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I did my best to be a
friend to your mother

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Leopold told me that he
believes that he is my father.

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Behaving like Ernest will not help.

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I appreciate your strength of purpose.

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- About last night...
- I'm sorry for how I spoke to you.

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You cannot torment yourself forever.

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I must repeal the laws
protecting the price of wheat.

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- Vicky's looking rather thin.
- These midsummer evenings are enchanting.

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*CREDITS*

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And now the other way.

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Please don't let me interrupt the recital.

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Uncle Leopold.

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- What a surprise.
- I know I should have written,

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but I'm afraid I acted on impulse.

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I wanted to see my family.

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I missed your birthday, Albert.

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I wanted you to have
something to remember me by.

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How thoughtful.

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Please excuse me.

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Albert does not seem in
a very receptive mood.

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Are you surprised?

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Everything I do is for
the family, Victoria.

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Really?

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I don't see how your
revelation has helped Albert.

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A real father wouldn't
have been so selfish.

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What you are suggesting will be
the death of British agriculture.

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There are more people living in
our towns now than countryside.

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Free trade is the only way to
make food affordable to everyone.

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We have a responsibility to those
less fortunate than ourselves.

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- I take care of my people.
- I'm talking about members

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of the labouring classes not
lucky enough to work for you.

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I won't do it. I gave
my word as a gentleman

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to uphold the Corn Laws and I'm not
in the habit of breaking my word.

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Duke?

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20 years ago, when I
became prime minister,

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I thought I could never
support Catholic emancipation,

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but when I took office I realised
that a leader must put the good

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of his country before
his own inclinations.

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Or even the will of his party.

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You have my support, Prime Minister.

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'And the King destroyed
all the spinning wheels.'

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I can remember this story, Lehzen.

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You used to read it to
me when I was little.

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Why's it so cold in here?

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Baroness, how many times
do I have to ask you?

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Please do not leave the windows
open whilst Vicky is in the nursery.

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She has such a delicate constitution.

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I've asked you many times before.

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Cannot allow her to catch a chill.

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What an old nanny goat you, Albert.

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I had the windows open all the time
when I was in Kensington, didn't I?

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Yes, Majesty. The benefits of fresh
air are considerable in my view.

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- More story.
- Yes, darling, but first

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Mama is just going to open up
this window, for some fresh air.

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Very well. I shall leave you to your...

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fairy tales.

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You look like Narcissus,

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wondering who the beautiful creature
gazing back at him from the pool

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- could possibly be.
- Narcissus was a man.

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This woman was just thinking
how haggard she looks.

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That's exactly what I was thinking, too.

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Forgive me for interrupting
your tete-a-tete,

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but I wonder if I might steal
my nephew from you, Duchess?

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We have some Coburg matters to discuss.

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Certainly.

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Have you heard of the English
saying, 'a bull in the china shop'?

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But I am famous throughout
the courts of Europe

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for my tact, Ernest.

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Hm.

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It is time for this House

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to decide the fate of England.

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- Will we advance into the future...
- Hear, hear!

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.. or recede into the past?

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Is this a country that can only flourish

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- in the sickly atmosphere of
prohibition and tariffs? - No!

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Let trade be free between nations.

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Choose the future, not the past!

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The Honourable Member for Lincoln.

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Mr Speaker,

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is the Tory party really going to stand by

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while our prime minister renders
us dependent on foreigners for food,

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because he has listened
to the clamour of the mob?

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I call upon all like-minded Tories

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to join me in resisting with
every parliamentary means

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this heinous betrayal of every virtue

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that our great party stands for!

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Peel may be a friend to the working man,

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but he's a traitor to his party.

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The Corn Laws, Mr Penge?

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He's caving in to the demands
of the Anti-Corn-Law League.

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But people are starving, Mr Penge.

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Sometimes, a man must do
what he believes to be right.

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Sooner or later.

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The opposition to repeal
is all from my own party.

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- You're the only man who can pass this bill.
- You may be right, ma'am,

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but even if I am successful,
it will be the end of my career.

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- They will never forgive me.
- Don't say that. Your country needs you.

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So do I. Not to mention Albert would be...

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- Albert will be what?
- Astonished if the Repeal Bill did not pass.

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Oh, of course it will pass.

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- I hope you are right, sir.
- Do you know what I think, Sir Robert?

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Five years from now, when the
Parliament building is completed,

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I believe you will be the
prime minister that opens it.

