0:01:34 > 0:01:37God save the Queen!
0:01:59 > 0:02:03"I have sent for a Mr John Brown from Balmoral.
0:02:03 > 0:02:10"Her Majesty has mentioned him as being a most devoted outdoor servant to Prince Albert
0:02:10 > 0:02:12"during his last days there.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17"The depths of the Queen's sorrow remain impenetrable.
0:02:17 > 0:02:25"She has restricted herself to a regime of ferocious introspection. We are all at our wits' end.
0:02:25 > 0:02:32"The household continues at her instruction to observe the rituals now so familiar to her
0:02:32 > 0:02:37"in a vain attempt to render vivid that which can never be revived.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41"Family and staff expend all their efforts
0:02:41 > 0:02:49"in endeavouring to draw her out of this state of unfettered morbidity, but to no avail.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54"We must hope that this Mr Brown would appeal to the Queen's view
0:02:54 > 0:02:59"that all Highlanders are good for the health."
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Sorry, Ma'am.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09"He is arriving with the Queen's pony this afternoon,
0:03:09 > 0:03:16"by which time it is hoped Her Majesty will be in a fit state to consider riding out.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21"As to that decision, along with all others,
0:03:21 > 0:03:25"we remain prisoners of the Queen's grief.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30"Ever your devoted husband, Henry."
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Windsor.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Congratulations, Your Royal Highness.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09A boy, I hear. Yes.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Excellent.
0:04:10 > 0:04:17- Albert Victor. Eddie for short. What do you think? - A fine choice, sir.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Excellent.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33How many?
0:04:33 > 0:04:40- The Royal Family and senior members of the household, Ma'am. - Just those?- Yes, Ma'am.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10CLOCK STRIKES TWO
0:06:11 > 0:06:16- We're expecting Brown this afternoon, Ma'am.- Whom?
0:06:25 > 0:06:32That's a very pretty shawl you're wearing, Alex. The colour suits you well.
0:06:32 > 0:06:39- But you're not eating enough. One must not let vanity overrule one's appetite.- Yes, Ma'am.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02We were due at quarter past one. You're late.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12The household remains in full mourning.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17No-one is permitted to raise their voice under any circumstance.
0:07:17 > 0:07:24The Queen breakfasts at 9.30, lunches at 2, takes tea at 5.30 and dinner at 8.45.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29No-one is allowed to leave the building while the Queen is at home.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34You are to be ready to walk the pony at any time after 10.
0:07:34 > 0:07:43- You will clean the Queen's outdoor things and do any odd jobs required. - How will I know?- I'm sorry?
0:07:43 > 0:07:50- How will I know the Queen's wishes? - You'll be sent a message.- Who'll bring it?- Her Highness' equerry.
0:07:50 > 0:07:57- Who will know where I am?- It will not be difficult to find you. - That's not good enough.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01- We'll see what can be arranged. - Aye. Do.
0:08:03 > 0:08:11Remember you do not speak while in Her Majesty's presence unless Her Majesty addresses you directly.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Mr Brown, Ma'am.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36(Mr Brown is here, Ma'am.)
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Mr Brown.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Ma'am.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- You are here safely.- Aye, Ma'am.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- You are well?- I am.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- And the pony?- She's well, too.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Your family sent cards.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32- It was much appreciated. - I'm glad of it.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37My husband was always very complimentary in speaking of you.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42He would have approved, I'm sure, of my calling on you in this way.
0:09:42 > 0:09:50- I trust it does not inconvenience you too much.- I have no family, only my brothers and sisters.- Yes.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56You have a brother in service here, do you not? I forget his name.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Archie.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Yes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03That will be company for you.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Yes.
0:10:13 > 0:10:21Honest to God, I never thought to see you in such a state. You must miss him dreadfully.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25You do not...
0:10:25 > 0:10:27He...
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Get him out! Get him out!
0:10:32 > 0:10:35GET HIM OUT!
0:10:43 > 0:10:50So...the day they arrive, she greets the Sultan and his family briefly, then retires to her chamber.
0:10:50 > 0:10:58The Sultan's not used to state occasions without a head of state. He's waiting to be told what to do.
0:10:58 > 0:11:05The court is under instructions not to talk in the corridor so NOBODY speaks to him.
0:11:05 > 0:11:12So now it's dinner, everyone's standing round the table, waiting for Her Majesty.
0:11:12 > 0:11:19The Sultan's getting peckish. Finally, his wee laddie breaks for the cold meats and eats a slice.
0:11:19 > 0:11:27- Well, the uproar when she heard, you'd have thought somebody had stolen the crown jewels.- So?
0:11:27 > 0:11:33- There are rules.- All I did was tell her how I feel, for God's sake!
0:11:33 > 0:11:40- You don't tell Her Majesty how you feel.- I speak as I find, Archie.- Not down south, you don't.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46So, what did Ponsonby do when she started shouting?
0:11:48 > 0:11:52I think he nearly ruptured his truss.
0:11:54 > 0:12:01Prince Leopold, doesn't he sit around bleeding all day? Does his valet wring out his bandages?
0:12:01 > 0:12:05It's better than shovelling horse shit.
0:12:05 > 0:12:13- A healthier one would have been a better promotion prospect. - She's hardly a full hamper herself.
0:12:13 > 0:12:20- It's only grief that's made her that way.- Three years is a bit long. - She loved him.- Come on, man!
0:12:20 > 0:12:23There's love and there's...
0:12:23 > 0:12:28- What?- You know what I mean. - I don't think I do, Archie.
0:12:28 > 0:12:35There's love and there's behaving like you do because there's nobody to tell you not to.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42- So which one of us was she flirting with?- The good-looking one.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Obviously doesn't have enough to do.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49You work the system right, you could ask her yourself.
0:12:49 > 0:12:56Be thankful you're not working for the household. The Queen never lets them out of her sight.
0:12:56 > 0:13:02- Wee spats like us can slip through the net easy.- I'm no' a wee spat.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Who is that?
0:14:24 > 0:14:32- It's Mr Brown, Ma'am. - What is he doing there?- He appears to be standing by his horse, Ma'am.
0:14:32 > 0:14:40- I made no request to go out riding today. How long has he been there? - He was observed earlier, I believe.
0:14:41 > 0:14:48- Sir Henry, Mr Brown is standing in the courtyard. I've no wish to go riding.- I'm very sorry, Ma'am.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53I can't imagine... He was certainly given no instructions.
0:14:53 > 0:14:59- Please make sure it does not happen again.- Of course, Ma'am.
0:15:05 > 0:15:13- What did you think you were doing? - Awaiting my orders.- You only report for duty if the Queen requests it.
