1 00:00:24,778 --> 00:00:27,114 - Fuelon. - Fuelon. 2 00:00:27,197 --> 00:00:29,783 Chocks are in position. Switches are off. 3 00:00:29,866 --> 00:00:31,868 You sure about this, sir? 4 00:00:32,744 --> 00:00:35,539 When I got married, my in-laws made me marshal of the royal air force. 5 00:00:35,622 --> 00:00:41,545 As a result, I'm the most senior airman in the country and I can't bloody well fly. 6 00:00:41,628 --> 00:00:43,505 - Yes, I'm sure. - Right-o, sir. 7 00:01:13,076 --> 00:01:15,245 - Ready, sir? - Ready! 8 00:01:15,787 --> 00:01:17,122 Here we go. 9 00:01:30,010 --> 00:01:31,970 Okay. 10 00:01:40,187 --> 00:01:41,396 Blimey! 11 00:01:50,781 --> 00:01:52,199 Christ. 12 00:01:52,991 --> 00:01:55,869 - All right there, sir? - Yes, yes, fine. 13 00:01:55,952 --> 00:01:59,122 - Now it's your turn. You have control. - I have control. 14 00:01:59,206 --> 00:02:02,376 Now remember what I told you, keep your eye on the altimeter 15 00:02:02,459 --> 00:02:05,128 and the compass heading and keep the stick level. 16 00:02:07,130 --> 00:02:09,091 That's very good. That's balanced. 17 00:02:12,302 --> 00:02:14,888 Stick to the left, then to the right. 18 00:02:20,435 --> 00:02:22,312 And level. 19 00:02:22,604 --> 00:02:23,939 Good. 20 00:02:24,106 --> 00:02:25,816 Noisy, isn't it? 21 00:02:29,694 --> 00:02:31,238 How's this, sir? 22 00:02:41,164 --> 00:02:42,499 My god. 23 00:02:47,629 --> 00:02:49,965 - Isn't it wonderful? - Heaven. 24 00:02:56,012 --> 00:02:58,306 You fought in the battle of britain, didn't you? 25 00:02:58,390 --> 00:03:00,225 I did, sir. 257 squadron. 26 00:03:00,725 --> 00:03:03,979 - Flying what? Spitfires? - Hurricanes, mostly, sir. 27 00:03:04,062 --> 00:03:05,564 Any kills? 28 00:03:06,481 --> 00:03:07,816 One or two. 29 00:03:07,899 --> 00:03:11,528 Shouldn't we get her started now? The ground seems terribly close. 30 00:03:12,529 --> 00:03:16,199 No, it's too low to restart, sir. We'll do a dead-stick landing. 31 00:03:16,366 --> 00:03:18,368 - Okay. I have control. - You have control. 32 00:03:38,096 --> 00:03:39,473 That was wonderful. 33 00:03:39,556 --> 00:03:42,517 - Same time next week, sir? - How about tomorrow? 34 00:05:37,007 --> 00:05:38,883 - Latest charts. - Thank you. 35 00:05:39,884 --> 00:05:41,094 Sir. 36 00:05:47,309 --> 00:05:48,893 Johnson, what do you make of this? 37 00:05:55,525 --> 00:05:56,943 Interesting. 38 00:05:57,527 --> 00:05:58,695 Sir? 39 00:06:01,865 --> 00:06:03,575 I think you should see this. 40 00:06:06,036 --> 00:06:07,245 I see. 41 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,248 Sir. 42 00:06:12,083 --> 00:06:13,376 Goodness me. 43 00:06:16,504 --> 00:06:20,467 Excuse me, you can't go in there. Excuse me, sir. 44 00:06:22,719 --> 00:06:25,221 Sorry, sir. Thought you should see these. 45 00:06:29,976 --> 00:06:31,227 Good god. 46 00:06:33,355 --> 00:06:34,731 We must send a warning. 47 00:06:36,191 --> 00:06:37,442 To cover our backs. 48 00:06:40,153 --> 00:06:44,282 Kenneth, it should probably come from you, as chief scientist. 49 00:06:44,366 --> 00:06:47,744 Address it to the pm. He'll never read it, of course. 50 00:06:48,370 --> 00:06:50,455 But the important thing is we sent it. 51 00:06:51,539 --> 00:06:54,376 I'll get it to downing street right away. 52 00:07:13,019 --> 00:07:14,479 Wait there, please. 53 00:07:23,947 --> 00:07:26,408 If her majesty could lean fonnard. 54 00:07:29,953 --> 00:07:31,371 And deep breath in... 55 00:07:35,125 --> 00:07:36,501 And out. 56 00:07:38,712 --> 00:07:42,298 The air's a little stuffy, ma'am. It might help to open the window a crack. 57 00:07:42,424 --> 00:07:44,509 Not while they're rehearsing. 58 00:07:45,635 --> 00:07:47,429 What are they rehearsing? 59 00:07:51,558 --> 00:07:52,976 My funeral. 60 00:08:42,692 --> 00:08:44,694 There you are. Miss Scott. 61 00:09:00,376 --> 00:09:02,587 - Mr. Thurman. - Mr. Collins. 62 00:09:04,881 --> 00:09:06,549 - This is for you. - Thank you. 63 00:09:16,226 --> 00:09:17,727 I'm not a scientist. 64 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,021 I can't say I understand it. 65 00:09:20,104 --> 00:09:25,568 But what I can tell you is we don't get a weather warning like this every day. 66 00:09:25,735 --> 00:09:27,862 We don't get one every month, either. 67 00:09:27,946 --> 00:09:31,449 In fact, I've never heard of us getting one at all. 68 00:09:33,034 --> 00:09:37,455 Does the name donora mean anything to you? 69 00:09:39,457 --> 00:09:40,750 Donora? 70 00:09:44,420 --> 00:09:47,173 Of course I remember donora. It was a scandal. 71 00:09:47,924 --> 00:09:51,302 A small mill town in america, outside Philadelphia? 72 00:09:51,386 --> 00:09:52,595 Pittsburgh. 73 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:56,891 They had a smog brought on by a freak anticyclone 74 00:09:56,975 --> 00:10:00,228 which trapped the emissions from the local copper work... 75 00:10:00,311 --> 00:10:02,730 - Zinc. - In the fog. 76 00:10:02,814 --> 00:10:06,442 - In a few days, a number of people died. - Twenty. 77 00:10:06,818 --> 00:10:11,573 And several thousand became seriously ill from the poisonous fog. 78 00:10:12,448 --> 00:10:16,202 After the incident, a cross-party delegation was sent to donora 79 00:10:16,286 --> 00:10:18,538 on an urgent fact-finding mission. 80 00:10:18,621 --> 00:10:21,541 They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London 81 00:10:21,624 --> 00:10:23,293 as a precautionary measure. 82 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,464 - I never saw the report. - With good reason. 83 00:10:29,424 --> 00:10:33,761 Our prime minister threw it away, claiming it wasn't a priority. 84 00:10:34,929 --> 00:10:36,723 Can you prove that? 85 00:10:36,806 --> 00:10:38,808 I can, Mr. Attlee. 86 00:10:46,441 --> 00:10:48,943 The cabinet minutes where it was discussed. 87 00:10:55,325 --> 00:10:59,704 He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter, 88 00:11:00,330 --> 00:11:03,625 to give the illusion of a solid economy. 