Back then, this is years ago,
I couldn't afford secrets. I just had chores.
As a child, growing up, we had been rich.
And then... well... we weren't.
And like most people during the Depression,
I now lived each day as it came, no longer expecting anything.
Waiting...
for nothing.
And then...
Hello?
Yes.
What?
Sh-sh!
Be quiet.
Sinus?
Somebody die?
No. No one Mom...
Good Morning Miss Dayse.
I wasn't the first relative his Mother called that day.
Maybe not even the 10th.
But I was around.
His Mother said he needed someone
to take his mind off his work.
Why she thought I could do that, I had no idea.
I suppose he's related to half of everybody up here.
We're 5th or 6th cousins.
Depends on how you count... Cigarette?
No. No, I don't.
I figured I'd spend the afternoon there,
and after having thoroughly bored him to death,
go back to my quiet life.
taking care of my act But was not what happened
He's not been feeling well. Sinuses.
Seems to happen every time,
the second he comes home.
Mr. President?
Daisy.
What a rare treat.
I hope my mother didn't force this on you.
She said everyone else was away. Did she?
She shouldn't have said that.
How nice to see you.
How long has it been?
Oh, years.
The Dows' wedding, sir. In Rhinebeck?
Oh, were you there?
Where would you like me to sit?
There's tea...
I think there's still tea.
Will you..?
I can do this because my mother's not here.
She doesn't believe in sinus medicine...
Do you collect stamps, Daisy?
I... don't.
Come and look at these...
I suppose you've met pretty much
everyone of these...
Not every one.
Not yet.
Excuse me, I should have knocked.
I actually wrote this?
My cross, Daisy, is that I am too nice.
But... we need the Senator's vote. Don't we?
Why can't politicians just be honest?
My cousin.
Those are from Africa.
They say that's the highest waterfall in the world.
Would you like me to go?
No. Please.
I wouldn't.
This one's pretty.
I'd like to go there. Where is that? Well.
To be honest, I'd like to go almost anywhere.
In Europe there would certainly be another war,
one we would be dragged into,
whether we liked it or not.
Here at home,
the country is still in a depression
people out of work
Hungry
needing help
the President spent an awful lot
of time that spring in Hyde Park On Hudson.
Fellows, one of you please tell Mother...
that this is radio?
He said... I helped him forget... 'the weight of world'.
30 seconds. Look at me...
I think that means you, Mother. His Mother said he'd run the whole
country from here if he could. But he couldn't.
Not with how things were...
Everyone knew someone who couldn't find a job
the first duty of government
Everyone scared.
is to protect the economic welfare of all the people and in all groups...
I said... if private enterprises does not provide jobs this spring
government will take up the flag
We have all learned the lesson
that government cannot afford to wait
until it is lost the power to act. Therefore I've sent a message
of reaching a prop to the congress.
And everyone looking to him.
They all wanted something from him.
The local labor union,
the Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce,
the German-American Friendship Band.
And all he wanted...
was to relax.
Each time he came home, he'd telephone and ask:
Daisy where would you like to go today?
And I would always answer... 'anywhere.'
His wife, he said,
didn't like to take drives.
I learned the names of birds and trees
I'd seen my whole life.
We drove along country roads,
up hills, through woods, through fields.
We drove down roads I never knew the existence.
Roads later... I could never find on my own.
He'd had the car built so it could be driven just with hands.
In some ways it's smoother than the regular car
Do you like to drive?
I believe I helped him to forget the world.
As if we'd just
run away
And then, one day...
Where's the police car going?
Oh, they don't always follow.
Sometimes they have to go
and catch a crook or something, I suppose.
We've not been here before?
No.
I've been saving this.
I like this song.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm...
I'm the one who should apologize...
I knew, that we were now... not just 5th cousins...
but very good friends.
As soon as I can get away.
Time passed.
Time measured now
in Franklin's visits to hyde park.
Who was that?
The President wishes to see me.
And he's the President.
He wishes to show me a new stamp.
