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[footsteps echoing]
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[bells tolling]
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[woman whoops]
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[laughter and chattering]
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[newsman] And so,
Coronation Day is upon us
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for the first time since 1953.
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[stately music playing]
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A three-day people's festival
has been declared
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with concerts and street parties
up and down the country.
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[indistinct excited chatter]
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The former queen is
understood to be devastated
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and is unlikely to attend the service.
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O God, The Crown and the Faithful.
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[newsman] Many had been unable
to imagine life without Elizabeth II,
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but after almost 50 years on the throne,
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it's out with Queen Elizabeth
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and in with King Tony.
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New Britain has a new royal family.
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The Labour Party.
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[crowd] God save the King!
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God save the King! God save the King!
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[newsman] The King leaves the abbey
to the strains of the new national anthem.
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♪ You can walk my path ♪
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♪ You can wear my shoes ♪
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♪ Learn to talk like me ♪
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♪ And be an angel too ♪
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♪ I'm singing it now ♪
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♪ Things can only get better ♪
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♪ Can only get better ♪
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♪ Now I've found you ♪
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♪ Things can only get
Things can only get better... ♪
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[newsman] ...news of the usual rows
and controversies of political office.
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The prime minister's
personal satisfaction ratings
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rose by one point
to an extraordinary 66%...
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[newswoman] In a moment, we'll join
our colleagues at the World Service,
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but in the meantime, on behalf
of everybody at Broadcasting House,
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good night.
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[distant choir singing]
♪ God save our gracious Queen ♪
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♪ Long live our noble Queen ♪
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[voices amplify] ♪ God save the Queen ♪
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♪ Send her victorious ♪
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♪ Happy and glorious ♪
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♪ Long to reign over us ♪
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♪ God save the Queen ♪
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[singing ends]
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Thank you.
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I'd like to talk briefly
about the prime minister, if I may.
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Ma'am.
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Historically, I've not worried too much
about prime ministers' popularity.
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It tends to come and go very quickly.
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But I've a feeling
that could be different with Mr. Blair.
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People really do seem to love him
and see him as a true son of England,
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and a unifying national symbol
in a way they used to see,
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well, me.
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And with Mr. Blair scoring higher than me
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in every survey one can find,
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perhaps... now is the time.
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[Fellowes] Ma'am?
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To find out what seems to have gone wrong
and how we could...
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I could do better.
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I understand the impulse,
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but I'm not sure it's a good idea.
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The Crown doesn't ask
existential questions of itself.
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- Perhaps it should.
- It suggests a loss of confidence.
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- It's putting blood in the water.
- It's just information, Robert.
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[Janvrin clears throat]
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I agree.
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And I think, finally,
I'm ready to hear it.
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[indistinct chattering]
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Thanks. Name?
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- Name?
- Simpson.
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Upstairs, third floor.
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[man] Hi, folks, in you come.
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If you'd like to find a seat.
Anywhere you like.
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Take a seat, quick as you can.
Loos are on the right.
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[Janvrin] The focus groups you asked for,
ma'am, have now been conducted
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in Edinburgh, Leeds, London,
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Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff,
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Manchester, and Liverpool.
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The British royal family.
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[scoffing laugh]
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Professional layabouts.
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[Janvrin] More than 2,000 subjects
over the age of 18
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were asked a series
of yes or no questions about the monarchy.
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[woman] I consider the royal family to be
an important part of British society.
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- I'd go along with that.
- You're being disrespectful.
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[Janvrin] Followed by some,
at times, spirited debates.
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Let's keep it civil, please.
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[Janvrin] Having reviewed the data,
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the pollsters have now
presented their findings.
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Asked if the royal family were
out of touch with ordinary people,
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69% said yes.
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Badly advised,
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62% said yes.
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Asked if they were wasteful
of public money, 54% said yes.
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Asked if they lacked compassion,
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53% said yes.
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Asked if they had failed
the Princess of Wales
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as badly in death as in life,
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a sobering 66% said yes.
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Asked if Britain should have
a smaller, more informal monarchy
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like the Netherlands or Scandinavia,
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54% said yes.
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[Margaret sighs]
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And when asked if the monarchy
should continue in its present form,
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the proportion that agreed was just 10%.
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I'd like to propose my own survey.
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How many of us think that polls
are a daft idea in the first place?
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[Queen Mother] I don't see why
we should have to listen to these people.
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[Charles] Because we might
actually learn something.
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The sample, as I understand it,
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is selected to represent
society as a whole, isn't it?
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It's still a folly to subject something
as enduring as the monarchy
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to the whims of marketing men.
