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CREATED BY Peter Morgan EPISODE 4.06 “Terra Nullius” On a tour of Australia, Diana struggles to balance motherhood with her royal duties while both she and Charles cope with their marriage difficulties. WRITTEN BY: Peter Morgan DIRECTED BY: Julian Jarrold ORIGINAL BROADCAST: November 15, 2020 NOTE: This is a transcription of the spoken dialogue and audio, with time-code reference, provided without cost by 8FLiX.com for your entertainment, convenience, and study. This version may not be exactly as written in the original script; however, the intellectual property is still reserved by the original source and may be subject to copyright. EPISODE CAST Olivia Colman ... Queen Elizabeth II Tobias Menzies ... Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Helena Bonham Carter ... Princess Margaret Josh O'Connor ... Prince Charles Emma Corrin ... Princess Diana Marion Bailey ... Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Erin Doherty ... Princess Anne Emerald Fennell ... Camilla Parker Bowles Richard Roxburgh ... Bob Hawke Charles Edwards ... Martin Charteris Elliott Hughes ... Baby Prince William Jasper Hughes ... Baby Prince William Richard Goulding ... Edward Adeane Andrew Buchan ... Andrew Parker Bowles Tony Jayawardena ... Sir Sonny Ramphal P a g e | 1 1 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:24,840 Thanks, mate. 2 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,920 [man] Stand by. Rehearsal, nice and quiet, please. 3 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,600 [woman] Are we still waiting on anyone? 4 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,640 [interviewer] Bob Hawke, if you win the election next week, 5 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:39,960 which all the polls predict, 6 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,960 one of your first public acts as prime minister 7 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:44,720 will be to welcome Prince Charles 8 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,520 and the Princess of Wales and young Prince William. 9 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,600 Does that prospect fill you with enthusiasm? 10 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,840 I don't, uh, regard it as the most important thing 11 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,960 I'll have to do in the first month in office. 12 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,200 [audience chuckling] 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY P a g e | 2 13 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,320 But, yes, they are coming. 14 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,720 I've had the opportunity of meeting Charles 15 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,360 on a number of occasions. I find him… 16 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:09,800 a nice young bloke. 17 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,480 [chatter and chuckling] 18 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,520 Is he the sort of man you'd like to be the king of Australia? 19 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:19,240 Look, I don't think we'll be talking about, uh, kings or monarchy 20 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:22,440 here in Australia much longer. We're past that now, aren't we? 21 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:23,800 We're a bit more mature. 22 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:24,840 [man] Hear, hear. 23 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,440 You know my position on this. 24 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:28,480 It's no secret. 25 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY P a g e | 3 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:33,480 I respect and admire the Queen enormously. 26 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,560 The desire is simply to have a head of state 27 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,680 that embodies and represents Australia's values and traditions, 28 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,400 a head of state that looks like us, 29 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,920 sounds like us, thinks like us. 30 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,320 As opposed to? 31 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,040 Well, one of them. A pom. 32 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:51,160 [audience exclaims] 33 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:56,840 You know, an unelected non-Australian who lives on the other side of the world 34 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,800 and, for all their good intentions, is a different breed. 35 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,400 You wouldn't put a pig in charge of a herd of prime beef cattle… 36 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:04,320 [exclaiming] 37 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,520 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY P a g e | 4 …even if it looked good in a twinset and pearls. 38 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:11,400 [knock at door] 39 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,280 [Charteris] Your Majesty. 40 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,680 The results of the Australian general election. 41 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,080 Oh, good news or bad? 42 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:20,800 Mr. Hawke by a landslide. 43 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,000 -Oh dear. The one who wants us out? -Afraid so. 44 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,560 The rough, tough former trade union negotiator 45 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:28,280 and the proud holder of the world record for beer drinking. 46 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,920 A yard of ale in a sconce pot in 11 seconds. 47 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,080 I don't know what that is. It sounds very impressive. 48 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,040 -Well, it's a lot of beer, very quickly. -Ah. 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY P a g e | 5 49 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,560 Teetotal now, I believe, ma'am. 50 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:39,680 Oh, a great relief to everyone, I should imagine. 51 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,080 Especially Mrs. Hawke. Is there a Mrs. Hawke? 52 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:43,720 Yes, there is. Hazel. 53 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,720 Ah, Hazel. Strange, I think, to name a child after a tree. 54 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,040 -Especially a northern hemisphere tree. -Yes. 55 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,600 I suppose it does put the pressure on them, rather. 56 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,000 [Charteris] On who, ma'am? 57 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,080 The Prince and Princess of Wales and their forthcoming tour. 58 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,360 Do you think they'll be all right? One shouldn't listen to gossip, 59 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,120 but I had lunch with Princess Margaret the other day. 60 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,280 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY P a g e | 6 There's growing concern among those who chatter at Kensington Palace… 61 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,240 -I thought we didn't listen to chatter. -I listen to nothing else. 62 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,400 …about the Princess of Wales. 63 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,640 She's struggling to cope, apparently. 64 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,400 Wretched in the marriage. 65 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:23,960 [ticking] 66 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:25,000 [Margaret] And… 67 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:27,320 if rumors are to be believed, 68 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,160 she's, uh… doing things to herself. 69 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:31,800 What things? 70 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,720 [retches, vomits] 71 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,760 People do the strangest things when they're unhappy. 72 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,440 [toilet flushes] 73 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY P a g e | 7 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,320 [Anne] I heard she was insisting on taking the baby with them on the tour. 74 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,520 -What for? -[Anne] As a stabilizing influence. 75 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,640 Since when has a baby ever been a stabilizing influence on anything? 76 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,560 We never took the children anywhere. 77 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,240 When we went to Australia in 1954, we left them at home for five months. 78 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:06,160 [Queen Mother] Hmm. 79 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,280 And do you suppose that might have had consequences? 80 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,360 On what? The tour was a triumph. 81 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,040 I should probably ask Charles and Diana to come and see me.