0:15:13 > 0:15:20- I didn't come all this way to sit on my arse.- You will await your orders like everyone else.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25- Unless you prefer a repeat of yesterday's little excitement?- No.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I beg your pardon?
0:15:39 > 0:15:46- You do not leave your room until Her Majesty requests it. - You tell Her Majesty from me,
0:15:46 > 0:15:52if her husband was here, he'd have her out getting some air! Why am I here?
0:15:54 > 0:15:58- Go inside at once. - Is that the Queen's request?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Yes. It most certainly is.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Mr Brown?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Yes, Ma'am?
0:16:19 > 0:16:26You have been told repeatedly not to stand in the courtyard unless requested to do so.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31- Yes, Ma'am.- Then why do you persist in doing it?
0:16:31 > 0:16:37I believe Her Majesty is wrong. If ever a poor soul needed fresh air, it's her.
0:16:37 > 0:16:45- The Queen will ride out if and when she chooses.- And I intend to be there when she's ready.
0:17:31 > 0:17:38Prince Albert was going to build a bench here. He thought it one of the best views in Osborne.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43- Aye, it's a fine spot, Ma'am. - He thought so, yes.
0:17:46 > 0:17:54In everything I do and everything I say, I try to think what he would do or say if he were here now.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01My private secretary wishes me to return to public duties.
0:18:01 > 0:18:07- If Prince Albert was here, he'd tell him a thing or two. - They all wish it.
0:18:07 > 0:18:13The same people who refused to grant my husband the title of king
0:18:13 > 0:18:18because he was deemed of insufficient rank.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25I have some letters in my saddlebag. I'd like to read them.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37I cannot read them like that.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Hand them to me as I require.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07BUZZ OF CONVERSATION
0:19:15 > 0:19:18SUDDEN SILENCE
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Mr Carter, the head butler, sits there.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Not any more, he doesn't. This is my place.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- By whose authority?- My own.
0:19:31 > 0:19:38The order of seating at the upper servants' table is arranged personally by the Queen herself.
0:19:38 > 0:19:46That's tautology. If the Queen has arranged something, there's no need to say she's done it personally.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55CONVERSATIONS RESUME
0:19:59 > 0:20:03You're the Queen's dresser, I believe.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10- Assistant, sir, yes. - What's your name?- Mary Taylor, sir.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15- Have I seen you up at Balmoral? - I hope to go up next year.- Tell me,
0:20:15 > 0:20:20- what's the Queen reading for recreation?- Lord Tennyson, sir.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26SILENCE AGAIN
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Am I the only one eating?
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Lord Clarenden arrives at eleven o'clock,
0:21:03 > 0:21:08followed by a picnic to celebrate Princess Alice's birthday.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13The Chancellor writes to say that he will be in Cowes this weekend.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17He asks if Your Majesty might grant him an audience.
0:21:17 > 0:21:25- Why?- He thought Your Majesty might wish to be informed of the latest developments in government.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28No, I shall be out walking.
0:21:28 > 0:21:35- Then perhaps Your Majesty might consider it opportune if the Prince of Wales were to meet him.- No.
0:21:35 > 0:21:42Mamma, I really do think it's time we made ourselves a little more available.
0:21:42 > 0:21:50I think we must accept that our position in the country is not entirely unrelated
0:21:50 > 0:21:57- to the absence of the monarchy from public life. Perhaps a small gesture...- Gesture?
0:21:57 > 0:22:01- A dinner for our ambassadors? - No dinners.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- Why are you dressed for outdoors? - It's so cold in here.- Cold is good.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Is that not so, Doctor Jenner?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- I'm sorry, Ma'am?- COLD is good?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Oh, excellent, Ma'am, excellent.
0:22:14 > 0:22:22But perhaps if Her Majesty were to consider accompanying her new-found physical vigour with mental...
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- Why am I being lectured?- Forgive me.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30- No-one will lecture me about my responsibilities...- Mother!
0:22:30 > 0:22:35Least of all my son whose behaviour drove my husband to his grave.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40Perhaps Her Majesty might allow the Prince of Wales...
0:22:40 > 0:22:47I believe they send so many boxes to taunt me. Dr Jenner writes that my nerves are in a fragile state,
0:22:47 > 0:22:52yet they continue to hound me with box after box after box.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56I wish to take the princesses for a swim.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01The turns I have been taking in the grounds have proved most beneficial.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Brown thinks salt water will do me good.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Don't potter, children, swim!
0:24:34 > 0:24:41You could buy that lot for garden ornaments and still get change from ten guineas.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Lift your foot, woman!
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Walk on.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03'This nation is fortunate in so much as it is not governed by force,'
0:25:03 > 0:25:10but by a chain of traditions that have been cherished from generation to generation.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Hear! Hear!
0:25:12 > 0:25:17In our traditions are embodied all the laws
0:25:17 > 0:25:25that have enabled us to create the greatest empire of modern time. ROARS OF APPROVAL
0:25:25 > 0:25:29But even though we have amassed great capital
0:25:29 > 0:25:36and even though we have established an industry with no parallel in the world,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40yet all these mighty creations are as nothing,
0:25:40 > 0:25:45compared to the invisible customs which shape our lives.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49To those honourable gentlemen, the Opposition,
0:25:49 > 0:25:54that seek to destroy the essential elements of this country,
0:25:54 > 0:26:00I say, let them remember, England cannot begin again!
0:26:00 > 0:26:03LOUD CHEERING
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Have you seen this?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13< Order! Order!
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Should we take it seriously?
0:26:18 > 0:26:22The cartoon or the Queen's absence? Well, both.
0:26:22 > 0:26:29The question is, do we need her? Surely you're not suggesting we dispense with the constitution?
0:26:29 > 0:26:36My dear Stanley, a prime minister with only a handful of friends must respect public opinion.
0:26:36 > 0:26:43Gossip counts. Lord Aberdeen was right. This country is not governed by wisdom, but by talk.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47We could winkle the old girl out of mourning,
0:26:47 > 0:26:52but if public opinion is against her, it doesn't do to appear too close. So?
0:26:52 > 0:26:55We'll see which way the wind blows.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05EXUBERANT CRIES
0:27:15 > 0:27:18My heart's in the Highlands!
0:27:18 > 0:27:21My heart is not here!
0:27:21 > 0:27:25My heart's in the Highlands chasing the deer!
0:27:25 > 0:27:32One box of biscuits, one box of drop tablets, one box of pralines, 16 chocolate sponges.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37It's the same order every week. No-one bothers to check it.
0:27:37 > 0:27:45- The woman's going to Balmoral tomorrow without the one wee luxury she enjoys.- Someone will send it on.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- Will they? - It's not your problem what she eats.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52The woman's surrounded by fools.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57She's supposed to be ready tomorrow morning, half past seven.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00She won't even be dressed by eight.