89 00:11:05,251 --> 00:11:06,753 This is great, clem. 90 00:11:07,754 --> 00:11:09,839 It's interesting, for sure. 91 00:11:13,301 --> 00:11:15,637 What I don't understand is this. 92 00:11:16,346 --> 00:11:21,100 Why a downing street employee, working for the government, 93 00:11:21,184 --> 00:11:23,770 should come to me with this information? 94 00:11:24,646 --> 00:11:27,065 I've read the aeneid, Mr. Thurman. 95 00:11:27,690 --> 00:11:30,443 "Do not trust the horse, trojans. 96 00:11:30,526 --> 00:11:33,905 "I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts." 97 00:11:35,281 --> 00:11:39,118 Mr. Attlee, I entered the civil service to serve the public 98 00:11:39,202 --> 00:11:42,747 and to serve government, any government. 99 00:11:43,456 --> 00:11:46,125 But I am also a responsible citizen, 100 00:11:46,209 --> 00:11:49,712 and I cannot stand by while chaos reigns around me. 101 00:11:51,130 --> 00:11:53,508 This is not a government. 102 00:11:53,883 --> 00:11:59,305 Mr. Attlee, this is a collection of hesitant, frightened, old men 103 00:11:59,389 --> 00:12:04,310 unable to unseat a tyrannical, delusional even older one. 104 00:12:05,186 --> 00:12:08,815 Yours was the most radical, 105 00:12:08,898 --> 00:12:12,568 fonnard-thinking government this country has ever seen. 106 00:12:15,154 --> 00:12:18,574 How you lost the election escapes me. 107 00:12:20,827 --> 00:12:22,370 Escapes us all. 108 00:12:24,580 --> 00:12:28,710 I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service 109 00:12:28,793 --> 00:12:34,257 if I helped to Usher him out of the door, and you back in. 110 00:12:35,925 --> 00:12:39,679 And to that end, you come to me with a master plan 111 00:12:39,762 --> 00:12:45,059 that involves me crucifying the tories for their failure to deal with a fog, 112 00:12:45,143 --> 00:12:47,520 which, as yet, shows no sign of appearing. 113 00:12:50,273 --> 00:12:52,942 At present, I can see stars. 114 00:13:54,670 --> 00:13:56,339 - Good night. - Good night. 115 00:14:08,184 --> 00:14:09,519 Miss Scott. 116 00:14:10,186 --> 00:14:12,939 Thank you for your conscientiousness, but it's late. 117 00:14:13,022 --> 00:14:14,190 - Go home. - I am, sir. 118 00:14:14,273 --> 00:14:17,068 You're no good to me tired. Good evening to you. 119 00:14:19,445 --> 00:14:22,365 - What, still here? - Good night, sir. 120 00:14:26,536 --> 00:14:27,870 Good night. 121 00:14:34,293 --> 00:14:35,753 Evening, pat. 122 00:14:58,109 --> 00:14:59,735 You haven't moved. 123 00:15:01,612 --> 00:15:03,406 I suppose it's still a "no"? 124 00:15:04,657 --> 00:15:07,326 - To what? - Coming out. 125 00:15:07,410 --> 00:15:10,913 What, you mean going to the lamb and flag with you, sitting at the bar, 126 00:15:10,997 --> 00:15:14,625 twinkling our ankles at every unremarkable young man in the room. 127 00:15:15,293 --> 00:15:18,754 Then letting those men buy us enough drinks for us to bring them home, 128 00:15:18,838 --> 00:15:23,092 only to have their unremarkability confirmed to us again? 129 00:15:23,843 --> 00:15:25,970 No. Thanks. 130 00:15:26,679 --> 00:15:28,014 Goodness. 131 00:15:28,097 --> 00:15:30,308 And what will you be doing in the meantime? 132 00:15:31,058 --> 00:15:33,769 Spend time in the company of someone remarkable. 133 00:15:35,313 --> 00:15:36,689 Ta-ra. 134 00:15:43,404 --> 00:15:48,492 "Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide. 135 00:15:49,243 --> 00:15:52,747 "The earth is yours and the fullness thereof. 136 00:15:53,956 --> 00:15:55,917 "Be kind, but be fierce. 137 00:15:56,626 --> 00:15:59,212 "You are needed now more than ever before. 138 00:15:59,795 --> 00:16:03,966 "Take up the mantle of change, for this is your time." 139 00:16:35,998 --> 00:16:37,083 Good morning. 140 00:16:37,166 --> 00:16:40,795 The time is 8:00 on the 6th of December and here is the news. 141 00:16:40,878 --> 00:16:43,547 London has been brought to a halt by dense fog, 142 00:16:43,631 --> 00:16:45,633 which has descended overnight. 143 00:16:47,134 --> 00:16:49,220 Long queues have formed on main roads. 144 00:16:49,303 --> 00:16:50,656 And there are reports of motorists 145 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,432 abandoning their vehicles and continuing on foot. 146 00:16:53,516 --> 00:16:56,477 London airport is expected to be closed. 147 00:16:58,479 --> 00:17:00,106 Good god. 148 00:17:00,189 --> 00:17:02,108 The meteorological office has issued a statement 149 00:17:02,191 --> 00:17:05,695 saying that a persistent anticyclone over London is to blame. 150 00:17:05,861 --> 00:17:09,156 Smoke from the capital's chimneys is being trapped at street level, 151 00:17:09,407 --> 00:17:10,992 which is aggravating the fog. 152 00:17:15,371 --> 00:17:18,958 Windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time. 153 00:17:19,208 --> 00:17:22,503 Be careful out there, it's a real pea-souper. 154 00:17:32,555 --> 00:17:33,848 Is the car ready? 155 00:17:34,181 --> 00:17:36,809 I'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive, ma'am. 156 00:17:38,019 --> 00:17:39,478 It's what, 200 yards? 157 00:17:41,355 --> 00:17:43,357 It's been judged too hazardous, ma'am. 158 00:17:47,445 --> 00:17:50,156 I have an appointment to see my grandmother. 159 00:17:51,407 --> 00:17:53,409 I intend to keep that appointment. 160 00:17:54,368 --> 00:17:56,579 If it's too hazardous to drive, 161 00:17:57,747 --> 00:17:59,999 then there's only one thing to be done. 162 00:18:38,996 --> 00:18:40,956 I saw that. 163 00:18:41,082 --> 00:18:44,001 Might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't? 164 00:18:45,961 --> 00:18:48,214 And the queen is here, your majesty. 165 00:18:48,297 --> 00:18:51,050 - Could you be more specific? - Ma'am? 166 00:18:51,926 --> 00:18:55,304 - Which queen? - Queen Elizabeth, ma'am. 167 00:18:55,388 --> 00:18:58,474 - Which one? There are two. - The young one. 168 00:18:59,433 --> 00:19:01,143 The queen. 169 00:19:01,227 --> 00:19:04,355 I thought you was all queens. They gave me a sheet. 