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Clips from The Crown - Act of God (S01E01)

"If it's too hazardous to drive... then there's only one thing to be done."
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"[footsteps]"
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"[knocking on door]"
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"And the Queen is here, Your Majesty."
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"-Could you be more specific? -Ma'am?"
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"-Which one? There are two. -The young one."
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"I thought you was all queens. They gave me a sheet."
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"I am no longer the queen, I am simply Queen Mary."
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"she became Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother."
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"Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, is now queen, so she is..."
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"-The Queen. -Bravo."
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"Nurses and nuns have the same problem."
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"-Bad time? -Not at all."
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"-How are you? -I'm always happy to see you,"
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"-Name it. -Not to ask me how I am."
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"Forget death by lung disease, it's death by bad conversation."
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"But if you are feeling up to it,"
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"there was something I wanted to talk to you about."
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"Fire away."
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"I was listening to the wireless this morning,"
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"From God himself.""
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"Yes."
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"Monarchy is God's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth."
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"an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives."
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"Monarchy is a calling from God."
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"That is why you are crowned in an abbey, not a government building."
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"Why you are anointed, not appointed."
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"not a minister or public servant."
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"Which means that you are answerable to God in your duty, not the public."
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"He would argue that in any equitable modern society,"
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"that church and state should be separated."
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"That if God has servants they're priests not kings."
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"because they were seen by the people to embody indefensible"
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"and unreasonable ideas."
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"that goes back what? Ninety years?"
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"What would he know of Alfred the Great, the Rod of Equity and Mercy,"
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"At Richmond Bridge this morning,"
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"visibility was officially measured at one yard."
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"Our Trojan friend in Downing Street has been speaking"
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"I know you would have me call a vote of no confidence,"
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"and will doubtless call me over-cautious for not doing so."
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"Even if it's only to hang himself."
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"Let's see how the old fool responds."
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"[man 2] Hey! Get out the way!"
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"[Venetia] Morning."
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"Oh. I'm glad to see someone else made it in. No one saw this coming, did they?"
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"Prime Minister? Sir?"
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"-Ah, you made it? Bravo! -Oh, I'm so sorry, sir."
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"It wasn't easy. Just crossing the road you take your life in your hands."
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"Well, then don't. You are too important to all of us."
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"Hardly."
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"All I do is bring you things to sign. Then take them away again."
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"and the country is governed."
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"You improve the quality of life for all that deal with you."
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"An ornament. A flower."
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"By comparison at my age you were a published writer,"
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"and a cavalry officer, posted to India,"
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"fighting local tribesmen on the north west frontier."
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"Who told you that?"
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"So I have been reading your autobiography."
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"[chuckles] Oh, yes. That's not quite what I had in mind."
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"The earth is yours and the fullness thereof."
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"-Take up the mantle of change... -Stop."
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"All energy and hope and passion and fire."
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"You found something you liked in that young man?"
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"[alarm clock rings]"
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"continues this morning, with emergency services struggling to cope"
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"Flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital."
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"-[church bell chimes] -The Prime Minister is facing criticism"
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"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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"which has spread to over 30 miles wide, is likely to cause complete darkness"
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"by two o'clock this afternoon."
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"Are you all right?"
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"You're not."
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"-Come on, let's get you up. -No, no. I'm fine. I promise."
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"Let us start with the unrest in Egypt,"
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"where anti-colonial passions continue to run high,"
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"and where our soldiers continue to come under fire from nationalist insurgents."
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"when I host them for the weekend at Chequers."
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"What is the latest information that you have?"
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"I was hoping for something more scientific."
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"Then I will ensure that a barometric report"
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"am prepared to inflict on your subjects as a reward for winning a World War"
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"and prevailing over fascism, evil and tyranny."
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"Letting them freeze is not one of them."
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"-You do not seem unduly concerned. -I'm not."
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"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"
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"Indeed."
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"But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything."
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"We need the power stations, we need the coal."
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"The people need to burn coal to warm their homes."
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"-It is weather. It will pass. -Well, I do hope so."
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"Not least because my husband's mood is intolerable."
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"Why?"
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"Well, being caged in like this. He can't fly."
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"Have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go?"
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"No, he wants to fly himself. It's a boyhood dream."
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"Because it's a private matter. And I am in favor."
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"Nothing you or His Royal Highness do is a private matter."
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"risking his life needlessly is..."
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"quite unacceptable."
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"You've taken away his home. You've taken away his name."
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"Something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you"
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"had he been granted more time to complete your education."
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"Until next week."
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"[Churchill grumbles]"
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"[page] Sir."
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"[Churchill] Meteorological report."
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"[reporter] Good morning. The time is eight o'clock on the 8th of December"
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"and here is the news."
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"across the capital has worsened overnight."
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"The great coal-burning electricity stations in Battersea and Fulham,"
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"But we've been told that it is unlikely"
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"they'll be able to make any significant change to the air quality."
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"-Come on, let's get you to hospital. -I'm fine."
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"Off we go. Arm in. And the other."
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"[Mary coughs]"
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"-[Venetia] Come along. -[coughs]"
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