1 00:00:08,637 --> 00:00:10,973 Queen's critic is at it again! 2 00:00:11,306 --> 00:00:12,766 -Peer attacks the queen -thank you. 3 00:00:14,017 --> 00:00:15,686 Queen's critic! 4 00:00:16,853 --> 00:00:19,356 Queen's critic is at it again! 5 00:00:19,564 --> 00:00:21,000 - Good morning, Jack. - Good morning, sir. 6 00:00:21,024 --> 00:00:22,693 - What am I doing? - I'll take one of each 7 00:00:22,776 --> 00:00:24,087 - this morning, please. - One of each. 8 00:00:24,111 --> 00:00:27,197 - And the Sunday as well. - A bit of light reading, eh? 9 00:00:27,698 --> 00:00:28,949 That's right. 10 00:00:29,950 --> 00:00:34,288 Queen's critic is at it again! Peer attacks the queen! 11 00:00:50,721 --> 00:00:52,764 No, I shan't have anything. 12 00:00:53,807 --> 00:00:54,933 Sorry, dear. 13 00:01:22,461 --> 00:01:24,755 - I think he's right. - Do you? 14 00:01:25,088 --> 00:01:27,966 Yeah. Now I think about it, she is a bit priggish. 15 00:01:55,202 --> 00:01:56,745 Here he comes, here he comes. 16 00:01:57,537 --> 00:01:58,705 There he is. 17 00:01:58,955 --> 00:02:01,583 - Don't... please, gentlemen. - That's it. Don't push, please. 18 00:02:01,833 --> 00:02:04,211 - Lord altrincham? - Yes. 19 00:02:07,964 --> 00:02:09,299 You traitor! 20 00:02:45,710 --> 00:02:46,795 Really? 21 00:02:49,256 --> 00:02:50,298 Really? 22 00:02:53,718 --> 00:02:54,845 Really? 23 00:02:56,138 --> 00:03:01,017 Well, I shall certainly let her majesty know. Thank you. 24 00:03:05,105 --> 00:03:06,898 Time and tide, Mr. Conservator. 25 00:03:07,274 --> 00:03:09,693 Wait for no man, private secretary. 26 00:03:09,776 --> 00:03:12,654 - Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon, sir. 27 00:03:24,749 --> 00:03:26,168 What is it now? 28 00:03:27,627 --> 00:03:30,797 Lord altrincham has been struck. 29 00:03:33,633 --> 00:03:34,759 Dumb, I hope. 30 00:03:35,343 --> 00:03:36,761 Better than that, ma'am. 31 00:03:37,471 --> 00:03:38,638 In the face. 32 00:03:39,514 --> 00:03:41,308 Quite forcefully, I'm told. 33 00:03:43,351 --> 00:03:46,730 By whom? Which gallant and chivalrous individual? 34 00:03:46,813 --> 00:03:49,774 Afraid we don't have those details yet, ma'am. 35 00:03:50,525 --> 00:03:54,279 The incident occurred outside the television studios, 36 00:03:54,696 --> 00:03:58,867 and the perpetrator is now on his way to the bow street police station, 37 00:03:59,284 --> 00:04:02,496 where we expect him to be released without charge. 38 00:04:03,580 --> 00:04:05,081 How very gratifying. 39 00:04:05,874 --> 00:04:08,210 Yes. Very. 40 00:04:08,293 --> 00:04:10,003 Which television studios? 41 00:04:10,462 --> 00:04:13,423 The independent television network studios, ma'am, 42 00:04:13,507 --> 00:04:17,093 where altrincham had just recorded an interview. 43 00:04:17,886 --> 00:04:19,221 For what? 44 00:04:19,638 --> 00:04:23,517 A program appropriately called impact. 45 00:04:23,683 --> 00:04:24,726 When will it air? 46 00:04:25,685 --> 00:04:28,688 Tonight, ma'am. 9:00. 47 00:04:47,499 --> 00:04:50,835 Tell the people. Tell them on television. 48 00:04:50,961 --> 00:04:55,799 Questions in the public mind, answered by people in the public eye. 49 00:04:56,341 --> 00:04:59,761 This is impact, the program that examines 50 00:04:59,844 --> 00:05:02,389 the most important matters of the moment 51 00:05:02,514 --> 00:05:05,642 - and brings the debate to you at home. - Sorry I'm late. 52 00:05:05,725 --> 00:05:07,602 Robin day puts the questions. 53 00:05:07,686 --> 00:05:08,979 It's just starting. 54 00:05:10,272 --> 00:05:11,690 Tonight, we have a man who, 55 00:05:11,773 --> 00:05:13,775 because of press activity in recent days, 56 00:05:13,858 --> 00:05:17,028 probably needs no introduction, lord altrincham. 57 00:05:17,112 --> 00:05:18,488 In the space of just a few days, 58 00:05:18,572 --> 00:05:21,449 his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the queen, 59 00:05:21,533 --> 00:05:24,244 in a periodical of which he is also publisher, 60 00:05:24,327 --> 00:05:26,496 have become the most pressing issue of the day 61 00:05:26,580 --> 00:05:29,499 and caused something of a constitutional crisis. 62 00:05:29,583 --> 00:05:34,004 So, I'd like to begin by asking lord altrincham a simple question. 63 00:05:34,254 --> 00:05:36,089 She's our head of state, 64 00:05:36,172 --> 00:05:38,883 loved, respected and admired throughout the world, 65 00:05:38,967 --> 00:05:41,970 so why did do you hate her so very much? 66 00:07:03,385 --> 00:07:06,388 National and English review, two shillings! 67 00:07:06,471 --> 00:07:08,765 Your national and English review! 68 00:07:08,848 --> 00:07:10,392 - Morning, Fred! - Good morning, sir. 69 00:07:11,226 --> 00:07:14,020 National and English review, two shillings! 70 00:07:14,396 --> 00:07:15,772 Far too long. 71 00:07:15,897 --> 00:07:18,733 People are beginning to notice, and that is why the... 72 00:07:22,570 --> 00:07:24,906 And that is why the ending of doctrinal tests 73 00:07:24,989 --> 00:07:28,410 and the introduction of women priests is the only viable solution 74 00:07:28,493 --> 00:07:30,036 for saving the church of england, 75 00:07:30,578 --> 00:07:31,955 an institution that is becoming 76 00:07:32,038 --> 00:07:35,417 increasingly outdated and irrelevant hour by hour. 77 00:07:36,167 --> 00:07:37,836 Who's got a thousand words for me on that? 78 00:07:37,919 --> 00:07:41,297 - Hello, Patricia. - Would anyone like some toffee? 79 00:07:42,090 --> 00:07:44,092 Bring it over here, Patricia, darling. 80 00:07:49,764 --> 00:07:53,101 - Divine. - Much like Patricia herself. 81 00:07:53,643 --> 00:07:55,645 Come, come, my dear. Be seated. 82 00:07:58,189 --> 00:07:59,190 Right. 83 00:07:59,941 --> 00:08:03,445 If no one's keen on the church story, I can knock something up. 84 00:08:03,695 --> 00:08:06,406 Now, a piece on reforming the house of lords. 85 00:08:06,489 --> 00:08:08,259 Dermot, you were going to look at that for me, weren't you? 86 00:08:08,283 --> 00:08:12,203 - Something nutty about it? - Molasses. 87 00:08:12,328 --> 00:08:15,498 And Europe, we need to work out our official stance. 88 00:08:15,790 --> 00:08:19,335 Are we for or against a single European market? 89 00:08:22,172 --> 00:08:23,298 Are we in or out? 90 00:08:25,925 --> 00:08:28,970 - Toffee, John? - You must try some, John. 91 00:08:29,137 --> 00:08:31,681 I'm afraid I have a thing against toffee. 92 00:08:34,642 --> 00:08:36,144 Why didn't I know that? 93 00:08:37,645 --> 00:08:39,355 You can't know everything about me. 94 00:08:42,192 --> 00:08:44,944 It's not the taste I object to so much. 95 00:08:45,028 --> 00:08:47,989 I just have painful memories. 