1 00:00:11,100 --> 00:00:14,100 [tropical birds singing] 2 00:00:14,124 --> 00:00:21,124 ReEncoded By Dr.XJ | PSA www.PSArips.com 3 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:34,100 [children chattering] 4 00:00:45,340 --> 00:00:48,100 [speaking indistinctly] 5 00:00:52,260 --> 00:00:53,860 [Mike] My dear Baron... 6 00:00:53,940 --> 00:00:55,180 Come on, boys! 7 00:00:55,580 --> 00:00:57,180 [Mike] ...my dear fellow members... 8 00:00:57,260 --> 00:00:58,100 [ship's horn blows] 9 00:00:58,180 --> 00:00:59,180 [man] Sir. 10 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:01,940 [Mike] ...we're now well into the first leg of our tour. 11 00:01:02,020 --> 00:01:03,260 At ease. 12 00:01:03,340 --> 00:01:04,780 [whistling] 13 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:07,980 [Mike] The Duke and I flew out and joined the yacht in Mombasa. 14 00:01:08,660 --> 00:01:10,140 -[Philip] How do you do? -Very good, sir. 15 00:01:10,220 --> 00:01:14,500 [Mike] From there, we departed for Ceylon via the heavenly Seychelles. 16 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:18,260 Then through the beautiful Malayan states and on to New Guinea. 17 00:01:19,780 --> 00:01:21,660 Because the Duke isn't much one for ceremony, 18 00:01:21,740 --> 00:01:24,700 preferring sport and competition to dinners and speeches, 19 00:01:24,780 --> 00:01:26,940 everywhere we've gone, we've had our own small-scale Olympics. 20 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:29,980 -Heave! -[Mike] Come on, boys! 21 00:01:30,060 --> 00:01:31,420 [all grunting] 22 00:01:33,740 --> 00:01:35,700 We have a number of gifted athletes on board: 23 00:01:35,780 --> 00:01:37,500 runners, rowers, footballers. 24 00:01:37,900 --> 00:01:40,780 And we've pipped the locals pretty much everywhere we've been. 25 00:01:43,100 --> 00:01:45,380 -[drums playing] -[cheering] 26 00:01:45,460 --> 00:01:49,540 But in New Guinea, I'm afraid, we really met our match. 27 00:01:54,620 --> 00:01:55,580 Get up! 28 00:01:56,180 --> 00:01:58,580 [Mike] Thankfully, there is always cricket... 29 00:01:59,660 --> 00:02:00,780 [Philip] Come on, Aldrich! 30 00:02:01,460 --> 00:02:03,700 -Hooray! -[Mike] ...where we can be relied upon 31 00:02:03,780 --> 00:02:05,060 to get our revenge. 32 00:02:08,580 --> 00:02:09,620 Bowled! 33 00:02:09,700 --> 00:02:10,740 -Howzat! -Yes! 34 00:02:10,820 --> 00:02:14,700 [Mike] Mainly because cricket as a sport has never been seen before in New Guinea. 35 00:02:14,780 --> 00:02:15,900 [chuckles] 36 00:02:15,980 --> 00:02:17,980 At night, the adventures continue. 37 00:02:19,460 --> 00:02:23,220 On royal tours in the past, when the Queen has been present, 38 00:02:23,300 --> 00:02:26,980 the evenings have been polite occasions, with everyone on best behavior. 39 00:02:27,060 --> 00:02:28,260 [club members cheering] 40 00:02:28,340 --> 00:02:29,940 "Not this time. 41 00:02:30,940 --> 00:02:33,780 Philip, as you all know, is a work-hard-play-hard man 42 00:02:33,860 --> 00:02:35,860 who would never stand in the way of a bit of fun. 43 00:02:35,940 --> 00:02:38,580 -[boisterous laughter] -And in New Guinea, as it turns out, 44 00:02:38,660 --> 00:02:40,940 there's no such thing as infidelity. 45 00:02:41,020 --> 00:02:42,340 [club members cheering and thumping tables] 46 00:02:43,060 --> 00:02:45,860 Men are expected to indulge. 47 00:02:45,940 --> 00:02:47,740 [tribeswomen singing] 48 00:02:47,820 --> 00:02:49,020 [Baron] By the end of this tour, 49 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:51,900 I think we'll be able to make a qualitative assessment 50 00:02:51,980 --> 00:02:54,860 about where the finest women in the world come from. 51 00:02:55,540 --> 00:02:57,980 But now, however, I can tell you 52 00:02:58,060 --> 00:03:00,780 the women of New Guinea are sweeter than those of Ceylon 53 00:03:00,860 --> 00:03:02,780 and right up there with those of Malaya! 54 00:03:02,860 --> 00:03:04,420 [club members cheering] 55 00:03:05,740 --> 00:03:08,940 I have shared these secrets with you in good faith. 56 00:03:09,020 --> 00:03:13,220 The contents must, like all disclosures of the Thursday Club, remain secret. 57 00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:15,860 Ninety percent of the officers on board are married 58 00:03:15,940 --> 00:03:18,300 and would kill me if they knew what I was writing! 59 00:03:18,380 --> 00:03:19,740 [raucous cheering] 60 00:03:20,620 --> 00:03:23,420 Strict non-disclosure policies apply. 61 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:26,420 What happens on tour stays on tour. 62 00:03:27,260 --> 00:03:32,740 But rest assured, I will keep you updated on our forthcoming adventures. 63 00:03:32,820 --> 00:03:33,660 [club members] Oh! 64 00:03:34,260 --> 00:03:37,940 I sense this will be a momentous and eventful tour indeed. 65 00:03:38,020 --> 00:03:40,540 Ever your fellow member, Mike!" 66 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:42,900 [raucous cheering] 67 00:05:01,420 --> 00:05:03,420 [shouting] 68 00:05:10,780 --> 00:05:15,180 We put our trust in our ruling class. 69 00:05:15,260 --> 00:05:19,340 We put this great country in their hands! 70 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:20,740 And what do they do? 71 00:05:21,660 --> 00:05:24,860 How do they pay back our trust? 72 00:05:25,660 --> 00:05:32,260 By taking us into an illegal war under false pretenses! 73 00:05:32,340 --> 00:05:36,740 A shameful, dishonest misadventure! 74 00:05:36,820 --> 00:05:38,140 [cheering] 75 00:05:38,220 --> 00:05:39,620 Murderers! 76 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:42,540 [man] You! What about that? Bloody disgrace! 77 00:05:42,620 --> 00:05:45,260 Dragging us all into ruin! Bastard! 78 00:05:46,860 --> 00:05:48,860 [Mountbatten] The invasion has been a disaster, 79 00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:51,460 the UN General Assembly's up in arms, 80 00:05:51,540 --> 00:05:52,900 as are the Americans. 81 00:05:53,700 --> 00:05:56,180 As a result, our Prime Minister has had no option 82 00:05:56,780 --> 00:06:00,700 but to declare an immediate ceasefire and retreat. 83 00:06:02,020 --> 00:06:03,820 Without taking back the Suez Canal. 84 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:05,980 -Quite. -So it's all been for nothing? 85 00:06:06,580 --> 00:06:08,140 No, rather worse than nothing. 86 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:13,260 Economically, the drain on our currency reserves has been so ruinous 87 00:06:13,340 --> 00:06:15,940 that we now face a run on sterling. 88 00:06:16,700 --> 00:06:19,300 -The energy situation is just as bad. -[Queen Mother sighs] 89 00:06:19,380 --> 00:06:22,220 Panic buying has been reported at petrol stations, 90 00:06:22,300 --> 00:06:27,340 and... we expect fuel rationing to become necessary as we move into winter. 91 00:06:28,660 --> 00:06:33,740 It is no exaggeration to say this has been the worst week for the country since 1939. 92 00:06:35,460 --> 00:06:38,860 The peace and consensus left by your dear father has gone... 93 00:06:40,060 --> 00:06:42,660 and our reputation for decency and integrity 94 00:06:42,740 --> 00:06:44,620 -in matters of foreign policy -[footsteps approaching] 95 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:45,700 has been shattered. 96 00:06:45,780 --> 00:06:46,780 What is it? 97 00:06:48,260 --> 00:06:51,780 The Duke of Edinburgh is on the telephone, Your Majesty. 98 00:06:51,860 --> 00:06:54,300 Hm? Goodness, that's a first. [laughs] 99 00:06:54,460 --> 00:06:56,740 -From New Guinea, ma'am. -Oh. 100 00:06:57,660 --> 00:06:59,740 -Sorry, do excuse me. -[Mountbatten] Of course. 