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00:22I'll ask my daughters to come and see me.
00:25Yes, ma'am.
00:32Yes, it's too soon.
00:33I can't do it.
00:36Not strong enough.
00:37That's why you have two grown-up daughters.
00:39Step in for you in situations like this.
00:41I'll do it.
00:42Thank you, but that makes no sense.
00:47Speech is for Papa, but Papa, I would like to do it.
00:50It's right I do it.
00:51You don't enjoy public speaking, whereas I do.
00:55And I was Papa...
00:56What?
00:58Favourite.
01:00Were you going to deny it?
01:02Your father didn't have a favourite.
01:04He adored you both.
01:06Did so equally.
01:08As any good father would.
01:11Mummy, you decide then.
01:12He's head of the family.
01:14But she's not head of the family.
01:17I am.
01:19And I will make the speech.
01:42Six years ago, I heard the moving words,
01:46which my father spoke when he unveiled the statue of King George V.
01:51I did not think then that in so short a time I should be called to take this place.
02:00But it is with pride that I unveiled this noble statue today.
02:09You're welcome.
02:14Goodbye.
02:18Goodbye.
02:23Goodbye.
02:25Goodbye.
02:29Goodbye.
02:31Goodbye.
02:32Bye-bye.
02:33I don't know.
03:03I don't know.
03:34I don't know.
04:00I don't know.
04:03I don't know.
04:04She's not ready for something on this scale.
04:07She's not yet up to it.
04:08Especially with so many of our dominions demanding independence.
04:13We must be considerate her a patroniser.
04:17That's not what I'm saying, sir.
04:19Yes, it is.
04:23Bermuda, Jamaica, Australia, Salon, Uganda is going to be hot, Your Majesty.
04:29To that end, we've been working a great deal with organza, crepe de chine and shantum silk.
04:34We also wanted to feature something particular to each location.
04:38So we thought sprigs of native wild flowers indigenous to each country that you're visiting.
04:44So, on Her Majesty's arrival in Sydney, we propose a white organza dress scattered with pale yellow wattle blossoms.
04:51How many dresses are there?
04:54One hundred.
04:55One hundred.
04:57And hats?
04:58Thirty-six.
04:59Pairs of shoes?
05:00Fifteen.
05:02Isn't this all a bit much?
05:04Couldn't we try to economize?
05:06Yes, it is.
05:06It was a directive from the government itself and the very top of the government.
05:11To put our best foot forward.
05:13For Great Britain, our very best foot.
05:22It is an absurd pantomime, the whole thing.
05:25I don't know why anyone can't see beyond it.
05:27I don't know, actually.
05:28I thought the old ostrich feathers rather suited you.
05:30Should wear those more often.
05:31Ha.
05:31Ostrich, please, sir.
05:32You think, twenty years ago, Britain had influence and control over one-fifth of the world's population.
05:37You look where we are now as India.
05:39Pakistan.
05:40South Africa.
05:42Iraq.
05:43Jordan.
05:43Burma.
05:44Ceylon.
05:45All independent.
05:47But nobody wants to face it or deal with it, so...
05:50They send us out on the Commonwealth Roadshow.
05:54It's like giving a lick of paint to a rusty old banger.
05:57To make everyone think it's all still fine.
06:00But it's not.
06:01The rust has eaten away at the engine and the structure.
06:05The banger is falling apart.
06:09But no one wants to see it.
06:12That's our job.
06:13That's who we are.
06:15A coat of paint.
06:18If the costumes are grand enough, if the tiara is sparkly enough, if the titles are preposterous enough, the mythology
06:27incomprehensible enough, then all must still be fine.
06:30Are we nearly finished yet?
06:31Not quite, sir.
06:32Half-four hours we've been here already for a costume fitting.
06:34Uniform, sir.
06:36Not costume.
06:37You wear uniforms to battle.
06:39Oh.
06:39This is a costume fitting.
06:45It's just a formality, Your Majesty, confirming your temporary assumption of duties as Councillor of State while Her Majesty is
06:52abroad.
06:53You are so kind to still look after me from your retirement.
06:57How much is still in the diary?
07:01Well, I went through it with, uh, Major Adeen, and we tried to throw out as much as we could.
07:06But there will still be the usual Privy Council meetings, of course.
07:09Some investitures and, uh, military inspections.
07:12Couldn't we give some of it to Princess Margaret?
