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00:18I'm going to go to the next episode.
00:38My dear Baron, my dear fellow members, sir, we are now well into the first leg of our tour.
00:50The Duke and I flew out and joined the yacht in one battle.
00:55From there, we departed for Salon via the heavenly Seychelles.
01:00Then through the beautiful Malayan states and on to New Guinea.
01:04Because the Duke isn't much one for ceremony, referring sport and competition to dinners and speeches,
01:09everywhere we've gone, we've had our own small-scale Olympics.
01:12Come on, boys!
01:17We have a number of gifted athletes on board, runners, rows, footballers,
01:21and we've picked the locals pretty much everywhere we've been.
01:27But in New Guinea, I'm afraid, we rarely met our match.
01:37Thankfully, there is always cricket.
01:43Where we can be relied upon to get our revenge.
01:51Mainly because cricket as a sport has never been seen before in New Guinea.
01:56At night, the adventures continue.
01:59On royal tours in the past, when the Queen has been present,
02:03the evenings have been polite occasions with everyone on best behaviour.
02:07Not this time.
02:10Philip, as you all know, is a work-hard-play-hard man
02:13who would never stand in the way of a bit of fun.
02:15And in New Guinea, as it turns out, there's no such thing as infidelity.
02:21Men are expected to indulge.
02:26By the end of this tour, I think we'll be able to make a qualitative assessment
02:29about where the finest women in the world come from.
02:33For now, however, I can tell you the women of New Guinea
02:36are sweeter than those of Salon,
02:38and right up there with those of Malaya!
02:42I have shared these secrets with you in good faith.
02:45The contents must, like all disclosures of the Thursday Club, remain secret.
02:4990% of the officers on board are married and would kill me
02:52if they knew what I was writing!
02:56Strict non-disclosure policies apply.
02:59What happens on tour, stays on tour.
03:02But rest assured, I will keep you updated on our forthcoming adventures.
03:08I sense this will be a momentous and eventful tour indeed.
03:12Ever, your fellow member, Mike!
03:32We put our trust in our ruling class.
03:36We put this great country in their hands!
03:41What are the news?
03:42How do we pay for our trust?
03:46By taking us into an illegal war under false pretenses!
03:53A shameful, dishonest, misadventure!
04:03The invasion has been a disaster.
04:08The UN General Assembly is up in arms, as are the Americans.
04:12As a result, our Prime Minister has had no option but to declare an immediate ceasefire and retreat.
04:20Without taking back the Suez Canal?
04:22Quite.
04:23Though it's all been for nothing.
04:24They're rather worse than nothing.
04:27Economically, the drain on our currency reserves has been so ruinous that we now face a run on sterling.
04:33The energy situation is just as bad.
04:36Panic buying has been reported at petrol stations.
04:39And we expect fuel rationing to become necessary as we move into winter.
04:44This is no exaggeration to say that this has been the worst week for the country since 1939.
04:50The peace and consensus left by your dear father is gone.
04:55And our reputation for decency and integrity in matters of foreign policy has been shattered.
05:01What is it?
05:03The Duke of Edinburgh is on the telephone, Your Majesty.
05:06Hmm?
05:07Wouldn't that have a first?
05:08I'm from New Guinea now.
05:10Oh.
05:11Sorry, do excuse me.
05:12Of course.
05:14Give me my best.
05:21Hello?
05:22Hello?
05:23Hello.
05:24Hello, Philip.
05:26Hello, can you hear me?
05:27Yes, yes, I can hear you.
05:31I can't hear you.
05:33Can you hear me?
05:35Yes.
05:36I can hear you.
05:38Hello.
05:39Hello.
05:42Can you hear me?
05:45I can hear you.
05:51I can hear you.
06:18At ease, gentlemen.
06:25Well, our adventure is only two weeks old, and it's already taken us nearly 20,000 miles
06:31as we travel the far corners of the world.
06:36In an attempt to repair the reputation of our country currently being ruined by our politicians.
06:43I would like to thank each and every one of you for your professionalism and discipline.
06:48You have all been brilliant.
06:49All that is except for the football team.
