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It's over, Mother Superior.
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I brought the accounts so you can see.
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- The money has run out.
- But we need medicine.
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We need beds.
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We need food.
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I can't turn people away.
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In the past, when funds have run low,
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you have managed
to make personal contributions.
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I have already sold everything.
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Then we have no choice.
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The Order must close.
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And three,
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two...
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Tonight on Meet the Press,
we have a very special guest indeed.
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His Royal Highness Prince Philip,
the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Here in Washington as part of an 18-day
tour of Canada and the United States.
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- Welcome, sir.
- Thank you. Delighted to be here.
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Now, so many questions to ask,
so little time.
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But one thing we'd like
to clear up right away,
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for all of us ignorant Americans
who just don't understand.
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How come you're not king?
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Because when a king of England marries,
his wife, whoever she is,
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automatically becomes queen, correct?
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Uh, yes, correct.
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So when the queen married you,
what happened?
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As a fellow male, I am aggrieved.
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Yes, and you're right to be.
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- Hmm.
- No, it's, uh, it's monstrously unjust.
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And to continue this theme of injustice,
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a recent news dispatch from London
begins this way.
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"Queen Elizabeth has not had
a pay raise in over 15 years."
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True.
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The article then goes on
about the significant challenge
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the royal family faces in surviving
on the existing allowance.
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Is this creating
an awkward situation, sir?
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Very. We go into the red,
I think, next year.
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Which, uh, is not bad housekeeping,
if you come to think of it.
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We've kept the whole thing going
on a budget,
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which was based on the costs of
over 15 years ago,
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when the queen acceded to the throne.
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So in order to afford everything...
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Well, very considerable corners
have had to be cut,
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and it is beginning to have its effect.
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Now, if nothing happens,
we shall either have to, um...
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I mean, I don't know.
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We, uh, may have to move into
smaller premises, who knows?
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- Smaller palaces?
- Something like that.
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We've already embarked
on a general belt-tightening,
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which has not made life easy.
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I mean, for instance, we had a small yacht,
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which we have had to sell.
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Really?
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I shall probably have
to give up polo fairly soon
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and things like that.
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Thank you.
We'll be back with Meet the Press...
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International call, please. London, England.
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01946 0200.
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- Hello, Ken here.
- Ken, it's John Armstrong.
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I'm in New York on the Muhammad Ali story,
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and I've just seen the Duke of Edinburgh
give an interview on television here.
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Give me 600 words and hold the front page.
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- It's yours.
- You won't regret it.
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Present arms!
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I had intended to start our agenda
with the situation in Eastern Nigeria,
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but given the article in today's Guardian
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about His Royal Highness
the Duke of Edinburgh...
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Yes, perhaps we ought to start with that.
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What was the reaction in Cabinet?
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Positive, on the whole.
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In view of the gloomy economic forecast,
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might I suggest that the government
follows the advice of John Armstrong,
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writing in today's Guardian,
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and sells off an outdated and
redundant piece of state infrastructure,
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the royal family.
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On the whole?
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Well, of course, the usual suspects
were jumping up and down.
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Benn, Crossman, Castle.
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You'd expect that.
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Perhaps a whip-round,
and buy the prince a new pony?
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In the current economic climate,
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with honest working families up and down
the country fighting to survive,
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I find a plea of poverty
from a jumped-up freeloader like him
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not just inappropriate,
but downright offensive.
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Hear, hear!
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I'm assuming you know what that family
costs the British taxpayer each year.
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Two and a half million.
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Now, when you compare that
to the average family...
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I do know that. £1607.
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Per year. The royal family costs
more than four times that per day.
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- And now they're asking for more! More!
- Outrageous!
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Come on, Barbara,
it's not cheap playing polo.
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How dare they? When half...
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It was the reaction
from the rest of them that concerned me.
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The fence-sitters.
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Before the article,
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I would have said there were
six hardliners in Cabinet
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in favour of cutting the Civil List,
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against 14 whom we might call moderates.
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Now the figures are more like 10 to 10.
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- That's a significant and worrying swing.
- And your own position?
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Mine, ma'am?
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Yes, prime minister, yours.
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You hold the casting vote.
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Well, I've always been
an ardent supporter of the monarchy,
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as the record shows.
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But when it comes to a plea of poverty
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from the husband
of the richest woman in the world,
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and an appeal to the British taxpayer
for a pay rise at a time like this,
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even I find myself...
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conflicted.
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I mean, what does he want us to do?
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Live in a semi-detached?
Travel everywhere on the omnibus?
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Actually, he did mention travel.
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That the royal yacht is funded by the navy,
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our aeroplanes by the air force,
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and that Margaret's recent holiday
in America
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cost the Exchequer £30,000.
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For which, I am told,
she did two days' actual work.
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Margaret's holiday not only secured
a multi-million-pound bailout,
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but she also got rave reviews
in every newspaper in the world.
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Which is a darn sight
more than Mr Wilson and his...
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economically incompetent socialist chums
have achieved.
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Leave it with me.
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What does that mean?
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It means this needs a response.
A robust response.
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- Philip...
- You deserve to be paid properly.
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We deserve to be paid properly.
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Well, I'm not going to rest until we are.
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It's a genuine Ceylon sapphire,
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set in diamonds.
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No genuine sapphire is that size.
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If even a fraction of that were real,
it would be...
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Test it.
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When you come up with an honest price,
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I will consider selling it.
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You can find me at the
Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary.
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10 Pefkon Street, Neo Iraklio.
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Unbelievable!
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The jewellery gangs these days!
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The lengths they go to!
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- Did you arrest her?
- Who?
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The fake nun.
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There's nothing fake about her, you idiot.
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She's a real nun. And a real princess.
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What?
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Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark
was born in Windsor Castle.
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Her great-uncle was the tsar of Russia,
her great-grandmother was Queen Victoria,
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and her son is married
to the queen of England.
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Did you come up with a price yet, sweetie?
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Uh, sweetie, are you there?
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Can you hear me?
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Sweetie?
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Sweetie?
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Hello, sweetie?
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Your Royal Highness.
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Hello, sweetie? Can you hear me?
Do pick up.
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Hello?
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- Your Royal Highness.