101 00:06:59,860 --> 00:07:00,780 -Give him my best. -Say hello. 102 00:07:05,580 --> 00:07:06,580 [clears throat] 103 00:07:07,780 --> 00:07:08,660 Hello? 104 00:07:08,740 --> 00:07:09,700 [Philip] Hello? 105 00:07:10,220 --> 00:07:11,700 Hello. Hello, Philip. 106 00:07:11,780 --> 00:07:12,860 [line crackling] 107 00:07:12,940 --> 00:07:14,180 Hello? Can you hear me? 108 00:07:14,260 --> 00:07:16,220 Yes, yes, I can hear you. 109 00:07:19,260 --> 00:07:20,820 I can't hear you. 110 00:07:21,060 --> 00:07:21,900 Can you hear me? 111 00:07:22,500 --> 00:07:25,100 Yes. I can hear you. 112 00:07:25,180 --> 00:07:27,420 -Uh... hello? -[line crackling] 113 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:28,420 Elizabeth? 114 00:07:30,940 --> 00:07:31,900 Can you hear me? 115 00:07:36,780 --> 00:07:37,660 Philip. 116 00:07:40,580 --> 00:07:41,460 Oh. 117 00:07:47,180 --> 00:07:48,340 [Mike] Ready for you, sir. 118 00:07:53,620 --> 00:07:55,340 [Philip] Damn telephones. 119 00:07:56,820 --> 00:07:58,940 -Bloody things. -[Mike] This is why I don't bother. 120 00:07:59,020 --> 00:07:59,860 [both laugh] 121 00:07:59,940 --> 00:08:01,460 [man over PA] Assemble on deck for the morning address. 122 00:08:08,940 --> 00:08:10,020 [crew chattering] 123 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:11,180 At ease, gentlemen. 124 00:08:17,340 --> 00:08:20,220 Well, our adventure is only two weeks old, 125 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:23,340 and it's already taken us nearly 20,000 miles 126 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:27,340 as we travel the far corners of the world... 127 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:31,260 in an attempt to repair the reputation of our country, 128 00:08:31,340 --> 00:08:33,740 currently being ruined by politicians. 129 00:08:33,820 --> 00:08:34,820 [laughing] 130 00:08:36,860 --> 00:08:40,500 I would like to thank each and every one of you for your professionalism 131 00:08:41,300 --> 00:08:43,540 and discipline. You have all been brilliant. 132 00:08:43,620 --> 00:08:45,580 All, that is, except for the football team... 133 00:08:45,660 --> 00:08:48,860 -[laughing] -whose shoddy, leaky defense 134 00:08:48,940 --> 00:08:51,420 and absence of a natural left-sided player, 135 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:54,300 led to that rather humiliating defeat by the Seamen's Club, 136 00:08:54,380 --> 00:08:56,540 of all bloody people, at Port Swettenham. 137 00:08:56,620 --> 00:08:57,500 [laughing] 138 00:08:59,660 --> 00:09:02,740 I should also like to say, if I may, Admiral... 139 00:09:03,220 --> 00:09:04,060 Yes, sir. 140 00:09:08,580 --> 00:09:12,060 It's been wonderful for me, on a personal level, to be back at sea. 141 00:09:13,060 --> 00:09:16,340 The Royal Navy has always occupied a very special place in my life 142 00:09:16,420 --> 00:09:18,980 and, indeed, in my heart. 143 00:09:21,780 --> 00:09:26,100 There are few greater pleasures in life than serving on a ship such as this. 144 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:29,060 That's why it's also very difficult to leave, 145 00:09:29,140 --> 00:09:33,620 but leave I must and fly to Melbourne to open the Olympics there, 146 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:36,180 where I must generally behave myself, 147 00:09:36,260 --> 00:09:38,780 -shake a few hands, cut a few ribbons. -[laughing] 148 00:09:38,860 --> 00:09:42,060 It will be hell, I can assure you. 149 00:09:42,780 --> 00:09:45,660 And I will be counting the minutes until you come and pick me up again 150 00:09:45,740 --> 00:09:47,620 and we can continue our great adventure. 151 00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:50,500 Now, in the meantime, behave yourselves, 152 00:09:50,580 --> 00:09:51,860 keep fit... 153 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:54,660 and don't drink all the bloody beer. 154 00:09:54,740 --> 00:09:57,740 [laughing] 155 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:00,300 [man] Well said, sir. 156 00:10:01,140 --> 00:10:03,100 [Philip] Well done, boys. Well done, big man. 157 00:10:03,180 --> 00:10:04,780 Good stuff. Thank you very much. 158 00:10:05,740 --> 00:10:07,380 Well done. Well done. Well done. 159 00:10:07,460 --> 00:10:08,700 [speaking indistinctly] 160 00:10:08,780 --> 00:10:10,300 [laughing] 161 00:10:14,900 --> 00:10:17,100 [Philip] It's so depressing, this Suez business. 162 00:10:17,740 --> 00:10:19,580 Well, don't read about it then. 163 00:10:19,660 --> 00:10:21,820 I can't help myself. What were they thinking? 164 00:10:22,420 --> 00:10:25,220 -Shall we look at this schedule? -[Philip] Will that cheer me up? 165 00:10:25,300 --> 00:10:26,940 Probably not, no. 166 00:10:27,020 --> 00:10:30,540 I've been stripping things out wherever I can, but it's still pretty hectic. 167 00:10:30,620 --> 00:10:33,860 We start with a uranium mine visit in the Northern Territory. 168 00:10:33,940 --> 00:10:36,220 -Yippee. -Agricultural parades in Sydney, 169 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:39,620 then over to a British Empire Service League conference in Canberra. 170 00:10:39,700 --> 00:10:42,060 And finally garden parties at Government House. 171 00:10:42,140 --> 00:10:43,180 -[Philip] Joy. -But... 172 00:10:43,260 --> 00:10:46,660 I've come up with a stock speech which you can memorize like a mynah bird 173 00:10:46,740 --> 00:10:48,420 and deliver each step of the way. 174 00:10:51,460 --> 00:10:52,540 [Philip] Australia. 175 00:10:53,380 --> 00:10:55,780 The name itself conjures up such romantic images 176 00:10:55,860 --> 00:10:58,340 of progress, ambition and possibility. 177 00:11:04,180 --> 00:11:06,820 It is said that the mark of any great nation is the journey 178 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:09,740 -it has endured on its path to glory. -[laughing] 179 00:11:12,980 --> 00:11:14,860 And what a journey Australia has taken. 180 00:11:18,140 --> 00:11:20,460 [Philip] Oh, I see. So that's the smelter. 181 00:11:22,180 --> 00:11:24,900 From those early European explorers who landed at your shores, 182 00:11:24,980 --> 00:11:26,980 you've endured great hardship and crisis. 183 00:11:27,740 --> 00:11:29,900 Less independently-minded nations would've faltered, 184 00:11:29,980 --> 00:11:31,700 sought support from the parent nation... 185 00:11:32,740 --> 00:11:34,900 once so integral to their governance. 186 00:11:34,980 --> 00:11:37,060 But Australia forged onwards. 187 00:11:37,140 --> 00:11:39,460 [cattle lowing] 188 00:11:39,540 --> 00:11:44,100 Like its rugged and, at times, unforgiving landscape, 189 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:48,500 Australia showed true strength, true mettle. 190 00:11:52,700 --> 00:11:54,180 You have admirably 191 00:11:54,260 --> 00:11:57,780 developed every branch of your life and culture... 192 00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:06,220 and in just 200 years, have grown into a unique and individual civilization, 193 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:09,860 which, I am sure, will rank among the greatest that the world has seen. 194 00:12:09,940 --> 00:12:12,020 [crowd applauding] 195 00:12:16,420 --> 00:12:17,820 Australia! 