1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,680 [NEWS VENDOR] Queen's critic is at it again! 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,280 Peer attacks the Queen! 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:07,280 [MAN] Thank you. 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:08,920 Queen's critic! 5 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,640 Queen's critic is at it again! 6 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,400 - Good morning, Jack. - Good morning, sir. 7 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:16,920 I'll take one of each this morning, please. 8 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,000 - And the Sunday as well. - Oh, a bit of light reading, eh? 9 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:21,640 That's right. 10 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,880 Queen's critic is at it again! Peer attacks the Queen! 11 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,560 No, I shan't have anything. 12 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:46,360 Sorry, dear. 13 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,880 [CHATTERING] 14 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:15,160 - I think he's right. - Do you? 15 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,840 Yeah. Now I think about it, she is a bit priggish. 16 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:20,800 - [COUPLE LAUGHS] - [BELL DINGS] 17 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:24,800 [CHATTERING] 18 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:45,920 Here he comes, here he comes. 19 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:47,760 [MAN] There he is. 20 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,560 - [POLICEMAN] Please, gentlemen. - [POLICEMAN 2] Don't push. 21 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,920 - Lord Altrincham? - Yes. 22 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:54,920 [CROWD GASPS] 23 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:57,960 You traitor! 24 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:59,720 [CROWD CHATTERING] 25 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,320 [TICKING] 26 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:33,760 Really? 27 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:37,160 Really? 28 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:41,880 Really? 29 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:47,920 Well, I shall certainly let Her Majesty know. Thank you. 30 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,920 [TICKING] 31 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,160 Time and tide, Mr. Conservator. 32 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,880 [CHUCKLES] Wait for no man, Private Secretary. 33 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,720 - [ADEANE] Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon, sir. 34 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:02,440 [DOOR OPENS] 35 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,280 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] 36 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:06,400 [SIGHS] 37 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,120 [DOOR CLOSES] 38 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:11,440 What is it now? 39 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:16,120 Lord Altrincham has been struck. 40 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:19,880 Dumb, I hope. 41 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:21,800 Better than that, ma'am. 42 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:23,600 In the face. 43 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,200 Quite forcefully, I'm told. 44 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,400 By whom? Which gallant and chivalrous individual? 45 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,280 Afraid we don't have those details yet, ma'am. 46 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,600 The incident occurred outside the television studios, 47 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,080 and the perpetrator is now on his way to the Bow Street Police Station, 48 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,320 where we expect him to be released without charge. 49 00:03:47,780 --> 00:03:49,220 How very gratifying. 50 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,920 Yes. Very. 51 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,640 Which television studios? 52 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,920 The Independent Television Network Studios, ma'am, 53 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,440 where Altrincham had just recorded an interview. 54 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:02,600 For what? 55 00:04:03,033 --> 00:04:06,753 A program appropriately called Impact. 56 00:04:06,913 --> 00:04:07,913 When will it air? 57 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,560 Tonight, ma'am. Nine o'clock. 58 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,360 [CLOCKS CHIMING] 59 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,720 [IMPACT THEME MUSIC PLAYS ON TELEVISION] 60 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,000 [ANNOUNCER ON TELEVISION] Tell the people. Tell them on television. 61 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,200 Questions in the public mind, answered by people in the public eye. 62 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,440 This is Impact, the program that examines 63 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,000 the most important matters of the moment 64 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,040 - and brings the debate to you at home. - [PHILIP] Sorry I'm late. 65 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,960 [ANNOUNCER] Robin Day puts the questions. 66 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:50,000 It's just starting. 67 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,920 Tonight, we have a man who, because of press activity in recent days, 68 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,040 probably needs no introduction, Lord Altrincham. 69 00:04:58,120 --> 00:04:59,440 In the space of just a few days, 70 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,320 his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the Queen 71 00:05:02,345 --> 00:05:04,825 in a periodical of which he is also publisher, 72 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,120 have become the most pressing issue of the day 73 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,960 and caused something of a constitutional crisis. 74 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,280 So, I'd like to begin by asking Lord Altrincham a simple question. 75 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,120 She's our head of state, 76 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,920 loved, respected and admired throughout the world, 77 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,920 so why do you hate her so very much? 78 00:06:22,016 --> 00:06:30,016 Synced and corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com 79 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,920 [NEWS VENDORS SHOUTING] 80 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,880 [NEWS VENDOR] National and English Review, two shillings! 81 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,160 Your National and English Review! 82 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:46,720 - Morning, Fred! - Good morning, sir. 83 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,320 National and English Review, two shillings! 84 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:51,720 [ALTRINCHAM] ...far too long. 85 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,720 People are beginning to notice, and that is why the... 86 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,640 And that is why the ending of doctrinal tests 87 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,000 and the introduction of women priests is the only viable solution 88 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,560 for saving the Church of England, 89 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:07,400 an institution that is becoming 90 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,680 increasingly outdated and irrelevant hour by hour. 91 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,120 Who's got a thousand words for me on that? 92 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,440 - [HUMPHREY] Hello, Patricia. - Would anyone like some toffee? 93 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,040 Bring it over here, Patricia darling. 94 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,680 - Oh, divine. - Much like Patricia herself. 95 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,120 Come, come, my dear. Be seated. 96 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,320 Right. If no one's keen on the church story, 97 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:37,560 I can knock something up. 98 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,400 Now, a piece on reforming the House of Lords. 99 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,640 Dermot, you were going to look at that, weren't you? 100 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:46,040 - Something nutty about it? - Mm, molasses. 101 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,320 And Europe, we need to work out our official stance. 102 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,800 Are we for or against a single European market? 