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Clips from The Crown (2016) - Scientia Potentia Est (S01E01)

"-Where? -Here, Ma'am, to Buckingham Palace,"
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"to a state banquet next week."
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"The feeling is that, by that time, Winston should have made a sufficient recovery."
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"Well, I was planning on going to Sandringham."
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"I'm afraid it would mean postponing that by a few days."
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"We can extend an invitation through our ambassador in Washington."
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"-Is that a green light, Ma'am? -Yes."
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"Then, if you'll excuse me, I better get cracking."
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"Do you have a moment, Tommy? I need to speak to you urgently."
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"so if it can possibly wait until later..."
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"I think when you hear it, you'll share my sense of alarm."
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"It seems that Martin Charteris"
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"is to replace you as Her Majesty's Private Secretary, not me."
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"What? Says who?"
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"Says Margaret Colville, Jock Colville's wife,"
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"who plays bridge with Alice Jameson, lady-in-waiting,"
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"Why on earth would I know that?"
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"Anyway, so confident are they of the appointment,"
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"-that Mary has even gone so... -Don't tell me."
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"So far to speak to the Palace Head Gardener"
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"about trimming the tree outside my window."
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"Yes."
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"Ask Martin to come and see me, would you?"
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"That is, if he and his lady wife are not too busy measuring carpets and curtains"
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"for what is still my home."
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"-You asked to see me, Tommy. -I did. Do sit down."
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"Martin, you've worked for the Palace now, for what, three years?"
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"I'd have thought that long enough for you to know the ropes."
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"Understand the rules, the way things are done."
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"Manifestly not."
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"I know you were going to prepare some tutorials of a more general nature,"
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"-On which subject? -President Eisenhower."
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"He'll be coming here in a matter of days and I'll be expected..."
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"to sit next to him and make conversation with him."
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"So I need to know all about him and what interests him."
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"The military industrial complex, Ma'am."
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"What?"
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"And its threat to democratic government. It's what most concerns him."
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"-Something lighter, perhaps? -Golf?"
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"-I'm told he paints landscapes. -Oh, don't they all?"
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"Would Your Majesty give me 24 hours to do some research and come back to you?"
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"Yes. Of course."
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"-A full immersion. In some river. -If I were a gambling man, I'd say yes."
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"Are you?"
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"Occasionally. The Derby, Ma'am, and the Grand National."
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"Oh, how did you get on this year?"
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"At the National, rather well. I had "Early Mist" on an each-way bet."
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"Oh, well done, you. You won by 20 lengths. I share your admiration for Mr. O'Brien,"
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"and everything he's doing at Ballydoyle Stables."
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"-That's not why you backed him? -No. I just liked the name."
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"I see."
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"you've not been in your usual good health.""
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"Isn't that nice?"
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""And that your tireless exertions on behalf of this country"
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"have resulted in this temporary inconvenience.""
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""Temporary inconvenience.""
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"How much does she know exactly?"
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"Because, from the tone of this..."
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"Winston."
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"-Good. -A replacement would have to be found."
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"The wrong replacement, because the right man..."
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"-Anthony. -...is himself incapacitated."
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"Too much knowledge can be a dangerous thing."
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"Do you mean to tell me that, at the moment,"
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"this country's without a fit leader or a deputy leader?"
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"Shh. Not so loud."
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"-But... -Come."
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"Good news, sir. It's a yes from Eisenhower."
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"has proved impossible for the Americans to refuse."
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"They've changed his schedule and they're going to make it work."
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"-It is wonderful! -Don't get out bed, darling."
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"If Ike comes here, I can be leader again."
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"-Winston. -That's what really matters."
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"Do go back to bed."
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"Look, why don't you admit the truth, that you have been fighting for your life"
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"and tell the Queen?"
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"Winston?"
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"-How serious is it this time? -It's impossible to know."
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"I fear we do now have to put off the Americans."
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"Yes, of course."
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"-And tell the Queen. -No. No, we're in too deep now for that."
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"If Eisenhower isn't coming, blame it on him, not on Winston."
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"The Queen must never know how much we've kept from her."
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"Prepare for inspection!"
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"Sorry to disturb you, Ma'am."
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"I've been asked by Downing Street to inform you first"
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"that President Eisenhower is no longer able to leave the United States,"
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"And that the Prime Minister still hasn't shaken off his cold."
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"Really? Goodness."
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"That's the second consecutive private audience that he's missed."
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"-It's most unlike him. -Yes, isn't it?"
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"Are you all right, Martin?"
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"Your Majesty, I've had the opportunity"
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"to think about your very kind offer to become your Private Secretary."
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"And I'm afraid I must decline."
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"In this instance, I really do believe you'll be better served by Michael."
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"No, you don't."
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"-Ma'am? -You don't think that."
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"Nor could you ever think that. For the very good reason that it's not true."
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"Have you been spoken to by Tommy Lascelles?"
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"-Ma'am. -You have."
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"And what did he have to say?"
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"That I should've refused the offer in the room."
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"That I obviously have no respect or understanding"
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"Did he now?"
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"If you'll excuse me for a moment, Martin?"
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"Come."
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"-Your Majesty. -Look, Tommy."
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"There's no pretty way of saying this, I would prefer Martin."
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"-And that is your right, Ma'am. -Yes. And I rather thought so, too."
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"But it would be a mistake."
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"-And why is that? -Please."
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"There's a way of doing things here."
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"An order developed over time, generations."
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"And individuality in the House of Windsor,"
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"any departure from that way of doing things, is not to be encouraged."
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"It results in catastrophes like the abdication."
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"Abdicating the Throne and choosing my Private Secretary"
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"-is hardly comparing like with like. -I disagree."
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"I served your uncle, as you know."
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