1 00:00:08,093 --> 00:00:10,888 Queen's critic is at it again! 2 00:00:11,221 --> 00:00:13,056 - Peer attacks the Queen - Thank you. 3 00:00:13,932 --> 00:00:15,601 Queen's critic! 4 00:00:16,768 --> 00:00:19,271 Queen's critic is at it again! 5 00:00:19,479 --> 00:00:20,915 - Good morning, Jack. - Good morning, sir. 6 00:00:20,939 --> 00:00:22,608 - What am I doing? - I'll take one of each 7 00:00:22,691 --> 00:00:24,002 - this morning, please. - One of each. 8 00:00:24,026 --> 00:00:27,112 - And the Sunday as well. - Ooh! A bit of light reading, eh? 9 00:00:27,613 --> 00:00:28,864 That's right. 10 00:00:29,865 --> 00:00:34,203 Queen's critic is at it again! Peer attacks the Queen! 11 00:00:50,636 --> 00:00:52,679 No, I shan't have anything. 12 00:00:53,722 --> 00:00:54,848 Sorry, dear. 13 00:01:22,376 --> 00:01:24,670 - I think he's right. - Do you? 14 00:01:25,003 --> 00:01:27,881 Yeah. Now I think about it, she is a bit priggish. 15 00:01:55,117 --> 00:01:56,660 Here he comes, here he comes. 16 00:01:57,452 --> 00:01:58,620 There he is. 17 00:01:58,870 --> 00:02:01,498 - Please, gentlemen. - That's it. Don't push, please. 18 00:02:01,748 --> 00:02:04,126 - Lord Altrincham? - Yes. 19 00:02:07,879 --> 00:02:09,214 You traitor! 20 00:02:45,625 --> 00:02:46,710 Really? 21 00:02:49,171 --> 00:02:50,213 Really? 22 00:02:53,633 --> 00:02:54,760 Really? 23 00:02:56,053 --> 00:03:00,932 Well, I shall certainly let Her Majesty know. Thank you. 24 00:03:05,020 --> 00:03:06,813 Time and tide, Mr. Conservator. 25 00:03:07,189 --> 00:03:09,608 Wait for no man, Private Secretary. 26 00:03:09,691 --> 00:03:12,569 - Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon, sir. 27 00:03:24,664 --> 00:03:26,083 What is it now? 28 00:03:27,542 --> 00:03:30,712 Lord Altrincham has been struck. 29 00:03:33,548 --> 00:03:34,674 Dumb, I hope. 30 00:03:35,258 --> 00:03:36,676 Better than that, ma'am. 31 00:03:37,386 --> 00:03:38,553 In the face. 32 00:03:39,429 --> 00:03:41,223 Quite forcefully, I'm told. 33 00:03:43,266 --> 00:03:46,645 By whom? Which gallant and chivalrous individual? 34 00:03:46,728 --> 00:03:49,689 Afraid we don't have those details yet, ma'am. 35 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:54,194 The incident occurred outside the television studios, 36 00:03:54,611 --> 00:03:58,782 and the perpetrator is now on his way to the Bow Street Police Station, 37 00:03:59,199 --> 00:04:02,411 where we expect him to be released without charge. 38 00:04:03,495 --> 00:04:04,996 How very gratifying. 39 00:04:05,789 --> 00:04:08,125 Yes. Very. 40 00:04:08,208 --> 00:04:09,918 Which television studios? 41 00:04:10,377 --> 00:04:13,338 The Independent Television Network Studios, ma'am, 42 00:04:13,422 --> 00:04:17,008 where Altrincham had just recorded an interview. 43 00:04:17,801 --> 00:04:19,136 For what? 44 00:04:19,553 --> 00:04:23,432 A program appropriately called Impact. 45 00:04:23,598 --> 00:04:24,641 When will it air? 46 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,603 Tonight, ma'am. 9:00. 47 00:04:47,414 --> 00:04:50,750 Tell the people. Tell them on television. 48 00:04:50,876 --> 00:04:55,714 Questions in the public mind, answered by people in the public eye. 49 00:04:56,256 --> 00:04:59,676 This is Impact, the program that examines 50 00:04:59,759 --> 00:05:02,304 the most important matters of the moment 51 00:05:02,429 --> 00:05:05,557 - and brings the debate to you at home. - Sorry I'm late. 52 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,517 Robin Day puts the questions. 53 00:05:07,601 --> 00:05:08,894 It's just starting. 54 00:05:10,187 --> 00:05:11,605 Tonight, we have a man who, 55 00:05:11,688 --> 00:05:13,690 because of press activity in recent days, 56 00:05:13,773 --> 00:05:16,943 probably needs no introduction, Lord Altrincham. 57 00:05:17,027 --> 00:05:18,403 In the space ofjust a few days, 58 00:05:18,487 --> 00:05:21,364 his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the Queen, 59 00:05:21,448 --> 00:05:24,159 in a periodical of which he is also publisher, 60 00:05:24,242 --> 00:05:26,411 have become the most pressing issue of the day 61 00:05:26,495 --> 00:05:29,414 and caused something of a constitutional crisis. 62 00:05:29,498 --> 00:05:33,919 So, I'd like to begin by asking Lord Altrincham a simple question. 63 00:05:34,169 --> 00:05:36,004 She's our head of state, 64 00:05:36,087 --> 00:05:38,798 loved, respected and admired throughout the world, 65 00:05:38,882 --> 00:05:41,885 so why did do you hate her so very much? 66 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:06,303 National and English Review, two shillings! 67 00:07:06,386 --> 00:07:08,680 Your National and English Review! 68 00:07:08,763 --> 00:07:10,307 - Morning, Fred! - Good morning, sir. 69 00:07:11,141 --> 00:07:13,935 National and English Review, two shillings! 70 00:07:14,311 --> 00:07:15,687 For far too long. 71 00:07:15,812 --> 00:07:18,648 People are beginning to notice, and that is why the... 72 00:07:22,485 --> 00:07:24,821 And that is why the ending of doctrinal tests 73 00:07:24,904 --> 00:07:28,325 and the introduction of women priests is the only viable solution 74 00:07:28,408 --> 00:07:29,951 for saving the Church of England, 75 00:07:30,493 --> 00:07:31,870 an institution that is becoming 76 00:07:31,953 --> 00:07:35,332 increasingly outdated and irrelevant hour by hour. 77 00:07:36,082 --> 00:07:37,751 Who's got a thousand words for me on that? 78 00:07:37,834 --> 00:07:41,212 - Hello, Patricia. - Would anyone like some toffee? 79 00:07:42,005 --> 00:07:44,007 Bring it over here, Patricia, darling. 80 00:07:49,679 --> 00:07:53,016 - Oh! Divine. - Much like Patricia herself. 81 00:07:53,558 --> 00:07:55,560 Come, come, my dear. Be seated. 82 00:07:58,104 --> 00:07:59,105 Right. 83 00:07:59,856 --> 00:08:03,360 If no one's keen on the church story, I can knock something up. 84 00:08:03,610 --> 00:08:06,321 Now, a piece on reforming the House of Lords. 85 00:08:06,404 --> 00:08:08,174 Dermot, you were going to look at that for me, weren't you? 86 00:08:08,198 --> 00:08:12,118 - Something nutty about it? - Mmm. Molasses. 87 00:08:12,243 --> 00:08:15,413 And Europe, we need to work out our official stance. 88 00:08:15,705 --> 00:08:19,250 Are we for or against a single European market? 89 00:08:22,087 --> 00:08:23,213 Are we in or out? 90 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,885 - Toffee, John? - You must try some, John. 91 00:08:29,052 --> 00:08:31,596 I'm afraid I have a thing against toffee. 92 00:08:34,557 --> 00:08:36,059 Why didn't I know that? 93 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:39,270 You can't know everything about me. 94 00:08:42,107 --> 00:08:44,859 It's not the taste I object to so much. 95 00:08:44,943 --> 00:08:47,904 I just have... painful memories. 