1 00:00:19,523 --> 00:00:22,567 Friends. Friends. 2 00:00:25,279 --> 00:00:26,613 We meet here today, 3 00:00:27,698 --> 00:00:30,993 not as Ghanaians, Guineans, 4 00:00:31,285 --> 00:00:35,122 Moroccans, Algerians, Senegalese or Malians, 5 00:00:35,205 --> 00:00:38,458 but as africans, 6 00:00:40,002 --> 00:00:44,214 tired of being disrespected and abused 7 00:00:44,298 --> 00:00:48,176 by the corrupt and imperial powers of the past. 8 00:00:48,260 --> 00:00:52,973 The time has come to forge new alliances. 9 00:00:53,056 --> 00:00:57,769 Those who understand the strategic importance of Africa, 10 00:00:58,729 --> 00:01:03,066 and are willing to treat us as equals. 11 00:01:03,150 --> 00:01:05,402 Not as subordinates! 12 00:01:06,194 --> 00:01:08,447 And not as slaves! 13 00:01:09,281 --> 00:01:11,950 This is our time. 14 00:01:12,117 --> 00:01:14,745 We must choose our own destiny! 15 00:01:17,247 --> 00:01:19,833 A socialistafrica! 16 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:23,587 For africans! 17 00:01:44,358 --> 00:01:46,943 We've definitely seen better days, ma'am. 18 00:01:47,027 --> 00:01:49,738 We'll send in the foresters at the end of the season, cut it back. 19 00:01:49,821 --> 00:01:52,741 - Yes. - The old oak, she's still hanging on. 20 00:01:52,824 --> 00:01:56,119 - Just about. - But she looks so old. Ancient. 21 00:01:56,203 --> 00:01:58,413 Well, she will have to be felled in due course. 22 00:01:58,497 --> 00:02:01,083 - What a shame. - Looks like it's set in for the day. 23 00:02:01,166 --> 00:02:03,794 You remember my grandson, Daniel, ma'am? 24 00:02:03,877 --> 00:02:06,505 Yes, of course. I was at his christening. 25 00:02:06,588 --> 00:02:07,798 That's right. 26 00:02:08,715 --> 00:02:11,385 We ought to head back, ma'am. Get you out of this rain. 27 00:02:11,468 --> 00:02:12,594 Right. 28 00:02:12,677 --> 00:02:15,138 I'll go get the jump leads, the engine's packed in. 29 00:02:15,222 --> 00:02:16,598 What, again? 30 00:02:18,392 --> 00:02:21,937 - Can I help, ma'am? - Thank you. 31 00:02:24,231 --> 00:02:26,525 Pull! Pull! 32 00:02:28,402 --> 00:02:30,654 - Sorry. You all right, ma'am? - Yes, fine, thank you. 33 00:02:50,799 --> 00:02:53,718 The ceremonial guard awaited Mr. Kennedy's arrival. 34 00:02:53,802 --> 00:02:56,012 It has pleased the French that he came to Paris 35 00:02:56,096 --> 00:02:58,181 before going to Vienna to meet Mr. Khrushchev. 36 00:02:58,265 --> 00:03:02,519 When is it, do you think, if one's committed to a life of honesty, 37 00:03:02,602 --> 00:03:05,856 that one must start calling oneself "middle-aged"? 38 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,818 Stop it. You're still a young girl! 39 00:03:09,901 --> 00:03:13,113 I caught sight of myself in a mirror today. 40 00:03:13,238 --> 00:03:14,698 I looked like an old woman. 41 00:03:14,781 --> 00:03:17,534 You haven't even finished having children yet. 42 00:03:18,243 --> 00:03:19,453 True. 43 00:03:19,536 --> 00:03:23,540 So, finish your family, let the first one go to school, 44 00:03:23,623 --> 00:03:25,834 and then let's talk about being middle-aged. 45 00:03:25,917 --> 00:03:28,503 That won't be middle-aged, that'll be ancient. 46 00:03:28,587 --> 00:03:30,547 Here he is, arriving in Paris. 47 00:03:30,630 --> 00:03:33,341 - Oh, no, no! - Not again! 48 00:03:37,137 --> 00:03:38,847 - Mummy! Be careful. - President... 49 00:03:38,930 --> 00:03:40,640 No, stop it! It's rented. 50 00:03:45,103 --> 00:03:48,565 No. No, yes, you've got it. Well done. 51 00:03:49,608 --> 00:03:51,610 This macaroni and cheese is heavenly. 52 00:03:51,693 --> 00:03:54,237 To visit the faculty of medicine in Paris. 53 00:03:54,321 --> 00:03:55,947 This whole weekend has been heavenly. 54 00:03:56,031 --> 00:03:57,324 It will be the first meeting... 55 00:03:57,407 --> 00:03:59,576 Sadly, I have to leave in the morning. 56 00:03:59,659 --> 00:04:03,246 - Whatever for? - They're coming to dinner. 57 00:04:03,914 --> 00:04:06,791 - The Kennedys? - After Vienna with khrushchev, 58 00:04:06,875 --> 00:04:08,460 then Paris, they're coming to London. 59 00:04:08,543 --> 00:04:11,087 So, we're having an informal dinner at Buckingham Palace. 60 00:04:11,171 --> 00:04:12,398 During the brief stay in Paris... 61 00:04:12,422 --> 00:04:15,592 She's so young. I always thought she was the same age as you. 62 00:04:15,675 --> 00:04:17,010 She is. 63 00:04:17,093 --> 00:04:19,179 A banquet at the elysee palace. 64 00:04:19,262 --> 00:04:20,430 Oh, no! 65 00:04:21,932 --> 00:04:24,100 Thank you. 66 00:04:25,227 --> 00:04:26,895 Oh, no, look, there she is. 67 00:04:26,978 --> 00:04:28,897 Was talking about the charm and elegance 68 00:04:28,980 --> 00:04:31,066 of Mr. Kennedy's wife, Jackie. 69 00:04:31,149 --> 00:04:33,777 Jackie, in fact, often stole the picture. 70 00:04:40,951 --> 00:04:44,663 She is pretty, isn't she? 71 00:04:44,788 --> 00:04:46,831 Yes. 72 00:06:51,790 --> 00:06:54,959 One overriding item on the agenda today, ma'am. 73 00:06:55,627 --> 00:06:56,920 Ghana, 74 00:06:57,003 --> 00:06:58,463 and our continued concern 75 00:06:58,546 --> 00:07:01,049 from nkrumah's growing hostility to the west. 76 00:07:01,466 --> 00:07:03,426 You feel that he's drifting from the commonwealth? 77 00:07:03,802 --> 00:07:06,554 Not so much drifting as bolting for the door. 78 00:07:06,638 --> 00:07:08,056 Into whose arms? 79 00:07:09,391 --> 00:07:10,767 The Russians', ma'am. 80 00:07:11,893 --> 00:07:15,397 Yesterday, he received brezhnev in Accra. 81 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:16,648 Brezhnev? 82 00:07:16,731 --> 00:07:18,650 The chairman of the Soviet presidium, 83 00:07:18,733 --> 00:07:22,320 who flew to Ghana for talks about nkrumah's precious dam project? 84 00:07:22,404 --> 00:07:24,322 - The volta dam. - Yes, ma'am. 85 00:07:24,406 --> 00:07:27,283 But I thought nkrumah had been talking to the Americans about that. 86 00:07:27,367 --> 00:07:30,787 He had been, but Russia sees this as an opportunity 87 00:07:30,870 --> 00:07:33,415 to outbid the Americans, get a foothold in Africa, 88 00:07:33,498 --> 00:07:35,792 in an attempt to turn the whole continent red. 89 00:07:37,168 --> 00:07:39,963 Well, shouldn't we ask the Americans to improve their offer? 90 00:07:40,046 --> 00:07:42,424 I will certainly speak to president Kennedy 91 00:07:42,507 --> 00:07:45,552 - as soon as he arrives in London. - Good. 92 00:07:45,635 --> 00:07:49,806 - Following his great triumph in Paris. - 4ndeed. 93 00:07:49,889 --> 00:07:51,975 I thought de gaulle didn't care for Mr. Kennedy. 94 00:07:52,058 --> 00:07:54,394 He doesn't! Personally, or politically. 