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00:00You
00:34Ah, there you are. Come in. I'm practicing for the big day tomorrow and, um, I need an archbishop.
00:51Will you do me the honor from here?
01:00Is your majesty willing to take the oath?
01:05I am... willing.
01:11Will you maintain and preserve in... invi...
01:22Ah, inviolably. It means to make a promise you can... you can never break. A very sacred promise indeed.
01:37Yes!
01:40We're ready for you, sir.
01:42Oh, not yet, Tommy.
01:45We haven't even reached the anointing.
01:49You have to anoint me.
01:51Otherwise, I can't...
01:56Be king.
01:59Do you understand?
02:03When the holy oil touches me,
02:07I am...
02:09I am transformed.
02:13Brought into direct contact with the divine.
02:22Forever changed.
02:27Bound to God.
02:30It is the most important part of the entire ceremony.
02:36So we had better practice, hadn't we, Archbishop?
02:45Be thy hands anointed with holy oil.
02:55Be thy breast anointed with holy oil.
03:11As kings, priests, and prophets were anointed.
03:12Be thy head anointed with holy oil.
03:17As kings, priests, and prophets were anointed.
03:26Oh, goodness.
03:35That's very heavy indeed.
03:37Five pounds, sir.
03:39Not to mention the, uh, symbolic weight.
03:43Hmm?
03:45Mm-hm.
03:47Mm-hm.
03:48Mm-hm.
03:51Mm-hm.
03:52Mm-hm.
03:52Mm-hm.
03:57And the sight I heard, I'll never see.
04:02Mm-hm.
04:08Hmm?
04:10Hmm?
04:43It's not as easy as it looks.
04:47That's exactly what the king said.
04:51I remember.
04:56Do you suppose I could borrow it for a couple of days?
05:00Just to practice?
05:03Borrow it, ma'am?
05:05From whom?
05:07If it's not yours, whose is it?
06:27I don't know.
06:54Close your eyes, and don't open them until I say so.
07:06Oh, any idea where the Duke is?
07:08His Royal Highness went flying, ma'am.
07:10Howdy!
07:11Again?
07:18So when's the big day?
07:21Pilot's exam. Two weeks.
07:25Are you still on track for the record?
07:26I am. Just.
07:28If I do nothing else.
07:30Oh. Then you'll hate me.
07:33Why?
07:34There is something I wanted you to help me with.
07:36It would have to be jolly important to distract me from getting my wings faster than anyone in British aviation
07:40history.
07:41It is.
07:43I'd like you to come aboard my coronation committee.
07:48In which capacity?
07:50As chairman.
07:52You already have one.
07:54Bernard.
07:56I'd ask the Duke of Norfolk to make room for you.
07:59I want to make a public declaration of my trust in you.
08:02There's no need to matronize me.
08:04I'm not matronizing you.
08:06Yes, you are.
08:06You're taking pity on me and giving me a job for appearance's sake.
08:10No, it's not that.
08:11I was just thinking how I'd like us to spend more time together.
08:14What are you talking about?
08:15We spend all our time together.
08:17No, we don't.
08:18You're always off flying or lunching with strange men.
08:21Two hours a week, darling.
08:23Anyway, what else am I supposed to do?
08:24Sit around and wait for you while you're queening.
08:27Queening?
08:27Yes, queening.
08:29Maybe I'd like your help with the queening.
08:31Oh, in the same flattering way you asked me to redecorate Clarence's house.
08:35Well, you did that jolly well.
08:36I felt like a sissy.
08:38Fussing about curtain fabrics and paint, Charles.
08:40Honestly, it's just queening of another sort.
08:53What would it entail?
08:56Well, the Duke of Norfolk will run the show from an organizational perspective.
09:02Look after the seating, the route of the procession.
09:04But as chairman of the committee, you would have name-button ideas.
09:08Inspire everyone.
09:09Lead them.
09:10They won't listen to me.
09:12The grey old men.
09:13The men with moustaches.
09:14They hate me.
09:19They do not hate you.
09:21They do.
09:23They treat me as an outsider.
09:26In irrelevance.