06:52Your shoddy, leaky defense and absence of a natural left-sided player led to that rather
06:57humiliating defeat by the Seamans Club of all bloody people at Port Threatening.
07:04I should also like to say, if I may, Admiral.
07:08Yes, sir.
07:12It's been wonderful for me on a personal level to be back at sea.
07:17The Royal Navy has always occupied a very special place in my life and indeed in my heart.
07:25There are few greater pleasures in life than serving on a ship such as this.
07:30That's why it's also very difficult to leave.
07:32But, leave I must, and fly to Melbourne to open the Olympics there where I must generally behave myself.
07:39Shake a few hands, cut a few rhythms.
07:40It will be hell, I can assure you, and I will be counting the minutes until you come and pick
07:47me up again
07:47and we can continue our great adventure.
07:49Now, in the meantime, behave yourselves, keep fit, and don't drink all the bloody beer.
08:01Well done, well done, well done, well done, well done, well done, well done.
08:14So depressing, the steward's business.
08:17Well, I didn't read about it then.
08:19I've got to help myself.
08:20What were they thinking?
08:21Shall we take a look at the schedule?
08:23Will that tune they up?
08:24Ah, probably not, no.
08:25I've been stripping things out wherever I can, but I'm afraid it's still pretty hectic.
08:29We start with a uranium mine visit in the Northern Territory.
08:32Agricultural parades in Sydney, then over to a British Empire service league conference in Canberra,
08:37and finally garden parties at the government house.
08:39Enjoy.
08:40But, I've come up with a nice little stock speech which you can memorize like a minor bird
08:44and deliver each step of the way.
08:49Australia, in the name itself, conjures up such romantic images of progress, ambition, possibility.
08:59It is said that the mark of any great nation is the journey it has endured on its path to
09:04glory.
09:08What a journey Australia has taken.
09:16From those early European explorers who landed at your shores who have endured great hardship in crisis.
09:21Less independently minded nations would have faltered, sought support from the para-nation.
09:26Once so integral to their governance, but Australia forged onwards.
09:32Like it's rugged and at times unforgiving landscape, Australia showed true strength, true metal.
09:44You have admirably developed every branch of your life and culture.
09:51And in just 200 years have grown into a unique and individual civilization, which I'm sure will rank among the
09:59greatest that the world has seen.
10:10The name's Helen King, 29 years old, writes for The Age, one of the most prominent newspapers here.
10:16She's asked to meet you.
10:19It's me, sir.
10:21What for?
10:22An interview.
10:23I thought we decided no interviews.
10:25We did, but in her case I find myself moved to make an exception.
10:28It's not the way she was looking at me.
10:30Yeah.
10:31You don't think I'm being delusional.
10:33A gentleman's radar on all that.
10:35No.
10:36Not to mention the way she's followed us every step of the tour.
10:38No, no, I think we can safely assume this one's a friend of an enemy.
10:50The car, carrying his royal highness, the Duke of Edinburgh, makes its way out onto a splendid red track here
10:57on a pleasant afternoon in Melbourne.
10:59The crowds have escaped as they get their first glimpse of the Duke, who is reporting to be greatly enjoying
11:05his time here in Australia.
11:07And now, we're nearly there as the Duke takes his place in the world.
11:14I declare open the Olympic Games of Melbourne, celebrating the 16th Olympiad of the modern era.
11:28He looks happy.
11:31What?
11:32The Duke smiles with thunderous applause and thousands of spears.
11:37Yes, very happy.
11:41You can thank me for that.
11:42It's my idea.
11:43I always knew it was a good idea to let him shine, learn.
11:47What a magnificent moment.
11:49Yes, thank you.
11:56In ancient Greece, the beginning of the games was heralded by the homing of the pigeons.
12:02And so too today.
12:15Ready?
12:16Yes.
12:16Yes.
12:19Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Swade, please.
12:21Mrs. Parker, how can I help?
12:26I'd like to separate from my husband.
12:29Better still, divorce.
12:31Do you mind me asking on what grounds?
12:33The fact I never see him.
12:36Absence isn't a legal ground for divorce.
