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00:21And so, Coronation Day is upon us for the first time since 1953.
00:31A three-day people's festival has been declared with concerts and street parties up and down
00:37the country.
00:43The former queen is understood to be devastated and is unlikely to attend the service.
00:53Many had been unable to imagine life without Elizabeth II.
00:58But after almost 50 years on the throne, it's out with Queen Elizabeth and in with King Tony.
01:10New Britain has a new royal family.
01:13The Labour Party.
01:21The King leaves the Abbey to the strains of the new national anthem.
01:26You can walk my path, you can wear my shoes, not to talk like me, and be an angel too.
01:42I'm singing it now, please.
02:01And after the usual rounds and controversies of political office, the Prime Minister's
02:08Personal satisfaction ratings raised by one point to an extraordinary 66%.
02:14Moment will join our colleagues at the World Service.
02:17But in the meantime, on behalf of everybody at Broadcasting House, good night.
02:22Oh, people gracious, we don't leave another queen.
02:32Oh, say it's a queen.
02:37Say, very glorious, happy and glorious, long to reign over us.
02:54Oh, say it's a queen.
03:04I'd like to talk briefly about the Prime Minister, if I may.
03:08Huh?
03:10Historically, I've not worried too much about Prime Minister's popularity.
03:14It tends to come and go very quickly.
03:16But I have a feeling that could be different with Mr Blair.
03:20People really do seem to love him and see him as a true son of England
03:24and a unifying national symbol in a way they used to see.
03:29Well, me.
03:30And with Mr Blair scoring higher than me, in every survey one can find,
03:36perhaps now is the time.
03:39Ma'am?
03:40To find out what seems to have gone wrong and how we could...
03:44I could do better.
03:47I understand the impulse, but I'm not sure it's a good idea.
03:54The Crown doesn't ask existential questions of itself.
03:58Perhaps it should.
03:59It suggests a loss of confidence.
04:02It's putting blood in the water.
04:04It's just information, Robert.
04:07I agree.
04:09And I think, finally, I'm ready to hear it.
04:26Welcome.
04:27If you'd just like to find a seat, anywhere you like.
04:32The focus groups you asked for, ma'am, have now been conducted
04:36in Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff,
04:43Manchester, and Liverpool.
04:47The British royal family.
04:49Professional liabounds.
04:51More than 2,000 subjects over the age of 18
04:55were asked a series of yes or no questions about the monarchy.
04:58I consider the royal family to be
05:01an important part of British society.
05:04Yeah, I'll go along with that.
05:05I think you're being quite disrespectful.
05:07Followed by some, at times, spirited debate.
05:10Please keep it civil, please.
05:12Having reviewed the data,
05:14the pollsters have now presented their findings.
05:18Asked if the royal family were out of touch
05:21with ordinary people, 69% said yes.
05:26Badly advised, 62% said yes.
05:32Asked if they were wasteful of public money,
05:3454% said yes.
05:37Asked if they lacked compassion,
05:4053% said yes.
05:44Asked if they had failed the Princess of Wales
05:46as badly in death as in life,
05:49a sobering 66% said yes.
05:55Asked if Britain should have a smaller,
05:57more informal monarchy like the Netherlands
05:59or Scandinavia,
06:0054% said yes.
06:04And when asked if the monarchy should continue
06:07in its present form,
06:09the proportion that agreed was just 10%.
06:13I'd like to propose my own survey.
06:16How many of us think that
06:17polls are a daft idea in the first place?
06:21I don't see why we should have to listen to these people.
06:23Because we might actually learn something.
06:26And the sample, as I understand,
06:27it is selected to represent society as a whole, isn't it?
06:30It's still a folly to subject something
06:32as enduring as the monarchy
06:34to the whims of marketing men.
06:37I do think it's significant
06:38that our low numbers come at the same time
06:41that we have a Prime Minister
06:42of conspicuous popularity.
06:45Yes.
06:47Only Winston at his height
06:48had this kind of support.