Where are we going? I don't know.
I had it built.
It's where I'll retire.
I'll write those detective books I'm always talking about.
Go, take a look... go on...
There's no better place to smell it.
It's heaven!
I've been thinking, Daisy... What?
What've you been thinking?
I'd like to...
To share with you...
this.
When I go away... You know I have to go... away.
Should you ever miss me... well... Do you ever miss me?
I always do. Always.
A place you can come... and be alone
and miss me... Oh! I'm sorry!
I'm sorry. That's alright!
By now everyone was used to me.
I was the cousin who's always visiting.
No one ever even asked me why that was.
Has he read this? I believe he has.
"If one could choose, from all possible British personalities,
the 2 who might make the best impression upon Americans...
King George and Queen Elizabeth
would not even make the short list."
How dare they talk about Royalty like that!
No King of England had ever visited America before.
But now he was coming...
to Hyde Park on Hudson.
and the only quiet place left to work was outside.
What are those for? He has a headache.
You do? It's his sinuses again.
Happens this time every year. I know that.
You didn't say anything about having a headache.
He's not going to trouble you with everything, Missy.
You have enough on your plate. What does that mean?
It means Missy that you take very good care of me.
It means that you do too.
Mrs. Roosevelt, we appear not to have enough plates.
What?
We don't have enough plates. Someone miscounted.
You're telling me this now?
Madam... Mrs. Astor has called again.
Franklin had warned us,
Mrs. Astor will have plates.
We'll borrow hers.
Today, stay out of Mother's way.
On second thought... we shall call for cook.
Mrs. Astor is so rich, she doesn't know what she has.
Franklin's wife, Eleanor.
I'm just doing what I'm told.
So much for your little secret...
Good morning, Mother. Good Morning. Eleanor.
We are not going to serve the King of England
a cocktail!
Your Mother has now told me for the 10th time
not to call her Royal Highness Elizabeth.
She's told me that too.
I mean, please... what century is this?
Daisy? Daisy?
Oh yes. She told me the same thing.
I told her who did she think I was? I think she knows.
Daisy? Hello!
You're just staring. I'm not.
I wasn't.
What do you want?
Eleanor's just brought out fresh coffee.
She was asking if you'd like any.
She's staring again.
I'm not.
Missy, Leave her alone.
My husband lives for the adoring eyes of young women.
We know this. Let's change the subject, shall we?
Don't tell me you're embarrassed. That day, I'd like to see.
I didn't say I was embarrassed.
Why do we care what a 'King' or 'Queen' thinks about us?
Real Rosewood.
Still got the smell.
Is that why it cost so much?
Hick called.
For this morning's Royal visit
she'd been ordered to produce 5,000 children overnight.
What? Why?
As buffers for holding back the crowds.
No. The Girl Scouts refused outright...
Good for them.
They said their girls had taken an awful beating in DC!
So she finally got some Boy Scouts!
But of course when they were pushed,
they pushed right back!
Started something like 10 fist fights!
When she finally got back to her office, she kicked off her shoes,
opened her window and shouted out: 'God damn the King and Queen!"
We maybe saying the same thing tomorrow!
'Hick' was short for Lorena Hickock.
One of these friends of Eleanor's Franklin called...
"she men."
People said their marriage was troubled and unhappy.
That they lived mostly separate lives.
But I never saw that.
That's now how they seemed when they were together.
We ended it up
in the stables, our last hope for refuge.
We must remind ourselves that these kings and queens or whatever...
are no better than us.
They're just people.
I read that in your column, Eleanor.
Are you alright? You look in pain.
He has a sinus infection. He gets them
this time of year.
Oh does he?
I didn't know that.
I took an aspirin.
They just left Beacon.
Good! It won't be too long.
Hick says I should get a month of columns out of this weekend.
Hick says this King hates his brother.
Now there's a column right there. His brother's met with Hitler.
That's good. There's another column...
And this is the family we're having to our house for the weekend.
You don't even live here.