- Hello? Sweetie?
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- Your Majesty.
- Yes.
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- His Royal Highness the Duke of...
- Not me, I'm afraid.
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I'm "darling" or "cabbage."
"Sweetie" is someone else.
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Ah, you see? It works.
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- You asked to see me.
- Yes.
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So...
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- I've spoken to Colonel Adeane.
- Yes.
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- And Martin Charteris.
- Yes.
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- And William Heseltine.
- Oh.
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A collection of the people
you most hate in life.
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- Hmm.
- Well, we all got together.
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In a reptile cage? At a zoo?
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No. It was decided that as part
of a new public-relations initiative,
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- you're going to be launched.
- What?
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Well, not like a rocket.
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- Well, perhaps a bit like a rocket.
- Ah...
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And to that end,
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I'd like you to participate,
alongside the whole family,
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in a landmark film
to be shown on television.
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Mm-hm?
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I've told you the story, haven't I?
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That when I was a baby,
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- Yes.
- we had to flee Greece.
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- Yes, in a lemon crate.
- An orange crate.
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And that was because the people had
taken against us as the royal family.
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From that moment on,
we were displaced. In exile.
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I was... I was without a proper home,
without a family.
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And I... I don't want that for us.
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I want people to like us,
to feel that they know us.
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Hmm.
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I know you value your privacy,
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but I think there's a lot about you
that they would like,
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if they got a chance.
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The fact that, generally,
you're good value for money.
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Like a pair of long-lasting boots?
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Is there anything one loves more in life
than a pair of long-lasting boots?
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- It all sounds hideous.
- Yes.
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I thought that's what you'd say.
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But if you and the other reptiles insist...
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I'm afraid we do.
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A film?
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Yes. It's a...
It's a documentary film.
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- Tony, do you want to...?
- It means, um, no acting.
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No artifice. Just the real thing.
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Like one of those wildlife films.
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- Oh, I like those.
- Mm.
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Yes, except this time,
we are the endangered species.
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Yes, exactly. It will follow
all of us in our daily lives
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to prove to everyone out there
what we in here already know.
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- What's that?
- Well, how hard we all work.
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And what good value we represent.
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How much we deserve the taxpayers' money.
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So we'll all have to get used
to cameras being here all the time?
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Not all the time. They will follow us
on and off over the next few months.
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So all of you on best behaviour.
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It's jolly powerful, that light, isn't it?
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Back it up, would you, Gary?
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- I'm sorry, ma'am.
- Yes, thank you.
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Ronald Lee.
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David Salt.
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- Terry Edwards.
- Your Majesty.
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Sally Phipps.
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It must all seem very glamorous.
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The British Olympic team for lunch,
the American president for dinner.
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But it's a lot of work,
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a lot of preparation and a lot of expense.
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In terms of what it actually achieves,
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I like to think that it, we, are...
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worth every penny.
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Gents, over here.
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Go on.
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- Good afternoon, prime minister.
- Afternoon.
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I was half-expecting
cameras here to greet me.
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Lights, microphones...
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Oh, you've heard?
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Yes.
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I'm afraid my husband is quite taken
by the idea of this documentary.
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And while I might not
understand television,
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I do understand marriage,
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and when it is important
to let someone shine.
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Now, we have a lot to catch up on,
not least a military coup in Athens.
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Yes, um, where, I believe,
your mother-in-law's still living.
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According to the Foreign Office,
it's possible she's in some danger.
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This is a public announcement.
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The government has fallen,
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and the military has assumed control
of the city and the country.
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All foreign nationals
must leave immediately.
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...a shot of the table and...
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And I'll sort of just chat
about preparations.
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We'll capture some of your conversations
with the staff.
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How long will that take?
250
00:19:20,202 --> 00:19:22,037
We should be ready any second.
251
00:19:25,666 --> 00:19:27,501
Is that the most recent shot list?
252
00:19:27,918 --> 00:19:30,003
- Carry on.
- Yes, sir.
253
00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:35,842
Hello, you.
254
00:19:36,885 --> 00:19:38,845
I spoke to the prime minister today.
255
00:19:38,929 --> 00:19:42,432
As you know, Athens is in the throes
of a military coup.
256
00:19:43,058 --> 00:19:44,184
Yes.
257
00:19:44,267 --> 00:19:47,229
The Foreign Office view
is that we should send a plane
258
00:19:47,312 --> 00:19:49,064
to bring your mother to England
259
00:19:49,147 --> 00:19:50,941
- to live here with us.
- Here?
260
00:19:51,024 --> 00:19:54,236
Yes, here. I'm sure you'll agree
there's room at the inn.
261
00:19:54,319 --> 00:19:56,113
- When?
- As soon as possible.
262
00:19:56,196 --> 00:19:57,572
- Tomorrow?
- We can't do that.
263
00:19:57,948 --> 00:19:59,508
- Why not?
- In case you hadn't noticed,
264
00:19:59,574 --> 00:20:02,327
we have cameras
crawling all over the place.
265
00:20:02,411 --> 00:20:04,079
As it happens, I had noticed.
266
00:20:04,162 --> 00:20:07,749
Well, we can't afford to have
my mother jeopardise this film.
267
00:20:07,833 --> 00:20:09,960
- You know what she's like.
- A little eccentric, yes.
268
00:20:10,043 --> 00:20:11,169
No, more than that.
269
00:20:11,253 --> 00:20:15,006
She's not of our world,
nor, frankly, suited to it. She's...
270
00:20:16,341 --> 00:20:20,470
She's been in institutions
most of her adult life. She's not...
271
00:20:21,346 --> 00:20:24,808
She's not well.
And with this film, appearances are vital.
272
00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:28,812
We need to be careful, very careful.
The answer is no.
273
00:20:34,317 --> 00:20:35,527
Are you ready?
274
00:20:37,571 --> 00:20:39,114
Ahem. Come on.
275
00:20:39,197 --> 00:20:41,158
- Camera ready.
- Hurry up.
276
00:20:41,241 --> 00:20:44,119
Of course she should come. She's 82.