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Is that the Bible, Miss Coke?

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On a Wednesday?

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I was just reading about
David and Jonathan.

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When Jonathan dies,
David says he loves him

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with a love surpassing women.

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I never knew that the
Bible could be so tender.

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- You look smart. Are you going
out for dinner? - Yes, I am.

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- I hope you enjoy yourself.
- Thank you, Miss Coke.

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My apologies.

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The Corn Laws debate will go on for days.

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The sleeping beauties on our back
benches have woken and aren't happy.

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My father and his friends think repeal

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will be the end of
civilisation as we know it.

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With respect, the days
when men like your father

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will rule the country
are coming to an end.

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Well. Poor Papa.

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- But let's not talk about politics.
- No. Oysters and champagne.

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Yes, sir.

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There's something I must tell you.

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You've set a date, haven't
you, for your wedding?

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I've decided to break off the engagement.

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Why? She seems a perfectly admirable
wife for a man with prospects.

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I think you, of all people,
must understand why it cannot be.

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Cannot be! How dramatic you are, Drummond.

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After Scotland I feel it's only right.

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A successful politician
needs to have a wife.

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Now, you are going to be a
successful politician, Drummond,

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I know it. You're going to
make a difference in the world.

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You can't throw that away
for some indiscretion.

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An indiscretion?

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I can't let you jeopardise your career.

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Surely that is for me to decide.

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You are not thinking clearly, Drummond.

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Gentlemen, your oysters.

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I find I am not hungry.

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- One, two... - What do you think,
Lehzen? Shall I send for Sir James?

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Sir James!

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He'll just pull a long face and
prescribe calves' foot jelly.

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What the Princess needs is some
amusement in the fresh air.

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Yes, yes, I'm sure you're right.

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Why don't we take her for
a drive in the park, hm?

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Would you like that, darling?

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I am just on my way to a meeting.

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Then I will accompany you.

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A private... meeting.

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In Coburg, perhaps I should
not have spoken as I did.

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Oh, Penge, could you tell the kitchens

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the Princess will have
bread and milk for supper?

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Doesn't the Princess care for
pickled herring and sauerkraut?

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The Prince has some
outlandish ideas about diet.

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Hm. But in my experience, he
doesn't like to be challenged.

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The Queen and I are in full agreement.

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No doubt, but it's never a good idea
to come between husband and wife.

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Come in.

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- Your Royal Highness.
- I wanted to enquire

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as to how the Repeal Bill was progressing.

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I have opened up a chasm
in my own party, sir.

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- They accuse me of
breaking my word. - Oh.

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You and I are the same, I think.

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- Thin-skinned.
- Hm.

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After 30 years in the House,
I should be used to it.

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But I am no kind of host, sir.
Would you care for a brandy?

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Thank you.

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Well, a toast, therefore,
to the thin-skinned.

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May we always be stout-hearted.

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Do you know, Sir Robert,

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when I first came to this country
I was so... disappointed.

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I could not understand how in such
a powerful nation, the politicians

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were so determined to keep still,
to deny the march of progress.

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- Hm. - Then I met you and I
realised my judgment had been...

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hasty.

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You must persevere,

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for this country's sake,
and also, I must say,

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for my own.

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I wish I had you beside me
on the front bench, sir.

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Those damned rotten potatoes
are the cause of it all.

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I think Sir Robert is
doing the right thing.

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But, with respect, even your support

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won't keep that bounder George
Bentinck and his cronies

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off Peel's back. They would rather
be out of power for a generation

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than support the best leader
the Tory party's ever had.

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As Queen, I can do nothing,

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but you, Duke, you could talk to them.

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If they were my soldiers,
I would have them flogged

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for insubordination, but
the party has no discipline.

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I'm afraid they will bring Peel down.

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You are too pessimistic, Duke.

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You don't win as many
battles as I have, ma'am,

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by underestimating the enemy.

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~

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Victoria, she does look rather flushed.

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I do think perhaps she has a fever.

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It is a healthy glow,
sir. From the fresh air.

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Victoria, feel her head.

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She does feel a little
warm, but only a little.

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I'm sure she'll cool down
when she's had her bath.

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Well, I hope you are right.

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- Where are you going?
- I'm going to Parliament.

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- To see Sir Robert?
- Well, I'm going to witness the debate.

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- I'd like to lend him my support.
- Albert, is that wise?

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As you have so often reminded
me, the Crown must seem

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to be above party politics.

