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00:42straight on
00:49we'll have her private
00:53grab those shovels
00:57show us loose
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01:56we got something
01:57we got something
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02:07yeah
02:14I don't know.
02:53I don't know.
03:13What's he asking for?
03:15Freedom in a country of his choice and a generous pension to last the rest of his lifetime.
03:24Well, let's see how good it is first.
03:30Get it translated.
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06:12for the first meeting in Britain of the American evangelist team
06:15headed by Billy Graham.
06:17Graham, who wears a slate-gray suit and a modest tie,
06:20makes his address from a purple-draped platform.
06:22The Bible teaches that all of us are wrong.
06:27We have all gone astray.
06:29With everyone turned to his own way,
06:32and when you turn to your own way...
06:34It's rare and not entirely reassuring
06:36to see religious certainty in someone so young.
06:39He's not young.
06:40He's my age.
06:41Precisely, a child.
06:43I think moral authority and spiritual guidance
06:46should come from someone with a little knife experience.
06:49Not from someone who learnt their trade
06:51selling brushes door-to-door in North Carolina.
06:53There's a humility to that, which I like.
06:55Are those people crying?
06:56What's happening to this country?
07:02People of Great Britain never cried during the war.
07:04Now they're weeping like children.
07:06I'm calling for a revival that will cause every man and woman
07:10to return to their offices and shops
07:12and live out the teachings of Christ in their daily relationships.
07:15I'm going to preach a gospel, not of despair, but of hope.
07:19Hope for the individual.
07:21Hope for society.
07:23Hope for the world.
07:24Turning out in droves from an American zealot.
07:26He's not a zealot.
07:28He's shouting, turning in.
07:29He's zealot's shout.
07:30When you close your eyes, close your ears to God's way,
07:34you will soon prefer your own ideas to the ideas of God.
07:39You come to a stage where your own evil seems to you good
07:43and God's good seems to be evil.
07:51Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear trooper, happy birthday to you.
08:06Happy birthday, trooper.
08:07Good day.
08:11Good shot.
08:13Brother.
08:16Well done.
08:20Ah, no.
08:27Now the illusion.
08:30It's me, it's me.
08:32I don't know.
08:34Where's your care?
08:46You look very dashing.
08:57Oh, no, no, no, I cannot go like this.
09:16Why not?
09:17At least that way I get to be queen once.
09:31Where's your care?
09:36Oh, no, no.
09:39All right, let's go.
10:15Would you like to know what my day consisted of today?
10:19Don't tell me.
10:20The same as every other day.
10:22I rose late, past eleven, then inspected the gardens.
10:25Then at lunch with people of no consequence.
10:28My friends.
10:28People of no consequence.
10:31I never thought I'd hear myself say it, but life of pleasure really has its limits.
10:36Try a life spent living with you.
10:42My motto as Prince of Wales was Ich Deen.
10:47I serve.
10:49Deeply rooted within me is a need to serve my country.
10:54I need a job, a purpose.
10:57Not this again.
10:58Yes, this.
10:58Well, where do you intend to find one?
11:00I will simply have to go to London to set things in motion.
11:05Shall I tell you what else is deeply rooted within your family?
11:08Delusion.
11:09They won't let you in the country, let alone give you a job.
11:11That's not what my lawyer says.
11:13You've spoken to George?
11:14Why didn't you tell me?
11:15Well, I'm telling you now.
11:17I still have allies, you know, important allies.
11:21Disciples of the truth.
11:22Advocates of justice who could mobilize opinion.
11:26Start a campaign.
11:29To have a former king be forgiven.
11:42Finally, there's a request, ma'am, from the government for you to open the new airport at Gatwick.
11:47Um, they've offered some dates.
11:49The start of June was best for us, I think.
11:51Yes, all right.
11:52And that is it from me.
11:54Thank you, Michael.
11:58Oh, there was something.
12:00Ma'am.
12:01If I wished to meet Reverend Graham, do you think that could be arranged?
12:08The evangelist, ma'am?
12:10Yes.
12:13Well, I should need to give it some thought.