103 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:56,600 Are we in or out? 104 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,080 - Toffee, John? - Oh, you must try some, John. 105 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,640 I'm afraid I have a thing against toffee. 106 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:08,920 Why didn't I know that? 107 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,000 You can't know everything about me. 108 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,360 It's not the taste I object to so much. 109 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,280 I just have... painful memories. 110 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:26,360 As a child, I was sitting in a dentist's chair 111 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,000 because of a piece of toffee I ate. 112 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:31,880 Mm. 113 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:34,120 Oh, Lord. 114 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:36,440 Not again. 115 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:38,360 Sorry. 116 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:40,640 [MUMBLING] I've... 117 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,120 [ADEANE] "Perhaps you don't understand 118 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,960 that on your steadfastness and ability to withstand 119 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:51,280 the fatigue of dull, repetitive work, 120 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:56,840 and your great courage in meeting constant small adversities, 121 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:00,720 depend, in great measure, the happiness and prosperity 122 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,720 of the community... as a whole. 123 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,160 The upward course of a nation's history 124 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:16,000 is due, in the long run, to the soundness of heart 125 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,760 of its average men and women." 126 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:20,800 Um... 127 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:24,840 Working men and women? 128 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,800 It has a touch more dignity, uh... 129 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:37,520 [ADEANE] No, I think "average" is fine. 130 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,520 Thought you might be interested to see this. 131 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,720 It's a draft of the speech the Queen's going to give in a week's time. 132 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,720 I don't mind telling you I felt a bit uneasy about it. 133 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:06,480 Sir. 134 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:15,720 [SIGHS] 135 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:17,720 [ADEANE] Yes? 136 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:21,280 Sir, forgive me if I'm interfering beyond my station... 137 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,080 - Tommy. - Martin. 138 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,000 You were about to interfere beyond your station. 139 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,091 Uh, [STUTTERS] it's concerning the speech 140 00:10:38,116 --> 00:10:40,024 the Queen is due to give next week 141 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,320 at the Jaguar car factory. 142 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,800 - What about it? - [CHARTERIS] I was just... wondering 143 00:10:45,825 --> 00:10:47,145 if you were happy with it. 144 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,480 Well, obviously I'm happy with it, 145 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:54,800 or I wouldn't have shown it to Her Majesty 146 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,240 for the approval which she immediately gave. 147 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,920 - Did the Queen read it? - [ADEANE] She didn't need to. 148 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,160 She merely asked if I was happy. I replied in the affirmative. 149 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,280 - That was good enough for Her Majesty. - [LASCELLES] Hm. 150 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:15,920 [ADEANE] But I can see that the really important question is, 151 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,800 is it good enough for Colonel Charteris? 152 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,680 You don't think it strikes the wrong tone? 153 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:26,680 In which sense? 154 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,440 [EXHALES] In its... uh, paternalism. 155 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:33,520 May I? 156 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:37,120 Thank you. 157 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,240 [STUTTERING] I suppose if I had a concern... 158 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,480 it would be that, post-Suez, in this new climate... 159 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:48,840 in this new Britain... 160 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,360 the tone of the speech is... somewhat... 161 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,040 Somewhat what? 162 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:00,720 Old-fashioned. 163 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:04,800 And would leave her open to attack. 164 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:06,920 - [LASCELLES] From whom? - The newspapers. 165 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:09,840 People. 166 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,040 If I had a shilling for every time someone of a progressive 167 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:17,040 or liberal disposition had warned needlessly of a popular attack 168 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,400 against the Crown, I'd be a rich man. 169 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,680 The British people adore their sovereign. 170 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,800 It is what constitutes, indeed defines, being British. 171 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,040 No, the worst I've ever encountered is, uh, apathy, 172 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,440 where people simply accept the King or Queen 173 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,680 as they accept the sky above their heads. 174 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,320 But it's a long way from apathy to insurrection. 175 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,240 Now, as regards the newspapers, the Crown can count on their support 176 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,880 for two reasons: first, there is nothing to attack. 177 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,480 That's the advantage of a constitutional monarchy. 178 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,840 They have no power so there's nothing to complain about. 179 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,160 And even if they wanted to, they'd always let us know first. 180 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,440 The palace would then threaten them with a boycott 181 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,360 on the next major royal event, 182 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,440 causing the newspapers immediately to back down. 183 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,320 Because the very people you fear will hate the Queen 184 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,280 are the same ones who buy copies in their millions. 185 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,720 Why? Because they love her. 186 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,120 So I'm worrying unnecessarily? 187 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:19,207 Martin, 188 00:13:19,232 --> 00:13:24,544 I shall leave the drawing of that inescapable conclusion to you. 189 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:28,840 [SIGHS] 190 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,880 I'm going to take it in a little shorter, ma'am, 191 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,040 - and rounder at the back. - Lovely. 192 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,760 [HANDEL'S "ZADOK THE PRIEST" PLAYING] 193 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:09,000 ♪ Zadok, the priest ♪ 194 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:16,520 ♪ And Nathan, the prophet ♪ 195 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:22,120 ♪ Anointed ♪ 196 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:29,200 ♪ Solomon king ♪ 197 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,960 Thank you. I... I... like it very much. 198 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,960 [TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS] 199 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,040 [CHATTERING] 200 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:47,480 [ELIZABETH] Ah. 201 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:50,080 Thank you. 202 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,080 I thought you were hoping for more children from me. 203 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:05,920 I am. 204 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,320 Then why on earth would you do something like that to your hair? 205 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:12,040 What's wrong with it? 206 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,720 - [TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS] - I thought it was tidy and... sensible. 