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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.
05:24You are.
05:25You're kicking me out.
05:28Well, there we are.
05:35There we are.
06:53It's not absurd.
09:05I'll go home, sir.
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18:49I'll go home.
18:51I'll come back, you British soldier.
18:53Come, you back.
18:58Hi, d' Aboutģ“ė¤.
18:58Who will join me?
18:59Who will join me?
19:01Ship me somewhere east of Suez Where the best is like the worst
19:08Where there are no Ten Commandments
19:10And a man can raise a first For the temple bells are calling
19:16And it's there that I would be
19:19By the old Moomine Pagoda
19:22Looking lazy at the sea
19:26On the road to Mandalay
19:29Where the old Fertile
19:32With us sick beneath the orange
19:36When we went to Mandalay
19:40On the road to Mandalay
19:44Where the flying fish is red
19:47And the door comes up like thunder
19:51Out of China
19:52Coast to the air
20:24Not my matter
20:25Excuse me
20:27Cecil King
20:28I hope to talk to you sir
20:29To express my sympathy
20:31At the way you've been treated
20:32By the government
20:33A shameful piece of political grandstanding
20:36And opportunism
20:37You're very kind
20:39Well this country needs great men
20:41More than ever
20:42To restore confidence
20:43Inspire us
20:44And perhaps even lead us
20:46Out of the mire
20:47It must have been made very clear to me
20:50That my leadership days are over
20:52My colleagues and I don't believe that
20:55So not for a minute
20:57As a matter of fact
20:58We'd be delighted if you'd agree
21:00To have lunch with us
21:01At Threadneedle Street one day
21:02Bank of England
21:04We've been working on a proposal
21:06Which we'd very much like to put to you
21:16On the way . . . . .
21:38Like that
21:39Thank you, Mr. Ed, but there is no need for such formalities.
21:44In the world of conservation, it's you who are the roo.
21:47You are very gentle, Madam, and very indulgent.
21:50I doubt you will be fluttered.
21:53Here, here, here.
21:55Allons-y.
21:57Hello.
22:01And, of course, it was Manin Commissage who came out of Bidangin, the magnificent Speyer.
22:07Oh!
22:08It was Grand Sire, White Settler.
22:10Oh, that's right.
22:11You had a tremendous success with it.
22:13Yes, I'm a big wonderful sprinter.
22:16Are these your stud books?
22:17Indeed, ma'am.
22:18And I think you will find some very familiar names in there.
22:22Yes, I guess I will.
22:24If I'm not mistaken, this one.
22:27Oh, gosh, yes.
22:29My grandfather's one of his favorites.
22:32What would you say, six months?
22:33Hmm, yes, 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.
22:43Fortunately.
22:43Excellent line to the back.
22:44Yes.
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 fells and their yearlings so close.
23:04Merci.
23:05While we send ours off to graze in Ireland.
23:09Tell me honestly.
23:11Is 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.
23:25Changing the approach.
23:26Yes.
23:27And 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.
24:20The Great Britain of our childhood is dying before us.
24:25The country is bankrupt.
24:27Our national security is in tatters.
24:29Our allies are in despair.
24:31And on our current trajectory by 1970,
24:34we will be a vassal state.
24:37A 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, but 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 regarding 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, an intervention like this would be unconstitutional.
25:44But we believe this is no longer peacetime.
25:49And 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.
26:04Plan Brutus.
26:07Which would strip the Bank of England of all its powers,
26:11freeze the sterling balances of foreign governments,
26:13and enforce crash cuts in defence spending.
26:18Bankers cannot be allowed to run the show.
26:20The 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.
26:37Sure of hands.
26:43It is an effective declaration of war.
26:47On 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,
27:01businessmen and the armed forces.
27:03Professionals who can save us from amateurism, incompetence
27:06and Russian infiltration.
27:09And as our interim leader,
27:11we can think of no one better than you, sir.
27:27This is all very interesting.
27:33May I suggest that we meet again?
27:38In 48 hours.
