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00:00:08The Queen's Critic is headed again!
00:00:11Here, attach the Queen!
00:00:14Queen's Critic!
00:00:17Queen's Critic is headed again!
00:00:19Come on, Jack.
00:00:21I'll take one of each this morning, please.
00:00:24And a sundae as well.
00:00:27That's right.
00:00:30Queen's Critic is headed again!
00:00:32Here, attach the Queen!
00:00:50No, I shan't have anything.
00:00:53Sorry, dear.
00:01:21I think it's right.
00:01:23Do you?
00:01:24Yeah.
00:01:25Now I think about it, she is a bit priggish.
00:01:28Ah, no, I'm so happy to hear this.
00:01:36Yeah, I'll say that.
00:01:40I'm so happy to hear this.
00:01:52Good morning.
00:01:53Good morning, everybody.
00:01:54Good one.
00:01:54Good one.
00:01:56Good one.
00:01:58Good one, that.
00:01:59That's it.
00:02:01Not alting him?
00:02:03Yes.
00:02:07Get straight up!
00:02:43See you.
00:02:45Rennie.
00:02:49Rennie.
00:02:55really well i shall certainly let her manage to know thank you
00:03:04time and tide mr conservator wait for no man private secretary good afternoon to you
00:03:10good afternoon sir
00:03:24what is it now lord altrincham has been struck
00:03:33dumb i hope better than that ma'am in the face quite forcefully i'm told
00:03:42by whom which gallant and chivalrous individual i'm afraid we don't have those details yet
00:03:50the incident occurred outside the television studios and the perpetrator is now on his way
00:03:57to the bow street police station where we expect him to be released without charge
00:04:02well how very gratifying yes very which television studios the independent television network
00:04:12studios ma'am where altrincham had just recorded an interview for what a program appropriately
00:04:21called impact when will it air tonight ma'am nine o'clock
00:04:47tell the people tell them on television questions in the public mind
00:04:52answered by people in the public eye this is impact the program that examines the most
00:05:00important matters of the moment
00:05:04sorry i'm late robin day puts the question
00:05:07it's just starting
00:05:10tonight we have a man who because of press activity in recent days probably needs no introduction
00:05:15lord altrincham in the space of just a few days his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the
00:05:21queen in a periodical of which he is also publisher have become the most pressing issue of the day
00:05:26and caused something of a constitutional crisis so i'd like to begin by asking lord altrincham a simple
00:05:33question she's our head of state loved respected and admired throughout the world so why do you hate
00:06:10you hate us sir very much
00:06:18so why do you hate us sir bye
00:06:28you
00:07:00National and English Review two shillings.
00:07:03National and English Review two shillings.
00:07:06National and English Review two shillings.
00:07:10National and English Review two shillings.
00:07:14It's far too long.
00:07:15People are beginning to notice.
00:07:17And that is why the...
00:07:22And that is why the ending of doctrinal tests
00:07:25and the introduction of women priests
00:07:26is the only viable solution
00:07:28for saving the Church of England.
00:07:30An institution that is becoming increasingly
00:07:32outdated and irrelevant hour by hour.
00:07:35Who's got a thousand words for me on that?
00:07:38Hello, Patricia.
00:07:39Would anyone like some toffee?
00:07:41Bring it over here, Patricia darling.
00:07:49Oh, divine.
00:07:51Much like Patricia herself.
00:07:53Come, come, my dear.
00:07:54Be seated.
00:07:58Right.
00:07:59If no one's keen on the Church story, I can knock something up.
00:08:03Now, a piece on reforming the House of Laws.
00:08:06Dermot.
00:08:07You were going to look at that for me, weren't you?
00:08:08There's something nutty about it.
00:08:10Mmm.
00:08:11Molasses.
00:08:12And Europe.
00:08:13We need to work out our official stance.
00:08:15Are we for or against a single European market?
00:08:22Are we in or out?
00:08:26Toffee, John.
00:08:27Oh, you must try some, John.
00:08:29I'm afraid I have a thing against toffee.
00:08:34Why didn't I know that?
00:08:36Right.
00:08:37You can't know everything about me.
