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Clips from The Crown - Windsor (S01E01)

"I so looked forward every Tuesday to my audiences with your..."
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"dear papa."
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"Thank you."
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"I've ordered tea. Or something stronger, perhaps."
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"The Sovereign never offers a Prime Minister refreshment."
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"was to keep us standing like Privy Councillors."
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"To waste time is a grievous sin."
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"And, if there is one thing I have learned in 52 years of public service,"
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"shall we make a start?"
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"[Philip] She's in with the PM now."
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"And I made it abundantly clear how important it was"
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"Having Mountbatten as the name of the Royal house,"
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"having your first-born son, Charles, as the first Mountbatten king..."
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"Well, that would be some achievement, wouldn't it?"
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"I have a proposed date which has been run past Cabinet and approved."
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"A long period between accession and coronation"
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"was of great value to your father."
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"He had five months."
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"You're proposing I have 16 before I am crowned."
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"[man] That would take anyone weeks to read..."
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"Foreign office first, let's surprise Anthony."
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"We discussed the end of rationing of sugar, butter and meat,"
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"the situation in Korea, and the date of my coronation."
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"Of course not, the man barely draws breath."
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"-I will find the right time. -When?"
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"-Why would he do that? -What?"
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"Why would he want to delay my coronation?"
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"I realize we've had our differences in the past."
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"If you'll allow me."
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"I a brother."
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"Let us be united in grief, on equal terms, for someone we all loved."
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"I'll be here for a few days after the funeral"
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"before I return to New York."
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"Perhaps we might find time to see one another."
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"For lunch, or a walk."
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"Yes. I'd like that very much."
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"[door opens]"
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"-[Queen Mother] We must go, girls. -So soon?"
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"Yes, to Westminster Hall."
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"To see Papa."
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"With this family, when you're in, you're never quite sure that you're in."
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"But when you're out, there's no doubt at all."
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"Why can't you just be civil to him, Mummy?"
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"Sixteen years since the abdication, and he was close to Papa."
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"Because the man is a monster!"
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"The responsibility of becoming king killed your father"
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"He has done nothing for this family."
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"The only reason he's even civil to us is because he wants to leech off us"
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"with a rich allowance to keep that Jezebel divorcee of his in the manner"
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"[Duke of Windsor] My dear darling Peaches..."
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"how dumpy and plain."
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"The way Cookie treated me looking down at me through her dumpy nose,"
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"But I remained civil because I am following your advice..."
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"[mechanical clunking]"
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"Thinking always of you"
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"Your loving David."
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"...and therefore commit his body to the ground."
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"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust."
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"through our Lord Jesus Christ."
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"Well, as you know, Kaiser Wilhelm was not blessed with a normal physique."
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"They didn't modify a shotgun, they modified a cannon."
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"You are a cheat, Hannover."
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"struggles under a program of austerity and rationing"
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"but, what to do?"
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"It might all appear indulgent"
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"but, in keeping the estate and the local community going,"
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"we are all doing our share tonight for the economy."
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"So, let us start with a toast."
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"-To His late Majesty, the King. -[all] The King."
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"-And, the Queen that has succeeded him. -[all] The Queen."
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"And to our generous host."
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"And the Royal house that is now in his name."
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"[all] To our host and the Royal house."
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"[airplane overhead]"
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"Kick it back."
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"Tell me, do you play football with your boy?"
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"This one doesn't seem to want to do anything but dream."
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"Well, come on then. Show him how it's done."
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"That thing's been buzzing around all morning."
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"[whispers] Right between his trousers."
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"Yup. Taking aerial photographs for some magazine."
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"It was always my dream to join the Air Force."
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"But Dickie put me in the Navy."
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"He felt the social connections would be better."
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"-No, Daddy, not in the bushes! -In the bushes he goes!"
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"[laughter]"
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"No, Daddy! Not the bushes!"
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"Right, Charlie Boy, here we go. I'm going to teach you..."
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"Tommy Lascelles comes up to me at the funeral, of all places,"
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"asks me for a word then tells me, to my face, "Do you credit it?""
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"and they compound an already traumatic and painful trip with this humiliation!"
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"The timing does seem particularly unfortunate."
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"It's an outrage!"
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"-How much is the allowance? -Ten thousand a year."
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"The agreement between Bertie and me was that I would give up everything"
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"and go into exile and keep a low profile in return for a pension"
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"-How dare she? -You don't know that it was her."
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"Why not? She's fat, common, and looks like a cook."
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"Did they offer any justification?"
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"Oh, that it would appear insensitive for a member of the extended Royal family"
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"to be seen to be rewarded and live in luxury."
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"Extended Royal family!"
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"I was the most senior member of that family. The King!"
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"You live in great style from what I've heard."
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"Perhaps you should take a leaf out of your late brother's book."
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"so no lectures, please, about the frugality of the new Queen."
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"-Don't call him that. -Why not?"
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"I'd call him by his name, if he had one."
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"[door opens]"
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"His Royal Highness, Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Your Majesty."
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"-He's here. -What?"
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"He apologizes for the lack of warning, but said it was important."
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"[sighs] All right. You'd better show him in."
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"Ah..."
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"I come directly from Broadlands."
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"[in German] What were you doing there?"
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"[in English] Please tell me you weren't shooting, one day after the funeral."
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"And your late son was in our thoughts the whole time."
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"Anyway, in the evening, we gathered for dinner."
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"The food is normally quite good at Broadlands."
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