1 00:01:12,154 --> 00:01:17,204 AGRA 1887 2 00:01:23,607 --> 00:01:28,704 بريطانيا استبعدت رسميا الهند لتسعة وعشرين عاما 3 00:01:48,004 --> 00:01:49,130 الأبله! 4 00:02:26,300 --> 00:02:27,367 اسم؟ 5 00:02:27,371 --> 00:02:28,371 جابي. 6 00:02:31,929 --> 00:02:34,753 مهلا، كنت أرغب في مكتب المحافظ. 7 00:02:38,271 --> 00:02:40,382 آه، السيد كريم. 8 00:02:42,804 --> 00:02:44,362 أردت أن أتحدث إليكم عن السجاد 9 00:02:44,366 --> 00:02:45,866 أرسلنا إلى معرض بريطاني. 10 00:02:45,870 --> 00:02:47,995 - هناك مشكلة يا سيدي؟ - لا لا. 11 00:02:47,999 --> 00:02:49,598 ذهب السجاد بشكل جيد جدا. 12 00:02:49,802 --> 00:02:51,261 في الواقع، فإن الحاكم العام 13 00:02:51,265 --> 00:02:53,445 تلقت رسالة من الديوان الملكي 14 00:02:53,449 --> 00:02:54,979 الشكر له شخصيا. 15 00:02:54,983 --> 00:02:56,392 لقد كان كل هذا النجاح، 16 00:02:56,396 --> 00:02:59,211 انه قرر تقديم الملكة 17 00:02:59,215 --> 00:03:02,398 مع موهار كجزء من اليوبيل. 18 00:03:02,702 --> 00:03:04,024 A موهار يا سيدي؟ 19 00:03:04,028 --> 00:03:08,002 A موهار. على ما يبدو نوعا من عملة الاحتفالية. 20 00:03:08,006 --> 00:03:10,812 لقد طلب مني أن العثور على شخص طويل القامة لتقديمه. 21 00:03:11,216 --> 00:03:12,676 كنت أطول شخص هنا. 22 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,960 عندما قالت انها سوف يكون وصوله، يا سيدي؟ 23 00:03:15,692 --> 00:03:17,873 ليس في أغرا، في انكلترا! 24 00:03:18,490 --> 00:03:20,782 وسوف يسافر إلى إنجلترا. 25 00:03:20,786 --> 00:03:24,864 وتقديم موهار باعتباره وظيفة رسمية. 26 00:03:25,368 --> 00:03:27,555 مثل السائس. 27 00:03:27,659 --> 00:03:28,559 على حصان؟ 28 00:03:28,663 --> 00:03:30,734 لا أعتقد سوف يكون هناك حصان. 29 00:03:31,704 --> 00:03:34,585 السائس دائما الحصان، السيد تايلر، يا سيدي. 30 00:03:34,589 --> 00:03:37,960 حسنا، ربما ليس مثل السائس بالضبط. 31 00:03:41,064 --> 00:03:42,200 صباح. 32 00:03:42,604 --> 00:03:44,064 آه، صباح اليوم. 33 00:03:44,068 --> 00:03:45,800 هذا هو اللواء Bigge، 34 00:03:45,804 --> 00:03:48,787 العريس إضافية في انتظار وندسور الملكي المنزلية 35 00:03:48,791 --> 00:03:51,105 من سيكون المسؤول عن رحلتك. 36 00:03:51,109 --> 00:03:52,127 هذا هو عبد. 37 00:03:52,131 --> 00:03:55,222 أكبر حفرة! وهذا هو محمد، 38 00:03:55,226 --> 00:03:57,545 الذي كما سيتم تقديم موهار. 39 00:04:02,212 --> 00:04:03,434 انه قصير جدا. 40 00:04:03,638 --> 00:04:05,527 كان علينا أن سوب له في آخر لحظة. 41 00:04:05,731 --> 00:04:08,305 وكان الفصل طويل القامة حادث مع فيل. 42 00:04:20,752 --> 00:04:23,309 قصر باكنغهام 43 00:04:27,713 --> 00:04:29,220 صباح الخير يا صاحب الجلالة. 44 00:04:32,615 --> 00:04:34,064 على رأس هو اللورد تشامبرلين، 45 00:04:34,068 --> 00:04:36,488 ثم السكرتير الخاص، ونائب السكرتير الخاص، 46 00:04:36,492 --> 00:04:38,186 السيدات في الانتظار، والموظفين العلوي، 47 00:04:38,190 --> 00:04:39,881 خدام العلوي السفلي. 48 00:04:39,885 --> 00:04:41,590 ثم أعضاء الأسرة: 49 00:04:41,594 --> 00:04:42,956 واحد، ورئيس حجرة النوم، 50 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:44,662 وهما رئيس الشخصية للموظفين، 51 00:04:44,666 --> 00:04:45,884 ثلاثة وبتلر في الرئيس، 52 00:04:45,888 --> 00:04:48,005 من هو المسؤول عن بتلر المنزلية، 53 00:04:48,009 --> 00:04:49,894 على خادم المطبخ، ومدير مكتب رئيس، 54 00:04:49,898 --> 00:04:53,022 رئيس الموظفين الانتظار، والموظفين الانتظار العاديين، وندسور، 55 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:55,385 الخادمات الجدول، ثم لك. أي أسئلة؟ 56 00:04:55,389 --> 00:04:58,208 هاه، الذين سيكون لديهم موهار يا سيدي؟ 57 00:04:58,212 --> 00:05:00,222 لست متأكدا بالضبط حتى الآن. 58 00:05:00,226 --> 00:05:02,393 وأظن أنك سوف كلا تحمله. على وسادة. 59 00:05:03,091 --> 00:05:04,323 هل نحن على حد سواء الحصول على وسادة؟ 60 00:05:04,327 --> 00:05:05,398 أنا حقا لا أعرف. 61 00:05:05,789 --> 00:05:10,125 مفتاح خدمة جيدة يقف ساكنا ويتحرك إلى الوراء. 62 00:05:10,129 --> 00:05:14,945 الشيء الأكثر أهمية هو يجب أن لا ننظر لها. 63 00:05:15,249 --> 00:05:16,985 يا له من الشرج. 64 00:05:30,389 --> 00:05:32,796 هل لديك أي فكرة عن كيفية البرد هو الحال في إنجلترا؟ 65 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:33,941 نحن ستعمل يموت هناك. 66 00:05:34,145 --> 00:05:35,866 لماذا توافق على ذلك؟ 67 00:05:35,870 --> 00:05:38,715 سقط واحد طويل القامة قبالة الفيل، وأنا لم يعط خيار. 68 00:05:39,219 --> 00:05:41,896 هتاف اشمئزاز، وخمسة آلاف ميل لتقديم ميدالية الدموية 69 00:05:41,900 --> 00:05:44,400 لالظالم من شبه القارة الهندية كلها. 70 00:05:44,504 --> 00:05:47,560 You don't realise what a great honour this is for us. 71 00:05:48,994 --> 00:05:51,293 Have you ever tasted English food? They eat pig's blood. 72 00:05:51,297 --> 00:05:52,593 They do not eat pig's blood. 73 00:05:52,597 --> 00:05:54,953 I'm telling you, they put pig's blood in the sausages, 74 00:05:54,957 --> 00:05:56,505 and brains of sheep. 75 00:05:57,509 --> 00:05:58,422 Ugh. 76 00:05:59,209 --> 00:06:01,227 The place is completely barbaric. 77 00:06:13,031 --> 00:06:14,400 Give us some money. 78 00:06:15,700 --> 00:06:16,800 Please, sir? 79 00:06:17,592 --> 00:06:18,867 Civilisation! 80 00:06:19,071 --> 00:06:20,550 Please, sir, give us a farthing. 81 00:06:20,554 --> 00:06:22,196 Give us a farthing, sir. 82 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:23,620 Arms. 83 00:06:28,424 --> 00:06:29,760 Arms. 84 00:06:31,032 --> 00:06:33,084 We copied them from some drawings 85 00:06:33,088 --> 00:06:35,053 in the British Museum. 86 00:06:35,057 --> 00:06:36,057 Splendid! 87 00:06:36,061 --> 00:06:39,200 You do know the sash is not traditional, sir? 88 00:06:39,205 --> 00:06:42,740 The Indian drawings didn't look very... Indian 89 00:06:42,744 --> 00:06:44,404 so we made some innovations. 90 00:06:45,050 --> 00:06:48,915 The important thing is to look... authentic. 91 00:06:48,919 --> 00:06:50,977 Looks jolly good to me. 92 00:06:50,981 --> 00:06:54,148 Jubilee celebrations: 9:00, breakfast in London, 93 00:06:54,152 --> 00:06:55,910 Quarter to ten, changing of the guard. 94 00:06:55,914 --> 00:06:58,934 11:00, meeting with the Swedish Ambassador. 95 00:06:58,938 --> 00:07:03,370 12:00, luncheon with Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway, 96 00:07:03,374 --> 00:07:04,920 the Norwegian Ambassador, 97 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:08,388 the Chief Undersecretary of State for the southern Norwegian provinces, 98 00:07:08,392 --> 00:07:10,850 the Junior Undersecretary of State for the 99 00:07:10,854 --> 00:07:12,770 northern Norwegian provinces. 100 00:07:12,774 --> 00:07:15,776 2:00, ceremonial drive down the Mall. 101 00:07:15,780 --> 00:07:16,780 Half past two, 102 00:07:16,784 --> 00:07:19,872 tea party at Hyde Park for 30,000 children. 103 00:07:22,298 --> 00:07:23,500 Half past four, 104 00:07:23,504 --> 00:07:26,047 household departs on the royal train to Windsor. 105 00:07:27,051 --> 00:07:29,666 Half past six, dinner in the Great Hall. 106 00:07:29,670 --> 00:07:31,650 Come on, then, chop chop! 107 00:07:31,654 --> 00:07:34,942 And the ceremonial presentation of a mohar. 108 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:43,815 The Hindoos, sir! 109 00:07:48,021 --> 00:07:49,350 But they're completely different sizes. 110 00:07:49,354 --> 00:07:52,060 There was an incident, sir, with an elephant. 111 00:07:52,464 --> 00:07:53,424 Hmm. 112 00:07:53,428 --> 00:07:54,660 The Queen arrives. 113 00:07:55,164 --> 00:07:56,730 Fanfares. 114 00:07:57,034 --> 00:07:59,146 Ceremonial entrance. 115 00:07:59,750 --> 00:08:03,464 The Royal Entourage make their way to the table, 116 00:08:03,468 --> 00:08:05,712 to be seated thus. 117 00:08:06,016 --> 00:08:07,576 Her Majesty. 118 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,540 Sir Henry Ponsonby, Private Secretary, 119 00:08:09,544 --> 00:08:11,032 the Secretary of State for India, 120 00:08:11,036 --> 00:08:13,934 the Emperor of Russia, Dr Reid, Lady Churchill, 121 00:08:13,938 --> 00:08:16,318 Miss Phipps, etcetera, etcetera. Grace. 122 00:08:16,322 --> 00:08:21,675 Soup: potage Saint Germain with purée de madeleines. 123 00:08:21,888 --> 00:08:24,720 Fish course: morue à huîtres. 124 00:08:24,724 --> 00:08:26,788 Fanfare. Entrée: 125 00:08:27,092 --> 00:08:30,350 quenelle with Regency sauce, etcetera, etcetera. 126 00:08:30,355 --> 00:08:34,548 Dessert: pain d'épinards, tartelettes à la Suisse, 127 00:08:34,552 --> 00:08:37,530 profiteroles. Always profiteroles. 128 00:08:37,534 --> 00:08:40,973 You will come from the northwest service entrance. 129 00:08:40,977 --> 00:08:42,171 Process together. 130 00:08:42,175 --> 00:08:44,146 And you will stand here. 131 00:08:44,150 --> 00:08:45,102 No. 132 00:08:45,106 --> 00:08:46,534 A little bit. 133 00:08:46,538 --> 00:08:47,538 That's it. 134 00:08:47,542 --> 00:08:50,383 Presenting the tray thus. 135 00:08:50,687 --> 00:08:51,780 Tray? 136 00:08:51,984 --> 00:08:54,867 I-I thought it was a cushion. 137 00:08:55,071 --> 00:08:56,605 You will present the tray. 138 00:08:56,609 --> 00:08:57,330 Excuse me... 139 00:08:57,634 --> 00:08:58,921 Do I get a tray? 140 00:08:58,925 --> 00:09:00,527 No, we've only got one tray. 141 00:09:00,631 --> 00:09:02,434 Uh-huh. So, what do I do? 142 00:09:02,438 --> 00:09:03,764 You'll just have to improvise. 143 00:09:04,068 --> 00:09:06,880 Whatever you do, you must not look at Her Majesty. 144 00:09:06,884 --> 00:09:10,254 You will bow again. Then moving backwards, 145 00:09:10,258 --> 00:09:13,158 you will turn to your left. You will leave thus, 146 00:09:13,162 --> 00:09:15,647 and you will process down the hall 147 00:09:15,651 --> 00:09:18,212 to be met by Mr Bigge 148 00:09:18,516 --> 00:09:21,387 who will walk you to the north wall 149 00:09:21,791 --> 00:09:23,960 where you will stand till the end of the meal. 150 00:09:25,888 --> 00:09:27,880 Would you like me to run through that again? 151 00:09:28,264 --> 00:09:30,270 Mr Yorke, she's heading to Paddington. 152 00:09:30,635 --> 00:09:31,980 Everybody out! 153 00:09:31,984 --> 00:09:33,544 You two, stairs, now. 154 00:09:43,248 --> 00:09:44,736 Jesus Christ! 155 00:09:44,740 --> 00:09:47,570 Where are the... quenelles? 156 00:09:48,274 --> 00:09:51,700 Oi, you two, out of it! 157 00:09:51,904 --> 00:09:53,400 She's at the station, sir! 158 00:09:53,504 --> 00:09:56,101 Jesus H. Christ, she's at the... station! 159 00:09:56,505 --> 00:09:58,874 For God's sake, just wait where you were told. 160 00:09:59,278 --> 00:10:00,395 Open the doors. 161 00:10:00,399 --> 00:10:01,433 Quenelles! 162 00:10:01,637 --> 00:10:03,404 Open the doors! 163 00:10:03,755 --> 00:10:05,222 Open the doors! 164 00:10:05,526 --> 00:10:06,774 Open the doors! 165 00:10:43,078 --> 00:10:44,034 She's here. 166 00:10:45,238 --> 00:10:46,280 Soup. 167 00:10:47,334 --> 00:10:48,877 Soup! 168 00:10:49,081 --> 00:10:50,450 Soup! 169 00:10:50,754 --> 00:10:52,232 Soup! 170 00:10:52,836 --> 00:10:56,055 Soup! 171 00:10:56,359 --> 00:10:58,846 Soup! 172 00:11:54,367 --> 00:11:56,088 Ah, thank heavens. 173 00:12:01,492 --> 00:12:03,665 Soup, Your Majesty. 174 00:12:26,969 --> 00:12:28,343 Must you take this one? 175 00:12:33,207 --> 00:12:34,320 I haven't finished it. 176 00:12:34,324 --> 00:12:36,287 I-I'm afraid you have to be quick. 177 00:12:36,291 --> 00:12:38,207 They take it off you as soon as she's done. 178 00:12:38,611 --> 00:12:40,424 One down, six to go. 179 00:12:40,428 --> 00:12:42,300 The morue à huîtres and then the quenelle. 