96 00:08:49,657 --> 00:08:53,995 As a child, I was sitting in a dentist's chair 97 00:08:54,078 --> 00:08:55,663 because of a piece of toffee I ate. 98 00:09:01,419 --> 00:09:02,504 Oh, lord. 99 00:09:03,838 --> 00:09:05,006 Not again. 100 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:06,925 Sorry. 101 00:09:07,967 --> 00:09:09,135 I've... 102 00:09:10,470 --> 00:09:15,725 "Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability 103 00:09:15,809 --> 00:09:20,271 "to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work, 104 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:25,902 "and your great courage in meeting constant small adversities, 105 00:09:26,820 --> 00:09:30,240 "depend, in great measure, the happiness and prosperity 106 00:09:30,782 --> 00:09:34,285 "of the community as a whole. 107 00:09:38,873 --> 00:09:42,043 "The upward course of a nation's history 108 00:09:42,126 --> 00:09:44,587 "is due, in the long run, 109 00:09:44,712 --> 00:09:48,967 "to the soundness of heart of its average men and women." 110 00:09:53,513 --> 00:09:55,306 Working men and women? 111 00:09:58,017 --> 00:09:59,936 It has a touch more dignity. 112 00:10:06,818 --> 00:10:08,528 No, I think "average" is fine. 113 00:10:22,917 --> 00:10:25,295 Thought you might be interested to see this. 114 00:10:25,378 --> 00:10:29,674 It's a draft of the speech the queen's going to give in a week's time. 115 00:10:30,258 --> 00:10:33,720 I don't mind telling you I felt a bit uneasy about it. 116 00:10:37,932 --> 00:10:39,017 Sir. 117 00:10:49,277 --> 00:10:50,320 Yes? 118 00:10:51,529 --> 00:10:54,157 Sir, forgive me if I'm interfering beyond my station... 119 00:11:01,581 --> 00:11:03,249 - Tommy. - Martin. 120 00:11:04,417 --> 00:11:07,378 You were about to interfere beyond your station. 121 00:11:09,881 --> 00:11:13,801 It's concerning the speech the queen is due to give next week 122 00:11:14,260 --> 00:11:16,054 at the Jaguar car factory. 123 00:11:16,137 --> 00:11:19,724 - What about it? - I was just wondering 124 00:11:19,849 --> 00:11:21,309 if you were happy with it. 125 00:11:24,562 --> 00:11:26,606 Well, obviously I'm happy with it, 126 00:11:26,731 --> 00:11:29,150 or I wouldn't have shown it to her majesty 127 00:11:29,233 --> 00:11:32,737 for the approval which she immediately gave. 128 00:11:33,488 --> 00:11:36,491 - Did the queen read it? - She didn't need to. 129 00:11:36,783 --> 00:11:40,787 She merely asked if I was happy. I replied in the affirmative. 130 00:11:41,829 --> 00:11:46,292 And that was good enough for her majesty. 131 00:11:46,376 --> 00:11:51,005 But I can see that the really important question is, 132 00:11:51,214 --> 00:11:54,759 is it good enough for colonel charteris? 133 00:11:56,552 --> 00:12:00,056 You don't think it strikes the wrong tone? 134 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,141 In which sense? 135 00:12:03,601 --> 00:12:06,187 In its paternalism. 136 00:12:08,439 --> 00:12:09,732 May I? 137 00:12:12,318 --> 00:12:13,444 Thank you. 138 00:12:13,695 --> 00:12:17,407 I suppose if I had a concern 139 00:12:18,950 --> 00:12:22,954 it would be that, post-Suez, in this new climate, 140 00:12:23,913 --> 00:12:25,248 in this new britain, 141 00:12:27,208 --> 00:12:30,920 the tone of the speech is somewhat... 142 00:12:31,337 --> 00:12:32,880 Somewhat what? 143 00:12:36,551 --> 00:12:37,719 Old-fashioned. 144 00:12:39,846 --> 00:12:42,056 And would leave her open to attack. 145 00:12:42,140 --> 00:12:44,308 - From whom? - The newspapers. 146 00:12:46,352 --> 00:12:47,353 People. 147 00:12:47,645 --> 00:12:50,898 If I had a shilling for every time someone of a progressive 148 00:12:50,982 --> 00:12:54,861 or liberal disposition had warned needlessly of a popular attack 149 00:12:54,944 --> 00:12:57,321 against the crown, I'd be a rich man. 150 00:12:57,655 --> 00:12:59,949 The British people adore their sovereign. 151 00:13:00,033 --> 00:13:03,953 It is what constitutes, indeed defines, being British. 152 00:13:04,662 --> 00:13:07,290 No, the worst I've ever encountered is apathy, 153 00:13:07,373 --> 00:13:09,834 where people simply accept the king or queen 154 00:13:09,917 --> 00:13:12,170 as they accept the sky above their heads. 155 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,923 But it's a long way from apathy to insurrection. 156 00:13:16,758 --> 00:13:20,053 Now, as regards the newspapers, the crown can count on their support 157 00:13:20,136 --> 00:13:23,848 for two reasons: First, there is nothing to attack. 158 00:13:23,931 --> 00:13:26,559 That's the advantage of a constitutional monarchy. 159 00:13:27,060 --> 00:13:30,021 They have no power so there's nothing to complain about. 160 00:13:30,104 --> 00:13:33,483 And even if they wanted to, they'd always let us know first. 161 00:13:33,858 --> 00:13:35,860 The palace would then threaten them with a boycott 162 00:13:35,985 --> 00:13:37,862 on the next major royal event, 163 00:13:38,029 --> 00:13:41,157 causing the newspapers immediately to back down. 164 00:13:41,741 --> 00:13:45,078 Because the very people you fear will hate the queen 165 00:13:45,828 --> 00:13:49,373 are the same ones who buy copies in their millions. 166 00:13:51,167 --> 00:13:52,877 Because they love her. 167 00:13:56,089 --> 00:13:58,549 So I'm worrying unnecessarily? 168 00:13:58,633 --> 00:14:05,264 Martin, I shall leave the drawing of that inescapable conclusion to you. 169 00:14:22,073 --> 00:14:24,742 I'm going to take it in a little shorter, ma'am, 170 00:14:24,826 --> 00:14:26,577 and rounder at the back. 171 00:14:26,661 --> 00:14:27,662 Lovely. 172 00:15:16,460 --> 00:15:17,670 Thank you. 173 00:15:18,546 --> 00:15:20,590 I like it very much. 174 00:15:33,936 --> 00:15:35,104 Thank you. 175 00:15:44,322 --> 00:15:47,909 I thought you were hoping for more children from me. 176 00:15:50,036 --> 00:15:51,120 I am. 177 00:15:52,205 --> 00:15:55,499 Then why on earth would you do something like that to your hair? 178 00:15:56,083 --> 00:15:57,376 What's wrong with it? 179 00:15:59,420 --> 00:16:02,215 I thought it was tidy and sensible. 180 00:16:02,298 --> 00:16:04,467 Adjectives to stir the loins. 181 00:16:05,384 --> 00:16:07,053 Apparently it's very a la mode. 182 00:16:07,803 --> 00:16:10,473 All the regimental wives are wearing their hair like this now. 183 00:16:10,598 --> 00:16:11,724 - Really? - Yes. 184 00:16:11,807 --> 00:16:13,643 Well, it's certainly very practical. 185 00:16:14,143 --> 00:16:16,646 And should you ever feel compelled to ride a motorcycle, 186 00:16:16,729 --> 00:16:19,023 it could always double as a helmet. 