I'm staying the night.
At least that's what I told your mother.
I thought the brother gave up being king
so he could marry the woman he loved.
Daisy, have you ever met a man who'd do that?
Hick says she thinks the brother has positioned himself
to be the savior of the monarchy,
once England has been defeated
and the fascists have taken over of course.
He's young, Eleanor.
So is she.
They're both young.
So let's just give them a break. Can we?
And all the wild, the King and Queen were getting closer.
Should we stop and meet some people.
Wouldn't that be a good idea?
But...
We've just left...
We're almost there.
I don't think there's another town around 'til...
It's just a country road now. Still...
He wants a cigarette.
We don't want to be e-e-e-arly.
No. No we don't.
And I'd like to meet some Americans.
Doesn't he want to meet you? He's busy.
I know how important this is.
You're not going to let the side down. Don't worry.
It's what I keep telling myself too.
You started to talk about the weekend's itinerary.
You will be staying in the Roosevelt house, sir.
In fact, it is the President's mother's house,
and she will officially be your hostess.
And where is the President's house?
This is where he lives.
When he's not in Washington.
With his m-m-mother? He doesn't have a house?
He has a room. And his wife?
She lives in another house. Hers.
And he doesn't?
Which she shares with other... women.
Who make furniture. I'm sorry?
Furniture. They make it. Build it.
They're couples.
They're the sort who like each other.
The Ambassador's wife,
after having visited Hyde Park...
Why do they call it that?
What? Hyde Park, is in London. It's so confusing to me.
I don't know.
Our Ambassador's wife wrote...
and I think you need to hear this.
She wrote:
"It is a dismal house,
extremely badly run, and most uncomfortable."
I don't want to set the world on fire
I just want to start a flame in your heart
In my heart...
Half of his cabinet had been against the visit.
The country, they said, was in no position
to take sides in another European War.
So Franklin invited them here
where, out of the spotlight,
we could all relax and just be ourselves.
I've lost all ambition for worldly acclaim.
I just want to be the one you love.
And with your admission that you feel the same
I'll have reached the goal I'm dreaming of
Believe me
I don't want to set the world on fire.
I just want to start a flame in your heart
Looking back,
I now see how important that day was, to them, to us,
to the world. And of course...
as it turned out, to me.
Oh, what lovely ships.
My son built them when he was a boy.
How very clever.
Wasn't that clever?
T-t-terribly clever.
He also did the birds...
as a boy.
Until the taxidermy smells made him ill.
He'll tell you about it.
I shall look forward to that.
I don't want to set the world on fire
I just want to start a flame in your heart
Come in. Please,
I can't tell you,
how I've looked forward to this.
My Mother, hasn't spoken of nothing else for months.
Hey, Daisy!
Mr. Cameron's with the embassy... this is Daisy. Hello!
How do you do? How do you do?
That day, the President, sent me upstairs on a mission...
to spy... behind enemies lines.
Charming.
Look at that view.
You must tell me about everything.
That's... the field.
We have fields just like that.
Those hills...
lead down to the river.
So that's where they go.
What are you doing?
I came to see if I could be any help.
Do you mind if I call you Elizabeth?
No. No.
Are these the beds your friends made?
Those are they.
Lovely, lovely.
Is my wife behaving herself? Yes!
Has my mother calmed down? She's fine!
It's like a madhouse. Don't worry.
All quiet on the upstairs front.
He's definitely younger than I'd imagined.
For a King, you know...
Is he?
And they both seem nervous.
That surprised me.
Without some help from us, Daisy...
there soon might not be an England... to be King of.
So I'd be nervous too.
That's why they're here.
Damn it. Damn it.
Let me do it. Let me do it.
They seem like very nice people.
I smell like Martini.
Later tonight, after the dinner and all that is over, what do you say,
you and I get outta here?
Go someplace quiet.
I think I'll need that.
Well... I think I'm free.
It's going to be a big, big success.
Oh... it's you.
We share a bath.