00:08:42It's not the taste I object to so much.
00:08:45I just have painful memories.
00:08:49As a child.
00:08:51Or as sitting in a dentist's chair because of a piece of toffee I ate.
00:08:58Oh.
00:09:00Oh, Lord.
00:09:03Not again.
00:09:05Right.
00:09:07I have a...
00:09:09Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability to withstand the fatigue
00:09:17of dull, repetitive work.
00:09:20And your great courage in meeting constant, small adversities
00:09:26depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole.
00:09:38The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run
00:09:44to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
00:09:50Um...
00:09:53Working men and women?
00:09:57Has a touch more dignity?
00:10:06No, I think average is fine.
00:10:22I thought you might be interested to see this.
00:10:25It's a draft of a speech the Queen's going to give in a week's time.
00:10:30I don't mind telling you I felt a bit uneasy about it.
00:10:49Here?
00:10:51Sir, forgive me if I'm interfering beyond my station.
00:11:01to me
00:11:02you were about to interfere beyond your station
00:11:09but it's concerning the speech the queen is due to give next week
00:11:13the jagger car factory what about it i was just wondering if you were happy with it
00:11:24well obviously i'm happy with it or i wouldn't have shown it to her majesty for the approval
00:11:30which she immediately gave did the queen read it she didn't need to she merely asked if i was happy
00:11:39i replied in the affirmative and that was good enough for her majesty but i can see that the
00:11:48really important question is is it good enough for colonel charteris
00:11:56you don't think it strikes the wrong tone
00:11:59in which sense
00:12:03in its paternalism
00:12:08may i
00:12:13i i i suppose if i had a concern
00:12:18it would be that post-sues
00:12:20in this new climate
00:12:23in this new britain
00:12:26the tone of the speech is
00:12:30somewhat
00:12:30somewhat what
00:12:36old-fashioned
00:12:39then would leave her open to attack
00:12:41from whom
00:12:42the newspapers
00:12:46people
00:12:47if i had a shilling for every time someone of a progressive or liberal disposition
00:12:52had warned needlessly of a popular attack against the crown
00:12:55i'd be a rich man
00:12:57the british people adore their sovereign it is what constitutes indeed defines being british
00:13:03now the worst i've ever encountered is apathy where people simply accept the king or queen as
00:13:10they accept the sky above their heads but it's a long way from apathy to insurrection
00:13:16now as regards the newspapers the crown can count on their support for two reasons
00:13:21first there is nothing to attack that's the advantage of a constitutional monarchy
00:13:26they have no power so there's nothing to complain about
00:13:29and even if they wanted to they'd always let us know first
00:13:33the palace would then threaten them with a boycott on the next major royal event
00:13:37causing the newspapers immediately to back down
00:13:40because the very people you fear will hate the queen
00:13:45the same ones who buy copies in their millions
00:13:49why because they love her
00:13:55so i'm worrying unnecessarily martin
00:13:59i shall leave the drawing of that inescapable conclusion to you
00:14:22i'm going to take it in a little shorter man and rounder it back
00:14:25lovely
00:14:27lovely
00:14:45i'm going to take it in a little more
00:15:18I like it very much.
00:15:44I thought you were hoping for more children from me.
00:15:49I am.
00:15:52Why on earth would you do something like that to your hair?
00:15:55What's wrong with it?
00:15:59I thought it was tidy and sensible.
00:16:02Adjectives to stir the loins?
00:16:05Apparently it's very animoge.
00:16:07All the regimental wives are wearing their hair like this now.
00:16:10Really?
00:16:11Yes.
00:16:11It's certainly very practical.
00:16:14And should you ever feel compelled to ride a motorcycle, it could always double as a helmet.
00:16:20Well, I like it.
00:16:21I don't know.
00:16:24I have nothing against it, Pastor.
00:16:27Stop it.
00:16:28She won't provide ample protection against any falling masonry.
00:16:37But if enlarging the family and enticing your husband to procreate is the goal...
00:16:43It is.
00:16:44Then you might take a look at Jane Mansfield.
00:16:48Or Rita Hayworth.