96 00:08:49,572 --> 00:08:53,910 As a child, I was sitting in a dentist's chair 97 00:08:53,993 --> 00:08:55,578 because of a piece of toffee I ate. 98 00:09:01,334 --> 00:09:02,419 Oh, Lord. 99 00:09:03,753 --> 00:09:04,921 Not again. 100 00:09:05,755 --> 00:09:06,840 Sorry. 101 00:09:07,882 --> 00:09:09,050 I've... 102 00:09:10,385 --> 00:09:15,640 "Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability 103 00:09:15,724 --> 00:09:20,186 "to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work, 104 00:09:20,395 --> 00:09:25,817 "and your great courage in meeting constant small adversities, 105 00:09:26,735 --> 00:09:30,155 "depend, in great measure, the happiness and prosperity 106 00:09:30,697 --> 00:09:34,200 "of the community as... a whole. 107 00:09:38,788 --> 00:09:41,958 "The upward course of a nation's history 108 00:09:42,041 --> 00:09:44,502 "is due, in the long run, 109 00:09:44,627 --> 00:09:48,882 "to the soundness of heart of its average men and women." 110 00:09:49,758 --> 00:09:50,967 Um... 111 00:09:53,428 --> 00:09:55,221 Working men and women? 112 00:09:57,932 --> 00:09:59,851 It has a touch more dignity. 113 00:10:06,733 --> 00:10:08,443 No, I think "average" is fine. 114 00:10:22,832 --> 00:10:25,210 Thought you might be interested to see this. 115 00:10:25,293 --> 00:10:29,589 It's a draft of the speech the Queen's going to give in a week's time. 116 00:10:30,173 --> 00:10:33,635 I don't mind telling you I felt a bit uneasy about it. 117 00:10:37,847 --> 00:10:38,932 Sir. 118 00:10:49,192 --> 00:10:50,235 Yes? 119 00:10:51,444 --> 00:10:54,072 Sir, forgive me if I'm interfering beyond my station... 120 00:11:01,496 --> 00:11:03,164 - Tommy. - Martin. 121 00:11:04,332 --> 00:11:07,293 You were about to interfere beyond your station. 122 00:11:09,796 --> 00:11:13,716 It's concerning the speech the Queen is due to give next week 123 00:11:14,175 --> 00:11:15,969 at the Jaguar car factory. 124 00:11:16,052 --> 00:11:19,639 - What about it? - I was just wondering 125 00:11:19,764 --> 00:11:21,224 if you were happy with it. 126 00:11:24,477 --> 00:11:26,521 Well, obviously I'm happy with it, 127 00:11:26,646 --> 00:11:29,065 or I wouldn't have shown it to Her Majesty 128 00:11:29,148 --> 00:11:32,652 for the approval which she immediately gave. 129 00:11:33,403 --> 00:11:36,406 - Did the Queen read it? - She didn't need to. 130 00:11:36,698 --> 00:11:40,702 She merely asked if I was happy. I replied in the affirmative. 131 00:11:41,744 --> 00:11:46,207 And that was good enough for Her Majesty. 132 00:11:46,291 --> 00:11:50,920 But I can see that the really important question is, 133 00:11:51,129 --> 00:11:54,674 is it good enough for Colonel Charteris? 134 00:11:56,467 --> 00:11:59,971 You don't think it strikes the wrong tone? 135 00:12:00,555 --> 00:12:02,056 In which sense? 136 00:12:03,516 --> 00:12:06,102 In its... uh, paternalism. 137 00:12:08,354 --> 00:12:09,647 May I? 138 00:12:12,233 --> 00:12:13,359 Thank you. 139 00:12:13,610 --> 00:12:17,322 I suppose if I had a concern... 140 00:12:18,865 --> 00:12:22,869 it would be that, post-Suez, in this new climate, 141 00:12:23,828 --> 00:12:25,163 in this new Britain, 142 00:12:27,123 --> 00:12:30,835 the tone of the speech is somewhat... 143 00:12:31,252 --> 00:12:32,795 Somewhat what? 144 00:12:36,466 --> 00:12:37,634 Old-fashioned. 145 00:12:39,761 --> 00:12:41,971 And would leave her open to attack. 146 00:12:42,055 --> 00:12:44,223 - From whom? - The newspapers. 147 00:12:46,267 --> 00:12:47,268 People. 148 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:50,813 If I had a shilling for every time someone of a progressive 149 00:12:50,897 --> 00:12:54,776 or liberal disposition had warned needlessly of a popular attack 150 00:12:54,859 --> 00:12:57,236 against the Crown, I'd be a rich man. 151 00:12:57,570 --> 00:12:59,864 The British people adore their sovereign. 152 00:12:59,948 --> 00:13:03,868 It is what constitutes, indeed defines, being British. 153 00:13:04,577 --> 00:13:07,205 No, the worst I've ever encountered is apathy, 154 00:13:07,288 --> 00:13:09,749 where people simply accept the King or Queen 155 00:13:09,832 --> 00:13:12,085 as they accept the sky above their heads. 156 00:13:12,835 --> 00:13:15,838 But it's a long way from apathy to insurrection. 157 00:13:16,673 --> 00:13:19,968 Now, as regards the newspapers, the Crown can count on their support 158 00:13:20,051 --> 00:13:23,763 first, there is nothing to attack. 159 00:13:23,846 --> 00:13:26,474 That's the advantage of a constitutional monarchy. 160 00:13:26,975 --> 00:13:29,936 They have no power so there's nothing to complain about. 161 00:13:30,019 --> 00:13:33,398 And even if they wanted to, they'd always let us know first. 162 00:13:33,773 --> 00:13:35,775 The palace would then threaten them with a boycott 163 00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:37,777 on the next major royal event, 164 00:13:37,944 --> 00:13:41,072 causing the newspapers immediately to back down. 165 00:13:41,656 --> 00:13:44,993 Because the very people you fear will hate the Queen 166 00:13:45,743 --> 00:13:49,288 are the same ones who buy copies in their millions. 167 00:13:49,580 --> 00:13:50,707 Why? 168 00:13:51,082 --> 00:13:52,792 Because they love her. 169 00:13:56,004 --> 00:13:58,464 So I'm worrying unnecessarily? 170 00:13:58,548 --> 00:14:05,179 Martin, I shall leave the drawing of that inescapable conclusion to you. 171 00:14:21,988 --> 00:14:24,657 I'm going to take it in a little shorter, ma'am, 172 00:14:24,741 --> 00:14:26,492 and rounder at the back. 173 00:14:26,576 --> 00:14:27,577 Lovely. 174 00:14:44,761 --> 00:14:51,392 Zadok, the priest 175 00:14:51,851 --> 00:14:58,066 And Nathan, the prophet 176 00:15:00,943 --> 00:15:04,781 Anointed 177 00:15:05,364 --> 00:15:10,453 Solomon King 178 00:15:16,375 --> 00:15:17,585 Thank you. 179 00:15:18,461 --> 00:15:20,505 I like it very much. 180 00:15:33,851 --> 00:15:35,019 Thank you. 181 00:15:44,237 --> 00:15:47,824 I thought you were hoping for more children from me. 182 00:15:49,951 --> 00:15:51,035 I am. 183 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,414 Then why on earth would you do something like that to your hair? 184 00:15:55,998 --> 00:15:57,291 What's wrong with it? 185 00:15:59,335 --> 00:16:02,130 I thought it was tidy and... sensible. 186 00:16:02,213 --> 00:16:04,382 Adjectives to stir the loins. 187 00:16:05,299 --> 00:16:06,968 Apparently it's very a la mode. 188 00:16:07,718 --> 00:16:10,388 All the regimental wives are wearing their hair like this now. 189 00:16:10,513 --> 00:16:11,639 - Really? - Yes. 190 00:16:11,722 --> 00:16:13,558 Well, it's certainly very practical. 