09:28Everyone does.
09:40They do.
09:41They do.
09:43They do.
09:46They do.
09:47They do.
09:47or nothing at all, those are my turns.
09:56You're right.
10:00But don't go mad.
10:03What does that mean?
10:04It means just don't go mad.
10:09Coronation.
10:10A service which goes back a thousand years.
10:14Some things can't be changed.
10:16Yes, yes, yes, all right.
10:33When did you move in?
10:35The city of Paris owns the property, you know.
10:38And happily, the city very kindly let us take the house for a small amount of rent.
10:44So we moved in by summer's end?
10:48You must have been thrilled, Your Highness.
10:51Not Your Highness.
10:53Saw point.
10:54Just a duchess. Not age or age.
10:59So, ma'am.
11:01Ma'am?
11:02Or, Your Grace.
11:07What made you choose this particular house?
11:09It has a two-acre park which gives us privacy.
11:12And its size means the Duke and I can finally entertain properly and we very much enjoy entertaining.
11:17The duchess is so very good at it.
11:20I believe our editor agreed as part of the deal that you would give our readers some tips for entertaining.
11:27Did we agree that?
11:28We did, darling, yes. We paid extra.
11:32Hmph.
11:33Big smiles.
11:36Perfect.
11:38Well, having had a naval background, I don't much care for fussy things or smells, but I do like a
11:47good, well-milled soap.
11:53What sartorial tips would you give the young men of today?
11:57No matter what the fashion, a well-cut suit in a beautiful fabric will take you anywhere.
12:05Is that the sort of thing you're looking for?
12:12You're very fortunate. He lets no one in here. It's his private room, full of secrets.
12:20No, not secrets, darling. Memories. Precious memories.
12:26I come in here for a few moments every day to meditate and remember.
12:33Goodness. Bagpipes too.
12:38Yes, I play.
12:40When he gets homesick.
12:43My favourite armchair.
12:47And the briefcase?
12:49Box.
12:51As monarch, one receives a daily red box from the government.
12:58State papers. Business of the day.
13:02Matters requiring royal assent.
13:05That was the final box I received as king.
13:09It contained my education papers.
13:13And all these photographs of you as king.
13:16There are none with the crown. Why is that?
13:19Well, I never made it that far.
13:27I never had a coronation.
13:36Oh, I forgot to mention.
13:38I had a call today from Sir John Weir.
13:42Who?
13:44My mother's doctor.
13:47Telling me that, in his opinion, she was in her final days now.
13:53That my sister and I should make our way over.
13:57With me?
14:02Probably best without.
14:09Even if she dies?
14:13Let's hope she dies.
14:17I couldn't bear to go over twice.
14:19I shall have to be brave.
14:24My darling one.
14:32Go without you.
14:36To cold London.
14:39Brutal London.
14:43Hellish London.
14:58Shall we fuck?
15:17The Lord Greater Chamberlain.
15:19The Lord Chamberlain.
15:20The Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.
15:22And the Comptroller, Your Majesty.
15:25I've asked you to join me.
15:27Because I've made a decision regarding the coronation committee.
15:31Which is that I would like my husband to be the chairman of that committee.
15:41That's impossible, ma'am.
15:42There can only be one chairman.
15:45As far as I'm aware, I only have one husband.
15:49And the Duke of Norfolk will be expecting it to be him.
15:52He is the Earl Marshal.
15:54That may be.
15:55And the Chief Butler of England.
15:57He would be the 16th Duke of Norfolk to do it.
16:01He ran your father's coronation.
16:03His father ran your grandfather's.
16:07And running the coronation, that's what the Norfolks do.
16:13Couldn't you give Philip some other job?
16:16Like what?
16:20Arrange the photographer?
16:26The chairmanship is what he wants.
16:29With full autonomy.
16:31Therefore, it's what I want.
16:35Norfolk can be vice chair.
16:37Why don't you think about it?
16:39I have.
16:40And my decision stands.
16:50Well, of course, the Duke of Norfolk will be furious.
16:53Yes.
16:55And Bernard does fury so well.
