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Lord Salisbury : Some last minute adjustments to the funeral arrangements. If you are in agreement, ma'am, we thought that the Duke of Windsor should join the Dukes of Gloucester, Kent and Edinburgh.
Queen Elizabeth II : But that'd be the row behind me. Breathing down my neck.
Lord Salisbury : We could, if Her Majesty likes, increase the distance, put him back a few rows.
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother : Any chance that could stretch to being on the steps outside the chapel?
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Equerry (Clarence House) : The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
Winston Churchill : [enters, approaches Elizabeth] Your Majesty.
[Kisses her hand]
Winston Churchill : I so looked forward, every Tuesday, to my audiences with your dear Papa. His late Majesty was a hero. To me and to all his people.
Queen Elizabeth II : Thank you.
[pauses nervously]
Queen Elizabeth II : Do sit down, Prime Minister. I've ordered tea.
[She sits]
Queen Elizabeth II : Or something stronger, perhaps.
Winston Churchill : Oh, dear. Did no one explain? The sovereign never offers a Prime Minister refreshment. Nor a chair. The precedent set by your great-great-grandmother was to keep us standing like Privy Counsellors. To waste time is a grievous sin. If there is one thing I've learned in fifty-two years of public service is that there is no problem so complex nor crisis so grave that it cannot be satisfactorily resolved within twenty minutes. So, shall we make a start?
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[last lines]
Queen Elizabeth II : My Lords, I hereby declare my will and pleasure that I and my children shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor. And that my descendants, other than female descendants who marry, and their descendants, shall bear the name of Windsor.
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Lord Mountbatten : Generally, we're better at queens than kings. In this country I have a feeling you'll be no exception.
Queen Elizabeth II : I certainly intend to do it well.