95 00:07:54,477 --> 00:07:58,106 - So, what turned it all around? - The first lady, ma'am. 96 00:08:00,442 --> 00:08:03,403 - Why? What did she do? - Dazzled ie tout Paris. 97 00:08:03,486 --> 00:08:07,031 Had president de gaulle eating out of her hand. 98 00:08:07,157 --> 00:08:11,119 - How on earth did she do that? - By speaking French fluently. 99 00:08:11,202 --> 00:08:12,787 Yes, we can all do that. 100 00:08:12,871 --> 00:08:16,291 And by debating with local philosophers and intellectuals, 101 00:08:16,374 --> 00:08:20,170 until all anti-American sentiment simply evaporated. 102 00:08:20,253 --> 00:08:21,838 I suppose she is pretty. 103 00:08:24,132 --> 00:08:25,592 And, they are French. 104 00:08:25,675 --> 00:08:28,803 She's also a formidably bright woman in her own right, 105 00:08:28,887 --> 00:08:30,221 having studied at the sorbonne 106 00:08:30,305 --> 00:08:34,601 and the prestigious ecole libre des sciences politiques. 107 00:08:34,809 --> 00:08:38,146 "The most glamorous and intelligent woman on earth." 108 00:08:39,522 --> 00:08:40,982 So they say. 109 00:08:43,193 --> 00:08:45,653 And now, she's coming to London, 110 00:08:45,737 --> 00:08:48,114 so, we'd better put our best foot fonnard, hadn't we? 111 00:08:48,281 --> 00:08:51,326 - Prime minister. - Your majesty. 112 00:08:54,954 --> 00:08:58,708 Always important, I think, when choosing a gown, 113 00:08:58,792 --> 00:09:03,379 is to ask oneself what precisely one wants to feel when wearing it. 114 00:09:05,673 --> 00:09:10,011 I just think that one doesn't want to feel second best. 115 00:09:10,094 --> 00:09:15,016 Quite. Especially if one is very much the senior of the two individuals. 116 00:09:15,099 --> 00:09:19,145 - Now, now... - In terms of rank, ma'am, not age. 117 00:09:19,270 --> 00:09:22,524 To that end, I have something quite specific in mind. 118 00:09:22,607 --> 00:09:26,069 Mrs. Kennedy may have dazzled in Paris, 119 00:09:26,152 --> 00:09:28,613 but let's not forget France is a republic. 120 00:09:29,656 --> 00:09:32,742 This is a monarchy. 121 00:09:32,826 --> 00:09:35,078 And if you've got it, flaunt it, I say. 122 00:09:52,637 --> 00:09:56,015 I had a look at the seating plan for dinner, and I couldn't help noticing... 123 00:09:56,099 --> 00:09:57,308 Breathe in, ma'am. 124 00:09:58,434 --> 00:09:59,602 Just a bit more. 125 00:09:59,686 --> 00:10:01,855 You gave Mrs. Kennedy to uncle Dickie. 126 00:10:01,938 --> 00:10:04,774 - There. - Yes, I did. At his request. 127 00:10:04,858 --> 00:10:06,526 He's been badgering me for weeks. 128 00:10:06,609 --> 00:10:09,279 As, incidentally, has your brother-in-law. 129 00:10:09,362 --> 00:10:10,572 - Berthold? - Yes. 130 00:10:10,655 --> 00:10:11,698 The rascal. 131 00:10:11,781 --> 00:10:14,909 Not to mention, our own prime minister and the American ambassador. 132 00:10:14,993 --> 00:10:16,452 Well, well, well. 133 00:10:16,536 --> 00:10:20,331 All desperate to sit next to the first lady. 134 00:10:20,456 --> 00:10:24,085 I could let it out a bit, ma'am. 135 00:10:25,336 --> 00:10:27,589 What if I'm requesting her, too? 136 00:10:27,672 --> 00:10:30,758 - I put you next to theodora. - She's my sister. 137 00:10:30,842 --> 00:10:32,677 Yes, whom you haven't seen in years. 138 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,139 No, she's still my sister, and this is, you know... 139 00:10:36,222 --> 00:10:38,224 No. I don't know. 140 00:10:38,308 --> 00:10:39,893 Her! 141 00:10:39,976 --> 00:10:43,897 Anyway, in terms of protocol, isn't it my right, as your husband, 142 00:10:43,980 --> 00:10:45,982 to sit next to the most senior female there? 143 00:10:46,065 --> 00:10:48,610 It's true. At a state dinner, you could've expected to sit 144 00:10:48,693 --> 00:10:52,030 next to the most senior female guest, but on this occasion, 145 00:10:52,113 --> 00:10:53,656 downing street have asked us, 146 00:10:53,740 --> 00:10:56,242 begged us, not to make it a state dinner. 147 00:10:57,452 --> 00:10:59,537 So as not to put French noses out ofjoint. 148 00:10:59,621 --> 00:11:01,831 What's it got to do with the bloody French? 149 00:11:01,915 --> 00:11:04,834 Well, apparently, de gaulle will resist us joining the eec 150 00:11:04,918 --> 00:11:07,503 if he thinks we're too close to the Americans. 151 00:11:07,587 --> 00:11:09,297 So, it's a small, informal dinner. 152 00:11:09,631 --> 00:11:12,383 Well, fine. Then it's a free-for-all, seating-wise. 153 00:11:12,467 --> 00:11:13,801 Yes, I suppose, it is. 154 00:11:13,885 --> 00:11:16,429 In which case, I could move Dickie next to my sister, 155 00:11:16,512 --> 00:11:19,432 and put myself next to the first lady. 156 00:11:19,515 --> 00:11:21,643 If you must. 157 00:11:21,726 --> 00:11:25,730 Well. I must. 158 00:11:46,417 --> 00:11:47,919 Thank you, gentlemen. 159 00:11:50,630 --> 00:11:51,756 And, you! 160 00:12:00,765 --> 00:12:03,685 The president and first lady are arriving, ma'am. 161 00:12:05,561 --> 00:12:07,271 There you are. 162 00:12:17,991 --> 00:12:21,160 Is it possible for you to be marginally less excited? 163 00:12:26,165 --> 00:12:27,417 Thank you very much. 164 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:31,295 Porchey, what on earth is going on? 165 00:12:31,421 --> 00:12:33,798 They've all gone mad. 166 00:12:34,590 --> 00:12:35,591 Here they come! 167 00:12:45,309 --> 00:12:48,187 Madam first lady, welcome to Buckingham Palace. 168 00:12:48,271 --> 00:12:49,355 Thank you. 169 00:12:49,439 --> 00:12:51,232 - Mr. President. - Hello. 170 00:12:51,315 --> 00:12:53,901 Her majesty's waiting for you in the blue drawing room. 171 00:12:58,614 --> 00:13:00,426 There will be a brief reception before dinner, sir. 172 00:13:00,450 --> 00:13:01,451 Fantastic. 173 00:13:01,534 --> 00:13:04,287 It's mass hysteria. What extraordinary behavior. 174 00:13:04,370 --> 00:13:05,788 Quite extraordinary. 175 00:13:06,748 --> 00:13:09,709 - Ma'am. - Thank you. 176 00:13:09,792 --> 00:13:12,003 Darling! 177 00:13:12,086 --> 00:13:13,171 For goodness' sake. 178 00:13:13,254 --> 00:13:17,008 - Come on, it's like royalty. - Very funny. 179 00:13:28,311 --> 00:13:31,773 Gosh. President first, president first. 180 00:13:34,358 --> 00:13:35,610 Your majesty. 181 00:13:35,693 --> 00:13:37,612 - No curtsy. - No curtsy. 182 00:13:37,987 --> 00:13:39,614 Mrs. Kennedy. 183 00:13:39,906 --> 00:13:40,948 Your grace. 184 00:13:41,449 --> 00:13:42,658 "Your royal highness." 185 00:13:42,742 --> 00:13:44,702 Mrs. Kennedy. 186 00:13:45,661 --> 00:13:48,456 Good evening, your royal majesty. 187 00:13:48,581 --> 00:13:51,250 - Oh, dear. - Oh, for goodness' sake. 188 00:13:51,334 --> 00:13:52,835 Mr. President. 