0:28:00 > 0:28:06- She's got an army of people to help her.- But I'm the only one she trusts.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11She'll blow hot and cold on you, John. She always does. Be careful.
0:28:11 > 0:28:18I get £90 a year, plus another 70 for a pile of old tartan that I'd be wearing anyway.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23That's what a page of the back stairs gets - and they're toffs.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30Aye, I'm Her Majesty's HIGHLAND SERVANT,
0:28:30 > 0:28:32indoors and out.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35There's no stopping me now.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39BAGPIPES ARE PLAYING
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Oh, God! The pipes.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- What are those?- What?
0:29:42 > 0:29:45- Over there. - Craobhan-geanmchno-fhiadhaich.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49Craobhan... I can't say that with a straight face!
0:29:49 > 0:29:54I'm thinking of publishing my Highland journals.
0:29:54 > 0:30:02- Are they worth reading?- I'm told so. - By whom?- Sir Henry Ponsonby tells me they're charming.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07- What does he know about the Highlands?- He attends at Balmoral.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09That hardly makes him an expert!
0:30:09 > 0:30:14His remarks were directed at the quality of writing.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19I groom a horse to keep it clean, not to have it admired by others.
0:30:19 > 0:30:26- I do not do it for others, but Ponsonby thinks they're good. - You should say what YOU think.
0:30:26 > 0:30:34- I always say what I think.- Well, if it's a good opinion you want, he's the very man to oblige you.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38Mr Ponsonby appreciates their literary merit,
0:30:38 > 0:30:43a skill not intimately associated with a knowledge of grooming.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48Literary appreciation does not begin and end with Tennyson.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56I mention you in them.
0:30:56 > 0:31:01In particular, the occasion when Albert was alive.
0:31:01 > 0:31:08The Royal carriage overturned during a storm and you demonstrated such loyal service,
0:31:08 > 0:31:12in returning the Queen and princesses safely to Balmoral.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23For friendship.
0:31:29 > 0:31:37She'll be gone between 8 o'clock and 6 o'clock on Friday, visiting the Grant family.
0:31:37 > 0:31:44In order to make the journey there and back in one day, she must have no distractions the night before.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49- She will retire early.- She'll need to sign dispatches.- That can wait.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- It's important.- It can wait!
0:31:52 > 0:31:57Are you sure Her Majesty is up to such a long journey?
0:31:57 > 0:32:03If I didn't think she was up to it, I wouldn't let her go, would I?
0:32:06 > 0:32:13- The gentlemen should decide when to stop.- It is a disgusting habit. - Isn't midnight a little excessive?
0:32:13 > 0:32:21- It is quite late enough. - That room has been a smoking room ever since Father built...
0:32:21 > 0:32:29Brown has too much to do during the day without having to stay up all night, waiting for you to go to bed.
0:32:29 > 0:32:36- The smoking room will be closed and the lights put out at 12 o'clock. - Mamma!- That is my last word on this.
0:32:36 > 0:32:43- It's intolerable that the gentlemen of the house are dictated to by a servant.- It's the Queen's decision.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Beg your pardon! ..Mamma!
0:32:46 > 0:32:51I think you should go now. You've tired your mother enough.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07- FIRE HISSES - There's really no need for this.
0:33:07 > 0:33:12- I'll not have her seeing it like it is.- It's the last thing she expects.
0:33:12 > 0:33:20- I wish she'd warned us.- She knows if she warned you you'd be throwing water on the fire, hiding knitting.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24You can't stop a wife from being houseproud.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26All right, show her in.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Fine.
0:33:33 > 0:33:40- They're ready for you now, Ma'am. - I hope they didn't go to any trouble, John.- Ah, well.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Ma'am...
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Mr Grant, how good it is to see you.
0:33:49 > 0:33:54- Your Majesty. - Mrs Grant. How's your knee?
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- Not so bad, Ma'am.- Good.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Oh, and here are Douglas and John!
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Haven't you grown?!
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Growing all the time, Ma'am.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10- Would you care to sit, Ma'am? - Thank you.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20I know that.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23That's Cairn Lochan.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28- We picnicked there once, John, did we not?- Aye, we did indeed, Ma'am.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31HUM OF CONVERSATION
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Thank you.
0:34:38 > 0:34:44Ah, the greasy pole! Don't be facetious, dear. Remember your position.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47It's my position I'm thinking of.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52I see the Prince of Wales is here. I hope he has Mamma's permission.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Ah, Lord Salisbury!
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Why is the Queen penny wise and pound foolish?
0:34:59 > 0:35:06Because she looks after the Browns and lets the sovereigns take care of themselves!
0:35:06 > 0:35:13- In your opinion, IS she foolish? - Well, I mean to say, it's hardly right, is it?
0:35:13 > 0:35:15What?
0:35:15 > 0:35:19Well, the Queen and...Mr Brown.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23La superstition met le monde entier en flammes.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26I beg your pardon?
0:35:26 > 0:35:33- Has anyone seen this Mr Brown? - He is her personal servant, I believe.
0:35:33 > 0:35:40- He follows her wherever she goes. - That IS the duty of a personal servant.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Excuse me.
0:35:47 > 0:35:52It's not my best china. I mean, it is my best china now.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- The family set got stolen.- I'm sorry.
0:35:55 > 0:36:01It was no-one on the estate. More likely a lad out from Braemar.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Or further, even.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06I'll fetch the salt.
0:36:19 > 0:36:26Mr Disraeli. ..Ma'am. Your Royal Highness. What a pleasure to see you here.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Have you met Mr Lyle? He's in sugar.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32I haven't had that pleasure.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Mr Lyle. The fascinating thing...
0:36:35 > 0:36:41You've heard the rumours? I take no account of gossip, Your Highness.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46My concern is the reputation of the monarchy. Of course.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51I fear the influence he has on her. The man's word is not to be credited.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55He's an arriviste of the very lowest water.
0:36:55 > 0:37:01You know, she's having a bust cast of him in Nero Marquino marble!
0:37:01 > 0:37:06I'd talked to her myself, but she won't listen to me.
0:37:06 > 0:37:13She must be persuaded by someone she respects to abandon this ridiculous favouritism before...
0:37:13 > 0:37:17a "situation" develops.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19A situation?
0:37:19 > 0:37:24Look, the fact that we are not members of the republican clubs,
0:37:24 > 0:37:29should not blind us to the significance of their existence.
0:37:29 > 0:37:35The Tory party has always been OUR party. I'm flattered you think so.
