1 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,960 In seeking his British nationalization, His Royal Highness 2 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,440 Prince Philip of Greece and of Denmark 3 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,800 -renounces his Greek nationality... -Here, sir. 4 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,880 ...and all foreign titles. 5 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:22,520 And, from henceforth, he will be known as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Royal Navy. 6 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:23,600 And here. 7 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,520 Philip Mountbatten... 8 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,000 I... 9 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,640 I... 10 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:53,840 I... 11 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:05,120 I grant you and the heirs, male of your body, 12 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:11,800 lawfully begotten, the dignities of Baron Greenwich, 13 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:19,160 Earl of Merioneth and Duke of Edinburgh. 14 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,880 And Knight Companion 15 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:26,440 of our Most Noble Order of the Garter. 16 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,160 -Congratulations. -Thank you, sir. 17 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:57,600 -Well done. -Thank you. 18 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:04,280 Yes. 19 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:18,440 And? 20 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:22,360 They got through it. I got through it. 21 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,840 I think they'd have preferred a nice, pink-faced marquis 22 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:28,560 with a grouse moor in the Scottish Borders. 23 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,880 Are you sure you wouldn't have preferred one of those? 24 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,720 Someone with a grand title, rather than a homeless Charlie Kraut? 25 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:37,920 No. 26 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,200 -Oh. -That would have all been very antiseptic. 27 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,440 Must you really smoke? You know how I hate it. 28 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,880 Pity. Because I love it so very much. 29 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,840 But, like a great many other things, I'm going to give it all up for you. 30 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,760 Well, you still have 24 hours to change your mind. 31 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,080 You think I can change my mind after all that? 32 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,680 No. Too late. 33 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,680 -I've signed myself away. -Or won the greatest prize on Earth. 34 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,440 That's certainly what they think. 35 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:22,800 Sir. 36 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,360 It's what I think, too. 37 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:40,360 Watch out. 38 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:53,560 See you tomorrow. 39 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:56,120 Try and get some sleep. 40 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:01,440 You too. 41 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:06,080 A naval officer's stag night? Chance would be a fine thing. 42 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:08,880 Thank you. 43 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,800 Question for you both. 44 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:40,520 Spot of blood in my spittle yesterday morning. 45 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,280 -Ought I be concerned? -Well, I'm not a doctor, sir. 46 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:48,480 -If it's just specks, sir... -It was. 47 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:53,840 It's probably just the cold weather. Gets right to the back of the throat. 48 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,640 Cold weather. That's what I thought. 49 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,960 The carriage will be cold too, Peter. 50 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,160 I've arranged for there to be hot water bottles, sir. 51 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:04,240 Oh, well done. 52 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,480 Oh, for Christ's sakes, James! 53 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,120 You're making bloody hard going out of this collar! 54 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,360 -Sorry, sir. Nearly there. -You're doing it on purpose! 55 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,920 Now, sir, we're not going to let something as small as a collar agitate us, are we? 56 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,720 No, thank you, James. Sir, eyes front. Chin up. 57 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,320 There was a young lady named Sally, 58 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,400 who enjoyed the occasional dally, 59 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,680 she sat on the lap of a well-endowed chap 60 00:07:55,280 --> 00:08:00,160 and cried, "Sir! You're right up my alley!" 61 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,320 Right. 62 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,560 There was an old Countess of Bray, 63 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:14,840 and... 64 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,240 you may think it odd when I say 65 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:24,080 that despite her high station, rank and education... 66 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:25,440 Your Majesty. 67 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,760 ...she always spelled cunt with a K. 68 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:32,720 Shall we? 69 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:56,600 You look beautiful 70 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,040 You'll be fine. 71 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,120 All right. 72 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:19,920 Here we go. 73 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:43,640 Slow down. 74 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,320 Are we the last? 75 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:53,280 -Yes, sir. -Good. 76 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,360 -Come along, Winston. -Wait, wait, wait. 77 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:03,720 Now! 78 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,640 Has Winston no shame? 