189 00:13:54,837 --> 00:13:57,465 - Mr. President. - Your grace. 190 00:13:57,548 --> 00:13:59,717 - Did they not get the protocol sheet? - Yes! 191 00:13:59,801 --> 00:14:02,053 He obviously didn't read it. 192 00:14:02,303 --> 00:14:05,014 Yes, well. Shall we? 193 00:14:06,599 --> 00:14:08,309 Jackie. 194 00:14:08,434 --> 00:14:10,770 - Where do you think she's going? - Lord knows. 195 00:14:14,482 --> 00:14:17,401 Mrs. Kennedy. I believe you know our prime minister... 196 00:14:17,485 --> 00:14:20,571 I feel like that went wrong in about 10,000 different ways. 197 00:14:20,655 --> 00:14:23,116 I've seen worse. Though, I'm not sure when. 198 00:14:25,993 --> 00:14:28,412 - Let's drink? - Please. 199 00:14:28,496 --> 00:14:31,499 - Sorry, sir. - Bloody shambles. 200 00:14:31,582 --> 00:14:32,583 I know. 201 00:14:44,595 --> 00:14:47,223 My heart goes out to him. 202 00:14:47,390 --> 00:14:51,352 The word is that, behind closed doors in Vienna, khrushchev humiliated him, 203 00:14:51,435 --> 00:14:54,355 ran rings round him, treated him like a little boy. 204 00:14:54,438 --> 00:14:57,400 No wonder the cold war... 205 00:15:07,994 --> 00:15:11,539 Sensuality. We won't go there! 206 00:15:12,206 --> 00:15:14,167 No, we won't. 207 00:15:20,423 --> 00:15:21,549 Stop it. 208 00:15:30,016 --> 00:15:32,977 So, how was she? 209 00:15:33,060 --> 00:15:35,730 Terrific. She's divine. 210 00:15:35,813 --> 00:15:38,774 - Is she? - And frightfully clever. 211 00:15:38,858 --> 00:15:39,901 Yes. 212 00:15:41,652 --> 00:15:42,778 What are you doing? 213 00:15:42,862 --> 00:15:45,072 - She wants a tour of the place. - Does she? 214 00:15:45,156 --> 00:15:47,575 - Well, then I'll do it. - No, it's all right, she asked me. 215 00:15:47,658 --> 00:15:51,787 No. It's my house. So, I'll do it. 216 00:15:56,626 --> 00:15:57,793 Mrs. Kennedy. 217 00:15:59,420 --> 00:16:00,504 Are you okay there? 218 00:16:01,255 --> 00:16:05,676 I hope my wife isn't causing too much trouble. 219 00:16:06,552 --> 00:16:10,056 You do know you're the luckiest man on earth? 220 00:16:12,350 --> 00:16:14,810 Yes. 221 00:16:17,772 --> 00:16:20,524 Although people keep telling me the same thing. 222 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,072 Sure. 223 00:16:26,239 --> 00:16:30,368 - Where are they going? - I've absolutely no idea. 224 00:16:32,995 --> 00:16:34,872 Now, this is the throne room. 225 00:16:34,956 --> 00:16:37,500 In the early years of queen Victoria's reign, 226 00:16:37,583 --> 00:16:40,253 various balls and concerts were held here, 227 00:16:40,336 --> 00:16:43,130 but now, it's principally used for receptions, 228 00:16:43,214 --> 00:16:46,092 investitures, and the taking of royal wedding photographs. 229 00:16:52,348 --> 00:16:53,683 Shall we? 230 00:16:54,308 --> 00:16:56,978 Now, this is the picture gallery. 231 00:16:57,103 --> 00:16:59,981 This is my great-great-great-great-grandfather, 232 00:17:00,064 --> 00:17:04,151 George III, and he bought Buckingham house in 1761, 233 00:17:04,235 --> 00:17:07,029 for his wife, queen Charlotte. 234 00:17:07,154 --> 00:17:08,447 Who's this? 235 00:17:09,115 --> 00:17:12,868 That's one of the pitts. The younger. 236 00:17:13,536 --> 00:17:18,249 Known for something that's always rather endeared me to him, crippling shyness. 237 00:17:19,750 --> 00:17:23,796 Apparently, he could barely look people in the eye. 238 00:17:23,879 --> 00:17:26,966 And yet he became our prime minister. 239 00:17:27,049 --> 00:17:32,054 I quite understand. I'm also a shy person by nature. 240 00:17:39,478 --> 00:17:43,149 This leads to our private apartments. 241 00:17:45,109 --> 00:17:47,320 It's a shortcut. 242 00:17:50,406 --> 00:17:54,410 This is about as private as it gets in this place. 243 00:17:54,493 --> 00:17:56,787 It's where one feels most comfortable. 244 00:17:56,871 --> 00:17:59,457 I quite understand. 245 00:17:59,540 --> 00:18:02,418 You have to have somewhere to escape to. 246 00:18:03,502 --> 00:18:07,298 I've often wondered how someone who hates attention as much as I do 247 00:18:07,381 --> 00:18:11,969 ended up in a goldfish bowl like the white house. 248 00:18:12,386 --> 00:18:14,889 But I realize, there's actually a perverse logic 249 00:18:14,972 --> 00:18:18,142 to a cripplingly shy person ending up in this position. 250 00:18:18,225 --> 00:18:20,811 You'll have to explain that one to me. 251 00:18:20,895 --> 00:18:24,565 Well, a shy person will seek out someone strong to protect them. 252 00:18:25,566 --> 00:18:27,777 Yes. I'm with you so far. 253 00:18:27,860 --> 00:18:32,698 And a strong character's often one who enjoys public life, 254 00:18:32,782 --> 00:18:34,909 who thrives on it. 255 00:18:34,992 --> 00:18:38,746 And then, before you know it, the very person you've turned to 256 00:18:38,829 --> 00:18:42,333 in order to protect you is the very reason you are exposed. 257 00:18:44,335 --> 00:18:47,505 Jack's idea of heaven is a crowd. 258 00:18:47,588 --> 00:18:50,341 Campaigning, fund-raising, speechmaking. 259 00:18:50,424 --> 00:18:52,760 That's when he comes alive. 260 00:18:52,843 --> 00:18:57,932 He'd far sooner speak to 10,000 people under the glare of spotlights, 261 00:18:58,015 --> 00:19:01,602 than be alone with me. 262 00:19:07,358 --> 00:19:11,195 And, what's your idea of heaven? 263 00:19:11,278 --> 00:19:15,574 I like my own company. And to be alone in the countryside. 264 00:19:16,325 --> 00:19:17,952 And, where do you go? 265 00:19:18,035 --> 00:19:20,996 A farm, Glen or a, about an hour from Washington. 266 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:22,456 Maryland? 267 00:19:23,249 --> 00:19:25,709 - Virginia. - Oh, yes. 268 00:19:31,715 --> 00:19:33,217 - Hello, Stuart. - Ma'am. 269 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:35,386 - They're eating. - Yes, ma'am. 270 00:19:35,469 --> 00:19:37,680 Oh, goodness! 271 00:19:38,431 --> 00:19:39,890 Hello, puppies. 272 00:19:39,974 --> 00:19:41,559 Hello, what's your name? 273 00:19:41,642 --> 00:19:45,396 Well, that's sugar. And these are her puppies. 274 00:19:45,479 --> 00:19:47,356 Come here, come here, little one. 275 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,358 - Whisky and Sherry. - Hello. 276 00:19:51,652 --> 00:19:54,155 You're very clever to be cautious. 277 00:19:55,322 --> 00:19:57,366 It's really one of the great paradoxes 278 00:19:57,450 --> 00:20:01,370 of being in a position where I have to talk to a great many people, 279 00:20:01,996 --> 00:20:04,373 but deep down, I'm happiest with animals. 280 00:20:04,915 --> 00:20:06,417 That makes two of us. 281 00:20:08,794 --> 00:20:12,840 I always think my sister would've made, if not the better, 282 00:20:12,923 --> 00:20:14,925 the more natural first lady. 283 00:20:15,009 --> 00:20:17,845 Mine, too. A born queen. 