00:16:51Or Rita Hayworth.
00:16:52Oh, I don't know.
00:16:54But if you haven't, it's worth it.
00:16:55Oh, I'm not a judge.
00:16:55No.
00:16:56Never that.
00:16:57No.
00:17:03Councillor Perry.
00:17:04No.
00:17:06No.
00:17:07No.
00:17:08No.
00:17:12No.
00:17:16No.
00:17:16No.
00:17:16No.
00:17:18Sir William, your father...
00:17:19Welcome, Your Majesty.
00:17:20Thank you, sir.
00:17:21Elliot.
00:17:23Elliot.
00:17:24It's very, um, spacious.
00:17:27This is our research and development area.
00:17:29No, no, at all.
00:17:31May I introduce you, ma'am, to Nigel Willoughby,
00:17:33who sketches all of our prototypes?
00:17:36You started drawing, did you?
00:17:38Very good, sir.
00:17:40And that's a chef.
00:17:41Yes, indeed.
00:17:42A finished MK1, Your Majesty.
00:17:45Ah, nice, nice.
00:17:46Lovely.
00:17:46With top speeds of over 100 miles per hour.
00:17:51Quite the thing.
00:17:52I've always been interested in the red leather.
00:17:54Is it horse or cow?
00:17:57Hello.
00:18:10I wish first to express to you
00:18:13my very great pleasure at being here today.
00:18:18My husband and I have been most profoundly moved
00:18:21by your hospitable welcome
00:18:24and would like you to know
00:18:26how very grateful we are
00:18:27to you all for the work that you do.
00:18:32We understand that in the turbulence of this anxious and active world
00:18:38many of you are leading uneventful, lonely lives
00:18:43where dreariness is the enemy.
00:18:48Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness
00:18:52and ability to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work
00:18:58depend in great measure
00:19:00the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole.
00:19:07The upward course of a nation's history
00:19:10is due, in the long run,
00:19:13to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
00:19:18May you be proud to remember
00:19:20how much depends on you
00:19:22and that even when your life seems most monotonous
00:19:27what you do is always of real value
00:19:31and importance to your fellow.
00:19:34Well, let's have a wonderful time.
00:19:36Well, let's have a wonderful time.
00:19:39Come on, everybody.
00:19:40Let's have a wonderful time.
00:19:42Hello, Dojnum.
00:19:44Evening at the Shard.
00:19:46News Corical.
00:19:48Evening at the Shard.
00:19:55Ah, I need a favour.
00:19:57Some typing.
00:19:57Oh, you're going home.
00:19:59I don't need to be.
00:20:05I've just heard a ridiculous speech by the Queen
00:20:08and I want to write an immediate response.
00:20:12I'll find someone else.
00:20:13No, no, it's no trouble.
00:20:15I had nothing else planned.
00:20:45I've had another thought.
00:20:47Super.
00:20:48A rather heretical thought.
00:20:51I got the idea from something Walter Badgett said
00:20:54about the first duty of royalty being to inspire.
00:20:57B
00:25:28I see.
00:25:31Right.
00:25:34Well, thank you.
00:27:00You?
00:28:16I asked you to come because I had a phone call an hour ago from a television producer inviting
00:28:22to record to record to record to record to record to record to record an interview this afternoon.
00:28:25Which program?
00:28:27IMPACT with Robin Day.
00:28:31I wish it weren't Day.
00:28:33We all wish it weren't Day.
00:28:35It's terrifying.
00:28:36Don't be silly.
00:28:38Don't be silly.
00:28:38The fact that it's Day is what makes it valuable.
00:28:41You don't think I'm walking into a trap?
00:28:43You walked into the trap when you wrote the article.
00:28:46Now you're the most unloved individual in Britain.
00:28:50Ironically, Day is the one person who could help you.
00:28:54Why?
00:28:56You've seen how he interviews people.
00:28:58He dismembers them, tears them to shreds.
00:29:01Yes.
00:29:02But keep your cool under his scrutiny.
00:29:05Make your case politely, respectfully, intelligently.
00:29:10It could turn people around.
00:29:23Thank you very much.
