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00:23Canadian
00:23More than half a million people pack Epsom to Bursting Point
00:26And now, to watch the Coronation Derby
00:30A car bearing the royal standard
00:32slowly down the course
00:34from Tatham Corner.
00:35Commented by the Duke Medinor
00:37with three waves of acknowledgement
00:38and welcoming chairs.
00:41The crowds bore their appreciation
00:42for the dashing, handsome couple.
00:44A symbol of a new era.
00:49Half a million people
00:53at a race course.
00:57Thanks to the carnation,
00:59your sister
01:00is now the most famous woman in the world.
01:04Yes.
01:09I'm the luckiest.
01:13Not on our romantic trip to Reducia.
01:16Official duty, Reducia.
01:17With the man I love.
01:19Secretly love.
01:20I will be the happiest.
01:36I've got a story, Chief.
01:37It's important.
01:38As long as it's not about the royal family,
01:40they'll have all the years.
01:41It is about the royal family, Chief.
01:42Oh, let me guess.
01:44Our thanks to one beautiful young woman
01:46with one short televised ceremony.
01:49Oh, thank you, Bob.
01:50A tired, anachronistic institution
01:52is rejuvenated.
01:54A nation is liberated
01:55from the austerity of rationing and war.
01:58Our place as a leading power in the world
01:59is re-established
02:00just when it seemed to be slipping.
02:02What a load of bollocks.
02:03Slifter?
02:04I shouldn't.
02:05Oh, go on.
02:05It's nearly lunchtime.
02:07Paper, sir.
02:07Thanks, Mary.
02:08My job.
02:09It's Princess Margaret.
02:10What about her?
02:11Leaving the abbey
02:12on the day of the coronation,
02:13I saw her picking a piece of fluff
02:16off a man's uniform.
02:17Fluff?
02:18Yes, fluff.
02:19Jesus, Bill.
02:19I thought we did serious reporting here.
02:21This is serious.
02:22Because the man in question,
02:24her father's former query,
02:25Group Captain Peter Townsend,
02:27is a commoner.
02:29And, wait for it,
02:31a divorced commoner.
02:33Historically,
02:34when this lot brush up against divorce,
02:35you end up with either reformation
02:37or abdication.
02:38Will church and state clash again?
02:40It's a big story.
02:41So are comet jet planes
02:43dropping out of the sky,
02:44Stalin's death ushering
02:46in a power reshuffle
02:47in the Soviet Union.
02:48Let me write it up, Chief.
02:50I've got a feeling about this one.
02:51Based on what?
02:56What are you doing, man?
02:58Picking fluff off a man's jacket.
03:00That's a gesture as intimate as a kiss.
03:02More intimate,
03:03since it suggests the kiss
03:04has already happened.
03:07No, I'm sorry, Bill.
03:08I can't hold the front page
03:09for a bit of fluff.
03:10Let me write it, Chief.
03:11Then you decide.
03:18Make sure it's peppery.
03:21Make sure it pops.
03:23Yes, sir.
03:38Switchboard, good morning,
03:39Your Royal Highness.
03:40Good morning.
03:41I would like to speak
03:42to my sister, please.
03:43One moment, please.
03:49London.
03:51Buckingham Palace, please.
03:52Victoria, 48, 32.
03:54Hold the line.
03:56Buckingham Palace, good morning.
03:58Go ahead, please.
04:00I have the Royal Highness
04:02the Princess Margaret
04:03for her majesty.
04:04Certainly, sir.
04:05Hold the line.
04:07Sir.
04:08Princess Margaret
04:09for her majesty.
04:26Hello.
04:34I have Her Royal Highness
04:36the Princess Margaret
04:37for her majesty.
04:38Yes, sir.
04:39The breakfast room.
04:40The breakfast room.
04:41Yes, sir.
04:47Telephone call for you, ma'am.
04:50Yes?
04:51Her Royal Highness
04:52the Princess Margaret,
04:54your majesty.
04:57Hello, you.
04:59Hello, you.
05:01Sir, I was wondering
05:02if you had a free evening soon
05:03where we all might have
05:04dinner together
05:04before I go to Bidicia.
05:06I'm sure I do.
05:08Thursday?
05:09Mummy's out.
05:10I'd have to check.
05:11Lovely.
05:12And who's us all?