284 00:20:18,929 --> 00:20:22,266 And the greatest of British queens. In her own mind, anyway. 285 00:20:30,566 --> 00:20:35,029 No, I liked her very much. And I'd been all set to loathe her. 286 00:20:35,112 --> 00:20:38,365 But in the end, I was utterly charmed. 287 00:20:38,449 --> 00:20:40,117 - It's a timely reminder. - Of what? 288 00:20:40,201 --> 00:20:43,204 Well, that people are so rarely what they seem. 289 00:20:43,287 --> 00:20:45,664 Well, then I don't know what Patrick was talking about. 290 00:20:45,748 --> 00:20:46,957 - Patrick? - Plunket. 291 00:20:47,041 --> 00:20:49,585 - I saw him last night at tartuffe. - Is that a restaurant? 292 00:20:49,668 --> 00:20:52,796 It's a play, dear. A very famous French play. 293 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,465 - I knew that. - Did you? 294 00:20:54,548 --> 00:20:57,134 - Yes, it's a classic tragedy. - Farce. 295 00:20:57,218 --> 00:20:59,178 - By pissarro. - Moliere. 296 00:20:59,261 --> 00:21:01,347 Pissarro was a painter! 297 00:21:04,350 --> 00:21:06,810 When was the last time you even went to the theater? 298 00:21:06,894 --> 00:21:09,480 Or a gallery? Or even read a book? 299 00:21:10,231 --> 00:21:13,025 - You're a savage. - Thank you. 300 00:21:13,108 --> 00:21:15,277 What about Patrick? 301 00:21:15,361 --> 00:21:19,281 Well, Patrick had dinner at the radziwills' last week, 302 00:21:19,365 --> 00:21:23,035 where your new best friend, Mrs. Kennedy, was also a guest. 303 00:21:23,118 --> 00:21:25,663 He called me this morning to tell me some of the things 304 00:21:25,746 --> 00:21:28,082 he'd overheard her say at dinner. 305 00:21:28,165 --> 00:21:29,500 What did she say? 306 00:21:29,583 --> 00:21:32,044 You'd have to ask Patrick. 307 00:21:32,169 --> 00:21:34,922 I must say, it did seem a little unkind. 308 00:21:35,005 --> 00:21:39,510 You know how reported speech gets twisted in the retelling. 309 00:21:39,677 --> 00:21:42,721 I'm quite sure it was nothing. 310 00:21:42,846 --> 00:21:43,973 Don't worry! 311 00:21:51,730 --> 00:21:53,232 General salute! 312 00:21:53,315 --> 00:21:55,943 Present arms! 313 00:21:58,279 --> 00:22:01,365 Shoulder arms! 314 00:22:03,117 --> 00:22:05,327 Order arms! 315 00:22:08,330 --> 00:22:09,832 About turn! 316 00:22:12,710 --> 00:22:15,421 - Patrick. - Your majesty. 317 00:22:15,588 --> 00:22:18,424 It's so kind of you to come. 318 00:22:20,092 --> 00:22:22,636 - It's really not far. - Are you still just round the corner? 319 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,638 - At Wellington barracks? - I am. 320 00:22:24,722 --> 00:22:26,533 And are you still traveling up and down the country, 321 00:22:26,557 --> 00:22:28,851 recruiting for all the regiments from all the top schools? 322 00:22:28,934 --> 00:22:30,894 That's me. 323 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:34,732 I gather 324 00:22:35,941 --> 00:22:39,945 you saw the first lady at dinner recently. 325 00:22:40,029 --> 00:22:42,197 - Who? - Mrs. Kennedy. 326 00:22:43,449 --> 00:22:44,992 - Margaret mentioned it. - Did she? 327 00:22:45,075 --> 00:22:46,619 Yes. 328 00:22:48,412 --> 00:22:49,580 So, how was that? 329 00:22:51,206 --> 00:22:55,961 Pleasant enough. Uneventful. You know how it is at the radziwills'. 330 00:22:56,045 --> 00:22:57,671 No, I don't. 331 00:22:57,755 --> 00:22:59,923 Well, the food's always good. 332 00:23:00,007 --> 00:23:01,967 Yes, well, I wasn't asking about the food. 333 00:23:04,219 --> 00:23:06,680 I'd like to know what was said. 334 00:23:08,724 --> 00:23:10,684 Patrick, we grew up together, 335 00:23:10,768 --> 00:23:14,813 and we've always had a very frank and a very open relationship. 336 00:23:14,897 --> 00:23:16,815 - Yes, ma'am. - Yes, so, 337 00:23:16,899 --> 00:23:20,277 let's not break the habit of a lifetime. 338 00:23:23,030 --> 00:23:24,698 All right. 339 00:23:26,408 --> 00:23:30,120 What I overheard the first lady say... 340 00:23:30,204 --> 00:23:32,831 And I should mention, I was several places along the table, 341 00:23:32,915 --> 00:23:35,959 - it's possible that I misheard. - Yes. 342 00:23:37,461 --> 00:23:41,548 Was that she found Buckingham Palace 343 00:23:41,632 --> 00:23:44,134 second-rate, dilapidated and sad. 344 00:23:45,010 --> 00:23:48,389 Like a neglected provincial hotel. 345 00:23:48,472 --> 00:23:54,436 And that one came away with a sense of a tired institution 346 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:58,148 without a place in the modern world. 347 00:24:00,776 --> 00:24:02,069 I see. 348 00:24:10,285 --> 00:24:13,122 And did she have anything to say about me? 349 00:24:13,205 --> 00:24:14,832 - Oh, lilibet. - Patrick! 350 00:24:14,915 --> 00:24:17,626 I was at the other end of the table, I... 351 00:24:23,298 --> 00:24:26,635 But the words I think I overheard were... 352 00:24:30,013 --> 00:24:34,643 That in our head of state, we had a middle-aged woman, 353 00:24:35,561 --> 00:24:41,775 so incurious, unintelligent, and unremarkable, 354 00:24:44,695 --> 00:24:48,073 that britain's new reduced place in the world was not a surprise, 355 00:24:48,157 --> 00:24:50,743 but an inevitability. 356 00:25:05,132 --> 00:25:06,383 Well. 357 00:25:09,553 --> 00:25:12,848 We must have her again soon. 358 00:25:53,222 --> 00:25:55,432 Bad news, I'm afraid. Worse than bad. 359 00:25:55,516 --> 00:26:00,229 Regarding nkrumah's volta dam project, president Kennedy's pulled out. 360 00:26:03,398 --> 00:26:05,275 American involvement was conditional 361 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,778 upon Ghana having severed all ties with the Russians. 362 00:26:07,861 --> 00:26:12,324 Turns out nkrumah was in Moscow yesterday to receive the order of Lenin, 363 00:26:12,407 --> 00:26:14,326 highest military honor. 364 00:26:14,409 --> 00:26:16,495 From khrushchev himself. 365 00:26:17,246 --> 00:26:19,748 - And what's the next step? - I wish I knew. 366 00:26:19,832 --> 00:26:22,084 I wish I had an ace up my sleeve. 367 00:26:22,167 --> 00:26:25,963 The way president Kennedy had his first lady in Paris? 368 00:26:39,309 --> 00:26:40,769 Why don't you send me? 369 00:26:44,398 --> 00:26:45,440 Where? 370 00:26:47,067 --> 00:26:50,320 To Ghana. On what would be seen as a personal trip. 371 00:26:50,404 --> 00:26:51,446 Absolutely not. 372 00:26:51,530 --> 00:26:53,490 That would be out of the question, ma'am. 373 00:26:53,574 --> 00:26:57,744 Why? A visit from the crown to Ghana would be seen as a huge compliment. 374 00:26:57,828 --> 00:26:58,954 Too great a compliment. 