170 00:19:04,438 --> 00:19:05,981 We are. 171 00:19:06,065 --> 00:19:09,151 I was the queen so long as my husband, the king, was alive, 172 00:19:09,235 --> 00:19:13,364 but since he died, I am no longer the queen, I am simply queen Mary. 173 00:19:13,989 --> 00:19:17,576 My late son's widow was also the queen, 174 00:19:17,660 --> 00:19:19,012 but upon the death of her husband, 175 00:19:19,036 --> 00:19:22,123 she became queen Elizabeth the queen mother. 176 00:19:22,206 --> 00:19:26,544 Her daughter, queen Elizabeth, is now queen, so she is... 177 00:19:27,837 --> 00:19:29,880 - The queen. - Bravo. 178 00:19:31,382 --> 00:19:33,426 Nurses and nuns have the same problem. 179 00:19:34,343 --> 00:19:36,095 We're all called "sister." 180 00:19:36,679 --> 00:19:37,888 So you are. 181 00:19:38,931 --> 00:19:42,184 Well, she's outside. The queen. 182 00:19:42,935 --> 00:19:46,021 Then let her in. Sister. 183 00:19:57,825 --> 00:19:59,702 - Bad time? - Not at all. 184 00:20:02,371 --> 00:20:03,789 How are you? 185 00:20:03,873 --> 00:20:05,708 I'm always happy to see you. 186 00:20:06,375 --> 00:20:09,670 And my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing. 187 00:20:09,753 --> 00:20:12,298 - Name it. - Not to ask me how I am. 188 00:20:12,381 --> 00:20:14,133 It's all anyone ever does. 189 00:20:14,216 --> 00:20:18,512 Forget death by lung disease, it's death by bad conversation. 190 00:20:19,013 --> 00:20:20,639 All right. I promise. 191 00:20:21,223 --> 00:20:22,975 But if you are feeling up to it, 192 00:20:23,058 --> 00:20:25,644 there was something I wanted to talk to you about. 193 00:20:25,978 --> 00:20:27,062 Fire away. 194 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,160 I was listening to the wireless this morning, 195 00:20:41,243 --> 00:20:44,455 where they described this fog as an act of god. 196 00:20:45,915 --> 00:20:49,084 Now, in your letter that you sent me, 197 00:20:50,628 --> 00:20:52,087 you said... 198 00:20:55,716 --> 00:21:00,846 "Loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty above everything else, 199 00:21:01,764 --> 00:21:05,059 "because the calling comes from the highest source. 200 00:21:05,768 --> 00:21:07,102 "From god himself." 201 00:21:07,269 --> 00:21:08,604 Yes. 202 00:21:10,606 --> 00:21:12,191 Do you really believe that? 203 00:21:14,818 --> 00:21:19,323 Monarchy is god's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth. 204 00:21:19,782 --> 00:21:23,035 To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards, 205 00:21:23,118 --> 00:21:27,122 an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives. 206 00:21:28,332 --> 00:21:32,169 Monarchy is a calling from god. 207 00:21:33,128 --> 00:21:36,340 That is why you are crowned in an Abbey, not a government building. 208 00:21:36,423 --> 00:21:38,384 Why you are anointed, not appointed. 209 00:21:38,467 --> 00:21:41,345 It's an archbishop that puts the crown on your head, 210 00:21:41,428 --> 00:21:43,430 not a minister or public servant. 211 00:21:44,098 --> 00:21:50,020 Which means that you are answerable to god in your duty, not the public. 212 00:21:52,147 --> 00:21:54,900 I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that. 213 00:21:55,067 --> 00:21:59,071 He would argue that in any equitable modern society, 214 00:21:59,154 --> 00:22:02,449 that church and state should be separated. 215 00:22:03,284 --> 00:22:06,579 That if god has servants, they're priests, not kings. 216 00:22:08,205 --> 00:22:11,292 He would also say that he watched his own family destroyed, 217 00:22:11,375 --> 00:22:13,961 because they were seen by the people to embody indefensible 218 00:22:14,044 --> 00:22:16,255 and unreasonable ideas. 219 00:22:16,338 --> 00:22:20,259 Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenus, 220 00:22:20,342 --> 00:22:23,220 that goes back what? Ninety years? 221 00:22:24,305 --> 00:22:28,601 What would he know of Alfred the great, the rod of equity and mercy, 222 00:22:28,684 --> 00:22:30,227 Edward the confessor, 223 00:22:30,311 --> 00:22:32,896 William the conqueror or Henry viii? 224 00:22:32,980 --> 00:22:37,776 It's the church of england, dear, not the church of Denmark or Greece. 225 00:22:41,238 --> 00:22:42,740 Next question. 226 00:22:44,950 --> 00:22:46,827 It's chaos out there. 227 00:22:46,910 --> 00:22:49,788 Trains disrupted, air services canceled. 228 00:22:50,456 --> 00:22:55,461 At Richmond bridge this morning, visibility was officially measured at one yard. 229 00:22:55,544 --> 00:22:57,546 That's a record low, incidentally. 230 00:22:58,756 --> 00:23:03,844 Our trojan friend in downing street has been speaking to his friends at the met office. 231 00:23:03,927 --> 00:23:06,305 They say this is just the beginning. 232 00:23:06,388 --> 00:23:08,474 They expect it to get worse. 233 00:23:08,557 --> 00:23:11,810 I know you would have me call a vote of no confidence, 234 00:23:11,894 --> 00:23:15,397 and will doubtless call me over-cautious for not doing so. 235 00:23:16,148 --> 00:23:19,443 But the prime minister needs to be given a chance. 236 00:23:21,195 --> 00:23:23,238 Even if it's only to hang himself. 237 00:23:23,906 --> 00:23:25,991 Let's see how the old fool responds. 238 00:23:40,255 --> 00:23:42,466 There you go. There you go. 239 00:23:42,549 --> 00:23:44,635 Hey! Get out the way! 240 00:24:04,780 --> 00:24:05,823 Morning. 241 00:24:13,706 --> 00:24:16,041 I'm glad to see someone else made it in. 242 00:24:16,125 --> 00:24:18,377 No one saw this coming, did they? 243 00:24:27,636 --> 00:24:28,971 Prime minister? 244 00:24:30,472 --> 00:24:31,682 Sir? 245 00:24:50,784 --> 00:24:53,412 - You made it? Bravo! - I'm so sorry, sir. 246 00:24:53,495 --> 00:24:55,622 - I was just... - No, no. You did well to get here. 247 00:24:55,706 --> 00:24:59,168 I gather half the downing street staff didn't? 248 00:24:59,752 --> 00:25:01,336 It wasn't easy. 249 00:25:01,420 --> 00:25:03,620 Just crossing the road you take your life in your hands. 250 00:25:03,672 --> 00:25:06,091 Well, then don't. You are too important to all of us. 251 00:25:06,175 --> 00:25:07,342 Hardly. 