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00:30Now in the eyes of the world, there have been such intense speculation about relations between the Queen and the
00:37Duke of Edinburgh.
00:40Right.
00:44No, no, I see.
00:50Yes, thank you.
01:09That was the Palace Press Secretary.
01:12In his view, the steps that we've taken haven't quite done the trick.
01:19The rumours still haven't gone away.
01:27I think we both agree it can't go on like this.
01:43So I thought we might take this opportunity, without children, without distraction, to lay our cards on the table.
01:53And talk frankly, for once.
01:56About what needs to change, to make this marriage work.
02:02Alright.
02:03Who goes first?
02:04Stupid question.
02:05I've learned one thing by now, it's that I go second.
02:09If I am to go first, that's where I'd start.
02:14You're complaining.
02:16My complaining?
02:17It's incessant, whining and whinging like a child.
02:19Are you surprised?
02:21The way those god-awful moustaches that run the palace continue to infantilise me.
02:24Perhaps if you weren't behaving like an infant.
02:26Giving me lists, sending me instructions, can you imagine anything more humiliating?
02:29Yes.
02:30As a matter of fact, I can.
02:33I've learned more about humiliation in the last few weeks than I hoped I would in a lifetime.
02:39I've never felt more alone than I have in the past five months.
02:42And why do you think that was?
02:44Because of your behaviour.
02:46Because you sent me away.
02:47Yes, and why do you think that was?
02:49I don't know, Elizabeth.
02:50You tell me.
02:51Because you're lost.
02:53You're lost in your role and you're lost in yourself.
03:01Look.
03:04I realise this marriage has turned out to be something quite different to what we both imagined.
03:08Understatement.
03:11And that we find ourselves in a...
03:13Prison.
03:16A situation that is unique.
03:20The exit route which is open to everyone else.
03:23Divorce.
03:23Yes.
03:25Divorce.
03:26It's not an option for us.
03:30Ever.
03:37No.
03:48So what would make it easier on you?
03:51To be in.
03:53Not out.
03:57What will it take?
04:01You're asking my price.
04:06I'm asking...
04:08What it will take.
04:15Remind me.
04:16You fly first to...
04:17Gibraltar.
04:19And from there?
04:20In Tebe.
04:21In Mombasa.
04:22Ah, yes.
04:23To meet the Royal Yacht.
04:25Yes.
04:25I've told you this already.
04:27Maybe I've forgotten.
04:28Maybe you should listen a little more carefully next time.
04:32From there we sail to Port Victoria.
04:34Then on to Colombo, New Guinea.
04:36Then Australia.
04:37Yes.
04:38To open the Olympics.
04:40As instructed.
04:42Then...
04:43Gambia.
04:44Gibraltar again.
04:45And finally...
04:47Lisbon.
04:48Goodness me.
04:50Five months.
04:55What for?
04:56For doing the tour.
04:59Stepping into my shoes.
05:01It is important.
05:03Actually, now I've made the decision,
05:05I'm rather looking forward to it.
05:07And we've managed to add another leg to the journey.
05:10The South Pacific and the Antarctic.
05:13Boys will be boys.
05:15Excuse me.
05:16Sub-zero temperatures.
05:17Men will be men.
05:22The annual presentation party for members of the diplomatic corps.
05:27Do you remember last year?
05:28Yes, I do, unfortunately.
05:29Do you go on, rather?
05:31Five hours.
05:31One moment before, Matt.
05:33The last guests have just arrived.
05:39You look nice.
05:41Do I?
05:43Even in full battle dress?
05:46Stuff used to wear you.
05:47Now you wear it.
05:48Oh, dear.
05:49Oh, dear.
05:49It's all right.
05:49It's all right.
05:50I'll do it.
05:51What is it?
05:56Everybody turn around, please.
06:05Stop it.
06:07Ready for you now, ma'am.
06:09Let's go!
06:35She's back!
06:41What's the market that's going on?
06:43Is it possible to bring back the sum of the public?
06:47Or...