27:51With the pound down and the rest later, I 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.
28:08Outside ten downing feet for testers gathered.
28:11There's a reality of one of devalued pounds.
28:32Outside ten downing feet for testers gathered.
28:35I'm sorry we don't have better weather for you.
28:37It's quite all right. We like a good watery.
28:39Full handcuffs.
28:40Pleasure to be here.
28:41Your shopping basket will hold less for the same money.
28:44A lot of imported footstaffs will cast more.
28:47And settles are found for off the feet.
28:52On Monday after the announcement,
28:54the stock exchange was empty.
28:55There was no training.
28:57Outside in Tron Morton Street,
28:58brokers and jobbers crowning together.
29:01To try and sort out what the drop is...
29:05Morning, boys.
29:06Morning, sir. Morning, Ms. Pancock.
29:09They're testing for minerals.
29:10Sulfur, calcium.
29:12Correct nutrition is vital, ma'am.
29:14When it comes to bone strength and bone formation
29:17in the folds were raised.
29:18Yes, sir.
29:19Tommy's one of the best.
29:21Thanks, sir.
29:21Does Tommy ever come to England?
29:22Oh, no, no, no.
29:25Paris worked up to find that France was on the brink of civil war.
29:29With the rebel generals in Algeria sent 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,
29:43but frantic bomb outrages here and elsewhere showed
29:46that pro-rebel sympathizers were on the power.
29:50They struck in the garden of the old railway terminus
29:52and at the Osterman station.
29:54Not with any serious debate...
29:56These are veterinary students we've invited to spend time here at the farm.
30:00They learned reproductive management,
30:02neonatal and foal management, herd health management.
30:06What we're aiming for is better integration
30:08between our practices here at the stud
30:10and the clinical research being conducted in the wider world.
30:17Remind me of the year, Porche.
30:18What, 1967? Why?
30:20Because having seen what I've just seen,
30:22one might think it 2067.
30:25In terms of technology and their management of the pasture
30:28and their willingness to embrace new ideas.
30:30The Americans aren't just on a different level,
30:32they're on a different planet.
30:34And their racing manager, wasn't he impressive?
30:37When you think about Cecil by comparison.
30:39Yes, he is getting on with that.
30:40150.
30:42Well, not quite that, but certainly 80.
30:4440-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.
30:55Probably 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, they've never let him go.
31:07Or David McCall.
31:09Mm.
31:11He's good.
31:13Can you honestly see him fitting in?
31:16No.
31:16Try that.
31:29Would you ever consider it?
31:33Me?
31:33Why not?
31:35You'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.
32:04Forty, how much longer is that going to take?
32:08Well...
32:12Yes, please.
32:14Yes, please.
32:14If I first thought we could see him at that height...
32:17Yes, please.
32:38If I first thought we could see him at that height...
32:41Gentlemen, in the past decade alone, there have, by my reckoning, been 73 coups in 46 different countries around the
32:52world.
32:53And the success of some of these might encourage us.
32:57In Ghana, two years ago, President Nkrumah was ousted with just 500 men.
33:03And 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.
33:35A sic semper tyrannis gentleman.
33:39And 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.
33:51For which you need the fourth element, 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...
34:05We would need to secure Parliament, Whitehall, the Ministry of Defence, and the Cabinet Office.
34:13The Prime Minister would 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 would be put in place, martial law declared.
34:28And I haven't even mentioned the police.
34:32It would take tens of thousands of unquestioningly loyal servicemen.
34:37And 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?
35:41Yeah.
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, which gives the sovereign power in certain circumstances to declare a
36:07state of emergency by proclamation.
36:10Meaning, our queen could dissolve parliament.
36:14And appoint a new government.
36:16And a prime minister as well.
36:18She's also 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.
37:04Not hungry?
37:05No.
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?
37:23I'll call him back.
37:33If I tell you something, do you promise it will stay between us?
37:36Of course.
37:40This 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.
39:02I...
39:02Not now!
39:07Who did? I just sniffed.
39:08Slightly.
