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00:01Now, Anne, what's this?
00:03A penguin.
00:04Very good.
00:05And Charles, who do you suppose is surrounded by penguins at the moment?
00:08Daddy.
00:09Yes, that's right. That's because he's in the Antarctic.
00:11And from there, he goes to the South Shetland Islands,
00:14and then he goes on to the Falkland Islands,
00:16and then goes all the way up here to Ascension Island.
00:20Now, all these are British overseas territories,
00:21and they have to be visited every once in a while
00:23so they don't feel neglected or forgotten.
00:25They don't get any silly ideas like becoming independent.
00:27Right, you brush your teeth?
00:28Yes.
00:29Good.
00:29You said your prayers.
00:30Totally good. Right.
00:32Night-night.
00:32Night-night, Mummy.
00:34Come along, children.
00:35Oh, we might put a picture of the Duke of Edinburgh by the children's bed.
00:38They recognise him when he gets back.
00:40Five months is a long time at that age.
00:47Oh, what's that?
00:48From His Royal Highness, ma'am.
00:50Footage from the Royal Tour.
00:52How nice.
00:55We might watch that instead of our next film.
01:01We might have to have out.
01:03We'll meet with them.
01:04I'm not sure what this is.
01:12We'll be doing the same thing.
01:14I won't be looking.
01:15We'll be walking.
01:15We'll see.
01:15You are going to have a 40-year-old life.
01:23To be a 40-year-old life.
01:27We're almost all on the other.
01:27But, in fact, we're not living.
01:36The Prime Minister returns after three weeks.
02:03Thank you, thank you, it's wonderful to be back amongst you.
02:08As you know, I went away to concentrate on my health.
02:14I'm now fully fit to resume my duties.
02:23Hi everyone, sit down.
02:26He's sent some notes to a company of the footage, so I'll read aloud.
02:35Hello, all of you.
02:37Hello.
02:38Hello, Daddy.
02:39Hello, Daddy.
02:39I can picture you all perfectly sitting there, wishing it was Creature from the Black Lagoon.
02:46But instead, this is just boring old me arriving at King George Island.
02:53Look!
02:55A hundred miles off the coast of Antarctica.
02:58There's your Daddy.
02:59Is that Daddy?
03:00And nestled between the white bones of ancient Wales.
03:04Here we've made some new friends, and Mike was rather smitten.
03:07Look how tame they are.
03:08He's got a beard.
03:09Yes, yes, they're all grown beards.
03:11It makes them look a bit shifty.
03:13Oh, no, don't say that.
03:14It makes them look like an explorer.
03:19What's that?
03:20Oh, yes, this is very funny, Mommy.
03:22We've even installed some signage, so we can find our way home.
03:26Oh, Buckingham Palace.
03:28Oh, that's good.
03:28I like that.
03:29It's a bit of a commute to the office, though.
03:42Luckily, we found some friends for company.
03:45The British Hunting Aerosurvey teams, who make excellent tennis companions.
03:50Oh, look, they're all playing tennis.
03:52Isn't that silly?
03:53Goodness me.
03:54Some things about huskies that you never knew.
03:57They have eyes of different colours.
03:59Oh, like the Kaiser.
04:01Mommy.
04:02But most of all, they really, really like tennis balls.
04:06Yes, we can see that.
04:07And they have claws to ensure they don't slip on the ice.
04:10Oh, look, now Philip's on one.
04:18Joining our family of animals are the penguins and seals,
04:23who send their love to all, as do I.
04:27Your loving papa and husband.
04:32Philip.
04:52Good morning.
04:56Tommy.
04:58Your Majesty.
05:00I thought you were supposed to be in happy retirement.
05:02Yeah, I am now.
05:02Well, then what on earth are you doing here?
05:05Oh, dear.
05:06Either you missed the place more than you could bear, which would be...
05:08Tragic.
05:09Yes.
05:10Or there's a serious problem and you've been called in to help.
05:12Just a routine matter with Colonel Adina.
05:15It's hardly routine if you sent one of the royal cars.
05:18Well, in actual fact, that's my car.
05:21We gave you a car?
05:22You did, ma'am.