12:41Neglect?
12:41All that, I'm afraid.
12:43We're going to need one of the big three.
12:45Adultery, unreasonable behavior, or insanity.
12:47I'm quite sure there has been adultery.
12:50We will need evidence.
12:52That won't be easy because of his job.
12:57Mike works for the Duke of Edinburgh.
12:59In what capacity?
13:00His private secretary.
13:02Oh, I see.
13:04He's also his closest friend.
13:06They're virtually inseparable.
13:09Are you really sure about this?
13:11A divorce can leave a woman quite isolated.
13:15Maybe things will get better.
13:17If you stick it out.
13:19I tend to think that's always the best way for everyone.
13:24Grass is rarely greener.
13:27I will come back when I have evidence.
13:41You're taking the pethidine?
13:43Yes.
13:43And the pentobarbital?
13:44Yes, I'm taking the pentobarbital, but it doesn't work.
13:48I need something stronger.
13:50There is nothing stronger.
13:54The fact is, in terms of pharmacology, we've gone as far as we can.
14:04I have the greatest sympathy for your condition, Prime Minister.
14:08And I fully understand the need for rest.
14:12But given the challenges that are now facing this country,
14:15you don't feel that you have a responsibility to execute your duties just a little longer?
14:20I asked the physician the same question, ma'am, but he insisted.
14:26He felt that I was at the very limit of human endurance.
14:32But the country will be in safe hands.
14:35Mr. Butler will take charge in my absence.
14:39Mr. Head will oversee the withdrawal of our troops from Egypt.
14:43And Mr. Macmillan will oversee the economic situation.
14:49Economic crisis.
14:53How long do you imagine you'll be away?
14:55Not long, ma'am.
14:57A few weeks.
14:59Well, I suppose one can always reach you at short notice.
15:03It's a point I always make to my private secretaries.
15:06Yes, I'm away.
15:07But Windsor really is just around the corner.
15:10And Norfolk, too.
15:12County Durham, isn't it?
15:15Your family home.
15:18Jamaica, ma'am.
15:20Your family home.
15:22Where the doctor felt I should be going.
15:24He specified Jamaica.
15:26He specified sunshine, tropical sunshine.
15:29He said he felt my life might depend on it.
15:35What would he prescribe for the rest of us?
15:38Do you imagine?
15:42Prime Minister.
15:44Your Majesty.
16:15Excuse me.
16:17Excuse me.
16:18You work in there, don't you?
16:20At the Thursday Club as a waitress.
16:23Who's asking?
16:24My name is Eileen.
16:25Do you have a minute?
16:27What can I do for you?
16:29I'd like you to tell me what goes on inside.
16:33Are you a reporter or something?
16:35No, no.
16:35Nothing like that.
16:36Just a wife of one of the members and mother to his children.
16:40You may know him.
16:42His name is Mike.
16:42There are so many gentlemen.
16:44Mike Parker.
16:48You do know him, don't you?
16:51Mike would have made sure of that.
16:53You're just his type.
16:55Look, one day you will be married too and I sincerely hope that you make a good choice.
17:00But if you don't and you meet a man who makes you unhappy, then as a woman I would wish
17:05for you to be able to leave that man easily, painlessly.
17:10So if there is anything you can tell me that might make my leaving easier.
17:14I'm sorry, Mrs. Parker, but I know nothing of your husband.
17:19Here is my address and my number.
17:26If anything should occur to you.
17:59Do you have a minute, Michael?
18:02I think it's important.
18:03Coming.
18:07I'm going to ask you to go through it again.
18:09Yes, the provenance of this rumor is quite arcane.
18:13Your sister?
18:14Sister-in-law.
18:15Had lunch with her aunt who had just spent the weekend at?
18:19Chumley Castle.
18:20At which one of the other guests was the bridge partner?
18:24Tennis.
18:26Of the solicitor visited by Eileen Parker.
18:31I think that's it.
18:32That's half Britain already.
18:35And all of these people now know Mrs. Parker is seeking a divorce.
18:42Yes.
18:43It's unfortunate.
18:45It'll be hard to contain.