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Of course, but I am not the monarch.

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I believe it my duty to stand behind
the man to whom I owe so much.

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- If you go, they will assume you are
doing so at my request. - I disagree.

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Just as I disagree with you and the
Baroness over our daughter's health.

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- It is not the same.
- Yes, Victoria, it is.

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You think you are right in both instances.

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- How can he be so objectionable?
- I believe he knows you are right

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but he does not care to admit it.

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- He's making a terrible mistake.
- I agree, Majesty.

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I should forbid him to go.

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Do you think you would succeed, Majesty?

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The Prince does not always
respect your authority.

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Most satisfactory.

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The mercury vapour is unpleasant,
I know, but it is effective.

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Yes, this is a very pleasing result.

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I hope that we do not meet again.

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I am...

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thinking of getting married.

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So long as you remain symptom-free,

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you may propose with a clear conscience.

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Oh, Mr Drummond, just the man I need.

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I wonder, could you direct
me to the Strangers' Gallery?

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- You are going to listen to
the debate, sir? - Evidently.

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I ask you to remember the terrible
winters earlier in this decade

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when there was hardship and
suffering throughout the land.

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Are those winters effaced
from your memory?

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From mine they can never be.

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We must be ready for the season

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when famine comes again,
by abolishing the Corn Laws!

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Then at least we can be sure

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that when a black day comes

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it will not have been
aggravated by the laws of man.

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The Honourable Member for Lincoln.

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Mr Speaker, is the Prime Minister
so frightened of the opposition

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within his own party that he feels
the need to summon a royal nursemaid

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to keep the ogres at bay?

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I am sure it is just a cold, Majesty.

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No need to worry.

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00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:47,540
I hope you are right.

245
00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:51,870
At last! Where have you been?

246
00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,590
- Have you sent for Sir James?
- I couldn't find you anywhere.

247
00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,510
- She most definitely has a fever.
- Lehzen thinks it is just a cold,

248
00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,990
and you weren't here.

249
00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,510
If you do not send for
Sir James immediately

250
00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,560
I cannot answer for the consequences.

251
00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,750
The Princess needs medical attention.

252
00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,160
Please send for Sir James at once.

253
00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,390
Now, will you tell me,
where have you been?

254
00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,590
You know, that woman,
she has bewitched you!

255
00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,830
- Did you go to the House?
- She's not fit to look after

256
00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,070
- our children.
- She was always most attentive to me.

257
00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:52,550
She's never denied you anything.
That's why you enjoy her company.

258
00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,750
- That is a hateful thing
to say. Take it back. - No.

259
00:19:55,800 --> 00:20:00,350
Baroness Lehzen has indulged you all your
life. She never checked your wilfulness.

260
00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,750
- My wilfulness!
- There is a stubbornness

261
00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,270
a responsible guardian
would've eradicated.

262
00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,830
My stubbornness?! Did you go to
the house tonight Albert or not?

263
00:20:10,380 --> 00:20:11,110
Baroness Lehzen was the only thing

264
00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,030
that kept me from despair when growing up.

265
00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,200
You exaggerate, as usual.

266
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,110
She tried to come between
you and your mother

267
00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,550
and she is trying to
come between you and I.

268
00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:26,150
- That is a ridiculous suggestion.
- No, Victoria, it is not,

269
00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,560
so either she leaves or I do.

270
00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,830
But you are my husband.

271
00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:33,800
Exactly.

272
00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:51,710
I thought you left hours ago, sir.

273
00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:55,630
Lady Peel is in the country and I
don't fancy bumping into Bentinck

274
00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,790
and his cronies at the Carlton

275
00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,390
and hear them call the
Prince my nursemaid.

276
00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:06,230
You will take care, won't you, Sir
Robert? Remember Spencer Percival.

277
00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:10,070
No-one will shoot me in the
House of Commons, Drummond.

278
00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:12,670
Bentinck wants his moment of glory,

279
00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,760
not to swing from Albion's fatal tree.

280
00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,320
Very good.

281
00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,400
- Good day.
- Good morning, sir.

282
00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:36,470
I hear there was no vote last night.

283
00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,310
No, sir.

284
00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,790
The mood in the house
after you left was...

285
00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:44,720
rather ugly, but I believe the the
division bell will ring tonight.

286
00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,870
Lord Melbourne once told
me the House of Commons

287
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,800
would not take kindly to a German prince.

