1 00:00:42,461 --> 00:00:44,046 Your Majesty. 2 00:00:48,842 --> 00:00:52,471 So, it is always the Sovereign who begins the meal. 3 00:00:56,516 --> 00:00:58,602 It is absolutely forbidden to begin 4 00:00:58,685 --> 00:01:02,231 before he, or she, takes their first bite. 5 00:01:04,107 --> 00:01:06,151 Oui, Mademoiselle. 6 00:01:06,235 --> 00:01:07,277 During the meal, 7 00:01:07,694 --> 00:01:11,657 when it is the first course, you must only speak to the person seated on your right 8 00:01:11,782 --> 00:01:12,950 until the end. 9 00:01:13,033 --> 00:01:14,618 Time for the Vice-Provost, Lilibet. 10 00:01:47,359 --> 00:01:50,279 Your Royal Highness. Come on. 11 00:01:52,072 --> 00:01:55,450 "There are two elements of the constitution," 12 00:01:55,534 --> 00:01:59,663 wrote Walter Bagehot in 1867. 13 00:02:02,874 --> 00:02:06,378 "The efficient and the dignified." 14 00:02:08,630 --> 00:02:09,881 Which is the Monarch? 15 00:02:12,718 --> 00:02:14,177 Your Royal Highness? 16 00:02:19,474 --> 00:02:21,893 - The dignified? - Very good. 17 00:02:22,686 --> 00:02:26,898 The efficient has the power to make and execute policy, 18 00:02:27,399 --> 00:02:29,901 and is answerable to the electorate. 19 00:02:30,402 --> 00:02:34,114 What touches all should be approved by all. 20 00:02:34,823 --> 00:02:40,078 The dignified gives significance and legitimacy to the efficient, 21 00:02:40,620 --> 00:02:43,415 and is answerable only... 22 00:02:46,251 --> 00:02:48,462 - To God. - Precisely. 23 00:02:49,171 --> 00:02:52,424 Two institutions, Crown and government, 24 00:02:52,924 --> 00:02:58,096 dignified and the efficient, only work when they support each other, 25 00:02:58,513 --> 00:03:01,391 when they trust one another. 26 00:03:02,267 --> 00:03:03,977 You can underline that. 27 00:03:09,858 --> 00:03:13,737 - Do you teach this to your other pupils? - No, just you. 28 00:03:14,363 --> 00:03:16,782 This is what I teach them. 29 00:03:19,284 --> 00:03:21,119 These are exam papers. 30 00:03:27,209 --> 00:03:30,629 - Shouldn't I know all of this, too? - No, ma'am. 31 00:03:31,505 --> 00:03:33,924 All very undignified. 32 00:05:37,255 --> 00:05:40,425 Mr. Einstein has changed his mind again? 33 00:05:41,510 --> 00:05:42,511 Oh? 34 00:05:43,094 --> 00:05:44,262 The scientist. 35 00:05:44,930 --> 00:05:46,431 No, I know who he is. 36 00:05:46,932 --> 00:05:48,934 What exactly has he changed his mind about? 37 00:05:54,147 --> 00:05:55,690 That's rather less clear to me, 38 00:05:55,774 --> 00:05:58,193 but everyone's making a tremendous fuss about it. 39 00:06:06,076 --> 00:06:10,121 At the time of my education, I asked the Vice-Provost 40 00:06:10,205 --> 00:06:16,169 if we shouldn't spend a bit of time on literature, philosophy, science. 41 00:06:17,587 --> 00:06:20,131 He felt I had enough on my plate as it was. 42 00:06:21,174 --> 00:06:23,301 But don't you think I should have learned about it? 43 00:06:25,637 --> 00:06:26,638 Why? 44 00:06:27,472 --> 00:06:31,977 Well, doesn't one have a duty to know certain things? 45 00:06:32,060 --> 00:06:36,815 You have a great many other virtues. You can't be expected to know everything. 46 00:06:36,898 --> 00:06:41,319 Well, no, that's the point, Mummy. I know almost nothing. 47 00:06:41,403 --> 00:06:46,157 You know when to keep your mouth shut. That's more important than anything. 48 00:06:47,033 --> 00:06:50,620 And that would've been fine if I'd gone on to live a normal life. 49 00:06:51,454 --> 00:06:56,835 But now, I spend so much time with politicians and statesmen. 50 00:06:56,918 --> 00:07:00,589 You know, I live in dread of being left alone with them. 51 00:07:00,714 --> 00:07:03,008 Your dear papa, just the same. 52 00:07:05,594 --> 00:07:10,473 Be nice to think that one could, if not hold one's own, 53 00:07:10,557 --> 00:07:12,601 then at least not have to steer the conversation 54 00:07:12,684 --> 00:07:15,020 away to dogs and horses every time. 55 00:07:16,396 --> 00:07:18,556 The Prime Minister's on his way, ma'am. 56 00:07:18,898 --> 00:07:22,235 Well, one good thing about this one is you never have to open your mouth at all. 57 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:23,361 That's true. 58 00:07:23,820 --> 00:07:26,615 Just smile politely while he drones on and on. 59 00:07:27,866 --> 00:07:30,952 Your Majesty may or may not be aware, but this is my retirement year. 60 00:07:31,036 --> 00:07:33,038 Is it really? How long has it been? 61 00:07:33,121 --> 00:07:35,121 Thirty-three years, ma'am, serving four sovereigns. 62 00:07:35,582 --> 00:07:37,375 One can hardly imagine the place without you. 63 00:07:37,626 --> 00:07:40,938 Well, it's kind of you to say so, ma'am, but we're well prepared for the transition. 64 00:07:40,962 --> 00:07:43,214 A deputy's long been groomed and made ready. 65 00:07:43,298 --> 00:07:44,859 - Two deputies, am I right? - Yes, ma'am. 66 00:07:44,883 --> 00:07:47,218 - A senior and a junior. - An heir and a spare. 67 00:07:47,302 --> 00:07:48,470 Quite. 68 00:07:48,553 --> 00:07:51,473 Well, before we discuss any of that, 69 00:07:52,682 --> 00:07:55,477 I'd like you to know how grateful we all are to you. 70 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,896 - For your years of service. - Thank you, ma'am. 71 00:07:57,979 --> 00:08:01,441 My father was quite dependent on you. You know that. 72 00:08:01,524 --> 00:08:05,779 And in our short time together, I could see how I could be, too. 73 00:08:05,862 --> 00:08:08,073 But you deserve to put your feet up. 74 00:08:08,156 --> 00:08:10,992 And I think I could work quite well with Martin Charteris. 75 00:08:11,076 --> 00:08:13,453 - Martin Charteris? - Yes. 76 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,998 I assume you'll give that your blessing. 77 00:08:19,584 --> 00:08:22,921 Martin is the junior deputy private secretary, ma'am, the spare. 78 00:08:23,004 --> 00:08:27,592 Michael Adeane is the senior. The rightful heir. 79 00:08:29,135 --> 00:08:31,096 Martin and I have worked together before. 80 00:08:31,638 --> 00:08:33,014 I'm aware of that. 81 00:08:33,098 --> 00:08:34,450 I'm sure that Michael would understand 82 00:08:34,474 --> 00:08:38,144 that I had a pre-existing relationship with Martin, and not take it personally. 