79 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,120 It's a royal wedding, not a campaign trail. 80 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,080 He's outrageous. 81 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,600 But you have to admire him. 82 00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:38,280 There's poor old Attlee. He's our prime minister. 83 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,640 -No one got up for him. -Yeah. 84 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,600 No, no. 85 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,160 Winston still thinks he's the father of the nation. 86 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:16,360 This whole thing's Mountbatten's triumph. He engineered it all. 87 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,080 The man who gave away India. 88 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,160 Dearly beloved, 89 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:42,440 we are gathered together here in the sight of God, 90 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,080 and in the face of this congregation, 91 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:52,200 to join together this man and this woman 92 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,320 in holy matrimony. 93 00:12:56,280 --> 00:13:01,160 Who giveth this woman to be married to this man? 94 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,200 - I, Philip... - I, Philip... 95 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:19,560 take thee, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. 96 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,480 ...take thee, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. 97 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:24,720 You know why his three sisters aren't here? 98 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,440 - They're all married to Nazis! - Do shut up! 99 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,320 Prominent Nazis! 100 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:35,720 I, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary... 101 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,000 I, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary... 102 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,680 take thee, Philip... 103 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:43,240 ...take thee, Philip... 104 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,640 to my wedded husband. 105 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,560 ...to my wedded husband. 106 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:49,680 To have and to hold... 107 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:00,360 To have and to hold... 108 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:05,880 To have and to hold... 109 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,320 from this day forward... 110 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:11,960 ...from this day forward... 111 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:16,320 -for better, for worse... -...for better, for worse... 112 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,720 -for richer, for poorer... -...for richer, for poorer... 113 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:24,000 -in sickness and in health... -...in sickness and in health... 114 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:30,080 to love, to cherish, and to obey. 115 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,880 -"Obey"? -She insisted. 116 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,880 It was discussed. 117 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:40,920 And obey. 118 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,960 ...to love and cherish and obey... 119 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:52,360 -till death us do part. -...till death us do part. 120 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,600 - Sheer perfection. - Your Highness... 121 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,120 You have to hand it to her. It's quite a victory. 122 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,840 There wasn't a single person supported the match. 123 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,600 Not a single ally at Court or in government. 124 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:11,080 Yet here we all are. 125 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,440 Utterly divine. May we have the groom's family, please? 126 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,480 She turned us all on our heads. 127 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,600 And barely opened her mouth in the process. 128 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:24,640 -You overestimate her. -You underestimate her. 129 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,480 Well, in the past 48 hours, reality has sunk in. 130 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,640 With Philip's family. 131 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,440 Would you look at the mother? 132 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:42,480 -Just out of a sanatorium, I heard. -And dressed as a nun. 133 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,160 - Are we ready? One... - A Hun nun. 134 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,640 Ein, zwei, drei. 135 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,280 Gutte schön. 136 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,200 To me, please. Are we ready? 137 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,400 Quite magnificent. Thank you, thank you. 138 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:57,600 Your Majesties? 139 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,280 That's quite charming. Are we ready? 140 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:15,680 Thank you. 141 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,920 -What's that? -This present is from me. 142 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,960 -Can I open it? -Mm-hm. 143 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,080 Oh, Papa! 144 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:31,160 If your... 145 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:37,240 marriage is as happy as mine has been, 146 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,240 I don't want you to miss a single thing. 147 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,320 Lilibet? They're waiting. 148 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:48,320 Thank you. 149 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:50,720 Put it in. 150 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,440 -Bertie? -Are you ready? 151 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,960 Everyone ready? Margaret? 