180 00:12:42,304 --> 00:12:43,346 Yes, sir. 181 00:12:43,350 --> 00:12:45,004 The morue à huîtres and then the quenelle. 182 00:12:45,008 --> 00:12:46,567 This is bloody ridiculous. 183 00:12:46,871 --> 00:12:49,990 Two months in a boat and I haven't even got a tray? 184 00:13:29,494 --> 00:13:31,572 I have the mohar. 185 00:13:32,876 --> 00:13:34,250 Is that it? 186 00:13:38,854 --> 00:13:40,340 Your Majesty? 187 00:13:43,044 --> 00:13:44,484 Your Majesty? 188 00:13:46,746 --> 00:13:49,400 The uh, the profiteroles. 189 00:14:11,260 --> 00:14:12,390 Is that it? 190 00:14:12,424 --> 00:14:14,087 The profiteroles have gone. 191 00:14:14,088 --> 00:14:17,050 Gentlemen, process. Turn. Bow. Present. 192 00:14:17,054 --> 00:14:19,170 And absolutely no eye contact whatsoever. 193 00:15:03,216 --> 00:15:06,200 A gift from the Indian Empire. 194 00:15:06,204 --> 00:15:08,262 A mohar, Your Majesty. 195 00:15:08,966 --> 00:15:10,666 A what? 196 00:15:10,670 --> 00:15:12,900 A Mughal coin, Your Majesty 197 00:15:12,904 --> 00:15:16,034 in honour of your service to the uh, subcontinent. 198 00:15:18,638 --> 00:15:19,874 Have we finished? 199 00:15:20,278 --> 00:15:23,200 We still have coffee, Your Majesty. 200 00:15:52,809 --> 00:15:54,823 Eyes! 201 00:16:09,327 --> 00:16:11,352 Good morning, Your Majesty. 202 00:16:12,005 --> 00:16:14,043 Breakfast with the Royal Princes of Belgium. 203 00:16:14,047 --> 00:16:17,050 11:00, an audience with the Sultan of Dubai 204 00:16:17,054 --> 00:16:20,990 where Her Majesty will be presented with the Diamond of Ooojay. 205 00:16:20,994 --> 00:16:23,512 Garden party where Her Majesty will receive 206 00:16:23,516 --> 00:16:26,574 Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway, again. 207 00:16:26,578 --> 00:16:29,504 And Queen Lili'uokalani. 208 00:16:29,508 --> 00:16:30,985 Who on earth is she? 209 00:16:30,989 --> 00:16:33,564 A monarch and sole Queen Regnant 210 00:16:33,568 --> 00:16:35,554 of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Your Majesty. 211 00:16:35,559 --> 00:16:39,465 She has composed a song for you on the ukulele. 212 00:16:39,469 --> 00:16:42,340 But we have managed to put her off. 213 00:16:42,344 --> 00:16:44,884 Then you will eat with the Prime Minister 214 00:16:44,888 --> 00:16:48,558 and at 7:00, the banquet in the state dining room. 215 00:16:49,688 --> 00:16:51,862 And your movements, Your Majesty? 216 00:16:51,866 --> 00:16:53,410 Nothing to speak of, Dr Reid. 217 00:16:54,114 --> 00:16:56,253 Not even during the day? 218 00:16:56,257 --> 00:16:58,568 We last moved on Sunday evening. 219 00:16:58,872 --> 00:17:03,650 Oh, I feel the celebratory dinners are taking their toll, Your Majesty. 220 00:17:03,654 --> 00:17:06,340 Might I suggest some Benger's Mixture? 221 00:17:06,344 --> 00:17:09,214 I refuse to eat Benger's. It's baby food. 222 00:17:09,518 --> 00:17:12,046 But it is imperative, Your Majesty, 223 00:17:12,050 --> 00:17:15,160 that the royal colon receives a little roughage. 224 00:17:15,564 --> 00:17:16,720 Anything else? 225 00:17:17,226 --> 00:17:20,742 Uh, was Her Majesty pleased with the mohar? 226 00:17:21,146 --> 00:17:22,082 What? 227 00:17:22,286 --> 00:17:24,370 The mohar, the ceremonial coin. 228 00:17:25,717 --> 00:17:28,680 Uh, presented by the two Indian servants. 229 00:17:29,784 --> 00:17:32,563 I thought the tall one was terribly handsome. 230 00:17:54,567 --> 00:17:56,421 Stop! 231 00:18:03,383 --> 00:18:05,574 Slight change of plan. 232 00:18:05,578 --> 00:18:08,894 You must not talk to any of the guests. 233 00:18:08,898 --> 00:18:11,250 Nod or bow but please 234 00:18:11,254 --> 00:18:15,225 do not interact with anybody other than the serving staff. 235 00:18:15,229 --> 00:18:18,762 I will come to you when the Queen is seated. 236 00:18:18,766 --> 00:18:23,456 And you will present the royal pudding as requested. 237 00:18:23,460 --> 00:18:24,600 Eh, excuse me, sir, 238 00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:26,780 but what is it? 239 00:18:27,036 --> 00:18:30,646 That is a jelly. A pudding made from the liquor of fruit. 240 00:18:30,650 --> 00:18:31,950 How do they get it so stiff? 241 00:18:31,954 --> 00:18:35,310 Gelatin. A byproduct of cow bone. 242 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:38,820 Barbarians! 243 00:18:40,524 --> 00:18:42,600 There's another famine in India. 244 00:18:43,804 --> 00:18:46,146 More trouble in Ireland, I'm afraid. 245 00:18:46,550 --> 00:18:48,555 Suez is a perennial nightmare. 246 00:18:48,559 --> 00:18:50,660 And I'm afraid the Boers are at it again. 247 00:18:50,665 --> 00:18:52,419 Is there any good news, Prime Minister? 248 00:18:52,423 --> 00:18:55,690 We've decided to annex Zululand, Your Majesty. 249 00:18:55,694 --> 00:18:56,694 Whatever for? 250 00:18:56,946 --> 00:19:00,600 We really have to box in the Boers if we possibly can, 251 00:19:00,604 --> 00:19:01,604 - Oh, Prime Minister, - Your Majesty. 252 00:19:01,608 --> 00:19:03,202 you really are terribly depressing. 253 00:19:03,206 --> 00:19:04,206 Yes. 254 00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:05,304 Ah, sandwiches. 255 00:19:05,308 --> 00:19:06,191 Mmm. 256 00:19:14,350 --> 00:19:15,352 Splendid! 257 00:19:17,229 --> 00:19:18,310 Jelly. 258 00:19:20,755 --> 00:19:21,766 Oh. 259 00:19:25,970 --> 00:19:26,970 Splendid. 260 00:19:30,893 --> 00:19:32,220 Jelly, Your Majesty. 261 00:19:56,630 --> 00:19:58,500 I suddenly feel a great deal better. 262 00:19:59,704 --> 00:20:02,150 What the hell were you thinking?! 263 00:20:02,154 --> 00:20:03,645 You said present the jelly, sir. 264 00:20:03,749 --> 00:20:06,944 I didn't say kiss the feet of the Empress of India! 265 00:20:06,948 --> 00:20:08,400 I-I thought it would cheer her up. 266 00:20:08,404 --> 00:20:09,555 Cheer her up? 267 00:20:09,559 --> 00:20:11,700 They'll have me court-martialed! 268 00:20:11,704 --> 00:20:13,786 What on earth is going on? 269 00:20:14,905 --> 00:20:16,720 Her Majesty has requested 270 00:20:16,724 --> 00:20:19,245 Mr Karim and Mr Baksh 271 00:20:20,366 --> 00:20:22,682 be her personal footmen 272 00:20:23,786 --> 00:20:25,876 for the rest of the Jubilee. 273 00:20:26,980 --> 00:20:27,880 You stupid bloody idiot. 274 00:20:27,884 --> 00:20:30,276 All you had to do was give her jelly. 275 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,560 We could be going home by now. 276 00:20:34,581 --> 00:20:37,874 Ah, gentlemen. You can wait here by the door. 277 00:20:37,878 --> 00:20:40,220 Her Majesty wants you to stand in here by the writing desk. 278 00:20:40,224 --> 00:20:41,260 Go on. 279 00:20:48,464 --> 00:20:49,546 Thank you. 280 00:20:52,639 --> 00:20:53,930 You may go. 281 00:20:55,494 --> 00:20:57,230 Oh, thank you, uh Your Majesty. 282 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,160 Don't worry. 283 00:21:03,064 --> 00:21:05,110 I'm not going to eat you. 284 00:21:07,228 --> 00:21:09,140 Doctor Reid, 285 00:21:10,059 --> 00:21:12,324 a very 286 00:21:13,028 --> 00:21:14,575 successful 287 00:21:14,944 --> 00:21:16,723 movement 288 00:21:18,808 --> 00:21:20,402 at 8:00 289 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,000 this morning. 290 00:21:25,265 --> 00:21:27,440 What the hell is going on in there? 291 00:21:36,096 --> 00:21:37,530 Thank you, Mr... 292 00:21:37,734 --> 00:21:38,856 Abdul. 293 00:21:40,063 --> 00:21:41,530 Abdul Karim. 294 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:52,510 I am always writing. 295 00:21:55,097 --> 00:21:57,950 In India, I am writing all day. Every day. 296 00:21:58,851 --> 00:22:01,310 So, in India, you are not a servant? 297 00:22:01,314 --> 00:22:02,214 No. 298 00:22:02,218 --> 00:22:04,690 In India, I am writing in my very big book. 299 00:22:04,694 --> 00:22:05,742 You're writing a book? 300 00:22:05,746 --> 00:22:06,690 Yes. 301 00:22:06,694 --> 00:22:08,280 I'm writing every name, 302 00:22:08,284 --> 00:22:09,960 who they are, what they have done. 303 00:22:09,964 --> 00:22:11,725 This is my life. 304 00:22:11,729 --> 00:22:14,940 Every day, I'm writing, from morning to night. 305 00:22:14,944 --> 00:22:16,345 And this is fiction? 306 00:22:16,349 --> 00:22:18,635 No. It is the very truth. 307 00:22:19,972 --> 00:22:21,566 I don't understand. 308 00:22:21,570 --> 00:22:24,211 If you are an author, why are you here? 309 00:22:24,215 --> 00:22:25,622 Presenting me with the m... 310 00:22:25,626 --> 00:22:27,467 - with... - Mohar. 311 00:22:29,112 --> 00:22:31,420 It is my humble privilege to server Her Majesty. 312 00:22:39,268 --> 00:22:40,924 I was the one who chose your carpets. 313 00:22:42,990 --> 00:22:44,365 Carpets? 314 00:22:44,369 --> 00:22:48,300 Yes. The Viceroy asked Mr Tyler, sir, but actually, it was me. 315 00:22:48,604 --> 00:22:51,800 You have to have a very good eye for the carpets. 316 00:22:52,559 --> 00:22:55,092 Like...this is a very nice one 317 00:22:55,096 --> 00:22:56,096 for example. 318 00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:58,050 Very...very tight knots. 319 00:22:58,054 --> 00:23:02,403 The art of carpets came to India from Persia 320 00:23:02,407 --> 00:23:04,480 with the great Emperor Akbar. 321 00:23:05,235 --> 00:23:07,426 The skill of a carpet 322 00:23:07,430 --> 00:23:11,282 is to bring all the different kinds of threads together 323 00:23:11,286 --> 00:23:14,084 and weave something we can all stand on. 324 00:23:15,752 --> 00:23:17,932 You seem to know a great deal about it. 325 00:23:18,236 --> 00:23:21,624 My family were carpet makers. 326 00:23:21,628 --> 00:23:23,750 But now I write in the book. 327 00:23:24,991 --> 00:23:26,950 Life is like a carpet. 328 00:23:26,954 --> 00:23:30,626 We weave in and out to make a pattern. 329 00:23:32,718 --> 00:23:34,700 That is a very beautiful image. 330 00:23:37,061 --> 00:23:37,906 Look. 331 00:23:37,910 --> 00:23:39,610 Here is the bird of freedom 332 00:23:39,614 --> 00:23:42,734 caught forever in the design. 333 00:23:45,943 --> 00:23:50,111 So, in India you are a poet? 334 00:23:50,115 --> 00:23:51,250 No. 335 00:23:51,927 --> 00:23:54,140 In India, I make a ledger of the prisoners. 336 00:23:57,039 --> 00:23:59,260 We are all prisoners, Mr Karim. 337 00:23:59,564 --> 00:24:01,270 Apparently, he's a poet. 338 00:24:16,926 --> 00:24:19,761 What the hell are you playing at? 339 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,645 Stop being so friendly. 340 00:24:24,449 --> 00:24:27,520 These people are the exploiters of a quarter of all of mankind. 341 00:24:27,524 --> 00:24:30,333 Do you really think they give a hoot about us? 342 00:24:30,337 --> 00:24:31,337 Huh? 343 00:24:31,341 --> 00:24:34,082 Bloody well freeze to death at this rate. 344 00:24:34,088 --> 00:24:37,100 And cut all the nicey-nicey crap and let's get the hell out of here. 345 00:24:37,104 --> 00:24:38,104 Agreed? 346 00:24:38,108 --> 00:24:39,573 I promise. 347 00:24:39,877 --> 00:24:41,293 Goodnight. 348 00:24:53,233 --> 00:24:54,893 Will you stop doing that?! 349 00:25:03,310 --> 00:25:04,392 You realise 350 00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:07,830 this is the third day in a row. 351 00:25:12,294 --> 00:25:15,116 So, Mr Abdul... 352 00:25:15,522 --> 00:25:18,780 may I ask what part of India you're from? 353 00:25:19,284 --> 00:25:20,935 I'm from Agra. 354 00:25:21,139 --> 00:25:22,818 The Taj Mahal? 355 00:25:23,258 --> 00:25:24,930 Have you ever been to the Taj Mahal? 