18:49What are Mrs. Parker's grievances?
18:56And neglect, unreasonable behavior, and infidelity.
19:02Just a wife's suspicions, nothing concrete, but I believe specific mention was made of a lunch club where
19:07Lieutenant Commander Parker and the Duke of Edinburgh are...
19:10Don't tell me.
19:11Frequent guests.
19:13It's actually founder members.
19:17Keep an eye on this for me, would you, Martin?
19:20How close are they?
19:21Three thousand copies, please, Jane.
19:22Here it is.
19:24I'm sorry.
19:26I'm sorry.
19:52Ready, sir?
19:53Certainly.
19:55His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh.
19:57Thank you for seeing me, sir.
19:58Not at all.
20:00Well, um, just bear with me while I put my things down and set up.
20:05Please.
20:15I'm just going to put a microphone right here.
20:17Can I help?
20:19No, it's fine.
20:24Right.
20:25I think that's it.
20:26Right.
20:27Well, I'll, uh, I'll leave you two to it then.
20:29Thank you, Michael.
20:30Please.
20:36Ready when you are.
20:38Well, we can't really start without passing comment on the situation in Egypt and the international response.
20:43Why?
20:46Huge demonstrations on the streets of London.
20:48Eden caving in to international pressure and calling a ceasefire.
20:52You don't think it's a pretty significant moment for your country?
20:54Perhaps, but I'm not going to pass comment on that.
20:57Why not?
20:57It's not my job.
20:58It's not what members of the royal family do.
21:01But you must have thoughts about it.
21:03Of course.
21:04I'm not a vegetable.
21:05But my thoughts on issues like that remain a private matter.
21:11One can't help wondering where it leaves Britain's place in the world.
21:14Oh, I'm sure Britain will be fine.
21:16Well, the view from over here is that Britain has been publicly humiliated.
21:19Oh.
21:20As someone with surprisingly progressive views, that must concern you.
21:25I have progressive views.
21:27You don't think that you do?
21:29Televising the coronation?
21:31Advocating modernization?
21:32That's just common sense.
21:33If you're a progressive, one prepared to make changes.
21:36Well, let's just say that I learned very early on that it's wise not to take things for granted.
21:40You're referring to your family.
21:42How they had to leave Greece in the revolution.
21:45Your grandfather was shot.
21:47Your father fled to avoid being shot.
21:49Yes, correct.
21:52Well, you see, there's so much that people don't really know about you.
21:59I can assure you it's all been rather infelic.
22:01The truth is really quite dull.
22:04Oh?
22:05How you personally fled Corfu in an orange crate.
22:07And then in childhood, in exile, always on the move.
22:10Exile is too strong a word.
22:12Too emotional.
22:13Just that was for everyone.
22:14Just got on with it.
22:18But it can't have been easy.
22:21Was the trauma of being in exile what brought on your mother's illness, do you think?
22:30What illness?
22:32Well, the information I have is that she suffered a breakdown.
22:42Things weren't easy for her.
22:44But she got on with it.
22:46But she was taken away, wasn't she?
22:48To an institution.
22:49And then your father promptly abandoned the family, ran off with his mistress?
22:52I don't know what you've been reading or who you've been speaking to,
22:55but both my mother and my father played very active roles in all their children's lives.
22:59So it isn't true that you didn't see your father for the last six years of his life?
23:02I think if we're to remain friends, we really should move on.
23:06All right.
23:08May I ask you about your education?
23:11Sir.
23:17Sir.
23:19What about it?
23:20That was pretty unusual, too.
23:22I went to boarding school in Britain.
23:23I don't see what's unusual about that.
23:25For a while, but then you were taken out of there and sent to school in Germany.
23:28Because my sisters live there.
23:30Your Nazi sisters.
23:31Oh, Christ.
23:32One of whom was married to a close personal friend of Hitler's.
23:34I was at school in Germany for less than a year before I returned to the United Kingdom.
23:38What point are you trying to make here?
23:40I think it's pretty clear which side I was on.
23:41My record in the war speaks for itself.
23:43I'm simply saying that your background is so much more interesting and complex than people might imagine.
