1 00:00:01,876 --> 00:00:06,876 Sync and corrections by explosiveskull www.addic7ed.com 2 00:00:24,655 --> 00:00:26,775 - Fuel on. - Fuel on. 3 00:00:26,855 --> 00:00:29,135 Chocks are in position. Switches are off. 4 00:00:29,215 --> 00:00:31,055 You sure about this, sir? 5 00:00:32,295 --> 00:00:35,015 When I got married, my in-laws made me marshal of the Royal Air Force, 6 00:00:35,095 --> 00:00:40,695 as a result, I'm the most senior airman in the country and I can't bloody well fly. 7 00:00:40,775 --> 00:00:42,655 - Yes, I'm sure. - Right-o, sir. 8 00:01:10,735 --> 00:01:13,535 - Ready, sir? - Ready! 9 00:01:13,615 --> 00:01:16,175 Here we go. Whoa! 10 00:01:26,695 --> 00:01:29,135 Okay. 11 00:01:36,975 --> 00:01:38,135 Blimey! 12 00:01:47,295 --> 00:01:48,375 Christ! 13 00:01:49,295 --> 00:01:51,935 - All right there, sir? - Yes, yes, fine. 14 00:01:52,015 --> 00:01:55,095 - Now it's your turn. You have control. - I have control. 15 00:01:55,175 --> 00:01:58,055 Now remember what I told you, keep your eye on the altimeter 16 00:01:58,135 --> 00:02:00,895 and the compass heading and keep the stick level. 17 00:02:02,735 --> 00:02:05,055 That's very good. That's balanced. 18 00:02:07,855 --> 00:02:11,215 Stick to the left, then to the right. 19 00:02:15,615 --> 00:02:20,735 - And level. Good. - Noisy, isn't it? 20 00:02:24,455 --> 00:02:26,175 How's this, sir? 21 00:02:35,375 --> 00:02:36,655 My God. 22 00:02:41,575 --> 00:02:44,095 - Isn't it wonderful? - Heaven. 23 00:02:49,655 --> 00:02:52,055 You fought in the Battle of Britain, didn't you? 24 00:02:52,135 --> 00:02:54,135 I did, sir. Two-five-seven squadron. 25 00:02:54,215 --> 00:02:57,295 - Flying what? Spitfires? - Hurricanes, mostly, sir. 26 00:02:57,375 --> 00:03:01,055 - Any kills? - One or two. 27 00:03:01,135 --> 00:03:04,815 Shouldn't we get her started now? The ground seems terribly close. 28 00:03:05,855 --> 00:03:09,095 No, it's too low to restart, sir. We'll do a dead-stick landing. 29 00:03:09,175 --> 00:03:11,335 - I have control. - You have control. 30 00:03:30,135 --> 00:03:31,415 That was wonderful. 31 00:03:31,495 --> 00:03:34,415 - Same time next week, sir? - How about tomorrow? 32 00:05:23,975 --> 00:05:26,695 - Latest charts. - Thank you. 33 00:05:26,775 --> 00:05:27,775 Thank you, sir. 34 00:05:34,095 --> 00:05:35,935 Johnson, what do you think of this? 35 00:05:41,775 --> 00:05:43,615 Interesting. 36 00:05:43,695 --> 00:05:44,895 Sir? 37 00:05:47,975 --> 00:05:49,575 I think you should see these. 38 00:05:51,975 --> 00:05:53,255 I see. 39 00:05:54,775 --> 00:05:55,815 Sir. 40 00:05:57,975 --> 00:05:59,255 Goodness me. 41 00:06:02,135 --> 00:06:06,375 Excuse me, you can't go in there. Excuse me, sir. 42 00:06:08,055 --> 00:06:10,615 Sorry, sir. Thought you should see these. 43 00:06:14,935 --> 00:06:16,015 Good God. 44 00:06:18,255 --> 00:06:19,575 We must send a warning. 45 00:06:20,735 --> 00:06:22,095 To cover our backs. 46 00:06:24,695 --> 00:06:28,575 Kenneth, it should probably come from you, as chief scientist. 47 00:06:28,655 --> 00:06:32,495 Address it to the PM. He'll never read it, of course. 48 00:06:32,575 --> 00:06:34,575 But the important thing is we sent it. 49 00:06:35,655 --> 00:06:38,375 I'll get it to Downing Street right away. 50 00:06:56,335 --> 00:06:57,735 Wait there, please. 51 00:07:06,735 --> 00:07:09,135 If Her Majesty could lean forward. 52 00:07:12,495 --> 00:07:14,095 And deep breath in... 53 00:07:17,455 --> 00:07:18,815 ...and out. 54 00:07:20,815 --> 00:07:24,335 The air's a little stuffy, ma'am. It might help to open the window a crack? 55 00:07:24,415 --> 00:07:26,535 Not while they're rehearsing. 56 00:07:27,495 --> 00:07:29,055 What are they rehearsing? 57 00:07:33,135 --> 00:07:34,535 My funeral. 58 00:08:22,455 --> 00:08:24,135 Oh, there you are. Miss Scott. 59 00:08:39,215 --> 00:08:41,415 - Mr. Thurman. - Mr. Collins. 60 00:08:43,615 --> 00:08:45,255 - This is for you. - Thank you. 61 00:08:54,375 --> 00:08:58,135 I'm not a scientist. I can't say I understand it. 62 00:08:58,215 --> 00:09:03,375 But, what I can tell you is we don't get a weather warning like this every day. 63 00:09:03,455 --> 00:09:05,575 We don't get one every month, either. 64 00:09:05,655 --> 00:09:09,375 In fact, I've never heard of us getting one at all. 65 00:09:10,455 --> 00:09:15,095 Does the name Donora mean anything to you? 66 00:09:16,655 --> 00:09:17,855 Donora? 67 00:09:20,935 --> 00:09:24,055 Oh, of course I remember Donora. It was a scandal. 68 00:09:24,735 --> 00:09:27,855 A small mill town in America, outside Philadelphia? 69 00:09:27,935 --> 00:09:29,255 Pittsburgh. 70 00:09:29,335 --> 00:09:33,255 They had a smog brought on by a freak anti-cyclone 71 00:09:33,335 --> 00:09:36,575 which trapped the emissions from the local copper work... 72 00:09:36,655 --> 00:09:38,855 - Zinc. - ...in the fog. 73 00:09:38,935 --> 00:09:42,575 - In a few days a number of people died. - Twenty. 74 00:09:42,655 --> 00:09:48,295 And several thousand became seriously ill from the poisonous fog. 75 00:09:48,375 --> 00:09:52,135 After the incident a cross-party delegation was sent to Donora 76 00:09:52,215 --> 00:09:54,055 on an urgent fact-finding mission. 77 00:09:54,135 --> 00:09:57,175 They recommended that clean air zones be set up all round London, 78 00:09:57,255 --> 00:09:59,055 as a precautionary measure. 79 00:10:01,335 --> 00:10:04,495 - I never saw the report. - With good reason. 80 00:10:04,575 --> 00:10:08,295 Our Prime Minister threw it away, claiming it wasn't a priority. 81 00:10:09,775 --> 00:10:12,535 - Can you prove that? - I can, Mr. Atlee. 82 00:10:20,855 --> 00:10:23,295 The Cabinet minutes where it was discussed. 83 00:10:29,335 --> 00:10:34,095 He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter, 84 00:10:34,175 --> 00:10:37,415 to give the illusion of a solid economy. 