191 00:16:14,058 --> 00:16:16,561 And should you ever feel compelled to ride a motorcycle, 192 00:16:16,644 --> 00:16:18,938 it could always double as a helmet. 193 00:16:20,648 --> 00:16:21,816 Well, I like it. 194 00:16:25,153 --> 00:16:27,321 No, I have nothing against it personally. 195 00:16:27,405 --> 00:16:28,489 Stop it. 196 00:16:28,573 --> 00:16:32,702 I'm sure it will provide ample protection against any falling masonry. 197 00:16:36,914 --> 00:16:40,334 But if enlarging the family 198 00:16:40,501 --> 00:16:43,171 and enticing your husband to procreate is the goal... 199 00:16:43,254 --> 00:16:44,589 It is. 200 00:16:44,714 --> 00:16:47,258 Then you might take a look at Jayne Mansfield... 201 00:16:49,093 --> 00:16:50,344 Or Rita Hayworth. 202 00:16:52,054 --> 00:16:53,514 Ooh, Rita Hayworth. 203 00:17:18,122 --> 00:17:19,624 Sir William Lyons, Your Majesty. 204 00:17:19,707 --> 00:17:22,251 - Welcome, Your Majesty. - Thank you, sir. Hello. 205 00:17:23,127 --> 00:17:24,545 How do you do? 206 00:17:24,712 --> 00:17:26,964 It's very spacious, isn't it. 207 00:17:27,048 --> 00:17:29,258 This is our research and development area. 208 00:17:29,342 --> 00:17:30,801 Splendid. Now we're talking. 209 00:17:30,927 --> 00:17:34,055 May I introduce you, ma'am, to Nigel Willoughby? 210 00:17:34,138 --> 00:17:35,556 He sketches all of our prototypes. 211 00:17:35,681 --> 00:17:39,227 You studied drawing, did you? Lovely. You're very good at it. 212 00:17:40,353 --> 00:17:42,146 - And that's the chassis. - It is, indeed. 213 00:17:42,980 --> 00:17:45,191 A finished MK-1, Your Majesty. 214 00:17:45,816 --> 00:17:47,235 It's lovely. 215 00:17:47,318 --> 00:17:50,488 With top speeds of over 100 miles per hour. 216 00:17:51,822 --> 00:17:52,865 Quite the thing. 217 00:17:52,949 --> 00:17:55,117 I've always been interested in the red leather. 218 00:17:55,201 --> 00:17:56,702 Is it horse or cow? 219 00:17:58,204 --> 00:17:59,247 Hello. 220 00:18:10,716 --> 00:18:13,511 I wish first to express to you 221 00:18:13,594 --> 00:18:17,098 my very great pleasure at being here today. 222 00:18:18,266 --> 00:18:21,644 My husband and I have been most profoundly moved 223 00:18:21,936 --> 00:18:25,815 by your hospitable welcome and would like you to know 224 00:18:25,940 --> 00:18:28,401 how very grateful we are to you all... 225 00:18:28,484 --> 00:18:31,237 - Thank you. - ...for the work that you do. 226 00:18:32,863 --> 00:18:35,658 We understand that in the turbulence 227 00:18:35,741 --> 00:18:38,494 of this anxious and active world, 228 00:18:39,161 --> 00:18:43,332 many of you are leading uneventful, lonely lives, 229 00:18:44,667 --> 00:18:47,169 where dreariness is the enemy. 230 00:18:47,586 --> 00:18:48,587 What? 231 00:18:48,671 --> 00:18:53,926 Perhaps you don't understand that on your steadfastness and ability 232 00:18:54,010 --> 00:18:57,722 to withstand the fatigue of dull, repetitive work 233 00:18:59,181 --> 00:19:01,851 depend, in great measure, the happiness 234 00:19:02,351 --> 00:19:06,439 and prosperity of the community as a whole. 235 00:19:08,024 --> 00:19:10,276 The upward course of a nation's history 236 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,570 is due, in the long run, 237 00:19:13,404 --> 00:19:17,366 to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. 238 00:19:18,367 --> 00:19:20,119 May you be proud to remember 239 00:19:20,828 --> 00:19:22,788 how much depends on you, 240 00:19:23,539 --> 00:19:26,709 and that even when your life seems most monotonous, 241 00:19:27,793 --> 00:19:33,924 what you do is always of real value and importance to your fellow... 242 00:19:41,724 --> 00:19:42,725 Lord Altrincham? 243 00:19:44,727 --> 00:19:48,105 Evening edition! News Chronicle! 244 00:19:48,606 --> 00:19:50,107 Evening edition! 245 00:19:55,738 --> 00:19:57,656 Ah! I need a favor, some typing. 246 00:19:57,740 --> 00:19:59,241 You're going home. 247 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:01,202 I don't need to be. 248 00:20:05,247 --> 00:20:08,084 I've just heard a ridiculous speech by the Queen, 249 00:20:08,209 --> 00:20:10,586 and I want to write an immediate response. 250 00:20:11,379 --> 00:20:13,255 No, I'll... I'll find someone else. 251 00:20:13,339 --> 00:20:15,257 No, no, it's no trouble. 252 00:20:15,424 --> 00:20:16,926 I had nothing else planned. 253 00:20:19,595 --> 00:20:20,638 Thank you. 254 00:20:46,288 --> 00:20:48,791 - I've had another thought. - Super. 255 00:20:49,166 --> 00:20:51,293 A rather heretical thought. 256 00:20:51,794 --> 00:20:53,921 I got the idea from something Walter Bagehot said 257 00:20:54,004 --> 00:20:57,508 about the first duty of royalty being to inspire. 258 00:21:31,625 --> 00:21:34,044 The Court has lamentably failed to move with the times. 259 00:22:22,218 --> 00:22:23,344 Hello. 260 00:22:23,427 --> 00:22:24,863 I trust you had a safe journey, Your Majesty. 261 00:22:24,887 --> 00:22:27,264 - Yes, very lovely. - Good to be back. 262 00:22:27,348 --> 00:22:29,642 Well, let's hope it brightens up later. 263 00:24:35,893 --> 00:24:37,061 Good shot, ma'am. 264 00:24:47,446 --> 00:24:50,991 National and English Review! National and English Review! 265 00:24:51,075 --> 00:24:53,511 Thank you, madam. Two shillings for National and English Review. 266 00:24:53,535 --> 00:24:55,454 Thank you, sir. Morning. 267 00:24:55,954 --> 00:24:57,331 Thank you very much, madam. 268 00:24:57,748 --> 00:25:00,542 National and English Review. Two shillings, thank you very much. 269 00:25:00,626 --> 00:25:04,588 There we go, sir. Two shillings. Thank you very much. Two shillings. 270 00:25:27,986 --> 00:25:29,154 I see. 271 00:25:31,949 --> 00:25:32,991 Right. 272 00:25:35,619 --> 00:25:36,704 Well, thank you. 273 00:26:08,110 --> 00:26:11,739 Sorry to disturb, Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness. 274 00:26:12,614 --> 00:26:14,199 Just to say 275 00:26:14,283 --> 00:26:17,995 it might be worth avoiding certain newspapers this morning. 276 00:26:18,579 --> 00:26:21,457 Why? What's your sister done now? 277 00:26:23,459 --> 00:26:26,003 Nothing to do with Princess Margaret, sir. 278 00:26:27,296 --> 00:26:30,924 It's an article written by Lord Altrincham. 279 00:26:31,175 --> 00:26:33,093 Never heard of him. You? 280 00:26:33,927 --> 00:26:36,597 Taken originally from his own publication, 281 00:26:37,431 --> 00:26:39,892 The National and English Review. 282 00:26:40,476 --> 00:26:42,019 Never heard of that, either. 283 00:26:42,102 --> 00:26:47,191 Which several newspapers have chosen to run, partially or in full. 284 00:26:47,900 --> 00:26:49,485 What kind of article? 