- 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?
- 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?
- Queen Mary: Perhaps you should take a leaf out of your late brother's book. He was frugal, you know.
- David, Duke of Windsor: He was born frugal. In every department.
- Queen Mary: And that frugality earned him great favour. And he passed it on to the women in his family.
- [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.
- 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.
- David, Duke of Windsor: A few hours ago, I discharged my last duty as King and Emperor. And, now that I have been succeeded by my brother, the Duke of York, my first words must be to declare my allegiance to him. This I do with all my heart. You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility, and to discharge my duties as King, as I would wish to do, without the help and support of the woman I love. This decision has been made less difficult to me by the sure knowledge that my brother has one matchless blessing enjoyed by so many of you and not bestowed on me-a happy home with his wife and children. And now we all have a new king. I wish him, and you, his people, happiness and prosperity with all my heart. God bless you all. God save the King.
- Queen Mary: [shortly before Edward addresses the British people via radio] I've come to make a final representation. And to beseech you not to do this.
- David, Duke of Windsor: I wish to address my people. It's my right.
- Queen Mary: You have forfeited that right.
- David, Duke of Windsor: There are things I wish to say.
- Queen Mary: In which capacity? You're no longer their king.
- David, Duke of Windsor: As a private individual.
- Queen Mary: Oh, no one wants to hear from a private individual.
- David, Duke of Windsor: Well, I beg to differ. The newspapers are for me.
- Queen Mary: The best thing for everyone would be if you said your goodbyes quietly, privately, and disappeared into the night.
- David, Duke of Windsor: Preferably never to return.
- Queen Mary: I didn't say that.
- David, Duke of Windsor: But you thought it. Admit it.