85 00:10:39,015 --> 00:10:43,575 - This is great, Clem. - It's interesting, for sure. 86 00:10:46,575 --> 00:10:49,495 What I don't understand is this. 87 00:10:49,575 --> 00:10:54,055 Why a Downing Street employee, working for the government, 88 00:10:54,135 --> 00:10:56,735 should come to me with this information? 89 00:10:57,495 --> 00:11:00,415 I've read the Aeneid, Mr. Thurman. 90 00:11:00,495 --> 00:11:03,095 "Do not trust the horse, Trojans. 91 00:11:03,175 --> 00:11:06,615 I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts." 92 00:11:07,735 --> 00:11:11,455 Mr. Atlee, I entered the civil service to serve the public 93 00:11:11,535 --> 00:11:15,455 and to serve government, any government. 94 00:11:15,535 --> 00:11:18,095 But I am also a responsible citizen 95 00:11:18,175 --> 00:11:21,575 and I cannot stand by while chaos reigns around me. 96 00:11:23,015 --> 00:11:25,215 This is not a government. 97 00:11:25,295 --> 00:11:30,695 Mr. Attlee, this is a collection of hesitant, frightened, old men 98 00:11:30,775 --> 00:11:36,295 unable to unseat a tyrannical, delusional even older one. 99 00:11:36,375 --> 00:11:39,895 Yours was the most radical, 100 00:11:39,975 --> 00:11:44,175 forward-thinking government this country has ever seen. 101 00:11:45,935 --> 00:11:49,255 How you lost the election escapes me. 102 00:11:51,415 --> 00:11:53,815 Escapes us all. 103 00:11:54,935 --> 00:11:58,975 I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service 104 00:11:59,055 --> 00:12:04,295 if I helped to usher him out of the door, and you back in. 105 00:12:05,895 --> 00:12:09,535 And to that end you come to me with a "master plan" 106 00:12:09,615 --> 00:12:14,695 that involves me crucifying the Tories for their failure to deal with a fog 107 00:12:14,775 --> 00:12:17,055 which as yet shows no sign of appearing. 108 00:12:19,615 --> 00:12:22,775 At present I can see stars. 109 00:13:21,575 --> 00:13:23,575 - Good night. - Good night. 110 00:13:34,575 --> 00:13:36,175 Miss Scott. 111 00:13:36,255 --> 00:13:38,855 Thank you for your conscientiousness, but it's late. 112 00:13:38,935 --> 00:13:40,215 - Go home. - I am, sir. 113 00:13:40,295 --> 00:13:42,895 You're no good to me tired. Good evening to you. 114 00:13:45,295 --> 00:13:48,175 - Scott, still here? - Good night, sir. 115 00:13:52,175 --> 00:13:53,175 Good night. 116 00:13:59,415 --> 00:14:01,535 Evening, Pat. 117 00:14:22,255 --> 00:14:24,335 You haven't moved. 118 00:14:25,535 --> 00:14:27,935 I suppose it's still a "no"? 119 00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:31,095 - To what? - Coming out. 120 00:14:31,175 --> 00:14:34,615 Oh, you mean going to the Lamb and Flag with you, sitting at the bar, 121 00:14:34,695 --> 00:14:38,655 twinkling our ankles at every unremarkable young man in the room. 122 00:14:38,735 --> 00:14:42,055 Then letting those men buy us drinks for us to bring them home, 123 00:14:42,135 --> 00:14:46,215 only to have their unremarkability confirmed to us again? 124 00:14:46,935 --> 00:14:49,615 No, thanks. 125 00:14:49,695 --> 00:14:53,255 Goodness. And what will you be doing in the meantime? 126 00:14:53,735 --> 00:14:57,015 Spend time in the company of someone remarkable. 127 00:14:57,975 --> 00:14:59,295 Ta-ra. 128 00:15:05,695 --> 00:15:11,215 "Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide. 129 00:15:11,295 --> 00:15:14,935 The earth is yours and the fullness thereof." 130 00:15:15,775 --> 00:15:18,295 "Be kind but be fierce. 131 00:15:18,375 --> 00:15:21,335 You're needed now more than ever before. 132 00:15:21,415 --> 00:15:23,495 Take up the mantle of change..." 133 00:15:23,575 --> 00:15:25,655 "...for this is your time." 134 00:15:56,215 --> 00:15:57,335 Good morning. 135 00:15:57,415 --> 00:16:00,135 The time is eight o'clock on the 6th of December and here is the news. 136 00:16:01,055 --> 00:16:03,375 London has been brought to a halt by dense fog, 137 00:16:03,455 --> 00:16:05,455 which has descended overnight. 138 00:16:06,775 --> 00:16:10,335 Long queues have formed on main roads. There are reports of motorists 139 00:16:10,415 --> 00:16:13,055 abandoning their vehicles and continuing on foot. 140 00:16:13,135 --> 00:16:15,775 London Airport is expected to be closed. 141 00:16:17,935 --> 00:16:19,215 Good God. 142 00:16:19,295 --> 00:16:21,375 The meteorological office has issued a statement 143 00:16:21,455 --> 00:16:25,095 saying that a persistent anti-cyclone over London is to blame. 144 00:16:25,175 --> 00:16:28,175 Smoke from the capital's chimneys is being trapped at street level 145 00:16:28,255 --> 00:16:29,735 which is aggravating the fog. 146 00:16:33,895 --> 00:16:37,455 The windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time. 147 00:16:37,535 --> 00:16:40,695 Be careful out there, it's a real pea souper. 148 00:16:49,775 --> 00:16:51,615 Ah. Is the car ready? 149 00:16:51,695 --> 00:16:54,455 I'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive, ma'am. 150 00:16:55,775 --> 00:16:57,215 It's what, 200 yards? 151 00:16:58,815 --> 00:17:00,975 It's been judged too hazardous, ma'am. 152 00:17:04,695 --> 00:17:07,735 I have an appointment to see my grandmother. 153 00:17:08,415 --> 00:17:10,655 I intend to keep that appointment. 154 00:17:11,455 --> 00:17:16,695 If it's too hazardous to drive... then there's only one thing to be done. 155 00:17:54,095 --> 00:17:55,335 I saw that. 156 00:17:56,135 --> 00:17:59,295 Might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't? 157 00:18:00,775 --> 00:18:03,095 And the Queen is here, Your Majesty. 158 00:18:03,175 --> 00:18:05,655 - Could you be more specific? - Ma'am? 159 00:18:06,535 --> 00:18:09,695 - Which queen? - Queen Elizabeth, ma'am. 160 00:18:09,775 --> 00:18:13,095 - Which one? There are two. - The young one. 161 00:18:13,175 --> 00:18:15,375 Oh, the Queen. 162 00:18:15,455 --> 00:18:18,335 I thought you was all queens. They gave me a sheet. 