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01:08Oh Margaret
01:10I forget what about
01:12There are so many
01:14Exchanges of views these days
01:21I thought things had moved on
01:24They've moved on alright
01:25He's moved on
01:28On to the next one
01:36He can't help himself
01:39My bright epic little snapper
01:43Ooh
01:46Ooh
01:47Ooh
01:48Ooh
01:49Let's go.
02:50You've never told me about the wallpaper.
02:52The rogues' gallery. Isn't it fun?
02:56I did it to remind Princess Margaret
02:59that her family has as many skeletons in the cupboard as anyone else's.
03:03House of Windsor.
03:05House of Horrors, my leg.
03:07I hope she saw the funny side.
03:10God, no.
03:11She said as long as that wallpaper was there, she'd never come to the house.
03:14Not that she needed an excuse.
03:17She always hated it here.
03:19She considers it as ugly, misshapen, and common as me.
03:24The failure of our marriage could not be better encapsulated
03:29by the two houses, the two dwellings,
03:32in which she and I are most comfortable.
03:35Hers,
03:38some insect-infested gin palace
03:41given to her by fawning sycophants.
03:43and this
03:45is mine.
03:49Oh, you too.
03:51I know.
03:53And poor you to get caught up in it.
03:57My advice would be to escape
03:59while you still can.
04:01I'll never be able to give you what you want.
04:04She'll never divorce me.
04:07Well, she might if she falls in love with someone else.
04:12What makes you think that'll happen?
04:15Well, you did.
04:18Didn't you?
04:23You're right.
04:28I did.
04:32I did.
04:44I did.
04:57I did.
04:59I did.
04:59I did.
04:59I did.
05:06I did.
05:18I did.
05:28I did.
05:54The MPs from smaller parties
06:05I'm sure it was her
06:09The Thing
06:10She has a name, you know
06:13Yes
06:14And, um, I haven't told it
06:16But I can never remember
06:18So I call her The Thing
06:20Lucy Lindsay Hall
06:23The Thing
06:25The car she climbed into
06:27Outside looked very much like Tony's
06:32I suppose they're in Sussex now
06:35Ugly little house
06:38Dredge would look ashamed
06:39And he thinks I'll take the humiliation line down, does he?
06:49It's got another thing coming
06:53May I speak frankly now, as a friend
06:58I can think of several couples of whom it could be observed
07:01That having not found the contentment they desired within matrimony
07:06They've chosen to live apart
07:08And appeared happier
07:10Tony and I will never let go of one another
07:12And it's not just because divorce is incompatible with my faith
07:17Because
07:19This
07:19It's just
07:21How we like it
07:24War
07:24Is our love
07:26Brutal fight to the death
07:27Is our mating dance
07:29And I speak for both of us
07:31When I say
07:31We wouldn't want it
07:33Any other way
07:36Contentment
07:38Is dull
07:39And Tony and I are anything but dull
07:42You can now say with mere certainty
07:44That neither party will achieve a majority
07:47So, the clock is now ticking for 10 feet
07:50To firm an alliance with Jeremy Falk's Liberal Party
07:53If he can't
07:54You might rise to a return to power for Harold Wilson
07:56If you can call a minority government power
07:59What a mess
08:00I mean, honestly
08:01Can you remember a time when the country was in worship?
08:04Or one had as little confidence in one's leaders
08:07Speaking of bad shape
08:08One wakes up in the morning flinching
08:11How could matters get any worse?
08:12What more could possibly go wrong?
08:14And then you come down to breakfast
08:15You see the newspapers
08:16And you realise
08:18They've done it again
08:19Margaret's birthday is coming up
08:21Right now
08:21The United Kingdom is the equivalent
08:23Of a patient dying on the operating table
08:26And the surgeons
08:26No, the butchers
08:28No, sorry
08:28The murderers responsible for causing that death
08:31Are seeking re-election
08:32Instead of throwing them in jail
08:34Are people like lemmings
08:36Queuing up to extend their bloody contracts
08:38She called me late last night
08:40Said she had something important to discuss
08:42Who?