0:37:35 > 0:37:42If we don't stick together on this, you could find yourself... the first president's opposition,
0:37:42 > 0:37:47du Royaume Uni. Oh, quite!
0:37:47 > 0:37:52I really don't think we can overstate the seriousness of this.
0:37:55 > 0:38:00What did he want? To know when he'll be King.
0:38:01 > 0:38:07Grant and I are riding on Lochnagar on the worst imaginable night.
0:38:07 > 0:38:12The rain is coming down in sheets. We want to get home for a wee drink.
0:38:12 > 0:38:20Suddenly, through the gloom, Grant sees a couple of poachers, gives me the shout, and we were off,
0:38:20 > 0:38:28galloping down the hill after them. He got there first, leaps off his horse like a man possessed,
0:38:28 > 0:38:36grabs the two unfortunate men by the throat. He was shouting, he was swearing at the top of his voice.
0:38:36 > 0:38:43He looks into the eyes of the smallest one and says, "Why are you poaching on Royal land?"
0:38:43 > 0:38:50The poor wee man looks up at him, and says, "Because we've come up in the world!"
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Oh, dearie me!
0:39:22 > 0:39:29Your Majesty, thank goodness you're safe. I'll have a bath prepared immediately.
0:39:29 > 0:39:35- I recommend Macdonald's African embrocation.- The woman's fine, man.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39We stayed longer than expected. It was most agreeable.
0:39:39 > 0:39:47- We expected you to return by six. - And now I'm back.- And we had a wee nip of whisky.- To keep out the cold.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Aye.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Thank you, John.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05She's drunk.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10A distinct flushing around the cheeks. She was drunk, I tell you!
0:40:10 > 0:40:13No, she wasn't.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- Surely not.- Don't even think it.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39MERRY FIDDLE MUSIC IS PLAYING
0:41:50 > 0:41:53MUSIC ENDS WITH A FLOURISH
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Pandora's box.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28SNORING
0:42:39 > 0:42:42PIPERS PLAY A SLOW MARCH
0:43:58 > 0:44:03Which one is he? The TALL one.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Got him?
0:44:07 > 0:44:09Aye. >
0:44:14 > 0:44:17What is it? John?
0:44:21 > 0:44:24I won't be long.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36Where did he go to? I've lost him.
0:44:53 > 0:44:58Don't know if there's much worth writing about. Hard to tell.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01Is this close enough for you, boys?
0:45:01 > 0:45:04Go on! Get out of it!
0:45:04 > 0:45:07On your way! Back where you belong!
0:45:08 > 0:45:10Filthy scavengers!
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Leave her alone! Do you hear?
0:45:24 > 0:45:30If I catch the miserable by-blow who told those people the Queen's whereaboots,
0:45:30 > 0:45:35I'll cut his balls off and hing them oot to dry.
0:45:35 > 0:45:39What happens to John Brown is his business,
0:45:39 > 0:45:44but the Queen's security will NEVER be compromised.
0:45:44 > 0:45:49- What action...? - YOU'LL TALK...when I'm finished.
0:45:50 > 0:45:57That kind of disloyalty will not be tolerated in this house. Is that clear?
0:45:57 > 0:46:02- IS THAT CLEAR? - Yes, Mr Brown.
0:46:07 > 0:46:12"Court circular, Balmoral. On Tuesday,
0:46:12 > 0:46:17"Mr John Brown attended a display of sheep-dipping by local farmers.
0:46:17 > 0:46:24"On Wednesday, he attended a seance where he was pleased to listen to a recital of Auld Lang Syne
0:46:24 > 0:46:27"by Mr Robert Burns himself.
0:46:27 > 0:46:34"On Thursday, Mr John Brown walked on the slopes, accompanied by family and friend."
0:46:34 > 0:46:41"At tea, he partook of haggis. Later, he attended a recital of bagpipe music through the ages.
0:46:42 > 0:46:47"After a light supper, Mr John Brown retired early."
0:46:47 > 0:46:53If I find you had ANYTHING to do with this, I'll have you sacked.
0:46:53 > 0:46:58- That decision is Her Majesty's. - I could persuade her.
0:46:58 > 0:47:05- I don't doubt the Queen was highly amused. - This is a slur on her good name.
0:47:05 > 0:47:13- You must accept that the public has a right to its interest in you. - NOBODY has rights over me.
0:47:14 > 0:47:19We are all of us subject to forces beyond our control, Mr Brown...
0:47:19 > 0:47:22even you.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24You'll regret saying that.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32HUBBUB IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Order!
0:47:34 > 0:47:36Order! Order!
0:47:36 > 0:47:37Order!
0:47:39 > 0:47:44The result of the vote to the motion to disestablish the Irish Church...
0:47:46 > 0:47:49Order!
0:47:50 > 0:47:53Ayes to the right, 330.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57Nos to the left, 265. ENTHUSIASTIC CHEERING
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Order! Order! >
0:47:59 > 0:48:02UPROAR CONTINUES
0:48:02 > 0:48:05Mr Speaker!
0:48:05 > 0:48:11I table a motion in furtherance of the bill to disestablish the monarchy!
0:48:11 > 0:48:14SHOUTING IS EVEN LOUDER
0:48:21 > 0:48:23We're going to lose.
0:48:23 > 0:48:30Gladstone's got his party facing the same way for the first time in years.
0:48:30 > 0:48:34We need help. Where is the old girl?
0:48:34 > 0:48:38Who? Mrs Brown.
0:48:38 > 0:48:43There's nothing to gain there. She's never been less popular.
0:48:43 > 0:48:50In the press, perhaps, but she sold more copies of her Highland Journal in three months
0:48:50 > 0:48:57than Punch sells in a year. It's time to wheel her out. She's refusing to leave Balmoral.
0:48:57 > 0:49:02What's the excuse this time? Princess Louise is too ill to move.
0:49:02 > 0:49:09Frankly, the Queen is rather upset about the recent spate of bad publicity. You're smiling.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12I'm trying to imagine "rather upset".
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Forgive me, gentlemen, I'm late.
0:49:14 > 0:49:19Not at all, Dean. I came as quickly as I could.
0:49:19 > 0:49:24You've seen the latest cartoon in Punch? I beg your pardon?
0:49:24 > 0:49:29There has been a call for the disestablishment of the monarchy.
0:49:29 > 0:49:32Good Lord! I'm sure it won't come to that.
0:49:32 > 0:49:36It is now a matter for each man's conscience.
0:49:36 > 0:49:43It is vital that the nation should feel the visible influence of the sovereign as a reminder
0:49:43 > 0:49:47that Parliament depends on the will of the Queen.
0:49:47 > 0:49:52I couldn't agree with you more, but I am only Dean of Windsor.