12:17Um, one might imagine an invitation being extended to preach at All Saints Chapel at Windsor, and
12:26private lunch to follow?
12:28Lovely.
12:30We should have to be careful, though, ma'am, that any invitation to or association with
12:35Reverend Graham would not be perceived as an endorsement of his crusades, which would
12:43not be compatible with your role as the head of the church.
12:46I'm sure you'll handle it all perfectly, Michael.
12:48You had something.
12:50Yes.
12:51Um, His Royal Highness the Duke of Windsor has written with a request.
12:56Oh.
12:57What for?
12:59To be allowed to enter the country.
13:00No, I enter.
13:01To research a book which he's planning to write.
13:04On what subject?
13:05How'd he be a truly great king?
13:07A guidebook.
13:08Hmm.
13:11He didn't say that.
13:12Well, I suppose we could let him stay at Kensington Palace.
13:14Actually, he's intending to stay with his friend, Major Metcalfe.
13:16Fruity?
13:17But doesn't he live in Surrey?
13:18Sussex, I do.
13:20Oh, that's quite good.
13:21Out of public eye.
13:22The further the better, if you ask me.
13:25So, that is a yes.
13:27No.
13:28Yes.
13:28No.
13:29Yes.
13:32Yes.
13:33Let him come.
13:34Ma'am.
13:49Good morning.
13:50Good morning, sir.
13:52Did you finish that paper?
13:54Yes, sir.
13:55Mr. Sweet.
13:57This one for...
13:57Morning, Margaret.
13:58Morning, sir.
14:00Monsieur...
14:00All bad?
14:01Yes, ma'am.
14:21Take a look at this.
14:24It's practically an injunction.
14:26Sir.
14:29Are you aware of this?
14:36I am.
14:37As historians, we have a duty to publish the truth.
14:40No exceptions.
14:42Otherwise, what are we all doing?
14:44Protecting Nazis?
14:46Protecting something else.
14:48My hands are tied.
14:50But his are not.
14:51That's right.
14:52I have access to the U.S. State Department duplicate files, including this.
14:57There's nothing to stop the American government publishing if the British government won't.
15:11My dearest darling peaches, let us hope the rest of the trip is not as miserable as the journey.
15:17It was a most disagreeable crossing due to bad weather.
15:20The company on the boat was dreadful, too.
15:24Common and uninteresting people, pestering me to join them for drinks or play cards.
15:31On arrival in London, my mood was lifted slightly by a large group of welcoming supporters,
15:36who cheered my name and removed their hats.
15:40And my niece, the Queen, sent me one of the hearses.
15:48Later in the evening, I feared things would go from bad to worse,
15:52as we arrived at Fruity's rather drab little house, somewhere in Susie.
16:01Rosie.
16:02Your Royal Highness.
16:03How are you?
16:04Very well.
16:05Your Royal Highness.
16:06Papa, dear.
16:06But George excelled, as ever, and revealed the work he had already done.
16:11Of course, the true purpose of the visit can't be known to anybody.
16:14Should anyone get wind of any job hunting by His Royal Highness,
16:17it might be seen as a violation of the agreement made after the application.
16:21And His Royal Highness might find himself not only being asked to leave the country,
16:25but also without a pension.
16:28So, this trip must be perceived, first and foremost, as a literary one.
16:32I trust you came prepared.
16:34I brought quill and ink.
16:37All that notwithstanding,
16:39I've started a campaign
16:42gathering friends and supporters.
16:44And the only indications are most encouraging.
16:46Walter Monckton has agreed to host a dinner.
16:48And we've had yeses from Lord Salisbury, Lord Beaverbrook,
16:51Lord Dudley, the American ambassador,
16:53and the Foreign Secretary, Selwyn Lloyd.
16:56Oh, Cecil Beaton and Noel Coward
16:58have agreed to hold a little supper party for you.
17:01Oh, dear Cecil.
17:03And his inedible food.
17:05Thank you very much.
17:05Just a small bit of a dozen.
17:28Do you really have to do this?
17:30Indulge me.