08:44Margaret
08:44She's run out of tonic?
08:47No
08:47She's been knocked up by one of the footmen?
08:50Philip
08:51You wouldn't put it past her
08:53I worry it's Tony
08:59Ready?
09:03Mr. Heath came to tell me
09:04That he was unable to form a co-relation
09:06With the Ulster Unionists
09:07Or the Liberals
09:08Which left him with no alternative
09:10But to resign
09:10At which point
09:12I don't mind admitting
09:13I let out an unconstitutional chair
09:15Huzzah
09:16Privately, I hope
09:17Well it's not his politics I object to
09:19So much as his company
09:20And now Mr. Wilson
09:22Who I must say
09:23Looks very tired
09:24Not at all well
09:24Is back again
09:25As Prime Minister
09:26Of a minority government
09:27And the best we can hope for
09:29Is that he can survive
09:30Until the next election
09:32In the autumn
09:47I have asked you all here
09:50My family
09:52On the occasion of my birthday
09:55Happy birthday
09:57My dear husband
09:59Is not at my side
10:00On this joyous occasion
10:01It is because
10:02He's now betraying me
10:04Not just in private
10:05But openly
10:06In public too
10:07And I don't think
10:09We should take this lying down
10:10We
10:11Yes, we, Mummy
10:12If Tony insults me
10:14By implication
10:15He's insulting
10:16The whole of the family too
10:17I'm not sure I followed that logic
10:18What would you like us to do?
10:20Send a clear signal
10:21To the world
10:22Whose side you're on
10:24And
10:25Opposed sanctions
10:26What?
10:27What kind of sanctions?
10:29No more invitations
10:30To royal events
10:31No more royal photographs
10:33No more access to crown property
10:35It's in where it hurts
10:37Punish him
10:39Draw blood
10:40Where is he now?
10:41He left the country this morning
10:44To make one of his films
10:46Oh, Ghana
10:47Or did you say Guinea?
10:49Gabon
10:49Ah
10:50With the thing
10:51The words
10:52I'll explain later
10:53I rather liked his last film
10:55Is it the one about dwarves?
10:56I'll tell you what I liked about it
10:57Yes, it's sort
10:58It had
10:59Compassion
11:00It had kindness
11:01In fact, I think
11:02That's the thing I most like about Tony
11:04And his wit
11:05Yes
11:05And the fact that he's generous enough
11:07To flirt with his mother-in-law
11:10He's gonna throw up
11:12He cares
11:13All right, Mummy
11:14He has a heart
11:15Yeah, not that his wife or children have noticed
11:17His charity work for the disabled
11:19And the way he was at Aberdeen
11:21Yes
11:22He's the mother-in-law
11:23Yes
11:23He's very charming
11:24Enough
11:26Enough
11:32Why do you do this, Mummy?
11:35Why do you all do this?
11:37Why do you always, always take a side?
11:41This is my birthday party
11:45And when I tell you
11:47That my husband
11:48Is out of the country
11:49Betraying me
11:50With another woman
11:51Instead of supporting me
11:55And condemning him
11:56You just sit here
11:58Praising him to the sky
12:04My family
12:06My own flesh and blood
12:08My birthday
12:15Perhaps we'll just stick to the back teeth of you
12:17And have sympathy for him
12:19Philip
12:19Well
12:21Am I wrong?
12:23Like, hands up anyone who thinks I'm wrong
12:26Oh
12:33We should eat these before they get cold, shouldn't we?
12:36She'll be all right
12:37I hate them
12:38I hate them
12:39I hate them
12:40I hate them
12:40Why don't you come up here, ma'am?
12:43Come to Glen
12:45We've invited a few guests for the weekend
12:48Come here
12:49You might even enjoy it
12:52You might even enjoy it
12:54You might enjoy it
13:07You might enjoy it
13:11You might enjoy it
13:12You might enjoy it
13:12You might enjoy it
13:12You might enjoy it
13:13You might enjoy it
13:13You might enjoy it
13:13You might enjoy it
13:14You might enjoy it
13:16You might enjoy it
18:33It's not just stupid.