00:29:31Lord Altrium, how do you do?
00:29:33How do you do?
00:29:33Shall we?
00:29:34Yes.
00:29:34This way.
00:29:35Thank you for coming.
00:29:36Not at all.
00:29:37How long do we have until we start?
00:29:39Well, we'll put them to make up quickly and then we should make stuff.
00:29:43Just here, if you will.
00:29:45Right.
00:29:48Let myself to water.
00:29:50Shouldn't be too long.
00:29:53All good.
00:29:54All good.
00:29:55All good.
00:29:55All good.
00:29:59He's standing by, sir.
00:30:00He's prepared.
00:30:01He's ready.
00:30:05He's ready to start.
00:30:12Can we tell them how all this works?
00:30:15Recording now.
00:30:16Transmission tonight.
00:30:18Yes.
00:30:21Five, four, three.
00:30:25Tonight we have a man who, because of press activity in recent days,
00:30:29probably needs no introduction, Lord Altrium.
00:30:32In the space of just a few days, his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the Queen,
00:30:37in a periodical of which he is also publisher,
00:30:40have become the most pressing issue of the day
00:30:42and caused something of a constitutional crisis.
00:30:45So, I'd like to begin by asking Lord Altrium a simple question.
00:30:50She's our head of state, loved, respected and admired around the world.
00:30:54So, why do you hate her so very much?
00:30:57I... I don't.
00:30:59Then why criticize her like this?
00:31:02That's like asking an art critic why he criticizes art.
00:31:05I'm a passionate monarchist who believes constitutional monarchy is Britain's greatest invention.
00:31:11Do you indeed?
00:31:13Yes, I do.
00:31:14I believe that monarchy provides clarity.
00:31:16A symbolic head of state,
00:31:19transcending the self-serving interests of the egocentric and self-motivated politicians
00:31:24who go in and out of office,
00:31:27who, as King Lear wonderfully says,
00:31:30ebb and flow by the moon.
00:31:32But when working at its best, monarchy can rise above such matters
00:31:35and unify a society.
00:31:37It can set the tone and become the embodiment of the nation, of national character.
00:31:42But the problem is, at the moment, it's not doing that.
00:31:45It's doing very little right, as far as you're concerned.
00:31:48No, that's not true.
00:31:49You would like to see Her Majesty endowed with superhuman powers.
00:31:53It's not superhuman to be a little spontaneous.
00:31:55Judging from your article, you'd like the Queen to have the qualities of a... of a wit.
00:32:00You'd like her to be a... a better orator, a TV personality,
00:32:04in addition to being a diligent, dutiful and devoted monarch and a mother.
00:32:08All I'm suggesting is that in her public speeches and in her appearances,
00:32:12she should be more, er, natural.
00:32:15Her style of speaking is, quite frankly, a pain in the neck.
00:32:20She sounds strangled.
00:32:23I had the misfortune of hearing one of the Queen's speeches in a dental waiting room recently.
00:32:29I was horrified by the indifference and inertia with which the speech was greeted.
00:32:34But you'd accept that being Queen and Head of the Church of England is not an easier job,
00:32:39or a simple one, if you'll forgive me.
00:32:41It's, er, it's arguably a harder job than editing a... a small periodical.
00:32:46No, I quite agree. Her Majesty is a... a seemingly impossible task.
00:32:50She has to be ordinary and extraordinary.
00:32:53Touched by divinity and yet one of us.
00:32:55But being ordinary doesn't have to mean bland, or ineffectual, or forgettable.
00:33:02And against whom do you lay the main charge? Her courtiers?
00:33:06Well, in the end, if the court is wrong, if the set-up is wrong,
00:33:10you have no choice but to criticise the boss.
00:33:12The Queen?
00:33:13Yes. Because only the boss can get rid of the bad servants.
00:33:18She hires them. She alone can fire them.
00:33:22Now, they may be bad. I believe some of them at the moment are.
00:33:25They're quite dreadful.
00:33:26But it is her responsibility. It's not theirs.
00:33:30In the sense that they're just hired hands.
00:33:33And so the personal attack on the monarch continues.
00:33:36Let me just say this.