05:23As part of the farewell package.
05:25Not the driver too, surely.
05:26Not the driver too.
05:28Was that me?
05:29I believe so.
05:31Well, you've always held a very special place in all of our hearts, Tommy.
05:35Anyway, I must go.
05:36Windsor, ma'am?
05:37No, Sandringham.
05:39Michael's rearranged a few things to give me a couple of days off.
05:41Quite right.
05:52You did well to bring this to me, Michael.
05:56I've served three generations of the royal family,
06:00four monarchs,
06:01and a good many things to protect them, mostly from themselves.
06:06But this is the first time I shall endeavor to save someone else's marriage
06:11in order to safeguard the crown.
06:14Not that we give a fig about the Parkers or their happiness, you understand?
06:17Not a fig, Tommy.
06:36Not a fig.
06:36Not a fig, Tommy.
06:36Not a fig.
06:37Not a fig.
06:43Not a fig.
06:43Not a fig.
06:44Not a fig.
06:44Which is the last time I shall OFTEN.
06:44Dear Philip,
06:47I cannot tell you how much we enjoyed watching the film you sent.
06:51It was lovely to set eyes on you again.
06:54And the children were very impressed by the whales and penguins.
06:58You looked very handsome, I thought, in your whaling outfit.
07:02and a suit too and I could never forget what my grandmother said to me about
07:09being married to a man with this she goes on but actually no I'm not going to
07:16repeat that
07:23I think I can safely say a very very warm welcome away to his royal hands
07:52good morning
07:56first of all I must thank you for the way in which you've all carried on with that
08:03and for the manner in which Rab has very competently stood in for me in my absence
08:08you've kept me informed of all the major decisions that had to be taken
08:12in all these months we have been a united government
08:17and we shall remain a united government
08:21but we're not a united government are we Anthony
08:23the war you insisted on has left us as divided as Caesar and Pompey in the country in chaos
08:30there is no petrol in the pumps there are no tins on the shelves
08:33our allies are aligned against us our international reputation is in tatters
08:38how adroitly your weathervane spins Harold
08:44you were for the war
08:46as I remember
08:48only as long as it was legal
08:54you liar
09:01you wanted it every bit as much as I did
09:08torn off masses scout with your own fingernails given the chance
09:12taken the oil from that canal and set the middle east ablaze
09:16you've lost the trust of the people and of the party
09:19it's the end of the road
09:21the road which you willingly led me down
09:29and would you abandon me
09:31here
09:45all of you
09:52come now Anthony
09:55you know as well as I
09:59there is no justice in politics
10:20captain lassles
10:23mrs parker
10:25what brings you here
10:27oh
10:29a retired man must make friends with all the good reading spots in London
10:33what are you reading may I ask
10:35tell me that it's romantic poetry
10:36military history
10:38the campaigns of napoleon
10:42your son
10:43lieutenant commander parker must be very proud
10:46he might be
10:46if he knew what the children look like
10:49he's away again
10:50on tour
10:51I have my sympathy
10:53I know for my own wife how difficult that can be
10:55being left alone with the children for
10:57days
10:57sometimes weeks on end
11:00well I'm sure that strong marriages find a way through it
11:04I'm afraid it's broken ours
11:06I am sad to hear that
11:09might I ask you to hold off on any
11:11construction or public announcement just a little while longer
11:14as we both know the Duke of Edinburgh
11:16is performing important royal duties on this tour
11:19and we wouldn't want any story
11:20breaking in the newspapers that might undermine his efforts
11:26or impugn the royal marriage
11:29that's what you came here for isn't it
11:32this wasn't a coincidence at all
11:34you came here because you knew it's where I'd be
11:37and you wanted to put in a word on their behalf
11:39it's pathetic
11:42still there round the clock lackey even in retirement
12:03sorry to disturb you ma'am
12:04I just had a call from dining street
12:07the prime minister has requested an audience
12:09as a matter of urgency
12:11he's on the train
12:12will be with us by 3pm
12:25I don't know
12:28I don't know