277
00:20:44,453 --> 00:20:46,246
And if being mother
to the Duke of Edinburgh,
278
00:20:46,329 --> 00:20:49,040
mother-in-law to the queen,
isn't qualification enough,
279
00:20:49,124 --> 00:20:52,043
the fact that she's grandmother
to our future king is.
280
00:20:52,127 --> 00:20:53,503
Bring her over.
281
00:20:53,587 --> 00:20:56,798
Put her in a room next to Princess Anne.
She can keep an eye on her.
282
00:20:57,048 --> 00:20:58,341
Yes, ma'am.
283
00:21:21,364 --> 00:21:27,162
Goodbye, my dear family.
284
00:21:30,540 --> 00:21:36,963
Goodbye, my dear sisters.
285
00:21:40,926 --> 00:21:47,307
May the Lord bless you.
286
00:21:48,892 --> 00:21:53,396
May the Lord protect you.
287
00:23:08,054 --> 00:23:09,431
Thank you, dear.
288
00:23:19,983 --> 00:23:21,318
Your Royal Highness.
289
00:23:23,278 --> 00:23:24,404
Thank you.
290
00:23:25,780 --> 00:23:27,073
Please, this way.
291
00:23:50,513 --> 00:23:52,140
Your Majesty.
292
00:23:52,515 --> 00:23:55,518
We're so happy to have you here with us,
safe and sound.
293
00:23:55,977 --> 00:23:57,896
You're very kind.
294
00:23:58,229 --> 00:23:59,439
Too kind.
295
00:24:06,571 --> 00:24:07,739
Bubbikins?
296
00:24:08,406 --> 00:24:11,618
I'm afraid your dear son
is indisposed at the moment.
297
00:24:12,035 --> 00:24:14,079
We're in the middle of having a film made.
298
00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:16,830
What?
299
00:24:17,540 --> 00:24:20,085
It doesn't matter.
He'll come and visit you soon.
300
00:24:20,168 --> 00:24:22,648
You must be tired. We'll find someone
to take you to your room.
301
00:24:23,463 --> 00:24:24,839
Thank you. Thank you.
302
00:24:37,435 --> 00:24:39,729
- Bubbikins?
- Yes.
303
00:25:11,761 --> 00:25:14,014
Your room, Your Royal Highness.
304
00:25:15,306 --> 00:25:16,599
Oh!
305
00:25:16,683 --> 00:25:17,934
It's lovely.
306
00:25:24,024 --> 00:25:27,277
Your Royal Highness, just to say
that Princess Alice has arrived.
307
00:25:30,613 --> 00:25:31,906
Thank you, Martin.
308
00:26:45,105 --> 00:26:47,524
Mama, please! Please!
309
00:26:49,275 --> 00:26:50,275
Mama!
310
00:27:31,484 --> 00:27:33,653
Sir, they're ready for you.
311
00:27:43,454 --> 00:27:46,249
Early morning, semi-detached,
Highgate, London.
312
00:27:46,332 --> 00:27:50,003
- Industrial consultant Rex...
- They're rolling, dear.
313
00:27:50,086 --> 00:27:52,797
We are being filmed watching television.
314
00:27:53,506 --> 00:27:55,758
That people might watch us
315
00:27:56,259 --> 00:28:00,013
watching television
on their own television sets at home.
316
00:28:01,306 --> 00:28:04,309
This really is plumbing new depths
of banality.
317
00:28:06,728 --> 00:28:09,105
They're simple to operate,
and experts predict
318
00:28:09,189 --> 00:28:10,648
that in 20 years' time,
319
00:28:10,732 --> 00:28:13,985
all new houses will be built
with special computer points
320
00:28:14,068 --> 00:28:16,112
and that terminals
will be cheaper to rent
321
00:28:16,196 --> 00:28:17,530
than today's telephones.
322
00:28:18,156 --> 00:28:21,075
- What do we do now?
- Do you expect us to say something?
323
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,287
- Yes.
- Well, what?
324
00:28:24,370 --> 00:28:26,122
Did someone prepare something?
325
00:28:26,539 --> 00:28:27,999
I think the general idea
326
00:28:28,082 --> 00:28:30,960
is it be unscripted
to reflect a normal evening.
327
00:28:31,628 --> 00:28:33,922
This is nothing like a normal evening.
328
00:28:34,297 --> 00:28:35,632
If it was a normal evening,
329
00:28:35,715 --> 00:28:41,679
we'd all be on our own,
in sad isolation, in individual palaces.
330
00:28:41,763 --> 00:28:43,556
It wouldn't be crowded like this.
331
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,310
This is like
some kind of nightmare Christmas.
332
00:28:47,393 --> 00:28:49,033
Rex Malik sees a future world
333
00:28:49,062 --> 00:28:51,481
where children could be
virtually educated by computer,
334
00:28:51,564 --> 00:28:53,608
where every home
will have its own terminal
335
00:28:53,691 --> 00:28:54,931
plugged into a central brain...
336
00:28:54,984 --> 00:28:57,987
Uh, perhaps, Your Majesties,
Your Royal Highnesses,
337
00:28:58,071 --> 00:29:01,407
perhaps you might comment
on what's on the television.
338
00:29:02,617 --> 00:29:07,205
That'd be easier if there was something
remotely amusing to watch.
339
00:29:07,288 --> 00:29:09,165
I agree. This is deathly.
340
00:29:09,249 --> 00:29:10,875
Things might improve with a drink.
341
00:29:10,959 --> 00:29:12,543
Everything improves with a drink.
342
00:29:12,627 --> 00:29:16,130
- Not everything.
- Oh. Don't be such a prig.
343
00:29:16,214 --> 00:29:17,840
Colin.
344
00:29:17,924 --> 00:29:20,551
- And cut.
- Oh, thank God for that.
345
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:41,489
Hello?
346
00:29:46,953 --> 00:29:48,037
Hello?
347
00:30:08,766 --> 00:30:10,476
Hello, dear.
348
00:30:11,602 --> 00:30:15,648
- Do you mind?
- No, no, not at all.
349
00:30:15,732 --> 00:30:19,068
There wasn't a light to be had
anywhere in the palace.
350
00:30:22,030 --> 00:30:23,030
Who's that?
351
00:30:23,281 --> 00:30:27,410
The Duke of Edinburgh's mother,
Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark.
