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00:02Queen's Critic is at it again! Fear attacks the Queen!
00:07Queen's Critic! Queen's Critic is at it again!
00:12Come on, Zack. I'll take one of each this morning, Chris.
00:16And a Sunday as well.
00:18That's right.
00:21Queen's Critic is at it again!
00:39No, I-I shan't have anything. Sorry, dear.
01:07I think he's right. Do you? Yeah. Now I think about it, she's a bit priggish.
01:17You alright, man?
01:19You got something to run, man?
01:35Good one. Good one. Good one.
01:39Good one, that. Please, gentlemen. That's it.
01:42You're on Altingham?
01:44Yes.
01:48You traitor!
02:21Really?
02:24Really.
02:28Really.
02:29Really.
02:30Well, I shall certainly let Her Majesty know. Thank you.
02:38Time and tide, Mr Conservator.
02:41Wait for an old man, private secretary.
02:43Good afternoon to you.
02:44Good afternoon, sir.
02:56What is it now?
02:59Lord Altrincham has been struck.
03:04Dumb, I hope.
03:06Better than that, ma'am.
03:07In the face.
03:09Quite forcefully, I'm told.
03:12By whom?
03:14Which gallant and chivalrous individual?
03:16I'm afraid we don't have those details yet, ma'am.
03:19The incident occurred outside the television studios,
03:22and the perpetrator is now on his way to the Bow Street police station,
03:26where we expect him to be released without charge.
03:30Well, how very gratifying.
03:32Yes.
03:34Very.
03:35Which television studios?
03:36The independent television network studios, ma'am,
03:40where Altrincham had just recorded an interview.
03:43For what?
03:44A programme appropriately called Impact.
03:48When will it air?
03:50Tonight, ma'am.
03:51Nine o'clock.
03:54Nine o'clock.
04:09Tell the people.
04:11Tell them on television.
04:13Questions in the public mind.
04:15Answered by people in the public eye.
04:18This is Impact.
04:19A programme that examines the most important matters of the moment.
04:23And will debate to you at home.
04:25Sorry I'm late.
04:26Robin Day puts the question.
04:28It's just starting.
04:30Tonight we have a man who, because of press activity in recent days,
04:33probably needs no introduction.
04:35Lord Altrincham.
04:36In the space of just a few days,
04:37his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the Queen,
04:40in a periodical of which he is also publisher,
04:42have become the most pressing issue of the day,
04:44and caused something of a constitutional crisis.
04:47So, I'd like to begin by asking Lord Altrincham a simple question.
04:51She's our head of state.
04:53Loved, respected and admired throughout the world.
04:56So, why do you hate her so very much?
05:15It's far too long.
05:17People are beginning to notice.
05:18And that is why the...
05:22And that is why the ending of doctrinal tests
05:25and the introduction of women priests
05:26is the only viable solution for saving the Church of England.
05:30An institution that is becoming increasingly outdated and irrelevant hour by hour.
05:35Who's got a thousand words for me on that?
05:36Hello, Patricia.
05:38Would anyone like some toffee?
05:40Oh, bring it over here, Patricia, darling.
05:46Oh, divine.
05:48Much like Patricia herself.
05:50Come, come, my dear.
05:51Be seated.
05:54Right.
05:55If no one's keen on the Church story, I can knock something up.
05:59Now, a piece on reforming the House of Laws.
06:02Dermot, you were going to look at that for me, weren't you?
06:04There's something nutty about it.
06:05Mmm, molasses.
06:07And Europe.
06:08We need to work out our official stance.
06:10Are we for or against a single European market?
06:15Are we in or out?
06:19Toffee, darling.
06:20Oh, you must try some, darling.
06:22Afraid I have a thing against toffee.
06:26Why didn't I know that?
06:29Right.
06:29You can't know everything about me.
06:33It's not the taste I object to so much.
06:36I just have painful memories.
06:40As a child.
06:42I was sitting in a dentist's chair because of a piece of toffee I ate.
06:49Oh, Lord.
06:53Lost again.
06:54Bye.
06:56I have a...
06:57Sarah?
06:58Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work,
07:07and your great courage in meeting constant, small adversities depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community
07:17as a whole.
07:23The upward course of a nation's history is due, in the long run, to the soundness of heart of its
07:31average men and women.