83 00:08:38,895 --> 00:08:40,772 Martin is a younger man. 84 00:08:40,939 --> 00:08:42,732 It's the more natural fit. 85 00:08:44,150 --> 00:08:46,069 If that is Your Majesty's wish. 86 00:09:09,342 --> 00:09:12,220 Prime Minister, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting. 87 00:09:12,303 --> 00:09:14,305 - Not at all. - But I see you've found company. 88 00:09:14,389 --> 00:09:15,390 Yes. 89 00:09:15,473 --> 00:09:18,935 Honey, Sugar, Pippin, say goodbye. Thank you, Tommy. 90 00:09:24,733 --> 00:09:25,984 Shall we make a start? 91 00:09:26,985 --> 00:09:32,031 One item overshadows every other on the agenda this week, ma'am. 92 00:09:32,115 --> 00:09:34,617 The Soviets and their H-bomb. 93 00:09:34,701 --> 00:09:37,078 We now have confirmation that they have been testing 94 00:09:37,370 --> 00:09:39,414 in the Kazakh Desert. 95 00:09:39,497 --> 00:09:43,334 It is vital that we act swiftly to secure peace, 96 00:09:43,418 --> 00:09:46,588 and vital that we British spearhead the effort. 97 00:09:47,464 --> 00:09:53,887 I have always been the person everyone wants in a room with the Russians 98 00:09:53,970 --> 00:09:56,806 because Stalin would only talk to me. 99 00:09:56,890 --> 00:10:00,351 With him gone, there is a great danger 100 00:10:00,435 --> 00:10:03,772 that Eisenhower will take it upon himself to run the show. 101 00:10:05,857 --> 00:10:06,900 And that would be bad? 102 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,696 Oh, a disaster, ma'am. For all the obvious reasons. 103 00:10:14,115 --> 00:10:15,200 Of course. 104 00:10:18,077 --> 00:10:20,830 Remind me of the obvious reasons. 105 00:10:24,876 --> 00:10:26,377 Russia 106 00:10:28,213 --> 00:10:33,802 is a great old empire which demands and deserves respect. 107 00:10:33,885 --> 00:10:39,474 Americans like to wave the big stick, and speak with a loud voice. 108 00:10:39,557 --> 00:10:44,020 In the matter of world governance, they are not yet ready. 109 00:10:44,896 --> 00:10:51,444 They need an experienced and elder power 110 00:10:52,028 --> 00:10:54,656 to guide them, school them. 111 00:10:54,739 --> 00:10:56,217 Yes, we could all do with some school. 112 00:10:56,241 --> 00:11:00,787 To that end, I've asked the Foreign Secretary to go to Washington 113 00:11:00,870 --> 00:11:05,500 to lay plans for a summit meeting between myself and Eisenhower, 114 00:11:05,583 --> 00:11:07,961 to start discussing a unified approach 115 00:11:08,086 --> 00:11:10,588 for how to bring the Russians back into the family. 116 00:11:10,839 --> 00:11:13,258 - Do you think he's up to it? - Eisenhower? 117 00:11:13,508 --> 00:11:14,968 No, the Foreign Secretary. 118 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:21,933 Anthony is the finest Foreign Secretary this country has had for generations. 119 00:11:22,642 --> 00:11:25,019 Yes, but I've heard he's also a very sick man. 120 00:11:25,770 --> 00:11:30,108 I would hate to think that the country wasn't in safe hands, 121 00:11:30,984 --> 00:11:32,986 being led by healthy men. 122 00:11:33,945 --> 00:11:37,532 We are both fine, ma'am. I assure you. 123 00:11:40,243 --> 00:11:43,037 Early indications are that the bomb they tested 124 00:11:43,121 --> 00:11:45,957 was a fission and fusion-fueled Sloika design, 125 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,460 based on lithium-6 deuteride and uranium-235 126 00:11:49,544 --> 00:11:51,880 with a yield of 400 kilotons. 127 00:11:52,630 --> 00:11:57,010 Khrushchev claims the weapon is ready for immediate use, 128 00:11:57,093 --> 00:11:59,429 capable of deployment from a bomber aircraft. 129 00:11:59,512 --> 00:12:02,140 He was bragging about it to the Presidium last week. 130 00:12:02,223 --> 00:12:03,558 Do we believe that? 131 00:12:03,641 --> 00:12:07,896 Latest CIA intelligence seems to support it, with the Soviets known to be 132 00:12:07,979 --> 00:12:11,357 ramping up their production of long-range bomber aircraft... 133 00:12:11,441 --> 00:12:12,881 Are you all right, sir? 134 00:12:16,487 --> 00:12:19,824 My bag, please. Give me my bag. 135 00:12:36,257 --> 00:12:37,300 Can you do this? 136 00:12:41,512 --> 00:12:43,240 Sir, this really should be done by a doctor. 137 00:12:43,264 --> 00:12:45,975 Just find a vein. Come on! 138 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:06,496 Well, we can say with confidence that Joe-4's total yield, 139 00:13:06,579 --> 00:13:10,375 why, was in the range of 400-500 kilotons. 140 00:13:10,458 --> 00:13:15,505 Now, intelligence sources indicate the Soviets used the layered design 141 00:13:15,588 --> 00:13:20,009 similar to our own Ivy Mike detonation in '52, 142 00:13:20,093 --> 00:13:22,595 which is consistent with the blast radius. 143 00:13:23,388 --> 00:13:25,640 The British Foreign Secretary. 144 00:13:38,069 --> 00:13:43,116 That, gentlemen, is not just a sleeping man, it's a sad metaphor. 145 00:13:43,908 --> 00:13:45,410 The second most powerful man 146 00:13:45,493 --> 00:13:48,913 in what was once the most powerful country on Earth. 147 00:13:51,666 --> 00:13:53,042 What's that on his arm? 148 00:13:54,252 --> 00:13:57,005 Looks like blood, sir. 149 00:13:57,630 --> 00:13:59,424 Good God. 150 00:14:07,682 --> 00:14:10,184 - Colonel Charteris, ma'am. - Your Majesty. 151 00:14:12,228 --> 00:14:15,023 - You asked to see me? - I did. Do sit down. 152 00:14:22,780 --> 00:14:26,034 Now, as I'm sure you're aware, 153 00:14:26,117 --> 00:14:30,997 Tommy Lascelles will be leaving us shortly to begin his well-deserved retirement. 154 00:14:32,790 --> 00:14:36,627 And his departure will leave something of a gap. 155 00:14:37,128 --> 00:14:38,212 Yes. 156 00:14:39,130 --> 00:14:44,343 And I was wondering whether you might be interested in filling that gap? 157 00:14:44,469 --> 00:14:47,805 - As what, ma'am? - My private secretary. 158 00:14:50,516 --> 00:14:53,436 - I'd be delighted, but... - But what? 159 00:14:53,978 --> 00:14:55,354 What about Michael Adeane? 160 00:14:55,438 --> 00:14:58,191 - What about him? - He is the natural successor. 161 00:14:59,067 --> 00:15:03,154 I was hoping it might be possible for me to make my own decision just once. 162 00:15:04,155 --> 00:15:07,658 There are two private secretaries to choose from. 163 00:15:08,159 --> 00:15:10,495 And I happen to prefer the junior. 164 00:15:11,370 --> 00:15:13,164 Hmm. 165 00:15:13,998 --> 00:15:17,168 So, shall we say that's that? 166 00:15:18,628 --> 00:15:21,214 Yes. I suppose we shall. 167 00:15:21,964 --> 00:15:23,674 - Good. - Thank you. 168 00:15:26,177 --> 00:15:28,805 Is there anything I can do? In the meantime? 