375 00:26:59,037 --> 00:27:01,790 It would be singling out Ghana as a preferred nation. 376 00:27:01,874 --> 00:27:05,127 And doing so, we risk alienating Nigeria, Sierra Leone, tanganyika. 377 00:27:05,210 --> 00:27:07,754 But surely, by singling out Ghana, that might be just the thing 378 00:27:07,838 --> 00:27:10,424 to keep nkrumah away from the Russians and in the commonwealth. 379 00:27:10,507 --> 00:27:12,175 Perhaps, but as queen, you cannot be seen 380 00:27:12,259 --> 00:27:14,303 to be engaging in the dirty business of politics! 381 00:27:14,386 --> 00:27:15,804 But as head of the commonwealth, 382 00:27:15,888 --> 00:27:17,764 can I not be permitted just once to defend it? 383 00:27:17,848 --> 00:27:19,433 Your majesty. 384 00:27:20,434 --> 00:27:24,396 It would be unsafe. It would be provocative. 385 00:27:25,522 --> 00:27:28,734 It would be, in my view, 386 00:27:28,817 --> 00:27:32,779 a profound misjudgment to get on that plane. 387 00:27:47,878 --> 00:27:51,882 "The trip is impossible to justify from any angle. 388 00:27:51,965 --> 00:27:53,717 "It is unethical, unconstitutional, 389 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,763 "and indefensible that the queen should be going at all." 390 00:27:57,888 --> 00:28:00,515 Well, what would you have me do? Nothing? 391 00:28:00,599 --> 00:28:02,619 I certainly wouldn't have you get into a chess match 392 00:28:02,643 --> 00:28:05,270 with a wily operator like nkrumah. 393 00:28:05,395 --> 00:28:06,772 You're just being cynical. 394 00:28:06,855 --> 00:28:08,273 And you're being naive! 395 00:28:09,358 --> 00:28:12,527 When you last met him, nkrumah was just nkrumah. 396 00:28:12,611 --> 00:28:16,239 Now, he's the lion of Africa, playing the Soviets off against the Americans, 397 00:28:16,323 --> 00:28:19,534 and you're a lamb the lion will have for lunch. 398 00:28:20,577 --> 00:28:22,329 The best thing you can do is stay at home, 399 00:28:22,412 --> 00:28:23,997 and be what you're supposed to be. 400 00:28:24,748 --> 00:28:27,376 - A puppet? - A constitutional monarch! 401 00:28:27,459 --> 00:28:29,127 - A puppet. - If you like. 402 00:28:30,045 --> 00:28:33,799 Well, that's the whole point. Idonthke. 403 00:28:49,940 --> 00:28:52,484 Sir? She's here. 404 00:29:40,782 --> 00:29:43,493 Thank you. How lovely. 405 00:29:51,668 --> 00:29:54,004 Shall we, ma'am? 406 00:29:55,297 --> 00:29:56,715 - Stop. - Stop. 407 00:29:57,215 --> 00:30:00,093 One moment, please, ma'am. 408 00:30:00,302 --> 00:30:01,303 Yes. 409 00:30:01,970 --> 00:30:03,263 Reporters. 410 00:30:19,988 --> 00:30:24,868 Your majesty, Ghana welcomes you. Humbly. 411 00:30:24,951 --> 00:30:25,994 Yes. 412 00:30:28,413 --> 00:30:30,165 - We're very happy to be here. - Of course. 413 00:30:32,084 --> 00:30:35,837 Back, back, back, back, back. Back! 414 00:30:37,964 --> 00:30:38,965 Ready? 415 00:30:41,009 --> 00:30:42,219 Thank you, your majesty. 416 00:30:44,971 --> 00:30:47,182 Thank you. 417 00:30:47,390 --> 00:30:51,144 Well, you've given him the photo he wanted. 418 00:30:51,228 --> 00:30:53,688 That'll be on the front page of every African newspaper, 419 00:30:53,772 --> 00:30:56,608 making every other African leader choke with jealousy. 420 00:30:56,691 --> 00:30:58,485 Yes, well, as long as it does the trick. 421 00:31:08,954 --> 00:31:09,996 Adeane here. 422 00:31:11,373 --> 00:31:12,415 Put him through. 423 00:31:12,999 --> 00:31:16,169 - I have a secure line to Ghana. - Yes, sir. 424 00:31:16,253 --> 00:31:19,840 I thought he'd agreed to suspend all contact with the Soviets. 425 00:31:19,923 --> 00:31:22,175 - Apparently, not. - Ready for you, sir. 426 00:31:22,259 --> 00:31:23,844 Gentlemen? Thank you. 427 00:31:32,102 --> 00:31:33,520 Thank you. 428 00:31:34,688 --> 00:31:36,022 Out. 429 00:31:36,606 --> 00:31:37,649 Hello? 430 00:31:40,277 --> 00:31:41,319 Your majesty. 431 00:31:41,695 --> 00:31:42,988 Prime minister. 432 00:31:43,071 --> 00:31:46,533 I've just received confirmation that a team of international engineers 433 00:31:46,616 --> 00:31:49,411 has arrived in Ghana to begin work on nkrumah's dam. 434 00:31:49,494 --> 00:31:50,620 Well, 435 00:31:52,038 --> 00:31:53,790 I'd say that's good news, isn't it? 436 00:31:54,416 --> 00:31:56,626 We encouraged the Americans to go back to nkrumah. 437 00:31:56,710 --> 00:31:57,919 Soviet engineers, ma'am. 438 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,757 It appears nkrumah has been playing us all off against one another. 439 00:32:02,841 --> 00:32:04,759 - What? - Leading us a merry dance. 440 00:32:04,843 --> 00:32:07,512 I'm afraid you've been used, ma 'am. 441 00:32:07,596 --> 00:32:09,639 Just as we'd feared. 442 00:32:16,104 --> 00:32:18,523 Elizabeth! What's happened? 443 00:32:20,609 --> 00:32:22,360 Evening, sir. Martin. 444 00:32:24,696 --> 00:32:27,949 - I wouldn't, if I were you. - Sir? 445 00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:30,994 She's asked to be alone. 446 00:32:32,495 --> 00:32:34,623 She says she's thinking. 447 00:33:17,624 --> 00:33:18,792 Ma'am. 448 00:33:20,835 --> 00:33:22,003 What's going on? 449 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,131 What are you doing? 450 00:33:26,883 --> 00:33:28,760 Elizabeth? 451 00:33:37,477 --> 00:33:39,354 Yes, this is colonel charteris. 452 00:33:39,437 --> 00:33:41,731 We have Martin charteris on the telephone. 453 00:33:41,815 --> 00:33:44,150 A situation is developing in Ghana. 454 00:33:44,234 --> 00:33:45,235 Hello? 455 00:34:05,422 --> 00:34:07,799 What are you doing? Elizabeth? 456 00:34:17,309 --> 00:34:20,770 I think we both understand the significance of this moment. 457 00:34:22,105 --> 00:34:26,693 Yes. But do we understand the terms? 458 00:34:30,447 --> 00:34:32,907 They appear to be in some kind of negotiation. 459 00:34:32,991 --> 00:34:35,076 - What kind of negotiation? - Get her out of there! 460 00:34:37,954 --> 00:34:39,998 Your majesty? 461 00:34:43,376 --> 00:34:44,711 Oh, lord! 462 00:34:44,794 --> 00:34:45,879 What's going on? 463 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,054 He's taken her hand. 464 00:34:54,137 --> 00:34:55,347 Two, three, four! 465 00:35:12,906 --> 00:35:14,699 They're dancing. 466 00:35:16,785 --> 00:35:18,703 Our queen is dancing, sir. 467 00:35:20,413 --> 00:35:21,498 With an African. 468 00:35:21,581 --> 00:35:24,334 What? Was this agreed? 469 00:35:24,417 --> 00:35:25,543 Was this agreed? 470 00:35:25,627 --> 00:35:27,504 This was definitely not agreed. 471 00:35:27,587 --> 00:35:29,506 - What are they doing? - What are they doing? 472 00:35:31,091 --> 00:35:34,844 Hard to say. I believe it's the foxtrot. 