187 00:16:20,733 --> 00:16:21,901 Well, I like it. 188 00:16:25,238 --> 00:16:27,406 No, I have nothing against it personally. 189 00:16:27,490 --> 00:16:28,574 Stop it. 190 00:16:28,658 --> 00:16:32,787 I'm sure it will provide ample protection against any falling masonry. 191 00:16:36,999 --> 00:16:40,419 But if enlarging the family 192 00:16:40,586 --> 00:16:43,256 and enticing your husband to procreate is the goal... 193 00:16:43,339 --> 00:16:44,674 It is. 194 00:16:44,799 --> 00:16:47,343 Then you might take a look at jayne Mansfield... 195 00:16:49,178 --> 00:16:50,429 Or Rita Hayworth. 196 00:16:52,139 --> 00:16:53,599 Rita Hayworth. 197 00:17:18,207 --> 00:17:19,709 Sir William lyons, your majesty. 198 00:17:19,792 --> 00:17:22,336 - Welcome, your majesty. - Thank you, sir. Hello. 199 00:17:23,212 --> 00:17:24,630 How do you do? 200 00:17:24,797 --> 00:17:27,049 It's very spacious, isn't it. 201 00:17:27,133 --> 00:17:29,343 This is our research and development area. 202 00:17:29,427 --> 00:17:30,886 Splendid. Now we're talking. 203 00:17:31,012 --> 00:17:34,140 May I introduce you, ma'am, to Nigel Willoughby? 204 00:17:34,223 --> 00:17:35,641 He sketches all of our prototypes. 205 00:17:35,766 --> 00:17:39,312 You studied drawing, did you? Lovely. You're very good at it. 206 00:17:40,438 --> 00:17:42,231 - And that's the chassis. - It is, indeed. 207 00:17:43,065 --> 00:17:45,276 A finished mk-1, your majesty. 208 00:17:45,901 --> 00:17:47,320 It's lovely. 209 00:17:47,403 --> 00:17:50,573 With top speeds of over 100 miles per hour. 210 00:17:51,907 --> 00:17:52,950 Quite the thing. 211 00:17:53,034 --> 00:17:55,202 I've always been interested in the red leather. 212 00:17:55,286 --> 00:17:56,787 Is it horse or cow? 213 00:17:58,289 --> 00:17:59,332 Hello. 214 00:18:10,801 --> 00:18:13,596 I wish first to express to you 215 00:18:13,679 --> 00:18:17,183 my very great pleasure at being here today. 216 00:18:18,351 --> 00:18:21,729 My husband and I have been most profoundly moved 217 00:18:22,021 --> 00:18:25,900 by your hospitable welcome and would like you to know 218 00:18:26,025 --> 00:18:28,486 how very grateful we are to you all... 219 00:18:28,569 --> 00:18:31,322 - Thank you. - For the work that you do. 220 00:18:32,948 --> 00:18:35,743 We understand that in the turbulence 221 00:18:35,826 --> 00:18:38,579 of this anxious and active world, 222 00:18:39,246 --> 00:18:43,417 many of you are leading uneventful, lonely lives, 223 00:18:44,752 --> 00:18:47,254 where dreariness is the enemy. 224 00:18:47,671 --> 00:18:48,672 What? 225 00:18:48,756 --> 00:18:54,011 Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability 226 00:18:54,095 --> 00:18:57,807 to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work 227 00:18:59,266 --> 00:19:01,936 depend, in great measure, the happiness 228 00:19:02,436 --> 00:19:06,524 and prosperity of the community as a whole. 229 00:19:08,109 --> 00:19:10,361 The upward course of a nation's history 230 00:19:10,444 --> 00:19:12,655 is due, in the long run, 231 00:19:13,489 --> 00:19:17,451 to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. 232 00:19:18,452 --> 00:19:20,204 May you be proud to remember 233 00:19:20,913 --> 00:19:22,873 how much depends on you, 234 00:19:23,624 --> 00:19:26,794 and that even when your life seems most monotonous, 235 00:19:27,878 --> 00:19:34,009 what you do is always of real value and importance to your fellow... 236 00:19:41,809 --> 00:19:42,810 Lord altrincham? 237 00:19:44,812 --> 00:19:48,190 Evening edition! News chronicle! 238 00:19:48,691 --> 00:19:50,192 Evening edition! 239 00:19:55,823 --> 00:19:57,741 I need a favor, some typing. 240 00:19:57,825 --> 00:19:59,326 You're going home. 241 00:19:59,785 --> 00:20:01,287 I don't need to be. 242 00:20:05,332 --> 00:20:08,169 I've just heard a ridiculous speech by the queen, 243 00:20:08,294 --> 00:20:10,671 and I want to write an immediate response. 244 00:20:11,464 --> 00:20:13,340 No, I'll... I'll find someone else. 245 00:20:13,424 --> 00:20:15,342 No, no, it's no trouble. 246 00:20:15,509 --> 00:20:17,011 I had nothing else planned. 247 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:20,723 Thank you. 248 00:20:46,373 --> 00:20:48,876 - I've had another thought. - Super. 249 00:20:49,251 --> 00:20:51,378 A rather heretical thought. 250 00:20:51,879 --> 00:20:54,006 I got the idea from something Walter bagehot said 251 00:20:54,089 --> 00:20:57,593 about the first duty of royalty being to inspire. 252 00:22:22,303 --> 00:22:23,429 Hello. 253 00:22:23,512 --> 00:22:24,948 I trust you had a safe journey, your majesty. 254 00:22:24,972 --> 00:22:27,349 - Yes, very lovely. - Good to be back. 255 00:22:27,433 --> 00:22:29,727 Well, let's hope it brightens up later. 256 00:24:35,978 --> 00:24:37,146 Good shot, ma'am. 257 00:24:47,531 --> 00:24:51,076 National and English review! National and English review! 258 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,596 Thank you, madam. Two shillings for national and English review. 259 00:24:53,620 --> 00:24:55,539 Thank you, sir. Morning. 260 00:24:56,039 --> 00:24:57,416 Thank you very much, madam. 261 00:24:57,833 --> 00:25:00,627 National and English review. Two shillings, thank you very much. 262 00:25:00,711 --> 00:25:04,673 There we go, sir. Two shillings. Thank you very much. Two shillings. 263 00:25:28,071 --> 00:25:29,239 I see. 264 00:25:32,034 --> 00:25:33,076 Right. 265 00:25:35,704 --> 00:25:36,789 Well, thank you. 266 00:26:08,195 --> 00:26:11,824 Sorry to disturb, your majesty, your royal highness. 267 00:26:12,699 --> 00:26:14,284 Just to say 268 00:26:14,368 --> 00:26:18,080 it might be worth avoiding certain newspapers this morning. 269 00:26:18,664 --> 00:26:21,542 Why? What's your sister done now? 270 00:26:23,544 --> 00:26:26,088 Nothing to do with Princess Margaret, sir. 271 00:26:27,381 --> 00:26:31,009 It's an article written by lord altrincham. 272 00:26:31,260 --> 00:26:33,178 Never heard of him. You? 273 00:26:34,012 --> 00:26:36,682 Taken originally from his own publication, 274 00:26:37,516 --> 00:26:39,977 the national and English review. 275 00:26:40,561 --> 00:26:42,104 Never heard of that, either. 276 00:26:42,187 --> 00:26:47,276 Which several newspapers have chosen to run, partially or in full. 277 00:26:47,985 --> 00:26:49,570 What kind of article? 278 00:26:51,530 --> 00:26:55,576 It's quite a critical article, ma'am. 279 00:27:01,039 --> 00:27:02,833 What gives him the right? 