07:14I'm just thinking she's had a tough time of it lately.
07:17Being allowed to shine a bit might be good for her.
07:21Get her back on track.
07:28Besides, I had rather hoped to disappear her up to Scotland for a while.
07:31And Margaret could deputise for me.
07:37The officers talked away in a remote part of the embassy.
07:40When no one will see me, no one will find me.
07:42What do you do all day?
07:44Uh, nothing.
07:45You can't keep with anything to do.
07:47I beg to differ. Nothing is all I do.
07:50Are you at least balloon in the office?
07:53Oh, no. Sergeant Hewitt is here.
07:55He's just walked in.
07:56Can he hear you?
07:58Oh, yes.
07:59Does he watch you?
08:01Oh, yes.
08:02Is that the point of Sergeant Hewitt?
08:04It is the only point.
08:05Oh, how awful.
08:10Well, it's not forever.
08:12Feels like it, though.
08:15Two years.
08:21Without you to protect me.
08:23Guide me.
08:27Yeah, I feel quite...
08:30Unanchored without you.
08:32Yes, but it's what we agreed to do.
08:34To help you, sister.
08:39Then we shall be free.
08:53Well, that's it.
08:54That's me off.
08:56See you when you're back from the tour.
08:58In...
08:5923 weeks.
09:04Well, call me if you need anything.
09:05Yes.
09:06You won't, of course.
09:09You don't need me anymore at all.
09:11Yes, of course I do.
09:11No, you don't.
09:12Neither of you does.
09:14I have two grown-up daughters quite capable of looking after themselves now.
09:19Who is it that you're staying with?
09:21The Viners.
09:23Up in Caithness, at the Northern Gate.
09:25Dunnett Head.
09:26Oh, goodness.
09:27That's the end of the earth.
09:28Yes.
09:29Chance to really get away from it all.
09:33Have a good think.
09:35About what?
09:39Everything.
09:41Well, don't think too much.
09:43Or too deeply.
09:44Just gets one in a muddle.
09:47By the way, I've arranged for Margaret to deputize for me while I'm gone, as Head of State.
09:52Why?
09:54Someone needs to do it.
09:55Can't have people turning up the knighthoods and some civil servant handing them out.
09:59Well, if you think she's up to it.
10:00Up to what?
10:01Standing still, looking pretty and putting a sword on a few people's shoulders.
10:04And presumably making speeches.
10:05Which will be written for her.
10:07And turning up on time.
10:08I believe there are people who will get her where she needs to be.
10:11And behaving herself.
10:14She'll be fine.
10:15And you, if you'll allow me for just one moment.
10:19Please.
10:19You need to give Margaret some room.
10:21Some space in which to shine.
10:23She needs to shine, that one.
10:26And as elder sister, you ought to be confident and generous enough to respect that.
10:31I am.
10:33I am.
10:34Are you?
10:55On your knees.
10:56Is that absolutely necessary?
10:58Of course.
10:59I'll be sure I know what I'm doing before you go.
11:02All right.
11:05I hope you have a steady hand.
11:07You seem uncharacteristically jumpy.
11:10Guilty conscience, perhaps.
11:13Why should I have a guilty conscience?
11:15Have a think.
11:17If you mean Peter and his posting.
11:19Banishment.
11:20That wasn't my doing.
11:22I was simply acting on the government's advice.
11:23The idea came from your henchman, Tommy Lassers.
11:25Now, that's a little fun.
11:26Was it?
11:27Yes.
11:27And it's the flat edge.
11:28Remember?
11:29Oh.
11:30Sorry.
11:31So how is he?
11:32Peter.
11:33He's getting on with it.
11:36Uncomplainingly.
11:37Because that's what strong men do.
11:40It's a lonely existence in Brussels.
11:43No real job.
11:44Stuck in a small flat.
11:45Followed by photographers.
11:46Having to stay clear of all the parties.
11:48Stay clear of all the traps.
11:50What traps?
11:51The traps being set for him.
11:53Those who wish to lead him astray.
11:56Catch him in a compromising position.
11:58Those who would cheer the dissolution of our friendship.
12:00Margaret, you're imagining things.
12:02Am I?
12:03Yes.
12:04Anyway, it's not for much longer.
12:06Two years.
12:07Yes, but the first three or four months will fly by while you're kindly filling in for me.