473 00:35:36,096 --> 00:35:39,432 The foxtrot, sir. 474 00:36:22,517 --> 00:36:26,229 Ladies and gentlemen, the man I am proud to call 475 00:36:26,312 --> 00:36:28,690 the 35th president of the United States, 476 00:36:28,940 --> 00:36:33,736 but even more proud to call my brother, 477 00:36:33,820 --> 00:36:36,823 John F. Kennedy. 478 00:36:39,951 --> 00:36:42,287 Thank you, Bobby. 479 00:36:47,208 --> 00:36:50,253 What is it to be an American today? 480 00:36:51,963 --> 00:36:55,508 Prosperous, powerful, privileged... 481 00:36:57,177 --> 00:36:59,345 Certainly. 482 00:36:59,429 --> 00:37:04,058 And yet, it is also troubling. 483 00:37:04,267 --> 00:37:09,314 I look around me and find our people divided as never before. 484 00:37:09,564 --> 00:37:13,443 Indeed, as at no time since our civil war. 485 00:37:13,526 --> 00:37:16,696 There has been a change, a slippage, 486 00:37:16,779 --> 00:37:20,325 in our moral and our intellectual strength. 487 00:37:20,408 --> 00:37:25,455 Blight has descended on our regulatory agencies, and a dry rot 488 00:37:25,538 --> 00:37:30,084 beginning in Washington, is seeping into every corner of america. 489 00:37:30,502 --> 00:37:33,296 Too many of us have lost our way, 490 00:37:33,379 --> 00:37:37,050 our will and our sense of historic purpose. 491 00:37:37,550 --> 00:37:42,889 It is time for a renewal, a new generation of leadership, 492 00:37:43,014 --> 00:37:46,768 healing leadership, but we cannot do it alone. 493 00:37:47,227 --> 00:37:52,607 And so, I am asking each of you to be pioneers in this renewal, 494 00:37:52,732 --> 00:37:57,570 in this healing, in the reclaiming of great American values, 495 00:37:57,695 --> 00:38:01,199 freedom, tolerance, and equality of opportunity. 496 00:38:01,282 --> 00:38:04,077 Then we can claim our position 497 00:38:04,202 --> 00:38:08,331 and responsibilities as leaders of a truly free world. 498 00:38:08,623 --> 00:38:13,253 God bless you all, and god bless the United States of America! 499 00:38:25,431 --> 00:38:26,766 Thank you. Thank you. 500 00:38:30,937 --> 00:38:31,938 Thanks. 501 00:38:34,899 --> 00:38:37,068 - Thank you, sir. - Fantastic. 502 00:38:37,151 --> 00:38:39,612 You've made this evening worthwhile. 503 00:38:44,742 --> 00:38:45,844 Ladies, if you'd like to step over here. 504 00:38:45,868 --> 00:38:46,911 Sure. 505 00:38:56,796 --> 00:39:00,258 When the British royal family visits a former colony, 506 00:39:00,341 --> 00:39:03,219 it doesn't normally make news in the us. 507 00:39:03,303 --> 00:39:06,514 But when queen Elizabeth dances with a former subject... 508 00:39:06,639 --> 00:39:07,974 What's up, honey? 509 00:39:08,099 --> 00:39:12,186 A white monarch with an African leader, the world pays attention. 510 00:39:12,312 --> 00:39:16,691 And so, too, did Ghanaian leader president nkrumah himself. 511 00:39:16,774 --> 00:39:19,027 Awed by the gesture, nkrumah... 512 00:39:19,152 --> 00:39:21,696 I'm going to Glen or a with the kids in the morning. 513 00:39:22,655 --> 00:39:25,533 - It's not the weekend yet. - That he was fast becoming allies... 514 00:39:25,658 --> 00:39:28,703 It's Wednesday. It's weekend enough for me. 515 00:39:29,871 --> 00:39:32,749 Don't be like that. 516 00:39:32,832 --> 00:39:35,793 Don't you take away my dignity, and then tell me how to be. 517 00:39:35,877 --> 00:39:39,339 I just wanted to thank you, that's all. 518 00:39:39,505 --> 00:39:42,675 For the second time in recent weeks, you've been instrumental 519 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,679 in changing a significant matter of foreign policy. 520 00:39:48,306 --> 00:39:50,600 And an African state that was fast running 521 00:39:50,683 --> 00:39:52,685 into the arms of the communists, 522 00:39:52,894 --> 00:39:55,188 has been turned around and kept in the west. 523 00:39:57,398 --> 00:40:00,652 What does that have to do with me? 524 00:40:00,735 --> 00:40:03,863 Dreary queen thick-ankles? 525 00:40:04,656 --> 00:40:07,617 - What? - Her majestic dullness? 526 00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:09,994 The incurious crown? 527 00:40:10,078 --> 00:40:14,374 Apparently, just some of the things you said about her at a dinner in London, 528 00:40:14,499 --> 00:40:19,796 which then got back to queen Elizabeth and, it seems, spurred her on. 529 00:40:19,879 --> 00:40:24,217 Without those insults, she wouldn't have defied a cabinet, risked her reputation, 530 00:40:24,342 --> 00:40:26,177 and gone to Ghana, against all advice, 531 00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:29,889 to bring president nkrumah back on side, but she did. 532 00:40:31,724 --> 00:40:34,352 Pulled off some incredible stunt with a dance. 533 00:40:34,435 --> 00:40:36,604 And it's all thanks to you. 534 00:40:36,688 --> 00:40:37,897 They're ready for you. 535 00:40:38,981 --> 00:40:43,361 Relax. It's not like you'll run into her in Glen or a. 536 00:40:43,444 --> 00:40:44,821 Not Glen or a, no. 537 00:40:45,571 --> 00:40:49,909 But I am due back in London on my way back from India and Pakistan. 538 00:40:50,159 --> 00:40:55,039 Then my advice would be don't go to Buckingham Palace. 539 00:40:55,623 --> 00:40:58,167 Sorry. The "provincial hotel." 540 00:40:58,251 --> 00:40:59,335 It's not so easy. 541 00:40:59,419 --> 00:41:02,714 Her sister set up a lunch last time we were in town. 542 00:41:04,090 --> 00:41:05,425 Well, that should be fun. 543 00:41:06,300 --> 00:41:07,927 Catfight! 544 00:41:08,052 --> 00:41:11,055 I'll look foward to a full report. 545 00:41:11,222 --> 00:41:12,890 Come on, Bobby. 546 00:41:24,736 --> 00:41:28,781 We will shortly be reaching a cruising altitude of 25,000 feet 547 00:41:28,906 --> 00:41:32,618 and I'm pleased to say that we anticipate clear and calm conditions 548 00:41:32,744 --> 00:41:36,080 for the rest of our flight to London. 549 00:41:36,164 --> 00:41:41,627 Your majesty, some more international reactions to the Ghana trip. 550 00:41:41,753 --> 00:41:43,671 Positive, or negative? 551 00:41:43,755 --> 00:41:46,966 Ovennhelmingly positive, ma'am. 552 00:41:49,135 --> 00:41:51,471 Well, just a quick look, then. 553 00:41:58,144 --> 00:42:00,938 The New York times calls it 554 00:42:01,105 --> 00:42:03,274 "shrewd strategic maneuvering, 555 00:42:03,357 --> 00:42:07,069 "an example of impeccable political brinkmanship." 556 00:42:07,153 --> 00:42:10,353 The Australian papers are very impressed with your commitment to the commonwealth 557 00:42:10,448 --> 00:42:15,495 and the illustrated London news called it "an outstanding personal success." 558 00:42:17,121 --> 00:42:19,665 Gloating doesn't suit you. 559 00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:24,837 The Ghanaian press are calling you a socialist. 