196 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:20,700 -Excellent speech. -Good man. 197 00:12:21,140 --> 00:12:22,540 Her name's Helen King. 198 00:12:23,140 --> 00:12:24,860 Twenty-nine years old, writes for The Age, 199 00:12:24,940 --> 00:12:26,940 one of the most prominent newspapers here. 200 00:12:27,020 --> 00:12:28,740 She's asked to meet you. 201 00:12:29,820 --> 00:12:30,740 Let's meet her. 202 00:12:31,620 --> 00:12:32,500 What for? 203 00:12:32,820 --> 00:12:33,700 An interview. 204 00:12:34,300 --> 00:12:36,180 Oh, I thought we'd decided no interviews. 205 00:12:36,260 --> 00:12:39,420 We did, but in her case, I find myself moved to make an exception. 206 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:42,260 -You saw the way she was looking at me? -Yes. 207 00:12:42,340 --> 00:12:46,260 You don't think I'm being delusional? Gentleman's radar and all that. 208 00:12:46,620 --> 00:12:47,460 No. 209 00:12:47,820 --> 00:12:51,180 Not to mention the way she's followed us every step of the tour. No... 210 00:12:51,260 --> 00:12:54,940 I think we can safely assume this one's a friend, not an enemy. 211 00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:57,940 [laughs] 212 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:03,300 [cheering and applause on television] 213 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:06,180 [man on television] The car carrying His Royal Highness, 214 00:13:06,260 --> 00:13:07,340 the Duke of Edinburgh, 215 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:09,700 makes its way out onto the splendid red track 216 00:13:09,780 --> 00:13:12,660 here on this pleasant afternoon in Melbourne. 217 00:13:13,620 --> 00:13:17,260 The crowds are ecstatic as they get their first glimpse of the Duke, 218 00:13:17,580 --> 00:13:20,940 who is reported to be greatly enjoying his time here in Australia. 219 00:13:22,140 --> 00:13:27,100 And now we're nearly there as the Duke takes his place in the Royal Box. 220 00:13:27,180 --> 00:13:29,100 [applause on television] 221 00:13:30,140 --> 00:13:33,700 I declare open the Olympic Games of Melbourne... 222 00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:38,900 celebrating the 16th Olympiad of the modern era. 223 00:13:38,980 --> 00:13:40,940 [crowd cheering] 224 00:13:44,900 --> 00:13:46,460 [Queen Mother] He looks happy. 225 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:48,380 For once. 226 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:51,940 [man on television] The Duke smiles as thunderous applause 227 00:13:52,020 --> 00:13:53,980 and thousands of cheers... 228 00:13:54,060 --> 00:13:56,420 -Yes. Very happy. -...from the excited spectators 229 00:13:56,500 --> 00:13:58,220 reverberates around the crowded stadium. 230 00:13:58,300 --> 00:14:00,700 You can thank me for that. It was my idea. 231 00:14:00,780 --> 00:14:04,460 I always knew it was a good idea to let him shine. Alone. 232 00:14:04,540 --> 00:14:06,100 What a magnificent moment. 233 00:14:07,140 --> 00:14:08,500 Yes, thank you, Mommy. 234 00:14:15,380 --> 00:14:17,580 In ancient Greece, the beginning of the Games 235 00:14:17,660 --> 00:14:20,460 was heralded by the homing of the pigeons, 236 00:14:20,540 --> 00:14:21,740 and so too today. 237 00:14:34,860 --> 00:14:35,700 Ready? 238 00:14:35,780 --> 00:14:36,980 -[Julie] Yes. -[Michael] Yes. 239 00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:41,980 -[secretary] Mrs. Parker. This way. -Yes. 240 00:14:42,060 --> 00:14:42,940 Wait here. 241 00:14:44,780 --> 00:14:47,060 [man] Mrs. Parker. How can I help? 242 00:14:47,380 --> 00:14:51,020 I'd like to separate from my husband. Better still, divorce. 243 00:14:52,620 --> 00:14:54,700 Do you mind me asking, on what grounds? 244 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:56,300 The fact I never see him. 245 00:14:57,300 --> 00:15:00,460 Absence isn't a legal ground for divorce. 246 00:15:02,620 --> 00:15:03,620 Neglect? 247 00:15:03,700 --> 00:15:06,980 Nor that, I'm afraid. You're going to need one of the big three: 248 00:15:07,060 --> 00:15:09,780 Adultery, unreasonable behavior or insanity. 249 00:15:10,060 --> 00:15:12,060 I'm quite sure there has been adultery. 250 00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:14,420 We will need evidence. 251 00:15:15,620 --> 00:15:16,740 That won't be easy. 252 00:15:17,460 --> 00:15:18,500 Because of his job. 253 00:15:20,380 --> 00:15:23,980 -Mike works for the Duke of Edinburgh. -In what capacity? 254 00:15:24,060 --> 00:15:25,300 His private secretary. 255 00:15:26,380 --> 00:15:27,260 Oh, I see. 256 00:15:27,940 --> 00:15:31,140 He's also his closest friend. They're virtually inseparable. 257 00:15:33,620 --> 00:15:35,140 Are you really sure about this? 258 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:39,220 A divorce can leave a woman quite isolated. 259 00:15:39,820 --> 00:15:44,100 Maybe things will get better if you stick it out. 260 00:15:44,940 --> 00:15:47,860 I tend to think that's always the best way for everyone. 261 00:15:49,020 --> 00:15:50,940 Grass is rarely greener. 262 00:15:53,580 --> 00:15:55,500 I will come back when I have evidence. 263 00:16:01,060 --> 00:16:01,980 [door opens] 264 00:16:08,340 --> 00:16:10,100 -[Evans] You're taking pethidine? -[Eden] Yes. 265 00:16:10,180 --> 00:16:13,460 -[Evans] And the pentobarbitone? -Yes, I'm taking the pentobarbitone, 266 00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:14,900 but it doesn't work. 267 00:16:16,060 --> 00:16:17,940 I need something stronger. 268 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:20,180 There is nothing stronger. 269 00:16:21,940 --> 00:16:25,580 The fact is, in terms of pharmacology, we've gone as far as we can. 270 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:36,500 [Elizabeth] I have the greatest sympathy for your condition, Prime Minister. 271 00:16:37,020 --> 00:16:39,620 And I fully understand the need for rest... 272 00:16:41,420 --> 00:16:44,340 but given the challenges that are now facing this country, 273 00:16:44,940 --> 00:16:47,140 you don't feel that you have a responsibility 274 00:16:47,220 --> 00:16:49,580 to execute your duties just a little longer? 275 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:53,580 I asked the physician the same question, ma'am, but he insisted. 276 00:16:56,260 --> 00:16:59,740 He felt that I was at the very limit of human endurance. 277 00:17:04,060 --> 00:17:05,900 But the country will be in safe hands. 278 00:17:05,980 --> 00:17:10,020 Mr. Butler will take charge in my absence. 279 00:17:10,580 --> 00:17:15,260 Mr. Head will oversee the withdrawal of our troops from Egypt, 280 00:17:15,340 --> 00:17:21,020 and Mr. Macmillan will oversee the... economic situation. 281 00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:23,140 Economic crisis. 282 00:17:25,420 --> 00:17:27,420 How long do you imagine you'll be away? 283 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:28,780 Not long, ma'am. 284 00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:31,140 A few weeks. 285 00:17:31,620 --> 00:17:36,260 Well, I suppose one can always reach you at short notice. 286 00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:38,980 It's a point I always make to my private secretaries. 287 00:17:39,940 --> 00:17:43,580 Yes, I'm away, but Windsor really is just round the corner. 288 00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:45,340 And Norfolk, too. 289 00:17:46,020 --> 00:17:48,020 County Durham, isn't it? 290 00:17:49,740 --> 00:17:51,020 Your family home. 291 00:17:52,420 --> 00:17:53,660 Jamaica, ma'am. 292 00:17:55,580 --> 00:17:56,660 Your family home? 293 00:17:57,420 --> 00:17:59,420 Where the doctor felt I should be going. 294 00:18:00,020 --> 00:18:01,580 He specified Jamaica? 