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I do think it's significant
that our low numbers come at the same time
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that we have a prime minister
of conspicuous popularity.
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Yes.
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Only Winston at his height
had this kind of support.
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[Queen Mother] Have you learnt nothing
in the time you've been on the throne?
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Prime ministers come in
on a blaze of popularity and goodwill...
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And leave on a stretcher
a few years later with their reputations,
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and usually their health, in tatters.
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Yes, that's it, exactly.
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Well, I think this one might be different.
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[theme music playing]
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Okay.
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- [man] There he is.
- [reporters clamoring]
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[Blair] Good evening.
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We hoped never to see war
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in Central Eastern Europe again
in our lifetimes.
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[distant gunfire]
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Sadly, it has come,
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and it has consequences
for the whole world.
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Tonight,
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NATO allies launched an offensive
against Serb military targets.
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[explosions rumbling]
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Slobodan Milosevic is
a monstrous dictator,
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carrying out the systematic
and violent persecution
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of innocent civilians.
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He has to be stopped.
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We have a moral duty
to ensure he does not succeed.
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To all of us in free countries
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who think this is a remote conflict
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and someone else's problem, I say this.
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If you value your freedom,
you cannot remain neutral.
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This is your war too.
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[uplifting music playing]
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[music fades out]
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It's encouraging that our NATO partners
have come together against the Serbs
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but, well, moral purpose is one thing.
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Military success is... quite another.
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Every bombing target
has to be approved by committee,
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which makes decisions agonizingly slow.
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We thought this aerial campaign
would be over in days. Instead, two weeks,
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and little or no progress has been made.
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The... the Serbs are laughing at us.
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I read that the problem was cloud cover.
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American stealth bombers need
good conditions to see their targets.
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The most sophisticated weaponry
in the world,
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and it can't handle the weather?
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Which is why
we ultimately need ground troops.
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I proposed to President Clinton
a limited invasion of 80,000 troops,
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which would drive Serb forces
out of Kosovo
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and create safe havens
for refugees to return,
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but... he said most Americans
can't point to Yugoslavia on a map,
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so why put US servicemen's lives at risk?
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- Yes.
- It's most frustrating.
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But I won't give up. Morally,
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this is the right thing.
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[Elizabeth] Mr. Blair was
unusually resolute today.
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In my experience,
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prime ministers tend to be
either domestic or foreign policy focused.
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At this early stage, I'd say Mr. Blair
falls very firmly into the latter camp.
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Yes.
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Statesman syndrome.
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Which am I, do you think?
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A domestic or foreign policy queen?
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[chuckles]
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Good question, ma'am.
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And it's not immediately obvious.
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The Commonwealth of Nations is
such an article of faith to you.
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- One'd be inclined to say foreign.
- [man] For you, sir.
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Thank you.
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Who else off the top of their heads
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would be able to reel off
the name of the president of... Malawi?
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[Elizabeth] Bakili Muluzi.
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And the next member state
to have general elections?
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Fiji. Their first since readmission.
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Despite all that, it's your interest
in every part of the British Isles
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that, I think, ultimately makes you
a domestic queen.
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Take today's engagement
at the Women's Institute.
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Composing the speech yourself with,
if I may say, evident enthusiasm.
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Of course.
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The uncomplaining, hardworking
countrywomen of Middle England,
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you underestimate them at your peril.
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♪ And did those feet in ancient time ♪
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♪ Walk upon England's mountains green? ♪
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♪ And was the holy Lamb of God ♪
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♪ On England's pleasant pastures seen? ♪
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♪ And did the countenance divine ♪
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♪ Shine forth upon our clouded hills? ♪
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♪ And was Jerusalem... ♪
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The Women's Institute movement
came to Britain in 1915.
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Since its humble beginnings
in a Welsh garden shed...
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[women chuckle]
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...our membership and our goals
have reached new and remarkable heights.
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[women murmuring]
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I've been a member of the WI
for longer than I've been queen.
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[women exclaiming]
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Many of you will remember
how vital we were to the war effort,
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from growing produce to hosting evacuees.
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I have fond memories
of collecting rose hips
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for rose hip syrup.
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- Do you remember the rose hips?
- [women] Yes.
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- For vitamin C deficiency.
- [exclaiming quietly]
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There are approximately
250,000 members of the Women's Institute
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in the United Kingdom.
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Roughly the population of Hull.
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[women laughing]
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Can you imagine a city
run and populated entirely by the WI?
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[women] Yes.
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It would have
the tidiest streets in Britain.
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[women] Yes.
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- Everything would run on time.
- [women] Yes.
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And we would take all the men's jobs.
