Hyde Park Corner

The Crown 1×2

Winston Churchill: Have they told you terrible things, your colleagues downstairs?.. Go on. Be candid.

Venetia Scott: It is said... you can be difficult.

Winston Churchill: I can be a monster. Did they say that?

Venetia Scott: Yes, sir.

Winston Churchill: It's true. But you need to be a monster to defeat Hitler.

King George VI: The PM will step down in time. And until then, as sovereign, I do have the right to be consulted, to encourage, to warn. It is better to be patient and get what you desire in the right time... than have high office thrust upon you when you are not ready. I speak from personal experience. Foreign Secretary.

Winston Churchill: Call the Foreign Secretary. Tell him... Hyde Park Corner. He'll understand.

Princess Elizabeth: Should I say something?

Martin Charteris: No. That won't be necessary. Though it would help if we could decide here and now on your name.

Princess Elizabeth: My name?

Martin Charteris: Yes, ma'am. Your regnal name. That is the name you'll take as Queen. Your father took George. Obviously his name is... was, Albert. And, before he abdicated, your uncle took Edward, of course. His name was David.

Princess Elizabeth: What's wrong with my name?

Martin Charteris: Nothing.

Princess Elizabeth: Well, then, let's not overcomplicate matters unnecessarily. My name is Elizabeth.

Martin Charteris: Then, long live Queen Elizabeth.

Clemmie Churchill: What are you up to?

Winston Churchill: It's my eulogy for the King. It's broadcast tomorrow and the right words keep eluding me.

Clemmie Churchill: They'll want you to fail, you know.

Winston Churchill: I know. Anything less than perfect will be a disaster... Anthony, eh?

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Queen Mary: Dearest Lilibet, I know how you loved your papa, my son. And I know you will be as devastated as I am by this loss. But you must put those sentiments to one side now, for duty calls. The grief for your father's death will be felt far and wide. Your people will need your strength and leadership. I have seen three great monarchies brought down through their failure to separate personal indulgences from duty. You must not allow yourself to make similar mistakes. And while you mourn your father, you must also mourn someone else. Elizabeth Mountbatten. For she has now been replaced by another person, Elizabeth Regina. The two Elizabeths will frequently be in conflict with one another. The fact is, the Crown must win. Must always win.

Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: I'll escort her down from here.

Sir Tommy Lascelles: No, sir. If you don't mind, the Crown takes precedence.

Winston Churchill: When the death of the King was announced to us yesterday morning, there struck a deep and somber note in our lives, which resounded far and wide, stilled the clatter and traffic of 20th century life, and made countless millions of human beings around the world pause and look around them.

     The King was greatly loved by all his peoples. The greatest shocks ever felt by this island fell upon us in his reign. Never, in our long history were we exposed to greater perils of invasion and destruction. The late King, who assumed the heavy burden of the Crown when he succeeded his brother, lived through every minute of this struggle with a heart that never quavered and a spirit undaunted. 
     In the end, death came as a friend. And after a happy day of sunshine and sport, and after a goodnight to those who loved him best, he fell asleep, as every man or woman who strives to fear God and nothing else in the world, may hope to do. 
     Now, I must leave the treasures of the past and turn to the future. Famous have been the reigns of our queens. Some of the greatest periods in our history have unfolded under their scepters. Queen Elizabeth II, like her namesake, Queen Elizabeth I, did not pass her childhood in any certain expectation of the Crown. This new Elizabethan age comes at a time when mankind stands uncertainly poised on the edge of catastrophe.

     I, whose youth was passed in the august, unchallenged and tranquil glories of the Victorian era, may well feel the thrill in invoking once more the prayer and the anthem, God Save the Queen.

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