295 00:18:01,660 --> 00:18:04,540 He specified sunshine, tropical sunshine. 296 00:18:04,620 --> 00:18:07,540 He said he felt my life might depend on it. 297 00:18:11,740 --> 00:18:15,140 What would he prescribe for the rest of us... do you imagine? 298 00:18:19,060 --> 00:18:20,060 Prime Minister. 299 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:22,300 Your Majesty. 300 00:18:25,780 --> 00:18:27,060 [bell rings] 301 00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:28,460 [door opens] 302 00:18:35,540 --> 00:18:36,380 [door closes] 303 00:18:43,260 --> 00:18:45,660 [chattering] 304 00:18:54,780 --> 00:18:57,060 [Eileen] Excuse me! Excuse me! 305 00:18:57,620 --> 00:18:59,900 You work in there, don't you? 306 00:18:59,980 --> 00:19:03,100 At the Thursday Club as a waitress? 307 00:19:03,180 --> 00:19:05,060 -Who's asking? -My name is Eileen. 308 00:19:05,380 --> 00:19:06,260 Do you have a minute? 309 00:19:06,940 --> 00:19:08,700 Uh, what can I do for you? 310 00:19:09,820 --> 00:19:14,220 I'd like you to tell me what goes on... inside. 311 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:17,220 -Are you a reporter or something? -No, no, nothing like that. 312 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:21,700 Just a wife of one of the members and mother to his children. 313 00:19:21,780 --> 00:19:23,780 You may know him, his name is Mike. 314 00:19:23,860 --> 00:19:25,540 There are so many gentlemen. 315 00:19:25,860 --> 00:19:26,780 Mike Parker. 316 00:19:30,060 --> 00:19:31,460 You do know him, don't you? 317 00:19:33,340 --> 00:19:37,180 Mike would've made sure of that. You're just his type. 318 00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:40,060 Look, one day you will be married too, 319 00:19:40,140 --> 00:19:42,580 and I sincerely hope that you make a good choice. 320 00:19:43,060 --> 00:19:47,020 But if you don't and you meet a man who makes you unhappy, 321 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:48,860 then, as a woman, I would wish for you 322 00:19:48,940 --> 00:19:53,220 to be able to leave that man easily, painlessly. 323 00:19:53,780 --> 00:19:57,780 So if there is anything you can tell me that might make my leaving easier... 324 00:19:57,860 --> 00:20:01,580 I'm sorry, Mrs. Parker, but I know nothing of your husband. 325 00:20:03,060 --> 00:20:06,260 -Here is my address and telephone number. -Excuse me. Coming through here. 326 00:20:06,340 --> 00:20:07,740 [Eileen] Just... 327 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:12,740 If anything should occur to you. 328 00:20:13,460 --> 00:20:14,300 [sighs] 329 00:20:24,460 --> 00:20:27,020 [chattering] 330 00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:29,380 -We need two more martinis. -All right. 331 00:20:33,180 --> 00:20:34,620 [man laughing] 332 00:20:37,820 --> 00:20:39,780 [man] Lily! Lily! Lily! 333 00:20:40,780 --> 00:20:42,300 [telephone ringing] 334 00:20:45,260 --> 00:20:46,180 [knocks on door] 335 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:48,820 -Martin. -Do you have a minute, Michael? 336 00:20:49,380 --> 00:20:50,540 I think it's important. 337 00:20:50,940 --> 00:20:51,780 Come in. 338 00:20:55,340 --> 00:20:57,460 I'm going to ask you to go through it again. 339 00:20:57,540 --> 00:21:00,940 Yes. The provenance of this rumor is quite arcane. 340 00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:03,780 -Your sister... -Sister-in-law. 341 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:08,180 ...had lunch with her aunt, who had just spent the weekend at... 342 00:21:08,260 --> 00:21:09,420 Cholmondeley Castle. 343 00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:13,340 At which, one of the other guests was the bridge partner... 344 00:21:13,420 --> 00:21:14,260 Tennis. 345 00:21:16,020 --> 00:21:20,340 ...of the solicitor visited by Eileen Parker. 346 00:21:20,860 --> 00:21:22,020 I think that's it. 347 00:21:22,540 --> 00:21:24,060 That's half Britain already. 348 00:21:25,660 --> 00:21:31,780 And all of these people now know Mrs. Parker... is seeking a divorce? 349 00:21:31,860 --> 00:21:33,500 -[secretaries chattering] -Yes. 350 00:21:34,620 --> 00:21:35,740 That's unfortunate. 351 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:38,060 It'll be hard to contain. 352 00:21:40,380 --> 00:21:44,300 And what are Mrs. Parker's... 353 00:21:45,940 --> 00:21:46,860 grievances? 354 00:21:48,180 --> 00:21:50,700 Neglect, unreasonable behavior... 355 00:21:51,580 --> 00:21:53,940 and... infidelity. 356 00:21:54,580 --> 00:21:57,540 Just a wife's suspicions, nothing concrete, 357 00:21:57,620 --> 00:22:00,100 but I believe specific mention was made of a lunch club 358 00:22:00,180 --> 00:22:03,100 where Lieutenant Commander Parker and the Duke of Edinburgh are-- 359 00:22:03,180 --> 00:22:05,420 Don't tell me. Frequent guests. 360 00:22:05,900 --> 00:22:08,700 Actually, founder members. 361 00:22:11,220 --> 00:22:12,900 Keep an eye on this for me, would you? 362 00:22:13,740 --> 00:22:14,620 A close eye. 363 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:17,420 -[secretary 1] Three carbon copies. -[secretary 2] Will do. 364 00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:19,300 [secretary 1] Thank you. 365 00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:28,700 -Here we go. -Madam. 366 00:22:29,340 --> 00:22:30,580 -Mind your step. -Thank you very much. 367 00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:46,940 [knock on door] 368 00:22:48,380 --> 00:22:49,820 -Ready, sir? -[Philip] Certainly am. 369 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:53,220 His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh. 370 00:22:53,780 --> 00:22:55,980 -Thank you for seeing me, sir. -Not at all. 371 00:22:57,820 --> 00:23:02,900 Well, um, just bear with me while I put my things down and set up. 372 00:23:02,980 --> 00:23:04,380 -Please. -Thank you. 373 00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:16,620 -I'm just going to put a microphone here. -Can I help? 374 00:23:17,540 --> 00:23:18,900 No, it's fine, thank you. 375 00:23:19,780 --> 00:23:21,140 [buttons clicking] 376 00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:24,780 Right, I think that's it. 377 00:23:25,780 --> 00:23:28,580 Right, well, I'll, uh... I'll leave you two to it, then. 378 00:23:28,660 --> 00:23:30,220 Thank you, Michael. Please. 379 00:23:31,140 --> 00:23:32,180 [Helen] Thank you. 380 00:23:36,060 --> 00:23:37,100 Ah. Ready when you are. 381 00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:40,140 Well, we can't really start without passing comment 382 00:23:40,220 --> 00:23:43,260 on the situation in Egypt and the international response. 383 00:23:43,860 --> 00:23:44,820 Why? 384 00:23:46,220 --> 00:23:48,660 Huge demonstrations on the streets of London, 385 00:23:49,140 --> 00:23:52,540 Eden caving in to international pressure and calling a ceasefire. 386 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:55,540 You don't think it's a significant moment for your country? 387 00:23:55,620 --> 00:23:57,900 Perhaps, but I'm not going to pass comment on that. 388 00:23:58,740 --> 00:24:00,020 -Why not? -It's not my job. 389 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:02,540 It's not what members of the royal family do. 390 00:24:03,380 --> 00:24:04,740 You must have thoughts about it. 391 00:24:04,820 --> 00:24:07,660 Of course, I'm not a vegetable, but... 392 00:24:07,740 --> 00:24:10,980 my thoughts on issues like that remain a private matter. 