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Ready, Your Royal Highness?
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Five,
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"On this...
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the occasion of my 21st birthday...
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I welcome the opportunity
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to speak to all the peoples of the
British Commonwealth and Empire...
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wherever they live,
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whatever race they come from,
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and whatever language they speak.
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As I speak to you today from Cape Town,
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I am 6,000 miles from the
country where I was born.
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But I am certainly not
6,000 miles from home.
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That is the great privilege
of belonging to our place
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in the worldwide Commonwealth.
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There are homes ready to welcome
us in every continent of the earth.
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Before I am much elder,
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I hope I shall come
to know many of them.
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Although there is none
of my father's subjects,
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from the eldest to the youngest,
whom I do not wish to greet,
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I am thinking especially today
of all the young men and women
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who were born about
the same time as myself
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and have grown up like me
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in the terrible and glorious
years of the Second World War.
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Will you, the youth of the
British family of nations,
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let me speak on my birthday
as your representative?
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Now that we are coming to
manhood and womanhood,
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it is surely a great joy to us all
to think that we shall be able
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to take some of the burden off
the shoulders of our elders,
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who have fought and worked and
suffered to protect our childhood.
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To that generation,
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I say we must not be daunted
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by the anxieties and hardships
the war has left behind
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for every nation of our Commonwealth.
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We know these things are the price
we cheerfully undertook to pay
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for the high honor of standing
alone seven years ago
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in defense of the liberty of the world.
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If we all go forward together
with an unwavering faith,
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a high courage, and a quiet heart... "
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"... we shall be able to make
of this ancient Commonwealth,
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which we all love so dearly,
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an even grander thing.
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More free, more prosperous,
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more happy,
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and a more powerful influence
for good in the world
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than it has been in the greatest
days of our forefathers."
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Please welcome Margaret Roberts.
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"To accomplish that...
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we must give nothing less
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than what my father, King George,
the first head of the Commonwealth,
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calls 'the whole of ourselves.'"
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Good evening.
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"There is a motto
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which has been borne by
many of my ancestors.
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A noble motto.
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'I serve.'
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I should like to make
that dedication now.
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- It's very simple."
- And smile!
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"I declare before you all
that my whole life...
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whether it be long or short...
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shall be devoted to your service...
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and the service of our
great imperial family
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to which we all belong.
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God help me to make good my vow...
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and God bless all of you
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who are willing to share in it."
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- Thank you, ma'am.
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It was the volte-face of Eurydice,
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except I was Aristaeus,
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driving her on towards the serpent...
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Malachi, Maaalachi...
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Twice, she called me by the name,
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and twice she beckoned me with
her outstretched dactyl...
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I stood in darkness. She in light.
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And yet here I was the diurnal,
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and she the crepuscular,
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if such a...
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... nugatory distinction can pertain.
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The aurora was breaking.
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The island, sea-girt, was fast stirring.
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I looked at her again.
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Her dermis, pellucid in
the lambent sunshine,
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seemed as if a fish-skin pulled taut.
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She gave me one last glancing look,
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and then stepped off
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and plunged down into
the waxing viridescence
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of the Ionian waters below...
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Mors tua, vita mea.
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The End.
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Golly! Your very own War and Peace.
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Ulysses, please.
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Uh...
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I shall... set aside a year of my life.
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- What?
- Just kidding.
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I'll have it read by
the end of next week.
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- You're very kind.
- And, Michael, bravo!
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Ah-ah! No congratulations
till you've read it.
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You deserve congratulations
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for being able to carry it up
the stairs. Kidding again.
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Oh.
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Well...
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I look forward...
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to hearing from you.
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Uh, taxi!
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- Buckingham Palace, please.
- Right you are, sir.
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Good work. Leave it on my desk.
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- Morning, James.
- Morning, sir.
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- Morning, Michael.
- Sarah.
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Sorry to ambush you,
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but I've got the Today newspaper
asking for confirmation
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of an apparently open secret in
Commonwealth government circles,
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that the Queen is deeply
frustrated by Thatcher's refusal
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to back sanctions against the
apartheid regime in South Africa.
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A frustration which threatens
to strain her relationship
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with the prime minister,
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who the Queen holds
personally responsible,
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and they'd like you, as palace
press secretary, to comment.
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You should know better
than to come to me
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with nonsense like that, Sarah.
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In the 33 years she's
been on the throne,
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the Queen has never once
expressed a point of view
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about her prime ministers,
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positive or negative,
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and never will.
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Political impartiality
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and support of her prime minister
is an article of faith to her.
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And we all know how the Queen is...
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about her faith.
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... the now all too
familiar use of violence.