07:34Um...
07:36Working men and women?
07:40It has a touch more dignity.
07:48No, I think average is fine.
08:02I think you might be interested to see this.
08:05It's a draft of a speech the Queen's going to give in a week's time.
08:09I don't mind telling you.
08:11I felt a bit uneasy about it.
08:16Ah!
08:28Sir, forgive me if I'm interfering beyond my station.
08:37Tommy.
08:38Arthur.
08:39You were about to interfere beyond your station.
08:44It's concerning the speech the Queen is due to give next week.
08:48The Jaguar car factory.
08:50What about it?
08:51I was just...
08:53Wondering if you were happy with it?
08:57Well, obviously I'm happy with it.
08:59Or I wouldn't have shown it to Her Majesty for the approval which she immediately gave.
09:05Did the Queen read it?
09:07She didn't need to.
09:09She merely asked if I was happy.
09:11I replied in the affirmative.
09:12And that was good enough for Her Majesty.
09:17But I can see that the really important question is,
09:21is it good enough for Colonel Chattery's?
09:25You don't think it strikes the wrong tone?
09:29In which sense?
09:32In its paternalism.
09:36May I?
09:37I am.
09:40Do you?
09:41I suppose if I had a concern,
09:45it would be that post-Suez,
09:47in this new climate,
09:50in this new Britain,
09:52the tone of the speech is somewhat...
09:57somewhat what?
10:01Old-fashioned.
10:04Then would leave her open to attack.
10:06From whom?
10:07The newspapers.
10:10People.
10:11If I had a shilling for every time
10:13someone of a progressive or liberal disposition
10:15had warned needlessly of a popular attack against the crown,
10:19I'd be a rich man.
10:20The British people adore their sovereign.
10:22It is what constitutes,
10:24indeed defines, being British.
10:26Now, the worst I've ever encountered is apathy,
10:29where people simply accept the king or queen
10:31as they accept the sky above their heads.
10:34But it's a long way from apathy to insurrection.
10:37Now, as regards the newspapers,
10:39the crown can count on their support for two reasons.
10:41First, there is nothing to attack.
10:43That's the advantage of a constitutional monarchy.
10:46They have no power,
10:47so there's nothing to complain about.
10:49And even if they wanted to,
10:51they'd always let us know first.
10:52The palace would then threaten them
10:54with a boycott on the next major royal event,
10:56causing the newspapers immediately to back down.
10:59Because the very people you fear
11:01will hate the queen
11:02and the same ones
11:04who buy copies in their millions.
11:06Why?
11:07Because they love her.
11:12So I'm worrying unnecessarily.
11:14Martin,
11:15I shall leave the drawing of that
11:17inescapable conclusion to you.
11:35I'm going to take it in a little shorter, ma'am,
11:37and rounder it back.
11:40Lovely.
11:42Lovely.
11:42Lovely.
12:10CHOIR SINGS
12:23Thank you. I like it very much.
12:48I thought you were hoping for more children from me.
12:53I am.
12:55Why on earth would you do something like that to your hair?
12:59What's wrong with it?
13:02I thought it was tidy and sensible.
13:04Adjectives to stir the loins?
13:07Apparently it's very animoge.
13:09All the regimental wives are wearing their hair like this now.
13:12Really?
13:12Yes.
13:12It's certainly very practical.
13:15And should you ever feel compelled to ride a motorcycle, it could always double as a helmet.
13:20Well, I like it.
13:24I have nothing against it, Pastor.
13:27Stop it.
13:28She won't provide ample protection against any falling masonry.
13:35But if enlarging the family and enticing your husband to procreate is the goal...
13:41It is.
13:42...then you might take a look at Jane Mansfield.
13:45Or Rita Hayworth.
13:48Or Rita Hayworth.
14:12Sir, will you apply to your priest?
14:13Welcome, Your Majesty.
14:15Elliot.
14:16Elliot.
14:18This is our research and development area.
14:21No, no, it's all.
14:23May I introduce you, ma'am, to Nigel Willoughby, who sketches all of our prototypes?
14:27You didn't study drawing, did you?
14:29No, no.
14:29Very good at it.
14:31And that's a vessel.
14:32Yes, indeed.
14:33I finished MK1, Your Majesty.
14:36Oh, no, it's a lovely one.