152 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,680 -Sir. -Thank you. 153 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,040 Thank you. 154 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,480 We want the king! We want the king! 155 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,680 Row! Row you, bastards! 156 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:32,960 Everyone inside. We're starting now. 157 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,760 Thank you so much for coming. Oh, good, you're here! 158 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,240 Right, come on, you two, inside. Can't start without you. 159 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,240 -Boys, come on. -Yes, ma'am. 160 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,240 Thank you. 161 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,480 Ladies and gentlemen, pray silence for Her Royal Highness, Princess Elizabeth. 162 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:58,760 Thank you, Martin. 163 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,800 As I'm sure you all know, 164 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:09,120 my dear husband will soon no longer be Lieutenant Mountbatten 165 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,680 but Lieutenant-Commander Mountbatten. 166 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,880 Thank you very much. 167 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,920 Which, I gather, involves a whole new gold ring for me to sew onto your uniform! 168 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,800 Half a gold ring, darling. Half a gold ring, gentlemen. 169 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:29,600 So I've asked the two most important people here to do the presentation. 170 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,960 Hello? Charteris. Yes? 171 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:41,280 Ah. 172 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:45,600 Very good. 173 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,160 There we are. Good boy, Charles, well done! 174 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,160 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 175 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,880 Important call from London, ma'am. 176 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:56,080 Charles! Anne! 177 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:58,600 Children. Wait. Wait. 178 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,640 They're waiting in the green drawing room, ma'am. 179 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,000 -Right. -Where's grandpapa? 180 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:06,400 He's upstairs with the doctors. 181 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,240 Now, you wait with nanny and we'll be back in a minute. 182 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:13,080 Charles, wait. Here. Okay? 183 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,080 -Mummy. -So glad you're here. 184 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,040 -We came as soon as we could. -I know. 185 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,760 -Ma'am, I'm so sorry... -Granny. 186 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,320 They're operating. 187 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,360 It's been two hours. 188 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,520 He's here. 189 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,040 I'm happy to say the procedure went well, 190 00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:09,920 and that His Majesty's immediate post-operative condition is satisfactory. 191 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,320 Thank you, doctor. 192 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:24,000 That's good news, isn't it? Yes. Are you all right? 193 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,920 ...after the votes are finally counted, 194 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,840 Winston Churchill is Prime Minister 195 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,840 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland once again. 196 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,000 After the Conservative Party achieved a narrow... 197 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,040 No bacon. 198 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:17,760 A little bacon won't hurt, surely, Gerald? It's been five weeks. 199 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,400 Let's cool this down. 200 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:26,720 And make sure that egg is well-plated and no shell to risk irritation. 201 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,240 And turn that noise off. He'll still be prime minister tomorrow. 202 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:31,720 -Ready? -Ready. 203 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,360 Let's get him back on his feet. 204 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,880 ...who took office aged 83. 205 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,240 We await the announcement of the new Cabinet in the coming days. 206 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:47,960 Good morning, Your Majesty. 207 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,800 -Your first day back at work. -Who won? 208 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,240 Who, who won? 209 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,040 Mr. Churchill, Your Majesty. By 17 seats. 210 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:01,840 Good for him! You didn't hear me say that. 211 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,040 ...Mr. Winston Churchill. 212 00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:09,800 They keep trying to count him out, 213 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,560 but he keeps getting back up. 214 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:18,800 ...and happy moment, to be elected for the second time, 215 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,800 as your Prime Minister. 216 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:31,600 What this nation needs is several years 217 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:37,520 of strong, steady, experienced administration. 218 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,400 Congratulations, sir. Dr. Moran is here for you. 219 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,120 Yes, you just won a General Election, but... 220 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,600 155 over 90. 221 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:18,240 We can do better, Winston. 222 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,400 Have a look at this for me, will you? 223 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:31,400 In the war, we used mathematicians to decode the indecipherable. 224 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,840 I need an expert to cut through the jargon. 