252 00:25:08,051 --> 00:25:11,472 All I do is bring you things to sign. Then take them away again. 253 00:25:11,555 --> 00:25:16,143 And so the wheels keep turning, and the business gets done, 254 00:25:16,393 --> 00:25:18,353 and the country is governed. 255 00:25:20,814 --> 00:25:25,194 But what's my personal contribution? 256 00:25:27,029 --> 00:25:31,867 You improve the quality of life for all that deal with you. 257 00:25:33,118 --> 00:25:36,288 An ornament. A flower. 258 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:42,294 By comparison at my age, you were a published writer, 259 00:25:42,377 --> 00:25:45,589 and a cavalry officer, posted to India, 260 00:25:45,672 --> 00:25:48,425 fighting local tribesmen on the north west frontier. 261 00:25:48,509 --> 00:25:49,676 Who told you that? 262 00:25:50,052 --> 00:25:53,806 You asked me to engage in a relationship with a young man my own age. 263 00:25:54,556 --> 00:25:56,809 So, I have been reading your autobiography. 264 00:25:57,351 --> 00:26:00,521 That's not quite what I had in mind. 265 00:26:00,604 --> 00:26:05,484 "Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide. 266 00:26:06,318 --> 00:26:10,239 "The earth is yours and the fullness thereof. 267 00:26:11,824 --> 00:26:14,076 "Be kind, but be fierce. 268 00:26:15,244 --> 00:26:18,205 "You are needed now more than ever before. 269 00:26:19,748 --> 00:26:22,251 - "Take up the mantle of change..." - Stop. 270 00:26:22,376 --> 00:26:24,586 "For this is your time." 271 00:26:29,675 --> 00:26:31,927 You were 24. 272 00:26:34,096 --> 00:26:38,392 All energy and hope and passion and fire. 273 00:26:40,352 --> 00:26:41,937 It's remarkable. 274 00:26:46,149 --> 00:26:49,736 You found something you like in that young man? 275 00:26:51,905 --> 00:26:53,198 I did. 276 00:27:21,894 --> 00:27:23,353 Good morning. 277 00:27:24,187 --> 00:27:28,358 The time is 8:00 on the 7th of December, and here is the news. 278 00:27:29,234 --> 00:27:33,071 The serious fog that brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday 279 00:27:33,155 --> 00:27:37,075 continues this morning, with emergency services struggling to cope 280 00:27:37,159 --> 00:27:39,995 and widespread disruption reported across the nation. 281 00:27:41,663 --> 00:27:45,459 Flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital. 282 00:27:45,542 --> 00:27:47,920 Trains are stopped or running hours behind schedule 283 00:27:48,003 --> 00:27:50,088 from major London railway stations. 284 00:27:52,841 --> 00:27:56,845 The prime minister is facing criticism for failure to deal with the mounting crisis. 285 00:27:58,597 --> 00:28:02,309 London airport is closed again today, with all flights grounded. 286 00:28:02,517 --> 00:28:04,102 - Piss. - The unmoving fog, 287 00:28:04,478 --> 00:28:08,398 which has spread to over 30 miles wide, is likely to cause complete darkness 288 00:28:08,482 --> 00:28:10,192 by 2:00 this afternoon. 289 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:26,291 Are you all right? 290 00:28:28,585 --> 00:28:29,962 You're not. 291 00:28:31,546 --> 00:28:36,051 - Come on, let's get you up. - No, no. I'm fine. I promise. 292 00:28:38,845 --> 00:28:40,931 It's just 'cause the window was open. 293 00:28:41,264 --> 00:28:44,226 Now, go to work. You've got a job to do. 294 00:28:53,235 --> 00:28:56,989 Let us start with the unrest in Egypt, 295 00:28:57,322 --> 00:29:00,450 where anti-colonial passions continue to run high, 296 00:29:00,575 --> 00:29:05,664 and where our soldiers continue to come under fire from nationalist insurgents. 297 00:29:05,747 --> 00:29:11,837 It is vital that we remain and successfully defend the Suez canal. 298 00:29:12,212 --> 00:29:16,508 A point that I will be making in person to the commonwealth heads, 299 00:29:16,591 --> 00:29:20,429 when I host them for the weekend at chequers. 300 00:29:20,804 --> 00:29:22,556 Weather permitting. 301 00:29:23,265 --> 00:29:24,266 Indeed. 302 00:29:24,599 --> 00:29:26,893 What is the latest information that you have? 303 00:29:27,686 --> 00:29:28,937 About the weather? 304 00:29:29,938 --> 00:29:32,983 It's fog, ma'am. It will lift eventually. 305 00:29:33,775 --> 00:29:36,236 I was hoping for something more scientific. 306 00:29:37,738 --> 00:29:40,699 Then I will ensure that a barometric report 307 00:29:40,782 --> 00:29:43,201 is included in your box tomorrow, 308 00:29:43,285 --> 00:29:47,456 complete with isobars and isohumes. 309 00:29:48,749 --> 00:29:51,334 It has been an unusually cold winter, 310 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:55,672 and there are only so many things that I, as prime minister, 311 00:29:55,756 --> 00:30:00,135 am prepared to inflict on your subjects as a reward for winning a world war 312 00:30:00,218 --> 00:30:03,972 and prevailing over fascism, evil and tyranny. 313 00:30:04,723 --> 00:30:07,726 Letting them freeze is not one of them. 314 00:30:08,310 --> 00:30:11,354 - You do not seem unduly concerned. - I'm not. 315 00:30:11,438 --> 00:30:14,983 You do know that my late father wrote, many years ago, 316 00:30:15,901 --> 00:30:17,903 to your predecessors, 317 00:30:17,986 --> 00:30:20,739 to express his deep concern about the inner city power stations 318 00:30:20,822 --> 00:30:22,282 that your party was building. 319 00:30:25,660 --> 00:30:26,870 Indeed. 320 00:30:28,121 --> 00:30:32,918 And I was sympathetic with your father's concerns at the time. 321 00:30:33,835 --> 00:30:38,423 I also have sympathy with the leader articles in the newspapers today, 322 00:30:38,507 --> 00:30:40,175 baying for blood. 323 00:30:40,258 --> 00:30:42,302 Wanting my head. 324 00:30:43,178 --> 00:30:46,556 People have to be angry at someone. 325 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:51,812 But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything. 326 00:30:51,895 --> 00:30:55,148 We need the power stations, we need the coal. 327 00:30:55,232 --> 00:30:58,276 The people need to burn coal to warm their homes. 