14:38With top speeds of over 100 miles per hour.
14:41Quite the thing.
14:42I've always been interested in the red leather.
14:44Is it horse or cow?
14:58I wish first to express to you my very great pleasure at being here today.
15:05My husband and I have been most profoundly moved by your hospitable welcome, and would like
15:11you to know how very grateful we are to you all for the work that you do.
15:17We understand that in the turbulence of this anxious and active world, many of you are leading uneventful, lonely lives,
15:27where dreariness is the enemy.
15:32Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work depend in
15:42great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole.
15:49The upward course of a nation's history is due, in the long run, to the soundness of heart of its
15:56average men and women.
15:58May you be proud to remember how much depends on you, and that even when your life seems most monotonous,
16:06what you do is always of real value and importance to your family.
16:12Well, let's have a wonderful time.
16:15Well, let's have a wonderful time.
16:17Come on, everybody, let's have a wonderful time.
16:19Lord Orchelam?
16:21Evening, Richard.
16:23News Chronicle.
16:25Evening, Richard.
16:31Ah, I need a favour, some typing.
16:33Oh, you're going home?
16:35I don't need to be.
16:40I've just heard a ridiculous speech by the Queen, and I want to write an immediate response.
16:46I'll find someone else.
16:47No, no, it's no trouble.
16:49I had nothing else planned.
17:16I've had another thought.
17:18Super.
17:19A rather heretical thought.
17:21I got the idea from something Walter Badgett said about the first duty of royalty being to inspire.
17:52I got the idea.
18:13Come on, man.
18:42Hello.
18:43I trust you in the sleep journey.
18:44Yes, very lovely.
18:46Good to be back.
18:47How are you?
19:06Good to be back.
19:11Good to be back.
19:11Good to be back.
19:13Good to be back.
19:13Right?
19:22There is a great place to do.
19:24The Chief Jack is always on.
19:24No, wait.
19:26I'm not going to turn around.
19:26I'm just going to turn around.
20:40Good shot, ma'am.
21:38I see.
22:02Sorry to disturb, Your Majesty.
22:04Your Highness.
22:06Just to say, it might be worth avoiding certain newspapers this morning.
22:12Why?
22:13What's your sister done now?
22:16Nothing to do with Princess Margaret, sir.
22:19It's an article written by Lord Altrincham.
22:23Never heard of it.
22:24You?
22:25Taken originally from his own publication,
22:28The National and English Review.
22:31Never heard of that, either?
22:33Which several newspapers have chosen to run,
22:35partially or in full.
22:38What kind of article?
22:41It's quite a critical article, ma'am.
22:49What gives him the right?
22:53Tell me, honestly, mummy.
22:56Is there any part of you that agrees with him?
23:00Certainly not.
23:03That's not just your mother saying that.
23:06The Palace Press Secretary called me an hour ago
23:08to see the vast majority of the country
23:10not only disagrees with Altrincham,
23:12but is disgusted by him.
23:14It's an irrelevant article,
23:16written by an irrelevant man
23:17from an irrelevant publication.
23:19Only picked up because it's August,
23:21people are on holiday,
23:22government is in recess,
23:23there's nothing to write about.
23:26Today, 85% of the country is against him.
23:29By tomorrow, it will be 95%.
23:31That man's going to wish he'd never been born.
23:57I asked you to come because I had a phone call an hour ago
24:00from a television producer inviting me to record an interview this afternoon.
24:04Which program?
24:06Impact with Robin Day.
24:09I wish it weren't Day.
24:11We all wish it weren't Day.
24:13He's terrifying.
24:14Don't be silly.
24:15The fact that it's Day is what makes it valuable.
24:18You don't think I'm walking into a trap?
24:20You walked into the trap when you wrote the article.
24:23Now you're the most unloved individual in Britain.
24:27Ironically, Day is the one person who could help you.
24:30Why?
24:31You've seen how he interviews people.
24:34He dismembers them.
24:35Tears them to shreds.
24:37Yes.
24:37But keep your cool under his scrutiny.
24:39Make your case politely.
24:42Respectfully.
24:42Intelligently.
24:44It could turn people around.
24:55Thank you very much.
25:03Lord Algernon, how do you do?
25:04How do you do?
25:05Shall we?
25:05Yes.
25:06This way.
25:07Thank you for coming.