225 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:38,800 Are they keeping something from me? 226 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:43,240 Well, I wouldn't be unduly concerned about the man's pneumatics. 227 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,120 And, given his age, and he's a smoker. 228 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,360 Catarrhal inflammation, it's not that unusual. 229 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,040 But I would be concerned about the bronchoscopy. 230 00:26:52,120 --> 00:26:54,320 They wouldn't have done that unless they were looking 231 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,360 for something far more serious. 232 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,400 And they conspicuously fail to mention the results. 233 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,280 Instead they go on about the lung resection. 234 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:07,640 Which they performed because of "structural alterations". 235 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,840 What are structural alterations? 236 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,080 It's what doctors say when they avoid using the word 237 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,800 that it almost inevitably describes. 238 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,600 Who is this man? 239 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,080 Just a little. 240 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,640 One doesn't want to overdo it. 241 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,200 One doesn't want to look ill, either. 242 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:40,200 A sick... 243 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,000 king is no good to anyone. 244 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,600 There must be no weakness. 245 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,440 No vulnerability. 246 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,400 Oh, thank you. 247 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,040 Evening Chronicle! Evening Chronicle! 248 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,640 -What's that? -An armchair, sir. 249 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,840 -I just thought, a man of his age... -This one never sits. Get rid of it. 250 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:39,600 Mr. Churchill, Your Majesty. 251 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:45,920 Your Majesty. 252 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,520 The people have spoken. 253 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,480 Your party has won the election, 254 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,120 and as... as their Sovereign, 255 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,200 I invite you to form a government in my name. 256 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,200 An honor I gratefully accept. 257 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,320 My dear Winston. Congratulations. 258 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:13,240 Would it be terribly unconstitutional of me to say how happy I am? 259 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,360 I've missed our weekly chats. 260 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,600 Your predecessor is a fine parliamentarian. 261 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:26,720 A good man. 262 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:32,440 But, well, as company, as a companion... 263 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,360 An empty taxi pulled up at the House of Commons, and Mr. Attlee got out. 264 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,960 Quite. 265 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,960 Now you may congratulate me in return. 266 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,760 What for? 267 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,600 My rapid recovery. 268 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,400 -Oh. -Yes. 269 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,680 I seem to have bounced back a lot quicker than people expected. 270 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,480 Yes. 271 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:05,040 Not sure I ever imagined what breathing through one lung would feel like. 272 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:08,760 Turns out there's barely any difference. 273 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,800 Good. Good. 274 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:20,920 Though... probably wise to let the Princess Elizabeth 275 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,880 undertake the Commonwealth tour? Hm? 276 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,480 What say you? 277 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,520 -Is she up to it? -Yes, I'd say so. 278 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:37,440 Besides... we have to start breaking her in gently, don't we? 279 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:38,360 Do we? 280 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,560 Keep one eye on the future. 281 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:44,560 The distant future. 282 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,920 - Welcome back, sir. - What's this? 283 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,360 -It's the teleprinter. -Let's have it upstairs. 284 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,480 -Everything as it was before, sir? -Yes! 285 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,640 Everything exactly as it was before. 286 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:36,520 Ladies. Ladies. Now-- Who's this? 287 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,040 -Oh, Miss Venetia Scott, sir. -A new addition. 288 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,520 -A good one, I'd say. -Thank you, sir. 289 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,800 I had hoped I'd seen the back of this place. 290 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,400 Could you give us a moment, please, Jock? 291 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:53,480 Thank you. 292 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:57,920 How was the king? 293 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:04,880 He talked a great deal about his recovery. Lots of mentions of "bouncing back". 294 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,840 Which always makes one fear the worst. 295 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,600 Not to mention the make-up. 296 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,200 He was wearing rouge. 297 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,560 Poor man. 298 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,080 It's cancer. 