1 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,080 HER MAJESTY 2 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:12,760 Why are you stopping? 3 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:14,400 They're waiting for you. 4 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,280 No. Nobody told me anything. 5 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:20,720 They asked us for discretion. 6 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:24,200 Who? 7 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:41,920 CALUANA RESTAURANT 8 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,040 Good morning, Your Royal Highness. 9 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,240 Sorry to summon you on such short notice, but it's an important matter. 10 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,080 I didn't know I had been summoned. No one mentioned it. 11 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:58,880 Because nobody should know about this. 12 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:00,400 Please. 13 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,800 The work you've done these past months has been... 14 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:09,680 You've been really brilliant. 15 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,680 But you're not here to tell me that. 16 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,080 No, that's true. 17 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,400 We have internal reports that say that approval of The Crown has increased. 18 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,680 Reports? What reports? 19 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:27,280 Internal ones. 20 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,920 You're doing surveys to assess my popularity? 21 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,640 The Royal Household's popularity, yes. 22 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:33,920 Since when? 23 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,600 Well, since Your Royal Highness was born. 24 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:37,880 Since before that. 25 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,320 - Since the pregnancy. - True. 26 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,480 Thank you, Colonel. Thank you. 27 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,440 Your mother's pregnancy triggered a major spike in popularity. 28 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,720 And why did I know nothing about these reports? 29 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,320 Because since then, the popularity had only gone down. 30 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:55,720 Why am I even asking, right? 31 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,840 So we have to take advantage of this rebound, Your Royal Highness. 32 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:06,320 In these times of instability, the country needs a solid monarchy. 33 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:09,040 Talk about it with my father. 34 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,040 I said "a solid monarchy." 35 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:19,560 What is this about? 36 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:23,280 All right. 37 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,960 On Monday, the Army High Command met with the King. 38 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,840 On Tuesday, the Episcopal Conference, dined with several judges. 39 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:35,480 And last night, I met with him at the palace. 40 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,800 We've all tried to convince him that the situation is more serious than he thinks, 41 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,760 but his intention is to remain on the throne no matter what. 42 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,400 My father can handle whatever they throw at him. 43 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:50,640 Your father, perhaps... 44 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:52,400 but the country can't. 45 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,880 You have to talk to the King, Your Royal Highness. 46 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,840 - You're the only one who can convince him. - No. No. 47 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,080 You can't ask more from me. I've fulfilled my duty. 48 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:04,760 You're the heir to the throne. 49 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,680 The State will ask things of you your whole life. 50 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,480 I can't ask that of my father. 51 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,560 You're the only one who can. 52 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,880 If we had another option, we wouldn't be turning to you. 53 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,640 I'll also say you have a bit of a clumsy way of asking for things. 54 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,040 "We would never turn to you, but we have no other option..." 55 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,280 Thank goodness I've gone up in the polls, otherwise... 56 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,240 - Pilar, it's your moment. - Lady Pilar. 57 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,120 - Please. - What? 58 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,120 Refer to me as "Lady Pilar," "Royal Highness," or "Madam." 59 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,280 Very well. I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness. 60 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:46,800 You can't ask me to save Spain 61 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,800 because Spain was already in bad shape when I was born. 62 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,280 There's another thing, Lady Pilar. 63 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:55,280 What? 64 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,920 The King has already recorded his Christmas message. 65 00:04:58,360 --> 00:04:59,640 Sounds great to me. 66 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,400 I'm guessing you haven't seen it. 67 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,280 No, because I don't care about his Christmas message. 68 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,240 You're going to care about this year's. 69 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:29,120 Are we going to the palace? 70 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,160 Yes. Do you want to go somewhere else? 71 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,080 Yes. 72 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:10,560 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM KING ALFONSO 73 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:12,880 Good evening. 74 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,280 I am addressing you at this special time 75 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,600 to wish you happy holidays and a prosperous new year. 76 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,840 I am aware that the new year is an opportunity 77 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,280 for all of us to renew our commitment to improve this country. 78 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,240 Me, first of all. 79 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:31,440 Spain is a great nation, 80 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,600 and she must regain her institutional stability, 81 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,320 as so must The Crown. 82 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,480 This is an opportunity to wipe the slate clean. 83 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,080 Therefore, my intention as King 84 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,920 is to return to serving the interests of Spain 85 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,520 without distancing myself from her, close to the nation to which I am obliged 86 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:50,120 with security and stability. 87 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,480 On behalf of my daughter, Princess Pilar, 88 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,840 I want to apologize for recent improvisations 89 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,480 and unfortunate experiments. 