WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.905 Reporter: Motorists in parts of the capital. 00:00:01.905 --> 00:00:07.570 Trains are stopped or running hours behind schedule from major London railway stations. 00:00:08.660 --> 00:00:14.580 The Prime Minister is facing criticism for failure to deal with the mounting crisis. 00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:19.275 London Airport is closed again today, with all flights grounded. 00:00:19.275 --> 00:00:19.950 Male 1: Piss. 00:00:19.950 --> 00:00:23.550 Reporter: The unmoving fog, which has spread to over 30 miles wide, 00:00:23.550 --> 00:00:27.000 is likely to cause complete darkness by two o'clock this afternoon. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:41.970 [ Music ] 00:00:41.970 --> 00:00:43.330 Princess Elizabeth: Are you all right? 00:00:44.930 --> 00:00:47.140 You're not. 00:00:47.390 --> 00:00:49.740 Come on, let's get you up. 00:00:49.740 --> 00:00:51.360 Queen Mary: No, no. 00:00:51.360 --> 00:00:53.040 I'm fine. I promise. 00:00:53.040 --> 00:00:57.810 It's just because the window was open. 00:00:57.810 --> 00:00:59.385 Now, go to work. 00:00:59.385 --> 00:01:01.930 You've got a job to do. 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:13.860 Winston Churchill: Let us start with the unrest in Egypt, 00:01:13.860 --> 00:01:19.650 where anti-colonial passions continue to run high and where our soldiers continue to come 00:01:19.650 --> 00:01:22.440 under fire from nationalist insurgents. 00:01:22.440 --> 00:01:28.860 It is vital that we remain and successfully defend the Suez Canal, 00:01:28.860 --> 00:01:33.360 a point that I will be making in person to the Commonwealth heads 00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:37.410 when I host them for the weekend at Chequers. 00:01:37.410 --> 00:01:39.270 Queen Elizabeth II: Weather permitting. 00:01:39.270 --> 00:01:41.025 Winston Churchill: Indeed. 00:01:41.025 --> 00:01:43.875 Queen Elizabeth II: What is the latest information that you have? 00:01:43.875 --> 00:01:46.095 Winston Churchill: About the weather? 00:01:46.095 --> 00:01:48.510 It's fog, ma'am. 00:01:48.510 --> 00:01:50.205 It will lift eventually. 00:01:50.205 --> 00:01:53.670 Queen Elizabeth II: I was hoping for something more scientific. 00:01:53.670 --> 00:01:58.350 Winston Churchill: Then I will ensure that a barometric report is included 00:01:58.350 --> 00:02:04.665 in your box tomorrow, complete with isobars and isohumes. 00:02:04.665 --> 00:02:11.070 It has been an unusually cold winter and there are only so many things that I, 00:02:11.070 --> 00:02:15.090 as Prime Minister, am prepared to inflict on your subjects as a reward 00:02:15.090 --> 00:02:21.140 for winning a World War and prevailing over fascism, evil, and tyranny. 00:02:21.140 --> 00:02:24.685 Letting them freeze is not one of them. 00:02:24.685 --> 00:02:27.150 Queen Elizabeth II: You do not seem unduly concerned. 00:02:27.150 --> 00:02:27.990 Winston Churchill: I'm not. 00:02:27.990 --> 00:02:34.275 Queen Elizabeth II: You do know that my late father wrote many years ago to your predecessors 00:02:34.275 --> 00:02:39.910 to express his deep concern about the inner city power stations that your party was building. 00:02:41.450 --> 00:02:43.980 Winston Churchill: Indeed. 00:02:43.980 --> 00:02:50.160 And I was sympathetic with your father's concerns at the time. 00:02:50.160 --> 00:02:55.050 I also have sympathy with the leader articles in the newspapers today, 00:02:55.050 --> 00:02:59.445 baying for blood, wanting my head. 00:02:59.445 --> 00:03:02.970 People have to be angry at someone. 00:03:02.970 --> 00:03:08.640 But as a leader, one cannot simply react to everything. 00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:10.410 We need the power stations. 00:03:10.410 --> 00:03:11.730 We need the coal. 00:03:11.730 --> 00:03:15.015 People need to burn coal to warm their homes! 00:03:15.015 --> 00:03:16.485 It is weather. 00:03:16.485 --> 00:03:18.270 It will pass! 00:03:18.270 --> 00:03:20.565 Queen Elizabeth II: Well, I do hope so. 00:03:20.565 --> 00:03:23.865 Not least because my husband's mood is intolerable. 00:03:23.865 --> 00:03:25.455 Winston Churchill: Why? 00:03:25.455 --> 00:03:28.260 Queen Elizabeth II: Well, being caged in like this. 00:03:28.260 --> 00:03:30.490 He can't fly. 00:03:30.770 --> 00:03:33.075 Winston Churchill: Fly where? 00:03:33.075 --> 00:03:35.085 Queen Elizabeth II: Well, nowhere. 00:03:35.085 --> 00:03:37.635 He's learning to fly. 00:03:37.635 --> 00:03:40.035 Winston Churchill: Whatever for? 00:03:40.035 --> 00:03:44.565 Have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go? 00:03:44.565 --> 00:03:46.905 Queen Elizabeth II: No, he wants to fly himself. 00:03:46.905 --> 00:03:48.600 It's a boyhood dream. 00:03:48.600 --> 00:03:49.890 It's what he's always wanted. 00:03:49.890 --> 00:03:51.645 Winston Churchill: Why was government not consulted? 00:03:51.645 --> 00:03:53.520 Queen Elizabeth II: Because it's a private matter. 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:55.125 And I am in favor. 00:03:55.125 --> 00:03:58.980 Winston Churchill: Nothing you or His Royal Highness do is a private matter. 00:03:58.980 --> 00:04:00.900 And the father of the future king 00:04:00.900 --> 00:04:05.940 of England risking his life needlessly is quite unacceptable! 00:04:05.940 --> 00:04:10.245 Queen Elizabeth II: Please, do not curtail my husband's personal freedoms any further. 00:04:10.245 --> 00:04:11.985 You've taken away his home. 00:04:11.985 --> 00:04:13.815 You've taken away his name. 00:04:13.815 --> 00:04:17.295 There comes a time where one must draw a line in the sand. 00:04:17.295 --> 00:04:20.445 Winston Churchill: And the job of drawing that line falls to Cabinet, ma'am. 00:04:20.445 --> 00:04:21.570 Not to you. 00:04:21.570 --> 00:04:26.490 Something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you had he been granted more time 00:04:26.490 --> 00:04:28.930 to complete your education! 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.730 And now, our time is up. 00:04:36.250 --> 00:04:38.835 Until next week. 00:04:38.835 --> 00:04:40.520 [inaudible] 00:04:42.370 --> 00:04:44.850 [ Music ]