280 00:27:05,586 --> 00:27:07,546 Tell me honestly, mommy, 281 00:27:08,881 --> 00:27:11,341 is there any part of you that agrees with him? 282 00:27:13,260 --> 00:27:14,970 Certainly not. 283 00:27:17,097 --> 00:27:19,641 And that's not just your mother saying that. 284 00:27:20,475 --> 00:27:22,811 The palace press secretary called me an hour ago to say 285 00:27:22,895 --> 00:27:26,231 the vast majority of the country not only disagrees with altrincham 286 00:27:26,315 --> 00:27:28,317 but is disgusted by him. 287 00:27:28,984 --> 00:27:30,611 It's an irrelevant article 288 00:27:30,986 --> 00:27:33,906 written by an irrelevant man for an irrelevant publication. 289 00:27:34,531 --> 00:27:38,035 Only picked up because it's August, people are on holiday, 290 00:27:38,118 --> 00:27:41,079 government is in recess, and there's nothing to write about. 291 00:27:42,623 --> 00:27:45,334 Today, 85% of the country is against him. 292 00:27:45,459 --> 00:27:47,836 By tomorrow, it will be 95%. 293 00:27:48,587 --> 00:27:50,797 That man's going to wish he'd never been born. 294 00:27:53,133 --> 00:27:55,093 - Traitor! - Coward! 295 00:28:06,563 --> 00:28:07,856 Excuse me! 296 00:28:08,398 --> 00:28:09,942 Excuse me. Thank you. 297 00:28:10,025 --> 00:28:12,444 Excuse me. Excuse me. Thank you. 298 00:28:17,032 --> 00:28:20,160 I asked you to come because I had a phone call an hour ago 299 00:28:20,243 --> 00:28:21,912 from a television producer, 300 00:28:22,037 --> 00:28:25,123 inviting me to record an interview this afternoon. 301 00:28:25,207 --> 00:28:26,541 Which program? 302 00:28:26,750 --> 00:28:29,419 Impact. With Robin day. 303 00:28:31,421 --> 00:28:33,465 I wish it weren't day. 304 00:28:33,632 --> 00:28:36,301 We all wish it weren't day, he's terrifying. 305 00:28:36,385 --> 00:28:38,011 Don't be silly. 306 00:28:38,136 --> 00:28:41,056 The fact that it's day is what makes it valuable. 307 00:28:41,306 --> 00:28:43,308 You don't think I'm walking into a trap? 308 00:28:43,475 --> 00:28:46,061 You walked into the trap when you wrote the article. 309 00:28:46,311 --> 00:28:49,856 Now you're the most unloved individual in britain. 310 00:28:50,816 --> 00:28:54,236 Ironically, day is the one person who could help you. 311 00:28:56,405 --> 00:28:58,573 You've seen how he interviews people. 312 00:28:59,074 --> 00:29:01,952 He dismembers them. Tears them to shreds. 313 00:29:02,035 --> 00:29:04,830 Yes, but keep your cool under his scrutiny. 314 00:29:05,539 --> 00:29:09,376 Make your case politely, respectfully, intelligently. 315 00:29:10,544 --> 00:29:12,212 It could turn people around. 316 00:29:23,432 --> 00:29:24,891 Thank you very much. 317 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,692 - Lord altrincham. How do you do? - How do you do? 318 00:29:33,775 --> 00:29:34,901 - Shall we? - Yes. 319 00:29:34,985 --> 00:29:36,570 This way. Thank you for coming. 320 00:29:36,653 --> 00:29:39,156 Not at all. How long do we have until we start? 321 00:29:39,239 --> 00:29:42,409 We'll pop into makeup quickly. We should make a start in 10 minutes. 322 00:29:43,785 --> 00:29:46,413 - Just here, if you will. - Right. 323 00:29:48,540 --> 00:29:50,417 - Help yourself to water. - Thank you. 324 00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:52,085 Shouldn't be too long. 325 00:29:53,879 --> 00:29:55,255 - All good? - All good. 326 00:29:59,176 --> 00:30:00,177 He's standing by, sir. 327 00:30:00,260 --> 00:30:02,012 - And he's prepared? - Ready as he can be. 328 00:30:05,182 --> 00:30:06,516 Let's make a start. 329 00:30:13,565 --> 00:30:15,400 You've been told how all this works? 330 00:30:15,484 --> 00:30:17,611 Recording now, transmission tonight? 331 00:30:17,986 --> 00:30:19,613 - Stand by, studio. - Yes. Thank you. 332 00:30:20,697 --> 00:30:23,325 Five, four, three... 333 00:30:25,869 --> 00:30:27,120 Tonight, we have a man who, 334 00:30:27,204 --> 00:30:29,164 because of press activity in recent days, 335 00:30:29,247 --> 00:30:31,917 probably needs no introduction, lord altrincham. 336 00:30:32,292 --> 00:30:33,627 In the space of just a few days, 337 00:30:33,710 --> 00:30:37,464 his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the queen, 338 00:30:37,672 --> 00:30:40,133 in a periodical of which he is also publisher, 339 00:30:40,217 --> 00:30:42,469 have become the most pressing issue of the day 340 00:30:42,552 --> 00:30:45,430 and caused something of a constitutional crisis. 341 00:30:45,514 --> 00:30:49,518 So, I'd like to begin by asking lord altrincham a simple question. 342 00:30:50,393 --> 00:30:51,812 She's our head of state, 343 00:30:51,895 --> 00:30:54,356 loved, respected and admired around the world, 344 00:30:54,439 --> 00:30:57,400 so why do you hate her so very much? 345 00:30:57,526 --> 00:30:59,236 I... I don't. 346 00:30:59,486 --> 00:31:01,071 Then why criticize her like this? 347 00:31:02,322 --> 00:31:05,951 That's like asking an art critic why he criticizes art. 348 00:31:06,368 --> 00:31:08,120 I'm a passionate monarchist 349 00:31:08,203 --> 00:31:11,331 who believes constitutional monarchy is britain's greatest invention. 350 00:31:12,124 --> 00:31:13,166 Do you, indeed? 351 00:31:13,250 --> 00:31:16,128 Yes, ldo. I believe that monarchy provides clarity. 352 00:31:17,087 --> 00:31:21,716 A symbolic head of state, transcending the self-serving interests 353 00:31:21,842 --> 00:31:25,011 of the egocentric and self-motivated politicians 354 00:31:25,095 --> 00:31:27,264 who go in and out of office, 355 00:31:27,556 --> 00:31:32,227 who, as king lear wonderfully says, "ebb and flow by the moon." 356 00:31:32,686 --> 00:31:34,146 But when working at its best, 357 00:31:34,229 --> 00:31:37,774 monarchy can rise above such matters and unity a society. 358 00:31:37,899 --> 00:31:40,610 It can set the tone and become the embodiment of the nation, 359 00:31:40,694 --> 00:31:42,404 of national character. 360 00:31:42,529 --> 00:31:45,532 But the problem is, at the moment, it's... it's not doing that. 361 00:31:46,032 --> 00:31:48,577 It's doing very little right, as far as you're concerned. 362 00:31:48,660 --> 00:31:50,036 No, that's not true. 363 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,498 You would like to see her majesty endowed with superhuman powers. 364 00:31:53,707 --> 00:31:55,750 It's not superhuman to be a little spontaneous. 365 00:31:55,876 --> 00:31:58,044 Judging from your article, you'd like the queen to have 366 00:31:58,128 --> 00:32:03,884 the qualities of a wit, you'd like her to be a better orator, a TV personality, 367 00:32:04,009 --> 00:32:08,513 in addition to being a diligent, dutiful and devoted monarch and a mother. 