06:48A кадр!
06:50They can't walk you.
06:52They can't walk you,
06:54and your guard!
06:56I had to tell you!
06:58Service is in the air
07:00I don't think it's in the air!
07:01The police!
07:03Service is in the air!
07:07the final
07:09the final
07:11the Mohandas
07:12was hit by the
07:136.69
07:17what is that?
07:20what is that?
07:23what is that?
07:25what is that?
07:26what is that?
07:29take your hand
07:35oh
07:35let's do this
07:37let's do this
07:38let's do this
07:42your hands above your head
07:43please
07:44I wanna
07:46receive
07:47all the
07:50good
07:51good
07:51good
07:52...
08:00Thank you very much.
08:26Oh.
08:27Oh, what?
08:32I've woken up in this bed.
08:34Yes, you have.
08:41Where do you get your energy from?
08:43I don't know.
08:50I am going to miss you.
08:57Come back to bed.
08:58No, I can't, darling.
08:59I've got 20 star jumps to do.
09:02You can do them here.
09:05Can I?
09:06Mm-hmm.
09:09I know.
09:12No, no, no, no.
09:14Out.
09:14Out.
09:16Out.
09:16Not�.
09:19I know.
09:22I know.
09:29Hi.
09:43So from here, come on.
09:48Right, my car or yours.
09:50Is that a stupid question?
09:51It's a stupid question.
09:53Alright.
09:54Heads or tails?
09:56See you drive back.
09:57Whoop!
09:57Tails.
09:58Heads, your wife.
09:59You lose.
10:00Now, now.
10:05She and I are getting on rather well at the moment.
10:07Really?
10:08Yes, really.
10:09Wish I could say the same.
10:11We're very fortunate to have a former pupil
10:14and now Prime Minister come to say a few words to us this morning.
10:19Sir Antony.
10:27Thank you, Sir Corbett.
10:31There's been a lot of talk recently about how much the world has changed since the war.
10:37And how much society in Britain has changed.
10:42Or how much it jolly well ought to change.
10:46And that places like Eton should no longer be seen as the birthplace of Britain's leaders.
10:54To which I, as a fully paid up egalitarian and progressive member of the Conservative Party say,
11:01what a lot of absolute nonsense.
11:08If Britain's leaders aren't coming from Eton,
11:11then where should they be coming from?
11:14You see before you the 16th Etonian Prime Minister.
11:1916.
11:20Out of 40.
11:23Not a bad percentage.
11:25Harrow, incidentally, only accounts for seven.
11:29Well, yes, you might well argue that as a social pool it is a bit narrow.
11:34But narrowness of the top is not necessarily a bad thing.
11:38For as any serviceman will tell you,
11:42in battle,
11:43when the heat is on,
11:45one needs a shorthand,
11:47a shared language and understanding,
11:51a clarity,
11:52that Eton has for generations now provided Britain with that clarity.
11:59that code,
12:01that
12:03shared language.
12:13I'm afraid we shall have to leave it there, gentlemen.
12:18Provost.
12:39You asked the senior man?
12:40Ah, yes.
12:42I wanted to leave this letter and this gift somewhere that the Duke of Edinburgh might find it.
12:46Preferably on the aeroplane.
12:48But I thought perhaps in his luggage.
12:49That travels separately.
12:51I would suggest placing it inside his briefcase.
12:53Yes, of course.
12:54Just let me know when the coast is clear.
12:56Actually, now, ma'am.
12:58He has an appointment with this tailor,
13:00followed by the lunch club with Commander Parker.
13:04Yes.
13:05It's Thursday.
13:06Of course.
13:07Ma'am.
13:17Ma'am.
13:22Ah!
13:23Ha.
13:23Ha.
13:24I've got it, sir.
13:26Check the track.
13:54Check the track.
14:28Your Majesty, we've just had a call from Downing Street.
14:31The Prime Minister has asked to see you urgently.
14:56I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting, Prime Minister.
14:58Your Majesty.