So I was told. So we don't have to go through the...
Yes.
What were you looking at? These prints.
I just told the President's mother how humorous I found them.
What are they of?
British soldiers.
The 1812 War.
Cartoons actually.
Mocking them.
Us.
They put you in a room with.. The mother tried to apologize.
I told her I found them funny.
She said she tried to remove them,
but her son insisted.
Why would he do that? What was he trying to say?
I don't know.
He knows it's important.
He knows why we're here.
May I have a drink too? Of course.
How many have you had?
The mother just left.
Cheers.
She apologized for everything.
For Eleanor m-m-mostly.
And for the hot dogs.
Hot dogs?
What are you talking about, Bertie?
It appears that at the picnic tomorrow...
There's a picnic tomorrow? In our honor.
You hate picnics. At the picnic, the President's wife has organized
that hot dogs be served as our main dish.
I gather she's even publicized this in the column she writes.
Are they trying to make fun of us?
I d-d-don't kn-kn-know.
What do you think?
You're not going to tell Mother,
are you, Mary?
Not a soul, sir.
Mary, we all knew,
was one of Mother's spies.
Mother had her spies too.
These are revolting.
They make our seamen look like monkeys.
I can't believe he thought these would make you laugh, Bertie.
I 'laughed'.
They're trying to make us seem...
common.
Your brother would never have stood for this.
I'm sorry, but he wouldn't.
I th-th-think if we j-j-just ignore the-the-these...
Please, stop stuttering!
I'm sorry.
I'm very sorry.
I didn't mean it, Bertie.
I think I have a headache.
My face feels hot. Feel sorry.
I am not my brother.
Thank God for that.
And you are not the D-d-duchess of Windsor.
You are better than that.
I just hate to see you...
See me...?
Laughed at.
Mother, who had a 6th sense for sniffing out alcohol,
was on the warpath.
Mother's father had been a nasty drunk.
Is he coming down?
What is that doing in here? Leave it, Mother.
I thought we had agreed. That's not true.
I'm not going to serve the King and Queen of England...
Dammit, I said... leave it!!
Close the door. Daisy.
Why are you shouting?
I am not shouting!
Close the door, Daisy!
Should I stay?
Just close it.
He's brought out the drinks tray, Eleanor.
Franklin, you promised.
As I said to Mother,
that's not true.
Maybe after dinner!
Don't shout, Mother.
We have guests.
I know we have guests!
And I know who they are!
And my son is not going to serve them cocktails!
They're my guests!
This is my house!
You're the one who wanted us to live here.
Please Eleanor, don't... remember that.
Give me the tray. It's true isn't it? No. Yes. I'm the President!
Oh! Just stop this!
Stop this. God almighty! You behave like a child!
I have the program for tomorrow's 'event.'
This is for the hot dog picnic?
There will be entertainment as well.
Perhaps I should be surprised.
Indians.
No.
"Ish-Ti-Opi."
What? He's called here "The Indian Baritone."
So he's going to sing.
There's "Princess Te Ata."
She's going to perform "The Indian Corn Ceremony."
Oh god. "Accompanied by Kurkus Pahitu on the Tom-Tom."
There's our incentive not to be hungover.
'Tom-Tom.'
'Hot dogs.'
'Cartoons dipicting our British naval officers as monkeys.'
Come in.
The President is waiting for you in his study, your Majesty.
He said it was time for... 'children's hour.'
Drinks.
And the Queen?
She's been allowed more time to relax.
Here we go... Good luck!
Sir, my Mother does not approve of cocktails.
And thinks you might rather have a cup of tea?
M-m-my m-m-mother would have said the s-s-s-same thing.
Actually I-I-I-I-I prefer a-a-a-a...
cocktail.
A man after my own heart...
So she said:
'I'm so pleased to meet you, Mr. President,
I've only met 3 Americans.
Joe Kennedy,
J.P. Morgan,
and Fred Astaire.'
'Thank God,' I said,
'you met Mr. Astaire,
or what would your impression be of the rest of us?'