90 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,480 Enough with experiments. 91 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:05,240 It's the time for experience. 92 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,440 It's the time for experience. 93 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:20,720 You're not going to say anything? 94 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,120 How did you get it? 95 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:26,520 That's all you care about? 96 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,080 Who has an interest in you seeing it? 97 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,520 I decided to go to the television studio to see it. 98 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,600 It was ready to go to all the channels, even the Catalan and Basque ones. 99 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,960 - They never broadcast it. - This year they will. 100 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,400 Since I called them "motherfuckers," they'll be eager to see me humiliated. 101 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,360 Why are you here, Pilar? 102 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,040 - Did you hear the same message as me? - Other than that. 103 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:53,440 That's not enough? 104 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:56,400 It's your father, not mine. 105 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,080 It's my father talking about you, Guillermo. 106 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,280 You've been with me this whole time. 107 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,640 Did you know we were "an unfortunate experiment" and all that shit? 108 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:06,520 We did better than they thought. 109 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,480 - Did you know we went up in the polls? - I didn't know. 110 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,720 But it's clear from seeing what Isidro has written. 111 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,720 If you'd gone down in the polls, they wouldn't be against you. 112 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,800 This has nothing to do with Isidro. 113 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,440 - This is my father. - This is Isidro. 114 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,160 The message, everything... It's pure Isidro. 115 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:27,160 He used the "experiments" and "experience" stuff at the Epiphany Military Ceremony. 116 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:32,120 It doesn't matter who wrote it. My father is reading it. He's saying it. 117 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,960 You'll have to prepare something for when it's broadcast. 118 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,160 It won't be broadcast. 119 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,280 Do you want to help me or not? 120 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,640 There's only one thing you can do, and you have to do it alone. 121 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:48,960 I don't need your help to talk to him. 122 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:50,440 That's not why I'm here. 123 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:53,120 So? 124 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,760 I want to know if you're going to help me become Queen. 125 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:13,200 When I saw you, I thought you'd come to wish me happy holidays. 126 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,800 Merry Christmas, by the way. 127 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:20,120 I don't like Christmas. 128 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:23,960 Okay. 129 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:46,200 Hey! 130 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:48,960 Are you the type that gives books as gifts? 131 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,760 When I can't think of anything better, like everyone does. 132 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:56,440 And you? 133 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:58,640 Did you come here to shop 134 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,080 or to pretend to run into me? 135 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,880 I'm here to remind you about 2014. 136 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:06,880 You owe me one, Moure. 137 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,560 What more do you want, man? Let's have it. 138 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,680 I told you the Pilar situation wouldn't be temporary. 139 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,600 I told you Alfonso was going to fall, and you should be prepared. 140 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,920 - I don't think I owe you anything. - Alfonso hasn't fallen. 141 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:23,360 And it looks like he won't fall. 142 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,800 Well, Guillermo, you're putting me in a tight spot. 143 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,000 Like you did in 2014. 144 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:32,800 And I still did it. 145 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:35,400 Well? Did I do it or not? 146 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,440 You made it to the Supreme Court. So, yes. 147 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:39,600 I did do it. Yes. 148 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,920 Things are also going to come out about Pilar. 149 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,800 {\an8}Pilar hasn't stolen anything. They've got nothing on Pilar. 150 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,600 {\an8}No, she's done something worse. 151 00:10:57,560 --> 00:10:58,880 She had an abortion. 152 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,280 The people who support them can forgive corruption. 153 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,160 A king can defraud anyone he wants. 154 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:07,200 Money comes and goes. 155 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,600 There will always be someone to say 156 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:12,360 that the King has given more money than he's taken. 157 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:15,400 But an abortion... 158 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,440 Shit, they were born to do that. 159 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:19,760 To have offspring. 160 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:22,640 The crown passes from parents to children. 161 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,080 It's the lineage, the dynasty, the values, damn it. 162 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:27,800 Spain... 163 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,040 can forgive almost anything of the royals, 164 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:32,720 other than an abortion. 165 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,360 The King isn't going to do that to his daughter. 166 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,520 Have you told the Princess what you were doing behind her back? 167 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:43,720 No, right? 168 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,880 Well, imagine Isidro, who's been in office for 40 years. 169 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,920 So you and I are even now, right? 170 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,280 Pili! What a surprise. 171 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:01,280 Come, sit with me. Sit down. 172 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,920 Would you like something? Lentil soup? 173 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,240 Lentil soup now? 174 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,760 - I felt like it. - I'm not hungry. 175 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,240 I missed this legume in Latin America. 176 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,880 Spanish food in general, but this legume most of all. 177 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,280 I don't know why, but starting the second week 178 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,040 it became an obsession. 