163 00:18:18,415 --> 00:18:19,935 We are. 164 00:18:20,015 --> 00:18:23,855 I was the queen so long as my husband the king was alive, but since he died, 165 00:18:23,935 --> 00:18:27,535 I am no longer the queen, I am simply Queen Mary. 166 00:18:27,615 --> 00:18:32,575 My late son's widow was also the queen, but upon the death of her husband, 167 00:18:32,655 --> 00:18:35,455 she became Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. 168 00:18:35,535 --> 00:18:39,695 Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, is now queen, so she is... 169 00:18:40,895 --> 00:18:43,215 - The Queen. - Bravo. 170 00:18:44,375 --> 00:18:47,095 Nurses and nuns have the same problem. 171 00:18:47,175 --> 00:18:50,655 - We're all called Sister. - So you are. 172 00:18:51,535 --> 00:18:54,735 Well, she's outside. The Queen. 173 00:18:55,375 --> 00:18:58,495 Then let her in. Sister. 174 00:19:09,695 --> 00:19:11,935 - Bad time? - Not at all. 175 00:19:13,975 --> 00:19:17,855 - How are you? - I'm always happy to see you, 176 00:19:17,935 --> 00:19:21,055 and my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing. 177 00:19:21,135 --> 00:19:23,655 - Name it. - Not to ask me how I am. 178 00:19:23,735 --> 00:19:25,375 It's all anyone ever does. 179 00:19:25,455 --> 00:19:30,175 Forget death by lung disease, it's death by bad conversation. 180 00:19:30,255 --> 00:19:32,055 All right. I promise. 181 00:19:32,135 --> 00:19:33,815 But if you are feeling up to it, 182 00:19:33,895 --> 00:19:36,615 there was something I wanted to talk to you about. 183 00:19:36,695 --> 00:19:37,815 Fire away. 184 00:19:48,415 --> 00:19:51,215 I was listening to the wireless this morning, 185 00:19:51,295 --> 00:19:54,455 where they described this fog as an act of God. 186 00:19:55,855 --> 00:19:58,895 Now, in your letter that you sent me, 187 00:20:00,255 --> 00:20:01,815 you said... 188 00:20:05,175 --> 00:20:10,815 "Loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty above everything else, 189 00:20:10,895 --> 00:20:14,615 because the calling comes from the highest source. 190 00:20:14,695 --> 00:20:16,215 From God himself." 191 00:20:16,295 --> 00:20:17,615 Yes. 192 00:20:19,495 --> 00:20:21,055 Do you really believe that? 193 00:20:23,495 --> 00:20:28,255 Monarchy is God's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth. 194 00:20:28,335 --> 00:20:31,455 To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards, 195 00:20:31,535 --> 00:20:36,455 an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives. 196 00:20:36,535 --> 00:20:41,055 Monarchy is a calling from God. 197 00:20:41,135 --> 00:20:44,135 That is why you are crowned in an abbey, not a government building. 198 00:20:44,215 --> 00:20:46,215 Why you are anointed, not appointed. 199 00:20:46,295 --> 00:20:49,015 It's an archbishop that puts the crown on your head, 200 00:20:49,095 --> 00:20:51,535 not a minister or public servant. 201 00:20:51,615 --> 00:20:57,775 Which means that you are answerable to God in your duty, not the public. 202 00:20:59,335 --> 00:21:02,015 I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that. 203 00:21:02,095 --> 00:21:06,255 He would argue that in any equitable modern society, 204 00:21:06,335 --> 00:21:09,895 that church and state should be separated. 205 00:21:09,975 --> 00:21:13,415 That if God has servants they're priests not kings. 206 00:21:14,695 --> 00:21:17,695 He would also say that he watched his own family destroyed, 207 00:21:17,775 --> 00:21:20,455 because they were seen by the people to embody indefensible 208 00:21:20,535 --> 00:21:22,415 and unreasonable ideas. 209 00:21:22,495 --> 00:21:26,575 Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenus, 210 00:21:26,655 --> 00:21:30,015 that goes back what? Ninety years? 211 00:21:30,095 --> 00:21:34,255 What would he know of Alfred the Great, the Rod of Equity and Mercy, 212 00:21:34,335 --> 00:21:36,015 Edward the Confessor, 213 00:21:36,095 --> 00:21:38,455 William the Conqueror or Henry the Eighth? 214 00:21:38,535 --> 00:21:43,575 It's the Church of England, dear, not the Church of Denmark or Greece. 215 00:21:46,415 --> 00:21:47,855 Next question. 216 00:21:49,815 --> 00:21:55,255 It's chaos out there. Trains disrupted, air services cancelled. 217 00:21:55,335 --> 00:21:56,935 At Richmond Bridge this morning, 218 00:21:57,015 --> 00:22:00,095 visibility was officially measured at one yard. 219 00:22:00,175 --> 00:22:02,335 That's a record low, incidentally. 220 00:22:03,335 --> 00:22:05,895 Our Trojan friend in Downing Street has been speaking 221 00:22:05,975 --> 00:22:08,135 to his friends at the Met office. 222 00:22:08,215 --> 00:22:12,535 They say this is just the beginning. They expect it to get worse. 223 00:22:12,615 --> 00:22:15,775 I know you would have me call a vote of no confidence, 224 00:22:15,855 --> 00:22:19,815 and will doubtless call me over-cautious for not doing so. 225 00:22:19,895 --> 00:22:23,415 But the Prime Minister needs to be given a chance. 226 00:22:24,735 --> 00:22:27,295 Even if it's only to hang himself. 227 00:22:27,375 --> 00:22:29,575 Let's see how the old fool responds. 228 00:22:43,015 --> 00:22:45,255 There you go. There you go. 229 00:22:45,335 --> 00:22:47,375 Hey! Get out the way! 230 00:23:06,535 --> 00:23:07,535 Morning. 231 00:23:14,175 --> 00:23:19,615 Oh. I'm glad to see someone else made it in. No one saw this coming, did they? 232 00:23:20,935 --> 00:23:21,975 No. 233 00:23:28,615 --> 00:23:31,255 Prime Minister? Sir? 234 00:23:50,655 --> 00:23:53,175 - Ah, you made it? Bravo! - Oh, I'm so sorry, sir. 235 00:23:53,255 --> 00:23:55,335 - I was just... - No, no. You did well to get here. 236 00:23:55,415 --> 00:23:58,735 I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't? 237 00:23:58,815 --> 00:24:03,095 It wasn't easy. Just crossing the road you take your life in your hands. 