00:33:38To criticise the monarchy, to criticise Her Majesty, personally,
00:33:42gives me no satisfaction.
00:33:44But we have to remember that since the Second World War, since Suez,
00:33:49Britain has changed beyond recognition.
00:33:51And yet the monarchy continues its pre-war routines as though nothing has happened.
00:33:56Now, I believe it would serve the Queen and her courtiers well to remember that until recently,
00:34:01monarchies were the rule, and republics the exception.
00:34:13Lord Altringham, I have to terminate the interview. I'm obliged to you for answering my questions.
00:34:19Next week, at the same time, there will be another edition of Impact.
00:34:23Good night.
00:34:25That went very well.
00:34:33Thank you again, Lord Altringham.
00:34:35Thank you. Good day.
00:34:37Good day.
00:34:45I was using the stereo in real life, and I...
00:34:48Lord Altringham?
00:34:49Yes?
00:34:52You traitor!
00:34:53You traitor!
00:34:55You traitor!
00:35:01Well done.
00:35:01Well done, sir.
00:35:03Now some white?
00:35:04Well done.
00:35:05Something stronger.
00:35:06What about a brandy?
00:35:08Why not?
00:35:09Well done.
00:35:12I'm sorry.
00:35:14Well done.
00:35:16Oh, man, they are red.
00:35:31You're welcome.
00:35:32Yes, what is it, Michael?
00:35:35There have been some reactions in the newspapers to last night's television interview.
00:35:41And to the assault upon Lord Altringham.
00:35:43I'm afraid it's not quite as we hoped.
00:35:49why not well the man that struck altering them it turns out is a member of the extreme right
00:35:57League of Empire loyalists which is a pressure group that campaigns against the dissolution
00:36:05of the Empire and has a clear doctrine of English racial supremacy dear and it seems
00:36:14that most people have decided having watched offering them on television that he is eminently
00:36:22reasonable now almost half the country appears to agree with his sentiments and there are new
00:36:32polls to support this that is the Daily Mirror are running at four to one in ordering the favor
00:36:39and even the normally conservative Daily Mail changed its tune this morning
00:36:49in addition and this I believe reflects on his growing concern at some of the telephone calls
00:36:56he has been receiving the Prime Minister suggested that he come up a week earlier than planned in
00:37:04order to discuss it all with you in person goodness the constitutional crisis well I hope
00:37:13you're going to apologize to mr. McMillan too no you're not going to deny this hell mess brings
00:37:19from a badly written speech which I gave unquestioningly because I trusted you perhaps
00:37:26Lord Altrum's right perhaps I should surround myself with younger more dynamic people with
00:37:30one foot in the real world
00:38:01and you believe it's now a government measure I do ambassadors from all around the world have
00:38:09been calling me concerned her majesty will hardly need reminding a great many other countries have
00:38:17overthrown their monarchies and become republics in recent years Egypt Bulgaria Italy Tunisia only last
00:38:25month of course we're not at that point not at a red light we're not even at an amber
00:38:34but we'd hate it to become amber and so it is my view the government's view that it would be
00:38:42wise to
00:38:42contain this as soon as possible and do what the obvious thing altering them is a fire which needs to
00:38:52be put out
00:38:55go at you
00:39:02go at you
00:39:06go at you
00:39:07go at you
00:39:20go at you
00:39:38go at you
00:39:47go at you
00:39:50go to
00:39:51go at you
00:39:52go sunlight
00:39:55Not quite a pawn, but certainly not a bishop or knight either.
00:39:59Go.
00:40:01Go in order to be fobbed off.
00:40:03Go in the spirit of openness and wanting to work together.
00:40:06If they wanted to work together, they would have sent someone higher up.
00:40:09Go.
00:40:11All right.
00:40:13And take a list of suggestions, recommendations.
00:40:18Don't go empty-handed.
00:40:26Not yet. John! Your tooth! John!
00:40:31Sorry.
00:41:00Oh, my goodness.
00:41:02Let's get started.
00:41:02You're coming, sir!
00:41:03Oh, no, no!
00:41:08My son, my son!
00:41:09Let's go!
