs. Parker succeeds in getting her divorce, the newspapers would make a not unreasonable assumption that anything that Lieutenant
32:24Commander Parker has done, the Duke of Edinburgh has done too.
32:28We do not want words like infidelity and divorce swirling around.
32:34No.
32:35Whether there is any truth in the allegations or not, it would shatter the integrity of royal marriage and jeopardize
32:42the entire monarchy.
32:44Only after that starts to be very true.
32:47Any ideas?
32:50Stand easy.
32:51Stand easy.
32:52Right.
32:53Our grown-up duties are done.
32:55The Olympics are officially up and running, which means, gentlemen, we can now get on with the important business at
33:00hand, our tour.
33:05We have nine weeks between now and our arrival home.
33:09In that time, we will be visiting the remotest parts of the Commonwealth, but I'm delighted to say
33:13that during that time, we will be without reporters.
33:18We will be without photographers.
33:22We will be out of the world's eye.
33:26And with that in mind, I think Michael's got a suggestion.
33:31Right, gentlemen.
33:31Yes, I'd like to propose something a little unusual, something I'm fairly sure none of us has ever participated in
33:37before,
33:38a beard-growing competition.
33:42Now, special dispensation has been given to the dozen or so.
33:46Men already have been.
33:48It's a shave of the moth.
33:49And they're lacked as judges for the rest of our efforts, all right?
33:53Yeah!
33:55Hey, Chris!
33:56Aye!
33:56Hey, Chris!
33:57Aye!
33:58Hey!
33:59Hey, Chris!
33:59Aye!
34:00Aye!
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34:01Aye!
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34:02Aye!
34:02Aye!
34:03Aye!
34:13There's something you've not seen before.
34:15You can't see it now, Bill.
34:17Aye!
34:17Aye!
34:17Aye!
34:18Aye!
34:18Aye!
34:19Aye!
34:19Aye!
34:22Aye!
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34:43right in their infinite wisdom the powers that be have decided they would like you to make a
34:47christmas speech what to who and then on board uh no to the uh half a billion people that make
34:55up the commonwealth of nations in the lord chamberlain's office they'd like you to make
34:59a companion christmas speech to the queens thousand words preferably uplifting in tone
35:04and christian in sentiment with as many references as possible to the importance of family and the
35:09sanctity of marriage what if i don't want to well i'm afraid no provisions appear to have been made
35:16for your having an opinion about that or indeed anything else because of seniority your speech
35:24will come second uh usual time 3 p.m however on christmas morning the duke of edinburgh is expected
35:32to be in graham land which in the antarctic peninsula which is 10 hours behind us so he'll have to
35:38get
35:38up at the crack of dawn to make his speech may i ask why he's making a speech um well
35:45it's not
35:46usual is it no it it is extraordinary um i think the feeling was that with your majesty and his
35:56royal
35:56highness having not been seen in public together so long being at least heard together no i see it
36:04might reassure people that all is still well i wouldn't go that far ma'am well i would and i
36:11think
36:11it's a good idea thank you michael
36:20may i just ask just out of curiosity
36:26what's the longest amount of time that you and lady adine have been separated
36:32uh three weeks i think
36:35see and would you say that you thrive or suffer from a separation
36:42we don't much care for it ma'am helen in particular believes a little good comes from a couple being
36:49apart with a husband and wife belong together of course
37:00mhm
37:04uh
37:05a
37:48Yes, sir.
37:52What's up?
37:52Australian Naval Patrol boat.
37:54It's your mayor's Warren has put out a distress call.
37:56They picked up a fishing boat out of power and it's drifted for days.
38:00One man left alive and he nearly drowned trying to fix the hull.
38:02He suffered a broken rib cage as his lung may be punctured.
38:04And the warreen doesn't have a doctor on board.
38:07Your man is dying.
38:08Are we the nearest ship?
38:09There's a French freighter three miles further out.
38:12We are the nearest ship.
38:14Set your course.
38:16Bring her about.
38:18Coming about.
38:19Time to breathe.
38:39Time to breathe.
38:43Get in.
38:56Tracks?
39:03Howdy.
39:05We fished him out of the water, floating near his boat.
39:08The rest of his crew must have drowned.
39:10There's no log on board, so we don't know who he is and where he's from.
39:13It doesn't matter who he is and where he's from.
39:15He was the captain of the ship.
39:18That's where it counts.
39:20He's one of us.
39:24You know, it's out of the question, sir.
39:26Why?
39:27We have a strict schedule in spite of an official term.
39:31And to take the man back to wherever he came from would be to turn back in entirely the wrong
39:35direction.
39:36It'd take days, maybe a whole week off our important schedule.
39:40We can make that time up.
39:41The man's fortunate enough we saved his life.
39:44We'll simply drop him off at the next destination and that'll be that.
39:47He will be needlessly separated from his home.
39:50Find himself in a strange country with a foreign language, away from his family.
39:55Not my concern.
39:57Another vessel with less important duties might find time for such sentimental charity.
40:02We've done our important duties and are on the way home.
40:06We're effectively a glorified pleasure cruiser with an abundance of fuel and time to spare.