18:35That's absurd.
18:37Where's the nearest town?
18:41Oh.
18:46You know, this really wasn't necessary.
18:49On the contrary.
18:50It was essential.
18:52I mean...
18:53I mean, everyone else coming along to you.
18:56They're not coming with us.
18:58I wouldn't let them.
19:00No.
19:00They're going for lunch while we go shopping.
19:05I mean, you know, you're going to...
19:12you know, you're going to do it.
19:12I'm going to do it.
19:26I'm going to do it.
19:28at night. But all of this
19:30is just to fund my real passion.
19:32Have we got to the end of the answer yet?
19:34I'm rather regretting asking.
19:36What nice hands you've got?
19:40Have I?
19:41Hmm.
19:43How nice
19:44you've not noticed.
19:46So nice when a man
19:47is unaware of his best features.
19:51So sad
19:52when a lady hides hers.
19:56Did you mean these?
19:59No.
20:00What then?
20:03Your smile.
20:09I forgot now.
20:22Where are we?
20:24Peebles, ma'am.
20:26Where?
20:29Oh, ma'am.
20:32This is the hotel.
20:34We'll be in the bar waiting for you.
20:36The department store's just over there on the right.
20:38You can't miss it.
20:40Would you?
20:50Thank God.
20:55We've stumbled upon an experiment
20:57in this prison.
20:58In breeding.
21:02Your royal highness.
21:04Gentleman's bathing trunks, please.
21:07What size are you?
21:09Small.
21:10Sincerely hope not.
21:12He means slim.
21:23No.
21:24Did we ever get to the bit
21:25where you told me
21:26your passion in life?
21:27No.
21:30Then what is it?
21:32Gardening.
21:33No.
21:38These, please.
21:41No.
21:42These.
21:42I'm paying.
21:44I choose.
21:45Try them all.
21:46Music is a whole damn sweet.
21:48I've made it all night.
21:52And the music's all right.
21:56Oh.
22:08What a garden.
22:10It means doing.
22:11Do you?
22:13I imagine you must have an army of gardens.
22:15Don't believe everything you hear.
22:18My garden is quite neglected.
22:21Especially the one in Mustique.
22:23Where?
22:25It's a small private island
22:27in the Caribbean.
22:31So lovely.
22:32Mm.
22:33My husband hates it.
22:35Since I hate my husband.
22:37What he thinks is irrelevant.
22:38You know,
22:39in the Caribbean,
22:41I have one of my favourite trees.
22:43The silk cotton tree.
22:46The challenge,
22:47for any gardener,
22:48is to judge the right amount of pruning.
22:50That's so.
22:52Well, you need
22:53very nimble fingers.
23:04And do you have nimble
23:05as well as pretty fingers?
23:09I do.
23:12Mm.
23:15Perfect.
23:16She goes!
23:38So now, what do you have?
23:39Do you have?
23:39Do you have?
23:50I'm just a girl,
23:52a wonderful girl,
23:53I'm the sweetest one in town.
23:55You can touch some miles around,
23:58but not one like me,
24:00kind of all.
24:01You've got a smile,
24:02a wonderful smile,
24:03and a certain little way.
24:05And every time the boys get near me,
24:09they look at me and say,
24:13Red Hot Mama,
24:15Red Hot Mama,
24:17the other one we need.
24:19Red Hot Mama,
24:21Sun Sharma,
24:22yes, indeed.
24:24They say that I should be
24:26in the follies,
24:28but tomorrow,
24:29I have a pair of boys,
24:32just like all Svengali's.
24:36I confess that you possess
24:38the sweetest charms in town,
24:41and unless I miss my guests,
24:44the boys all follow you around.
24:46Make a music master,
24:47drop his fears,
24:49or make a bald-handed man,
24:50and of course air in the metal,
24:52Red Hot Mama,
24:53Red Hot Mama,
24:54I have to tell my dad,
24:55hey,
24:57Red Hot Mama,
24:58Red Hot Mama,
25:00you're the one we need.