169 00:15:28,888 --> 00:15:31,015 No, no, no. Thank you, Martin. 170 00:15:34,685 --> 00:15:36,187 Actually, Martin... 171 00:15:37,188 --> 00:15:38,397 A tutor. 172 00:15:39,315 --> 00:15:42,318 - Ma'am? - I'd like to engage one. 173 00:15:43,402 --> 00:15:46,114 - Any particular field? - General education. 174 00:15:46,197 --> 00:15:48,533 - I'll come up with some names. - Thank you. 175 00:15:49,742 --> 00:15:53,871 And, Martin, preferably one, you know, not too stuffy. 176 00:15:54,122 --> 00:15:55,540 Sense of humor. 177 00:15:55,706 --> 00:15:56,833 Understood. 178 00:16:02,964 --> 00:16:07,969 I'm no stranger to pain, Winston, but this has become intolerable. 179 00:16:08,052 --> 00:16:11,222 I must have corrective surgery. 180 00:16:11,305 --> 00:16:15,977 And this corrective surgery, must it really be Boston? 181 00:16:16,060 --> 00:16:19,480 That's where the best man is. The only man. 182 00:16:19,564 --> 00:16:24,443 They're better-equipped to deal with gall bladder problems in America, 183 00:16:24,527 --> 00:16:27,613 due to the high-fat diets they have here. 184 00:16:27,697 --> 00:16:30,449 Leaving me without you for the summit with Ike. 185 00:16:30,533 --> 00:16:33,077 - Can't you delay it? - No, I can't. 186 00:16:34,704 --> 00:16:40,918 Besides, you have already stated your ability to run the ship without me for some time. 187 00:16:41,002 --> 00:16:43,171 In jest, my dear boy, 188 00:16:43,254 --> 00:16:45,548 when you become mutinous and presumptuous. 189 00:16:45,631 --> 00:16:47,466 You know how much I depend on you. 190 00:16:49,177 --> 00:16:51,095 - I do. - Well? 191 00:16:53,681 --> 00:16:56,267 But I'd still like to hear you say it again. 192 00:16:56,934 --> 00:16:57,977 What? 193 00:16:58,978 --> 00:17:01,522 I'd like you to say it again, so that 194 00:17:02,481 --> 00:17:05,151 all the people listening in can hear. 195 00:17:06,277 --> 00:17:07,612 You were saying? 196 00:17:08,070 --> 00:17:10,198 That... 197 00:17:12,742 --> 00:17:14,452 I depend on you, Anthony. 198 00:17:15,411 --> 00:17:16,621 What for? 199 00:17:17,788 --> 00:17:21,209 For yourjudgment. 200 00:17:21,959 --> 00:17:27,298 - What else? - Your integrity and loyalty. 201 00:17:27,590 --> 00:17:29,008 Louder, please. 202 00:17:29,592 --> 00:17:32,762 Yes, all right! Yes, I need you there, Anthony! 203 00:17:32,845 --> 00:17:34,931 I think we've all agreed, I need you! 204 00:17:35,014 --> 00:17:40,311 And I need the surgery, Winston. It's my life that's at stake now. 205 00:17:41,312 --> 00:17:43,064 I'm sorry. 206 00:18:17,014 --> 00:18:19,809 Prime Minister. Prime Minister? 207 00:18:20,726 --> 00:18:22,186 Hello? 208 00:18:42,331 --> 00:18:46,377 - What's that? - Here, Charles. That one. 209 00:18:50,715 --> 00:18:53,759 Look. Look at this. Do you like my picture? 210 00:18:53,843 --> 00:18:57,179 It's a rocket. One day it'll take you into space. 211 00:19:01,726 --> 00:19:04,562 - Professor Hogg, Your Majesty. - Who? 212 00:19:04,645 --> 00:19:06,897 Colonel Charteris said you were expecting him. 213 00:19:07,732 --> 00:19:08,733 Oh. 214 00:19:09,275 --> 00:19:10,359 Yes. 215 00:19:10,985 --> 00:19:12,403 Where's Mercury? 216 00:19:13,195 --> 00:19:16,657 High up in the sky, Charles. It's where all the other planets are. 217 00:19:17,033 --> 00:19:19,952 - Your Majesty. - Professor Hogg. 218 00:19:23,289 --> 00:19:25,249 During the course of my new daily life, 219 00:19:25,291 --> 00:19:29,045 I have to spend a great deal of time alone with statesmen. 220 00:19:29,128 --> 00:19:32,923 Men, like yourself, of exceptional intellect, 221 00:19:33,007 --> 00:19:34,860 who've risen to the very top of their profession 222 00:19:34,884 --> 00:19:37,928 by virtue of their intelligence and their ability. 223 00:19:44,435 --> 00:19:46,479 There are frequently times 224 00:19:47,438 --> 00:19:52,026 when I am discussing agendas of the day with these people 225 00:19:52,109 --> 00:19:54,028 that I find myself, uh, 226 00:19:57,990 --> 00:19:59,492 on the back foot. 227 00:20:01,952 --> 00:20:05,790 At something of a disadvantage. Because I, um... 228 00:20:07,625 --> 00:20:09,001 I can't keep up. 229 00:20:10,461 --> 00:20:12,797 Or I don't know what lies behind something. 230 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,216 And that's no way to live. 231 00:20:15,299 --> 00:20:19,929 To be uninformed and entirely at someone else's mercy. 232 00:20:20,012 --> 00:20:21,889 Quite. Which is why I was hoping 233 00:20:21,972 --> 00:20:25,059 that you might help me hold my own, some more, 234 00:20:26,060 --> 00:20:29,480 feel at less of a disadvantage, fill in... 235 00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:30,981 Uh... 236 00:20:31,232 --> 00:20:32,691 Fill in some of the gaps. 237 00:20:32,983 --> 00:20:37,947 Perhaps Her Majesty would give me an idea of roughly how far she got? 238 00:20:38,697 --> 00:20:41,409 - When? - With her education. 239 00:20:42,368 --> 00:20:43,661 In what sense? 240 00:20:43,828 --> 00:20:47,665 Which exams she might have taken and passed, 241 00:20:47,873 --> 00:20:52,002 that I might better know at what level to pitch our tutorials. 242 00:20:54,255 --> 00:20:58,509 Um, the Higher School Certificate, for example. 243 00:21:03,514 --> 00:21:06,434 All right. The School Certificate, then. 244 00:21:10,312 --> 00:21:11,689 No. 245 00:21:12,106 --> 00:21:16,360 Any privately-tutored equivalents thereof, perhaps? 246 00:21:20,197 --> 00:21:21,449 I see. 247 00:21:31,792 --> 00:21:33,544 Her Majesty the Queen, ma'am. 248 00:21:35,379 --> 00:21:37,465 This is a surprise. 249 00:21:39,133 --> 00:21:40,968 To what do I owe the pleasure? 250 00:21:42,344 --> 00:21:45,890 I came because I wanted to ask you a question about my education. 251 00:21:47,933 --> 00:21:49,310 What about it? 252 00:21:51,187 --> 00:21:53,063 The fact that I didn't receive one. 253 00:21:53,564 --> 00:21:54,815 You did. 254 00:21:55,274 --> 00:21:58,486 Sewing, needlework, and saying poems with Crawfie. 255 00:21:59,361 --> 00:22:00,946 That is not an education. 256 00:22:01,030 --> 00:22:04,492 Darling, you also spent years one-on-one 257 00:22:04,575 --> 00:22:06,911 with the Vice-Provost of Eton College. 258 00:22:07,077 --> 00:22:08,722 Being drilled in matters of the constitution. 