25:07Of all.
25:08How long do we have until we start?
25:10Well, we'll talk to make up quickly and we should make stuff.
25:14Just here.
25:15If you will.
25:15All right.
25:18Let yourself to water.
25:20Shouldn't be too long.
25:27He's standing by, sir.
25:28He's prepared.
25:29He's prepared.
25:40You've been told how all this works.
25:42Recording now.
25:43Transmission tonight.
25:44Yes.
25:46Five, four, three.
25:51Tonight we have a man who, because a press activity in recent days probably needs no introduction,
25:56Lord Altrinam.
25:57In the space of just a few days, his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the Queen, in
26:02a periodical of which he is also publisher, have become the most pressing issue of the
26:05day and caused something of a constitutional crisis.
26:08So I'd like to begin by asking Lord Altrinam a simple question.
26:13She's our head of state, loved, respected and admired around the world.
26:17So why do you hate her so very much?
26:19I don't.
26:21Then why criticise her like this?
26:23That's like asking an art critic why he criticises art.
26:27I'm a passionate monarchist who believes constitutional monarchy is Britain's greatest invention.
26:32Do you, indeed?
26:33Yes, I do.
26:34I believe that monarchy provides clarity.
26:36A symbolic head of state transcending the self-serving interests of the egocentric and
26:42self-motivated politicians who go in and out of office, who, as King Lear wonderfully
26:48says, ebb and flow by the moon.
26:50But when working at its best, monarchy can rise above such matters and unify a society.
26:55It can set the tone and become the embodiment of the nation, of national character.
26:58But the problem is, at the moment, it's not doing that.
27:02It's doing very little right, as far as you're concerned.
27:05No, that's not true.
27:06You would like to see Her Majesty endowed with superhuman powers.
27:09It's not superhuman to be a little spontaneous.
27:11Judging from your article, you'd like the Queen to have the qualities of a wit.
27:15You'd like her to be a better orator, a TV personality, in addition to being a diligent,
27:20dutiful and devoted monarch and a mother.
27:22All I'm suggesting is that in her public speeches and in her appearances, she should be more
27:27natural.
27:28Her style of speaking is, quite frankly, a pain in the neck.
27:33She sounds strangled.
27:35I had the misfortune of hearing one of the Queen's speeches in a dental waiting room recently.
27:41I was horrified by the indifference and inertia with which the speech was greeted.
27:46But you'd accept that being Queen and head of the Church of England is not an easy job,
27:50or a simple one, if you'll forgive me.
27:52It's arguably a harder job than editing a small periodical.
27:56No, I quite agree. Her Majesty is a seemingly impossible task.
28:00She has to be ordinary and extraordinary, touched by divinity and yet one of us.
28:04But being ordinary doesn't have to mean bland, or ineffectual, or forgettable.
28:10And against whom do you lay the main charge? Her courtiers?
28:14In the end, if the court is wrong, if the set-up is wrong, you have no choice but to
28:18criticise
28:19the boss.
28:19The Queen?
28:20Yes. Because only the boss can get rid of the bad servants.
28:24Yes. She hires them. She alone can fire them. Now, they may be bad. I believe some of them
28:30at the moment are. They're quite dreadful. But it is her responsibility. It's not theirs.
28:35In the sense that they're just hired hands.
28:37And so the personal attack on the monarch continues.
28:40Let me just say this. To criticise the monarchy, to criticise Her Majesty personally, gives me
28:46no satisfaction. But we have to remember that since the Second World War, since Suez, Britain
28:52has changed beyond recognition. And yet the monarchy continues its pre-war routines as though
28:57nothing has happened. I believe it would serve the Queen and her courtiers well to remember
29:01that until recently, monarchies were the rule, and republics the exception. But today, republics
29:08are the rule, and monarchies very much the exception.
29:14Lord Altringham, I have to terminate the interview.
29:16I'm obliged to you for answering my questions. Next week, at the same time, there will be
29:20another edition of Impact. Good night.
29:24That went very well.
29:31Thank you again, Lord Altringham.
29:34Good day.
29:34Good day.
29:41I'm sorry for the season's scarier in real life than I have.
29:44Lord Altringham.
29:48Yes.
29:49Yes.
29:50Yes.
29:51Yes.
29:55Congratulations.
29:56Well done.