0:49:52 > 0:50:00I don't understand what... We hear from Balmoral that Mr Brown has been interesting Her Majesty
0:50:00 > 0:50:04in some of the forms of worship associated with...
0:50:04 > 0:50:07low church presbyterian.
0:50:09 > 0:50:11What can we do?
0:50:11 > 0:50:14Oh, several things.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17- Read it.- Again?
0:50:17 > 0:50:19READ IT.
0:50:19 > 0:50:24"The Times wishes to join the rest of Her Majesty's loyal subjects
0:50:24 > 0:50:31- "in expressing its joy at the news that the Queen is soon to come out of mourning."- Who told them that?
0:50:31 > 0:50:36- I have no idea.- Why not? - I am no wiser than yourself.
0:50:36 > 0:50:44It is not for any of the Queen's subjects to tell Her Majesty when she should come out of mourning.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48It is the Queen's sorrow that keeps her secluded.
0:50:48 > 0:50:56- It is her overwhelming amount of work and responsibility that is wearing her out.- Your Majesty...
0:50:56 > 0:51:03Not only is she uncheered and unguided, she also has to suffer these malicious rumours.
0:51:03 > 0:51:10I am not a fool. I know there are those too afraid to attack me so they attack my dearest friends.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12Sometimes...
0:51:12 > 0:51:16I feel Brown is all I have left of Albert.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20And now they attack Brown, too.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23I will NOT give him up to them.
0:51:33 > 0:51:40- I wish to see my mother.- She's busy. - Then convey her a message. - Talk to her at Windsor tomorrow.
0:51:40 > 0:51:47- Tell her I wish to speak with her urgently concerning the press. - Are you deaf as well as stupid?
0:51:47 > 0:51:49What did you say?
0:51:49 > 0:51:54I said... "Are you deaf as well as stupid?"
0:51:54 > 0:51:57Do you know who you address, sir?
0:51:57 > 0:52:02- WHOM you address. - Get out of my way!
0:52:02 > 0:52:06WHY DON'T YOU JUST LEAVE US ALONE?
0:52:40 > 0:52:47- You boy, what's your business here? - Under porter, sir.- Well, don't stand where you shouldn't.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19Eh, Barney!
0:53:19 > 0:53:23- Mr Brown, sir.- It's a cold one out there tonight, Barney.
0:53:23 > 0:53:31- Have you had a look at this hoof? I think there might be a stone in it.- Yeah, I d-did.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33- Good. And she's all right?- Yeah.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35Good.
0:53:35 > 0:53:39She's a good girl, aren't you?
0:53:39 > 0:53:44- You know the Queen's riding her tomorrow?- Yeah.- You all right?
0:53:48 > 0:53:50Oh, aye?
0:54:12 > 0:54:15Come on, you!
0:54:18 > 0:54:20Come on!
0:54:23 > 0:54:25THEY LAUGH
0:54:30 > 0:54:33DOOR OPENS
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Well?
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Mr Brown is unable to attend today.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52Why?
0:54:52 > 0:54:56- I believe he is unwell, Ma'am. - Unwell?
0:54:56 > 0:54:59I understand he was in a fight.
0:55:00 > 0:55:05- Has he been hurt? - I believe not, Ma'am.
0:55:05 > 0:55:10I understand... he'd had rather too much to drink.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22You may go.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45And she's sent no word?
0:55:45 > 0:55:48They said you were drunk.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55Why don't you tell her the truth?
0:55:56 > 0:56:00She'll think it's her fault for keeping me.
0:56:07 > 0:56:12- What the hell are you doing? - I'm getting dressed.
0:56:12 > 0:56:19- You've got three broken ribs, man. - I've got my duties to attend to. - You're not fit to go anywhere.
0:56:19 > 0:56:24- She'll be worried about me. - She'll get over it.
0:56:24 > 0:56:31- I can't let her down now. - And when was the last time she put herself out for you?
0:56:31 > 0:56:38- Look, John, whatever she says to you now, in the end, you're a servant. - I am MUCH more than that.
0:56:38 > 0:56:43- The woman can tell you anything. - Watch your tongue!
0:56:43 > 0:56:48- I'm telling you what you already know.- You know nothing about her.
0:56:48 > 0:56:53When are you going to see it, John? She doesn't give a damn about you.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55From the Queen.
0:56:55 > 0:57:02"My lips may give a message better of Christmas love than e'en this letter.
0:57:02 > 0:57:07"To my best friend, JB. From his best friend, VR."
0:57:07 > 0:57:10- "BEST friend."- Aye.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13She means it!
0:57:14 > 0:57:17She'll drop you.
0:57:17 > 0:57:21- When she's done with you, she'll drop you.- Get out.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26Get out! GET OUT!
0:57:28 > 0:57:30OUT!
0:57:34 > 0:57:41..then a visit from Lady Bridport. She is keen to secure a place for her niece as maid of honour.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46I'm tired.
0:57:46 > 0:57:48Um...there is one other matter.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51What is it?
0:57:51 > 0:57:54- I have a letter, Ma'am.- From whom?
0:57:54 > 0:57:59From Princess Helena and other members of the Royal family.
0:57:59 > 0:58:05My family is quite capable of communicating with the Queen in person.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09What do they want?
0:58:09 > 0:58:15They are demanding the dismissal of Mr Brown on grounds of drunkenness.
0:58:41 > 0:58:43You wished to see me, Ma'am?
0:58:47 > 0:58:52My husband tried always to make me think more subtly.
0:58:52 > 0:58:55Of course, he taught me so much.
0:58:55 > 0:58:59And I can never repay my debt to him,
0:58:59 > 0:59:02or the love I feel even now.
0:59:03 > 0:59:06But, in truth...
0:59:06 > 0:59:09I think I am someone...
0:59:11 > 0:59:14..who can only feel things...
0:59:15 > 0:59:18..when they are alive to me.
0:59:18 > 0:59:23And for that reason, I know I do not have a subtle mind.
0:59:23 > 0:59:26I know that.
0:59:27 > 0:59:30But I work hard and I...
0:59:30 > 0:59:33try to do my duty.
0:59:35 > 0:59:37However...
0:59:38 > 0:59:41..I have noticed of late...
0:59:44 > 0:59:46..that...
0:59:46 > 0:59:49my feelings of grief...
0:59:51 > 0:59:54..are not so strong.
0:59:55 > 0:59:58And I find myself leaning...
0:59:59 > 1:00:04..more on the comfort of living friends.
1:00:06 > 1:00:09Friends close to me now.
1:00:14 > 1:00:19Your Majesty, a settled resignation...