207 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:18,840 Adjectives to stir the loins. 208 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,320 Apparently it's very à la mode. 209 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,640 All the regimental wives are wearing their hair like this now. 210 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:25,800 - [PHILIP] Really? - Yes. 211 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:27,640 [PHILIP] Well, it's certainly very practical. 212 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,560 And should you ever feel compelled to ride a motorcycle, 213 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:32,840 it could always double as a helmet. 214 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:35,560 Well, I like it. 215 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,280 [PHILIP LAUGHS] 216 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:40,840 [PHILIP] No, I have nothing against it personally. 217 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:41,960 - [PHILIP LAUGHS] - Stop it. 218 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:46,000 Sure it will provide ample protection against any falling masonry. 219 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:47,640 [LAUGHING] 220 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,400 But... if enlarging the family 221 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,080 and enticing your husband to procreate is the goal... 222 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:57,440 It is. 223 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,960 ...then you might take a look at Jayne Mansfield... 224 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:02,920 or Rita Hayworth. 225 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,240 Ooh, Rita Hayworth. [CHUCKLES] 226 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,880 [CLAMORING] 227 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,040 [MAN] Sir William Lyons, Your Majesty. 228 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,560 - Welcome, Your Majesty. - Thank you. Hello. 229 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:35,760 How do you do? 230 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:38,000 It's very, uh, spacious. 231 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,200 This is our research and development area. 232 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:41,760 [PHILIP] Splendid. Now we're talking. 233 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,800 May I introduce you, ma'am, to Nigel Willoughby? 234 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,320 He sketches all of our prototypes. 235 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,760 You studied drawing, did you? Lovely. Very good to see it. 236 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:52,640 - And that's the chassis. - It is, indeed. 237 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,480 A finished MK-1, Your Majesty. 238 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,440 Ah. It's lovely. 239 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,640 With top speeds of over 100 miles per hour. 240 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:02,920 Quite the thing. 241 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 I've always been interested in the red leather. 242 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,520 Is it horse or cow? 243 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:08,720 Hello. 244 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,760 [ELIZABETH] I wish first to express to you 245 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,200 my very great pleasure at being here today. 246 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,560 My husband and I have been most profoundly moved 247 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,520 by your hospitable welcome and would like you to know 248 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,840 how very grateful we are to you all... 249 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,560 - Thank you. - ...for the work that you do. 250 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,000 We understand that in the turbulence 251 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,840 of this anxious and active world, 252 00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:51,360 many of you are leading uneventful, lonely lives... 253 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,040 where dreariness is the enemy. 254 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:56,400 [MURMURING] 255 00:17:56,480 --> 00:18:01,520 Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability 256 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,120 to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work... 257 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,080 depend, in great measure, the happiness 258 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,600 and prosperity of the community as a whole. 259 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,240 The upward course of a nation's history 260 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,440 is due, in the long run, 261 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,960 to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. 262 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,720 May you be proud to remember 263 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,160 how much depends on you, 264 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,920 and that even when your life seems most monotonous... 265 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:39,880 what you do is always of real value and importance to your fellow... 266 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,400 [JOHN BARRY AND THE SEVEN'S "LET'S HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME" PLAYING] 267 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,040 [CHUCKLING] 268 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:47,560 ♪ Come on, everybody Let's have a wonderful time ♪ 269 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,080 Lord Altrincham? 270 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,440 Evening edition! News Chronicle! 271 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,360 Evening edition! 272 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,600 Ah. I need a favor, some typing. 273 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,120 Oh, you're going home. 274 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:05,960 I don't need to be. 275 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,600 I've just heard a ridiculous speech by the Queen, 276 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,960 and I want to write an immediate response. 277 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:17,560 No, I'll... I'll find someone else. 278 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,520 No, no, it's no trouble. 279 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,080 I had nothing else planned. 280 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:24,640 Thank you. 281 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,000 [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] 282 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,160 [TYPEWRITER CLATTERING] 283 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,640 - I've had another thought. - Super. 284 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,040 A rather heretical thought. 285 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,560 I got the idea from something Walter Bagehot said 286 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,920 about the first duty of royalty being to inspire. 287 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:40,840 [TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS] 288 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,280 [BAGPIPES PLAYING] 289 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,400 [CLAMORING] 290 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,400 [CROWD CHEERING] 291 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:22,080 Hello. 292 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,000 I trust you had a safe journey, Your Majesty. 293 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,120 - Yes, very lovely. - Good to be back. 294 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,400 [ELIZABETH] Well, let's hope it brightens up later. 295 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:46,800 [STAGS GRUNTING] 296 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:14,320 [CLICKS] 297 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:20,800 [GUNSHOT] 298 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:21,800 [STAG GRUNTS] 299 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:30,400 Good shot, ma'am. 300 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,720 [NEWS VENDOR] National and English Review! National and English Review! 301 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,240 Thank you. Two shillings for National and English Review. 302 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,000 Thank you, sir. Morning. 303 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,000 - Thank you, madam. - [COINS CLINK] 304 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,160 National and English Review. Two shillings, thank you very much. 305 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:57,000 There we go, sir. Thank you very much. Two shillings. 