23:47Do they imagine anything?
23:48I think people are curious.
23:51Here is this striking, handsome man.
23:54Walking beside the most famous woman in the world.
23:58Who is he?
24:01Well, I hate to disappoint.
24:05He really is just a normal man.
24:07In what, from the outside, probably looks like rather a strange life.
24:11But from the inside, it really is no different to anyone else's.
24:17I don't think there's anything about you that's like anyone else.
24:22From a young age, you were effectively orphaned.
24:24Your favorite sister, Cecile, also a Nazi, died in a plane crash.
24:28Yeah, I really think we should move on now.
24:29What kind of impact does that have on a man?
24:31That's the kind of trauma that will doubtless have a bearing on how your own children and the future king
24:36of England abroad are.
24:37It's enough.
24:41I think people have a right to know about their leaders.
24:44Don't you?
24:45Especially ones that can't be thrown out with free and fair elections.
24:52Just don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again.
25:14Christ.
25:16Christ.
25:17Christ.
25:17Christ.
25:18Christ.
25:20Christ.
25:23Christ.
25:25Christ.
25:28Christ.
25:30Christ.
25:32Christ.
25:34Christ.
25:36Christ.
25:36Christ.
25:38Christ.
25:42Christ.
25:51Kensington 8953, hello?
25:58We met.
26:01A few times.
26:04In various locations.
26:10Afterwards, he'd tell me about his job.
26:16The company he keeps.
26:20He didn't mention a wife.
26:24Or children.
26:28I'm so sorry.
26:32If you are really sorry, I want to make my life easier.
26:39Of course.
26:42We will need you to make an official statement and give evidence in court.
26:46I can't do that. I would lose my job, my reputation.
26:48I'm afraid that's what the law requires.
26:50No.
26:54No.
26:55So you telephoned me and agreed to come here today for what, precisely?
26:59To put colour into my nightmare?
27:02I'm sorry.
27:10My sources now tell me that Mrs. Parker has gone as far as bringing a waitress from a Thursday lunch
27:14club to see her divorce line.
27:16I gather the waitress has not provided hard evidence on this occasion, just hearsay.
27:21They were obviously getting close.
27:22This cannot be allowed to go one single step further, Martin.
27:26No.
27:26If Mrs. Parker succeeds in getting her divorce, the newspapers would make the not unreasonable assumption that anything that Lieutenant
27:35Commander Parker has done, and the Duke of Edinburgh has done too.
27:39We do not want words like infidelity and divorce. It's filing a rat.
27:44No.
27:45Whether there is any truth in the allegations or not, it will shatter the integrity of the royal marriage and
27:51jeopardize the entire monarchy.
27:55Any ideas?
27:58Stand easy. Stand easy.
28:00Right. Our grown-up duties are done.
28:02The Olympics are officially up and running, which means, gentlemen, we can now get on with the important business at
28:07hand.
28:08Our tour!
28:12We have nine weeks between now and our arrival home. In that time, we will be visiting the remotest parts
28:17of the Commonwealth.
28:18But I'm delighted to say that during that time, we will be without reporters.
28:23We will be without photographers.
28:27We will be out of the world's eye.
28:30And with that in mind, I think Michael's got a suggestion.
28:34Thank you. Right, gentlemen. Yes, I'd like to propose something a little unusual.
28:38Something I'm fairly sure none of us has ever participated in before.
28:41A beard-growing competition!
28:44Now, a special dispensation has been given to the dozen or so men who already have beards.
28:49Shave them off.
28:51And they're like to judge it for the rest of our efforts, all right?
28:54Yeah!
28:56Hey, Kent!
28:57Hey, Kent!
28:58Hey!
28:59Hey, Kent!
29:00Hey!
29:12Hey!
29:12Hey!
29:13Hey, it's something you've not seen before!
29:14You can't see it now, Bell.
29:17Ha-ha!
29:18Hey!
29:20Hey, this is my baby.
29:20What?
29:39In their infinite wisdom, the powers that be have decided they would like you to make a Christmas speech.
29:44What? To who? The men on board?