393 00:24:14,220 --> 00:24:15,740 One can't help wondering where it leaves 394 00:24:15,820 --> 00:24:18,900 -Britain's place in the world. -Well, I'm sure Britain will be fine. 395 00:24:18,980 --> 00:24:22,460 The view from over here is that Britain has been publicly humiliated. 396 00:24:22,540 --> 00:24:23,500 Oh. 397 00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:26,980 As someone with surprisingly progressive views, 398 00:24:27,540 --> 00:24:28,740 that must concern you. 399 00:24:29,300 --> 00:24:30,780 I have progressive views? 400 00:24:30,860 --> 00:24:32,460 You don't think that you do? 401 00:24:33,180 --> 00:24:34,980 Televising the coronation? 402 00:24:35,060 --> 00:24:36,540 Advocating modernization? 403 00:24:36,620 --> 00:24:37,860 That's just common sense. 404 00:24:37,940 --> 00:24:40,700 If you're a progressive, one prepared to make changes. 405 00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:42,740 Well, let's just say that I learned very early on 406 00:24:42,820 --> 00:24:45,380 that it's wise not to take things for granted. 407 00:24:45,460 --> 00:24:46,980 You're referring to your family. 408 00:24:48,100 --> 00:24:50,580 How they had to leave Greece in the revolution. 409 00:24:51,060 --> 00:24:54,740 Your grandfather was shot, your father fled to avoid being shot. 410 00:24:54,820 --> 00:24:56,580 [clears throat] Yes. Correct. 411 00:24:58,820 --> 00:25:01,700 Well, you see, there's so much that people don't really know about you. 412 00:25:05,820 --> 00:25:08,260 I can assure you it's all been rather embellished. 413 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:11,260 -The truth is really quite dull. -Dull? 414 00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:14,740 How you personally fled Corfu in an orange crate? 415 00:25:15,260 --> 00:25:17,660 And then a childhood in exile, always on the move. 416 00:25:17,740 --> 00:25:20,140 "Exile" is too strong a word, too emotional. 417 00:25:20,540 --> 00:25:22,540 It's just how it was for everyone. You just got on with it. 418 00:25:26,140 --> 00:25:27,660 But it can't have been easy. 419 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:33,340 Was the trauma of being in exile what brought on your mother's illness, 420 00:25:33,420 --> 00:25:34,260 do you think? 421 00:25:38,820 --> 00:25:39,660 What illness? 422 00:25:41,020 --> 00:25:44,780 Well, the information I have is that she suffered a breakdown. 423 00:25:51,940 --> 00:25:53,340 Things weren't easy for her. 424 00:25:54,980 --> 00:25:56,500 But she got on with it. 425 00:25:56,580 --> 00:25:59,740 But she was taken away, wasn't she? To an institution. 426 00:26:00,380 --> 00:26:03,300 Then your father promptly abandoned the family, ran off with his mistress? 427 00:26:03,380 --> 00:26:06,180 I don't know what you've been reading or who you've been speaking to, 428 00:26:06,260 --> 00:26:08,900 but both my mother and my father played very active roles 429 00:26:08,980 --> 00:26:10,300 in all their children's lives. 430 00:26:10,380 --> 00:26:13,700 It isn't true you didn't see your father for the last six years of his life? 431 00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:15,980 If we're to remain friends, we really should move on. 432 00:26:17,780 --> 00:26:18,620 All right. 433 00:26:20,180 --> 00:26:22,060 May I ask you about your education? 434 00:26:23,420 --> 00:26:24,260 Sir. 435 00:26:30,020 --> 00:26:31,060 Sir. 436 00:26:32,580 --> 00:26:34,780 -What about it? -That was pretty unusual, too. 437 00:26:34,860 --> 00:26:38,380 I went to boarding school in Britain. I don't see what's unusual about that. 438 00:26:38,620 --> 00:26:41,860 For a while, but then you were taken out and sent to school in Germany. 439 00:26:41,940 --> 00:26:43,540 Because my sisters lived there. 440 00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:45,380 -Your Nazi sisters. -Oh, Christ. 441 00:26:45,460 --> 00:26:48,340 One of whom was married to a close personal friend of Hitler's. 442 00:26:48,420 --> 00:26:50,500 I was at school in Germany for less than a year 443 00:26:50,580 --> 00:26:52,420 before I returned to the United Kingdom. 444 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:54,060 What point are you trying to make here? 445 00:26:54,140 --> 00:26:55,980 I think it's pretty clear which side I was on. 446 00:26:56,060 --> 00:26:57,980 My record in the war speaks for itself. 447 00:26:58,060 --> 00:26:59,420 I'm simply saying your background 448 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:02,340 is so much more interesting and complex than people might imagine. 449 00:27:02,420 --> 00:27:05,180 -Do they imagine anything? -I think people are curious. 450 00:27:07,340 --> 00:27:09,820 Here is this striking, handsome man, 451 00:27:10,380 --> 00:27:12,980 walking beside the most famous woman in the world. 452 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:15,140 Who is he? 453 00:27:17,420 --> 00:27:19,180 Well, I hate to disappoint... 454 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:24,380 but he really is just a normal man 455 00:27:24,460 --> 00:27:28,260 in what, from the outside, probably looks like rather a strange life, 456 00:27:28,340 --> 00:27:33,100 but from the inside, really is no different to anyone else's. 457 00:27:35,260 --> 00:27:38,140 I don't think there's anything about you that's like anyone else. 458 00:27:40,020 --> 00:27:42,340 From a young age, you were effectively orphaned, 459 00:27:42,420 --> 00:27:46,020 your favorite sister, Cecile, also a Nazi, died in a plane crash-- 460 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:47,580 I really think we should move on now. 461 00:27:47,660 --> 00:27:49,740 What kind of impact does that have on a man? 462 00:27:50,380 --> 00:27:53,380 That's the kind of trauma that will doubtless have a bearing on how 463 00:27:53,460 --> 00:27:56,420 your own children and the future King of England are brought up. 464 00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:57,820 That's enough. 465 00:28:00,780 --> 00:28:04,460 I think people have a right to know about their leaders, don't you? 466 00:28:04,540 --> 00:28:08,220 Especially ones that can't be thrown out with free and fair elections. 467 00:28:12,540 --> 00:28:15,140 Don't ever let my vanity get the better of me again. 468 00:28:15,220 --> 00:28:17,380 [thunder rumbling] 469 00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:35,140 [glass shatters] 470 00:28:36,740 --> 00:28:37,580 [Philip] Christ! 471 00:28:38,940 --> 00:28:40,860 -Christ! -[glass shatters] 472 00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:13,260 [telephone ringing] 473 00:29:17,860 --> 00:29:19,740 Kensington 8953. Hello? 474 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:25,540 We met... 475 00:29:28,340 --> 00:29:29,340 a few times... 476 00:29:31,220 --> 00:29:34,220 in... various locations. 477 00:29:37,380 --> 00:29:41,300 Afterwards, he'd... tell me about his job. 478 00:29:43,420 --> 00:29:44,780 The company he keeps. 479 00:29:47,980 --> 00:29:49,340 He didn't mention a wife. 480 00:29:51,980 --> 00:29:52,860 Or children. 481 00:29:56,820 --> 00:29:57,780 I'm so sorry. 482 00:30:01,580 --> 00:30:05,620 If you are really sorry and want to make my life easier... 483 00:30:08,460 --> 00:30:09,380 Of course. 484 00:30:11,780 --> 00:30:13,780 We will need you to make an official statement 485 00:30:13,860 --> 00:30:15,740 and give evidence in court. 486 00:30:15,860 --> 00:30:17,860 I can't do that. I would lose my job, my reputation. 