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00:13The Duke and Duchess of Newark, Your Majesty.
00:16I won't see her. Just my brother.
00:37I gather you've made your decision.
00:41I have. I'm afraid you weren't thanking for it.
00:50Is she really worth it?
00:52I love her with all my heart.
00:54Of course, but more than your own country.
01:01More than your own family. More than your own brother.
01:06Yes.
01:09You'll be fine.
01:11You have a wife by your side and heirs to spare.
01:19My daughters.
01:23This will crush them.
01:28If you stand down, I shall want you and that woman gone for good.
01:35Brother has indeed turned against brother.
01:40Pay me to, brother.
01:44And I'll be gone forever.
01:49A sailor went to see, see, see, see.
01:52To see what he could see, see, see.
01:53But all that he could see, see, see.
01:56Was a boss from all the deep blue, see, see, see.
01:58A sailor went to knee, knee, knee.
02:00To see what he could see, knee, knee, knee.
02:02Miss MacDonald.
02:03His Majesty has asked to see the two princesses.
02:06Great. Come along, girls.
02:10Little bit.
02:17Margaret.
02:19Your uncle has let us all down.
02:22He put love before family.
02:25Now, I want you to promise me one thing.
02:30That you will never put anyone or anything before one another.
02:39Never.
02:40You are sisters above all else.
02:43And must never let one another down.
02:48Understood?
02:51Never.
02:53Never.
03:09Happy birthday, Margaret.
03:11So, I've done what you all asked and waited two years.
03:16But now that I am 25 and free to decide for myself when I will marry,
03:21it is with great pleasure.
03:24Great pleasure and pride that I say I am still committed to Peter.
03:29Peter.
03:31I've kept my side of the bargain.
03:34Now, I'm hoping, you'll keep yours.
03:37Of course.
03:42Happy birthday.
03:43Happy birthday, darling.
04:05Afternoon, ma'am.
04:06Yes, thank you, Michael.
04:09One or two bits and pieces.
04:12A request from our neighbour, Captain Farquharson.
04:15Wanting to lease a few acres of Balmoral Grouseland
04:18in exchange for the acres which we leased from him last year.
04:21Now, I spoke to the head keeper
04:23and he advised checking nest stocks before responding.
04:27Yes, that seems very sensible.
04:30A card from the mayor of Easter Ross,
04:33whose 70th it is this year.
04:34Hmm.
04:35Yes, he's not been well, is he?
04:38A stroke earlier in the year.
04:40But he's on the mend now, I'm happy to say.
04:43Good.
04:45That's everything for me, ma'am.
04:47Anything from you?
04:48Uh, yes.
04:49An instruction to put things in motion
04:51as regards group Captain Townsend's return to the country.
04:55Huh?
04:56As you know, my sister is now free
04:57of the constraints of the Royal Marriages Act
04:59and no longer requires my consent to marry.
05:03Yes.
05:07What is it that you're not saying, Michael?
05:09Well, there is still the other hurdle.
05:12The second part of the Royal Marriages Act.
05:15The fact that Her Royal Highness has turned 25
05:18merely means that she has reached an age
05:20where she can give notice of her intention to marry.
05:25Not that she is free to marry.
05:28What?
05:29Well, if both hazards of Parliament approve,
05:32only then, after 12 months have expired,
05:35can the marriage take place,
05:37and any marriage contracted in defiance of these rules
05:41would be void.
05:45Why did no one tell me this at the time?
05:48To which I hope you replied.
05:50It's always been there, ma'am, in black and white.
05:54Yes, but no one drew my attention to it or said anything.
06:00It's going to be very difficult.
06:03I'm sorry.
06:04I do feel that we've left her in a difficult spot.
06:08Well, the Queen Mother always believed
06:10two years' separation would be long enough for Princess Margaret
06:13to lose interest in the new captain and the whole thing to go away.
06:17But she hasn't, and it hasn't.
06:21And if anything, the Queen's dilemma at the heart of it all is only more acute.
06:26Either she puts her foot down and forbids the marriage,
06:29that turns sister against sister and splits the royal house down the middle,
06:34or she permits the marriage, setting a collision course with the church
06:39of which she herself is the head.
06:42Well, let me give it some more thought.
06:44We'll speak in the morning.