299 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:25,400 What? 300 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,640 -Who knows? -No one. 301 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,800 Least of all him. 302 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,880 -Sir? Lunch. -Let's have it in here. 303 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,400 See what they've been serving for the past five years. 304 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,560 -So he's dying? -We're all dying. 305 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,760 That's what defines the condition of living. 306 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,920 Will he die tomorrow? No. 307 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,560 What about the day after tomorrow? And the day after that? 308 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,080 The country needs to be led by someone strong. 309 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:06,240 -Well, I'm strong! -You are also tired, Winston. 310 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,160 We both are. 311 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,080 A situation like that would require enormous energy. 312 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:14,400 And I won't lie to you. 313 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,360 I have considered resigning for Anthony's sake. 314 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:19,880 For your sake. 315 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:25,440 But then I realized a situation like that would also require statesmanship. 316 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,400 The party needs me. The country needs me. 317 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,040 She needs me. 318 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,880 -Who? -Her! 319 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:35,720 Oh, her. 320 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,360 This is Clarence House dining room to Clarence House kitchen. 321 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:42,880 Dining room to kitchen. 322 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:47,520 - Dining room to kitchen! - Yes. Dining room to kitchen! 323 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:48,600 Oh, bugger it! 324 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,960 Right, check the circuits and up the amperage of the fuse wire. 325 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:53,640 Right, I'm off. 326 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,480 -Breakfast with your mother? -And Margaret. 327 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,800 Imagine. I'm checking curtain fabrics in an hour. 328 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,240 Yes. 329 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:06,960 Let's pick the curtains. 330 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,200 -Where to, ma'am? -Buckingham Palace, please. 331 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:14,720 Buckingham Palace. 332 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:24,680 I see. 333 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,200 The queen has asked to see you. 334 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,480 Yes, we look forward to seeing the doctor then. 335 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,920 -Thank you. Goodbye. -Drawing room! 336 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,920 -Now? -Yes. 337 00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:43,440 We do both so love living at Clarence House 338 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,640 and he has all sorts of ideas about how to modernize it. 339 00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:48,800 He really is rather ingenious like that, actually. 340 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,040 -Now, Peter. -Your Majesty. Your Royal Highnesses. 341 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,600 I have to make a decision about Christmas. 342 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,520 Tell me, do you think the King will be well enough to go to Sandringham? 343 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,080 I do. As a matter of fact, I think it would do him good. 344 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,880 -So it's decided. -Will you be joining us, too? 345 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:07,320 Me? 346 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:12,360 Course not. Peter will be spending Christmas at home with his family. 347 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,440 I was only thinking of papa. 348 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,080 Given the choice, you know he'd never let him out of his sight. 349 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,880 Well, that's true. 350 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:22,760 -He's quite devoted to you. -Then let me discuss it with Rosemary. 351 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,800 Oh, no. No, it's out of the question. 352 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:30,360 Why, mummy? Let Peter discuss it. 353 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,760 -Well, he did offer. -Oh, very well. 354 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,360 But, as a wife, I know what my answer would be. 355 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,880 I'd want my husband at home at Christmas with his children. 356 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,040 Excuse me. 357 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,560 I saw that. 358 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,960 What? No, I haven't finished. 359 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:03,800 That look between the two of you. 360 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:10,480 -Oh, Margaret! -You must tell no one. 361 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,600 The papers all think I'm for Johnny Dalkeith or Billy Wallace. 362 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:17,480 -Mummy and Papa, too, by the way. -They're just boys. Whereas Peter is... 363 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,280 No, I quite see the attraction of Peter. 364 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:21,520 But he's married. 365 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:40,840 Doctor Weir, Your Majesty. 366 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,120 You told me that, after the operation, 367 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:56,080 I might expect some... soreness, 368 00:36:56,160 --> 00:37:00,600 some difficulty breathing. 369 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,840 But you didn't tell me about this. 370 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:07,960 -The coughing has returned? -Yes. 371 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,000 -How often? -All the time. 372 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:18,200 At the time of the operation, as you know, structural alterations were discovered. 