06:50Have you learnt nothing
06:51in the time you've been on the throne?
06:53Prime Ministers come in on a blaze
06:56of popularity and goodwill.
06:57Leave on a stretcher a few years later
06:59with their reputations
07:01and usually their health in tatters.
07:03Yes, that is exactly.
07:04Well, I think this one might be different.
07:23I think this one might be different.
09:16We have a moral duty to ensure he does not succeed.
09:25To all of us in free countries who think this is a remote conflict
09:31and someone else's problem, I say this.
09:35If you value your freedom, you cannot remain neutral.
09:40This is your war, too.
09:52It's encouraging that our native partners have come together like this against the Serbs,
09:56but, well, moral purpose is one thing.
09:59Military success is quite another.
10:02Every bombing target has to be approved by committee, which makes decisions agonizingly slow.
10:08We thought this aerial campaign would be over in days.
10:11Instead, two weeks and little or no progress has been made.
10:15The Serbs are laughing at us.
10:17I read that the problem was cloud cover.
10:20American stealth bombers need good conditions to see their targets.
10:25The most sophisticated weaponry in the world, and it can't handle the weather.
10:29Which is why we ultimately need ground troops.
10:32I proposed to President Clinton a limited invasion of 80,000 troops,
10:36which would drive Serb forces out of Kosovo and create safe havens for refugees to return.
10:40But he said most Americans can't point to Yugoslavia on a map,
10:44so why put U.S. servicemen's lives at risk?
10:47Yes.
10:48It's most frustrating.
10:50But I won't give up, morally.
10:53This is the right thing.
10:58Mr Blair was unusually resolute today.
11:02In my experience, prime ministers tend to be either domestic or foreign policy focused.
11:09At this early stage, I'd say Mr Blair falls very firmly into the latter camp.
11:14Yes.
11:15Statesman syndrome.
11:18Which am I, do you think?
11:20The domestic or foreign policy queen?
11:23Ha!
11:24Good question, ma'am.
11:26And it's not immediately obvious.
11:28The Commonwealth of Nations is such an article of faith to you,
11:31so I wouldn't be inclined to say foreign.
11:32For you, sir.
11:34Who else, off the top of their heads, for example,
11:36would be able to reel off the name of the president of Malawi?
11:40Makili Maloutzi.
11:42And the next member state to have general elections?
11:45Fiji.
11:46Their first since readmission.
11:48But despite all that, it's your interest in every part of the British Isles
11:51that I think ultimately makes you a domestic queen.
11:54Take today's engagement at the Women's Institute,
11:57composing the speech yourself,
11:58with, if I may say, evident enthusiasm.
12:01Of course.
12:03The uncomplaining, hard-working countrywomen of Middle England.
12:07You underestimate them at your peril.
12:10And if the sea in ancient times
12:17walk upon England's mountains green,
12:23and cross the wall in the land of the Lord,
12:29while England's ever seen,
12:50the women's institute movement came to Britain in 1915 since its humble beginnings in a Welsh
12:59garden shed our membership and our goals have reached new and remarkable heights I've been a
13:08member of the WI for longer than I've been Queen many of you will remember how vital we were to
13:16the
13:16war effort from growing produce to hosting evacuees I have fond memories of collecting
13:24rose hips or rose hip syrup you remember the rose hips vitamin C deficiency there are approximately
13:37250,000 members of the Women's Institute in the United Kingdom roughly the population of Hull can
13:48you imagine the city run and populated entirely by the WI it would have the tidiest streets in
13:55Britain everything would run on time and we would take all the men's jobs
14:12no I'm not no I'm not trying to patronize you I'm not trying to make you look yeah yeah yeah
14:18I
14:18understand all right okay bye bye and then he said answer me this Tony no please don't do the accent
14:28how
14:30many ground troops are you all prepared to come in so I say look Bill we can talk about numbers
14:37all
14:37day this is about the bigger picture what if Milosevic wins NATO's credibility is at stake to which he
14:44said NATO's credibility is already a busted flush so you're allowed to do the accent I do it better