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[laughter and applause]
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[indistinct voice on phone]
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No, I'm not trying to patronize you.
I'm not trying to make you look... Yeah.
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[man speaks indistinctly]
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Yeah, yeah. No, I understand.
All right. Okay, bye-bye.
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[exhales deeply]
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[Blair] And then he said,
"Answer me this, Tony..."
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Oh, no, please don't do the accent.
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"How many ground troops
are y'all prepared to commit?"
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So I say, "Look, Bill, um,
we can talk about numbers all day."
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"This is about the bigger picture.
What if Milosevic wins?"
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"NATO's credibility is at stake."
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To which he said...
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"NATO's credibility is
already a busted flush."
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- So you're allowed to do the accent.
- I do it better.
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He knows the fact
you're coming to him like this
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means that NATO's air campaign has failed.
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But he still won't do what it takes.
Commit American ground troops.
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It's... he's worried about it
looking like another Vietnam
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with no political upside
for him domestically.
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Well, you're never going to persuade
the White House
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by appealing to their interests.
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So do what you do best.
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Appeal to their consciences.
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[Blair] While we meet here
in Chicago this evening,
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terrible things are happening in Europe.
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No one who has seen what has happened
in Kosovo to those refugees
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can be in any doubt
that NATO's military action is justified.
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But we must do more
than simply make our case.
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We must also succeed.
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For that,
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we depend on you,
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the United States.
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You are the most powerful country
in the world,
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and the richest.
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You are a great nation.
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And it must be
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difficult, and sometimes irritating,
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to find yourself
the recipient of every demand.
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To be called upon in every crisis.
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To be expected always and everywhere
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to do what needs to be done.
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{an8}The cry, "What's it got to do with us?"
must be heard fairly regularly.
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{an8}Yet those nations which have the power
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have the responsibility to use it wisely.
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We need you.
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We need America engaged.
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And so I say to you,
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never fall again
for the doctrine of isolationism,
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because the world truly cannot afford it.
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{an8}Stay, please, a country outward looking.
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{an8}With the vision and the imagination
which is the very best of your nature.
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And realize, too, that in doing so,
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you will find in Britain
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a friend and an ally
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that will stand with you.
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Work with you.
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Fashion, with you,
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the design of a future
built on peace and prosperity for all,
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which is the only dream
that makes humanity worth preserving.
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Thank you.
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[man shouts] Bravo!
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[Blair] Thank you.
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[indistinct shouts]
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[man] What a speech!
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[Fellowes] A resounding success
for the prime minister in America.
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The New York Times says
the prime minister has a new nickname.
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King Tony.
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The Wall Street Journal
has come out in emphatic support
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of his attempts to persuade
a reluctant White House,
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{an8}but I think the best summary
is from the Chicago Sun Times.
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{an8}It claims Mr. Blair has beguiled the city
with his charms,
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leaving Americans pining
to have him as their president instead.
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Goodness.
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[Fellowes] I gather President Clinton
is now considering ground war,
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which would leave Milosevic
and his Serb forces
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with the option to either fight
and face total annihilation
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or else withdraw.
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And I suspect even they are
sensible enough to choose the latter.
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So,
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the prime minister pulled it off.
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So it seems.
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This is an extraordinary political feat.
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[exhales deeply]
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[bell ringing]
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- The prime minister, Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty.
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[door creaks shut]
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I hope you didn't slip on the way here.
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[Blair] Ma'am?
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It can't be easy
walking on water. [chuckles]
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[Blair chuckles] Hmm.
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[Elizabeth] Please, do sit down.
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So,
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you insisted the West
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no longer stand by
while genocide and slaughter take place.
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And pulled it off
without a single NATO casualty in combat.
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Great credit must go to the Americans.
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When they signaled
their openness to a ground invasion,
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Milosevic realized the game was up.
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But Clinton's change of heart
is in great part thanks to you.
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It's one thing to have popularity.
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It's quite another to have influence.
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So I offer you my congratulations.
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You are, at this moment, by some margin,
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the most celebrated leader
on the world stage,
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with remarkable instincts.
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And so,
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in the light of that...
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it's no secret that the Crown has not had
the best time of it in recent years.
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Often, our values and those of the country
have not been perfectly aligned.
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You, on the other hand,
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since you entered Number 10,
you've shown an uncanny ability
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to read the mood of the country
better than anyone.
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And so I can't help but ask...
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what would you do
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to turn things around for us?
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If you were in charge.
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If I were in charge of the monarchy?
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If you were in my shoes.
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If I were king?
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Yes.
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Goodness.