306 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:20,360 I see. 307 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:24,080 Right. 308 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:27,560 Well, thank you. 309 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,240 [CAR DOOR CLOSES] 310 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,320 Sorry to disturb, Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness. 311 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:07,400 Just to say it might be worth avoiding certain newspapers this morning. 312 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,800 Why? What's your sister done now? 313 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,920 Nothing to do with Princess Margaret, sir. Uh... 314 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,960 It's an article written by Lord Altrincham. 315 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,040 Never heard of him. You? 316 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,360 Taken originally from his own publication... 317 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,560 The National and English Review. 318 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:30,600 Never heard of that, either. 319 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:35,920 Which several newspapers have chosen to run, partially or in full. 320 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:37,760 What kind of article? 321 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,520 It's quite a critical article, ma'am. 322 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,320 What gives him the right? 323 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:54,800 Tell me honestly, Mommy... 324 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,200 is there any part of you that agrees with him? 325 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:01,880 Certainly not. 326 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,520 And that's not just your mother saying that. 327 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,560 The palace press secretary called me an hour ago to say 328 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,880 the vast majority of the country not only disagrees with Altrincham 329 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,880 but is disgusted by him. 330 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,040 It's an irrelevant article 331 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,200 written by an irrelevant man for an irrelevant publication... 332 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,160 only picked up because it's August, people are on holiday, 333 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,080 government is in recess, and there's nothing to write about. 334 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,200 Today, 85% of the country is against him. 335 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,560 By tomorrow, it will be 95%. 336 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,400 That man's going to wish he'd never been born. 337 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:38,560 [CROWD SHOUTING] 338 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,880 - [MAN] Traitor! - [MAN 2] Coward! 339 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,000 [CROWD SHOUTING] 340 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:52,680 [HUMPHREY] Excuse me! 341 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:54,720 Excuse me. Thank you. 342 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,120 Excuse me. Excuse me. Thank you. 343 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,520 I asked you to come because I had a phone call an hour ago 344 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,200 from a television producer, 345 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,280 inviting me to record an interview this afternoon. 346 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:10,640 Which program? 347 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,280 Impact. With Robin Day. 348 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,280 I wish it weren't Day. 349 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:20,000 We all wish it weren't Day, he's terrifying. 350 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:21,640 [PATRICIA] Don't be silly. 351 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,560 The fact that it's Day is what makes it valuable. 352 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,640 You don't think I'm walking into a trap? 353 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,320 You walked into the trap when you wrote the article. 354 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,800 Now you're the most unloved individual in Britain. 355 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,200 Ironically, Day is the one person who could help you. 356 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,200 Why? [SCOFFS] You've seen how he interviews people. 357 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,600 He dismembers them. Tears them to shreds. 358 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,360 Yes, but keep your cool under his scrutiny... 359 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,720 make your case politely, respectfully, intelligently. 360 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,440 It could turn people around. 361 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:06,520 [ALTRINCHAM] Thank you very much. 362 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,960 [REPORTERS CHATTERING] 363 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,960 - Lord Altrincham. How do you do? - How do you do? 364 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,120 - Shall we? - Yes. 365 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:17,720 [PRODUCER] This way. Thank you for coming. 366 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,200 [ALTRINCHAM] Not at all. How long do we have until we start? 367 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,773 [PRODUCER] We'll pop into makeup quickly. 368 00:28:21,798 --> 00:28:23,344 We should start in ten minutes. 369 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,160 - Just here, if you will. - Right. 370 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,000 - Help yourself to water. - [ALTRINCHAM] Thank you. 371 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:32,600 [PRODUCER] Shouldn't be too long. 372 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:35,640 - All good? - [CAMERAMAN] All good. 373 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:40,360 [PRODUCER] He's standing by, sir. 374 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,920 - [DAY] And he's prepared? - [PRODUCER] Ready as he can be. 375 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:46,440 [DAY] Let's make a start. 376 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,960 You've been told how all this works? 377 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,080 Recording now, transmission tonight? 378 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,000 - [FLOOR MANAGER] Stand by, studio. - Yes. Thank you. 379 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,560 - [BELL RINGS] - [FLOOR MANAGER] Five, four, three... 380 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,200 [DAY] Tonight, we have a man who, 381 00:29:06,225 --> 00:29:08,184 because of press activity in recent days, 382 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,800 probably needs no introduction. Lord Altrincham. 383 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,560 In the space of just a few days, 384 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,240 his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the Queen, 385 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,680 in a periodical of which he is also publisher, 386 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,920 have become the most pressing issue of the day 387 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,760 and caused something of a constitutional crisis. 388 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,680 So, I'd like to begin by asking Lord Altrincham a simple question. 389 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:29,880 She's our head of state, 390 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,320 loved, respected and admired around the world, 391 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,200 so why do you hate her so very much? 392 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,080 I... I don't. 393 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:38,760 Then why criticize her like this? 394 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,720 [STUTTERS] That's like asking an art critic why he criticizes art. 395 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:45,480 I'm a passionate monarchist 396 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,600 who believes constitutional monarchy is Britain's greatest invention. 397 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,320 [SCOFFS] Do you, indeed? 398 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,200 Yes, I do. I believe that monarchy provides clarity. 399 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:58,520 A symbolic head of state, transcending the self-serving interests 400 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,680 of the egocentric and self-motivated politicians 401 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,840 who go in and out of office, 402 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:08,600 who, as King Lear wonderfully says, "ebb and flow by the moon." 403 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,440 But when working at its best, 404 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,920 monarchy can rise above such matters and unify a society. 