Good evening.
Mrs. R-r-r Roosevelt
Mrs. R-r-r-r-r-ro-ro...
I'd love to, your majesty.
We could have sold tickets to this dinner,
and made ourselves a pile of money. Paid for your trip...
The moon was coming up.
There was a warm summer breeze.
It was just perfect.
A perfect summer night.
To His Majesty, the King.
Inside... Everyone was on their very best behavior!
To His Majesty, the King.
And to Her Majesty, the Queen!
Actually, normally, we wouldn't toast the Queen.
The tray...
was of Mrs. Astor
24 plates collapsed
for no reason. Just before the soup.
What happened?
I don't know mame.
No one touched it.
I su-su-suppose an angel just passed...
a ve-ve-ry clumsy one.
But some people
had other explanation...
It's the full moon.
Daisy?
Oh hello, Zach.
You think it's full tonight?
What?
Oh... yes.
That moon certainly is full.
She says I'm right! Oh, I don't know for sure.
I could be wrong.
I just... Such an important night.
Is it?
I don't know.
What's one king more or less?
He still has to put his pants on one leg at a time.
Did you curtsey for the Queen, Daisy?
I certainly did! And I think I did it right.
I didn't fall down!
Hey, how come you're not inside there, Daisy?
I'm glad to see you working Barry.
It's just for the one night...
Well... least it's something...
Can I take some home for my dog?
He doesn't have a dog.
Hey, listen... Touch me there again,
you'll be wearing it and not eating it.
Nu-nu-number 2!
Shoot!
Those damn horses.
It's not the horses' fault...
I know. I know. You like them.
I've been looking for you.
Do you need a handkerchief? Come here.
We saw you out here...
We? Franklin's asked me to tell you that you could go home.
He thinks he's going to be occupied with the King all evening now.
Of course he will...
No one wanted to go to bed that night.
Finally Franklin had to instruct the band to stop playing.
He wished to spend time with the king, on his own.
Let's go to my study.
It'll be quiet in there.
Unless you need to...
No. No.
Would you mind pushing?
Her Majesty has gone to bed?
She has.
And... your wife?
Who knows?
I'm sure.
Would you my closing the door.
Cheers.
Do you collect stamps?
I did. I have.
I understand you are a serious stamp collector.
Perhaps, you would show me some of your stamps.
You can't be interested. But I am... Do not... protest.
When I was a young man...
before my marriage of course...
I found that showing one's stamps was a very helpful way
to get a young woman's attention.
Was it.
But I suppose if your father's the king...
Who needs stamps?
The Queen is certainly a lovely woman.
As is the first lady.
She's a...
strong... person
Some days
you don't feel like getting out of bed...
but then these women, they won't let you do that, will they?
No.
What do you do to be alone?
You need to give them a reason not to bother you.
You can figure things out in the quiet of your own mind.
I open up my stamp books and everyone knows not to bother me.
You were wonderful tonight, young man.
What do you mean?
Just what I said.
You were graceful.
You were confident.
You're going to be a very fine king.
I don't know what to say.
Your father would be very proud.
I'm not so certain about that.
If I were your father,
I'd be proud.
The Queen...
She's... She worries so much.
It's been hard for her.
Women worry.
I just stop listening to her sometimes.
Forget I said that.
Forgotten.
They've asked me to say some things...
Such a war as we now co-cocontemplate...
The carnage,
Think of Spain.
Ch-children... b-bbombed.
That is what we can expect.
It will be horrific.
And yet
we know some of your countrymen
wish my country ii- i-i-ill...
And want us to fail.
And want me to-to fail with you...
God damn stutter...
What stutter?
This god damn polio.
Sometimes I think
they deserve better than me.
My... 'subjects.'
I'm sorry. I don't know why
I'm saying this to you.
I'm s-s-supposed to be trying to convince you to help us.
Let me confess something to you, now.
As you have been so honest... with me.
No one... ever mentions the fact that I can't use my legs.