352
00:30:50,725 --> 00:30:51,809
For God's sake.
353
00:30:51,893 --> 00:30:53,353
Somebody stop that.
354
00:30:55,188 --> 00:30:57,440
Now! Damn it!
355
00:31:02,570 --> 00:31:04,280
Tell us about your convent.
356
00:31:05,031 --> 00:31:11,329
Yes, it's called
the Sisterhood of Martha and Mary,
357
00:31:11,412 --> 00:31:14,874
and it's at 10 Pefkon Street in Athens.
358
00:31:17,126 --> 00:31:20,088
Tell us more about Greece.
Is Greece in trouble today?
359
00:31:20,171 --> 00:31:22,006
Is that what brought you to this...
360
00:31:22,590 --> 00:31:23,590
Stop.
361
00:31:45,238 --> 00:31:46,447
It's a nightmare.
362
00:31:46,823 --> 00:31:48,157
We have to get her out of here.
363
00:31:48,241 --> 00:31:50,034
- Somewhere no one will see her.
- What?
364
00:31:50,118 --> 00:31:52,161
We are in the middle of filming
a documentary,
365
00:31:52,245 --> 00:31:54,789
which is critical
as a public-relations exercise.
366
00:31:54,872 --> 00:31:57,500
On this occasion, the filmmakers
agreed to give up the footage.
367
00:31:57,583 --> 00:32:00,336
Next time, they might not be so kind.
368
00:32:00,420 --> 00:32:04,632
Her presence at the palace
threatens to derail the entire thing.
369
00:32:04,715 --> 00:32:07,009
- Why are you so angry with her?
- I'm not angry.
370
00:32:07,093 --> 00:32:08,386
Yes, you are. You're furious.
371
00:32:09,429 --> 00:32:12,056
Have you even been to see her yet
since she arrived?
372
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,311
- You haven't.
- Let me give you some advice.
373
00:32:17,645 --> 00:32:19,981
Stop patronizing me!
374
00:32:20,231 --> 00:32:24,318
Stop interfering and stop meddling.
Just stop. You know nothing.
375
00:32:24,861 --> 00:32:26,320
I know that she's your mother.
376
00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:35,329
- Technically, yes.
- What is that supposed to mean?
377
00:32:36,456 --> 00:32:38,416
It means she gave birth to me.
378
00:32:40,251 --> 00:32:41,752
She was never a mother.
379
00:32:43,171 --> 00:32:44,171
Philip.
380
00:32:47,175 --> 00:32:48,217
Philip!
381
00:33:06,986 --> 00:33:10,323
Rosa came running to me
in the middle of the night and said:
382
00:33:10,406 --> 00:33:13,493
"We have to get more buckets!
We have to get more buckets!"
383
00:33:13,576 --> 00:33:16,245
It was like listening
to an orchestra overnight.
384
00:33:16,329 --> 00:33:18,206
Ping, pong, ping...
385
00:33:19,457 --> 00:33:21,250
It was really quite funny,
386
00:33:21,334 --> 00:33:24,670
except, of course,
we were all soaking wet and jolly cold.
387
00:33:24,754 --> 00:33:26,297
Ah, two of you.
388
00:33:30,218 --> 00:33:32,553
- Your Majesty.
- Oh.
389
00:33:32,637 --> 00:33:36,933
Yaya's been telling me the most
incredible stories about her life.
390
00:33:37,016 --> 00:33:38,017
Has she?
391
00:33:38,267 --> 00:33:41,062
I just came to make sure
you had everything you need. Please.
392
00:33:41,145 --> 00:33:44,315
Oh, yes. I have more than everything.
393
00:33:44,398 --> 00:33:46,025
But her convent doesn't.
394
00:33:46,108 --> 00:33:48,819
- Darling, shush.
- It needs £200 for the roof.
395
00:33:48,903 --> 00:33:51,447
- Really?
- It's true.
396
00:33:51,531 --> 00:33:55,576
And £300 for new medicine and beds.
397
00:33:55,660 --> 00:33:59,163
So we're busy writing to patrons
and benefactors, asking for money.
398
00:33:59,664 --> 00:34:01,749
The palace writing paper...
399
00:34:02,542 --> 00:34:04,168
we think it could help.
400
00:34:04,544 --> 00:34:07,797
And if there's anything here
we might consider selling.
401
00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:09,924
Such as?
402
00:34:11,092 --> 00:34:12,092
A painting.
403
00:34:12,802 --> 00:34:13,970
A painting?
404
00:34:16,222 --> 00:34:17,222
Or a clock.
405
00:34:18,558 --> 00:34:20,726
There are so many clocks everywhere.
406
00:34:21,227 --> 00:34:24,063
You wouldn't miss one or two, surely?
407
00:34:24,146 --> 00:34:28,317
It's not quite so simple.
Some of them aren't ours to sell.
408
00:34:29,569 --> 00:34:32,947
But maybe your darling son
will be good enough to make a donation.
409
00:34:33,739 --> 00:34:34,824
Oh.
410
00:34:35,825 --> 00:34:37,201
Bubbikins.
411
00:34:40,079 --> 00:34:41,079
Yes, Bubbikins.
412
00:34:42,248 --> 00:34:45,376
In the meantime,
we'll get you some more cigarettes,
413
00:34:45,459 --> 00:34:50,548
and I promise we'll have a big jumble sale
of all the palace valuables on our return.
414
00:34:52,091 --> 00:34:53,175
Please.
415
00:34:58,139 --> 00:34:59,140
What?
416
00:35:04,312 --> 00:35:06,272
- Morning, Bridget.
- Morning, John.
417
00:35:06,814 --> 00:35:10,318
- Excited to watch tonight?
- I couldn't be more excited.
418
00:35:14,864 --> 00:35:16,616
- Morning, Bridget.
- Good morning.
419
00:35:25,583 --> 00:35:28,419
Right. Turn it on.
420
00:35:34,258 --> 00:35:35,343
Buckingham Palace,
421
00:35:35,426 --> 00:35:38,721
known around the world
as the home of Queen Elizabeth II.
422
00:35:39,555 --> 00:35:41,974
- Until now, an impenetrable fortress,
ELIZABETH: Here we go.