00:41:11Let's go!
00:41:33Lord Altringham?
00:41:35Yes?
00:41:36This way, please.
00:42:05Good to know I'm seeing the top man
00:42:11in one sense
00:42:20here we are Lord Altrincham Colonel Charteris will be with you shortly
00:42:27thank you sir
00:42:52I see we have something in common
00:42:58what would that be
00:43:05your majesty
00:43:10I was referring to the photos of Eton and Sandhurst
00:43:16which you attended to I gather
00:43:18yes
00:43:20going on to become an officer of the guards at both
00:43:22St James's Palace and Windsor Castle
00:43:27doesn't quite fit the profile of a revolutionary
00:43:31it's the assumption everyone has made
00:43:33because I dare offer an opinion I must be trying to burn the temple down
00:43:38on the contrary I'm trying to make sure it survives
00:43:42well those of us in the temple are very much looking forward to hearing what it is we must do
00:43:47in order to survive
00:43:50shall we begin
00:43:55is my voice alright
00:43:58you can understand me
00:44:01yes
00:44:01not too strangled
00:44:03not too much a pain in the neck
00:44:06no
00:44:06good
00:44:10so
00:44:11what is it that you'd have me change
00:44:14it's not so much what I'd have you change
00:44:16just an acknowledgement that it has changed
00:44:20what
00:44:22everything
00:44:24and to prepare yourself for the fact
00:44:27we now live in a time where
00:44:31people like me
00:44:32can say exactly what they think
00:44:34yes
00:44:35in any way they want
00:44:37yes
00:44:38and remind me
00:44:40why is that
00:44:41exactly
00:44:44because the age of deference
00:44:45is over
00:44:48and what is left
00:44:49without deference
00:44:52anarchy
00:44:54equality
00:44:55how can it be equality
00:44:57when I cannot return the fire
00:44:58you can
00:44:59but I
00:45:00struggle to think of a moment in history
00:45:02where it has worked to a monarch's advantage
00:45:04to return fire on their own people
00:45:07but you have managed to think of
00:45:09how this monarch
00:45:11might do something to her advantage
00:45:13I have
00:45:14and that same monarch is sitting before
00:45:17forgive me
00:45:19a failed politician
00:45:22and an unrecognised journalist
00:45:25and taking his advice
00:45:27on how to do her job
00:45:30the situation is as baffling to me
00:45:32as it is to you
00:45:32your majesty
00:45:48ah
00:45:49you've got a list
00:45:51I do
00:45:53as you might know
00:45:54from my article
00:45:55I made a series of observations
00:45:58recommendations of things to change
00:45:59but for the purposes of this meeting
00:46:02I chose to limit those recommendations to
00:46:04um
00:46:05six
00:46:07six
00:46:09three things to start
00:46:10and three things to stop
00:46:12well
00:46:14let's start with the stops
00:46:16very well
00:46:18ah yes
00:46:20putting an end
00:46:21to the debutante's ball
00:46:24the idea that only
00:46:26young women of a certain class
00:46:27are presented to the sovereign
00:46:29and women who are not of that class
00:46:30are not presented to the sovereign
00:46:32and somehow not acceptable
00:46:35this is the sort of iniquity
00:46:37that should have died out
00:46:37with our grandparents' generation
00:46:40certainly after the war
00:46:46next
00:46:52allow divorced people
00:46:54to move more freely
00:46:56in royal circles
00:46:58why
00:47:00the sovereign is head of the church of england
00:47:02and the church does not recognize divorced persons
00:47:05it's unkind
00:47:08discriminatory
00:47:09quite possibly unlawful
00:47:14next
00:47:18I would recommend
00:47:19getting rid of an entire generation
00:47:21of court here
00:47:22the old school
00:47:24stuck in the past
00:47:26ostriches
00:47:27with their heads
00:47:28buried in the sand
00:47:29they're stopping the palace evolve
00:47:31in keeping with the rest of the world
00:47:33those ostriches
00:47:35provide an indispensable function
00:47:38of monarchy
00:47:39the preservation of tradition
00:47:44you asked for my recommendations
00:47:46ma'am
00:47:48I'm respectfully passing them on
00:47:54what would you have me start?