238 00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:05,415 Well, then don't. You are too important to all of us. 239 00:24:05,495 --> 00:24:07,175 Hardly. 240 00:24:07,255 --> 00:24:10,535 All I do is bring you things to sign. Then take them away again. 241 00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:14,975 And so the wheels keep turning, and the business gets done, 242 00:24:15,055 --> 00:24:17,055 and the country is governed. 243 00:24:19,495 --> 00:24:24,055 But what's my personal contribution? 244 00:24:25,495 --> 00:24:30,455 You improve the quality of life for all that deal with you. 245 00:24:31,255 --> 00:24:34,655 An ornament. A flower. 246 00:24:36,015 --> 00:24:40,375 By comparison at my age you were a published writer, 247 00:24:40,455 --> 00:24:43,215 and a cavalry officer, posted to India, 248 00:24:43,295 --> 00:24:45,935 fighting local tribesmen on the north west frontier. 249 00:24:46,015 --> 00:24:47,135 Who told you that? 250 00:24:47,215 --> 00:24:51,535 You asked me to engage in a relationship with a young man, my own age. 251 00:24:51,615 --> 00:24:53,975 So I have been reading your autobiography. 252 00:24:54,055 --> 00:24:57,575 Oh, yes. That's not quite what I had in mind. 253 00:24:57,655 --> 00:25:02,335 "Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide. 254 00:25:03,095 --> 00:25:06,855 The earth is yours and the fullness thereof. 255 00:25:08,335 --> 00:25:10,775 Be kind but be fierce. 256 00:25:11,655 --> 00:25:14,735 You are needed now more than ever before. 257 00:25:15,935 --> 00:25:18,375 - Take up the mantle of change... - Stop. 258 00:25:18,455 --> 00:25:20,935 ...for this is your time." 259 00:25:25,375 --> 00:25:28,135 You were 24. 260 00:25:29,775 --> 00:25:34,375 All energy and hope and passion and fire. 261 00:25:35,615 --> 00:25:37,415 It's remarkable. 262 00:25:41,295 --> 00:25:45,055 You found something you liked in that young man? 263 00:25:46,895 --> 00:25:48,135 I did. 264 00:26:15,415 --> 00:26:16,855 Good morning. 265 00:26:17,895 --> 00:26:22,335 The time is eight o'clock on the 7th of December, and here is the news. 266 00:26:22,415 --> 00:26:26,335 The serious fog that brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday 267 00:26:26,415 --> 00:26:30,055 continues this morning, with emergency services struggling to cope 268 00:26:30,135 --> 00:26:33,295 and widespread disruption reported across the nation. 269 00:26:34,575 --> 00:26:38,175 Flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital. 270 00:26:38,255 --> 00:26:40,655 Trains are stopped or running hours behind schedule 271 00:26:40,735 --> 00:26:43,095 from major London railway stations. 272 00:26:44,535 --> 00:26:47,215 The Prime Minister is facing criticism 273 00:26:47,295 --> 00:26:49,135 for failure to deal with the mounting crisis. 274 00:26:50,815 --> 00:26:54,575 London Airport is closed again today, with all flights grounded. 275 00:26:54,655 --> 00:26:56,055 - Piss. - The unmoving fog, 276 00:26:56,135 --> 00:27:00,335 which has spread to over 30 miles wide, is likely to cause complete darkness 277 00:27:00,415 --> 00:27:01,855 by two o'clock this afternoon. 278 00:27:16,295 --> 00:27:17,535 Are you all right? 279 00:27:19,735 --> 00:27:20,895 You're not. 280 00:27:22,295 --> 00:27:26,775 - Come on, let's get you up. - No, no. I'm fine. I promise. 281 00:27:29,255 --> 00:27:34,575 It's just because the window was open. Now go to work. You've got a job to do. 282 00:27:43,135 --> 00:27:46,775 Let us start with the unrest in Egypt, 283 00:27:46,855 --> 00:27:50,135 where anti-colonial passions continue to run high, 284 00:27:50,215 --> 00:27:55,095 and where our soldiers continue to come under fire from nationalist insurgents. 285 00:27:55,175 --> 00:28:01,255 It is vital that we remain and successfully defend the Suez Canal, 286 00:28:01,335 --> 00:28:05,415 a point that I will be making in person to the Commonwealth Heads, 287 00:28:05,495 --> 00:28:09,535 when I host them for the weekend at Chequers. 288 00:28:09,615 --> 00:28:11,855 Weather permitting. 289 00:28:11,935 --> 00:28:12,975 Indeed. 290 00:28:13,055 --> 00:28:15,455 What is the latest information that you have? 291 00:28:16,215 --> 00:28:22,015 About the weather? It's fog, ma'am. It will lift eventually. 292 00:28:22,095 --> 00:28:24,415 I was hoping for something more scientific. 293 00:28:25,895 --> 00:28:28,655 Then I will ensure that a barometric report 294 00:28:28,735 --> 00:28:30,935 is included in your box tomorrow, 295 00:28:31,015 --> 00:28:36,375 complete with isobars and isohumes. 296 00:28:36,455 --> 00:28:39,375 It has been an unusually cold winter, 297 00:28:39,455 --> 00:28:43,095 and there are only so many things that I, as Prime Minister, 298 00:28:43,175 --> 00:28:47,295 am prepared to inflict on your subjects as a reward for winning a World War 299 00:28:47,375 --> 00:28:51,775 and prevailing over fascism, evil and tyranny. 300 00:28:51,855 --> 00:28:54,695 Letting them freeze is not one of them. 301 00:28:55,255 --> 00:28:58,175 - You do not seem unduly concerned. - I'm not. 302 00:28:58,255 --> 00:29:04,135 You do know that my late father wrote, many years ago, to your predecessors, 303 00:29:04,215 --> 00:29:07,055 to express his deep concern about the inner city power stations 304 00:29:07,135 --> 00:29:08,615 that your party was building. 305 00:29:11,895 --> 00:29:12,935 Indeed. 306 00:29:14,175 --> 00:29:19,615 And I was sympathetic with your father's concerns at the time. 307 00:29:19,695 --> 00:29:24,055 I also have sympathy with the leader articles in the newspapers today, 308 00:29:24,135 --> 00:29:25,775 baying for blood. 309 00:29:25,855 --> 00:29:31,855 Wanting my head. People have to be angry at someone. 310 00:29:31,935 --> 00:29:36,895 But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything. 311 00:29:36,975 --> 00:29:40,135 We need the power stations, we need the coal. 312 00:29:40,215 --> 00:29:43,055 The people need to burn coal to warm their homes. 