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Tear gas, followed by rubber
bullets, and then bird shot.
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It's been nearly four decades since
the system of racial segregation,
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termed apartheid, became the
official policy of South Africa.
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The current violent oppression
of Black protesters
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by government forces
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is creating increased
international outrage.
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The situation is getting
worse and worse, ma'am.
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Countless instances of brutality
by the South African police
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against members of the public.
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As you know, we believe the only
way to stop these atrocities
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is through sustained economic pressure.
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Forty-eight of the
Commonwealth countries
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are committed to imposing a
policy of sanctions on Pretoria
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to try and bring down
the apartheid regime.
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But, as Her Majesty knows,
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in order to implement those sanctions,
total unanimity is required,
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and one country remains against.
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The United Kingdom.
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Mrs. Thatcher remains opposed.
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I will have an opportunity
to speak to Mrs. Thatcher
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about all this in private
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at the forthcoming Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting
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in the Bahamas.
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The Commonwealth.
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Ridiculous waste of time.
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Ridiculous organization.
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Worse. Morally offensive.
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Why we allow our Queen
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to fraternize with
countries like Uganda,
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Malawi, Nigeria, Swaziland...
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Unstable countries.
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Unstable despotisms with
appalling human rights records.
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And calling them "family"!
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Yes!
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Anyway, she's requested a private
audience on board the royal yacht
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for what the palace is calling
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"a frank conversation about the
way forward in South Africa."
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Spare me!
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I'll give her a frank conversation
about not wasting my time.
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Oh, excuse the eggs, boys.
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Right. Who wants kedgeree?
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It's not my best, I'm afraid.
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For the dinner,
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- this sunshine chiffon...
- There you go.
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... to pick out the yellow in
the flag of the Commonwealth.
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Yummy!
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Oh, and a brooch given to you
by King Otumfuo Opoku Ware.
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Is that a porcupine?
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A symbol of courage and
strength in Ashanti culture.
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Oh, we might need some of that.
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- What's all this?
- CHOGM.
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- Oh, of course.
- To what do I owe the honor?
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I came to tell you that I've decided
to ask Edward to be my best man.
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Not Charles?
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No.
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- Oh, that will raise some eyebrows.
- Good!
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Let him see what it feels
like to be sidelined in a...
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slimmed-down role,
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since I gather that's what he now thinks
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the future of the monarchy should be.
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You, him, and his own
precious bloodline.
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To hell with the rest of us.
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Insecure, jealous fool.
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What's he jealous of?
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Me! Always has been.
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Oh, Andrew.
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Of me and you,
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of our...
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of our closeness.
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The fact that I've fought in a real war,
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won real medals.
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Or the fact that I'm happier
in love, more popular.
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And...
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like other second sons I could mention,
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I'd so obviously be
better at it than him.
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At what?
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Being the heir.
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I just want to see you all happy.
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There are two families I care about.
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My own family and the
Commonwealth family of nations.
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Keeping them all together is my
life's work. Now I must get on.
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Mummy.
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For the state breakfast,
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a dress of the palest
blue and gold brocade...
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- Sarah!
- ... will go very well
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with the diamond necklace given to you
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by the people of South Africa
on your 21st birthday.
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Lovely.
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I told her. She was fine
with it. Edward it is.
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Aren't you, now.
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Right, let's go.
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Your Majesty. I just included
that sentence there.
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I don't think that's necessary.
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- No, I liked it before.
- We'll change it back.
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Your Majesty. Thank you for coming.
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Oh, thank you. They're lovely.
Thank you very much.
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Those of you who know me
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will be aware that the
Commonwealth of Nations
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is a second family to me,
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as it was to my late father,
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King George VI.
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There are always tensions
between nations.
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Global peace is fragile.
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But I believe this union offers us
all something rare and valuable.
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The capacity to celebrate difference.
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To value compromise over conflict.
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And to find a way to heal divisions
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in the interests of peace and goodwill.
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Thank you.
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Attention!
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Prime Minister.
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The prime minister, Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty.
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It was kind of you to come.
I won't keep you long.
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Um, I was hoping we could
briefly discuss South Africa.
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Ma'am.
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It is my fervent hope
that Britain will join
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the other countries of the
Commonwealth and impose sanctions
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on an apartheid regime that has
no place in the modern world.
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Let us be quite clear about this.
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Nothing useful can be
achieved by sanctions.
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Really? It was my understanding
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they would devastate the
South African government.
265
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They would devastate us too.
266
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Trade between our two countries is
worth three billion pounds a year.
267
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Might we look at it from the
South African point of view?
268
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I am, ma'am.
269
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South Africa is already a
disinvestment economy.