285 00:26:51,445 --> 00:26:55,491 It's quite a critical article, ma'am. 286 00:27:00,954 --> 00:27:02,748 What gives him the right? 287 00:27:05,501 --> 00:27:07,461 Tell me honestly, Mommy, 288 00:27:08,796 --> 00:27:11,256 is there any part of you that agrees with him? 289 00:27:13,175 --> 00:27:14,885 Certainly not. 290 00:27:17,012 --> 00:27:19,556 And that's not just your mother saying that. 291 00:27:20,390 --> 00:27:22,726 The palace press secretary called me an hour ago to say 292 00:27:22,810 --> 00:27:26,146 the vast majority of the country not only disagrees with Altrincham 293 00:27:26,230 --> 00:27:28,232 but is disgusted by him. 294 00:27:28,899 --> 00:27:30,526 It's an irrelevant article 295 00:27:30,901 --> 00:27:33,821 written by an irrelevant man for an irrelevant publication. 296 00:27:34,446 --> 00:27:37,950 Only picked up because it's August, people are on holiday, 297 00:27:38,033 --> 00:27:40,994 government is in recess, and there's nothing to write about. 298 00:27:42,538 --> 00:27:45,249 Today, 85% of the country is against him. 299 00:27:45,374 --> 00:27:47,751 By tomorrow, it will be 95%. 300 00:27:48,502 --> 00:27:50,712 That man's going to wish he'd never been born. 301 00:27:53,048 --> 00:27:55,008 - Traitor! - Coward! 302 00:28:06,478 --> 00:28:07,771 Excuse me! 303 00:28:08,313 --> 00:28:09,857 Excuse me. Thank you. 304 00:28:09,940 --> 00:28:12,359 Excuse me. Excuse me. Thank you. 305 00:28:16,947 --> 00:28:20,075 I asked you to come because I had a phone call an hour ago 306 00:28:20,158 --> 00:28:21,827 from a television producer, 307 00:28:21,952 --> 00:28:25,038 inviting me to record an interview this afternoon. 308 00:28:25,122 --> 00:28:26,456 Which program? 309 00:28:26,665 --> 00:28:29,334 Impact. With Robin Day. 310 00:28:31,336 --> 00:28:33,380 I wish it weren't Day. 311 00:28:33,547 --> 00:28:36,216 We all wish it weren't Day, he's terrifying. 312 00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:37,926 Don't be silly. 313 00:28:38,051 --> 00:28:40,971 The fact that it's Day is what makes it valuable. 314 00:28:41,221 --> 00:28:43,223 You don't think I'm walking into a trap? 315 00:28:43,390 --> 00:28:45,976 You walked into the trap when you wrote the article. 316 00:28:46,226 --> 00:28:49,771 Now you're the most unloved individual in Britain. 317 00:28:50,731 --> 00:28:54,151 Ironically, Day is the one person who could help you. 318 00:28:54,318 --> 00:28:55,611 Why? 319 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,488 You've seen how he interviews people. 320 00:28:58,989 --> 00:29:01,867 He dismembers them. Tears them to shreds. 321 00:29:01,950 --> 00:29:04,745 Yes, but keep your cool under his scrutiny. 322 00:29:05,454 --> 00:29:09,291 Make your case politely, respectfully, intelligently. 323 00:29:10,459 --> 00:29:12,127 It could turn people around. 324 00:29:23,347 --> 00:29:24,806 Thank you very much. 325 00:29:31,355 --> 00:29:33,607 - Lord Altrincham. How do you do? - How do you do? 326 00:29:33,690 --> 00:29:34,816 - Shall we? - Yes. 327 00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:36,485 This way. Thank you for coming. 328 00:29:36,568 --> 00:29:39,071 Not at all. How long do we have until we start? 329 00:29:39,154 --> 00:29:42,324 We'll pop into makeup quickly. We should make a start in 10 minutes. 330 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:46,328 - Just here, if you will. - Right. 331 00:29:48,455 --> 00:29:50,332 - Help yourself to water. - Thank you. 332 00:29:50,415 --> 00:29:52,000 Shouldn't be too long. 333 00:29:53,794 --> 00:29:55,234 - All good? - All good. 334 00:29:59,091 --> 00:30:00,151 He's standing by, sir. 335 00:30:00,175 --> 00:30:02,415 - And he's prepared? - Ready as he can be. 336 00:30:05,097 --> 00:30:06,431 Let's make a start. 337 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,315 You've been told how all this works? 338 00:30:15,399 --> 00:30:17,526 Recording now, transmission tonight? 339 00:30:17,901 --> 00:30:19,528 - Stand by, studio. - Yes. Thank you. 340 00:30:19,695 --> 00:30:23,240 Five, four, three... 341 00:30:25,784 --> 00:30:27,035 Tonight, we have a man who, 342 00:30:27,119 --> 00:30:29,079 because of press activity in recent days, 343 00:30:29,162 --> 00:30:31,832 probably needs no introduction, Lord Altrincham. 344 00:30:32,207 --> 00:30:33,542 In the space of just a few days, 345 00:30:33,625 --> 00:30:37,379 his inflammatory and deeply personal attacks on the Queen, 346 00:30:37,587 --> 00:30:40,048 in a periodical of which he is also publisher, 347 00:30:40,132 --> 00:30:42,384 have become the most pressing issue of the day 348 00:30:42,467 --> 00:30:45,345 and caused something of a constitutional crisis. 349 00:30:45,429 --> 00:30:49,433 So, I'd like to begin by asking Lord Altrincham a simple question. 350 00:30:50,308 --> 00:30:51,727 She's our head of state, 351 00:30:51,810 --> 00:30:54,271 loved, respected and admired around the world, 352 00:30:54,354 --> 00:30:57,315 so why do you hate her so very much? 353 00:30:57,441 --> 00:30:59,151 I... I don't. 354 00:30:59,401 --> 00:31:00,986 Then why criticize her like this? 355 00:31:02,237 --> 00:31:05,866 That's like asking an art critic why he criticizes art. 356 00:31:06,283 --> 00:31:08,035 I'm a passionate monarchist 357 00:31:08,118 --> 00:31:11,246 who believes constitutional monarchy is Britain's greatest invention. 358 00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:13,081 Do you, indeed? 359 00:31:13,165 --> 00:31:16,043 Yes, I do. I believe that monarchy provides clarity. 360 00:31:17,002 --> 00:31:21,631 A symbolic head of state, transcending the self-serving interests 361 00:31:21,757 --> 00:31:24,926 of the egocentric and self-motivated politicians 362 00:31:25,010 --> 00:31:27,179 who go in and out of office, 363 00:31:27,471 --> 00:31:32,142 who, as King Lear wonderfully says, "ebb and flow by the moon." 364 00:31:32,601 --> 00:31:34,061 But when working at its best, 365 00:31:34,144 --> 00:31:37,689 monarchy can rise above such matters and unify a society. 366 00:31:37,814 --> 00:31:40,525 It can set the tone and become the embodiment of the nation, 367 00:31:40,609 --> 00:31:42,319 of national character. 368 00:31:42,444 --> 00:31:45,447 But the problem is, at the moment, it's... It's not doing that. 369 00:31:45,947 --> 00:31:48,492 It's doing very little right, as far as you're concerned. 370 00:31:48,575 --> 00:31:49,951 No, that's not true. 371 00:31:50,035 --> 00:31:53,413 You would like to see Her Majesty endowed with superhuman powers. 372 00:31:53,622 --> 00:31:55,665 It's not superhuman to be a little spontaneous. 