356 00:25:24,934 --> 00:25:25,934 No. 357 00:25:25,938 --> 00:25:29,620 Oh, it is the most marvellous building in the entire world, Your Majesty. 358 00:25:30,326 --> 00:25:31,980 The Crown of Palaces. 359 00:25:33,159 --> 00:25:36,210 It was built by Shah Jahan to remember his dead wife 360 00:25:36,214 --> 00:25:39,800 who died at childbirth during their fourteenth child. 361 00:25:40,204 --> 00:25:41,430 Goodness! 362 00:25:41,434 --> 00:25:43,422 He was so upset with grief, 363 00:25:43,426 --> 00:25:48,643 he brought the greatest architects from Persia, Afghanistan 364 00:25:48,647 --> 00:25:50,554 to build the Taj Mahal. 365 00:25:50,558 --> 00:25:53,336 It certainly sounds a handsome building. 366 00:25:53,340 --> 00:25:55,588 I'd very much like to see it. 367 00:25:55,592 --> 00:25:57,053 Oh, it is beautiful, Your Majesty! 368 00:25:57,057 --> 00:25:59,460 It's all white marble. 369 00:25:59,580 --> 00:26:02,206 All that beauty for the dead Queen. 370 00:26:02,210 --> 00:26:04,400 Mmm. How romantic. 371 00:26:04,404 --> 00:26:06,646 Shah Jahan also built the Red Fort, 372 00:26:06,650 --> 00:26:08,696 the Gardens of Shalimar, 373 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:10,128 the Peacock Throne. 374 00:26:10,530 --> 00:26:12,002 The Peacock Throne? 375 00:26:12,006 --> 00:26:14,575 It is the most beautiful throne in all the world. 376 00:26:14,579 --> 00:26:18,194 And inside the throne was the Koh-i-Noor. 377 00:26:18,198 --> 00:26:20,386 But I have the Koh-i-Noor. I wear it as a brooch. 378 00:26:22,106 --> 00:26:23,480 - Do you? - Yes. 379 00:26:23,484 --> 00:26:26,864 It wasn't very shiny so Albert had it recut. 380 00:26:26,868 --> 00:26:29,611 What happened to the Peacock Throne? 381 00:26:30,262 --> 00:26:31,385 They smashed it up. 382 00:26:32,206 --> 00:26:33,288 How awful. 383 00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:35,380 They're always smashing things up. 384 00:26:35,384 --> 00:26:38,964 The British soldiers have taken the jewels from the Taj Mahal. 385 00:26:38,968 --> 00:26:40,690 British soldiers? 386 00:26:40,694 --> 00:26:42,670 Oh, yes, after the Mutiny. 387 00:26:44,339 --> 00:26:46,330 But, this is terrible. 388 00:26:46,334 --> 00:26:49,176 What can they be talking about? 389 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,160 A servant and an Indian. 390 00:26:52,164 --> 00:26:53,800 What on earth does she see in him? 391 00:26:54,502 --> 00:26:57,560 Well, he is rather handsome. 392 00:27:00,264 --> 00:27:02,496 What happened to Shah Jahan? 393 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:06,786 He was overthrown by his son and died in Agra Fort. 394 00:27:07,630 --> 00:27:09,202 The wickedness of children. 395 00:27:09,206 --> 00:27:11,644 They buried him in the Taj Mahal 396 00:27:11,648 --> 00:27:13,604 with his wife, Mumtaz. 397 00:27:13,608 --> 00:27:16,106 They also wrote an inscription: 398 00:27:16,110 --> 00:27:18,340 "Here lies Shah Jahan 399 00:27:18,344 --> 00:27:21,730 who left this world for the Banquet Hall of Eternity." 400 00:27:22,418 --> 00:27:24,210 The Banquet Hall of Eternity. 401 00:27:24,514 --> 00:27:26,540 I rather like that idea. 402 00:27:27,244 --> 00:27:29,070 You seem very well-informed. 403 00:27:29,074 --> 00:27:31,890 Oh, these are famous stories of Uttar Pradesh. 404 00:27:31,894 --> 00:27:33,075 You should go there. 405 00:27:33,079 --> 00:27:34,875 Oh, I can never go there. I am forbidden. 406 00:27:35,079 --> 00:27:36,174 Forbidden? 407 00:27:36,378 --> 00:27:38,130 They fear I would be assassinated. 408 00:27:38,134 --> 00:27:42,086 So, you have never seen an India street? 409 00:27:42,090 --> 00:27:44,193 - Or a stall of spices? - No. 410 00:27:44,197 --> 00:27:46,665 Oh, oh, the spices. 411 00:27:46,669 --> 00:27:50,760 Cumin, coriander, garam masala. 412 00:27:51,064 --> 00:27:53,820 Garam mas... What is garam masala? 413 00:27:53,824 --> 00:27:55,770 It is what you put into the sauce. 414 00:27:55,774 --> 00:27:58,420 You have never tasted Indian food? 415 00:27:59,965 --> 00:28:02,230 Dal? Rogan josh? 416 00:28:02,234 --> 00:28:04,611 Biryani with mango chutney? 417 00:28:04,615 --> 00:28:06,102 Mango chutney? 418 00:28:06,506 --> 00:28:09,114 Chutney made out of mango. 419 00:28:09,118 --> 00:28:10,745 What is mango? 420 00:28:11,149 --> 00:28:13,760 Mango is the Queen of Fruit. 421 00:28:14,564 --> 00:28:16,777 What does it taste like? 422 00:28:17,181 --> 00:28:19,370 Like a... an orange... 423 00:28:19,874 --> 00:28:21,387 and a peach. 424 00:28:21,791 --> 00:28:23,390 Hmm. 425 00:28:25,485 --> 00:28:26,462 Sir Henry, 426 00:28:26,766 --> 00:28:28,900 I would like a mango. 427 00:28:29,104 --> 00:28:30,220 A mango? 428 00:28:30,224 --> 00:28:31,773 Yes, I would like to taste a mango. 429 00:28:32,177 --> 00:28:36,050 That's impossible, Your Majesty. They only grow in India. 430 00:28:36,054 --> 00:28:38,720 Well, I am Empress of India. So have one sent. 431 00:28:42,064 --> 00:28:45,222 TOP OF THE MOOR, SCOTLAND 432 00:28:59,564 --> 00:29:00,805 Here! 433 00:29:06,922 --> 00:29:08,222 Your Majesty. 434 00:29:08,226 --> 00:29:09,318 Oh. 435 00:29:13,740 --> 00:29:14,830 Thank you. 436 00:29:18,234 --> 00:29:20,812 How do you like your new Scottish costumes? 437 00:29:21,116 --> 00:29:23,477 They're very scratchy, Your Majesty. 438 00:29:23,881 --> 00:29:25,735 Everything in Scotland is scratchy. 439 00:29:28,210 --> 00:29:29,212 Sir Henry? 440 00:29:30,421 --> 00:29:31,931 When does Bertie arrive? 441 00:29:32,135 --> 00:29:33,898 Tomorrow, Your Majesty. 442 00:29:34,002 --> 00:29:36,260 He's on his way from... Monte Carlo. 443 00:29:39,841 --> 00:29:42,588 It's all right for her. She's upholstered. 444 00:29:58,825 --> 00:30:01,200 Oh, God, I hate Scotland! 445 00:30:12,804 --> 00:30:15,955 Ah! Ye must be the Hindoos! 446 00:30:15,959 --> 00:30:17,375 Very nice to meet ye. 447 00:30:17,679 --> 00:30:20,396 Ye must be the Hindoos. 448 00:30:20,450 --> 00:30:21,586 Ye. 449 00:30:21,890 --> 00:30:23,046 Must. 450 00:30:23,050 --> 00:30:24,125 Be. 451 00:30:24,129 --> 00:30:24,653 The. 452 00:30:24,657 --> 00:30:25,657 Hin. 453 00:30:25,661 --> 00:30:26,661 Doos. 454 00:30:31,140 --> 00:30:33,111 More! More! More! 455 00:30:33,315 --> 00:30:34,267 More! 456 00:30:40,271 --> 00:30:43,032 I wish she'd bloody well go to bed. 457 00:30:45,936 --> 00:30:47,150 Hey! 458 00:31:04,410 --> 00:31:05,708 Good morning, Your Majesty. 459 00:31:07,212 --> 00:31:09,450 The boxes, Your Majesty. 460 00:31:09,454 --> 00:31:10,454 Thank you. 461 00:31:10,458 --> 00:31:14,392 And the uh, the blank journal Your Majesty requested. 462 00:31:19,784 --> 00:31:21,684 You may go. 463 00:31:22,088 --> 00:31:25,488 I'm perfectly capable of working through the boxes. 464 00:31:25,692 --> 00:31:28,437 Abdul is very helpful with his blotter. 465 00:31:28,541 --> 00:31:30,928 Oh, but these are parliamentary papers, Your Majesty. 466 00:31:31,032 --> 00:31:32,220 I'm aware of that. 467 00:31:33,324 --> 00:31:34,828 But Abdul is a servant. 468 00:31:34,932 --> 00:31:36,999 He cannot assist with the boxes. 469 00:31:37,103 --> 00:31:38,350 And I am the Queen of England. 470 00:31:39,304 --> 00:31:41,760 I will have whatever help I require with the boxes. 471 00:31:51,780 --> 00:31:52,990 And Sir Henry, 472 00:31:53,094 --> 00:31:55,400 would you get some gloves for the Hindus? 473 00:31:55,504 --> 00:31:57,590 They're suffering terribly from the cold. 474 00:32:06,848 --> 00:32:08,900 He's helping her with the boxes. 475 00:32:09,954 --> 00:32:11,980 I want you to teach me Indian. 476 00:32:12,987 --> 00:32:14,001 Indian? 477 00:32:14,484 --> 00:32:16,352 Hindu, whatever it is you speak. 478 00:32:17,823 --> 00:32:19,100 Are you sure? 479 00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:20,320 Of course, I'm sure. 480 00:32:20,424 --> 00:32:23,670 But why would you like to learn Hindi, Your Majesty? 481 00:32:23,674 --> 00:32:25,188 Well, I am Empress of India. 482 00:32:25,392 --> 00:32:27,950 Look, I've ordered a book. 483 00:32:28,054 --> 00:32:29,690 I want you to give me private lessons. 484 00:32:31,438 --> 00:32:33,980 I can't teach you Hindi, Your Majesty. 485 00:32:34,084 --> 00:32:35,260 Why ever not? 486 00:32:35,364 --> 00:32:37,060 You are the Empress of India. 487 00:32:37,744 --> 00:32:39,160 You should learn Urdu. 488 00:32:39,264 --> 00:32:40,600 The language of the Mughals. 489 00:32:41,327 --> 00:32:43,363 There are a thousand languages in India 490 00:32:43,467 --> 00:32:45,955 but Urdu is the most noble. 491 00:32:47,426 --> 00:32:49,898 May... in Hindi... 492 00:32:50,102 --> 00:32:53,900 you write like this. 493 00:32:54,950 --> 00:32:57,300 - Hmm. - but in Urdu... 494 00:32:57,404 --> 00:32:59,780 you write like this. 495 00:33:01,624 --> 00:33:03,670 Mairn raini hoom. 496 00:33:03,674 --> 00:33:05,394 I am the Queen. 497 00:33:05,398 --> 00:33:06,444 I see. 498 00:33:10,485 --> 00:33:11,494 Mairn 499 00:33:11,498 --> 00:33:12,970 May... 500 00:33:14,585 --> 00:33:15,567 raini 501 00:33:15,571 --> 00:33:18,966 ranee... runny? 502 00:33:19,070 --> 00:33:20,550 hoom. hoom. 503 00:33:20,554 --> 00:33:21,940 hooo. 504 00:33:21,944 --> 00:33:23,109 - Hoom. - Hoom. 505 00:33:23,113 --> 00:33:24,907 - Hmoo. - Hoom, hoom, hoom. 506 00:33:25,111 --> 00:33:27,505 He's teaching her Hindu. 507 00:33:28,526 --> 00:33:29,706 Is that allowed? 508 00:33:30,110 --> 00:33:33,897 Ahem, I think you will find it is Urdu. 509 00:33:34,401 --> 00:33:35,770 The Muslim version. 510 00:33:35,874 --> 00:33:37,150 Oh, my goodness me! 511 00:33:37,754 --> 00:33:39,007 Ranee... 512 00:33:39,111 --> 00:33:40,340 hoom. 513 00:33:40,544 --> 00:33:42,140 That's it! 514 00:33:42,344 --> 00:33:43,630 You are the Queen. 515 00:33:43,834 --> 00:33:47,175 The Queen is very wise. 516 00:33:50,839 --> 00:33:52,422 Raini 517 00:33:52,426 --> 00:33:54,312 kafi 518 00:33:55,891 --> 00:33:57,812 akal man 519 00:33:59,516 --> 00:34:00,792 You see? 520 00:34:01,096 --> 00:34:02,576 Now you write it down. 521 00:34:10,953 --> 00:34:12,775 - Raini - Raini 522 00:34:13,279 --> 00:34:14,429 kafi 523 00:34:22,622 --> 00:34:24,576 She's writing in her journal 524 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,666 and she's speaking in Hindustani! 525 00:34:29,918 --> 00:34:31,500 It's Urdu, actually. 526 00:34:32,004 --> 00:34:33,440 The Muslim version. 527 00:34:41,244 --> 00:34:42,660 Apani 528 00:34:42,964 --> 00:34:43,974 knee 529 00:34:43,978 --> 00:34:45,200 Up, up, knee? 530 00:34:45,204 --> 00:34:46,204 Knee? 531 00:34:46,208 --> 00:34:47,208 Knee. 532 00:34:47,212 --> 00:34:48,650 Up a knee, Apani! 533 00:34:48,654 --> 00:34:51,365 Ap, ap, apani! 534 00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:55,538 Yes! Yes! 535 00:35:05,254 --> 00:35:10,000 Thank you, Abdul. You are an excellent teacher. 536 00:35:13,976 --> 00:35:15,530 - Bertie! - Mother! 537 00:35:16,402 --> 00:35:17,720 Were you spying on me? 538 00:35:17,724 --> 00:35:19,130 Were you learning Urdu? 539 00:35:19,134 --> 00:35:20,334 Yes, I was, as a matter of fact. 540 00:35:20,338 --> 00:35:22,200 You think that's entirely appropriate? 541 00:35:22,204 --> 00:35:24,950 I am Empress of India, what could be more appropriate? 542 00:35:24,954 --> 00:35:27,050 But in front of the entire Household? 