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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?