259 00:22:08,746 --> 00:22:11,373 Which is far more than your sister ever got. 260 00:22:12,124 --> 00:22:16,754 Mummy, I'm talking about a normal education, in normal subjects. 261 00:22:16,879 --> 00:22:19,089 You received an entirely appropriate education 262 00:22:19,215 --> 00:22:20,591 for a woman of your background. 263 00:22:20,758 --> 00:22:23,385 Which has entirely failed to prepare me for the life I lead now. 264 00:22:23,552 --> 00:22:28,098 We taught you how to be a lady, a princess. What do you want? A degree? 265 00:22:28,599 --> 00:22:32,186 No one wants a bluestocking or a college lecturer as Sovereign. 266 00:22:32,603 --> 00:22:33,729 They want a queen. 267 00:22:33,896 --> 00:22:39,151 Yes, a queen who is hopelessly ill-equipped to deal with the people that she has to meet. 268 00:22:45,950 --> 00:22:47,618 What has this to do with me? 269 00:22:49,161 --> 00:22:51,830 How could you have let me down like this? 270 00:22:53,207 --> 00:22:55,626 Is this a criticism of my motherhood? 271 00:22:58,796 --> 00:23:03,342 Because I would've thought you'd think twice before throwing stones on that score. 272 00:23:04,969 --> 00:23:06,387 What's that supposed to mean? 273 00:23:06,470 --> 00:23:09,390 I hardly see you blazing a trail in that department. 274 00:23:10,641 --> 00:23:11,684 That's not fair. 275 00:23:11,767 --> 00:23:15,980 Besides, I thought we were past the age now where we take cheap shots at our parents. 276 00:23:16,605 --> 00:23:19,358 I educated you as your father and I saw fit. 277 00:23:19,441 --> 00:23:21,402 Why didn't we push harder? 278 00:23:21,485 --> 00:23:24,989 No one advised that we should. That includes the Vice-Provost. 279 00:23:28,242 --> 00:23:32,705 Oh, don't force something that doesn't come naturally, dear. 280 00:23:32,788 --> 00:23:34,248 That's what I've learned. 281 00:23:38,794 --> 00:23:41,755 We all have to accept our limitations in life. 282 00:24:05,321 --> 00:24:10,034 That's it, there. The grace-and-favor flat belonging to the Queen's private secretary. 283 00:24:10,701 --> 00:24:13,454 - Our new home. - How much of the ground floor is it? 284 00:24:14,204 --> 00:24:17,791 All of it. Including the rooms stretching to the back. 285 00:24:21,545 --> 00:24:23,172 The girls will be happy here. 286 00:24:24,757 --> 00:24:26,383 Now, we must go. 287 00:24:26,759 --> 00:24:28,969 - I don't want anyone to see us. - Why? 288 00:24:29,053 --> 00:24:30,971 Well, it's just indiscreet. 289 00:24:31,305 --> 00:24:34,767 - But I haven't got the job yet. - What about that tree? 290 00:24:35,893 --> 00:24:37,561 It's blocking all the light. 291 00:24:37,645 --> 00:24:40,022 Well, I daresay one could ask to have it trimmed back. 292 00:24:40,105 --> 00:24:41,815 Will you ask? 293 00:24:41,899 --> 00:24:46,528 I don't see the rush, but, yes, I can ask. Discreetly. 294 00:24:54,578 --> 00:24:55,621 Good God. 295 00:24:55,704 --> 00:24:59,500 A stroke, Bobbety, that's all, a minor stroke. 296 00:24:59,583 --> 00:25:02,169 But I'm on the mend, bouncing back. 297 00:25:02,252 --> 00:25:04,338 Well, you don't look very bouncy to me. 298 00:25:04,421 --> 00:25:06,048 - Who knows? - No one. 299 00:25:06,131 --> 00:25:08,884 And no one can know, especially the Queen. 300 00:25:08,967 --> 00:25:10,010 What? 301 00:25:10,094 --> 00:25:15,307 I have promised her that the country will always have a healthy man in charge. 302 00:25:15,391 --> 00:25:19,144 You know me, Bobbety, I am a man of my word. 303 00:25:19,937 --> 00:25:21,689 But you can't just hide it from her. 304 00:25:22,731 --> 00:25:25,943 I mean, you're head of the government which runs the country in her name. 305 00:25:27,194 --> 00:25:28,987 Besides, don't you think she'll smell a rat 306 00:25:29,071 --> 00:25:31,073 when no one turns up at her private audience? 307 00:25:31,323 --> 00:25:34,910 The Palace has been told that I have a cold. 308 00:25:34,993 --> 00:25:36,203 A cold? 309 00:25:37,621 --> 00:25:42,126 Jock, you have my permission to extend that to the flu. 310 00:25:42,626 --> 00:25:44,753 - Sir. - But no more. 311 00:25:44,837 --> 00:25:47,077 And what about the meeting with Eisenhower in Washington? 312 00:25:47,131 --> 00:25:52,428 Alas, as I have been refused permission to fly, 313 00:25:52,511 --> 00:25:54,680 I am left with no option. 314 00:25:54,763 --> 00:25:57,766 - To postpone it? - Are you mad? 315 00:25:57,850 --> 00:26:02,730 The Russian situation could not be more delicately poised, 316 00:26:03,272 --> 00:26:06,984 nor more needing of my influence. No. 317 00:26:08,861 --> 00:26:11,196 We have to get Eisenhower here. 318 00:26:12,531 --> 00:26:15,033 So, you see, Tommy, there's no other way. 319 00:26:15,117 --> 00:26:17,286 Well, how about the 12th of July? 320 00:26:17,369 --> 00:26:20,581 - I doubt it. - All right, the 13th? 321 00:26:21,457 --> 00:26:24,376 - I doubt that as well. - The 14th, then. 322 00:26:24,460 --> 00:26:27,171 I can put it to her, Bobbety, but I wouldn't hold your breath. 323 00:26:27,296 --> 00:26:29,216 Well, I'll leave it to your powers of persuasion. 324 00:26:29,381 --> 00:26:30,382 Mm. 325 00:26:30,591 --> 00:26:31,675 Bye. 326 00:27:04,041 --> 00:27:05,918 Sorry to disturb you, ma'am, 327 00:27:06,001 --> 00:27:11,840 but I just had Lord Salisbury on the phone with an unusual request. 328 00:27:12,966 --> 00:27:16,637 President Eisenhower is due to meet the Prime Minister in Washington 329 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,764 for summit next week, 330 00:27:18,847 --> 00:27:22,017 but Mr. Churchill's developed a cold, a nasty cold, 331 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:24,228 and Lord Moran, his doctor, has forbidden him to fly. 332 00:27:24,311 --> 00:27:27,105 Now, the feeling is the meeting is of the utmost importance, 333 00:27:27,189 --> 00:27:30,359 so Downing Street was wondering whether we might be able to help. 334 00:27:31,026 --> 00:27:32,110 Help how? 335 00:27:32,402 --> 00:27:34,196 By inviting the President here. 336 00:27:35,781 --> 00:27:36,824 Where? 337 00:27:37,074 --> 00:27:40,452 Here, ma'am, to Buckingham Palace, to a state banquet next week. 338 00:27:40,577 --> 00:27:43,497 The feeling is that, by that time, 339 00:27:43,580 --> 00:27:45,916 Winston should have made a sufficient recovery. 340 00:27:46,667 --> 00:27:48,877 Well, I was planning on going to Sandringham. 341 00:27:51,129 --> 00:27:54,925 Hmm. I'm afraid it would mean postponing that by a few days. 342 00:28:01,932 --> 00:28:05,352 We can extend an invitation through our ambassador in Washington. 