29:47No, to the half a billion people that make up the Commonwealth of Nations.
29:51In the Lord Chamberlain's office, I'd like you to make a companion Christmas speech to the Queen's.
29:55A thousand words, preferably uplifting in tone and Christian in sentiment,
29:59with as many references as possible to the importance of family and the sanctity of marriage.
30:04What if I don't want to?
30:06Well, I'm afraid no provisions appear to have been made for your having an opinion about that, or indeed anything
30:10else.
30:13Because of seniority, your speech will come second at the usual time, 3pm.
30:19However, on Christmas morning, the Duke of Edinburgh is expected to be in Graham Land, in the Antarctic Peninsula,
30:25which is ten hours behind us, so he'll have to get up at the crack of dawn to make his
30:29speech.
30:29May I ask why he's making a speech?
30:32Um?
30:34Well, it's not usual, is it?
30:36No, it is extraordinary.
30:39Um, I think the feeling was that with Your Majesty and His Royal Highness having not been seen in public
30:46together for so long, being at least heard together...
30:50No, I see. It might reassure people that all is still well.
30:53Heh. I wouldn't go that far, ma'am.
30:55Well, I would. And I think it's a good idea.
30:59Thank you, Michael.
31:05May I just ask, just out of curiosity,
31:10what's the longest amount of time that you and Lady Adeen have been separated?
31:14Uh, three weeks, I think.
31:18See, and would you say that you thrive or suffer from the separation?
31:24We don't much care for it, ma'am.
31:26Helen, in particular, believes that little good comes from a couple being apart,
31:31and a husband and wife belong together.
31:33Well...
31:37Of course.
31:41Ma'am.
32:23Yes, sir?
32:26What's up?
32:27Australian Naval Patrol boat.
32:28HMAS Warreen has put out a distress call.
32:30They picked up a fishing boat out of power and has drifted for days.
32:33Only one man left alive and he nearly drowned trying to fix the hull.
32:36He suffered a broken loop cage and his lung may be punctured.
32:38And the Warreen doesn't have a doctor on board.
32:40The man is dying.
32:41Are we the nearest ship?
32:42There's a French freighter three miles further out.
32:44We are the nearest ship.
32:46Set your course.
32:47Bring her about.
32:50Coming about.
32:51Nine to three.
33:12The man runs from a clean clean clean down to the lower end for a march.
33:17We're going to have to damage the cargo on ship.
33:19The man runs from a clean clean down to the lower end for a march.
33:31We fished him out of the water, floating near his boat.
33:34The rest of his green must have drowned.
33:36There's no log on board, so we don't know who he is or where he's from.
33:39It doesn't matter who he is or where he's from.
33:41Who's the captain of his ship?
33:43It's one of the counts.
33:45He's one of us.
33:49Who knows, out of the questions?
33:50Why?
33:51We have a strict schedule as part of an official term.
33:54And to take the man back to wherever he came from would be to turn back in entirely the wrong
33:58direction.
33:59It'd take days, maybe a whole week off our important schedule.
34:02We can make that time up.
34:03The man's fortunate enough, we saved his life.
34:06We'll simply drop him off at the next destination and that'll be that.
34:09He will be needlessly separated from his home.
34:11Find himself in a strange country with foreign language, away from his family.
34:16Not my concern.
34:17Another vessel with less important duties might find time for such sentimental charity.
34:22We've done our important duties in our own way home.
34:25Effectively a glorified pleasure cruiser with an abundance of fuel and time to spare.
34:30Sir, my decision as flag officer is no.
34:34And my decision as admiral of the fleet is that we do.
34:44There is only one person in command of the vessel.
34:50It's the flag officer.
34:53If you'd recall your naval training, you'd remember.
34:57I do recall my naval training as it happens.
34:59Manning command posts on destroyers during the war.
35:02The same war which I believe you spent on shore duty.
35:06I have never abused my privileges and I don't intend to start now, but this is the Royal Yacht.
35:10I am on it representing the Crown and I say turn it around and take this man home.
35:35My dear friends, after twenty eventful weeks at sea visiting five continents and covering many thousands of miles,
35:43I am happy to report that we saved our greatest adventure for last.