368 00:32:08,597 --> 00:32:11,141 All I'm suggesting is that, in her public speeches 369 00:32:11,224 --> 00:32:15,020 and in her appearances, she should be more natural. 370 00:32:15,812 --> 00:32:20,233 Her style of speaking is, quite frankly, a pain in the neck. 371 00:32:21,026 --> 00:32:22,569 She sounds strangled. 372 00:32:23,528 --> 00:32:25,572 I had the misfortune of hearing 373 00:32:25,655 --> 00:32:28,909 one of the queen's speeches in a dental waiting room recently. 374 00:32:29,409 --> 00:32:30,785 I was horrified 375 00:32:30,869 --> 00:32:34,706 by the indifference and inertia with which the speech was greeted. 376 00:32:35,165 --> 00:32:38,501 But you'd accept that being queen and head of the church of england 377 00:32:38,585 --> 00:32:41,546 is not an easy job or a simple one? If you'll forgive me, 378 00:32:41,630 --> 00:32:46,134 it's arguably a harder job than editing a small periodical. 379 00:32:46,426 --> 00:32:50,722 No, I quite agree. Her majesty has a seemingly impossible task. 380 00:32:50,805 --> 00:32:53,266 She has to be ordinary and extraordinary, 381 00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:55,518 touched by divinity and yet one of us, 382 00:32:55,602 --> 00:33:00,941 but being ordinary doesn't have to mean bland or ineffectual. 383 00:33:01,524 --> 00:33:02,817 Or forgettable. 384 00:33:03,193 --> 00:33:06,529 And against whom do you lay the main charge? Her courtiers? 385 00:33:06,655 --> 00:33:10,492 Well, in the end, if the court is wrong, if the setup is wrong, 386 00:33:10,575 --> 00:33:12,452 you have no choice but to criticize the boss. 387 00:33:12,619 --> 00:33:13,870 The queen? 388 00:33:13,954 --> 00:33:17,791 Yes, because only the boss can get rid of the bad servants. 389 00:33:18,667 --> 00:33:19,751 She hires them. 390 00:33:19,834 --> 00:33:21,836 She alone can fire them. 391 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,632 Now, they may be bad, I believe some of them at the moment are. 392 00:33:25,715 --> 00:33:30,595 They're quite dreadful, but it is her responsibility, it's not theirs, 393 00:33:30,679 --> 00:33:32,806 in the sense that they are just hired hands. 394 00:33:32,973 --> 00:33:35,850 And so the personal attack on the monarch continues. 395 00:33:35,976 --> 00:33:38,186 Let me just say this. 396 00:33:38,270 --> 00:33:42,774 To criticize the monarchy, to criticize her majesty, personally, 397 00:33:42,857 --> 00:33:44,859 gives me no satisfaction. 398 00:33:45,068 --> 00:33:47,570 But we have to remember that, since the second world war, 399 00:33:47,654 --> 00:33:51,449 since Suez, britain has changed beyond recognition. 400 00:33:51,950 --> 00:33:54,744 And yet the monarchy continues its pre-war routines 401 00:33:54,828 --> 00:33:56,997 as though nothing has happened. 402 00:33:57,163 --> 00:34:00,083 I believe it would serve the queen and her courtiers well to remember 403 00:34:00,166 --> 00:34:04,713 that until recently, monarchies were the rule and republics the exception, 404 00:34:04,796 --> 00:34:08,758 but today, republics are the rule 405 00:34:09,342 --> 00:34:12,679 and monarchies very much the exception. 406 00:34:14,097 --> 00:34:16,474 Lord altrincham, I have to terminate the interview. 407 00:34:16,558 --> 00:34:19,102 I'm obliged to you for answering my questions. 408 00:34:19,227 --> 00:34:23,023 Next week at the same time, there will be another edition of impact. 409 00:34:23,481 --> 00:34:24,733 Good night. 410 00:34:25,567 --> 00:34:27,152 That went very well. 411 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,537 - Thank you again, lord altrincham. - Thank you. Good day. 412 00:34:42,334 --> 00:34:43,460 Thank you. 413 00:34:45,962 --> 00:34:48,631 I thought he was even scarier in real life than I... 414 00:34:48,965 --> 00:34:50,467 - Lord altrincham? - Yes. 415 00:34:52,969 --> 00:34:53,970 You traitor! 416 00:34:56,097 --> 00:34:58,892 - Is that him? It is, isn't it? - Well done. 417 00:35:00,352 --> 00:35:03,438 - Congratulations. - Well done. Well done, sir. 418 00:35:03,521 --> 00:35:05,357 - A glass of white? - Well done. 419 00:35:05,607 --> 00:35:07,942 Or something stronger? What about a Brandy? 420 00:35:08,026 --> 00:35:09,235 Why not? 421 00:35:09,569 --> 00:35:10,945 Well done. 422 00:35:12,739 --> 00:35:13,865 Humphrey. 423 00:35:14,824 --> 00:35:17,118 Well done. You looked incredibly calm. 424 00:35:17,202 --> 00:35:20,455 - Really? - Man of the hour. Really. 425 00:35:31,758 --> 00:35:34,302 - Your majesty. - Yes, what is it, Michael? 426 00:35:35,261 --> 00:35:38,556 There have been some reactions in the newspapers 427 00:35:38,723 --> 00:35:43,019 to last night's television interview, and to the assault upon lord altrincham. 428 00:35:43,103 --> 00:35:46,564 I'm afraid it's not quite as we'd hoped. 429 00:35:49,526 --> 00:35:50,568 Why not? 430 00:35:52,278 --> 00:35:55,323 Well, the man that struck altrincham, it turns out, 431 00:35:55,407 --> 00:36:00,662 is a member of the extreme right league of empire loyalists, 432 00:36:01,246 --> 00:36:06,334 which is a pressure group that campaigns against the dissolution of the empire 433 00:36:06,835 --> 00:36:10,171 and has a clear doctrine of English racial supremacy. 434 00:36:11,214 --> 00:36:12,382 Oh, dear. 435 00:36:12,882 --> 00:36:16,386 And it seems that most people have decided, 436 00:36:16,678 --> 00:36:19,431 having watched altrincham on the television, 437 00:36:19,848 --> 00:36:23,893 that he is eminently reasonable. 438 00:36:25,228 --> 00:36:30,817 Now, almost half the country appears to agree with his sentiments, 439 00:36:30,900 --> 00:36:33,361 and there are new polls to support this. 440 00:36:34,112 --> 00:36:36,948 Letters to the daily mirror are running at four to one 441 00:36:37,073 --> 00:36:38,616 in altrincham's favor, 442 00:36:39,951 --> 00:36:43,913 and even the normally conservative daily mail 443 00:36:45,457 --> 00:36:46,875 changed its tune this morning. 444 00:36:49,544 --> 00:36:54,466 In addition, and this, I believe, reflects on his growing concern 445 00:36:54,591 --> 00:36:57,552 at some of the telephone calls he has been receiving, 446 00:36:58,553 --> 00:37:03,808 the prime minister has suggested that he come up a week earlier than planned, 447 00:37:04,058 --> 00:37:07,645 in order to discuss it all with you in person. 448 00:37:08,229 --> 00:37:11,858 Goodness! A constitutional crisis. 