06:46Good night, Michael.
06:47Thank you, sir.
06:59Take a worm.
07:02What?
07:03A worm with your fingers.
07:05It won't bite the worm's point.
07:09That's it.
07:11Good boy.
07:12It's wriggling.
07:13Of course it's wriggling.
07:14It's a worm.
07:15It'll stop wriggling once you've put it on the hook.
07:19So, I was thinking about a week on Monday.
07:22Well, at four.
07:24To make the announcements.
07:26The engagement.
07:32Would you mind holding off?
07:34Just a moment longer.
07:37Everything's fine.
07:38Don't worry.
07:40There's just been a slight wrinkle.
07:43What's a wrinkle?
07:44Oh, no, a formality, which no one told me about,
07:47which means it's just going to take a little bit longer than expected.
07:49How much longer? We've waited two years already.
07:51Oh, I understand.
07:52And Peter has been through hell.
07:53I know.
07:54Waiting like a martyr, locking himself away.
07:56Seeing no one, speaking to no one.
07:58I've been prying into my pillow at night, counting the days.
08:01Why? Why?
08:02Because we were doing you a favor.
08:04I'm aware of that.
08:05To spare you your blushes.
08:05To make your life easier.
08:07I know, and I'm going to take care of it.
08:11I probably shouldn't have said a thing.
08:23We're going to go up in three, okay?
08:25One, two, three, come.
08:28Come.
08:34I'm trying.
08:36Try harder.
08:37It's difficult, Daddy.
08:38No, it's not difficult.
08:40Come on, if you don't try again, you'll never catch a fish.
08:42Oh, he dominates that poor boy.
08:45Try again.
08:48He can be very kind, too.
08:50Watch what I do.
08:51And he's wonderful, then.
08:56I still think he's too hard on him.
08:59Taking out his own frustrations on an innocent child.
09:03I had lunch with Tommy Lascells last week,
09:06and we both agreed that Philip still hasn't settled,
09:10and struggles with life in your shadow.
09:12Please.
09:13Come on, Charles.
09:14Let's have another go.
09:16Tommy came up with an interesting notion.
09:18Hey, hey, don't bother.
09:20Honey, I've got one.
09:21Well done!
09:28Have you noticed something about our children?
09:32They're the wrong way round.
09:33What?
09:34Well, our daughter's a boy, and our son is, God bless him, a girl.
09:38Don't be silly. He's just sensitive.
09:40Have you seen him fish?
09:42A girl.
09:43What's the matter?
09:45You seem preoccupied.
09:47Yeah, I am.
09:48I've got problems with Margaret.
09:49The mummy's been interfering.
09:51Surprise, surprise.
09:52Yes, along with everything else.
09:54Oh.
09:56Would you hate the idea of going to Australia?
09:59What for?
09:59To open the Olympic Games.
10:02Well, the Olympics are in November, are they?
10:05You can't go in November.
10:06Well, no, I didn't mean with me.
10:08I meant alone.
10:08My name.
10:15Right.
10:15Whose idea was that?
10:18Does it matter?
10:21Would you agree to it?
10:22No.
10:22No, I'd be gone months.
10:23Weeks.
10:24Away from you.
10:26Away from the children.
10:27Yes, but would you do it?
10:28No.
10:30Oh, please, Philip.
10:31Everyone just wants you to be happy.
10:32Nobody gives a fig about my happiness.
10:34Yes, they do.
10:35They want you to be stable and fulfilled.
10:37Everybody wants you happy, stable and fulfilled.
10:40They wish I'd just disappear.
10:41Well, no.
10:41They just think you'd benefit from the attention.
10:43And preferably never come back.
10:44No, just come back.
10:45What?
10:47What?
10:47Say it.
10:49Say it.
10:50A different man.
10:52No, not that.
10:54What then?
10:56Say it.
10:57Pick the adjective.
10:59All right, yes.
11:01Changed.
11:06Princess Mary, third in line for the throne of Britain.
11:09Now 25 and legally in control of her own destiny.
11:12Pressmen and sightseers from the lanes undeterred by the official statement that no announcement
11:17is contemplated at present about the princess's future.
11:22Meanwhile, the new prime minister, fresh off the plane from Cairo, travels to Scotland
11:26to brief the queen on the latest developments with Colonel Nasser.