15:00Late last night, President Nasser's men stormed the offices of the Suez Canal Company and have now seized control of
15:10the canal.
15:12He claims to be doing this on behalf of the Egyptian people.
15:16In reality, it is the act of a thief.
15:19A petty hoodlum showing off for the benefit of the Soviets.
15:25But we've dealt with worse.
15:28Appropriate measures are being put in place.
15:30We will simply pay the pilots to leave their posts.
15:37Pilots?
15:38Suez Canal pilots, ma'am.
15:41Highly skilled mariners, British and French, who take the helm of any ship entering the canal to ensure its safe
15:47passage through extremely challenging and narrow waterways.
15:52I see.
15:53The Egyptians are not a seafaring people.
15:56They don't have the skills and they don't have the men.
15:59Taking the pilots away will simply paralyze the canal.
16:02And it won't be long before President Nasser will come back repentant and humiliated.
16:12If you say so.
16:17I do, ma'am.
16:32It's a hell of a gamble.
16:34I hope you told him, sir.
16:36What?
16:37The Prime Minister.
16:38Yes?
16:40Pulling the pilots out of the Suez Canal.
16:43How do you know? He even intends to.
16:46Ah-ha.
16:47Oh, no, don't tell me.
16:49Contacts from your lunch club.
16:50They need to say it like that.
16:51Well, information like that could only have come from inside cabinet.
16:54Or high up in the Foreign Office or the Intelligence Services.
16:56Our members come from all corners, darling.
17:00Well, I'm not entirely persuaded that this club is a good thing.
17:03Keeps me busy. Keeps me informed.
17:05Keeps me sane.
17:08So it's a very good thing.
17:09Would you like to know exactly why navigating the canal is so difficult?
17:12Perhaps another time.
17:13People think it's just the water pressure.
17:15But hydraulics are only the half of it.
17:17The canal is narrow.
17:18The ships are vast.
17:19Great victory.
17:21The tide is down on one end, seasonal on the other.
17:24So the wind whips in off the desert.
17:26Your bow is always to the weather bank.
17:27The pilots have to track the steady course for the best part of 100 miles.
17:33Excuse me.
17:33What are you doing?
17:34Put them back.
17:35Sir.
17:37They're my tankers.
17:39I mean, it takes them seven years to learn how to do it.
17:43Where are you going?
17:45I'm tired.
17:47It's our last night in five months.
17:57Michael, what's that?
17:59DC 4.
18:01Good man.
18:03You know we will be separated for Christmas again.
18:06I know.
18:07Not ideal.
18:08And your daughter's birthday again.
18:10I'll call this time.
18:11I won't forget.
18:13And our anniversary again.
18:18What do you want me to say, Aileen?
18:20I'm as excited as I was when Philip offered me this job.
18:22He thought it would be good for me.
18:23Good for all of us.
18:24I didn't expect the job to become your life.
18:27When I get back, I will make it up to you.
18:28I promise.
18:45Bye, Dad.
18:47Bye, Daddy.
18:49Bye.
18:50Bye.
19:01Bye.
19:28Ah, hello.
19:34Good to see you.
19:36Right, well, I suppose you'd best say goodbye properly.
19:39Charles?
19:50We're not in front of the cameras now, are we, Charles?
19:54No.
19:56Good to see you.
19:57See you.
19:58See yourself.
19:59You're a good boy.
20:01Look after your sister.
20:02Yes, I will.
20:17Come on, Tom.
20:20When you're ready, sir.
20:26Thanks, my lawyer.
20:32We won't keep you up.
20:34Have a safe journey.
20:42You all right?
20:47I tell you, the idiot that came up with the idea of marriage has a lot to answer for.
20:59Well, you know what they say.
21:02Marriage is a wonderful institution, but let's face it.
21:05Who wants to live in an institution?
21:07You all right?
21:07I mean, you know what?
21:08I am always Bye.
21:21You're in the country.
21:22Hey, Jimmy.
21:22Thanks, Josh.
21:22Congratulations, hi.