270
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But Black South Africans want sanctions,
271
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so shouldn't we listen to them?
272
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Black South Africans don't
want to inherit a wasteland.
273
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They will if they feel
it is their wasteland.
274
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President Kaunda of Zambia
would confirm as much.
275
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It is not the business of
a British prime minister
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to consult with unelected dictators.
277
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But it is a sovereign's duty when
they are part of the Commonwealth.
278
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Yes.
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The Commonwealth.
280
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Yes, the Commonwealth.
281
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I recognize that for your family,
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the transition of this nation
283
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from empire to comparative
supplicancy on the world stage
284
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must have come as a greater
shock than to the rest of us.
285
00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,139
But I would argue that the Commonwealth
286
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is not the way to fill that gap.
287
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There are ways of Britain
being great again,
288
00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,800
and that is through a
revitalized economy,
289
00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:36,640
not through association with
unreliable tribal leaders
290
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in eccentric costumes.
291
00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,240
But isn't that all I am, Prime Minister?
292
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A tribal leader in eccentric costume?
293
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Certainly not.
294
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You're head of an evolved
constitutional monarchy
295
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that stretches back to
William the Conqueror.
296
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It's not comparing like with like.
297
00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:55,840
Ah, now that's where we differ.
298
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You see, I consider myself
to be exactly like them.
299
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To me, Ghana, Zambia, Malawi
300
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are all great sovereign
nations with great histories.
301
00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,080
I am aware you probably
don't share that view.
302
00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:11,280
To you, the Commonwealth is
something of a distraction,
303
00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:12,440
a waste of time.
304
00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,840
But in many ways,
I have given my life to it.
305
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It was the pledge I made 40 years ago.
306
00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,680
On the wireless?
307
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"To our great imperial family... "
308
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I remember listening to it
309
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as a student at Oxford.
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But we cannot let the values of the past
311
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distract us from the
realities of the present,
312
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particularly where Britain's economic
interests are concerned.
313
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Forty-eight countries
of the Commonwealth
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are now preparing a statement
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condemning the South African regime
316
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and recommending tougher sanctions.
317
00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:48,600
What they...
318
00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,400
What I would like you to
do is sign that statement.
319
00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:56,760
If I didn't know better,
320
00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,960
that sounded very much like a directive.
321
00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:04,760
Think of it as a question.
322
00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,339
The jolly atmosphere at the opening
323
00:19:10,340 --> 00:19:12,120
of the Commonwealth
conference in Nassau,
324
00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,360
nicknamed the CHOGM, fooled nobody.
325
00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,680
Within an hour, South Africa came up
326
00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,000
with the Indian prime minister
making his position crystal clear.
327
00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:21,720
How was it?
328
00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,480
My meeting with the Queen?
It was a little testy.
329
00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,160
Although I must say, I do like the boat.
330
00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:30,240
Yacht.
331
00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:32,160
It isn't a yacht.
332
00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:33,960
It's a great big ship.
333
00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,640
And when the sovereign sails in it,
historically it's called a yacht.
334
00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,720
Oh, don't be a know-all.
It's unbecoming.
335
00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:43,440
Why was it frosty?
336
00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,720
I didn't say "frosty." I said "testy."
337
00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:49,280
Although I wish it had been frosty.
It's far too hot here.
338
00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:52,555
Because my fellow heads of government
339
00:19:52,570 --> 00:19:54,920
are now coming up with a statement
340
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,240
condemning the South African
government they want me to sign.
341
00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,200
I've told them I won't accept
anything with the word "sanction,"
342
00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,720
and... they've started...
343
00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,640
Getting their knickers in a twist?
344
00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,280
Insisting they won't
accept anything less.
345
00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:16,280
So now we need to come up with a
word that... works for everyone.
346
00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,640
Well, good luck with that.
347
00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:20,080
Thank you, DT.
348
00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,840
No, no, no, no.
349
00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,040
She rejected any mention of "proposals."
350
00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,480
I'm determined to win
this battle, Sonny.
351
00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,960
I don't often get into a fight,
but when I do, I want to win.
352
00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:53,200
You will, ma'am.
353
00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,360
Remember, you are not alone.
354
00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:56,960
It is 48 against one.
355
00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,680
We are going back with another word.
356
00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,680
"Measures... "
357
00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,920
No, no, no.
358
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:07,920
No.
359
00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:11,880
I'm sorry.
360
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,160
A no to "measures."
361
00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,280
Yes, so we are going
back with "actions."
362
00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:20,640
And should that fail?
363
00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,200
We still have "controls."
364
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,000
Yes, I'm beginning to see
this is all about control.
365
00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,200
No. No.
366
00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,480
No. No, no, no.
