Beryl

The Crown 2×4

Queen Elizabeth II: Mummy said something interesting the other day.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: Oh?
Queen Elizabeth II: She said that the first ten years of marriage are just an overture. That there's often a crisis at ten years, but then you work it out and settle in... and it's only then that it really gets into its stride.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: Oh.

Queen Elizabeth II: I'm not sure how I feel about a Russian satellite circling the Earth... just above our heads. What's it doing up there?
Harold Macmillan: Notionally, it's providing information about the density of the Earth's upper atmosphere. Of course its darker purpose is to demonstrate to everyone the extent of Russian military power and technical capacity.
Queen Elizabeth II: Oh.
Harold Macmillan: The same rocket that launched this satellite is capable of firing a nuclear warhead into enemy territory with pinpoint accuracy.
Queen Elizabeth II: Wow.

Harold Macmillan: I am absolutely determined to restore the special relationship that exists between our two countries. We're bound by so much more than just language and shared history. It's a kind of marriage. As in any marriage, there'll be ups and downs, but one must work to get things back on track.
Queen Elizabeth II: They say that listening's important. In any marriage.

Elizabeth Cavendish: I think birthday portraits should evolve and mature with age. Like the subject. Show change in the character. Complexity. Reality.
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: No one wants complexity and reality from us. Do sit down. People have enough of that in their own lives. They want us to help them escape.
Cecil Beaton: Indeed, Your Majesty. Imagine this, if you will... a young woman, a commonplace creature. She sits in her drab little scullery. So much work to do. So much washing-up. How she longs for comfort, for hope... She wants to believe her life has some meaning beyond chores. She opens a magazine and she sees Her Royal Highness's photograph. For one glorious, transforming moment, she becomes a princess, too. She is lifted out of her miserable, pitiful reality into a fantasy. Later, she will step out of her house in a new neckerchief, perhaps, for which she has saved. Oh, she will hold her head up high. She is renewed. And all thanks to you, Your Royal Highness... and to the ideal which you represent.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: You know, when I imagined our marriage in the early days, I imagined two people welded together into some sort of combined existence. Ten years. Ten years has taught me the secret of a successful marriage is actually to have different interests. Well, different interests, but not entirely different.
     It's a funny business. One sees the whole of the other person, you see even that part of them that they don't see themselves, and presumably... they see that hidden part of you. One ends up knowing more about one's partner than they know about themselves. And it can be pretty tough to keep quiet about it. So you have to... You have to come to an accommodation, an arrangement, a deal... if you like, to take the rough with the smooth. But the extraordinary thing is... down there in the rough... in the long reeds of difficulty and pain... that is where you find the treasure.
     So I would like to propose a toast... in the name of love. In the name of our beloved country. In the name of steadfastness. In the name of another ten marvelous years. I give you mon petit chou... Lilibet... Elizabeth... the Queen.

Princess Margaret: ... I liked him.
Queen Elizabeth II: Yes, I can tell that.
Princess Margaret: There's a contempt in him.
Queen Elizabeth II: What for?
Princess Margaret: For me. For us. For everything we represent. I actually think you'd like him. That's what's so dangerous about him.

Queen Elizabeth II: It appears she's...
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: Naked. Yes.

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