05:15Well, you and me
05:17and Philip
05:17and, um...
05:19And I would like to bring
05:20Peter, if I may.
05:22What?
05:23Peter, Peter?
05:24Yes, Peter.
05:26Oh.
05:26What does that mean, O?
05:28Nothing.
05:29Oh, how nice.
05:32Is there something
05:32we'd like to discuss
05:33with you?
05:34Oh?
05:35There you go again.
05:37Sorry.
05:38Am I going to be given a clue?
05:40No.
05:42No.
05:43Stop it.
05:44Sorry.
05:46So, Thursday evening,
05:47then, you'll check.
05:48Fine.
05:53It'll be such fun.
05:56Lovely.
06:00Lovely.
06:03Lovely.
06:12Yeah.
06:15Here we are.
06:18Sure.
06:19Lovely.
06:38Thank you, gentlemen.
06:42Thank you very much, gentlemen.
06:46A special guest
06:48joins us this afternoon
06:49who's just returned
06:50from a year
06:50in post-revolutionary Cairo
06:52working as a photojournalist.
06:54Our fellow
06:55lunch club member
06:55Tony Longley.
06:57Oh, my God!
07:00Thank you, chaps.
07:02It's very nice
07:02to be back,
07:03I must say.
07:03Ladies,
07:04might we close
07:05the shutters?
07:07Lovely.
07:12I am,
07:13as Baron says,
07:14fresh from the streets
07:15of Cairo
07:16and I'm still trying
07:17to digest
07:18the hurricane
07:19of popular uprising,
07:20violent military coup
07:22and revolution
07:23that I've just witnessed.
07:24Bloody native.
07:26You all know King Farouk.
07:27Colorful character.
07:29He owned more
07:29than a hundred cars.
07:31Almost as much as me.
07:33Had them all painted red.
07:35Splendid.
07:36He used to race them
07:36through the streets
07:37of Cairo
07:38shooting at any pedestrians
07:39who happened to get
07:40in his way.
07:40Yeah.
07:41Pheasant suit.
07:44Probably why he was
07:45forced to abdicate
07:46last year.
07:48And now this man,
07:51Nasser,
07:51is the name
07:52on everyone's lips.
07:53He has the charisma
07:55to unite not just
07:55his own country
07:56but the entire
07:57Arab world.
07:58Stirring up
07:59anti-Western,
08:00anti-monarchical
08:02sentiments.
08:06This is Shepard's.
08:09A famous British hotel.
08:12A symbol of colonial rule.
08:14Before riots.
08:18And after.
08:21That writing,
08:22what does it say?
08:27Death to the imperialists.
08:32However,
08:33it's not all
08:33doom and gloom.
08:35Mike,
08:35I've got something
08:36a little special
08:37for you here.
08:38Nice!
08:39That's exactly what I'm talking about.
09:01Give me a sip.
09:03Dirt to my wife.
09:06Dirt to my wife.
09:12where were you today nowhere well clearly somewhere but nowhere that would interest you
09:17it's a lunch club where soho oh with just men talking about women no talking about egypt
09:34if you must know and the revolution that's just taken place there along with the unrest in croatia
09:39umbania montenegro yugoslavia hungary italy please take note yes a little bit about the
09:48fairer sex over coffee and the odd brandy what do you expect it's your gentleman's lunch club
10:02so what's the guest list for tonight
10:04no one just you me margaret and very peter what townsend peter and why on earth did we have to
10:12dress up she insisted she wanted to make it a special occasion with him isn't that a contradiction
10:18in terms he's not going to naughty boy is he i know as much as you do
10:39it'll be fine
10:50come on
10:56we'd like to be left alone now yes ma'am
11:01can you just leave it thank you
11:27i asked you here tonight because
11:30there is something i wanted to discuss with you i think you already know that over the years with peter
11:36being so much part of our family and
11:38away from his own so much uh friendship has developed between us
11:46and then ever since papa's death hitting me so hard and with your accession and coronation and you being more
11:52and more occupied uh peter's become almost my sole companion
11:58uh and i guess and um so when um so when his divorce came through in uh december last year
12:05i suppose it was only natural that we both started thinking about what kind of um future we might have
12:13together
12:15um and we reached a decision in april wasn't it uh just before the coronation
12:20um
12:21that uh one day
12:26we wanted to um
12:30um
12:33well you know
12:35mary
12:36yes
12:39goodness
12:42well of course we're aware of the complications and issues at stake and