16:58What would your majesty suggest?
17:01I will throw my hat in that Bernard and sanity will prevail.
17:06The Queen is young.
17:08And has to learn what any young general has to learn.
17:12Namely?
17:14Which battles to fight and which to leave.
17:19Well, let me know what you want me to do.
17:22Same as always, Tommy.
17:25Exactly as I tell you.
17:28Now, I've spoken to the Archbishop of Canterbury,
17:32who has agreed to help us with our other delicate matter,
17:36the Duke of Windsor.
17:39When does he arrive?
17:41This afternoon, I believe.
17:42God helps.
17:44And when will you meet him?
17:46We thought tomorrow.
17:49Good.
17:51The sooner the better.
17:53Be sure to be firm, Tommy.
17:55Yes, ma'am.
17:56That one's like mercury.
17:58He'll slip through the tiniest crack.
18:06Good afternoon.
18:08I've returned to London to visit my mother, Queen Mary,
18:14who I'm delighted to say has made such good improvement in recent days.
18:21Thank you very much.
18:40My dearest darling one,
18:44London is as awful and hellish
18:47and as full of my smug, stinking relations as ever.
18:52Each day I call on Mama in the afternoon,
18:56and although she doesn't look quite as bad as the doctors warned me,
19:00she'll never again be able to leave her rooms,
19:03far less go out in public.
19:07Oh, Berta.
19:08Huh?
19:23What?
19:28Don't go.
19:33I'm going anywhere, mommy.
19:39It's one of the hardest things I've ever had to endure.
19:43And spending so much time with a woman who has been so vicious
19:47and inhumane to you, my beloved,
19:50is wearing me down.
19:52Amen.
19:59Sorry to disturb you, Your Royal Highness.
20:02What is it?
20:03The Archbishop of Canterbury's private secretary called, sir,
20:06requesting a meeting between you and His Grace.
20:09Oh? What about?
20:10It didn't say, sir.
20:13He hoped you could make tomorrow.
20:15Oh, fine. I have a few errands planned,
20:18but the Archbishop can come to lunch.
20:21As a matter of fact, they suggested 4pm.
20:24Well, all right. We'll give him tea.
20:28At Lambeth Palace.
20:32Of course.
20:35No, I'm no longer king.
20:37I go to them.
20:45Goodnight, Your Royal Highness.
20:58Okay.
21:00Help!
21:01Help!
21:02Help!
21:22His Royal Highness, the Duke of Windsor, Your Grace.
21:27Goodness, what is this?
21:29An ambush?
21:30Not at all, sir.
21:31They're not just a gathering of old friends who come together to appeal to you in person
21:39in the hope that you will do what we all think would be the right thing.
21:51Regarding what?
21:53The coronation.
21:57What about the coronation?
22:03We acknowledge, as a member of the Queen's close family, you are entitled to attend.
22:14But I also feel that the attendance at this sacred ceremony, by one who, however good his
22:24reasons, did not feel capable of undertaking the obligations himself.
22:33himself?
22:34Well, it could strike a wrong note and would be deeply upsetting.
22:42To whom?
22:44To everyone concerned.
22:45I didn't ask you, Tommy.
22:48This is Cookie's work, isn't it?
22:50The Queen Mother's.
22:52It's got her pudgy little fingers all over it.
22:56She asked you to do her dirty work for her, and you agreed, Archbishop, shame on you.
23:01I will attend if I want, and I do want, and so does my wife.
23:05Alas, no, sir.
23:08Of course, the royal family is obliged to extend an invitation to you as a royal duke, but that
23:14obligation does not extend to the Duchess of Windsor.
23:17And it is my duty to inform you, on behalf of the royal family and the government with whom
23:23we have worked in close consultation, that she will not be offered an invitation.
23:30Oh, it's madness.
23:35The pusillanimity and vindictiveness knows no limits.
23:40Seventeen years have elapsed since the abdication.
23:47Shouldn't bygones be bygones?
23:49Some things can never be forgotten.
23:51Which of us, for example, has forgotten the song?
23:54You would compare the love and public commitment I made to my wife to slaughter in a world war?