25:02Red Hot Mama,
25:03Sun Sharma,
25:05yes, indeed.
25:17Yes, indeed.
25:22When she went to bed,
25:23did you notice?
25:24Of course I noticed,
25:25everyone noticed.
25:26At the top of the stairs,
25:28instead of turning right,
25:29he turned left.
25:30What have we done?
25:32This could come back to haunt us.
25:35Why?
25:36It would look like
25:36we've encouraged
25:37the Queen's sister
25:38to betray her husband.
25:40She's not betraying Tony,
25:41she's with Tony.
25:44Can't you see?
25:45Slim, Welsh, reddish hair.
25:47The two men are virtually identical.
25:50Roddy's a carbon copy of Tony.
25:53Just younger.
25:55I hadn't thought of that.
26:18Old Snowden, ma'am.
26:27Your Majesty.
26:28Dear Tony.
26:32So kind of you to come.
26:33I know how busy you are.
26:42Before we start,
26:46just look what I found
26:48in my studio the other day.
26:51How young we were.
26:53How pretty you were.
26:54Oh, stop it.
26:55Like Vivian Leigh.
26:58I've always loved this picture.
27:01Yes.
27:02Gosh, Philip.
27:04Not looking cross for once,
27:05miraculous.
27:07All yours, ma'am.
27:08For me?
27:09With my compliments.
27:10Oh.
27:11And now,
27:13to the main business.
27:18Voila.
27:21A mug.
27:24And?
27:30A teapot.
27:34And?
27:40Oh.
27:41A commemorative plate.
27:46And a teapot.
27:47With the dates
27:491952 to 1977.
27:54The powers that be
27:55thought it might be nice
27:56if someone from inside the firm
27:58were to design
27:59some of the memorabilia.
28:01Oh, Tony,
28:01you are clever.
28:02Always happy to help my family.
28:05Are you?
28:07Let's talk about that
28:08for a minute.
28:09May I keep these as well?
28:11Yes.
28:11Yes, of course.
28:13Now, I don't want to
28:16pry
28:17or lecture anyone
28:19about what goes on
28:20in a marriage.
28:22In my experience,
28:23people find a way
28:23to do what they need to do
28:24to remain happy
28:25or sane.
28:27I often think
28:28turning a blind eye
28:29is the best approach.
28:31Things work themselves
28:32out in the end.
28:35But recently,
28:37Margaret has been
28:38so wretched
28:40and so lost.
28:44And she's so in love
28:45with you.
28:46I wouldn't be
28:47a responsible elder sister
28:48or head of the family
28:49if I didn't say
28:50how happy
28:52it would make us all
28:53but particularly Margaret
28:54if you two
28:56were to patch things up again.
28:57Even if just for the children.
29:01I quite agree.
29:04And had been
29:05giving the matter
29:06serious thought.
29:07Had you really?
29:09Yes.
29:09But then
29:11I heard
29:12the latest developments.
29:13Who she's met.
29:17What she's doing.
29:19How she's
29:21conducting herself.
29:26What latest developments?
30:08Welcome,
30:09Your Royal Highness.
30:10No, I don't think
30:11it's him.
30:12No, quite right.
30:13Hot and sweaty.
30:14Yes, isn't it unbearable.
30:15What are you talking about?
30:17That was lovely.
30:18You're right.
30:19Heavenly.
30:19It's the aeroplane.
30:20It was hot.
30:21Hello.
30:21Is this us?
30:22Yes, ma'am.
30:23Yes, I think straight
30:24to the house.
30:25Don't want any of that.
30:26Right.
30:28Hello, Anne.
30:29Where's the boy?
30:30Look,
30:31do keep up now.
30:32Come on.
30:33I'm sorry, darling.
30:34Don't call me
30:34that in public.
30:35Ever.
30:36How about you
30:37didn't call me boy?
30:38You are one.
30:39You're a little boy.
30:40Steady.
30:40Who needs to be
30:41taught everything.
30:43Well.
31:08There it is.
31:13I was given it as a wedding present.
31:18The irony is, one person I never share it with is my husband.