12:54what a little bit you've known for a while about peter and i
12:57this can't really be a terrible shock to you
13:01no not at all
13:05it's wonderful
13:07is there anything you'd like to ask us
13:08does your wife know
13:10your ex-wife
13:11she does we had a frank conversation there is no animosity
13:15good
13:16and the boys
13:18they know and seem very happy
13:24so
13:26do i have your permission
13:31a sovereign
13:36oh
13:43well of course i'll have to take advice
13:47and the hows and where's and
13:51all official matters
13:52but
13:54if it's what you desire
13:58more than anything in the world
14:02and there's your sister i'm never going to oppose it
14:04oh thank you
14:06thank you
14:09thank you
14:10thank you
14:10thank you
14:12thank you
14:13thank you
14:13very well
14:14congratulations
14:15to both of you
14:18thank you sir
14:19i suppose it better be philip from now on
14:21thank you sir
14:22not philip
14:30you knew
14:33not the extent of it
14:38but you didn't think to mention it
14:43i don't like it
14:45any of it
14:45for one thing it will create the most enormous scandal
14:48nor do i believe in them as a couple
14:49he's too old for her
14:51and he had some sort of breakdown during the war
14:54now that's all in the past
14:56besides that's why he got on with my father so well
14:58not to mention the fact he's dull
15:00he's not dull
15:01desperately dull
15:03i'm confident i've met more interesting plants
15:06not to mention it's a terrible thing to do to you
15:09why?
15:10because of the position it puts you in as a sister
15:13and as a queen
15:14has everyone forgotten the catastrophe that was your uncle already?
15:18oh
15:18the situation's different
15:20one party divorced
15:22the other royal
15:24sounds pretty similar to me
15:26that was 17 years ago
15:27the world has changed
15:29the rest of the world has
15:31nothing changes in the court of St. James
15:34besides
15:35we have a son and heir
15:37there's no realistic prospect of Margaret becoming queen
15:42one can see the attraction
15:47in Peter?
15:49yes
15:49he's a handsome war hero
15:53divorced war hero
15:54and blameless in that divorce
15:57there's no such thing as the blameless party in a divorce
16:01his wife had an affair with another man
16:04because he was always around here sniffing around your sister
16:07he was looking after my father
16:08and sniffing around your sister
16:14I thought you liked him
16:16liked him
16:17I mean
16:18I respect him for what he did in the war certainly
16:21plays bridge well
16:22and he's a good pilot
16:25and he's a good influence on Margaret
16:26is he?
16:27if he were really a good influence
16:29he'd patch things up with his wife
16:30and leave Margaret well alone
16:48good night Bill
16:49good night
17:13nice turn
17:13yeah
17:15this had better be good
17:17it is
17:21bloody hell
17:23you did say peppery
17:24pepper's one thing
17:26this is jelly night
17:27I know
17:36what are you doing?
17:37I can't run this without going upstairs
17:39what?
17:40don't look at me like that
17:41live in the real bloody world for a moment will you?
17:45Marjorie hello
17:46yes
17:47is he there?
17:48yeah just for a few minutes
17:53this is not just inflammatory
17:55it breaks all the rules
17:56what rules sir?
17:58the unspoken rules of deference and respect
18:01shown by the media to the royal family
18:03but surely those rules changed
18:04the moment they invited television into the coronation
18:07that was their right
18:08and a huge concession
18:10to what?
18:10popular interest
18:11their interest also
18:13look at their standing now
18:15it's never been higher
18:15the question we in the fourth estate
18:18need to be asking ourselves is
18:19do we let ourselves be used
18:21or do we have our own independent voice?
18:24don't get moralistic with me
18:25if we don't break this story
18:27do you think nobody else will?
18:28I know there's plenty of others sniffing around it
18:38well thank you for letting me know
18:40of course Tommy
18:41thank you for understanding
18:43I'm sorry
18:44no I'm sorry
18:46I imagine it must be difficult
18:47being dictated to like that
18:49by an employee
18:50I wasn't dictated to
18:51am I missing something?