40:12Sir, my decision as Flag Officer is no.
40:15No.
40:15And my decision as Admiral of the fleet is that we do.
40:26There is only one person in command of the vessel.
40:34It's the Flag Officer.
40:37If you'd recall your naval training, you'd remember.
40:41I do recall my naval training as it happens.
40:44Manning command posts on destroyers during the war.
40:47The same war which I believe you spent on shore duty.
40:51I have never abused my privileges and I don't intend to start now, but this is the Royal Yacht.
40:56I am on it representing the crown and I say turn it around and take this man home.
41:25My dear friends, after twenty eventful weeks at sea visiting five continents and covering
41:31many thousands of miles, I'm happy to report that we saved our greatest adventure for last.
41:39As the Royal Yacht Britannia turned naval rescue and we fished a shipwrecked mariner under the water.
41:47Our brilliant surgeons operated on him.
41:49Then we went out of our way to return him to his home, his family and his people.
42:02The Royal Yacht Britannia turned into his home, and the British
42:06entered the world as the Royal Yacht Britannia.
42:11The Royal Yacht Britannia had a tour, and he rose with a Bewong.
42:33And what people, what family, what home.
43:10Should you Thursday Club members ever grow tired of your colorless and empty lives in London?
43:16I suggest immediate relocation to the discreet island nations nestled around Tonga.
43:24Surely the closest one can come to heaven on earth.
43:30Never have we received such a welcome or eaten so well.
43:37Never have I experienced such a willingness to set oneself free and enjoy.
43:45And nowhere on earth, and we have by this point traveled across almost every inch, have we encountered such beautiful
43:57women.
44:13These really have been the most remarkable few days.
44:19And it is with the greatest reluctance that after three days here we tear ourselves away.
44:26Each of us, not a little bit, but a great deal in love.
44:46That is your husband's handwriting, isn't it?
44:53You said you needed evidence.
44:59That's not a royal tour, that one.
45:01It's a five-month stag night.
45:04Whores in every port.
45:13Good luck.
45:26Good luck.
46:01Happy Christmas.
46:26That's what it is.
46:28Ed won't let you know.
46:35Written it, yes?
46:37No.
46:39I'm waiting for inspiration to strike.
46:44Might I suggest some gung-ho platitudes about Christmas in the Commonwealth?
46:49That's what they want me to say.
46:52I mean what I want to say.
46:56Right.
47:04Have you got it yet?
47:08Where exactly is Philip?
47:10Graham-land, last I heard.
47:13Where's that?
47:18Dickie, where's Graham-land?
47:20No, Antarctica.
47:21Is that north or south?
47:24It's north.
47:25No, don't be silly, Mummy.
47:26It's south.
47:27Does anyone actually know?
47:28Yes, because the Arctic is north.
47:31And so Antarctica is non-north, isn't it, Dickie?
47:35What's non-north?
47:36Yes.
47:37Come.
47:40It's time.
47:41Good.
47:42Your Majesty's, Your Royal Highnesses.
47:44Good morning.
47:46Good morning.
47:54This is Britannia.
47:56I'm speaking to you from the edge of the South Pacific, 59 degrees south and 60 degrees west.
48:02You'll have to turn the globe upside down to find this place.
48:05Indeed, a few of us aboard the Royal Yacht feel a little upside down, having never been this far from
48:11home.
48:13The remoteness of the location presents one with a precious opportunity to think about one's own life, one's own way
48:22of living.
48:24We've travelled the world now and seen all manner of tribes, societies and cultures.
48:31We've had endless debates about which places have the best systems of government or justice or the most interesting religions.
48:38And we've been amazed and impressed by so much of what we've seen.
48:44Naturally, it has led us to examine our own lives and the way we live, the things we take for
48:51granted.
48:52Is that really Philip? Some sort of Philip impersonator?
48:57Why?
48:58It just sounds so odd, so different.
49:05And here I am, almost 10,000 miles from London, surrounded by empty water.
49:14It's a fine life on board a ship, but it can be a solitary one.
49:22We are men together.
49:27But we each stand alone.
49:50We can ask to tell you that they're ready for you.
49:55Right.
49:59Last minute changes.
50:02Something like that.
50:03May I help?
50:05No.
50:27We are ready for you, ma'am.
50:31Yes.
50:38Happy Christmas.
50:39Happy Christmas.
50:41Happy Christmas.
50:41Happy Christmas.
50:44Happy Christmas, ma'am.
50:45The people of Britain and the Commonwealth will now listen to the voice of Her Majesty the Queen.
50:58Once again, messages of Christmas greeting
51:01have been exchanged around the world,
51:05carried upon the invisible wings of 20th century science.
51:11And of all those many messages from all corners of the Commonwealth,
51:17none has given us greater pleasure.
51:20Than hearing those of my husband
51:24from the remote and lonely spaces of Antarctica.
51:31To him I say,
51:33from all the members of your family gathered here today,
51:39our very best wishes go to you on board Britannia.
51:46A very large, united family is waiting for you here.
51:57And will always be waiting for you, wherever you are.
52:17I would like to express my gratitude to those men and women of the Commonwealth,
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