1:00:20 > 1:00:25..is more lasting proof of affection than active grief.
1:00:27 > 1:00:34If the good Lord sees fit to bring one into contact with congenial fellow beings,
1:00:34 > 1:00:38one need not analyse one's reaction too deeply.
1:00:40 > 1:00:46To allow oneself to be comforted by someone else
1:00:46 > 1:00:50need not imply disloyalty
1:00:50 > 1:00:53to the memory of the loved one.
1:01:19 > 1:01:22Sir Henry.
1:01:25 > 1:01:30Please tell the Princess and other signatories to this letter
1:01:30 > 1:01:35that the Queen will NOT be dictated to or made to alter in any way
1:01:35 > 1:01:39what she has found to answer for her comfort.
1:01:39 > 1:01:42- Do I make myself clear?- Ma'am.
1:01:45 > 1:01:47You may go.
1:02:38 > 1:02:40I would like to get down.
1:03:04 > 1:03:08- I was told you were in a fight. - Yes, Ma'am.
1:03:08 > 1:03:13- Has someone seen to those bruises? - Yes, Ma'am.
1:03:15 > 1:03:21Ma'am...having considered my position here in court,
1:03:21 > 1:03:28I have come to the conclusion that in Your Majesty's best interests, I should resign.
1:03:28 > 1:03:33- I do not accept. - I had foreseen that you would not.
1:03:34 > 1:03:42But Your Majesty should understand that I will not be changed in this. I leave for Deeside...
1:03:42 > 1:03:44The Queen forbids it.
1:03:54 > 1:03:57I cannot allow it
1:03:57 > 1:04:00because I cannot live without you.
1:04:01 > 1:04:07Without you, I cannot find the strength to be who I must be.
1:04:09 > 1:04:11Please.
1:04:20 > 1:04:24Promise me you won't let them send me back.
1:04:30 > 1:04:32I promise.
1:04:47 > 1:04:54DISRAELI: Yesterday, Gladstone talked for three hours on the Irish Church bill.
1:04:54 > 1:04:59I am as guilty as the rest of underestimating his reforming zeal.
1:04:59 > 1:05:02Tory days may be numbered,
1:05:02 > 1:05:07but I fancy there yet remains one last hope of deliverance.
1:05:07 > 1:05:09Wheresoever the blame lies,
1:05:09 > 1:05:14we must now close ranks and defend Mrs Brown's England.
1:05:14 > 1:05:22As for my interminable journey to the land of Calvin, oatcakes and sulphur,
1:05:22 > 1:05:26no prime minister made greater sacrifice
1:05:26 > 1:05:31than attempting to run the country 600 miles north of civilisation.
1:05:51 > 1:05:54# A Highland lad my love was born
1:05:54 > 1:05:57# The Lowland laws he held in scorn
1:05:57 > 1:06:01# But he still was faithful to his clan
1:06:01 > 1:06:04# My gallant braw John Highlandman
1:06:04 > 1:06:09# Sing hey, my braw John Highlandman Sing ho, my braw John Highlandman
1:06:09 > 1:06:13# There's no' a lad in all the land
1:06:13 > 1:06:16# Was match with my John Highlandman
1:06:18 > 1:06:24# They banished him beyond the sea But ere the bud was on the tree
1:06:24 > 1:06:30# Adown my cheek the pearlies ran Embracing... #
1:06:30 > 1:06:35How DARE the Irish break with the Anglicans?!
1:06:35 > 1:06:39If Albert were alive, he would not have allowed it.
1:06:41 > 1:06:46The Irish must be told very firmly to stay exactly where they are.
1:06:46 > 1:06:50It's the thin end of the wedge, Mr Disraeli.
1:06:50 > 1:06:55Next, you will say that the Crown no longer governs this nation.
1:06:55 > 1:06:59Your Majesty remains at the very epicentre of governance.
1:06:59 > 1:07:04Look no further the sales of your Highland Journals
1:07:04 > 1:07:09to see in what affection the nation holds their queen.
1:07:09 > 1:07:14Why, you sold even more copies than Mr Dickens.
1:07:14 > 1:07:17But I lack your prose, Mr Disraeli.
1:07:20 > 1:07:27Of course, I understand your concern. You miss your people and they miss you.
1:07:27 > 1:07:33- Then they may read about me.- Indeed. And for that, they are grateful.
1:07:33 > 1:07:37- Is that not enough? - In SO many ways.
1:07:37 > 1:07:40And yet...
1:07:40 > 1:07:43it is your presence they crave.
1:07:43 > 1:07:45A figurehead.
1:07:45 > 1:07:52I never thought to be bullied by you, Mr Disraeli. You I thought understood a widow's grief.
1:07:52 > 1:07:57Forgive me, Ma'am. I cannot speak for the nation, only for myself.
1:07:57 > 1:08:02- As Prime Minister, I confess - I- miss your presence.
1:08:02 > 1:08:10But that is an expression of my own selfish desires and I should not burden you with it.
1:08:16 > 1:08:18I stay here because I am happy.
1:08:18 > 1:08:21Is that such a terrible crime?
1:08:21 > 1:08:24No, Ma'am.
1:08:33 > 1:08:35Time for your walk.
1:08:38 > 1:08:40This is my good John Brown.
1:08:40 > 1:08:47- Yes.- He will show you a little of Highland life while you're at Balmoral.
1:08:47 > 1:08:54- What brings you here?- A man can refuse only so many invitations from his queen.
1:08:54 > 1:09:02- It was remiss of me not to come earlier.- What do you know of the Highlands?- I am a blank sheet.
1:09:02 > 1:09:04- Do you hunt?- Occasionally.
1:09:04 > 1:09:11- I dare say we could have you taught. - To shoot, perhaps, but not to kill. - If you hunt, you hunt to kill.
1:09:12 > 1:09:15Well, then, I'll do my best.
1:10:59 > 1:11:06Remember, keep it very tight to your shoulder, absorb the kick with your body,
1:11:06 > 1:11:08aim for the head, bang!
1:11:08 > 1:11:11- Imagine it's Gladstone.- Quite.
1:11:14 > 1:11:16No, thank you.
1:11:16 > 1:11:22- Back door, west wing. - Checked and locked, sir.
1:11:22 > 1:11:26- Front door, west wing. - Checked and locked, sir.
1:11:26 > 1:11:30- Side door, east wing. - Checked and locked, sir.
1:11:30 > 1:11:33- Kitchen, lower house. - Checked and locked...sir.
1:11:33 > 1:11:38- Back and upper corridors. - Checked and locked, sir.
1:11:38 > 1:11:40Front door...
1:11:40 > 1:11:43checked and locked.