373 00:31:55,791 --> 00:31:57,959 Judging from your article, you'd like the Queen to have 374 00:31:58,043 --> 00:32:03,799 the qualities of a wit, you'd like her to be a better orator, a TV personality, 375 00:32:03,924 --> 00:32:08,428 in addition to being a diligent, dutiful and devoted monarch and a mother. 376 00:32:08,512 --> 00:32:11,056 All I'm suggesting is that, in her public speeches 377 00:32:11,139 --> 00:32:14,935 and in her appearances, she should be more natural. 378 00:32:15,727 --> 00:32:20,148 Her style of speaking is, quite frankly, a pain in the neck. 379 00:32:20,941 --> 00:32:22,484 She sounds strangled. 380 00:32:23,443 --> 00:32:25,487 I had the misfortune of hearing 381 00:32:25,570 --> 00:32:28,824 one of the Queen's speeches in a dental waiting room recently. 382 00:32:29,324 --> 00:32:30,700 I was horrified 383 00:32:30,784 --> 00:32:34,621 by the indifference and inertia with which the speech was greeted. 384 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,416 But you'd accept that being Queen and head of the Church of England 385 00:32:38,500 --> 00:32:41,461 is not an easyjob or a simple one? If you'll forgive me, 386 00:32:41,545 --> 00:32:46,049 it's arguably a harderjob than editing a small periodical. 387 00:32:46,341 --> 00:32:50,637 No, I quite agree. Her Majesty has a seemingly impossible task. 388 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,181 She has to be ordinary and extraordinary, 389 00:32:53,265 --> 00:32:55,433 touched by divinity and yet one of us, 390 00:32:55,517 --> 00:33:00,856 but being ordinary doesn't have to mean bland or ineffectual. 391 00:33:01,439 --> 00:33:02,732 Or forgettable. 392 00:33:03,108 --> 00:33:06,444 And against whom do you lay the main charge? Her courtiers? 393 00:33:06,570 --> 00:33:08,381 Well, in the end, if the court is wrong, 394 00:33:08,405 --> 00:33:10,407 if the setup is wrong, 395 00:33:10,490 --> 00:33:12,367 you have no choice but to criticize the boss. 396 00:33:12,534 --> 00:33:13,785 The Queen? 397 00:33:13,869 --> 00:33:17,706 Yes, because only the boss can get rid of the bad servants. 398 00:33:18,582 --> 00:33:19,666 She hires them. 399 00:33:19,749 --> 00:33:21,751 She alone can fire them. 400 00:33:21,835 --> 00:33:25,547 Now, they may be bad, I believe some of them at the moment are. 401 00:33:25,630 --> 00:33:30,510 They're quite dreadful, but it is her responsibility, it's not theirs, 402 00:33:30,594 --> 00:33:32,721 in the sense that they are just hired hands. 403 00:33:32,888 --> 00:33:35,765 And so the personal attack on the monarch continues. 404 00:33:35,891 --> 00:33:38,101 Let me just say this. 405 00:33:38,185 --> 00:33:42,689 To criticize the monarchy, to criticize Her Majesty, personally, 406 00:33:42,772 --> 00:33:44,774 gives me no satisfaction. 407 00:33:44,983 --> 00:33:47,485 But we have to remember that, since the Second World War, 408 00:33:47,569 --> 00:33:51,364 since Suez, Britain has changed beyond recognition. 409 00:33:51,865 --> 00:33:54,659 And yet the monarchy continues its pre-war routines 410 00:33:54,743 --> 00:33:56,912 as though nothing has happened. 411 00:33:57,078 --> 00:33:59,998 I believe it would serve the Queen and her courtiers well to remember 412 00:34:00,081 --> 00:34:04,628 that until recently, monarchies were the rule and republics the exception, 413 00:34:04,711 --> 00:34:08,673 but today, republics are the rule 414 00:34:09,257 --> 00:34:12,594 and monarchies very much the exception. 415 00:34:14,012 --> 00:34:16,389 Lord Altrincham, I have to terminate the interview. 416 00:34:16,473 --> 00:34:19,017 I'm obliged to you for answering my questions. 417 00:34:19,142 --> 00:34:22,938 Next week at the same time, there will be another edition of Impact. 418 00:34:23,396 --> 00:34:24,648 Good night. 419 00:34:25,482 --> 00:34:27,067 That went very well. 420 00:34:34,115 --> 00:34:37,452 - Thank you again, Lord Altrincham. - Thank you. Good day. 421 00:34:42,249 --> 00:34:43,375 Thank you. 422 00:34:45,877 --> 00:34:48,546 I thought he was even scarier in real life than I... 423 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:50,382 - Lord Altrincham? - Yes. 424 00:34:52,884 --> 00:34:53,885 You traitor! 425 00:34:56,012 --> 00:34:58,807 - Is that him? It is, isn't it? - Well done. 426 00:35:00,267 --> 00:35:03,353 - Congratulations. - Well done. Well done, sir. 427 00:35:03,436 --> 00:35:05,436 - A glass of white? - Well done. 428 00:35:05,522 --> 00:35:07,857 Or something stronger? What about a brandy? 429 00:35:07,941 --> 00:35:09,150 Why not? 430 00:35:09,484 --> 00:35:10,860 Well done. 431 00:35:12,654 --> 00:35:13,780 Humphrey. 432 00:35:14,739 --> 00:35:17,033 Well done. You looked incredibly calm. 433 00:35:17,117 --> 00:35:20,370 - Really? - Man of the hour. Really. 434 00:35:31,673 --> 00:35:34,217 - Your Majesty. - Yes, what is it, Michael? 435 00:35:35,176 --> 00:35:38,471 There have been some reactions in the newspapers 436 00:35:38,638 --> 00:35:42,934 to last night's television interview, and to the assault upon Lord Altrincham. 437 00:35:43,018 --> 00:35:46,479 I'm afraid it's not quite as we'd hoped. 438 00:35:49,441 --> 00:35:50,483 Why not? 439 00:35:52,193 --> 00:35:55,238 Well, the man that struck Altrincham, it turns out, 440 00:35:55,322 --> 00:36:00,577 is a member of the extreme right League of Empire Loyalists, 441 00:36:01,161 --> 00:36:06,249 which is a pressure group that campaigns against the dissolution of the Empire 442 00:36:06,750 --> 00:36:10,086 and has a clear doctrine of English racial supremacy. 443 00:36:11,129 --> 00:36:12,297 Oh, dear. 444 00:36:12,797 --> 00:36:16,301 And it seems that most people have decided, 445 00:36:16,593 --> 00:36:19,346 having watched Altrincham on the television, 446 00:36:19,763 --> 00:36:23,808 that he is eminently reasonable. 447 00:36:25,143 --> 00:36:30,732 Now, almost half the country appears to agree with his sentiments, 448 00:36:30,815 --> 00:36:33,276 and there are new polls to support this. 449 00:36:34,027 --> 00:36:36,863 Letters to the Daily Mirror are running at four to one 450 00:36:36,988 --> 00:36:38,531 in Altrincham's favor, 451 00:36:39,866 --> 00:36:43,828 and even the normally conservative Daily Mail 452 00:36:45,372 --> 00:36:46,790 changed its tune this morning. 453 00:36:49,459 --> 00:36:54,381 In addition, and this, I believe, reflects on his growing concern 454 00:36:54,506 --> 00:36:57,467 at some of the telephone calls he has been receiving, 455 00:36:58,468 --> 00:37:03,723 the Prime Minister has suggested that he come up a week earlier than planned, 456 00:37:03,973 --> 00:37:07,560 in order to discuss it all with you in person. 