313 00:29:43,135 --> 00:29:48,375 - It is weather. It will pass. - Well, I do hope so. 314 00:29:48,455 --> 00:29:51,815 Not least because my husband's mood is intolerable. 315 00:29:51,895 --> 00:29:52,895 Why? 316 00:29:53,895 --> 00:29:57,415 Well, being caged in like this. He can't fly. 317 00:29:59,135 --> 00:30:04,015 - Fly where? - Well, nowhere, he is learning to fly. 318 00:30:05,575 --> 00:30:07,575 Whatever for? 319 00:30:07,655 --> 00:30:11,295 Have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go? 320 00:30:11,375 --> 00:30:15,175 No, he wants to fly himself. It's a boyhood dream. 321 00:30:15,255 --> 00:30:18,335 - It's what he's always wanted. - Why was government not consulted? 322 00:30:18,415 --> 00:30:21,615 Because it's a private matter. And I am in favor. 323 00:30:21,695 --> 00:30:25,175 Nothing you or His Royal Highness do is a private matter. 324 00:30:25,735 --> 00:30:27,535 And the father of the future king of England 325 00:30:27,615 --> 00:30:30,455 risking his life needlessly is... 326 00:30:30,535 --> 00:30:31,575 quite unacceptable. 327 00:30:31,655 --> 00:30:36,455 Please. Do not curtail my husband's personal freedoms any further. 328 00:30:36,535 --> 00:30:39,855 You've taken away his home. You've taken away his name. 329 00:30:39,935 --> 00:30:42,775 There comes a time where one must draw a line in the sand. 330 00:30:42,855 --> 00:30:47,055 And the job of drawing that line falls to Cabinet, ma'am. Not to you. 331 00:30:47,135 --> 00:30:50,255 Something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you 332 00:30:50,335 --> 00:30:53,455 had he been granted more time to complete your education. 333 00:30:55,495 --> 00:30:57,135 And now our time is up. 334 00:31:01,855 --> 00:31:02,895 Until next week. 335 00:31:08,815 --> 00:31:09,815 Sir. 336 00:31:14,055 --> 00:31:16,855 Meteorological report. 337 00:31:19,055 --> 00:31:22,135 Good morning. The time is eight o'clock on the 8th of December 338 00:31:22,215 --> 00:31:23,495 and here is the news. 339 00:31:23,575 --> 00:31:27,495 The choking, eye-watering fog which has already caused two days of chaos 340 00:31:27,575 --> 00:31:30,375 across the capital has worsened overnight. 341 00:31:30,455 --> 00:31:33,735 The great coal-burning electricity stations in Battersea and Fulham, 342 00:31:33,815 --> 00:31:35,255 have attempted to reduce emissions 343 00:31:35,335 --> 00:31:37,935 of poisonous sulphur dioxide from their chimneys. 344 00:31:38,015 --> 00:31:40,295 But we've been told that it is unlikely 345 00:31:40,375 --> 00:31:44,095 they'll be able to make any significant change to the air quality. 346 00:31:44,175 --> 00:31:47,655 The government is expected to make a statement later today. 347 00:31:56,775 --> 00:32:00,215 - Come on, let's get you to hospital. - I'm fine. 348 00:32:00,295 --> 00:32:03,375 You're not. Come on. Let's get you up. 349 00:32:04,415 --> 00:32:05,615 Shoes. 350 00:32:13,495 --> 00:32:18,855 Off we go. Arm in. And the other. 351 00:32:31,135 --> 00:32:35,055 - I can't breathe. - Do as I say and hold onto me. 352 00:32:44,855 --> 00:32:47,815 Come along. 353 00:33:01,855 --> 00:33:03,535 Quick, hold my hand. 354 00:33:15,095 --> 00:33:16,095 Make way! 355 00:33:17,255 --> 00:33:18,815 You all right, lady? 356 00:33:26,895 --> 00:33:30,335 Control of this story is getting away from us. 357 00:33:30,415 --> 00:33:34,295 The opposition's blood is up. We have to respond. 358 00:33:34,375 --> 00:33:35,695 Respond how? 359 00:33:35,775 --> 00:33:37,975 I would suggest by commissioning a public enquiry. 360 00:33:39,455 --> 00:33:40,735 An enquiry would be expensive. 361 00:33:43,895 --> 00:33:47,855 Winston, people are angry. They see us as the culprits. 362 00:33:47,935 --> 00:33:54,135 Culpable for what? It's fog. Fog is fog. It comes and it goes away. 363 00:33:54,215 --> 00:33:58,135 Well, I'm glad that the Prime Minister finds time for levity. 364 00:33:58,775 --> 00:34:02,735 Perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has now become. 365 00:34:02,815 --> 00:34:06,815 This morning a suburban train collided with a gang of railway workmen, 366 00:34:06,895 --> 00:34:09,535 killing several and injuring a great many more. 367 00:34:10,135 --> 00:34:13,975 In parts of the capital, there is now a total breakdown of law and order. 368 00:34:14,055 --> 00:34:15,215 Hospitals are filling up, 369 00:34:15,295 --> 00:34:19,335 as our citizens are breathing in poisonous sulphur dioxide. 370 00:34:27,615 --> 00:34:31,175 Sometimes we have sunshine. 371 00:34:31,255 --> 00:34:34,095 Too much sunshine and they call it a drought. 372 00:34:34,175 --> 00:34:35,975 Then we have rain. 373 00:34:36,055 --> 00:34:40,815 Too much rain, and they call it a deluge and find a way to blame us for that too. 374 00:34:40,895 --> 00:34:42,975 It's an act of God, Bobbety. 375 00:34:43,055 --> 00:34:48,295 It's weather. And for better or for worse, we get a great deal of it on this island. 376 00:34:48,375 --> 00:34:51,575 Frankly, there are more pressing matters to deal with. 377 00:34:51,655 --> 00:34:55,255 - Like what? - The Duke of Edinburgh. 378 00:35:09,775 --> 00:35:11,895 Telephone, sir. The Marquis of Salisbury. 379 00:35:11,975 --> 00:35:13,135 Oh, not now. 380 00:35:13,215 --> 00:35:17,015 He asked me to stress the importance of the matter. 381 00:35:21,215 --> 00:35:25,015 - Bobbety. - Thanks for taking my call, Dickie. 382 00:35:25,095 --> 00:35:27,335 - Are you alone? - Yes. 383 00:35:27,415 --> 00:35:30,575 Can anyone overhear what you're saying? 384 00:35:33,415 --> 00:35:36,295 - No. - Good. 385 00:35:39,055 --> 00:35:41,055 - It's chaos. - I know. 386 00:35:41,135 --> 00:35:43,255 Every ward is full. Every corridor too. 387 00:35:43,335 --> 00:35:46,855 Most of the doctors are sick now, and those that are well can't get in. 388 00:35:46,935 --> 00:35:48,615 It was better than this in the war. 389 00:35:48,695 --> 00:35:51,255 What do you need? More equipment? Or masks? 