179 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:24,040 Chickpeas, lentils... They have them, but it's not the same. 180 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,280 This is a horrible country for a lot of things, 181 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:30,440 but what we do in the kitchen in Spain can't be found anywhere else. 182 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:33,120 It's just... 183 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,760 Do you not feel like saying anything? 184 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,520 I won't ask you to be glad that I'm back, but you should, if only for yourself. 185 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:57,080 You'll get your life back. 186 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,520 You can do what you want without causing a fuss. 187 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,160 - Your secretary resigned, didn't he? - Guillermo, yes. 188 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:04,640 I won't send you another one. 189 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,760 You won't have a guard dog watching you anymore. 190 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,400 Consider it a Christmas gift from me. 191 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,480 I'll give you another gift too. You've earned it. 192 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,680 What do you want for a real gift? Is there something you want? 193 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,200 I want you to explain this. 194 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:25,680 Who gave you that? 195 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,360 No one. 196 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,640 No one gave it to me. I took it. 197 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:32,320 From where? 198 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,720 I didn't know you had an apartment in Madrid. A duplex. 199 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,400 What were you doing there? 200 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,720 I'd like to know what you were doing there, and for how long. 201 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,480 You've done what you wanted with your life and I haven't asked for explanations. 202 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,040 Nor do I have to give them. I'm a single man. 203 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:52,960 You're a widower. 204 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,680 And when mom was alive, you had that apartment. 205 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,080 You don't have any idea about the relationship we had. 206 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,240 Nor do you about the one I had with Richard. 207 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,360 Comparing your mother to a teenage boyfriend? 208 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,200 Richard was very important to me. 209 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,560 Have you read the book he had to publish? You got rid of a loser. 210 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,680 - No, I didn't get rid of him. - I did you a favor. 211 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,240 Didn't you ever think about what I wanted? 212 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,120 Or was it an "unfortunate experiment" then? 213 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,160 Yes, I've seen your Christmas message. 214 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,760 You couldn't wait to watch it with everyone else? 215 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,240 No, because everyone else isn't going to see it. 216 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,320 - No? - No, you're going to record another one. 217 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,240 - What do you mean? What message? - I have a gift for you too. 218 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:09,360 What are you doing here? 219 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:11,400 May I come in? 220 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,320 They told me you're back with Pilar. 221 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,080 Go with her. She'll need you. 222 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,080 First, I want to speak with you. 223 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:23,240 Then speak. 224 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,080 We can talk about it inside. 225 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:31,680 Come in. 226 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:40,440 What were you expecting? 227 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:41,960 A tree? 228 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,720 A lit fireplace? 229 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,960 A nativity scene with tinsel streamers? 230 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,720 I never sleep here. 231 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,280 Only a few nights a year, 232 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,600 Christmas Eve and some others, and sometimes only Christmas Eve... 233 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,840 Excuse the cold, but there's no heating. 234 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,800 - Why would there be? Useless expense. - I see. 235 00:17:06,360 --> 00:17:09,080 - I know this kind of life well. - Make yourself at home. 236 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,760 You were wrong to get married, Guillermo. 237 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,200 As soon as they named me Head of the Royal Household, 238 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,840 I knew I wouldn't marry and I wouldn't have children. 239 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:24,800 There's a rumor going around that I'm a homosexual. 240 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,560 - Don't tell me. - I don't care because I'm not. 241 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:30,840 What I am is more like... 242 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:32,920 asexual. 243 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,080 Go ahead. Come on. Sit down. 244 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:36,680 Are you hungry? 245 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,280 This is what's left of yesterday's Christmas banquet. 246 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,840 Can you believe they wanted to throw it away? 247 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,200 This is no ordinary sandwich. 248 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:51,960 You can't just throw it out. 249 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,120 Behind its construction is someone who knows 250 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,560 that they're not preparing just any sandwich. 251 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,720 They're preparing something to be eaten by a king. 252 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,040 I've seen how people do things 253 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:07,080 when they know they're doing something for His Majesty. 254 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,320 Their hands start to do something different. 255 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:15,720 They start to make magic, and a sandwich ceases to be a sandwich. 256 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,520 It's made from the same stuff, but it's not the same. 257 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,720 It's... the food of kings. 258 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:28,400 So you gave up on having children, 259 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,400 but you were at the birth when Pilar was born, right? 260 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,320 I was the third person in Spain to hold her in their arms. 261 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,240 Three kilograms, two-hundred and fifty grams. 262 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,440 I'll never forget that fact. 263 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,720 That seems a lot like having children. 