423
00:35:42,058 --> 00:35:44,477
its inner workings hidden from view.
424
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,812
That is all about to change.
425
00:35:47,271 --> 00:35:50,149
We have been granted
a rare peek behind the curtains
426
00:35:50,232 --> 00:35:53,152
to the home
of the most important family in Britain.
427
00:35:54,487 --> 00:35:55,780
As the day begins...
428
00:35:56,155 --> 00:35:58,199
Oh, no, my hair looks frightful.
429
00:35:58,282 --> 00:36:01,202
How many pounds do they say
the camera adds, dear?
430
00:36:01,285 --> 00:36:03,371
- Ha-ha-ha.
- Shush.
431
00:36:03,454 --> 00:36:05,414
- But like many of her subjects,
- Turn it up.
432
00:36:05,498 --> 00:36:08,209
...the queen has an office job,
and with five departments to manage,
433
00:36:08,292 --> 00:36:10,628
she relies heavily
on her private secretaries.
434
00:36:10,711 --> 00:36:11,796
Thank you.
435
00:36:12,630 --> 00:36:14,173
And these are the...
436
00:36:15,007 --> 00:36:16,467
recommendations for the...
437
00:36:16,550 --> 00:36:20,388
These men manage all the
queen's engagements and responsibilities,
438
00:36:20,471 --> 00:36:23,516
and nothing goes on in the palace
without their knowledge.
439
00:36:24,225 --> 00:36:27,353
As the day goes on,
it brings with it more royal duties.
440
00:36:27,436 --> 00:36:29,188
I hereby list the following titles...
441
00:36:29,271 --> 00:36:32,108
First of all,
a meeting of the Privy Council.
442
00:36:32,942 --> 00:36:36,237
Now, you might be wondering
why no one is sitting down.
443
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,781
Well, no one quite knows the answer.
444
00:36:38,864 --> 00:36:41,075
But it certainly helps to keep things brief.
445
00:36:41,575 --> 00:36:43,828
I wonder what's more dull.
446
00:36:44,286 --> 00:36:46,006
Having to sit through one of those meetings
447
00:36:46,038 --> 00:36:47,478
or having to watch it on television.
448
00:36:47,540 --> 00:36:50,292
But it's not only the queen
who has royal duties.
449
00:36:50,376 --> 00:36:53,379
The queen mother, too,
carries out many public engagements.
450
00:36:53,462 --> 00:36:55,673
Well, they captured your best side,
at least.
451
00:36:55,756 --> 00:36:57,007
- Ha-ha.
- Shush.
452
00:36:59,093 --> 00:37:02,388
Oh, look, Mummy. It's your big close-up.
453
00:37:02,471 --> 00:37:04,807
I'm ready, Mr DeMille!
454
00:37:08,060 --> 00:37:10,438
One of Her Majesty's favourite pastimes
455
00:37:10,521 --> 00:37:14,984
is overseeing operations
at the 150-acre stud at Sandringham.
456
00:37:15,192 --> 00:37:18,362
But even then, royal duties never let up.
457
00:37:21,323 --> 00:37:24,243
Nor does the endless round
of functions and receptions.
458
00:37:26,078 --> 00:37:28,789
There's always some kind of occasion
to prepare for,
459
00:37:28,873 --> 00:37:30,207
and whatever the function,
460
00:37:30,291 --> 00:37:33,627
the quality of food and service
must be second to none.
461
00:37:35,087 --> 00:37:39,467
These events may seem indulgent,
but they are of national importance,
462
00:37:40,092 --> 00:37:41,427
as is the formality.
463
00:37:41,844 --> 00:37:44,764
Ambassadors
must be treated exactly the same
464
00:37:44,847 --> 00:37:47,892
to avoid the impression
that one is favoured over another.
465
00:37:47,975 --> 00:37:50,519
It's been a great honour, Your Majesty.
466
00:37:50,603 --> 00:37:52,203
I found it very interesting, ambassador.
467
00:37:52,271 --> 00:37:54,690
World problems are so complex,
aren't they?
468
00:37:54,774 --> 00:37:57,109
Of course, it's not all dinners and duty.
469
00:37:57,526 --> 00:38:01,405
Although the queen and Prince Philip
are often separated from their children,
470
00:38:01,489 --> 00:38:04,116
the holidays are a time for family,
471
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,119
and they make sure to take them
regularly and often.
472
00:38:07,203 --> 00:38:08,996
- Night, John.
- Night, Sally.
473
00:38:10,790 --> 00:38:13,667
A favourite destination
is Balmoral Castle...
474
00:38:14,752 --> 00:38:17,296
...the queen's private residence
in the Highlands of Scotland.
475
00:38:18,422 --> 00:38:22,384
"Last night, the nation
tuned in as one to watch a documentary
476
00:38:22,927 --> 00:38:26,680
that would restore the royal family
to their rightful place
477
00:38:26,764 --> 00:38:29,183
at the heart of the nation's affections.
478
00:38:29,975 --> 00:38:33,270
Sadly, that was not what they got.
479
00:38:33,979 --> 00:38:36,649
It's hard to imagine
what they were thinking.
480
00:38:37,066 --> 00:38:40,486
Agreeing to open the doors
to television cameras.
481
00:38:40,569 --> 00:38:44,031
That, stripped of all ceremony and mystery,
482
00:38:44,114 --> 00:38:49,495
we would marvel at how normal they were,
how remarkably like us.
483
00:38:51,205 --> 00:38:54,124
That watching them
travel from castle to castle,
484
00:38:54,208 --> 00:38:59,088
palace to palace,
in yachts and aeroplanes we pay for,
485
00:38:59,296 --> 00:39:04,218
stalking on land they own,
fishing on rivers they own,
486
00:39:04,301 --> 00:39:07,346
and cooking barbecues in forests they own,
487
00:39:07,555 --> 00:39:11,100
we would reflect on
how tirelessly they toil,
488
00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:13,435
what good value for money they represent,
489
00:39:13,519 --> 00:39:16,689
and be moved to increase
the amount of money we pay them."
490
00:39:17,356 --> 00:39:19,900
Louder, John. Don't be shy! Come on!