367
00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:47,920
No.
368
00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:51,440
Thank you.
369
00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,040
They must be out of their minds.
370
00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:55,840
No. No! No...
371
00:21:58,440 --> 00:21:59,640
Definitely not.
372
00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:01,720
No!
373
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:05,240
Ridiculous.
374
00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,560
What we need here is not useless
politicians... Sorry, Sonny.
375
00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:18,640
... but a writer.
376
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:20,520
Where might we find one?
377
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,160
... sanctions...
378
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:29,680
... restrictions...
379
00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,200
... protocols...
380
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:32,280
... measures...
381
00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:35,240
... proposals...
382
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:36,360
... curbs...
383
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,050
... gestures...
384
00:22:38,060 --> 00:22:39,070
... expediences...
385
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:40,560
... signals...
386
00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,440
Hmm.
387
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,280
Yes, I think we can work with that.
388
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,920
- "Signals"!
- Yes, she agreed to "signals."
389
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000
And among the signals she agreed to
390
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:16,850
are actually several of the sanctions
391
00:23:16,878 --> 00:23:18,400
she would never have contemplated
392
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:19,920
had they been called sanctions.
393
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,400
Oh, thank you, Michael.
And congratulations.
394
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,760
- Have we won?
- Oh, yes.
395
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,160
It's a victory for the Commonwealth,
for humanity, a victory for you.
396
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,840
When put in the ring with her
Queen, the Iron Lady melted.
397
00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:36,480
Oh.
398
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,640
Well played, Margaret.
A victory for common sense.
399
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,440
Whatever are you talking about?
400
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,480
The other heads of
government will appreciate
401
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,400
your willingness to seek a compromise.
402
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:11,200
There's a reason the top job has
always eluded you, Geoffrey.
403
00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,120
The absence of the killer instinct.
404
00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,511
... that our family is once more united
405
00:24:19,530 --> 00:24:21,680
around a common consensus.
406
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:26,080
But, ladies and gentlemen, first,
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
407
00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:28,800
- Prime Minister.
- Yes?
408
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,120
You have been forced to make
significant concessions.
409
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,480
Not that I noticed.
410
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:37,080
You signed a document
prepared by 48 countries
411
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,840
who were in conflict with you.
412
00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,200
I did.
413
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,240
But the question is,
414
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,200
did one person move to the 48,
415
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,440
or did 48 move to one?
416
00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,520
Yes, I agreed to "signals."
417
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,640
But as you know,
418
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,800
with one simple turn,
419
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,480
a signal can soon point
420
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:06,160
in an entirely different
direction. Thank you.
421
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,066
Prime Minister!
422
00:25:08,090 --> 00:25:09,379
Prime Minister!
423
00:25:10,390 --> 00:25:13,520
Secretary-General, are you
giving out a statement now?
424
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,200
Where does that leave the Commonwealth?
425
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,440
- That's what she said?
- Yes, ma'am.
426
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,280
- Before walking off.
- Really?
427
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,600
Ready? Here we go.
428
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:33,960
Please. We're ready.
429
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:35,720
In position.
430
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:37,520
Perfect.
431
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:40,240
Look at me.
432
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,680
Three, two, one...
433
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,520
♪ ... smash their brains in ♪
434
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:58,240
♪ 'Cause they ain't got no fink in 'em ♪
435
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,200
♪ Some a dem say dem a nigga haytah ♪
436
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:04,800
♪ An' some a dem say... ♪
437
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:11,280
♪ Some a dem say dem a Black stabbah ♪
438
00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:15,560
♪ An' some a dem say
dem a Paki bash ah ♪
439
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,280
♪ Fashist an di attack ♪
♪ Noh baddah worry 'bout dat... ♪
440
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,360
Everyone's reading it.
441
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,400
Some early reactions have come in,
and so far, very encouraging.
442
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:27,520
Right.
443
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:28,560
But, uh...
444
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:30,400
no offers yet?
445
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:31,720
Oh, uh...
446
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:36,680
Not yet. But, regardless of whether
we get this one published,
447
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:41,400
what is undeniable is that
you write vividly, catchily...
448
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:42,760
Dare I say it?
449
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:44,600
... even commercially.
450
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,840
Well, it's not a dirty word, Michael.
You can really tell a story.
451
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,160
I am wondering,
452
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,540
have you ever considered
a political thriller?
453
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,280
- What?
- The inner workings of Whitehall,
454
00:26:56,308 --> 00:26:57,660
Westminster, the palace.
455
00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,120
No one could write it better than you.
456
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,200
No.
457
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,920
No. If this magnum opus doesn't
work, I'll call it a day.
458
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,880
You could expose it all
under an assumed name.