543 00:35:29,126 --> 00:35:30,800 You're absolutely right. 544 00:35:31,204 --> 00:35:33,530 I have no privacy here. 545 00:35:34,811 --> 00:35:35,670 Sir Henry? 546 00:35:36,074 --> 00:35:38,830 I would like to go with Abdul to Glassalt Shiel. 547 00:35:39,234 --> 00:35:40,570 Glassalt Shiel? 548 00:35:40,674 --> 00:35:42,170 Alone. 549 00:35:45,956 --> 00:35:47,720 But I've only just got here! 550 00:36:38,724 --> 00:36:40,710 Oh, to be by oneself 551 00:36:40,914 --> 00:36:45,160 and live a simple rudimentary existence. 552 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:50,975 They don't understand anything. 553 00:36:50,979 --> 00:36:54,270 These stupid aristocratic fools. 554 00:36:55,319 --> 00:36:58,380 Toadying around, jockeying for position. 555 00:36:58,784 --> 00:37:00,420 I've had it all my life. 556 00:37:01,748 --> 00:37:05,930 Ha. They couldn't bear me bringing dear John Brown here. 557 00:37:08,127 --> 00:37:11,050 I was happier here than anywhere in the entire world. 558 00:37:13,602 --> 00:37:15,590 Oh, I miss him, Abdul. 559 00:37:18,824 --> 00:37:20,340 And Albert. 560 00:37:23,367 --> 00:37:27,160 It's thirty years now, and I think of him every day. 561 00:37:30,872 --> 00:37:33,200 I'm so lonely. 562 00:37:35,290 --> 00:37:37,800 Everyone I've really loved has died. 563 00:37:37,804 --> 00:37:40,500 And I just go on and on. 564 00:37:50,893 --> 00:37:52,250 Oh, Your Majesty. 565 00:37:57,485 --> 00:37:59,670 It's an impossible position. 566 00:38:01,688 --> 00:38:04,260 No one really knows what it's like to be Queen. 567 00:38:08,498 --> 00:38:11,550 I'm hated by millions of people all over the world. 568 00:38:14,179 --> 00:38:18,560 I have had nine children, all vain and jealous, 569 00:38:18,564 --> 00:38:20,765 and at loggerheads with each other. 570 00:38:21,374 --> 00:38:24,370 And Bertie's a complete embarrassment. 571 00:38:26,222 --> 00:38:28,150 And look at me. 572 00:38:28,754 --> 00:38:32,755 A fat, lame, impotent, silly old woman. 573 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,320 What is the point, Abdul? 574 00:38:39,824 --> 00:38:41,760 What is the point? 575 00:38:44,954 --> 00:38:46,360 Service. 576 00:38:47,064 --> 00:38:48,464 Service? 577 00:38:48,668 --> 00:38:52,640 I think we are not here to worry about ourselves. 578 00:38:52,744 --> 00:38:54,780 We are here for a greater purpose. 579 00:38:54,784 --> 00:38:56,820 In the Koran, it says, 580 00:38:56,924 --> 00:38:59,760 we are here for the good of others. 581 00:38:59,964 --> 00:39:01,140 The Koran? 582 00:39:01,144 --> 00:39:04,565 Yes. I am a Hafiz. I know the Koran by heart. 583 00:39:04,569 --> 00:39:06,290 By heart. Isn't it very long? 584 00:39:06,294 --> 00:39:07,960 114 Surahs 585 00:39:07,964 --> 00:39:10,600 containing 6,236 verses. 586 00:39:10,604 --> 00:39:12,150 And you know every word? 587 00:39:12,154 --> 00:39:14,044 Many Muslim people know the Koran. 588 00:39:15,772 --> 00:39:17,746 I thought you were Hindu. 589 00:39:18,115 --> 00:39:20,470 I am a Muslim, Your Majesty. 590 00:39:20,474 --> 00:39:22,363 I learnt the Koran from my father. 591 00:39:22,367 --> 00:39:23,754 He is my Munshi. 592 00:39:25,258 --> 00:39:26,360 Munshi? 593 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:29,154 Yes, Munshi. My teacher. 594 00:39:32,012 --> 00:39:35,499 Well, we would like you to be the Queen's Munshi. 595 00:39:42,402 --> 00:39:45,495 But I'm only a servant, Your Majesty. 596 00:39:46,196 --> 00:39:48,082 A servant cannot be a Munshi. 597 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:50,800 Well, you are a servant no longer. 598 00:39:51,264 --> 00:39:52,820 You are my teacher. 599 00:39:53,502 --> 00:39:55,520 You will teach me Urdu and the Koran, 600 00:39:55,524 --> 00:39:57,950 and anything else you could think of. 601 00:40:02,054 --> 00:40:03,310 So... 602 00:40:03,414 --> 00:40:06,200 What the hell is a Munshi? 603 00:40:06,204 --> 00:40:08,204 Well, apparently it's some sort of uh... 604 00:40:08,208 --> 00:40:10,310 spiritual teacher, Your Royal Highness. 605 00:40:10,414 --> 00:40:12,375 I mean, has she completely lost her mind? 606 00:40:12,479 --> 00:40:14,665 She's the head of the Church of England, for God's sake. 607 00:40:14,669 --> 00:40:17,250 What's the Archbishop of Canterbury going to say? 608 00:40:17,454 --> 00:40:19,700 I say he's the brown John Brown. 609 00:40:19,904 --> 00:40:21,900 Oh, my God. 610 00:40:23,378 --> 00:40:24,500 Your Majesty. 611 00:40:25,164 --> 00:40:26,800 Good evening, Bertie. 612 00:40:27,004 --> 00:40:28,160 Mother. 613 00:40:32,164 --> 00:40:35,204 What the hell are you wearing? 614 00:40:35,308 --> 00:40:37,100 Dinner is served. 615 00:40:38,609 --> 00:40:41,200 Lady Churchill was absolutely scandalised. 616 00:40:41,204 --> 00:40:42,620 Sitting next to a servant. 617 00:40:42,624 --> 00:40:44,265 And a Hindoo to boot! 618 00:40:44,269 --> 00:40:46,420 The Munshi is a Muslim scholar. 619 00:40:46,424 --> 00:40:48,765 And knows the Koran off by heart 620 00:40:49,169 --> 00:40:52,960 And for your information, is a servant no longer. 621 00:40:53,164 --> 00:40:55,200 He is to be given a staff of his own. 622 00:40:55,204 --> 00:40:56,570 What do you mean, a staff? 623 00:40:57,609 --> 00:40:58,830 The little fat one. 624 00:40:58,834 --> 00:41:00,540 Oh, this is absurd! 625 00:41:00,544 --> 00:41:02,300 Letters, invitations to supper. 626 00:41:02,304 --> 00:41:04,300 You're treating him like a member of the family. 627 00:41:04,304 --> 00:41:06,570 No, I like Abdul. 628 00:41:06,574 --> 00:41:09,510 Lady Churchill had better get used to the fact. 629 00:41:09,514 --> 00:41:12,500 As the Munshi is coming on holiday with us 630 00:41:12,978 --> 00:41:14,504 as a member of the Household. 631 00:41:14,508 --> 00:41:18,120 You can't take a Muslim to Florence. 632 00:41:18,124 --> 00:41:21,900 I can take a Muslim wherever I like. 633 00:41:22,698 --> 00:41:24,004 Goodnight, Bertie. 634 00:41:26,708 --> 00:41:28,100 Munshi? 635 00:41:28,404 --> 00:41:29,400 Yes. 636 00:41:29,804 --> 00:41:31,700 A spiritual advisor? 637 00:41:31,904 --> 00:41:33,629 You haven't an idea in your head. 638 00:41:33,733 --> 00:41:34,980 You promised to get us out of here. 639 00:41:34,984 --> 00:41:36,550 And now we're going to bloody Florence. 640 00:41:36,654 --> 00:41:38,860 You don't see what a privilege it is to see 641 00:41:38,864 --> 00:41:41,564 the glories of Italy with all these wonderful people? 642 00:41:41,568 --> 00:41:43,160 You complete bloody idiot. 643 00:41:43,164 --> 00:41:44,700 Do you think they're just going to stand there 644 00:41:44,704 --> 00:41:45,940 and let her promote a wog? 645 00:41:45,944 --> 00:41:48,640 I did not come here to carry your bloody cases. 646 00:41:48,644 --> 00:41:50,060 What are you complaining about? 647 00:41:51,010 --> 00:41:52,215 We have our own carriage. 648 00:41:52,219 --> 00:41:53,400 With a bathroom. 649 00:41:53,404 --> 00:41:56,500 They've made a very nice bed for you on the floor. 650 00:41:58,504 --> 00:42:00,120 Oh, I'm dying here. 651 00:42:00,124 --> 00:42:01,820 I want to go home. 652 00:42:02,056 --> 00:42:04,511 I'm getting sick of your negative attitude. 653 00:42:05,801 --> 00:42:08,420 Life is a big adventure. 654 00:42:08,424 --> 00:42:11,500 You just need to open up and enjoy it. 655 00:42:12,327 --> 00:42:13,573 We're on holiday. 656 00:42:13,577 --> 00:42:16,940 What-what on earth could possibly go wrong? 657 00:42:17,944 --> 00:42:20,444 'Do Not Pull.' 658 00:42:26,748 --> 00:42:29,970 I would like to apologise for the emergency brakes, 659 00:42:29,974 --> 00:42:31,100 Your Majesty. 660 00:42:31,915 --> 00:42:33,604 And I hope you did not get injured. 661 00:42:33,608 --> 00:42:36,825 Oh, Abdul, it was nothing. 662 00:42:36,829 --> 00:42:38,888 It was a perfectly understandable mistake. 663 00:42:40,468 --> 00:42:42,454 I'm so glad you're with us. 664 00:42:42,458 --> 00:42:43,658 What a treat to show you Florence... 665 00:42:43,662 --> 00:42:44,982 What's he doing here? 666 00:42:46,326 --> 00:42:47,686 Abdul came to explain what happened earlier. 667 00:42:47,690 --> 00:42:50,470 Mother, I really don't see why I have to share your bathroom. 668 00:42:50,674 --> 00:42:53,436 I shared a bed with my mother until I became Queen. 669 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:54,840 I am 57 years old. 670 00:42:54,844 --> 00:42:56,875 The Munshi's got his own bathroom. 671 00:42:56,879 --> 00:42:59,220 - Yes, very fine bathroom... - Yes! Yes! 672 00:42:59,324 --> 00:43:01,490 Goodnight, Ma-mah! 673 00:43:01,494 --> 00:43:03,164 Goodnight, Mr Bertie. 674 00:43:03,168 --> 00:43:05,213 Bertie, make sure you shut that door. 675 00:43:11,278 --> 00:43:12,476 Abdul... 676 00:43:14,829 --> 00:43:16,150 I have something for you. 677 00:43:17,054 --> 00:43:19,456 To celebrate your first visit to Florence. 678 00:43:19,660 --> 00:43:21,615 And for becoming my Munshi. 679 00:43:24,619 --> 00:43:26,200 It is a locket. 680 00:43:28,404 --> 00:43:30,271 With a picture of me. 681 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:39,300 How can I ever thank you, Your Majesty? 682 00:43:40,591 --> 00:43:43,000 Keep me safe. 683 00:43:45,195 --> 00:43:46,500 Forever. 684 00:43:47,504 --> 00:43:49,100 Oh, Abdul. 685 00:43:50,505 --> 00:43:52,586 You will love Florence. 686 00:43:54,115 --> 00:43:56,654 Such wonderful views. 687 00:44:04,427 --> 00:44:06,170 Isn't it glorious? 688 00:44:06,374 --> 00:44:08,174 Albert loved it here. 689 00:44:09,178 --> 00:44:11,220 He so admired the Medicis. 690 00:44:11,424 --> 00:44:15,160 That they commissioned the greatest artists of the day. 691 00:44:15,164 --> 00:44:19,360 In order to leave something astonishing behind. 692 00:44:20,264 --> 00:44:23,363 In India also, we commissioned great artists. 693 00:44:24,016 --> 00:44:26,760 Each emperor would bring the greatest craftsmen 694 00:44:26,764 --> 00:44:29,894 to make great glories for their Durbar Room. 695 00:44:30,198 --> 00:44:32,100 - Durbar Room? - Ah, yes. 696 00:44:32,304 --> 00:44:34,100 Every emperor had a Durbar Room. 697 00:44:34,304 --> 00:44:36,795 Full of the finest things known to man. 698 00:44:36,999 --> 00:44:38,580 Well, I am the Empress of India. 699 00:44:38,684 --> 00:44:40,230 I should have a Durbar Room. 700 00:44:40,234 --> 00:44:42,036 That's a wonderful idea, Your Majesty. 701 00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:44,573 But where would you put it? 702 00:44:45,380 --> 00:44:47,200 Oh, the Isle of Wight, obviously. 703 00:44:47,704 --> 00:44:51,136 Your Majesty, Signor Puccini has arrived. 704 00:44:51,140 --> 00:44:55,173 ♪ Deh! non cessare ♪ 705 00:44:55,477 --> 00:44:59,660 ♪ deh, non cessar ♪ 706 00:45:01,252 --> 00:45:03,800 ♪ Manon Lescaut ♪ 707 00:45:03,900 --> 00:45:06,977 ♪ mi chiamo ♪ 708 00:45:07,481 --> 00:45:08,715 Shhh. 709 00:45:09,486 --> 00:45:15,471 ♪ Sussurro gentil, deh, non cessar ♪ 710 00:45:15,475 --> 00:45:20,960 ♪ deh! non cessare ♪ 711 00:45:21,164 --> 00:45:28,213 ♪ deh, non cessar ♪ 712 00:45:30,517 --> 00:45:31,800 Oh! 713 00:45:32,304 --> 00:45:35,074 Where did you say it was from, Mr Puccini? 714 00:45:35,278 --> 00:45:37,900 From my new opera, Your Majesty. 715 00:45:37,904 --> 00:45:39,520 Manon Lescaut 716 00:45:39,524 --> 00:45:43,150 About two lovers who are separated 717 00:45:43,154 --> 00:45:45,652 by the class divide. 