31:25Drink, ma'am.
31:30Yes, wonderful idea. Shall we?
31:36Well, no one told me about her
31:40What could I do?
31:43Well, no one told me about her
31:48Though they all knew
31:50But it's too late to say you're sorry
31:53Not what I knew
31:55Why should I care?
31:58Please don't bother trying to find her
32:01She's not bad
32:04Well, let me tell you about the way she looked
32:06The way she acted
32:08The colour of her hair
32:10Her voice was soft and cool
32:12Her eyes were clear and bright
32:14But she's not bad
32:16Well, let me tell you
32:19What?
32:20Well, let me tell you
32:36Yeah, it's too late
32:39How'd I tell you?!
32:45I'm not there.
32:46Yesterday.
32:46But no one told me about her.
32:50What could I do?
32:52Hello!
32:53Hello!
32:54No one told me about her.
32:57Hello!
32:58Look at all her!
33:01She's so bad for me!
33:03I wouldn't know why she died.
33:07Your mother trying to find her.
33:10She's not there.
33:13My life is out about the way she loved me.
33:16The way she acted.
33:18The color of her hair.
33:20Her voice is something new.
33:21I think when there's a role in there.
33:25I smell blossom and the trees are bad.
33:30All day long I seem to walk on it.
33:34I wonder why.
33:39Enjoyed it?
33:40You too?
33:41No, no, no, no.
33:42I don't sing.
33:43I don't sing.
33:43Oh, turn it up.
33:45Turn it up.
33:46I love this song.
33:47A little bit louder.
33:48Out of the way!
33:49The same tale.
33:51Let's go!
33:54Go!
33:54Go!
33:56Go!
34:00Go!
34:00Go!
34:01Go!
34:04Go!
34:05Go!
34:05Go, Go!
34:06Go!
34:07Go, Go, Go, Go!
34:08Go, Go!
34:18Go, Go, Go!
34:24Oh!
34:25and companion to some hides herself completely a mother's she's being an elusive creature to me
34:35but here she is finally sitting among us and i say welcome
34:44i won't mention how late her arrival is
34:48who hmm happiness dear
34:55oh never mind
35:01cream i'm not burning am i not yet better safe than sorry
35:37how could she be so stupid
35:39who
35:47so
36:19it's not entirely margaret's fault she had gone a long way to be private spending 12 hours on an
36:24airplane doesn't give you a license to behave like a whore you must bring her back straight
36:28away that won't be easy she doesn't take well to my orders fine then she can take mine see to
36:34it
36:34please martin
36:38are you still here
36:52we don't know all the facts yet what is this if it's not a fact that is a fact that's
36:56a fact that's a
37:03fact
37:04so
37:06so
37:16so
37:23so
37:24so
37:25so
37:27so
37:27so
37:27so
37:27so
37:27so
37:27so
37:27so
37:28so
37:29so
37:29so
37:29so
37:29so
37:29so
37:30so
37:43so
37:44i have
37:45i have
37:47what's the matter thought you'd be happy
37:51why would i be happy
37:54because
37:54because now we have what we've been waiting for
37:58margaret in love with someone else
38:00legitimate grounds for separation in a way that will still protect your name
38:04your reputation
38:07our future
38:08and
38:10you expect me to jump up and down with jai
38:15she's my wife
38:18mother of my children
38:19wrong
38:19the
38:20paintings
38:32school
38:35write
38:48and
38:54Oh, my God.
39:19Oh, my God.
39:54Oh, my God.
40:24I didn't expect to find you here.
40:26Where else would you expect to find me?
40:28It's my home.
40:30Used to be your home.
40:32It's still my home.
40:35What is he doing in it?
40:37Hello, sir.
40:42I would ask where you got the nerve to come here if I thought you had nerve.
40:46But looking at you, I can tell you've no nerve at all.
40:49You're just stupid.
40:50Come on, get out.
40:51Don't you dare talk to him like that.
40:53I'll speak to him whichever way I like.
40:55In my house.
40:56My house.
40:57Our house, ducky.