288
00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:56,790
We members of Parliament are

289
00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,960
jealous of our independence, sir.

290
00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,160
I apologise if I have made
things more difficult for you.

291
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,800
- That was not my intention.
- I know, sir.

292
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:20,110
- I was coming to find you.
- That's a coincidence, I was looking for you.

293
00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:22,550
- The Queen would like beef tea
sent to the nursery. - Of course.

294
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,910
I want to show you something.
It's not the royal yacht, I know,

295
00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,560
but at least you won't get
seasick on the Serpentine.

296
00:22:30,050 --> 00:22:32,850
An afternoon away from all of
this. What do you say, Nancy?

297
00:22:34,380 --> 00:22:35,210
I say,

298
00:22:37,260 --> 00:22:38,880
yes, please.

299
00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,910
Congestion in the lungs?

300
00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,150
Is that dangerous?

301
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,230
As I said to the Prince
earlier this morning,

302
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:56,830
such a complication is a concern
in a child of such a tender age.

303
00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:58,910
You have spoken to the Prince?

304
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,670
Yes, ma'am, only this morning.

305
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,110
He asked me if the Princess's condition

306
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,080
- could have been caused
by a draught. - I see.

307
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:13,830
- And what did you say?
- Very difficult to say

308
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:15,710
one way or the other,

309
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:19,350
but for now our concern
must be for the Princess.

310
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,710
We must hope this fever breaks soon.

311
00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,120
And if it doesn't?

312
00:23:50,620 --> 00:23:51,460
Harriet.

313
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,350
Try not to worry, ma'am.

314
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,230
These childhood fevers can seem
much worse than they really are.

315
00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,150
But it's my fault.

316
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,110
I took her for a walk in the park

317
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,190
because Lehzen thought
she needed fresh air.

318
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:11,560
Now Albert blames Lehzen and he
says that she's coming between us.

319
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,870
It can be very difficult

320
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,780
to hold two people in
your heart at once, ma'am.

321
00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:37,870
'Drummond... I have been thinking
about our interrupted dinner.'

322
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,630
- Mr Drummond, a message for you.
- 'Whether it could be revived.

323
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,110
I understand I have no right
to determine your future,

324
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:49,000
but it would be a shame if you
never tasted the oysters at Ciros.

325
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,590
I will be there this evening.

326
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,800
Yours, Alfred.'

327
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:58,670
It must be said, Mr Speaker,

328
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,190
That the Prime Minister is
a man who has never failed

329
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,070
to change his mind when
he found it expedient,

330
00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:10,510
a man without honour or
indeed any ideas of his own,

331
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,990
a man who rejects his own party

332
00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,630
to bask in the glory of royal favour,

333
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:23,230
and a man who is now turning
his back on the very landowners

334
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,310
that have made this nation great!

335
00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:28,760
(Sir, a moment.)

336
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,790
- I sent out the whips.
- Bentinck is a total blackguard.

337
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,310
- I ought to call him out!
- A dual wouldn't be wise.

338
00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:41,790
He has insulted my honour. I may be a
prime minister, but I'm also a gentleman.

339
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,630
No-one could doubt that, sir.

340
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,960
But such an action would do
nothing to advance your cause.

341
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,800
Hmph.

342
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:56,400
You sound like my wife. Lady Peel
always tells me I'm too hasty.

343
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,080
I trust Florence will keep you in order.

344
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,520
This is my Calvary, Drummond.

345
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,240
I hope I can bear it with grace.

346
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,160
I know you will, sir.

347
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,750
Harriet, there is something I need to...

348
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,280
Erm, I must go back to the nursery.

349
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,240
- I couldn't wait any longer.
- Oh.

350
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,510
Such a vulgar tune, I cannot understand

351
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,070
why it as become so popular.

352
00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:54,790
Oh, I thought you liked weddings.

353
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,670
Only between the right people, Ernest.

354
00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,750
I will be delighted when you
marry Princess Gertrude...

355
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,240
- ~ - Then I'm afraid you
will be disappointed.

356
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,760
How's Vicky?

357
00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:16,640
I will go to the nursery
to see if I can help at all.

358
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,800
I think your brother is about
to make a terrible mistake.

359
00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,870
At least he is honest about his desires.

360
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:32,390
Even you must see the difference
between a private encounter

361
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,790
and a public mesalliance.

362
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,070
I can see the difference
between hypocrisy and truth.

363
00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:41,430
Oh, Albert, perhaps when you are older

364
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:46,280
you will understand that it is
not always necessary to be right.