17:31I'm interested.
17:34Can you just make up an excuse and say I'm off sinning somewhere?
17:37No.
17:42Lanket bugger, isn't he?
17:44I think he's rather handsome.
17:46Door-to-door salesman in a hideous, shiny suit.
17:49Where's his box?
17:50A box, the one containing his brushes.
17:53Oh, no, look.
17:54Come on, we'll be late.
17:55Brushes, floor brushes, toothbrushes.
17:58Do shut up.
17:59As I was thinking about what to preach about today,
18:02I considered various topics which speak to me personally,
18:06but I thought that I would start with a simple question.
18:10What is a Christian?
18:12The Bible tells us, Colossians 1.27 says,
18:16that a Christian is a person in whom Christ dwells.
18:21It's Christ in you.
18:22The hope of glory, it means that you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
18:29That encounter has taken place.
18:31You have received Christ as Savior.
18:36And that is what a Christian is.
18:45I enjoyed that very much.
18:47You do speak with such wonderful clarity and certainty.
18:51I find it very reassuring.
18:53And it's not only me.
18:55The rest of the country, too, I imagine.
18:58Yes.
18:59We've been surprised ourselves at the turnout.
19:01Really?
19:02Mm-hmm.
19:02Well, you shouldn't be.
19:04In an increasingly complex world, we all need certainty.
19:07And you provide it.
19:09Well, that's not me.
19:10Scriptures provide.
19:12Yes, but you illuminate them so well.
19:17The great joy that I felt today was that of being a simple congregant, being taught, being led.
19:24You see, as head of the Anglican Church, in terms of rank,
19:26even the great archbishops of York and Canterbury are below me.
19:31Above me there is only God.
19:33Well, that must be lonely sometimes.
19:35Yes, it is.
19:38Which is why it's lovely, as Queen, to be able to just disappear and be...
19:45A simple Christian?
19:48Yes.
19:51Above all things, I do think of myself as just a simple Christian.
19:57It's the values of Christian living that root me, guide me, define me.
20:09Have you always been such a good speaker?
20:11I was actually a shy child.
20:13No.
20:14Mm-hmm.
20:15Speaking as a shy child myself, I have to say that I find that very hard to believe.
20:19No, ma'am.
20:20It's true.
20:22The first time I ever spoke in public, I was 12 years old at school.
20:27The school principal told my mother he thought I was a natural.
20:31That, of all things, I had a gift.
20:36No.
20:39No.
20:47No.
20:51No.
20:55No.
20:58No.
21:02Oh, my God.
21:28I have no objection to his being.
21:31The word crusades troubles me.
21:36If the Reverend Graham is the crusader, the implication is that we're heathen.
21:41I'll go along with it.
21:43Mr. Wheeler-Bennett, sir.
21:46Excuse me?
21:50Prime Minister, thank you for seeing me.
21:53You didn't give me much choice.
21:55Matter of the greatest urgency.
21:58Your team of troublesome historians, committed historians, principled historians.
22:04Is that the file in question?
22:07Yes.
22:08Let's make a start.
22:14Ah, there you are.
22:16Plot is all.
22:17Your Royal Highness.
22:18Your Royal Highness.
22:19Ah, the curtain's drawn as treason abound.
22:21George, thank you so much.
22:23Sir.
22:25Dear Bob.
22:26Hello, sir.
22:26I'm very well.
22:27Thank you, sir.
22:28Thank you so much.
22:29We all know why we're here tonight.
22:32To see if we can help our dear friend, His Royal Highness, in his quest to find a final act
22:41to this sad drama.
22:42And to turn it into a great history play.
22:44He seeks a job.
22:46A purpose.
22:48That's why I'm here.
22:49To ask you all my council of war.
22:53My brains trust.
22:55Politicians, artists, and philosophers.
22:58Something in the military, perhaps?
22:59Well, why not?
23:00I was made a major general attached to the British military mission in France at the beginning of the war.
23:05In a liaising role between us and the French.
23:07And I much enjoyed it.
23:09Or a position within the Board of Trade.