14:50he knows the fact you're coming to him like this means that NATO's air campaign has failed but we still
14:56won't do what it takes commit American ground troops it's worried about it looking like another Vietnam
15:02with no political upside for him domestically well you're never going to persuade the White House by
15:07appealing to their interests so do what you do best appeal to their consciences
15:26while we meet here in Chicago this evening terrible things are happening in Europe
15:36no one who has seen what has happened in Kosovo to those refugees can be in any doubt that NATO's
15:45military action is justified but we must do more than simply make our case we must also succeed
15:58for that we depend on you the United States you are the most powerful country in the world and the
16:13richest you are a great nation and it must be difficult and sometimes irritating to find yourself the
16:25recipient of every demand to be called upon in every crisis to be expected always and everywhere to do what
16:34needs to be done the cry what's it got to do with us must be heard fairly regularly
16:44yet those nations which have the power have the responsibility to use it wisely we need you
16:56America engaged and so I say to you never fall again for the doctrine of isolationism because the world
17:07truly cannot afford it stay please a country outward looking with the vision and the imagination which is the
17:18very best of your nature and realize too that in doing so you will find in Britain a friend and
17:26an ally
17:28that will stand with you work with you fashion with you the design of a future built on peace and
17:38prosperity for all which is the only dream that makes humanity worth preserving thank you
18:04a resounding success for the prime minister in America the New York Times says the prime minister has a new
18:11nickname
18:13King Tony the Wall Street Journal has come out in emphatic support of his attempts to persuade a reluctant White
18:20House but I think the best summary is from the Chicago Sun Times it claims Mr. Blair has beguiled the
18:27city with his charms leaving Americans pining to have him as their president instead
18:32goodness I gather president Clinton is now considering ground war which would leave Milosevic and his Serb forces with the
18:40option to either fight and face total annihilation
18:44or else withdraw and I suspect even they are sensible enough to choose the latter
18:51so the prime minister pulled it off so it seems this is an extraordinary political feat
19:21the prime minister your majesty your majesty
19:28I hope you didn't slip on the way here ma'am
19:32it can't be easy walking on water
19:37please do sit down
19:40so you insisted the West
19:43no longer stand by while genocide and slaughter take place
19:48and pulled it off without a single NATO casualty in combat
19:52great credit must go to the Americans when they signaled their openness to a ground invasion loss of which realized
19:58the game was up
19:59but Clinton's change of heart is in great part thanks to you
20:03it's one thing to have popularity
20:06it's quite another to have influence
20:09so I offer you my congratulations
20:12you are at this moment by some margin the most celebrated leader on the world stage
20:17with remarkable instincts
20:20and so
20:23in the light of that
20:26it's no secret that the crown has not had the best time of it in recent years
20:31often our values and those of the country have not been perfectly aligned
20:36you on the other hand
20:38since you entered number 10
20:40you've shown an uncanny ability to read the mood of the country better than anyone
20:47and so I can't help
20:49but ask
20:54what would you do
20:57to turn things round for us
21:00if you were in charge
21:04if I were in charge of the monarchy
21:08if you were in my shoes
21:12if I were king
21:15yes
21:20goodness
21:23for someone who so rarely puts a foot wrong
21:25this seems to be a dangerous loss of judgment
21:28she's asking for advice Robert
21:29she doesn't need to take it
21:30but who is she asking?
21:32the prime minister
21:33an avowed reformer and moderniser
21:35her chief advisor
21:37I'm her chief advisor
21:39actually
21:41constitutionally Robert
21:42I think you'll find he is
21:48can we walk through the five big changes that we want to make?
21:52modernisation
21:52we reduce expenditure
21:54everyone's doing it
21:55it's only fair that the queen is doing it as well
21:57right?