365
00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:53,840
I trust you are returning to the nursery?

366
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,960
My love. My love, my love.

367
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:32,600
She is so strong.

368
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,440
Like her mother, she will not be beaten.

369
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:47,870
- Your hand? - That is what happens
when I do not listen to you.

370
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:50,120
We have both been stubborn.

371
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,760
It doesn't matter now.

372
00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:03,030
I speak for the workers of this
country, who may not have votes

373
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:08,160
but who deserve, nonetheless,
to buy untaxed food.

374
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:13,150
Mr Speaker, I commend
this bill to the House.

375
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,310
Hear, hear!

376
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,030
I move the Bill of Repeal onto the table.

377
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:23,030
Those in favour to the right and
those not in favour to the left.

378
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:24,840
Lock the doors!

379
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,480
Ayes -- 327.

380
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,110
Noes -- 229.

381
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,430
The ayes have it.

382
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:14,280
Unlock!

383
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,240
Oh.

384
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,030
The fever has broken.

385
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:20,110
- God bless Sir Robert Peel!
- Hurrah!

386
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,270
Thank you. Thank you.

387
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,430
- Hurrah!
- Thank you very much. Thank you.

388
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,040
- Hurrah!
- Thank you.

389
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,390
Are you sure I can't take you home?

390
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:38,030
Thank you, sir, but, er,
I have an engagement.

391
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:42,030
Thank you for stopping me making
a fool of myself over Bentinck.

392
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,070
Thank you.

393
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,000
Sir Robert Peel, prepare
to meet your maker.

394
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,640
Drummond!

395
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,270
Oh, God, talk to me! Drummond!

396
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,160
Drummond, talk to me! Drummond!

397
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,270
My apologies for keeping you waiting.

398
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,190
Vicky's fever has broken, and, erm,

399
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,990
Sir James thinks she will
make a full recovery.

400
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,230
I am relieved to hear it, ma'am.

401
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,480
Why the grave faces, gentlemen?

402
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:13,710
- What is it, the bill?
- The bill passed last night by 98 votes.

403
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,830
Oh, this is a great day, Sir Robert.

404
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,720
It is the beginning of a
new era of enlightenment.

405
00:33:23,020 --> 00:33:24,790
Some lunatic took a
shot at Peel last night

406
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,190
as he left the house.

407
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,030
Drummond was with him and, er,

408
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,750
he stopped the bullet.

409
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,680
Dead?

410
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,510
Why would anybody want to kill you?

411
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:43,440
The gunman was a farmer, who thought
the Repeal Bill would ruin him.

412
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,110
Will you excuse me, Ma'am?

413
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,110
I will go to Drummond's
mother and fiancee.

414
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,150
It must be me that tells them.

415
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,360
Yes. Yes, of course.

416
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,640
Oh, that poor girl.

417
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,800
Letter for you, ma'am.

418
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:26,230
Lord Alfred, would you accompany
me to the amber drawing room?

419
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,670
- I'm finding the stairs rather tricky.
- I can help, Aunt.

420
00:34:29,720 --> 00:34:31,960
No, I want Lord Alfred.

421
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,150
I hope you're feeling strong, Lord Alfred.

422
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,430
Why, Duchess? Would you
like me to carry you?

423
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,880
I'm afraid...

424
00:34:45,720 --> 00:34:48,200
you will find this very hard to bear.

425
00:34:57,240 --> 00:34:59,830
Take a deep breath.

426
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,640
Now another one.

427
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,200
Here, have some of this.

428
00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:16,790
I may be old but I'm not blind.

429
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,070
I know what he meant to you.

430
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:23,350
Now, I suggest you go to your
room and compose yourself.

431
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,400
And remember...

432
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:30,240
.. at the funeral the chief
mourners will be his mother...

433
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,520
.. and his fiancee.

434
00:35:44,140 --> 00:35:47,540
We are going with the Queen to
visit poor Mr Drummond's fiancee.

435
00:35:49,740 --> 00:35:51,740
The Queen is waiting.

436
00:35:56,260 --> 00:36:01,260
Would it be very wrong of me to
want to talk about happier things?

437
00:36:03,340 --> 00:36:06,500
There is something that
I'd like to ask you.

438
00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:11,420
After dinner? The usual place.

439
00:36:18,140 --> 00:36:20,050
This is nice.

440
00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:23,730
Nothing to do except sit back
and watch you do all the work.