328 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,113 It is weather. It will pass. 329 00:31:01,905 --> 00:31:03,782 Well, I do hope so. 330 00:31:03,865 --> 00:31:06,785 Not least because my husband's mood is intolerable. 331 00:31:09,371 --> 00:31:11,665 Well, being caged in like this. 332 00:31:11,832 --> 00:31:13,166 He can't fly. 333 00:31:14,709 --> 00:31:15,877 Fly where? 334 00:31:16,878 --> 00:31:20,048 Well, nowhere. He's learning to fly. 335 00:31:21,716 --> 00:31:23,176 Whatever for? 336 00:31:23,885 --> 00:31:27,597 Have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go? 337 00:31:27,681 --> 00:31:29,933 No, he wants to fly himself. 338 00:31:30,350 --> 00:31:32,978 It's a boyhood dream. It's what he's always wanted. 339 00:31:33,103 --> 00:31:34,980 Why was government not consulted? 340 00:31:35,063 --> 00:31:38,400 Because it's a private matter. And I am in favor. 341 00:31:38,525 --> 00:31:42,112 Nothing you or his royal highness do is a private matter. 342 00:31:42,737 --> 00:31:47,033 And the father of the future king of england risking his life needlessly is 343 00:31:47,576 --> 00:31:49,661 - quite unacceptable! - Please. 344 00:31:49,911 --> 00:31:53,415 Do not curtail my husband's personal freedoms any further. 345 00:31:54,124 --> 00:31:57,502 You've taken away his home. You've taken away his name. 346 00:31:57,586 --> 00:32:00,505 There comes a time where one must draw a line in the sand. 347 00:32:00,589 --> 00:32:05,010 And the job of drawing that line falls to cabinet, ma'am, not to you. 348 00:32:05,093 --> 00:32:08,180 Something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you 349 00:32:08,263 --> 00:32:11,600 had he been granted more time to complete your education. 350 00:32:13,685 --> 00:32:15,103 And now our time is up. 351 00:32:20,108 --> 00:32:21,401 Until next week. 352 00:32:27,574 --> 00:32:28,575 Sir. 353 00:32:33,121 --> 00:32:35,123 Meteorological report. 354 00:32:38,084 --> 00:32:42,631 Good morning. The time is 8:00 on the 8th of December and here is the news. 355 00:32:42,881 --> 00:32:47,135 The choking, eye-watering fog which has already caused two days of chaos 356 00:32:47,302 --> 00:32:50,055 across the capital has worsened overnight. 357 00:32:50,138 --> 00:32:53,600 The great coal-burning electricity stations in battersea and Fulham 358 00:32:53,683 --> 00:32:55,101 have attempted to reduce emissions 359 00:32:55,185 --> 00:32:57,938 of poisonous sulfur dioxide from their chimneys. 360 00:32:58,021 --> 00:33:00,065 But we've been told that it is unlikely 361 00:33:00,190 --> 00:33:03,443 they'll be able to make any significant change to the air quality. 362 00:33:04,486 --> 00:33:07,656 The government is expected to make a statement later today. 363 00:33:17,457 --> 00:33:21,044 - Come on, let's get you to hospital. - I'm fine. 364 00:33:21,127 --> 00:33:24,381 You're not. Come on. Let's get you up. 365 00:33:25,548 --> 00:33:26,716 Shoes. 366 00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:37,519 Off we go. Arm in. 367 00:33:39,187 --> 00:33:40,689 And the other. 368 00:33:53,368 --> 00:33:54,953 I can't breathe. 369 00:33:55,537 --> 00:33:57,580 Do as I say and hold on to me. 370 00:34:07,507 --> 00:34:08,508 Come along. 371 00:34:25,775 --> 00:34:27,277 Quick, hold my hand. 372 00:34:33,033 --> 00:34:34,284 Make way. 373 00:34:39,372 --> 00:34:40,707 Make way. 374 00:34:41,666 --> 00:34:43,001 You all right, lady? 375 00:34:51,593 --> 00:34:54,387 Control of this story is getting away from us. 376 00:34:55,263 --> 00:34:57,682 The opposition's blood is up. 377 00:34:57,766 --> 00:35:00,685 - We have to respond. - Respond how? 378 00:35:00,769 --> 00:35:03,521 I would suggest by commissioning a public inquiry. 379 00:35:04,230 --> 00:35:06,066 An inquiry would be expensive. 380 00:35:09,277 --> 00:35:11,029 Winston, people are angry. 381 00:35:12,072 --> 00:35:13,490 They see us as the culprits. 382 00:35:13,573 --> 00:35:17,202 Culpable for what? It's fog. Fog is fog. 383 00:35:17,327 --> 00:35:19,954 It comes and it goes away. 384 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,917 Well, I'm glad that the prime minister finds time for levity. 385 00:35:24,793 --> 00:35:28,963 Perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has now become. 386 00:35:29,047 --> 00:35:33,051 This morning, a suburban train collided with a gang of railway workmen, 387 00:35:33,134 --> 00:35:36,096 killing several and injuring a great many more. 388 00:35:36,763 --> 00:35:40,725 In parts of the capital, there is now a total breakdown in law and order. 389 00:35:40,809 --> 00:35:42,018 Hospitals are filling up, 390 00:35:42,102 --> 00:35:46,231 as our citizens are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide. 391 00:35:54,572 --> 00:35:57,117 Sometimes we have sunshine. 392 00:35:58,660 --> 00:36:01,162 Too much sunshine and they call it a drought. 393 00:36:01,746 --> 00:36:03,623 Then we have rain. 394 00:36:03,706 --> 00:36:08,503 Too much rain, and they call it a deluge and find a way to blame us for that, too. 395 00:36:08,586 --> 00:36:11,965 It's an act of god, bobbety. It's weather. 396 00:36:12,799 --> 00:36:16,344 And for better or for worse, we get a great deal of it on this island. 397 00:36:16,428 --> 00:36:19,848 Frankly, there are more pressing matters to deal with. 398 00:36:19,973 --> 00:36:21,015 Like what? 399 00:36:21,808 --> 00:36:23,560 The Duke of Edinburgh. 400 00:36:38,867 --> 00:36:42,287 - Telephone, sir. The Marquis of Salisbury. - Not now. 401 00:36:42,370 --> 00:36:46,040 He asked me to stress the importance of the matter. 402 00:36:50,753 --> 00:36:54,007 - Bobbety. - Thanks for taking my call, Dickie. 403 00:36:55,008 --> 00:36:57,177 - Are you alone? - Yes. 404 00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,096 Can anyone overhear what you're saying? 405 00:37:03,516 --> 00:37:05,602 - No. - Good. 406 00:37:09,397 --> 00:37:11,483 - It's chaos. - I know. 407 00:37:11,566 --> 00:37:13,776 Every ward is full. Every corridor, too. 408 00:37:13,860 --> 00:37:17,447 Most of the doctors are sick now, and those that are we” can't get in. 409 00:37:17,572 --> 00:37:19,324 It was better than this in the war. 410 00:37:19,407 --> 00:37:22,076 What do you need? More equipment? Or masks? 