459
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,480
Mmm. I could.
460
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,022
But, sadly, I'm old-fashioned
461
00:27:13,050 --> 00:27:15,260
and would never betray those confidences
462
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,280
or the people I'm proud to serve.
463
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,600
- I had to try.
- Hmm.
464
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,600
Was that very grubby of me?
465
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,160
Mmm.
466
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:25,640
Not grubby.
467
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,600
Just quietly heartbreaking.
468
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,440
With violence escalating
in South Africa,
469
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,569
tensions between the United Kingdom
470
00:27:39,570 --> 00:27:41,440
and other nations of the Commonwealth
471
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,080
are at breaking point.
472
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,360
Mrs. Thatcher's refusal
to act on sanctions
473
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,000
being blamed for the collapse
of the Commonwealth Games...
474
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:49,080
Good meeting?
475
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,680
Great, thank you.
476
00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,080
Hate to dampen the mood, but the
Today newspaper has let us know
477
00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:56,111
they are now running a front-page story
478
00:27:56,130 --> 00:27:58,000
about the increasingly sour relations
479
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,680
between Buckingham Palace
and Downing Street
480
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,120
following the recent crisis
481
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,600
at the Commonwealth Heads
of Government Meeting.
482
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,600
- What is it with these people?
- Tea, sir.
483
00:28:07,650 --> 00:28:09,733
And that relations between the two women
484
00:28:09,750 --> 00:28:12,480
are in danger of
completely breaking down.
485
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,080
The good news is, it's Today,
486
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,800
so we can expect it
to have little impact.
487
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:22,160
The bad news is,
488
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,640
it won't be long before bigger,
more influential newspapers
489
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,960
realize this warrants further scrutiny.
490
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,120
So I think the time might have come
491
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,960
for Your Majesty to make some
kind of preemptive statement.
492
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,560
Uh, what kind of statement?
493
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,080
One of support,
494
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,680
even, dare I say...
495
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,280
personal affection for
the prime minister.
496
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,680
About the job she's doing,
497
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,720
something that would kill
the gossip stone-dead.
498
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,760
What if I'm not happy
with the job she's doing?
499
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,570
What if I'd be happy for people to know
500
00:28:56,580 --> 00:28:58,020
the displeasure was actually real?
501
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,800
That I am personally concerned
about her lack of compassion.
502
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,040
You know how seriously I take
my constitutional responsibility
503
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,160
to remain silent, but each of
us has our line in the sand.
504
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,000
If it were to become public knowledge
505
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,222
that there had been
an unprecedented rift
506
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:14,720
between sovereign and prime minister,
507
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,200
would that really be so bad?
508
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:24,320
Well...
509
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,480
Um...
510
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:30,400
If... if that really
were your intention...
511
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,266
And for the record, ma'am, I must say
512
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,520
I think that would be a misjudgment.
513
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,040
And risk doing serious
and irreparable harm
514
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,040
to the relationship between
Buckingham Palace and Downing Street.
515
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:55,280
... then Today would not be
the newspaper I would go to.
516
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,840
I'd go somewhere with more heft,
517
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,760
somewhere that also had a clear sense
518
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:07,044
of the unprecedented nature of this,
519
00:30:07,070 --> 00:30:08,790
where they understood
the rules of the game.
520
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,640
Can I leave that with you, Michael?
You are the expert.
521
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:13,960
- Ma'am.
- Ma'am.
522
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:24,320
It's reckless.
523
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,822
It's reckless, Martin,
and irresponsible.
524
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,560
I'm as surprised as you are.
525
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,520
It goes against my professional advice,
526
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,320
and I want my objection noted.
527
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:38,120
Noted?
528
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:39,920
Noted, Martin.
529
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:42,160
It's noted.
530
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:45,720
- It...
- It's noted.
531
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,160
Simon Freeman of the Sunday
Times is on the line.
532
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:03,840
He's rung three times.
533
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:06,960
Following up on rumors about
534
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:11,360
"a deep and irreconcilable rift
between the Queen and Mrs. Thatcher."
535
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:15,520
All right.
536
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,040
Put him through.
537
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,720
- Six quid fifty-four, sir.
- Yeah. Keep the change.
538
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,200
- Thank you.
- Prime Minister.
539
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,560
- Evening, Prime Minister.
- Evening, Bernard.
540
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,720
I've just had a call
from the Sunday Times
541
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,180
letting us know that there
will be a difficult piece
542
00:32:10,190 --> 00:32:12,120
- in the paper tomorrow.
- About what?
543
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:13,640
The fault lines that have developed
544
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,160
in the relationship between
sovereign and prime minister.
545
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:17,680
What?