718 00:45:46,508 --> 00:45:48,690 But they run away together. 719 00:45:48,794 --> 00:45:50,666 Oh, it sounds marvellous. 720 00:45:50,670 --> 00:45:53,211 But she is imprisoned for her love. 721 00:45:53,622 --> 00:45:54,668 Oh. 722 00:45:54,872 --> 00:45:56,535 But they escape. 723 00:45:56,539 --> 00:45:57,539 Bravo! 724 00:45:57,543 --> 00:46:00,226 But finally she dies 725 00:46:00,230 --> 00:46:04,042 and he is utterly bereft. 726 00:46:06,588 --> 00:46:08,974 I'm not sure we do like the sound of it after all. 727 00:46:10,078 --> 00:46:12,950 We prefer comic opera. 728 00:46:13,254 --> 00:46:15,130 Do you know any Gilbert and Sullivan? 729 00:46:15,534 --> 00:46:18,880 Perhaps Your Majesty will sing us a song? 730 00:46:19,284 --> 00:46:21,314 Oh, no, no. I couldn't possibly. 731 00:46:22,018 --> 00:46:25,200 Oh, of course, of course. Yes, Your Majesty. 732 00:46:25,604 --> 00:46:27,453 - Yes, Your Majesty. - No, really. 733 00:46:27,857 --> 00:46:28,957 Oh, well. 734 00:46:29,361 --> 00:46:31,100 Maybe just one. 735 00:46:32,763 --> 00:46:35,860 From Pinafore, Bertie? 736 00:46:36,064 --> 00:46:37,304 Do I have to? 737 00:46:43,461 --> 00:46:46,106 ♪ I'm called Little Buttercup ♪ 738 00:46:46,330 --> 00:46:48,285 ♪ dear Little Buttercup ♪ 739 00:46:48,749 --> 00:46:52,030 ♪ Though I could never tell why ♪ 740 00:46:52,928 --> 00:46:55,020 ♪ But still I'm called Buttercup ♪ 741 00:46:55,430 --> 00:46:57,430 ♪ poor little Buttercup ♪ 742 00:46:57,837 --> 00:47:01,746 ♪ Sweet Little Buttercup I! ♪ 743 00:47:02,050 --> 00:47:04,600 ♪ I've snuff and tobaccy ♪ 744 00:47:04,704 --> 00:47:06,720 ♪ and excellent jacky ♪ 745 00:47:06,824 --> 00:47:08,546 ♪ Of... ♪ 746 00:47:09,489 --> 00:47:11,660 ♪ La, di, di, di, di ♪ 747 00:47:17,064 --> 00:47:18,246 Bellissimo! 748 00:47:18,650 --> 00:47:20,550 I was taught by Mendelssohn, you know. 749 00:47:21,890 --> 00:47:22,890 To the Queen! 750 00:47:22,894 --> 00:47:24,800 - To the Queen! - The Queen! 751 00:47:25,004 --> 00:47:26,360 To me. 752 00:47:29,410 --> 00:47:32,478 ♪ Di, di, di, di, di ♪ 753 00:47:33,082 --> 00:47:34,760 ♪ Di, di, di, di, di ♪ 754 00:47:34,764 --> 00:47:37,800 ♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪ 755 00:47:39,458 --> 00:47:42,954 Oh, we shouldn't have had so much champagne. 756 00:47:46,958 --> 00:47:48,030 May I? 757 00:47:52,283 --> 00:47:54,244 ♪ Di, di, di, di, di ♪ 758 00:47:54,448 --> 00:47:56,380 ♪ - Di, di, di, di, di - La, la, la, la, la ♪ 759 00:47:56,684 --> 00:47:59,041 ♪ - La, la, la, la, la - La, la, la, la, la ♪ 760 00:47:59,687 --> 00:48:02,845 ♪ - La, la, la, la, la - La, la, la, la, la ♪ 761 00:48:02,949 --> 00:48:04,500 Oh, Abdul! 762 00:48:04,804 --> 00:48:07,800 I haven't been as happy as this for years. 763 00:48:08,004 --> 00:48:11,050 When I first came to England, 764 00:48:11,354 --> 00:48:13,830 I was terrified of you. 765 00:48:15,134 --> 00:48:17,620 But you're a very kind lady. 766 00:48:18,578 --> 00:48:21,855 A very unique lady to me. 767 00:48:23,136 --> 00:48:27,300 And you are very, very unique to me, Abdul. 768 00:48:28,104 --> 00:48:30,500 I know that you are much older than me. 769 00:48:32,004 --> 00:48:33,500 And... 770 00:48:33,604 --> 00:48:35,853 you are the Queen of England. 771 00:48:35,957 --> 00:48:38,540 And the Empress of India. 772 00:48:38,844 --> 00:48:42,100 I am just a humble Munshi. 773 00:48:43,695 --> 00:48:47,300 But I think 774 00:48:47,615 --> 00:48:50,850 you are the most special person in my whole life. 775 00:48:52,681 --> 00:48:55,340 Even more special than my wife. 776 00:48:58,430 --> 00:48:59,760 Wife? 777 00:49:00,364 --> 00:49:01,600 Yes. 778 00:49:03,507 --> 00:49:04,904 You're married? 779 00:49:07,429 --> 00:49:08,800 Of course. 780 00:49:09,834 --> 00:49:11,200 Where is your wife? 781 00:49:13,655 --> 00:49:15,104 In India. 782 00:49:15,408 --> 00:49:17,700 Why didn't you tell me you were married? 783 00:49:19,285 --> 00:49:21,355 I didn't think it mattered. 784 00:49:21,359 --> 00:49:22,834 Well, of course it matters. 785 00:49:22,838 --> 00:49:24,585 It changes everything. 786 00:49:25,820 --> 00:49:27,955 You must return to India immediately. 787 00:49:30,472 --> 00:49:32,370 And bring her back at once. 788 00:49:37,274 --> 00:49:42,374 OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT 789 00:49:47,698 --> 00:49:53,310 How is the weather in Agra these days? 790 00:50:03,814 --> 00:50:05,380 Bloody hell. 791 00:50:09,759 --> 00:50:10,800 He's coming! 792 00:50:31,604 --> 00:50:33,283 How terribly exciting! 793 00:50:56,487 --> 00:50:57,950 It's Alibaba! 794 00:50:58,054 --> 00:50:59,524 Look at the size of him. 795 00:50:59,628 --> 00:51:01,210 Where'd he get those medals? 796 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,320 What the devil is she wearing? 797 00:51:17,324 --> 00:51:19,115 You can't even see her face. 798 00:51:21,119 --> 00:51:23,600 She looks rather splendid! 799 00:51:23,604 --> 00:51:26,270 But you cannot actually see her, Your Majesty. 800 00:51:27,543 --> 00:51:29,330 I think it's rather dignified. 801 00:51:31,100 --> 00:51:32,680 Who the hell is that? 802 00:51:32,684 --> 00:51:33,911 Get the bags, boy. 803 00:51:34,415 --> 00:51:36,340 He's brought a serving boy. 804 00:51:40,896 --> 00:51:43,000 Good God, another one! How many has he got in there? 805 00:51:47,004 --> 00:51:49,265 Ruddy sod's a bigamist. 806 00:51:49,569 --> 00:51:52,200 I do hope they like their little cottage. 807 00:51:56,611 --> 00:51:57,850 Your Majesty. 808 00:51:58,054 --> 00:51:59,846 I hope it's not inconvenient. 809 00:51:59,850 --> 00:52:01,820 I just thought we'd pop round for tea. 810 00:52:02,124 --> 00:52:03,100 Oh. 811 00:52:08,404 --> 00:52:11,950 This is my granddaughter, Sophia, Queen of Greece, 812 00:52:12,054 --> 00:52:15,932 and this is the Grand Duchess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 813 00:52:15,936 --> 00:52:19,530 and my daughter, Princess Helena Augusta Viktoria 814 00:52:19,534 --> 00:52:23,370 of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Augustenburg. 815 00:52:23,574 --> 00:52:25,500 This is my wife, Mrs Karim, 816 00:52:25,504 --> 00:52:27,181 and this is my mother-in-law. 817 00:52:27,185 --> 00:52:30,055 Your Majesty, Sophia, Queen of Greece, 818 00:52:30,159 --> 00:52:34,010 Grand Duchess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 819 00:52:34,114 --> 00:52:36,650 Princess Helena Augusta Viktoria 820 00:52:36,654 --> 00:52:40,560 of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Augustenburg, 821 00:52:42,085 --> 00:52:44,390 I would like to take this opportunity 822 00:52:44,394 --> 00:52:46,212 on behalf of myself, 823 00:52:46,216 --> 00:52:49,530 my wife, and my wife's mother 824 00:52:49,534 --> 00:52:51,230 to thank Her Majesty 825 00:52:51,234 --> 00:52:52,234 for accommodating us. 826 00:52:52,238 --> 00:52:56,180 We are very grateful for her infinite kindness 827 00:52:56,184 --> 00:52:58,100 and interior decoration. 828 00:52:58,804 --> 00:53:03,480 The gift of hospitality and friendship to strangers 829 00:53:03,484 --> 00:53:06,100 is of very high importance in our culture. 830 00:53:06,304 --> 00:53:10,525 And so, we are honoured to repay it in our own small way. 831 00:53:10,829 --> 00:53:13,620 What is ours is yours. 832 00:53:13,724 --> 00:53:14,840 Quite literally. 833 00:53:15,044 --> 00:53:16,480 Thanks be to Allah. 834 00:53:18,471 --> 00:53:19,560 My dear Munshi, 835 00:53:20,579 --> 00:53:23,020 we're so glad to have you here, my children. 836 00:53:23,024 --> 00:53:24,275 We've missed you enormously. 837 00:53:25,350 --> 00:53:27,890 I can't wait to show you the Durbar Room. 838 00:53:28,194 --> 00:53:29,722 Children? 839 00:53:30,126 --> 00:53:32,960 Ponsonby, you will have to do something about this. 840 00:53:33,164 --> 00:53:35,700 My dear Munshi, I'm so glad you're back. 841 00:53:35,904 --> 00:53:38,500 It's been dreadfully dull without you. 842 00:53:38,704 --> 00:53:41,500 And I'm so glad to meet Mrs Karim. 843 00:53:44,206 --> 00:53:45,700 There is just one thing 844 00:53:45,704 --> 00:53:48,100 I've been curious about the whole afternoon. 845 00:53:49,156 --> 00:53:51,442 What does she look like behind her veil? 846 00:53:51,546 --> 00:53:53,200 You must see her. 847 00:53:53,304 --> 00:53:54,550 Is that allowed? 848 00:53:54,854 --> 00:53:56,100 You are a lady, 849 00:53:56,304 --> 00:53:58,100 and the Empress of India. 850 00:53:58,104 --> 00:53:58,904 Oh! 851 00:53:59,004 --> 00:54:01,420 Well, where the bloody hell is she going now? 852 00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:09,990 Your Majesty. 853 00:54:38,500 --> 00:54:39,699 Oh. 854 00:54:39,903 --> 00:54:42,965 You really are beautiful. 855 00:54:45,126 --> 00:54:47,100 What on earth is a Durbar Room? 856 00:54:47,204 --> 00:54:49,880 It's a celebration of all things Indian, Prime Minister. 857 00:54:49,884 --> 00:54:51,980 Inspired by the Mughal Emperors. 858 00:54:52,584 --> 00:54:53,940 But I don't understand. 859 00:54:53,944 --> 00:54:56,520 Who gave her permission to build this in the first place? 860 00:54:56,724 --> 00:54:59,710 Don't blame me. I was in Monte Carlo. 861 00:54:59,814 --> 00:55:01,650 I'm afraid she's a law unto herself, Prime Minister. 862 00:55:01,754 --> 00:55:04,520 For God's sake. She'll be wearing a burqa next. 863 00:55:05,024 --> 00:55:06,330 Prime Minister. 864 00:55:06,434 --> 00:55:07,930 You are late. 865 00:55:08,134 --> 00:55:09,960 I am terribly sorry, Your Majesty. 866 00:55:10,164 --> 00:55:12,125 Well, let us begin. 867 00:55:12,429 --> 00:55:16,326 This as you can see is the Indian corridor. 868 00:55:17,551 --> 00:55:22,000 The Durbar Room was designed by Mr Bhai Ram Singh. 869 00:55:24,304 --> 00:55:26,180 The place is crawling with them. 870 00:55:26,284 --> 00:55:29,390 We have commissioned a series of portraits of eminent Indians. 871 00:55:29,494 --> 00:55:30,730 This... 872 00:55:31,197 --> 00:55:33,520 Princess Gouramma. 873 00:55:33,524 --> 00:55:35,240 And this, of course... 874 00:55:35,244 --> 00:55:37,550 is the Munshi. 875 00:55:38,839 --> 00:55:41,100 Honoured to meet you, Mr Prime Minister, sir. 876 00:55:41,104 --> 00:55:42,490 A good likeness, don't you think? 877 00:55:43,895 --> 00:55:46,940 I had asked him to take a few pounds off. 878 00:55:48,416 --> 00:55:50,925 This is my wife, Mr Prime Minister, sir. 879 00:55:50,929 --> 00:55:53,105 And that is my mother-in-law. 880 00:55:53,209 --> 00:55:55,850 At least I think that's the right way round. 881 00:55:58,154 --> 00:56:02,075 These are my servants, Mohammed and Ahmed. 882 00:56:02,279 --> 00:56:05,286 And this is the Durbar Room. 883 00:56:06,129 --> 00:56:09,176 What the hell is going on here, Ponsonby? 884 00:56:17,072 --> 00:56:19,055 The carvings are from Uttar Pradesh. 885 00:56:20,060 --> 00:56:23,220 And the carpet was woven in a jail in Agra. 886 00:56:23,224 --> 00:56:25,530 Perfect, I think, for the tableaux. 887 00:56:26,630 --> 00:56:28,450 But the pièce de résistance 888 00:56:28,454 --> 00:56:31,400 is the Peacock Throne. 889 00:56:31,604 --> 00:56:34,324 An exact copy of the one at Agra. 890 00:56:37,300 --> 00:56:39,100 And of course, the Koh-i-Noor. 891 00:56:39,104 --> 00:56:43,000 Now I really do feel like the Empress of India. 892 00:56:43,684 --> 00:56:45,960 I thought she was supposed to be dying. 