411 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,120 Masks are bloody useless. They're just for show, 412 00:37:24,204 --> 00:37:26,223 to make it look like the government is doing something. 413 00:37:26,247 --> 00:37:30,084 - Then what is needed? - Money. People. Trained staff. 414 00:37:30,210 --> 00:37:32,378 Help is what is needed. Urgently. 415 00:37:33,755 --> 00:37:35,256 Let her rest for now. 416 00:37:38,259 --> 00:37:41,471 Maybe I can put a word in with the people who make a difference. 417 00:37:42,305 --> 00:37:45,391 - Such as? - The prime minister, for example. 418 00:37:45,934 --> 00:37:49,312 I see. You're just going to walk into downing street and whisper in his ear. 419 00:37:49,395 --> 00:37:51,397 Yes, something like that. 420 00:37:51,481 --> 00:37:55,401 You know, my day is bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes. 421 00:37:55,485 --> 00:37:58,613 Now, excuse me. Nurse? Nurse. 422 00:38:00,073 --> 00:38:01,282 I'll show you. 423 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:03,409 Get out of the way. 424 00:38:12,001 --> 00:38:13,795 - Jim, where are you? - Over here. 425 00:38:32,605 --> 00:38:34,524 Someone phone for an ambulance. 426 00:38:38,403 --> 00:38:40,446 How much longer are you going to give the old man? 427 00:38:40,530 --> 00:38:42,240 Their majority is tiny. 428 00:38:42,323 --> 00:38:45,076 A vote of no confidence and he'll be toppled. 429 00:38:46,661 --> 00:38:48,329 You know what he calls you? 430 00:38:49,163 --> 00:38:52,208 Yes, I know. A sheep in sheep's clothing. 431 00:38:55,336 --> 00:38:57,839 Perhaps it's time to prove you're not. 432 00:39:03,845 --> 00:39:05,263 Very well. 433 00:39:05,346 --> 00:39:08,474 Let's put a motion down on paper and brief the whips. 434 00:39:19,444 --> 00:39:20,570 Afternoon. 435 00:39:20,737 --> 00:39:21,863 Thank you, sir. 436 00:39:37,295 --> 00:39:40,423 - Anything interesting? - Yes. 437 00:39:42,342 --> 00:39:44,802 - Care to share it? - No. 438 00:39:46,596 --> 00:39:49,807 Well, I'd be happy to share inde ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with you. 439 00:39:49,891 --> 00:39:52,393 As part of a quid pro quo arrangement. 440 00:39:52,477 --> 00:39:56,397 One inde ratio in return for some cabinet minutes, for example. 441 00:39:59,817 --> 00:40:01,819 A dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling. 442 00:40:01,903 --> 00:40:04,322 These are very interesting concepts, Elizabeth. 443 00:40:04,405 --> 00:40:08,076 You might learn something, in exchange for a foreign office briefing? 444 00:40:09,410 --> 00:40:11,829 Am I going to have to explain my position again? 445 00:40:11,913 --> 00:40:13,790 - No. - Good. 446 00:40:17,377 --> 00:40:18,961 "Once you have tasted flight, 447 00:40:19,170 --> 00:40:21,650 "you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, 448 00:40:21,798 --> 00:40:25,593 "for there you have been and there you will always long to return." 449 00:40:28,137 --> 00:40:30,348 You know what's remarkable about those words? 450 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:33,768 Go on. 451 00:40:33,851 --> 00:40:36,396 They were written 300 years before man first got in a plane. 452 00:40:37,605 --> 00:40:39,273 Leonardo da Vinci. 453 00:40:41,943 --> 00:40:43,611 Look, Philip, I know... 454 00:40:47,407 --> 00:40:48,783 Lord mountbatten, your majesty. 455 00:40:49,283 --> 00:40:52,245 - Uncle Dickie. What's he doing here? - I know as much as you do. 456 00:40:52,328 --> 00:40:54,539 - He said it was important, ma'am. - Thank you. 457 00:41:00,336 --> 00:41:01,671 Elizabeth. 458 00:41:05,675 --> 00:41:07,969 - Hello. - I came as soon as I could. 459 00:41:13,808 --> 00:41:16,811 Is this a meeting with Elizabeth, your niece, my wife? 460 00:41:17,854 --> 00:41:20,314 - Or the queen? - The latter, I'm afraid. 461 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,275 Right, then I know my place. 462 00:41:31,659 --> 00:41:33,161 What's the matter with him? 463 00:41:34,078 --> 00:41:35,371 Nothing. 464 00:41:36,789 --> 00:41:40,293 He's just feeling a little grounded. Ignore it. 465 00:41:41,169 --> 00:41:42,920 Right, all ears. 466 00:41:43,254 --> 00:41:48,426 I received a telephone call today from bobbety Salisbury. 467 00:41:49,510 --> 00:41:51,387 It seems that even among his own people, 468 00:41:51,471 --> 00:41:56,184 the feeling is that our prime minister is not able to deal with a national crisis. 469 00:41:57,602 --> 00:42:01,355 Indeed, he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis. 470 00:42:02,732 --> 00:42:05,359 Hospitals are overflowing. People dying. 471 00:42:05,443 --> 00:42:06,778 As sovereign, 472 00:42:06,861 --> 00:42:08,488 you have the right to demand 473 00:42:08,571 --> 00:42:12,575 that a government in your name shows effective leadership. 474 00:42:13,868 --> 00:42:18,247 The opposition are now calling for a motion of no confidence. 475 00:42:18,748 --> 00:42:22,960 So, I would say the time has come 476 00:42:23,044 --> 00:42:27,507 for you to summon Churchill and... 477 00:42:29,425 --> 00:42:30,551 And what? 478 00:42:32,553 --> 00:42:34,388 Insist that he go. 479 00:42:37,391 --> 00:42:39,018 - I can't do that. - You can. 480 00:42:39,811 --> 00:42:41,020 And should. 481 00:42:41,854 --> 00:42:44,690 But wouldn't that violate the constitution? 482 00:42:45,733 --> 00:42:47,693 As queen, 483 00:42:50,655 --> 00:42:53,741 you have the right to be consulted, 484 00:42:54,951 --> 00:42:58,454 the right to encourage, the right to warn. 485 00:42:59,455 --> 00:43:04,335 Also, to appoint a new prime minister in the event of incapacity 486 00:43:04,418 --> 00:43:10,216 and many would say that Churchill's behavior now constitutes incapacity. 487 00:43:11,092 --> 00:43:14,428 - Then a revolution must come from within. - They are trying. 488 00:43:15,263 --> 00:43:17,640 - Well, then they must try harder. - They will. 489 00:43:18,307 --> 00:43:21,769 But would prefer it to be bloodless. 