12:43I don't know
12:44I don't know
12:55Oh
13:44Of course I asked for second opinions
13:46I asked for third opinions
13:48I implored them to let me carry on
13:51But I'm afraid the doctors were of one voice
13:53One mind
13:55The time has come to put my health
13:58Above the country
14:00And to
14:06To offer you my resignation
14:12I'm sorry
14:13If I
14:16Disappointed you
14:18Did I suggest that you had
14:19No
14:21But I
14:24I think you thought it
14:29I
14:33I did
14:35Think
14:36That the decision to go to war was rushed
14:39And I was sorry to see you lie to the house
14:42When you told them that you had no prior knowledge of the Israeli's intentions
14:47We both know that to be untrue
14:50But wrong there it was
14:52I did have sympathy for you
14:56To have waited in the wings for so long
15:00And to have supported a great man like Winston
15:03So
15:04So patiently
15:05So loyally
15:07And then to finally have your opportunity to measure yourself against him
15:13To do nothing is often the best course of action
15:19But I know from personal experience how frustrating it can be
15:26History was not made by those who did nothing
15:31So I suppose it's only natural that
15:34Ambitious men
15:35Driven men
15:37Want to go down in history
15:41Or make history by going down
16:07I do think the time has now come
16:09Where we have no option
16:10But to tell her majesty about the park of divorce
16:13And to warn her that regardless of how blameless the Duke of Edinburgh is
16:16Or isn't
16:18In the matter
16:19That newspapers will be newspapers
16:20And questions will now inevitably be asked about the state of the royal marriage
16:27I sense trepidation, Michael
16:30If you'd rather I can always handle it myself
16:32No, I'll take care of this
16:35Try to find a moment on the train to mention a term majesty
16:37Good luck, Michael
16:46Sorry to disturb you, ma'am
16:47The telegram arrived from Lawrence Hallsbury
16:50And the recommendation is that the surrounding successor should be Mr. McMillan
16:54Of course
16:55Thank you
17:02Yes, what is it, Michael?
17:03Ah, it's just to say
17:06And we could, of course, discuss this on our return to the palace if her majesty prefers
17:10No, do sit down, Michael
17:14Thank you
17:17But it seems that Mrs. Parker, who is the wife of Lieutenant Commander Parker
17:24Yes, I know who Eileen is
17:28She has decided to sue her husband for divorce
17:34Goodness
17:36Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?
17:37Yes
17:38And that while, of course, there is no suggestion whatsoever of any impropriety on the part of His Royal Highness
17:46that you commend her
17:47We should perhaps be bracing ourselves for one or two irritating headlines
17:51Why?
17:53Whatever for?
17:55What is it that she's alleging?
17:57Cruelty, unlawful desertion, and...
18:02It's adultery, ma'am
18:05We're just aware of the fact that Lieutenant Commander Parker is His Royal Highness' private secretary
18:10He's a close friend, and there is this letter, I believe
18:15A letter?
18:17Written by Lieutenant Commander Parker to his fellow members of the lunch club
18:22Bragging about exploits
18:25On the royal tour
18:26What sort of exploits?
18:35I don't need an answer to that question
18:37Thank you, Michael
18:39Thank you, ma'am
19:14Mr. Macmillan, Your Majesty
19:23Your Majesty
19:26I gather soundings have been taken
19:28And that you have been chosen by your colleagues as the man most able to unite the government and lead
19:33this country following Santini's resignation
19:36Yes, ma'am
19:38Congratulations
19:42Although I fear you have inherited something of a poisoned chalice
19:45It's true
19:47The storm is now raging against us
19:50With Eden's war, we've discarded the moral advantage or any goodwill we once held
19:57Not to mention the dire economic situation
20:00It would have been quite ruinous
20:03But it wasn't just Eden's war
20:06Was it?
20:07It was a war prosecuted by a government of which you, as Chancellor, were a major constituent part
20:15I also seem to remember that you were one of the loudest voices in support of the war in the
20:20beginning
20:22One always has to accept one's own part
20:26I believe
20:29In any mess
20:36Prime Minister
20:38Your Majesty
20:55Michael
20:56Could you ask them to send round one of the cars?