12:11I'll try not to upstage you.
12:13How kind?
12:14I promise I won't bring my own character to it.
12:16Well, I never expected anything less.
12:18That's the advantage of having a character to bring.
12:21Too much character.
12:22An excess of character.
12:25Now look at me and tell me you didn't say that without a little bit of envy.
12:30Just remember who you're standing in for when I'm gone.
12:33My characterless sister.
12:36Your queen.
12:37Not a showgirl.
12:46I remember, I remember.
12:50I remember.
12:53I remember.
12:55It was so funny.
13:02I heard you.
13:03I remember.
13:28The last time you departed on this tour,
13:31it was cruelly cut short by the death of your dear father.
13:36In his final months, the king told me many times
13:38that he could feel it all slipping away from the empire
13:43and our place in the world.
13:46He saw this tour as a chance to keep each dominion close,
13:51preserving that empire.
13:53So take him with you in spirit.
13:55Let his example guide you.
14:01His thoughts influence you.
14:04I will.
14:06And if I may, never let them see the real Elizabeth Windsor.
14:14The cameras, the television.
14:18Never let them see that carrying the crown is often a burden.
14:25Let them look at you, but let them see only the eternal.
14:36Thank you, Winston.
14:38Your Majesty.
15:02The End
15:03The End
15:11The End
15:14The End
15:40Well, son, you've made it.
15:42If it was easy to come here, everybody would.
15:45Thank God it is until they don't.
15:48We want to rest.
15:50Certainly not.
15:51I've been sitting for hours.
15:52And what a nice long walk.
15:55Oh, better still.
15:56Right.
16:09Go.
16:11Go, kid.
16:18Go.
16:30Oh, Scotland. The beauty.
16:32I'd almost forgotten what it feels like to have the spirits lifted.
16:35Well, you're welcome to stay any time to get away from it all.
16:38You'd soon grow sick of me. You know what they say. Guests and fish.
16:44You could become a neighbour.
16:46There's a castle on the coast of Sel.
16:49They're threatening to tear it down.
16:50The owner can't afford to keep it up.
16:52A chap called Inbert Terry. Strange film.
16:54The rumour is that on occasion he sings to the seals that swim past the castle.
17:02How queer.
17:06Has it been very difficult?
17:12It has.
17:15I don't want to sound self-piteous.
17:17But loss has followed loss.
17:20First and foremost, the loss of a husband.
17:23Then the loss of a home.
17:25And having to leave the palace.
17:29The loss of motherhood as daughters become adults.
17:34Loss of a routine.
17:35Sense of purpose.
17:37The loss of a crown.
17:40Imagine 17 years' experience as Queen.
17:43Of being the head of the family.
17:46Bertie was a wonderful husband and father, but he needed a great deal of help as king.
17:50And then we lose him.
17:51And precisely the moment when they should be giving me more to do.
17:55Stop me falling into despair.
17:57They take it all away.
18:03They take it all away.
18:08They put it all into the hands of a girl who's totally unequipped for him.
18:19I'm so sorry.
18:35I'm so sorry.
18:37My husband and I have been deeply touched by the welcome we have received here.
18:43Bermuda holds, and will always hold, a warm place in our hearts.
18:50May God bless you all.
19:00I thought that went well, ma'am.
19:02This is delivered loud and clear, I'd say.
19:04Stay loyal or die.
19:06Is that it now?
19:06Can we knock off?
19:07I'm afraid not, sir.
19:09Without wishing to rush you, ma'am, we do need to move on as quickly as possible.
19:12Yes, of course.
19:18Match in.
19:21Ready for you, ma'am.
19:22Give her a chance.
19:25Navy again.
19:26Eight minutes, not nine, not seven.
19:28From there to the next location, where you'll make a speech to ex-servicemen at the Royal
19:32Yacht Club, then by ferry to visit a school near Mangrove Bay on Westbury Island, then
19:36you'll host a garden party here at the government's house for a thousand or so guests, where
19:41we're hoping to find a moment at the ceremonial planting of a tree.
19:44We'll find a moment during any of this to use the lavatory.
19:47I do hope tomorrow's better.
19:49I'm afraid not, sir.
19:51I'll put 4.30 for a 6 a.m. flight to Jamaica.
19:56Oh, here we go again, waving like lunatic.
20:00Oh, God.