18:53you said this editor was telling you
18:55what he was going to print
18:55in your newspaper
18:56he is
18:57but I can't keep telling him
18:59what to write
19:00I thought that was the point
19:01of owning a newspaper
19:03look I'm just trying to help you Tommy
19:05I suggest you see this
19:06for the kind gesture that it is
19:08what that you're about
19:09to print an article
19:11that will cause deep distress
19:12to senior
19:13let's be quite clear
19:14the most senior members
19:16of the royal family
19:16that I'm warning you
19:18that I'm giving you the heads up
19:21I'm on my knees with gratitude
19:38laughing
19:50that I'm giving you the books
20:14You sat there.
20:38Your Majesty, a story is about to break in the press, identifying Peter Townsend not just
20:46as the companion of Princess Margaret, but as her likely future husband.
20:55We understand that the paper is to feature a profile of Group Captain Townsend, details
21:02of his marriage and subsequent divorce, along with an editorial about other notable divorcees
21:10to have been associated with members of the Royal Family.
21:22Should we deny it all?
21:27With respect, ma'am, it's a little late for that.
21:29But this horse has already bolted.
21:40Your Royal Highness.
21:54Her Majesty the Queen before you, Your Royal Highness, on the telephone.
22:04Hello.
22:05Hello, you.
22:05Bad time?
22:06Good time?
22:07Good time?
22:09Good time.
22:09Always.
22:11Look, I've been racking my brain about how I can best help you.
22:14Now, you know that the Church of England doesn't permit the remarriage of divorced persons if
22:18the husband or wife of the former marriage is still alive?
22:21Yes.
22:22Well, I was just wondering if you and Peter had considered Scotland.
22:25Not to live?
22:27No.
22:27No, for the wedding.
22:28Why?
22:29Because it would be more low profile.
22:31Well, actually, I was thinking of legal reasons.
22:34Marriage isn't regarded as a sacrament in the Church of Scotland.
22:37It's not as binding in the same way as here.
22:42You mean we could even get married in a church?
22:45Well, I'd have to check, but I think so.
22:48That would be so lovely.
22:51Lilibet, thank you so much.
22:54Made my life a lot easier, too.
23:00Sorry, Lilibet.
23:02What for?
23:04I think you're going to get a visit from Mummy about all this.
23:06Oh.
23:08I realise I'm not making anyone's life easy.
23:12Yours especially.
23:15But I'm determined to do this for you.
23:17To give you what you want.
23:23Can't wait to tell Peter.
23:25I'm ready to go.
23:40Help me.
23:41Come on, Steve.
24:01Mummy, this is a surprise.
24:07I am a mother of two daughters whom I love equally.
24:11It seems that they each have problems of equal size.
24:17Obviously, we want Margaret to be happy and have the man she wants.
24:21Yes.
24:22But we must do everything in our power to protect you as Queen and as a sister.
24:30Protect me from what?
24:32I've given Margaret my word and I'm determined to support her.
24:36They can marry in Scotland, where I'm not head of the church.
24:39Your Majesty, I fear the matter is more intricate.
24:43Let's be quite clear.
24:45If Margaret were to marry Peter, it would be a scandal.
24:49Don't mistake your current popularity of a long-term security.
24:54Your uncle's affair and abdication almost destroyed the Monarch.
24:59This could too.
25:03Tommy.
25:10Ma'am, what do you know about the Royal Marriages Act of 1772?
25:15George II.
25:17Third, ma'am.
25:18He had two younger brothers, William and Henry.
25:21Both of whom, I'm assuming, made undesirable marriages.
25:23One to an illegitimate shrew, the other to a disreputable jade, which caused an outrage in Parliament and the Church.
25:31Now, in response, George III asked his Prime Minister, Lord North, to rush through a Royal Marriages Act to prevent
25:38any future willful young prince or princess from making an ill-advised or disadvantageous match, which might threaten the integrity
25:46of the Royal House.
25:47It decrees that until the age of 25, any member of the Royal Family must secure the Sovereign's permission to
25:54marry.
25:59But?
25:59But not thereafter.
26:04I see.
26:05So, if Margaret would wait until after her 25th birthday, she would be free to make any decision she likes
26:12without your consent.
26:14The important thing is, it protects your relationship with both Church and Government.
26:22Well, I can see the advantages of that, but what's in it for her?
26:27Mummy, she's only 23.
26:29What does she do in the meantime?
26:32In the meantime, she and Peter wait.