405 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,640 It can set the tone and become the embodiment of the nation, 406 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,400 of national character. 407 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,720 But the problem is, at the moment, it's... It's not doing that. 408 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,280 It's doing very little right, as far as you're concerned. 409 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:25,720 No, that's not true. 410 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,080 You would like to see Her Majesty endowed with superhuman powers. 411 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,160 It's not superhuman to be a little spontaneous. 412 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,520 Judging from your article, you'd like the Queen to have 413 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,353 the qualities of a wit, 414 00:30:35,378 --> 00:30:39,104 you'd like her to be a better orator, a TV personality, 415 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:40,629 in addition to being a diligent, 416 00:30:40,654 --> 00:30:43,504 dutiful and devoted monarch and a mother. 417 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,960 All I'm suggesting is that, in her public speeches 418 00:30:45,985 --> 00:30:49,625 and in her appearances, she should be more, uh, natural. 419 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:54,720 Her style of speaking is, quite frankly, a pain in the neck. 420 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,000 She sounds strangled. 421 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,080 I had the misfortune of hearing 422 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,280 one of the Queen's speeches in a dental waiting room recently. 423 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:04,680 I was horrified 424 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:08,440 by the indifference and inertia with which the speech was greeted. 425 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,815 [DAY] But you'd accept that being Queen 426 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:12,304 and head of the Church of England 427 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,200 is not an easy job or a simple one? If you'll forgive me, 428 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:19,600 it's arguably a harder job than editing a small periodical. 429 00:31:19,625 --> 00:31:21,098 [LAUGHS] No, I quite agree. 430 00:31:21,123 --> 00:31:23,889 Her Majesty has a seemingly impossible task. 431 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,273 She has to be ordinary and extraordinary, 432 00:31:26,298 --> 00:31:28,544 touched by divinity and yet one of us, 433 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:33,880 but being ordinary doesn't have to mean bland or ineffectual. 434 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:35,560 Or forgettable. 435 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:39,120 [DAY] And against whom do you lay the main charge? Her courtiers? 436 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:40,933 [ALTRINCHAM] Well, in the end, if the court is wrong, 437 00:31:40,958 --> 00:31:42,904 if the setup is wrong, 438 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,760 you have no choice but to criticize the boss. 439 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,160 The Queen? 440 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:50,480 Yes, because only the boss can get rid of the bad servants. 441 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:51,720 She hires them. 442 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,720 She alone can fire them. 443 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:57,360 Now, they may be bad, I believe some of them at the moment are. 444 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:02,200 They're quite dreadful, but it is her responsibility, it's not theirs, 445 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,280 in the sense that they are just hired hands. 446 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,200 And so the personal attack on the monarch continues. 447 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,400 [ALTRINCHAM] Let me just say this. 448 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:13,960 To criticize the monarchy, to criticize Her Majesty, personally, 449 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:15,680 gives me no satisfaction. 450 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,440 But we have to remember that, since the Second World War, 451 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:22,160 since Suez, Britain has changed beyond recognition. 452 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,360 And yet the monarchy continues its pre-war routines 453 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,520 as though nothing has happened. 454 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,320 I believe it would serve the Queen and her courtiers well to remember 455 00:32:30,345 --> 00:32:33,313 that until recently, monarchies were the rule 456 00:32:33,338 --> 00:32:34,889 and republics the exception, 457 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,800 but today, republics are the rule 458 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,560 and monarchies very much the exception. 459 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,200 [DAY] Lord Altrincham, I have to terminate the interview. 460 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,760 I'm obliged to you for answering my questions. 461 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,560 Next week at the same time, there will be another edition of Impact. 462 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,240 Good night. 463 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,640 That went very well. 464 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,440 - Thank you again, Lord Altrincham. - Thank you. Good day. 465 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:11,680 Thank you. 466 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,000 I thought he was even scarier in real life than I, uh... 467 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:18,760 - Lord Altrincham? - Yes. 468 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:20,880 [CROWD GASPS] 469 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:22,120 You traitor! 470 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,800 [MAN LAUGHING] 471 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,520 - [MAN] Is that him? It is, isn't it? - [MAN 2] Well done. 472 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,200 - [MAN 3] Congratulations. - [MAN 4] Well done. Well done, sir. 473 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,360 - [ALTRINCHAM] A glass of white? - [MAN 5] Well done. 474 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,680 Or something stronger? What about a brandy? 475 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:36,760 Why not? 476 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:38,560 Well done. 477 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:41,000 Humphrey. 478 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,400 Well done. You looked incredibly calm. 479 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,600 - Really? - Man of the hour. Really. 480 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,840 - Your Majesty. - Yes, what is it, Michael? 481 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,960 There have been some reactions in the newspapers 482 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:09,160 to last night's television interview, and to the assault upon Lord Altrincham. 483 00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:12,800 [STUTTERING] I'm afraid it's not quite as we'd hoped. 484 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:16,400 [ELIZABETH] Why not? 485 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,840 Uh, well, the man that struck Altrincham, it turns out, 486 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:26,240 is a member of the extreme right League of Empire Loyalists, 487 00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:28,987 which is a pressure group that campaigns 488 00:34:29,012 --> 00:34:31,584 against the dissolution of the Empire 489 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,240 and has a clear doctrine of English racial supremacy. 490 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:37,120 Oh, dear. 491 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,400 And it seems that most people have decided, 492 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,160 having watched Altrincham on the television, 493 00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:48,640 that he is eminently reasonable. 494 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:55,280 Now, almost half the country appears to agree with his sentiments, 495 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,520 and there are new polls to support this. 496 00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:00,960 Letters to the Daily Mirror are running at four to one 497 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:02,560 in Altrincham's favor... 498 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,600 and even the normally conservative Daily Mail... 499 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:10,440 changed its tune this morning. 500 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:13,920 Um, in addition, 501 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,760 and this, I believe, reflects on his growing concern 502 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,640 at some of the telephone calls he has been receiving... 