40:59No, not ours anymore.
41:06Please leave.
41:08I won't leave.
41:10You don't want me to leave.
41:12I'm desperate for you to leave.
41:14Desperate.
41:15Like a patient.
41:17Desperate to cut out a cancer.
41:19Think very carefully about what you're saying.
41:22Every game has its limits.
41:24It's not a game anymore.
41:29He's a child.
41:31He's no idea how to make him happy.
41:34You made me happy.
41:35Couldn't make me any more wretched than you have.
41:38You were wretched when I found you.
41:42Your little love notes, you leave me everywhere.
41:45How do I loathe thee?
41:47Let me count the ways.
41:49You look like a Jewish manicurist.
41:51You look like a Maltese landlady.
41:53Little rich, I think, coming from a misshapen cripple.
41:55Oh, yes.
41:56Holy boy.
41:57Hoppity hop, hoppity hop.
41:59Overlooked by his mother because he wasn't strong enough.
42:02Or, well, born enough.
42:04An embarrassment.
42:05Not able-bodied enough.
42:06And if we're talking about overlooked,
42:09you know what this is all about.
42:10Overlooked Margaret with no role, no purpose, no real friends.
42:14Of whom it must have finally been asked.
42:16What is a princess for?
42:20You go after him and I'll divorce you.
42:22Oh, you wouldn't dare.
42:25You go after him and I'll bring you to your knees.
42:28Molly!
42:30Molly!
42:32Molly!
42:34Molly!
43:01It's age.
43:03It happens to us all.
43:04Oh, no, ma'am.
43:05It's not just age.
43:07It's been diagnosed.
43:08It has a name.
43:12Alzheimer's.
43:24I first noticed symptoms two years ago.
43:29I always speak in public without notes.
43:32I have something of a photographic memory.
43:34But then, one day, I dried.
43:40And in the months that followed, I noticed more forgetfulness.
43:49Agitation.
43:52Delusion.
43:55Paranoia.
43:56I shouldn't worry too much.
43:58Several of your predecessors had far more serious afflictions.
44:01And they continued to govern without the public being any the wiser.
44:05Oh, no, ma'am.
44:06It's a mental health issue now.
44:09I shall put myself in the hands of the doctors.
44:15Oh, Prime Minister, I am sorry.
44:17This will come as a terrible shock.
44:19Well, maybe.
44:21No shock lasts longer than 48 hours.
44:25There's too much appetite for the next shock.
44:31I'll miss our sessions terribly.
44:34I don't mind admitting I let out an unconstitutional cheer
44:37when you beat Mr. Heath this time.
44:39Oh.
44:41I always said deep down you're a lefty at heart.
44:44Nothing to do with the politics or just a better companion.
44:47Although I wouldn't have said that first time we met.
44:50No.
44:51You thought I was going to rough you lot up.
44:54And look what a sentimental old royalist I turned out to be.
45:15Your Majesty.
45:31Prime Minister.
45:35If you saw fit to invite your Queen to supper at Downing Street before you left,
45:40she would be honoured.
45:43But that's an honour previously only given to Churchill.
45:48The Duke of Edinburgh and I would like that very much.
45:54So would Mrs. Wilson and I.
46:12Martin?
46:26the amount of nitrazepam the princess took was quite critical ma'am nitrazepam
46:36a sedative used in short periods for the relief of anxiety and insomnia
46:48based on the numbers of empty packets we found you would say more indicative of a
46:57cry for attention than a genuine suicide attempt a cri de coeur rather than a coup de grace
47:13so
47:45Hello, you.
47:47Hello, you.
48:07Am I going to get her ticking off?
48:09That hadn't been my intention.
48:11Maybe perhaps I should.
48:14Why?
48:15Because for a while there, it was touch and go.
48:21So I hear.
48:25Did you mean it?
48:28I don't know.
48:31Possibly.
48:35How do you feel now?
48:38Tight.
48:43It's sore.
48:45There were tubes.
48:49A little bit foolish.
48:54Where's Roddy?
48:57Go on.
48:58Where?