21:22This is how you want to live.
21:23Bye-bye.
21:25Bye.
21:25Bye.
21:26Bye.
21:28Bye.
21:31Bye.
21:55President Nasser, I'm very happy to meet you.
22:02In the wake of President Nasser's seizure of the Suez Canal, Russian mariners have been pouring into Egypt.
22:09These Soviet master seamen are now training Egyptian pilots, who are proving to be more adept sailors than many predicted.
22:15Hopes that the loss of British and French-trained pilots would close the waterways have been damned.
22:20Britain now finds herself at the centre of rising tension between East and West,
22:25and with only six weeks of oil reserves, in an increasingly desperate situation at home.
22:29The United States is refusing to be drawn on its position in the escalating crisis.
22:33The Soviet Union backing President Nasser,
22:36accommodators are calling this the most serious international crisis the world has faced.
22:40It's the second world.
22:50Yes, Mr. Chancellor, sir?
22:55Harold, I'm afraid that when sorrows come, they come not seeing spies.
23:00But in battalions?
23:02Indeed.
23:03As the world now knows, Nasser's rag-tag collection of part-time pilots have somehow managed to retain control of
23:13the canal.
23:14And to make matters worse, it seems they've been helped by the Russians.
23:19If they get away with this, we will be a complete laughingstock.
23:23Nasser will be able to close the canal at any time and cut us off from the oil on which
23:29we absolutely depend.
23:31We must...
23:33We must attack.
23:35We have no alternative.
23:36We must attack swiftly and decisively.
23:40We must restore the status quo.
23:45So, what do you say?
23:52I say it's the right thing.
23:56For the country.
23:59And for you, personally.
24:02To finally step out from Winston's long shadow.
24:08Take but degree away.
24:13Untune that string.
24:15And hark what discord follows.
24:20Military action!
24:22Military action!
24:24There is only one proven way to deal with fascists.
24:30And while I'm sure we all commend our Prime Minister's confidence,
24:35he seems to forget that there can be no military action without support from the UN.
24:41Support we do not have.
24:44We cannot go to war alone.
24:47We cannot go to war alone.
25:05Ah.
25:06Don't you look smart.
25:08You've got your presents?
25:09Yes.
25:10Now, Mummy was hoping to come with you.
25:12But I've got very behind.
25:14So, could you say my apologies to Mrs. Parker?
25:16Of course, ma'am.
25:18Enjoy yourselves.
25:19Hmm?
25:23And be good.
25:26Right there.
25:27Who wants to play I spy in the car?
25:30Have a long time.
25:31I'm a mom.
25:32Come this time.
25:36There you are.
25:48Daddy!
25:49Is that Daddy?
25:51Shall we speak to him?
25:52Yes!
25:55Hello?
26:03No, it's seven o'clock.
26:04We'll be fine.
26:10It wasn't Daddy.
26:12I'm sure he'll call later.
26:14All right?
26:15Happy birthday to you!
26:19Hip, hip!
26:20Hooray!
26:21Hip, hip!
26:21Hooray!
26:22Hip, hip!
26:23Hooray!
26:23Right, who wants a slice of cake?
26:25Yay!
26:26Come on.
26:27Why didn't Daddy telephone?
26:29I don't know.
26:31He must be very busy.
26:34He loves you very much.
26:37Right?
26:39Go to sleep now.
26:43Good call.
26:55Good morning.
26:57Good morning.
27:10Good morning.
27:34Hello?
27:36Would you like to know the principal, perhaps the only advantage of being the chief patron of the English Bowling
27:41Association?
27:45Go on.
27:48My fellow patrons are frequently too old or too ill to meet, which means I find myself unexpectedly free for
27:55lunch.
27:56Well, I've just woken up.
27:59It's 11.30.
28:00Yes.
28:01I got in at four.
28:03I left strict instructions not to be disturbed by anyone, for any reason.
28:10I can see the conspiracy to drive me insane is well underway.
28:15We started at Maryville and then went to the 400 and then ended up as Ambassador.