503 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,227 the Prime Minister has suggested 504 00:35:24,252 --> 00:35:26,824 that he come up a week earlier than planned, 505 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,320 in order to discuss it all with you in person. 506 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,720 Goodness! A constitutional crisis. 507 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,680 Well, I hope you're going to apologize to Mr. Macmillan, too. 508 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:39,600 [ADEANE] Ma'am? 509 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:41,813 You're not going to deny this whole mess 510 00:35:41,838 --> 00:35:43,064 springs from a badly written speech 511 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,720 which I gave, unquestioningly, because I trusted you. 512 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:48,880 Perhaps Altrincham's right. 513 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,840 Perhaps I should surround myself with younger, more dynamic people 514 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,520 with one foot in the real world! 515 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:56,880 Thank you, ma'am. 516 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,080 And you believe it's now a government matter? 517 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:25,840 I do, ma'am. 518 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,600 Ambassadors from all around the world have been calling me, concerned. 519 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,360 Her Majesty will hardly need reminding a great many other countries 520 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:40,320 have overthrown their monarchies and become republics in recent years. 521 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:45,840 Egypt, Bulgaria, Italy, Tunisia only last month. 522 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:50,360 Of course we're not at that point. Not at a red light. 523 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:56,000 We're not even at an amber. But we'd hate it to become amber. 524 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,600 And so, it is my view, the government's view, 525 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,720 that it would be wise to contain this as soon as possible. 526 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,120 - And do what? - The obvious thing. 527 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:11,720 Altrincham is a fire which needs to be put out. 528 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:15,440 [CHARLES] Got you! [LAUGHS] 529 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,560 - [BOTH LAUGHING] - Got you! 530 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:37,920 [CHARLES] Got you! 531 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,880 The palace has offered up a chap called Charteris. 532 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,880 To meet. I looked him up. 533 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,840 He used to be her principal private secretary. 534 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:01,040 - Well, there you are. - Before the King died. 535 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,880 - When she was princess. - And now? 536 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:12,440 He's assistant private secretary, so not quite a pawn, 537 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,880 but certainly not a bishop or knight, either. 538 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:16,160 Go. 539 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:18,760 Go, in order to be fobbed off? 540 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,720 Go in the spirit of openness and wanting to work together. 541 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:22,840 If they wanted to work together, 542 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,480 - they would have sent someone higher up. - Go. 543 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,000 All right. 544 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:32,720 And take a list of suggestions. Recommendations. 545 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:34,720 Don't go empty-handed. 546 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,200 Not yet! John! 547 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,040 Your tooth! John! 548 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:46,920 Sorry. 549 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:11,520 [CLAMORING] 550 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,760 - [REPORTER] Do you have a comment, sir? - Sorry. 551 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:18,040 [REPORTER 2] Lord Altrincham! 552 00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:46,600 Lord Altrincham? 553 00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:49,280 - Yes. - [EQUERRY] This way, please. 554 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,160 Good to know I'm seeing the top man. 555 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:23,520 In one sense. 556 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:31,960 Here we are, Lord Altrincham. 557 00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,200 Colonel Charteris will be with you shortly. 558 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:38,320 - Thank you. - Sir. 559 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,960 [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES] 560 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,000 I see we have something in common. 561 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:08,160 [ELIZABETH] And what would that be? 562 00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:14,800 Your Majesty. 563 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:23,080 [STUTTERING] I was referring to the photos of Eton and Sandhurst. 564 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,120 Hm. Which you attended too, I gather. 565 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:27,640 Yes. 566 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:29,800 Going on to become an Officer of the Guards 567 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:33,560 at both St James's Palace and Windsor Castle. 568 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,360 It doesn't quite fit the profile of a revolutionary. 569 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,800 It's the assumption everyone has made. 570 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:44,600 Because I dare offer an opinion, I must be trying to burn the temple down. 571 00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:48,680 On the contrary, I'm trying to make sure it survives. 572 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,160 Well, those of us in the temple are very much looking forward 573 00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:55,960 to hearing what it is we must do in order to survive. 574 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:57,760 Shall we begin? 575 00:41:58,160 --> 00:41:59,160 [ALTRINCHAM LAUGHS] 576 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:05,440 Is my voice all right? You can understand me? 577 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,840 - [STUTTERS] Yes. - Not too strangled? 578 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,280 Not too much a pain in the neck? 579 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:13,680 - No. - Good. 580 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,840 So, what is it that you'd have me change? 581 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,600 It's not so much what I'd have you change, 582 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,960 just an acknowledgment that it has changed. 583 00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,040 - What? - Everything. 584 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:34,200 And to prepare yourself for the fact we now live in a time where... 585 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:36,640 people like me... 586 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:39,760 - Can say exactly what they think. - Yes. 587 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,640 - In any way they want. - Yes. 588 00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:46,960 And, remind me, why is that, exactly? 589 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,760 Because the age of deference is over. 590 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:54,920 And what is left without deference? 591 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:57,320 Anarchy? 592 00:42:57,880 --> 00:42:58,720 Equality. 593 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,040 How can it be equality when I cannot return the fire? 594 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:03,440 You can. 595 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,360 But I struggle to think of a moment in history where it has worked 596 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:10,520 to a monarch's advantage to return fire on their own people. 597 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:14,080 But you have managed to think of how this monarch 598 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,520 might do something to her advantage. 599 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:17,440 I have. 600 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:21,040 And that same monarch is sitting before, forgive me... 601 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:27,160 a failed politician and an unrecognized journalist... 