00:47:58open up
00:47:58ma'am
00:48:01know the drawbridge
00:48:03let people get to know you
00:48:05I don't wish to be known
00:48:09televise
00:48:09the christmas speech
00:48:12become more transparent
00:48:14accessible
00:48:18and finally
00:48:19oh finally
00:48:20spend time with normal people
00:48:23not just courtiers
00:48:25or the great and the good
00:48:26but real people
00:48:27average people
00:48:29working people
00:48:32open the doors
00:48:34make it more inclusive
00:48:36and egalitarian
00:48:40let normal people
00:48:41get to know you too
00:48:56would you mind stepping out
00:48:57into the corridor for a moment?
00:48:59no
00:48:59not at all
00:49:08and would you ask my
00:49:09private secretary
00:49:10to come in?
00:49:12of course
00:49:20your majesty
00:49:43what the matter is
00:50:02Orange.
00:50:04Lins.
00:50:18When I went back into the room
00:50:20She was gone
00:50:23Vanished
00:50:24Into thin air
00:50:25Do sit down
00:50:28Charteress then went home
00:50:29To tell me that no one can ever know
00:50:31That I met the Queen
00:50:33And that should I ever claim that I did
00:50:35The palace would robustly deny it
00:50:38They will however concede
00:50:40That I had an appointment
00:50:41With her majesty's assistant private secretary
00:50:44And that concessions might be made
00:50:46To one or two
00:50:48Of my recommendations
00:50:51May I ask which ones
00:51:00Let's get these lights in quickly
00:51:01Take these with that camera
00:51:03Right here
00:51:05This one next
00:51:07Well done
00:51:07Now let's have the rest of the pig
00:51:21You're like an actress
00:51:23A common little showgirl
00:51:25Don't be silly
00:51:28In what way am I different
00:51:31Memorising lines
00:51:32And remembering angles
00:51:34And wearing makeup
00:51:36You're the Queen of the United Kingdom
00:51:38For one thing
00:51:39Yes
00:51:39Who's memorising lines
00:51:41And remembering angles
00:51:42And wearing makeup
00:51:54Your majesty
00:51:56Right
00:51:59Where do you want me
00:52:00This way
00:52:01Please ma'am
00:52:12Thank you
00:52:14Thank you
00:52:14Check please
00:52:15Everyone stand by
00:52:36Matt.
00:53:21Five, four, three.
00:53:28Happy Christmas.
00:53:3325 years ago, my grandfather broadcast the first of these Christmas messages.
00:53:41Today is another landmark, because television has made it possible for many of you to see
00:53:47me in your homes on Christmas Day.
00:53:51My own family often gather round to watch the television, as they are at this moment, and
00:53:58that is how I think of you all now.
00:54:00I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and
00:54:07direct.
00:54:10It is inevitable that I should seem a rather remote figure to many of you, a successor
00:54:18to the kings and queens of history, someone whose face may be familiar in newspapers and
00:54:25films, but who never really touches your personal lives.
00:54:30But now at least, for a few minutes, I welcome you into the peace of my own home.
00:54:42That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed
00:54:49at which things are changing all around us.
00:54:57I would like to read a few lines from Pilgrim's Progress.
00:55:09And though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do repent me of all the trouble
00:55:17I have been at to arrive where I am, my sword I give to him that shall succeed me in
00:55:24my pilgrimage,
00:55:26and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
00:55:32My marks and scars I carry with me to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles,
00:55:42who now will be my rewarder.
00:55:51I hope that 1958 may bring you God's blessings and all the things that you long for.
00:56:01And so I wish you all, young and old, wherever you may be, all the fun and enjoyment and peace
00:56:10of a very happy Christmas.
00:56:15And we're off air.
00:56:41And we're off air.
00:56:44And we're off air.
00:56:51And we're off air.
00:56:59And we're off air.
00:57:01And we're off air.
00:57:03And we're off air.
00:57:05And we're off air.
00:57:07And we're off air.
00:57:09And we're off air.
00:57:10And we're off air.
00:57:10And we're off air.