20:01With any luck, one day they'll all own television sets, and they won't come out like this again.
20:06Man, sir, just before we take off, I thought I might go through the itinerary for our first
20:10day in Jamaica.
20:11Goody.
20:12Yes, sir.
20:13Do sit down, Michael.
20:14We arrive at noon to be greeted by the governor, representative of the West Indian Islands,
20:19and a guard upon half will be formed by the Jamaican staff.
20:27This is the picture we shall never forget in Jamaica.
20:31The lovely lady and the tall, handsome figure of the sailor, her husband.
20:37So near to our children that they can almost be touched.
20:41So graceful and so near...
20:43Colonel Charter has thought you might like to see the speech for tomorrow night, ma'am.
20:47Give you a chance to prepare.
20:57Oh, dear.
20:59Would you bring me a pencil, please?
21:02Ma'am?
21:03And ask Colonel Charter, if you'd be so kind as to come see me in the morning.
21:28Good morning, sir.
21:30Good morning.
21:52Come in, Martin.
21:53You're all right.
21:56The speech for the ambassador's reception tonight.
21:58Yes, ma'am.
22:00This was written for my sister.
22:01Very well written.
22:03Manifesting for her, in her register.
22:06Reflecting her character, if that's the right word.
22:09As we both know, I have a different character.
22:12Indeed.
22:12And since I shall be deputizing for my sister tonight, I was wondering if I might make one
22:17or two minor adjustments to the text.
22:20Ma'am?
22:21Give it a bit more color.
22:22Make it feel a bit more like me.
22:25Breathe a little life into it.
22:26I'm sure her All Highness appreciates it.
22:31There will be important people at the reception tonight, of different backgrounds, different
22:38sensibilities.
22:39The speech has been carefully calibrated to avoid giving offense.
22:44And I'd suggest to avoid entertaining, too.
22:46It's not the sovereign's place to entertain.
22:50And I'm not the sovereign.
22:51I understand that, but you will be there in her place.
23:06What about the state diadem, Tiara?
23:08Or the Cambridge lovers not?
23:10Those are Her Majesty's estate occasions.
23:13Her Majesty won't mind.
23:15Besides, are people not coming tonight expecting to meet a queen?
23:19Yes, shouldn't we be giving them one?
23:31Oh, my God.
23:53Your Excellencies, I'm delighted to be here tonight,
23:58deputising for my sister, the Queen,
24:01who was fortunate enough to be on her travels,
24:03somewhere between Bermuda, Jamaica and Fiji.
24:07Distracted, no doubt,
24:10by waving fields of sugarcane and graceful palms,
24:14by deep blue water beyond white coral sands,
24:19by dramatic green hills, thick with vegetation,
24:22and the subtle rhythms of dancing and singing.
24:26But more vivid, more brilliant, even,
24:31than the colours of those lovely islands or the echoes of that music
24:35or the welcome of cheerful and friendly people,
24:38wherever my sister may travel,
24:40is what I see as I look out from this stage tonight.
24:45As I look out at all of you tonight.
24:48My, don't you all look wonderful?
24:52And shimmering.
24:54Oh, and positively exotic.
24:57And what fine company we have here tonight?
25:00Our ambassador to the United States of America,
25:03Sir Roger Makins.
25:04The only honest thing to come out of Washington.
25:08Our dashing ambassador, Alec Kirkbride, in Libya.
25:13Just one single, ladies.
25:16Oh, and of course, Sir Charles Peake and his wife from Greece.
25:19A country which has brought us many things.
25:22Philosophy, democracy.
25:24My brother-in-law.
25:29So to all of you, I say welcome.
25:33As a rule, the food here is pretty ordinary.
25:35The wine is usually rather good.
25:37And I've made sure there is plenty of it.
25:41So I have no doubt we all have a wonderful evening.
25:58It felt so good.
26:00My sister talks all the time about how she even suited to it.
26:03Well, I was born for it.
26:05I know.
26:07Afterwards, I told them to put as many engagements in the diaries they like for the next few months.
26:11Vestitures, rebelles, different rules.
26:13Well, why not?
26:14Oh, couldn't you come watch me in action?
26:16Just once.
26:17If I thought it were without risk, I would in a flash.
26:20But if the papers get hold of me.
26:21Darling, papers love us.
26:23People are for us.
26:25Hmm.
26:25In their eyes, we can do no wrong.