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For someone who so rarely
puts a foot wrong,
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this seems to be
a dangerous loss of judgment.
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She's asking for advice.
She doesn't need to take it.
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But who is she asking?
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- The prime minister.
- An avowed reformer and modernizer.
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Her chief advisor.
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I'm her chief advisor.
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Actually... constitutionally, Robert,
I think you'll find he is.
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Can we walk through the five big changes
that we wanna make?
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[man] Modernization.
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We reduce expenditure.
Everyone's doing it.
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It's only fair that the Queen
is doing it as well. Right?
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- Some examples.
- Listen to this.
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Royal train, fifteen hundred pounds
for catering per journey.
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[woman] Time to get them
in line with New Labour.
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Honestly, it's an anachronistic,
unrepresentative feudal system
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based on a thousand years
of hereditary privilege.
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You'd be better off
trying to modernize Stonehenge.
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Let's do the monarchy first, and then
we can get round to prehistoric monuments.
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Aren't those two things the same?
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[Blair chuckles softly]
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Okay, I know it's unexciting,
but administrative reform.
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We run the royals
like we run the civil service.
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- [woman 2] Yes!
- [man] Accountability.
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There's nothing else that matters.
It's just that.
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[Cherie Blair] I mean, not being allowed
to marry a Catholic.
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The Human Rights Act states people have
the right to marry whoever they want.
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Says the Queen's counsel.
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Well, that's wrong too.
I should be called senior counsel.
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[man] I think we can spin it like this.
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It would look really good
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if it came from the Palace that they're
prepared to tighten the purses.
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She knows that there has to be a change.
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Yes, yes! The voters
don't wanna take down the monarchy.
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Can you put a version of that
in the dossier?
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[Cherie Blair] It's all wrong, Tony.
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Seriously. Wrong.
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Needs changing.
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[Blair] I'd like to start by thanking you
for giving me the opportunity to do this.
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Most of the time, we don't think seriously
about the monarchy in this country.
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We just subject you all
to a lot of hurtful and frivolous gossip.
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Really? I hadn't noticed.
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[chuckles softly]
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But, uh, having consulted with
my closest advisors,
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uh,
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we do all agree that the institution
is in need of some reform.
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That much was clear after the death
of Diana, Princess of Wales
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when we saw an outpouring of grief
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turn into a mass movement for change.
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So I thought we might start with something
I know you're already considering.
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Primogeniture.
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Yes.
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Demoting eldest daughters
in the line of succession,
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I think we can all agree,
makes little sense in a modern society.
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As an eldest daughter myself,
I don't object to that in principle.
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But to turn over centuries
of royal legislation is no small task.
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You'd have to consult with
the 15 other countries
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where I'm head of state.
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Where the will is there, these things
can usually change quickly. Um...
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Another area is transparency.
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My government will soon be introducing
a Freedom of Information Act.
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I believe the monarchy
might benefit from something similar.
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An annual report setting out performance,
assets, salaries. Total accountability.
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Think of the Crown
as a public limited company
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and the people of Britain
as shareholders, not subjects.
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I see.
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[Blair] The, um...
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It's now nearly 300 years since
William III signed the Act of Settlement
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to a secure a Protestant monarchy, and
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there have been growing calls
for a... a review
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of some of
the more anti-Catholic provisions,
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which surely have no place
in a plural society like ours.
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I can understand permitting members
of the royal family to marry Catholics,
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but for Catholics to be
in the direct line of succession
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would open the way to a Catholic monarch.
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Well, of course
there'll be technical issues.
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Slightly more than technical issues.
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It would be the disestablishment
of the Church of England.
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We have to be willing
to look at the big questions.
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It's no use nibbling around the periphery.
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Should it be the monarch's role
to appoint the prime minister?
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Of course. It's a government
in the sovereign's name.
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But to be able to dissolve Parliament,
to give laws royal assent...
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They don't in Sweden.
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These functions can be carried out
by the speaker of the House of Commons.
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Should the monarch be
commander-in-chief of the armed forces?
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They aren't in Sweden, in the Netherlands,
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which brings me to the...
to the matter of pomp and splendor.
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I've been looking at
some of the ceremonial offices
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in the royal household, and they include
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a hereditary Grand Falconer.
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Dear Murray. What about him?
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Does the job
really need to depend on birth, not merit?
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Um, the Queen's Herb Strewer
and the Washer of the Sovereign's Hands.
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That is only once per reign,
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and only when I'm in residence
at Holyroodhouse.
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Still, a Royal Bargemaster
and 24 watermen,
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even though there hasn't been
a royal barge since 1849.
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A Warden of the Swans?