449 00:37:13,193 --> 00:37:16,237 Well, I hope you're going to apologize to Mr. MacMillan, too. 450 00:37:16,321 --> 00:37:17,322 Ma'am? 451 00:37:17,697 --> 00:37:20,783 You're not going to deny this whole mess Springs from a badly written speech 452 00:37:20,867 --> 00:37:23,578 which I gave, unquestioningly, because I trusted you. 453 00:37:25,872 --> 00:37:26,998 Perhaps altrincham's right. 454 00:37:27,081 --> 00:37:30,084 Perhaps I should surround myself with younger, more dynamic people 455 00:37:30,168 --> 00:37:31,836 with one foot in the real world! 456 00:37:34,297 --> 00:37:35,632 Thank you, ma'am. 457 00:38:01,407 --> 00:38:03,785 And you believe it's now a government matter? 458 00:38:04,285 --> 00:38:05,411 I do, ma'am. 459 00:38:06,538 --> 00:38:11,334 Ambassadors from all around the world have been calling me, concerned. 460 00:38:12,877 --> 00:38:16,381 Her majesty will hardly need reminding a great many other countries 461 00:38:16,798 --> 00:38:20,468 have overthrown their monarchies and become republics in recent years. 462 00:38:21,261 --> 00:38:26,266 Egypt, Bulgaria, Italy, Tunisia only last month. 463 00:38:27,100 --> 00:38:28,601 Of course, we're not at that point. 464 00:38:29,561 --> 00:38:30,979 Not at a red light. 465 00:38:31,938 --> 00:38:33,815 We're not even at an Amber. 466 00:38:34,482 --> 00:38:36,818 But we'd hate it to become Amber. 467 00:38:38,820 --> 00:38:41,656 And so, it is my view, the government's view, 468 00:38:41,823 --> 00:38:44,909 that it would be wise to contain this as soon as possible. 469 00:38:44,993 --> 00:38:47,412 - And do what? - The obvious thing. 470 00:38:48,830 --> 00:38:53,251 Altrincham is a fire which needs to be put out. 471 00:38:55,837 --> 00:38:57,171 Got you! 472 00:39:02,594 --> 00:39:03,636 Got you! 473 00:39:19,485 --> 00:39:20,570 Got you! 474 00:39:29,203 --> 00:39:32,040 The palace has offered up a chap called charteris. 475 00:39:33,249 --> 00:39:34,250 To meet. 476 00:39:35,418 --> 00:39:36,586 I looked him up. 477 00:39:36,878 --> 00:39:39,631 He used to be her principal private secretary. 478 00:39:40,798 --> 00:39:44,719 - Well, there you are. - Before the king died. 479 00:39:46,220 --> 00:39:49,766 - When she was Princess. - And now? 480 00:39:50,391 --> 00:39:56,606 He's assistant private secretary, so not quite a pawn, 481 00:39:56,731 --> 00:39:59,150 but certainly not a bishop or knight, either. 482 00:40:01,653 --> 00:40:03,237 Go, in order to be fobbed off? 483 00:40:03,321 --> 00:40:06,282 Go in the spirit of openness and wanting to work together. 484 00:40:06,407 --> 00:40:07,551 If they wanted to work together, 485 00:40:07,575 --> 00:40:10,244 - they would have sent someone higher up. - Go. 486 00:40:11,788 --> 00:40:12,830 All right. 487 00:40:13,998 --> 00:40:16,042 And take a list of suggestions. 488 00:40:16,376 --> 00:40:17,752 Recommendations. 489 00:40:18,586 --> 00:40:20,129 Don't go empty-handed. 490 00:40:27,053 --> 00:40:28,388 Not yet! John! 491 00:40:28,930 --> 00:40:30,515 Your tooth! John! 492 00:40:31,557 --> 00:40:32,642 Sorry. 493 00:41:01,963 --> 00:41:03,756 - Do you have a comment, sir? - Sorry. 494 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:05,091 Lord altrincham! 495 00:41:33,870 --> 00:41:34,871 Lord altrincham? 496 00:41:35,538 --> 00:41:37,665 - Yes. - This way, please. 497 00:42:05,735 --> 00:42:07,695 Good to know I'm seeing the top man. 498 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:13,451 In one sense. 499 00:42:20,666 --> 00:42:22,043 Here we are, lord altrincham. 500 00:42:22,126 --> 00:42:24,754 Colonel charteris will be with you shortly. 501 00:42:27,340 --> 00:42:28,883 - Thank you. - Sir. 502 00:42:53,825 --> 00:42:56,577 I see we have something in common. 503 00:42:58,329 --> 00:42:59,872 And what would that be? 504 00:43:05,795 --> 00:43:06,921 Your majesty. 505 00:43:10,341 --> 00:43:15,346 I was referring to the photos of eton and sandhurst. 506 00:43:16,472 --> 00:43:18,641 Which you attended too, I gather. 507 00:43:19,058 --> 00:43:20,059 Yes. 508 00:43:20,601 --> 00:43:22,395 Going on to become an officer of the guards 509 00:43:22,478 --> 00:43:26,315 at both St. James's palace and windsor castle. 510 00:43:27,275 --> 00:43:30,486 It doesn't quite fit the profile of a revolutionary. 511 00:43:31,863 --> 00:43:33,948 It's the assumption everyone has made. 512 00:43:34,031 --> 00:43:35,491 Because I dare offer an opinion, 513 00:43:35,575 --> 00:43:37,910 I must be trying to burn the temple down. 514 00:43:38,953 --> 00:43:42,039 On the contrary, I'm trying to make sure it survives. 515 00:43:42,915 --> 00:43:45,710 Well, those of us in the temple are very much looking fonrvard 516 00:43:45,793 --> 00:43:49,672 to hearing what it is we must do in order to survive. 517 00:43:50,548 --> 00:43:51,799 Shall we begin? 518 00:43:55,261 --> 00:43:57,054 Is my voice all right? 519 00:43:58,389 --> 00:43:59,974 You can understand me? 520 00:44:01,017 --> 00:44:03,227 - Yes. - Not too strangled? 521 00:44:03,769 --> 00:44:05,730 Not too much a pain in the neck? 522 00:44:06,314 --> 00:44:08,149 - No. - Good. 523 00:44:10,067 --> 00:44:13,613 So, what is it that you'd have me change? 524 00:44:14,238 --> 00:44:16,449 It's not so much what I'd have you change, 525 00:44:16,949 --> 00:44:19,702 just an acknowledgment that it has changed. 526 00:44:20,411 --> 00:44:21,495 What? 527 00:44:22,413 --> 00:44:23,706 Everything. 528 00:44:24,624 --> 00:44:29,503 And to prepare yourself for the fact we now live in a time 529 00:44:31,130 --> 00:44:32,131 where people like me... 530 00:44:32,256 --> 00:44:35,384 - Can say exactly what they think. - Yes. 531 00:44:35,468 --> 00:44:38,387 - In any way they want. - Yes. 532 00:44:38,471 --> 00:44:42,683 And, remind me, why is that, exactly? 533 00:44:44,226 --> 00:44:46,896 Because the age of deference is over. 534 00:44:48,648 --> 00:44:51,233 And what is left without deference? 535 00:44:52,318 --> 00:44:53,611 Anarchy? 536 00:44:54,111 --> 00:44:55,196 Equality. 537 00:44:55,947 --> 00:44:58,699 How can it be equality when I cannot return the fire? 538 00:44:58,824 --> 00:44:59,951 You can. 539 00:45:00,242 --> 00:45:03,204 But I struggle to think of a moment in history where it has worked 540 00:45:03,329 --> 00:45:07,208 to a monarch's advantage to return fire on their own people. 541 00:45:07,541 --> 00:45:11,128 But you have managed to think of how this monarch 542 00:45:11,212 --> 00:45:13,714 might do something to her advantage. 543 00:45:13,798 --> 00:45:14,840 I have. 544 00:45:14,924 --> 00:45:18,386 And that same monarch is sitting before, forgive me, 545 00:45:20,012 --> 00:45:24,725 a failed politician and an unrecognized journalist, 546 00:45:25,768 --> 00:45:28,729 and taking his advice on how to do herjob. 