441
00:36:23,780 --> 00:36:26,330
That's the way it should always be.

442
00:36:26,380 --> 00:36:29,060
Are you offering to keep
me in the lap of luxury?

443
00:36:29,420 --> 00:36:33,140
A woman like you should be lying
on a sofa eating strawberry tarts.

444
00:36:36,740 --> 00:36:38,410
You do make very good tarts.

445
00:36:38,460 --> 00:36:39,910
I do make very good tarts.

446
00:36:41,260 --> 00:36:43,450
I think I need some shade.

447
00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:46,860
Would you like to come under my parasol?

448
00:36:57,020 --> 00:36:58,930
Your Majesty.

449
00:36:58,980 --> 00:37:02,970
I came to advise you that my
government will be defeated tonight

450
00:37:03,020 --> 00:37:06,970
on the Irish Bill, and when that happens

451
00:37:07,020 --> 00:37:09,210
I have decided to resign.

452
00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:11,810
Sir Robert, are you sure?

453
00:37:11,860 --> 00:37:15,700
Now that the Repeal Bill is passed,
ma'am, I feel my work is done. And...

454
00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:18,740
.. after Drummond, well,...

455
00:37:23,780 --> 00:37:26,220
You have been a great prime minister.

456
00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:28,490
Thank you, ma'am.

457
00:37:28,540 --> 00:37:30,940
Serving you has been a privilege.

458
00:37:31,220 --> 00:37:34,330
Even if it wasn't always very easy.

459
00:37:34,380 --> 00:37:37,570
- But always illuminating.
- I shall miss your counsel

460
00:37:37,620 --> 00:37:40,330
very much.

461
00:37:40,380 --> 00:37:42,370
You flatter me, ma'am.

462
00:37:42,420 --> 00:37:46,260
I think we both know that
no-one is indispensable.

463
00:38:07,460 --> 00:38:10,090
Sir Robert, you are leaving?

464
00:38:10,140 --> 00:38:12,140
For the last time, sir.

465
00:38:13,220 --> 00:38:16,090
"To every thing there is a season,

466
00:38:16,140 --> 00:38:19,330
and a time to every purpose under heaven."

467
00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:22,700
Well, I... I wish it was not time.

468
00:38:24,580 --> 00:38:26,700
Goodbye, sir.

469
00:38:29,380 --> 00:38:31,260
Goodbye.

470
00:38:42,820 --> 00:38:44,820
? ~ ?

471
00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:08,770
What's the matter, Master Brodie?
Have you seen the mark of Cain?

472
00:39:08,820 --> 00:39:12,900
Actually it's more like a
rash, sir, coppery in colour.

473
00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:22,810
- Would you like a hand mirror, so
you can get a better look? - No.

474
00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:24,980
No, I have seen quite enough.

475
00:39:34,820 --> 00:39:37,730
The Prince says to tell you he is sorry,

476
00:39:37,780 --> 00:39:40,220
but he is indisposed, Your Grace.

477
00:39:48,420 --> 00:39:51,290
'And Cinderella married Prince Charming

478
00:39:51,340 --> 00:39:53,860
and they lived happily ever after.'

479
00:40:00,420 --> 00:40:02,940
She looks like herself again,

480
00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:05,940
thank goodness.

481
00:40:06,940 --> 00:40:12,010
- I was so worried. - I did not doubt
that she would recover, Majesty.

482
00:40:12,060 --> 00:40:14,300
There is so much of you in her.

483
00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:18,780
But she looks like Albert.

484
00:40:27,580 --> 00:40:29,220
Lehzen.

485
00:40:29,620 --> 00:40:31,260
Majesty.

486
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:36,620
I've been thinking.

487
00:40:37,940 --> 00:40:41,450
It's selfish of me, keeping
you here in England.

488
00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:44,730
Your family in Hanover
must miss you terribly.

489
00:40:44,780 --> 00:40:48,730
They have managed without me for
20 years. I hardly remember them.

490
00:40:49,780 --> 00:40:52,290
Then think how happy
they'll be to see you again.

491
00:40:52,340 --> 00:40:54,080
I doubt they will recognise me.

492
00:41:00,860 --> 00:41:05,210
- Lehzen... - I have never wanted you
to choose between the Prince and me.

493
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:09,730
When you got married, I wondered
if it was time for me to go,

494
00:41:09,780 --> 00:41:12,670
but somehow I could not
find the moment to leave.