490 00:43:22,562 --> 00:43:26,065 So, I've asked for your help and influence. 491 00:43:29,110 --> 00:43:31,863 I cannot do it. I will not do it. 492 00:43:31,946 --> 00:43:34,532 Let's not forget it was Churchill 493 00:43:34,991 --> 00:43:36,284 who denied Philip's children 494 00:43:36,367 --> 00:43:38,035 - his own surname... - Dickie. 495 00:43:38,119 --> 00:43:40,413 And insisted that you live in Buckingham Palace. 496 00:43:40,496 --> 00:43:44,041 - As, alas, did everyone else. - And now with looters on the street, 497 00:43:44,125 --> 00:43:48,963 and hospital corridors stacked with the dead, he is interested in only one thing. 498 00:43:50,423 --> 00:43:53,009 Stopping Philip flying. 499 00:43:56,053 --> 00:43:58,389 - What? - At a crisis cabinet meeting this morning, 500 00:43:58,472 --> 00:44:00,284 when there should've only been one thing on the agenda, 501 00:44:00,308 --> 00:44:03,311 the unfolding national emergency, 502 00:44:04,312 --> 00:44:07,315 all our prime minister wanted to discuss 503 00:44:08,316 --> 00:44:10,610 was your husband's new hobby. 504 00:44:14,989 --> 00:44:18,993 - I'm so sorry, sir. - Who are her parents? 505 00:44:19,076 --> 00:44:21,078 Her father is a clergyman. From Suffolk. 506 00:44:21,162 --> 00:44:23,789 - They've been notified. - I want to go to the hospital. 507 00:44:23,873 --> 00:44:26,876 There is an emergency meeting at the house. A meeting you must attend. 508 00:44:27,001 --> 00:44:28,628 The house can wait. 509 00:44:39,347 --> 00:44:41,515 - You wished to see me, your majesty? - Yes, Tommy. 510 00:44:45,436 --> 00:44:48,439 I know how much my father depended on you. 511 00:44:49,732 --> 00:44:51,651 And how closely you worked together. 512 00:44:52,902 --> 00:44:55,863 Which is why I wanted to ask your advice now. 513 00:44:56,906 --> 00:44:59,033 It seems our prime minister, 514 00:44:59,116 --> 00:45:01,702 a man who's led the country through many crises, 515 00:45:03,037 --> 00:45:04,872 is no longer leading us at all. 516 00:45:06,374 --> 00:45:08,709 Representations have been made to me, 517 00:45:09,794 --> 00:45:12,380 through an intermediary from the heart of the government, 518 00:45:13,839 --> 00:45:17,593 to intercede and bid him stand down. 519 00:45:18,177 --> 00:45:19,887 Make way for a younger man. 520 00:45:21,722 --> 00:45:24,517 Which brings me to my question. 521 00:45:26,936 --> 00:45:30,606 What are my responsibilities, as head of state? 522 00:45:33,484 --> 00:45:34,735 What should I do? 523 00:45:35,736 --> 00:45:38,739 When it's in the national interest, how far dare I go? 524 00:45:42,743 --> 00:45:45,246 I'm not sure if her majesty is aware, 525 00:45:45,955 --> 00:45:47,915 but shortly before your father died, 526 00:45:47,999 --> 00:45:51,377 the foreign secretary, Mr. Eden, came, 527 00:45:51,919 --> 00:45:54,588 begging his late majesty to intervene, 528 00:45:54,672 --> 00:45:58,467 if not on an official level, then on a personal one. 529 00:45:58,926 --> 00:46:00,094 As a friend, 530 00:46:00,636 --> 00:46:02,430 to bid the prime minister to resign. 531 00:46:03,931 --> 00:46:06,600 - What did my father say? - Well... 532 00:46:07,184 --> 00:46:11,856 His majesty was, like his father before him, a stickler for convention and tradition, 533 00:46:12,273 --> 00:46:15,943 and would never have done anything that violated the constitution, 534 00:46:16,027 --> 00:46:17,653 or overstepped the Mark. 535 00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:21,532 Then I have my answer. 536 00:46:21,657 --> 00:46:25,703 But that was his majesty, not your majesty. 537 00:46:26,662 --> 00:46:30,207 And I do read the newspapers and I do listen to the wireless. 538 00:46:30,291 --> 00:46:33,669 And the situation we're in today is quite different 539 00:46:33,753 --> 00:46:36,756 than the one we were in when Mr. Eden came to see your father. 540 00:46:39,050 --> 00:46:42,470 Different situation, different sovereign. 541 00:46:54,315 --> 00:46:55,983 Wait for me here. 542 00:47:56,377 --> 00:47:57,503 Sir. 543 00:48:00,381 --> 00:48:01,882 Just a child. 544 00:48:04,552 --> 00:48:06,220 A beautiful child. 545 00:48:08,722 --> 00:48:11,142 I just received word from Buckingham Palace. 546 00:48:12,268 --> 00:48:15,062 - The queen has requested an audience. - When? 547 00:48:16,063 --> 00:48:17,898 At your earliest convenience. 548 00:48:22,361 --> 00:48:28,242 "All energy and hope and passion and fire." 549 00:48:32,079 --> 00:48:33,205 Sir? 550 00:48:44,592 --> 00:48:47,261 - Do the newspapers know I'm here? - No. 551 00:48:50,139 --> 00:48:53,225 - But it could easily be arranged. - Then do it. 552 00:48:54,935 --> 00:48:57,855 And tell the queen I'll be there first thing in the morning. 553 00:49:00,399 --> 00:49:02,026 After the papers. 554 00:49:34,308 --> 00:49:35,684 Good god. 555 00:49:39,939 --> 00:49:41,106 Dear god. 556 00:49:52,993 --> 00:49:56,497 Just come on in, the prime minister will be here in a few moments. 557 00:50:11,845 --> 00:50:14,515 - They're ready for you, sir. - Yes, yes. One moment. 558 00:50:23,774 --> 00:50:25,609 Quiet. Please. Settle down. 559 00:50:27,069 --> 00:50:28,946 Mr. Churchill? 560 00:50:29,029 --> 00:50:32,324 I have witnessed scenes here today, 561 00:50:32,741 --> 00:50:38,080 the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest days of the blitz. 562 00:50:39,873 --> 00:50:44,086 But alongside the suffering, I have also seen heroism. 563 00:50:45,296 --> 00:50:49,383 And where there is heroism, there will always be hope. 564 00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:54,555 Only god can lift the fog, 565 00:50:55,389 --> 00:50:58,392 but I, as prime minister, 566 00:50:58,976 --> 00:51:03,022 am in position to ease the suffering. 567 00:51:03,105 --> 00:51:07,067 To that end, lpledge to make available with immediate effect, 568 00:51:07,776 --> 00:51:09,987 more money for hospital staff, 569 00:51:10,821 --> 00:51:12,865 more money for equipment, 570 00:51:13,532 --> 00:51:19,413 and a full and independent public inquiry into the causes of air pollution 571 00:51:20,914 --> 00:51:24,084 to ensure that such a calamity 572 00:51:24,877 --> 00:51:28,297 may never befall us again. 