21:02I'm not a good one
21:04I'm not a good one
21:11I'm not a good one
21:12I'm not a good one
21:13I'm not a good one
21:18I'm not a good one
21:20I'm not a good one
21:23I'm not a good one
21:23I'm not a good one
21:24I'm not a good one
21:26I'm not a good one
21:27I'm not a good one
21:27I'm not a good one
21:27I'm not a good one
21:27I'm not a good one
21:48Do you have a moment?
21:57What were you thinking?
21:59Do you know the rules?
22:02No letters to anyone?
22:05I told Baron to be discreet.
22:10But somehow the letter got back to Eileen.
22:12And now she has ridden to the palace.
22:17You have noticed her intention to sue me for the force.
22:24Which we just got out, do you know who?
22:28Yes.
22:30I think we have to assume so.
22:50Okay.
22:51I'm awake.
22:52Okay.
22:56Okay.
22:59Yeah.
23:00Yeah.
23:09Yeah, yeah.
23:12Yeah.
23:13Yeah.
23:16I remember how we used to do this in Malta
23:19Go grocery shopping together
23:21Feels like a long time ago
23:23Yes
23:31The reason I came here today is
23:35Because I heard with great sadness
23:38That there are difficulties in your marriage
23:42And I would like to know if there's anything that I or
23:45Anyone else can do to help
23:46My marriage to Mike is beyond help
23:50I see
23:51Our separation has been inevitable for some time
23:54I had intended to divorce Mike years ago
23:56But because of the attention surrounding group Captain Townsend and Princess Margaret
24:01I decided to hold back
24:03Thank you
24:05But that was then
24:06This is now
24:09What's changed?
24:11Nothing has changed
24:14That's the problem
24:15It just got worse
24:16And while some women may elect to put up with this sort of humiliation
24:20I simply have too much respect for myself and my children
24:23To bear it
24:26I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about
24:42Let me read this
24:51Huh
25:06Don't bury it, ma'am.
25:09I'll sweep it away.
25:12It's there, in black and white.
25:22Might I ask you a favour?
25:25Would you hold off your announcement just while we work out what to do in light of this?
25:30I've had enough of favours to you people.
25:34My entire adult life has been favours to you.
25:37You people aren't even remotely aware of the cost of the damage to families and marriages in your service.
25:43I've instructed a solicitor. That's my decision.
25:54Gentlemen, I would like to make a brief statement on behalf of my client, Mrs. Eileen Parker.
26:02Having endured an unhappy marriage for some years now, I have come to the sad conclusion that a formal separation
26:09is the best option for us both.
26:11My husband has shown no inclination or enthusiasm for the responsibilities of parenthood or marriage.
26:19And divorce remains the only solution.
26:27You, best friend, have won the price. Read all about it. Read all about it.
26:33How long have you been toiling the past?
26:35But...
26:40It's over.
26:42It's over.
26:52You...
26:53You...
26:58There you go.
27:01You...
27:06Oh, my God.
27:32Sir.
27:36Telegram for my lawyer in London.
27:38His view is, yes, the newspaper coverage is bad,
27:41but it's not disastrous, and he feels confident
27:43the Lord died down in 48 hours.
27:46He thinks we can ride it out.
27:48You and I both know that's wishful thinking.
27:52I've had my own telegram from London.
27:59I hope you're not going to make this next step difficult for me.
28:14My resignation, first thing.
28:16I'll need it now.
28:33I hereby offer my resignation
28:38as Principal Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh,
28:40active immediately.
28:41Being accepted.
28:47You've worked for me for long enough.
28:48You know the rules.
28:50We are how it works.
28:53There is no room for mistakes.
28:55There is no room for scandal.
28:57There is no room for humanity.
29:02I think you should probably leave us in Gibraltar.
29:05Might I suggest a policy of no comment on all counts,
29:08and especially no letters?
29:12Yes, of course.
29:22Oh, God.
29:36Oh, God.
29:38Mother Parker!
29:39Fire you, sir!
30:02Following the resignation of Lieutenant Commander Parker,
30:05the British press have fallen into line and been overwhelmingly supportive.
30:09But, I'm afraid the foreign newspapers have not been so kind.
30:15Yesterday, a story broke in the Baltimore Sun.