495
00:41:14,220 --> 00:41:16,260
I thought you still needed me, you see.

496
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:22,010
My loyalty has always been
to you, and only to you,

497
00:41:22,060 --> 00:41:24,260
not to Cornwall, not to your mother.

498
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,290
I have dedicated my
life to protecting you.

499
00:41:28,340 --> 00:41:31,120
Lehzen, you don't need to
protect me from the Prince.

500
00:41:33,460 --> 00:41:34,690
He loves me,

501
00:41:35,740 --> 00:41:36,970
just as you do.

502
00:41:37,020 --> 00:41:40,210
My belief is that he would
like to control you, Majesty.

503
00:41:40,260 --> 00:41:43,610
Because you have never been
married you think of marriage

504
00:41:43,660 --> 00:41:47,530
as a battle where one side must
achieve victory over the other.

505
00:41:47,580 --> 00:41:50,980
The Prince and I, we have our differences,

506
00:41:54,460 --> 00:41:58,500
- but we're on the same side.
- I'm glad to hear that, Majesty.

507
00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:07,420
In that case, I will make
the necessary arrangements.

508
00:42:13,180 --> 00:42:17,260
The only thing that I've ever
wanted is your happiness, Majesty.

509
00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:21,940
You must know, Lehzen,

510
00:42:24,980 --> 00:42:27,060
for many years...

511
00:42:29,340 --> 00:42:31,420
you were everything to me.

512
00:42:34,580 --> 00:42:36,610
Do you remember how you held my hand

513
00:42:36,660 --> 00:42:39,410
when we walked down the
stairs at Kensington?

514
00:42:39,460 --> 00:42:41,620
I never wanted you to fall.

515
00:42:44,140 --> 00:42:46,140
I never did.

516
00:42:52,340 --> 00:42:54,340
Oh, Lehzen.

517
00:42:56,260 --> 00:42:58,580
I will miss you so much.

518
00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:02,140
~

519
00:43:11,740 --> 00:43:15,060
Cut down in the flower of his youth,

520
00:43:16,180 --> 00:43:20,540
we come here today to mourn the
passing of Edward Drummond,

521
00:43:21,420 --> 00:43:24,210
a man who had already achieved so much,

522
00:43:24,260 --> 00:43:27,290
a devoted son,

523
00:43:27,340 --> 00:43:30,370
a man who only next month
was to be married...

524
00:43:30,420 --> 00:43:32,500
.. in this very church.

525
00:43:44,980 --> 00:43:47,570
Florence, this is Lord Alfred.

526
00:43:47,620 --> 00:43:50,090
Lord Alfred.

527
00:43:50,140 --> 00:43:53,700
Edward spoke about you so often.

528
00:43:55,060 --> 00:43:59,010
You both liked those awful cheroots.

529
00:43:59,060 --> 00:44:01,570
Well, we,...

530
00:44:01,620 --> 00:44:03,700
we shared some bad habits.

531
00:44:05,500 --> 00:44:07,490
He, he will...

532
00:44:42,740 --> 00:44:46,140
I trust the carriage is to
your satisfaction, Baroness?

533
00:44:47,500 --> 00:44:49,620
Yes, Mr Penge.

534
00:44:50,500 --> 00:44:53,900
I have brought you
something for the journey.

535
00:44:59,220 --> 00:45:01,500
I will miss you, Mr Penge.

536
00:45:04,300 --> 00:45:06,300
~

537
00:46:08,820 --> 00:46:13,850
- Good boy. That's right.
- Mama, Mama, Look what Uncle Leopold brought!

538
00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:15,740
Oh!

539
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,410
Uncle Leopold is...

540
00:46:20,460 --> 00:46:25,220
- very kind.
- I would do anything for my family.

541
00:46:28,260 --> 00:46:30,090
I know.

542
00:46:30,140 --> 00:46:32,610
A ride, a ride!

543
00:46:32,660 --> 00:46:35,810
Oh, come on, Vicky, this is Herbert.

544
00:46:35,860 --> 00:46:38,740
- This is Herbert.
- Say hello to Herbert.

545
00:46:40,700 --> 00:46:43,490
- Hello, Herbert.
- Good, good.

546
00:46:43,540 --> 00:46:45,380
Bertie!

547
00:46:48,540 --> 00:46:50,340
Hello, Herbert.

548
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:10,100
_

549
00:47:10,101 --> 00:47:13,600
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