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00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,760
Someone has to oversee the swans
in England's inland waterways,
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over which the Crown has
an ancient prerogative right.
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But is that prerogative right?
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I understand that the role
dates from the 12th century
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as a way to claim swans
as delicacies for royal banquets.
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Now that the swan has, one imagines,
fallen out of the culinary repertoire,
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how does one justify the role today?
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Kings and queens
might not be eating them anymore.
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Someone has to care for them.
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We check them for injuries.
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00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,120
Maintain their habitat.
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Ring them with tags
from the British Trust for Ornithology.
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Conservation.
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And that's before
we get to the most anachronistic of all.
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Ceremonies.
The State Opening of Parliament.
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Do we really need ten heralds?
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Including the Rouge Dragon Pursuivant
and the Maltravers Herald Extraordinary?
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The Gold Stick in Waiting.
The Silver Stick in Waiting.
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The Gentleman Usher of the Sword of State?
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I think what we're suggesting is
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a purge of honorifics,
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a... a bonfire of sinecures
might be a useful concession...
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and PR victory.
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[bell rings]
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00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:01,680
[door opens]
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I obviously need to give
all this careful thought.
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Your Majesty.
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[door creaks shut]
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[Cherie Blair] So, how was it?
476
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,480
[indistinct news report on TV]
477
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,200
- A little frosty.
- [Cherie Blair] I'll bet.
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But she promised to give our proposals
some further thought.
479
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,880
Oh... Well, If she doesn't,
and the people get fed up with them,
480
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she'll only have herself to blame.
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Britain is mature enough
as a country and a democracy
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to live without this nonsense.
483
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The preservation of the monarchy's
her life's work.
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00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:47,000
She must know that they have to change
in order to survive.
485
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,520
No, they don't want to change, Tony.
486
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,400
I mean, she probably thinks
the only way to survive
487
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,120
is to double down on the madness.
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Like the Catholic Church.
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- Let's not bring the church into this.
- Well, they modernized.
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00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,600
And the old guard
has never forgiven them for it.
491
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,680
Why? Because they got rid of the Latin
and the incense and the miracles
492
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and the mystery,
and people stopped coming.
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00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,280
This is different.
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Is it?
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{an8}- [bells tolling in distance]
- [man huffing]
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[panting]
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Mr. Hawkins next, please.
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Yes.
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[Hawkins clears throat]
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[Elizabeth] Please,
make yourself comfortable.
501
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:45,800
Swans?
502
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,160
That's it. I'm the Warden of the Swans.
503
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,800
It says here your role is
one of the oldest in the household.
504
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,120
That's right, sir.
505
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,880
We've gone through several incarnations
over the years.
506
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,080
The Keeper of the King's Swans,
507
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,480
the King's Swan Master,
and now the Warden of the Swans.
508
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,920
[somber music playing]
509
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,160
[Fellowes] And what is your precise title?
510
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,520
I am the Queen's Herb Strewer.
511
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,760
The Queen's Guide to the Sands.
512
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,200
Yeoman of the Glass and China Pantry.
513
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,760
Could you tell us what your role involves
day by day?
514
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:26,960
[yeoman] It's my job to supervise
the glassware and earthenware
515
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,280
across all the royal palaces.
516
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,480
I oversee stocks.
517
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,360
I guard against any damage and breakages.
518
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,160
[Elizabeth] What have you got there?
519
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,640
Lawes, Orders and Customs for Swans.
520
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,320
The authoritative text
for the Keeper of the King's Swans.
521
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:50,320
It's been guiding us for centuries.
Since 1482, by my reckoning,
522
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:51,840
and the reign of Edward IV.
523
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,440
[guide] Seen the bay change
in all manner of ways.
524
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:59,080
Years of high tides and heavy rainfall
will change sands beyond recognition.
525
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,480
Believe me, I've seen shallow gullies
turn into deep ravines.
526
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:05,720
[Elizabeth] What is your official title?
527
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:06,920
Astronomer Royal.
528
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,400
Piper to the Sovereign.
529
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:10,320
Lord High Admiral of the Wash, ma'am.
530
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,400
[yeoman] And my responsibilities
also include
531
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:19,480
folding all 170
of the embroidered white linen napkins.
532
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,176
- [Elizabeth] Oh, that's you!
- Yes, ma'am.
533
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,200
[Elizabeth] You are clever.
How on earth do you do that?
534
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:28,640
Few have truly mastered
the Dutch bonnet napkin fold.
535
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:31,040
[Elizabeth] "The swan
536
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,840
is a pure and graceful beast."
537
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,960
How is your 15th century calligraphy,
Robert?