1:11:49 > 1:11:55Did you see any Irish assassins today, Mr Brown? OTHERS LAUGH
1:11:55 > 1:11:59We heard the ponies were Fenian sympathisers.
1:11:59 > 1:12:02Or was it the stag?
1:12:02 > 1:12:08There's not a soul in here cares about that wee woman's safety except me.
1:12:08 > 1:12:14She'd be dead in a ditch...if I wasnae here to look out for her.
1:12:18 > 1:12:20Do you hear that?
1:12:34 > 1:12:36Oh!
1:13:03 > 1:13:05What's this?
1:13:08 > 1:13:10It's a diary.
1:13:10 > 1:13:13Be careful who sees it.
1:13:13 > 1:13:15What do you take me for?
1:13:17 > 1:13:21- You should have someone look at you. - I'm all right.
1:13:21 > 1:13:24I just need to rest up a wee while.
1:13:30 > 1:13:32You don't need to stay.
1:13:32 > 1:13:35The place is a mess.
1:13:36 > 1:13:40- I can't move to tidy. - That's what the maids are for.
1:13:40 > 1:13:45I don't need some prattler going through my things.
1:13:45 > 1:13:48Give yourself a rest, John.
1:13:48 > 1:13:52She's other people to look out for her.
1:13:52 > 1:13:54She needs me, Archie.
1:13:56 > 1:14:00Can't do it without me. Told me to my face.
1:14:03 > 1:14:05How can I stop now?
1:14:09 > 1:14:12JOHN IS BREATHLESS
1:14:21 > 1:14:24You sent for me?
1:14:24 > 1:14:26I've been called back to London.
1:14:26 > 1:14:32My last day, I thought I might take a walk up Lochnagar.
1:15:20 > 1:15:24"Princes and lords are but the breath of kings
1:15:24 > 1:15:29"An honest man's the noblest work of God."
1:15:33 > 1:15:38You must... miss such magnificent views.
1:15:38 > 1:15:41 I don't think about it.
1:15:41 > 1:15:47Oh, forgive me. I've called you out and you should have been resting.
1:15:48 > 1:15:52- I'm fine.- You are injured. - It's nothing.
1:15:52 > 1:15:57Someone must attend to it. Your wife should not have let you out.
1:15:57 > 1:16:00I'm not married.
1:16:00 > 1:16:02Oh.
1:16:04 > 1:16:07This is the top.
1:16:07 > 1:16:09TAKES A DEEP BREATH
1:16:09 > 1:16:17I confess, I sometimes feel as if I'm not married myself. I see my wife so little.
1:16:17 > 1:16:24But I'm forgetting the rewards, the look on their faces, when one walks into a room.
1:16:24 > 1:16:29- It gives one a ridiculous thrill. - Well, I wouldn't know.- Oh, surely!
1:16:29 > 1:16:34- What I do, I do for my queen. - Was there never ambition?
1:16:36 > 1:16:38Maybe...once.
1:16:38 > 1:16:41Oh, I envy you.
1:16:42 > 1:16:44Why?
1:16:44 > 1:16:51To have achieved one's ambition, or to have reconciled oneself to its limits.
1:16:51 > 1:16:56- It's a lifetime's work.- I do what I do.- For Her Majesty.- Aye.
1:16:56 > 1:17:00But yourself, what about John Brown?
1:17:00 > 1:17:02I told you.
1:17:02 > 1:17:05I serve my queen.
1:17:05 > 1:17:07And no other aspiration?
1:17:09 > 1:17:11To see her safe.
1:17:11 > 1:17:19You will not be unaware of the threat now posed by republicanism.
1:17:19 > 1:17:24- Why d'you think I've kept her here? - Ah, but therein lies the paradox.
1:17:24 > 1:17:29It is her very isolation that encourages the malcontents.
1:17:29 > 1:17:36The longer she is away, the stronger they become and who, honestly, can provide security against that?
1:17:36 > 1:17:41However many doors you lock, someone will always get in, even here.
1:17:43 > 1:17:45So?
1:17:45 > 1:17:52The truth is the Queen would be safer doing her duty and returning south to her public.
1:17:52 > 1:17:57John Bull loves her and John Bull is her best defence.
1:17:58 > 1:18:03Her mind is set. You'll never change it now.
1:18:03 > 1:18:05She trusts you, John.
1:18:12 > 1:18:15They don't see it.
1:18:15 > 1:18:17See what?
1:18:19 > 1:18:24The danger. I keep telling them, but they don't see it.
1:18:24 > 1:18:29- They're not as watchful as you. - Too busy thinking about themselves.
1:18:29 > 1:18:32- The greasy pole.- No loyalty.
1:18:32 > 1:18:34No...
1:18:34 > 1:18:36love.
1:18:41 > 1:18:45I promised to protect her... from people like you.
1:18:45 > 1:18:50For once in my life, I am not the issue!
1:18:52 > 1:18:55She'll never understand it.
1:18:55 > 1:18:57Oh, in time, she will.
1:18:57 > 1:19:00She'll think I've betrayed her.
1:19:01 > 1:19:06But others will know that you acted for the greater good.
1:19:41 > 1:19:45I received a letter today from Mr Disraeli.
1:19:47 > 1:19:51Parliament are calling for my return to public duties.
1:20:00 > 1:20:07He insists the country expects me to preside over the opening of the new session.
1:20:07 > 1:20:12I refuse to offer sustenance to enable his weakening grip.
1:20:12 > 1:20:16Besides, you know how much I would hate it.
1:20:16 > 1:20:19It frightens me.
1:20:22 > 1:20:24John?
1:20:29 > 1:20:32We can't always have what we wish.
1:20:36 > 1:20:44- You talk about DUTY?- When duty and safety are served by the same ends, I do.- How can you say this?
1:20:44 > 1:20:49- I relied on you!!- Have I ever let you down?- After all you promised me.
1:20:49 > 1:20:56- I've broken no promise!- You're forcing me to do what I fear most. - I'm trying to see you safe, woman!
1:20:56 > 1:21:00You've broken the promise you made me!
1:21:00 > 1:21:07When I took you out riding, come rain or shine, got the bairns off your back to give you peace,
1:21:07 > 1:21:13saw you safe from home to home when you didnae even know if I was there,
1:21:13 > 1:21:19- all I ever thought about was you! - Why send me back to them?- I have to.
1:21:21 > 1:21:24Will you no' listen to me, woman?
1:21:29 > 1:21:34Do not presume to talk to your queen in that manner.
1:21:47 > 1:21:49Dr Jenner, I feel unwell.
1:21:50 > 1:21:53I shall retire to my chamber.
1:21:53 > 1:21:56- Please attend me presently.- Ma'am.