11:39The new prime minister has arrived.
11:50I intend to remain in salt before we start here.
11:50The new prime minister has arrived.
11:52Margaret?
11:53Well, hello.
11:54Where are you going?
11:55The prime minister has arrived.
11:56Take him to my bed. I intend to remain in salt for at least a week.
11:59Oh dear. Don't tell me. My wife.
12:03Yes. Tarly.
12:06Oh, thank you. It's not easy.
12:09I'm a little fed up with it myself, truth be told.
12:11Why? What's she done to you?
12:13Don't get me started. Is she making life difficult for you and Peter?
12:17Yes, she wants to delay the engagement.
12:19Well, it's actually right, quite frankly. You both seem far too happy and far too in love.
12:23Do we?
12:24Yes.
12:24Well, it's easy to be in love with someone who's not here, isn't it?
12:29Yes. Perhaps that's why she's sending me away.
12:32Chin up.
12:46Would you excuse me?
13:14The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
13:16Yes. I've just been reading about your difficulties with Colonel Nasser. Have the newspapers exaggerated it terribly?
13:23To a very significant degree, yes.
13:25Oh, well, you can tell me all about it in the car. I thought rather than have our audience in
13:30the study, we could get some fresh air. You must be longing for a walk after your journey. Do you
13:34have any outdoor shoes?
13:37Galoshes, ma'am?
13:38Galoshes, ma'am.
13:38Oh, well, we might need something sterlier than that. Come on.
13:41She's a bit throaty, I'm afraid.
13:45We've been having trouble with the fuel pump.
14:03Tell me about Colonel Nasser.
14:06Well, the trouble started the minute we landed in Cairo.
14:13I got off the plane and made a statement to local reporters.
14:18In Arabic.
14:19You speak Arabic?
14:20Well, very badly.
14:22I studied in the box.
14:24Assalamualaikum.
14:26Asaruni, unakun, nahuna, fulkahera, lilaka, al-bidbashi, abdul-Nasser.
14:32We moved about the...
14:33Alaw, al-Qaw, al-Qaw, al-Qaw, al-Qaw, al-Qaw, al-Qaw, al-Qaw, al-Qaw, al-Qaw, al
14:36-Qaw, al-Qaw, al-Qaw, al-Qaw, al-Qaw.
14:37The Arabic language is very good.
14:42Very good.
14:47I'm sure the Colonel would have been charmed by that.
14:52On the contrary.
14:54That night, there was a dinner at our embassy.
14:58He came in uniform.
15:00Military uniform?
15:02Yes.
15:03Well, whatever for.
15:04One would think the clue would be in the invitation to dinner, that one would wear a dinner jacket.
15:09He came as if we'd invited him to battle, and promptly behaved like that.
15:14Hello, Mr. President and President of Eden.
15:17Tell him not the problem.
15:20I don't know if I'm a man of the personal clothing.
15:24I don't know, sir.
15:26He's a baddler.
15:28But the baddler is a baddler.
15:30Sensing his embarrassment, and wishing to spare him further blushes, I tried to make the situation better.
15:37Sensing his embarrassment, and his
15:41I tried to make the situation better.
15:41Mr. President of Eden, he's a baddler.
15:46He could have been a man like that.
15:48He was on fire in the streets, and he didn't believe it.
16:13That night, the Voice of Egypt radio station in Cairo claimed that Nasser had been deliberately humiliated by the imperious
16:23British.
16:24Oh dear. It might be worth extending the hand of goodwill.
16:28Indeed we are, ma'am. We're bending over backwards to help him fund this.
16:32A dam project.
16:33Things here could do with a little settling too.
16:38Mysis's engagement.
16:44This was their favourite place.
16:48They would ride out here together.
16:54And put a single stone down for each time they met.
17:01I thought this would be the perfect spot for us to discuss the matter.
17:06You see, I gave my sister my assurance that if she waited until the age of 25, she could do
17:14as she likes.
17:15Now I discover that's not true.
17:18And that she still needs to wait a year to get permission from Parliament.
17:21Which is not the advice that I originally received.
17:25Yes.
17:27And I'm afraid to say that even if she were to ask that permission,
17:33I cannot guarantee that she would get it.
17:36Why?
17:37Because a good many remain opposed to the idea.