491
00:39:19,984 --> 00:39:21,861
Let's all hear it. Come on, John.
492
00:39:21,944 --> 00:39:25,614
- Come on.
- "Even the most ardent monarchist
493
00:39:25,698 --> 00:39:30,953
must concede that the strongest piece
of armour in the monarchy's arsenal
494
00:39:31,036 --> 00:39:32,621
is its sense of mystery,
495
00:39:32,705 --> 00:39:36,584
- from which derives its air of majesty."
- Hear, hear!
496
00:39:38,168 --> 00:39:41,297
"The only thing awe-inspiring about this lot
497
00:39:41,380 --> 00:39:45,134
is the size of their over-inflated
sense of self-entitlement.
498
00:39:47,970 --> 00:39:51,098
And their ability
to practise a line in small talk
499
00:39:51,181 --> 00:39:54,268
that would have life-support patients
reaching for the off switch."
500
00:39:55,644 --> 00:39:57,521
Well done, John. Well done.
501
00:40:19,543 --> 00:40:22,129
Wonderful viewing figures.
502
00:40:22,212 --> 00:40:26,300
The highest for a factual documentary ever.
503
00:40:29,470 --> 00:40:32,765
And some lovely reviews
in the newspapers this morning.
504
00:40:32,848 --> 00:40:35,851
- They were brutal.
- None that I read.
505
00:40:46,528 --> 00:40:50,950
I like to think I understand television
as well as anyone in the country.
506
00:40:52,034 --> 00:40:54,536
I owe my political life to it.
507
00:40:55,663 --> 00:40:59,500
And that's because I've learned,
over time, how to do it.
508
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:02,002
How to make it work for me.
509
00:41:02,878 --> 00:41:06,966
Perhaps the royal family
is not best suited to it.
510
00:41:08,300 --> 00:41:12,096
- Television is good for normal people.
- But that was the whole point.
511
00:41:12,638 --> 00:41:15,933
To show everyone that behind palace gates,
we are perfectly normal people.
512
00:41:16,225 --> 00:41:19,561
- No, ma'am, you're not normal.
- Aren't we?
513
00:41:20,229 --> 00:41:23,399
We wake up in the morning,
go to bed at night.
514
00:41:23,482 --> 00:41:26,485
We work, get tired, get colds.
515
00:41:26,986 --> 00:41:30,197
We have uncles that embarrass us,
Christmases to endure.
516
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:31,615
We are perfectly normal.
517
00:41:31,699 --> 00:41:35,494
But people don't consider you to be, and...
518
00:41:37,454 --> 00:41:40,833
If I may say, and this is where
it gets a little complicated...
519
00:41:43,460 --> 00:41:45,045
They don't want you to be normal.
520
00:41:46,171 --> 00:41:50,175
Well, what do they want? Tell me.
It's all any of us want to know.
521
00:41:50,843 --> 00:41:52,052
What do you want from us?
522
00:41:52,136 --> 00:41:54,430
Well, the truth is,
we don't know what we want.
523
00:41:57,099 --> 00:42:00,144
Other than we want you to be ideal.
524
00:42:01,729 --> 00:42:03,772
An ideal.
525
00:42:03,856 --> 00:42:06,316
No human being is ideal.
526
00:42:07,026 --> 00:42:09,194
Only God is ideal.
527
00:42:10,571 --> 00:42:13,866
Which is why I'd favour the royal family
being kept out of sight...
528
00:42:14,450 --> 00:42:15,743
out of mind...
529
00:42:16,535 --> 00:42:18,537
for our own survival and sanity.
530
00:42:18,620 --> 00:42:20,914
But the thing is we can't be hidden away.
531
00:42:20,998 --> 00:42:24,084
We have to be in full view all the time.
532
00:42:25,335 --> 00:42:26,712
So, what's the answer?
533
00:42:28,297 --> 00:42:32,301
The best we've come up with so far
is ritual and mystery.
534
00:42:33,177 --> 00:42:36,388
Because it keeps us hidden
while still in plain sight.
535
00:42:36,805 --> 00:42:38,932
The smoke and the mirrors,
536
00:42:39,516 --> 00:42:41,393
the mystery and the protocol,
537
00:42:41,685 --> 00:42:44,021
it's not there to keep us apart.
538
00:42:44,104 --> 00:42:46,356
It is there to keep us alive.
539
00:43:11,256 --> 00:43:13,175
- You rang?
- Yes.
540
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:15,928
Sit down.
541
00:43:29,942 --> 00:43:34,029
Well, it seems the documentary not only
failed to achieve what I had hoped for,
542
00:43:34,113 --> 00:43:36,907
it has somehow achieved the opposite.
543
00:43:37,366 --> 00:43:40,452
Instead of writing about
what good value for money we represent...
544
00:43:41,745 --> 00:43:45,457
these commentators are united
in their mockery of our...
545
00:43:46,208 --> 00:43:49,044
Our woodenness, our stupidity,
546
00:43:49,294 --> 00:43:52,005
our vanity, extravagance...
547
00:43:52,089 --> 00:43:54,466
- Well, I did warn you.
- Do not say you warned me.
548
00:43:54,550 --> 00:43:55,550
I did.
549
00:43:55,968 --> 00:43:58,512
It was always a daft idea.
It was always going to backfire.
550
00:43:58,595 --> 00:44:00,764
Is it really necessary for you
to speak your mind
551
00:44:00,848 --> 00:44:02,808
quite so mercilessly at every opportunity?
552
00:44:02,891 --> 00:44:04,935
Well, where do you think I get that from?
553
00:44:16,780 --> 00:44:18,282
So, what are you going to do?
554
00:44:22,661 --> 00:44:26,415
Actually, I was hoping we might talk
about what you're going to do.
555
00:44:27,624 --> 00:44:31,420
I would like to offer you to
The Manchester Guardian
556
00:44:32,129 --> 00:44:35,507
as the subject of a major, in-depth profile.
557
00:44:35,591 --> 00:44:38,594
Why them? Why not The Daily Telegraph,
or the Daily Mail,
558
00:44:38,677 --> 00:44:41,513
or someone we could expect
to be a little bit friendly?