It's never referred to.
Not by anyone.
And I used to think it was because they were embarrassed about it.
But now I think it's because is not what they want to see.
Of course you and I... We think they see everything that we are.
All our flaws.
Or transgressions.
Or failures.
That is not what they're looking to find when they look to us.
And God help us if that ever changes.
Can you imagine the disappointment...
when they find out what they really are?
Smoke? Thank you.
They didn't want me as their King.
I didn't know they voted for that in England.
I'm thinking...
another drink?
Right!
Was I the only one who couldn't sleep that night?
Was it the moon?
How I longed for him.
Ohh! I beg your pardon...
Sir.
I mean, Your Highness.
Your Majesty...
Good night.
You're still awake?
Mmm.
I think I'll go to sleep.
It's late.
Why are you smiling?
Are you drunk? No.
He's a very funny man.
Wonderful stories.
Like what?
I couldn't tell you.
They're not meant for women.
They sound very 'funny.'
He liked my stories too.
What stories?
I-I-I told him about the coronation.
About getting the crown the wrong way around.
And the stepping on my robe so I couldn't move.
You shouldn't have told him that.
We don't make fun of ourselves.
That's not true. Not here. Of course he liked those stories,
they make us look like fools.
They make us look like people!
Don't be naive, Bertie.
He made fun of himself too.
He said at the picnic tomorrow...
Oh god that picnic.
He said that the Indians...
they were Eleanor's ideas.
"One of my-my-my wife's crazy ideas."
His Mother is furious about it.
Franklin's just trying to keep it short.
He talks about his wife like that to you?
I hope you didn't talk about me to him.
I didn't.
I wouldn't do that.
We didn't talk about you.
I asked him...
without mentioning you...
about these hot dogs?
What's that about?
You want to know what he said?
He said he doesn't get the fuss.
They're just a good thing to eat at a picnic.
There's no 'meaning.'
Nothing more.
You didn't say I was concerned?
No.
I'm not sure I believe you...
That's not fair.
3 different women tonight asked me if I thought
there could ever be an American queen.
If we'd ever 'allow' that.
That was rude.
Give me a cigarette? I've smoked all of mine.
That won't help you sleep.
I know.
Thank you.
Give me lighter?
Light, of course!
I never wanted this life.
I know.
It's hard.
I'll be fine.
If there's a war...
and we know there will be...
he believes America could be persuaded to help.
Did you see some of the people there tonight?
Did you hear their names?
They're from Italy. Germany. They're Irish.
They're Jewish! They hate us, Bertie!
They want us to fall on our face! They want to laugh at us!
I think you're wrong.
I think we just need to be a little more confident.
I'm not sure I can even sleep.
Finally,
he patted me on the knee and said,
'young man,
it's time for you to go to bed."
Like a father, I suppose.
He's very happy that I am king.
Good Night.
If I didn't care more than words can say
If I didn't care would I feel this way?
If this isn't love then why do I thrill?
And what makes my head go 'round and 'round
While my heart stands still?
If I didn't care would it be the same?
Would my ev'ry prayer begin and end with just your name?
And would I be sure that this is love beyond compare?
Would all this be true if I didn't care for you?
If ever I missed him,
there was a place he'd built for me to come,
and be alone,
and miss him.
What the hell are you doing here?
Tommy?
What the hell are you doing up here?
You shouldn't be up here now. Why? Why not?
Can you get that out of my face, please?
President can't be disturbed right now, Daisy.
Daisy!
How nice to see you up here.
Do you want to see the President?
Come back.
Come back!
Daisy! Daisy!
Daisy!
Here.
No. Get out of here. Listen to me, Daisy. He wants to talk to you.
He's going home. He is headed home.
I want you to listen to me.
very very carefully. Understand?
Look at me. Look at me, Daisy.
Understand?
I know you are...
intimate.
I've known since the day it happened.
What? Those things he said?
He meant them. I know that. That hurt.
Cigarette?
I need one.
But I accepted.