546
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,080
Sunday Times, first edition!
547
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,080
Sunday Times, first edition!
548
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:42,600
There we go.
549
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,720
Sunday Times, first edition!
550
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:52,240
- Bernard.
- Michael.
551
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:56,440
Here.
552
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,022
A constitutional crisis
553
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,900
was on the verge of
erupting this morning
554
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:39,000
as the Sunday Times published
details of a sensational rift
555
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,520
between Buckingham Palace
and Downing Street.
556
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,840
This story, which is likely
to have a serious impact
557
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,520
on what had traditionally
been cordial relations
558
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,960
between the sovereign
and her prime ministers,
559
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,120
cites the cause of the
rift as an alleged dispute
560
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,760
over Mrs. Thatcher's failure to
commit to a policy of sanctions
561
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,000
against apartheid in South Africa...
562
00:33:59,010 --> 00:34:00,020
Christ!
563
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:01,550
... a position regarding which
564
00:34:01,570 --> 00:34:04,320
the Queen has apparently
expressed her disapproval,
565
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,520
marking a distinct break with the
monarch's long-held practice
566
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,200
of never passing comment
on political affairs.
567
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,333
So far, Buckingham Palace
has refused to be drawn
568
00:34:13,350 --> 00:34:15,240
on the veracity of the report
569
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,600
with the palace spokesman
declining to comment
570
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,000
on an article entitled...
571
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,160
"The African Queen.
At odds with Number 10."
572
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,840
"It has been an eventful week
for Buckingham Palace."
573
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,760
"Queen Elizabeth II, a well-intentioned,
apolitical figurehead,
574
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,720
has been dragged into a
messy row over South Africa
575
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,200
because of the stubbornness
and insensitivity... "
576
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:38,680
"... of her prime minister.
577
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,640
Far from being a straightforward,
uncomplicated countrywoman... "
578
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,240
"... a late-middle-aged grandmother,
579
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,080
who is most at ease when talking
about dogs and horses... "
580
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,680
"... she has shown that she is
also an astute political infighter
581
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,240
who is quite prepared to
take on Downing Street... "
582
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:57,680
"... when provoked."
583
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:03,560
Really?
584
00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:05,520
Well, that's what it says.
585
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,240
I'm feeling something
for the very first time.
586
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,859
Something which I never
imagined feeling.
587
00:35:14,860 --> 00:35:16,260
What is that?
588
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:21,360
Impatience for our next audience.
589
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,720
- There she is!
- Mrs. Thatcher!
590
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:26,400
Over here!
591
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,800
Buckingham Palace has continued
to deny accusations
592
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,320
published in the Sunday Times
593
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,080
regarding the rift between the
Queen and Downing Street.
594
00:35:37,070 --> 00:35:39,860
Government sources claim that
the sacrosanct relationship
595
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,200
between sovereign and first minister
596
00:35:42,220 --> 00:35:44,760
was in danger of being blown apart.
597
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:46,720
The prime minister's here.
598
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:12,840
Your Majesty.
599
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:13,920
Prime Minister.
600
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:22,640
Before coming today,
601
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,640
I checked with the cabinet secretary,
602
00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:29,320
and it turns out that in the seven
years I have been prime minister,
603
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:32,680
we have had 164 audiences,
604
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:37,920
always the model of cordiality,
productivity, and mutual respect.
605
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,520
So it is perhaps not unreasonable
606
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,720
to expect an isolated hiccup.
607
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:45,955
- What hiccup?
- I was under the impression
608
00:37:45,970 --> 00:37:51,200
that Her Majesty never expressed
her political views in public.
609
00:37:52,550 --> 00:37:53,580
I don't.
610
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,320
That there was an
unbreakable code of silence
611
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,320
between sovereign and first minister.
612
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,240
If you're referring to the Sunday Times,
613
00:38:00,250 --> 00:38:02,010
I've always advised my prime ministers
614
00:38:02,020 --> 00:38:03,400
against reading the newspapers.
615
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,780
- I don't, ma'am.
- They misunderstand, misquote,
616
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,280
and misrepresent. Then
everybody gets into a fluster.
617
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,360
But my press secretary does,
618
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,720
and he has working relationships
with all of the editors,
619
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,270
and the editor in this case assured him
620
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,300
that the sources were unimpeachable.
621
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,200
Close to the Queen.
622
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,600
Unprecedentedly close.
623
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:30,920
Well, I'm sure a clarification
will soon be forthcoming.
624
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:35,280
In the meantime, should we make a
start on the business of the week?
625
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,000
Only I am mindful of the time.
626
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:40,720
This is the business, ma'am.
627
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,520
The only business.