343 00:28:05,435 --> 00:28:08,188 - Is that a green light, ma'am? - Yes. 344 00:28:08,772 --> 00:28:11,358 Then, if you'll excuse me, I better get cracking. 345 00:28:14,903 --> 00:28:17,590 Do you have a moment, Tommy? I need to speak to you on an urgent matter. 346 00:28:17,614 --> 00:28:20,158 I don't, I'm afraid, I have a state banquet to arrange, 347 00:28:20,242 --> 00:28:22,035 so if it possibly wait until later... 348 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,705 I think when you hear it, you'll share my sense of alarm. 349 00:28:24,788 --> 00:28:26,582 It seems that Martin Charteris 350 00:28:26,665 --> 00:28:30,752 is to replace you as Her Majesty's private secretary, not me. 351 00:28:30,836 --> 00:28:32,546 What? Says who? 352 00:28:32,629 --> 00:28:35,173 Says Margaret Colville, Jock Colville's wife, 353 00:28:35,257 --> 00:28:38,218 who plays bridge with Alice Jameson, lady-in-waiting, 354 00:28:38,302 --> 00:28:42,472 who, as you may know, plays tennis with Mary Charteris. 355 00:28:42,806 --> 00:28:44,182 Why on earth would I know that? 356 00:28:44,266 --> 00:28:46,894 Anyway, so confident are they of the appointment, 357 00:28:46,977 --> 00:28:50,063 - that Mary has even gone so... - Don't tell me. 358 00:28:50,147 --> 00:28:51,947 So far as to speak to the Palace head gardener 359 00:28:51,982 --> 00:28:54,151 about trimming the tree outside my window. 360 00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:56,278 Yes. 361 00:28:57,321 --> 00:28:59,531 Ask Martin to come and see me, would you? 362 00:28:59,615 --> 00:29:01,867 That is, if he and his lady wife are not too busy 363 00:29:01,950 --> 00:29:05,162 measuring carpets and curtains for what is still my home. 364 00:29:11,835 --> 00:29:14,713 - Right, it's a green light. Jump to it. - Sir. 365 00:30:16,233 --> 00:30:19,569 - You asked to see me, Tommy. - I did. Do sit down. 366 00:30:30,122 --> 00:30:33,375 Martin, you've worked at the Palace now, for what, three years? 367 00:30:34,042 --> 00:30:36,586 I'd have thought that long enough for you to know the ropes, 368 00:30:37,045 --> 00:30:41,133 understand the rules, the way things are done. 369 00:30:41,258 --> 00:30:42,718 I think I do. 370 00:30:45,220 --> 00:30:46,763 Manifestly not. 371 00:31:10,454 --> 00:31:12,789 Professor Hogg, Your Majesty. 372 00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:17,210 - Your Majesty. - Professor. 373 00:31:21,631 --> 00:31:22,632 Ah. 374 00:31:23,300 --> 00:31:25,677 I know you were going to prepare some tutorials 375 00:31:25,761 --> 00:31:27,345 of a more general nature, 376 00:31:27,637 --> 00:31:31,975 but it seems I'm going to need some more specific knowledge first. 377 00:31:32,434 --> 00:31:34,603 On which subject? 378 00:31:34,686 --> 00:31:36,521 President Eisenhower. 379 00:31:37,230 --> 00:31:40,734 He'll be coming here in a matter of days, and I'll be expected 380 00:31:41,818 --> 00:31:44,613 to sit next to him and make conversation with him. 381 00:31:45,155 --> 00:31:48,658 So, I need to know all about him, and what interests him. 382 00:31:48,909 --> 00:31:51,661 The military-industrial complex, ma'am. 383 00:31:53,038 --> 00:31:54,247 What? 384 00:31:54,331 --> 00:31:58,585 And its threat to democratic government, it's what most concerns him. 385 00:32:02,005 --> 00:32:03,507 Something lighter, perhaps? 386 00:32:04,091 --> 00:32:05,258 Golf? 387 00:32:05,425 --> 00:32:06,426 Oh. 388 00:32:07,177 --> 00:32:10,013 - Anything else? - Oil painting. 389 00:32:10,138 --> 00:32:14,559 - I'm told he paints landscapes. - Don't they all? 390 00:32:18,188 --> 00:32:22,984 Would Your Majesty give me 24 hours to do some research and come back to you? 391 00:32:23,068 --> 00:32:24,111 Yes. Of course. 392 00:32:28,490 --> 00:32:32,786 He was baptized, wasn't he? Just six months ago. 393 00:32:34,621 --> 00:32:37,624 Yes, I think read about that. A Presbyterian. 394 00:32:38,125 --> 00:32:39,126 Mm. 395 00:32:40,377 --> 00:32:42,963 Did they dunk him, do you think? 396 00:32:43,046 --> 00:32:44,256 Dunk? 397 00:32:45,090 --> 00:32:48,135 A full immersion. In some river. 398 00:32:48,885 --> 00:32:51,388 If I were a gambling man, I'd say yes. 399 00:32:52,347 --> 00:32:54,599 Are you? 400 00:32:54,891 --> 00:32:58,353 Occasionally. The Derby, ma'am, and the Grand National. 401 00:32:58,562 --> 00:33:00,730 Oh, how did you get on this year? 402 00:33:01,231 --> 00:33:03,316 At the National, rather well. 403 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:07,320 - I had Early Mist on an each-way bet. - Oh, well done, you. 404 00:33:07,445 --> 00:33:10,907 You won by 20 lengths. I share your admiration for Mr. O'Brien, 405 00:33:10,991 --> 00:33:13,493 and everything he's doing at Ballydoyle Stables. 406 00:33:14,411 --> 00:33:16,621 - Who? - The trainer. 407 00:33:18,248 --> 00:33:19,791 That's not why you backed him? 408 00:33:20,083 --> 00:33:22,502 No. I just liked the name. 409 00:33:25,630 --> 00:33:26,798 I see. 410 00:33:27,841 --> 00:33:30,677 - Back in 24 hours. - Thank you. 411 00:33:45,609 --> 00:33:48,028 "I'm so sorry to hear that in these past days 412 00:33:48,111 --> 00:33:50,322 "you've not been in your usual good health..." 413 00:33:50,405 --> 00:33:51,740 Isn't that nice? 414 00:33:52,449 --> 00:33:55,869 "...and that your tireless exertions on behalf of this country 415 00:33:55,952 --> 00:33:59,623 "have resulted in this temporary inconvenience." 416 00:34:01,082 --> 00:34:02,792 "Temporary inconvenience." 417 00:34:04,586 --> 00:34:06,630 How much does she know exactly? 418 00:34:07,714 --> 00:34:09,466 Because from the tone of this... 419 00:34:10,926 --> 00:34:12,302 Winston. 420 00:34:14,137 --> 00:34:17,057 - She thinks it's a cold. - A cold? 421 00:34:17,140 --> 00:34:20,977 Yes, a cold. If she knew the truth, she would bid me stand down. 422 00:34:21,061 --> 00:34:23,188 - Good. - A replacement would have to be found. 423 00:34:23,271 --> 00:34:26,191 The wrong replacement. Because the right man... 424 00:34:26,274 --> 00:34:29,736 - Anthony. - ...is himself incapacitated. 425 00:34:29,819 --> 00:34:32,739 Too much knowledge can be a dangerous thing. 426 00:34:33,448 --> 00:34:35,200 Do you mean to tell me that, at the moment, 427 00:34:35,283 --> 00:34:38,912 this country's without a fit leader or a deputy leader? 