893 00:56:46,064 --> 00:56:49,364 It really is a remarkable addition to the house, Your Majesty. 894 00:56:49,368 --> 00:56:51,910 We have Abdul to thank for the whole idea. 895 00:56:51,914 --> 00:56:54,642 To celebrate the completion of the Durbar Room. 896 00:56:54,646 --> 00:56:56,946 A little surprise, Your Majesty. 897 00:56:59,525 --> 00:57:00,625 What is it? 898 00:57:01,169 --> 00:57:03,500 A mango, Your Majesty. 899 00:57:04,632 --> 00:57:06,426 One moment, Your Majesty. 900 00:57:11,885 --> 00:57:15,882 Eh, it-it's... off. 901 00:57:17,786 --> 00:57:19,220 Sir Henry. 902 00:57:19,224 --> 00:57:21,140 This mango is off. 903 00:57:25,744 --> 00:57:28,315 I'm-I'm terribly sorry, Your Majesty. 904 00:57:31,134 --> 00:57:34,390 Take one of these whenever you see the Munshi. 905 00:57:35,809 --> 00:57:38,700 I can't wait to show you the tableau, Prime Minister. 906 00:57:41,104 --> 00:57:44,330 A line has definitively been crossed. 907 00:57:45,602 --> 00:57:47,784 I can't go onstage like this. 908 00:57:47,888 --> 00:57:49,650 I'm absolutely sick. 909 00:57:49,654 --> 00:57:50,854 Oh, but you have to. 910 00:57:50,858 --> 00:57:52,800 The Prime Minister will be watching. 911 00:57:52,804 --> 00:57:55,150 This is a complete and utter disaster. 912 00:57:57,094 --> 00:57:58,500 I don't know what you're talking about. 913 00:57:58,504 --> 00:57:59,700 They've been waiting for this. 914 00:57:59,704 --> 00:58:01,000 Who? Who have? 915 00:58:01,004 --> 00:58:02,400 Ponsonby, Reid, the whole damn lot. 916 00:58:02,404 --> 00:58:03,600 - Uh-huh. - Don't you see? 917 00:58:03,604 --> 00:58:05,910 She's been rubbing their noses in it. But now, it's going public. 918 00:58:05,914 --> 00:58:08,200 I'm telling you, they're not going to stand for it. 919 00:58:08,204 --> 00:58:10,390 They'll rise up and chop your bloody balls off. 920 00:58:10,394 --> 00:58:11,850 Yeah, but I haven't done anything. 921 00:58:11,854 --> 00:58:14,785 You stupid, bloody Uncle Tom. You can't win on their terms. 922 00:58:18,479 --> 00:58:19,989 Mrs Munshi! 923 00:58:22,993 --> 00:58:24,450 Bertie. 924 00:58:28,454 --> 00:58:31,700 I've never been so humiliated in my entire life. 925 00:58:32,727 --> 00:58:35,550 Actually, I'm rather enjoying it. 926 00:58:36,054 --> 00:58:37,885 Beginners onstage, please. 927 00:58:40,089 --> 00:58:43,400 A scene in ancient Persia. 928 00:58:47,704 --> 00:58:51,765 I am the Sultan of Persia! 929 00:58:51,869 --> 00:58:55,060 The King of all Kings. 930 00:59:10,092 --> 00:59:11,887 Your Highness, 931 00:59:12,091 --> 00:59:14,540 we bestow upon you 932 00:59:14,644 --> 00:59:17,250 all the riches of the Orient. 933 00:59:24,454 --> 00:59:27,576 You are now under my power. 934 00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:42,115 Bravo! Bravo! The Munshi! 935 00:59:58,633 --> 01:00:00,420 What the hell is this, Ponsonby? 936 01:00:00,424 --> 01:00:02,200 Munshi mania? 937 01:00:02,404 --> 01:00:04,400 I'm trying to keep an Empire together. 938 01:00:04,604 --> 01:00:06,310 Looks like they're running the place. 939 01:00:06,314 --> 01:00:10,123 I want this whole sodding mess knocked on the head. 940 01:00:10,127 --> 01:00:11,696 Or you're finished. 941 01:00:11,700 --> 01:00:13,120 Understood? 942 01:00:22,109 --> 01:00:23,500 Oh, Sir Henry. 943 01:00:23,504 --> 01:00:27,686 Tell us what exactly did the Prime Minister said about the tableau. 944 01:00:28,448 --> 01:00:32,388 Well uh, to be entirely frank, Your Majesty 945 01:00:32,392 --> 01:00:34,800 he seemed to be a little perturbed. 946 01:00:34,805 --> 01:00:35,944 Whatever for? 947 01:00:35,948 --> 01:00:38,015 He must have liked the Munshi. 948 01:00:38,019 --> 01:00:40,730 I think the Munshi was the problem, Your Majesty. 949 01:00:40,734 --> 01:00:42,720 Really? I thought he was rather good. 950 01:00:42,724 --> 01:00:43,940 I think he meant his position. 951 01:00:43,944 --> 01:00:46,424 I think he was rather alarmed he had such a 952 01:00:46,528 --> 01:00:49,200 prominent role in the household. 953 01:00:49,204 --> 01:00:51,580 Well, of course Abdul has a prominent role in the household. 954 01:00:51,584 --> 01:00:53,025 He is my Munshi. 955 01:00:53,029 --> 01:00:55,245 But he's an Indian, Your Majesty. 956 01:00:55,864 --> 01:00:57,250 I am aware of that. 957 01:00:57,254 --> 01:01:00,490 Given current sensitivities in the subcontinent, Your Majesty. 958 01:01:00,494 --> 01:01:03,640 The Prime Minister was concerned that it might be 959 01:01:03,645 --> 01:01:06,400 sending the wrong message. 960 01:01:06,704 --> 01:01:09,145 I should have thought it was a jolly good message. 961 01:01:10,248 --> 01:01:11,830 But he's a Muslim, Your Majesty. 962 01:01:11,834 --> 01:01:13,250 Precisely. 963 01:01:13,700 --> 01:01:15,820 We owe them so much, do we not? 964 01:01:16,784 --> 01:01:19,050 For their role in the Mutiny, for example. 965 01:01:20,584 --> 01:01:22,400 The Mutiny, Your Majesty? 966 01:01:22,404 --> 01:01:24,725 Yes, for the help they gave us with the Hindus. 967 01:01:27,362 --> 01:01:33,520 Ah, but the Mutiny was a Muslim-led revolt, Your Majesty. 968 01:01:36,424 --> 01:01:37,970 Are you sure? 969 01:01:38,074 --> 01:01:39,340 Of course. 970 01:01:39,844 --> 01:01:43,040 The Muslim soldiers revolted when it was rumoured 971 01:01:43,045 --> 01:01:46,100 that their rifles were greased with pork fat. 972 01:01:49,243 --> 01:01:50,800 Really? 973 01:01:50,804 --> 01:01:53,160 The Grand Mufti, himself, 974 01:01:53,464 --> 01:01:57,322 put out a fatwa against you personally, Your Majesty. 975 01:01:57,326 --> 01:02:02,750 And Muslim soldiers murdered over 2,000 British personnel. 976 01:02:06,072 --> 01:02:08,100 Who have you been talking to, Mother? 977 01:02:12,622 --> 01:02:13,796 Ta-da! 978 01:02:16,950 --> 01:02:18,910 I have opened my heart to you. 979 01:02:18,914 --> 01:02:20,850 I brought your family from India. 980 01:02:21,054 --> 01:02:23,999 I promoted you in face of considerable opposition 981 01:02:24,003 --> 01:02:25,811 and disquiet from the Household. 982 01:02:26,015 --> 01:02:29,920 I even turned a blind eye when you failed to tell me 983 01:02:29,924 --> 01:02:33,252 that you were married, which, as you know, came as quite a surprise. 984 01:02:33,256 --> 01:02:35,888 How could you let me humiliate myself 985 01:02:35,892 --> 01:02:37,735 in front of the entire Household? 986 01:02:37,739 --> 01:02:40,000 I am deeply sorry, Your Majesty. 987 01:02:40,004 --> 01:02:43,310 You said the Hindus were behind the Mutiny. 988 01:02:43,714 --> 01:02:45,600 I didn't say it was only the Hindus. 989 01:02:45,604 --> 01:02:48,333 You told me categorically the Muslims were my friends. 990 01:02:48,337 --> 01:02:49,700 We are your friends, Your Ma... 991 01:02:49,705 --> 01:02:51,684 Abdul, there is a fatwa against me. 992 01:02:51,688 --> 01:02:54,030 It was the Muslims who started the whole thing. 993 01:02:54,034 --> 01:02:56,292 This is completely unacceptable! 994 01:02:59,549 --> 01:03:01,825 Abdul, I thought you were 995 01:03:01,829 --> 01:03:04,423 outstanding as the Sultan of Persia 996 01:03:04,427 --> 01:03:06,400 but I'm afraid you have to go home. 997 01:03:15,769 --> 01:03:18,042 You hurt my feelings very much indeed. 998 01:03:19,343 --> 01:03:21,515 Don't you see the position you have put me in? 999 01:03:26,665 --> 01:03:29,420 Thank you for everything you've done for me. 1000 01:03:29,724 --> 01:03:32,300 I will miss you a very great deal. 1001 01:03:58,404 --> 01:03:59,615 So. 1002 01:03:59,919 --> 01:04:01,785 We're going home? 1003 01:04:30,989 --> 01:04:32,600 Goodnight, Mother. 1004 01:04:33,304 --> 01:04:34,577 Goodnight. 1005 01:05:49,594 --> 01:05:50,694 Mrs Tuck. 1006 01:05:51,498 --> 01:05:52,612 Mrs Tuck! 1007 01:06:05,816 --> 01:06:06,940 Abdul. 1008 01:06:08,556 --> 01:06:10,250 You have been an utter fool. 1009 01:06:10,254 --> 01:06:12,500 And I am absolutely furious with you. 1010 01:06:13,480 --> 01:06:16,020 It it unconscionable that as my Munshi 1011 01:06:16,024 --> 01:06:18,035 you should have lied to me in any way. 1012 01:06:18,939 --> 01:06:23,600 But it would be also completely churlish of me 1013 01:06:23,604 --> 01:06:29,754 not to recognise the considerable kindness and devotion you've shown. 1014 01:06:32,809 --> 01:06:35,693 I suppose in some way you thought you were protecting me. 1015 01:06:36,883 --> 01:06:38,967 But as the monarch, I realise 1016 01:06:38,971 --> 01:06:42,220 that nothing can really protect me. 1017 01:06:43,433 --> 01:06:47,160 And so in that light I have decided, although 1018 01:06:47,164 --> 01:06:48,972 I'm very disappointed, 1019 01:06:50,972 --> 01:06:52,815 that I want you to stay. 1020 01:06:55,119 --> 01:06:57,955 Your Gracious Majesty! Thank you. 1021 01:06:57,959 --> 01:06:58,959 Your Majesty! 1022 01:06:59,163 --> 01:07:00,370 Abdul, 1023 01:07:00,374 --> 01:07:02,524 there is something we must sort out. 1024 01:07:05,370 --> 01:07:08,800 I am deeply concerned about Mrs Karim. 1025 01:07:08,804 --> 01:07:10,600 Mrs Karim? 1026 01:07:12,218 --> 01:07:13,900 By now, one would be expected 1027 01:07:13,904 --> 01:07:18,296 to hear the pitter-patter of little Muslim feet 1028 01:07:18,300 --> 01:07:20,805 along the corridors of Osborne House. 1029 01:07:23,509 --> 01:07:26,365 I am concerned that everything is 1030 01:07:26,961 --> 01:07:30,400 functioning below sex. 1031 01:07:33,689 --> 01:07:36,070 I want you to examine Mrs Karim. 1032 01:07:37,208 --> 01:07:38,940 Examine Mrs Karim? 1033 01:07:38,944 --> 01:07:39,700 Hmm. 1034 01:07:40,537 --> 01:07:44,625 Just uh, make sure that everything's... working. 1035 01:07:44,929 --> 01:07:47,329 But Your Majesty, I... 1036 01:07:47,333 --> 01:07:50,522 I thought the Munshi and his family were leaving us. 1037 01:07:50,526 --> 01:07:52,350 Whatever gave you that impression? 1038 01:07:55,014 --> 01:07:58,270 The Munshi and his family are integral parts of the Royal Household. 1039 01:08:00,724 --> 01:08:02,090 As far as I'm concerned 1040 01:08:02,094 --> 01:08:04,220 this is war. We're going to dig up 1041 01:08:04,224 --> 01:08:06,600 every last bit of dirt this blaggard's ever done. 1042 01:08:06,604 --> 01:08:09,588 I want someone in India raking through the family coals. 1043 01:08:09,592 --> 01:08:11,300 Your son's out there, isn't he, Ponsonby? 1044 01:08:11,304 --> 01:08:14,680 I couldn't possibly be involved in subterfuge, Your Royal Highness. 1045 01:08:15,375 --> 01:08:17,880 Look, very soon I am going to be King. 1046 01:08:17,884 --> 01:08:20,374 You will bloody well do as you are told! 1047 01:08:21,858 --> 01:08:23,320 You'll leave no stone unturned. 1048 01:08:23,324 --> 01:08:24,460 You will make a dossier 1049 01:08:24,464 --> 01:08:25,875 and you will put it all down in black and white. 1050 01:08:25,879 --> 01:08:28,000 And put an end to all this shit! 1051 01:08:28,904 --> 01:08:30,715 For good. 1052 01:08:37,345 --> 01:08:40,152 Well, I better go and examine Mrs Munshi. 1053 01:08:43,156 --> 01:08:44,430 Oh, Dr Reid. 1054 01:08:44,634 --> 01:08:46,415 Do come in. 1055 01:08:47,919 --> 01:08:50,050 She'll have to uncover her face. 1056 01:08:50,254 --> 01:08:52,250 That is impossible, sir. 1057 01:08:52,770 --> 01:08:54,350 I need to see her tongue. 1058 01:09:03,654 --> 01:09:04,850 Well? 1059 01:09:05,454 --> 01:09:06,700 She's fine. 1060 01:09:17,000 --> 01:09:18,340 Mr Mohammed. 