559
00:44:41,597 --> 00:44:44,725
Because,
in the light of all this criticism...
560
00:44:45,434 --> 00:44:50,063
an endorsement from our most vocal critics
would represent more of a turnaround.
561
00:44:50,147 --> 00:44:51,773
If we can get an endorsement.
562
00:44:51,857 --> 00:44:54,109
You're the most thrifty, feet-on-the-ground,
563
00:44:54,193 --> 00:44:57,029
low-profile, unpretentious royal we've got.
564
00:44:58,363 --> 00:45:01,450
If anyone can salvage this, you can.
565
00:45:27,142 --> 00:45:30,854
John, I've just had a phone call
from the palace press secretary.
566
00:45:30,938 --> 00:45:33,065
Oh, let me guess, demanding an apology,
567
00:45:33,148 --> 00:45:35,859
calling my criticism unpatriotic,
treasonous...
568
00:45:35,943 --> 00:45:38,820
No, to offer us an interview
with Princess Anne.
569
00:45:38,904 --> 00:45:41,114
What? Little Miss Dumpy and Grumpy?
570
00:45:41,198 --> 00:45:43,575
Yes, and, uh, most bizarrely of all,
571
00:45:43,659 --> 00:45:46,662
they've specifically requested you
as the writer.
572
00:45:47,663 --> 00:45:49,539
Oh, they really have gone mad.
573
00:45:55,087 --> 00:45:57,798
- North central gate, please, sir.
- Right you are.
574
00:46:03,971 --> 00:46:07,975
John Armstrong
from The Guardian to see Anne.
575
00:46:08,058 --> 00:46:09,351
Who?
576
00:46:10,477 --> 00:46:14,314
- Princess Anne, for the interview?
- Ah. Yes, sir. Right this way.
577
00:46:23,865 --> 00:46:26,535
- Wait here, please, sir.
- Thank you.
578
00:46:50,309 --> 00:46:51,893
- Now, Yaya.
- What?
579
00:46:56,231 --> 00:46:57,316
Run.
580
00:46:58,442 --> 00:46:59,442
Go!
581
00:47:33,810 --> 00:47:36,521
Mr Armstrong,
did you not receive the message?
582
00:47:36,605 --> 00:47:39,149
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne
is, um...
583
00:47:41,109 --> 00:47:42,235
Is unwell.
584
00:47:42,694 --> 00:47:45,364
With a heavy cold, and is indisposed.
585
00:47:46,406 --> 00:47:49,534
- No, they didn't tell me.
- I'm so sorry. I'll see you out.
586
00:47:49,618 --> 00:47:51,870
- Who's that?
- Um, who?
587
00:47:51,953 --> 00:47:52,996
The nun.
588
00:47:53,663 --> 00:47:54,790
That's, uh...
589
00:47:55,749 --> 00:47:58,460
- That's Princess Alice.
- Who?
590
00:47:59,002 --> 00:48:01,671
Mother of His Royal Highness
the Duke of Edinburgh.
591
00:48:02,506 --> 00:48:05,050
- Ahem.
- Oh, do you think she'd talk to me?
592
00:48:05,133 --> 00:48:07,969
Uh, no, certainly not.
Uh, so, if you don't mind...
593
00:48:08,595 --> 00:48:11,390
- I could ask her myself.
- No, that wouldn't be appropriate.
594
00:48:11,473 --> 00:48:12,974
- Please, Mr Armstrong...
- Hello.
595
00:48:13,767 --> 00:48:15,435
Hello, I'm John Armstrong.
596
00:48:15,519 --> 00:48:18,146
I'm writing an article about
the royal family for The Guardian.
597
00:48:18,230 --> 00:48:20,899
- Can I ask you some questions?
- What?
598
00:48:20,982 --> 00:48:23,944
I'm John Armstrong from The Guardian.
Could we have an interview?
599
00:48:24,277 --> 00:48:27,114
- Yes, of course.
- She said yes.
600
00:48:39,668 --> 00:48:41,962
So, my dear, how can I help you?
601
00:48:42,379 --> 00:48:46,133
Well, I think the people in this country
602
00:48:46,425 --> 00:48:50,303
would be very interested to get to know
the queen's mother-in-law.
603
00:48:50,887 --> 00:48:53,557
- Really?
- Oh, yes. So...
604
00:48:54,266 --> 00:48:56,685
We should start from the very beginning.
605
00:48:57,227 --> 00:48:59,062
But I'm ancient.
606
00:48:59,604 --> 00:49:03,316
- We could be here a long time.
- And I have all the time in the world.
607
00:49:06,653 --> 00:49:07,696
Well...
608
00:49:10,532 --> 00:49:12,909
I was born in Windsor Castle.
609
00:49:14,119 --> 00:49:17,247
Queen Victoria herself
was present at my birth.
610
00:49:17,330 --> 00:49:18,330
Was she?
611
00:49:19,749 --> 00:49:22,461
Everyone thought I was a slow child.
612
00:49:22,544 --> 00:49:25,297
Slow? In which sense?
613
00:49:25,380 --> 00:49:27,174
- Walking?
- No, dear.
614
00:49:31,511 --> 00:49:33,180
Slow in here.
615
00:49:35,265 --> 00:49:36,265
Right.
616
00:49:37,517 --> 00:49:39,561
I was born deaf.
617
00:49:40,687 --> 00:49:41,980
Oh, I'm sorry.
618
00:49:42,689 --> 00:49:44,691
But otherwise perfectly normal?
619
00:49:44,774 --> 00:49:46,568
Well, I thought so.
620
00:49:47,819 --> 00:49:49,279
But obviously others didn't,
621
00:49:49,362 --> 00:49:52,199
because then
I was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
622
00:49:56,119 --> 00:49:58,205
And sent to an asylum.
623
00:50:00,207 --> 00:50:01,500
A mental asylum?
624
00:50:01,833 --> 00:50:02,876
Yes.
625
00:50:05,879 --> 00:50:08,757
I was treated by Sigmund Freud.
626
00:50:15,388 --> 00:50:17,516
He was not a kind man.
627
00:50:25,774 --> 00:50:26,775
Go on.
628
00:50:29,319 --> 00:50:32,239
I was there for just over two years.