39:08I should 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.
39:25Yes, thank you, Martin. I'll talk to you.
39:47You are persistent. Is it really so important?
39:48Yes, you are.
39:54You are persistent. Is it really so important?
39:56Yes, you are.
39:57You're not.
39:59Yes, Your Majesty.
40:01Prime Minister.
40:05Ma'am, I have reason to believe there is currently a full-blown plot developing against me
40:11and the democratically elected Labour government that governs in your name
40:16being led by a senior member of your family.
40:21Who?
40:24Lord Mountbatten.
40:27And 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, I 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,
41:14leave it with me, Prime Minister.
41:20Your Majesty.
41:21I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I will be right now.
41:27I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I will be right now.
41:47I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I will be right now.
42:15Drink up, Portie.
42:17We're getting home.
42:25We're getting home.
42:57Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty.
43:10Your 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.
43:46That I'm walking into a trap.
43:51I'd like to think you had that sinking feeling on another occasion recently.
43:55When going to see your friends at the Bank of England.
43:59Is it even true?
44:02Yes, I did go to lunch at the Bank of England.
44:05To meet and listen to people who are horrified by 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.
44:21Why 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.
44:45But if the man of the heart of that democracy threatens to destroy it,
44:48are we supposed to just 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.
44:59If indeed that is what they 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.
45:40An uncle and a guide to me.
45:43A king to make in Charles.
45:45Not to mention a brother to your sister.
45:49When was the last time you even visited her?
45:52Cheered her up?
46:00That would be a greater service to the Crown
46:02than leading unconstitutional coups.
46:12O'er o'er o'er o'er o'er o'er o'er for the manos.
47:10Nice of you to find the time.
47:12These days, I've nothing but time, and too little time.
47:30The four of us.
47:32What?
47:33The four of us.
47:38Look at us now, only two left.
47:41Your 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.
48:24I've told you that.
48:25There are no secrets in this place.
48:29Did you get a dressing down from our doughty queen?
48:34Yes, I did.
48:38Well, what's so funny?
48:40Well, that's funny.
48:42The little girl admonishing the grand old admiral of the fleet.
48:47Well, I'm glad it amuses you.
48:48Because the situation this country is facing is anything but amusing.
48:56Oh.
48:58Who cares?
49:00Honestly.
49:04One of the few joys of being as old as we both are is that it's not our problem.
49:12Not really our country either.
49:15What are you talking about?
49:16Of course it's our country.
49:18We Battenbergs have no country.
49:23Our family might have kings and queens in its ranks, but we're mongrels too.
49:32Part German, part Greek, part nowhere at all.
49:38Well, this is my country.
49:42Gave me a home, gave me a name.
49:47And in return, I've given it my life.
49:56And to see it like this breaks my heart.
50:34You must sleep.
50:38Sister.
50:49Princess Alice, nowhere at all.
50:54And when I walk OrŠ½Š°Ń.
50:56I don't know.
50:57Let me walk you through.Š
51:06This
51:06love for me, Christ. And
51:11we walk this way from being a person who can be doing something from the CRW. Hello?
51:17hell is we with this tree outskÅaminia? Stayčæ
51:19a few lines of flat houses here from the Stras traded. Near the
51:21streetéŖ. I don't
51:23mind fundraising. What if Chinese
51:23men are at all right? Because of yourinspired
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.
52:37You were gone almost a month.
52:38Yes.
52:41With Portchey?
52:43Yes.
52:46Was that fun?
52:49We went on racing business.
52:51It was a fact-finding expedition.
52:54Right.
52:56If you have something to say, say it now.
52:58Otherwise, 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.
53:09I don't know.
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.
54:56I'll see you in a minute.
55:29I'll see you in a minute.
56:00I'll see you in a minute.
56:26I'll see you in a minute.
56:41I'll see you in a minute.
57:11I'll see you in a minute.
57:11I'll see you in a minute.
57:19I'll see you in a minute.
57:20I'll see you in a minute.
57:20I'll see you in a minute.
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