00:57:10And we're off air.
00:57:10And we're off air.
00:57:11And we're off air.
00:57:12And we're off air.
00:57:14Oh, hello.
00:57:15How am I?
00:57:17You look pretty.
00:57:19Like the dress.
00:57:21And the hair, very unregimental.
00:57:23Oh, yes, Tony, you're the top person, of course.
00:57:25Only stylist who could be trusted.
00:57:28Does he have a name, the stylist?
00:57:31I want to say Victor Cabomb.
00:57:32No, that's not quite right.
00:57:35Vidal Baboon?
00:57:36Vidal Baboon?
00:57:38Yes, I think.
00:57:38Well, anyway, I talk endlessly about hair.
00:57:40It's a geometric art form.
00:57:41It looks jolly pretty.
00:57:43And if you happen to have a number for this baboon,
00:57:45I might pass it on to my wife.
00:57:48Is that appropriate, by the way,
00:57:50that a red-blooded man should know
00:57:51the correct hairdresser for a woman?
00:57:53There's almost nothing that's appropriate about Tony.
00:57:55But he's made it his mission in life to improve me.
00:58:00Your very own little altering them?
00:58:02Yes.
00:58:03Just rather better in bed, I suspect.
00:58:09Oh, dear God.
00:58:10Good one.
00:58:16There it is.
00:58:18Thank you very much.
00:58:21Who do you suppose that is?
00:58:23It could be Mr. David Smith, a car dealer.
00:58:29And that?
00:58:30I believe that is Harriet the Hammer Jones.
00:58:37A boxer from the old Kent Road.
00:58:42Rounding up the numbers, we have a local restaurateur,
00:58:46a bus driver,
00:58:48a bank clerk,
00:58:50and a woman in peace.
00:58:54All to open things up.
00:58:56Yes, bring us more in line with the real world.
00:58:59To democratise us.
00:59:02And so it goes.
00:59:05The stings and bites we suffer
00:59:08as it slips away
00:59:11bit by bit,
00:59:12piece by piece.
00:59:15Our authority,
00:59:17our absolutism,
00:59:19our divine rights.
00:59:29The history of the monarchy in this country
00:59:32is a one-way street of humiliation,
00:59:34sacrifices and concessions in order to survive.
00:59:37First the barons came for us,
00:59:39then the merchants,
00:59:40now the journalists.
00:59:41Small wonder we make such a fuss
00:59:42about curtsies,
00:59:43protocol and precedent.
00:59:45It's all we have left.
00:59:46The last scraps of armour
00:59:48as we go from ruling
00:59:50to reigning
00:59:51to...
00:59:53To what?
00:59:54To being nothing at all.
00:59:59Mary Annette.
01:00:07Right.
01:00:08Gloves on.
01:00:10Right.
01:00:13I told the master of the household
01:00:15to rotate the guests between courses,
01:00:17so if you get a dud,
01:00:18don't worry,
01:00:19it'll be 15 minutes at work.
01:00:26Ah.
01:00:43Mr. and Mrs. David Smith.
01:00:44Ah, here we go.
01:00:46Hello.
01:00:47Very nice.
01:00:48Mr. and Mrs. Patel.
01:00:49Hello.
01:00:50What a couple.
01:00:52Mr. Harry the Hatter.
01:00:53Lovely tie.
01:00:53Thank you so much for having me.
01:00:55Thank you so much for having me.
01:00:56You look absolutely...
01:00:57Mr. Martin Jones.
01:00:58What can't you tell him,
01:00:59please, huh?
01:01:00Hello, Mrs. Patel.
01:01:02Hello.
01:01:02Mr. Sergeant Ennio.
01:01:05Hello, here we go.
01:01:05Such a pleasure to have you here.
01:01:07Here we come.
01:01:08Dog, dog.
01:01:09Ho, ho, ho.
01:01:10Ho.
01:01:11Ho, ho, ho.
01:01:12Ho, ho, ho, ho.
01:01:12Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
01:01:12Ho, ho, ho.
01:01:12Ho, ho, ho, ho.
01:01:13Ho, ho, ho, ho!
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