487 00:30:17,940 --> 00:30:20,580 -I'm afraid that's what the law requires. -No! 488 00:30:24,140 --> 00:30:24,980 No. 489 00:30:25,540 --> 00:30:28,700 So you telephoned me and agreed to come here today for what, precisely? 490 00:30:30,380 --> 00:30:32,460 To put color into my nightmares? 491 00:30:33,260 --> 00:30:34,100 I'm sorry. 492 00:30:41,380 --> 00:30:42,500 [Charteris] My sources now tell me 493 00:30:42,580 --> 00:30:44,580 Mrs. Parker has gone as far as bringing a waitress 494 00:30:44,660 --> 00:30:47,460 from the Thursday Lunch Club to see her divorce lawyer. 495 00:30:47,540 --> 00:30:51,380 I gather the waitress has not provided hard evidence on this occasion, 496 00:30:52,020 --> 00:30:53,340 just hearsay. 497 00:30:53,420 --> 00:30:55,100 Though we're obviously getting close. 498 00:30:55,180 --> 00:30:58,860 This cannot be allowed to go one single step further, Martin. 499 00:30:58,940 --> 00:30:59,780 No. 500 00:30:59,860 --> 00:31:02,620 If Mrs. Parker succeeds in getting her divorce, 501 00:31:02,700 --> 00:31:06,660 the newspapers would make the not unreasonable assumption 502 00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:10,540 that anything that Lieutenant Commander Parker has done, 503 00:31:10,620 --> 00:31:12,700 the Duke of Edinburgh has done, too. 504 00:31:12,780 --> 00:31:18,340 We do not want words like "infidelity" and "divorce" swirling around. 505 00:31:18,540 --> 00:31:19,380 No. 506 00:31:19,460 --> 00:31:22,260 Whether there is any truth in the allegations or not, 507 00:31:22,340 --> 00:31:24,820 it would shatter the integrity of the royal marriage... 508 00:31:25,820 --> 00:31:27,660 and jeopardize the entire monarchy. 509 00:31:30,740 --> 00:31:31,580 Any ideas? 510 00:31:34,140 --> 00:31:35,460 [Philip] Stand easy. Stand easy. 511 00:31:35,540 --> 00:31:37,780 Right, our grown-up duties are done. 512 00:31:37,860 --> 00:31:40,700 The Olympics are officially up and running, which means, gentlemen, 513 00:31:40,780 --> 00:31:45,140 we can now get on with the important business at hand: our tour! 514 00:31:45,220 --> 00:31:46,500 [cheering] 515 00:31:48,980 --> 00:31:51,340 We have nine weeks between now and our arrival home. 516 00:31:51,420 --> 00:31:54,700 In that time, we will be visiting the remotest parts of the Commonwealth, 517 00:31:54,900 --> 00:31:57,940 but I'm delighted to say that during that time, 518 00:31:58,020 --> 00:31:59,780 we will be without reporters. 519 00:31:59,860 --> 00:32:01,380 [cheering] 520 00:32:01,460 --> 00:32:04,180 We will be without photographers. 521 00:32:04,260 --> 00:32:07,460 We will be out of the world's eye! 522 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:10,740 And with that in mind, Michael's got a suggestion. 523 00:32:12,140 --> 00:32:13,300 Thank you. Right, gentlemen. 524 00:32:13,380 --> 00:32:16,020 Uh, yes, I'd like to propose something a little unusual, 525 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:19,380 something I'm fairly sure none of us has ever participated in before: 526 00:32:19,460 --> 00:32:23,500 -a beard-growing competition! -[cheering] 527 00:32:23,580 --> 00:32:28,140 Now, special dispensation has been given to the dozen or so men 528 00:32:28,220 --> 00:32:31,860 who already have beards to shave them off and they'll act as judges 529 00:32:31,940 --> 00:32:33,780 for the rest of our efforts, all right? 530 00:32:33,860 --> 00:32:34,740 Yes! 531 00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:36,940 -Hip, hip! -[crew] Hooray! 532 00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:39,180 -Hip, hip! -[crew] Hooray! 533 00:32:39,260 --> 00:32:42,140 -Hip, hip! Hooray! -[crew] Hooray! 534 00:32:53,620 --> 00:32:55,460 [man] It's nothing you've not seen before. 535 00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:57,420 We can't see it now, Bill. 536 00:32:57,500 --> 00:32:59,500 [laughing] 537 00:33:18,660 --> 00:33:20,620 [knock on door] 538 00:33:22,420 --> 00:33:25,060 Right, in their infinite wisdom, the powers that be have decided 539 00:33:25,140 --> 00:33:27,540 they would like you to make a Christmas speech. 540 00:33:27,620 --> 00:33:30,500 What? To who? The men on board? 541 00:33:30,580 --> 00:33:31,860 Uh, no. 542 00:33:31,940 --> 00:33:35,420 To the half a billion people that make up the Commonwealth of Nations. 543 00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:36,900 From the Lord Chamberlain's office. 544 00:33:36,980 --> 00:33:39,620 They'd like you to make a companion Christmas speech to the Queen's. 545 00:33:39,700 --> 00:33:43,900 A thousand words, preferably uplifting in tone and Christian in sentiment. 546 00:33:43,980 --> 00:33:45,540 With as many references as possible 547 00:33:45,620 --> 00:33:48,780 to the importance of family and the sanctity of marriage. 548 00:33:49,860 --> 00:33:50,980 What if I don't want to? 549 00:33:52,020 --> 00:33:54,180 I'm afraid no provisions appear to have been made 550 00:33:54,260 --> 00:33:57,380 for your having an opinion about that or, indeed, anything else. 551 00:33:59,060 --> 00:34:00,380 [Adeane] Because of seniority, 552 00:34:00,460 --> 00:34:04,460 your speech will come second, the usual time, three p.m. 553 00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:07,980 However, on Christmas morning, 554 00:34:08,060 --> 00:34:10,420 the Duke of Edinburgh is expected to be in Graham Land, 555 00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:13,700 which is in the Antarctic Peninsula, which is ten hours behind us, 556 00:34:13,780 --> 00:34:17,030 so he'll have to get up at the crack of dawn to make his speech. 557 00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:19,620 May I ask why he's making a speech? 558 00:34:20,420 --> 00:34:21,540 Ma'am? 559 00:34:21,820 --> 00:34:23,190 Well, it's not usual, is it? 560 00:34:24,380 --> 00:34:27,140 No, it is extraordinary. 561 00:34:27,220 --> 00:34:29,860 Um, I think the feeling was 562 00:34:29,940 --> 00:34:32,620 that with Your Majesty and His Royal Highness 563 00:34:32,700 --> 00:34:36,730 having not been seen in public together for so long, 564 00:34:36,820 --> 00:34:39,260 being, at least, heard together-- 565 00:34:39,340 --> 00:34:42,230 No, I see. It might reassure people that all is still well. 566 00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:45,700 -[chuckles] I wouldn't go that far, ma'am. -Well, I would. 567 00:34:46,220 --> 00:34:47,700 And I think it's a good idea. 568 00:34:48,780 --> 00:34:49,620 Thank you, Michael. 569 00:34:55,620 --> 00:34:56,460 May I just ask... 570 00:34:57,980 --> 00:34:59,540 just out of curiosity... 571 00:35:00,820 --> 00:35:05,420 what's the longest amount of time that you and Lady Adeane have been separated? 572 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:06,460 Uh... 573 00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:08,820 Three weeks, I think. 574 00:35:09,820 --> 00:35:14,220 I see. And would you say that you thrive or suffer from the separation? 575 00:35:15,140 --> 00:35:17,540 Uh, we don't much care for it, ma'am. 576 00:35:18,220 --> 00:35:20,620 Helen, in particular, believes... 577 00:35:21,540 --> 00:35:23,660 little good comes from a couple being apart, 578 00:35:23,740 --> 00:35:26,060 that a husband and wife belong together. 579 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:31,580 Yes, of course. 