30:18Where? Baltimore, Mummy.
30:20Claiming that the capital was awash with rumour that the Duke of Edinburgh was romantically involved with an unnamed woman,
30:26whom he met on a regular basis in the West End apartment of a society photographer, Baron Nahum.
30:32Nahum is also president of the Thursday Club in Soho, of which the Duke of Edinburgh is a founder member.
30:38Anyway, that story has rather lit the touch paper.
30:42The British press has caught on, with the Manchester Guardian reporting,
30:47not since the first rumours of a romance between the former King Edward VIII and Mrs. Ernest Simpson,
30:52have Americans gobbled up the London dispatches so avidly.
30:58The Sunday Pictorial, on its front page, reminds its readers that the royal family is loved and envied throughout the
31:05world because it is a family.
31:08Time magazine has a headline, Too Much Thursday-ing.
31:11It goes on to say, not since Wallis Simpson stalked the corridors of Buckingham Palace have the eyes of the
31:17world been turned so beadily towards those chintz drapes.
31:34I say we fly the Duke of Edinburgh back straight away.
31:38That's one thought, Your Majesty, and it's a good one.
31:40The devil's advocate might argue, and I'd be interested to hear Michael's thoughts on this,
31:46that the Duke's early return, obviously stage-managed by the palace,
31:51might appear too much of a concession to the newspapers and pour even more petrol on the flames.
31:58I would agree.
32:00And we don't want that.
32:03No.
32:10So what then?
32:19What?
32:24Yes?
32:26The Admiral would like a woe, sir.
32:29It's fine.
32:30I think we can come.
32:31As a matter of fact, he suggested you go to see him, sir.
32:56Thanks, sir.
32:57Sir.
33:08Admiral.
33:10Could you come in? Come on.
33:14Buckingham Palace has been in touch regarding your reunion photo-call with Her Majesty the Queen.
33:18With you, not me.
33:20I'm in command of this ship.
33:23I am her husband.
33:25It's been agreed that Her Majesty will fly out to Lisbon a day ahead of schedule.
33:29As I see it, your instructions...
33:31Instructions?
33:32...are to meet her at the airfield.
33:33I've been quite specific for how the reunion is to be managed.
33:46Thank you, sir.
34:30Thank you, Mr.
34:31that's fit for an adult those were the instructions for god's sake it has hearts on it
34:37and the hat too yes sir i hate hats i believe its value on this occasion it's not in its
34:44being
34:44worn but in its being removed ah in a gesture of chivalry and debtor before i enter the aircraft
34:51before you reach the stairs of the aircraft
35:13michael you want a hat
35:31yes yes i hear you
35:32darling
35:48Good night.
35:52Hi.
35:54Good night.
35:57How have you got me in the eye now, please?
36:00Oh yeah.
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36:23To the wild visitor level to quell rumours of a rift.
36:54Unprecedented scenes here as photographers from all over the world...
36:57...is the key in the queue of Edinburgh...
36:59...hide for the world's eyes...
37:00...on the world's eyes...
37:01...now the eyes of the world turn towards the royal yard...
37:05...on which they have sought shelter.
37:08No, no, no, I see.
37:18That was the Palace Press Secretary.
37:22In his view, the steps that we've taken...
37:24The show we've put on.
37:28The steps that we've taken haven't quite done the trick.
37:33The rumours still haven't gone away.
37:44I think we both agree it can't go on like this.
37:51No.
38:06So I...
38:08...thought we might take this opportunity...
38:11...without children, without...
38:13...obstraction...
38:15...to lay our cards on the table.
38:19And talk frankly...
38:21...for once.
38:22About what needs to change...
38:24...to make this marriage work.
38:26Right.
38:27Who goes first?
38:29Stupid question.
38:30If I've learned one thing by now...
38:31...it's that I go second.
38:33If I am to go first...
38:35...that's where I'd start.
38:39You're complaining.
38:40My complaining?
38:42Suscessant.
38:42Whining and whinging like a child.
38:44Are you surprised?
38:45The way those god-awful moustaches...
38:47...that run the palace continue to infantilise me.
38:49Perhaps if you weren't behaving like an infant.