547 00:45:30,523 --> 00:45:33,901 The situation is as baffling to me as it is to you, your majesty. 548 00:45:49,625 --> 00:45:51,043 You've got a list. 549 00:45:51,711 --> 00:45:52,837 I do. 550 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:57,675 As you might know from my article, I made a series of observations, 551 00:45:57,967 --> 00:46:02,138 recommendations of things to change, but for the purposes of this meeting, 552 00:46:02,221 --> 00:46:06,434 I chose to limit those recommendations to six. 553 00:46:07,727 --> 00:46:08,769 Six? 554 00:46:09,603 --> 00:46:13,149 Three things to start and three things to stop. 555 00:46:13,649 --> 00:46:15,943 Well, let's start with the "stops." 556 00:46:17,111 --> 00:46:18,112 Very well. 557 00:46:19,030 --> 00:46:23,451 Yes. Putting an end to the debutantes' ball. 558 00:46:25,036 --> 00:46:29,415 The idea that young women of a certain class are presented to the sovereign, 559 00:46:29,498 --> 00:46:32,418 and women who are not of that class are not presented to the sovereign 560 00:46:32,501 --> 00:46:34,211 and somehow not acceptable, 561 00:46:35,212 --> 00:46:37,631 this is the sort of inequity that should have died out 562 00:46:37,715 --> 00:46:41,552 with our grandparents' generation, certainly after the war. 563 00:46:46,307 --> 00:46:47,349 Next. 564 00:46:52,772 --> 00:46:57,443 Allow divorced people to move more freely in royal circles. 565 00:47:00,988 --> 00:47:03,032 The sovereign is head of the church of england, 566 00:47:03,115 --> 00:47:05,868 and the church does not recognize divorced persons. 567 00:47:05,993 --> 00:47:07,495 It's unkind. 568 00:47:08,245 --> 00:47:09,371 Discriminatory. 569 00:47:09,497 --> 00:47:11,499 Quite possibly unlawful. 570 00:47:14,418 --> 00:47:15,503 Next. 571 00:47:18,756 --> 00:47:22,635 I would recommend getting rid of an entire generation of courtier. 572 00:47:23,177 --> 00:47:25,679 The old school, stuck in the past. 573 00:47:26,597 --> 00:47:30,142 Ostriches with their heads buried in the sand. 574 00:47:30,267 --> 00:47:33,938 They're stopping the palace evolve in keeping with the rest of the world. 575 00:47:34,063 --> 00:47:39,151 Those "ostriches" provide an indispensable function of monarchy. 576 00:47:39,485 --> 00:47:41,529 The preservation of tradition. 577 00:47:44,657 --> 00:47:47,493 You asked for my recommendations, ma'am. 578 00:47:48,536 --> 00:47:50,371 I'm respectfully passing them on. 579 00:47:55,042 --> 00:47:56,502 What would you have me start? 580 00:47:58,087 --> 00:48:00,005 Open up, ma'am. 581 00:48:01,173 --> 00:48:02,466 Lower the drawbridge. 582 00:48:03,759 --> 00:48:05,010 Let people get to know you. 583 00:48:05,136 --> 00:48:06,887 I don't wish to be known. 584 00:48:08,931 --> 00:48:11,559 Televise the Christmas speech. 585 00:48:12,393 --> 00:48:15,771 Become more transparent, accessible. 586 00:48:18,816 --> 00:48:20,693 - And finally... - Finally. 587 00:48:20,776 --> 00:48:22,903 Spend time with normal people. 588 00:48:24,029 --> 00:48:25,948 Not just courtiers or the great and the good, 589 00:48:26,031 --> 00:48:28,701 but real people, average people. 590 00:48:29,952 --> 00:48:31,287 Working people. 591 00:48:32,580 --> 00:48:33,956 Open the doors. 592 00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:38,252 Make it more inclusive and egalitarian. 593 00:48:40,212 --> 00:48:43,465 Let normal people get to know you, too. 594 00:48:56,562 --> 00:48:58,981 Would you mind stepping out into the corridor for a moment? 595 00:49:00,107 --> 00:49:01,400 Not at all. 596 00:49:08,991 --> 00:49:11,702 And would you ask my private secretary to come in? 597 00:49:12,578 --> 00:49:13,662 Of course. 598 00:49:20,586 --> 00:49:21,879 Your majesty. 599 00:49:35,392 --> 00:49:36,936 Colonel charteris? 600 00:49:45,611 --> 00:49:46,862 Your majesty. 601 00:50:02,795 --> 00:50:05,130 Lord altrincham. Please. 602 00:50:18,477 --> 00:50:22,106 When I went back into the room, she was gone. 603 00:50:23,774 --> 00:50:25,943 Vanished into thin air. 604 00:50:26,026 --> 00:50:27,319 Do sit down. 605 00:50:28,570 --> 00:50:30,406 Charteris then went on to tell me 606 00:50:30,489 --> 00:50:33,409 that no one can ever know that I met the queen, 607 00:50:33,492 --> 00:50:37,454 and that should I ever claim that I did, the palace would robustly deny it. 608 00:50:38,956 --> 00:50:41,583 They will, however, concede that I had an appointment 609 00:50:41,667 --> 00:50:44,169 with her majesty's assistant private secretary, 610 00:50:44,962 --> 00:50:50,134 and that concessions might be made to one or two of my recommendations. 611 00:50:51,552 --> 00:50:53,095 May I ask which ones? 612 00:51:00,436 --> 00:51:03,772 Let's get these lights in. Quickly. Easy with that camera. 613 00:51:03,856 --> 00:51:04,898 Right-o. 614 00:51:05,399 --> 00:51:09,778 This one next. Well done. Now, let's have the rest of the cables. 615 00:51:21,290 --> 00:51:22,583 I feel like an actress. 616 00:51:23,792 --> 00:51:25,294 A common little showgirl. 617 00:51:25,377 --> 00:51:26,462 Don't be silly. 618 00:51:28,589 --> 00:51:30,007 In what way am I different? 619 00:51:31,091 --> 00:51:35,846 Memorizing lines and remembering angles, wearing makeup? 620 00:51:36,638 --> 00:51:39,308 Well, you're the queen of the United Kingdom for one thing. 621 00:51:39,391 --> 00:51:41,226 Yes, who's memorizing lines 622 00:51:41,310 --> 00:51:43,437 and remembering angles and wearing makeup. 623 00:51:54,490 --> 00:51:55,783 Your majesty. 624 00:51:56,867 --> 00:51:57,951 Right. 625 00:51:59,661 --> 00:52:02,498 - Where do you want me? - This way, please, ma'am. 626 00:52:13,675 --> 00:52:15,427 - Thank you. - Do a level check, please. 627 00:52:15,552 --> 00:52:16,804 Everyone stand by. 628 00:52:37,908 --> 00:52:38,992 Ma'am. 629 00:53:21,618 --> 00:53:24,746 Five, four, three... 630 00:53:28,667 --> 00:53:29,877 Happy Christmas. 631 00:53:33,422 --> 00:53:36,717 Twenty-five years ago, my grandfather broadcast 632 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,969 the first of these Christmas messages. 633 00:53:41,221 --> 00:53:43,599 Today is another landmark, 634 00:53:43,724 --> 00:53:48,687 because television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes 635 00:53:48,770 --> 00:53:50,564 on Christmas day. 636 00:53:51,815 --> 00:53:55,694 My own family often gather round to watch the television, 637 00:53:55,777 --> 00:54:00,199 as they are at this moment, and that is howl think of you all now. 638 00:54:01,033 --> 00:54:05,662 I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message 639 00:54:05,746 --> 00:54:07,873 more personal and direct. 