26:34I don't know.
26:36Good lunches.
26:37I guess you need to figure out.
26:38Ready?
26:39I know.
26:40Almost.
26:41You go ahead.
26:46Just give me a moment, please, gents.
26:47I'll be right with you.
26:48Okay.
26:49Of course.
26:49Something you're on the first note, can't we?
26:55What's the matter?
26:59There was an ambassador's reception in London last week.
27:02Apparently, Margaret was dazzling and brilliant.
27:05Would you have preferred she make a mess of it?
27:08No.
27:12Perhaps.
27:14Is that awful of me?
27:15Yes.
27:16Well, now you know.
27:17You didn't marry a saint.
27:18I knew that.
27:19So if I wouldn't worry, I'd have great faith in her.
27:21In Margaret?
27:22Her ability to mess things up, in the long run.
27:25Or outshine me.
27:26And mess things up.
27:27And outshine me.
27:37That's unlike you.
27:41I'm sorry.
27:47You know, there is a danger we might be overdoing it.
27:50Perhaps it would be prudent to take a few things out.
27:56I mean, 57 Australian towns in 58 days.
28:01Maybe we don't visit all of them.
28:08No.
28:10No.
28:12We keep every appointment.
28:15No cancellations.
28:17Not one.
28:22I'm afraid the day does hold some challenges, ma'am.
28:25The route's ten miles and the street's already packed.
28:28How long will it take?
28:29I'm allowed two hours.
28:30Two hours?
28:31In a hundred degree heat.
28:33I could ask them to increase the can, driving speed a little.
28:36But I think the horses might struggle.
28:37No, we'll be fine.
29:41Then, good-hearted Adelaide.
29:45On to venerable Hobart, nestling at the cool feet of Mount Wellington.
29:53That's it. The castle of May.
29:57Isn't she bonnie?
30:00Oh, yes.
30:06And what a view!
30:08Oh!
30:18Oh!
30:35Captain Ember Terry, Commander Viner, Lady Doris, and, uh, we've met.
30:47I don't think so.
30:48Yes, yes, yes. It's your, your, your face. It's, uh, it's very familiar. Don't say a thing. It'll come to
30:56me.
30:57May we come in?
30:59Yes, yes.
31:04Well, if you were to be interested in, uh, property, I've got to be entirely honest.
31:09The, uh, the roof does need a, does need a bit of work.
31:14And one or two windows might need replacing, and the, uh, the electricity does need, well, installing.
31:21And there's no dining room to speak of, nor bathrooms.
31:25And I've sold off most of the good shooting and fishing.
31:28Oh, dear, you're really not a salesman.
31:30In fact, the place is in such a state, I'd sooner make a gift of it.
31:35I'm afraid I'd be quite unable to accept.
31:38Why not?
31:39It'd be frowned upon. It's something to do with who I am.
31:43You're an actress, a famous film star.
31:48No.
31:49A singer, then?
31:50No.
31:51It's on the tip of my tongue.
31:58It, um, dates back to the, uh, to the mid-17th century.
32:03It was in the, uh, it was in the same family for 14 generations.
32:07We bought this in 1959.
32:10My wife and I had in the very happy years here with him.
32:13War came in the nation.
32:18The solution is, is obvious.
32:21Stop smiling.
32:23The trouble is, I have the sort of face that if I'm not smiling,
32:26and everyone says, oh, isn't she cross?
32:28No, that's not.
32:30What, what do you think, doctor?
32:32It's a spasm.
32:34The muscles are overworked.
32:36Rest ought to fix it, though.
32:37Like I said, stop smiling.
32:39No.
32:40I have an engagement this evening.
32:42So what can be done?
32:43Well, I could inject the affected area with a relaxant.
32:48You'd have to watch yourself with soup, though.
32:49You might find you have less control at chewing and drinking, and it's not a long-term solution.
32:56Oh.
32:56All right.
32:58I'll have the injection.
32:59Good God.
33:00Bought and dribble soup all over your dress.
33:02Do you know,
33:04The other night,
33:05I woke up with my right arm out from under the bed close.
33:08Do you know what I'd been doing?
33:09I'd been waving to the crowds in my sleep.
33:14All right.
33:17Hold still.
33:19Please.
33:20Your Majesty.
33:22Your Majesty.
33:32American planes, guns, and ammunition are helping the French and Vietnam forces.