580 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:36,140 -Ma'am. -[Elizabeth clears throat] 581 00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:12,100 [Morse code beeping] 582 00:36:19,180 --> 00:36:20,780 -Brown? -Yes, sir? 583 00:36:23,020 --> 00:36:25,340 -[Philip] What's up? -Australian naval patrol boat, 584 00:36:25,420 --> 00:36:27,540 the HMAS Warreen, has put out a distress call. 585 00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:30,500 They picked up a fishing boat, out of power, it's drifted for days. 586 00:36:30,580 --> 00:36:33,140 One man left alive, he nearly drowned trying to fix the hull. 587 00:36:33,220 --> 00:36:35,620 He suffered a broken rib cage, and his lung may be punctured. 588 00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:37,660 And the Warreen doesn't have a doctor on board. 589 00:36:37,740 --> 00:36:39,900 -The man is dying. -Are we the nearest ship? 590 00:36:39,980 --> 00:36:42,140 There's a French freighter three miles further out. 591 00:36:42,220 --> 00:36:43,740 [Smith] We are the nearest ship. 592 00:36:44,740 --> 00:36:45,940 Set your course. 593 00:36:46,020 --> 00:36:47,060 Bring her about. 594 00:36:48,460 --> 00:36:49,500 [captain] Coming about. 595 00:36:49,580 --> 00:36:50,660 Ninety degrees. 596 00:37:08,340 --> 00:37:09,580 Hoist. 597 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:11,380 [man] Up, up. He's coming up. 598 00:37:12,260 --> 00:37:13,300 Steady him. 599 00:37:13,380 --> 00:37:16,180 -[beeping] -[man speaking indistinctly over PA] 600 00:37:25,020 --> 00:37:26,020 [medic] Straps. 601 00:37:31,420 --> 00:37:32,460 At ease. 602 00:37:33,660 --> 00:37:35,740 We fished him out of the water, floating near his boat. 603 00:37:36,540 --> 00:37:38,380 The rest of his crew must have drowned. 604 00:37:38,460 --> 00:37:40,980 There was no log on board. We don't know who he is or where he's from. 605 00:37:41,460 --> 00:37:43,420 It doesn't matter who he is or where he's from. 606 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:46,740 He was the captain of a ship... that's all that counts. 607 00:37:46,820 --> 00:37:49,220 -[medic] We'll need a saline drip. -He's one of us. 608 00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:51,540 [medic] Immediately. Fluids. Now, man. 609 00:37:52,180 --> 00:37:53,580 No, it's out of the question, sir. 610 00:37:54,140 --> 00:37:54,980 Why? 611 00:37:55,060 --> 00:37:57,900 [Smith] We have a strict schedule, as part of an official tour. 612 00:37:57,980 --> 00:37:59,980 And to take the man back to wherever he came from 613 00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:02,900 would be to turn back in entirely the wrong direction. 614 00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:06,380 It'd take days, maybe a whole week, off our important schedule. 615 00:38:06,460 --> 00:38:07,900 We can make that time up. 616 00:38:07,980 --> 00:38:10,020 The man's fortunate enough we saved his life. 617 00:38:10,860 --> 00:38:13,780 We'll simply drop him off at the next destination and that'll be that. 618 00:38:13,860 --> 00:38:16,220 He will be needlessly separated from his home. 619 00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:20,180 Find himself in a strange country, with a foreign language, 620 00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:21,420 away from his family. 621 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:23,180 [Smith] Not my concern. 622 00:38:23,260 --> 00:38:26,380 Another vessel with less important duties might find time for such... 623 00:38:27,180 --> 00:38:28,500 sentimental charity. 624 00:38:28,580 --> 00:38:31,220 We've done our important duties and are on the way home. 625 00:38:31,780 --> 00:38:34,060 We're effectively a glorified pleasure cruiser 626 00:38:34,140 --> 00:38:36,940 with an abundance of fuel and time to spare. 627 00:38:37,460 --> 00:38:40,740 Sir, my decision as Flag Officer is no. 628 00:38:40,820 --> 00:38:45,180 And my decision as Admiral of the Fleet is that we do. 629 00:38:47,340 --> 00:38:48,180 [Smith clears throat] 630 00:38:51,700 --> 00:38:56,380 There is only one person in command of the vessel. 631 00:38:58,660 --> 00:39:00,340 It's the Flag Officer. 632 00:39:01,460 --> 00:39:05,780 If you'd recall your naval training... you'd remember. 633 00:39:05,860 --> 00:39:08,580 I do recall my naval training, as it happens. 634 00:39:08,660 --> 00:39:11,260 Manning command posts on destroyers during the war. 635 00:39:11,340 --> 00:39:14,940 The same war which, I believe, you spent on shore duty. 636 00:39:15,620 --> 00:39:18,700 I have never abused my privileges, and I don't intend to start now, 637 00:39:18,780 --> 00:39:20,220 but this is the Royal Yacht. 638 00:39:20,300 --> 00:39:22,180 I am on it representing the Crown, 639 00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:25,620 and I say turn it around and take this man home. 640 00:39:48,020 --> 00:39:51,340 [Mike] My dear friends, after 20 eventful weeks at sea, 641 00:39:51,420 --> 00:39:55,860 visiting five continents and covering many thousands of miles, 642 00:39:56,340 --> 00:39:59,780 I'm happy to report that we saved our greatest adventure for last. 643 00:40:01,540 --> 00:40:04,540 As the Royal Yacht Britannia turned naval rescue 644 00:40:04,620 --> 00:40:07,860 and we fished a shipwrecked mariner out of the water. 645 00:40:08,820 --> 00:40:11,060 Our brilliant surgeons operated on him, 646 00:40:11,140 --> 00:40:14,740 then we went out of our way to return him to his home, his family and his people. 647 00:40:18,380 --> 00:40:20,100 [women clamoring] 648 00:40:53,660 --> 00:40:54,940 [Mike] And what people. 649 00:40:55,020 --> 00:40:57,380 [chattering] 650 00:40:57,460 --> 00:40:58,740 What a family. 651 00:41:00,660 --> 00:41:02,340 What a home. 652 00:41:10,820 --> 00:41:14,740 -[chattering] -[woman cheering] 653 00:41:21,900 --> 00:41:25,380 [trumpets playing] 654 00:41:28,980 --> 00:41:31,940 [Mike] Should you Thursday Club members ever grow tired 655 00:41:32,020 --> 00:41:34,740 of your colorless and empty lives in London, 656 00:41:35,580 --> 00:41:37,060 I suggest immediate relocation 657 00:41:37,140 --> 00:41:40,340 to the discrete island nations nestled around Tonga... 658 00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:45,740 surely the closest one can come to heaven on Earth. 659 00:41:48,060 --> 00:41:50,700 "Never have we received such a welcome, 660 00:41:51,340 --> 00:41:54,380 -or eaten so well. -[Islanders singing] 661 00:41:54,460 --> 00:41:57,260 Never have I experienced such a willingness 662 00:41:57,340 --> 00:42:00,700 to set oneself free and enjoy. 663 00:42:00,780 --> 00:42:02,540 [club members cheering] 664 00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:04,540 And nowhere on Earth, 665 00:42:04,620 --> 00:42:09,100 and we have, by this point, traveled across almost every inch, 666 00:42:09,180 --> 00:42:15,100 have we encountered such beautiful women." 667 00:42:15,180 --> 00:42:16,460 [club members laughing] 668 00:42:21,580 --> 00:42:23,100 [Philip] Bye! 669 00:42:29,860 --> 00:42:34,260 [Baron] "These really have been the most remarkable few days. 670 00:42:35,020 --> 00:42:37,420 And it is with the greatest reluctance, 671 00:42:37,500 --> 00:42:40,980 that after three days here, we tear ourselves away, 672 00:42:41,460 --> 00:42:47,100 each of us, not a little bit, but a great deal in love." 673 00:42:47,180 --> 00:42:49,260 [club members cheering] 674 00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:03,180 [Lily] That is your husband's handwriting, isn't it? 675 00:43:07,100 --> 00:43:08,420 You said you needed evidence. 676 00:43:12,780 --> 00:43:16,900 That's not a royal tour they're on, it's a five-month stag night. 