628
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,440
I think we have enough respect
for one another personally
629
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:51,080
to ask ourselves some of
the bigger questions,
630
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,440
woman to woman.
631
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,760
We are the same age, after all.
632
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:57,219
Really?
633
00:38:57,220 --> 00:38:59,000
Just six months between us.
634
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,040
Oh? And who is the senior?
635
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,840
I am... ma'am.
636
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,480
"Uncaring,
637
00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:16,600
confrontational, and socially divisive."
638
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:20,200
That's how these sources so
close to the Queen describe me.
639
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,760
- Prime Minister...
- That I lack compassion.
640
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:26,920
And that my government has
done irretrievable damage
641
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,560
to the country's social fabric.
642
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:40,560
My responsibility,
for the time I have in office,
643
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:44,160
is to put sentimentality to one side
644
00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:46,960
and look after this country's interests
645
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:50,240
with the perspective of
a cold balance sheet.
646
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:53,520
And while I greatly admire
your sense of fairness
647
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,200
and compassion for those
less fortunate than us...
648
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:57,480
Do you? Really?
649
00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:59,800
... let us not forget
650
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:02,360
that of the two of us,
651
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:08,520
I am the one from a small
street in an irrelevant town
652
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,360
with a father who could
not bequeath me a title
653
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,600
or a Commonwealth, but only grit,
654
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,360
good sense, and determination.
655
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:22,280
And I don't want people's pity
or charity or compassion.
656
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,240
Nothing would insult me more.
657
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:26,800
My goal...
658
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:33,320
is to change this country from
being dependent to self-reliant,
659
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,000
and I think in that, I am succeeding.
660
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,680
I have had to learn many difficult
lessons as sovereign...
661
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,920
Britons are learning to
look after number one,
662
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,160
to get ahead,
663
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:44,800
and only then,
664
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,920
if they choose,
665
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,640
to look after their neighbor.
666
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:51,560
Of those...
667
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,440
No one would remember the Good Samaritan
668
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:58,360
if he only had good intentions.
669
00:40:58,440 --> 00:40:59,440
You see,
670
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,200
he had money as well.
671
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:04,480
... perhaps the hardest
672
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,880
is that I am obliged to
support my prime ministers
673
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:09,560
on any position they take,
674
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:13,520
even yours, regarding sanctions
against South Africa.
675
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:18,040
My question is,
676
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:19,644
given the lack of impact it has
677
00:41:19,660 --> 00:41:21,800
on your day-to-day political fortunes,
678
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,000
yet how important it is to me...
679
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,720
... could you not have
supported me just once?
680
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:30,480
My fellow Commonwealth leaders,
681
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,200
many of whom I consider to be friends,
682
00:41:33,220 --> 00:41:35,688
now feel that I have betrayed them
683
00:41:35,700 --> 00:41:38,280
on an issue most important to them.
684
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:41,480
Well, they need only
read the Sunday Times.
685
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,480
It will give them no doubt
as to your position.
686
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:54,960
Oh, look, our time is up.
687
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,680
How it flies.
688
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,880
You must be very much looking
forward to the wedding tomorrow
689
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,240
of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
690
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:06,640
Yes, we are.
691
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,400
They seem like a good match.
692
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:10,520
Yes, we think so.
693
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,622
My own son, Mark,
694
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,540
recently announced that he
would be getting married.
695
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:17,866
Your favorite? The explorer?
696
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:19,720
Not an explorer, ma'am.
697
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:21,440
That was just the once.
698
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:23,080
He's a businessman now.
699
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:24,680
In the Middle East, mostly.
700
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:26,960
And South Africa.
701
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:30,160
Of course.
702
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:32,880
Your Majesty.
703
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,880
Listen to me carefully.
There is no story here.
704
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:49,920
There's not a shred of
truth to these rumors.
705
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,360
The Queen continues to
have an extremely cordial
706
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,040
and productive working relationship
with the prime minister.
707
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:56,400
The Sunday Times maintains
708
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,440
that the story came from a highly
placed source within the palace.
709
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:00,960
That's the line we're running with.
710
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,040
We will deny it, and
you will look like fools.
711
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:04,640
Spare me the indignation.
712
00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:07,920
I understand you have to say it,
but we both know that it's true,
713
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,760
and your continual denial is
making you lot look like fools.
714
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,520
Hello? Can I take your details?
715
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:24,120
What's all this? Don't tell me the
groom's having last-minute doubts.
716
00:43:24,170 --> 00:43:26,666
No. Andrew's asked us
all to come together
717
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:28,480
because he wants someone
to explain why...
718
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:30,640
What in God's name is
going on with our mother?