538
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,440
A little rusty. Let's see...
539
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,600
"Her feathers are white as snow
540
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,880
and as brief in duration."
541
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:59,240
"For she signifieth
the passing nature of fair things."
542
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:05,320
"For though we wish our splendor
to be everlasting,
543
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:10,920
no thing must remain of what is passed."
544
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,320
[somber music fades out]
545
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,320
The longer it went on,
the heavier my heart became.
546
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:21,840
I agree.
547
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,320
A sense of pride in the tradition.
548
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:29,600
I think my favorite
549
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,760
was the Yeoman Bed Hanger.
550
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,040
[Fellowes chuckles] Yes.
551
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,800
Or the Lord High Admiral of the Wash.
552
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,360
[Queen Mother] So they don't want
Black Rod knocking on the door
553
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,200
or the Lord Great Chamberlain
walking backwards?
554
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:55,080
They've also suggested
getting rid of the cap of maintenance,
555
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,840
presumably on the grounds that it can
only be worn by a peer of the realm.
556
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,000
[Queen Mother] But it's so full
of color and character
557
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:05,240
and a glorious sea of vermilion.
558
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,800
[Charles] Well, I think,
from a PR standpoint,
559
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,280
it might be sensible
to make one or two concessions.
560
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:11,200
Really?
561
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,480
Leave us less open
to charges of elitism and grandiosity.
562
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,200
But that's missing the point.
563
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,800
The whole purpose of the State Opening
is to humble the monarch.
564
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,280
The Crown's representative, Black Rod,
565
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,440
knocks on the door of the House of Commons
and is rebuffed three times.
566
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:29,520
Why?
567
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,440
Because the last time a king
568
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,280
overstepped the mark
and entered the Commons,
569
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:37,840
Charles I,
570
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,400
it led to civil war and his execution.
571
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,440
Parliament is warning the monarch.
572
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:47,360
"Never forget,
573
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:49,520
we are in charge."
574
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:54,000
She still arrives in the Irish state coach
with an escort of household cavalry
575
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,720
and hundreds of guardsmen
lining the route.
576
00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,080
It doesn't immediately feel like
a lesson in humility.
577
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,320
Are we really being lectured on humility
by the Prince of Wales?
578
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:04,240
[Anne] We are.
579
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,160
I just don't feel there's anything wrong
with running the monarchy on more
580
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:10,440
rational and democratic lines.
581
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,920
But monarchy isn't rational.
582
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,720
Or democratic or logical or fair.
583
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,360
Haven't we all learned that by now?
584
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:26,280
People don't want to come to a palace
and get what they could have at home.
585
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,320
When they come for an investiture
or a state visit,
586
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:35,040
when they brush up against us,
they want the magic and the mystery.
587
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,320
And the arcane and the eccentric
and the symbolic.
588
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:39,400
And
589
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:41,840
the transcendent.
590
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,440
They want to feel like
they've entered another world.
591
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,080
That is our duty.
592
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,560
To lift people up
and transport them into another realm,
593
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:56,240
not bring them down to earth
and remind them of what they already have.
594
00:34:58,600 --> 00:34:59,600
Hear, hear.
595
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:02,721
[newswoman] The world has been gripped
as the race for the White House
596
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:07,080
has boiled down to a recount
in the battleground state of Florida.
597
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:09,520
Many in the Labour Party
had hoped for a victory
598
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,840
for Vice President Al Gore.
599
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:15,280
But, in a dramatic late-night ruling,
600
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:19,320
the US Supreme Court voted 5-4
to stop the recount,
601
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:24,240
effectively handing the presidency
to Texas governor George W. Bush.
602
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:28,680
Blair's closest international ally will be
a man he has never spoken to or met.
603
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,800
[Blair] It couldn't have been
more awkward.
604
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,480
The Clintons were making
their farewell visit to the UK
605
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:37,400
and staying with us at Chequers
while the... the ruling was being made.
606
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:42,000
So... there we all were,
watching CNN in the middle of the night
607
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:43,840
as the election is being decided...
608
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:44,920
Oh dear.
609
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,320
The following day,
President Clinton had to deliver a speech
610
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,480
at the University of Warwick
with me giving the opening remarks.
611
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,120
Well, I had no choice
612
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,440
but to offer warm congratulations
to President-Elect Bush
613
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,560
in front of my good friend.
614
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:02,520
Will it be challenging for you?
To have a Republican White House?
615
00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:05,440
I see no reason not to be optimistic.
616
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,960
Let's not forget,
I'll be the senior partner now,
617
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,920
so I hope to be able
to influence President Bush.
618
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,160
[Elizabeth] Mm.