48:59Run for the hills.
49:01I hear Moroccan Hills.
49:04And Tony?
49:06Back for the thing.
49:09Future Lady Snowden, I would wager.
49:16I'm not very good at it.
49:22What?
49:25The men.
49:27Seem to drive them all mad.
49:33Tony and I are going to separate.
49:36Yes, I think that's probably wise.
49:39Which I'm afraid to say will lead to divorce.
49:42Yes.
49:44The first royal divorce since Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves.
49:49I have a little bit of good news in that department.
49:52Which is?
49:53If we time it right, the announcement of your separation might get lost in the Prime Minister's resignation.
50:00I thought Ian just got re-elected.
50:02Or did I really miss something?
50:03Due to ill health.
50:05Alzheimer's.
50:07Alzheimer's.
50:08Sorry?
50:15How many does that make it?
50:17Prime Minister's.
50:18Mm.
50:19Whoever replaces him will be my seventh.
50:23The rest of us drop like flies.
50:26But she goes on and on.
50:53For the record, I think there are many things you're good at.
50:56Name one that's actually meaningful.
50:59Being a sister.
51:01No need to humor me.
51:03I'm not.
51:05Of all the people everywhere, you are the closest and most important to me.
51:11And if by doing this, you wanted to let me imagine for one minute what life would be like without
51:17you,
51:19you succeeded.
51:24It would be unbearable.
51:32Then we must both carry on.
52:00Good morning.
52:01Good morning, Your Majesty.
52:31Well, usually when I drive into Broadcasting House just after five in the morning,
52:36the most I'm likely to see is a bread delivery van or an office cleaner on the way to work.
52:41But this morning, despite the dark skies, there was a feeling of activity.
52:44A string of horses clashing through the streets and knots of people wearing red, white and blue gear drifting down
52:50towards the Trouder Square.
52:52But one of those have been up all night to make sure of getting a good view of the procession.
52:56And the price is with them outside Buckingham Palace.
52:59I'm standing in front of Buckingham Palace.
53:01I expect the Queen's teesmaid has just rung her back to consciousness.
53:05I expect she's lying there, just coming to and remembering that this is Jubilee Day.
53:09This is a day as gruelling as her coronation 25 years ago, certainly in ceremonial terms.
53:15But she was a bit of a thing in those days.
53:17I expect today she's wondering if the shoes she's going to wear are quite as comfortable as they might be.
53:22Now, the weather looks as though, as I say, as though it's certainly going to hold for the journey out.
53:29What's your view, the Jubilee?
53:35You must do it.
53:39You don't think it might all backfire on me?
53:43Ask yourself, in the time I've been on the throne, what have I actually achieved?
53:47You've been calm.
53:50Stable and...
53:51Useless and unhelpful.
53:54This country was still great when I came to the throne, and now look.
53:58So much for the second Elizabethan age, which Winston talked about.
54:03All that's happened on my watch is the place has fallen apart.
54:06It's only fallen apart if we say it has.
54:10That's the thing about the monarchy.
54:14We paper over the cracks.
54:17And if what we do is loud, grand, confident enough,
54:23no one will notice that all around us it's fallen apart.
54:27That's the point of us.
54:31Not us.
54:33But you.
54:36You cannot flinch.
54:40Because if you show a single crack,
54:44we'll see it isn't a crack, but a chasm.
54:48And we'll all fall in.
54:52So you must hold it all together.
54:58Must I do that alone?
55:01There is only one queen.
55:09And now, the poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman.
55:13God save the queen.
55:17In days of disillusion,
55:19however low we've been,
55:21to fire us and inspire us,
55:24God gave to us our queen.
55:27She exceeded young and beautiful
55:31to a much-loved father's throne.
55:34Serene and kind and beautiful,
55:37she holds us as her own.
55:41And 25 years later,
55:44so sure her reign has been
55:46that our great events are greater
55:49for the presence of our queen.
55:54For our monarch and her people,
55:57united yet and free,
55:59let the bells from every steeple
56:02ring out loud the jubilee.
56:31And I thank God.
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