Like you will.
I'm a part of his life,
and I accept that you are too.
I don't accept you.
What about Dorothy Schiff? Do you accept her?
Why do you think she has built that place next to Top Cottage?
There are other houses on top of that hill... He asked her to.
He asked her to build a cottage,
so they could live together when he retired,
while he wrote those goddamn detective books
he's always talking about writing.
I read the letter.
When was that?
This year.
It wasn't Eleanor who 'abandoned' him.
She caught him too.
With you?
No.
This was... long ago.
Years and years ago.
Maybe you've met her.
Mrs. Rutherford.
I... I misunderstood.
Eleanor...
I wanna us...
realistic.
I don't think I can...
'share'...
Oh I think you can.
You can.
You decide.
He won't go to bed.
He's waiting for you.
Missy and my Mother
both severely criticized me
for not inviting you to the dinner tonight.
I want to apologize.
I think I showed you these
when you first came to visit me, Daisy.
But you probably don't remember.
I remember.
Aren't they beautiful?
Can you see from over there?
The highest waterfall in the world.
That's on this stamp.
I really don't think you can see from way over there, Daisy.
I really don't.
And that would be terrible.
Not to.
How do you see me?
What?
Am I...
to you... just stupid?
No, Daisy.
But I can understand how you can feel that way.
Am I...
Like...
a whore?
No, you are not 'like a whore.'
Now would you come over and sit by me.
No, you're not getting off that easy,
you son of a bitch!!
But that's not what I said.
Instead:
No. I need to go.
I'd say I'm sorry...
but that wouldn't do any good right now,
would it?
Someone's coming out.
Which one is she?
The one you think looks like a governess.
I tought she was the governess.
I understand that's a very common thing...
men and their children's governesses.
She's not the governess.
But she's obviously his mistress.
She dresses like a...
She's not the governess, Bertie.
Men find...
some men find...
I think because they're around children,
there's something quite attractive about...
Why do you keep talking about governesses?
Is there something you want to tell me?
No. Nothing. Why?
Look over there.
The secretary?
I hadn't seen her before.
And she's his mistress too.
According to Cameron.
We don't need Cameron to... Cameron says there's another one.
Another..? Who's married.
But she's built a cottage by his
Or something.
Another mistress?
Good thing we changed our minds about bringing Lilibet with us.
You changed your mind about bringing Lilibet.
I never wanted to bring Lilibet to America.
Only because you don't like Americans.
I like Americans.
That's not fair.
I don't like a lot of Americans.
I like some.
Bertie, are you going to eat a hot dog?
What? At the picnic. Tomorrow. Today.
I mean, isn't it like having say the PM over
and serving him bangers and mash?
He probably would like...
To a guest!
If we did that he'd know we were trying to tell him something.
He'd understand.
What would he understand? How we felt about him.
The PM knows how we feel about him.
We like him.
As if that matters.
You know what I mean. I wish I did.
Bertie, I don't think your brother would eat a hot dog.
How would you know that?
Because he'd know what was meant!
It doesn't mean anything!
The walls, sir. They are quite thin.
We know. One can hear...
Everyone in this house is already awake.
But to answer your question, Elizabeth,
I am going to eat a hot dog,
no 5 hot dogs, 10!
I'm going to shove them into my mouth,
stick 2 up my nostrils,
2 more in my ears,
then walk around
so people can take pictures
of the King of England with hot dogs hanging out of his orifices!!
Don't ever compare me to my brother again.
Sir.
It's the President.
Has she gone?
What do you think she's going to do?
I don't think she'll cause you any trouble.
If that's what you're asking.
Is that what you're asking?
They'll see us.
Hello! And good morning!
Wave. I am.
Hello!
Lovely morning, isn't it?
Sleep well?
Oh yes. Yes, we did.
Didn't we? We did! Good!
Me too!
I thought I might have a swim.
Come along?
Gosh... a swim.
Daisy is that you?
Let me help.
You're up early.
I just woke up.