33:36Russian and Chinese weapons are aiding the Vietnam.
33:43Princess Margaret to dons white overalls when she visits Calvert and Colliery in Nottinghamshire.
33:47A visit to the Coalface, a quarter of a mile underground,
33:50is included in her tour of the colliery,
33:52which is recognized as one of the most modern in Europe.
33:55After almost an hour underground,
33:57the Princess brings back a souvenir,
33:59a piece of coal she hewed herself.
34:01Did you enjoy the mining, you were a miners?
34:03I did, very much.
34:05I know it's jolly dusted up now.
34:07Not even when it's into my mouth,
34:09but I can assure you it tastes of deliciousness.
34:11Do you have sympathy for the miners at the work desk?
34:15One can still have sympathy for anyone
34:17who has to spend their working life down there.
34:19It's horribly dark and hot and cramped.
34:23To my eyes, it seems conditions are still very perilous
34:25for these poor brave men who work underground for so very little.
34:30What would you say to the authorities regarding the matter?
34:33Ah, no, I have nothing further to say.
34:36What's the call for?
34:41I have someone very special in mind.
34:44Group Captain Townsend?
34:48Are you missing him?
34:50Yes, I am.
34:52Very much.
34:53And are you missing your sister, Her Majesty the Queen?
34:58Not quite as much, no.
35:10Why not, did you say that?
35:12What?
35:12That you missed me.
35:13I did.
35:14I do.
35:15I know, but that wasn't wise.
35:16Why not?
35:19Darling,
35:22you can't use a public occasion
35:24to take a dig at your sister like that.
35:26You start too.
35:27It's just, the palace won't like it.
35:30And we need the palace on our side.
35:35Who is it you think you'll be letting down anyway?
35:37A koala?
35:39This whole thing is a circus.
35:41It's a miserable circus.
35:44Trudging from town to town
35:45with the dancing bears.
35:51What are you doing?
35:53No, I'm taking back this small pleasure.
35:54You've taken away too much.
35:55No, no, no.
35:57Those things will kill you.
35:59Yeah.
36:00Forty a day, your father smoked,
36:01and now I know why.
36:02Poor bastard.
36:03You probably took one look at this tour and thought,
36:05do you know what?
36:06I'll be better off with cancer.
36:07Shut up.
36:11What is it you're trying to prove?
36:13What is it you want to hear him say?
36:16Bravo, Lilibet.
36:18Manage the whole tour.
36:20Lilibet never lets you down.
36:23Ticked every box.
36:25Never put a foot wrong.
36:27Now, finally,
36:28I love you more than I love Margaret.
36:31Get out!
36:32Get out!
36:32Get out!
36:33Fuck me, boy.
36:34Fuck me.
36:37Chris!
36:37Don't you dare!
36:38I'm back here!
36:39I'm crushed!
37:13Let me go to have a work.
37:15No.
37:20I'll do it.
37:29I'm sorry.
37:30That little interlude.
37:34Well, I'm sure it must happen in every marriage.
37:38Now, what would you like me to do?
37:41For your newsreel.
38:03Another gift for you, Majesty.
38:11Now, your royal highness,
38:14when you appear in public,
38:15performing official duties,
38:18you are not you.
38:19Of course I am me.
38:20Expressing political opinions
38:22about working conditions in mines,
38:24that business at Sadler's Wells.
38:27And no one wants you to be you.
38:29They want you to be it.
38:30A statue.
38:32A thing.
38:32The crown.
38:33That's what they've come to see.
38:35Not you.
38:36The minute you become yourself,
38:38you shatter the illusion.
38:41Break the spell.
38:42What people want
38:43is someone to inhabit it.
38:45Or be frightened of it.
38:47Make it flesh and blood.
38:49Bring it to life.
38:49Your uncle, Edward VIII,
38:52threatened to do just that.
38:53Impose his individuality
38:55on the institution.
38:57Bring it to life.
38:58And he almost destroyed it
39:00in the process.
39:00You can't seriously be comparing
39:02this to the abdication.
39:04No.
39:04But I have decided
39:05that all remaining
39:06royal engagements
39:08in the Queen's absence
39:09should be carried out
39:10by the Queen Mother.
39:13My mother is in Scotland.
39:15So I gather.
39:15But I have sent someone
39:17to bring her back.
39:19right away.
39:22Your Royal Highness.