29:56Well done.
29:58Glass of white.
29:59Well done.
29:59Something stronger.
30:00What about a brandy?
30:02Why not?
30:03Well done.
30:04Well done.
30:05Well done.
30:06I'm sorry.
30:08Well done.
30:09Well done.
30:09Don't be calm.
30:10Oh, really.
30:11Man of the hour of red.
30:22Your Majesty.
30:24Yes, what is it, Michael?
30:26There have been some reactions in the newspapers to last night's television interview and to the
30:32assault upon Lord Altringham.
30:33I'm afraid it's not quite as we'd hoped.
30:38Why not?
30:41Well, the man that struck Altringham, it turns out, is a member of the extreme right League
30:46of Empire Loyalists, which is a pressure group that campaigns against the dissolution of the
30:53Empire and has a clear doctrine of English racial supremacy.
30:57Oh dear.
30:59And it seems that most people have decided, having watched Altringham on television, that
31:06he is eminently reasonable.
31:10Now, almost half the country appears to agree with his sentiments, and there are new polls
31:17to support this.
31:18Letters of the Daily Mirror are running at four to one in Altringham's favour.
31:23And even the normally conservative Daily Mail changed its tune this morning.
31:32In addition, and this, I believe, reflects on his growing concern at some of the telephone
31:37calls he has been receiving, the Prime Minister suggested that he come up a week earlier than
31:44planned in order to discuss it all with you in person.
31:48Goodness.
31:50A constitutional crisis.
31:53Well, I hope you're going to apologise to Mr Macmillan, too.
31:56No.
31:57You're not going to deny that this hell mess springs from a badly written speech which
32:00I gave unquestioningly because I trusted you.
32:04Perhaps Lord Altringham is right.
32:05Perhaps I should surround myself with younger, more dynamic people with one foot in the real world.
32:35And you believe it's now a government measure?
32:37I do, ma'am.
32:40Ambassadors from all around the world have been calling me.
32:44Concerned.
32:46A Majesty will hardly need reminding a great many other countries have overthrown their monarchies
32:51and become republics in recent years.
32:54Egypt, Bulgaria, Italy, Tunisia only last month.
32:58Of course, we're not at that point.
33:00Not at a red light.
33:03We're not even at an amber.
33:05But we'd hate it to become amber.
33:09And so it is my view, the government's view, that it would be wise to contain this as soon as
33:13possible.
33:14And do what?
33:15The obvious thing.
33:18Altering them is a fire which needs to be put out.
33:24We've got you.
33:30He's got you.
33:45He's got you.
33:53The palace is offered up a chap called Charteris to meet.
33:59I looked him up.
34:00He used to be her principal private secretary.
34:04Well, there you are.
34:06Before the king died.
34:08When she was princess.
34:11And now?
34:12He's assistant private secretary.
34:16So, not quite a pawn, but certainly not a bishop or knight either.
34:20Go.
34:22Go in order to be fobbed off.
34:24Go in the spirit of openness and wanting to work together.
34:27Wanting to work together? They would have sent someone higher up.
34:29Go.
34:31All right.
34:33And take a list of suggestions.
34:36Recommendations.
34:37Don't go empty-handed.
34:45Not yet.
34:46John.
34:46Your tooth.
34:47John.
34:49Sorry.
34:52Sorry.
35:16What's coming, sir?
35:17There you go.
35:17Lordlaxringham.
35:18Look Sis.
35:18have a look at this.
35:34Hey, boy. Hey, pay attention.
35:35Yes. Lord Alderingham.
35:46Yes. This way, please.
36:12Good to know I'm seeing the top man.
36:18One sense.
36:26Here we are, Lord Altingham. Colonel Charteris will be with you shortly.
36:32Sir.
36:54I see we have something in common.
36:59And what would that be?
37:06Your Majesty.
37:10I was referring to the photos of Eton and Sandhurst.
37:15Which you attended to, I gather.
37:18Yes.
37:19Going on to become an officer of the guards at both St James's Palace and Windsor Castle.
37:25Doesn't quite fit the profile of a revolutionary.
37:29It's the assumption everyone has made.
37:31Because I dare offer an opinion, I must be trying to burn the temple down.
37:35On the contrary, I'm trying to make sure it survives.
37:39Well, those of us in the temple are very much looking forward to hearing what it is we must do
37:43in order to survive.