640 00:54:11,210 --> 00:54:16,840 It is inevitable that I should seem a rather remote figure to many of you, 641 00:54:17,341 --> 00:54:20,719 a successor to the kings and queens of history, 642 00:54:21,428 --> 00:54:26,099 someone whose face may be familiar in newspapers and films 643 00:54:26,433 --> 00:54:29,645 but who never really touches your personal lives. 644 00:54:31,188 --> 00:54:34,024 But now, at least for a few minutes, 645 00:54:34,608 --> 00:54:38,779 I welcome you into the peace of my own home. 646 00:54:42,908 --> 00:54:46,787 That it is possible for some of you to see me today 647 00:54:47,412 --> 00:54:51,124 is just another example of the speed at which things are changing 648 00:54:51,667 --> 00:54:52,834 all around us. 649 00:54:57,798 --> 00:55:01,927 I would like to read a few lines from pilgrim's progress. 650 00:55:10,018 --> 00:55:13,522 "And though, with great difficulty, I am got hither, 651 00:55:14,231 --> 00:55:17,859 "yet now I do repent me of all the trouble I have been at 652 00:55:17,943 --> 00:55:19,611 "to arrive where I am. 653 00:55:20,779 --> 00:55:25,576 "My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage 654 00:55:26,868 --> 00:55:30,789 "and my courage and skill to him that can get it. 655 00:55:32,541 --> 00:55:36,169 "My marks and scars I carry with me 656 00:55:37,504 --> 00:55:42,301 "to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles 657 00:55:42,384 --> 00:55:44,720 "who now will be my rewarder." 658 00:55:51,727 --> 00:55:56,857 I hope that 1958 may bring you god's blessings 659 00:55:57,149 --> 00:55:59,026 and all the things that you long for. 660 00:56:01,403 --> 00:56:06,742 And so I wish you all, young and old, wherever you may be, 661 00:56:07,326 --> 00:56:10,871 all the fun and enjoyment and peace 662 00:56:11,413 --> 00:56:13,373 of a very happy Christmas. 663 00:56:15,584 --> 00:56:16,918 And we're off air. 664 00:56:31,350 --> 00:56:32,726 Congratulations, ma'am. 665 00:57:14,476 --> 00:57:15,894 - Hello. - My, my. 666 00:57:17,646 --> 00:57:20,107 You look pretty. I like the dress. 667 00:57:20,190 --> 00:57:22,025 - Thank you. - And the hair. 668 00:57:22,109 --> 00:57:23,485 - Very unregimental. - Yes. 669 00:57:23,568 --> 00:57:27,531 Tony knew the top person, of course. The only stylist who could be trusted. 670 00:57:28,365 --> 00:57:30,367 Does he have a name, this stylist? 671 00:57:31,326 --> 00:57:33,662 I want to say Victor Gabon, but that's not quite right. 672 00:57:35,706 --> 00:57:36,707 Vidal baboon? 673 00:57:36,832 --> 00:57:38,458 - Vidal baboon? - Yes, I think. 674 00:57:38,542 --> 00:57:41,712 Well, anyway, he talked endlessly about hair as a geometric art form. 675 00:57:41,795 --> 00:57:43,380 - It looks jolly pretty. - Thank you. 676 00:57:43,463 --> 00:57:47,384 If you happen to have a number for this baboon, I might pass it on to my wife. 677 00:57:48,552 --> 00:57:51,096 Is that appropriate, by the way, that a red-blooded man 678 00:57:51,179 --> 00:57:53,059 should know the correct hairdresser for a woman? 679 00:57:53,098 --> 00:57:55,809 There's almost nothing that's appropriate about Tony, 680 00:57:55,892 --> 00:57:58,770 but he's made it his mission in life to improve me. 681 00:58:00,772 --> 00:58:03,442 - Your very own little altrincham. - Yes. 682 00:58:03,650 --> 00:58:05,610 Just rather better in bed, I suspect. 683 00:58:09,489 --> 00:58:11,992 - Oh, dear god. - Look at them. 684 00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:19,082 - There it is. - Thank you very much. 685 00:58:21,626 --> 00:58:22,919 Who do you suppose that is? 686 00:58:23,628 --> 00:58:26,465 It could be Mr. David Smith, a car dealer. 687 00:58:30,051 --> 00:58:32,095 - And that? - Ibeheve 688 00:58:32,554 --> 00:58:36,767 that is Harry "the hammer" Jones. 689 00:58:37,476 --> 00:58:39,770 A boxer from the old Kent road. 690 00:58:42,731 --> 00:58:46,234 Rounding up the numbers, we have a local restaurateur, 691 00:58:46,526 --> 00:58:47,944 a bus driver, 692 00:58:48,195 --> 00:58:49,738 a bank clerk, 693 00:58:50,822 --> 00:58:52,783 and a woman policeman. 694 00:58:55,076 --> 00:58:57,329 - All to open things up. - Yes. 695 00:58:57,412 --> 00:58:59,539 Bring us more in line with the real world. 696 00:58:59,623 --> 00:59:00,957 Democratize us. 697 00:59:03,210 --> 00:59:04,586 And so it goes. 698 00:59:06,505 --> 00:59:10,425 The stings and bites we suffer as it slips away. 699 00:59:11,551 --> 00:59:14,137 Bit by bit, piece by piece. 700 00:59:15,722 --> 00:59:17,182 Our authority, 701 00:59:17,766 --> 00:59:19,309 our absolutism, 702 00:59:20,101 --> 00:59:21,561 our divine rights. 703 00:59:25,357 --> 00:59:26,483 Ma'am? 704 00:59:29,945 --> 00:59:32,322 The history of the monarchy in this country is 705 00:59:32,447 --> 00:59:35,450 a one-way street of humiliation, sacrifices and concessions 706 00:59:35,534 --> 00:59:36,993 in order to survive. 707 00:59:37,828 --> 00:59:41,081 First, the barons came for us, then the merchants, now the journalists. 708 00:59:41,164 --> 00:59:45,001 Small wonder we make such a fuss about curtsies, protocol and precedent. 709 00:59:45,085 --> 00:59:46,419 It's all we have left. 710 00:59:46,503 --> 00:59:51,508 The last scraps of armor as we go from ruling to reigning to... 711 00:59:53,426 --> 00:59:55,554 - To what? - To being nothing at all. 712 00:59:59,474 --> 01:00:00,851 Marionettes. 713 01:00:07,524 --> 01:00:09,943 Right, gloves on. 714 01:00:13,446 --> 01:00:17,158 I told the master of the household to rotate the guests between courses, 715 01:00:17,242 --> 01:00:20,871 so if you get a dud, don't worry, it'll be 15 minutes at worst. 716 01:00:42,976 --> 01:00:44,060 Mr. and Mrs. David Smith. 717 01:00:44,144 --> 01:00:46,271 - David. Lovely to meet you. - Ma'am. 718 01:00:46,396 --> 01:00:48,148 - Hello. - Very nice to meet you. 719 01:00:48,231 --> 01:00:50,317 - Mr. and Mrs. Patel. - Hello there. 720 01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:51,818 Thank you for coming. 721 01:00:51,902 --> 01:00:54,863 - Mr. Harry "the hammer." - I've heard so much about you. 722 01:00:55,113 --> 01:00:57,449 - Thank you for coming. - You look absolutely beautiful. 723 01:00:57,532 --> 01:00:58,617 Mr. Martin Jones. 724 01:01:02,621 --> 01:01:04,748 - Sergeant Ethel danmyer. - Hello there. 725 01:01:05,373 --> 01:01:07,083 Such a pleasure to have you here. 726 01:01:07,626 --> 01:01:10,462 Here they come, dog-dogs. There they go.