457 00:37:08,144 --> 00:37:11,773 Goodness! A constitutional crisis. 458 00:37:13,108 --> 00:37:16,152 Well, I hope you're going to apologize to Mr. Macmillan, too. 459 00:37:16,236 --> 00:37:17,237 Ma'am? 460 00:37:17,612 --> 00:37:20,698 You're not going to deny this whole mess springs from a badly written speech 461 00:37:20,782 --> 00:37:23,493 which I gave, unquestioningly, because I trusted you. 462 00:37:25,787 --> 00:37:26,913 Perhaps Altrincham's right. 463 00:37:26,996 --> 00:37:29,999 Perhaps I should surround myself with younger, more dynamic people 464 00:37:30,083 --> 00:37:31,751 with one foot in the real world! 465 00:37:34,212 --> 00:37:35,547 Thank you, ma'am. 466 00:38:01,322 --> 00:38:03,700 And you believe it's now a government matter? 467 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:05,326 I do, ma'am. 468 00:38:06,453 --> 00:38:11,249 Ambassadors from all around the world have been calling me, concerned. 469 00:38:12,792 --> 00:38:16,296 Her Majesty will hardly need reminding a great many other countries 470 00:38:16,713 --> 00:38:20,383 have overthrown their monarchies and become republics in recent years. 471 00:38:21,176 --> 00:38:26,181 Egypt, Bulgaria, Italy, Tunisia only last month. 472 00:38:27,015 --> 00:38:28,516 Of course, we're not at that point. 473 00:38:29,476 --> 00:38:30,894 Not at a red light. 474 00:38:31,853 --> 00:38:33,730 We're not even at an amber. 475 00:38:34,397 --> 00:38:36,733 But we'd hate it to become amber. 476 00:38:38,735 --> 00:38:41,571 And so, it is my view, the government's view, 477 00:38:41,738 --> 00:38:44,824 that it would be wise to contain this as soon as possible. 478 00:38:44,908 --> 00:38:47,327 - And do what? - The obvious thing. 479 00:38:48,745 --> 00:38:53,166 Altrincham is a fire which needs to be put out. 480 00:38:55,752 --> 00:38:57,086 Got you! 481 00:39:02,509 --> 00:39:03,551 Got you! 482 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:20,485 Got you! 483 00:39:29,118 --> 00:39:31,955 The palace has offered up a chap called Charteris. 484 00:39:33,164 --> 00:39:34,165 To meet. 485 00:39:35,333 --> 00:39:36,501 I looked him up. 486 00:39:36,793 --> 00:39:39,546 He used to be her principal private secretary. 487 00:39:40,713 --> 00:39:44,634 - Well, there you are. - Before the King died. 488 00:39:46,135 --> 00:39:49,681 - When she was princess. - And now? 489 00:39:50,306 --> 00:39:56,521 He's assistant private secretary, so not quite a pawn, 490 00:39:56,646 --> 00:39:59,065 but certainly not a bishop or knight, either. 491 00:39:59,524 --> 00:40:00,608 Go. 492 00:40:01,568 --> 00:40:03,152 Go, in order to be fobbed off? 493 00:40:03,236 --> 00:40:06,197 Go in the spirit of openness and wanting to work together. 494 00:40:06,322 --> 00:40:07,466 If they wanted to work together, 495 00:40:07,490 --> 00:40:10,159 - they would have sent someone higher up. - Go. 496 00:40:11,703 --> 00:40:12,745 All right. 497 00:40:13,913 --> 00:40:15,957 And take a list of suggestions. 498 00:40:16,291 --> 00:40:17,667 Recommendations. 499 00:40:18,501 --> 00:40:20,044 Don't go empty-handed. 500 00:40:26,968 --> 00:40:28,303 Not yet! John! 501 00:40:28,845 --> 00:40:30,430 Your tooth! John! 502 00:40:31,472 --> 00:40:32,557 Sorry. 503 00:41:01,878 --> 00:41:03,671 - Do you have a comment, sir? - Sorry. 504 00:41:03,755 --> 00:41:05,006 Lord Altrincham! 505 00:41:33,785 --> 00:41:34,786 Lord Altrincham? 506 00:41:35,453 --> 00:41:37,580 - Yes. - This way, please. 507 00:42:05,650 --> 00:42:07,610 Good to know I'm seeing the top man. 508 00:42:12,115 --> 00:42:13,366 In one sense. 509 00:42:20,581 --> 00:42:21,958 Here we are, Lord Altrincham. 510 00:42:22,041 --> 00:42:24,669 Colonel Charteris will be with you shortly. 511 00:42:27,255 --> 00:42:28,798 - Thank you. - Sir. 512 00:42:52,822 --> 00:42:56,492 I see we have something in common. 513 00:42:58,244 --> 00:42:59,604 And what would that be? 514 00:43:05,710 --> 00:43:06,836 Your Majesty. 515 00:43:10,256 --> 00:43:15,261 I was referring to the photos of Eton and Sandhurst. 516 00:43:16,387 --> 00:43:18,556 Which you attended too, I gather. 517 00:43:18,973 --> 00:43:19,974 Yes. 518 00:43:20,516 --> 00:43:22,310 Going on to become an Officer of the Guards 519 00:43:22,393 --> 00:43:26,230 at both St. James's Palace and Windsor Castle. 520 00:43:27,190 --> 00:43:30,401 It doesn't quite fit the profile of a revolutionary. 521 00:43:31,778 --> 00:43:33,863 It's the assumption everyone has made. 522 00:43:33,946 --> 00:43:35,406 Because I dare offer an opinion, 523 00:43:35,490 --> 00:43:37,825 I must be trying to burn the temple down. 524 00:43:38,868 --> 00:43:41,954 On the contrary, I'm trying to make sure it survives. 525 00:43:42,830 --> 00:43:45,625 Well, those of us in the temple are very much looking forward 526 00:43:45,708 --> 00:43:49,587 to hearing what it is we must do in order to survive. 527 00:43:50,463 --> 00:43:51,714 Shall we begin? 528 00:43:55,176 --> 00:43:56,969 Is my voice all right? 529 00:43:58,304 --> 00:43:59,889 You can understand me? 530 00:44:00,932 --> 00:44:03,142 - Yes. - Not too strangled? 531 00:44:03,684 --> 00:44:05,645 Not too much a pain in the neck? 532 00:44:06,229 --> 00:44:08,064 - No. - Good. 533 00:44:09,982 --> 00:44:13,528 So, what is it that you'd have me change? 534 00:44:14,153 --> 00:44:16,364 It's not so much what I'd have you change, 535 00:44:16,864 --> 00:44:19,617 just an acknowledgment that it has changed. 536 00:44:20,326 --> 00:44:21,410 What? 537 00:44:22,328 --> 00:44:23,621 Everything. 538 00:44:24,539 --> 00:44:29,418 And to prepare yourself for the fact we now live in a time 539 00:44:31,045 --> 00:44:32,046 where people like me... 540 00:44:32,171 --> 00:44:35,299 - Can say exactly what they think. - Yes. 541 00:44:35,383 --> 00:44:38,302 - In any way they want. - Yes. 542 00:44:38,386 --> 00:44:42,598 And, remind me, why is that, exactly? 543 00:44:44,141 --> 00:44:46,811 Because the age of deference is over. 544 00:44:48,563 --> 00:44:51,148 And what is left without deference? 545 00:44:52,233 --> 00:44:53,526 Anarchy? 546 00:44:54,026 --> 00:44:55,111 Equality. 547 00:44:55,862 --> 00:44:58,614 How can it be equality when I cannot return the fire? 548 00:44:58,739 --> 00:44:59,866 You can. 549 00:45:00,157 --> 00:45:03,119 But I struggle to think of a moment in history where it has worked 550 00:45:03,244 --> 00:45:07,123 to a monarch's advantage to return fire on their own people. 551 00:45:07,456 --> 00:45:11,043 But you have managed to think of how this monarch 552 00:45:11,127 --> 00:45:13,629 might do something to her advantage. 