21:58some examples
21:58listen to this
21:59royal train
22:01£1500 for catering per journey
22:03this is the time to get them in line with new labour
22:05honestly
22:07it's an anachronistic
22:09unrepresentative feudal system
22:10based on a thousand years of hereditary privilege
22:13you'd be better off trying to modernise Stonehenge
22:16let's do the monarchy first
22:17and then we can get round to prehistoric monuments
22:20aren't those two things the same?
22:23okay I know it's unexciting
22:25but administrative reform
22:26we run the royals like we run the civil service
22:28yes
22:30accountability
22:31there's nothing else that matters
22:33it's just that
22:34I mean not being allowed to marry a catholic
22:36pretty sure article 12 of the human rights act states that people have the right to marry whoever they want
22:41says the queen's council
22:42well that's wrong too
22:43I should be called senior council
22:45I think we can spin it like this
22:47it would look really good
22:49if it came from the palace
22:50that they're prepared to tighten the purses
22:52she knows that there has to be a change
22:54yes
22:55yes
22:55the voters don't want to take down the monarchy
22:58you put a version of that in the dossier
23:01it's all wrong Tony
23:04seriously
23:05wrong
23:08needs changing
23:19I'd like to start by thanking you
23:21for giving me the opportunity to do this
23:24I'm ashamed to say most of the time we don't think seriously about the monarchy in this country
23:28we just subject you all to a lot of hurtful and frivolous gossip
23:33really? I hadn't noticed
23:37but having consulted with my closest advisors
23:42we do all agree that the institution is in need of some reform
23:46that much was clear after the death of Diana Princess of Wales
23:50when we saw an outpouring of grief turn into a mass movement for change
23:56so I thought we might start with something I know you're already considering
24:02primogeniture
24:04yes
24:06demoting eldest daughters in the line of succession
24:08I think we can all agree makes little sense in a modern society
24:12as an eldest daughter myself I don't object to that in principle
24:16but to turn over centuries of royal legislation is no small task
24:21you'd have to consult with the 15 other countries where I'm head of state
24:27where the will is there
24:28these things can usually change quickly
24:31another area is transparency
24:34my government will soon be introducing a Freedom of Information Act
24:37I believe the monarchy might benefit from something similar
24:39an annual report setting out performance, assets, salaries, total accountability
24:45think of the crown as a public limited company
24:48and the people of Britain as shareholders not subjects
24:52I see
24:56it's now nearly 300 years since William III signed the Act of Settlement
25:00to secure a Protestant monarchy
25:01and there have been growing calls for a review of some of the more anti-Catholic provisions
25:09which surely have no place in a plural society like ours
25:14I can understand permitting members of the royal family to marry Catholics
25:20but for Catholics to be in the direct line of succession would open the way to a Catholic monarch
25:26well, of course there'll be technical issues
25:28slightly more than technical issues
25:30it would be the disestablishment of the Church of England
25:35but we have to be willing to look at the big questions
25:37there's no use nibbling around the periphery
25:40should it be the monarch's role to appoint the Prime Minister?
25:43of course
25:43it's a government in the sovereign's name
25:46but to be able to dissolve Parliament
25:49to give laws royal assent
25:51they don't in Sweden
25:52these functions can be carried out by the Speaker of the House of Commons
25:56should the monarch be Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces?
25:59again, they aren't in Sweden
25:59they aren't in the Netherlands
26:00which brings me to the matter of pomp and splendour
26:05I've been looking at some of the ceremonial offices in the royal household
26:09and they include a hereditary grand falconer
26:14Dear Murray, what about him?
26:17Does the job really need to depend on birth, not merit?
26:24the Queen's Herbstrewer
26:25the washer of the sovereign's hands
26:28that is only once per reign
26:30and only when I'm in residence at Holyrood House
26:33still a royal barge master and 24 watermen
26:37even though there hasn't been a royal barge since 1849
26:40a warden of the swans
26:42someone has to oversee the swans in England's inland waterways
26:46over which the crown has an ancient prerogative right
26:49but is that prerogative right?
26:52I understand that the role dates from the 12th century
26:55as a way to claim swans as delicacies for royal banquets
26:58now that the swan has, one imagines
27:00fallen out of the culinary repertoire
27:02how does one justify the role today?