39:29You said eleven.
39:30What time is it now?
39:32Well, it's nearly noon.
39:34Goodness.
39:35And I settled
39:36in such good time.
39:38Did you come along the coast?
39:39I did.
39:40You didn't factor
39:41in the wind.
39:43You were into the wind
39:45this morning.
39:46Wasn't I just?
39:47The good news is
39:48you'll fly back.
39:56I've, um,
39:57I've had a chance
39:58to do some thinking.
40:00I've spoken to my lawyers
40:02and I've come up with some
40:03that I think is a fair price
40:05for this magnificently
40:07situated castle.
40:08Yes, yes.
40:09Go on.
40:10Brace yourself.
40:13One hundred pounds.
40:16What?
40:17Oh, I'm sorry.
40:19Is that too dear?
40:21No, it's absurd.
40:23On the contrary,
40:23it's entirely fair,
40:24given it'll end up
40:25costing you tens of thousands.
40:27Are you sure?
40:28No.
40:29The question is,
40:30are you sure?
40:36I am.
40:38All right.
40:40Congratulations.
40:41I hope you'll be
40:42very happy here.
40:44I have a feeling
40:45I will be.
40:45I can get the place
40:46cleared out
40:47inside a week.
40:48Oh, only if you've
40:49somewhere to go.
40:50I, I do.
40:51My sister's
40:52a few miles
40:52down the coast.
40:53Now,
40:54will I walk you back
40:55to the biners
40:56downwind?
40:57That'd be lovely.
41:12Your Majesty.
41:15Forgive me
41:16for this detergent
41:17I come from
41:18the Prime Minister.
41:20He asks that you
41:21return to London
41:22immediately.
41:23Whatever for?
41:24This is all the
41:25information that I have.
41:30It seems I must go.
41:33Oh, my God.
41:37He's finally
41:37come to you.
41:40Why on earth
41:41didn't you say?
41:43But...
41:44Because people
41:45always make such a fuss.
41:48And stop being
41:49themselves.
41:51And you'd have
41:52doubled the price.
41:54Spoken like a
41:55true Scots woman.
41:56Ha, ha, ha.
42:25Oh, my speech.
42:27There was one adjustment that I would like to meet.
42:31I would like to refer to Malta as my island of happy memories.
42:38Very good, then.
42:40I can have the text retyped for your approval.
42:48Now, there do remain some security concerns about Gibraltar.
42:53What concerns?
42:55Death threats are sent.
42:57To all the leaders of the major political parties,
42:59telling them that if our tour were to go to Gibraltar,
43:03our safety can't be guaranteed.
43:06I told them we should pull out.
43:09Why?
43:10You mean why?
43:10Because I don't much fancy shuffling the streets of Gibraltar like a sitting duck.
43:16No.
43:18Pulling out at this late hour will make us look weak.
43:20And it would be a great disappointment to the people of Gibraltar.
43:23I say we go.
43:24I say we don't.
43:32I am aware that I am surrounded by people who feel that they could do the job better.
43:40Strong people with powerful characters.
43:43More natural leaders, perhaps better suited to leading from the front, making a mark.
43:47But for better or worse, the crown has landed on my head.
43:51And I say we go.
44:00The Royal Yacht Britannia sails towards Gibraltar.
44:04Visible on deck, Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
44:08Accompanying, Britannia, 15 A-class destroyers for the Mediterranean Sea.
44:13The ship is the 21 gun solution.
44:17A powerful signal to the people of Gibraltar, of the Queen and the British Empire's enduring support.
44:45The Royal Yacht Britannia has already marked Her Majesty as a woman of destiny.
44:52Her return to London after 50,000 miles by air, land and sea is a triumph of diplomacy at a
45:00challenging time for the Empire.
45:03Not a single item of the enormous list of engagements has been missed.
45:09Many of us have seen and beaten their queen as she leaves the commonwealth charmed and united.
45:17It is already clear that Her Majesty will occupy a place among the famous queens of history.
45:23And promises a renewed role for Britain in the modern world.
45:29The Empire secure across the four corners of the earth, marking the start of a new Elizabethan age.
45:46The Empire's over and forth, marking it toimp Lericacker.
46:08You can't get away from me.
46:11The Prime Minister, Majesty.
46:15Congratulations, Your Majesty.
46:17Thank you, Winston.