38:50Giving me lists, sending me instructions.
38:52Do this.
38:52Don't do that.
38:53Wear this.
38:53Don't wear that.
38:54Say this.
38:54Don't say that.
38:55Can you imagine anything more humiliating?
38:56Yes.
38:57As a matter of fact, I can.
39:01I've learned more about humiliation in the past few weeks...
39:04...than I hoped I would in a lifetime.
39:12I've never felt more alone than I have in the past five months.
39:16Why do you think that was?
39:19Because of your behaviour.
39:20Because you sent me away.
39:22Yes, and why do you think that was?
39:23I don't know.
39:24You tell me.
39:25Because you're lost.
39:27You're lost in your role, and you're lost in yourself.
39:30Christ.
39:32Look.
39:35I realise...
39:37...that this marriage has turned out to be something quite different...
39:39...to what we both imagined.
39:40Understatement.
39:41And that we both find ourselves in a...
39:44...a...
39:44...prison.
39:48In a situation...
39:50...that is unique.
39:53Our marriage is different to any other in the country, because...
39:56...the exit route, which is open to everyone else...
39:58A divorce?
39:59Yes.
40:00A divorce.
40:03...it's not an option for us.
40:07Ever.
40:19No.
40:19No.
40:29This...
40:29...this restlessness of yours, it has to be a thing of the past.
40:35It's what I need.
40:37And it's what our family needs.
40:39Yes.
40:42The monarchy's too fragile.
40:43You keep telling me yourself.
40:45One more scandal, one more national embarrassment, and it would all be over.
40:48Never.
40:55So what would make it easier on you?
40:58To be in.
41:00Not out.
41:04What will it take?
41:08You're asking my price.
41:13I'm asking...
41:15...what it will take.
41:28All right.
41:30To make it work...
41:34...to make it bearable...
41:36...I'll need the respect and acknowledgement of the dreaded moustaches.
41:40Please stop calling them that.
41:41I'll stop calling them that when they don't all have one.
41:44An end to their snobbery and prejudice.
41:46No more being sniffed at for being a foreigner with a background.
41:48Nobody understands.
41:49Will you earn their respect with your behaviour?
41:51No.
41:52No.
41:52No.
41:53I will earn their respect with the only thing those creatures understand.
41:57A gesture, a statement, something irrefutable that shuts them up and commands their respect.
42:00Right now, I am currently outranked by my eight-year-old son.
42:04Yes, of course.
42:04He's the heir to the throne.
42:14I am his father, Elizabeth.
42:24Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased by letters patterned under the great seal of the realm...
42:31...bearing the date the 22nd of February, 1957...
42:35...to give unto Grant, unto His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh...
42:41...the style and titular dignity of a Prince...
42:45...of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and more than I.
42:52The Duke of Edinburgh shall henceforth be known as His Royal Highness, the Prince Philip.
42:59Duke of Edinburgh.
43:12Honor Has таificiel.
43:19Who is that of his Royal Highness?
43:20The Queen ofitters has been called Holy Ray.
43:22The Smith of Edinburgh.
43:22The King of theirами and beloved God is...
43:30...who has ascended de la Servat Prince in the biệt room right now.
43:33...the King of T next while!
45:34Michael, do you have a moment?
45:36Of course.
46:46they never meet what will you do now go back to the Navy going back home Navy is
46:56home I though Australia oh can I come I thought everything was all sorted you're
47:06well as sorted as it can be when you sell yourself
47:19she wants more children I told her the last thing the world needs is more romance to feed she said
47:26you should think of it as a second act of what a Greek tragedy of her life as a mother
47:34that makes sense from her perspective Charles isn't a child to her is he there's also the crown
47:41a living embodiment of who will replace her supersede her loving a child who through
47:48no fault of his own represents your own death can't be easy no because she is a little cold with
47:54him
47:56she tries her best might be nice to have a couple of kids that are just kids not mortal threats
48:03if she can actually love it's the airport driver
48:16what would I do without you I'm always at the end of a telephone
48:20what's it then end of an era
48:28thank you for that era
48:29no no no Mike thank you
48:35thank you
48:37Philip
48:41so