428 00:34:38,995 --> 00:34:41,414 - Not so loud. - But... 429 00:34:41,790 --> 00:34:43,041 Come. 430 00:34:44,501 --> 00:34:47,504 Good news, sir. It's a yes from Eisenhower. 431 00:34:48,672 --> 00:34:50,757 You were right, an invitation from the Palace 432 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,343 has proved impossible for the Americans to refuse. 433 00:34:53,593 --> 00:34:55,821 They've changed his schedule, and we're going to make it work. 434 00:34:55,845 --> 00:34:59,182 - That's wonderful news! - Don't get out of bed, Winston. 435 00:34:59,266 --> 00:35:01,768 - That's wonderful! - No, don't get out of bed, darling. 436 00:35:01,851 --> 00:35:03,353 Don't get out of bed. 437 00:35:03,645 --> 00:35:06,022 If Ike comes here, I can be leader again. 438 00:35:06,106 --> 00:35:07,983 - Winston... - That's what really matters. 439 00:35:08,066 --> 00:35:10,652 Getting me and Ike in the same room, so that he and I can... 440 00:35:10,735 --> 00:35:11,820 Do go back to bed. 441 00:35:11,903 --> 00:35:15,615 ...get on with building a real and lasting peace with the Russians! 442 00:35:15,699 --> 00:35:19,744 Darling, look, why don't you admit the truth, that you have been fighting for your life 443 00:35:19,828 --> 00:35:21,496 and tell the Queen? 444 00:35:23,540 --> 00:35:25,000 Winston? 445 00:36:02,412 --> 00:36:05,665 - How serious is it this time? - It's impossible to know. 446 00:36:08,835 --> 00:36:11,880 I fear we do now have to put off the Americans. 447 00:36:11,963 --> 00:36:13,173 Yes, of course. 448 00:36:13,256 --> 00:36:15,008 And tell the Queen. 449 00:36:15,425 --> 00:36:18,511 No. No, we're in too deep now for that. 450 00:36:20,013 --> 00:36:23,767 If Eisenhower isn't coming, blame it on him, not on Winston. 451 00:36:24,601 --> 00:36:27,437 The Queen must never know how much we've kept from her. 452 00:37:00,345 --> 00:37:01,805 Prepare for inspection! 453 00:37:07,102 --> 00:37:09,312 - Sorry to disturb you, ma'am. - Mm? 454 00:37:11,147 --> 00:37:14,359 I've been asked by Downing Street to inform you first 455 00:37:14,442 --> 00:37:18,571 that President Eisenhower is no longer able to leave the United States 456 00:37:18,655 --> 00:37:21,116 owing to a political crisis at home. 457 00:37:23,326 --> 00:37:24,327 Oh. 458 00:37:25,829 --> 00:37:27,372 Well, that's a relief. 459 00:37:27,831 --> 00:37:30,333 And that the Prime Minister still hasn't shaken off his cold, 460 00:37:31,167 --> 00:37:33,670 and will not be attending today's private audience. 461 00:37:33,753 --> 00:37:36,214 Really? Goodness. 462 00:37:36,798 --> 00:37:40,093 That's the second consecutive private audience that he's missed. 463 00:37:40,176 --> 00:37:43,346 - It's most unlike him. - Yes, isn't it? 464 00:37:44,848 --> 00:37:46,015 Are you all right, Martin? 465 00:37:48,893 --> 00:37:51,563 Your Majesty, I've had the opportunity 466 00:37:51,646 --> 00:37:55,400 to think about your very kind offer to become your private secretary. 467 00:37:57,193 --> 00:37:58,820 And I'm afraid I must decline. 468 00:38:02,449 --> 00:38:03,575 Why? 469 00:38:06,953 --> 00:38:11,416 In this instance, I really do believe you'll be better served by Michael. 470 00:38:13,543 --> 00:38:14,836 No, you don't. 471 00:38:15,753 --> 00:38:16,796 Ma'am? 472 00:38:18,006 --> 00:38:19,841 You don't think that. 473 00:38:19,924 --> 00:38:22,177 Nor could you ever think that. 474 00:38:22,260 --> 00:38:24,804 For the very good reason that it's not true. 475 00:38:25,722 --> 00:38:28,391 Have you been spoken to by Tommy Lascelles? 476 00:38:28,766 --> 00:38:30,518 - Ma'am... - You have. 477 00:38:31,436 --> 00:38:33,146 And what did he have to say? 478 00:38:36,483 --> 00:38:38,323 That I should've refused the offer in the room. 479 00:38:40,236 --> 00:38:42,906 That I obviously have no respect or understanding 480 00:38:42,989 --> 00:38:48,077 for Palace tradition and protocol, and that it must be Michael Adeane. 481 00:38:52,749 --> 00:38:53,958 Did he now? 482 00:38:56,419 --> 00:38:58,379 Would you excuse me for a moment, Martin? 483 00:39:29,827 --> 00:39:30,870 Come. 484 00:39:33,414 --> 00:39:34,415 Oh. 485 00:39:34,707 --> 00:39:36,793 - Your Majesty. - Look, Tommy. 486 00:39:38,711 --> 00:39:41,506 There's no pretty way of saying this. I would prefer Martin. 487 00:39:41,589 --> 00:39:43,716 And that is your right, ma'am. 488 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,427 Yes. And I rather thought so, too. 489 00:39:47,178 --> 00:39:49,222 But it would be a mistake. 490 00:39:50,098 --> 00:39:51,641 And why is that? 491 00:39:51,933 --> 00:39:52,976 Please. 492 00:40:05,154 --> 00:40:06,948 There's a way of doing things here. 493 00:40:08,366 --> 00:40:11,703 An order developed over time, generations. 494 00:40:13,746 --> 00:40:17,792 And individuality in the House of Windsor, 495 00:40:18,668 --> 00:40:22,213 any departure from that way of doing things, is not to be encouraged. 496 00:40:22,755 --> 00:40:25,717 It results in catastrophes like the abdication. 497 00:40:26,676 --> 00:40:29,137 Abdicating the throne and choosing my private secretary 498 00:40:29,220 --> 00:40:30,888 is hardly comparing like with like. 499 00:40:30,972 --> 00:40:32,348 I disagree. 500 00:40:33,641 --> 00:40:35,143 I served your uncle, as you know. 501 00:40:36,352 --> 00:40:40,106 And it's in the small things that the rot starts. 502 00:40:40,898 --> 00:40:43,610 Do the wrong thing once, it's easier to do it again. 503 00:40:43,693 --> 00:40:48,990 Do the individualistic thing once, it is easy to do it again. 504 00:40:49,073 --> 00:40:52,910 Now, in the case of your uncle, it started with wanting to use 505 00:40:52,994 --> 00:40:56,539 Buckingham Palace simply as the office, and York House as his home. 506 00:40:57,373 --> 00:41:02,629 Then he stopped attending church, decided he wanted to sell Sandringham. 507 00:41:02,712 --> 00:41:05,048 He dismissed courtiers who'd served under his father 508 00:41:05,131 --> 00:41:08,384 in favor of younger, sycophantic supplicants. 509 00:41:09,177 --> 00:41:12,680 Of course, no one saw the abdication coming then, 510 00:41:12,764 --> 00:41:17,435 but the ego, the willfulness, the individualism, 511 00:41:17,518 --> 00:41:19,646 the rot had set in. 512 00:41:19,729 --> 00:41:22,857 Martin and I have an understanding. 