553 00:45:13,713 --> 00:45:14,755 I have. 554 00:45:14,839 --> 00:45:18,301 And that same monarch is sitting before, forgive me, 555 00:45:19,927 --> 00:45:24,640 a failed politician and an unrecognized journalist, 556 00:45:25,683 --> 00:45:28,644 and taking his advice on how to do her job. 557 00:45:30,438 --> 00:45:33,816 The situation is as baffling to me as it is to you, Your Majesty. 558 00:45:49,540 --> 00:45:50,958 You've got a list. 559 00:45:51,626 --> 00:45:52,752 I do. 560 00:45:52,835 --> 00:45:57,590 As you might know from my article, I made a series of observations, 561 00:45:57,882 --> 00:46:02,053 recommendations of things to change, but for the purposes of this meeting, 562 00:46:02,136 --> 00:46:06,349 I chose to limit those recommendations to six. 563 00:46:07,642 --> 00:46:08,684 Six? 564 00:46:09,518 --> 00:46:13,064 Three things to start and three things to stop. 565 00:46:13,564 --> 00:46:15,858 Well, let's start with the "stops." 566 00:46:17,026 --> 00:46:18,027 Very well. 567 00:46:18,945 --> 00:46:23,366 Yes. Putting an end to the debutantes' ball. 568 00:46:24,951 --> 00:46:29,330 The idea that young women of a certain class are presented to the sovereign, 569 00:46:29,413 --> 00:46:32,333 and women who are not of that class are not presented to the sovereign 570 00:46:32,416 --> 00:46:34,126 and somehow not acceptable, 571 00:46:35,127 --> 00:46:37,546 this is the sort of inequity that should have died out 572 00:46:37,630 --> 00:46:41,467 with our grandparents' generation, certainly after the war. 573 00:46:46,222 --> 00:46:47,264 Next. 574 00:46:50,059 --> 00:46:51,060 Uh... 575 00:46:52,687 --> 00:46:57,358 Allow divorced people to move more freely in royal circles. 576 00:46:58,734 --> 00:46:59,735 Why? 577 00:47:00,903 --> 00:47:02,947 The sovereign is head of the Church of England, 578 00:47:03,030 --> 00:47:05,783 and the Church does not recognize divorced persons. 579 00:47:05,908 --> 00:47:07,410 It's unkind. 580 00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:09,286 Discriminatory. 581 00:47:09,412 --> 00:47:11,414 Quite possibly unlawful. 582 00:47:14,333 --> 00:47:15,418 Next. 583 00:47:16,711 --> 00:47:17,712 Uh... 584 00:47:18,671 --> 00:47:22,550 I would recommend getting rid of an entire generation of courtier. 585 00:47:23,092 --> 00:47:25,594 The old school, stuck in the past. 586 00:47:26,512 --> 00:47:30,057 Ostriches with their heads buried in the sand. 587 00:47:30,182 --> 00:47:33,853 They're stopping the palace evolve in keeping with the rest of the world. 588 00:47:33,978 --> 00:47:39,066 Those "ostriches" provide an indispensable function of monarchy. 589 00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,444 The preservation of tradition. 590 00:47:44,572 --> 00:47:47,408 You asked for my recommendations, ma'am. 591 00:47:48,451 --> 00:47:50,286 I'm respectfully passing them on. 592 00:47:54,957 --> 00:47:56,417 What would you have me start? 593 00:47:58,002 --> 00:47:59,920 Open up, ma'am. 594 00:48:01,088 --> 00:48:02,381 Lower the drawbridge. 595 00:48:03,674 --> 00:48:04,925 Let people get to know you. 596 00:48:05,051 --> 00:48:06,802 I don't wish to be known. 597 00:48:08,846 --> 00:48:11,474 Televise the Christmas speech. 598 00:48:12,308 --> 00:48:15,686 Become more transparent, accessible. 599 00:48:18,731 --> 00:48:20,608 - And finally... - Finally. 600 00:48:20,691 --> 00:48:22,818 Spend time with normal people. 601 00:48:23,944 --> 00:48:25,863 Not just courtiers or the great and the good, 602 00:48:25,946 --> 00:48:28,616 but real people, average people. 603 00:48:29,867 --> 00:48:31,202 Working people. 604 00:48:32,495 --> 00:48:33,871 Open the doors. 605 00:48:34,955 --> 00:48:38,167 Make it more inclusive and egalitarian. 606 00:48:40,127 --> 00:48:43,380 Let normal people get to know you, too. 607 00:48:56,477 --> 00:48:58,896 Would you mind stepping out into the corridor for a moment? 608 00:49:00,022 --> 00:49:01,315 Not at all. 609 00:49:08,906 --> 00:49:11,617 And would you ask my private secretary to come in? 610 00:49:12,493 --> 00:49:13,577 Of course. 611 00:49:20,501 --> 00:49:21,794 Your Majesty. 612 00:49:35,307 --> 00:49:36,851 Colonel Charteris? 613 00:49:45,526 --> 00:49:46,777 Your Majesty. 614 00:50:02,710 --> 00:50:05,045 Lord Altrincham. Please. 615 00:50:18,392 --> 00:50:22,021 When I went back into the room, she was gone. 616 00:50:23,689 --> 00:50:25,858 Vanished into thin air. 617 00:50:25,941 --> 00:50:27,234 Do sit down. 618 00:50:28,485 --> 00:50:30,321 Charteris then went on to tell me 619 00:50:30,404 --> 00:50:33,324 that no one can ever know that I met the Queen, 620 00:50:33,407 --> 00:50:37,369 and that should I ever claim that I did, the palace would robustly deny it. 621 00:50:38,871 --> 00:50:41,498 They will, however, concede that I had an appointment 622 00:50:41,582 --> 00:50:44,084 with Her Majesty's assistant private secretary, 623 00:50:44,877 --> 00:50:50,049 and that concessions might be made to one or two of my recommendations. 624 00:50:51,467 --> 00:50:53,010 May I ask which ones? 625 00:51:00,351 --> 00:51:03,687 Let's get these lights in. Quickly. Easy with that camera. 626 00:51:03,771 --> 00:51:04,813 Right-o. 627 00:51:05,314 --> 00:51:09,693 This one next. Well done. Now, let's have the rest of the cables. 628 00:51:21,205 --> 00:51:22,498 I feel like an actress. 629 00:51:23,707 --> 00:51:25,209 A common little showgirl. 630 00:51:25,292 --> 00:51:26,377 Don't be silly. 631 00:51:28,504 --> 00:51:29,922 In what way am I different? 632 00:51:31,006 --> 00:51:35,761 Memorizing lines and remembering angles, wearing makeup? 633 00:51:36,553 --> 00:51:39,223 Well, you're the Queen of the United Kingdom for one thing. 634 00:51:39,306 --> 00:51:41,141 Yes, who's memorizing lines 635 00:51:41,225 --> 00:51:43,352 and remembering angles and wearing makeup. 636 00:51:54,405 --> 00:51:55,698 Your Majesty. 637 00:51:56,782 --> 00:51:57,866 Right. 638 00:51:59,576 --> 00:52:02,413 - Where do you want me? - This way, please, ma'am. 639 00:52:13,590 --> 00:52:15,342 - Thank you. - Do a level check, please. 640 00:52:15,467 --> 00:52:16,719 Everyone stand by. 641 00:52:37,823 --> 00:52:38,907 Ma'am. 642 00:53:21,533 --> 00:53:24,661 Five, four, three... 643 00:53:28,582 --> 00:53:29,792 Happy Christmas. 644 00:53:33,337 --> 00:53:36,632 Twenty-five years ago, my grandfather broadcast 645 00:53:36,715 --> 00:53:38,884 the first of these Christmas messages. 646 00:53:41,136 --> 00:53:43,514 Today is another landmark, 647 00:53:43,639 --> 00:53:48,602 because television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes 648 00:53:48,685 --> 00:53:50,479 on Christmas Day. 649 00:53:51,730 --> 00:53:55,609 My own family often gather round to watch the television, 650 00:53:55,692 --> 00:54:00,114 as they are at this moment, and that is how I think of you all now. 651 00:54:00,948 --> 00:54:05,577 I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message 652 00:54:05,661 --> 00:54:07,788 more personal and direct. 