23:11Well, what kind of position?
23:13Helping promote Britain's economic interests aboard.
23:17Yes.
23:17The right man in the right position could contribute so much to Britain's economy.
23:22Helping boost our much-needed dollar reserves.
23:25A man with charm, contacts, influence.
23:27And the magic of being a former king.
23:32Doesn't it all feel a little grubby, Walter?
23:35All those grasping international businessmen.
23:37The whiff of profit and self-interest.
23:40Now, I like the direction we were heading earlier.
23:42The idea of a liaison post.
23:44Then what about the diplomatic service?
23:46Oh, I like that idea.
23:47Don't the Americans have these unofficial roving ambassadors nowadays?
23:53Yes.
23:53They're too in London at the moment.
23:55Oh, well, something like that would be ideal.
23:57Well, I think we have...
23:59My dearest darling Peaches, what a wait is off my mind.
24:05Moncton really did come up with the goods.
24:07And his friends really do seem to want to help me.
24:10Now all I must do is wait while they discreetly make representations on my behalf.
24:44I would say wait and pray.
24:46Self-congratulation and hypocrisy.
24:48What a grotesque occasion that must have been.
24:52Oh, now bed calls.
24:54And for once, as my head hits the pillow without yours beside me,
24:58I can truthfully say all is well.
25:01Today was a day worth living.
25:04Your loving husband, David.
25:11Good morning, sir.
25:12Do I have to be ready?
25:13I'm ready for you now, sir.
25:18I received a visit yesterday afternoon from John Wheeler Bennet,
25:23the senior historian in charge of publishing the German war files,
25:27who informed me that this government was now left with no choice but to publish certain material,
25:34which both my predecessor, Winston Churchill, and yours, your late father, tried to suppress.
25:40What material?
25:42The Marburg files, ma'am.
26:19This was always going to come back to haunt us.
26:27Shortly after the war ended,
26:30some British troops...
26:33American.
26:37American troops
26:38arrested a German soldier
26:40as he was retreating from...
26:44Trefurt.
26:45Near Eisenhower.
26:47In central Germany.
26:48I don't remember the soldier's name.
26:51Leugnant von Lersch.
26:54Turns out,
26:55this soldier was Hitler's personal translator.
27:00The assistant to Hitler's personal translator, ma'am,
27:03Hitler's personal translator,
27:05was Dr. Schmidt.
27:06Dr. Paul Schmidt.
27:07All right, you tell the story, Michael.
27:09Please.
27:11Thank you, ma'am.
27:17When his offices were being evacuated,
27:23Dr. Schmidt asked his assistant, von Lersch,
27:28to dispose of all the top secret papers,
27:30which he had placed in archives,
27:34and von Lersch had duly burned the vast majority.
27:41But he secretly kept the most valuable material,
27:45hoping to use it to negotiate his freedom
27:48and to escape trial.
28:12Among the papers which von Lersch kept back,
28:15there was one file pertaining to Anglo-German relations,
28:19in particular the relationship of Nazi high command
28:22with his royal highness, the Duke of Windsor.
28:27I think it's fair to say the reality exceeded even our worst fears.
28:33We did everything we could to contain this.
28:35That's your lot?
28:36You are unaware that a copy had been sent to the Americans,
28:43who are now insisting that this volume of Marburg files
28:48be published.
28:50And this is the man you inexplicably let back into the country.
28:59I hope you have a strong stomach.
29:44You are there,
29:45he is!
29:45This came to Lersch.
29:47Into Lersch,
29:48update or go for action.
29:53The Red is brought toлан Douglas .
29:53Notice what?
30:08Your Royal Highness.
30:09Parent Secretary.
30:11Please.
30:15You have loyal and persistent friends, sir.
30:18Oh, thank you.
30:23Following their representations and having given the matter careful thought, it looks
30:29like we now have several options.
30:32Peace.
30:33The first option I'd like you to look at would be the role of Ambassador to France.
30:47To a happy and purposeful future, His Royal Highness.
30:54His Royal Highness.
30:56His Royal Highness.