677 00:43:18,260 --> 00:43:19,620 Whores in every port. 678 00:43:26,180 --> 00:43:27,260 Good luck. 679 00:43:31,980 --> 00:43:33,500 Uh, thank you. 680 00:44:07,580 --> 00:44:09,420 [corgis barking] 681 00:44:12,980 --> 00:44:14,900 -Happy Christmas. -Happy Christmas, Your Majesty. 682 00:44:14,980 --> 00:44:17,500 -[Queen Mother] Hello. Thank you. -Oh, thank God. 683 00:44:19,980 --> 00:44:23,100 [chattering] 684 00:44:23,900 --> 00:44:27,340 [chattering] 685 00:44:27,420 --> 00:44:30,780 [sighs] All right, you two. Good, now... 686 00:44:35,260 --> 00:44:36,460 [Margaret] Thank you. 687 00:44:37,500 --> 00:44:38,380 [Queen Mother gasps] 688 00:44:38,900 --> 00:44:39,980 [Queen Mother] Edward! 689 00:44:40,820 --> 00:44:42,260 Delighted to see you. 690 00:44:45,140 --> 00:44:46,220 [Mike] Written it yet? 691 00:44:46,740 --> 00:44:47,580 No. 692 00:44:48,820 --> 00:44:50,700 I'm waiting for inspiration to strike. 693 00:44:53,740 --> 00:44:58,220 Might I suggest some gung-ho platitudes about Christmas and the Commonwealth? 694 00:44:58,900 --> 00:45:02,620 That's what they want me to say. I mean what I want to say. 695 00:45:05,780 --> 00:45:06,700 Right. 696 00:45:12,980 --> 00:45:14,980 Have you got it yet? Home Service. 697 00:45:15,060 --> 00:45:16,020 Nearly there, sir. 698 00:45:16,540 --> 00:45:18,500 [Margaret] Where exactly is Philip? 699 00:45:19,020 --> 00:45:21,780 -Graham Land, last I heard. -Where's that? 700 00:45:26,660 --> 00:45:29,540 -[Margaret] Dickie, where's Graham Land? -[Elizabeth] Antarctica. Is it? 701 00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:32,660 -Is that north or is that south? -[Queen Mother] It's north. 702 00:45:32,740 --> 00:45:35,700 -Don't be silly, it's south. -[Margaret] Does anyone actually know? 703 00:45:35,780 --> 00:45:38,500 Well, yes, because the Arctic is north 704 00:45:38,580 --> 00:45:42,220 and so Antarctica is non-north, isn't it, Dickie? 705 00:45:42,300 --> 00:45:43,620 What's "non-north"? 706 00:45:43,700 --> 00:45:44,660 [knock on door] 707 00:45:44,740 --> 00:45:45,740 [Philip] Come. 708 00:45:47,660 --> 00:45:48,820 -It's time. -Good. 709 00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:51,580 -Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses. -Oh, children. 710 00:45:52,180 --> 00:45:54,980 [man on radio] Now, a Christmas announcement from His Royal Highness, 711 00:45:55,060 --> 00:45:56,220 the Duke of Edinburgh. 712 00:45:59,460 --> 00:46:00,460 Good morning. 713 00:46:00,540 --> 00:46:02,100 This is Britannia. 714 00:46:02,180 --> 00:46:04,860 I'm speaking to you from the edge of the South Pacific. 715 00:46:05,420 --> 00:46:07,940 59 degrees south and 60 degrees west. 716 00:46:08,660 --> 00:46:11,340 You have to turn the globe upside down to find this place. 717 00:46:11,740 --> 00:46:14,860 Indeed, a few of us aboard the Royal Yacht feel a little upside-down... 718 00:46:15,460 --> 00:46:16,980 having never been this far from home. 719 00:46:17,060 --> 00:46:17,980 [chuckles] 720 00:46:19,060 --> 00:46:20,380 The remoteness of the location 721 00:46:20,460 --> 00:46:22,900 presents one with a precious opportunity to think... 722 00:46:24,380 --> 00:46:28,420 about one's own life, one's own way of living. 723 00:46:29,900 --> 00:46:33,100 We've traveled the world now and seen all manner of tribes, 724 00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:35,500 societies and cultures. 725 00:46:36,460 --> 00:46:39,220 We've had endless debates about which places have the best systems 726 00:46:39,300 --> 00:46:42,300 of government or justice or the most interesting religions. 727 00:46:42,820 --> 00:46:47,260 And we've been amazed, and impressed by so much of what we have seen. 728 00:46:48,540 --> 00:46:51,060 Naturally, it has led us to examine our own lives... 729 00:46:52,140 --> 00:46:53,140 and the way we live. 730 00:46:54,300 --> 00:46:55,860 The things we take for granted. 731 00:46:56,340 --> 00:47:00,100 Is that really Philip? It's not some sort of Philip impersonator? 732 00:47:00,780 --> 00:47:01,620 Why? 733 00:47:01,860 --> 00:47:04,860 He just sounds so odd. So different. 734 00:47:08,860 --> 00:47:11,380 And here I am, almost 10,000 miles from London... 735 00:47:13,180 --> 00:47:14,980 surrounded by empty water. 736 00:47:17,620 --> 00:47:22,540 It's a fine life on board a ship... but it can be a solitary one. 737 00:47:25,740 --> 00:47:27,020 We are men together... 738 00:47:30,540 --> 00:47:32,260 but we each stand alone. 739 00:47:44,020 --> 00:47:45,140 [knock on door] 740 00:47:52,580 --> 00:47:55,420 I've been asked to tell you that they're ready for you. 741 00:47:56,860 --> 00:47:57,700 Right. 742 00:48:00,780 --> 00:48:02,340 Last-minute changes? 743 00:48:03,900 --> 00:48:05,900 -Something like that. -May I help? 744 00:48:06,660 --> 00:48:09,060 No. Thank you. 745 00:48:13,660 --> 00:48:14,980 [man 1] Signal strength's good. 746 00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:17,940 -[equipment clicks] -[man 2] Far be it from me to... 747 00:48:18,020 --> 00:48:20,060 Let's see if I can oil the wheels. 748 00:48:20,860 --> 00:48:22,700 [man 2] All clear from Broadcasting House. 749 00:48:22,780 --> 00:48:24,740 [man 2 speaking indistinctly] 750 00:48:27,820 --> 00:48:29,220 We are ready for you, ma'am. 751 00:48:31,060 --> 00:48:31,900 Yes. 752 00:48:38,340 --> 00:48:39,220 Happy Christmas. 753 00:48:39,300 --> 00:48:41,780 -Happy Christmas, Your Majesty. -Happy Christmas, ma'am. 754 00:48:43,380 --> 00:48:44,380 [tunes radio] 755 00:48:44,460 --> 00:48:47,540 [man on radio] People of Britain and the Commonwealth will now listen to the voice 756 00:48:47,620 --> 00:48:49,780 of Her Majesty the Queen. 757 00:48:51,300 --> 00:48:52,780 Thank you. Ma'am. 758 00:48:53,540 --> 00:48:54,820 [equipment whirs] 759 00:48:57,780 --> 00:48:58,940 Once again, 760 00:48:59,020 --> 00:49:03,020 messages of Christmas greeting have been exchanged around the world... 761 00:49:03,900 --> 00:49:05,860 carried upon the invisible wings... 762 00:49:06,820 --> 00:49:08,420 of 20th-century science. 763 00:49:10,460 --> 00:49:14,700 And of all those many messages from all corners of the Commonwealth, 764 00:49:15,620 --> 00:49:17,940 none has given us greater pleasure 765 00:49:18,580 --> 00:49:20,860 than hearing those of my husband... 766 00:49:22,460 --> 00:49:25,980 from the remote and lonely spaces of Antarctica. 767 00:49:28,980 --> 00:49:30,140 To him, I say... 768 00:49:31,500 --> 00:49:35,620 from all the members of your family gathered here today... 769 00:49:37,300 --> 00:49:40,980 our very best wishes go to you on board Britannia. 770 00:49:43,500 --> 00:49:48,020 A very large, united family is waiting for you here... 771 00:49:53,900 --> 00:49:58,020 and will always be waiting for you, wherever you are. 772 00:50:01,420 --> 00:50:03,020 -Her Majesty. -Her Majesty. 773 00:50:13,460 --> 00:50:15,820 [Elizabeth] I would like to express my gratitude 774 00:50:16,300 --> 00:50:18,740 to those men and women of the Commonwealth 775 00:50:19,380 --> 00:50:21,540 whose efforts in our great cities... 776 00:51:11,180 --> 00:51:12,260 [Mike] There you are! 777 00:51:15,540 --> 00:51:16,620 [Philip clears throat] 778 00:51:21,860 --> 00:51:22,940 You all right? 779 00:51:24,300 --> 00:51:25,140 Fine. 780 00:51:34,020 --> 00:51:34,980 Her speech. 781 00:51:37,180 --> 00:51:38,020 What about it? 782 00:51:39,620 --> 00:51:43,500 Touching. Unexpectedly touching. 783 00:51:45,460 --> 00:51:46,460 Caught me off guard. 784 00:51:50,220 --> 00:51:52,660 I might even have to confess to feeling a little... 785 00:51:55,700 --> 00:51:56,860 Homesick? 786 00:52:00,540 --> 00:52:01,380 Yes. 787 00:52:04,380 --> 00:52:05,220 Right.