And so, the day of the picnic began.
And everyone pretended, as usual...
not to notice anything.
They feeding you alright out here? Boys.
Throwing you the odd bone?
We're eatin' like kings. Mr. President.
You have him to thank for that.
I made them all agree... no pictures in our bathing suits.
Though you don't look so bad.
Maybe you should get your picture taken like that...
Get the women's vote.
But that's right...
you don't vote for king.
You 2 comfy back there? Yes, thank you.
And here we are.
I'm not driving with him again.
Wave...
Wave, wave...
She's here.
Good for her.
What are you doing?
I'm...
so pleased you came.
I promised my Aunt.
How do you do?
How do you do. Mrs. Langdorf
So nice to meet you.
Tommy, looks who's here.
Daisy, would you come with me?
Tommy, she has every right to be here.
He wants her sitting with him.
I'm not doing that.
Who wants you sitting with him?
The President, ma'am.
Daisy... Daisy, please.
Where are your manners?
Let's sit up with the President.
Just Daisy, thank you ma'am.
Please.
Daisy...
What were you doing way over there,
The special guests are here on the porch. You should be here.
Please sit down, Daisy.
Please, Daisy.
How much longer is this going to last?
Indian Baritone! Thank you.
Thank you.
He wasn't finished.
Oh, I thought he was.
Thank you, thank you.
Let's all say thank you,
to Ish-Ti-Opi in Cherokee which is tokapi
Tokapi
Come all say it again, boys and girls come on... Let's enjoy it, say Tokapi
Tokapi.
Thank you, thank you so much.
At last...
after Eleanor's Indians...
the event we had all been secretly waiting for...
Your Majesty...
Would you like... a hot dog?
Do you take mustard?
I take... whatever you think I should take with my hot dog.
Allow us then to put a bit of mustard on for you.
Daisy, would you show how we put the mustard.
You are too kind.
Why are they applauding?
It's alright!
It's fine!
What's this about?
And like that...
we felt America and England were back on the road
to being very good friends.
At least,
I'm told that's how some people took it.
It made me wonder...
maybe the hot dogs hadn't been Eleanor's idea after all.
When he left for England later that day,
the King sent back a telegram,
in which he wrote that our 2 nations had now 'forged'...
and these are his words:
a special relationship.
It's good! It's all fine!
I'll have another!
The next day,
he sent a car.
But I said I was too ill to take a drive.
I was ill the next day.
And the next.
And the next day after that.
A week after the Royals' visit to Hyde Park,
the President finally came in person to my house.
Good morning.
I had been waiting.
He drove us by the plumbing shop
where his mother had returned the toilet seat
she had ordered for the Royal Visit,
without paying for it.
He tried to make me laugh.
And he was good at that.
He was after all a politician.
Mother wants to pay him now.
But he says it's really been good for business.
He hoped I would forgive him.
But I was damned if I was going to tell him
that I already had.
Occasionally now,
Missy would come and fetch me when she felt...
I think he could use...
your company tonight.
Let him wait.
When we play cards...
Missy and I are partners...
we now share everything!
I learned, as we got to know each other better,
of Missy's bouts with her 'blackness.'
And of her 'dark days.'
When she fell terribly ill.
He paid for everything.
He even changed his will...
giving her half...
should she outlive him.
But to the surprise of nearly everyone...
he did not visit her once in the hospital.
I asked him why.
It's a terrible fault of mine,
he said.
I find it too painful to be around illness.
I grew close not only to Missy but to all of Franklin's boys.
They seemed to accept me,
no questions asked.
And no more promises were made... so none could be broken.
A year passed...
And then, another...
and another...
I watch him grow tired, and fail and ill
He tried the hide this from everyone...
He knew how to do that.
From everyone, but me...
Mr. President. Ok boys, take it away!
Everyone still looking to him.
Still seeing it ever was
they wanted to see.
In a time...
not so very long ago...
when the world still allowed itself
secrets...
Franklin Roosevelt
was mine.