24:20Why not use a celebration such as this?
24:27The investiture of a new sovereign, a beautiful young child, symbol of maternity, change and progress, to turn a page.
24:38Surely the sophistication of a society can be measured by its tolerance and ability to forgive.
24:44Its weakness, too.
24:46Sometimes lines just need to be drawn.
24:50You know, Tommy, you're an embarrassment to the institution you serve and to the country that institution serves in turn.
24:57And I will take a lecture on national embarrassment from many people, sir, but not from you.
25:04Let's face it.
25:06This whole thing is a charade.
25:08You knew already the answer to the choice you have given me.
25:11It is simply the same as the choice that caused all this offence in the first place.
25:15Namely, would I do anything that excludes or disrespects the woman I love? No, never.
25:21I will therefore not be attending the coronation of my own niece, whose favourite uncle I have always been.
25:29Hers, you should know, was one of the strongest voices involved.
25:32Oh, was it indeed?
25:34Well, we know from where she gets that ice in her veins.
25:37And it wasn't from my own dear weak brother.
25:40Nothing weak about the late king, sir.
25:43I'm sure I speak for everyone present when I call him a hero.
25:47Hear, hear.
25:51My Lord Archbishop, what a scold you are.
25:56And when your man is down, how very bold you are.
26:00Of Christian charity, how very scant you are, you old, lang swine.
26:08How full of cant you are.
26:11A rhyme composed for your perfidious predecessor at the time of my abdication.
26:18I find the sentiment oddly applicable to you, too.
26:38If I were to release a statement, could you have a look over it?
26:43Of course, sir.
26:48I'm aware that it's normal for no reigning monarchs to be present.
26:52But a coronation.
26:55Perhaps we could extend that to include former kings, too.
27:00To spare my blushes.
27:02Might just throw some of the vultures off the scent.
27:10It's an elegant solution, sir.
27:12And I'm quite sure Cabinet will support it.
27:16Tommy?
27:18I'll speak to their magisters and get back to you.
27:29We've just had a call from Molbrach.
27:33Regarding Her Majesty Queen Mary.
27:42My own darling sweetheart.
27:46Well, at last it's all over.
27:50Mama took ill in the afternoon.
27:52Then began hemorrhaging in the early hours.
27:56Doctors plied her with tranquilizers and morphine to ensure there was no suffering.
28:01In the end, she passed in her sleep.
28:05I was sad, of course, but let's not forget how she clung to such hatred for me.
28:12Her eldest till the last.
28:15I'm afraid her blood ran as icy cold when she was alive, as it does now she's dead.
28:24Later in the day, all the members of the family assembled to identify which of her personal possessions they were
28:31most liked.
28:31Not entirely.
28:33I told Shirley Temple what I had my eye on.
28:37But as I shan't be there when the jackals descend, I don't suppose it will do much good.
28:42What a vile, tawdry rabble my relatives are.
28:47And what a sad, desiccated bunch of hyenas most of them have become.
28:55But I'm tired of talking about it.
28:59I yearn for our perfect life together.
29:02Away from the snarling and the sniping of the court.
29:07I adore you, my sweetheart.
29:10More deeply than you will ever realize.
29:13And I am furiously mad that you aren't here with me as you ought by right to be.
29:23While Queen Mary lived something of the great reigns of Queen Victoria and George V seemed to live on with
29:34her.
29:35Proving that character is, as it will remain, the essential strength of British monarchy.
29:45Wherever she went, she was assured of an applause which sprang from some deep-seated affection.
29:56Do you notice?
29:58Identical to the funeral of your father, nothing different, not on detail.
30:03But one guest.
30:05Like you.
30:07And she always regarded herself as a servant of our country which she served to the end.
30:17No sooner does someone in the family pop their clogs, they ask themselves,
30:21Right, how's it done last time and it's done exactly the same way again?
30:24I mean...
30:28The people who have come to shame in it are locked outside.
30:33Well, I'm not going to let your coronation be like this.
30:36You're a young woman, simply of a new era.
30:39In a fast-changing, modern world.