46:18An unqualified tribe.
46:20Well, and their escape, I see.
46:21So easily, I've gone the other way.
46:23Well, but it didn't.
46:24And has put us right back where we belong.
46:27Higher, in fact.
46:29And before the tour,
46:30our great nation was in danger of losing
46:34much of its status,
46:36our influence, our standing.
46:38Your courage and conviction prevailed.
46:42This time, perhaps.
46:45But in time, they will surely grow tired of it.
46:47Grow tired of us.
46:48Only if the Crown
46:50and the people representing the Crown
46:53make mistakes, errors of judgment.
46:57My dear sister.
46:58Yes.
47:00What would you have me do?
47:11Thank you, ma'am.
47:12Your Majesty.
47:13Her Royal Highness is on her way.
47:17I'll give that you, my Lord.
47:18All right, I have been here before.
47:21Do you know the way?
47:34What's in there?
47:35Yes, ma'am.
47:56Goodness.
47:57Goodness.
48:09What have I done to deserve this?
48:11The brief was simple.
48:13Perform minor ceremonial tasks
48:16with a minimum of fuss.
48:18Not end up all over the newspapers.
48:20I can't help it if they want to write about me.
48:23Well, it would help
48:24if you didn't give them what they crave.
48:26Character and excitement.
48:27Instability and drama.
48:28Well, at least I give them something.
48:30You give them nothing.
48:31I give them silence.
48:33Silence is nothing.
48:34It's the absence of noise.
48:36Emptiness.
48:37Blank page.
48:39Which allows others to shine.
48:40But the monarchy should shine.
48:41The monarchy, yes.
48:43Not the monarch.
48:46Reparations will need to be made.
48:48To whom?
48:50To the people you offended.
48:53A general to whom,
48:55when asked if you'd like to dance,
48:56you replied,
48:57yes, but not with you.
48:59I believe there was also a debutante
49:00who you managed to make cry,
49:01and the dancers of Sadler's Wells,
49:04whom you refused to meet
49:05after arriving late for the performance.
49:07You showed individuality.
49:10And that made people panic.
49:12They don't want individuality.
49:14The last person who showed character
49:16almost took the ship down.
49:20You are enjoying this.
49:23Not a bit.
49:24Yes, you are.
49:29Admonishing your unruly young sister.
49:33Have you ever thought how it must be for me?
49:36Many times.
49:37At great length.
49:38Wistfully.
49:39You have a role.
49:40A clear set of rules.
49:42All you have to do is follow them.
49:44Margaret, you have freedom.
49:45All you have to do is enjoy it.
49:47You think that I'm free?
49:49To be constantly in your shadow?
49:51Constantly the overlooked one?
49:52It looks like heaven to me.
49:54What you have looks like heaven to me.
50:03Two sisters who envy one another.
50:06You wouldn't be the first.
50:14Pride and joy.
50:18Remember what Papa called us?
50:21Yes.
50:23Elizabeth is my pride.
50:25And Margaret is my joy.
50:27But Margaret is my joy.
50:32I'm sorry.
50:33I have to claim the few victories I'm left with.
50:36And we're not disputing it, surely.
50:40What?
50:41That I was Papa's favourite.
50:50It's a cruel truth to it, isn't it?
50:53There are two sisters so close in age that the more one becomes one thing, the more the other necessarily
51:00becomes the opposite.
51:02But vice versa, it's the way of things.
51:06If one is the queen, it must be the source of honour and all that is good.
51:09The other necessarily becomes the focus of the most creative malice.
51:18Evil sister.
51:19No one says you're evil.
51:21Next to you, I'll always be evil.
51:25Fictus.
51:27Lost.
51:29Lesser thing.
51:35And yet you spend so much time telling me that I'm a lesser thing.
51:41I'm only to give myself a moment's peace.
51:53Would you consider doing it for me?
51:56Just from time to time.
51:58What?
51:59Putting a foot wrong.
52:01The occasional mistake.
52:03Let the side down.
52:05So I might not be so conspicuous a failure by comparison.
52:08You're tired.
52:09No, I'm not.
52:10I'm not tired.
52:12I'm tired.
52:14I'm just asking for a future I can bear.
52:24Margaret.
52:30Do I have your word that those apologies were made?
52:37We can help you draft letters or make statements.
52:44No need.
52:50No need.
53:13No need.
53:13No need.
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