17:40No.
17:40On religious grounds.
17:48Then advise me.
17:50Group Captain Townsend will be leaving Brussels and returning home shortly.
17:54Having done exactly what we asked him to do.
17:58How can I keep my word after I gave it, knowing only half the facts?
18:05Let me take the temperature of the cabinet.
18:11We must not forget that times are changing.
18:15Morality is changing.
18:19Country is changing.
18:41So it was your idea, was it?
18:43Dispatching me to the penal colony.
18:45You mean entrusting you to go to Melbourne to open the Olympic Games alone?
18:49Naturally, for Tommy Lassox.
18:50You're a puppet.
18:52I might have guessed.
18:56And you ought to be flattered.
18:57To be trusted to cast a ribbon.
18:59To be given that level of freedom.
19:00What freedom?
19:01I have no freedom.
19:02You have more freedom than any consort in history.
19:04You repay it by scowling and skulking like an adolescent.
19:11So good.
19:13Have some time in the spotlight.
19:15See the main attraction.
19:16And enjoy the attention.
19:19I hope it will do you some good.
19:20You might finally be less resentful and more supportive of my daughter in her duty.
19:48Let's go.
19:50What do you do, sir?
19:50I'm not good enough.
19:52Anything on your hand?
19:53Anything on your hand?
19:53Anything on your hand?
19:55Yes sir.
19:56Wait, wait, wait!
19:58Wait, wait, wait, wait.
19:59Wait, wait.
19:59Come on.
20:00Just a moment, sir.
20:01Just a moment, sir.
20:02Let's go!
20:23There is no formal confirmation of this on the palace.
20:33No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
21:03No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
21:16No, no, no, no, no, no.
21:53No, no, no, no, no.
22:07So if it is your majesty's intention to support your sister, come what may...
22:16It is.
22:19Then the best I can offer is to place a bill of renunciation before Parliament.
22:27It would deprive her of all her rights, privileges, and income.
22:33She would have to be married in a civil ceremony abroad, and be obliged to live out of the country
22:41for several years.
22:45But you will have kept your word, and she will have prevailed, and will be Mrs. Peter Townsend.
22:59Oh, of course.
23:01That's a strategy.
23:04What strategy?
23:06Force me into that choice.
23:07Bank on the fact that I would never do it.
23:10Oh, smart, said Margaret.
23:11Good time, Margaret.
23:12She can never survive without the trimmings.
23:14Well, I could.
23:14I could live perfectly happily without the staff, without the car, without the parties, without the attention, without the money,
23:22effortlessly.
23:23I am more than my title than these privileges.
23:27And Peter wouldn't want it anyway.
23:30So if that's what's all offer, I'll give up my title and we'll leave the country.
23:33It's not what I want for you.
23:35So please think about it.
23:37I mean, really, really think about it.
23:42Fine.
23:45While I'm thinking about it, perhaps you could think about this.
23:50I have a country that is for me.
23:54Newspapers that sympathize with me.
23:56I represent what a growing majority want.
23:59The future, not the past.
24:00A kinder, more tolerant attitude to marriage and divorce.
24:05That's not me.
24:07Right.
24:11We've been a government in your name.
25:00Slow down here.
25:00Slow down here.
25:13They tried to bribe my butler.
25:15A hundred pounds.
25:16Can you imagine?
25:17For a photograph of the two of you.
25:19Rather too much, isn't it?
25:25The house is on the siege.
25:27You're the cause of it all, old boy.
25:30Not bad.
25:31Sweeping out the most eligible woman in the world.
25:35Shall we?
25:36Yes.
25:38You can?
25:38No, you does, darling.
25:40I'm good at it.
25:41You sure are?
25:42I'm good at it.
25:43I'm quite sure.
25:45I would say that the seven seas with you.
25:50Even if you told you God had my own, can live well since seeing you.
25:57No!
26:23Hello.
26:24Hello.
26:25Hmm?
26:36Everyone is still dancing.
26:38Then why are you here?
26:40To tell you that I love you.
26:47And that they're just children.
26:49I know.
26:50And I'm mad for you.
26:52Me too.
26:52I know.
26:53I know.
26:54I know.
27:02I know.
27:10I know.
27:11I know.
27:14I know.
27:33I know.
27:41I know.