37:45Shall we begin?
37:49Is my voice all right?
37:52You can understand me?
37:55Yes.
37:55Not too strangled?
37:57Not too much of pain in the neck?
38:00No.
38:01Good.
38:04So, what is it that you'd have me change?
38:06It's not so much what I'd have you change.
38:09Just an acknowledgement that it has changed.
38:12What?
38:14Everything.
38:16And to prepare yourself for the fact we now live in a time where people like me...
38:23Can say exactly what they think?
38:25Yes.
38:26In any way they want?
38:28Yes.
38:28And remind me, why is that exactly?
38:33Because the age of deference is over.
38:37And what is left without deference?
38:41Anarchy?
38:42Equality.
38:43How can it be equality when I cannot return the fire?
38:46You can.
38:47But I struggle to think of a moment in history where it has worked to a monarch's advantage to return
38:52fire.
38:53On their own people.
38:54But you have managed to think of how this monarch might do something to her advantage.
38:59I have.
39:00And that same monarch is sitting before...
39:03Forgive me.
39:05A failed politician.
39:07And an unrecognized journalist.
39:10And taking his advice on how to do her job.
39:14The situation is as baffling to me as it is to you, Your Majesty.
39:31I've got a list.
39:33I do.
39:34As you might know from my article, I made a series of observations, recommendations of things to change.
39:40But for the purposes of this meeting, I chose to limit those recommendations to, um, six.
39:47Six.
39:49Three things to start, and three things to stop.
39:53Well, let's start with the stops.
39:56Very well.
39:57Ah, yes.
39:59Putting an end to the debutante's ball.
40:03The idea that only young women of a certain class are presented to the Sovereign,
40:07and women who are not of that class are not presented to the Sovereign, and somehow not acceptable.
40:12This is the sort of inequity that should have died out with our grandparents' generation.
40:16Certainly after the war.
40:21Next.
40:25Uh, allow divorced people to move more freely in royal circles.
40:32Why?
40:34The Sovereign is head of the Church of England, and the Church does not recognize divorced persons.
40:39It's unkind.
40:41Discriminatory.
40:42Quite possibly unlawful.
40:46Next.
40:48Uh, I would recommend getting rid of an entire generation of courtier.
40:54The old school.
40:56Stuck in the past.
40:58Ostriches, with their heads buried in the sand.
41:01They're stopping the palace evolve in keeping with the rest of the world.
41:04Those ostriches provide an indispensable function of monarchy.
41:09The preservation of tradition.
41:13You asked for my recommendations, ma'am.
41:17I'm respectfully passing them on.
41:23What would you have me start?
41:25Open up, ma'am.
41:28Know the drawbridge.
41:30Let people get to know you.
41:32I don't wish to be known.
41:35Televise the Christmas speech.
41:38Become more transparent.
41:41Accessible.
41:44And finally.
41:45Oh, finally.
41:46Spend time with normal people.
41:48Not just courtiers or the great and the good, but real people.
41:52Average people.
41:54Working people.
41:56Open the doors.
41:57Make it more inclusive and egalitarian.
42:03Let normal people get to know you too.
42:17Would you mind stepping out into the corridor for a moment?
42:20No, not at all.
42:28And would you ask my private secretary to come in?
42:31Of course.
42:38Your Majesty.
42:51Your Majesty.
43:00The
43:01Commerce.
43:16Orange.
43:17Lynne's.
43:30when I went back into the room
43:32she was gone
43:35vanished into thin air
43:36do sit down
43:39Charteress then went home to tell me that no one can ever know
43:42that I met the queen
43:43and that should I ever claim that I did
43:45the palace would robustly deny it
43:48they will however concede
43:50that I had an appointment with her majesty's assistant
43:52private secretary
43:53and that concessions might be made
43:55to one or two of my recommendations
43:59may I ask which ones
44:07let's put these lights in quickly
44:09please with that camera
44:12this one next
44:13well done
44:14now let's have the rest of the cake
44:26like an actress
44:28common little showgirl
44:29don't be silly
44:32in what way am I different
44:35memorizing lines and remembering angles
44:37wearing makeup
44:39you're the queen of the united kingdom for one thing
44:42yes
44:42who's memorizing lines
44:44and remembering angles
44:45and wearing makeup
44:55your majesty
44:57right
45:00where do you want me
45:01this way
45:02this way
45:02please mark
45:02you're the other
45:03why do you want me
45:04this way
45:04I'll put it in my madap
45:05us
45:12i'll
45:13if the
45:13it is we
45:14can put
45:14it in my hand we can come
45:15the junks in here by theежде
45:23guys I'm
45:24happy
45:25to see you and you can
45:25bye I'll leave
45:28my Meredith for the gentleman
45:28i'm happy
45:29to see you I'm happy
45:31to see you
45:32Matt.