27:04kings and queens might not be eating them anymore
27:07someone has to care for them
27:08we check them for injuries
27:12maintain their habitat
27:14ring them with tags
27:15from the British Trust for Ornithology
27:18conservation
27:20and that's before we get to the most anachronistic of all
27:23ceremonies, the state opening of parliament
27:25do we really need ten heralds
27:27including the Rouge Dragon Percement
27:29in the Maltravers Herald Extraordinary
27:32the gold stick in waiting
27:34the silver stick in waiting
27:36the gentleman usher of the sword of state
27:40I think what we're suggesting is
27:43a purge of honorifics
27:46a bonfire of sinecures
27:48might be a useful concession
27:52and PR victory
28:01I obviously need to give all this careful thought
28:04your majesty
28:14so
28:14how was it
28:16a little frosty
28:19I bet
28:22well she promised to give our proposals
28:23some further thought
28:26well if she doesn't
28:27and the people get fed up with them
28:29she'll only have herself to blame
28:32Britain isn't mature enough
28:33as a country and a democracy now
28:35to live without this nonsense
28:39preservation of the monarchies
28:40is her life's work
28:42she must know that
28:44they have to change
28:45in order to survive
28:48they don't want to change
28:49Tony
28:50I mean she probably thinks
28:52the only way to survive
28:54is to double down on the madness
28:58like the catholic church
28:59let's not bring the church into this
29:01well
29:01they modernized
29:03and the old guard has never forgiven them for it
29:07why
29:07because they got rid of the latin
29:09and the incense
29:10and the miracles
29:11and the mystery
29:12and people stopped coming
29:17this is different
29:18is it
29:2058 million pounds off to the project
29:22is money well spent
29:33Mr. Hawkins next please
29:35yes
29:40please
29:41make yourself comfortable
29:45swans
29:45that's it
29:46I'm the warden of the swans
29:49it says here your role is
29:51one of the oldest in the household
29:52that's right sir
29:53we've gone through several incarnations
29:56over the years
29:57keeper of the king of swans
29:58the king swan master
30:00and now
30:01the warden of the swans
30:07and what is your precise title
30:09I am the queen's herb straw
30:12the queen's guide to the sons
30:14yeoman of the glass and china pantry
30:18could you tell us what your role involves
30:20day by day
30:22it's my job to
30:24supervise the glassware
30:25and earthenware
30:26across all the royal palaces
30:28I oversee stocks
30:30I guard
30:32against any damage
30:34and breakages
30:35what have you got there
30:37laws
30:38orders
30:38and customs
30:39swans
30:41the authoritative text
30:43of what was then
30:44the keeper of the king swans
30:45has been guiding us for centuries
30:48since 1482
30:49by my reckoning
30:50the reign of
30:51Edward IV
30:51seen the bay change
30:53in all manner of ways
30:54years of high tides
30:55and heavy rainfall
30:56will change sands
30:58beyond recognition
30:58believe me
31:00I've seen
31:00shallow gullies
31:02turn into deep ravines
31:03what is your official title?
31:06astronomer royal
31:07paper
31:07to the sovereign
31:08lord high admiral
31:09of the wash ma'am
31:10my responsibilities
31:11also include
31:13folding all 170
31:15of the embroidered
31:17white linen napkins
31:19oh that's you
31:20yes ma'am
31:21you are clever
31:22how on earth
31:23do you do that?
31:24few have truly mastered
31:25the Dutch bonnet
31:27napkin fold
31:28the swan
31:30is a pure
31:32and graceful
31:34beast
31:35how's your 15th century
31:38calligraphy Robert?