1:22:24 > 1:22:26Ma'am.
1:22:50 > 1:22:55May I say how glad I am to see Your Majesty so much recovered.
1:22:59 > 1:23:02Where is my son?
1:23:04 > 1:23:07Prince Albert is at Windsor, Ma'am.
1:23:07 > 1:23:10Why is he not here?
1:23:12 > 1:23:14He is sick, Ma'am.
1:23:14 > 1:23:17Then why are you not with him?
1:23:17 > 1:23:23You ordered all members of the Royal Family to attend you at Balmoral.
1:23:25 > 1:23:28What's the matter with him?
1:23:31 > 1:23:34He has typhoid fever, Ma'am.
1:23:38 > 1:23:40No, you are mistaken.
1:23:40 > 1:23:47Prince Albert, my husband, had typhoid fever. I asked what was wrong with my son.
1:23:47 > 1:23:50The same, Your Majesty.
1:23:51 > 1:23:54Why was I not informed?
1:23:54 > 1:23:59I did not consider it wise in the circumstances to tax your nerves.
1:24:01 > 1:24:03How ill is he?
1:24:06 > 1:24:08Alex?
1:24:12 > 1:24:15He is not well, Ma'am.
1:24:19 > 1:24:23I must go to him. We must leave at once.
1:24:33 > 1:24:36'As quickly as you can.'
1:26:01 > 1:26:03Better.
1:26:12 > 1:26:20If the good Lord should see fit to spare my son, I will order a mass to be celebrated at St George's.
1:26:21 > 1:26:28The people must share with their Queen her prayers and hopes for their future King.
1:26:36 > 1:26:41The Queen will be riding to St George's on the fifth.
1:26:41 > 1:26:46I recommend Her Majesty use a covered carriage and a horse guard.
1:26:46 > 1:26:52I will ride in an open carriage. It is time the Queen was seen by her public.
1:27:45 > 1:27:48CROWD IS CHEERING
1:28:16 > 1:28:20NO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O!
1:28:30 > 1:28:37And so there is Arthur O'Connor, all seven stone of the man, paddling madly towards us,
1:28:37 > 1:28:39waving what looked rather like a pen.
1:28:39 > 1:28:46I thought it was of Mother's ardent readership in search of the royal indenture!
1:28:46 > 1:28:54I believe I saw him first. I alerted Brown, not convinced that he wasn't taking a snooze on top of the steps!
1:28:54 > 1:29:02Anyway, so we had our man pinned down and I must say that Brown acquitted himself admirably.
1:29:02 > 1:29:08The gun turned out to be a fake, but nonetheless, it was...well done.
1:29:08 > 1:29:11OTHERS AGREE
1:29:11 > 1:29:16I intend Brown to be rewarded with a special medal cast in gold.
1:29:16 > 1:29:20It will be called the Devoted Service Medal.
1:29:28 > 1:29:30A toast.
1:29:32 > 1:29:35Victoria Regina.
1:29:35 > 1:29:38ALL: Victoria Regina!
1:29:42 > 1:29:49I saw your face there as well, Sir Henry. I think you were sneaking behind the character.
1:29:53 > 1:29:55LAUGHTER
1:30:04 > 1:30:10DISRAELI: The people of England have expressed in a manner which cannot be mistaken
1:30:10 > 1:30:15that they will uphold the ancient monarchy of England.
1:30:15 > 1:30:20Go to your homes, teach them these truths...
1:30:21 > 1:30:24A land of liberty, of prosperity...
1:30:24 > 1:30:27of power...
1:30:27 > 1:30:30and of glory!
1:30:30 > 1:30:33SHOUTS OF APPROVAL
1:30:45 > 1:30:50'We should not live in expectation of contentment.
1:30:50 > 1:30:55'Fifteen years of vigilance will not guarantee peace of mind.
1:30:55 > 1:31:00'Yesterday, intruders were again reported in the south wing.
1:31:00 > 1:31:08'I believe my prompt arrival may have averted any crisis, but it was a timely reminder.
1:31:08 > 1:31:10'It is a great comfort to me
1:31:10 > 1:31:17'that my efforts in securing the Queen's safety over the years have not been in vain.
1:31:17 > 1:31:22'Her Majesty sends me no word that she is dissatisfied.
1:31:22 > 1:31:29'I feel sure that, if she were unhappy, she would have found the occasion to speak to me in person,
1:31:29 > 1:31:33'as she has so often done in the past.'
1:31:33 > 1:31:38- LOUD KNOCKING - What is it?- North Wood, sir.
1:32:32 > 1:32:35God save the Queen!
1:33:16 > 1:33:21- How long has he been this sick? - A few days, Ma'am.
1:33:22 > 1:33:25Why was I not told earlier?
1:33:29 > 1:33:32KNOCK AT DOOR
1:34:00 > 1:34:05You should never have gone out in such foul weather.
1:34:05 > 1:34:08SOMEONE has to look after you.
1:34:13 > 1:34:16It could have been someone.
1:34:16 > 1:34:18It was before.
1:34:20 > 1:34:23Yes. Yes, it was.
1:34:30 > 1:34:34My ministers are as impertinent as ever.
1:34:34 > 1:34:42Dispatches so numerous they come in a trunk. Sometimes I do believe they will never stop.
1:34:42 > 1:34:44Endless letters.
1:34:56 > 1:35:03I know I've not always been the loyal friend that you deserved, John.
1:35:06 > 1:35:11And even now I'm feeling desperate with the thought of losing you.
1:35:16 > 1:35:18Don't be silly, woman.
1:35:51 > 1:35:54Not too near.
1:36:21 > 1:36:26- Cause of death was pneumonia. - Not too protracted, I hope.
1:36:26 > 1:36:29A few days.
1:36:29 > 1:36:36When he heard, the Prince of Wales threw the bust over the wall of the North Tower.
1:36:36 > 1:36:40Took four hours to gather the fragments.
1:36:40 > 1:36:45- The Queen wishes to publish an account of him.- Dear-oh-dear.
1:36:45 > 1:36:48We think she can be dissuaded.
1:36:48 > 1:36:51Have you had a glance at the diary?
1:36:51 > 1:36:53Yes.
1:36:53 > 1:36:55Quite.
1:36:55 > 1:36:59- I think I'd best take it back. - Oh, of course.
1:36:59 > 1:37:02Where did you find it, by the way?
1:37:02 > 1:37:07Oh, some young page was boasting about having seen it. ..Lucky.
1:37:08 > 1:37:11Well, no rest for the wicked, Henry!
1:37:12 > 1:37:15No...indeed.
1:37:57 > 1:38:01Subtitles by Dorothy Moore BBC - 1997
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