30:46And I think your coronation should reflect that.
30:50For as much as it have pleased almighty God of his great mercy.
31:05Earth to earth, ashes to ashes.
31:10Dust to dust.
31:13Ensure that so to cope with the resurrection of the eternal life.
31:18Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
31:22To change the number of violence about the entities they've been like,
31:25We're not watching.
31:28Warning.
31:34That's what's going on.
31:36Ladies and gentlemen.
31:38You know what?
31:39Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen.
31:41You know what?
31:42Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen.
32:02We should go.
32:19Good morning.
32:25What is the collective noun for a group of stuffy old tonians?
32:33A herd pack.
32:37A school.
33:05Gentlemen.
33:08I'd like to start by saying how very honored I feel to be working with all the great minds and
33:14talents here in this room today as we come together to organize the very best coronation for my wife, Queen.
33:24We all know the scale of the challenge that faces us.
33:28We all know the scale of the challenge that faces us.
33:28The eyes of the world will be on us, Britain will be on show, and we must put our best
33:34foot forward.
33:37In such circumstances, the temptation is to roll out the red carpet and follow the precedent set by the grand
33:44and successful coronations of the past.
33:48But looking to the past for our inspiration would be a mistake in my view.
33:56Britain today is not the Britain of past coronations.
33:59Assumptions made at the time of my father-in-law's coronation 17 years ago cannot be made anymore.
34:07That is why I think we should adapt this ceremony.
34:13Make it less ostentatious, more egalitarian, show more respect and sensitivity to the real world.
34:21We have a new sovereign, young, and a woman.
34:24Let us give her a coronation that is befitting of the wind of change that she represents, modern and forward
34:34-looking at a moment in time where exciting technological developments are making things possible.
34:39We never dreamt of, which brings me to my next point.
34:56It's an unconscionable vulgarisation.
35:05How close are you proposing that these cameras get?
35:08They will be kept at a very discreet distance.
35:11No, no, close-up, sir.
35:17Zoom. Lenses.
35:18Oh, no. It will all be done with the greatest sensitivity and respect for the occasion.
35:34But I have had one or two broader thoughts about the service itself.
35:59We can both see what's going on here.
36:02A young couple are playing marital games with the most cherished parts of our history and pageantry.
36:08Our queen wouldn't agree with a single one of these radical proposals.
36:13Television being just the tip of the iceberg.
36:19She's simply trying to keep peace in her own bedchamber.
36:22By promoting her husband, keeping him happy and occupied and virile.
36:30That's what's going on here, Winston.
36:31Why?
36:33What else has he proposed?
36:40Prime Minister?
36:41Your Majesty.
37:02Please tell me this has nothing to do with my husband.
37:06I told him not to go mad.
37:10No one is questioning the Duke of Edinburgh's motives or the sincerity of his beliefs.
37:17I see. He went mad.
37:20The changes he is proposing to an ancient, sacred, never previously changed liturgy and text.
37:32It went from top to toe.
37:36And if it were just a business, it would be applauded.
37:40But this isn't a business, it's the crown.
37:45And one has to ask oneself, what is the purpose of the crown?
37:50What is the purpose of the monarchy?
37:54Does the crown bend to the will of the people to be audited and accountable?
37:59Or should it remain above temporal matters?
38:08What say you?
38:13No, ma'am.
38:16What say you?
38:19The decision is yours to make.
38:23We will take our lead from you.
38:45So, I'd like to write our lead from the unknown to one of our history.
38:47So, I find it on the other side.
38:48It's not my place.
38:49It can happen within the unknown, but this is not my place.
38:52It's not my place.
38:54It's not my place.
39:01It's not my place.
39:05It's not my place.
39:09I have to be the most vulnerable.