264 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,120 Doesn't it make you sad? 265 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:54,640 Her? 266 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,240 What you're about to do to her? 267 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,320 There are times when, to serve your country, 268 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,040 you're required to hurt people you love. 269 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,000 You know that very well, Guillermo. 270 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,120 - Clara? Was that her name? - Clara, yes, Clara. 271 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,160 It's one thing to hurt someone, Isidro. 272 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,920 It's another to destroy their life. 273 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,680 It's just a Christmas speech. 274 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,880 I'm not talking about the speech. 275 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,960 You would have been a good Head of the Royal Household. 276 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,120 But you're too late, Guillermo. 277 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:32,240 Really? 278 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,960 I've already talked to the press. 279 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,080 I don't believe you. 280 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,200 You didn't talk to anyone. 281 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,080 The play goes like this. 282 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,320 You'll wait for the Christmas message to be broadcast. 283 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,680 Alfonso says he's staying. 284 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,440 There's an outcry from the people. 285 00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:54,080 Then you'll say Pilar had an abortion. 286 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,280 And one scandal buries the other. 287 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:02,280 Do you see how you would've been a good Head of the Royal Household? 288 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:08,080 The bad thing about spending so many years on the job is I've become predictable. 289 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,040 Here. Dessert. 290 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,320 Was this at the military base? 291 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 No. 292 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,320 It's from my personal archive. 293 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:51,880 It's the physician's original signature. 294 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,280 Forgive me if I don't tell you where I've kept the copies. 295 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:01,640 If Alfonso finds out, he won't forgive you. 296 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,560 And who told you he doesn't know? 297 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:15,120 I want you to read this. 298 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:16,800 Now? 299 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,280 It's the Christmas message that you're going to broadcast. 300 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:22,880 I'm sure your secretary wrote it. 301 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,120 You don't think I'm capable of writing it? 302 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,200 Nobody writes their own speeches. 303 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,240 You're upset about something I didn't even write. 304 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,000 You didn't write it, but you thought it. 305 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,400 I would never say what I think in a Christmas message. 306 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,200 Yeah, you keep that for other occasions. 307 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,320 "She can't even finish a degree." 308 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,040 "How can she succeed me on the throne?" 309 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:44,760 What? 310 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,320 "She's too capricious, too weak." 311 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:48,440 I never said that. 312 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,640 "She's not stupid, but she fakes it really well." 313 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,400 I heard you. It's on tape. But I don't know who you were talking to. 314 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:56,520 I don't remember. 315 00:21:58,520 --> 00:21:59,880 I'd prefer if you did. 316 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,040 If you don't, you could've been talking to anyone. 317 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,760 If you want me to say that you've done well, I'll say it. 318 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,960 I don't want you to say it to me, but to all of Spain. 319 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,120 And that you're abdicating. 320 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:16,520 How can I abdicate? 321 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,480 Here, look, I've written it. 322 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,400 Here, toward the end. It's a good way to go out. 323 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,640 Thank you for your gift, but I don't want it. 324 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,240 No, this isn't my gift. 325 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,040 Do you want me to show it to you? 326 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:50,440 What are they doing here? 327 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,680 They would also like you to record a new message, Dad. 328 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,000 Be careful with these people, Pilar. 329 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,200 They made me feel special too. It's a lie. 330 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:10,640 One day, they get tired of you. 331 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,800 And they'll let you fall. Or they'll push you. 332 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,120 Okay. 333 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,880 I wish that you would've made me feel special at times. 334 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,960 I ought to make a call. Do you mind? 335 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,480 No, but don't waste your time. They can't help you. 336 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,560 Forget about it. Don't put it out. 337 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,880 Did you know that Carlos V had two great passions? 338 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,680 Watches and gastronomy. 339 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,960 He liked trying new dishes, 340 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,520 unusual, elaborate ones. 341 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,000 And he had an impressive collection of watches. 342 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:24,080 One day, he asked the royal cook to prepare him a special dish. 343 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,760 And the cook, not knowing what recipe to prepare, 344 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:32,480 said, "Well, since Your Majesty doesn't want a stew of watches..." 345 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,800 That's us, Guillermo. 346 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:38,000 We cook watches. 347 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:43,160 We try to make the inedible edible to please our masters. 348 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,000 I'm not that predictable, am I? 349 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,680 There are no copies. 350 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,320 I should have maneuvered behind Alfonso's back as always, 351 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:02,080 but I'd be risking too much if the King wasn't aware of the matter. 352 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,880 I'm sure he had his doubts when I told him the plan, 353 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,760 but he didn't say anything. 