31:18My dearest darling one, I met with the Foreign Secretary today, who has managed to find
31:23three posts where I could do something of value and importance.
31:27I am so happy.
31:29These posts would offer me the chance to serve my country and make a difference.
31:34As to the green light, as far as government is concerned, it's a go.
31:40Only one obstacle remains.
31:42To get the blessing of the crown.
31:45Which involves a brief trip back to that miserable mausoleum, Buckingham Palace.
31:55Counting down the minutes until I am back in your arms again, your loving husband, David.
32:26The Duke of Windsor, your majesty.
32:34Your majesty.
32:40Ah, yes.
32:41It's your first time back.
32:42In this room, yes.
32:45That colour was me, French grey.
32:53So, talk to me of the pleasure.
32:55I assume it's about this new book that you're writing.
32:58Oh, actually, I've come here today on another matter.
33:01A job.
33:04That while I'm clearly no longer a young man, I'm also not yet an old one, and might be able
33:09to usefully serve the crown.
33:13You had a chance to serve this country, the greatest chance.
33:18You gave it up.
33:20But I gave it up because of the way my wife was treated, not because I no longer wish to
33:24serve this country.
33:28Anyway, one or two ideas came up.
33:32For jobs, which would require the blessing both of government and crown.
33:37Of course, before coming here and bothering you, I made sure the support would be given
33:41by government, and I've been assured of that support.
33:44Support for what jobs?
33:46Well, three possibilities came up.
33:48The first is the ambassadorship to France.
33:51The PM and Foreign Secretary aren't keen on the incumbent, Gatwin Jebb.
33:56And the second option?
33:58Oh, as a special liaison to the Board of Trade.
34:02The third?
34:04As a High Commissioner, working with the Commonwealth Relations Office to protect and promote British
34:10interests throughout the world.
34:12This would suit me, I think, as it specializes in the practical side of diplomatic work.
34:18Entertaining.
34:22Well, I'm sure that you do all three jobs very well indeed.
34:29But in light of what I've recently learned about...
34:32About what?
34:34About events that took place while you were in Lisbon during the war.
34:39From whom?
34:41From state papers.
34:42Which state papers?
34:43German state papers.
34:47Which American historians, supported by the French and the British, are now threatening to publish.
34:54And what exactly is in these papers?
34:58Letters and telegrams.
35:01Communications detailing your relationship with Nazi High Command.
35:05Well, it's out of nonsense.
35:08In one telegram from 1940, it states that you were considering publicly going against the government and pledging your support
35:15for peace with Germany, thereby breaking with my father, the king.
35:18In another, it says that in return for your support, the German government offered you a home in Spain where
35:25you could wait out the rest of the war in peace and safety while your countrymen gave their lives.
35:29I went to the Bahamas, as the British government instructed.
35:33Yes, you were instructed to go to the Bahamas because of your views.
35:38In these papers, you're quoted as saying that the Führer's desire for peace was in complete agreement with your own
35:46point of view.
35:55You were too young to remember.
35:57I, alas, not.
36:00Hitler and his henchmen were once our friends.
36:03As king, I was committed to the idea, passionately committed, that England and Germany should never be enemies again after
36:13the horrors of the Great War.
36:14People forget.
36:16There was no indication of who Hitler would become.
36:20You could argue that we were the ones that made a monster of him by refusing to be his allies.
36:26This is the point.
36:28People make stands, they grandstands, pat themselves on the back for their great virtue.
36:33And what is the consequence?
36:34Another grotesque war, millions more dead, when peace was all that mattered to me.
36:43In that spirit, I am asking you to make peace with me today.
36:51Elizabeth, the British are a sensible people.
36:53They will never believe these claims against me.
36:56They will dismiss these papers for what they are.
37:02Baseless rumors and German propaganda.
37:11Certificate of Heaven
37:15Knock, knock, knock, knock.
37:22Everything alright?
37:27Can I ask your opinion?
37:29Course.
37:30What about what?
37:32Forgiveness!
37:34Forgiveness!
37:35What have I done now?