602 00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:30,960 and taking his advice on how to do her job. 603 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,800 The situation is as baffling to me as it is to you, Your Majesty. 604 00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:53,640 - Ah. You've got a list. - I do. 605 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:58,760 As you might know from my article, I made a series of observations, 606 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:01,387 recommendations of things to change, but 607 00:44:01,412 --> 00:44:03,064 for the purposes of this meeting, 608 00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:07,160 I chose to limit those recommendations to, um, six. 609 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:09,200 Six? 610 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:13,760 Three things to start and three things to stop. 611 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:18,120 - Well, let's start with the "stops." - Very well. 612 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:23,240 Ah, yes. Putting an end to the debutantes' ball. 613 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:29,080 The idea that young women of a certain class are presented to the sovereign, 614 00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:31,960 and women who are not of that class are not presented to the sovereign 615 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:33,680 and somehow not acceptable. 616 00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:37,040 This is the sort of inequity that should have died out 617 00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:40,880 with our grandparents' generation, certainly after the war. 618 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:46,406 Next. 619 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:49,967 Uh... 620 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:56,120 Allow divorced people to move more freely in royal circles. 621 00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:58,160 Why? 622 00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:01,400 The sovereign is head of the Church of England, 623 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,160 and the Church does not recognize divorced persons. 624 00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:07,520 It's unkind. Discriminatory. 625 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,560 Quite possibly unlawful. 626 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:13,120 Next. 627 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:15,360 Uh... 628 00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:20,240 I would recommend getting rid of an entire generation of courtier. 629 00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:23,200 The old school, stuck in the past. 630 00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:27,480 Ostriches with their heads buried in the sand. 631 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:31,040 They're stopping the palace evolve in keeping with the rest of the world. 632 00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:36,080 Those "ostriches" provide an indispensable function of monarchy: 633 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:38,040 the preservation of tradition. 634 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,080 You asked for my recommendations, ma'am. 635 00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:46,720 I'm respectfully passing them on. 636 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:52,720 What would you have me start? 637 00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:55,880 Open up, ma'am. 638 00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:58,400 Lower the drawbridge. 639 00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:00,840 Let people get to know you. 640 00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:02,600 I don't wish to be known. 641 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:06,920 Televise the Christmas speech. 642 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:11,160 Become more transparent, accessible. 643 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:15,800 - And finally... - Oh, finally. 644 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:17,920 ...spend time with normal people. 645 00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:20,920 Not just courtiers or the great and the good, 646 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:23,560 but real people, average people. 647 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:26,080 Working people. 648 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:28,600 Open the doors. 649 00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:32,720 Make it more inclusive and egalitarian. 650 00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:37,720 Let normal people get to know you, too. 651 00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:52,520 Would you mind stepping out into the corridor for a moment? 652 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:54,880 [STUTTERS] Not at all. 653 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:04,600 And would you ask my private secretary to come in? 654 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:06,600 Of course. 655 00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:14,240 Your Majesty. 656 00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:25,880 [DOOR CLOSES] 657 00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:28,960 [ALTRINCHAM] Colonel Charteris? 658 00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:38,760 [CHARTERIS] Your Majesty. 659 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:40,720 [DOOR CLOSES] 660 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:51,320 [DOOR OPENS] 661 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:55,840 Lord Altrincham. Please. 662 00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:07,800 [DOOR CLOSES] 663 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:12,240 [ALTRINCHAM] When I went back into the room, she was gone. 664 00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:15,960 Vanished into thin air. 665 00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:17,160 Do sit down. 666 00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:20,240 [ALTRINCHAM] Charteris then went on to tell me that 667 00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:23,080 no one can ever know that I met the Queen, 668 00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:26,960 and that should I ever claim that I did, the palace would robustly deny it. 669 00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:30,920 They will, however, concede that I had an appointment 670 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,400 with Her Majesty's assistant private secretary, 671 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:39,523 and that concessions might be made to one or two of my recommendations. 672 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:42,040 May I ask which ones? 673 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:52,240 Let's get these lights in. Quickly. Easy with that camera. 674 00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:53,160 [MAN] Right-o. 675 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:55,140 [PRODUCER] This one next. 676 00:48:55,165 --> 00:48:58,064 Well done. Now, let's have the rest of the cables. 677 00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:08,880 [SIGHS] 678 00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:10,200 I feel like an actress. 679 00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:12,920 A common little showgirl. 680 00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:14,240 Don't be silly. 681 00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:17,360 In what way am I different? 682 00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:23,160 Memorizing lines and remembering angles, wearing makeup? 683 00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,360 Well, you're the Queen of the United Kingdom for one thing. 684 00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:28,360 [ELIZABETH] Yes, who's memorizing lines 685 00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:30,440 and remembering angles and wearing makeup. 686 00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:35,840 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 687 00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:42,120 [PRODUCER] Your Majesty. 688 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:44,120 Right. 689 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:48,400 - Where do you want me? - This way, please, ma'am. 690 00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:23,400 [PRODUCER] Ma'am. 691 00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:57,840 [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE] 692 00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:07,400 [FLOOR MANAGER] Five, four, three... 693 00:51:11,240 --> 00:51:12,400 Happy Christmas. 694 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:18,920 Twenty-five years ago, my grandfather broadcast 695 00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,080 the first of these Christmas messages. 696 00:51:23,240 --> 00:51:25,520 Today is another landmark, 697 00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:27,853 because television has made it possible 698 00:51:27,878 --> 00:51:30,344 for many of you to see me in your homes 699 00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:32,080 on Christmas Day. 700 00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:37,120 My own family often gather round to watch the television, 701 00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:41,400 as they are at this moment, and that is how I think of you all now. 702 00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:46,600 I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message 703 00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:48,720 more personal and direct. 