1061 01:09:18,344 --> 01:09:22,020 We have come here because we are not unaware 1062 01:09:22,024 --> 01:09:23,340 of your predicament. 1063 01:09:23,344 --> 01:09:26,740 That you arrived in the first place almost by accident 1064 01:09:26,744 --> 01:09:28,360 and now find yourself stuck here 1065 01:09:28,564 --> 01:09:30,970 through a bizarre set of circumstances 1066 01:09:30,974 --> 01:09:32,660 none of your own making. 1067 01:09:33,461 --> 01:09:35,800 Nor is it beneath our notice that 1068 01:09:35,804 --> 01:09:38,100 the uh, inclement English weather 1069 01:09:38,104 --> 01:09:40,360 has been the cause of a precipitous decline 1070 01:09:40,364 --> 01:09:41,975 in your general health. 1071 01:09:43,572 --> 01:09:45,340 What is more, 1072 01:09:46,496 --> 01:09:50,170 you continue to suffer the vast indignity 1073 01:09:50,174 --> 01:09:52,930 of being a servant to someone who is in many ways 1074 01:09:52,934 --> 01:09:54,530 your inferior. 1075 01:09:54,534 --> 01:09:57,055 So, it occurred to us that, um 1076 01:09:58,351 --> 01:10:01,030 we might be able to offer you some help. 1077 01:10:04,200 --> 01:10:05,440 Help? 1078 01:10:05,444 --> 01:10:09,150 Travel home. Perhaps a modest pension. 1079 01:10:09,354 --> 01:10:12,454 In return, of course, for um 1080 01:10:12,658 --> 01:10:14,382 a little information. 1081 01:10:22,227 --> 01:10:23,990 You want me to 1082 01:10:25,079 --> 01:10:26,500 dish the dirty? 1083 01:10:26,704 --> 01:10:28,400 In a manner of speaking. 1084 01:10:35,104 --> 01:10:37,080 What would you like me to say? 1085 01:10:37,084 --> 01:10:38,870 Anything really. 1086 01:10:40,309 --> 01:10:42,020 Well, we need details. 1087 01:10:43,124 --> 01:10:44,300 What he says. 1088 01:10:44,304 --> 01:10:46,400 What he does. 1089 01:10:53,377 --> 01:10:57,030 Abdul does what everyone else does. 1090 01:10:57,234 --> 01:10:58,600 He uh, 1091 01:11:00,279 --> 01:11:02,225 He looks for preferment. 1092 01:11:04,126 --> 01:11:05,605 He curries favor. 1093 01:11:12,770 --> 01:11:18,375 He crawls up the stinking greasy pole 1094 01:11:18,379 --> 01:11:21,605 of the shitty British Empire. 1095 01:11:24,504 --> 01:11:27,420 Making fools of all of you because 1096 01:11:27,724 --> 01:11:29,710 he is a servant. 1097 01:11:31,300 --> 01:11:33,600 An Indian, Muslim servant 1098 01:11:33,604 --> 01:11:36,900 and you are all quaking in your boots because 1099 01:11:37,506 --> 01:11:40,130 he's beating you at your own game. 1100 01:11:40,334 --> 01:11:43,040 No one is quaking in their boots. 1101 01:11:43,244 --> 01:11:45,860 We are the most powerful nation on Earth 1102 01:11:46,164 --> 01:11:48,266 at the height of our influence. 1103 01:11:48,370 --> 01:11:50,340 In that case, 1104 01:11:50,344 --> 01:11:52,240 the only way is down. 1105 01:11:54,004 --> 01:11:57,485 So stick your stupid British Empire 1106 01:11:57,489 --> 01:12:03,450 up your stinky royal bottomhole, Mr Bertie Prince, sir. 1107 01:12:10,715 --> 01:12:14,030 I hope he makes the whole damn thing come tumbling down. 1108 01:12:24,028 --> 01:12:26,800 I will see to it that you die here. 1109 01:12:34,382 --> 01:12:35,850 He didn't say anything. 1110 01:12:35,954 --> 01:12:38,310 What do you mean, he didn't say anything? 1111 01:12:38,414 --> 01:12:40,160 We did our best with him, but I... 1112 01:12:40,164 --> 01:12:41,444 He spoke most intemperate... 1113 01:12:41,448 --> 01:12:43,805 The man is an absolute shit. 1114 01:12:43,809 --> 01:12:45,299 Dr Reid! 1115 01:12:46,403 --> 01:12:48,100 I'm not a fool. 1116 01:12:48,304 --> 01:12:50,560 I know there is some skulduggery afoot. 1117 01:12:50,564 --> 01:12:52,045 Something's going on here. 1118 01:12:52,049 --> 01:12:53,735 And I'm not going to stand for it. 1119 01:12:53,739 --> 01:12:54,739 Dr Reid, 1120 01:12:54,743 --> 01:12:58,825 I asked you to get to the bottom of Mrs Karim's fertility issues. 1121 01:12:58,829 --> 01:13:00,760 It seems that nothing has been done. 1122 01:13:00,764 --> 01:13:03,786 Oh, well, actually, Your Majesty, 1123 01:13:03,790 --> 01:13:07,700 it was impossible to make a conclusive judgement 1124 01:13:07,704 --> 01:13:09,500 for religious reasons. 1125 01:13:09,504 --> 01:13:11,100 Did you examine the Munshi? 1126 01:13:11,104 --> 01:13:12,860 No, Your Majesty. 1127 01:13:12,864 --> 01:13:14,550 Well, examine the Munshi. 1128 01:13:14,554 --> 01:13:15,800 Bertie. 1129 01:13:22,401 --> 01:13:25,205 I did not do seven years at Edinburgh University 1130 01:13:25,209 --> 01:13:27,200 to look at Indian dicks! 1131 01:13:31,500 --> 01:13:33,200 Trousers. 1132 01:13:55,872 --> 01:13:57,220 Eureka! 1133 01:13:57,224 --> 01:13:59,200 He is riddled with the clap! 1134 01:14:01,504 --> 01:14:02,780 Well, well. 1135 01:14:03,784 --> 01:14:05,710 Mother, we have to see you. 1136 01:14:06,414 --> 01:14:07,955 Alone. 1137 01:14:08,459 --> 01:14:10,470 I'm in the middle of my Urdu lesson. 1138 01:14:11,074 --> 01:14:13,835 Mother, we come with very important news 1139 01:14:13,839 --> 01:14:15,645 of a highly personal matter. 1140 01:14:16,411 --> 01:14:17,730 I have nothing to hide from Abdul. 1141 01:14:17,834 --> 01:14:20,130 Please, Your Majesty. 1142 01:14:35,063 --> 01:14:36,702 Your Majesty, um, 1143 01:14:36,706 --> 01:14:41,410 I'm afraid our news concerns the Munshi, um 1144 01:14:41,414 --> 01:14:44,050 We have proof beyond any doubt 1145 01:14:44,054 --> 01:14:46,310 that Abdul Karim is a 1146 01:14:46,314 --> 01:14:50,625 a low-born impostor. 1147 01:14:50,829 --> 01:14:52,705 Your Majesty. 1148 01:14:54,661 --> 01:14:58,385 The Munshi is from a noble family 1149 01:14:58,389 --> 01:15:00,500 and a long line of teachers. 1150 01:15:00,504 --> 01:15:04,630 No, I'm afraid he was a mere clerk in a common jail. 1151 01:15:05,579 --> 01:15:08,230 My own son has sent word from India 1152 01:15:08,234 --> 01:15:11,865 and has actually spoken to his immediate superior. 1153 01:15:12,347 --> 01:15:15,760 His family are completely uneducated. 1154 01:15:15,764 --> 01:15:19,430 His father is a lowly apothecary. 1155 01:15:19,434 --> 01:15:22,460 The Munshi never even went to school, Mother. 1156 01:15:22,464 --> 01:15:25,150 The man's a complete fraud. 1157 01:15:25,154 --> 01:15:27,320 And here he is, overlooking the boxes. 1158 01:15:27,324 --> 01:15:29,450 I'm afraid it's true, Your Majesty. 1159 01:15:29,454 --> 01:15:33,250 Abdul and his father are completely common. 1160 01:15:35,103 --> 01:15:38,162 We have prepared a dossier. 1161 01:15:38,166 --> 01:15:40,340 You despicable toads! 1162 01:15:41,965 --> 01:15:43,230 Racialists! 1163 01:15:43,234 --> 01:15:45,750 Spying, dossier? 1164 01:15:45,854 --> 01:15:47,880 Picking on a poor defenceless Indian. 1165 01:15:47,884 --> 01:15:49,760 Of course he doesn't have qualifications. 1166 01:15:49,764 --> 01:15:52,300 They do things completely differently out there. 1167 01:15:52,304 --> 01:15:53,910 But don't you see, Ma-mah, 1168 01:15:53,914 --> 01:15:57,165 he's using his position for his own gain. 1169 01:15:57,469 --> 01:16:00,980 And how does that make him any different from any of you? 1170 01:16:01,384 --> 01:16:04,770 How dare you look down on Abdul. 1171 01:16:04,774 --> 01:16:07,530 How dare you defame his poor father. 1172 01:16:07,934 --> 01:16:10,850 Bertie, I am ashamed that you are part of all this. 1173 01:16:12,040 --> 01:16:15,195 Abdul is a loyal, wise, sympathetic human being. 1174 01:16:15,199 --> 01:16:18,020 Who has raised himself on his own merits. 1175 01:16:18,224 --> 01:16:20,000 Bring Abdul in here. 1176 01:16:21,804 --> 01:16:23,790 Bring him in! 1177 01:16:27,028 --> 01:16:29,380 Now I want you to repeat after me. 1178 01:16:29,384 --> 01:16:31,405 I will be courteous to the Munshi. 1179 01:16:40,776 --> 01:16:44,680 I-I will be courteous to the Munshi. 1180 01:16:44,684 --> 01:16:45,684 You. 1181 01:16:47,261 --> 01:16:49,715 I will be courteous to the Munshi. 1182 01:16:49,719 --> 01:16:51,190 Bertie, all of you. 1183 01:16:51,194 --> 01:16:54,460 I will be courteous to the Munshi. 1184 01:16:54,664 --> 01:16:59,000 - I will be courteous to the Munshi. - I will be courteous to the Munshi. 1185 01:16:59,004 --> 01:17:00,545 It has become apparent 1186 01:17:00,549 --> 01:17:04,255 that in order to get any respect from the Household 1187 01:17:04,259 --> 01:17:06,845 one needs to be formally recognised. 1188 01:17:08,573 --> 01:17:10,070 In which case, Abdul 1189 01:17:12,189 --> 01:17:15,300 I intend to give you a knighthood in the next honours list. 1190 01:17:15,304 --> 01:17:17,605 Enough! This is absurd. 1191 01:17:18,450 --> 01:17:20,300 We cannot protect you from this any further. 1192 01:17:20,304 --> 01:17:22,576 The man is riddled with gonorrhoea. 1193 01:17:25,855 --> 01:17:27,485 Gonorrhoea? 1194 01:17:27,989 --> 01:17:30,670 Yes, Your Majesty. 1195 01:17:36,813 --> 01:17:40,515 Well, you are a doctor. Why don't you treat him? 1196 01:17:40,519 --> 01:17:42,875 Now get out of my sight! All of you. 1197 01:17:50,519 --> 01:17:53,670 Listen, you pox-ridden Indian shit! 1198 01:17:53,674 --> 01:17:56,325 Why don't you bloody well leave her alone! 1199 01:17:56,330 --> 01:17:59,280 Dr Reid! Be courteous! 1200 01:18:09,184 --> 01:18:10,790 Knighted?! 1201 01:18:10,794 --> 01:18:13,300 Surely there is some law against it. 1202 01:18:13,310 --> 01:18:15,125 The man's a common Indian, for God's sake. 1203 01:18:15,129 --> 01:18:17,115 She can't just do what she likes. 1204 01:18:17,119 --> 01:18:20,633 That's right. We are the ones who make this palace work. 1205 01:18:20,637 --> 01:18:23,772 And we are being ignored and exploited. 1206 01:18:23,776 --> 01:18:26,775 We have to stand up to this wanton bullying. 1207 01:18:26,779 --> 01:18:28,175 But she's the Queen. 1208 01:18:28,689 --> 01:18:30,775 She's our sovereign. 1209 01:18:30,779 --> 01:18:32,162 Her position is based entirely 1210 01:18:32,166 --> 01:18:35,251 on the implicit contract she makes with us. 1211 01:18:35,255 --> 01:18:38,970 If she does not drop this preposterous insult, 1212 01:18:38,974 --> 01:18:41,000 we should all leave! 1213 01:18:41,004 --> 01:18:42,004 Hear! 1214 01:18:43,023 --> 01:18:45,911 Somebody has to tell her. 1215 01:18:47,544 --> 01:18:50,363 We should make a deputation. 1216 01:18:52,967 --> 01:18:54,260 I think you should go. 1217 01:18:54,264 --> 01:18:56,055 You're the head of the Household. 1218 01:18:56,059 --> 01:18:57,984 Well, no, I couldn't possibly go. 1219 01:18:57,988 --> 01:19:00,252 It would bring the position into disrepute. 1220 01:19:00,956 --> 01:19:02,640 Mrs Tuck. 1221 01:19:04,098 --> 01:19:06,075 You know her very well, don't you? 1222 01:19:06,079 --> 01:19:08,062 But I'm just her dresser. 1223 01:19:08,066 --> 01:19:10,326 What about you, Miss Phipps? 1224 01:19:15,830 --> 01:19:17,742 Off you go. 1225 01:19:30,567 --> 01:19:33,450 And don't take no for an answer. 1226 01:19:44,534 --> 01:19:45,930 Your Majesty. 1227 01:19:47,134 --> 01:19:49,180 Out with it, girl. 1228 01:19:49,185 --> 01:19:50,536 Can't you see I'm busy? 1229 01:19:51,882 --> 01:19:54,726 There is something I must say that uh... 1230 01:19:58,185 --> 01:20:00,730 What is the meaning of this? Stop shaking. 1231 01:20:01,754 --> 01:20:05,800 I've come to ask you to reconsider the uh... 1232 01:20:07,385 --> 01:20:10,114 the elevation of 1233 01:20:10,118 --> 01:20:11,870 of Mr Karim. 