28:21Who's we?
28:23Just Colin, Johnny, Julie Montague.
28:25Margot, is it possible that you're still drunk?
28:30Do you know?
28:32I think I might be slightly.
28:36I need to be more careful.
28:38Yes, quite right.
28:39Grain and grape don't mix.
28:41No.
28:42I meant about where you're seen.
28:44And with whom.
28:48You're drinking far more than you used to.
28:51Why do you think that is?
28:54Because I'm unhappy than I used to be.
28:56And why is that?
28:58Because I'm still unmarried.
28:59And why is that?
29:00Oh, because you denied me my perfect match.
29:04That's not fair.
29:06As your sister, I would have been perfectly happy if you were to marry Peter.
29:09What?
29:09It was the crown that forbade it.
29:12Not to mention the fact that he was a little old.
29:16Not really from the right point.
29:17No, no, no.
29:17Don't you dare say background.
29:19Well, I just think it might have all come back to haunt you.
29:23What, did Philip's Nazi sisters come back to haunt him?
29:25Or his lunatic mother?
29:27Or his womanising bankrupt father?
29:34How is he?
29:37Philip?
29:38Yes.
29:40He's fine.
29:42I think.
29:44What, you don't know?
29:49Where is he now?
29:51Ceylon.
29:55No Malaya.
29:57You don't know that either.
29:58No Malaya.
29:58No.
30:04Is that bad?
30:05This is a lot.
30:07A little remote.
30:08A little chilly.
30:10Isn't he right to you?
30:12He's not much of a writer.
30:14Neither of us is.
30:18Mike telephoned from Ambassador to say that they'd arrived safely.
30:21Who's Mike?
30:22His private secretary.
30:24Oh yes, a little Australian.
30:26Yes.
30:26What do you make of him?
30:27But I'm not sure I make anything of him.
30:30He's Mike.
30:35We were all very close in Malta.
30:37The children sometimes play together now.
30:40Maybe Philip says he'd be lost without him.
30:42Well, just as long as he isn't lost because of him.
30:44What does that mean?
30:46It means he's got something of a reputation.
30:48Who, Mike?
30:49Yes, Mike.
30:51Isn't he thick as thieves with that sinister osteopath?
30:53Not osteopath.
30:54Yeah.
30:54The one who knows everyone.
30:56It was arranging gentlemen's weekends here and there with actresses and...
31:01Ballerinas.
31:02Yes.
31:05How did you know that?
31:15I don't mind telling you everything else I've achieved in life.
31:20Viceroy of India.
31:22Supreme Allied Commander in Southeast Asia.
31:24Even the first sea lord.
31:27All pale by comparison to this.
31:31To match my father to be admiral of the fleet really is most satisfying.
31:37Sir.
31:38I said we were not to be disturbed.
31:40It's the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, sir.
31:43He said it was urgent.
31:48I'm afraid I didn't know who else to come and see.
31:51Not at all.
31:54Come on up.
31:56Hello, darling.
31:56Then stay up.
31:57We'll be back till later.
31:58Oh, fine.
31:59Where are you, sir?
31:59I thought we agreed.
32:00Mysteries on both sides.
32:02We did.
32:02Then don't ask.
32:03May I present Anthony Nutty?
32:06Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
32:07How do you do?
32:08Lady Mountbatten.
32:09I entirely approve of foreign affairs.
32:11Now, now, darling.
32:12This one's even more handsome than Eden.
32:14The cabinet of dishes.
32:15You're very kind.
32:17I was the fitting, dear.
32:18I'll let you into a secret, Mr. Nutting.
32:20My husband cares for nothing and no one in quite the same way he cares for his uniforms.
32:25We're fortunate enough to have a ballroom in this house.
32:27But is it the largest room here?
32:29No.
32:30That's reserved for my husband's uniforms.
32:33One can only ask oneself what it all compensates for.
32:36I should have thought that was obvious.
32:39The gaping wounds left by the simplest encounter with you, my dear.
32:44Shall we?