31:40little rusty
31:41her feathers
31:46are white as snow
31:48and as brief
31:50and as brief
31:51in duration
31:53for she signifieth
31:55the past in nature
31:56of fair things
32:00for though we wish
32:02our splendor
32:03to be everlasting
32:05no thing
32:07must remain
32:08of what is past
32:17the longer it went on
32:18the heavier my heart
32:19became
32:20I agree
32:22a sense of pride
32:24in the tradition
32:28I think my favourite
32:30was the yeoman bed hanger
32:32yes
32:34or the lord high admiral
32:35of the wash
32:45so they don't want
32:46Blackrod knocking
32:47on the door
32:48or the lord great
32:49chamberlain
32:50walking backwards
32:50they've also suggested
32:52getting rid of
32:53the cap of maintenance
32:55presumably
32:55on the grounds
32:56that it can only be worn
32:57by a peer of the realm
32:59but it's so full of
33:00colour and character
33:02and a glorious
33:03sea of vermilion
33:05I think from a PR standpoint
33:07it might be sensible
33:08to make one or two concessions
33:10really?
33:11leave us less open
33:12to charges of elitism
33:13and grandiosity
33:14well that's missing the point
33:16the whole purpose
33:18of the state opening
33:19is to humble the monarch
33:22the crown's representative
33:23Blackrod
33:24knocks on the door
33:25of the house of commons
33:26and is rebuffed
33:27three times
33:28why?
33:30because the last time
33:31a king
33:33overstepped the mark
33:34and entered the commons
33:36Charles I
33:37it led to civil war
33:39and his execution
33:42parliament is warning
33:44the monarch
33:45never forget
33:48we're in charge
33:49she still arrives
33:51in the Irish state coach
33:52with an escort
33:53of household cavalry
33:54and hundreds of guardsmen
33:56lining the route
33:56it doesn't immediately feel
33:58like a lesson in humility
34:00are we really being lectured
34:01on humility
34:02by the Prince of Wales
34:03we are
34:04well I just
34:04don't feel there's anything wrong
34:06with running the monarchy
34:07on more rational
34:08and democratic lines
34:11but monarchy isn't rational
34:13or democratic
34:14or logical
34:15or fair
34:18haven't we all learned that
34:19by now?
34:22people don't want to come
34:23to a royal palace
34:24and get what they could have
34:25at home
34:27when they come
34:28for an investiture
34:29or a state visit
34:30when they brush up
34:32against us
34:33they want the magic
34:34and the mystery
34:34and the arcane
34:36and the eccentric
34:37and the symbolic
34:38and
34:40the transcendent
34:43they want to feel
34:44like they've entered
34:45another world
34:46that
34:47is our duty
34:49to lift people up
34:50and transport them
34:51into another realm
34:52not bring them down to earth
34:54and remind them
34:54of what they already have
34:58hear hear
34:59the world has been gripped
35:01and the race
35:02for the White House
35:02has boiled down
35:03to a recount
35:04in the battleground
35:05state of Florida
35:06many in the Labour Party
35:08had hoped for a victory
35:09for Vice President Al Gore
35:11but
35:12in a dramatic
35:13late night ruling
35:15the US Supreme Court
35:16voted 5-4
35:17to stop the recount
35:19effectively handing
35:20the presidency
35:21to Texas Governor
35:22George W. Bush
35:23Mr. Blair's closest
35:25international ally
35:26will be a man
35:26he has never spoken to
35:28or met
35:28it couldn't have been
35:29more awkward
35:30as you know
35:30the Clintons were
35:31making their farewell
35:32visit to the UK
35:33and staying with us
35:34at Chequers
35:35while the ruling
35:36was being made
35:37so
35:38there we all were
35:39watching CNN
35:41in the middle of the night
35:42as the election
35:42is being decided
35:44oh dear
35:44the following day
35:45President Clinton
35:46had to deliver a speech
35:47at the University of Warwick
35:48with me giving
35:49the opening remarks
35:50well
35:50had no choice
35:52but to offer
35:53warm congratulations
35:54to President-elect Bush
35:55in front of my
35:56good friend
35:58will it be challenging
35:59for you
36:00to have a Republican
36:01White House
36:03I see no reason
36:04not to be optimistic
36:07let's not forget
36:08I'll be the senior
36:09partner now
36:10so
36:10hope to be able
36:11to influence
36:11President Bush
36:20your majesty
36:21Prime Minister
36:30my office
36:30sent some suggestions
36:31ahead of the state
36:32opening a parliament
36:33I was wondering