704 00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:53,547 It is inevitable 705 00:51:53,572 --> 00:51:57,464 that I should seem a rather remote figure to many of you, 706 00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:01,040 a successor to the kings and queens of history, 707 00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:06,520 someone whose face may be familiar in newspapers and films 708 00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:09,680 but who never really touches your personal lives. 709 00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:14,040 But now, at least for a few minutes, 710 00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:18,320 I welcome you into the peace of my own home. 711 00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:26,160 That it is possible for some of you to see me today 712 00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:30,360 is just another example of the speed at which things are changing 713 00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:32,080 all around us. 714 00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:40,760 I would like to read a few lines from Pilgrim's Progress. 715 00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:51,880 '"And though, with great difficulty, I am got hither, 716 00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:55,880 yet now I do repent me of all the trouble I have been at 717 00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:57,600 to arrive where I am. 718 00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:03,440 My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage 719 00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:08,320 and my courage and skill to him that can get it. 720 00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:13,680 My marks and scars I carry with me 721 00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:19,480 to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles 722 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:21,800 who now will be my rewarder." 723 00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:33,600 I hope that 1958 may bring you God's blessings 724 00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:35,480 and all the things that you long for. 725 00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:42,880 And so I wish you all, young and old, wherever you may be, 726 00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:46,840 all the fun and enjoyment and peace 727 00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:49,240 of a very happy Christmas. 728 00:53:51,360 --> 00:53:52,640 [PRODUCER] And we're off air. 729 00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:07,800 Congratulations, ma'am. 730 00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:21,520 [CHATTERING] 731 00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:49,080 - [MARGARET] Ah, hello. - My, my. 732 00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,160 You look pretty. I like the dress. 733 00:54:53,240 --> 00:54:55,000 - Thank you. - And the hair. 734 00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:56,400 - Very unregimental. - Mm, yes. 735 00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:58,287 Tony knew the top person, of course. 736 00:54:58,312 --> 00:55:00,304 The only stylist who could be trusted. 737 00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:03,000 Does he have a name, this stylist? 738 00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:06,160 I want to say Victor Gabon, but that's not quite right. 739 00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:07,160 Um... 740 00:55:08,240 --> 00:55:09,080 Vidal Baboon? 741 00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:10,760 - Vidal Baboon? - Yes, I think. 742 00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:13,880 Well, anyway, he talked endlessly about hair as a geometric art form. 743 00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:15,480 - It looks jolly pretty. - Thank you. 744 00:55:15,505 --> 00:55:17,453 If you happen to have a number for this Baboon, 745 00:55:17,478 --> 00:55:19,289 I might pass it on to my wife. 746 00:55:20,440 --> 00:55:22,880 Is that appropriate, by the way, that a red-blooded man 747 00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:24,720 should know the correct hairdresser for a woman? 748 00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:27,400 There's almost nothing that's appropriate about Tony, 749 00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:30,360 but he's made it his mission in life to improve me. 750 00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:31,320 [PHILIP] Mm. 751 00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:34,800 - Your very own little Altrincham. - Yes. 752 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:36,760 Just rather better in bed, I suspect. 753 00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:42,880 - Oh, dear God. - Look at them. 754 00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:44,640 [CHATTERING] 755 00:55:47,720 --> 00:55:49,640 - There it is. - [MAN] Thank you very much. 756 00:55:52,240 --> 00:55:53,480 Who do you suppose that is? 757 00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:56,760 It could be Mr. David Smith, a car dealer. 758 00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,520 - [ELIZABETH] And that? - [QUEEN MOTHER] I believe... 759 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:06,640 that is Harry "The Hammer" Jones. 760 00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:09,480 A boxer from the Old Kent Road. 761 00:56:12,560 --> 00:56:15,920 Rounding up the numbers, we have a local restaurateur, 762 00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:17,320 a bus driver, 763 00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:19,240 a bank clerk... 764 00:56:20,240 --> 00:56:22,120 and a woman policeman. 765 00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:25,640 All to open things up. 766 00:56:25,720 --> 00:56:26,560 Yes. 767 00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:29,760 Bring us more in line with the real world. Democratize us. 768 00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:33,240 And so it goes. 769 00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:38,800 The stings and bites we suffer as it slips away. 770 00:56:40,080 --> 00:56:42,560 Bit by bit, piece by piece. 771 00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:49,680 Our authority, our absolutism, our divine rights. 772 00:56:50,600 --> 00:56:52,520 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] 773 00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:54,160 [FOOTMAN CLEARS THROAT] Ma'am? 774 00:56:57,800 --> 00:57:00,000 [QUEEN MOTHER] The history of the monarchy in this country 775 00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:03,160 is a one-way street of humiliation, sacrifices and concessions 776 00:57:03,240 --> 00:57:04,640 in order to survive. 777 00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:08,400 First, the barons came for us, then the merchants, now the journalists. 778 00:57:08,425 --> 00:57:10,500 Small wonder we make such a fuss about curtsies, 779 00:57:10,525 --> 00:57:12,129 protocol and precedent. 780 00:57:12,240 --> 00:57:13,520 It's all we have left. 781 00:57:13,600 --> 00:57:18,400 The last scraps of armor as we go from ruling to reigning to... 782 00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:22,280 - To what? - To being nothing at all. 783 00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:27,360 Marionettes. 784 00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:36,720 - Right, gloves on. - Ah. 785 00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:43,000 I told the master of the household to rotate the guests between courses, 786 00:57:43,080 --> 00:57:46,560 so if you get a dud, don't worry, it'll be 15 minutes at worst. 787 00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:53,080 [QUEEN MOTHER SIGHS] 788 00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:08,800 Mr. and Mrs. David Smith. 789 00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:10,920 - Ah, David. Lovely to meet you. - Ma'am. 790 00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:12,720 - Hello. - Very nice to meet you. 791 00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:14,800 - Mr. and Mrs. Patel. - [ELIZABETH] Hello there. 792 00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:16,240 Thank you for coming. 793 00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:17,648 Mr. Harry "The Hammer." 794 00:58:17,673 --> 00:58:19,344 [ELIZABETH] I've heard so much about you. 795 00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:21,840 - Thank you for coming. - You look absolutely beautiful. 796 00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:22,920 Mr. Martin Jones. 797 00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:26,600 [SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 798 00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:28,720 - Sergeant Ethel Danmyer. - Ah, hello there. 799 00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:31,240 - Such a pleasure to have you here. - [CORGIS BARKING] 800 00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:34,080 Oh, here they come, dog-dogs. There they go. [LAUGHS] 801 00:58:41,510 --> 00:58:49,510 Synced and corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com