513 00:41:23,316 --> 00:41:24,817 I don't deny it. 514 00:41:26,110 --> 00:41:29,906 It would make me feel as if I had an ally, 515 00:41:30,823 --> 00:41:32,909 friend almost, 516 00:41:33,576 --> 00:41:35,912 in what can sometimes feel like a very... 517 00:41:50,802 --> 00:41:52,011 Well... 518 00:41:53,805 --> 00:41:57,850 The next in line, and the senior of my two deputies, 519 00:41:57,934 --> 00:42:02,021 and the natural heir is Michael. 520 00:42:03,564 --> 00:42:05,900 - Your man. - The right man. 521 00:42:10,697 --> 00:42:15,076 But, as always, the final say is with you, ma'am. 522 00:42:25,837 --> 00:42:28,131 Thank you. 523 00:43:08,838 --> 00:43:12,216 Just had the Palace on the phone, requesting a private audience this afternoon. 524 00:43:12,675 --> 00:43:14,844 It seems the Queen wants to see you, sir. 525 00:43:16,179 --> 00:43:17,180 Me? 526 00:43:34,947 --> 00:43:36,300 So, what's all this about, Patrick? 527 00:43:36,324 --> 00:43:38,284 - I don't know, sir. - Can't you give me a clue? 528 00:43:43,790 --> 00:43:46,083 Mr. Colville, Your Majesty. 529 00:43:51,672 --> 00:43:53,841 - You asked to see me, Your Majesty? - Yes, Jock. 530 00:43:54,425 --> 00:43:59,347 You were my private secretary for two years before Martin Charteris. 531 00:43:59,430 --> 00:44:00,765 I was. 532 00:44:00,848 --> 00:44:04,644 And it was my impression that we always had a good understanding, 533 00:44:05,061 --> 00:44:08,481 and were able to speak openly with one another. 534 00:44:08,564 --> 00:44:11,984 - Yes, of course. - And trust one another. 535 00:44:12,610 --> 00:44:15,947 Speak plainly when matters of real importance came up. 536 00:44:16,030 --> 00:44:20,409 And before Her Majesty says anything else, let me just say how sorry I am. 537 00:44:21,702 --> 00:44:23,412 It's been agony. 538 00:44:23,496 --> 00:44:27,667 I tried to stop them, I told them my opinion, 539 00:44:27,750 --> 00:44:30,086 but they were so insistent we keep it from you. 540 00:44:30,586 --> 00:44:34,006 After the second one, I really was of a mind to let you know the truth. 541 00:44:35,091 --> 00:44:37,468 - Second what? - Stroke, ma'am. 542 00:44:38,511 --> 00:44:42,682 But they insisted again, everyone keep it quiet, say nothing. 543 00:44:46,269 --> 00:44:47,270 I see. 544 00:44:51,315 --> 00:44:54,610 And who was it that was doing the insisting? 545 00:44:55,361 --> 00:44:56,737 Lord Salisbury, ma'am. 546 00:44:57,947 --> 00:45:02,660 And the Prime Minister himself, on the rare occasions he was conscious. 547 00:45:07,164 --> 00:45:08,332 I see. 548 00:45:09,750 --> 00:45:12,545 That is what you asked me here to discuss? 549 00:45:13,963 --> 00:45:15,047 No. 550 00:45:15,923 --> 00:45:19,051 I asked you here to discuss whether I should take Michael Adeane 551 00:45:19,135 --> 00:45:22,638 for my private secretary, rather than Martin Charteris. 552 00:45:26,309 --> 00:45:30,479 But what you've just told me is far more important. 553 00:45:36,819 --> 00:45:38,321 - No. - Yes. 554 00:45:38,404 --> 00:45:40,156 The slippery old so-and-sos. 555 00:45:40,781 --> 00:45:43,242 It's rather worse than slippery, wouldn't you say? 556 00:45:43,326 --> 00:45:45,202 Somewhat unconstitutional. 557 00:45:45,870 --> 00:45:47,371 What are you going to do? 558 00:45:48,164 --> 00:45:51,959 Nothing, of course. That's my job. 559 00:45:52,543 --> 00:45:55,796 - Do nothing, and stay silent at all times. - Is it? 560 00:45:56,464 --> 00:45:59,884 From memory, and forgive me, ma'am, it's a while since I read Bagehot, 561 00:46:00,593 --> 00:46:05,389 but in circumstances such as these, is it not also your duty to act? 562 00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:09,685 I doubt it. I'd have to check. 563 00:46:09,769 --> 00:46:11,979 I think you know precisely. 564 00:46:15,107 --> 00:46:16,484 Yes, it is. 565 00:46:18,152 --> 00:46:22,365 But I can't just summon the brightest, most formidable men in the country, 566 00:46:22,448 --> 00:46:25,159 and give them a dressing-down, like children. 567 00:46:25,242 --> 00:46:28,996 Why? You are in the right, they in the wrong. 568 00:46:29,413 --> 00:46:32,667 Yes, but they're far more intelligent than I am. 569 00:46:32,750 --> 00:46:37,254 Any confrontation, they'd out-debate me, out-think me and out-maneuver me. 570 00:46:37,338 --> 00:46:40,466 But this isn't about education or intelligence. 571 00:46:40,549 --> 00:46:43,719 This is about integrity and principle. 572 00:46:44,512 --> 00:46:48,182 Ma'am, you say you don't have what it takes to do battle with these people. 573 00:46:48,265 --> 00:46:49,642 You do. 574 00:46:49,725 --> 00:46:53,312 You were drilled for years in the finer points of our constitution. 575 00:46:53,396 --> 00:46:56,273 You know it better than me, better than all of us. 576 00:46:56,732 --> 00:46:59,318 You have the only education that matters. 577 00:47:00,778 --> 00:47:02,488 So, what would you have me do? 578 00:47:02,571 --> 00:47:03,656 Summon them, 579 00:47:04,073 --> 00:47:07,535 and give them a good dressing-down, like children. 580 00:47:08,119 --> 00:47:09,787 Why would they stand for that? 581 00:47:09,870 --> 00:47:13,249 Because they're English, male and upper class. 582 00:47:13,332 --> 00:47:17,336 A good dressing-down from Nanny is what they most want in life. 583 00:47:22,299 --> 00:47:25,177 Unconventional to the end, Professor. 584 00:47:30,808 --> 00:47:32,309 Thank you, Professor. 585 00:47:33,978 --> 00:47:36,689 I'm afraid I urgently need something from Windsor Castle. 586 00:47:37,064 --> 00:47:39,025 At least I think it's at Windsor. 587 00:47:39,275 --> 00:47:42,111 It might be at Sandringham. Or Balmoral. 588 00:47:42,778 --> 00:47:44,947 - Or it might be here. - Ma'am. 589 00:49:17,039 --> 00:49:19,208 Lord Salisbury, please. 590 00:49:20,417 --> 00:49:23,838 If you wouldn't mind, Prime Minister. 591 00:49:46,902 --> 00:49:47,903 Ma'am. 592 00:50:00,916 --> 00:50:05,963 It has come to my attention that for a period of time last week, 593 00:50:06,046 --> 00:50:09,592 my Prime Minister was incapacitated. 594 00:50:11,218 --> 00:50:13,345 And the Foreign Secretary, too. 595 00:50:14,513 --> 00:50:18,934 And that you colluded in keeping that information from me. 596 00:50:20,102 --> 00:50:23,522 - Your... - No, it is not my job to govern. 597 00:50:23,606 --> 00:50:27,484 But it is my job to ensure proper governance. 