354 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:09,880 In the end, he did. 355 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:10,800 In the end... 356 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:12,800 he had doubts. 357 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:19,360 Or decency. 358 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,840 Alfonso? Decency? 359 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,120 I don't know. 360 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,840 Can I give you some advice, Guillermo? 361 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:30,800 That depends. 362 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,520 A word of advice in case you're thinking of becoming Head of the Royal Household. 363 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,840 - I didn't say that. - You don't need to say it. 364 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,240 But replace the couch in the office. 365 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,200 You'll spend a lot of nights there. 366 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,800 You'll spend the best nights of your life on that couch. 367 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,480 It was comfortable 20 years ago, 368 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,320 but now it'll mess up your back. 369 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:56,200 Take my advice. Replace the couch. 370 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:58,520 You'll thank me. 371 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:18,520 Merry Christmas, Isidro. 372 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,000 Happy holidays, Guillermo. 373 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,960 And thank you for your service. 374 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:41,800 - Did you give them the new text? - They have it. 375 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,400 I haven't even read the whole thing yet. 376 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,240 Are you nervous? 377 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:49,640 You've done it a million times. 378 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,280 It's never been the last time. 379 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:54,520 Can you give us a moment? 380 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:56,200 Thank you. 381 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:01,960 Dad, I know why you're scared. 382 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:04,680 But nothing bad is going to happen to you. 383 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,280 They're not going to take you to trial, much less send you to prison. 384 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,240 I know everything seems bad today. I understand. 385 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,720 But soon you'll realize this is the best thing for everyone. 386 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:16,960 For you too. 387 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,120 Of course, you'll have to leave Spain 388 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,960 to the country of your choice and with all your privileges, of course. 389 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,720 We only get along with countries that give you all those privileges. 390 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,120 And even so, someday you'll be able to come back. 391 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,320 Everything will be forgotten. No one will hold anything against you. 392 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:35,800 We'll say it'll be a long time, 393 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,840 but I promise you'll be able to come back soon. 394 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,360 I didn't expect this from you. 395 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,200 I didn't expect this. 396 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,760 And five, four, three... 397 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:29,760 Good evening. 398 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,480 It fills me with joy to be in your homes tonight, 399 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,760 and to send you my best wishes for the new year. 400 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:43,120 I also want to share with you my reflections on some recent events. 401 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,080 This has been a difficult year for my family, 402 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:48,960 and especially for me personally. 403 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,800 I want to take advantage of this occasion to send you an apology. 404 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,800 I am human, and like everyone, I make mistakes. 405 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,720 But I can't ignore the fact that I have great institutional responsibility, 406 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,800 and for that very reason, the obligation to set an example at all times. 407 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,000 I have not done so, and I must accept the consequences. 408 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,080 I humbly ask your forgiveness for certain actions 409 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,280 that have not been up to the standard you all expect from me. 410 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,160 And so that my apology does not remain an empty declaration, 411 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:22,640 I am going to step down 412 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,320 and pass the crown to my daughter, Princess Pilar. 413 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:31,120 Over the last months, she has demonstrated that she is prepared to reign over Spain. 414 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,760 Her commitment, her ability, and her loyalty are indisputable. 415 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,600 And she is also a modern and transparent symbol of the country, 416 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:43,160 which will strengthen the legitimacy of an institution we all need. 417 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,960 - You've gone too far with the flattery. - It's my moment. 418 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,400 They'll think you wrote it. 419 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,360 The people think I don't know how to write. 420 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,120 Today, our children's generation deserves to come to the fore... 421 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:55,960 Are you okay? 422 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:57,480 ...with new energy... 423 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,440 dedicated to undertaking reforms... 424 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,000 - Yes. Yes. - ...and transformations 425 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:04,800 that today's society demands. 426 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,520 - It's normal not to be. - My only ambition is... 427 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:08,640 It's your father. 428 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,440 ...to contribute to the well-being... 429 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,080 We'll need a toast, right? 430 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,120 - I thought you didn't like Christmas. - I don't like Christmas at all. 431 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:19,520 I like champagne. 432 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,000 I want the best for Spain, to whom I have dedicated my entire life, 433 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,440 and at whose service I've placed all my abilities, 434 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:29,880 my energy... 435 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:32,480 and my work. 436 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:35,640 And are you okay? 437 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,040 Yes. Yes. 438 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:44,480 Merry Christmas, Your Royal Highness. 439 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:45,560 Excuse me. 440 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:48,680 What's wrong? 441 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,160 Merry Christmas, Your Majesty.