619
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:21,760
Your Majesty.
620
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:22,840
Prime Minister.
621
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,080
[Blair clicks tongue] Uh...
622
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,000
My office sent suggestions
ahead of the State Opening of Parliament.
623
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:34,960
I wondered if you had a chance
to look at them?
624
00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:39,000
Rather more than that.
I discussed them with my family.
625
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,040
Believe it or not, for my first child,
626
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,640
it was still custom
to summon the home secretary
627
00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:47,640
to witness a royal birth.
628
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,920
My father put a stop to it,
with my consent,
629
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,040
so I'm not against reform.
630
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,280
The question is, what is worth preserving
and where to draw the line.
631
00:36:58,360 --> 00:36:59,480
Thank you.
632
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:03,280
We have now conducted a thorough review
of all the offices in my household,
633
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:06,600
and what we discovered
was not indefensible extravagance
634
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:10,600
or luxury or a collection
of empty Ruritanian titles,
635
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:14,360
but an extraordinary array
of precious expertise,
636
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,640
skills that had been passed down
for generations,
637
00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:19,680
all from within the same families.
638
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:23,600
And the vehicle for that continuity
is the Crown.
639
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:26,240
The spell that we cast,
640
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,360
and have cast for centuries,
is our immutability.
641
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,480
Tradition is our strength.
642
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,280
Respect for our forebears
643
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:40,840
and the preservation of generations
of their wisdom and learned experience.
644
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,920
Modernity is not always the answer.
645
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,360
Sometimes antiquity is too.
646
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,640
Very good. Very good.
Are you ready? Are you ready?
647
00:37:57,720 --> 00:37:59,480
- [toy squeaking]
- All right, there.
648
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,080
- [knock at door]
- [door opens]
649
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:03,920
Am I disturbing, ma'am?
650
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,880
Oh, Robert. No, not at all.
651
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,080
I just wanted to express my relief, ma'am.
652
00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:14,160
That I came to my senses?
653
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,560
For a moment, we risked compromising
the very things that make us distinctive.
654
00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:21,240
Please.
655
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,920
Which leads me to think...
656
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,760
that it might be best
if I personally were to move on.
657
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:33,920
Robert.
658
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,360
It's true, ma'am.
659
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:39,840
At crucial moments, the Palace
has failed to read the public mood.
660
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,200
And much of the blame rests with me.
661
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,600
- Surely not.
- It's a question of temperament.
662
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,600
Knowing when to be flexible.
663
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,800
My problem is, I'm an old stick.
I'd rather not change anything at all.
664
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:55,680
I tend to see things as binary.
665
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,080
Either you keep things as they are
666
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,320
or it's closing time
in the gardens of the West.
667
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:08,120
But you can make alterations
without tearing down the building.
668
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:12,760
My deputy, Robin Janvrin,
is far better placed to do that.
669
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:14,760
He's much more attuned.
670
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:17,360
And deserving of a step up.
671
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,280
Of course Robin will make
an excellent private secretary,
672
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,000
but he's still a young man.
673
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,800
Is there nothing I can do
to persuade you to stay?
674
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,440
Sometimes it's helpful to offer a scalp.
675
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,800
This way... everyone benefits.
676
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:36,720
The public gets sent a signal.
677
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,360
You get better advice
than I could ever possibly give.
678
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,160
I get to play more cricket. [exhales]
679
00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:46,560
[somber music playing]
680
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,120
I don't know how I'll manage.
I shall be utterly lost.
681
00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:52,120
No, ma'am, you won't. You'll be just fine.
682
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,960
You've navigated this latest matter
perfectly without my help.
683
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,320
Every minute has been an honor, ma'am.
684
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:28,880
[door shuts]
685
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,600
And finally, ma'am,
your visit to Brighton and Hove
686
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:35,360
as one of the government's
designated Millennium Cities.
687
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:36,440
Yes.
688
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:38,720
I have drafted a program of engagements
689
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:43,760
that I hope preserves the traditional
but adds a somewhat modern sensibility.
690
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:47,760
On the one hand, lunch at the Pavilion,
691
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,400
in tribute to your
great-great-great-great uncle George IV.
692
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,680
On the other,
a visit to the Sussex Innovation Center
693
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:58,920
to see a demonstration
of an insectoid robot called Maggie.
694
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,000
Right.
695
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,720
One last thing
you might be interested to know.
696
00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:09,840
The prime minister...
697
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:11,920
Yes?
698
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:15,680
...uh, has chosen to address
the Women's Institute,
699
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:21,560
as part of his mission
to consolidate support in Middle England.