390 00:35:51,335 --> 00:35:53,295 Masks are bloody useless. They're just for show. 391 00:35:53,375 --> 00:35:55,575 To make it look like the government is doing something. 392 00:35:55,655 --> 00:35:59,175 - Then what is needed? - Money. People. Trained staff. 393 00:35:59,255 --> 00:36:01,095 Help is what is needed. Urgently. 394 00:36:02,575 --> 00:36:04,055 Let her rest for now. 395 00:36:06,255 --> 00:36:10,575 Maybe I can put a word in with the people who make a difference. 396 00:36:10,655 --> 00:36:14,295 - Such as? - The Prime Minister, for example. 397 00:36:14,375 --> 00:36:17,335 I see. You're just going to walk into Downing Street and whisper in his ear. 398 00:36:17,415 --> 00:36:19,335 Yes, something like that. 399 00:36:19,415 --> 00:36:23,175 You know, my day is bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes. 400 00:36:23,255 --> 00:36:26,415 Now, excuse me. Nurse? Nurse. 401 00:36:27,695 --> 00:36:31,655 - I'll show you. - Get out of the way. 402 00:36:39,135 --> 00:36:41,255 - Jim, where are you? - Over here. 403 00:36:58,855 --> 00:37:00,575 Someone phone for an ambulance. 404 00:37:04,415 --> 00:37:06,575 How much longer are you going to give the old man? 405 00:37:06,655 --> 00:37:08,095 Their majority is tiny. 406 00:37:08,175 --> 00:37:10,855 A vote of no confidence and he'll be toppled. 407 00:37:12,335 --> 00:37:13,775 You know what he calls you? 408 00:37:14,775 --> 00:37:18,055 Yes, I know. A sheep in sheep's clothing. 409 00:37:20,655 --> 00:37:23,095 Perhaps it's time to prove you're not. 410 00:37:28,815 --> 00:37:30,175 Very well. 411 00:37:30,255 --> 00:37:33,255 Let's put a motion down on paper and brief the whips. 412 00:37:44,975 --> 00:37:46,255 Thank you, sir. 413 00:38:01,015 --> 00:38:04,255 - Anything interesting? - Yes. 414 00:38:05,735 --> 00:38:08,535 - Care to share it? - No. 415 00:38:09,815 --> 00:38:13,095 I'd be happy to share glide ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with you. 416 00:38:13,175 --> 00:38:15,375 As part of a quid pro quo arrangement. 417 00:38:15,455 --> 00:38:19,175 One glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes, for example. 418 00:38:20,815 --> 00:38:24,735 No? A dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling. 419 00:38:24,815 --> 00:38:27,495 These are very interesting concepts. You might learn something, 420 00:38:27,575 --> 00:38:30,575 in exchange for a foreign office briefing? 421 00:38:31,695 --> 00:38:34,015 Am I going to have to explain my position again? 422 00:38:34,095 --> 00:38:36,295 - No. - Good. 423 00:38:39,255 --> 00:38:40,815 "Once you have tasted flight, 424 00:38:40,895 --> 00:38:43,495 you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, 425 00:38:43,575 --> 00:38:47,615 for there you have been and there you will always long to return." 426 00:38:49,615 --> 00:38:52,095 You know what's remarkable about those words? 427 00:38:54,175 --> 00:38:55,775 - Go on. - They were written 300 years 428 00:38:55,855 --> 00:38:57,535 before man first got in a plane. 429 00:38:58,695 --> 00:39:00,135 Leonardo da Vinci. 430 00:39:02,935 --> 00:39:04,855 Look, Philip, I know... 431 00:39:08,135 --> 00:39:09,495 Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty. 432 00:39:09,575 --> 00:39:12,775 - Uncle Dickie. What's he doing here? - I know as much as you do. 433 00:39:12,855 --> 00:39:14,615 He said it was important, ma'am. 434 00:39:14,695 --> 00:39:15,735 Thank you. 435 00:39:20,615 --> 00:39:22,055 Elizabeth. 436 00:39:25,615 --> 00:39:28,215 - Hello. - I came as soon as I could. 437 00:39:29,415 --> 00:39:30,575 So... 438 00:39:32,215 --> 00:39:37,215 Oh, is this a meeting with Elizabeth your niece, my wife? 439 00:39:37,295 --> 00:39:39,695 - Or the Queen? - The latter, I'm afraid. 440 00:39:39,775 --> 00:39:41,695 Right, then I know my place. 441 00:39:50,735 --> 00:39:53,895 - What's the matter with him? - Nothing. 442 00:39:55,455 --> 00:39:59,455 He's just feeling a little grounded. Ignore it. 443 00:39:59,535 --> 00:40:01,655 Right, all ears. 444 00:40:01,735 --> 00:40:06,935 I received a telephone call today from Bobbety Salisbury. 445 00:40:07,695 --> 00:40:10,935 It seems that even among his own people the feeling is that our Prime Minister 446 00:40:11,015 --> 00:40:14,055 is not able to deal with a national crisis. 447 00:40:15,415 --> 00:40:20,255 Indeed he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis. 448 00:40:20,335 --> 00:40:22,855 Hospitals are overflowing. People dying. 449 00:40:22,935 --> 00:40:25,855 As sovereign, you have the right to demand 450 00:40:25,935 --> 00:40:29,855 that a government in your name shows effective leadership. 451 00:40:31,015 --> 00:40:35,655 The opposition are now calling for a motion of no confidence. 452 00:40:35,735 --> 00:40:39,695 So, I would say the time has come 453 00:40:39,775 --> 00:40:44,895 for you to... summon Churchill and... 454 00:40:45,935 --> 00:40:47,015 And what? 455 00:40:49,015 --> 00:40:50,775 Insist that he go. 456 00:40:53,495 --> 00:40:57,015 - I can't do that. - You can, and should. 457 00:40:57,775 --> 00:41:01,575 But wouldn't that violate the constitution? 458 00:41:01,655 --> 00:41:03,895 As queen... 459 00:41:06,335 --> 00:41:09,495 you have the right to be consulted. 460 00:41:10,415 --> 00:41:14,735 The right to encourage. The right to warn. 461 00:41:14,815 --> 00:41:19,535 Also, to appoint a new Prime Minister in the event of incapacity 462 00:41:19,615 --> 00:41:25,775 and many would say that Churchill's behavior now constitutes incapacity. 463 00:41:25,855 --> 00:41:29,495 - Then a revolution must come from within. - They are trying. 464 00:41:29,575 --> 00:41:32,735 - Well, then, they must try harder. - They will. 465 00:41:32,815 --> 00:41:36,775 But would prefer it to be bloodless. 