653 00:54:11,125 --> 00:54:16,755 It is inevitable that I should seem a rather remote figure to many of you, 654 00:54:17,256 --> 00:54:20,634 a successor to the kings and queens of history, 655 00:54:21,343 --> 00:54:26,014 someone whose face may be familiar in newspapers and films 656 00:54:26,348 --> 00:54:29,560 but who never really touches your personal lives. 657 00:54:31,103 --> 00:54:33,939 But now, at least for a few minutes, 658 00:54:34,523 --> 00:54:38,694 I welcome you into the peace of my own home. 659 00:54:42,823 --> 00:54:46,702 That it is possible for some of you to see me today 660 00:54:47,327 --> 00:54:51,039 is just another example of the speed at which things are changing 661 00:54:51,582 --> 00:54:52,749 all around us. 662 00:54:57,713 --> 00:55:01,842 I would like to read a few lines from Pilgrim's Progress. 663 00:55:09,933 --> 00:55:13,437 "And though, with great difficulty, I am got hither, 664 00:55:14,146 --> 00:55:17,774 "yet now I do repent me of all the trouble I have been at 665 00:55:17,858 --> 00:55:19,526 "to arrive where I am. 666 00:55:20,694 --> 00:55:25,491 "My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage 667 00:55:26,783 --> 00:55:30,704 "and my courage and skill to him that can get it. 668 00:55:32,456 --> 00:55:36,084 "My marks and scars I carry with me 669 00:55:37,419 --> 00:55:42,216 "to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles 670 00:55:42,299 --> 00:55:44,635 "who now will be my rewarder." 671 00:55:51,642 --> 00:55:56,772 I hope that 1958 may bring you God's blessings 672 00:55:57,064 --> 00:55:58,941 and all the things that you long for. 673 00:56:01,318 --> 00:56:06,657 And so I wish you all, young and old, wherever you may be, 674 00:56:07,241 --> 00:56:10,786 all the fun and enjoyment and peace 675 00:56:11,328 --> 00:56:13,288 of a very happy Christmas. 676 00:56:15,499 --> 00:56:16,833 And we're off air. 677 00:56:31,265 --> 00:56:32,641 Congratulations, ma'am. 678 00:57:14,391 --> 00:57:15,809 - Hello. - My, my. 679 00:57:17,561 --> 00:57:20,022 You look pretty. I like the dress. 680 00:57:20,105 --> 00:57:21,940 - Thank you. - And the hair. 681 00:57:22,024 --> 00:57:23,400 - Very unregimental. - Yes. 682 00:57:23,483 --> 00:57:27,446 Tony knew the top person, of course. The only stylist who could be trusted. 683 00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:30,282 Does he have a name, this stylist? 684 00:57:31,241 --> 00:57:33,577 I want to say Victor Gabon, but that's not quite right. 685 00:57:35,621 --> 00:57:36,622 Vidal Baboon? 686 00:57:36,747 --> 00:57:38,373 - Vidal Baboon? - Yes, I think. 687 00:57:38,457 --> 00:57:41,627 Well, anyway, he talked endlessly about hair as a geometric art form. 688 00:57:41,710 --> 00:57:43,295 - It looks jolly pretty. - Thank you. 689 00:57:43,378 --> 00:57:47,299 If you happen to have a number for this Baboon, I might pass it on to my wife. 690 00:57:48,467 --> 00:57:51,011 Is that appropriate, by the way, that a red-blooded man 691 00:57:51,094 --> 00:57:52,974 should know the correct hairdresser for a woman? 692 00:57:53,013 --> 00:57:55,724 There's almost nothing that's appropriate about Tony, 693 00:57:55,807 --> 00:57:58,685 but he's made it his mission in life to improve me. 694 00:58:00,687 --> 00:58:03,357 - Your very own little Altrincham. - Yes. 695 00:58:03,565 --> 00:58:05,525 Just rather better in bed, I suspect. 696 00:58:09,404 --> 00:58:11,907 - Oh, dear God. - Look at them. 697 00:58:16,995 --> 00:58:18,997 - There it is. - Thank you very much. 698 00:58:21,541 --> 00:58:22,834 Who do you suppose that is? 699 00:58:23,543 --> 00:58:26,380 It could be Mr. David Smith, a car dealer. 700 00:58:29,966 --> 00:58:32,010 - And that? - I believe 701 00:58:32,469 --> 00:58:36,682 that is Harry "The Hammer" Jones. 702 00:58:37,391 --> 00:58:39,685 A boxer from the Old Kent Road. 703 00:58:42,646 --> 00:58:46,149 Rounding up the numbers, we have a local restaurateur, 704 00:58:46,441 --> 00:58:47,859 a bus driver, 705 00:58:48,110 --> 00:58:49,653 a bank clerk, 706 00:58:50,737 --> 00:58:52,698 and a woman policeman. 707 00:58:54,991 --> 00:58:57,244 - All to open things up. - Yes. 708 00:58:57,327 --> 00:58:59,454 Bring us more in line with the real world. 709 00:58:59,538 --> 00:59:00,872 Democratize us. 710 00:59:03,125 --> 00:59:04,501 And so it goes. 711 00:59:06,420 --> 00:59:10,340 The stings and bites we suffer as it slips away. 712 00:59:11,466 --> 00:59:14,052 Bit by bit, piece by piece. 713 00:59:15,637 --> 00:59:17,097 Our authority, 714 00:59:17,681 --> 00:59:19,224 our absolutism, 715 00:59:20,016 --> 00:59:21,476 our divine rights. 716 00:59:25,272 --> 00:59:26,398 Ma'am? 717 00:59:29,860 --> 00:59:32,237 The history of the monarchy in this country is 718 00:59:32,362 --> 00:59:35,365 a one-way street of humiliation, sacrifices and concessions 719 00:59:35,449 --> 00:59:36,908 in order to survive. 720 00:59:37,743 --> 00:59:40,996 First, the barons came for us, then the merchants, now the journalists. 721 00:59:41,079 --> 00:59:44,916 Small wonder we make such a fuss about curtsies, protocol and precedent. 722 00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:46,334 It's all we have left. 723 00:59:46,418 --> 00:59:51,423 The last scraps of armor as we go from ruling to reigning to... 724 00:59:53,341 --> 00:59:55,469 - To what? - To being nothing at all. 725 00:59:59,389 --> 01:00:00,766 Marionettes. 726 01:00:07,439 --> 01:00:09,858 Right, gloves on. 727 01:00:13,361 --> 01:00:17,073 I told the master of the household to rotate the guests between courses, 728 01:00:17,157 --> 01:00:20,786 so if you get a dud, don't worry, it'll be 15 minutes at worst. 729 01:00:42,891 --> 01:00:43,975 Mr. and Mrs. David Smith. 730 01:00:44,059 --> 01:00:46,186 - David. Lovely to meet you. - Ma'am. 731 01:00:46,311 --> 01:00:48,063 - Hello. - Very nice to meet you. 732 01:00:48,146 --> 01:00:50,232 - Mr. and Mrs. Patel. - Hello there. 733 01:00:50,315 --> 01:00:51,733 Thank you for coming. 734 01:00:51,817 --> 01:00:54,778 - Mr. Harry "The Hammer." - I've heard so much about you. 735 01:00:55,028 --> 01:00:57,364 - Thank you for coming. - You look absolutely beautiful. 736 01:00:57,447 --> 01:00:58,532 Mr. Martin Jones. 737 01:01:02,536 --> 01:01:04,663 - Sergeant Ethel Danmyer. - Hello there. 738 01:01:05,288 --> 01:01:06,998 Such a pleasure to have you here. 739 01:01:07,207 --> 01:01:09,376 Here they come, dog-dogs. 740 01:01:09,459 --> 01:01:10,794 There they go.