719
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,080
The wedding of the Duke of York
should be a landmark event,
720
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:36,680
at home and abroad.
721
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:37,760
Instead,
722
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:41,920
thanks to the Queen's
inexplicable lapse of judgment,
723
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,720
the newspapers are full
not of Sarah and me,
724
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,400
but of Mummy's rift with
the prime minister!
725
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,480
Ah, yes. The Sunday Times.
726
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:55,600
- She has made a godawful mess of it.
- What was she thinking?
727
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:58,840
She did what she's spent her
life telling me I cannot do.
728
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,760
She opened her mouth and
expressed an opinion.
729
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:05,320
And is being slaughtered for it.
730
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,120
Bloody thoughtless of her if you ask me.
731
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,066
You can hardly blame the newspapers
732
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:11,158
for wanting to write about something
733
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,333
other than the wedding of a
fringe member of the family
734
00:44:13,350 --> 00:44:14,480
who'll never be king.
735
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,000
Ouch!
736
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:17,960
Well, it's true, isn't it?
737
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:20,320
Fourth in line now,
738
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:21,898
and by the time William's had children,
739
00:44:21,900 --> 00:44:23,720
and his children have had children...
740
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:26,480
Fringe.
741
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:30,800
Shall we?
742
00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:39,640
Did he really just say that?
743
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:41,840
On my wedding day?
744
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:44,480
That was impressively cunty.
745
00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:57,480
It would be hard to imagine
there'd be anything
746
00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:01,040
that could knock a royal wedding
into second place on the news.
747
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:03,520
But the continuing escalation
748
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,000
of the row between the
Queen and Mrs. Thatcher
749
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:08,280
threatens to overshadow the nuptials.
750
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:11,640
The Queen has made a very
serious error of judgment,
751
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,880
and this Sunday Times article
has lit a touch paper
752
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:18,440
to what could very quickly become
a major constitutional crisis.
753
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,680
What the palace was hoping to
achieve by this is hard to say,
754
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:26,240
but the fact is, they've
stirred up a hornet's nest,
755
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:31,320
and so far seem to lack the wit to
avoid getting stung. This story...
756
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:32,960
If I might interrupt, ma'am?
757
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,360
One unfortunate consequence
of our denial of the story
758
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:41,066
is that the editor of the Sunday Times
759
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:43,080
has now come out all guns blazing,
760
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,400
and whilst we could continue to deny it,
761
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:49,280
my own view is that it's no
longer to our advantage.
762
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:53,480
And I think we're now going to
have to give them something.
763
00:45:54,110 --> 00:45:55,140
What?
764
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:56,160
A culprit.
765
00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:01,600
To deflect blame from you and
to put these flames out ASAP.
766
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:04,640
We need to let them have a name.
767
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:17,280
Martin!
768
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:18,600
Michael.
769
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:21,880
Uh...
770
00:46:22,240 --> 00:46:25,120
This... escalating situation
771
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:27,520
between Buckingham Palace
and Downing Street...
772
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,240
- You can't say I didn't warn you.
- Eh.
773
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:34,200
I think you know how seriously
the Queen takes her responsibility
774
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,733
and how much she values
the close relationship
775
00:46:36,750 --> 00:46:37,790
between the two houses.
776
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:38,840
Of course.
777
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,600
And... to see it...
778
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:44,960
well, compromised like this
779
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:47,880
as a consequence of your actions...
780
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:48,960
Wha...
781
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,440
What?
782
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:57,240
The fact is that the steps you took
were completely unprofessional.
783
00:46:58,160 --> 00:46:59,240
Martin, stop it.
784
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:02,320
Impugning the integrity of the
palace and of the Queen herself.
785
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:04,160
We know one another too well.
786
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:06,520
This is madness.
787
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:10,480
I hope we can rely on you...
788
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:12,720
to do the right thing.
789
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:28,400
Of course.
790
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:53,760
Michael.
791
00:49:03,822 --> 00:49:05,800
"There is a motto
792
00:49:05,820 --> 00:49:08,520
which has been borne by
many of my ancestors.
793
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:10,520
A noble motto.
794
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:12,840
'I serve.'
795
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:16,000
I should like to make
that dedication now.
796
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:17,840
It's very simple.
797
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:20,240
I declare before you all
798
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:22,400
that my whole life...
799
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:25,520
whether it be long or short,
800
00:49:26,240 --> 00:49:28,240
shall be devoted to your service
801
00:49:29,240 --> 00:49:32,000
and the service of our
great imperial family
802
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:34,080
to which we all belong.
803
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:38,240
God help me to make good my vow,
804
00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:42,960
and God bless all of you who
are willing to share in it."
805
00:50:35,460 --> 00:50:40,460
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