26:37Preferably in separate countries.
26:39What?
26:41It's the only way to contain the story, ma'am.
26:57Thank you, sir.
27:02Hold on, sir.
27:06Hold on, sir.
27:16Hello, sir.
27:25Um.
27:44Morgridge!
27:45No!
27:50Morgridge!
27:55Just until your 25th birthday.
27:57Then you'd be free to do as you wish.
27:59Look me in the eye and tell me.
28:01Is it a posting or is it a banishment?
28:03It's a posting.
28:05I promise.
28:08It's just a way of managing the story.
28:09Keeping it off the front pages.
28:11With the heartless attempt to split us up.
28:13No, of course not.
28:15Papa did the same for Philip and me.
28:17He made us wait.
28:17It's a few months. This is for two years.
28:19I think...
28:21Two years.
28:29Why did you even dangle Scotland under my nose?
28:36Sorry.
29:00All right.
29:04If I do this for you, will you promise me that this banishment, this banishment won't start until after our
29:11trip to Adesia?
29:12You know how much we've been looking forward to it.
29:19You're going to deny that as well.
29:21It's the sensitivity of you two together.
29:24The photographers, you would overshadow everything.
29:28But when you get back,
29:31you'll have some time together.
29:33Alone.
29:33Soon.
29:35I promise you that.
29:39You?
29:56We won't go after you.
29:58You?
30:13they offered me johannesburg i refused then singapore
30:20i refused that too
30:23and they came back with brussels it's dreary but at least it's close the whole thing feels like a
30:30completely unnecessary unjustifiable punishment i know perhaps your sister sensed that
30:40that is why she's asked me to go to normal ireland what for to accompany her on a trip to
30:46belfrath
30:46this week to put on a show of public approval that's something i suppose
30:55no substitute for a dizzy though
31:03no one wanted philip
31:07she dug her heels in got the man she wanted didn't she she did
31:19we ought to head back
31:22come on no wait kiss me
31:35you know we'll be able to back up the heart
31:51so
32:08Your Majesty, just to run through the order of the day, we'll be met at the airport by the Governor
32:16of Northern Ireland or Wakehurst.
32:18From there, we'll be going to the Belfast City Boundary to be met by the Lieutenant of the City of
32:23Belfast.
32:24After that, we'll be presented to the Lord Mayor, Alderman Percival Brown, and the town clerk, Mr. John Dunlop, followed
32:32by a city luncheon at a civic hall.
32:35The other way around, I think.
32:38Ma'am?
32:40A civic luncheon at City Hall.
32:47Forgive me.
32:49Is everything all right?
32:53I do hope it wasn't a mistake inviting the group captain to join us.
33:00You've never cared for him, Tommy.
33:01No, I cared for him as long as he did his job and knew his place.
33:06My father held him in high regard.
33:08He was a member of staff, not as a member of the family.
33:13He's been a good friend to us all.
33:15Too good, I would argue.
33:17And he let his wife go in the process.
33:20He was innocent in that regard.
33:23She left of her own accord, and he's a wonderful father to those boys.
33:27I'm just trying to manage a difficult situation, ma'am.
33:31As am I.
33:32Sending him away will break my sister's heart.
33:36Hearts mend.
33:40Or is there anything else?
33:43No.
33:44I don't understand.
33:45I don't know.
33:50I don't understand.
33:56No.
34:01I don't know.
34:13I just don't know.
34:14I don't know.
34:29The Queen, who wears a coat of vivid group shantam with a matching hat,
34:38finds herself sharing the limelight with group captain Townsend, who accompanies her on the tour.
34:44The crowd get a last glimpse of the Queen and her husband before they begin the drive to City Hall.
34:49En route, thousands pack the streets to put them welcome.
34:56The royal couple are welcomed onto Balmoral Showground, where 4,000 ex-servicemen and women are gathered to pay tribute
35:02to their sovereign.
35:03Many Ulster schools and youth organisations are represented, and they all have a smile and a wave for the Queen.
35:11As London papers called once more today for a statement from Buckingham Palace to clarify the rumours of a romance
35:17between Princess Margaret and group captain Townsend,
35:19newspaper editors from all over the world sent their photographers to scrutinise Townsend's face, hoping for her clue.