27:47I know.
27:51I know.
27:58I know.
27:59I know.
28:00I know.
28:02I know.
28:03I know.
28:04I know.
28:05I know.
28:06I know.
28:06I know.
28:11I know.
28:33I know.
28:37I know.
28:39I know.
28:45I know.
28:46I know.
28:49I know.
28:54I know.
29:02I know.
29:11I know.
29:21I know.
29:26I know.
29:28I know.
29:33I know.
29:36I know.
29:45I know.
29:52I know.
29:54you could have.
29:56I know.
29:57You're the Archbishop of Canterbury.
29:59And York.
30:02And the Bishop of Durham.
30:05Uh, is that Winchester?
30:08Barth & Wells, Mann.
30:10They're big guns.
30:12The four horsemen of the apocalypse.
30:19Marriage is a sacrament of our god.
30:21the cornerstone of our Christian family life, its foundation and its rock, and the calling
30:31to the canon law of the Church of England, indissoluble.
30:37Put simply, there are no circumstances where the Church might permit the remarriage of
30:44divorced persons while the husband or wife of the former marriage is still alive.
30:51Even if he was the innocent party.
30:54No circumstances at all?
30:57That makes my position very difficult.
31:02To forbid the marriage would risk breaking out my family.
31:04Your Majesty, Miss Queen, you are Fide, the Defensor, Defender of the Faith.
31:18That was the oath you made at the coronation.
31:23Well, I married the man of my choice and I'd like to think she could do the same.
31:27I don't know how it is that she really likes the fella.
31:30Time to concede, it would seem.
31:33Give the people what they want.
31:35They really know what they want.
31:42I think they're making it very clear.
31:47Well, the archbishops just made themselves clear to them.
31:51We ought to even listen to them, surely.
31:54As head of the Church of England, I thought I might.
31:57Oh.
31:59Well, in the name of the people that live with you and love you,
32:02might I suggest not being head of the Church for a minute,
32:05or head of state, or head of the Commonwealth of Nations,
32:07or the army, or the navy, or the government,
32:10or the fount of justice, or the whole damn circus, frankly.
32:13And be what?
32:14A living, breathing thing.
32:16A woman.
32:17A sister.
32:18A daughter.
32:18A wife.
32:26All ready for you, Your Majesty.
32:53I've been hoping to hear from you.
32:55I've found myself hovering by the phone for days.
32:57It's about Margaret.
32:59Yes.
33:00The French, very much for her, you know, what at least Paris is,
33:04which is the only France that matters.
33:05And are you for her, too?
33:07For Margaret, la Marianne, how can I not be?
33:10I share with her the fate of having a great love
33:14that captured much of the country's imagination,
33:18only to have it forbidden by the establishment
33:21so naturally my sympathy is with her.
33:24I see.
33:25But there is also the other great love of my life.
33:32The crown.
33:34And protecting that crown.
33:37And I imagine you find yourself in a difficult position now.
33:43Split.
33:43Down the middle.
33:46One half is sister, one half is queen.
33:52A strange, hybrid creature.
33:56Like a sphinx.
33:58Like a sphinx.
33:59Or gamion.
34:00As I am Ganesha.
34:03Or Minotaur.
34:06We are half people, ripped from the pages of some bizarre mythology.
34:14The two sides within us, human and crown, engaged in a fearful civil war which never ends.
34:22And which blights our every human transaction as brother, husband, sister, wife, mother.
34:36I understand the agony you feel, and I am here to tell you, it will never leave you.
34:45I will always be half king.
34:49My tragedy is that I have no kingdom.
34:56You have it.
34:58And you must protect it.
35:05You have it.
35:30It is.
35:50A rule, highless, the princess mobbed.
36:07I've asked you here to say that I've given the matter thought, a great deal of thought.
36:18The issue of your marriage has, for the past weeks and months, gone to the very heart of
36:24a great number of things, a country, morality, divorce, but also something closer to home,
36:41who I am, what I am.
36:46And your marriage to Peter has no, no, please, Margaret, it doesn't come naturally for me
36:55to speak like this, so please let me finish.
37:01It's involved going against members of our family, against senior courtiers, against cabinet.
37:09You know how I hate confrontation, or mess, or dereliction of duty, but I was prepared
37:17to go through it all, and support you as a sister, because I'd given you my word.