560 00:42:26,130 --> 00:42:27,298 Goodness! 561 00:42:28,424 --> 00:42:32,303 One more thing. First lady Mrs. Kennedy. 562 00:42:35,681 --> 00:42:36,682 What about her? 563 00:42:38,392 --> 00:42:41,437 Her office has written requesting a private audience with your majesty 564 00:42:41,521 --> 00:42:44,482 prior to lunch on the 28th of march. 565 00:42:44,565 --> 00:42:45,733 Whatever for? 566 00:42:46,025 --> 00:42:47,693 They didn't say. 567 00:42:48,861 --> 00:42:52,406 - Where's the lunch? - Buckingham Palace, ma'am. 568 00:42:55,201 --> 00:42:58,913 Well, let's make the audience windsor castle. 569 00:43:01,207 --> 00:43:04,752 Sometimes, only a fortress will do. 570 00:43:05,503 --> 00:43:07,547 Windsor castle. 571 00:43:25,523 --> 00:43:27,066 Eyes front! 572 00:43:28,276 --> 00:43:30,027 Hold your line! 573 00:43:35,074 --> 00:43:36,534 On the right, march! 574 00:43:43,416 --> 00:43:45,918 Make way for the queen's guard! 575 00:43:58,598 --> 00:44:00,099 Lefl, nghtlefl_. 576 00:44:00,224 --> 00:44:01,767 Good afternoon, Mrs. Kennedy. 577 00:44:03,227 --> 00:44:04,770 This way, please. 578 00:44:10,568 --> 00:44:12,862 Lefl, nghtlefl, nght_ 579 00:44:12,945 --> 00:44:14,614 This way, Mrs. Kennedy. 580 00:44:27,084 --> 00:44:29,795 Mrs. Kennedy. This way, please. 581 00:44:45,436 --> 00:44:48,731 Mrs. Kennedy, your majesty. 582 00:44:48,814 --> 00:44:49,899 Your majesty. 583 00:44:51,359 --> 00:44:55,237 Thank you for seeing me. 584 00:44:55,363 --> 00:44:56,989 Mrs. Kennedy. 585 00:44:58,616 --> 00:44:59,992 Do sit down. 586 00:45:04,664 --> 00:45:06,165 Thank you. 587 00:45:11,128 --> 00:45:12,171 Shall we have tea? 588 00:45:32,191 --> 00:45:36,445 I asked to speak to you in private ahead of our lunch on Friday 589 00:45:36,529 --> 00:45:38,406 because I owe you an apology. 590 00:45:39,031 --> 00:45:40,157 Whatever for? 591 00:45:40,866 --> 00:45:44,120 I think we both know the answer to that question. 592 00:45:48,124 --> 00:45:49,166 Thank you. 593 00:45:57,550 --> 00:46:01,429 At a social occasion, shortly after our last visit, I... 594 00:46:02,638 --> 00:46:04,890 I made some comments, 595 00:46:05,016 --> 00:46:07,184 some foolish comments, 596 00:46:07,393 --> 00:46:09,353 which I believe got back to you. 597 00:46:09,437 --> 00:46:11,230 There really is no need for this. 598 00:46:12,898 --> 00:46:15,484 Reports that you'd said 599 00:46:15,568 --> 00:46:19,363 certain things did get back to me. 600 00:46:19,447 --> 00:46:23,159 And I'll confess to being momentarily surprised, 601 00:46:23,242 --> 00:46:26,078 since they in no way, reflected what I understood to be the spirit 602 00:46:26,203 --> 00:46:27,997 of our meeting. 603 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,751 But in this job, I've learned, as I'm sure you have, too, 604 00:46:31,917 --> 00:46:33,544 not to take things too seriously. 605 00:46:33,627 --> 00:46:36,756 People say things for all sorts of reasons, 606 00:46:36,881 --> 00:46:39,550 which get misquoted, or misunderstood and, before you know it, 607 00:46:39,633 --> 00:46:42,178 those words have turned into something quite different, 608 00:46:42,386 --> 00:46:45,306 and everyone's upset or up in arms. 609 00:46:46,599 --> 00:46:49,101 I'm quite sure that you meant no harm, nor disrespect. 610 00:46:49,393 --> 00:46:54,023 After all, why would you? We barely know one another. 611 00:46:54,106 --> 00:46:56,484 Still, it was inexcusable, 612 00:46:56,567 --> 00:47:00,154 so, I can't offer an excuse, but if you'll allow me, 613 00:47:00,279 --> 00:47:02,615 I'd like to offer an explanation. 614 00:47:05,076 --> 00:47:07,328 Yes, of course. 615 00:47:07,411 --> 00:47:11,373 Last time we were in London, Jack and I probably seemed, 616 00:47:11,457 --> 00:47:13,793 at least from the outside, to be riding on a high. 617 00:47:13,918 --> 00:47:16,337 Yes, I should say so. 618 00:47:16,462 --> 00:47:19,840 The most celebrated and most famous couple in the world. 619 00:47:19,924 --> 00:47:24,804 The truth is that I was still suffering from postnatal problems 620 00:47:24,929 --> 00:47:28,933 after the birth of our son, and Jack had his own health issues. 621 00:47:29,141 --> 00:47:34,063 To say we were strained would be an understatement. 622 00:47:34,355 --> 00:47:39,068 So, when we got to Paris, I don't mind telling you, 623 00:47:39,235 --> 00:47:41,445 I took some pleasure in shining there. 624 00:47:41,529 --> 00:47:44,448 And then, at the elysée palace... 625 00:47:44,532 --> 00:47:47,993 I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris. 626 00:47:51,664 --> 00:47:52,998 I enjoyed it. 627 00:47:53,124 --> 00:47:56,377 Jack didn't appreciate being upstaged. 628 00:47:57,628 --> 00:48:00,548 - Behind closed doors... - I can imagine. 629 00:48:04,343 --> 00:48:06,971 There were other factors, too. 630 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:09,014 Our doctor, 631 00:48:10,182 --> 00:48:15,688 Dr. Jacobson, routinely administers us his cocktails before major trips. 632 00:48:17,398 --> 00:48:18,732 Vitamins... 633 00:48:22,027 --> 00:48:23,863 But other substances, too. 634 00:48:26,615 --> 00:48:29,827 To help pep us up, 635 00:48:31,203 --> 00:48:33,789 or calm us down. 636 00:48:36,041 --> 00:48:39,879 On the occasion of that dinner, he had given me something. 637 00:48:40,045 --> 00:48:42,047 A little booster. 638 00:48:42,256 --> 00:48:44,049 There were these beautiful paintings. 639 00:48:44,133 --> 00:48:47,887 I had told him I needed cheering up. 640 00:48:48,053 --> 00:48:50,681 But I guess it loosened my tongue. 641 00:48:51,932 --> 00:48:56,770 And then I heard some of these terrible things got back to you, and... 642 00:48:58,772 --> 00:49:03,068 I can't tell you how much distress it's caused me. 643 00:49:03,194 --> 00:49:07,072 The idea that I might've upset someone I admire so much. 644 00:49:08,449 --> 00:49:10,910 That's very kind of you to say. 645 00:49:11,035 --> 00:49:12,953 It's true. 646 00:49:13,078 --> 00:49:18,000 The way you do your job, the way you cope with the pressure, 647 00:49:18,083 --> 00:49:21,337 the personal sacrifices you've made, 648 00:49:21,420 --> 00:49:25,424 not to mention your composure and dignity. 649 00:49:27,801 --> 00:49:31,305 As a woman, it's so inspiring. 650 00:49:31,430 --> 00:49:32,890 And what you just did in Ghana... 651 00:49:34,391 --> 00:49:37,978 It was just extraordinary. 652 00:49:41,273 --> 00:49:46,487 What I should've said, was that I didn't do very much in Ghana. 