35:32The Queen can't be used to sharing the limelight with a member of her household,
35:35but the gathered crowd certainly seem as interested in group captain Townsend, as in Her Majesty.
35:44Turn it off.
35:46Certainly.
35:46The crowds have to jostle with Memphis, the press and television, who are following the royal parties every move.
35:55I brought him along to show my gratitude for his years of service, and to support my sister.
36:00And I had hoped the detention of Margaret and Peter would fade away.
36:05But I could barely hear myself speak today.
36:07The solution is an obvious one.
36:10Which is?
36:11Bring forward the group captain's relocation with immediate effect.
36:15But that would mean him missing his reunion with my sister in London.
36:19And I gave her my word.
36:21Well, sometimes best intentions need to be reconsidered, Your Majesty.
36:25You can always blame it on me.
36:30No.
36:31Let's switch into four hours.
36:33Things might calm down tomorrow.
36:36The Lamberg drummers, ma'am.
36:38A special orangeman's welcome.
36:40Your Majesty.
36:41Your Majesty.
36:42Mm-hmm.
38:56Yes, Margaret and I were so looking forward to it.
38:58We have so many shared interests, as you know.
39:00We enjoy doing everything together.
39:06We had hoped to find some time together during our days of walking, swimming, riding.
39:14But not to be.
39:24Anyway, anyway, nice chatting.
39:36Ma'am, if you wouldn't mind.
39:43Just wondering if Her Majesty has had time to think about the matter.
39:49She has, she has, take care of her, whatever manner you see fit.
39:59Yes, ma'am.
40:32Thank you so much.
40:33Thank you so much.
41:11Group Captain Townsend.
41:13Group Captain Townsend.
41:16The man of the moment.
41:19President, you come up.
41:31Will you sit?
41:43following consultation with the government, the Foreign Office, and Her Majesty's Press Secretary,
41:48the decision's been taken to move forward your posting to Brussels with immediate effect.
41:52Your car is waiting to take you first to your apartment, where you will pack, and then directly to the
41:57airfield.
41:58The plane for Brussels leaves in just under three hours.
42:02There was some concern that that might not give you enough time, but I felt sure that as a military
42:06man, packing quickly and unsentimentally, would come a second nature to you.
42:14But that isn't what was agreed.
42:18The agreement between Margaret and Her Majesty the Queen, with the certain knowledge of Her Majesty the Queen Mother, was
42:24that Margaret and I would spend some time together upon her return from Rhodesia, before I travelled to Brussels, forty
42:31-eight hours at least.
42:33Your proposal is a direct contravention of that agreement.
42:37Well, I cannot, nor do I ever presume, to know the intimate details of whatever agreements have or have not
42:44been made within the family.
42:46What I can tell you is that the position of Air Attaché at the Embassy fell vacant unexpectedly early and
42:52needs filling right away.
42:54Of course, a crucial position like the Air Attaché to the Embassy at Brussels cannot be left vacant for very
43:01long.
43:02I ask, only that it remains so, until after the Princess returns, as I was promised.
43:11I'm afraid that will not be possible.
43:25Tommy.
43:29I understand you are only trying to do your job.
43:33But one thing the trip to Northern Ireland has made very clear to me is that the romance between Margaret
43:38and myself has caught the public eye.
43:42There is a momentum for us, a sense of joy, a celebration, which you would be wise to acknowledge.
43:49The people can clearly see the sincerity of the love between Margaret and me, and I would advise you not
43:55to reprehend us for that.
43:57Such an act could backfire.
43:59And now, if I may give you some advice in turn, Peter, that when referring to a member of the
44:07Royal Family, you use the appropriate title, in this case, Her Royal Highness.
44:11When referring to the woman I love, and who loves me, and who is soon to be my wife, I'll
44:15call her what I damn well like.
44:18Her name is Margaret.
44:23Car, Townsend.
44:26Waiting.
44:29Tick.
44:30Tick.
44:32Tick.
44:38Bon voyage.
44:45Tick.
44:47Tick.
44:48A tiny white community, surrounded by primitive Africans, grew into a young and flourishing nation with the ever-brightening promise
45:02of more prosperity before it.
45:41Aria!
45:41Yes, sir!
45:43We honour a man of remarkable vision, who saw how great this land could become once civilised.
45:56I wish continued prosperity and success to all those who inherited it.
46:08Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the loyal church.