37:36No not you.
37:39uncle david i think it's time that he'd be forgiven are you mad you can't forgive that man
37:46why not what he did to this country those were different times he's explained all that to me
37:52i bet he did philip forgiveness is very important to me it's not often i say this so perhaps if
38:02i do
38:03you will take it seriously
38:10ask ask tommy lassells to come and see you what and tell him of your proposed course of action
38:17i can't keep summoning him like that why not well he's retired for one thing i'd go and see him
38:23in an unofficial capacity for sherry or tea or human blood whatever that monster drinks
38:30and ask him about your uncle he was his private secretary while he was king
38:35he knows everything there is to know
38:39so
38:49so
39:11Your Majesty.
39:12Tommy, that's terribly inconvenient.
39:18Ah, you're mid-battle.
39:21Yes, ma'am.
39:23Now, don't say anything.
39:25Ah.
39:26Yes, those uniforms.
39:28Nineteenth century?
39:29Yes.
39:30And that standard is the Duke of Wellington?
39:33Very good, ma'am.
39:34So it's Waterloo?
39:37Salamanca.
39:37Ah.
39:39Oh.
39:41And these?
39:42Troops of Sir Edward Pakenham's 3rd Infantry Division.
39:45Very lovely. Did you have them made?
39:48A gift, ma'am.
39:49From your grandfather, when I was in his service.
39:52Hmm.
39:54Shall we, ma'am?
39:55Yes.
40:02I'm proposing to let the Duke of Windsor back into public life, and as an example of
40:09a Christian in a Christian country, to forgive.
40:15Your Majesty, that would, in my view, be a mistake.
40:23Why?
40:26Before you make your decision, ma'am, I believe you should be in full possession of the facts.
40:31I've read the Marburg Files.
40:33So have I.
40:34I said full possession.
40:37You mean there's more?
40:39Yes, ma'am.
40:42The Duke of Windsor made his loyalties clear as soon as he became king.
40:46Surrounded himself with a new breed of courtier.
40:50Men such as Karl, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, a renowned Nazi.
40:55He also shared classified allied documents with the Duchess of Windsor, who was herself,
41:00we believe, sharing a bed, forgive me, ma'am, with the German ambassador, Herr Ribbentrop.
41:22It became so bad that the government had to stop putting secret and sensitive papers in his red box.
41:27But we needn't have worried.
41:29Because then we had the application.
41:36Having promised to retire from public life, we now know that he had no such intention.
41:41Why else would the pair of them decide to visit Hitler in Germany?
41:53The Führer had labelled the trip an unofficial state visit.
41:56So it is unsurprising that it was on that same trip, at the home of Herr Hess, that the plan
42:03was hatched.
42:05A plan to reinstate the Duke of Windsor as King of England, effectively betraying and dethroning your dear late father,
42:15in return for German forces being given free reign across Europe.
42:21German troops were even promised to quell a colonial rebellion, if necessary.
42:26And there were visits to SS training schools and early versions of the concentration camps.
42:32Now, of course, the full horrors were yet to come.
42:35Nonetheless, he visited.
42:45Shall I continue, ma'am?
42:51When a German aircraft crashed in Belgium, carrying Hitler's entire military plan for the invasion of France,
42:57the Duke wasted no time in letting his Nazi friends know that Allied forces had indeed recovered this priceless information,
43:05which gave Germany time to change its plans.
43:08And in less than a month, Paris fell to German occupation.
43:13But perhaps worst of all, the Duke told the German government that resolve in the United Kingdom
43:20in the face of the German aerial bombardment was weakening.
43:23And that continued bombing, that is, the continued slaughter of his fellow countrymen and former subjects,
43:30would, I quote, soon make Britain ready for peace.
43:59The problems of the world can be summed up in one three-letter word.
44:03S-I-N. Sin.
44:08From Psalm 58, the wicked are estranged from the womb.
44:13They go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
44:16God looks deep down inside.
44:20God sees how you really are down inside.
44:23Now, you may be out with Legion, too.
44:25We're fun, culture, a church member, a good standing in the community.
