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Clips from The Crown (2016) - Vergangenheit (S02E02)

"Oh, uh, as a special liaison to the Board of Trade."
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"As, uh, High Commissioner, working with the Commonwealth Relations Office"
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"to protect and promote British interests throughout the world."
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"uh, as it specializes in the practical side of diplomatic work."
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"Well, I'm sure that you'd do all three jobs very well indeed."
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"But in light of what I've recently learned about..."
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"[stutters] About what?"
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"About events that took place, while you were in Lisbon during the war."
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"-From whom? -From state papers."
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"Which state papers?"
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"German state papers..."
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"which American historians, supported by the French and the British,"
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"are now threatening to publish."
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"And what exactly is in these papers?"
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"Letters. And telegrams."
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"Communications detailing your relationship with Nazi high command."
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"it states that you were considering publicly going against the government"
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"and pledging your support for peace with Germany,"
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"thereby breaking with my father, the King."
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"In another, it says that, in return for your support,"
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"the German government offered you a home in Spain,"
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"where you could wait out the rest of the war in peace and safety"
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"while your countrymen gave their lives."
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"I went to the Bahamas as the British government instructed."
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"Yes, you were instructed to go to the Bahamas because of your views."
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"In these papers, you're quoted as saying that the Führer's desire for peace"
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"[inhales, exhales]"
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"You were too young to remember."
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"Hitler and his henchmen were once our friends."
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"As King, I was committed to the idea, passionately committed,"
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"that England and Germany should never be enemies again"
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"after the horrors of the Great War."
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"People forget, there was no indication of who Hitler would become."
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"You could argue that we were the ones that made a monster of him,"
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"by refusing to be his allies. This is the point."
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"People make stands."
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"They grandstand to pat themselves on the back for their great virtue."
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"And what is the consequence? Another grotesque war."
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"Millions more dead."
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"When peace was all that mattered to me."
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"In that spirit, I am asking you to make peace with me today."
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"Elizabeth, the British are a sensible people;"
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"they will never believe these claims against me."
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"They will dismiss these papers for what they are:"
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"baseless rumors and German propaganda."
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"[bells ring in the distance]"
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"[Philip] Everything all right?"
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"-[Elizabeth] Can I ask your opinion? -Of course. What about?"
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"Goodness. What have I done now?"
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"[Elizabeth] No, not you."
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"-I think it's time that he be forgiven. -Are you mad?"
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"-You can't forgive that man. -Why not?"
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"What he did to this country."
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"Those were different times. He's explained all that to me."
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"Mm, I bet he did."
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"Philip."
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"Forgiveness is very important to me."
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"It's not often I say this, so perhaps if I do, you will take it seriously."
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"[sighs]"
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"[laughs] Ask Tommy Lascelles to come and see you."
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"-What? -[laughs]"
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"And tell him of your proposed course of action."
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"-I can't keep summoning him like that. -Why not?"
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"-Well, he's retired for one thing. -Well, then go and see him,"
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"in an unofficial capacity."
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"For sherry or tea."
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"Or human blood, whatever that monster drinks."
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"And ask him about your uncle. He was his private secretary while he was King."
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"He knows everything there is to know."
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"[car approaches in the distance]"
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"[car pulls up outside]"
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"-Your Majesty. -Tommy, is it terribly inconvenient?"
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"[Tommy chuckles]"
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"-[Elizabeth hums] -[Tommy sighs]"
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"Ah!"
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"Now, don't say anything."
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"Ah..."
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"Yes, those uniforms..."
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"-It's 19th century? -Yes."
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"And that standard is the Duke of Wellington."
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"Very good, ma'am."
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"So it's Waterloo."
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"-Salamanca. -Ah."
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"Ah... And these?"
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"[Tommy] Troops of Sir Edward Pakenham's Third Infantry Division."
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"A gift, ma'am."
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"From your grandfather, when I was in his service."
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"-[Tommy] Shall we, ma'am? -[Elizabeth] Yes."
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"Your Majesty, that would... [clears throat]"
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"in my view... [sighs]"
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"be a mistake."
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"Why?"
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"Before you make your decision, ma'am,"
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"I believe you should be in full possession of the facts."
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"-I've read the Marburg Files. -So have I."
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"I said full possession."
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"-You mean there's more. -Yes, ma'am."
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"as soon as he became King."
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"Surrounded himself with a new breed of courtier,"
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"men such as Carl, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, a renowned Nazi."
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"He also shared classified Allied documents with the Duchess of Windsor,"
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"who was herself, we believe, sharing a bed..."
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"forgive me, ma'am... with the German ambassador,"
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"Herr Ribbentrop."
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"It became so bad that the government"
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"had to stop putting secret and sensitive papers in his red box."
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"But we needn't have worried, because then we had the abdication."
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"we now know that he had no such intention."
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"Why else would the pair of them decide to visit Hitler in Germany?"
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"[officer] Heil Hitler!"
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"[crowd] Heil Hitler!"
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"[Tommy] The Führer labeled the trip an unofficial state visit,"
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"so it is unsurprising that it was on that same trip,"
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"at the home of Herr Hess, that the plan was hatched."
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"A plan to reinstate the Duke of Windsor as King of England..."
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"effectively betraying and dethroning your dear late father,"
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"German troops were even promised to quell a colonial rebellion, if necessary."
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"And there were visits to SS training schools"
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"and early versions of the concentration camps."
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"Now, of course,"
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