573 00:51:30,424 --> 00:51:31,884 Thank you, all. 574 00:51:37,639 --> 00:51:40,017 "The prime minister was alone among senior politicians 575 00:51:40,100 --> 00:51:43,354 "to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person, 576 00:51:44,146 --> 00:51:46,774 "and was rewarded by cheers and applause, 577 00:51:46,857 --> 00:51:50,652 "by those suffering through the worst smog this city has ever witnessed." 578 00:51:51,362 --> 00:51:55,157 The headline reads, "true leader in a crisis." 579 00:52:00,537 --> 00:52:02,206 Ma'am, the prime minister's here. 580 00:52:05,292 --> 00:52:07,252 "The parallels between his appearance yesterday 581 00:52:07,336 --> 00:52:09,713 "and the wartime years was striking. 582 00:52:10,255 --> 00:52:14,468 "And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed." 583 00:52:17,554 --> 00:52:18,722 Hello? 584 00:52:19,765 --> 00:52:23,811 Clem, you still there? Hello? Clem? 585 00:52:26,522 --> 00:52:29,858 Clem, can you hear me? No, right... 586 00:53:34,047 --> 00:53:36,133 The prime minister, your majesty. 587 00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:46,059 Your majesty. 588 00:53:49,021 --> 00:53:51,106 You asked to see me, ma'am? 589 00:53:52,065 --> 00:53:53,567 I did. 590 00:54:03,410 --> 00:54:07,873 There is a delicate matter which I felt I needed to discuss with you. 591 00:54:08,457 --> 00:54:09,708 In person. 592 00:54:10,417 --> 00:54:11,919 Concerning what? 593 00:54:14,713 --> 00:54:16,340 Your position. 594 00:54:18,926 --> 00:54:20,302 My position? 595 00:54:21,261 --> 00:54:22,721 Yes. Your position 596 00:54:26,725 --> 00:54:28,185 as prime minister. 597 00:54:33,357 --> 00:54:34,691 Go on. 598 00:54:38,612 --> 00:54:40,781 At that point she hesitated. 599 00:54:42,282 --> 00:54:48,205 And then she asked me to pick either khawaja nazimuddin of Pakistan 600 00:54:48,413 --> 00:54:50,541 or Sidney Holland of New Zealand. 601 00:54:50,624 --> 00:54:53,961 - Whatever for? - To sit next to at dinner! 602 00:54:56,338 --> 00:54:57,881 She summoned you for that? 603 00:54:57,965 --> 00:54:59,758 No, I think she summoned me 604 00:54:59,841 --> 00:55:03,220 to haul me over the coals for my handling of the fog. 605 00:55:03,303 --> 00:55:05,556 But then the fog lifted, 606 00:55:05,639 --> 00:55:08,934 and she had to make a decision right then and there, in the room. 607 00:55:09,017 --> 00:55:12,604 You could see the wheels turning behind her eyes. 608 00:55:13,063 --> 00:55:17,818 And then she switched her tack without so much as a flicker. Clever. 609 00:55:19,319 --> 00:55:21,613 - No, no, not clever. Ingenious. - Why? 610 00:55:21,697 --> 00:55:25,826 Because it disarmed me and made me switch tack, too. 611 00:55:26,493 --> 00:55:27,578 What about? 612 00:55:27,661 --> 00:55:29,746 About allowing Philip to learn to fly. 613 00:55:30,622 --> 00:55:31,748 He can now. 614 00:55:32,249 --> 00:55:33,333 Good. 615 00:55:35,043 --> 00:55:38,505 But he still has to ask cabinet permission to do rolls and spins. 616 00:55:49,141 --> 00:55:50,726 What, dear girl? 617 00:55:53,979 --> 00:55:55,856 But what if the fog hadn't lifted? 618 00:55:58,317 --> 00:56:00,527 And the government had continued to flounder? 619 00:56:01,528 --> 00:56:03,864 And people had continued to die? 620 00:56:05,115 --> 00:56:07,242 And Churchill had continued to cling to power 621 00:56:07,326 --> 00:56:09,661 and the country had continued to suffer? 622 00:56:11,246 --> 00:56:15,459 It doesn't feel right, as head of state, to do nothing. 623 00:56:16,084 --> 00:56:19,504 - It is exactly right. - Is it? 624 00:56:19,921 --> 00:56:22,841 But surely, doing nothing is no job at all. 625 00:56:23,216 --> 00:56:26,136 To do nothing is the hardestjob of all. 626 00:56:26,219 --> 00:56:29,097 And it will take every ounce of energy that you have. 627 00:56:30,390 --> 00:56:33,352 To be impartial is not natural, not human. 628 00:56:34,061 --> 00:56:37,981 People will always want you to smile or agree or frown. 629 00:56:38,065 --> 00:56:42,361 And the minute you do, you will have declared a position, a point of view. 630 00:56:42,444 --> 00:56:47,240 And that is the one thing as sovereign that you are not entitled to do. 631 00:56:48,575 --> 00:56:53,372 The less you do, the less you say or agree or smile... 632 00:56:53,455 --> 00:56:56,833 Or think? Or feel? Or breathe? Or exist? 633 00:56:56,917 --> 00:56:58,418 The better. 634 00:57:01,963 --> 00:57:04,091 Well, that's fine for the sovereign. 635 00:57:06,385 --> 00:57:08,095 But where does that leave me? 636 00:57:22,401 --> 00:57:23,402 So, go on. 637 00:57:23,860 --> 00:57:25,737 How long would it take me to get my wings? 638 00:57:25,821 --> 00:57:29,282 Well, normally, a trainee would spend anything between 100 and 120 hours 639 00:57:29,366 --> 00:57:30,867 in one of these things. 640 00:57:30,951 --> 00:57:32,671 Do you think I could do it in three months? 641 00:57:33,078 --> 00:57:34,621 That would be unusual, sir. 642 00:57:35,539 --> 00:57:37,541 I'm a fast learner, 643 00:57:37,624 --> 00:57:40,293 and believe me when I say I've got nothing else to do. 644 00:57:55,976 --> 00:57:57,894 I couldn't help notice you filled her right up. 645 00:57:57,978 --> 00:58:01,231 - Starboard and port. Eighteen gallons? - Yes. 646 00:58:01,314 --> 00:58:03,692 - Fancy lunch in Edinburgh? - Edinburgh? 647 00:58:03,817 --> 00:58:07,529 They made me Duke there, so I should probably show up from time to time. 648 00:58:07,612 --> 00:58:09,573 Unless you have more pressing engagements? 649 00:58:09,656 --> 00:58:11,491 - No, sir. - All right. 650 00:58:11,992 --> 00:58:15,412 All right, I'll adjust rpms and cruising speed for range flying. 651 00:58:15,495 --> 00:58:18,874 We'll have to land to refuel, sir. Raf finningley. 652 00:58:18,957 --> 00:58:20,667 - Really? Where's that? - Doncaster.