32:45I'm not saying I condone how Nasser is behaving.
32:48Not at all.
32:49A man clearly needs to be put back in his place.
32:51But my greater concern is that our Prime Minister's response to the whole situation is personal.
32:58Deeply personal.
32:59And that he will reach for the ultimate solution, armed conflict, without waiting for an international coalition to join him.
33:04Today, delegation of French government and intelligence officials came to Downing Street for secret talks.
33:13Further secret talks I gather are planned with Israeli officials next week.
33:18So, what have we got today then?
33:20Pottage shrimp or Debbie Crabby Imperial.
33:23Followed by Castellet's a la Jockey Club.
33:26Lord Martin Batten, Your Majesty.
33:29Thank you for seeing me.
33:31Yeah.
33:32Well, I've got a long-standing commitment at the theatre, I'm afraid.
33:35But I thought we'd have an early supper before I go.
33:37Mummy's most put up.
33:38She hasn't been invited.
33:43Under normal circumstances, a mad rush to war might be explained as a play for legacy.
33:52He was in Winston's shadow for so long, a quick and successful war might look good on his record.
33:58But in this case, I think it boils down to an irrational personal dislike.
34:05Too many and NASA just hate one another.
34:09And the rest of us are just getting caught up in it.
34:11What are you suggesting that I do about it?
34:13You have your weekly private audience in which the two of you are alone.
34:16Observe him carefully.
34:18Listen to him closely.
34:19Read your cabinet minutes.
34:22Minutely.
34:23Speak your mind.
34:24Well, I'm not really supposed to do that.
34:27Even if it's in the interest of national security?
34:32All right, fine.
34:35I'll keep an eye on him.
34:38Carefully.
34:40Closely.
34:41Minutely.
34:43Thank you for supper.
34:46You will let me know, won't you, when I can take care of all this and send you someone really
34:50good?
34:51What?
34:52The food.
34:53What's wrong with it?
34:54It belongs in a nursery.
34:56Everything that should have been hot was cold.
34:58Everything that should have been soft was hard.
35:00I've neither noticed or cared.
35:02And frankly, Dickie, the older and grander you get, the more common you become.
35:09Have you heard of Philip?
35:11How's Philip?
35:11No, no, no.
35:12Not a word.
35:14They will be keeping him busy.
35:15Oh, yes, of course.
35:19You married a wild spirit.
35:22We both did.
35:24Trying to tame them is no use.
35:28There were times in India it was all rice under my nose, with Nehru, of all people.
35:34My opposite number.
35:36Humiliation could not have been more complete.
35:40Of course, I considered ending it.
35:42But then I imagined how thin and how poor life would be.
35:47And I realized that when you really adore someone, as fully and as hopelessly as I think you and I
35:57do, you put up with anything.
36:08What's the play?
36:10Did I say play?
36:12I meant belly.
36:13Oh.
36:14Well, I should say royal belly.
36:16We've just given them a charter, so I really do have to go.
36:19Oh, it's Giselle.
36:20Oh, isn't that, isn't that Galena Ulanova?
36:23Yes.
36:25Lucky you.
36:26They say she's quite a thing.
36:27Do they?
36:28It's what they say.
36:58I'm fine.
36:59I'm fine.
37:14They say it.
37:15It's what they say.
37:15I'm fine.
37:15What are you?
37:17The.
37:17The.
37:18Of course.
37:19The.
42:22Thank you for your explanation.
42:54And yet they've gone on to do precisely that, indicating that either they changed their
42:59mind, or there's been some kind of collusion.
43:08Have we?
43:10Have we?
43:11What?
43:15What?
43:17What?
43:19In any way?
43:51What?
44:05What?
44:09What?
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45:17The prime minister?
45:17The prime minister?
45:17The prime minister always has the sovereign's support.
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46:31To be continued...
46:45Come on, come on, come on.
47:30Oh, my God.
47:33Oh, my God.
48:08I'm in.
48:36Oh, my God.
49:06Oh, my God.