373 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,480 Of course. The blockage in the lung. 374 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,480 It's time we gave that blockage a name, sir. 375 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,040 It was a tumor. 376 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,240 A malignant tumor. 377 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,280 I see. 378 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:45,080 -But... we removed it? -We did. 379 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,320 So what is this? 380 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,480 We removed the left lung, sir. But the right... 381 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:58,040 has fewer, but still significant, blockages. 382 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:14,400 So, what's next? 383 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:17,280 Next? 384 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:27,320 I argued that His Majesty should be told at the time. 385 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,600 A patient has a right to know the full picture. 386 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,840 But I was overruled. The theory was that, if His Majesty felt he'd been cured, 387 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:38,520 he could throw himself into his work without undue stress and, and, and worry. 388 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,560 I have two questions. 389 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,520 Who knows the full picture? 390 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:05,640 Apart from the surgeons? 391 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:08,720 Perhaps the Prime Minister, sir. 392 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:15,280 Of course. 393 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,280 But not the queen? 394 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:25,280 -Nor anyone else in my family? -No, sir. 395 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,400 And the second question? 396 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,640 It's impossible to say, sir. 397 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:45,760 My understanding is the surgeons did everything they could. 398 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:49,920 And? 399 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,720 It could be years. 400 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,520 More likely months. 401 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,360 Thank you. 402 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:37,120 Merry Christmas. 403 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:51,400 Come on. 404 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:23,800 - Oh, look. - Oh... 405 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:42,800 Charming. Quite charming. 406 00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:56,000 Thank you. 407 00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,240 Thank you. Thank you. 408 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:08,480 Very good. Charles, come on. 409 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:10,440 -Alright. -No, Mummy. 410 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:15,000 Ma'am, His Majesty has requested you attend him in his study. 411 00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,240 Urgently requested, ma'am. 412 00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:20,560 Alright. 413 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,440 Will you take them? 414 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:24,520 I'll be back soon. 415 00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:29,840 Off we go then! 416 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:42,240 In case you're wondering, I haven't anything specific to say. 417 00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:45,080 Just wanted to spend time with you. 418 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:56,680 If there's anything you wanted to ask me, just fire away. 419 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,000 Are they a nuisance? 420 00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:03,560 Oh, the boxes. 421 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:06,000 Not if you keep on top of them. 422 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,160 -Even at Christmas. -Even at Christmas. 423 00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:13,560 Well, what's inside? 424 00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:17,120 Everything they want me to know, they stick on top. 425 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,680 Everything they'd rather I didn't know, 426 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:23,280 Cabinet meetings, Foreign Office briefings, 427 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:25,600 they tuck away at the bottom. 428 00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:32,000 Which is why... the first thing I do when no one is looking, is this. 429 00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:41,760 Will you take that? Thank you. 430 00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,000 Yeah. 431 00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:16,000 Don't you get sick of it all? 432 00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:19,880 I do. 433 00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:22,680 And lonely? 434 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:26,680 Sometimes. 435 00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:31,800 Which is why it's so important to have the right person by your side. 436 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,720 I've been very lucky in that regard with your mother. 437 00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:39,720 How's your fellow? 438 00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:42,160 -Philip? -Mm. 439 00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:45,960 Well, he... 440 00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:51,800 Well, I'm afraid he's become something of a snagaholic. 441 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:52,880 A what? 442 00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:57,160 Well, you know we're renovating Clarence House to make it our permanent home? 443 00:46:57,240 --> 00:46:58,200 Mm, yes. 444 00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,000 Well, ever since he started supervising the work, 445 00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:04,040 he can't look at anything without seeing its faults. 446 00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:08,840 "That switch is an inch too high. And that door handle's wrong." 447 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:11,880 "Well, don't be silly," I say. "A handle's a handle." 448 00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:13,640 I should make more of an effort with him. 449 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:17,440 Take him shooting. 