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Clips from The Crown - Act of God (S01E01)

"[engine purrs]"
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"[man] Make way!"
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"Control of this story is getting away from us."
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"The opposition's blood is up. We have to respond."
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"Respond how?"
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"I would suggest by commissioning a public enquiry."
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"Winston, people are angry. They see us as the culprits."
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"Culpable for what? It's fog. Fog is fog. It comes and it goes away."
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"Well, I'm glad that the Prime Minister finds time for levity."
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"This morning a suburban train collided with a gang of railway workmen,"
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"killing several and injuring a great many more."
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"as our citizens are breathing in poisonous sulphur dioxide."
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"Sometimes we have sunshine."
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"Too much sunshine and they call it a drought."
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"Too much rain, and they call it a deluge and find a way to blame us for that too."
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"Frankly, there are more pressing matters to deal with."
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"-Like what? -The Duke of Edinburgh."
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"[jovial chatter]"
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"He asked me to stress the importance of the matter."
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"-Bobbety. -Thanks for taking my call, Dickie."
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"-Are you alone? -Yes."
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"Can anyone overhear what you're saying?"
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"-No. -Good."
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"-It's chaos. -I know."
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"Every ward is full. Every corridor too."
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"Most of the doctors are sick now, and those that are well can't get in."
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"What do you need? More equipment? Or masks?"
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"Masks are bloody useless. They're just for show."
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"To make it look like the government is doing something."
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"Maybe I can put a word in with the people who make a difference."
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"Yes, something like that."
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"Now, excuse me. Nurse? Nurse."
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"[crowd mutters]"
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"How much longer are you going to give the old man?"
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"Their majority is tiny."
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"Yes, I know. A sheep in sheep's clothing."
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"Let's put a motion down on paper and brief the whips."
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"[man] Thank you, sir."
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"-Anything interesting? -Yes."
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"-Care to share it? -No."
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"One glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes, for example."
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"No? A dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling."
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"These are very interesting concepts. You might learn something,"
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"in exchange for a foreign office briefing?"
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"Am I going to have to explain my position again?"
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"-No. -Good."
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""Once you have tasted flight,"
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"for there you have been and there you will always long to return.""
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"-Go on. -They were written 300 years"
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"Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty."
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"Thank you."
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"-Hello. -I came as soon as I could."
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"So..."
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"Oh, is this a meeting with Elizabeth your niece, my wife?"
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"-Or the Queen? -The latter, I'm afraid."
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"Right, then I know my place."
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"-What's the matter with him? -Nothing."
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"I received a telephone call today from Bobbety Salisbury."
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"is not able to deal with a national crisis."
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"Indeed he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis."
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"that a government in your name shows effective leadership."
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"So, I would say the time has come"
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"for you to... summon Churchill and..."
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"Insist that he go."
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"-I can't do that. -You can, and should."
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"But wouldn't that violate the constitution?"
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"you have the right to be consulted."
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"The right to encourage. The right to warn."
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"Also, to appoint a new Prime Minister in the event of incapacity"
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"and many would say that Churchill's behavior now constitutes incapacity."
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"But would prefer it to be bloodless."
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"I cannot do it. I will not do it."
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"Let's not forget it was Churchill who denied Philip's children"
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"...and insisted that you live in Buckingham Palace."
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"he is interested in only one thing."
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"-What? -At a crisis cabinet meeting this morning"
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"when there should've only been one thing on the agenda,"
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"all our Prime Minister wanted to discuss was your husband's new hobby."
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"-I'm so sorry, sir. -Who are her parents?"
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"Her father is a clergyman. From Suffolk."
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"There is an emergency meeting at the House. A meeting you must attend."
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"[knocking]"
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"-You wished to see me, Your Majesty? -Yes, Tommy."
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"I know how much my father depended on you."
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"And how closely you worked together."
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"Which is why I wanted to ask your advice. Now..."
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"is no longer leading us at all."
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"through an intermediary from the heart of the government,"
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"to intercede and bid him stand down. Make way for a younger man."
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"Which brings me to my question."
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"What are my responsibilities, as head of state?"
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"What should I do?"
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"When it's in the national interest? How far dare I go?"
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"if not on an official level, then on a personal one."
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"As a friend. To bid the Prime Minister to resign."
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"-What did my father say? -Well..."
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"a stickler for convention and tradition,"
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"and would never have done anything that violated the constitution,"
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"or overstepped the mark."
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"-Then I have my answer. -But..."
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"that was His Majesty, not Your Majesty."
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"And I do read the newspapers, and I do listen to the wireless,"
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"[Churchill] Wait for me here."
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"[coughing]"
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"Just a child."
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"A beautiful child."
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"I just received word from Buckingham Palace."
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"At your earliest convenience."
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""All energy and hope and passion and fire.""
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"-Do the newspapers know I'm here? -No."
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"After the papers."
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"[chatter]"
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"Good God."
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"Just come on in, the Prime Minister will be here in a few moments."
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"[knocking]"
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"-They're ready for you, sir. -Yes, yes. One moment."
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"[reporters clamor]"
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"the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest days of the Blitz."
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"But alongside the suffering, I have also seen heroism."
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"And where there is heroism there will always be hope."
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