466 00:41:36,855 --> 00:41:40,735 So have asked for your help and influence. 467 00:41:43,255 --> 00:41:45,895 I cannot do it. I will not do it. 468 00:41:45,975 --> 00:41:50,095 Let's not forget it was Churchill who denied Philip's children 469 00:41:50,175 --> 00:41:51,895 - his own surname... - Dickie. 470 00:41:51,975 --> 00:41:54,055 ...and insisted that you live in Buckingham Palace. 471 00:41:54,135 --> 00:41:57,535 - As, alas, did everyone else. - And now with looters on the street 472 00:41:57,615 --> 00:41:59,615 and hospital corridors stacked with the dead, 473 00:41:59,695 --> 00:42:02,295 he is interested in only one thing. 474 00:42:03,655 --> 00:42:06,855 Stopping Philip flying. 475 00:42:08,975 --> 00:42:11,215 - What? - At a crisis cabinet meeting this morning 476 00:42:11,295 --> 00:42:13,535 when there should've only been one thing on the agenda, 477 00:42:13,615 --> 00:42:16,055 the unfolding national emergency... 478 00:42:16,975 --> 00:42:23,415 all our Prime Minister wanted to discuss was your husband's new hobby. 479 00:42:27,215 --> 00:42:31,095 - I'm so sorry, sir. - Who are her parents? 480 00:42:31,175 --> 00:42:33,095 Her father is a clergyman. From Suffolk. 481 00:42:33,175 --> 00:42:35,615 - They've been notified. - I want to go to the hospital. 482 00:42:35,695 --> 00:42:38,735 There is an emergency meeting at the House. A meeting you must attend. 483 00:42:38,815 --> 00:42:40,215 The House can wait. 484 00:42:50,655 --> 00:42:53,215 - You wished to see me, Your Majesty? - Yes, Tommy. 485 00:42:56,455 --> 00:42:59,295 I know how much my father depended on you. 486 00:43:00,535 --> 00:43:03,535 And how closely you worked together. 487 00:43:03,615 --> 00:43:06,815 Which is why I wanted to ask your advice. Now... 488 00:43:06,895 --> 00:43:13,295 It seems our Prime Minister, a man who's led the country through many crises, 489 00:43:13,375 --> 00:43:15,615 is no longer leading us at all. 490 00:43:16,535 --> 00:43:19,775 Representations have been made to me, 491 00:43:19,855 --> 00:43:22,295 through an intermediary from the heart of the government, 492 00:43:23,655 --> 00:43:29,495 to intercede and bid him stand down. Make way for a younger man. 493 00:43:31,215 --> 00:43:33,935 Which brings me to my question. 494 00:43:36,215 --> 00:43:39,935 What are my responsibilities, as head of state? 495 00:43:42,655 --> 00:43:44,535 What should I do? 496 00:43:44,615 --> 00:43:47,815 When it's in the national interest? How far dare I go? 497 00:43:51,335 --> 00:43:54,375 I'm not sure if her Majesty is aware, 498 00:43:54,455 --> 00:44:00,055 but shortly before your father died the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, came, 499 00:44:00,135 --> 00:44:02,775 begging his late Majesty to intervene, 500 00:44:02,855 --> 00:44:06,775 if not on an official level, then on a personal one. 501 00:44:06,855 --> 00:44:10,255 As a friend. To bid the Prime Minister to resign. 502 00:44:11,735 --> 00:44:14,735 - What did my father say? - Well... 503 00:44:14,815 --> 00:44:16,695 His Majesty was, like his father before him, 504 00:44:16,775 --> 00:44:19,255 a stickler for convention and tradition, 505 00:44:19,335 --> 00:44:22,695 and would never have done anything that violated the constitution, 506 00:44:22,775 --> 00:44:25,655 or overstepped the mark. 507 00:44:27,495 --> 00:44:29,975 - Then I have my answer. - But... 508 00:44:30,055 --> 00:44:32,695 that was His Majesty, not Your Majesty. 509 00:44:33,495 --> 00:44:36,855 And I do read the newspapers, and I do listen to the wireless, 510 00:44:36,935 --> 00:44:40,175 and the situation we're in today is quite different, 511 00:44:40,255 --> 00:44:43,135 than the one we were in when Mr. Eden came to see your father. 512 00:44:45,455 --> 00:44:48,815 Different situation, different sovereign. 513 00:45:00,335 --> 00:45:01,735 Wait for me here. 514 00:45:59,615 --> 00:46:00,615 Sir. 515 00:46:03,375 --> 00:46:05,135 Just a child. 516 00:46:07,415 --> 00:46:09,495 A beautiful child. 517 00:46:11,255 --> 00:46:14,695 I just received word from Buckingham Palace. 518 00:46:14,775 --> 00:46:18,335 - The Queen has requested an audience. - When? 519 00:46:18,415 --> 00:46:20,415 At your earliest convenience. 520 00:46:24,495 --> 00:46:30,815 "All energy and hope and passion and fire." 521 00:46:33,655 --> 00:46:34,655 Sir? 522 00:46:45,775 --> 00:46:48,575 - Do the newspapers know I'm here? - No. 523 00:46:51,095 --> 00:46:54,455 - But it could easily be arranged. - Then do it. 524 00:46:55,695 --> 00:46:59,135 And tell the Queen I'll be there first thing in the morning. 525 00:47:01,015 --> 00:47:02,615 After the papers. 526 00:47:33,495 --> 00:47:35,535 Good God. 527 00:47:38,975 --> 00:47:40,015 Dear God. 528 00:47:51,335 --> 00:47:54,655 Just come on in, the Prime Minister will be here in a few moments. 529 00:48:09,575 --> 00:48:12,255 - They're ready for you, sir. - Yes, yes. One moment. 530 00:48:21,015 --> 00:48:22,735 Quiet. Please. Settle down. 531 00:48:24,255 --> 00:48:29,335 - Mr. Churchill? - I have witnessed scenes here today, 532 00:48:29,415 --> 00:48:34,935 the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest days of the Blitz. 533 00:48:36,375 --> 00:48:41,295 But alongside the suffering, I have also seen heroism. 534 00:48:41,375 --> 00:48:45,615 And where there is heroism there will always be hope. 535 00:48:47,695 --> 00:48:54,615 Only God can lift the fog, but I, as Prime Minister, 536 00:48:54,695 --> 00:48:58,535 am in position to ease the suffering. 537 00:48:58,615 --> 00:49:02,815 To that end, I pledge to make available with immediate effect, 538 00:49:02,895 --> 00:49:08,215 more money for hospital staff, more money for equipment, 539 00:49:08,295 --> 00:49:14,255 and a full and independent public enquiry into the causes of air pollution... 540 00:49:15,615 --> 00:49:19,375 to ensure that such a calamity 541 00:49:19,455 --> 00:49:23,135 may never befall us again. 