35:48As the Royal Yacht Britannia turned naval rescue and we fished a shipwreck mariner out of the water.
35:55Our brilliant surgeons operated on him.
35:57Then we went out of our way to return him to his home, his family and his people.
36:36And what people?
36:40What family?
36:41What?
36:44Home.
36:47Home.
36:57Home.
37:09Should you Thursday club members ever grow tired of your colorless and empty lives in London?
37:14I suggest immediate relocation to the discreet island nations nestled around Tonga.
37:21Surely the closest one can come to heaven on earth.
37:27Never have we received such a welcome or eaten so well.
37:33Never have I experienced such a willingness to set oneself free and enjoy.
37:40And nowhere on earth, and we have by this point travelled across almost every inch,
37:47have we encountered such beautiful women.
38:05These really have been the most remarkable few days.
38:10And it is with the greatest reluctance that after three days here we tear ourselves away.
38:16Each of us, not a little bit, but a great deal in love.
38:34That is your husband's handwriting, isn't it?
38:40You said you needed evidence.
38:45That's not a royal tour, Darren.
38:47It's a five-month stag night.
38:50Whores in every port.
38:57Good luck.
39:04Good morning.
39:11Whores in every port.
39:13Good morning.
39:18Wow.
39:41Happy Christmas.
39:42Happy Christmas.
39:43Hello.
39:46It's just a moment.
40:13No, I'm waiting for inspiration to strike.
40:19might i suggest some gung-ho platitudes about christmas in the commonwealth
40:24that's what they want me to say i mean what i want to say
40:30right
40:36have you got it yet
40:42graham land last i heard where's that
40:49dicky where's graham land no antarctica is that north or south it's north no don't be silly
40:56mommy it's south does anyone actually know yes because the arctic is north and so antarctica
41:02is not north isn't it what's not north come it's time good your majesties your royal highnesses
41:20good morning this is britannia i'm speaking to you from the edge of the south pacific 59 degrees
41:26south and 60 degrees west you have to turn the globe upside down to find this place indeed a few
41:32of us
41:32aboard the royal yacht feel a little upside down having never been this far from home
41:38the remoteness of the location presents one with a precious opportunity to think
41:43about one's own life one's own way of living we've traveled the world now and seen all manner of
41:50tribes societies and cultures we've had endless debates about which places have the best systems
41:57of government or justice or the most interesting religions and we've been amazed and impressed by so
42:03much of what we've seen naturally it has led us to examine our own lives and the way we live
42:10the things we take for granted is that really philip some sort of philip impersonator
42:17why don't it sound so odd so different
42:24and here i am almost 10 000 miles from london surrounded by empty water
42:32it's a fine life on board the ship but it can be a solitary one
42:39we are meant together
42:44but we each stand alone
43:04and asked to tell you that they're ready for you
43:08it's all right
43:12last minute changes
43:15something like that may i help no thank you
43:37we are ready for you ma'am
43:40yes
43:47happy christmas
43:52people of britain and the commonwealth will now listen to the voice of her majesty the queen
43:59thank you
44:05once again messages of christmas greeting have been exchanged around the world carried upon
44:11the invisible wings of 20th century science
44:16and of all those many messages from all corners of the commonwealth
44:21none has given us greater pleasure than hearing those of my husband
44:27from the remote and lonely spaces of antarctica
44:33to him i say from all the members of your family gathered here today
44:41our very best wishes go to you on board britannia
44:47a very large united family is waiting for you here
44:57and will always be waiting for you wherever you are
45:15i would like to express my gratitude to those men and women of the commonwealth
45:20who's efforts in our great cities
45:30so
45:31thank you
45:46and
45:51so
46:08There you are.
46:18You all right?
46:20Fine.
46:29Her speech.
46:32What about it?
46:35Touching.
46:37Unexpectedly touching.
46:40Call me off guard.
46:44I might even have to confess to feeling a little.
46:49I'm sick.
46:53Yes.
46:57Thanks.
46:58I can't believe it.
46:59I can't believe it.