1234 01:20:13,774 --> 01:20:15,374 What did you say? 1235 01:20:18,219 --> 01:20:20,362 I've come to ask you not to give Mr Karim 1236 01:20:20,366 --> 01:20:22,100 a knighthood, Your Majesty. 1237 01:20:24,013 --> 01:20:25,540 Why the devil not? 1238 01:20:26,562 --> 01:20:28,530 The members of the Household 1239 01:20:28,534 --> 01:20:31,777 demand that you abandon your plans, Your Majesty. 1240 01:20:32,981 --> 01:20:34,300 Demand? 1241 01:20:35,294 --> 01:20:40,215 We believe that it degrades the very concept of knighthood. 1242 01:20:40,519 --> 01:20:44,300 He comes from a very low family, Your Majesty. 1243 01:20:44,704 --> 01:20:46,375 And 1244 01:20:47,122 --> 01:20:49,000 he is coloured. 1245 01:20:49,904 --> 01:20:51,600 Get out of my sight. 1246 01:20:57,446 --> 01:20:58,600 Did you not hear me? 1247 01:20:59,775 --> 01:21:02,286 Your Majesty, I must inform you that if you refuse 1248 01:21:02,290 --> 01:21:06,000 the entire Household will resign. 1249 01:21:06,704 --> 01:21:08,350 Treason! 1250 01:21:09,254 --> 01:21:10,930 Treason! 1251 01:21:15,985 --> 01:21:17,504 Treason. 1252 01:21:42,271 --> 01:21:46,250 Mummy. Enough is enough. 1253 01:21:47,757 --> 01:21:52,830 You will drop this Munshi business forthwith. 1254 01:21:52,834 --> 01:21:54,220 Do you hear me?! 1255 01:21:56,883 --> 01:21:58,544 Did you really think the 1256 01:21:58,550 --> 01:22:01,260 the Household would countenance such an insult? 1257 01:22:01,264 --> 01:22:02,600 I will not be disobeyed. 1258 01:22:02,604 --> 01:22:04,300 No. No. 1259 01:22:04,310 --> 01:22:07,310 I have put up with you for over fifty years! 1260 01:22:07,314 --> 01:22:10,733 You will drop this forthwith, or... 1261 01:22:10,737 --> 01:22:13,040 - Or, or, or, Bertie? - Or... 1262 01:22:13,044 --> 01:22:16,910 We will have you certified insane. 1263 01:22:19,356 --> 01:22:23,177 And removed from office immediately. 1264 01:22:25,454 --> 01:22:28,995 Here are the papers signed by Dr Reid. 1265 01:22:46,337 --> 01:22:48,470 I'm eighty-one years of age. 1266 01:22:50,173 --> 01:22:51,951 I've had nine children, 1267 01:22:51,955 --> 01:22:54,140 and forty-two grandchildren, 1268 01:22:54,144 --> 01:22:57,500 and have almost a billion citizens. 1269 01:23:00,187 --> 01:23:02,136 I have rheumatism, 1270 01:23:02,849 --> 01:23:04,544 a collapsed uterus, 1271 01:23:04,548 --> 01:23:06,483 am morbidly obese, 1272 01:23:06,487 --> 01:23:10,000 and deaf in one ear. 1273 01:23:12,396 --> 01:23:15,373 I have known eleven prime ministers, 1274 01:23:15,377 --> 01:23:20,150 and passed 2,347 pieces of legislation. 1275 01:23:22,341 --> 01:23:26,430 I have been in office sixty-two years, 234 days. 1276 01:23:26,434 --> 01:23:29,950 Thus I am the longest-serving monarch in world history. 1277 01:23:32,651 --> 01:23:36,330 I'm responsible for five Households. 1278 01:23:36,334 --> 01:23:39,680 And a staff of over three thousand. 1279 01:23:42,513 --> 01:23:44,962 I am cantankerous, 1280 01:23:46,102 --> 01:23:47,220 boring, 1281 01:23:47,224 --> 01:23:48,224 greedy, 1282 01:23:48,228 --> 01:23:49,228 fat, 1283 01:23:49,232 --> 01:23:50,658 ill-tempered, 1284 01:23:51,355 --> 01:23:53,216 at times selfish and myopic, 1285 01:23:53,220 --> 01:23:55,730 both metaphorically and literally. 1286 01:23:57,544 --> 01:23:58,913 I am, perhaps, 1287 01:23:58,917 --> 01:24:02,372 disagreeably attached to power 1288 01:24:04,224 --> 01:24:05,730 and should not have smashed 1289 01:24:05,734 --> 01:24:08,366 the Emperor of Russia's egg. 1290 01:24:10,540 --> 01:24:14,600 But I am anything but insane. 1291 01:24:17,920 --> 01:24:21,080 If the Household wish to disobey me, so be it. 1292 01:24:22,289 --> 01:24:24,900 Let them do it to my face. 1293 01:24:25,275 --> 01:24:28,400 I will see everyone in the Durbar Room at once. 1294 01:24:52,590 --> 01:24:54,600 Her Majesty, the Queen. 1295 01:25:06,835 --> 01:25:08,395 I understand 1296 01:25:08,399 --> 01:25:12,950 there is some concern over my desires on preferment. 1297 01:25:14,874 --> 01:25:17,800 I understand feelings have run high 1298 01:25:17,804 --> 01:25:21,122 and I understand you have decided to resign 1299 01:25:21,126 --> 01:25:24,180 rather than withstand my decision. 1300 01:25:26,030 --> 01:25:27,576 If any one of you 1301 01:25:28,266 --> 01:25:31,742 wishes to tender their resignation 1302 01:25:31,746 --> 01:25:34,083 it will be accepted 1303 01:25:34,087 --> 01:25:39,100 without any unfortunate consequences. 1304 01:25:41,958 --> 01:25:46,100 But at least have the decency to do it to my face! 1305 01:25:51,174 --> 01:25:54,285 Anyone wishing to resign, please step forward. 1306 01:26:15,089 --> 01:26:16,300 Hmm. 1307 01:26:20,496 --> 01:26:23,030 I would like to inform you that I have decided 1308 01:26:23,034 --> 01:26:27,999 against awarding any knighthoods at this moment. 1309 01:26:32,422 --> 01:26:35,900 Instead, you'll be delighted to know 1310 01:26:35,904 --> 01:26:37,980 that I have decided 1311 01:26:37,984 --> 01:26:39,474 to make the Munshi 1312 01:26:39,478 --> 01:26:42,264 a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 1313 01:26:43,468 --> 01:26:46,296 as a special token of my personal esteem 1314 01:26:46,300 --> 01:26:50,390 for his services to the Empire. 1315 01:26:53,094 --> 01:26:54,582 That is all. 1316 01:27:16,503 --> 01:27:18,274 Your Majesty! Your Majesty! 1317 01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:20,575 Are you all right? 1318 01:27:23,179 --> 01:27:24,227 Dr Reid! 1319 01:27:25,567 --> 01:27:26,578 Dr Reid! 1320 01:27:26,882 --> 01:27:28,535 - Dr Reid! - Shh, shh, shh. 1321 01:27:28,539 --> 01:27:29,776 - Dr Reid, you must come quick! - Not now. 1322 01:27:29,780 --> 01:27:32,211 Dr Reid! It's Mr Mohammed! 1323 01:27:32,215 --> 01:27:33,071 Get that boy! 1324 01:27:33,075 --> 01:27:34,999 Your Majesty, can you hear me? 1325 01:27:35,003 --> 01:27:36,312 Your Majesty? 1326 01:28:15,635 --> 01:28:19,000 I am sorry, my friend. 1327 01:28:24,316 --> 01:28:26,771 I'm so sorry, Abdul. 1328 01:28:43,075 --> 01:28:46,544 I think it's time you went home, Abdul. 1329 01:28:52,415 --> 01:28:54,100 This is my home. 1330 01:28:54,104 --> 01:28:58,444 I've been short-sighted and selfish. 1331 01:29:00,466 --> 01:29:02,264 You are a young man. 1332 01:29:02,268 --> 01:29:05,100 You have your whole life ahead of you. 1333 01:29:05,504 --> 01:29:07,000 It's not safe here. 1334 01:29:07,004 --> 01:29:07,804 Your Majesty... 1335 01:29:07,808 --> 01:29:10,600 The vultures are already circling. 1336 01:29:11,266 --> 01:29:13,856 How can I protect you if I'm not here? 1337 01:29:13,860 --> 01:29:17,400 Your Majesty, you will reign for many years to come. 1338 01:29:17,404 --> 01:29:18,404 No, Abdul. 1339 01:29:18,408 --> 01:29:20,192 I'm sick. 1340 01:29:21,211 --> 01:29:25,408 All these stupid ceremonies will kill me. 1341 01:29:27,006 --> 01:29:28,982 You have been a very good friend. 1342 01:29:29,086 --> 01:29:30,720 But you must leave me. 1343 01:29:32,324 --> 01:29:33,854 I'm your servant. 1344 01:29:36,937 --> 01:29:39,012 And as long as I shall live 1345 01:29:39,980 --> 01:29:41,630 I shall be by your side 1346 01:29:42,234 --> 01:29:44,300 every single day. 1347 01:29:44,404 --> 01:29:45,542 Nothing. 1348 01:29:45,546 --> 01:29:47,664 Nothing will stop me. 1349 01:29:47,668 --> 01:29:49,550 Abdul, I am your Queen. 1350 01:29:49,554 --> 01:29:52,054 Your Majesty, I am your Munshi. 1351 01:29:52,158 --> 01:29:53,888 And I will never leave you. 1352 01:29:53,892 --> 01:29:56,200 You are a fool. 1353 01:29:57,586 --> 01:29:59,260 But I adore you. 1354 01:31:41,619 --> 01:31:43,864 I think you should inform the Kaiser. 1355 01:31:59,868 --> 01:32:00,967 Abdul... 1356 01:32:00,971 --> 01:32:02,800 - Abdul... - It's me, Mummy. 1357 01:32:02,804 --> 01:32:05,154 And your grandson, Wilhelm. 1358 01:32:05,158 --> 01:32:06,777 Where is my Munshi? 1359 01:32:06,781 --> 01:32:09,572 - The Kaiser. - I need my Munshi. 1360 01:32:09,576 --> 01:32:11,954 Hush, hush. Everything will be all right. 1361 01:32:11,958 --> 01:32:13,764 I want my Munshi. 1362 01:32:24,368 --> 01:32:27,099 Don't you dare upset her. 1363 01:33:02,103 --> 01:33:04,936 I want to talk to the Munshi alone. 1364 01:33:05,740 --> 01:33:08,000 I-I think perhaps Your Majesty... 1365 01:33:08,004 --> 01:33:09,713 I said alone. 1366 01:33:32,317 --> 01:33:33,900 When I was young 1367 01:33:35,904 --> 01:33:38,523 I used to long for death. 1368 01:33:40,022 --> 01:33:44,280 Now when there is nothing to live for 1369 01:33:45,353 --> 01:33:48,583 I cling to life with every breath. 1370 01:33:51,262 --> 01:33:53,450 I am scared, Abdul. 1371 01:33:54,754 --> 01:33:56,582 Don't be scared. 1372 01:34:02,245 --> 01:34:04,911 'Listen, little drop 1373 01:34:05,515 --> 01:34:08,485 'give yourself up without regret 1374 01:34:09,495 --> 01:34:12,084 'And in return you will gain the ocean 1375 01:34:13,793 --> 01:34:16,074 'Give yourself away 1376 01:34:16,078 --> 01:34:19,840 'And in the Great Sea you will be secure.' 1377 01:34:21,444 --> 01:34:23,150 Rumi. 1378 01:34:25,042 --> 01:34:27,900 You are a teacher, Abdul. 1379 01:34:28,404 --> 01:34:31,210 Everybody knows Rumi. 1380 01:34:33,314 --> 01:34:35,081 Allah is the teacher. 1381 01:34:39,985 --> 01:34:41,513 Love is the whole. 1382 01:34:42,817 --> 01:34:45,500 We are only pieces. 1383 01:35:08,610 --> 01:35:10,500 I keep thinking 1384 01:35:10,504 --> 01:35:12,420 I'm falling. 1385 01:35:16,124 --> 01:35:17,911 Fall. 1386 01:35:21,433 --> 01:35:23,820 All will be well. 1387 01:35:27,310 --> 01:35:32,100 You are about to go to a much safer place. 1388 01:35:35,966 --> 01:35:40,524 To the Banquet Hall of Eternity. 1389 01:35:48,334 --> 01:35:49,930 Yes. 1390 01:35:55,934 --> 01:35:57,634 Goodbye, 1391 01:36:00,537 --> 01:36:02,308 my Queen. 1392 01:36:06,812 --> 01:36:08,900 Goodbye. 1393 01:36:10,404 --> 01:36:12,530 Take care, 1394 01:36:14,228 --> 01:36:19,290 my sweet son. 1395 01:36:32,374 --> 01:36:34,100 Let her sleep. 1396 01:38:56,500 --> 01:38:58,440 I grieve to say 1397 01:38:58,444 --> 01:39:02,410 Her Majesty passed away at six-thirty precisely. 1398 01:39:02,814 --> 01:39:06,166 Long live the King. 1399 01:40:15,555 --> 01:40:19,100 We belong to Allah. To Allah we return. 1400 01:40:51,004 --> 01:40:52,610 Get out of the way! 1401 01:41:04,201 --> 01:41:08,500 I want every last thing that's connected to her. 1402 01:41:09,804 --> 01:41:11,804 Abdul! 1403 01:41:20,808 --> 01:41:23,308 Abdul, they are burning everything. 1404 01:41:27,608 --> 01:41:29,277 I want you out of here. 1405 01:41:31,481 --> 01:41:33,100 Immediately. 1406 01:41:49,950 --> 01:41:51,950 No! Your Majesty! 1407 01:41:53,954 --> 01:41:55,434 Come, my dear. 1408 01:41:56,138 --> 01:41:57,500 Take it. 1409 01:41:58,404 --> 01:41:59,980 Keep it safe. 1410 01:43:44,962 --> 01:43:47,000 Good morning, Your Majesty. 1411 01:43:47,004 --> 01:43:49,000 How are you today? 1412 01:44:07,538 --> 01:44:13,000 ABDUL RETURNED TO AGRA IN 1901 1413 01:44:15,688 --> 01:44:22,000 HE DIED IN 1909 1414 01:44:25,255 --> 01:44:33,700 INDIA GAINED INDEPENDENCE IN 1947 1415 01:44:37,292 --> 01:44:41,000 HIS مذكرات شخصية تم اكتشافه عام 2010 1416 01:44:41,104 --> 01:44:44,787 HIS STORY يقال أخيرا 1417 01:51:02,058 --> 01:51:03,631 الغواصات التي كتبها enwansix