542 00:49:24,735 --> 00:49:26,535 Thank you all. 543 00:49:31,895 --> 00:49:34,015 "The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians 544 00:49:34,095 --> 00:49:37,935 to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person. 545 00:49:38,015 --> 00:49:40,495 And was rewarded by cheers and applause, 546 00:49:40,575 --> 00:49:44,815 by those suffering through the worst smog this city has ever witnessed." 547 00:49:44,895 --> 00:49:49,295 The headline reads, "True leader in a crisis." 548 00:49:53,735 --> 00:49:55,415 Ma'am, the Prime Minister's here. 549 00:49:57,775 --> 00:50:00,415 "The parallels between his appearance yesterday, 550 00:50:00,495 --> 00:50:02,815 and the war time years was striking. 551 00:50:02,895 --> 00:50:07,135 And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed." 552 00:50:10,015 --> 00:50:11,095 Hello? 553 00:50:12,095 --> 00:50:16,775 Clem, are you still there? Hello? Clem? 554 00:50:18,575 --> 00:50:22,095 Clem, can you hear me? No, right... 555 00:51:23,495 --> 00:51:25,295 The Prime Minister, Your Majesty. 556 00:51:33,335 --> 00:51:34,575 Your Majesty. 557 00:51:37,695 --> 00:51:41,775 - You asked to see me, ma'am? - I did. 558 00:51:51,535 --> 00:51:56,255 There is a delicate matter which I felt I needed to discuss with you. 559 00:51:56,335 --> 00:51:59,695 - In person. - Concerning what? 560 00:52:02,335 --> 00:52:03,975 Your position. 561 00:52:06,375 --> 00:52:07,655 My position? 562 00:52:08,615 --> 00:52:10,015 Yes. Your position... 563 00:52:14,255 --> 00:52:15,495 as Prime Minister. 564 00:52:20,255 --> 00:52:21,535 Go on. 565 00:52:25,215 --> 00:52:27,655 At that point she hesitated... 566 00:52:28,775 --> 00:52:34,575 and then she asked me to pick either Khawaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan 567 00:52:34,655 --> 00:52:36,695 or Sidney Holland of New Zealand. 568 00:52:36,775 --> 00:52:40,615 - Whatever for? - To sit next to at dinner! 569 00:52:40,695 --> 00:52:43,775 No, she summoned you for that? 570 00:52:43,855 --> 00:52:45,695 Oh, no, I think she summoned me 571 00:52:45,775 --> 00:52:48,855 to haul me over the coals for my handling of the fog, 572 00:52:48,935 --> 00:52:51,135 but then the fog lifted, 573 00:52:51,215 --> 00:52:54,415 and she had to make a decision right then and there, in the room. 574 00:52:54,495 --> 00:52:58,215 You could see the wheels turning behind her eyes. 575 00:52:58,295 --> 00:53:03,175 And then she switched her tack without so much as a flicker. Clever. 576 00:53:04,295 --> 00:53:06,615 - No, no, not clever. Ingenious. - Why? 577 00:53:06,695 --> 00:53:11,095 Because it disarmed me. And made me switch tack too. 578 00:53:11,175 --> 00:53:12,535 What about? 579 00:53:12,615 --> 00:53:16,615 About allowing Philip to learn to fly. He can now. 580 00:53:16,695 --> 00:53:17,695 Good. 581 00:53:19,415 --> 00:53:22,735 But he still has to ask Cabinet permission to do rolls and spins. 582 00:53:32,975 --> 00:53:34,935 What, dear girl? 583 00:53:37,535 --> 00:53:39,655 But what if the fog hadn't lifted? 584 00:53:41,735 --> 00:53:44,775 And the government had continued to flounder? 585 00:53:44,855 --> 00:53:47,175 And people had continued to die? 586 00:53:48,295 --> 00:53:50,335 And Churchill had continued to cling to power 587 00:53:50,415 --> 00:53:53,095 and the country had continued to suffer? 588 00:53:54,095 --> 00:53:58,735 It doesn't feel right, as Head of State, to do nothing. 589 00:53:58,815 --> 00:54:02,095 - It is exactly right. - Is it? 590 00:54:02,175 --> 00:54:05,255 But surely doing nothing is no job at all? 591 00:54:05,335 --> 00:54:08,455 To do nothing is the hardest job of all. 592 00:54:08,535 --> 00:54:11,815 And it will take every ounce of energy that you have. 593 00:54:12,535 --> 00:54:16,015 To be impartial is not natural, not human. 594 00:54:16,095 --> 00:54:19,855 People will always want you to smile or agree or frown. 595 00:54:19,935 --> 00:54:24,095 And the minute you do, you will have declared a position. A point of view. 596 00:54:24,175 --> 00:54:28,615 And that is the one thing as sovereign that you are not entitled to do. 597 00:54:29,975 --> 00:54:34,535 The less you do, the less you say or agree or smile... 598 00:54:34,615 --> 00:54:37,855 Or think? Or feel? Or breathe? Or exist? 599 00:54:37,935 --> 00:54:39,295 The better. 600 00:54:42,775 --> 00:54:44,615 Well, that's fine for the sovereign. 601 00:54:46,975 --> 00:54:48,855 But where does that leave me? 602 00:55:02,375 --> 00:55:03,375 So go on. 603 00:55:03,455 --> 00:55:05,575 How long would it take me to get my wings? 604 00:55:05,655 --> 00:55:08,775 Well, normally, a trainee would spend anything between 100 and 120 hours 605 00:55:08,855 --> 00:55:10,375 in one of these things. 606 00:55:10,455 --> 00:55:12,575 Do you think I could do it in three months? 607 00:55:12,655 --> 00:55:14,855 That would be unusual, sir. 608 00:55:14,935 --> 00:55:19,455 I'm a fast learner, and believe me when I say I've got nothing else to do. 609 00:55:34,415 --> 00:55:36,695 I couldn't help notice you filled her right up. 610 00:55:36,775 --> 00:55:39,655 - Starboard and port. Eighteen gallons? - Yes. 611 00:55:39,735 --> 00:55:42,295 - Fancy lunch in Edinburgh? - Edinburgh? 612 00:55:42,375 --> 00:55:45,735 They made me Duke there, so I should probably show up from time to time. 613 00:55:45,815 --> 00:55:47,935 Unless you have more pressing engagements? 614 00:55:48,015 --> 00:55:49,015 No, sir. 615 00:55:49,095 --> 00:55:53,215 All right, I'll adjust RPMs and cruising speed for range flying. 616 00:55:53,295 --> 00:55:56,295 We'll have to land to refuel, sir. RAF Finningley. 617 00:55:56,375 --> 00:55:58,975 - Oh, really? Where's that? - Doncaster. 618 00:55:59,055 --> 00:56:02,095 Doncaster? Right. 619 00:56:18,940 --> 00:56:23,940 Sync and corrections by explosiveskull www.addic7ed.com