598 00:50:29,445 --> 00:50:30,863 But how can I do that 599 00:50:31,071 --> 00:50:35,284 if my ministers lie and plot and hide the truth from me? 600 00:50:37,119 --> 00:50:40,206 You have prevented me from doing my duty. 601 00:50:40,289 --> 00:50:44,460 You have hampered and bamboozled the proper functioning of the Crown. 602 00:50:47,963 --> 00:50:49,381 How could you? 603 00:50:51,550 --> 00:50:54,178 My own late father valued you greatly. 604 00:50:54,762 --> 00:50:58,515 He believed the phrase, "History teaches, never trust a Cecil," 605 00:50:58,599 --> 00:51:00,601 deeply unfair. 606 00:51:03,812 --> 00:51:05,105 Perhaps not. 607 00:51:20,329 --> 00:51:21,413 You may go. 608 00:51:43,519 --> 00:51:44,853 Prime Minister. 609 00:51:47,147 --> 00:51:48,357 Please. 610 00:51:50,192 --> 00:51:51,944 The Prime Minister, Your Majesty. 611 00:52:06,250 --> 00:52:07,710 Your Majesty. 612 00:52:08,961 --> 00:52:10,212 Winston. 613 00:52:21,056 --> 00:52:24,935 I am just a young woman, starting out in public service. 614 00:52:25,978 --> 00:52:31,150 And I would never presume to give a man so much my senior, 615 00:52:31,233 --> 00:52:34,069 and who has given this country so much, 616 00:52:34,153 --> 00:52:35,571 a lecture. 617 00:52:38,407 --> 00:52:39,533 However, 618 00:52:41,702 --> 00:52:43,746 you were at my coronation. 619 00:52:44,788 --> 00:52:46,332 I was. 620 00:52:46,415 --> 00:52:50,878 And you therefore heard for yourself as I took the solemn oath 621 00:52:50,961 --> 00:52:54,923 to govern the people of my realms 622 00:52:55,007 --> 00:52:58,260 according to their respective laws and customs. 623 00:53:00,346 --> 00:53:02,514 Now, one of those customs 624 00:53:03,349 --> 00:53:09,063 is that their elected Prime Minister should be of reasonably sound body and mind. 625 00:53:10,022 --> 00:53:13,108 Not an outrageous expectation, one would've thought. 626 00:53:13,192 --> 00:53:14,234 No. 627 00:53:15,027 --> 00:53:18,238 But it seems that you have not 628 00:53:18,322 --> 00:53:21,742 been of sound body and mind these past weeks. 629 00:53:22,993 --> 00:53:28,499 And that you chose to withhold that information from me. 630 00:53:31,460 --> 00:53:36,548 A decision which feels like a betrayal, not just of the covenant of trust 631 00:53:36,632 --> 00:53:40,135 between us and the institutions that we both represent, 632 00:53:41,929 --> 00:53:44,515 but of our own personal relationship. 633 00:54:22,344 --> 00:54:26,056 In 1867, Walter Bagehot wrote, 634 00:54:27,015 --> 00:54:30,185 "There are two elements of the constitution, 635 00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:34,690 "the efficient and the dignified. 636 00:54:36,692 --> 00:54:41,530 "The Monarch is the dignified, and the government, the efficient. 637 00:54:43,073 --> 00:54:49,496 "These two institutions only work when they support each other, 638 00:54:50,664 --> 00:54:53,375 "when they trust one another." 639 00:54:55,794 --> 00:55:00,382 Your actions, your breaking of that trust 640 00:55:01,383 --> 00:55:03,343 was irresponsible, 641 00:55:04,219 --> 00:55:09,057 and it might have had serious ramifications for the security of this country. 642 00:55:16,231 --> 00:55:18,025 Is your health better now? 643 00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:19,943 - It is. - Good. 644 00:55:21,069 --> 00:55:22,988 But is it sufficiently better? 645 00:55:24,615 --> 00:55:26,658 Fit for office better? 646 00:55:27,910 --> 00:55:31,205 I would ask you to consider your response 647 00:55:31,288 --> 00:55:35,626 in light of the respect that my rank and my office deserve, 648 00:55:36,335 --> 00:55:40,005 not that which my age and gender might suggest. 649 00:55:42,174 --> 00:55:43,467 Ma'am, 650 00:55:44,801 --> 00:55:48,847 I look at you now, and I realize 651 00:55:50,140 --> 00:55:54,102 that the time is fast approaching for me to step down. 652 00:55:54,978 --> 00:56:00,526 Not because I am unwell, or unfit for office, 653 00:56:01,610 --> 00:56:04,863 but because you are ready. 654 00:56:06,281 --> 00:56:11,119 And therefore I have discharged my duty to your father. 655 00:56:13,789 --> 00:56:18,001 With your blessing and your forgiveness, 656 00:56:19,419 --> 00:56:24,424 I shall continue to serve as the leader of Your Majesty's government. 657 00:56:30,806 --> 00:56:32,307 Your Majesty. 658 00:57:10,304 --> 00:57:11,597 Hello? 659 00:57:21,523 --> 00:57:22,691 Hello. 660 00:57:24,026 --> 00:57:26,194 - Where have you been? - Oh. 661 00:57:26,486 --> 00:57:30,407 Charity cricket bash for the National Playing Fields Association. 662 00:57:30,490 --> 00:57:33,368 Spent some time at the airfield, doing some rolls. 663 00:57:34,077 --> 00:57:36,204 No Cabinet approval. Don't tell anyone. 664 00:57:37,039 --> 00:57:38,540 What are you dressed for? 665 00:57:39,124 --> 00:57:42,044 Haven't you heard? We've a state banquet this evening. 666 00:57:42,127 --> 00:57:45,130 Haven't you heard? It's been canceled. 667 00:57:46,048 --> 00:57:48,925 Christ. Why doesn't anybody tell me anything? 668 00:57:49,009 --> 00:57:50,677 Well, perhaps if you were here more. 669 00:57:50,886 --> 00:57:52,888 I've read two books on Eisenhower especially. 670 00:57:52,971 --> 00:57:54,723 - Have you really? - No. 671 00:57:57,309 --> 00:57:58,685 You look nice. 672 00:57:59,603 --> 00:58:01,605 - Do I? - Something's different. 673 00:58:02,564 --> 00:58:05,651 - What? - I don't know. You seem... 674 00:58:05,734 --> 00:58:08,487 I advise you to choose your next words very carefully. 675 00:58:08,570 --> 00:58:11,323 Taller, somehow. 676 00:58:11,406 --> 00:58:12,866 Or is it just that I've shrunk? 677 00:58:13,533 --> 00:58:15,494 There's nothing shrunken about you, dearest. 678 00:58:15,577 --> 00:58:16,578 Where are you going? 679 00:58:17,245 --> 00:58:19,623 I've got an appointment with my new private secretary. 680 00:58:19,706 --> 00:58:21,958 Oh, God. Tell him to bugger off. 681 00:58:22,042 --> 00:58:23,710 I can't do that. 682 00:58:26,171 --> 00:58:27,422 And do what instead? 683 00:58:30,926 --> 00:58:32,678 Two options, 684 00:58:32,761 --> 00:58:37,516 either I get some stilts, so I can reach the heights of my new, tall woman... 685 00:58:39,101 --> 00:58:40,102 Or? 686 00:58:45,774 --> 00:58:46,817 Or, 687 00:58:49,528 --> 00:58:51,113 she could get on her knees. 688 00:59:07,963 --> 00:59:12,926 Major Adeane, Her Majesty requests that your appointment might wait. 689 00:59:13,301 --> 00:59:15,679 - I see. - Until tomorrow. 690 00:59:17,013 --> 00:59:18,181 Right.