700
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:22,640
Really?
701
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:25,640
I wouldn't have said
they were his sort of crowd.
702
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:30,760
But his unerring judgment is what one
has always had to admire him for.
703
00:41:31,720 --> 00:41:35,400
And his ability
to win over seemingly... anyone.
704
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:39,160
I'm sure this will be no exception.
705
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,800
[gentle piano tune playing]
706
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:44,400
[exhales slowly]
707
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,680
[women singing] ♪ And did those feet ♪
708
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,880
♪ In ancient times ♪
709
00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:58,040
♪ Walk upon England's mountains green? ♪
710
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:03,640
♪ And was the holy Lamb of God ♪
711
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:09,640
♪ On England's pleasant pastures seen? ♪
712
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,440
{an8}- ♪ And did the countenance... ♪
- [Blair] A modern voice for women.
713
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,360
{an8}It is a clear and admirable
statement of ideals.
714
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:22,360
But what does it mean
to be modern in a new Britain,
715
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,440
driven by change and innovation?
716
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,080
{an8}Make no mistake, there are
many traditions we can be proud of,
717
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,840
{an8}but we must never cling to tradition
for its own sake.
718
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,040
{an8}In the 21st century,
719
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,280
{an8}we must ask ourselves
720
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:40,800
what kind of values we want to promote.
721
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:46,120
We must take what's best from the past
but never be in thrall to it.
722
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:52,080
Old-fashioned practices
can sometimes hold progress back.
723
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,320
I believe, and the Labour Party believes,
724
00:42:55,840 --> 00:43:00,640
that a new, updated concept
of community is needed
725
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,680
to keep up with the fast pace of change
in the modern world.
726
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,560
I was elected leader of the Labour Party
727
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,720
because I understood
that we had a radical mission
728
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,760
to change not just
the politics of this country
729
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,480
but the constitution of this country.
730
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:18,640
The soul of this country.
731
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:19,760
[light murmuring]
732
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:23,080
"Radical" is not a word
to be frightened of.
733
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,560
It is a word to embrace.
734
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:26,640
[light murmuring]
735
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:31,920
Because I fear that if we are not radical,
we will not succeed in our mission.
736
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:35,360
Look at what we've done
in the House of Lords, taking...
737
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:36,440
[loud clap]
738
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:40,760
...taking drastic action
against hereditary privilege.
739
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,440
- Thank you very much.
- [clapping in unison]
740
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,360
Look, the world is changing fast.
741
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:50,760
- [clapping in unison]
- Oh, okay, right. [chuckles softly]
742
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:53,240
And change is tough. We know that.
743
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,320
[clapping continues]
744
00:43:58,240 --> 00:44:02,560
It's no wonder people feel worried
and wish to hold tight to the old ways,
745
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,400
[newsman] A run-in
with the Women's Institute
746
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,600
was surely not what
the prime minister had in mind
747
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,800
as he made his return
to the political fray.
748
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:12,360
The chairwoman of the WI says
that she had urged Mr. Blair
749
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,240
not to make his speech party political.
750
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:18,320
...take on the forces
that prevent vital change, the very...
751
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,040
[woman] Let the prime minister speak!
752
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:22,200
[women] No!
753
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:25,480
- [clapping intensifies]
- I'm glad we're having a good debate.
754
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:27,240
[scattered jeering]
755
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:38,000
[Elizabeth] He can charm America,
indeed, the whole world,
756
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:40,880
but comes up short
with the Women's Institute.
757
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,960
I'm getting stick for it from my aides,
who all advised against doing it.
758
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:47,800
You were political with the WI,
759
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,040
the one thing
we pride ourselves on never being.
760
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:52,200
Well, as far as criticisms go,
761
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,080
being too political is
one I think I can live with.
762
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:57,800
It would be like someone
describing you as being too royal.
763
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:02,600
I think I've come to realize
there's no such thing as too royal.
764
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,640
If you're doing it, do it properly.
765
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:09,440
And unapologetically.
766
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:14,520
I understand.
767
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:18,680
So...
768
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:21,160
So...
769
00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:23,480
[somber music rises slowly]
770
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:24,800
I'm sure you're aware,
771
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:30,480
the EU has just published a draft
of its new Charter for Fundamental Rights
772
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,120
ahead of the forthcoming summit
in Portugal.
773
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:37,760
[voice fading] Our hope is that it will
reflect the original remit of the EU,
774
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:41,760
merely to summarize existing rights.
However, if it...
775
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:43,840
[somber music fades]
776
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:48,480
[choral version
of "Things Can Only Get Better" playing]
777
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:53,000
[music fades out]
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