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Clips from The Crown (2016) - Dear Mrs. Kennedy (S02E02)

"second-rate, dilapidated and sad. [exhales]"
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"Like a neglected provincial hotel."
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"And that one came away with a sense of a tired institution"
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"without a place in the modern world."
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"I see."
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"-Oh, Lilibet. -Patrick!"
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"I was at the other end of the table, I..."
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"But the words I think I overheard were..."
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"that in our head of state, we had a middle-aged woman..."
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"so incurious, unintelligent and unremarkable..."
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"that Britain's new reduced place in the world was not a surprise,"
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"[exhales]"
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"We must have her again soon."
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"[Macmillan] Bad news, I'm afraid. Worse than bad."
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"Regarding Nkrumah's Volta Dam project. President Kennedy's pulled out."
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"Why?"
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"American involvement was conditional"
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"Turns out Nkrumah was in Moscow yesterday to receive the Order of Lenin,"
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"highest military honor."
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"From Khrushchev himself."
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"-And what's the next step? -I wish I knew."
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"I wish I had an ace up my sleeve."
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"The way President Kennedy had his First Lady in Paris?"
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"Why don't you send me?"
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"Where?"
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"To Ghana. On what would be seen as a personal trip."
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"A visit from the Crown to Ghana would be seen as a huge compliment."
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"And doing so, we risk alienating Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanganyika."
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"But surely, by singling out Ghana, that might be just the thing"
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"to keep Nkrumah away from the Russians and in the Commonwealth."
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"Perhaps, but as queen, you cannot be seen"
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"to be engaging in the dirty business of politics!"
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"can I not be permitted just once to defend it?"
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"[Macmillan] Your Majesty."
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"It would be unsafe. It would be provocative."
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"It would be, in my view,"
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"a profound misjudgment to get on that plane."
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"[plane engine roars]"
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""The trip is impossible to justify from any angle."
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"It is unethical, unconstitutional,"
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"and indefensible that the Queen should be going at all.""
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"Well, what would you have me do? Nothing?"
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"[Philip] I certainly wouldn't have you get into a chess match"
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"-with a wily operator like Nkrumah. -[scoffs]"
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"[Philip] And you're being naive!"
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"When you last met him, Nkrumah was just... Nkrumah."
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"Now he's The Lion of Africa, playing the Soviets off against the Americans,"
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"The best thing you can do is stay at home"
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"-and be what you're supposed to be. -[pulls curtain]"
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"-A puppet. -If you like."
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"Well, that's the whole point. I don't like."
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"[plane soaring]"
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"[man] Sir? She's here."
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"Shall we, ma'am?"
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"-Stop. -Stop."
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"Uh, one moment, please, ma'am."
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"Yes."
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"Reporters."
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"-[camera shutters click] -[Philip] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!"
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"Yes."
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"-[film camera whirring] -[camera shutters clicking]"
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"-We're very happy to be here. -Of course."
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"Ready?"
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"Well, you've given him the photo he wanted."
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"That'll be on the front page of every African newspaper,"
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"[phone ringing]"
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"Adeane here. Put him through."
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"[Douglas-Home] I thought he'd agreed to suspend all contact with the Soviets."
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"[man 2] Gentlemen? Thank you."
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"[Michael] Thank you."
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"Hello?"
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"Your Majesty."
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"Prime Minister."
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"I've just received confirmation that a team of international engineers"
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"has arrived in Ghana to begin work on Nkrumah's dam."
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"Well... I'd say that's good news, isn't it?"
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"Soviet engineers, ma'am."
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"It appears Nkrumah has been playing us"
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"-all off against one another. -[inhales]"
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"-What? -Leading us a merry dance."
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"I'm afraid you've been used, ma'am."
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"[knocking]"
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"[Philip] Elizabeth! What's happened?"
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"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
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"I wouldn't, if I were you."
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"She says she's thinking."
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"[sighs]"
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"[party chatter continues]"
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"[indistinct whispering]"
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"Ma'am."
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"[camera shutter clicks]"
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"What are you doing?"
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"[Philip] Elizabeth?"
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"Yes, this is Colonel Charteris."
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"We have Martin Charteris on the telephone."
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"A situation is developing in Ghana. Hello?"
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"[clears throat]"
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"[Philip] What are you doing? Elizabeth?"
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"I think we both understand the significance of this moment."
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"Yes. But do we understand the terms?"
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"They appear to be in some kind of negotiation."
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"-What kind of negotiation? -Get her out of there!"
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"Your Majesty?"
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"Oh, Lord!"
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"What's going on?"
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"He's taken her hand."
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"They're... dancing."
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"[faint music over phone]"
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"Our Queen is dancing, sir."
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"With an African."
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"What? Was this agreed?"
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"[Bishop] Was this agreed?"
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"This was definitely not agreed."
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"-What are they doing? -What are they doing?"
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"Hard to say."
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"The foxtrot, sir."
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"the 35th President of the United States,"
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"but even more proud to call my brother,"
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"John F. Kennedy."
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"[JFK] Thank you, Bobby."
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