39:27what is this hide and seek i told you not to overstep the mark and i made it clear
39:31can't blanch or nothing at all trade unionists and businessmen in the abbey if you want to
39:36stay on the throne yes in a trim down televised coronation if you want to avoid a revolution
39:42yes you forget i have seen firsthand what it is like for a royal family to be overthrown because
39:47they're out of step with the people i left greece in an orange crate my father would have been killed
39:52my grandfather was i'm just trying to protect you from whom the british people you have no idea who
39:58they are or what they want oh oh i'm just johnny foreigner again who doesn't understand fine
40:04fine you want a big overblown ceremony costing a fortune while the rest of the country is on
40:08rations have it but don't come bleating to me when your head and the heads of our children are on
40:14spikes if the people are hungry they want something that lifts them up and how do you propose lifting
40:21them if they cannot see it the people look to the monarchy for something bigger than themselves an
40:26inspiration a higher ideal if you put it in their homes allow them to watch it with their dinner on
40:31drops democratize it make them feel that they share in it understand it all right
40:39right i'll support you in the terror rising
40:46you won't regret it on one condition
40:53that you kneel
41:07who told you my prime minister
41:12he said you intended to refuse no i merely asked the question whether it was right in this day and
41:17age that the queen's consort her husband should should kneel to her rather than stand beside her
41:23he won't be kneeling to me that's not how it will look that's not how it will feel it will
41:28feel like
41:28a eunuch an amoeba is kneeling before his wife you'll be kneeling before god and the crown as we
41:33all do i don't see you kneeling before anyone i'm not kneeling because i'm already flattened under the
41:37weight of this thing oh spare me the false humility doesn't look like that to me how does it look
41:41to you
41:42looks to me like you're enjoying it it's released an unattractive sense of authority and entitlement that i have
41:47never seen before and in you it's released a weakness an insecurity i've never seen before are
41:51you my wife or my queen i'm both i want to be married to my wife i am both and
41:57a strong man will
41:58be able to kneel to both i will not kneel before my wife your wife is not asking you to
42:02but my queen
42:02commands me yes i beg you make an exception for me no
42:34so
42:40so
43:01Come on, they'll be here soon.
43:09David, you're our host, darling.
43:15You're right there.
43:37All right, everyone, she's arriving, the dreaded gold stake coach, made in the 1760s, and the
43:47most uncomfortable ride known to man.
43:56Final checks, please, gentlemen.
43:59West door.
44:00West door, sir.
44:02Triforium.
44:03Triforium, standing by, sir.
44:05South transept.
44:07Orban screen.
44:09Orban screen, standing by, sir.
44:10Triforium two.
44:12Triforium two, standing by, sir.
44:14Gentlemen.
44:16Three, two, one.
44:43Who's that?
44:45Oh.
44:49Oh, it's Lord Mountbatten.
44:51The Duke of Edinburgh's uncle.
44:53The man that gave away India.
44:57And his own wife.
44:59Uncle Depay Nehru, if you please.
45:01With that, please.
45:02Oh, God.
45:04That's so nice.
45:11Now he's been here for me, too.
45:12For him, too, and left, please.
45:16If...
45:17D-
45:32Praise forth, tell, come ye before him and rejoice.
45:54Moving forwards now, four knights of the Garter, the Dukes of Wellington and Portland, the Earl Fortescue and the My
46:01Count Allendale, bringing with them a golden canopy to shield Her Majesty from view during the most sacred of the
46:09coronation rituals, the Anointing.
46:12In three, two, one.
46:22Oh, where'd she go?
46:26And now we come to the Anointing.
46:31The single most holy, most solemn, most sacred moment.
46:39The entire service.
46:43So how come we don't get to see it?
46:46Because we are mortals.
46:50So how come we don't get to see it?
46:57So how come we don't get to see it?
47:02So how come we don't get to see it?
47:08So how come we don't get to see it?
47:08So how come we don't get to see it?
47:08So how come we don't get to see it?
47:09So how come we don't get to see it?
47:09So how come we don't get to see it?
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47:14So how come we don't get to see it?
47:18Is your majesty willing to take the oath?
47:24I am willing.
47:28Will you maintain and preserve this?
47:41Invariably.
47:46I will.
47:48I will.
48:13Is your hands anointed with holy oil.
48:17I will.
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52:17You turned all that down.
52:19I will.
52:20That chance to be a god.
52:26I turned it down for something greater still.
52:40For love.
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