44:29But it's your heart, heart of God.
44:37I've had a chance to think about your request to serve your country.
44:43I was keen to help you.
44:45And weighing it all up.
44:47The amount of time that has passed.
44:50My affection for you, personally, all spoke in its favour.
44:56But?
45:00But, on balance?
45:04I think not.
45:07And I'm sure you don't need reminding that under the terms of the agreement reached after the abdication,
45:12you are permitted to return to the United Kingdom only at the pleasure and invitation of the Sovereign.
45:18Yes?
45:20I find myself unable to grant that permission.
45:26And who has fed you this poison?
45:29Your mother?
45:31No.
45:33Tommy Lassell's?
45:34I came to my own mind.
45:36Well, you have no mind of your own.
45:37That's why everyone is so thrilled with you.
45:40The last royal to have a mind of his own was me, and that's why they threw me out.
45:43Fine.
45:45I will go.
45:50Who has done more damage to the monarchy, me with my willfulness, or you lot with your inhumanity?
46:01We all closed our eyes, our ears, to what was being said about you.
46:07We dismissed it as fabrications, as cruel chatter in light of your decision to give up the throne.
46:14But when the truth finally came out, the truth,
46:19it makes a mockery of even the central tenets of Christianity.
46:23There is no possibility of my forgiving you.
46:26The question is, how on earth can you forgive yourself?
46:56why the truth sosin't you be exposed?
46:58why?
46:58Hi, sir.
47:01Hi, sir.
47:02Hi, sir.
47:04Hi, sir.
47:06Oh, no.
47:12Morning, sir.
47:13Morning.
47:14Morning, sir.
47:16Morning.
47:22We have the go-ahead to publish.
47:24Thank you, sir.
47:33Going to catch laid down a Boo.
47:33Feeling.
47:58It has been a bit of a rush.
47:58seeing all the
48:03Reverend Graham, Your Majesty.
48:05Your Majesty.
48:10You're very kind to find time for me again.
48:15Do sit down.
48:25Reverend Graham.
48:27I asked you here today because there's something that I'd very much like to hear your views on.
48:35Ma'am.
48:38Forgiveness.
48:41Are there any circumstances, do you feel, where one can be a good Christian and yet not forgive?
48:52Christian teaching is very clear on this.
48:54Yes. No one is beneath forgiveness.
48:57Dying on the cross, Jesus himself asked the Lord to forgive those that killed him.
49:03Yes.
49:07But we must remember his words.
49:10They know not what they do.
49:13That forgiveness, it was conditional.
49:17True.
49:18But he still forgave.
49:20God himself forgives us all.
49:22Who are we to reject the example of God?
49:24Mere mortals.
49:27We are all mortals.
49:29That is our fate.
49:30But we need not be unchristian ones.
49:41The solution for being unable to forgive.
49:45One asks for forgiveness oneself, humbly and sincerely.
49:52And one prays for those that one cannot forgive.
51:19I'd rather as my drinking companions tonight. Care to take a guess?
51:23I wouldn't dare.
51:25Your dear... your dear... your dear ma was one.
51:30What?
51:31And Tommy Lussell's the other.
51:34No.
51:35Yes. I know. Hideous thought.
51:39But we all agree to put aside our historical differences to celebrate the one good thing that we all have
51:45in common.
51:45Which is?
51:47You.
51:49And the heroic way.
51:51You kicked that wretched fool out today, tail between his legs.
51:57It was hardly heroic.
51:58On the contrary, it was entirely heroic.
51:59And don't, don't for one minute start on about it being a failure of Christianity.
52:04It is.
52:05No, it's not.
52:06You protected your country.
52:09And you protected the reputation of your family.
52:14Not to mention successfully banishing Satan from entering the Garden of Eden.
52:19That's Christ's business in anyone's books.
52:22So it's a gold star from Jesus.
52:24No.
52:27And a gold star from me.
52:31What are you doing?
52:33No.
52:34Yes.
52:34No.
52:35Oh, yes, darling. Come on.
52:37No!
53:00No!