629
00:50:32,322 --> 00:50:33,573
Mm-hm.
630
00:50:33,657 --> 00:50:35,951
And I managed to escape.
631
00:52:43,495 --> 00:52:45,121
Bubbikins.
632
00:53:04,891 --> 00:53:08,436
"It is a common staple
of mother-in-law jokes...
633
00:53:09,521 --> 00:53:12,065
that having one come to stay
is a nightmare.
634
00:53:12,941 --> 00:53:16,027
But having this mother-in-law to stay
can only be a blessing."
635
00:53:16,778 --> 00:53:18,113
Oh.
636
00:53:18,196 --> 00:53:20,365
"For Princess Alice
is that rarest of creatures:
637
00:53:21,324 --> 00:53:26,329
A member of a royal family that has
suffered more than the rest of us,
638
00:53:26,788 --> 00:53:28,581
worked harder than the rest of us,
639
00:53:29,082 --> 00:53:31,418
and created more good than the rest of us.
640
00:53:36,589 --> 00:53:40,802
Congenitally deaf,
she was consistently misunderstood,
641
00:53:40,885 --> 00:53:43,179
marginalized and underestimated.
642
00:53:44,180 --> 00:53:46,933
Doctors inflicted untold horrors on her.
643
00:53:47,809 --> 00:53:51,855
X-raying her womb to bring on menopause
and reduce her libido...
644
00:53:58,945 --> 00:54:03,199
and electroshock treatment
to treat her hysteria.
645
00:54:03,908 --> 00:54:06,202
But instead of bitterness,
646
00:54:06,286 --> 00:54:10,623
Princess Alice dedicated her life
to charity work, public service,
647
00:54:10,707 --> 00:54:15,462
and campaigning for social justice,
often at great personal risk."
648
00:54:18,590 --> 00:54:20,175
Well, it goes on and on.
649
00:54:24,220 --> 00:54:25,513
It's a love letter.
650
00:54:36,649 --> 00:54:38,193
I owe you an apology.
651
00:54:41,112 --> 00:54:42,739
Whatever for?
652
00:54:42,822 --> 00:54:44,282
My faithlessness.
653
00:54:44,908 --> 00:54:48,620
All this time, I've been trying
to keep you out of sight of the cameras,
654
00:54:48,703 --> 00:54:52,290
when, quite clearly,
you should have been centre stage.
655
00:54:54,667 --> 00:54:58,213
If anyone owes anyone an apology...
656
00:54:59,380 --> 00:55:01,716
we both know it's the other way round.
657
00:55:03,009 --> 00:55:06,721
At least your sisters
had something of their mother.
658
00:55:09,933 --> 00:55:15,230
When we were forced to leave Greece,
I couldn't cope.
659
00:55:19,943 --> 00:55:21,486
I needed care.
660
00:55:24,489 --> 00:55:25,949
I needed help.
661
00:55:26,366 --> 00:55:29,536
But that wasn't help that they gave you.
662
00:55:30,537 --> 00:55:31,537
It was torture.
663
00:55:32,330 --> 00:55:34,791
- They tried their best.
- No.
664
00:55:34,874 --> 00:55:37,460
The treatment they gave you was barbaric.
665
00:55:38,002 --> 00:55:42,131
And your courage in rising above it
was remarkable.
666
00:55:43,299 --> 00:55:45,385
I didn't do it alone.
667
00:55:47,846 --> 00:55:49,222
I couldn't have.
668
00:55:51,641 --> 00:55:55,019
I had help every step of the way.
669
00:56:00,608 --> 00:56:03,987
Now, Bubbikins,
you mentioned faithlessness.
670
00:56:04,737 --> 00:56:06,322
How is your faith?
671
00:56:07,782 --> 00:56:10,410
- Dormant.
- What?
672
00:56:12,453 --> 00:56:13,496
Dormant.
673
00:56:15,373 --> 00:56:16,916
That's not good.
674
00:56:28,011 --> 00:56:31,139
Let this be a mother's gift...
675
00:56:32,724 --> 00:56:34,142
to her child.
676
00:56:36,477 --> 00:56:38,730
The one piece of advice...
677
00:56:44,944 --> 00:56:47,238
Find yourself a faith.
678
00:56:50,825 --> 00:56:52,785
It helps. No...
679
00:56:56,247 --> 00:56:57,957
Not just helps.
680
00:57:02,670 --> 00:57:04,213
It's everything.
681
00:57:16,893 --> 00:57:19,729
Oh, it looks like it's clearing up.
682
00:57:21,439 --> 00:57:24,067
What do you say? A walk?
683
00:57:34,953 --> 00:57:39,040
So we'll move lunch
with Lord and Lady Casey to the 12th,
684
00:57:39,123 --> 00:57:42,210
meaning there's enough time
for the presentation of the Queen's Colour
685
00:57:42,293 --> 00:57:46,089
to the Central Flying School
at RAF Little Rissington on the 9th.
686
00:57:46,506 --> 00:57:49,509
Well done. Thank you, Michael.
Is that everything?
687
00:57:51,594 --> 00:57:53,262
There is one more thing, ma'am.
688
00:57:53,846 --> 00:57:56,849
The royal family documentary
689
00:57:56,933 --> 00:57:59,852
has had a great deal of interest
from overseas broadcasters.
690
00:58:00,395 --> 00:58:02,146
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
691
00:58:02,230 --> 00:58:04,148
the Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
692
00:58:04,232 --> 00:58:05,775
- CBS in the United States...
- No.
693
00:58:06,985 --> 00:58:08,903
- Ma'am?
- I don't think so.
694
00:58:09,862 --> 00:58:10,905
Right.
695
00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:16,202
I gather the BBC plans to repeat it
in three weeks' time.
696
00:58:16,285 --> 00:58:17,912
I don't think that, either.
697
00:58:19,038 --> 00:58:22,750
As a matter of fact, I think it best if
that documentary were never seen again,
698
00:58:22,834 --> 00:58:24,794
anywhere, by anyone.
699
00:58:28,965 --> 00:58:30,591
Can I leave that with you?
700
00:58:32,010 --> 00:58:33,177
Yes, ma'am.
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