653 00:49:46,612 --> 00:49:50,032 I got on a plane, and I went. 654 00:49:50,324 --> 00:49:51,408 And the only reason I went 655 00:49:51,492 --> 00:49:55,454 was because I felt utterly useless in comparison to you. 656 00:49:56,622 --> 00:49:59,333 And I was trying to compete. 657 00:49:59,458 --> 00:50:04,797 And if anything, I owe you a huge debt of gratitude. 658 00:50:06,757 --> 00:50:11,303 But I didn't. I just sat there. 659 00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:14,473 And I let her say her piece. 660 00:50:14,807 --> 00:50:16,517 And savored your victory. 661 00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,686 Yes. 662 00:50:18,769 --> 00:50:22,147 And what do you want from me, now? A ticking-off? 663 00:50:22,231 --> 00:50:24,566 Well, don't you think I'm deserving of one? 664 00:50:26,193 --> 00:50:28,696 But she was so broken. 665 00:50:28,779 --> 00:50:31,615 And fragile and lost. 666 00:50:33,325 --> 00:50:37,830 You did exactly the right thing. 667 00:50:37,955 --> 00:50:41,292 She insulted you, all of us, and you're not a Saint. 668 00:50:41,583 --> 00:50:44,253 - No. - We know that already. 669 00:50:46,839 --> 00:50:49,675 There's ice in those veins when there needs to be. 670 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:51,969 Yes. 671 00:50:52,678 --> 00:50:55,973 Well, three cheers to that. 672 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,485 Last one, ma'am, but she's a big heavy one. 673 00:51:08,569 --> 00:51:11,280 Right, pick up the slack. 674 00:51:11,363 --> 00:51:12,698 Yes. 675 00:51:13,741 --> 00:51:15,784 That's it, you got it. Daniel! 676 00:51:15,993 --> 00:51:18,704 - No, it's caught. - Keep going up the hill. 677 00:51:31,717 --> 00:51:33,469 - Ma'am. - What is it? 678 00:51:33,552 --> 00:51:37,222 - You're needed back at the house. - Right. 679 00:51:41,852 --> 00:51:45,272 - What's going on? - I dunno, lad. 680 00:51:45,439 --> 00:51:47,024 Something's happened. 681 00:51:55,532 --> 00:51:56,575 Ma'am. 682 00:51:58,952 --> 00:52:01,955 There was absolute pandemonium around the scene. 683 00:52:02,081 --> 00:52:05,167 People screamed and lay down on the ground, as shots were heard. 684 00:52:05,250 --> 00:52:10,255 Reporters saw president Kennedy lying flat on his face on the seat of his car. 685 00:52:10,381 --> 00:52:12,466 Men and women were screaming. 686 00:52:12,549 --> 00:52:15,094 He saw blood on the president's head. 687 00:52:15,219 --> 00:52:18,097 This is all we have here in Washington at this moment. 688 00:52:18,222 --> 00:52:21,558 And for the moment, lreturn you to radio newsreel in London. 689 00:52:21,642 --> 00:52:22,893 Hello, London. 690 00:52:22,976 --> 00:52:26,480 I've just heard from Dallas that the president is still alive, 691 00:52:26,563 --> 00:52:28,524 but in critical condition. 692 00:52:28,607 --> 00:52:31,110 He was apparently shot in the head, 693 00:52:31,235 --> 00:52:33,987 and the governor of Texas, governor connally, 694 00:52:34,071 --> 00:52:35,823 was shot in the chest. 695 00:52:35,948 --> 00:52:39,410 Mrs. Kennedy was weeping, trying to hold up her husband's head, 696 00:52:39,493 --> 00:52:43,872 when the reporters reached the car as it dashed toward the hospital. 697 00:52:43,956 --> 00:52:47,751 Vice president lyndon Johnson was in the car behind the president. 698 00:52:48,001 --> 00:52:51,839 Blood transfusions are being given to president Kennedy. 699 00:52:51,964 --> 00:52:55,342 However, one of the two priests called into the room 700 00:52:55,467 --> 00:52:58,512 has administered the last sacrament of the church 701 00:52:58,637 --> 00:53:01,348 to president Kennedy. 702 00:53:01,473 --> 00:53:04,643 Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Connally are stunned, 703 00:53:04,768 --> 00:53:07,980 but they are at the bedsides of their husbands. 704 00:53:17,322 --> 00:53:19,241 He's dead. 705 00:53:59,490 --> 00:54:01,200 Late yesterday afternoon... 706 00:54:01,325 --> 00:54:05,579 Didn't you say how unhappy she was? In the marriage? 707 00:54:07,998 --> 00:54:09,041 Yes. 708 00:54:09,124 --> 00:54:11,752 Accompanied the fallen president, her clothes still... 709 00:54:11,835 --> 00:54:13,462 That's the thing about unhappiness. 710 00:54:13,545 --> 00:54:15,756 Of this most unthinkable and senseless crime... 711 00:54:15,881 --> 00:54:18,509 All it takes is for something worse to come along... 712 00:54:18,592 --> 00:54:20,177 Taken in a gray naval ambulance... 713 00:54:20,260 --> 00:54:24,181 And you realize it was actually happiness after all. 714 00:54:24,473 --> 00:54:26,475 Into the hospital in plain sight 715 00:54:26,558 --> 00:54:28,393 of thousands of waiting mourners 716 00:54:29,269 --> 00:54:32,356 as disbelieving and shaken, tonight, as our entire nation. 717 00:54:32,439 --> 00:54:34,191 She's still wearing the same clothes! 718 00:54:36,443 --> 00:54:38,820 Couldn't they have found her something else? 719 00:54:39,071 --> 00:54:40,739 The president's casket was transferred... 720 00:54:40,864 --> 00:54:43,116 She's covered in her husband's blood. 721 00:54:43,242 --> 00:54:46,411 Relatives and loved ones joined the grieving Mrs. Kennedy 722 00:54:46,537 --> 00:54:49,623 - for a private mass in the east room... - No, I think it's deliberate. 723 00:54:49,748 --> 00:54:52,417 Before the body is moved to the rotunda of the capitol. 724 00:54:52,543 --> 00:54:56,922 The last day in the life of the first catholic president of the United States. 725 00:54:57,172 --> 00:54:59,550 Where are you going? 726 00:54:59,633 --> 00:55:03,095 Lyndon Johnson, sworn in on air force one, 727 00:55:03,220 --> 00:55:04,513 less than 100 minutes 728 00:55:04,596 --> 00:55:07,432 after the official death of president Kennedy. 729 00:55:16,608 --> 00:55:19,361 He begins his work as the 36th president... 730 00:55:19,444 --> 00:55:21,321 Your majesty. 731 00:55:21,405 --> 00:55:22,447 Michael. 732 00:55:23,115 --> 00:55:25,617 I'd like everyone in the royal household 733 00:55:25,701 --> 00:55:27,953 to observe a full week of court mourning. 734 00:55:29,830 --> 00:55:33,750 And I would like the bell rung at westminster Abbey. 735 00:55:36,169 --> 00:55:38,213 Ma'am, 736 00:55:38,338 --> 00:55:41,258 custom dictates that the bell only be rung... 737 00:55:41,341 --> 00:55:44,970 When a member of the royal family dies. I know. 738 00:55:46,597 --> 00:55:52,936 But I would like it to be rung every minute, for an hour, 739 00:55:54,271 --> 00:55:57,649 from eleven o'clock until midday. 740 00:56:00,861 --> 00:56:02,029 Yes, ma'am. 741 00:56:02,154 --> 00:56:07,409 Join president Johnson in his prayer for god's help. 742 00:56:07,492 --> 00:56:10,370 May we all find some light and hope 743 00:56:10,495 --> 00:56:13,624 in the darkness of the days that lie ahead.