46:12Five, four, three.
46:19Happy Christmas.
46:2325 years ago, my grandfather broadcast the first of these Christmas messages.
46:30Today is another landmark, because television has made it possible for many of you to see
46:36me in your homes on Christmas Day.
46:40My own family often gather round to watch the television, as they are at this moment,
46:45and that is how I think of you all now.
46:47I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and
46:53direct.
46:56It is inevitable that I should seem a rather remote figure to many of you, a successor
47:03to the kings and queens of history, someone whose face may be familiar in newspapers and
47:09films, but who never really touches your personal lives.
47:14But now, at least for a few minutes, I welcome you into the peace of my own home.
47:25That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed
47:31in which things are changing all around us.
47:38I would like to read a few lines from Pilgrim's Progress.
47:49And though with great difficulty I am got hither.
47:53Yet now I do repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am.
47:58my sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to
48:06him that can get it.
48:09my marks and scars I carry with me to be a witness for me that I have fought his
48:17battles, who now will be my rewarder.
48:26I hope that 1958 may bring you God's blessings and all the things that you long for.
48:34And so I wish you all, young and old, wherever you may be, all the fun and enjoyment and peace
48:44of a very happy Christmas.
48:47And we're off air.
49:01Congratulations.
49:54I might say Victor Gabon, but no, that's not quite right.
49:59Видard Baboon?
49:59Baba-á»™i.
50:00Yes I think.
50:01Well anyway I talk endlessly about hair as a geometric art form.
50:04It looks jolly pretty.
50:05If you happen to have a number for this baboon, I might pass it on to my wife.
50:20Marké.
50:21Your very own little Altrincham?
50:22Yes.
50:23Just rather better in bed, I suspect.
50:28Oh dear God, look at that.
50:36Who do you suppose that is?
50:41It could be Mr. David Smith, a car dealer.
50:46And that?
50:47I believe that is Harriet the Hammer Jones,
50:53a boxer from the Old Kent Road.
50:58Rounding up the numbers, we have a local restaurateur,
51:01a bus driver, a bank clerk,
51:05and a woman policeman.
51:09All to open things up.
51:10Yes, bring us more in line with the real world.
51:13To democratise us.
51:15And so it goes.
51:19The stings and bites we suffer,
51:21as it slips away.
51:23Bit by bit.
51:25Piece by piece.
51:27Our authority.
51:29Our absolutism.
51:31Our divine rights.
51:40The history of the monarchy in this country is a one-way street of humiliation,
51:44sacrifices and concessions in order to survive.
51:47First the barons came for us, then the merchants, now the journalists.
51:50It's a small wonder we make such a fuss about curtsies, protocol and precedent.
51:53It's all we have left.
51:54The last scraps of armour as we go from ruling to reigning to...
52:00To what?
52:01To be nothing at all.
52:06Mary Annette.
52:13Right.
52:14Gloves on.
52:15Right.
52:18I told the master of the household to rotate the guests between courses,
52:22so if you get a dud, don't worry.
52:23It'll be 15 minutes at work.
52:45Mr. and Mrs. David Smith.
52:47Hello.
52:47Hello.
52:48Very nice to meet you.
52:49Mr. and Mrs. Thetel.
52:50Hello there.
52:51Thank you for coming.
52:53Mr. Harry the Hammond.
52:54Oh, I pray so much for having you.
52:55Thank you so much for having me.
52:57And.
52:57Mr. Martin Jones.
52:59What are you telling the truth, huh?
53:00Hello, Mrs. Thetel.
53:02Sergeant Ethel Denry.
53:04Oh, hello there.
53:04I'm such a pleasure to have you with us.
53:06Oh, here they come.
53:07Dog dogs.
53:08There they are.