450 00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:20,040 -Would he like that? -Yes, I think he'd love it. 451 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:22,800 And then when your health's improved, we'll return to Malta 452 00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:26,200 and he'll have his navy again, and all will be well. 453 00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:27,680 Of course. 454 00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:34,840 But, in the meantime... I'm still not yet well enough to travel. 455 00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:38,160 Not long distances, anyway. 456 00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:41,800 Which brings me to the forthcoming Commonwealth tour. 457 00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:46,200 I was wondering if you would consider stepping into my shoes, so to speak. 458 00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:52,840 My health is improving but I'm still not yet well enough. 459 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:57,920 -Well, if you think we're up to it. -You'll be fine. 460 00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,280 -Where is it? -Well... 461 00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:05,080 Ceylon. Australia. 462 00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:07,800 Then on to New Zealand. Bermuda. 463 00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:10,160 And there's talk of starting in Kenya. 464 00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:11,920 Very good! 465 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:13,640 Right, we'll be gone months. 466 00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:18,680 Yes. But it would mean so much to papa that we do it. 467 00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:23,400 -What am I supposed to do all that time? -Don't worry, we'll put you to work. 468 00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:25,280 My work is as a naval officer, 469 00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,280 not grinning like a demented ape while you cut ribbons! 470 00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:31,800 -What about the children? -The children will be fine. 471 00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:35,560 Oh! Without their parents for months on end? 472 00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:39,000 -Daddy, can you come and play? -I won't be a moment, darling. 473 00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:41,560 If you go and play with grandpapa, I'll be right over. Good boy. 474 00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:44,560 Come on, darling, Daddy's busy. Come and start again. 475 00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:46,880 - Daddy's coming. - They won't know. 476 00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:49,320 -They're too young to notice. -Come on. Be quiet. 477 00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:51,480 It would so help in papa's recovery. 478 00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:56,040 Charles, come back here. 479 00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:59,240 - Daddy, can you play now? - Charles. 480 00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:06,440 Yes. 481 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:10,880 Thank you. 482 00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:13,760 - What are we playing? - Granny's footsteps. 483 00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:15,960 Come on then. Let's go. And then it's bedtime. 484 00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:18,200 Ready, steady... 485 00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:40,760 Sir? 486 00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:57,520 -What's the weather like today? -Rather misty at the moment, sir. 487 00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:02,360 -Morning! -Bugger off! 488 00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:09,320 Yes, I'm not sure that's the correct address for the King of England. 489 00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:12,080 -It's a beautiful morning for duck. -What? 490 00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,760 I thought Wolferton Splash. 491 00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:21,680 Christ. 492 00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:31,400 Reed warbler, see? 493 00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:37,240 Oh, Teal. Below the withy there. 494 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:41,480 When I woke up this morning, I thought we'd go to Babingley Flat or Eleven Acres. 495 00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:44,440 But, in the end, there's nowhere better than the Splash 496 00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:47,680 with a bagful of cartridges to lift the spirits. 497 00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:49,720 His Majesty's back to himself again. 498 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:53,080 Oh, he is, thank you. Like a young man again. 499 00:51:01,720 --> 00:51:04,200 We'll be all right. My son-in-law's a naval man. 500 00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:07,160 We will. If I can handle a frigate. 501 00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:28,200 You understand, the titles, the... dukedom. 502 00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:32,800 -They're not the job. -Sir? 503 00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:38,200 She is the job. 504 00:51:39,720 --> 00:51:43,160 She is the essence of your duty. 505 00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:45,760 Loving her. 506 00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:49,240 Protecting her. 507 00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:55,040 Of course, you'll miss your career. 508 00:51:57,760 --> 00:52:01,520 But doing this for her, doing this for me... 509 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:07,840 there may be no greater act of patriotism. 510 00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:10,680 Or love. 511 00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:17,240 I understand, sir. 512 00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:20,920 Do you, boy? 513 00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:24,360 Do you really? 514 00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:30,880 I think so. 515 00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,240 Come. 516 00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:45,720 Let's go shoot some duck, shall we? 517 00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:47,320 Three cheers for His Majesty! 518 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:49,400 - Hip, hip! - Hooray! 519 00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:51,400 - Hip, hip! - Hooray! 520 00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:53,160 - Hip, hip! - Hooray! 521 00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:55,680 You're too kind. Thank you.