46:14The Queen!
46:15To the Queen!
46:23God save our gracious Queen!
46:27Lord, we are the Queen!
46:32God save the Queen!
46:35Send her victorious!
46:40Happy and glorious!
46:43Long to reign over us!
46:49God save the Queen!
46:53I need to speak to my sister!
46:56Now!
47:09Switchboard!
47:10Her Royal Highness needs to make an urgent call to Her Majesty the Queen.
47:13A secure line required.
47:15Putting you through.
47:17Foreign Office, Her Mayor, direct your call.
47:18Buckingham Palace, Victoria 4832.
47:23I have Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret for Her Majesty the Queen.
47:27Sir?
47:30Sir?
47:32Princess Margaret for Her Majesty the Queen.
47:35On a secure line.
47:37Of course!
47:37What's taking so long?
47:38Well, I gather we have the secure line, ma'am.
47:41They're just having trouble locating Her Majesty.
47:43What can be so difficult?
47:44She's the Queen.
47:45Very conspicuous.
47:46She can't disappear.
48:02Sound of Math is the Queen.
48:03Very spune my new house.
48:18Yes, sir, she's here. Arrived about an hour ago.
48:24Yes, sir, right away.
48:40Ma'am, I've located the Queen.
48:52Oh, I think he's a little bit inexperienced.
48:55With the trucking?
48:56Yes, I do. Telephone, Your Majesty.
48:59Right. Yes, I'd like you to skip a quarter for the first quarter mile for a morning.
49:02Yes, ma'am.
49:05And then we might have to think about pairing him with another rider.
49:08Yes, ma'am.
49:09Yes?
49:11How could you? Margaret.
49:13You gave me a word. Promise me he'd still be there when I got back.
49:16I did.
49:16Why has he been sent away?
49:18Vanished like some criminal.
49:20Things got out of hand.
49:22I took you at your word.
49:24Believed everything you said.
49:25How happy you were for me.
49:27How you would support us.
49:29Margaret.
49:29You've been against us from the beginning.
49:31Because you can't bear to be eclipsed.
49:33What?
49:33You can't bear to be outshone by your younger sister.
49:36You've never liked it. Admit it.
49:39And you've hated our Peter and I've caught the popular imagination.
49:41Hated it enough to want to destroy it.
49:43This is madness.
49:44Well.
49:45You fail to protect me.
49:48I will fail to protect you until.
49:50Margaret.
49:53You reap what you sow, sister.
49:57Margaret.
49:58Oh no.
50:02No.
50:08No.
50:15Not the other one.
50:16I'm sorry.
50:19Yes, sir.
50:23Fine or dropping.
50:24No.
50:24I'm trying to keep them following you.
50:25Yes, sir.
50:38The laws of England say that any man, once divorced, is fully entitled to marry again.
50:44If those laws are good enough for England, they are good enough for the royal family.
50:48I know.
50:49The near holy reverence shown for the crown by the people of Britain is a fact of life, as the
50:54recent coronation has shown.
50:55Few other countries in the world retain such regard for their monarchies.
51:00But are those centuries of awe drawing to an end?
51:04Can that veneration be sustained in the light of the royal family's cruelty to its very own members?
51:13The royal family in Britain has survived a thousand proofs that it is artificial and superfluous.
51:21And seems to have as deep a hold as ever on the loyalties of the people.
51:28It is not likely, however, to survive the clear proof that it is insensate and cruel.
51:41The treatment of her sister has now deputized the future of the monarchy in Britain.
51:5248 hours would have passed.
51:56If you were lucky.
51:57I fear it would take longer than that for Margaret to forgive me.
52:00Well, she will in time.
52:01She has to.
52:04We all have to.
52:10There.
52:11Majesty.
52:12Be right with you.
52:13Hello, Mike.
52:14Where are you going?
52:15I told you, I was away for the weekend.
52:17Did you?
52:17Baron's having a house party.
52:19Who's Baron?
52:20Baron Nahum.
52:21President of our lunch club.
52:25Don't look like that.
52:26It's gentleman only, right?
52:27Absolutely.
52:31All perfectly innocent.
52:46Shall we, old boy?
52:47Yes, I think that's a sniffle already, eh?
52:50I got on.
52:50What?
52:54Hello.
52:55Yeah.
52:57Yeah.