37:26But...
37:28But...
37:40But...
37:42But what?
37:50But I realized...
37:54As queen...
37:59That I have no choice.
38:07I cannot allow you to marry Peter, and remain part of this family.
38:15That is my decision.
38:34And to fancy the pledge you made to our father, and the pledge you gave to me.
38:46Yes.
38:54Yes.
39:11Will you forgive me?
39:15if you deny me the man i love if i put duty before family would you think of anyone who
39:21denied you philip it doesn't compare it compares exactly in marrying philip i wasn't violating
39:29the scriptures or offending the church i'm so sorry
39:45we will love others
39:56peter is the only one i understand that it feels like that now margaret i know i appear strong but
40:05i'm not
40:11peter is the only one who knows how to calm you to reassure me protect me don't tell me you
40:17understand that you don't know for a minute what it is to be
40:24unhinged
40:26be flailing about
40:30peter is the only one
40:37you could hold me together
40:45without him
40:51i must
40:52you
40:53you
40:54you
41:03you
41:11you
41:17you
41:24you
41:30you
41:31you
41:51I will never forgive her, and I will never marry anyone else, ever.
42:03You were the only one.
42:22I would like it to be known that Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret and I have decided not to marry.
42:32I am mindful of the Church's teaching that Christian marriage is indissoluble, and accepting my position as a divorced man,
42:49and knowing how deeply religious faith and commitment to the Church runs within the Princess.
43:01We have resolved to make the ultimate sacrifice and break off our relationship with immediate effect.
43:07Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret and I are strengthened by the unfailing support of the Royal Family, whom it has
43:14been my honour and my privilege to serve for these last ten years.
43:22I will now return to Brussels to continue my important work as her attachment here.
43:36The nineteen days between Peter Townsend's return to London and the Princess's decision were a period of mounting suspense.
43:42Now she has put her royal duty first.
43:46Outside Clarence's house, the day after the announcement, people hope to see and encourage her.
43:51The hearts of all Britain and the Commonwealth are with the young Princess, who has chosen not self, but country.
44:00The group captain flies back to Brussels.
44:03The end of a story of love and duty.
44:07With duty prevailing.
44:15Here are you.
44:16Apparently, the Prime Minister called Nasser and cosy himself and empower it.
44:20But it seems the Egyptians are going to guerra again.
44:24Why this time?
44:27Because the PM refused to speak a word of Arabic, insisting on speaking English.
44:32What's the matter with that?
44:34Uh-huh.
44:36Well it seems Nasser hadn't arranged for a translator to be present, which left him exposed since he doesn't speak
44:41sufficiently good English.
44:43He felt tricked and humiliated and has taken the whole thing as a terrible affront.
44:48There is some personal history between the two men, I believe.
44:52Oh dear. Well I do hope it all calms down.
45:09I'm off.
45:10Where are you going?
45:12We are ready for Her Majesty.
45:14To meet the President of the Olympic Committee as instructed.
45:19They now suggest I combine opening the Games with the Royal Tour.
45:22Stay away even longer, five months.
45:25Long way to go.
45:28A long time for a father to be away from his children.
45:33But no.
45:35If it gives me time to reflect and to work out my priorities and to settle.
45:39Not just in the marriage, but you know, generally.
45:42It'll be worth it.
45:44Don't be like that.
45:46Everyone's just trying to help.
45:47Oh yes, by putting a problem on a boat to Australia and hoping it sorts itself out or better still.
45:53Sinks.
45:54Do you know, it is possible that you might enjoy it.
45:56And thank me.
46:00Don't dress betrayal up as a favour.
46:02Don't dress betrayal up as a favour.
46:12Better go, I can't stand around chatting.
46:23Your Majesty.
46:25Will you be back please?
46:32What is this?
46:39I'll be back with you.
46:50Good afternoon.
46:52Thank you, Your Majesty.
47:24You can leave now, thank you.
47:40That's fine.
47:44.
47:50.
47:50.
47:50.
48:06Oh, my God.
48:20Oh, my God.
48:57Oh, my God.
49:21Oh, my God.
49:23Oh, my God.
49:36Oh, my God.
49:56Oh, my God.
50:04Oh, my God.
50:05Oh, my God.