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Reporter: Motorists in
parts of the capital.
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Trains are stopped or running hours behind
schedule from major London railway stations.
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The Prime Minister is facing criticism for
failure to deal with the mounting crisis.
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London Airport is closed again
today, with all flights grounded.
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Male 1: Piss.
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Reporter: The unmoving fog, which
has spread to over 30 miles wide,
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is likely to cause complete darkness
by two o'clock this afternoon.
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[ Music ]
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Princess Elizabeth:
Are you all right?
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You're not.
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Come on, let's get you up.
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Queen Mary: No, no.
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I'm fine. I promise.
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It's just because
the window was open.
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Now, go to work.
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You've got a job to do.
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Winston Churchill: Let us start
with the unrest in Egypt,
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where anti-colonial passions continue to run
high and where our soldiers continue to come
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under fire from
nationalist insurgents.
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It is vital that we remain and
successfully defend the Suez Canal,
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a point that I will be making in
person to the Commonwealth heads
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when I host them for the
weekend at Chequers.
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Queen Elizabeth II:
Weather permitting.
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Winston Churchill: Indeed.
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Queen Elizabeth II: What is the
latest information that you have?
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Winston Churchill:
About the weather?
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It's fog, ma'am.
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It will lift eventually.
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Queen Elizabeth II: I was hoping
for something more scientific.
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Winston Churchill: Then I will ensure
that a barometric report is included
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in your box tomorrow, complete
with isobars and isohumes.
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It has been an unusually cold winter and
there are only so many things that I,
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as Prime Minister, am prepared to
inflict on your subjects as a reward
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for winning a World War and prevailing
over fascism, evil, and tyranny.
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Letting them freeze
is not one of them.
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Queen Elizabeth II: You do
not seem unduly concerned.
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Winston Churchill: I'm not.
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Queen Elizabeth II: You do know that my late
father wrote many years ago to your predecessors
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to express his deep concern about the inner city
power stations that your party was building.
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Winston Churchill: Indeed.
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And I was sympathetic with your
father's concerns at the time.
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I also have sympathy with the leader
articles in the newspapers today,
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baying for blood,
wanting my head.
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People have to be
angry at someone.
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But as a leader, one cannot
simply react to everything.
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We need the power stations.
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We need the coal.
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People need to burn coal
to warm their homes!
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It is weather.
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It will pass!
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Queen Elizabeth II:
Well, I do hope so.
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Not least because my husband's
mood is intolerable.
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Winston Churchill: Why?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Well,
being caged in like this.
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He can't fly.
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Winston Churchill: Fly where?
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Queen Elizabeth
II: Well, nowhere.
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He's learning to fly.
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Winston Churchill: Whatever for?
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Have we not enough qualified pilots
to take him where he needs to go?
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Queen Elizabeth II: No,
he wants to fly himself.
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It's a boyhood dream.
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It's what he's always wanted.
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Winston Churchill: Why was
government not consulted?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Because
it's a private matter.
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And I am in favor.
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Winston Churchill: Nothing you or His
Royal Highness do is a private matter.
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And the father of
the future king
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of England risking his life
needlessly is quite unacceptable!
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Queen Elizabeth II: Please, do not curtail
my husband's personal freedoms any further.
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You've taken away his home.
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You've taken away his name.
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There comes a time where one
must draw a line in the sand.
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Winston Churchill: And the job of drawing
that line falls to Cabinet, ma'am.
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Not to you.
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Something your dear late papa would certainly
have taught you had he been granted more time
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to complete your education!
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And now, our time is up.
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Until next week.
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[inaudible]
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[ Music ]