36:33if you had a chance
36:34to look at them
36:35rather more than that
36:37I discussed them
36:38with my family
36:40believe it or not
36:41for my first child
36:43it was still custom
36:44to summon the home secretary
36:45to witness
36:46a royal birth
36:49my father
36:50put a stop to it
36:51with my consent
36:52so I'm not against reform
36:54the question is
36:55what is worth preserving
36:57and where to draw the line
36:58thank you
36:59we have now conducted
37:00a thorough review
37:01of all the offices
37:02in my household
37:03and what we discovered
37:04was not indefensible
37:06extravagance or luxury
37:07or a collection of empty
37:08Ruritanian titles
37:10but an extraordinary array
37:12of precious expertise
37:13skills that have been
37:15passed down
37:16for generations
37:17often within the same families
37:19and the vehicle
37:20for that continuity
37:22is the crown
37:24the spell
37:25that we cast
37:26and have cast
37:27for centuries
37:27is our immutability
37:30tradition
37:30is our strength
37:32respect
37:33for our forebears
37:35and the preservation
37:36of generations
37:38of their wisdom
37:39and learned experience
37:42modernity
37:43is not always the answer
37:45sometimes antiquity
37:47is too
37:54are you ready
37:56are you ready
38:02am I just serving
38:03now
38:03oh Robert
38:05no not at all
38:08I just wanted to express
38:10my relief now
38:12that I came to my senses
38:14for a moment I think
38:15we risk compromising
38:16the very things
38:17that make us distinctive
38:20please
38:23which leads me
38:25to think
38:28that it might be best
38:29if I personally
38:30were to move on
38:32Robert
38:33it's true ma'am
38:35at crucial moments
38:37the palace
38:37has failed
38:38to read the public mood
38:39and much of the blame
38:42rests with me
38:43surely not
38:44it's a question of temperament
38:45knowing where to be flexible
38:48my problem is
38:50I'm an old stick
38:50I'd rather not change
38:51anything at all
38:53I tend to see things
38:54as binary
38:56either you
38:57keep things
38:58as they are
39:00or it's closing time
39:01in the gardens
39:01of the west
39:03but you can
39:05make alterations
39:06without tearing down
39:07the building
39:08my deputy
39:09Robin Janvin
39:11is far better
39:12place to do that
39:13he's much more
39:14attuned
39:15and deserving
39:16of a step up
39:17of course Robin
39:18will make an excellent
39:19private secretary
39:20but he's still
39:21a young man
39:23is there nothing
39:23I can do
39:24to persuade you
39:24to stay
39:27sometimes it's helpful
39:28to offer a scalp
39:31this way
39:33everyone benefits
39:34the public
39:35gets sent a signal
39:37you get better advice
39:38than I could ever
39:39possibly give
39:42I get to play
39:42more cricket
39:46I don't know
39:47how I'll manage
39:47I should be
39:48utterly lost
39:49no ma'am
39:50you won't
39:50it'll be just fine
39:52you've navigated
39:53this latest matter
39:54perfectly without
39:55my help
40:07every minute
40:08has been an honour
40:08ma'am
40:30and finally ma'am
40:31your visit to Brighton
40:32and Hove
40:32as one of the
40:33government's
40:33designated
40:34Millennium Cities
40:35yes
40:36I have drafted
40:37a programme
40:38of engagements
40:38that I hope
40:39preserves the
40:40traditional
40:40but adds a
40:42somewhat modern
40:42sensibility
40:45on the one hand
40:46lunch at the
40:47pavilion
40:47in tribute
40:48to your
40:48great-great-great-great
40:49uncle
40:50George IV
40:51on the other
40:52a visit to the
40:53Sussex Innovation
40:53Centre
40:54to see a
40:55demonstration
40:56of an
40:56insectoid robot
40:57called Maggie
40:58right
41:04one last thing
41:05you might be
41:06interested to know
41:08the Prime Minister
41:10yes
41:12has chosen
41:13to address
41:14the Women's Institute
41:17as part of his
41:18mission to
41:19consolidate support
41:20in Middle England
41:21really
41:23I wouldn't have
41:23said they were
41:24his sort of crowd
41:26but his unerring
41:27judgment
41:28is what one
41:29has always had
41:29to admire him
41:30for
41:31and his ability
41:32to win over
41:33seemingly
41:34anyone
41:36I'm sure
41:37this
41:37will be
41:38no exception
41:45I'm sure
41:46and in the
41:47sea
41:48in ancient
41:50times
41:51walk upon
41:53England's
41:54mountains
41:55stream
41:57and water
41:59holy
42:01Lamb of
42:02God
42:03on
42:04England's
42:05master
42:10A modern voice for women.
42:13It is a clear and admirable statement of ideals.
42:17But what does it mean to be modern in a new Britain driven by change and innovation?
42:26Make no mistake, there are many traditions we can be proud of,
42:29but we must never cling to tradition for its own sake.
42:33In the 21st century, we must ask ourselves what kind of values we want to promote.
42:41We must take what's best from the past, but never be enthralled to it.
42:46Old-fashioned practices can sometimes hold progress back.
42:52I believe, and the Labour Party believes,
42:55that a new, updated concept of community is needed
43:00to keep up with the fast pace of change in the modern world.
43:05I was elected leader of the Labour Party because I understood that we had a radical mission
43:10to change not just the politics of this country,
43:13but the constitution of this country, the soul of this country.
43:20Radical is not a word to be frightened of.
43:23It is a word to embrace.
43:26Because I fear that if we are not radical, we will not succeed in our mission.
43:32Look at what we've done in the House of Lords.
43:35Taking...
43:37Taking drastic action against hereditary privilege.
43:42Thank you very much.
43:45Look, the world is changing fast.
43:49Oh, okay, right.
43:51And change is tough, we know that.
43:58It's no one that people feel worried and wish to hold tight to the old ways.
44:02A run-in with the Women's Institute was surely not what the Prime Minister had in mind
44:06as he made his return to the political fray.
44:09The chairwoman of the WI says that she had urged Mr. Blair
44:12not to make his speech party political.
44:14Take all the forces that prevent Biden change,
44:16then the very conditions restrict them.
44:23I'm glad they're having a good debate, England.
44:34He can charm America, indeed the whole world,
44:38but comes up short with the Women's Institute.
44:41I'm getting terrible stick for it from my aides,
44:43who all advise against doing it.
44:45You were political with the WI,
44:48the one thing we pride ourselves on never being.
44:50As far as criticisms go,
44:52being too political is one I think I can live with.
44:55Be like someone describing you as being too royal.
44:59I think I've come to realise there's no such thing as too royal.
45:04If you're doing it, do it properly.
45:07And unapologetically.
45:13I understand.
45:17So.
45:20So.
45:23I'm sure you're aware,
45:24the EU has just published a draft
45:27of its new Charter for Fundamental Rights
45:30ahead of the forthcoming summit in Portugal.
45:33Our hope is that it will reflect
45:36the original meaning of the EU
45:37to summarise existing rights.
45:44The EU
45:45You can work my power
45:48You can wear my shoes
45:52Not to talk like me
45:56I'd be an angel too
46:01I'm singing it now please
46:03things
46:05Things can only get better
46:08Things can only get
46:10Can only get
46:12Ticket all to elero
46:14I know that things
46:17Can only get better
46:19Things can only get
46:22Can only get
46:25Can only get better
46:41Now I've found you.
47:20Now I've found you.
47:38Now I've found you.
48:08Now I've found you.
48:42Now I've found you.
48:42Now I've found you.
48:43Now I've found you.
48:44Now I've found you.
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